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in' JAMES M. GOODHUE & ISAAC X. GOODHUE. VOLUME 11. MINNESOTA I’IO.YEEII. VVILItIIED EVERY T’IIIKDAV H'IRNI.VG By JIS. M. t ISAAC’ A. GOOUHtE. atk ICC cy THIRD »TH! KT, NEAR THE soua.t’iit’t ki.sifciSt’l T i: it m s : T ur PIOXKEW. \\ill bn furnished to sub scriber* at Two Doll ar» per annum, inva riably in advance. \ 0 *,il»-»criptiou* received for leas than one tear. .(-j» \l| letters to this office must be pre-paip tornceive attention. St. Paul Uu3UU33 Dirtftorti. MASTKRSON & SIMONS .Hlurncys and Couruellors at Law, Bench-street, !St. I’sul. H. F. MAXTKR’WIN. Olt I.ANIKJ SIMON'S. ALLEN IMERSF., ATTORNEY AT LAW, t. Paul, Mm. Ter. Wilt ntteud to business connected with bis profession in anv part of the Territory of Mtnne- Hu * Mav J 7. 1850. ly. B. W. I.ott, Attorney and < 'ounsrllor *il I.asv, and (itncru. La nd AftaL-ft. hil Particular attention \\ ill be given t.» collections, pacing i'.nloruif Lund*, Securing Pre- F.mption (/laiins, ani entries made l*y Military I.ami Warrants. __ Henry A. Lamberl, Attorney and Counsellor at Law-—Jit. Paul, Min. k tr* R c moe* —A. L. Collins. Esq., Madison, Wi*.; David Graham. Jr., Esq., J. Prescott Hull, E*q , H M S. E. 11. Blatchford, Eiqs.; New Vo k; Messrs. F. Cramer, Milwaukee; Grinnell, Minturn .V. Co., Jas. McCullough, Si meon Draper, Jas, Bowen, N. V ork. bif ~ rice. WHIT ALL & BECKER, Attorneys at La« and Solicitors iu Chancery, Will give their entire attention to the business of their profession. The collection of debts, pay tnem of taxes, buying and selling of hinds 4 c., protriptlv attended to. Their others are at St Paul and St. Anthony, Minnesota. ED. RICE. tt. a. WHITALL, tiEO. E. BECKKH. October 25 *xvu if Bnhcock, Antes k Wilkinson. Attorneys and Counsellors at Law. J»t. Paul. Minnesota Territory. 49- E. A. BABCOCK, M. F.. AMES, M. S. WII.KI.NsON A.MKS * WILKINSON, Attornevs and Counsellors at Law, and Solicitors in Chancery. 47-tt Ht ill water, Minnesota Territory. Doctor D»»y Continues the practice of his profession at Hatnt Paul and will be fotutd at In* olnce o» Third Street. John J. Dewey, M. I>., PHttICIAN ASI D »'.*CUI.X. Oilicc on Third street “ " Louis Robert*, Forwarding and Commission, and Dry floods and Groceries. —Corner of Jackson and ltiver i»ls., on the north i»ide. John 11 a u dill I dr Co. Forwarding and Commission, Dry woods and Gro rcrifi. —Corner of Jacksou and Rivdr street!, south side. W. 11. Forbes, fur Company, St. Paul Outfit also Dry Goods mid Groceries.—Thild street. Charles Cavilcer, faints. Oils, O-e-Stutis, Drugs and Medicines. Third street Wm. D. Phillips, Attorney and Counsellor nt Law anil Land Agent. Pre-emption claims secured, and eutrios iimdc bv Military Warrants. Ollice on St. Anthony street, nearly opposite the Upper Lauding. W in. I>. Phillips, Fmcareur, Avocat cn droit, et Agent desterre* S'. Paul. Reclame mis ensurete ct dts terre entree, par des ordres inilitaires. C. D. HE VANS, il)faler in Stovi s and manufacturer of every dc scription of Tin and Copper \\ are, a few doors below »h« Amcricun llouw, Saint Anthony street. 11. C A WOOD, ON the street leading irmn the 1 PP pr Clttt d'ng, St. Paul, is ready, on short notice, -to make and repair bti£gn**» wagons, mid sleds; nmi to do all sort* of wheelwright work. 3tt-ly Dec. 25, 1549. R. R. NELSON, Atfy unit ('ounsfllor at l<«w and fml Land Agent. —M. Pnnl* Min. Particular attention given to the calectioa of •lebt*, payment of taxes, secu'ing pte-cmption < ’a.ms, entering iaiuii by military warrants, ke., —JOtftce at present in the rear of H. VV. Tracy fc Co.'s «iore. \ alutiblc l«vts for aale in Leech * Aiiui -2-i-ly 40 iluirrs Blank l»cfds W AP.rt ant k e and Qiti(4!lnim, for sole nt ti»«* PIONEER OFFICE. NOTICK.. - C CHARLES W. BOR CP, baa been appointed _y by me to adjust the affair* of the \A inneba £•* >nd Chippewa Outfit. 11. H. SIBLEY. Or her l*' xxvi tf Stillwater 13u3incs3 Dircctorri. Henry L. Moss, Attorney arnl Counsellor at Law, and genera L»ml \gent —Stillwater, Minn. Ter. Land Warrant* constantly on hand and for Kile— • 'rranted genuine. ncFtn TO r* Woodward St Dusonbnry, N. City. P. Chostnit, Jr., At Co.,St. Louis. ” k. M-Kensie St Co., “ “ ** li* instead St Washburn, Galena, 111. ’* James Carter 4" Co., " ** H. L. Dousman, L.«q., Prairie do Chien Hon. 11. 11. Sibley, Minnesota Ter. II M. Rice, Esq., “ MINNESOTA HOUSE, '•ilWater, Min.—By W. E. Haktshorx. N * exertion will he spared to ensure the cotn •* of Travelers. Porters will be ;n attendance at die boats, free of charge. 17lf AUHAI VANVORHES, Attorney ami Counsellor at Law and Solic itor in Chancery. Will Rttend to ail pro fessional business entrusted to bis care. Stillwater, M. T. 52-if » AI.LEN AIXAR it BEMMF.S, tftHorncyt at Law, Willow River, St. Croix Co., Il'i*c»niin. THE MINNESOTA PIONEER St. Paul, Ulinnenotn. JI’ST received from the essl a fresh supply o Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oil*, Class, Fur nishes and Dye-studs, which will he sold at the lowest prices. FAMILY MEDICINES. Anti-hilious, cathartic, vegetable, end »zne pills Coxe's hive syrup, Stoughton’s hitters, Burgundy pitch, Linimeutv-volntile, nerve and bone, poor man’s aud anodyne;Am., Thompson’s eye water opodeldoc, paregoric, castor oil without taste or smell, rheumatic drops, Mexican Mustang Lini ment, together with every article in the Drug line for sale cheap for cash. DEWEY & CAVILLER. St. Paul, April 27, 1850. 1-ly. THE subscriber would respectfully inform the cilizeits of St. Paul, that he has taken the shop recently occupied by P. R. Johnson, nn St. Charles street—w hero he is prepared to make to order all kinds uf GENTLEMEN'S GARMENTS on short notice. From Ins long experience in the business, he is coiuident of being able to give satisfaction to all who may favor him with their cu >tom. St. Paul, June lltli, 1819, L. KOBKRTS, CORNER OF WATER AND JACKSON STS., IS now offering for sale a large and Beautiful assortment of UltY GOODS, Consisting in part of Calicoes, Sheeting, Shirt ings, Motislin de luincs, Silks, Alpacas, Broad cloths, Caasimcres, Satinets, Jeans, \ eating’s. Coat Trimmings, Einsevs, ready made clothing, BOOTS AND «l SHOES, Jlc. Selected with great c.irc and bought at extremely \ full supply—best quality of Coffee, Teas, Su gars of several varieties and prices, Molasses, Spice, Pepper, Ginger,Cinnamon, ( lows ; Salt, (very cheap ;) 50 bbls. winter Apples ; Nails, Tobacco, See. 8-c. ' Also LIQCORS, on Commission ; viz . American Brandy, Auk ricau Gin, Coinmon, rec tified and Monougahela Whiskey, cheap fur cash. Goods at cash prices \ ill he given in pav for Puis, Hubs, Wheat and most oilier kinds n|' pro duce. LOLIS ROBERTS would particularly invite the stieiition of Far piers and all others to iiis stork o GOODS, believing they will find it tin Iheir interest to deal with him. He has facilities fordoing business on the river, unsurpassed by any other establishment. forwarding a. <o>nnssio\. I aiu prepared to receive, store, and make advances upon Produce or any Goods consigned to me. I .OTIS ROBERTS St. Puul, Minnesota, April 28.-1 tf SAINT LOUis MARBLE WORKS. fll, Washington Jlvenuc, near Fourth st. "METARULE Mantle Pieces of every vnriet\ ; ITJ. also, |t;<!iiiu Miirbie Monuments, Tombs, Head Stones, furniture Tops, and Marble work of every description, lor sale low by 23tf J. C. WILSON. iT the Central House, desires to have it distinctly understood, thnt those who are indebted to him lor his past services with razor and shears, are expected forthwith to liquidate; and that in rentier, his business will be conducted strictly upon cash princi ples. nl-v2-tf ST. I’AI L FIRE AND MARINE IN SURANCE AGENCY. Columbus Insurance Company of Co lumbus, Ohio.—Capital $300,000. THE undersigned having been appointed agents of this old ntid reliable File and Marine Insurance Compnny, nre prepared to issue policies at fair and reasonable rates. The character aud standing of this Com pany have been well established for many years, and we nre prepared to give the most satisfactory evidence of its responsibility, and liberaiitv io settlement of losses. RICE, WHIT ALL & BECKER, ‘i-itt’*' Agents TILDEfIf 6c SMITH, Geuerul Lhdil Ageuis. St. Faci,, Minnesota Territory. WfILL attend to the locating and Entering c»F Laud, with Military Warrant.-., or otherwise. Also, to the securing of Pre- Emption claims, and the sale ot Farms, Town Lots, Sic. Village property for sale. Ollice at the Centre House. HENRY L.TILDEN, J. W. C. SMITH. 44-tf Feb. 10, 1850. ST. PAUL AND STILLWATER.—Those who wish to travel across the fine country between these towns, a distance of only 20 miles, while it is sixty miles around by steamboat, will find a stage leaving each town for the other, eve ry morning after breakfast, except Sundnv*. ROBERT KENNEDY, Proprietor. Saint Paul, July IS, IS?0. JOSEPH BOW RON* Notnry Public and Land Agent* Willow Hivrr, St. Croix cn., It isconsin. Pre-emption claim* secured and entries made by Military Land Warrant*. Blank Deeds un- Mortgnges constantly on hand, and convey an. ccs carefully and promptly attended to. references: Hon. Caleb Cushing, Mass. “ I. P. Walker, Wisconsin “ Charles Dunn, 11. L. Dousman, Kmj, Gov’r Nelson Dewey, Oct 18 xxvi tf HOUSES, Sign*, Carriages and Furniture; Imitation* of mahogany, maple, oak,rose wood and marble. Glazing, done quickly and very cheap. Paper Hanging and Wall Coloring. Roofs painted with fire-proof paint. Table-covers and floor cloths to order. Fine transparent painted win dow-curtains of tb«* beautiful aceuery of the North- West. Prices for all work will he moderate, and terms accomodating. Paints ready mixed, of any color, for sale. Shop on Bench street, J. HOLLAND * CO,, May 12 3-tf Lute of Galena. NEW ATTRACTION. MR. CHARLES CAVE informs hjs fr.enda and the public that he has just opeued A Splendid Bowling Saloon, with appropriate accompaniments, in Robert s new building, near the new Post office, in Saint Paul. Th* lovers of the recreotion of Bowl tug will find tlieacoomodati.iu* and entertainment* oi the most complete Htjd perfect description, j) <i ' 2 W. H. SEMMES. DRUGS AND MEDICINES. T A ILOUIN G. W 11. TIN M R Btf. low prices. Also, GROCERIES, WM. ARMSTRONG, STAG 12 S . PAINTING. ST. PAUL. MINNESOTA TERRITORY, Tt COMMUNICATED. Sketch of the Life and writings of Louis lieu uepiu. NUMBER 111 ! Although Iletinepin was for a lime j separated from his companions, they 'appear to have lived at last in the same encampment, as the following account , of the baptism of the fust Dakota infant | shows. I In the fifty-fifth chapter of the edition I of his works published at Amsterdam,in 1704, and also in the English edition of j 1098, Hennepin says: Going one day, las I often did to visit the lodges,l found the infant of one called Mamcnisi, very j ill. I pon examination of the child’s disease 1 found it past recovery. 1 I desired our two canoe-men to give me their opiuion, telling them that in con science l thought myself obliged to bap tize it. Michael Ako could not bo pre i vailed upon to enter the cabin vviieic the 'sick child lay. He said,to excuse him self, that I could not forget what ri*k we j had already run, ow ing to my obstinacy- in saying my breviary, and that he fear ed that the baptism I Was about to per form might expose us to (lie same uan jger. The unfortunate fellow preferred Ito comply with certain superstitions of the barbarians.; ather than assist me inso 1 pious a design. Accompanied bvnone but ' by Picard duGay, who assisted me as god i father, 1 christened the child, and nam ed it Antonetta, alter Saint Anthony of ; Padua, and rather because Picard du jGav’s name was AnthonyAugucllo,a na tive of Amiens, and nephew of Monsieur du Cauroi, since Abbot of Beaulieu, to ; whom I presented him safe at our return | from Canada. But to pr >ceed; for the .want of more proper utensils, 1 took a wooden dish, and having put some com mon water tin rein, poured it upon the head of toe little savage, pronouncing these words: ‘Creature of God, I bnp jfizc thee in the name of the Father, the Son,and the Holy Spirit.’ Then I took half mv altar-cloth, which I had snatch 1i d out of the hands of a savage who had stolen it,and spread it over the body j of the infant. The baptism was accompanied by no | other ceremony, because mv sacerdotal , robes being taken from me 1 could not | say mass. 1 thought that the lu.en could not serve a better purpose than a w ind ing sheet to the lirst infant of the coun j try that had the happiness to be baptiz |ed. 1 know not how far its pain might bo assuaged bv v irtue of linen, or what alteration it might have produced, but l am sure I saw it laughing the next day :in its mother’s arms. It died, however, ; some time afterwards, which afforded me more of joy than grief. Had this child recovered, it was much to be feared that it would have trod in the steps of his forefathers, and been overgrown with infamous superstitions for want of a preacher to teach it. Up on these considerations, I was glad it had pleased God to take this little Christian out of the world. I have of ten attributed my preservation amid the greatest dangers, to the care 1 took for its baptism. In the fifty-sixth chapter he states,that during his captivity there arrived an embassy of four savages, who said they came 500 leagues from the west, and had been four moons on the way.— From them he learned that there were no struts called Anian, and that they had not passed over any large sea. — They also told him, that the nation of the Asseniponalacs, who lie north-east of the Issati, were only six or seven days distant. On the map he calls this nation the Assenipoils, and makes them as dwelling on a lake betwccriLakc Superior and Lake Assenipoil. These Indians stated moreover,that there were very few forests in the country through which they had traveled, and that some times the fuel was so scarce that they were forced to make fires of bulls’ dung, to boil their victuals. The information he obtained, led him to conclude that it was impossible to find out a passage to China and Japan by the Frozen Ocean; hut that it was easy to go to the Pacific by means of rivers, navigable for large vessels. He nlso expressed the opinion that Japan might he found to be on the same continent as America. After he had been with the Dakotas about two months,he descended the Mis sissippi with a party that were in quest of buffaloes. The Chief of the band was named Ouasicoude.orPicrced Pine, and there was with him about 250 war riors. Our Father took nothing w ith him but his prayer book, having buried his chalice and his papers until he re turned from the chase. Some four days after their departure they made a halt about eight leagues above Saint Antho nv’s Falls, upon a hill opposite the river Saint Francis. Shortly after this, as they were making a portage around the Fails,they perceived an Indian in an oak tree, near the roaring waters, weeping bitterlv, having fastened to one of the branches a heaver robe, white on the in side, and ornamented with porcupine. “The poor wretch,” says the Recol lect, “had offered it in sacrifice to the Falls, which indeed of itself is terrible, and hath something init very astonishing However, it doth not come near that of Niagara.” The party descended ns far as the Wisconsin,and upon their return, upon the banks ofthe Buffalo river,they met a party of Indians. Having hailed them, tbev answered “Tepatoni niko nikanage.” (Friends, all is well.) After this, they descended the Mis sissippi again, and on the 28th of July, Democratic Principles, Democratic illcn aiii) Dr ► | 1080, they commenced ascending the I Mississippi for the third time. About i thin time the Sieur de Luth, accompani -1 cd by five men, came to their camp from Canada. They requested Hennepin, Picard, and Ako, to accompany them to I the Dakota villages, as they did not un idorstnnd the language. Leaving the i hunting party, they started for the villa ! ges, were they arrived on the 14th of ; August. Having exchanged their com modities, they returned to the cncuinp- I ment. Towards the end of September, (he Frenchmen informed the Indians that they wished to go back to Canada, to procure iron and other useful goods, A council being held, it was decided that they might return. Ouasicoude present ed them with some sacks of wild rice, and then with a pencil marked down on a stieet of paper which Hennepin had left, the course they were to keep for ' 100 leagues. In two canoes they de scended the River St. Francis, and en tered the Mississippi. Two of the men took away from the Falls of Saint An thony two beaver robes which had been I hung there, as a sort of oblation Hen nepin remonstrated upon the improprie ty and danger of this proceeding. Ou -1 asicoude hearing about the matter, fol j lowed in pursuit, but was at length ap peased by the present of some tobacco. Journeiing by the way of the Wiscon sin and Fox rivers they at last arrived iat Mackinaw, where they passed the winter. Leaving that post in Easter week, 1081, they at last arrived at Mon treal, where Hennepin was hospitably ! entertained by Count Frontenac, the Governor of Canada. In concluding n sketch of the Life ;aud Writings of this daring and enter taining traveler,it is appropriate to in quire why the French called him the ‘great liar,’ and Bancroft in his History of'theUnited States, the “boastful liar.” Our author baving returncd to Europe, 1 by the older of his superior at Quebec, published a narrative of his travels on i the Upper Mississippi, at Paris, in t G^'J, which he dedicated to the King. The hook w as as truthful as any of the books :of travels of that day, and was called I “A Description of Louisiana.” In the year 1 GOT, according to Char levoix, he published in Utrecht a work j entitled “A new Description of a vast j Country situated in America, between I New Mexico and the Frozen Ocean, from the year 11)70 to 168:2, itc.’’ ! In 1698, he published the same in two volumes with the title page slightly al tered. j The same year an English edition ap peared, dedicated to Y\ illiam 2d. in 1704, another edition was published at Amsterdam, with maps utid plates.— This second work contained the descrip tion of Louisiana enlarged and improv jed, and in addition it pretends to gi\e a | journal of Hennepin’s voyage dow n tilt : lower Mississippi. The interpolation is I poorly executed. lie states that lie was ionlv4l days in descending from the Illi nois and the Gulf of Mexico, and in re turning ;and that he left the Gulf on the 1 1st of April,was at the Arkansas on the iUtli, nt the Illinois on the 24th, and at j the Wisconsin, (according to Ins state ment 150 leagues above) on the 12th. ! Sparks, in his Life of LaSalle, re marks: “The suspicions of the author’s ; veracity, which could not but spring from these circumstances,were strength |ened by others. In the preface to Iris i “new discovery” he affirmed that he liv ledin America eleven years; whereas the w hole time of his residence was less than five years.” In his first work he j savs truly, that Joliet had descended the ! M ississippi, but in the last w ork lie says that he was the first European who dis covered the Mississippi. In the preface to his new voyage he says that he was obliged to suppress a portion of his travels in his first work for vaiious reas ons,and among others the enmity of La- Salle, which lie says this was induced in this ways. Having been appointed missionary to Canada, in 1070, he was obliged to cross the ocean with a mini- ; her of girls. These continually danced on deck so as to deprive the mariners of their repose, and he felt called upon to reprimand them, so that they might de mean themselves with more modesty and quietness. This, he says, caused La ' Salle to go into a rage, and call him a > dull, impertinent fellow,and unworthy of. respect. He gives other reasons, also, ' equally frivolous for suppressing an ac count of the journey for thirteen years,if. it had really been performed. To the' querv, where did he obtain the muteri-| als for his asserted voyage to the Gulf! of Mexico; the reply of President Sparks , of Harvard University, is very satisfac tory, an abridgin' nt of which is given:; “Some have supposed that he drew them from the book ascribed to Tonty, which appeared at the beginning of the year in which the “New Discovery” wa« published. For the descriptions of ! natural scenery, as far as the Arkansas ! river,he might have helped himself from Marquette. It is true enough that the agreement with Tonty, in mnny parts,is too close to have been the result of nc jcident, and it is remarkable that the Re collect and his two men should encoun ter so many cveuts,which happened pre cisely in the same manner, and at the same places two years afterwards to La Salle and his party. But there is no oc casion to pursue this inquiry, for the I problem can be solved by a more direct and certain process. Lc Clercq’s account of the missiona '• ry proceedings in Canada w as published in 1091,six years before Hennepin’s rev j elation of his new discovery. Now who ever will make the comparison will find inocralit lltrasurcs. UJRSDAV, AUGUST 22. 1850. that Hennepin has not only taken the frame work of his narrative, but has ap) propriated whole paragraphs with very slight verbal alterations. These facts, added to others, are perfectly conclu sive, and must convict Father Henne pin of having palmed upon the world, a pretended discovery and a fictitious nar rative. It is no other than a description of the voyage of LaSalle, vamped up in anew’ and deceptive dress. Notwithstanding this gross imposition wo must allow him justice on other points. There seems to be no good reason to doubt his first book, &c Where his personal ambition and glory are not concerned he may probably be relied on. He was one of that restless | and aspiring class of men, who are un happy at the thought of another's fame or success, looking upon themselves as entitled to a monopoly of these distinc tions.” * t ! Calico Market—Choosing a Husband. Love in so necessary an ingredient in matrimonial affairs, that we cun con ; ceive of no state which is blessed whth I less sunshine, than a marriage from any : other motive. To be connected with 1 the devil is bad, but we think that even sucli partnership would be preferable to spending a life with a woman whose at -1 tachment to us is regulated bv the llur- I tuations of the stock market. Marriage is always an insipid, vexation or a ve ry happy condition. The fact is, when | two people of no genius or taste for ! them themselves, meet together, upon j such a settlement as has been thought ! reasonable by parents and conveyan ! cers from an exact valuation of the land ! and cash of both paities, in this case : the young lady’s person is no more re garded than the house and improvements in purchase of an estate; but she goes with her fortune with iier. These make up the crow d or vulgar of the ricii; and till up the number of the human race, without beneficence to those above them and lead a despicable, indolent, and j useless life, without a sense of the laws ;of kindness, good nature, mutual offi , ces, and elegant satisfaction which flow s i from reason and virtue. The vexatious life arises from a con junction of two people of quick taste and discernment, put together for rea j sons well known to their friends,in which j special care is taken to avoid (what they ' think the chief evil) poverty, and in sure them riches. These good people ! live in constant restraint before compa ny, and too little familiarity when alone; when they are within observation, they : fret at eacli other’s carriage and bchav j ioi; when alone they rev lie each other's | person and conduct; in company they ! arc in purgatory; when together, in i hell. Tiic happy marriage is wncre two persons meet .and voluntarily make choice of each otiicr without principal ly regarding or neglecting the circum stances, of wealth, or beauty. These, may still love in spite of adversity or sickness; the former we may in some measure defend ourselves from, the oth er is a portion of our very make. When you have a true notion of tins sort of passion, your humor of living great will vanish out <>f your imagination, and you will tind that happiness has no m re to do with the state, then June lias with icicles, or whiskey punch with proprie ty. Solitude with the person we love, has pleasure beyond show or pomp. A woman, therefore should consider which of her lovers like her best, did all her property consist of a fig leaf; which would bear with her most when out of humor or in loose gown, and the way to this is for her to ask herself which she values most for his own sake,and by that judge which gives the greater instances of his valuing her for her personal charms only. The idea of marrying a man you may love, is all gammon. Husbands never improve Ify ou have no affection lor your pil low companion on your wedding night, you will never have. Love,like a rock, is formed on the spontaneous principle. When it's a day old it is as large us it ever will be. To hope, therefore, that the wealthy Mr. J ,w ill one day appear as interesting to you as the lim ited income, G pvhom you dote on, is as idle as it isdecpti\e. Choose, therefore, him in whom your like, is not transferable to another ; for if you choose otherwise, there is no hope that your husband will ever have what you liked in his rival; but intrinsic qualities in one man may probably purchase eve ry tiling that is adventitious in another. In plainer terms, he whom you take for the sake of his fortune, attained to per sonal perfection. If J. is not so ac complish) d and agreeable as G., mar riage to you will never make him so; but marriage to you may make G. as rich ns J.; therefore, to make a sure purchase, employ fortune upon certain ties, but do not employ certainties upon fortune. The Farmer's Creed. —We believe in small farms and thorough cultiva tion. Wc believe in large crops, which leave the land better then they found it. We believe in going to the bottom of things, and therefore deep ploughing. We believe that the best fertilizer of the soil is the spirit of industry, cuter prize and intelligence, without which, toil, lime, marl,plaster.bones, nnd green manures will be ol iittie use. [N. Y. Independent. Frowns blight young children,as fros tv nights blight young plants. Letter from Grace (jucuuool. Washington, June 29, 1860. Gentlemen: Tiic proceedings of Con gress for the week past has been inter esting, but not highly exciting in char acter. Next week will probably come •‘the tug of war* on the Compromise bill. On Monday and Tuesday, Mr. Soule addressed the Senate, at length on his n inendment. The exordium of his speech was, 1 should say, rather unfortunate. It was not conceived in a spirit of re markable kindness, or modesty, to say the least. He indulged rather freely in censures and sarcasms on ceitain prin ciples and sentiments prevailing through out his adopted country, and honestly and firmly advocated by some of the a blest and most honorable members of that Senate, to which he has been ex alted through the very spirit of liberty and toleration which he seems to lack and disregard—and where lie stun:is an alien and an anomaly. He was not even complaisant and complimentary enough to call the .senti ment of tiie north “a mistaken philan thropy, doing more honor to the heart then the head,” but contemptuously pro nounced it “a blind fanaticism.” The style of this speaker is dramatic in a high degree; his attitudes are foil of artistic elegance and grace, and some of his tones, looks, and gestures, would have done honor to Talma. His is peculiarly a French style of speak ing—brilliant and striking, but lacking, I think,the higher essentials of oratory. Mr. Soule has neither the ponderous ar gument, and calm and luminous reason ing of Webster nor the mighty will, now bold and imperi >us, now irresistibly persuasive the inspiring, subduing, overmastering eloquence of Ciay-4-nor yet the varied,powerful, impassioned or atory of Corwin. But as 1 said, it is dramatic, and it is better suited to the French Chamber of Deputies, the a to a Senate, whose members, in their |ion or be it said, are, with few exceptions, marked by true. Anglo-Saxon simplicity. earnestness, vigor, and solidity. On Wednesday, Judge Douglass of Illinois replied to Mi Soule in a most masterly manner, it is thought. He was evidently perfectly assured and fortified, on all the points at issue. Judge Fong las is a strong man, 1 should sav, in more respects than one, for though of slight person, he looks vigorous, and there was much of fire end resolution in his fine dark eye. It is rare to see such an amount of spirit and energy packed into so small a compass. On Thursday, wc listened to a long and most peculiar speech from the late ly appointed successor to Mr. Calhoun. This was a powerful dose of the extri in est S mth Carolina altruism. Tine Hon orable Senator arose under the shadow of the greatness of his predecessor— feeling r>n his shoulders more the burden of his nullification, than the mantle of It is inspiration. He seemed haunted by the shade of departed genius to leur that the spec!re-eye was upon him. the spectre-ear listening for his words; a groundless apprehension, it is to he h p cd, as the soul of the orator was just then, probably, any where < Ist* than in the Senate Chamber. I have heard somewhere, nnd s me time,a little >t -rv ofg certain blnck-br.d wh*. while leading a retired pairt< r;., i.;< among the in- ad *w» and corn fields. h •- held »no day. a gallant old eagle bro’t down by the *>wif’t shaft of a remorseless archer, from Ibis eyry on a high perilous peak, overlooking sen and land Win*n the black-bird saw that lofty place aii vacant and desolate, he resokt d he would ascend thither, and, th ug he could not fill, he would pnin otically occupy the storm-tossed eyry, till the coming of another of the rigln regal race. The fable goes on t > s;iv that wlicn there came on such tempi -t --as were wont to call forth the I ud, de fying scream of the grand old eagle,then the bluck-hird, lisini; with milled leath ers, would look forth boldly from his huge eyry, and d » his best in a shrill, menacing whistle, which w. tild pierce tor a short space into the darkle -s and the tumult, there to be cried down by the winds, and drowned by the waves in their hoarse dashing. \ <-t it certainly was a brave and laudable etfort on the part of the, black-bird to whistle at all under such circumstances. But pray pardon this lengthy and utterly irrilo vant digression. The new Senator of South Carolina was followed by General Foote of Mis sissippi, who gave us a fine specimen of ■ his mopt passionate style, and Mr. But ler of Soulii Carolina, w hose manner <d speaking 1 admire for its energy and clearness. Mr. Davis of Mississippi al so spoke at g-eat length, and in a vio lent, unconciliatory spirit. He came down hot and heavy on his colleague. Mr. Foote,who rose every now and then in explanation, or defence—so we had a spicy debate. During his speech, this belligerent .statesman rather went out of his wav to do up the letter-writers,some of whom, it seemed, had misrepresented him, but whom he, v ithout discrimuin tion, and on masse, denounced and de fied. Looking up into the gallery,where sat the offenders,innocently nibbing their pens, beseemed to regard them as a long line Mexicans, opened a hot fire upon them and gave no quarter. The next morning I fully expected to see that gallery cleared of the killed and wounded, but, on niv soul, there they | were again! all sound nnd hearty.taking notes and recording votes. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. NO. XVIII. On Friday, Mr. Davis of Massachu sets commenced speaking on the nrncr.il ment of Mr, Soule, but did not conclude until to-day. His speech was conceived in an admirable spirit, and delivered in a calm, but earnest maimer. It was characterized throughout by clear,close reasoning, and a tone of manly sinceri ty, worthy one who wears as a crown of honor, such a popular soufirtgite/ as that of “Honest John/' Have you any idea of tho multitudi nous amount of Generals, Colonels, Governors, and Judges,there are in this Congress? 1 hardly l;ff>w n mania either House who does not sport military or civil title. They arc not ex actly 'ail corporals’ but something high er up. Amony the generals of the Sen ate, with blutT vest buttoned up to the chin.a la militairr, sits the gallant Shields with as many lives as a cat,and ull nino devoted to tiie service of his country One, to Jock on his genial face nnd » rect figure,would hardly suppose he had ever fought so fiercely, or been so thor oughly riddled by the bullets of the ene my. Near him sits General Greene, of Rhode Island, 'a true-hearted man.* people t< il me and most certainly bii frank and pleasant countenance bears them out in all such assert ions. A few days since, Colonel Fremont was pointed out to me, in the Senntc Chamber. He stood leaning over the seat of his stately father-in-law, con versing with him, and in fiiat position and at that distance I could not distin guish his features. But my heart beat life* quicker at the very sight of the he roic adventurer. Tiie two most distinguished women of the age.Frederikaßremer und Dorothea Dix, a:« now in Washington* It is cheering and impressive to know of these two great t\ pes of womanhood, that .heir crowning distinction is goodness, and the richer portion of their fame is love. Ah, we may know that this earth of ours is not left swinging away off here out of G>kTs atmosphere,abandon ed and forgotten,while such natures are sent to us,bearing the fullness of Heav en’s life, and while we can receive ami know the angelic visitants while all, the nged and tiie young, the lofty and tin; humble, the meek woman and tho brave soldier, the little child nnd the groat statesman, "delight to do them honor.” Greenwood. Adieu, Spirit Knocking*. A Doct. Giimcs, (riot the deacon) who lias been writing for the New-York Tribune, says he lias discovered the t of ihese mysterious “knocking*." The following is his account of it, as obtained from one of the females en gaged in the business: The knockings were made by various mechanical tricks and by the aid of three confederates, one of whom w as a young woman, who lived at the next house, and the other two were young men, her cousins. Tin* knocking in the middle of the floor was caused by a hoard under the flooi poised like a liver, and so ar ranged that when she st '*>d near n wiu d w, she e old .-tep up n a peg wuich was connected with one md<>l me lever and cause tue other end to rise and kn <ek against the middle of the iloor. The knocking oil the table w;,a» pro duced m several ways; some times by one <*f the confedeiates, who had his hand r foot under the table, but in nv»t UK-tuitct s it wa«d lie by deception which is similar t<> t.iat otu u practiced bv ven ted (|ni't>; thus, the e mpany all sitting r r-ta ding ar mud the table, expecting a sound t*> proceed from it, wiil most of them believe that the sound actually d >es proceed from the table, althoiigu in reality it is produced by the rapping >f a finger against a chair several feet fr in the table. If ihe leading persons present were shrewd and skeptical, and manifested a disposition to scrutinize the proceedings too dost !y, the plan was fi>r tile ?pirits to refuse to answer until they were gone and their places supplied by auditors of a un*re credu- I ms character. 1 asked the woman what induced her first to attempt such x deception. She said she hud become acquainted with the vv men who prac ticed the same deception in Rochester, and had learned the art from tncm. On her return home she tried her own skill and succeeded perfectly. He r success astonished no one as much as herself. She declared that the cr< dulity of so many sensible people was to her a mat ter of amazement. She had no idea at first of deceiving any one, except her own funnly circle, and intended after having amused herself sufficiently, to explain to them how it was done; but the very first experiment roused the whole neighborhood, and in a tew days she found herself in'Mich a position that she could not explain without disgrace; she was, therefore, obliged to keep up the furcc a* well as site could. The Richmond Inquirer says that if every Benton candidate in the field for the election approaching in Missouri bo elected, he will not have ono third the legislature. There is this paradox in pride,it make* some men ridiculous,but prevents others from becoming so. Sensual love in old men is na odroua as a thunder storm in winter, which ra ges over barren snow plains without en riching them, and only leaves greater cold behind.