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BY SAM. P. IVINS.
ATHENS, TENN., FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1850.
VOLUME 3, NUMBER 75.
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ATHENS, FRIDAY, MARCH I, 1850.
Hon. Jefferson Davis has been re-elected
United Slates Senator by the Legislature of
Mississippi fur six years from the 4ili of
March inst.
Gov. Crittenden, of Kentucky, lies ap
pointed (lie Gist Monday and Tuesday of
M?y, for the holding of an election to vote
upon the new Constitution.
The Democrats of Bedford county, Pa.,
have nominated Hon. James Buchanan foi
President, in 1852.
Seven American Mechanics were lately
Htduced by an oiler of high pay, to stop ut
Chagres and put up a building. Defute
the building was completed, six ol the
number were dead. The seventh took pas
sage home in the Empire City, and breath
ed his last the moment she dropped her
anchor in New York harbor.
The Richmond Whig says : It is a very
remarkable (act, that the largest slave
owners, not only in Virginia, but in all the
South, are they who advocate the least
violent measure!. They ought to know
their interests as well as their officious
liends. They know that the Union, as
'it is preserved in the spirit iu which it was
formed, is an effectual protection to their
property. They are there lore opposed to all
the violent expedients of the demagogues,
'which lend tu endanger the Union. It is
heir determination tu cling to tho Union
as the aik of safety.
Large Feet, Some think that large
feel are ungenteel, but they are convenient.
A person with large feet stands a better
chance in a high wind than oneo! small
feel, as he is not so liable lo overset.
Large feet are also more convenient for
lucking rascals. On the other hand, iare
feet are inconvenient on account of the ex
Tiense ol shoe leather nnd stocking yarns,
it also lakes longer lo wash large feet than
'small.
Police. Jonathan II Creen, "the re
formed gambler," was ypslerdav commit
ted on a warrant issued by the U. S. Com
missioner, charging him Willi an attempt
to piss a counterfeit 8500 treasury note.
At the lime of his arrest a note of that de
acription was found upon his person. 'JV.
If. Com. ddetriiser.
Tea and Coffee The official returns
(or the past fiscal year show that the im
porlatior of Tea was 10,319,793 pounds
which cost four millions seventy one Ihou
sand ttvin hundrtd and eighty -nine dollart.
The importation of Coffee was 165,321,700
pounds which cost nine millionsjifty-eighi
thousand three hundred and Jiftylioo dol
lars. Here is a sum paid out for lea and
coffee which would nearly buy and pay fur
the entire cotton crop of Alabama. Mor.l.
Journal.
Ii is more difficult to make the eye lie,
than any organ we are possessed of. To
tell what a woman says, pay attention to
her tongue; if you would ascertain what
she means, pay attention to her eye. To
talk in opposition to the heart is one of the
easiest things in the world lo look this
opposition, however, is more difficult than
algebra. Again we say, never believe a
girl hates you till you ask her eyes.
feviL CoMVOKICATIOWS CORRUPT GOOD
Mahhers. Punch says that it the reason
Why editors are so apt lo have their man
bars spoiled, they receive from one corres
pondent and another such a vast number of
J'tiil communications!" Punch sets a
saw remarkably well for an Englishman.
An iron Jail was shipped on the steamer
Belle Key., yesterday for some plaee down
Sa Arkansas. It was manufactured here
out of bars of iron, and when put together
it will have the appearance of an enormous
cage. JjOUUtilU Courier,
AN ADDRESS,
Delivered before the Eromalhesean Society,
Hiwassee College, at its first Meeting iu
the new College building; Feb. 12, '50.
BY D. M. KEY,
Fubhshed by Request.
As our discussion this evening is the
commencement of literary exercises in our
new nnd beautiful edifice, it has been re
quired of me lo make, in obedience to cus
lom, whose rule is omnipotent, a few re
marks in dedication of our temple of sci
encp. Thi3 is, emphatically, an age ol progress.
A perlect po-aheadisin is the order of Hie
day. The Nineteenth Century is but half
spread out on the greet cycles of the past;
yet, within jis'fcign, the conquests ol sci
ence, invention, and every other depart
ment of the empire of genius, have awoke
the world from tin; deep and sombre slum
ber of ages; and infused an energy and vi
tality into all the widely ramified machine
ry of human operations.
The iron manacles of despotism, under
the ponderous weight of which, nations
had toiled and groaned for many long cen
turies, have been loosened; and man has
stood out, boldly and triumphantly, against
his oppressors, in the defence of the rights
vested in him by nature's God. The op
pressive vestiges of feu Jalism have disap
peared amid the crash of the earthquake
shock of popular vengeance. If the A us-,
trian serf nnd Russian boor have been una
bte to prostrate the power of tyranny, they
have, nevertheless, made great advance
ments in (he establishment of human free'
dotn. Our own government has suddenly
loomed, up into the grandest and Iclliest
position in the scale of nations; and her
influence is f$?iis the dstutst corneis of
the earth, and the smallest isles that rest
on the bosom of tho ocean. Even tho do
minion of the Ottoman Porte, has felt the
power of the march of mind; and the Mus
sulman has discovered thai he ha? wrongs
to avenge, and rights to maintain.
Nor have the triumphs of religion, in the
last half century been less astounding.
Thousands of the altars of pagan supersti
tion, reeking with the blood of human vic
tims, have crumbled at the approach of the
herald of truth. The bloody crescent is no
longer borne aloft, amid the smoke of
battles (ought to drive men into an ac
knowledgement of the divinity of the com
mission of the prophet of Mecca. The
imperious and dogmatic absurdities of (he
middle ases, have been swept off by the
whirlwind; and the sun of Christianity, ri
ding in cloudless splendor, up the moral
firmstnent, and flinging its heavenly light
abroad upon the earth, already nears the
zenith ; and the christian may soon behold
the nascent beams ol millennial day glory,
breaking through the rifted clouds which
have wrapped a world in gloom and the
solitude ol ni"ht.
The application of steam to machinery,
has W' tked a revolution in commerce, and
manufacturer; while the spirit of inven
tion and enterprise has propelled the car
ut improvement with ninazins velocity in
pvery other department of human labor.
Tremendous resuli3 ave, we miaht say.
almost miraculous results, have followed
in the train of the last tiltv years. If some
man who expired, as the death Knell of the
eighteenth century tuny out on the earth,
from the rrat leli of time if such a one
I say, could rise from the dead, such have
been the mighty changes w hich have been
wrought, he would tliiuk himself iu anoth
er and better world.
In (lies' vast accomplishments, literature
always the friend of liberty and of man,
has exercised an overwhelming uilluence
Like Prometheus of old, it has brought
down the fire Irom heaven, in light up the
dark pathway of mortals. As some lofty
beacon, planted on the ocean's beach, (tings
its light amid the darkness and giro in ol
night, warning the marinei of I lie dangers
he approaches; so the angel form of sci
ence, stands in collossal grandeur, bathed
iu eternal sun-light, pointing its finger lo
the rocks and shoals in the oceao of ages,
upon, which governments hav been
wrecked, and with prophetic eye, penetra
ting ilie darkness of the future, marks out
the sale track for nations nnd men to pur
sue, it has not been many ages since the
wreaths of science adorned the brows of the
rich and great alone; but now, thank
Heaven, in our country the blessings of
knowledge are within the grasp of all, and,
in the language of one of Tennessee's uo
ble sons, "the poor boy, clad in rags,
with no other dwelling than a lug cabin,
with a clap-board roof, may attain the
proudest heights of human greatness, nnd
sit down in the Presidential chair." Who
were our Franklins, our Shermans, and
our Jacksons, but men who, in their youth,
struggled in the lowest vales of adversity I
Who knows but in the crowd 1 now a I
dress, may sit some young man who, like
Demosthenes, shall arouse the nation from
its slumber, and turn the uJe of its ven
geance agiinst the tyrant or like Wash
ington, lead its legions lo battle and to victory-
or like Luther, stand the bold and
inevincihle champion of truth, and preach
the everlasting Gospel in fearless defiance
of the hosts of ignorance and heresy. I
may not live to see the day, but I doubt
not that before me sits some youth whose
influence shall be fell, and whose name
will shine on the bright escutcheon of his
country.
But in our republic, distinction and in
fluence are not gained without toil. It
demands an unfaltering lesolulion; an on
bendiof fixedness of purpose; and an un
conquerable perseverance, lo climb the
heights of fame and power. The poet has
saw witn no little trutli, "A little learning
is a uangerous thing."
The pompous parade of literary attain
ments, the disgusting and shameful ped
antry, so often met with, is not ihe ofli
spring of genuine science und practical tal
ent, but springs from a sickly, puny
brain, maddened and deranged by a single
drop from the fount of knowledge.
The world is on the advance, and we
must march with it, else we will present
the strange anomaly ol men of a past age,
living in the one that is rushing by us.
Thirty years ago, all the hills and vallies
of Dad Cieek aye, the very spjt upon
wincli tins structure stands, were the prop
erly of the savage. VVhnt a revolution in
the swift flight .of thirty years! The Indi
an's whoup no longer euhos among our
mountains and dell.-,' but the song of praiso
ascends to heaven Irritn pious lips the tall
forests have sunk before Ihe advancing
footsteps of civilization and industry; and
in their season, golden harvests, bending
cum and luxuriant fruits, amply reward
'.he loll of the husbandman: The wig
wams have disappeared, and in their stead,
neat and conilortahle mansions n fiord homes
for an honest, industrious, intelligent and
virtuous people. Here where once the
ignorant squaw was the slave of her sav
age lord, live the fair wives and beautiful
daughters of a superior race, by whom
woman is not esteemed as the inferior and
slave of man; but as is always the case,
where learning and the Dible go, she is
honored as his equal and companion.
Permit me to express an opinion; it may
be Ihe child of prejudice. It is this. In
this community there is more sociality
true, genuine harmony and friendship,
than in any other with-which I am ac
quainted. In all the elements which form
the basis of social intercourse; n lolly spir
ty spirit of libereltty; manly honesty and
integrity; together with a proper acknowl
edgment of the rights of others and an up
right discharge ol the duties of man lo his
neighbor, this neighborhood may well
challenge comparison with any other in
hast lennessee. II it has but little wealth,
it has no poverty; hence arises an equali
ty in circumstances and influence, which
allows no place for the fnvious passions
and jealous wranglings which inevitably
result lioin the division of society into
castes.
This centee) and enmnodious edifice is
a monument of Ihe munificence and pub-
I lie spirit of our community. In the midst
ol such gratilytng reflections as tliesp, can "urina ms wile a lite time, uilhsul
any one iluuht of the ultimate success and ; her joining in the conveyance in the man
commanding influence of our excellent in- j n,,r prescribed by existing laws in which
siiiution. While tipper East Tennessee f tines covert sha'l cunvv lands,
is covered with collegia, can it, for a mo- I Passed, Jan. 10th, 1850.
metit, be supposed that lower East Ten- I
uessee, with more practical talent, a higher
toned spirit ol enterprise and improvement.
joined with superior natural advantages,
cannot support a single college, i can
but think, with the numerous facilities we
possess, and the liberal charier recently
gtanted by our legislature, our destiny is no
longer problematical. I would warn the
people of our section of the Slate against
the multiplication ol literary institutions of
high grade. It requires a concentration of
patronage a centralization of means and
influence n uphold such. In the counties
ol East Tennessee above us, there are,
perhaps, eight or nine colleges. Some ol
them are, nnd have been for a long tini",
iu a state of suspension, 'perfectly fuiictis
officii, whilst others are just able to breathe;
still, whether dead or dying, they furnish
a prolific source of quarrel or controversy,
lo a people, who, from what wp see and
hear, seem lo be of quite a jealous and
pragmatic disposition. Thousands of dot"
lars are thus squandered, and so far from
advancing the cause of education, it has
been retarded, and but one or two of their
formidable array of colleges can boast of n
healthy existence.
Let me, gentlemen, impress one thing
on your minds. When you shall have ex
changed your present situation (or this
grander and more advantageous edifice,
nothing will be added tu your natural tal
ents and capacities. Learning is the same,
whether acquired in an old lug school
house, or in the most splendid halls dedi
cated lo science. Mind is the same, whe
ther it toils in the poor man's collage, or
amid the grandeur nnd magnificence of
princely palaces. Il is not so much the
college that gtvps character lo Hie m m, ns
man lo ihe college. You might revel in j
Ihe most gorgeous literary temples, super-
intended by the profoundest teachers, but
unless you labored tu muster your studies
you would be benefitted liitie. The most
brilliant "cuius, ere it gains the top of sci
ence hill, will oft exclaim, with the old
Roman bard, "Ihe labor, hoc opus est!
While I discard the doctrine of the orig
inal, absolute, and universal equality of
minds, I am far from believing (here is that
natural disparity some imagine. Mental
exMcise adds largely lo the magnitude nnd
powers of the intellect; whilst a capacious
mind u often wrapt in oblivious darkness,
from nn indisposition lo cultivate it. Per
mil me lo entreat you to labor "in evt ry
good word and work," that you may rise
in Ihe sca'e oi intelligence and intellect.
S.cdy until vou comprehend, if possible,
ewry principle you nrc called o:i lo investi
gate; nd remember that, in winning lau
rels and fame fur yourselves, you will ding
a halo of renown around your Alma Mater,
which, in after limes, will attract lo her
shrine, Ihe literary pilgrim and Ihe stu
dent, panting for the pure streams, gushing
from her sacred halls, and tbousf.r.dj yet
unborn will rise up and'call her blessed.
It is said that when Hercules (ought the
giant Antaeus, ihe son of Earih, he found
that every time he threw his antagonist lo
the ground he received fresh strength by
the contact with bis parent ; nor could
Hercules overcome biro until lilting hira
up, lie neia Antaeus ou ine rann. oo,
gentlemen, wnen you snail nave nnisneu
your literary course, and gone out lo con
tend with the storms and trials of life, oil
return, on pilerimage, to tbe classic balls
from which you dtew the treasures of
knowledge revisit the sacred spot around
which so many pleasant associations nnd
nauowcu recollections linger, roo will ,
gain fresh strength to meet the buffetings
incident lo mortals
In conclusion, let me . Invoke the blers
ings of heaven upon this glorious instttui
lion: upon those whose liberality and en
ergy reared it; upon thosp upon whom the
responsibility rests, of training and direct
ing tho minds of men, who, in a few years,
must uphold the nillars of our femiile of
freedoir; upon every devotee of science,
whose name is, or nitty hereafter be, en
rolled on the catalogue of her students:
and may thousands of the poor young men
ol our country, have abundant reason to
thank God that such an institution as Hi
wassee College was ever established!
AN ACT.
To HiJ 'P'ise Willi the issuance of Scirrfti'
cias, in certain cases.
Seci ijn 1 . Be it enacted bit the General
Assembly of he Stale oj Tennessee: That
irom and alter lite passage ol this act, it
shall not be necessary to issue a Scirtfaeias
lo revive judgment which have lain a year
and a day without Ihe issuance of an exe
cution, and that execution may issue on
the same afer a year and a day from the
rendition of the judgment just as if it had
issued within that time :
Passed 2ist December, 1319.
AN ACT.
To prevent the sale ol the interest of femes
covert in real estate.
Section I. Be it enacted bu the General
Assembly of the litalt of Tennessee, Thai
irom and alter the passage of this act, when
any feme covert shall, either before or after
marriage become entitled lo finv interest in
any lands, tenements, hereditaments, or
other reii estate whatever, either by gift,
devise, descent, or in any other motie, it
shall not be lawful hy virtue of any judg
ment, decree or execution, against the
husband of such feme corcrl, to sell or dis
pose of his imprest m liis real estate of the
wife; orbr virtue of the judgment, sentence
or decree of any Court in this State, lo diss
possess or ejetet the husband and wife Iron)
the possession of the real estate ol Ihe wife,
acquired in any manner either belore or
alter marriage.
Sec. 2. lie it enacted. That the exemp
tion flf ihe ll tl(ihiini)Vt lllli.raur in liia lvif'y
I'1'8 "s prescribed in Ihe first section of
I 'his act, from sale, shall not extend beyond
' wife lilp. nor shall tho husband sell
Mr. C. and Mr. P. owned lots adjoining.
Exacily on the dividing line in front stood
a line (;ep. Mr. i'. wished lo cut it down,
as being in his way. Mr. C. remonstrated,
it being a fine shade for his house. Angry
words ensued, but Mr. V. eventually felled
the tree. Mr. C somewhat excited, ap
plied to lawyer 13. for advice. B. nfter
heedfully listening lo C.'s story, advised
him rs follows: "This is one of those nice
and delicate questions, wherein it is im
possible to guess how a jury would decide.
My opinion as its result might lead you in
to a fruitless law suit. My advice to you,
therefore, is to go and mil l'.'s nose! That
would be a latigtMe case of as3aull and
battery, about which there could be no dis
pute and my fee is five dollars!' Not
unlike the quack doctor, who said, 'I don't
say that this nasty stufT that I'm givin' on
ye now will cure you, but it will throw
you tnli) Jits and ! kin cure fits I'm tcafi
on m ."
A Singular Case. A somewhat sin
gular case has just been tried before the
Circuit Court of Orange cou ity. It ap
pears that some time ago the wife of Mr.
Ebenezer Seeley got a divorce from her
husband, and subsequently married a law
yer named Crosby. The first husband suc
ceeded in setting aside the divorce on ihe
grountt of informality, or want of jurisdic
tion i-i the power that granted it, and then
sued ihe second husband for improper in
tercourse with his wife. The jury gave a
verdict of SI 100 damages in favor of the
plaintiff. l'oughkctpsie Journal.
Dr. Johnson, being once in company
niii, s.ne frcandal inuiigers, one of them
having accused an absent friend of resorting
to rouge, he observed: "It is peihaps, after
all, much belter for a lady to redden her
own cheeks, than lo blacken other people's
charactt-rs."
"Sambo, xv bar you get dat watch you
wear lo nu ttiu' lass Sunday V
"How you know I hab a watch?"
"Bekase I seed de chain hang out de
pocket in front."
"Go 'way nigger! 'spose you see halter
'round my neck, you link dar is a horse in
side oh me?'
A Hindoo law says: "Strike not, even
with a blossom , a wife, though she be guil
ty of a thousand faults." The Eaglish
law would let you "hit her again" wuh
what the blossom grows on. Some differ
ence. eh 1
JVn Irishman who lived in an atiic, being
asked what part of ihe bouse he occupied,
answerej "if the house wert turned
topsy-lurvy, I'd be Iivin'on the first Dure!" '
EVERY MAN HIS OY.W" REFORM
r
The fatal tendency of the age, says the
New York Mirrnr, is to sink tho individual
in the masses. Nothing enn hs done in the
way of business without tlie incorporation
of numbers; nnd nothing cun ba eiTuctpd in
morals without lheorgrini..anon,of "unions"
and "brotherhoods." A man must join a
c.'ub to be respectable, a corporation to bo
successful, nn association to !: rhariir.Me'
and a church to be religious. Ther ate :
sorts of "Societies'," i,"t up for nil sorts of
purposes, iIih tr.e;ii!)pi3 t.f which hardly
dare give a penny ton famishing r-. t?gar,
except in accordance with the "rnle. and
regulations" of 6ome association to which
thev lipong.
Now we do not beli'pve in these moral
monopolies, by which the selLstyled phi
lanthropists propose to reform all creation,
except themselves. On the contrary, we
maintain the doctrine that every man must
be his own reformer; nnd that ths only
really valuable influence which tns indi
vidual can exert oyer another is, simply,
Ihe force of example. My industrious and
thrifty neighbor stimulates me io follow in
his footsteps, not by preaching about the
duty or earning one's bread hy the sweat of
the brow, but by the prosperity and happi
ness which crori: In'3 labors. And thus
temperance and piety are also inculcated;
not by pledges nnd precepts, but by the
purity of health, and the beauty of life,
which accompany the daily practice of
these eminent virtues.
The great Author of Christianity, an!
the humble Redeemer of cinr.'.-s, did not
deem it essential to the salvation of a hu
man soul froiu iirioiauce nnd error, that
"Societies" should formally organize for
that specific purpose. He taught iiis fol
lowers to he kind, humane, and furi iving,
without the formula of a creed; without
even the "institution" of n church. In
stead of erecting pompous palaces of devo
tion, mid assembling I lis disetple3 one day
in seven to listen to ploqtient priyers, and
enchanting music, lie mail" Religion nn
element of every day life; devotion in Cod,
a secret aspiration of the soul; rnd philan
thropy, a love to man. the perpetual ex
pression of social fellowship and universal
brotherhood.
Ilow unlike were the simple injuiictior.s,
the gracious efforts of the Saviour, to the
noisy and ostentatious schemes !uf Conven
ing the woild by steam, which we now
witness on every hand. Instead of praying
"in secret" over his own failings and fol
lies, the modern Christian prefers lo kneel
on velvet cushions, in gorgeous churches.
j where he may be "seen of men;" and, in
stead ol Keeping the gills ol Ins lei: hand
from the knowledge of hts right, his "alius
are done btfore men, nnd v.i'iiieii ton; and
alterwards published in the newspapers.
The charity of the present nr;e iii.es not
begin at home; it does not commence where
il should, in the professional "RefurtiierV
own breast. The Abolilionis s ol the North
ate sighing tnd groaning, an I praying, and
raving over the miseries of negro Slavery;
while tho "victims" of tin tr sympathy nic
at this very moment singing away the sun
ny hours among the pleasant fields of
"sugar cane green" and the pour white
beggars of the cold Northern cities, are
shivering ami dying unheeded beneath the
very windows of these "model Reformers "
Ah! il is a most lamentable fact, that the
fashionable philanthropy of the day is a
very "long sighted" virtue; it can see no
wretchedness until "distance lends en-chn-ituienl"
lo Ihe suffeiiug; it bas no ear
fur the wail, no "bowels" for the wants,
which rife up beneath Ms vt-ty fed iu ail
the bideousncss of iinroman'i'! reality.
We always suspect the sincerity of a
man's benevolence, the moment be beg-ins
to prate about the "awful i-oinliiioii of the
heathen," while, in the tbriMing rebuke of
Randolph, "he neli cis the bi-aiiieu nt bis
own door;" nnd we have yet !; Ijaru that.
Ihe men who make ihe grtait-.M otit-cty
about the horrors of Slavery are better
men, teller husbands, :i r intl-.eis, better
citizens, or heller Christian:!, ! - i i.ieu
whom they denounce as n r:.;.t". devils,
and the most damnable of all : iiu.t rs. il
every man would but "resoiip liimsulf into
a Committee of the Whole,1' an I p;:s a
resolution to be his own rrfonurr, Irom this
liui". henceforth, and for cvtrmore, tbe
Milleuiuui would bo nearer by some cen
turies than present appearan-.es etzni to
iudicate.
Duel Between Ladies. A duel lately
occurred at Madrid between two young
Udiet. One wa ultimately (hot in the
leg; aod Ihe combat ceased pro tent. Fi
nally, a reconciliation was fleeted by ihe
galUnl senor tvhos? charms had evoked
the apple of discoid.
A bill has been reported in the Virginia
House of Delegates, appropriating $30,000
per year, lor ihe removal of the fret ne-
groes to Africa.
Gold Hunti.no. .n incident wna
relatcul to us yestcrdnv of an old man
from Syracuse, N. York, who had
boon taken sick nt the mines out on
the Sacramento and who, having ex
littusted nil his provisions, was in a
most deplorable slate. He went about
from tent to tent among the miners to
bcti a mouthful to eat to keep hini
from starvation, The miners, in scat
taring out. generally lake a rod square,
which is considered tho limits of their
Ji'iU'iiijrs. Entering a camp one day,
tii t nlil man beff:red for a meal, and
told his storv of adversity. "Let's
j lve him a chance," said the men,
'''j nn old man ati'l is sick; what
sai you? let's hclji him out." "Well;
f atirj'jd." redied tho party. "Here;
old man," said one ot them, "you may
have that spot over yonder whar you
see that rock; so take your pick and
go to work." The old man started
out. and the first duv realized the sum
of sixty dollars. This gave him hew
hope, and his friends rejoiced with
him at his good luck. The next day,'
however, the old man was unlucky;
and did not realize a cent. They
told him to try it again, however, nnd
ho did so. In picking under the rock;
after the exertion of a whole day, the
eld man found what is called a "hen's
nest," from which, in one week, he
realized the handsomo sum of $17,000;
'His friends told him he had better
stop now, as he va3 old, and start
homo. So he adopted their advice,
and iook tho steamer at Chagres for
New York. We hope the old gen
tleman tmv live to enjoy his good
fortune. N. O. Picayune.
Consols Tho following, from tho
N. Y. Commercial, cxpluins tho
meaning of this word, which we ven
ture to say is not known to all our
readers : ;
"(7onsol is only an abbreviation of
the word consolidated.' At various
times the British Government has
borrowed divors sums of money, pay
rt'ilo at different dates and bearing dif
foronl rates of interest. Occasionally
the stocks issued, as evidences of these
various debts have been taken up, or
called in, and a new stock issued in
their stead, payable nt one fixed time
j and bearing one fixed rate ot interest,
i Siif.li a stocR iS called a consolidated
stuck or a 'oonsoP; and to distinguish
it from others, the rate of interest it
bears is generally mentioned; thus
we read of three per cent, consols;
A Race with the Caiis. Tho
I'titpiircr of yesterday tells the fol
lowing racy yarn : "At Morrow a
green looking man got upon the cars,
lied a large cur dog ho had with hiin
to the iron stanchion of the hindmost
cur, and deliberately took his seat
among the ladies. Away bounded
the iron horse, with his usual spcad,
to the small wonderment of the coun
tryman, who had never ridden so fast
before. Arriving at Foster's Cross
ings, he walked buck to take a look
at his favorite animal, und bis surprise
may be imagined when he found on
ly the head of the dog it I niched to the
rope which he had fastened him.
Alter being perfectly satisfied that the
'deg was dead,' lie morely uttered,
Well, this is the only critter that
could beat that dog; running."
We judge, bv the tone of the ac
counts from ITa-shinglon city, (hat
the prospects of a compromise is in
creasing daily. Members of Con
gress from the North are apparently
becoming more reasonable nnd those
from tho South more moderate.
These happy results, which we trust,
are 'tut delusive, arc nscribable to the
clear, strong and patriotic Califor
nia message of '.lie I'lesuteut and to
the noble com promise resolutions and
clniiucut speech of Mr. Clay. Lou'.
Jour,
To relieve cramp in the stomach,
take a pint of warm water, sweeten
it well with molasses, and put in a
teaspoonful of cayenne, and drink
freely of it; at the same time heat tho
feet well by the lire, or put them into'
warm water which wiil always afford
speedy relief.
Mrs. Jones who is always in favor
of girls in fact there is nothing boi
sterous about her, says to me: "Digbyi
how inanv miles be it from LSoslon to
Salem ?" "-Fouiteeii," I replied. Well
now tell tnc hotv many girls, if they
took hold of hands, would it take to
reach from Boston to Salem?"
guessed five thousand; whereupon the
t.ld lady burst into a loud laugh; and
said, 'it took just fourteen; for I can
te!! you, Mr. Digby, that a "Miss is as
good as a ai!e; any day." I sloped.
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