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VOLUME II.
NUMBER 25.
SANTAPB, NEW 7 MEXIC0, DECEMBER U, 1852.
0anta fc lUcckln cr?cttc.'
t" : V' ',; wiluam drew.1 :
' TERMS.' ":i '' ; ''
WEEKLY-15 a year, payable invariably in
advance) single copies 12 l- cents. Advertise,
meiits, $1 60 per 'square of ten' lines for the first
insertion, and $L for every subsequent insertion.
" " ; - SANTA FE HOUSE,
" LOUS DOUnKSt'K, Proprietor.
THE above House hue just boon completed unil
opened in tlie city of Sonta Fé, i entirely new
and in every way commodious, anil ha attached
to it a corral,- and adobe Stables Biillicieut for
the accommodation of one hundred horses. The
best accommodations will be offered to travellers
and permanent boarders, and every mentis used
to contribute to their comfort. I'liis House is
lituntcd hotweon the Rio Chiquito and the Uio
do Santa Fé.
, Santa Fé, July 17, 1852. tf.
1 , 1 - ;
' ' Notice.
ALL those Win claims ojrainM the undersigned
are requested to present tliem immediately
for scttleiuent. Anil Ilion indebted to him and
the lale dim of Isedore Hnchstadter, are notified
to make payment immediately, or legal proceed
ings will lie instituted tor ollei'tion.
Durin the absence of the undersigned from the
city, Levi Spi-jelbin; is his aiillioiwcd .'gentío
tmisact all his business.
, S. J. SPIEGEI'BERG.
' Santa Fe, Nov 4, 18.r2.-if '
mHE Ü. . Mail from anta Fe lo the States
JL leavei regul.uly on the fust day o e.v;h
month.
Passage diiiiiiK the summer monlhs $l?o "
" winter rnonllis Si.'O I"!
401bs of harcuge allowed lo e rli passenger. ,
WALDO. HALi,. & CO Prenrietors.
1 ' Sania Fé, Sept. 18, lS.Vi-tf
MM.
Notice to
traveller.
THE undersigned, Mail Contractor from Sin
Antonio, Texas, to Santa Fé. X. .Mexico,
would respectfully inform the travelling public
that he has placed upon the line the best kind of
stock and good comfortable spring carriages for the
accommodation of passengers.
The mail will leave Sania Fé on the first of each
month, and arrive at Ssn Elrtario bv the lltli.
Leave San Eliiano on the Villi of every other
month, and arrive at San Antonio on the last day of
the same month. .
Leave San Antonio on the first of every other
month, and arrive at San Elizario on the lUth.
. Leave -an Eliiarlo on the iUdh of each month,
and arrive at Santa Fé the last day of the same
month. " '
. This will be the arrangement for the present
but will in a short time be changed to a monthly
mail.
Passengers will he taken through from Santa Fo
to San Antonio for $ lió, and from El Paso to San
Antonio for $100. From Santa Fé to El Paso for
$30.
Passengers will be allowed 40 pounds of bag
gage. . Greatest distances between watering places 40
miles. Mr. Skillman is aa old hand and well ac
quainted with the route.
He will also have on the line a small train of
light wagons.
6 . HENRY SKILLMAN.
anta Fé, Dec. (1, 1831. If- . ,
J. W. REED,
ATTOKXEY AT LAW,
1 CITY or SANTA IK, NKW MKXICO,
WILL practice in the Courls ot Xanla Fe,
and adjoining counties) and will attend to
criminal business in iuiy part of Ihe Territory.
. Santa Fe, Sept. 23, 1K52.-Omo
NOTICE.
ALL perrons indebted to the lale firm, of Riimlcy
& Ardinger are hereby notified to come for
ward and make immediate settlement to Ihe under
signed. And all those having claims against said
Arm are notified to present the same for allowance.
T. K. McClTCHEN,
Assignee of Rumley Si Ardinger.
' fanta Fe, Oct. 1, 18M.-
ADJTIMSTUATOR S ffOTM E.
NOTICE is hereby given, that Ihe undersigned
has been granted letters of adminisir tiou hi
the estate of tUtmim Grolfli", deceased, by the
Probate Judge of the county of San Miguel, Ter
ritory of New Mexico, hearing date the day of
August, 1852, and all persons having claims against
said estate are notified to present them for allow
ance within one year from the date of said letters,
or they may be precluded from said estate, and if
HOT WUIllH Uirce jcaia, anuí, . iui oici u.iiui
and all persons indebted to the said estate are re
oueited to come forward and make settlement,
. HENRY CONNELLY,
Mimnulrator.
' Las Vegas, Oct. 2, 1852. tf.
PUBLIC SALE.
BY virtue of an order from the Methodist Board
of Missions, I will offer t public sale, on
Wednesday, Ihe 15th inst., at the Methodist Mis
sion Chapel in this city, all the property belong
ing to said Mission, in this place, consisling of Ihe
Chapel furniture, a lot- of well-selected books,
fee., be. Tcaus ! cash.
' , W. G. KEPIIART. ,
Santa Fe, N. M., Dee. 2, 1852. x
Sublimities of the Study of Science. ,
No age of the world lias developed
such scientific ruth as the present.
The rapidity with which it has been ev
olved from nature has surprisedeven its
devoted admirers. I he history of a Pi t
Adami'e world has been geologieally
read; infidel theories in regard to the
creation of the world overturned ; and
new discoveries in the heavens made
with the telescopio eye.
Science unlocks the boundless store
house of Nature. , With hcrfor a guide,
the world is only a museum, classified,
hut not, methodically arranged ; a mov
ing panorama, where the scenes, ever
varying, are still instinctive; a lesson of
wisdom, enabling in. in the crystal dew,
oi the rainbow arch, 'the dower span
gled prairie or the majestic forest, the
coral K-Ie or. the expanded continent,
to behold an infinite Hcdecnier. ,,'
The sublimity of science is seen in
the beauty and grandeur of the universe.
The vast and the minute, the illimitable
asid tito microscopic, the giganlic inam
inolh and the sniiille t insect, the huge
ocean kin" mid the almost invisible co
mí at imalculae. the wide wale of wn
teis, Ihe snow-crested mountains, the
far-teaching plains and channeled val
leys, this eaith, where the ice pillars
are shining, the crystal waves dashing.
the green carpet growing, the sand
clouds binning, and the innumerable
heavenly nrhs glittering with 'radiated
or reflected light are among some of
the sublimities which deck lile temple
of science.
But this study is not alone riiuiii'cled
with', the piesent. Through it we c. n
trace animate tmd inanimate nature back
to their orgin, read their history, and
understand their use. We admire the
sublimity of a mats of icy mountains, o I
Niagara, of a ltva-li'eilhing volcan.),
anil of a furiously circling maelstrom.
We i-w, as skelclnn" of the sublime
in nature, an ocean suiuise.n lightning
veincil stoi iii-c!ouil, and tl:t norlliei'u
sky silei-sl:eettd with the radiant Au
rora. All these excite in ihe soul its
strongest f minions. Hut diversified as
they appear, beautiful and thrilling as are
InT natural splendors when Mewed hy
lie? light of the sciences, yet they are
only a very few of the many grand
scenes which Jtir ilobe, luis ptvsenlcti
from its first r.olving to the present lime.
Science reveals thai the wmld had
been in existence myriads of ye.its he-
lore the lime ol Adam that bi lore Ine
present races of animals ami plants had
been created, there were several dis
tinct creations, each existing ninny thou
sand years, that at the terminating
and commencing of each, the world was
convulsed, continents sank ami ocean
beds upheaved- voléanos were quench
ed and new ones lighted rivers chang
ed their couisis, and sens and lakes
were formed anew. She tells, us 'thai
this earth was nuce a partially melted
hall of fire again it was somewhat ev
olved, but the boiling ocean and molten
cunt told still of internal heat. Anoth
er peiii'd finds iiionnliins, plains, rivers
and valleys, hut not a vestige of animate
life inhabits it. The sun rose and set
on a verdure less continent ami a tonanl
less sea. Another revolution, and life
came. A few species of plants decked
the stoney and the crystal edged rock,
and varieties of shert-lih first spoiled
amid the suif on the lake and the ocean
chnr.e A nnl lit.r nnil .innlliel' l-ovi lut f 1 1 , T
the earth at each successive period be
coming more and more pepared for high
er orders; and finally, after the. last con
vulsion, oceans nnd seas were placed
within their present limits, tnc latest
races of animals and plants crealed, and
(iod's crowning work, Man, breathed
the breath of life.
Such is Science as she rends Ihe his
tory of our earth Is it doubled? It is
written in eternal characters upon our
gigantic mountains, umid mil' massive
quarries, within our massive caverns,
and alongniii boulder pathways. With
in Ihe beds of solid rock, beneath our
hills and plains, Ihe physical history of
nnr globe is legibly inscribed, and by the
aid of science that hisloiy can be plain
ly read. It shows where hind and sea
were found uncounted years ago. It
tells us without the aid of revelation,
that Niagara has rolled over those jut
ting rocks for thousands of years.' ' ' ,
It tells us that in this western repion,'
wheie now the tops of high hills appear,
once existed a broad plain, and that all
the inequalities of sui face the dell
where the fountain springs, or the deep
valley where the river flows hiive all
been channeled out by natural causes,
during the protracted flight of time. It
records an era when our temperate
zones glowed with the wanhth of the
burning tropics, and gigantic palms and
ferns, and club-mosses luxuriantly vege
tated; and again it tells Us of a' time
when every hillside, nook and mountaili
glen, were the beds of vast glacleis
whose branching banks reached for hun
dreds of miles. Í ' '
Yet this is not all: the sublimities con
nected with science reside not in earth
alone. ' They cluster around the golden
lights in the upper vaults; the planetary
worlds moving harmoniously around cen
tral luminaries; suns innumerable with
all their trains of satellites, and brilliant
comets revolving in cycles vast; the im
measurable, machinery, all nicely adjus
ted, circling on their eccentric orbits.
And far, faraway in the ocean of ether,
beyond the present visible stars, where
Ihe brightest ray of our sun never rea
ches, where the sapphire lens of our te
lescope alone has penetrated, bright suns
sparkle' out of "the, nebulous mist, and
with their attendants glittering constel
lation after constellation--uio seen to
roll on in the same cycles as they wen
placed on creation's morn. Is not this
a scene of sublimit)? Is not the horizon-bounded
sky, gemmed rrith woilds,
floating in space, sufficient to inspire the
true lover of science with elevated per
ceptions of the great Creator who sent
them 'twinkling forth from chaos?
Such are Hie sublimities of science
They speak of scenes of grandeur almost
beyond belief; and were it not (or the
irrefutable proof w hich the bunnerof the
geologist and the lent, of the aslonomer
have established, we might view them
as romantic theories, which the wildest
votaries of fiction have never before
been able to conceive. ,
The glorious lesson which they con-
ey is by no means trilling. Infidels
have attempted to wield them as form!
auble arguments to disniove the exist
ence of God and (he truth of religion;
but the revelations iu science, fully de
veloped blast their infamous design. , It
was one of her Clowning glories, that
w hen her geological records were seized
by alheistic.d hearts,, who endeavored
lo render ohscuie a true revealed reli
gion, that she soon emerged, tearing
down the slronghods in which iiidelity
had so slronojy intrenched itself, and
furnished additional testimony to the
truth of holy writ, j Yes, the conneclion
of science w ith religion is its gienlest
sublimity It showSjinameasuic, God's
goodness to man his unbounded bene
volence in preparing a habitation for his
noblest work. It conveys; a 'esson in
morals. As we move onward olongjife's
pathway, whether pampered by luxury,
grappling with fate, or tried by penury:
wheiher officiating in the holy sanctua
ry, struggling, on the race-ground of
fule, or drinking at the fountain of lear
ning; t tells us to sever the cords which
hind us lo all that is not pure nnd holy;
it gives us enlarged views on Ihe topics
which task the wisdom of earth ; and it
turns the sou I from always contempla
ting the trifling ufl'airs of this world, and
bids it look through Ihe limits of science,
up lo the find ofsnhlimily. Oh'ui Jour
nal of Education. ,
The Jumping Tooth-ache in a Whale.
'1 he Hallouell Gazette gives the fol
lowing curious extract from a whale-
mans journal: . .
Among the ailments to which the
sperm whale is subject, is -tlio jumping
tooth-ache. It operates upon their ner
ums system as it does upon those ol
mankind, renderii g them crabbed and
fractious, Just at daybreak one morn
ing, when we were ciuisiug on the 'oiT
shore' ground, a violent-commotion in
the water about two miles ahead, re
sembling breakers, attracted atlenlion,
It continued unabated till within fifty
rods of it, when a sperm whale ( for such
it proved to be) tluew his entire body
into the air and fell back into his native
element with a tremendous report. Of
course the yards were hauled aback, and
the boats lowered, but several minutes
elapsed before it was deemed prudent
to approach the monster. Finding, how
ever, that he had no idea of becoming
quiet, we advanced with caution, and
succeeded in securing one iron firmly in
his back, which rendered him more rest
less. Giving him plenty of slack line,
we removed to a respectful distance,
hoping he would sound or retreat, but
he was not disposed to do either, So,
taking our oars, we pulled snlliciently
near to give the bout-heade)- an oppor
tunity to lance him. - He seemed to he
aware of our intention, for he turned and
rushed towarcs ns with the design of
giving us a foifíing, which we narrowly
escaped, billing the next half hour he
chased us, and it was with - much diffi
culty that we avoided him. When hear
us he turned on his back, and ruised his
jav bringing' to view two handsome
rows ot ivory. Among tenillic objects
an entBged whale 'holds a prominent
place. " " ' " '
- An hour passed in unavailing attempts
to accomplish the desired object, ihe
whale becoming more furious, and the
hope of conquering him growing fainter.
At length while the attention ot Ihu mon
ster was directed towards us, the mate
came upon him in an opposite direction
and dealt him a death wound, relieving
us of a burden of anxiety, which indica
ted itself in the pain! countenances and
the nervous agitation Of the boat crew.
Me was very reluctant to yield oud tile
death struggle was long and vjolent.
If a cat has nine lives, as is sometimes
remarked, that fellow had nineteen.'
Before night bis blubber was in the
tiy-nots, and his jaw was stripped of its
covering. On extracting the teeth, the
cause of his singular movement was re
vealed. The cavities in several contai
ned a large number of worms, nn eighth
of an inch In lenglh. The teelh wetu
perfectly sound, but the marrow or nerve
of the tooth, which was an inch in din
iiiflir at the lower extremity, was iu
many of them consumed by the insects
that seemed to have been bred there.
fljTThe memoiis of tho Rev. H. B.
Sonic, foimerly pastor of the Universal
is! clinch in this city, have just been pu
blished hy his wife. We ertract the
following am.ising incident. Hartford
Cvurant.
A Country Wedding.
'Did I ever tell you of a certain wed
ding I once attended? Its history runs
on thiswise: On one stormy Thursday
last winter, as I was going to the Post
Ollice, I wns accosted hy a young man,
or old hoy, (I don't know which, but
shall leave you lo judge,) with tho in
quiry, 'I say, mister, can't ye tell me,
sir, where Dominie Sonle lives?', 'I
suppose I am the man you are seeking.'
The young man's countenance changed.
The expression of intense anxiety pass
ed away, and was succeeded by one of
ludicrous bashfulness. , 'Well, then, yon
'ie Dominie Soule, be ye? Well, I want
lo see you a few minutes, if you've no
objections.'. 'None at all, sir. Be so
kind as to walk into my study with me,
where we can attend to your business by
the side of a comfortablo fire.' . , :
'Once in the study, ho asked again,
'You're Dominie Soulc,tho minister, be
ye?' 1 I am.' 'Be we all alone?' look
ing sheepishly at Ihe half open heed room
door. 'We are, saul I, as I closed it.
I knew well what ho wanted, but I wns
wijked enough to enjoy his embarrass
ment. After hitching mid shuflling and
hemming awhile, he spoke out, 'Well, I
come lor to gei you to go and marry
somebody to-night. Indeed, and how
far is it.' '0, it's only just seven miles
up here, you know.'. 1 wauled hefhould
go and get some one else; it slormed furi
ously, and I did not feel like buffeting a
cold northeaster that night, Jiul he said
'no; the old folks want you, and the gal
wants you, and so do I wants you, nnd
the old folks wouldn't like it if we did
n't have you, you know.' 'Well, if you
must have me, I wish you would post
pone it till better weather; I will then
come up and marry you.' '0 dear, that
won't do, no how, for we've postponed
it once, and wouldn't postpone it again
for nolhiii'.' I then Said to him, 'Sir,
I'll tell you what I will do if you will
come down here I will marry you for
nothing.' . 'No, that wouldn't do neither;
cause the old folks wants for to see us
git married; and you must come any
way; you shan t lose nothing.',, .
' Tho poor fellow begged so hard, 1
concluded lo go, and accordingly hired
a horse and cutter, and about five o'clock
started on my novel wedding mission.
I found the travelling exceedingly bad
all the way, and poiticularly so alter I
left the main road. Atlenghth I reach
ed the log house in which the fair bride
lived. Hitching my horse, I went to
the door and knocked, when a stern old
voice bade me 'come in.' Entering the
house, I was invited to sit down with all
my over-elolhcs on.i. I asked, the old
man if they ere going to have, a wed
ding there lh.it evening. He said they
were. I then looked around to see, if I
Could, where the parties were coming
from There was bilt ono door to the
house, and that let out into the world.
Very soon, however, I heard a clatter
ing up stairs, and, to my astonishment,
the bridegroom and bride came down
the ladder He backed down',' leading
her by both hands. " luey were seated.
If you are ready for the ceremony,
you will please rise.' 1 "" " 11
' They stared at each other,' at' the old
folks, at me but sat still. I wíce I re
peated it, and twice was met by the'
same vacant stare.' "" ' 1 ' '
'If you want (6 ge( marrid, stand up,'
said I. That they understood, and I
proceeded to make the twain one:
When I came to this part of the cert
money, the matter run thus: .
'Do you take this woman,' j-c?
'Most sartaiuly, sir.' '
' 'Do von promise to love her above all
others,' &c? . .
'Why,' said M, :tPvedóne to thii
goodifhile' 1 ' ',! ' ' .V;:
I almost forgot the solemnity of the
occasion in my efforts to suppress laugh
ter. When I came to the bride with
this question, 'Do you take this man,'
&c.?' ' "
'He's took me, hain't he, for to be his
wife ; he's my husband, then, without
my takin' him.' ' ' ' ' 1 '
'Do you promise to love him above all
others, &c? , ;
'I'll love him jist as long as he loves
me, and that's long enough.', , .
I smiled, but succeeded in governing
myself so as to conclude the ceremoney,
which throughout was of the same un
ique character. , When it was over, the
bridegroom passed around a bowl of
good old black strap, and then gave me
a cigar. ' Just as I was leaving.lie gave
me some change, which I put in a se
parate pocket, to know just how much
I had., When I got home, I paid ten
shillings for my horse and cutter, and,
on counting my change, found that lie
had given mo the sum of six and six
pence; ; But; 'as lie said, I didn't 'lose
no'hin' the other three and sixpence I
had in fun.' ,, , , ,
Posterity's Claims.,. , i
It is related of one of the Emperors of
Persia (hat he was excessively fond of
hunting. 1 On one of these excursions he
passed the premises of an old farmer,
whom he discovered to be busily enga.
ged in a field near his house. , The sil
ver locks of Age hung upon his brow ;
the storms of many winters had expend
ed their fury around his dwelling, while
his tottering step and furrowed cheek
told most eloquently tliat, with the old
man, life's tale was nearly told. The
Emperor approached aid accosted him
as follows: , ,' , '
'Friend, how bid art thou?'
: 'Just about four years,' replied the old
man. 'It is now about four years since
light from above broke in upon my sou',
and I, as I trust, experienced a change
of heart. Now, throwing awav the for
mer part of my life as spent to no good
purpose, and dating from the time I be
gan to live for God and heaven, makes
me just about lour years old.'.'' .
Hie old man was busily encaged in
putting out a small tree, which required
years tomature. 'What are you putting
out that tree for.?? interrogated the Em
peror; 'do you expect to reap its fruit?'
'o,' was the prompt reply of the old
man, 'but I am doing this for the bene
fit of posterity.'
pi... v --..i. i ' i
ahu n,iiiKTur rewarueu me old man
liberally for the quaint manner in which
he replied to his questions, and went his
way. :(..,..: '.(
A moral may be drawn from this lit
tle incident. How few comparatively
do any thing substantial for the benefit
of posterity.' What are we doing for
the benefit of those who are to succeed
US?, ',i'l Lit ,,.') '
There is more fatigue in laziness than
in labor. ' ' ' ' 1 " '" ' " '
The moré w help others to béar their
burdens, the lighter our own will be.
Surely some people must know them
selves; they never think of any thing
else, , '
..i;- ;) ''.'i'.i ' ' i'-aK . '
We clip from an exchange t,he follow
ing sensible suggestion:
Jkrked Bkef. A cow or an ox knock
ed fi oin a railroad track' by a steam en
gine. '-" :''' ' '"
The National lien Convention will
probably be held next season at 70
mi'-M.; do :...!.., .,' !
Nobody eve,r sees, an, action as very
wrong when under the excitement of
doing it." - ;': '' '','' ' '
A Bkavs Man. One who isn't afraid
to wear bid clothes, until he is able to
pay for new ones.' ''" " ' " ' '' ' 1
;'When a man calls or. yon in the bu
siest portion of the day, it is riot worth
while for iim to stay more than an hour
after he has told you 11 he knows,' ,
One of the most important, but one of
Ine most difficult things for stioiijj
mind to be its own master; a pond may
lay quiet in a plain, but a lake wants
mountains to compass' and hold it.1 '
!.',"-.-. ..'! 1" ,.!'','i' im-i '.
these are ftiiring firoes, as the spoon
Said to the tet-oup. '
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