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Vrvøtcd to Moral und Gcnsrnl Ytrtelljgence, and , the Interrsts of Mkhfield Gaunty. .
Vol. XXXIV.—Wo. 34.
GEORGE A HICKOX Attorney at Law.
Office in East street, directly opposite the
Congregational church, Litchfield, Conn.
H OUSTER & BEEMAN, Attorneys and Coun
selors at Law. Frederick D. Beeman, Com
missioner of Deeds for the State of New York. Office
fas Seymour’s Building, South street, Litchfield, Conn.
■n W. SEYMOUR Attorney and Counsellor
JCiaat Law, Litchfield. Conn,
»OBERT M. TREAT, Manufacturer of com
shellers, churns, safety tug irons, Ac., South
Farms, Conn.
CROSSMAN'S Shaving, Hair-Cutting and Wig
Making Booms—under the Mansion House,
Litchfield.____
R. MERR1MAJN,
HAS just returned from New York with an as
sortment of
WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
Spectacles, from 25 cents to $10 the pair.—Plated
Butter-Knives. Spoons, Forks, Sewing-BirdB _ and
Napkin Bings, Violiiicello Strings, Violin Strings,
V Bridges, Screws, Tail-Boards and Bosin Violin Bows
•ad Tuueing Forks, and Clarionet Roods, and vari
ous Articles too numerous to mention, at the low
•Utreid, May 18, 1857. _*4
E CROSSMAN,
hEeBk Successor to C. M. Hooker,)
Dentist,
Office in South street, over the Post-Office.
All operations on the Teeth carefully performed,
••$ warranted to give entire satisfaction.
I have endeavored to satisfy myself as to the skill
Mr. Edward Crossman as a dental practitioner,
•ad think I can safely recommend him to the citi
seas of Litchfield County as one who merits their
•enlldence and patronage. C. M. Hookkb.
■artford, Con*., August 10, 1857.
DENTISTRY.
UR. E. W. BLAKE would call the at
MjflHkteniion of his patrons to his superior
H**04JLLTmode of tilling Teeth with pure gold,
which rentiers further decay next to impossible.
Ha would also ask them to look at his superiot
Single Gum Teeth; also to his Premium Continu
0*4 limn Teeth —the best in use.
Tile strictest attention gi en, as usual, to the care
fal yet expeditious Extraction of Teeth withorwith
oat the use of Chloroform, Ether and other benumb
lag agents.
Business hours from 8 o'clock A. M. to 6 o’clock
P. M. Office in the first building south of the Man
•fan House, (up stairs.)
Sixteen years in the business—thirteen iu Litch
•eld, Conn.
Litchfield, August 1, 1858.
Litchfield Co. Hat Store.
Terms Oaali.
aetnr. subscriber has just returned from New York
wnn a large new stock of Goods, selected with
greet care, and of the best qw.ltwn in the market
Among his stock will lie found the finest lot of gen
tlemens' Hats, of the latest fashions, ever oflered in
this County. The subscriber will suit any one in
his choice, as he has on hand Leary's, Genin’s. and
Knorfe best hats of various styles. Also a large lot
of Caps of the latest fashions Ladies’ Riding Hats,
• very nice article. Ladies’ and Gentlemens’ Gloves
f»f almost every variety. A large lot of very fine
Buckskiu Mittens that will he sold cheap.
The subscriber is very thankful for the patronage
he has already received from the public, and he
hopes the same will be continued, as he means not
to he outdone in the,County in his branch of busi
ness. Tile public are invited to examine my stock.
. ■ second door west of the Court House, up stairs, and
Judge for tneraseives.
Litchfield, 8ept 7, 1858.
HIRAM JACKSON.
WM. WATKINS.
Hound- Sign and Carriage
PATNTBIl.
GILDING, Graining, Ornamental Painting and
Paper Hangiug.
All orders left at McNiel’s National Hotel will be
promptly attended to.
Litchfield, June 1858. Iy7
Molalnotypos,
Or, Iron Flute i-lviures.
FMTHIS new style of Portraiture is now practised at
J. Judd's Gallery, No. 2 South street.
Litchfield, August 24, 1858.
FIMI ! FlMi !
NO. 1 & 2 Mackerel in Kitts & \ Bbis.
No. 1 Shad, Codfish, Ac. at
WM. H. BRA d AN'S.
Jans 9th. 7
Particular JYotic* t
THE Subscriber has on haud, at all times, a full
assortment of
CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, BUSINESS
WAGONS, &c.
made expressly for the Home Market, and of tlx
best materials, which he will sell at prices to suil
the times. CONCORD BUGGIES for 65 to 70 dol
tors, and others in proportion.
WILLIAM RODGERS.
Litehfield, June 1858. tt'7
Flour Flour!! Flour!! 1
WHEAT Flour, Kye Flour, Buckwheat Flour,
Corn Meal and Provender, fresh ground, a)
A. C. Smith & Co.’s.
A BEAUTIFUL LOT of Borages, Muslins, Lbai
lies, Prints, &c., received this week at
_C. B. BISHOP & CO S.
CORN MEAL end PROVENDER, for sale b,
MOUL 1 HKOP A COE.
Litehfield, July 27th.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
THE subscriber has taken a room over A C
Smith’s store where he is prepared to maki
to order Gentlemen's and Ladies' Boots and Shoes o
the best quality. A share of public patronage is re
•pectfully solicited. S. G. BEACH,
litehfield, Sept. 27, 1868. 23
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DOUBLE ZEPHYR WORSTEDS in all shades
now open at WM. H BRAMAN'S.
R1VER1US MARSH’S
iodu a vrwvrm
fg WARRANTED NOT TO MOULD otDKCAyI
JL It flows freely from the pen, and is of a beauti
ful Black color.
Merchants supplied on short notice at the loweei
" cash prices. Address RIVEBIU8 MARSH,
Litehfield, Conn.
AMENTA SEMINARY,
Ahenia, Dutchess Co., N. Y.
MALE AND FEMALE.
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REV. DENNISON GAGE, A. M., Principal
A FIRST CLASS INSTITUT ION, very pleasant
ly located in a remarkably healthy neighbor
hood ; and with a cc,r|>s of thorough and experienced
Teachers, and low terms, offers unusual inducements
to students
Winter term begins Dec 16th, 1858.
For circulars or information, address
30-fJl] GEO. W. CENTER, Proprietor.
WOLCOTT INSTITUTE.
ri'HE W'inier Session of this School rom
9 mences NOVEMBER 3<l, n: continue 91 weeks
A leu1 dav pupils can l>e ie* eived.
The Reel'r pre umes that ii i8 unnecessary to enu
merate me ai.vainsges eijuied to hia i npile. fur imrl
edual and moral eiiliivaouu; or.‘oepecili whaiifiuris
I will he made hi him and bis i.aa's'ams. to render itio-e
I rnirn-fed in his care thorough mid aeeompliehi d 'n die
several branches id eiliicaiu.ii, which tlitir plana lor life
may indicate as m- a' ess* niial.
Fur circulars, please adiiress
D G. WRIGHT, Rector.
Litchfield. Oct. 11.1858 <•
ELM-PARK COLLEgTaTeT
MA'KTITITE,
LITCHFIELD.
Ret. .TAMES RICHARDS. D. D.. Principal.
JAS RICHARDS. Jb.. A. B., Teacher of Lan
guages and Mathematics.
M. LASLIEU, M.A., Resident Tv&cher of
French.
C1IRCULARS and Catalogues obtained of the
> Principal
IT Winter Session commence* on Tuesday,
November 2d Pupils received at any time.
Litchfield, Oct. 4. 1858.
Xj. FOX,
Empire Clothing Store.
FB8HE subscrilier would respectfully announce to
the vitizens of Litchfield, and the public in
general, that he lias received a new stock of Winter
Goods, at the Lewis store, opposite the Mansion
■ House, where he intends ottering to the public a gen
erl assoitmeiit of Ready-Made Clothing, consisting
of Coats. Pants and Vests, and Gentlemen’s Furnish
ing Goods. Having met with good success diving
my short stay in Litchfield I have now made arrange
ments for continuing tile business in this place. I
would therefore return my sincere thanks to the
public for the Iil«ral encoiungement they have given
me, and believing that I can offer inducements great
er than any other establishment of the kind in the
village, for their further favors in my line, connect
ed as I now am with a large Clothing House in New
York, enabling me to fill all orders that may be en
trusted to me at short notice, and on the most rea
sonable terms. Call and see me at the above place,
where my Goods are always open for examination.
Gentlemen that never bought clothing before,
Let them come and buy their clothing at my store.
And those Gents that always bought clothing before,
Let them come and buy some more.
Recollect, I shall not be undersold. L. FOX.
Litchfield, Oct. 25, 1858. 27-3m
iiNSTKUCTiorj in music.
Tuning aud Repairing Pianos,
* TO OL s .UK LOO O. \ S. A'r.
J DAYTON, on and utter December 1st, will
• give instruction on Piano Forte. Organ. Me
i ball-mi. and in (borough Base. Also. Piuio Fin tea,
i Organa and Mebaleous tuned and repaired in the
best manner. Particular attention paid to brushing
and re-capping old l’i inns, making them as good
toned as wli- ii ue. at a small expense. Pianos kept
in tune by t lie I ear for those who desire it
Mr. D. ia-gs leave to state tiiat having had fifteen
year s experience in this branch of the business, and
having had ample opportunity of comparing liis tun
ing with many of the best tuners in the country,
while residing in Boston the past four years, trusts
that he can give perfect satisfaction.
Also for sale, a very superior article of Music
Stools, of the latest Boston style, suitable for Piano
or Melodeon. which will lie sold much less than the
lowest Boston price. Persons desirous of obtaining
a Music Stisil will find this a rare opportunity.
_ Melodeons for sale. Isitli new and second-hand, of
different kinds. Also, Mdodeons and all kinds of
Reed Instruments made to order, that defy competi
tion. All orders promptly attended to.
30-#tJ J. DAYTON. Wolcottville, Conn.
Clothing at Wholesale for Cash.
TS7HOLESALE PURCHASERS of CLOTHING
▼ ▼ lor CASH will fi id it to iheir ftdvnniavr »«» give
!»>* a rail tiHore i tirchitsinu elsewhere. THIRTY
YEARS* experience in trie (Mothuu; business euatdee
us to • AT r * upen.tr inHurements t«» the trade.
We have u«»iista- fSv on hand a first rate asourtmeut
of OVER COATS, BUSINESS COA I S. PANTS,
VK - I S, t*, whi< h w e wi I *ell vert I. w I r rash.
Go-id heavy OVER (’OA I’S Imm #2 50 upwards.
RANTS a* d VEf-TS in like nr*»p> rion
Buvera of CM) 1 HING w ill pit nse g ve u* an ear*v
calf, a.- we can save them at lea-o 20 per ce* t on the
usual N« w York prices. I'HARLK** HALL,
BO v.se% street, (up s>nirs.)
27] betw’een Greenwich and Washinspon s«r« ets.
The Eclectic College of Medicine,
CINCINNATI, O.
tpilE SPRING SR-i-HON of B59 will Com
1 menee on ih« 9th day ol FeUriinry, ami combine
sixteen weeks. A lull anil thorough course of la-etures
will he given, ot-citpving six or seven h>>ur> dailt, kith
good opiiormnit'es tor n-ientinn to practical Anai.-my,
and with ample Clinical fact ilies at the Commercial
Hospii.i I.
The arrangement of the chair* w li he as follows:_
T. E. ST JOHN, M D,
Pmlcss-rid Anatomy and Physiology.
J. F. JUDGE. M. n'„
Professor ol C lemistrv aed Pharmacy.
A. J. HOWE. W. D.,
Poifessor ofSurgerv.
C. II. CLKAVEUND, M D..
Professot of Materia M< di> a amt I herape utics.
WM. SHERWOOD. M. D.,
Professor ol Medical Pracn-e atm Pathology.
_ J. R. BUCHANAN. M. D.
Emeritus Protestor ol Cere'-ral Physiology and Insti
tutes of Medicine.
JOHN KINT, M. D.,
Profeasor of Obsietnrs and Diseases of Women and
Children.
r ■ ^rm^nf the rtapiiut w II be the eame ae hereto
tore, viz:—Ma«rieiilnt!..ii. $5 00. 1 union $20 00 iJe
in>>ii,iraii>r,x Ticket 95 00. (Kvery amri.in ix ri quired
to engage in dissert!' n one eessn-n befme graduation )
Graduation 9i§ 00 Ticket to Commercial Uotpital,
(opl onal.i »6 00.
The Leemre-Roo-ne are newlv finished, neat and
rnmlnriaMe, a d in a central tocaliir (m Collette Hall
Walnut street.) where students will find it convenient
to call on their arrival
Tickets lor the session mav be obtained of the Dean
of the Faculty, at his office. No. IIS Smith stnet.or «|
Prof. C. H. Cleaveland, Secretary ol the Faculty, No.
1S9 Seventh street, near Kim.
19JOHN KING, M. P„ Dean.
New Goods ! New Goods !
At A C. SMITH A CO.’S.
T ADI*’ MERINO VESTS, at
MJ C. 3. 3mm A «e.’a.
LITCHFIELD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1858.
MADAM IDA PFEIFFER.
Died in Vienna, on the 27th of October,
Madam Ida Pfeiffer Madame Pfeiffer was
boru at Vienna in the year 1797. From her
early iufancy she displayed a determination of
character that nothing was able to snbdne,
and which developed itself with her increasing
years. One trait of her character will suffice
to show her fixity of purpose. When Napole
on was residing ut Schonbrunn, after his entry
into Vienna, he was to hold u grand review of
his troops, ut which all tlie inhabitants of Vi
enna went, f'Oin a desire to see the greatest
general of his time. Ida, who was then elev
en years old, had learned from books and per
sons by whom sin w as then sni rounded to look
u|ion him as a tyrant and an oppressor of her
country, and she consequently entertained the
most intense liatnd toward him. She had re
fused to go when asked by ln-r mother, but the
latter, not wishing to be deprived of the pleas
ure, took lnr daughter by force to the review
Thi y obtained, u good station, from w hence
they could see ali that passtd. At length tire
procession begun to move, and, ns a body of
officers were r.ding by, Ida, in order that her
eyes might not be polluted w.tli the sigl t of
the man she so thoroughly detested, turned
her back toward them. The Emperor was
not, however, among them. Hermotlnr, an
noyed at her obst'nm-y, took lu r by the shoul
ders and turned her back again, but Ida, di
termined not to look at him, resolutely closed
her eyes, and kept them shut till the Emperor
and all his retinue were passed.
Slit* informs us, iu the preface to her first
wor., of the intense desire for travel she expe
rienced during her childhood, but which cir
cumstances prevented her from indulging. In
1820 she married Dr. J. Pfeiffer, of Lemberg.
Ey this union she had two sous, one of w'hom
followed the musical profession, and studied
under the great. Mendelssohn, and the other
bccuiiie a nit reliant. On the death of her
husband, the desires of her youth were renew
ed in all their vigor, and she thought that,
having fulfilled ln r duty to her family, in bring
ing them up and establishing tin m m life, she
was not acting contrary to her duty in follow
ing the bent of her inclinations. She knew
that dangers, d ffien ties, mid even death might
befall her, but, should any of these Imppeii to
her duriug her travels, she would thank God
for the sweet hours she passed in beholding
the wonders of His creation ; and she begs
her readers net to impute to her in her travels
a desire for notoriety alone, nor to judge her
by the comnron opinion that such a life is not
befitting a woman.
TITIion nlm hnrl Lit nan/isnl vrnnro /\P efpint
her very helplessness being her best, protection,
and her right to partake of their simple hos
pitality. She tells us how she heard, in a dis
tant land, of the disturbances that were ta
• king place in Vienna, and of the anxiety the)
gave rise to within her, in a far-off land, sepa
rated from all she held dear on earth ; how
tardily the hours dragged on with her, anc
how slowly the ship seemed to sail which was
bringing her back to her native land ! Whet
she arrived, she happily had no loss to mourn,
and, iu the joy of meeting with her family, al
the cares and anguish she felt in th"ir ubsenci
were forgotten. Her love ol travel was nol
yet quenched, for scarcely had she given t!
the world au account of these travels than sin
planned out another ; and on the 22d of May
1851, she arrived iu London, and took hei
passage on board a vessel that was starting
that very day, and on the 11th of Augu>l
reached the Cape of Good Hope. She was
obliged to relinquish her it tended journey iutc
the interior on account of the expense, anc
therefore took ship again for Singapore, in or
der to visit the islands of the Indian Arelii
pilago; after this, she went to Sam walk, ii
Borneo, thence through the dangerous count rj
ot the D.iyaks to the Dutch possessions in tin
interior and on the west of the island. Tliii
may be considered the most interesting of al
lu r travels, if we look at the people among
whom she passed, and who are almost un
known to Europeans, except as pirates.
After visiting the Moluccas, she purpose!
going to Australia, but her means would noi
permit. She therefore sailed to California
“ the cursed land of gold,” as our truvcllc!
not inappropriately terms it, and which ever)
one must agree is not too severe a term to ap
ply to a country in which such scenes as slu
in-re describes can take place. “ Of all couu
tries that I have traveled through,” says Mad
! miie Pfeiffer, “ of all the dissolute, iiiimoru
places that I ever beheld or heard of, whcthei
in barbarous or civilized lauds, the gaming
bouses iu California arc the worst. I went in
to one, iu company witii a friend. The door:
stood ojieii ; every inducement was held out tc
enter ; splendor in every shape, temptatiou ii
its most subtle and powerful form was there
Every thing united to allure the soul and bod)
to destruction—magnificent hangings, carpets
splendid paintings—the subjects, however, o
such a disgusting character that I was obligee
to put up my hand to save my eyes from their
pollution. Wine and luxuries of every de
scription were free to everybody. Everything
was arranged with such devilish art as to leac
poor mortals into the arms of sin and death—
yet everyth:ng in snch exquisite taste, and sc
beautiful to the eye, that its influence steal:
into the soul like the deadly poison of the
upas tree. Is it surprising that, with passion:
aroused, and the brain heated with drink, al
lured by beautiful women, who are seated al
the table, and watch the game while the
heaps of gold lie piled up before him, that the
poor victim hurries to the gaming-table tc
seek fresh exeitemeut and a new phase o
pleasure ?”
| In appearance she was slight, and rathei
under the middle size ; her complexion was
somewhat darkened by exposure to wcatbei
and the heat of the climates iu which she ha:
traveled. She usually enjoyed most exeellcul
heath, and possessed, according to her owi
description, “nerves and sinews of steel.”
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economy, amassed a sufficient sum, she set off
on her first pilgrimagr' to Jerusalem and the
Holy Laud, “ for,” says she, “ I ulways felt
the most intense longing to tread the spot
rendered so holy by the footsteps of our Re
deemer.” She returned safe, filled with de
lglit at her success, and published her first
work, entitled •* The Travels of a Vienna La
dy to the Holy Land,” a work of great inter
est, and bearing the impress of truthfulness iu
every line
The experience Ida Pfeiffer gained made her
form the resolution of visiting scenes of a to
tally different character ; and, accordingly, we
find lur publishing her travels in the extreme
north of Europe, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
and Denmark. These inti-ri sting travels were
published iu Pestii iu 1846.
Ida Pfeiffer had seeu the East, and the wa
ters of the Geysers cf Iceland had bubbled at
her feet ; she now entertained the project of
making a voyage round the world. This she
performed during the years 1846 to 1848. She
quittid Vienna the 1st of May, 1846, and
lauded, after a stormy passage, at Rio de
Janeiro, on the 18th September of the same
year. During her joor.i.v th"~i''h Prague to
Hamburg, she met with u travelling 'compan
ion iu a somewhat extraordinary manner. We
l give the circumstance in her own words :—
“ While in Prague I met with Count Berch
told, an old acquaintance ; when lie saw me,
lie cried, ‘ Where are you bound for now ?’
‘To Brazil, Count.’ ‘To Brazil? I have oft
en wished to go there; I will go with you.’
‘ Have you been thinking of making this jour
ney for any length of t.im-T ‘Not long—on
ly since 1 have been speaking with you.’ ”
Madam P.e-ff r w. nt to Hamburg, where
the Count joim d lur; In- hastily concluded
the business that brought h in tin r , and tiny
set sail togi ther a f. w days after their nrri
; vul. Alti r travellii g through the Bruz Is, lea
! went round Cape Horn, travelled tliromrh
Chili, visited Otala ite, si t sail f r Cl imt, and
then went to India. Tin nee sin- went lip tile
Tigris, to visit the interesting ruins of Nineveh
and Babylon, then wandered through Koordis
tou mid Pi rsia, passed the Caucasus, and trav
el) d through the south of Russia, thence to
Constantinople, and through Gnece home.
When we remember the dangerous regions she
traversed, we are astonished at the intrepidity
of a woman traveling alone amid the most sav
age tribe8 on the face ot the earth, passing
from country to country, and from tribe to
tribe, braving dangers, fatigue, hunger, and
thirst ; and it is indeed impossible to withhold
our admiration from the lady who could under
go all these trials and hardships, and display a
courage that very few of the opposite sex can
boast of. We can paint to our imagination the
mild, defenceless, unassuming woman, patiently
j and hopefully wending her way through sav
I age hordes—among Chinese, Ma'ays, Hindoos ;
among Persians, Arabs, Rhooids, Turcomans,
| Bedouins, and Turks unharmed—taking shel
ter beneath the lowly tents of the women, par
taking of their humble fare, making trifling
presents to the children, busying herself in
their household affairs, teaching them many
little useful arts. The wild men allowed the
harmless woman to go in and oat among them
from tribe to tribe, from tent to tent, with her
staff in her hand, free from injury and insult—
THE ELECTION OF A SOUTH CAR
OLINA SENATOR.
It is generally conceded tlmt the late speed
of Senator HaimnonJ of South Carolina dis
played uu unusual degree of good sense. H(
discussed the questions involved in the grenl
fact of slavery with far more moderation that
we are wont to find, or even to expect, souti
of Mason & Dixon's line. It is true, he brand
isned the old war-club once or twice, and gavr
the characteristic whoop of his tribe, but he die
both feebly ; and he seemed thronghou' to pre
fer placing the merits of his canse, whatever
they might be, on the soundness and pertinen
cy of Ins argument, rather than upon the boist
erousness of his lungs or the violence of his ac
t on. He was moreover, particularly anxiou
to impress his hearers with the thought that il
was not entiri ly impossible for them to live on
easy terms With the federal Union.
This guarded tone of Senator Hamnrond has
provoK d the more veh- meat members of Iris
class, who fear lest, in taking away the grounds
of their bliist- r, he should deprive them also ol
their means of distinction. For, if they cannot
be critical—if tln-y cannot rail against the Un
ion and the North—they are nothing. Rut
the better sort of southern men, on the other
hand—»lie more discreet, qniet, mid conserva
tive among tin in—have approved of the men ~
ured tread of their senator. Even the South
Carolina legislature, after a protraeteil conside
ration of the subject, has expressed its decided
concurrence in Iris views by the election ol
Jumes Chestnut as his colleague.
Mr. Chestnut, is now President of the Senate
of South Carolina ; he is a man of high char
acter and of considerable ab lity, and though
he shares with the statesmen ol the South gen
erally the pro-slavery sentiments of that region,
he has never identified himself with the faction
of extremists known as the fire-eaters. Liks
Mr. Hammond, he considers that the South is
still able to endure the evils of which il never
theless complains obstreperously, and that it
will not be utterly hopeless to accomplish all
proper political objects within the limits of the
Union. Doubtless both gentlemen, like the
good Bottom, ciuld, if they would, “play Er
eles rarely they “ could move storms and
condole in some measure” ; but such is uol
now their vein, if it ever was.
We are happy to make this announcement
because we know how much it mast relieve the
minds of that large and timorous class whict
has not been able to sleep of nights, for severe
yean past, in consequence of the sounding
; threats of disunion dinned into their ears.
| “ These southerners ” it is said, “ ere dreadfully
: in earnest ; they mean to dissolve the Union
' immediately ; and unless we listen to them—
I unless we take their advice, provide them with
j all the convenient offices, and pass all their
schemes of foreign and domestic outrage—tin y
will assuredly be as good as their words.” Not
a few—they will pardon us if, in the light ot
i the late events, we call them weak and shal
| low minded—fell into this foolish kind of cla
! mor and prate, and have at times, doubtless,
disturbed the equanimity of some others who
had brains euough to have known better.
For our part, we have never been for a mo
meat misled by the warlike manifestoes of the
i t'outh ; we have always supposed that the
• i Union was of as much advantage to them as it
was to us ; and we have given its leaders too
much cn dil tor discernment, to imagine that
they would tt.row away the certain advantages
of it lor the precarious benefits of the state of
upn-ur that might follow its ovcrthiow. More
than that, we have considered that, as the
physical configuration of this wfioe North
American continent seems to adapt it peculiar
ly to the rtsidi-nce of a single and homogeneous
people—that, as the structure of its political
; government is modelled upon the same purpose
—ihut, ns thi- possession of aeommon language,
. of a common history, of common institutions
. tended to bind ns togetlnr—and that, ns the
daily enlarging intercourse of trade, of travel,
I of family alliances, and of political meetings,
, was wear ng aw.iy more and more tiie preju
dices ot locality ; we have considered, we say
. that these obvious designs of Providence, these
wist schemes of our fathers, these softening and
binding social influences, wire not likely to lie
defeated by the madcap declamations of a few
, uot over-guica politicians aiici scucmers.
Events have thus far justified our confidence,
and rebuked the unm anly fears of our antagii
uists The hoarse roar about disunion Ims sub
sided to a remarkable degree ; the moans of
tiiose northern weaklings who, like President
Buchanan, have professed to dread and deplore
i it, have dwindled into the most pensive and si
1 h lit s glis ; even the doughty Davis of Missis
i sippi goes piping, and the legislature of South
1 Carolina, which has hitherto been the procreunt
' bed and cradle of ail stormy discontents, and
- of all truculent proclivities, manifests an unmis
takable disposition to turn the cold shoulder
upon its fiery-hearted Rhetts, Keitts and Ad
air.ses. It sends to the Senate of the United
States, as we have already said—to the very
seat of the implacable Calhoun—a qniet conn
. try gentleman, who is a colonel of course, but
who has never been distinguished for his belig
erent qualities, and who, if we do not err in
our recollections, has, in all the domestic con
troversies of his State, taken the side of mode
ration, of reason, of peace and of un’on.
Of the causes of this abatement in the tone
of the Sonth we had intended to say a word,
but shall reserve our remarks to another occa
sion. Meanwhile let us remark, that the dan
■ ger to be apprehended from the southern poli
ticians is not in the event of their going out of
the Union, but iu the event, which is now so
certain, of their staying withiu it. As external
eneinii s, they would never be very formidable ;
the numerical and | hysical superiority of the
North would ever reader it a Gibraltar against
all the popguns of their wrath ; but as mem
bers of the confederation, taking part in its
legislative councils, sharing its executive offices,
and infliiencii g thcjublic sent inn lit, we think,
they may need th<- most vigilant watching,
i Let us commend, th-n, to our timorous friends,
who may be now relieved of their fears of dis
union, to direct the energies of their minds to
this source of public danger ; let them see to
it that the propagandists of slavery do not find
a better lipid for their operations within the
Union than they could outside of it, and that
the present temporary lull in the pro-slavery
agitation is not a part of that masterly inac
tivity of which their great leader used to speak.
AT. Y. Evening Post.
A Proposed Government Paper Curren
cy.—It is announced that the Director of the
United States Mint proposes to establish a
new pa|icr currency, based on the deposits in
that institution. He has prepared a bill for
tiiat purpose, which he intends to lay before
Congress. It authorizes the Mint to ig.iUe cer
tificates on the deposits of gold bullion, and of
similar certificates by die Mint; and all the
Snb-Trensur< rs, on d posites of gold coin.
These certificates are to be redeemed only at
the office winch issued them, the theory of the
process being that gold deposited will be al
ways kept on hand to meet the certificates
when presented for payment. The Director
claims that it will greatly increase the security
of s|»cie-otvinrs over that afforded bv the
banks ; that it will cheek the practice of hoard
ing ; that the eert.ficutes will become currency
as much as the gold itself ; that a huge pile ol
coin thus stored away will serve as a gr-at bal
ance wheel to prevent commeiciul disturbances
in times of pauie or crisis ; that the use of cer
tificates will prevent the loss by wear, clipping
or sweating ; that the retaining of a govern
ment bullion fund at the M ut would no longer
lie uecessury ; that lieiug liat'ed on deposits,
no over-issue of certificates could lie made, aud
that, like bank notes, they should be made
payable to liearer on demand, and circulate ex
actly us they do. Senator Gwiu is quite in
■ terested ill the enactment of such a law. But
it seems almost identical with the Bullion Bank
projected in New York, with the single cxce|>
tiou that depositors pay uothing for the safe
keeping of their coin.
Why is it easy to break into an old man’s
house ? Because his “ gait” is broken, aud
bis “ locks” are few.
What is that, wh'ch, supposing its greatest
breadth to be four inches, length nine inches,
and depth three inches, contains a solid foot ?
■ A shoe. —
Whole No. 17fi0.
A Hero.—The recent courageous and even
desperate act of Capt Brooks, Keeper of die
Faulkner’s Island Light House, in rescuing
the captain, his wife and crew, from a wreck,
in Long Island Sound, deserves more thau a
passing notice. It will be remembered that
Faulkner’s Island itself is more thau two
miles from the main land, and that its only in
habitants are the keeper of the lighthouse and
his family, Capt. Oliver N. Brooks. The wreck
lay upon Goose Island, some two miles from
this ; but Gapt. Brooks could see with Ins
glass, the persons in the rigging, and the sea
lashed into unusual fury, making a breach high
over its decks, mill threatening instant destruc
tion. It was too sad a sight for the brave
man to endure ; and provided ns he was by
Government with nothing but a small sailboat,
to go between the island and the mainland, he
would have been fully justified In leaving them
to a fate horrible to think of. ILs wife was
on shore, and lie was alone with his family of
little children ; but telling them of the peril
he was about to assume—a fearful peril, from
which he might never return—lie kissed them,
and calling n; on God to ptotect them i.nd
bless Ins endeavor, lie jumped into Ids frail
sk.tf, and steered boldly into thu storm and tint
b llows. Ttmse on board saw the attempt,
and even in their agony wondered at Ins bold
ness, priiucii-ii ns laiiure, unit grieved ul witul
they consult rt d uu unnecessary sacrifice. lint
>t II tile brave man, relying it|>on Providence,
kept up Ids heart and hopes, and although
every wave thn ntened him with destruction,
he reached at last the wreck, and hailed the
desponding crew with words of cheer. lij
the most skilllul management ot Ins bout, now
shooting past, and once over the very wreck
itself, he at last managed to pick them off,
one at a time and then tumid for the shore.
But it was only by constant bailing tied tre
mendous ifforls that the boat was kept above
water, and at last reached the island, with its
inmates exhausted, and nearly dead with I uu
ger and exposure. On the shore, waiting for
their father, were the little children of Capt.
Brooks, who, with tears and screams of joy,
saw the boat tossed violently upon the land by
the ungry waves, with its overtasked load of
rescued mariners, who were immediately trans
terred to the lighthouse residence, and tuudo
welcome and comfortable A gentleman fa
miliar with the circumstances, and also witii
the dangers of the sea, assures us that it wras
the most daring feat lie ever read of, that the
boat was entirely unfit for such a service, ami
that nothing but unrivalled coolness, great
skill as a boatman, and the hand of Provi
dence over all, made the effort successful.
Capt. Brooks thought it at least an equal
chance that he should be lost; although,
with a proper life or surf boat, he wouldn’t
have hesitated au instant abont going to the
wreck when he first discovered the danger, and
might have saved the life of the -ittle girl—
the captain’s child of three years—who fell
from his exhausted arms into the sea, half an
hour before Capt. B. reached the w’reek. We
have known Capt. Brooks for several years as ^
one of the most faithful men in the lighthouse
service, and means will be tuken to call llie-St
tention of the Government to his merits, and
hope that he may be provided with a boat
suitable for the kind of service he is so fre
quently called upon to enter. There should be
also, at such an exposed point, an assistant
keeper ; for had Mr. Brooks been lost in his
effort to save the crew of this vessel, there
would have been missing to the mariner >tj
Long Island Sound, on that night, the ever
steady beacon-light of Faulkner’s Island. If
eVer hero deserved the public reward of bra
very, that man is Oliver N. Brooks, the soli
tary watcher on a sea-girt island.
Netc Harm Register.
The American Agriculturist for this month
has an interesting article relating to coffee.
The quantity consumed annually it affirms,
cannot be less than than fire to six hundred
millions of pounds, perhaps more.
The aroma ami flavor of this berry depends
upon the quantity of Volatile Oil therein.
Payen says, “ that if this volatile oil could be
extracted and used in flavoring the poorer
kinds, it would be worth in market $8,000 a
pound. Direct experiments upou the human
system have been made with this oil. It Was
found that a quantity no greater than the
four hundred-thousandth part of a pound, or
the twenty-fire thousandth part of an ounce,
(leg* than one-sixth of a gram I) taken daily,
produced a gentle perspiration, dispelled hun
ger, and exhiliruted the brain ; while double
this minute quantity (the amount obtained
from a quarter pound of coffee,) induced vio
lent persp.ration, or sweating with sle* pless
ness and incipient congestion * * * The
liquid from th ee or four ounces of coffee, if
token at one t me by a person unaccustomed
to this beverage, would produce violent if not
fatal effects. Can we wonder then, that those
drinking freely of strong tea or coffee are trou
bled with weak, unsteady nerves, neuralgia,
headache, aud a hundred other Hilments ?
With these, as with all other simulants, an cx
hiliratiou is first produced ; then follows a de
pression of spirits, by which time another dose
of stimulants is ffflt tc be needed, and is usual
ly taken. With this common sense view of
the matter, it is the height of absurdity to ac
custom growing children and persons to the
use of coffee or tea. It is worse than absurd ;
it is equivalent to compelling them or allowing
them to carry a chain that will wear into their
flesh a sore difficult to be healed, which must
ever after be daily dressed with a mollieut
ointment.”
We commend the whole article from which
the above is takeu, to the serious attention of
our readers.
The name of what Hebrew princess con
tains good advice to a husband who has a frac
tious wife t Tamar, fTame her.)
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