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THE WEEKLY MINNESOTIAN.
OWENS Sc IHOORE,
VOLUME 2.
THE MINNESOTIAN,
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY,
BY J.P. O WENS S' G. W. MOORE,
Saint Paul, Minnesota Territory.
TERMS:-Two Dollars per annum
in advance. Three Dollars if not in ad
vance.
RATES OF ADVERTISING,
(if OHIAIEIL TYPE OR IT* EQUIVALENT.}
Transient Advertisements, $1 OOpor square of
twelve liaea, for 'he itueulou, sud fifty cents* per
siusre for each subsequent inscrlion.
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Half a column, - .... 30 09
One-fourth of a column, - - - 20 00
Business Cants not over six lines, - 600
Over six Hues and under ten lines, - 750
Over ten lines and under fifteen lines, 10 00
For all chances ordered In advertisemants, a charge will
be made of thirty cents per 1,000 etu* composition.
We agree to charge the above prices, uniformly for ad
vertising.
James M. Goodhue, Pioneer,
D. A. Robertson, Democrat,
Owens fc Moore, Minnesotlan.
St. Paul March 24th, 1852.
M* E. AMES. R. R. NELSON.
AMES & NELSON,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
AND SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY.
St. Paul, Minn.
WILL attend with promptness and fidelity to all law
business intrusted to their care in Minnesota, and
the adjoining counties of Wisconslu.
Particular attention wil. be given to the collection
Ct debts, and the location of land warrants. y
W. P. ItRBAY,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
St. Paul, Minn. Terr
WILT, attend promptly and diligently to all business
intrusted to him. Haivng made himself acquaint
ed with the quality and situation of the surveyed lands
In the territory, he Is prepared to locate land warrants
to the best advantage. Persons at a distance may send
their warrants here and their interests will be atteuded
to as If they were present. £3" Office ou Third sreet.
September 17, 1851.
n. L. MOSS,
A TTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT
AA. Law, Stillwater, Min. Ter., will attend to pro
fessional business in all the courts of the Territory ; will
attend to the location of Land Warrants, &c.
S - Land Warrants for sale.
A. VAN VORHES,
A TTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT
XjL Law and Solicitor in Chancery, will attend to al!
professional business intrusted to his care, in the different
courts of the Territory. [Stillwater, 1852.
Isaac Atwater,
A TTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT
Law and Solicitor in Chancery. Will give prompt
attention to any business intrusted him in the line of his
profession, in any part of the Territory. Particular at
tention paid to locating Land Warrants, Payment of Tax
es, sale of Patents when issued, and Real Estate lu gen
eral. Office at St. Aiithony, ou Main street, opposite the
Falls.
W. Richardson,
TYfOTARY PUBLlC,.Conveyancer, and
A-N Agent. Office, opposite the St. Charles
House, St. Anthony Falls.
WILK.IV & VAX ETTEV.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office over Farrington's Brick Store, St Paul.
Or. K, UtIIUUT.
HAS his office in the rear of Levi Sloan’s store, where
he will he rea»iv to attend to professional calls.
Saint Paul, Nov 29 —mm y
Dr. C. L. Yicchers,
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON AND AC
COUCHER —Will practice his profession in Saint
Paul and vicinity. Office, corner of Fourth and Roberts
Street.-, over Cat heart Ty-uu’s Store. 40y
John Bradley,
Carpenter and Builder, Point Prescott and Willow
River, Wisconsin.
YXTILL attend promptly to all business
intrusted to his charge.
References.— The houses he has built during thepast
year iu the towns above named. 43y
IV. H. Sonnies,
Attorney at Law, and Solicitor in
Chancery, Willow River,Wis.
Will practhv in i.h» counties of St. Croix and LaCrosse,
Wiscon-in, and in tlie District Court of Washington coun
ty, Minnesota. 53T Valuable town lots in the village of
Willow River f»»r sale. 38y
W. H. C. Folsom,
Taylor’s Fall*, Min. Ter.
TNEALER * n Dry Goods, Groceries,
Xy Provision®, Hardware, Cutlery, Crockery, Queens
ware, Reaily-Made Clothing, Bouts awl Shoes, tec. 43v
~ dr7lh7day,
WILL practice bis profession in Saint Paul anJ vi
cinity. Ort!ce on Bench street,
nuv 29 mm y
L. A. BABCOCK, M. S. WILKINSON.
LAW FIRM,
BABCOCK X WILKINSON Attornies and Counsellors
at Law, Solicitors in Chancery, Ac.
Office near the corner of Third and Roberts streets, St.
Par.i Min. Ter.
W!U attend to business of their profession in all the
Courts of the Territory.
rov. 22,1851.
BRECK & WILLIAMS,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW.
Office on Tuird St. Saint Paul.
Daniel Break. A. L. Williams.
dec. 0.
w«. HENRY woo.),
Attorney - a counsellor at law. Notary
Public, and Land Agent. Sauk Rapids, Minnesota
Territory.
JACOB J. NOAH,
A TTORNEY AT LAW and Justice
AJL of the Peace —Commissioner for the States of Maine,
Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania,
Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, Alabama aud Louisiana.
Office on Third St*, St. Paul.
DR- T. R- POTTS,
Corner Roberts and Sixth streets, St. Paul,
WILL attend to the duties of bis profession in St. Paul
and vicinity. September 17.
BILLS OF EXCHAiNGE,
AND DRAFTS on all parts of the United States, at the
office of the Minnesota outfit, by
CIIAS. \r. BORUP.
J. QUINN,
BOOT AND SHOEMAKER— Corner
of Third and Minnesota SU.—Gentlemen’s boots
and shoes; also Ladies* and Children’s shoes, made to
order in the neatest and most durable manner, and of the
beat materials.
J. R. BREWSTER,
House, Sign, and Ornamental Painter.
St. I'aul, Minnesota Territory.
INSURANCE!
THR und.r«lßn*d If .Rent for, and will Insure buildings
and goods in the following Companies:
Utica Insurance Company.
JBtna Insurance Company of Utica.
Orleans Insurance Company.
Jackson County Mutual Insurance Company.
Jfew York Protection Company.
—ALSO—
Will Insure lives in the Connecticut Mutual Life In»u
-t‘££^,Tovcmbers,.Btl8 t l ALEX ' WILKIN j
AAONEY TO LOAN—In sums to
1U nil btrroweri. Call at the Office of
mi WILKIN & VAX ETTEN.
Central House, St. I’aul.
CAVE X BURTON have taken this old and well kuown
house. They have fitted it up anew, and are now
prepared to accommodate boarders and travellers with
comfortable quarters. No pains will be spared to make
the Central House one of Ihs best Hotels In the West.
November, 1361.
awjz&mjl® mvm,
RODNEY PARKER, late of the American nouse Low
ell, Mass., having a lease of the large hotel at the
upper end of St. Paul, with everything in proper order
for the convenience of travelers, boarders, or families de
siring furnished apartments, respectfully invites his
friends and the public to give hint a call, believing that
he can do as much for their Comfort as can be expected
in a new country* not yet supplied with regular markets.
St. Charles Hotel.
J. C. CLARK. Proprietor,
Si. Anthony Falls, Minnesota.
This House has been thoroughly repaired and renovated,
and will be kept in a manner equal to the best Hotels in the
West. The Fails of St. Authony, with the fine fishing and
hunting grounds adjacent, together with a climate unsur
passed mi the American continent for health and loveli
ness, render this the place of all others to enjoy the hot
season. 44tf
Temperance House,
T OT MOFFET, Proprietor,—Corner
-6— A of Fourth and Jackson St*., Saint Paul. Perma
nent and transient boarders furnished with good and com
fortable apartments. Charges moderate.
Half-Way House.
TOHN MORGAN, (mid-way between
al St. Paul am! Stillwater,) begs leave to say to stran
gers visiting Minnesota, and the public generally, that
having made his arrangements complete for the accom
modation <>f the public, and being situated in the midst
of the most delightful scenery, surrounded by lakes that
abound with fish, and in an atmosphere of unsurpassed
purity, he hopes to see company from abroad, as well as
from the neighboring villages. They will find the charges
moderate.
Minnesota Boarding-House,
SC. McCRAY would inform the pub
• lie—residents and strangers—that he has taken
the large house on Eagle Street, opposite D. L. Fuller’s
Brick Store, where he is prepared to accommodate his
customers with the best style of boarding. The house
lias been thoroughly repaired and painted. Ills table will
be furnished with every thing the market aflbrds; ami
those who come prepared to plank up the Ca h every
Saturday night, will find the “Minnesota Boarding House”
a comfortable and pleasant home. None others are de
sired. [April 17—6 m.
Emmett & Moss,
Attorneys and Solicitors.
\T 7 ILL attend to professional business
» » in the various Courts of the Territory. Particu
lar attention given to the location of I,and Warrants,
buying and selling of lands, &c. Land warrants for sale
for cash or on time. Office on the corner of Wabashaw
and Third streets, St. Paul Minnesota.
L. EMMETT,
HENRY L. MOSS.
July 1, 1852.
OAK HILL CEMETERY.
A LL persons desiring burial lots can
2-A. obtain information by calling upon the Secretary,
J. W. Selby, or the President, C* W. Borup. 29vl
P. CHOUTEAU, JR. JAS. HARRISON, FELIX VALLE.
CHOUTEAU, HAIIKISON & VALLE.
Commission Merchants and Proprietors of the St.
Louis Rolling 31111.
A ND manufactures of bar iron in all its
i*. various shapes, Sheet Iron and Boiler Plate, Nails
and Spikes from the ore of the Iron Mountain, iron Store,
No. 129 North Second street, St. Louis.
September 1, 1851.
An 111 a9l Spicer,
TEWELEIt AND WATCHMAKER,
at the sign of the Big Watch, Third street, ad
next door to the St. Paul Drug Store, is prepared
to make gold and silver watches, rings, spoons, JKplJi
&c., on short notice. Also to repair the same, a-WananE*
well as music books, shell combs, or finger rings, brace
lets and ear drops, lie also keeps for sale a great variety
of rings, perfumery, and whatever goods are usually en
quired for at a Jeweler’s.
W. H. FORBES,
PUR COMPANY—St. Paul Outfit—
■Jl Also Dry Goods and Groceries, corner of Third and
Jackson streets.
j7w7babcock;
PORWARDING and Commission Mer
.l7 chant, Upper Lauding, Saint Paul, Minnesota Ter
ritory.
SPENCER. KIRKPATRICK & MARKLET,
Forwarding and Commission Merchants,
LEVEE, LOWER LANDING, ST. PAUL.
feb 14 • 23-tf
S. P. FOLSOM,
C o uni y Survey or .
May lie found at "dice of of Register of Deeds, on Third
street, one dour below Minnesota Outfit. IT—y
E. M’LAGAN,
STORAGE AND COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Jackson street, Lower Landing, St Paul, Minnesota.
lIItOMPT attention given to all consignments, aud char
ges numerate.
St Paul, October IS, ISSI f
THEODORE E. PARKER,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
STILLWATER, MINNESOTA TERRITOP.V,
To my old friends,
AND THE “REST OK MANKIND,” I would say,
that l can by found during the winter, at the old
stand of Charley Cave, on Third Street, where I will al
ways be happy to wait upon them. Bar and house fur
nished with the best of everv thing,
uov. 22. tt. * WM. IIARTSIIORXE.
PAINTIiSG.
SIIERMAN ft MOREY, on Fourth street,St. Paul, near
the middle of town, in the building of Mr. Kuox, up
stair-, may be foutld, ready to atteud to Painting in all Us
departments. House painting, sigh painting, carriage
and ornamental painting, all done up promptly, ond .with
paints of the best quality. If we do our work in a slov
enly, unworkiuan like mannner we do not expect to get
business in the enlightened town of St. Paul.
Dec. 13, 1851. SHKRMAn &. MOREY.
BOOKBINDING
T’MIE subscriber would respectfully infojm the citizens
x of St. Paul and Its vicinity, that he is now carrying on
the above business in the 2U story of Spencer’s new build
ing, on the corner of Frth and Roberts street.
£3“ Particular attention paid to rebinding old books and
periodicals. JaMES MACKINTOSH,
feb 7 21-tf
J C Burbank X co. St.Paul] fW L Fawcette fitco. St. Louis
NORTH-WESTERN EXPRESS COMPANY,
CONNECTING AT GALENA AND ST. LOUIS WTTH THE
American and other Express Companies.
rpo and from all the principal cities in the United States,
California aud Europe, for the speedy transportation
of money and valuable packages, col ection of drafts, notes,
bills, accounts, 6tc., purchase and sale of all kinds of
merchandize.
C. R* Rice Ic Co., St. Paul, Otis West, St. Louis,
J. Brookes, Galena.
N. B.—Particular attention paid to forwarding and
commission business generally.
may 1. 33-tf
AMERICAN SAfcOON,
FRED. HARDY now keeps this well-known establish
ment “on his own hook.” He hopes by a continued
attention to the wants of his customers, to merit their
patronage as heretofore.
SADDLE, HARNESS AND TRUNK MANUFACTORY.
I'HK subscriber solicits the patronage of the public,
; assures all purchasers in his line, that he will
e 11 for cash, saddles, harness of all kinds, and trunks, of
a better quality, aud cheaper than any other establish
ment iu Minnesota. Pur. hasers will do well to call at
his shop, on Third street, St. Paul, next door east of S.
H. Sergent s and judge for themselves.
____ A. R. FRENCH.
CKETCHES OF MINNESOTA, the
New EngUnd of the West, by E. s. Seymour. For
sale *>y J.EDCC & ROHRER.
FIRE t MARINE INSURANCE,
TJY the undersigned agent for the Protection Insurance
A* Company of Hartford, Conn. Policies Issued upon the
most favorable terms by
W. P. Murray, Agent, Minnesota.
St. Paul, February 28, 1892 2J-lm
SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA TERRITORY, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1852.
THE MINNESOTIAN.
From the Galena Advertiser.
Prospects—The Canvass.
The prospect every day brightens that Win
field Scott will be the next President of the
United States, and William A. Graham the Vice
President. Our opinion is based, not only on
what we know of the tendencies of human na
ture in such cases, the tendencies of American
feeling, but the various indications that mark
tlie current of that feeling in various parts of
the country at the present time. The changes
appear to be more numerous in his favor than
we have ever known them before for any Presi
dential candidate, not excepting Harrison.—
They are not confined to any one State or lo
cality, but appear to extend all over the Uu
ion. Within the lust four weeks, particularly,
or since the adjournment of Congress, the
whole prospect has brightened wonderfully.—
The friends of Gen. Scott understand each
other better, and begin to have a clearer ap
preciation of the great strength of their candi
date with the People, yet they are not so be
sides themselves as to act as though they sup
posed his popularity would elect him, without
their votes. They are not too confident and
have no right to be. They should feel as
though every single vote possible to be gained
might turn the scale, and so on up to the close
of the election. If this plan and purpose is
followed by every Whig, even Illinois may be
crowned with unfading honor as she casts her e
lectoral vote for the faithful old war-worn patri
ot. Winfield Scott. Do not depend on the mag
ic of great orators to effect this great object.—
The most eloquent man in the world can cast
but a single vote. You can do the same. Non
can talk with your neighbor, if he is any doubt
as to his duty, and it maybe strengthen him in
the better way. Who can do more than this?
For ourselves, we are full believers in fireside
eloquence and fireside opinions. They can be
better trusted than any others, for a man is
sure then that his opinions are his own and not
the offspring of the selfish passion of other
minds. For about two months after the elec
tion. the people seemed to take this matter into
sober, quiet thought. The result lias been,
they have concluded to elect Gen. Scott their
President. Below are a few of the signs of
this conclusion, and the country is full of
such.
CoxxECTicrr. —A writer from flic town of
Lisbon, says, that a town in Windham county,
which formerly gave fifty Loco Foco majority,
will give at least one hundred majority for
Scott. Connecticut is good for a full Harrison
majority.
Ohio. —Extract of a letter from Vernon, Knox
county, dated Sept. 22. “John P. Hale was
here yesterday and made a speech. You may
set down Ohio for Scott—at least these are my
honest convictions. Hale's nomination hurt
Scott, but his speeches hurt Pierce. On Satur
day, there was a canvass for votes in the cars
from Cleveland to Shelby, and the result was.
393 for Scott, 170 for Pierce, and 08 for Hale.
New York, —Extract of a letter from Lyons,
Wayne county : “ In every town in the county
there are important accession to our ranks.—
Wayne county will give a larger majority for
Scott and Graham than she did for Harrison.
Indiana. —There was a Whig county meeting
held a few days ago that was attended by not
less than four thousand persons. So writes a
correspondent of the New York Tribune.
Massachusetts. —The Fitclihurgh (Mass.)
Reveille says : “We hear of Democrats and
Free Soilers in every direction who declare
their determination to vote for Old Chip at the
coming election.”
Virginia. —ln Kanawha county. George 11.
Camp. William L. Hindman, William Hayes.
Wni. E. Graham, and Benjamin Rucker had
been appointed on a Pierce vigilance commit
tee. They come out in a card and say : “We
prefer to be vigilant for the brave old patriot
and soldier, who was vigilant for us when some
of us were in our mother's arms.”
Another. —lke Conley, of the fame county,
being honored in the same way, says :
“I must decline the appointment, for two
reafons : First, because there are no Fierce men
in my region to be vigilant over ; and second,
because I expect, on this occasion, to go it all
over for Scott mvself.”
More Still. —Conrad Cart. Crawtord Cart,
Adam Cart and Richard I). Cart, of the same
county, who had received a sim’lar appoint
ment, say : “ Instead of bringing democratic
voters to tlie polls, we now declare that for
ourselves we cannot lend our own votes or in
fluence against the champions of our ‘ whole
country.’ Yes, sir, we now intend to support
Scott, Graham and the Union.”
Max Shot. —We learn from the correspond
ence of the Syracuse Journal, that a dreadful
accident occurred at Fabius, Onondaga co., N.
Y., on the 24th inst. The Journal's correspond
ent thus details the heart-rending calamity :
In the northeastern part of the village, lives
a man, a farmer, by the name of I’arker An
dross, who had a man in his employ by the
name of Root. A brother of this Mr. Root
came to visit him ; and, on Friday afternoon,
for amusement, went into the forest, whicli is
but a short distance from Mr. Audross' resi
dence, to hunt, taking with them a rifle. Mr.
Andross and his laborer were at work harvest
ing corn, in a field adjoining the forest, into
which the brother of Mr. Root had gone. The
report of a rifle slartled Mr. Andross, and look
ing up lie beheld Mr. Root falling. lie ap
proached him and found him unable to speak.
The ball had entered the posterior part of the
head, near that most vital part of the human
body—the joint that connects the head to the
trunk, and killed him instantly. So sudden
was the transition, that in nil probability he
died instantly.
A distracted wife, with three children, the
youngest ouly a week old, mourn a husband
and a father's death; and the unfortunate
brother whose hand held the gun, feels the pain
of Hitter anguish. It is too late to beware,
when the deed is done; but this unfortune ac
cident should be a caution to all who may
handle a gun. This accident was not the re
sult of the direct course of the ball. Mr. P. P.
Sprague has taken the bearings, according to
the positions given by Mr. Root, the brother of
the deceased, to ascertain the path of the ball;
and finds that it must have met with an obsta
cle about sixteen rods from the muzzle of the
rifle where its course was changed thirty de
grees. It kept its direction thirty-three rods
when it lodged in the head of the deceased.—
Thus it seems the ball described a course of
two directions, making a path of about fifty
rods. Or. Adams, of our town, extracted the
ball and found it much flattened. The deceased
was buried yesterday.
Female Colleges in Indiana.—.' There are at
this time no less than five female colleges in In
diana, under the direction of the Methodist Epis
co n,I ! They are all in a flourishing
condition having an aggregate attendance of
about 900 pupils.
Scott lv California.— A gentleman in San
Francisco writes to his father by the last steam
er . The Statu of California will give General
Scott a majority of at least 10,000. The Whies
here are in high glee, and are sanguine of suc
cess. ’
Alarmed.— Mr Douglas, Gen. Cass and Col.
Weller were in Chicago, on the 25th, and more
help from abroad was expected. The Locos are
alarmed for Illinois, where Douglas promised
Pierce fifteen thousand majority! All the for
eign aid and comfort which they can get in Illi
nois from such men, will not help them a vote.
Galena .ldv.
Office—Corner of Jackson and Fifth Streets.
Life in a Powder Mill.
Dickens thus describes a vigil to the powder
mill of Hounslow, near LondoS:
“ In this silent region, amid whose ninety
seven work-places no human voice ever breaks
upon the ear. and where, indeed, no human
form is seen, except in the isolated house in
which his alloted task is performed, there are
secreted upwards of two hondred and fifty
work people. They are a peculiar race, not of
course by nature, in most cases, but by the
habit of years. The circumstances of momen
tary destruction in which they live, added to
the most stringent and necessary regulations,
have subdued their minds and feelings to the
condition of their hire. There is seldom any
need to enforce these regulations.
“ Some terrific explosion here, or in works of
a similar kind elsewhere, leaves a fixed mark
in their memories, and acts a constant warning.
Here no shadow of a practical joke, or caper of
animal spirits ever transpires: no witticisms,
no oaths, no chafing or slang. A laugh is nev
er heard ; a smile seldom seen.’ Even the work
is carried on by the men with as few words as
possible, and these uttered in a low tone. Not
that any body fancies mere sound will awaken
the spirit of combustion, er cause an explosion
to take place, but that their feelings arc always
kept subdued.
“If one man wishes to communicate any
thing to another, or to ask for anything from
somebody at a short distance, he must go there;
for he is never permitted to shout or call out.
There is a particular reason for this last regu
lation- Amid all this silence, whenever a
shout docs occur, everybody knows that some
imminent danger is expected the next moment,
and all rush away headlong from the direction
of the shout. As to running toward it to ren
der any assistance, as is in common in all other
cases, it is thoroughly understood that none
can be afforded. An accident here is immedi
ate and beyond remedy. If the shout be con
tinued for sometime, (for a man might lie
drowning in a river) that might cause one or
two of the boldest to return; but this would be
a very rare occurrence.
“ It is by no moans to be inferred that the
men are selfish and insensible to the perils of
each other ; on the contrary, they have the
greatest consideration for each other, as well as
for their employers, and think of the danger to
the lives of others, and the property at stake at
all times, and more especially in all the more
dangerous • houses.’
The proprietors of tlie various gunpowder
mills all display the same consideration for eacn
other, and whenever any improvement tending
to lessen danger is discovered by one, it is im
mediately communicated to all the others. The
wages of men are good, and the hours very
short; no artificial lights are used in the works
They all wash themselves—black, white, and
bronze—and leave the mills at 3$ in the after
noon, winter and summer.”
A Patch on Both Knees. —The following is
one of the cleverest essays we have met with
for many a day. Similar in style, it is not infe
rior to f’ranklin's best:
*• When 1 was a boy, it was my fortune to
breathe, for a long time, what soma writers
term the bracing air of poverty. My mother—
light lie the turf upon the form which once en
closed lier sweet and gentle spirit—was what
is called an ambitious woman; for that quality
which overturns thrones and supplants dynas
ties, finds a legitimate sphere in the humblest
abode that the shadow of poverty ever darken
ed. The struggle between the wish to keep up
appearances anil the pinching gripe of necessity,
produce endless shifts and contrivances, at
which we are told, some would smile, and some
to whom they would teach their own experience
would sigh. But let me not disturb the veil of
oblivion which shrouds from profane eyes the
hallowed mysterious of poverty.
“ On one occasion it was necessary to send me
on an errand to a neighbor in better circumstan
ces than ourselves: and. therefore, it was neces
sary that I should be presented in the best pos
sible aspect. Great pains were taken to give
a smart appearance to my hatched and dilapi
dated wardrobe, and to conceal the rents and
chasms which the envious tooth of time had
made in them ; and by way of throwing over my
equipment a certain savor and sprinkling of
gentility, my red and toil-hardened hands were
enclosed in the unfamiliar casing of a pair of
gloves, which belonged to my mother in days
when her years were fewer and her heart was
lighter.
“ I sallied forth on my errand, and on my
way encountered a much older and bigger boy,
who evidently belonged to a family which had
all our own dragging poverty, and none of our
uprising wealth of spirit. His rags fairly flut
tered in the breeze; his hat was constructed
upon the most approved principles of ventila
tion, and his shoes from their venrable antiqui
ty, might have been deemed a pair of fossil
shoes—the very ones with which Shem shuffled
iu the ark. He was an impudent varlet, with a
daredevil swagger in his gait, and an‘l’m as
good as you’ leer in his eye—tlie very whelp to
throw dirt on a well dressed horseman, because
he was well dressed—to tear a boys ruffles be
cause he was clean. As soon as he saw me, his
eye detected the practical inconsistencies which
characterizad my costume, and, taking me by
the shoulder, turning me around with no gentle
hand, and surveying me from head to foot, ex
claiming with a scornful laugh of derision, ‘ a
patch on both knees with gloves on /”
“ I still recall the sting of wounded feeling
which shot through me at these wotds. To par
ody a celebrated line of the immortal Tuscan —
• That day I wore my gloves no more.’
Rut the lessson, so rudely enforced, sank deep
into my mind ; and, in after life, I have frequent
occasion to make a practical application of the
words of my ragged friend, when I have ob
served the ridiclous inconsistencies which so of
ten mark the conduct of mankind.
“ When, for instance, I see parents carefully
providing for the ornamental education of their
children, dancing and drawing, but giving no
thought to that moral and religions training
from whicli the true dignity and permanent hap
piness of life can come, never teaching them
habits of self-discipline and control, hut rather,
by example, instructing them in evil speaking,
in uncharitableness, in envy and in falsehood,
I think, with a sigh, of a patch on both knees
and gloves on.
“When I see a family in cold, selfish solitude,
not habitually warming their houses with a glow
of happy faces, but lavishing that which could
furnish the hospitality of a whole year, upon the
profusion of a single night, I think of the patch
on both knees and gloves on.
“When I sec a house profusely furnished with
sumptuous furniture, rich curtains and luxuri
ous carpets, but with no books, or none but a
few towdry annuals, I am reminded of the patch
on both knees and gloves on.
“When I see our public men cultivating ex
clusively those qualities which win a way to
office, and neglecting those which will qualify
them to fill honorably the posts to which they
aspire, I recall the patch on both knees and
gloves on.
“When I see men sacrificing peace of mind
and health of body to the insane pursuit of
wealth, living in ignorance of the character of
children who are growing up around them, put
ting themselves from the highest and purest
pleasures of their natures, and so perverting
their humanity, that which was sought as a
means insensibly comes to be followed as an end,
I say to myself, “A patch on both knees and
gloves on.”
“When I see thousands spent in selfishness
and ostentation, and nothing bestowed for char
ity ; when I see fine ladieß bestained and be
jeweled, cheapening the toils of dressmakers,
and with harsh words embittering the bitter
bread of dependence ; when I see the poor
turned away from the proud houses."where the
crumbs of tables would be to them a feast I
think of the patch on both knees and gloves
on.”
Thornes Jefferson and John Adams,
There is no chapter in American history
which can be read with more unalloved pleas
ure than that which tells us of the‘friendship
which marked the last years of this: devoted
patriots. They had been rivals—the heads of
contending, excited parties. Each in his turn
had been preferred by the American people to
the other, for the highest office w ithin their gift.
They themselves had partaken of the bitter
ness of the conflict; so much so. that when Mr.
Jefferson was elected to the Presidential chair
in place of Adams, (says a cotemporary.) the
latter broke over all ordinary rules of courtesy,
so far as to leave Washington suddenly, ou the
evening of the third of March, because he
would not remain to witness the inauguration
of his rival on the fourth. Yet these men, (says
the same writer,) these American patriots,
when their political campaigns were over, and
they had retired, the one to his Monticello and
the other to his Montizillo, and were passing
quietly down the vale of years, these former
foes turned to each other with mutual esteem
and affection, and looked upon each other as
brother patriots and fellow laborers in the
great cause of their country's freedom and
prosperity.
While ‘thus in their retirement, walking
thoughtfully
On the silent, solemn shore
Of that vast ocean they must sail so soon,”
the following beautiful and touching corros
pondence passed between them. It was about
three years before their simultaneous death,
which occurred on the 4th of July, and the fifti
eth anniversary of our independence.
The letter of Mr. Jefferson was written soon
after an attack upon him by a “Native of Vir
ginia,” and when there was a strong expecta
tion of a war between Russia and Turkey ; this
will explain some allusions in the letters.
FROM MR. JEFFERSON TO MR. ADAMS.
Monticello, June 1, 1622.
“It is very long, my dear sir, since I have
written to you. My dislocated w rist is now be
come so stiff that I write so slowly and with
pain : and. therefore, write as little as I can.—
Yet it is due to mutual friendship to ask once
in a while how do we do? The papers tell us
that Gen. Stark is oil' at tlie age of ninety
three. ****** still lives, at about the same age.
cheerful, slender as a grasshopper, and so much
without memory that he scarcely recognizes
the members of bis household. An intimate
friend called on him not long since, ft was
difficult to make him recollect who he was. and
sitting one hour he told him the same story
four times over. Is this life—with laboring
step
“ To tread our former footsteps ? pace the round
Eternal ?—to beat and beat
The beaten track—to see wbat we have seen—
To taste the tasted—o’er palates to descant
Another vintage V”
“It is, at most the life of a cabbage, surely
not worth a wish. When all our faculties have
left, or are leaving us one by one, sight, hear
ing, memory, every avenue of pleasing sensa
tion is closed, and athuniy, debility, and mal
aise left in their places, w hen the friends of our
youth are all gone, and a generation has risen
around us whom we know not, is death an
evil ?
“ When one by one our ties are tern.
And friends from friends is snatched forlorn ;
When man is left alone to mourn,
Oh, then, how sweet it is to die !
When trembling limbs refuse 111 "11 weight,
And tilms slow gathering dim tlie sight;
When clouds obscure the mental ilght,
’Tfs nature’s kindest boon to die I”
“I really think so. I have ever dreaded a
doating age ; and my health has been general
ly so good, that I dread it still. The rapid de
cline of my strength during the last winter has
made me hope sometimes that I see land. Du
ring summer I enjoy its temperature ; hut I
shudder at the approach of winter, and wish I
could sleep through it with the dormouse, and
only wake with him in the spring, if ever.—
They say that Stark could walk about his
room. lam told you walk well and firmly. I
can only reach my garden, and that with sensi
ble fatigue. I ride, however, daily ; but read
ing is my delight. I should wish never to put
pen to paper ; and the more because of the
treacherous practice some people have of pub
lishing one’s letters without leave. Lord Mans
field declared it a breach of trust, and punisha
ble by law. I think it should be a penitentiary
fclony ; yet you will have seen that they have
drawn me out in the arena of newspapers. Al
though 1 know it is too late for me to buckle on
the armor of my youth, yet my indignation
would not permit me passively to receive the
kick of an ass.
“To turn to the news of the day, it seems
that the cannibals of Europe arc going to eat
ing one another again. A war between Russia
and Turkey is like the battle of the kite and
snake : whichever destroys the other, leaves a
destroyer less for the world.
“This pugnacious humor of the world seems
to be the law of his nature, one of the obstacles
to too great multiplication provided in the
mechanism of the Universe. The cocks of the
hen-yard kill one another ; bears, bulls, rams,
do the same, and the horse, in his wild state,
kills the young males, until worn down with
age and war. some vigorous youth kills him.—
* * * * I hope we shall prove how much
happier for man the Quaker policy is, and that
the life of the feeder is better than that of the
fighter; and it is some consolation that the
dcssolation by these maniacs of one part of the
earth, is the means of improving it in other
parts. Let the latter bo our office ; and let us
milk the cow while the Russian bolds holds her
by the horns, and the Turk by the tail. God
bless you and give you health, strength, good
spirits, and as much life as you think worth
having.
“ THOMAS JEFFERSON.”
MR. ADAMS REPLY.
Moxtezili-o, June 11, 1622.
“ Dear Sir : Half an hour ago I received,
and this moment have heard for the third or
fourth time, the best letter that was ever writ
ten by an Octegenarian, dated June Ist * *
“ 1 have not sprained my wrist; but both my
arms and hands are so overstrained that I can
not write a line. Poor Stark remembered noth
ing and could talk of nothing but the battle of
Gcnnington. *** *is not quite so reduced.—
I cannot mount my horse, but I can walk three
miles over a rugged, rocky mountain, and have
done it within a month ; yet I feel, while sitting
in my chair, as if I could not rise out; and
when risen, as if I could not walk across the
room ; my sight is very dim, hearing pretty
good memory poor enough.
“ I answer your question—is death an evil ?
It is not an evil. It is a blessing to the indi
vidual, and the rest of the world ; yet we ought
not to wish for it till life becomes insupporta
ble. We must wait the pleasure and conven
ience of the ‘Great Teacher.’ Winter is as
terrible to me as to you. lam almost reduced
in it to the life of a bear or a torpid swallow.—
I cannot read, but my delight is to hear others
read ; and I tax all my friends most unmerci
fully and tyranically against their consent. •
“ The ass has kicked in vain ; all men say
the dull animal has missed the mark.
“ The globe is a theatre of war ; its inhabit
ants are all heroes. The little eels in vinegar,
and the animalcules in pepper-water, I believe
arc are quarrelsome. The bees are as warlike
as the Romans, Russians, Britons or French.—
Ants, cattcrpillers, and cankerworms are the
only tribes among whom I have not seen bat
tles, and Heaven itself, if we hi lieve Hindoos,
Jews, Christians, and Mahometans, has not al
ways been at peace. We need not trouble our
selves about these things, nor fret ourselves be
cause of evil-doers : but safely trust the ‘Ruler
with his skies.’ Nor need we dread the ap
proach of dotage, let it come, if it must. **♦*•*.
it seems, still delights in his four stories: and
“ tat k remembered to the last his Bennington,
and exulted in his glory ; the worst of the"evil
is, that our friends will suffer more l y our im
becility than we ourselves.
»*«»».
“ In wishing for your good health and happi
ness, I am very selfish ; for I hope for more let
ters. This is worth more titan five hundred
dollars to me, for it lias already given me, and
it will continue to give me mere pleasure than
a thousand. Mr. Jay, who is about your age, I
am told, experiences more decay than you do.
“ I am your old friend,
„ , “ JOHN ADAMS.
“ President Jefferson.”
Carious instance of Fortune-Telling.
From a lucid summary of the “Story of the
Countess of Stair,” grand-daughter of the Chan
cellor, Earl of London, we extract the follow
ing :
It was. her lot at an early age to be united to
James, Viscount Primrose*a man of the worst
temper and most dissolute manners. Her lady
ship, who hail no small share of the old Chan
cellor in her constitution, could have managed
most men with ease, by dint of superior intel
lect and force of character; but the cruelty of
Lord Primrose was too much for her. lie treat
ed her so barbarously that she bad even reason
to fear that he would some day put an end to
her life. One morning she was dressing herself
in Iter chamber, near an open window, when his
lordship entered the room behind her, with a
drawn sword in his baud. He had opened the
door softly, and although his face indicated a
resolution of the most horrible nature, he had
still the presence of ntind to approach her with
caution. Had site not caught a glimpse of his
face and figure In the glass, he would, in all
probability, have conte near enough to execute
his bloody purpose, before she was aware, or
could have taken any measures to have saved
herself. Fortunately, she perceived him iu[tiuie
to leap out of the open window iuto the street.
Ilall-dressed as she w as, sfie immediately, by a
very laudable exertion of her natural good
sense, went to the house of Lord Primrose’s
mother, where she told her story and demanded
protection. That protection was at once ex
tended ; and it being now thought vain to at
tempt a reconciliation, they never afterwards
lived together. Lord Primrose soon afterwards
went abroad. During his absence, a foreign
conjurer, or fortune-teller, came to Edinburgh,
professing, among othi r wonderful accomplish
ments, to be able to inform any person of the
present condition or situation of any other per
son, at whatever distance, in whom the appli
cant might be interested. Lady Primrose was
excited by curiosity to go, with a female friend,
to the lodgings of the wise man in the Canon
gate. for the purpose of inquiring the motions
of her husband, of whom she had not heard for
a considerable time. It was at night; and the
two ladies went, with the tartan screens or
plaids of tlieir servants drawn over their facts
by way of disguise. Lady Primrose having
desctilKd tlie ltnlit fount lit whose fate she was
interested, and having expressed a desire to
know what he was at present doing, the conju
ror led her to a large mirror, in which she dis
tinctly perceived the appearance of the inside
of a church, with a marriage party arranged
near the altar. To her astonishment, she recog
nised in the shadowy bridegroom no other than
her husband. The magical scene was not ex
actly like a picture ; or ii' so, it was rather like
the live pictures of the stage than the dead im
movable delineations of the pencil. It admitt
ed of additions to the persons represented, and
of a progress of action. As the lady gazed on
it, the ceremonial of the marriage seemed to
proceed. The necessary arragements had at last
been made; the priest seemed to have pro
nounced the preliminary service ; he was just
on the point of bidding the bride and bride
groom join hands, when suddenly a gentleman,
for whom the rest seemed to have waited n con
siderable time, and a brother of her own, then
abroad, entered the church, and advanced hur
riedly towards the party. Tlie aspect of this
person w as at first only that of a friend who had
been invited to attend the ceremony, and who
had come too late; but as be advanced, the ex
pression of his countenance and figure was al
tered. lie stopped short; his face assumed a
wrathful expression; be drc-w his sword and
rushed up to the bridegroom, who prepared to
defend himself The whole scene then became
tumultuous and indistinct, and soon after van
ished entirely away.
When Lady Primrose reached home, she wrote
a minute narrative of the whole transaction, to
which she appended the day of the month on
which she had seen the mysterious vision. This
narrative she scaled up in the presence of a
witness, and then deposited it in one of her
drawers. Soon afterwards her brother returned
from his travels, and came to visit her. She
asked if, in the course of his wanderings, he had
happened to see or hear anything of Lord Prim
rose? The young man only answered by say
ing that he wished he might never hear the
name of that detested personage mentioned.
Lady Primrose, however questioned him so
closely that lie at last confessed having met his
lordship, and that under very strange circum
stances. Having spent some time in one of the
Dutch cities—it was either Amsterdam or Rot
terdam—he had become acquainted with a rich
merchant, who had a very beautiful daughter,
bis only child, and the heiress of his large for
tune. One day, his friend, the merchant, in
formed him that his daughter was about to be
married to a Scottish gentleman, who had late
ly come to reside there. The nuptials were to
take place in the course of a few days; and, os
he was a countryman of the bridegroom, he was
invited to the wedding. He went accordingly,
was a little too late for the commencement of
the ceremony, but, fortunately, came in time
to prevent the sacrifice of an amiable young
lady to the greatest monster alive in human
shape—bis own brother-in-law, Lord Prim
rose.
The story proceeds to say that, although La
dy Primrose had proved her willingness to be
lieve in the magical delineations of the mirror,
by writing down an account of them, yet she
was so much surprised by discovering them to
be the representations of actual fact, that she
almost fainted. Something, however, yet re
mained to be ascertained. Did Lord Primrose’s
attempted marriage take place exactly at the
same time with her visit to the conjuror? She
asked her brother on what day the circumstance
which he related took place ? Having been in
formed, she took out her key, and requested him
to go to her chamber, to open a drawer which
she described, and to bring her a sealed packet
which he would find in that drawer. On the
Eacket being opened, it was discovered that
wdy Primrose had seen the shadowy represen
tation of her husband’s abortive nuptials on the
very evening when they were transacted in re
ality.
•Defalcation.— There was great expitement in
Wall street, New York, a few days age, it being
known that Brown, Brothers & Co., had been
defrauded of $230,000 by their cashier, in con
nection with B. A- Comstock, a note broker.—
They had managed within two years to abstract
that sum. Both parties are iu prison, and an
examination will take place. The father of the
Cashier, Mr. Bowen, is a partner in the house,
and is completely overwhelmed with his son’s
conduct.
EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS
Lost and Found.—We find the following
statement in the Sacramento Union. It is a
communication from Weavcrrille, California,
under date of July 25th. 1532. The Mr. Martin
referred to formerly lived at Mineral Point :
In the month of June, ’sl, a miner named
Richard Martin, having accumulated an hun
dred ounces of gold, buried the same for safe
keeping in the earth floor of his cabin. On the
day following the deposit, .Martin returning
front his work discovered certain evidences that
lt'ts cabin had bent pro-pec ted by some enter
prising miner during his absence, the floor be
ing punctured in divers places and a pine stick
sharpened at the end remaining upon the
ground. Martin s first move was to h,ok after
his hidden treasure, but he dug in vain the hard
earned wages of a year’s toil in the mines was
gone from him in a moment; the por- fellow
was reduced to a state of despair, and seemed
as if he were insane. For a long time after
wards, w henever his mind was occupied with
his loss—indeed it required all the consolation
which his friends could bestow to give him
heart even to attempt to make it up again. In
the fall follow ing this occurrence, Dick's part
ner left the country for his home, and not Ling
but the loss of his money prevented Dick from
going with him. Strong suspicions were fas
tened upon a certain individual, based on cir
cumstances; it was coned red a moral certainty
that this man had the mcnoy, and so the matter
remained up to this time. ‘Jn the interval for
tune again smiled on Dick and his pile grew
apace. However, the memory of his lost trea
sure still haunted him, and it was his habit fre
quently to visit the old cabin and make further
excavations, in the desperate hope that, to use
his own language, “the fellow’s conscience
might force him to bring it back.” But. as 1
said, fortune smiled on Dick, and he started
some two months since to visit his parents in
England, with much more money than he would
have had, at the time his partner left, including
that which was stolen.
The sequel happened yesterday, when one
Thomas Drew went into the same cabin for the
purpose of digging up some dust which he had
deposited near the same place two months past,
in the course of his operations Drew struck a
bag in a decayed slate which did not belong to
him. The gold, which was in a loose condition,
was soon panned out. and has since been fully
identified as Dick’s by his old partner, who re
turned here a few days ago. I leave the envi
ous to conjecture whether or no tlie fellow's
conscience forced bint to bring it back.
It will gratify Dick to learn that his money is
in safe hands, and it is a curious chain for those
who like to study the circumstances which con
trol the fortunes of men. The men unfortu
nately suspected is now as fully vindicated be
fore all men as he was before 'in his own con
science.
Ten dollars Reward. — l will pay the above
reward to the Ohio Statesman, at Columbus,
the Cincinnati Enquirer, or the Cleveland Plain
dealer, if they will publish in their Daily and
Weekly papers all the votes that Gen. Frank
Pierce gave for and against the River and
Harbor appropriations for the West, while he
was a member of Congress—and then name the
River and Harbor bills that Gen. Jackson and
Van Buren signed, and that Gen. Frank Pierce
voted against. Or. I will give them five dollars
for every vote that they will show that he gave
for such appropriation's, if they will agree to
give me one dollar for each vote I will show
Frank Pierce gave against such purposes.
1 w ill not take Sam Houston's statement for
the same undo- oath. I will abide the result of
an official and attested copy from the records
of Congress. The editor of the Atlas will name
the party who makes the offer, aud who will
pay the money as toon as the above shall be
shown that Pierce gave a vote or votes for such
a purpose; and it will be expected that they
will name the person who will pay me as above
for such votes as I may be able to show that
1 rank Pierce gave against the foregoing named
object. W. P.
P. S. All the Whig papers in the State will
please publish this. The Locofoco papers will
of course give it circulation.—lV. P.—Cincin
nati Atlas.
Anecdote of Henry Clay.— The following
we select from among the many other annec
dotes of Mr. Clay, recently published in Har
per's Magazine
A striking instance of the simplicity as well
as humanity of Mr. Clay's character is given iu
the following authentic anecdote of him, while
a member of the House of Representatives :
Almost everybody iu Washington City will
remember an old hc-goat, which formerly in
habited a livcvy-stable in Pennsylvania Avenue.
This animal was the most independent citizen
of the Metropolis. He belonged to no par*y,
although he frequently gave pedestrians •• stri
king” proofs of his adhesion to the “leveling”
principle; for, whenever a person stopped any
where in the vicinity, “Billy” was sure to
“make at hint," horns and all. The boys took
delight in irritating him. and frequently so an
noyed him that ho would “butt” against lamp
posts and trees to their great amusement.
One day Henry Clay was passing along the
avenue, and seeing the boys intent on worrying
Billy into a fever, stopped, and with character
istic humanity expostulated with them upon
their cruelty. The boys listened with silent
awe to the eloquent appeal of the “Lnminary
of the West,” but it was all Cherokee to Billy,
who—the ungrateful scamp!—arose majestical
ly on his hind legs, and made a desperate plunge
at his friend and advocate, Mr. Clay, however,
proved too much for his horned adversary. He
seized both horns of the dilemma, and then came
the “ tug of war.” The struggle was long aud
doubtful.
“Ha!” exclaimed the statesman, “I've got
yon fast, you old rascal! I'll teach you better
manners than to nttack your friends 1 But,
boys,” he continued, “wlmt shall I do note?”
“ Why, trip up his feet. Mr. Clay.” Mr. Clay
did as he was told, and after many severe efforts,
brought Billy down on his side. Here he look
ed at the boys imploringly, seeming to say, “I
never was in such a fix as this before.”
The combatants were now nearly exhausted;
but the goat had the advantage, for he was
gaining breath all the time the statesman was
losing it.
“Boys!” exclaimed Mr. Clay, puffing and
blowing, “ this is rather an awkwarfl business.
What shall I do next ?”
“Why, don’t you know?” said a little fellow,
making his own preparations to run as he spoke:
“ all you’ve got to do is to let go, and run like
blazes!”
The hint was taken at once, much to the
amusement of the boys who had been “lectur
ed.”
Singular Discovert. —lt is stated in one of
our English papers, that the work of draining
the Lake of Haarlem has led to the discovery
of an immense mass of human remains, deeply
embedded in the mud, and placed precisely on
the spot where, according to a topographic
chart laid down in 1511, and which has always
been considered as perfectly accurate, the unfor
tunate village of Nicrewenkirk was situated,
and in 1539 was swallowed up by one of those
eruptions of the North Sea which formed the
immense Lake of Haarlem.
Help Wanted.—All the Pierce papers are
publishing a call for a Webster Convention at
MadiHon. to nominate a Welter vh ctora! tick
'et for this Slate. They ai ect oucbly intr< at
1 die Whig papers "t< copy, but i... v!,,g paper
ferm“ dispos'd to help tie rr,. Tins is too e«d.
II the Hunkers are sick ot Mr. Pierce and w ant
to take up Mr. Webster instead, they deserve to
be encouraged. It would really be a creditable
change. —Milwaukee Sentinel.
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