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VOLUME III.
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, SEPTEMBER 3, 1853.
NUMBER 12.
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COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS,
Pennsylvania,
(Connecticut.
Níw Hampshire,
aula Fa, J n. 1, IrM-tf.
lNUttl'KNUKNUlS,
MISSOURI.
IY
B.W.TODD.
I have removed from lh "Noland Home," to
the "Melirajka House," in Independence, Missouri.
Tlie Nebrmka House u a laie new building, and
ha re ently been much improved by alterations
anil additions. Having tuken this house for a term
1 intend to make every elfort t.) promotá
the lonvemenre and comfort of travellers. The
patronage of my friends and the travelling public
is respectfully solicited.
. B. W. TODD.
January 1st 1;YJ ly.
rililR undrr"i:ne.t hi-js leave to inform his friends
I an 1 1 lie P'iblic ROnenlly, that lie is prepared
to do all kinds of cabinet and carpenter's work on
the mn-t ie.i."iibl leruis. Shop, two iloors above
the slur" of Jesus Leva.
Man, F, May 7, lH.i3.-y JAMES H CLIÍT.
LOOK HERE!!
TUB persons who have taken hih from my
tore uri'.n' are requested to return
them a noon as convenient. The parti, ular atten
tion of 'iin'lw'ti called to this notice, ami they
..re requested to immedi itely return Graham's Mag
aiine of January and February ISM.
' JAS. E. SABINE.
Aug. 0, 8-tf.
NOTICE.
THE nndorsiftinl, being nliout to leave this
Territory, hereby gives notion that LEVI
FI'IK'iKI.BKltG is his only nuthorized agent,
for the sottlumcnt of his business.
S. J. .SWEGELBEKG.
Sintn F, August 18, 10 It.
SHOUT PATENT SEOON.
UY "now jr
MiiW.;MMKB,MKK 1.0VK ! TOO WARM.
Ti XT Hirli season possesses some beauty and
rhar it,
Bat the charm of midsummer, like love is too
warm,
My IIkakkrs; in my last disentirán I
;iko of chango lis being t!i order of
tiling, and tteee-'sary to the comfort
li 'iiiili and happiness of in sublunary
iii'irtHiH. iNnw murk luw the seasons
change, and say, it' you can, that yon are
not satisfied therewith! Is it not all for
tlk best! All spring, all summer, ail au
tumn, or nil winter, would bo scarsoly en
1 iir.tt iKi Each is good in its turn; for,
as tlio Bur I nl'Avoii once said, Veriety is
tlij spice of lifo that gives it all its flavor
and an all-wise l'rovidenco floema to
liavo so catered as to suit the tust'.-a of
even the most fastidious. The mild, mel
low dava of golden autumn are "lorióos
to li.di'il.l -there is music in the wild
win Is of winter; and while Nature is ta
king a comfortable nap liemieath her
snowy counterpane, we are having all
sorts' of fun, and making night merry
with lit.' tidiest specimens of social en
joyment in sprint we feel rejuvenated,
buoyant an I hopeful ; feel us though we
wvrc a!) tnt to lake a fresh start, with the
grass, skunk-cabbages, and vegetation in
g 'llera' un 1 now in summer, we are en
jiivin the beauties of Nature, in the
tneridian of all lier glory and splendor.
Tha grass will never be greener the
foiiagu thieker the. flowers lovelier
tliu rivers bluer the lakes calmer
the, sun brighter the dells darker and
I puff, pant and pray that the weather
tnav never be. hotter I
My friends ; Phew ! let mo exorcise
my handkerchief . a little it's hot
enough to sweat all the sins out of Sabbath-breaking
; an !, if vou had rather
lay off at lloliokcn, or Coney island,
than sit in this oven and here me agon
izo, I won't blame yen fur your choice.
As it is written in the Second Epistle of
Clmbort to the Salamanders, Oh ! f.r
a lodge, in some vast wilderness some
boundless continent of shade I How do
you aspiring hod-carriers stand it, upon
the ladder to brick laying distinction, to
be pierced with Sol's fiery arrows for
hours! When 1 think id' your situations,
a scalding, sympathetic tear drops in
wardly upon my heart and it sisses like
a tailor's goose, l'hew I whew ! the
l 1 l 11 .1 1 n t
caloric drives an tno gospel out ot me. I
foci as if I was frying in tho fat of my!
Sania fe
own faith. My moral faculties' aro 'alto- Hnr over tlmm : vinegar (sufficient to
f tether unsoldered, and all by solid grace : quite cover tlium) in which has been poil -
m resolved itselfinto liquid gravy. Butlcd the usual spÁce for' pickling; tie, the
e must try, brethren, to keep as cool as jwsidown tight, with bladder, and keep
possibly ou. Poo't got exeitod ,nr them until they begin fo change color.: . t
on politics, or universal . freedom : but
wait till the dog-days are over and then
you may pump your passions into as high
a state ot etlervescence as yon like, with
comparative safety; as the weather is now,
there is somo danger of bursting your
physical Ijoilers betorc you know it. A
great deal depends upon the channel of
your thoughts. I beseech ot you not to
think a moment of lovo, hell-tire, or hot
whiskey punches; but let your thoughts
rest upon some shady paradise, iced le
monades, a driving snow-storm, and the
jingling of the sleigh-bells. Contrive to
meet an old acquaintance in the street,
and lot him give you the cold shoulder as
he passes that will be as refreshing as
a shower to tho withering plant. Frost
ed friendship is a great thing when the
thermometer threatens death and distrac
tion to every living excitable object. Now
is a good time to give you some under
standable idea of the lako that burnetii
with hru and brimstone ; but 1 am not
such a cruel monster as to do it, ut pre
sent Your sufferings, I preeive are suf
ficiently severe, without their being aug
mented by the description of any hotter
climate then this.
My hearers: your noses look like so
many red pepper-pods by a garden fence;
how is mine f I am glad to k.iow, how
ever, that your hearts are cold enough to
prevent your melting into candle grease ;
and that, although you perspire like
rostmg pigs, vou won't sweat out so
much sin but there will be enough left ti
enable vou to get a decent living in the
world. As I would as soon preach in n
barrel with tho. bung-hole stopped, as
here, I will dismiss you at once, with my
blessing. All the advice I have to give
you is; teep quiet try to lie cool take
a bath night and morning wear ligl t
clothin sleep on straw beds cat
principally vegitable food do nothing to
worry your conscience don't let politics
and mosquitoes trouble you more than
von can help and above all, keep clear
of dept. So mote it be !
DOMESTIC RECEIPTS.
The following Items, says tho Ohio
Cultivator which we find ill the Prairie
Fanner, we have often tried in our house
hold experience, and, can testily to their
utility.
Dry Ijricad Ghipdi.ks. let nothing be
lost, was the command of one who made
no mistake, great or small, The careful
housekeeper can carry out the idea in re
lation to a multitude of things not of
great importance in themselves singly,
but of no small moment in tho aggregate,
and in their relation to other things.
There will accumulate in every house
hold, an amount greatororsmallerof dry
crusts, bits of bread, and pieces of cake,
which have somehow or other got left,
and are to be disposed of in some way.
A common fashion of doing it, is to cast
them to the pigs or fowls, or to do even
worst than that by leaving them to the
rats and mice; Others know how to use
them in piidings; or to furnish tb'in in
a shape well relished by children as
pounded bread, to be eaten in mdk. Hut
few. perlinos, have evir thought of ma
king th'Mii into griddle cakes yet they
may make a wry superior article of this
kind, and one ea-ier of digestion than al
most any other,
To a quart of milk add the pieces of
broken bread, sulli iynt to absorb it. If
the bread In sour, use sweet milk ; if
the bread be sweet use sour milk ; let
them soak three hours, then strain the
whole through a sive;add half n tea
spoiiul'ul of salt, a table-spoonful of but
ter, two eggs, and saleratus sufficient to
cure the acidity. Mix the whole und bake.
Eat the cakes "with butter, with or with
out sugar, honey or syrup.
BntNs. For burns or scalds apply
d y jioaci', at once, and keep it on the
wound till it is neaioii. it u cannot ne
made to stick, grease or oil the part, so
as to form a coat of it. We knew a child
a short time since, to burn tho back of
its hand so ns to take oil' the skin entire.
The llouf relieved the pain instantly, and
under its cover, the wound healed in a
few days, with no suffering to the patient-
Fon I'icKi.mo Rous. If the following
p ckle were geiieraly known, it would be
more generally used. It is an excellent
nickh' to bé eat n with cold tueaf, &c.
The eggs should hj boiled hard (say ten
minutes,) and divested of their shells;
when nulUco'd ul them in "jars, and
Xiils'a Equsstrias Statue.
A correspondent of Harpers' Maga
zine is disposed to censuro the equestrian
statuo of General Jackson, by Mills,
which has excited such universal admir
ation, iho writer represents himself as
a mail contractor, and if wo placo faith
in the adage that every nian is to bo trust
ed in his own" art, wo need not neces
sarily infer that he is a connoisseur in
sculpture, lio objects to tho color of
tho statue, and to' its being perched so
adroitly upon two legs. The color is said
to be too bright. We apprehend that it
will be dimmed 60011 enough by expos
ure to our climate. As to tho other ob
jection, wo cannot but regard it ns a
great merit in the artist that ho has been
enabled to dispense with tho various ar
tificial contrivances that have been resor
ted to by tho most eminent sculptors to
support theirequestrian statues. A group
of serpents sustain Falconet's celebrated
statue of I'eter the Great. Another eel-
brated statue is supported ly the tail of
tno norse, ana in other cases more bare
and simple contrivances havo been em
ployed. Mills has succeeded in mak
ing a self-supported equestrian statue;
and it may 5e an "Americanism" in us
to admiro his work on that account, ti
nning others, but that will not induce us
to withhold our admiration.
It is the general spirit of this prod no-'
tion that excites tho wonder of all who
behold it. Every body is not critical,
but every body knows what pleases him,
and the vnllfd voices of the uninformed
indicate, perhaps more truly than the dis
cordant criticism of the initiated, the
merits of a statue of this description. A
work that has induced such n Congress
as has just expired to vote 20,00(1 as a
gratuity to tho sculptor, and 50,000 to
engage him on a mw undertaking, can
not lie without remarkable merit of some
sort. In this case we think our repres
entatives were carried away by the rffect
of the statue, which to us is striking and
imposing beyond any thing we have seen
in art. We do not supposo that there
was more then one man in either House
capable óf assing a critical judgment on
the statute as a work of ai t, but they
were astonished and carried away by it.
It will produce the same effect among the
masses everywhere, in spite of the crit
ics. We care not what connoisseurs say
ofn work that sati.siies and delights the
million.
We would not bo understood however,
to intimate that this work of Mills has
failed to please men familiar with the
art. From what wo have learned and
heard, it is highly commended by the
class wdio claim to be tho ''best judges."
Our ti iend the mail contractor is the first
person we have nr t with who is disposed
to tin li rvalue it, in that cant of criticism
which Stkiink says is of all cants the
most disgusting. As all the world is
about going to tin World's Fair, they
will have an opportunity of judging for
themselves with regard to the merits of
this very remarkable work of art the or
iginal caste of which, wo learn from tho
New York papers, will be exhibited dur
ing the continuance of tho Fair in a spa
cious hall that has been procured in tho
immediate neighborhood. The space,
we understand, that could bo allotted to
the statue in the Crystal l'aluco was not
sufficient to exhibit it toadvantago.
The Widow op Gen. IIahuison.
The estimable widow of Gen. Harrison
still occupies a portion of tho old mansion
at .North Bend, where she is watched ov
er by the filial care of the family of Col.
Taylor, She is in the serene evening of
a long and eventful life, and, though
bearing the weight of many years, is still
able to move about her room. The ex
cellent woman became tho wife of Gen.
(then Capt.) Harrison, near tho close of
the last eeiiturv, while ho was ill com
mand of Fort Washington, now Cincin
nati. Her father, Judge 8y mines, was
principal of the original proprietors of
tho Miami purchase, a tract of 243,000
acers, which was first purchased at a price
of Bixty-six cents per aero. Tho pres
ent Harrison estate consists of 800 acres
at North Bend! and 420 at the mouth of
the Miami. The property is as yot un
divided, though it is tho intention of tho
hairs to effect a division tho coming sea
son. " The step is rendered necessary by
the fact that, from th,i almost constant
absence of the proprietors in former years,
the productiveness of the hind has so far
deteriorated that a strong personal iuter-
est in the soil is indispensable to its res
nscitatiou . The estate formerly embra-
1 H large tract of intcryald'land to tho
northward, but is now mostly composed
j (1f high rolling lands'' near the Ohio.
j (Jor, Qkio ,&ot$. Juvrnal, (,-, , , , :
Si'iiiiTrjAi. Manifestation. Tho "lo
cal' of tho Nashvill Gazette gives the fid
lowing pointed instance of his painful
expei ience.
We were met by a friend a few eve
nings ago, who was awaro that wo were
a pretty strong believer in spiritual rap
pings, and having himself been convinc
ed of tho truth of it, ho was on his way
looking for us when we met him. In a
high state ot excitement he said to us,
"Brown is a medium !" "Ho is" said
we. "Yes, really so" Well, glad to hear
it, wo hope he will now bo convinced; wo
thought ho would boa a medium, for ho
is always thinking "about, tho subject.
Brown is a strange genius! After ex
pressing our opinion alter tho above man
ner for tho time, wo arrived at the room
were the rapping purported to be. The
door was slightly opened, when wo dis
covered part of a gliost-lik countenance,
who wispered to us to bo perfectly calm,
as the occasion was one of great solemni
ty We then stepped in, and over on
tho opposite side of tho roomat Brown,
tho medium, with his face so white and
expression so sad, that we felt a little like
we wero in the spirit world. We were
determined, however, to shake hands
with tho medium, as ho was a particular
friend of ours; so with unsteadv sten.
and rather on the Shaking-Quaker order,
we advanced and took linn by the hand.
After telling him that we. always thought
he would boa medium, &c, ho asked us
if we had any questions to ask. Wo an
swered in tho allirinative. Ho then id a
ced ns in a position on tho counter, and
told us to ask tho question. Being rath
er at a loss to know how to hold con
verse with in tho spiritual world, am
thinking of tho lines of tho poet when lie
said ;
T I ii, ye ileml, wi
I)irloe the secret
none of you in pity
Wliat ' tis yon are, and we most shortly lie I"
iiesudiicmy reconecten mat a cousin
and an uncle, captain and first mate ot n
merchantman, had sailed for the shores
ol South America, some two years a"o
and ship, crow and nothing else have ev
er been heard of. Wishing to know about
them, wo asked it wo could hold com
innnication with the spirit of our uncle,
and tsked ii ho was lost on tho voyage.
Every one present was perfectly still, and
every countenance presented the picture
of sadness ; we could now feel our teeth
clattering at a terrible rate. Tho mod
ium was at his post, and all at onco he
pulled a string, and no sooner seen than
felt. an inch and ahalf needle was mak
ing its wav into our pantaloons I As we
jumped from the counter, tlm whole scene
was changed instead ot sadness on eve
ry countenance, somo wero rolling about
the floor, nearly killing themselves lunch
ing, wdiile others went out into tho street,
to l'ivo their Mini's mil sway,
We had been pointedly convinced of
ll. k....tl. ..1' .. lá... .1 ! !! .1 . i
mu mini ui is iinitiai ruppiiurs, n aootti
un inch of steel had anytliinri to do with
it. and wo certainly knew we had been
victimised, and determined not to let tho
matter drop, we hunted up a subject, and
brought him to tho scene of gloom, and
alte tho usual ceremonies; instead of be
ing the victim, wo wero part of tho and
ience, and from our unusual good nature,
cnj'iyed the sport, perhaps more than tho
balance ot the party.
CTThii bvracusq Star says: In the
State of Ohio,thero resided a famtly con
sisting of an old man, by tho name of
Beaver, and his three sons, all of them
very hard "pets " who had very often
laughed to scorn the advice and entrea
ties of a pious though very eccentric min
ister who resides in tho samo town. It
happened that one of tho boys was bit
ten by a rattlesnake and was expected to
die, when tho minister was sent for in
great haste. On his arrival he found tho
young man very penitent, and anxious to
be prayed with. Tho minister, calling
on the family, kneeled down and prayed
in this wise "0 Lord, we thauk theo for
rattlesnakes; wo thank tho because a rat
tlesnake has bit Jim. We pray tho to
send a rattlesnake to bito John, send ono
to bito Sam ; and, O Lord send tho big
gest kind of a rattlesnake to bito tho old
man, for nothing but rattlesnakes will
over bring tho Beaver family to ropen
tance 1"
If eight men dig twelvo days and find
nothing, how long must twenty-two mon
dig to find just double this" amount ?
Answers containing remittances will be
received till tho mail closes.
A strong-minled woman in Alabama
was onco heard to remark that sha would
marry a man who had plenty of money,
thongh ho was so ugly that sho had to
scream out every time sho looked at him.
INTERESTING SCIENTIFIC
FACS.
Professor Faraday, in recent lectura
beforn the Royal institute of England,
upon " the magnetic forces insd the
following interesting announcements.
"A (ietuun astronomer has for miry
years been watching the spots in the ,
sun, and daily recording the result.
From year to year the groups of spot
vsry. liny are sometimes very nume
rous, sometunes they are few After a
while it became evident that the varia ,
tion in number followed t descending
scale through five yean, and then eu
ascending scale through five subsequent
years, so that the periodicity of the
variations became i visible fuel"
While, our German fi iend was busv
with his groups of sun-spots, an English
man was busy with the variations oltlie ,
magnetic needle. He, to, was a patent .
recorder of patent observations1 On
comparing his tabular results with those
of the German astronomer: he found
that the variations of the meiMietic
needle corresponded with the variations
of the sun-snots- that' the vear
when the groups were at their maximum,
the variations of the needle were at'
their maximum, and so on through their
series, litis relation may be comci-
dent mrielv. or derivative: if the latlei.
eu we do not connect nstral and ter
restrial magnetism, and new reaches of
science are open to us."
WASHINGTON. The following In-'
lian legend, relative to the spirit-home.
of Washington, is extracted from Morga
n's league of the Iroquois. It is cu--rious,
as showing the estimation in which
the fit'iur of his country' was held by
this singular people, and their idea of,
future felicity: ' '
Among the modem beliefs engrafted
upon the ancient faith of the Iroquois,'
there is one which is worthy of paitiriwj
lar notice1 It relates to Washington
According to Iheir present belief, lio
white man sver rent-lit d the Indian lira-"
ven. Not having been created by this'
Great Spirit, no provision was mail lor1
him in their schemes of theology. He:
was excluded both frein heaven and.
from the place of punishment. lint uu
exception was made in favor of Washing-,
ton. Because of his itislice and bene o-
lenoe to tho Indian, h stood pre-eminent
above all other white men. When by
the peace of 1783, the Indians ! were
abandoned py their Brilisli allies, and.
left to make their own terms , with the
American government, the Iroquois were
mure exposed to severe measures
than the other tribes in their nllinnce:
At this critical moment W ashinglon
interfered in their behalf as the protector
of Indian rights, and the advocate of a
policy towards them of tho most enligh
tened justice and humanity. .
After his deatli he was mourned by
Irnq iois as a benefactor of their tace,
and his memory was cherished willi
reverence and affection. A belief was
spread among them that the Gieat Spirit
had received into celestial residence
upon the plains of Heaven tho only
white man who.e deeds had entitled him
to this heavenly favor. Just by the en
trance of Heaven is a wall enclosure,
the ample grounds within which are luid
out with avenues and shaded walks.
Whithin a spacious mansion, constru
cted in a fashion of afort. Every object
in nature which could please a cul'i
vnlcd tast had been gathered in this
blooming Eden to render it a happy
dwelling place for the immortal Washing
ton. The faithful Indian, as he enters
Heaven, pusses the enclosure, He see
the illustrious inmate as he walks to and
fro in quiet meditation. But no word
passes his lips. Dressed in his uniform,
and in a state of perfect felicity, he Is
destined to remain throne,!) eternity in
the solitary enjoyment of the celestial
residence prepared for him by the Great
Spirit."
Lost. A small lady's . watch with a
white face ; also two ivory young ladies
work boxes. A mahogany gentleman's
dressing case. . , '.'
Sebvant-gai.ism; or, wiut's to be
lti 1 e,..,i .,
ujie. U uir, ui J&3LD i ovi vwih yiw y
ugly as sin.) "I tell yon what, cook,
with my beauty and fig.er, I a'int a go
ing to stop in service any longer, I shall
bo orí to Ilorsetraylier." ' " i
Why is a horse the most unhappy any
iraal m existence! Because ,ull his,
thoughts aro on the rack, uud his grvkt-..
nut hliea Im in uists f n-lana ' ,