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S O U S E
By J. McMULLEN,
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MMEVYRY* C. MM*MIT,
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Levee,
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THEBACHELOR'SSHIRT.—The following
method of mul iply iug shirts may be useful
to some our bachelor friends:
On* day as Rags, whose cap of poverty
was dashed,
Lay snug in bed, while his on» shirt was
washed.
The dame appeared, holding it to view.
Said—"It 'u washed agaiu twill wash in
two."
4,xndeed!"
cried Rags, "(hen wash it,
pray, good cousin,
4&J wash it, if you cau, into ft do»en."
THE NORTH IOWA
MISCELLANEOUS.
From i/onychoid Words.
THE NOBLE SAVAGE
To come to the point at oncr», I bog to
s-iy thai I have not the least bdicf in th*
Noble Savage. I consider him a prodig
ious nuisance, and an enormous supersti
tion. His calling rum fire-waier, and me
a pale face, wholly fail to reconcile me to
him. I don't care what he calls me. I
call him a savage, and I call a savage a
something highly desirable lobe civilised
off the face of the earth. I think a mere
gen' (which I take to be the lowest form
of civilisation) better than a howling,
whistling, clucking, stamping, jumping,
tearing, savage. It is all one to me,
whether he slicks a fishbone through his
visage or bits of trees through the lobos
of his ears, or birds feathers in his head,
whether he fla rens his hair be ween two
boards, or spreads his nose over the
breadth of his lace, or drags his lower lip
down by great weights, or blackens his
teeth, or knocks them out, or paints one
cheek red and the other blue, or tattoos
himself, or oils himself, or rubs his body
with fat, or crimps it with knives. Yield
ing to whichsoever of these agreeable ec
centricies, he is a savage—cruel, false,
thievish, murderous addicted more or
less to grease, entrails, and beastly cus
toms a wild animal with the questionable
gift of boasting a conceited, tiresome,
bloodthirsty, monotonous humbug.
Yet it is extraordinary to observe how
some people will talk about him, as they
talk about the good old times how they
will reget his disappearance, in the course
of this world's development, fr.»m such
and such lands where his absauce
him, or dancing their miserable jigs after I
men and women possessing any power of
truthful dramatic expression by means of
action, they were rio better than the cho
rus at the Italian Opera in England—and
would have been worse if such a thing
were possible.
Mine are no oew view»of the noble sav
age. The grea.est wri.ers on ua ural his
tory found i im ou long ago. Bullonknew
wi.at re was and showed why le is the
sulky tyrant that he is to his women, and
1 i u
K
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1,18,a™.» »par. in IIUOIWm. lor evident
of the quaht) of his moial nature, pass
himself for a moment and refer to his
"fai:hful dog." Has he ever improved a j]
i
It is noi the miserable nature of the no
ble savage that is the new thing it is the
whimpering over him with maudlin admi
ration, an i the alloc ing to regret him,
and tne drawing ot any comparison ot ad
vantage between tne blemish *s of civilisa
tion and the tenor of his 6wii is life.—
There may have been a change now and
then in those diseased aburdities, but there
is none in him.
Think of the Bushmen. Think of the
two men and tlio two women who have
been exhibited about England for some
years. Are the majority of persons—who
remember the horrid liale Iwader of that
party in his festering bundle of hides,
wi.h his filth aud his an topi thy to water,
and his straddled legs, aud his odious eyes
shaded by his brutal hand, and his cry of
44
E S O 7 E
By A. WANSEY,
m. a
i street,.
Qu-u-u-u-aaa (Bosjesman for some
thing despertt.ely insultiug I have
10
dire
blessed relief and an indispensable prepa- er-in-law—also supported by a higl
ration for the sowing of the very first voured pai tv of male frieuds—screeches,
seed of any influence that can exalt hu- whistles, and yells (being seated on the
mauity how, even with the evidence of ground, he can't stamp) hat there never
himself before them, they will either be
determined to believe, or will suffer them
selves to be persuaded into believing,
that he is something which their live sen
ses tell them he is not.
1
an lmyail
meiiiau
.,
A\\
,ow .1 l,»pp,.n» H.1V0B be prawed thai,
Tj liu U|1 AU 0
dog, or attached a dog, since his nobi lty u 11 1 .1
!erer, Ulizzerum lioo! will wash these
first ran wild 111 woods, and was brou
Jh-
dnwii (at a very long sloe )*by 1 'ope? Or
does the animal that is il.e friend of mau,
always degenerate ia his low society
110
doubt)—conscious of an affee
1 ionate yearn
ing towards that noble savage, or is it id
iosyncratic in me to abhor, detest, abomi
nate, aud abjure him 1 have no reserve
on this subject, and will frankly state that,
setting aside that stage of tho entertain
ment when he counterfeited the death of
some creature he had shot, by laying his
head on his haud and shaking his left leg
—at which time 1 think it would have
been justifiable homicide to slay him I worksofagricuhure, there suddenly rush
have never seen that group sleeping, smok- L,a i„
mmm
WE MARCH WITH THE FLAG, AND KEEP STEP TO THE MUSIC OF THE UNION.
GREGOR, FRIDAY, NOV. 7, 1856.
sliaped than such of their predecessors afe
I have referred to anil they are rathe
picturesque to the eye, though far from
odoriferous to the nosa. What a viuitoi
left to his own in.orpreiings and imagin
ings might suppose thete noblemen to
about, when they give *ent to that panto
mimic expression which is quite settled to
be the natural gift of the noble savage, 1
cannot possibly conceivje for it is so much
too luminous for my personal civilisation
that it conveys no idea Co my mind beyond
a general stamping, ramping, and raving,
remarkable (as everything in savage life
u) ior Ls
uiiifoimLy. But let us—
with the interpreter's assistance, of which
I for one s and so much iu need—see
what the noble savage does in Zulu Kaf
fir laud.
The noble snrnw sets a king to reign
ray mind when I look at him. He has no
moral feelings of any kind, sort, or des
sci ipiion and his "mission" may be sum
med up as simply diabolifal.
ov«*r him, to whom he submits his life and crushes the skull, or mashes the face, or
limbs without amurnjuror question, and scoops out the eyes, or breaks the limbs,
whose whole life is p-issed chin deep in a
lake of blood but who, af er killing inces
santly is in his turn kill'-d by his relations
ami friends, the moment a grey hair ap
pears on his head. All the noble savage's
The ceremonies with *hich he faintly
disversities his life are, course, of a
kindred nature. If he wants a wife he ap
pears before the kennel of the gentleman
whom ho has
selected for iis father-in-law,
attended by a party of nale friends of a! really incompatible with the interchange
very strong flavour, who screech and whis-j of ideas: inasmuch as if we all talked
such tle and stamp an offer of so many cows for about ourselves we should soon have no
nee is a the young landy's hand. The chosen fath- listeners, and must be all yelling
e prepa- er-in-law—also supported by a higl.-fla screeching at once on our own
Ihere was Mr. Catlin, some few years more cows. The father-in-law (an old de-: poJsm is one great distinguishing mark
ago, with his Ojibbeway Indians. Mr. i luder, overpaid at the beginning)i accep s i of a savage always. The improving
Catlin was an energetic earnest man, who four, and rises to bind the bargain. The world has quite got the better of thai too^
had lived among more tribes ot Indians whole party, the young lady included, In a like manner, Paris is a civilised city,
thats I need reckon up here, and who had then falling into epilep ic convulsions, and and the Theatre Francais a highly civi
wriiten a picturesque and glowing book screeching, whis.ling, amping, and yell- lised theatre and we shall never hear,
about them. \\i:h his party of Indians hug together— -and nobody taking any no- and never haw heard in these later days
squatting and spitiing on the table before
no
their own dreary manner, he called, in all j—the noble savage is Considered married, As to the Nookerin" Umtaro-arties, there
good faith, upon his civilised audience to and his friends make deuionical leaps at are
take notice of their symmetry and grace, him byway of congratulation. and no European Powers to Nooker them
their perfect limbs, and the exquisite ex- i
pression of their pantomime aud his civ
ilised audience, in all good faith, complied
aud admired. Whereas, as mere animals,
they were wretched creatures, very low in S'^hcraft" A lean
the scale and very poorly formed and as jod
Vti.ch Doctor, is im-j
to Aookerthe Um.ar- is tl
tlip witch. The male the
„„r
or
for U)
u*.
,nK.u
oul
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fl
.igll(,a
Vul
Dm
.,,.garlU.s ,«
™JMUe,.B..ro)(
rceivo here a un rea
a
perceive here a geuuj
gartie, Hoosh Hoosli Hoosh in whoso
I e o i i n a i v a n e a n N o o k
bear's claws of mine.: 0 yow yow yow 1"
All this ame the learned physician is look
ing out among the atwn.ive faces for some
unfortunate man who owes him a cow, or
who has givun him ajiy small offence, or
againsi whom, wi houl offence, he has con
ceived a spite. Him he never fails to Noo
ker as the Um argar:|r», and he is instant
ly killed. iu the absence of such an indi
vidual, the usual practice is to Nooker the
quie est and mosi geu.lemanly person in
company. But the nookering is invari
ably followed on tho spot by the butcher*
ing.
Some of the noble savages in whom
The women beingat work in the fields,
hoeing the Indian corn, and the noble
savage biing asleep in the shade, the
chief lias sometimes the condescension to
come forth, and lighten the labour by
looking at it. On
these
a
ing, and expectorating rouud their brazer, called a 1'raiser. This literary ..entleman
but I have sincerely desired that someth-1
W
ing might happen to the charcoal sniould- iH dress of tigers' tails he has the appear
ciing therein, which Woul 1 cause the im- ance of having come express on his hind
mediate suffocation of the whole of the iegsJ f,-om the Zoological Gardens aud he
noble strangers. incontinently strikes up the chief's prais-
I liere is at present a party of Zulu Kaf- es plunging and tearing all the wmle—
firs exhibiting at the St. George s Gallery,! There isa franuc wickedness in this brute's
Hyde 1 ark Comer, London. These noble 1 manner of worrying the air, and gnasliW
savages are represented in a mos. agree- |out Oh what ^delightful chief he ut\
able manner they are seen iu an elegant O what a delioitfhs quantity of blood he
theatre, fitted with appropriate scenery of
Sheds!
great beamy, and they are described in a O how charmingly cruel he is O how
very sensible and unpretending lecture,! ho tears the flesh of his enemies and
delivered wuh a modes.y which is quite crunches the bones O how like the ti
a pattern
all similar exponents. Tnough
ger
•Xtiemcly ugly, they are much belter fear lie is! 0, row row row row, how
I'ontL I am of him"—which might temp
Jie Society of Friends to charge at a hand
gallop into the Swartz-Kop location and
-x terminate the whole kraal.
When war is afoot among the nobl
savages—which is always—the chic
nolds a council to ascertain whether it it.
he opinion of his brothers and friends in
general that the enemy shall bo extermi-
formancc of an Umsebcuza, or war song,
—which is exactly like all the other
songs,—the chief makes a speech to his
brothers and friends, arranged in single
Hie. No particular order is observed du
ring the delivery of this address, but every
gentleman who linds himself excited by
the subject, instead of crying Hear,
hear!" as is the custom with us, darts
from the rank and tramples outtheJifc* or
or performs a whirlwind of atrocities on
the body, of an imaginary enemy. Sev
eral -n lemen becoming thus excited a^
once, and pounding away without the leas
jard to the orator, that illustrious
regnru io ute orator, mat illustrious per-
wars with his fellow-savages (and he takes son is rather in the position ot an orator
no pleasure in anything else) are wars of in an Irish House of Commons. But, remained on the vessel to the boat, by
extermination—which is the best thing 11 several of these scenes of savage life bear i which the surf-boat was drawn to and fro,
know of him. and the meet comfortable to a strong generic resemblance to an Irish
election, and I think would be extremely
well received and understood at Cork.
Iu all these ceremonies the noble sav
age holds forth to the utmost possible ex
tent about himself from which (to turn
learn, I think, that as Egotism is one
was such a daughter in the market as his
daughter, and that he nus have six more clearly
cows. The son-in-law *nd his select cir
cle of backers, screech, whistle, stamp,
and yell in reply, that they will give three Zulu Kaffir left. The endurauce'of dos-
jc(. „f he young lady [whose eharms are (of course) of the Praiser there. No,
When the noble savnge finds himself a
lit.de unwell, and mentions the circum-,
doors
inhabitants of the kikal being seated on His virtues are a fable his happiness a
the ground, the learqed doctor, got up delusion his nobility nonsense. We
like a grizzly bear, a|pears, and adminis- have 110 greater justification for bein" cruel
ters a .tanceof a mosticrritic natuie, du-j to the miserable object, thau for being
ring tiie exi.ibi ion of which remedy he cruel to a William Si.akspeare or an Isaac
incessan ly gnashes hk teeth, and howls: 'Newton but he passes away before an
I am the original pj ysician to Nooker immeasurably bet.er and higher power
the Umiariranic. Viw yow yow No than ever ran wild in any earthly woods,
1 connexion with any iLher eSLablishment. and the world will be all the better when
Mr. Ca' lin was so strongly interested, and the jib-boom, clinging to such support as
the diminution of whose members, by was within th ir reach, and vai ily en
rum and small-pox. _rea ly affected him, deavoriug to screen
had a custom not unlike this, though much dashing of the cold spray. Where, aL
more appalling and disgusting iu its odi
ous details.
occasions he scats
himsell in hie own savage chair, and is at
tended by his shield-bearer who holds
over his head a shield of cowhide—in
shape like an immense muscle shell—
fearlully and wonderfully, after the man
ner of a theatrical supernumerary. But
lest the great man should forget hisgreat
1 ness iu the eoiremplaiioii of the humble
poot retained for the purpose,
ears a leopard's head over iiis°owu, and
O how majestically he laps it up
and the leopard and the wolf and the
To conclude as I began. My position,
that it we have any tiling to learn from
Noble Savage, it is what to avoid.—
klluws bim
but
nated. On this occasion, after the per-" of distress and terror. But though hun-
0
the most oil onsive and contemptible little-
accounts making society hideous. It is i "ind
my opinion that if we retained in us any- ilS,ie
otherwise.
dowry question, substituting coin for
cows, we have assuredly nothing of the
to be thought of tvuhout a shudder) no, civilised poets have better work to do!
no
ial
siance to his friends,i it is immediately And as to private Umtarganies,
perceived that he is tender the influence
sd
preiended CmiaryarMes in Europe,
would be mere spydom, subornation,
8mall
malice, superstition, and false pre-
a,v We not
eariled personage, call-
Iarl
call-
Umtar ANOTHER GALE ONTHELAB3S. schooner "G. D. Morris"
ONTHELAXB&
The Chicago Times of Saturday last
chronicles another storm on the Lakes.—
It says:
Yesterday morning, after th* w:nds
of the past night, the billows of the old
Michigan were found rolling in with most
terrific violence upon our shore. The
scow schooner
4
Yankee,' with eight or
ten men or board, with a cargo of lumber
from across die Lake, had dragged her
anchor and been driven by the storm down
lo the fooL of Yan Bureu street, nearly*on 'kingdom
to the breakwater, and the sea was bea ing
over her, and a surf so heavy rolling in
as to make it impossible for any tuo- or
small boat to reach her. At eight o'clock
the poor sailors were seen at one end of
themselves
from the
Uiis dreadful emergency, which should
call them into action, were the two Fran
cis' Metalic Life Boats of the Govern
ment at this harbor? Were they at a
convenient spot near the harbor's entrance,
resiing upon their rollers, all ready to be
launched, aud with their oars and furni
ture complete and ready for the heaving
sea Or had our harbor master, collec
tor of customs, or whosoever duty it is
to take charge of them, placed them en
tirely out of reach. Was one of them (as
we are told it was) away up the North
Branch, up side down, asleep if not dead,
and covered with lumber, so that it is
useless and going U destruction, or was
it iu the rigm place at the right time, like
an angel ot mercy, reposing upon her
wings, and watching for danger, that she
may spring forth on the first warn ing,
"to
rescue and save the drowning and exhaus
ted mariner? No Life-boat was to be
found. As soon as the distressed sailors
were dragged near enough to the danger
ous break water coast to make their voices
heard amid the waving of the sea aud
howling of the winds in the rigging, they
gave directions for a boat to be placed be
tween the railroad and breakwater, in or
der to enable them to get on board if they
should reach the breakwater.
A benevolent Capiaiu of the Board of
Undcrwri ers made every effort to get a
lock
aud
owned by some Club, which was manned
by four oarsmen, who pulled with great
energy for the distressed vessel. As the
Yankee,' only of 100 tons burthern.
•ami' nearer and nearer the share, beaten
lown and almost overwhelmed by the
surges which were breaking over her, the
^roup on deck, each with a plank or buoy
in his hand, formed a frightful spectacle
Ireds on shore, as the rain beat in torrents,
feared for them, these indomitable sea
kings, as they gripped firmly the ropes,
appeared to have little concern for their
personal safety. At l.mgth
striking and going to pieces, the vessel
swung round with her bowsprit over the
breakwater, and it required only an ordi
nary exertiou of nautical strength and
courage for each sailor to clamber up over
the boom and let himself down on the
breakwater. Once there, they ran to the
elegraph and other posts, around whirsh
hey clasped their arms, and prevented
he sea from washing them oil'. Some
were nearly exhausted and could scarcely
cling to the rigo-ingor hold on to the break-
O 153
water: A line was thrown by one who
and in a short time every one was brought
aafelv through the foaming surges. In
an hour more the vessel had discharged
her cargo ol lumber, in a promiscuous
manner, along the coast, and was fast go-
inS
him to some civilised account) we mav 'other
to
*fj}ln:ible
in the year 1853, with spirits
at our
Piocea- Davidson, and the
mcn
TV'llose
namos wo
10
nessa civilised man can exhibit, so i. is Pra's*«
The schooner General Taylor," Capt,
Bower, also dragged ashore near the Late
was
separate
den
The steamer "Superior" did not go out,
her Captain having perceive)! the approach
of the storm in time.
LATER.—Telegraphic despatches from
Milwaukee to the Tremont House, dated
5 o'clock P. M., stales that the propeller
"Globe" went ashore between the piers,
but was gotten off' with the loss of her
rudder, and taken into port. The "Globe"
a full ear^o of merchandise for this
:'had
KU*
a
"l'l cargo ot merer
city, and was leaking.
The prapelfer -Ogdonsl
The new
jus:
re?ret
learn'
View House, and the drew escaped in her
hore. She was own
Darate i '"u "3 and a man in Sandusky,
i
unv
House, and
an
boats salely to the
we are
who exerted themselves
resclie
art-'
cutiJed to the giea^es-.,
insured in the Buffalo Mutual.—
her Captain a
had a
thing of the noule savage, we could notj^" board, which was insuied in the Crar
get rid of it too soon. But the fact is
Cit.v'
Upon the wife and
of 11,3u0 bushels of corn
1Ier
Captain thinks she has
some six or seven feet of water forward,
but the sea was so heavy this is uncertain,
and she will propably go to pieces.
The schooner "Arkansas" was drag
ging her anchor, near the Lake View
House, all day yesterday, but it was
thought would ride it out with safety.
The schooner "Stella" was also drag
The barques "Quebec" Canadian)
The schooner "Maine" also got on the
bottom, close by the breakwater, but by
very hard work was towed into the harbor
before dark, together with the barque
'•American Republic."
and "Seminole," the brig '-Burns," and ried away, and your ship scudding rapidly
eight or ten other vessels were out at towards the breakers
Tatt.—I cannot conceive, sir, that sueih
a combination of disasters could possibly
befall a ship in one voyage. !v
were
weathered the
anchor, and probably
gale."
The schooner "Scott," coming in Thurs
day evening, went against the breakwater
and Mould soon have gone to pieces had
she not been pulled off before dark by the
tugs Ward and Cushing.
isburg," and the
made that port
in safety. The schooner ''Augusta" was
anchored near the north pier with every
prospect of outriding the storm.
Origin of Cards, aud their Deaip^
Cards were invented about the year
llHX), to divert Charles VI, then King
of Frauce, who had fallen into a melan
choly.
Tne inventor proposed by the figures
of the four suits, or colors, to represent
tt.e four states or classes of men in tne
By tlie Cceurs, (hearts,) are meant the
Gens de Choeur—chairmen or ecclesias
tica. The Spaniards, who borrowed cards
from the French, have therefore co^as, or
chalices, instead of hearts.
The uobnity, or military men of tht
kiugdom, a& represented by the ends or
poiu.sot
lances, pikes, and our ignorancu
ol the meaning or resemblance ot the hg
o o
ure, induced us to call them spades. The
^Spaniards have swords (esjjeUas,) in lieu
of pikes. We have borrowed our name
from the souud of the Spanish word.
By diamonds, are
designed
the order
of citizens and merchants and trades
men.
The trefoil or clover grass, (corruptly
called clubs,) alludes to tiie husbandmen
aud peasants. The Spaniards use the fig
ure of a stave or club, (bustos,) and uo
doubt we have given the Spanish signili
cation to the French figures.
The history of the four kings was in
tended to represent the sovereigns, David,
Alexander, Uajsar aud Charles four cel
ebrated monarchies being represented,
namely the Jewish, Greek, Kornan aud
Frankish.
MW The 'J
suitable boat", and at"length,"by breaking weiohin^ e|obty P°unds
chain, n
I'exan
Jhwt I western Texas.
mentions the case of a
baby iu San Antonio, nine months old,
NO. 5.
(TERMS IN ADVANCE
I $2,00 PER ANNUM.
RLGULARLY SOLD OJT.
During tlio month of Janury, 18&V
while stopping at the Sutter House, Sa
cramento City. California, we accidentally
overheard a conversation between two
gentlemen, one of whom was from New
York City, and had been in the country
yearly a year, and (he other had juat ar
rived.
comer
before
was Inmenling liis con­
dition, and his folly in leaving an abun
dance at home, and especially two beauti
ful daughters, who were just buddiug in
to womanhood, when he asked the Now
Yorker if he had a family.
Yes, sir I have a wife and six chil
dren in Now York—aad I never saw one
of them.'
After this reply, the iouple sat a lew
moments in silence then the infcerrogHt
again commenced
Was you ever blind, sir V
No, sir.'
Did you marry a widow, sir?'
No, sir.'
Another lapse of silancv
•Did I undurstan 1 rou to say sir, that
you had a wife and six children living in
New York, and had never seen one of
them
Yea, Mr-—I no stated it.'
Another and longer pause of sileneQ—
then the in.crroga:or again inquired
How cau it be, sir, that you never sftW
ne of them V
Why,' was the response, one of tkfm
was horn after I left.'
Oh ah and a general laugh follow
ed and after tfcit ine New Yorker
especially distinguished as the man who
had 'had six children and never saw one
of them.'
NAVAL EXAMINATION.
The late Commodore Stevens, of the
United States Navy, used to relate the
following anecdote. The incident
occm'.*T
red during the examination of the brave
Capt. Tat nail:
Capt. Tatnall (then Midshipman Tafc
nail, and a very modest, retiring young
gentleman.) was called lip to be overhaul^,
ed, when the following dialogue oecured,
viz:
Com.—Mr. Tatnall, what would be your
course, supposing you were offa lee shorts,
the wind howling a gale, both anchors and
your rudder gone, all your canvass car-
Com., speaking severely.—Tut, tut,
voung gentleman, we must have your opin
ion suppose such a case to have actually
occurred
Tatr.—Well, sir sails all carried a
did you say sir
Ctm.—Aye, all every rag I
Ta'.t.—Anchors gone, sirT
war,
Com.—Aye not an uncommon Case.
Tatt.—No rudder cither, sir
Com.—Aye, rudder unshipped. W
Here the young officer droped his liefuli
dcspondinly upon his breast, and the ojd
salt continued sharply:
Cora.—Come, sir what would you do
with your ship
Tatt.—( raising his head.)*-I'd let her
go to sir, where she ought to go
Com.—Right, sir, right Mr. Cle?fct
enroll Mr. latnall as a passed midship
man.
HAIF-BREED LANDS.—The yebrashan
(Omaha,) says that Col. Sharp paid that
place a passing visit. He had been some
weeks 111 the upper country, taking an
enumeration of the half-breed Indians of
certain tribes who are etui' led
10
share on
a land reservation on the Missouri river,
commonly known as the "half-bread
tract."
This is a work attended with much |fc
bor, requiring great care that no injustilo
be done to panics interested.
1
hat this work will be faithfully Qnd
scrupulously performed we have noi a
doubi, the Colonel's familiarity with fron
tier life and the habits of tiie Iiidtaus will
be a sure guarantee against any deception
or fraud that may be attempted bv partjy®
wishing to establish claims before him.
We are informed that he has visited the
Dan ton baud of Sioux and a portion of
the Saiuies, also the Omahas, and will'in
a short time visit the lowas and Ottoes,
and will soon thereafter make his reppjrt
to the Department.
There has been much solicitude relative
to this (tho besi) tract of Land in the
Territory, and we congratulate tho citi
zens ot Kicuardson and Nemaha counties,
and the Territory generally, that it will
soon be in a condition for occupancy
good titles.
Things worth Remembering.
W EIGHTS OF MEASI'UK.S.—-Tile following
table of the number of pounds of various
articles to a bushel, may be of interest to
our readers:
Of wheat, sixty pounji.
Ot shclled-eoru, fifty-six pounds.
Ot corn
011
he Queens, are intended, Argi.ie, 9* rye, fifty-six pounds.
Esther, udi.h and Pallas, typical ot birth,' oats, thirty-six pounds,
plenty, fortitude and wisdom. Arguie is barley, forty pounds,
au anagram Kegiua, viz: Queenly des
ceui.
By the Knaves were designated the ser
vants to knights—kuave originally meant
servant. Thus, in oue of tiie old Biole
translations, St. Paul is called the "knave
ot Jesus Christ."
Pretty good
the cob, seventy pounds
Of potatoes, sixty pounds.
Of uiu, twenty .iuids.
Of clover-seed, sixty pounds.
Of timut'iy-seed, forty-live pouftfa,
Of flax-seed, forty-live pounds.
s
Of hemp-seed, fony-four pounds.
Of buckwheat, fifty two poundi.'.
Of blue grass-seed, fourteen potrAtfe*
Oi castor beans, forty six pound*.
Of dried peaches, thirty-.hree pounds.
Of dried apples, twenty-four pounds#
I Oi onions, fifty-seven pound?.
Of |wpib6.