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KTMjT TO WTZLIICTViL BXAVTT.
BY HHKLI.KY, ...
The awful shadow of tome unseen Power
Floats, though unseen, among us; visiting
This various world with as inconstant wings
As summer winds that creep from flower to
flower
Like moonbeams that behind somo piny moun
tain shower,
It visit with inconstant glance
Each human heart and countenance)
Like hues and harmonies of evening,
Like clouds the starlight widely spread
Like memory of music fled,
Like aught that for its grace may be
Dear, and yet dearer for its mystery.
Spirit of Beauty.' that dost consecrate
With thine own hues all Ihou dust shine upon
Of human thought, or from, where art thou gone
Why dost thou pass away and leave our state
This dim vast vale, of team, vacant and deso
late? Ask why the sunlight not forever
Weaves rainbows o'er yon mountain river
Why aught should fail and fudo that once is
shown.
Why fear and drcara and death and birth
Cast on the daylight of this Eurth
Such gloom, why man has such a scope
For love and hate, despondency and hope?
No voice from sumo subliraor world, hath ever
To sago or p ict those responses giveiij '
Therefore the names of Demon, ghost and Hea
ven. Remain the records of their vain endeavor:
Frail spells, whose utter'd charms might not
avail to sever ,
From all we hear und all wc see
Doubt, chance, and mutability.
.Thy light alone, like uiglit-mist o'er mountains
driven,
Or music by the night-wind sent
Through strings of some still instrument,
Or moonlight on a midnight utrcam,
Gives grace and truth to lilt s unquiet dream.
Love, Hope, and self-esteem, like clouds, de
part And cainc, for some uncertain moments lent.
Man were immortal, and omnipotent,
Didst thou, unknown and awful as thou art,
Keep with thy glorious train firm seat within his
heart.
Thou messenger of sympathies
That wax and wane in lover's eyes
Thou, that to human tho't art nourishment.
Like darkness to a dying flame!
Depart not as thy sliad.iw ertmej
Depart not, least thy grave should be
Like life and fear a dark reality.
While yet a boy I sought for ghosts, and sped
Through many a listening chamber, cave and
ruin,
And a starlight wood, with fearful steps pursu
ing Hopes of high talk with the departed dead:
I call'd on poisonous names with which our
youth is fed:
I was not heard: I saw them not.
When musing deeply on the lot
Of life, at that sweet time when winds arc woo
ing All vital things that wako to bring
News of birds and blossoming,
Sudden, thy shadow fell on me:
1 shriek' d, and clasp'd my hands in exstaey!
I vow'd that I would dedicate my powers
To thee and thine: have I not kept the vow?
With beating heart and streaming eyes, even
njw
I call the phantoms of a thousand hours
Each from his voiceless grave; they have in vis
ioned bowers
Of studious zeal or love's delight
Outwatch'd with me the envious night:
They know that never joy illumed my brow,
Unlink'd with hope that thou woulds't free
This world from its dark slavery,
That thou, 0 awful Loveliness
Would'si give whate'tr these words cannot ex
press. The day becomes more solemn and serene
When noon is past: there is a harmony
In autumn, and a lustre in it's sky,
Which through the summer is not heard or seen,
As if it could not be, as if it had not been!
Thus let thy power, which like the truth
Of nature on my passive youth
Descended, to my onward life supply
Its calm, to one who worships thee,
And every form containing thee,
Whom Spirit fair, thy spells did bind
.To fear himself, and love all human kind.
New Mexico and its People.
Navajo Country, New Mexico, Nov. 19, 1S52.
Gentlemen : In a former letter I wrote
you of the general characteristics of this
rude region, and promised further etc
iniU with reference to its savaze and
w
semi-civilized inhabitants. Tho' some
what apprehensive that 1 have quite ex
hausted all that is interesting of my own
knowledge and observation, since I cn
tered upon a residence here, 1 shall nev
ertheless tell you, in plain English, what
I h ave to say.
Any one who has read of New Mexi
co will remember that, dwelling in se
parato villages, interspersed heie and
there amongst the Mexican settlement
!a a race of Indians termed l"uebla in
dians. , Their towns or villages are still
found in, or near to, the valley of the
Rio del Norte, some few miles to the
eastward of the river; and others beyond
the river, to the west, in the country
which I have already described to you,
. Some of Ihe Pueblos in the del Nofte
vallev still regain their ancient Indian
appelationa, but far the greater number
are now only known by a Spanish name,
Tho Pueblos of Taos,; Picaris, ainbe
Paiuaque, Teotique, San Domingo, Je
mez, San Felipe, Ssndia, Isletta, Silla,
Sa Ana, San Juan and. Leutes, are those
dol Norte. Wost of the Kio del Norto,
and extending in to the section of coun
try from which' I write you, are tho Pue
blos of Pojuale, Acoina, Laguna, Funi,
and the seven preblos, still inhabited, of
the Moqui valley. With the exception
ofOraiveand Moqui, I have only the
Navajo names of theso last. Their pro
per names are, of course, those given to
them in tho Moquino tongue, their being
probably one exception, that of the Pue
blo, which has a langungo different from
the others; six of them, including Moqui,
speaking one and the same language
Besides the last which 1 havo men
tioned, there are extensive remnins of
ruined and deserted villages in tho val
ley of Chaco, (on the route from Jcnicz
to tho Canon of Chcllcy,) and on, and
near lo, tho main travelled road from
tho Rio del Norte, by way of Laguna
and Zuni to Fort Defiance.
Thcso deserted places nro objects of.
high interest, indicating an ancient
population of scmi-civilizcd Indians, de
pending, in a great measure, upon the
character of their structures for protec
tion from the wild Indians, who evident
ly, centuries ago, surrounded and harri
ed tlicm, as now their descendants are
lorded over by Apaches and Nuvojos.
There is matter for much speculation
as to what has been the cause of tho a
bandonmcnt of so many of tho lml ian
villages, the ruins of which I have just
referred to. The observation of officers
and others tonnecte 1 with the army, has
necessarily been confined to tho vicini
ty of curtain travelled routes, and there
fore but little is known of the number of
these ruined villages in portions not yet
visited; and thus no probable estimate
con be made of the probable population
which once carried on tho cultivation
of the ground, and raised flocks and
herds. Ruins, however, have been seen
north, south, cast ond west throughout
this tract of country. The entire coun
try south of Zuni, os far as the Gila riv
er, and which is supposed to have been
that crossed by the army of Vnsquez
Ceronada in 1541-42, is yet unexplored
by our people. I nm assured by the go
vernor of Zuni, (nn Indian of much in
telligence,) that there arc ruins of anci
ent Lilian villages south of Pueblo.
North of the Pueblo, and on a direct trail
travelled by the Zunis and Navnjos, be
tween it and Fort Defiance, are also to
bo found tho remains of two or three an
cient villages.
I am indebted to a friend for a sugges
tion in regard to the probable cause o'
tho abandonment of so many of the a-
bodes of the ancient inhabitants of this
part of New Mexico. The entire coun.
try as I have related to you, is arid in
tho highest degree, having not one stea.
dy running stream except tho San Juan
K, tho boundary of tho Navajo country
on the north; near to each ruin, however,
is found on arroyo, (dry bed of a creek,)
destitute of water, except momentarily
after a hard rain, or tho melting of snow
in
the mountains. These arroyos my
friend supposed to have been once run
ning streams, which were broken up by
earthquakes and other convulsions or
upheavings of the earth's surface. In
some instances ruined towns are found,
at least fifteen miles distant from the
first drop of permanent water. Whence
then, did tho inhabitants of these places
draw their supply of water?
Between Covero and tho bierra ue
Zuni, and mainly enclosed in the valley
of the Gallo creek, is a huge stream or
wall of lava, extending for a distanco of
twelve or fifteen miles. The outer sur
face presents the freshest appearance,
geologically speaking, and would seem
to indicate that the eruption liau Decn oi
comparatively recent date. The outer
surfaco of this lava, and of fragments
from it, is almost entirely free from
marks of disintegration or wear by wea
ther, and might readily be said to show
lhat the eruption had occurred within
the last three to five hundred years.
The supposition that the ancient semi
civilization of Mexico originated with
a people who migrated fiom the north,
seems now to be abandoned. The re
mains of the large town or settlement
near the junction of the San Juan, with
the Colorado of the west, those found on
the Gila river, and again below Yanos
In the state of Chihuahua, are regarded
as having been built and inhabited by a
people belonging to the same stock a,
the Mexicans of the time of Montezu
ma,1 and who thus occupjed ' the out
skirts or frontier of their country;
A most remarkable characteristic in
regard to some of the Pueblos now exis
ting in New Mexico, is the fact of each
one speaking a language peculiar to
itself, and totally diverse in every word
front all the others. Thus with the In
dians of the pueblo of Zuni, their lan
guage has not one word, to my knowl
edge, in common with any other pus.
bio, ' or with any of the ' tribes of wild
'ladiaritv "4f7"vVf'7J;
hn iiu iVSrt; !"!;i en: to ;
The most interesting Pueblo . Indians
are those of'MonquiZuut ond, Lacuna.
Moquni is about eighty miles,-to the
north and west of Fort Defiance, and
has tho raputation of having maintained
its independence since the year 1080.
This, indeed, may be truo of Spanish
rule; but I ara sorry to say this pueblo
exists simply by the forbearance of tho
Navnjos, who lay it under contribution
whenever it so pleases them. Tho Mo
quinos ore peacefully disposed, seldom
if ever, engaged in warefare, except in
the effort to protect themselves ond their
pueblo, under extraordinary nggicssion
from the Navojos, They aro skilful in
tho manufacture of woolen blankets,
scarfs soshes, or belts, mats, and robes
of skins. They ore remarkably hospi
table to Americans and others who vis
it them. In physiognomy, they bear no
resemblance to the wild Indiun, many
of them having aquiline noses, tho check
bones not prrmincnt and the eyes full
of a mild expression. Their charnc
tcristics are also plainly observable a'
mong the Indians of Zuni and Laguna,
Tho Indians of Zuni, as I said abovo
speak a language peculiar to them
selves. Their pueblo is 145 miles west
of the valley of tho Rio del Norto. They
nre greatly superior in intelligence arid
quickness to tho Navojos, but ore theiv
Uli, and given to lying and overreach
ing in troile. They number at pres
ent from one thousand to fifteen hun
dred souls, and I shouliJ judge arc
rapidly approaching extinction os a peo
ple. On the Mesa of Gallisleo, three
or four miles to the southeast of the
present pueblo, aro the ruins of old Zu.
ni; their tradition is, that a great many
years ego the old pueblo was attacked
by a lorgo body of Spaniards, who af
ter n severe contest got possession of it,
ond drove off the inhabitants. Wheth
er this refers to the conquest of tho coun
try by tho soldicis of Coronado or is of
later date, after the Spanish settlement
of New Mexico was well established,
it is not easy to determine.
Tho trndition of their origin is as fol
lows: That in the beginning tho earth
was small, though occupied by all the
Indian races at the same time: that as
the earth grew they become more widely
separated from each other, until finally
became fixed in tho positions in v.hic
they arc now found, except the Navnjos,
who, finding thcmsnlvM far removed to
the west, camo and placed themselves
in their present home nearer to the Pno
bios." The Zunis seldom wear a head
covering, except it be a colored handker
chief or band of cloth passed round the
head and tied behind. Tho hair s al
lowed to grow long behind, but it is
knotted up and bound with some parti
colored cloth or braid. In front it ii
allowed to cover the entire forehead, but
is cut square off at the line of tho eye
brows. This method of wearing the
hair is common to rill the Pueblo tribes,
and distinguishes them from wild Indi
ans at a glance. One of their supcrsti
tions is, that the skeletons of the dead
walk about at night, and they exhibit
great fear at tho sight of any portion of
the skeleton of a human being when seen
within a house. The young men of Zu
ni, Moqui and Luguna are expert knit
tcrs, and some of them may be seen a
any moment knitting woolen stockings
or legging. I have often observed Nava
jos wearing, in place of their buckskin
leggings, the long and thick wollcn
stockings they had procurol from the
Pueblos.
Each pueblo has a cacique, who is
in all respects, their chief pcrsonagn,
bring principal chief, priest and mcdi
cine man. This personago is of thci
own election, but, in a portion of the
territory of New Mexico, they have
governor and an alcade, appointed from
their number by the governor of New
Mexico.
In my former letter to you I noticed
some of tho habits, esc, of the ruavaj
tribe of Indians. 1 heir proper nam
as n tribe among themselves, is Tennai
signifying man, in like manner as Apach
signifies man among the Apache tribe.
The appelation of Navajo is evident!)
of Spanish origin, such a word being
found in the Spanish language, signify
ing in one instance, a pool, or small i
lake, in another, a level piece of ground-!
The Navajos have no hereditary, or
elective chiefs, their principal men are
those who possess intelligence, bravery
and determined character, or who, with
some one of these characteristics are
wealthy in horses, cattls and sheep.
These men have influence to a certain ex
tent among their people, but they have
at last but little absolute authority to
enforce laws or their own commands
The Navajos, as a body, are therefore
decidedly democratic' In many instan
ces they set at defiance' the commands
and requests of their head men, when sus
ained by the voice or opinion of others.
It is impossible to draw from them thei
probablo number as a tribe, but I ara
confident they do not come up in num
bers to the usual entirnatn. I do not
think they exceed two thousand, or two
thousand five hundrod, all told. Their
women are not subject to that slavery
in labor so common amongst our eas
tern tribes, but are independent enough
to leave their husbands whenever it so
pleases them, and thus to dissolve tho
marriage bond. The custom observed
amongst other tribes of pressing infants
between narrow strips of board, is here
practised by tho Navajo women, but
not to the extent of producing much dis
figurement. But few of the names of
Navoja warriors havo been obtained,
they have a decided unwillingness to
mnko known to strangers their own
names or those of their friends. In this
they seem to be governed by superstiti'
ous feeling. With the exception of
some ol tho head men, tho names o
none of them aro known, save by some
Mexican appclution, contractcJ among
tho New Mexican settlements. Nava-
os arc groat pilferers and theives, the
women more than the men; nothing is
safe within their reach. Many of ihexe
ndiansFpcnk Spanish quite well which
iinguagc they have acquired from their
frequent visits to the Mexican settle
mentsof tho RioAbajo.
Tho practico of carrying fire brands
n llieir liomls when journeying 1rom
plnce to placo, in the winter season,
os been noticed nrnons them. This
is, most probably, to convey tho moun
of making firo nt any other placo.
Such a custom is spoken of os existing
among the Indians, near tho upper chores
of the Gulf of California, by tho chroii
clcrs of Coronnilo's expedition, three
centuries ogo. After storing away their
crops of corn, pumpkins, &c, in the
months of August and September, they
levoto themselves to their annual dance,
which seems to answer to tho grcon
corn donee of other tribes. Tho married
women do not dance; if they ever brenk
through this rule, it is lo show their dis
satisfaction with their liushnnJs. At
any rate, it is sufficient to arouse oil the
husband's jealosy, which he proceeds to
visit with all his spleon upon th
first person he may chanco to meet
Several of tho chiefs, (and 1 belicva tho
chiefs only) ore doctors, but their efforts
to euro consist only in singing songs
and rattling pebbles in a bladder. To
bo successful in hunting deer, they also
resort to incantations, first visiting
mineral spring near Fort Defiance,
where they go through a ceremony, and
then commence the singing.
Their custom of disposing of tho dead
is peculiar. Their country abounds in
rocky hills and cliffs, broken into deep
fissures and clefts: into these they cast
the bodies of the dead, without other
covering than pieces ot dry wood. J. lie
whole hoop is then set on fire consuming
tho body with it. There is much that is
interesting in the superstitious legends
and traditions of the Navajos, but as I
have already extended my letter be
yond tho limit I had proposed to myself,
I shall not now make further allusion to
them. Let mo only add, in conclusion
that I am persuaded from the result of
mv own personal inquiries, that the
Navajo tribe has occupied the country
in which it is now found, for many years;
that tho tribo originated in a countrj
some distance to the north and cast of
the San Juan river, and is, most proba
blv a section of the Utah tribe. This
seems to be confirmed by the fact that
the Apaches in speaking of the Nava
jos, call them Yu-tah-hoh. As I do not
know ono word of the Utah tonguo, 1
cannot speak more decidedly in this
matter than I have done.
Yours, truly,
Insurrection in Italy.
Tho account below, says tho True
Democrat, given by tho London corres
pondent, mny bo relied on. It is the
fullest yet given. This writer, on Euro
pean Questions, especially in what re
Imps to Rome. Austria. Germany, the
Porte, iScc, is os well informed as any
living actor we know. His letters will
always icpny any one for an attentive
perusal.
Long before any journal, either in hu-
ropo or America dreamed of tho import
ance of the movements in Turkey, I ui
reeled your attention to that quarter.
The Montenegrin affair is an evidence
that I was not mistaken as to the state
of things. From a petty squabble it
grew up into a question of peace and
war between Austria and Turkey, and
as it seems that Austria, at thp instiga
lion of Russia, was busy in picking a
quarrel, and as the present Grand Visi
er is not the man to yield to t reasona
ble and dishonorable pretensions, the
chances in favor of a Turkish war were
very strong, up to the last week; though
in Montenegro itselfthereisno longer a
chance for Austrian and Russian in
trigue!, the mountaineers having beep
totally routi d, and the country subdued
by tho Turks. The proclametion of
Omer Pasha, however, clearly ihows
that the Turks adhere there, ss every
where, to the principle of the strictest
non-interference In the religious affairs
and tho local self-government of Chris
tian and other communities. But In the
meantime another event has taken place
which destroys all the plans of Austria,
as far ns they might lead to s Turkish
war. The Italians, unablo to bear the
Austrian yoke any longer, made an out
break at Milan on the Oth, which was
put down. On the 8th, the light was
recommenced again, but, up to this day
we havo no telegraphic despatch ns to
tho event. Had tho Austrions been vie
torious, tlicy would have trumpeted their
success on all the stock markets of the
world. Tho perfidy of the Times is re
markable in this case. Not having re
ceived any dispatch to day, it inserts in
its columns a dispatch of the 7th. speak
ing of course of tho supprcsse J insurrec
tion of the Oth; but peoplo hero do not
look at llio dates, and tuke what is pub
lished for tho latest intelligence. As lo
the movement, I con give you correct
and detailed information.
'The insurrection took place against
the advice of Kossuth, who wished to
ave it delayed until the probable rup
ture between Austria and Turkey should
offer a fuir chaiue of success; hut the I-
tulions were so much exasperated by
the recent floggings and hangings, that
they said thoy would rnthcr perish in the
open buttle, that in the Austrian dun
geons. When Miiz.mi saw that they
could no longer be kept back, lie wrote
lo them that, though ho thought thn out
break 'premature, yet he would go lo
them, in the worst cose, lo dio with
them. On the Oth, proclamations were
posted up, on all the corners of thn streets
in Milan, with tho names of Mazzini
and Kossuth. A riot took placo, and
blood was shed, but the movement was
put down. On tho 8th, nt dawn, some
Italians introduced themselves into the
arsenal, and cut down a few Austrian of
ficers, when the privates surrendered and
gave up their arms. Tlio communica
tions wcro immediately interrupted, ond
we have no further dispatches up to this
hour. If the Milanese have finally suc
ceeded, this blow will fall with great
hardship onlhe Austriam. There arc
now 62,000 Austrian soldiers in Lombard)-
13,000 of them in Milon, 20,000
in tho fortress at Verona, 0,500 in Man
tua, and tho remainder in small garris
ons dispersed all over the country, and
easily destroyed by the insurgents. Eight
thousand out of the fifty are Hungari
ans, and four thousand Italians. An
army of about the same strength is dis
persed through Tuscany, Modeno, Par
ma, and the Romagna.but there tho pro
portion of tho Hungarians is much strong
er.
"As to the proclamation posted up in
the name of Kossuth, it is not genuine.
He has not written a proclamation to the
Hungarian soldiers in tho Italian amy
since he has been in Ensland. His
name was probably made use of by tho
Italians, who knew that ho would not
contradict it. , The Times got this pro
clamation from people connoclcd with
the Austrian Embassy, for whom it was
of importance to have it contradicted by
Kossuth. The tolograph would have
carried tho denial right straight to Vien
na, and in hundreds of thousands of cop
ies it would havo been spread among the
Hungarian regiments, in order to prove
that Kossuth was not connected in any
way with the Italian movement. Ho did
not approve of Mnzzini's beginning so
early, but ho knows that his friend must
havo a clearer judgment about Italian
matters, and will not act without the
strongest motives.
"In case tho insurrection is not sup
pressed up to to-morrow, then the Aus
trian army will be destroyed, or dcmoral
zed in Italy, and the insurgents have
hill six weeks time to prepare for a cam-
the Auslrians being unable soen-
er to concentrate on efficient ormv., Na
polcon is said not to be hostile to the ,
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movement. hatever be its conscqnen-
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ces in Ita y, it insures for tne present,
peace between Austria and Turkey.
So
much is certain.
Governor of Kew Mexico.
John Greiner gives the following lit
tle scrap of history of tho way they used
to dispose of Governors in New Mexico,
in a letter to the Ohio State Journal:
The history of the Civil Governors in
Mexico, reads thus: Colonel Peres was
sent out fiom the City of Mexico, as
Governor " of this territory, in" 1837.
From some trifling cause the people suc
ceeded !n Santa -Domingo joining in
with them. The Governor war caught
and put to death; his body was stripped
and shockingly msngled; his head was
carried as a trophy to the 'fcamp of tfie
soldiers, and made a loot ball of, j
,v.s :i Vt, t'.i
The Secretary of State, 'Jesus Maria
Aland, balled El Chico, was taken strip
ped and scourged, and bis body pier
ced through and through with lances.
Don Santaigo Abren, another Gover
nor, was butchered in a still more bar
barous manner. His hands were cut off
his eyes and tongue were pulled out, and
shaken tauntingly in his face; on I in
this most cruel mannor he wea" mur
dered. Jose Gonzales was declare 1 Govet
nor soon after.
Our friend, General Armijo, declare I
against him raise! a force, defeated
him at La Canada, took him prisoner,
and without the form of a trial, shot him
dead on the spot. Armijo took tho reins
of government into his hanls, and held
tl.em until General Kearney drove him
out of the country in 1816.
Governor Bent, who was appointed
by General Kearney, had not beon in
offico a year when ho was dragged from
his house in Taos, at midnight, and mur
dered by the Mexicans and Pucbls Indi
ans before his own door in the Plaza.
Governor Culboun, ins Bext civil Gov
ernor, worn down by the care and anxi
eties of his offiece, die! on his way
home to the States last summer.
THE lYUtil RATIOS.
Washington, March 4, Tho proces
sion moved from the City Hall at noon.
It was composod of a large military es
cort, and vurious civil bodies, the Diplo
matic corps, tho Ju lges of the Supromo
Court, members of Congress, political
clubs from New York and Boltimore,
the Democratic Association of Wash
ington, and various nre associations.
At Willar.l'a Hotel Gen. Pierce was
rccoivc.l by tho procession, ond enter
td the carriage aloig side of Prtsident
Fillmore, amid loud acclamations, tho
ringing of bells, and firing of cannon.
An immense multitude lined the route,
and nt the Cnpitol Gen. Pierce stood
erect in the carriage and bowed to tho
multitude os he passed.
Previous to reaching the Capitol, both
Houses hail adjourned, and the flat o:i
the Senate chamber was lowered, indi
cating that tho Senate had adjourned,
sine dio: and was again raised, Indiea
eating the organization of the new Sen
nte. The procession then entered the
Senate chamber, and after tho various
civil bodies had taken the stands as
signed them, and the arrangements were
completed; the outside procession again
formed; headed by the chief Justice, and
proceeded to an immenso staging on the
East front of the Capitol, and here, af
ter prayer by the Rev. Dr. Butler, the
oath was administered by the Chief Jus
tice. General Pierce then stepped for
ward lo the front of tho stage, and was
greeted by ihe cheers of the multitude
Ho then delivered his inaugural address,
commencing at half post one o'clock.
At the conclusion of ths address, the
procession escorted the President to the
White House, on 1 left tho cx-Prcsidcnt
at Willurd's Hotel.
Gymnastics and Housebuilding.
In an article on the subject of house
building. The New York Tribune makes
known a late improvement as follows:
"One of tho latest improvements we
havo noted in the mansions of wealth
consists of the devotion of the highest
story entirely to gymnastic exercise and
recreation. It is finished off in one spa
cious apartment say 28 by 10 to 80
feet in area with a bowling alley on
ono side, ond all manner of swings,
hand-ladders, elastic balls, &c, sus
pended at various elevations throughout,
so that each member of tne family may
here be exercising at once, or the men,
women and children may appropriate it
in turn. Any ono, by rising half an hour
before breakfast, may here put himself
in healthful condition for the day; or, if
he foci jaded, dyspeptic, or inclined to
headache at bed time, by a half hour's
vigorous exertion in the gymnasium be
may qualify himself for a sound and re
freshing slumber. . The idea is of inesti
mable value. Public establishments for
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never be frequented by men of business
, u . -
they cannot find timo butsgymnasi-
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wortumore man an oruinary apoins
cary's shop on each corner, and nine
teen M. D.'s just across the way.".-. ,
Washington Gossip. .!
A Letter from Washington designates
the following as the ' names of a few of
the prominent Democrats who are to be
sent abroad: Mr. Buell, of Mich., Min
ister to Beilin; R. K. Mead, ' of Vs.,
Minister to Peru; Mr. Buchanan, Min
ister to London; Mr. Nicholson of Tenn.
Ministtr to Spain; Mr. Bedinger, Vs.,
Minister to Central , America; i B-' D.
Owen; of Is, Charge to 'Naples. The
same letter make D. K. Carter of Ohio
Commissioner of : Patent and 0U
rj..-r T .e . HitmiskaiMMt' of :iha
j vrvimr w - - - .
1 Land Office ;",r-iMHo Uu
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