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ALEXANDRIA.
MONDAY MORNING, DKCKMK^ ^
The Southern Meeting
held in the Senate Chamber last Friday eve
ning, was organized by the appointment of Sen
ator Metcalfe as Chairman, and Mr Venable. <»t
North Carolina, as Secretary.
Kverv slave-state in 11 ie b ii*on« exct 11 iV*«v
ware, was represented.
On motion of Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, a
General Committee ot one from each State rep
resented. was appointed to take the whole sub
ject of the present state of aftairs between the
South and the North into consideration, ami
report thereon, recommending >ome course for
the South to pursue, unitedly, in the present
crisis.
It is understood that NTr. Stephens is to be
the Chairman ol this General Committee.
Mr. Senator Benton was not at the meeting
The meeting adjourned until the loth of .fau
na ry next, at which time the report ot the l »en
eral Committee will be lead.
The Senate was not in session on Saturday,
having adjourned until to-morrow. The House
of Representatives has adjourned until N\ ed
ne&day.
g^This being Christm\> Day, this office
will he closed, and no paper, therefore, issued
to morrow morning.
Christum* iu Old T ime*.
And well our Christian sires of old
Loved, when the year its course had roll'd,
And brought blithe Christmas back again.
With ail its hospitable tiaiu.
Domestic and religious rite
Gave honor to the hol> night:
On Christmas-eve the bt*ll> were rung :
On Christmas-eve the mass was sung ;
That only night, in all the year,
Saw the stoled priest the chalice rear.
The damsel donn'd her kirtle sheen :
The hall was dies* d with holly green :
Forth to the wood did merry men go.
To gather in the upsletoe.
Then open'd wide the baron's hall.
To vassal, tenant, serf, and all:
Power laid his rod of rule aside.
And ceremony doff'd his pride.
The heir, with roses in his shops.
That night might village partner choose.
The lord, underogating, share
The vulgar game of -post and pair.'
All hailed, with uncontroled delight.
And general voice, the happy night,
That to the,cottage, as the crown.
Brought tiding* of salvation down.
The tire, with well-dried logs supph'd
Went, roaring, up the chimney vehJe :
The huge haft table's oaken face.
Scrubb'd till it shone, the day to grace.
Bore then upon its massive hoard
No mark to part the squire and lord.
Then was brought in the lusty brawn.
By old blue-coated ^rving man :
Then the grim hoar's head frown'd on high.
Crested with bay* and rosemary.
Well can the green-garb'd ranger tell.
How, when, and where the monster fell.
Wliat dogs before his death he tore.
And all the baiting of the boar ;
While round the merry wrasse! bow l,
Garnish'd with ribbons, blithe did trowl.
There the huge sirloin reek’d: hard by
Plum-porridge stood, and Christmas pit*;
Nor fail'd old Scotland to produce,
At such high tide her savoury goose.
Then came the merry maskers in.
And carol* roar'd with blithsome din ,
If unmelodious was the song.
It was a hearty note and strong:
Who list* may in their mumming >ee
Trace* of ancient mystery;
White shirts supply the masquerade.
And smutted cheeks the visor made :
But, oh! what masquers, richly Jsght,
Can boast of bosoms half so light!
England was merry England when
Old Christmas brought Pis sports again.
'Twa* Christinas broach'd the mightiest ale:
Twas Christmas told the merriest tale ;
A Christmas gambol oft would cheer
A poor man'* heart through half the year.
Sir II offer Scott. \
lltristuias A Christmas Presents.
From time “ whereof the memory of man
runneth not to the contrary," a particular
season of the year ha* been especially set apart
for bestowing presents. The annual return of
this season is hailed with gladness. — by the
young, with delight irrepressible: by manhood. ,
with a graver-joy, though not the less sincere!)
felt; in more advanced life, with the pleasure
that a parent only knows in contributing lihei
allyand without stint to the enjoyment of hi*
offspring: in the decline, and -scar and yellow
leaf," with the cheering recollection of the \
sport* and amusements of hearty youth—and ,
by all» a* merry, merry Christmas! Without
Christina* and the holydays. Winter might de
serve all the hard things said of him. but with j
the Christmas parties, social and convivial: :
Christmas'*toys and present*: Christmas vi-it> !
and re-unions: Christina* N»*gg. < hr'.stn».t> din.
ner* and Christinas license, it is very ea-\ to
express a preference of seasons. Every one j
affected by the same feeling of forbearing goo 1
humour, because it is Christina*.—Bait. Pat.
Chesapeake and Ohio C anal.
The season, until within a few davs. has been
so favorable that the work on the Canal has
progressed without interruption from that
source The number of hands employed on the
lme is steadily increasing* and we have it from
the very highest authority, that the Cana! can
and will be completed hv the time designated in
the contract—Cumberland Civilian. |;
>eub ©C tlie l)»y
'' To skew the very ng* (frid hotly oj the 11>1 *•-»► i
All the world ,*ems now to he stumbling w|>- .
I on the prenons metals. iS |
(.|OSe on the hells ot California. W e learn ,
t,oM. the Official Ca/ette of Stockholm, that
or. the Mth September, the workmen employed j
in the Kor^beii* silvei mines found a lump of ;
pure silver, weighing ?mi pounds. and another I
on tiie nth October. equally pure, weighing
|H»iiiuis. *lh> mine w:e ottered for sale in
| London.about *>0 year. ago. for Cin.Oim, but
I could not find a puicha>er. For the greater
pait ot the time since it has yielded to the gov
ernment neatU C‘iu.000 piotit annually.
T here was au unusual attendance of
tors at the Supreme Court, on fi riday. dia" 11 !°
•••ether hv the intelligence that Mr. Wobstei
would deliver an argument in the case 01 .
fix rv City of Hoxtwi. .1. Prescott Hull »»<!
Mi . W,lister are for tlie j.laiittJlf^ <'llor- anil
Messrs. A.-hnmu ami Davis, of Massactiusett-S
fin defendant. The -|ne<;ion involve I m this
case ,> the c«»nstitnt«.nalit> of a law ot Massa
chusetts authorising a tax of two dollars |vr
hea l on even alien I'aS'enu'ei art inns within
anv of its jams ol haihois. to be levied on the
master of the vessel or owners or consign
ee^ Mr. Webster spoke foi about two hours,
and was listened to with earnest attention.
An extend#* i description ol the gold mines ot
Californa. and of the condition of things m that
region, appeals in the Washington Dlobe ol
Kiidav, in two letters tioin (apt. Toisoin. ol
the Cluaitei ma>U i s Department, to Hen. Jesup.
1 he MaHtnents i»? ( ol. Alason at'1! otlu in as
*«» tlie extent and richness ol the mines, are tuLy
coi robot uted. Capt. Folsom also gives an ac
Count sitniiai to theirs. of the deseitiou ot tlie
towns, villages, fields and shops -neatly the
•a hole male population being drawn to this Ki
Dorado.
The steamboat American hurst her connec
tion and steam p*pe. when within a t.*w miles
of Malison. Indiana.on Tuesday night last.
Ten persons weie severely scalded. Air. hock
weli, the first c’eik of the boat, in addition to
bcutg bad'v scalile I. was seriously mjuied m
i ternally. Mr. Samuel Ifiice. the first engineer,
and Air. T Al. Leeker. the second cleik. are
not expected to survixe their injmies. llm
hurricane deck o! the American w as tom away
1 by the force of the explosion.
' The first of Air. AspinwalTs line of Ocean
xteamei>. reached Rio Janeiro, on her way to
Panama, after a passage of twenty-six days,
which is a vt-rv shoit voyage. She is expected
to leave Panama, on her fir-t regulai tii;» up the
coast, on the Ath of January next. This news
of her arrival at Rio. on her w ax out to take
her place in the line, is ot interest to the many
who design being in Panama by the 'th proxi
mo, to tiike berths in her fur California
Alter a protracted ami able debate the lower
Hou*e of the South Carolina Legislature have
, adopted, by a handsome majority, Mr. Alcm
, mingei s resolutions, to the died that it is inex
i pedient to reeharter the Bank of tlie State: hut
that the (Jenerai Assembly -does not regard the
declaration as intended or calculated to violate
the faith of the State, or the security of the for
eign creditor.'
i It is stated that an intelligent Yankee hasdis
eovqprd an extensive dep<»ite of Rock Salt in
the British province of New Brunswick, and
that he bus made a proposition to the govern
ment to make them acquainted w ith the locali
ty, o*i being Jissurcd of a small per eentage on
the duty paid to the government on the quanti
ty raised Joi a limited number of years
By tlie following statement it appears that
the Flench are about to he condemned to drink
som slops as a punishment for their turbulent
politic*: -‘■•T he wine merchants of Dijon have
declared they will buy no more ginnl wines,
while tlie present commercial eris > of France
exists. T he vintage ot 1 " IT is said to be nearly
aII wnsoM."
T\vo hundred and sixty one steamboats have
been wrecked on the Mississippi since tlie com
mencement of steamboat navigation of that river
Virginia Legislature.
In the House of Delegates, on Thursday, the
session xvas opened with praxer hv Bishop j
Johns, ot the Kpi*copa! chinch.
Amongst the bills rtqmrted was one making j
an appropriation for the erection of new bar- !
racks at tin* \ irginiu Military Institute.
Air. Alar!/ottered a resolution of enquiry hav
ing for its object a suspension of operations on
the South Western Macadamized o>al, until
the Legislature shall have acted on the Propos
ed appropriation to the Lynchburg and Tennes
see Railioad Some debate took place and the
resolution xvas laid on the table.
Mr. Segar moved to take up the resolution,
before laid on the table, for sending a commitee
to examine the x ihtary Institute, hut the mo
tion failed.
* The House determined, when it adjourned on
Saturday to adjourn to Wednesday next.
A bill making if lawful for the Hustings
, Court of Norfolk, to register, or not. at their
pleasure, free negroes removing to that cit\.
elicited some discussion, and w as recommitted
with instructions for the report of a general
■ law on the subject.
Virginia.
1 he official vote gives
('ass...,,,.|.;,.Vu;
Taylor.tI *> 1
('ass’s majority.1.1<; _>
Van Buren hail i» votes.
Indiana Senator.
We have ahead) mentioned the fact of tior
vrnor \\ hitcomb'- election to the Cnited State
Senate hy the legislature of Indiana. We
learn iroin the indianapoli- Journal that the
election \va< made on the fii-t ballot, as follows ;
James \V hitcomb. dem.7.7
Kdward A Mannegan. dem.! '•
Caleb B. Smith, whig.rv:
Scattering.. »;
It appears that the election turned on the
Question of excluding slavery hom the new
I erritone-. The candidates being interrogated
on this point. Mr. Mannegan declined to give a
positive pledge favoring -ucli a policy, while
Governor W'hitcomb did not hesitate to give an
unequivocal answer.
Diamonds Too!
Kvtract of a letter received h) Mr. DiiHnni.
ol Portland. (Me.' fiom hi" son KI ward (Jou'd
Hutlum. dated Pueblo do los Angelos. Cpper
California. July 31 :—
“Persons who have been to the “placei-*' su\
there is ample room for tittv thousand people to
wo:k liltv years It i" doubtless the richest
place in the world. Within a week or two
oa-t. diamonds and piatina have a*so been
tound. These stories, strange a- thev mav seem.
•ire strictly true I know them to be so 'There
will probably be a great emigration to the coun
■rv a- soon a-the new- -p'eads at home, am] I
wish von to show-this letter amMeco i
'Meml to him to l>ij nil ittftin*. There is
humbug about this. \ew places a*e being
ut-eovered every dav. and Peru and Mexico.
" , e,j* io,»5r sink »nto insignificance compared
w! . ^ alitornra. Kvpjy thing connected witli
mining, as well a< all goo*]s and piovisirm*. are
■piling m the min ng region at most'ex hot bitant
[trices. Pick axes are worth fifty dollars each,
shovels twenty dive dollars. Hoes ten dollars.
Flour 5100 a barrel Cotton cloth 5t.MT a yard,
inti everything tUg m pro|*ortioit "
I
STom Washington.
Cone*, of the S. Anuricaa ami l • *v*- (JazttteA
Washing ion, Pec. JO, h-h.
A verv imjsntant principle h«\s been decided ;
by the Senate in Kxecutive session that no on-:
poitant ap| ointments reiju t itiu tlie assent ot,
that bodv. shall he acted upon dm-i.u the pie- :
»»eIH session. 'Hie piece lent Id tins »cso.ut:on ;
was established at the sess.on pieced.n- the ;
inanimation of (Jon. Jackson, when Mr.
Adams communicated nominations toi vacancies
and other appointments. It was thou just \
contended, althomrh accord.nu to the lethn ol ,
construction, the powtr nas deal's in He hands ;
o| the incumbent, that in the spirit ol om in
stitutions. the pationue especially ot existuii
vacancies—belonged to the President elect
'I he ti etuis ot Mr. Adam.' delened to this de-j
cisioii. and Mi. Crittenden, who was nomina-1
ted as a indue ol the Supreme Couit. with other j
distinguished nomination.-, wen* laid on He t;t-1
hit* a lid sulise<juentl\ leplaced with the friends j
ol (ieneral Jackson*. Mr. Benton, who was
conspicuous in hiinuinu about the original pio
ceedimr. co-operated cordially in the movement
t(,-,!a\ and is entitled to credit lor the tnannei
in wlurli l.e vindicated Ins consistency.
Tin* motive for adopting this :u!c. giexv out
of the pending nomination of Mr( ass. w hu ll
is regarded with more dtsiavorthe mote it i- in
vestigated. both on ground- <>l pei-onal untit
I.ess and considerations of public policy. An
attempt will be made to ieia\ tin* resolution in
bis favor, tint, it cannot succeed, wlolc the pre
■sent inclination- i« main unchanged. Ii a xute
i is forced immediate!} rejection is inevitable*, lot
i there are Democratic Senatois who arc lieter
to | u? down this sv-tem *»I lavoritei-m.
1 Prudence wuul 1 commend the hicnds ot thi
\oung gentleman to witlidiaxv h .- name, and to
! advise his return to the pati rnal loot and allce
j tirmate ctnhrace of hi- imlu'genl parents.
’1 here is hard!} a division of opinion as to
Mr. Sevier’s ca-e. I Iis appo ntment invoix» s a
paipahlc infiactioii of *.!»e (on-titu'ion. am! both
i parties regard it a- an idlcusivc and pre.-ump
(uous p.ocee ling on ihe part ot tlie Kxecutivc.
to ti!! the pockets oj a taxonte. it ail chances
xv ere a> de.-peiate a- los. the x_ * * * i 1: 11 of iotte
. ries would soon prove an unj rotitahie vocation.
! .Mr. Sex e can atioid to re.tie mi the profits,
which he has ail cad v reali/ed nom his Senato
rial Imiiois. He commissioned him-e'l to the
j time of near!} a score o! tliousan‘s. tm tiaiis
j acting a loan hetxveen the State '>f Arkan-a
! and the Smttlisoman tund. and loi an oiliest!
visit to tl.c city ot Mexico, lie rcccixed as man}
J more. If tills xvasa moderate age.it uiiglit he
| < ons:deicd that Mr Sevier’s merits were well
! rerompen- d with some tihx thnu-and ot the
public p eking-. to .-ax nothing of his pax and
i nil cage as Senator? but. a- ,t is not. the pah ot
ic tenant} x\ it h which he clings to the Trea
-urx. max he both umleistood ami appieciated.
T!,e (’ornmittce on leintorio in the Hons**
have reported a ini I agieealde to distinctions,
providing territorial governments for ( ahtornia
and \cxv Mexico, with a prohibition «d Slave.
in. It will pass in some shape, and imd a test
ing place in the Senate.
The rival Senatois from Florida—nrrmif*
a mho—had atilt at each other upon the project
for diaining the Fverglale- Phis bantling lias
been nursed by Mr. Westcott with as much
paternal soiici’ude. a- hi-cue. and ;l is a source
of metanehol} rellection. that the people oi
Florida, should have so tar disregarded their
interests, as not to have honored thi- enterpris
| ing champion of the hammocks, with a so'itarv
I vote for re-election. What a paintu! illustra
I lion of the ingratitude ol Republics' He has
none «f that -vaulting ambition which over
leaps itself—The smallest favor in acknow
ledgement of his Kane letter to Pennsylvania,
would have been thankfullv received: but.
even that cheap consolation has been denied
j lii> patriot heart and he and everglades and all.
; mist solace their exile with the reflection, that
1 if the lease of his Senatorial t-nn has not been
renexved, Florida is culpable and not Mr. W e.-t
I cott. I N PKP KN DU NT.
Appoiut inputs by flu* President,
Jiif am! noth the n>!m e nml nnisent af the Semite.
(). 0. Pratt, ot Illinois, to he an associate
justice of the Supreme Court of tin* I mted
States foi the Teiiitory of Oregon, in the place
of William A. Hail, declined.
John Rayburn, to be Marshal of the l nited
States for the northern district of Mississippi, in
the pluce of AadrexvA. Kincannon. deceased.
Joseph Lane, of Indiana. Fovc mu of Oregon,
in tin* place ol James Shields, declined.
('italics McVean. attornev of tin* l’nited
| States for the Southern district of New \ork.
j iu the place of Beniamin Ik Butler, removed.
Pierre Auguste Bertrand, ineltei and reliner ot
the branch mint at Nexv < )i lean-, in the place ol
, John I,. Riddel, removed.
At foil N K. VS OK I UK. I Ml K.l> > IA I K.S .
Andrew K. B!\the. for the northern district ol
Missi ssippi. in the place ot < War I Bleilsoe.
j respited. .
Frank Bit It. Merriinan. for Texas, in tin*
place of (ieo. W . Brown. deceased.
tieorge F. Sneplev. for Maine, in tlie place
of Augustine Haines, resigned.
I.ucien Barbour, for Indiana, in the place ot
Daniel Mace, resigned.
r. \M> OKM Kits.
John Oardnei, tegister. W’inamac, Indiana,
re-appointed.
Lunsford R. Noel, receiver. Danville, Iliino s.
re-appoiiited.
Meant i till Design.
The design of a Monument authorized h\ the
South Carolina [legislature to he erected to the
Officers and Members of the Palmetto Regiment
who fell in Mexico, has been adopted as pre
pared bv Co!. K. I>. White, a distinguished ar
chitect of Charleston. If lia« been approved b\
Mr. Poinsett and Ceil. Jamison, and represents
a rough natural Rock of a pyramidal form,
fifty feet square at the hasp. and thirty-five feet
high. Within the rock is a vaulted chamber. ;
with a ma^ivc bronze door containing the I
tombs of Colonel Duller. Lieut. Col. Dickinson,
and the other commissioned officers who were i
killed or died in Mexico. ( hi the two sides oil
the chamber will he go niches, each to contain i
five bodies of the non-commissioned officeis and
soldiers. 'Hie regimental and company flags
are. to be deposited between the niches against
the wails: so that, as Col. \\ lute's lctte» in the j
Charleston Cornier says, ••'m this, their last rest- ;
ing place, the gallant Cohmel will lie in the
centre of his Regiment, the L'eutenant Colonel
on his right, the commissioned officers ot ihe
line on his left, and his soldiers and banners
all around him."
Marble tablets inscribed with the events ol
the war are to be placed at appropriate points.
‘•The pyramidal rock, to be surmounted by a
trophv made entirely of bronze, and thirty five
feet in lie iglit — making the total height of the
Monument sevents feet. The tropin to consist
of a Kuneral I rn. sacred to the mommy of those
who lie entombed below . An Cagle, with out-]
strechptl wings, and tierce beak. Imvoisover the
Cm. personating the Ceneral Coveniment. un
der the protective shadow of whose wings our
departed heroes are. or should rest. At the toot
of t|m Cm lies coiled an I prepared for defence
the Rattle Snake, t\pira! of the Southern coun
try: and towering over a!! risps the Palmetto
tree, personating the State, who lakes under tier
psncc-al care the remains of her departed sons,
cherishing their memnix and honoring their
names Around the Crn and Palmetto tree,
ininjrled with the cactus ami bayonet Palmetto,
ire clustered b.mm iordnance, military aims,
ind equipments, wldcb may be considered as
qH»Ut*of war: and wliicli. in connect on with
file rock, form a striking and barmoniou*
whole."
The effigx ot the military equipment of Col.
Rutler to be ca*t in broii/p and placed on the i
top of the tomb. The hronzfe ca>’ings m;iv be
formed from Mexican artillery, which could be
ibtained from the (General Covprnment I he
nomiment is estimated to o>st $>.'».000 and noi
o e.xcee 1 $30.0m* It will be n»o«*t tasteful and
tppropriate.— I*1 bmtuul Kurkin r.
" —
\ew Railroad Project.
In :tn>ss cr to a call ma !e upon iiiin. (»r*v Urn- :
hatu 'Ptit to the Le^islatuir of the State of Xoitli I
Carolina, on the 4th instant, a detail of his plan
for organizing a company to extend the Kale'irh
and (laston Railroad to Charlotte. (X C.)
He potposes the tormat'on of a joint stock com
pjMiv, with a capital of two or two and a half ,
million?, the State to furnish half, ami to give to ;
the oomnanv the road now owned by her as *
fMio.ooo of her subscription, borrowing the
balance, when it mas become necesearv fo:
her to jay it, upon a ciedit of thirty seat*4.
American Commerce in India.
The Boston Courier sa\s: — W e hu.l in h l*iv
t*ijk>o! paper the following lemarkson the pie
sent -late of British ami American commerce ;n
India. Tnc writer labors to show that the re
cent change in the Navigation Laws ha- been
detrimental to the British interests in that <juai
ter. but timt it lias been huihlv tavmahle *o
Atnericati -hipping and Amciican maim lad ures:
()ne ol tbe earliest measures ol [.or I Dalhou
>ie. tin* present (»over'nor (icnera! ol India, v\a-.-.
in wild anticipation of the itpeal ol the Navi
gation Law- Jo -weep avva\ ail the coUn
teipait- of those Jaw < their. I his has. ol couise.
conduced to tin* benefit ol American sh.ppMie,.
It seemed to ••the power- that he not oiiounh
that a special act of Lariiaim i»t, iot tva-ons vr
could never discover, empowered tin* shipping
of the Tinted States to supersede our own ship
pine. in our own Kngl.sii polls, atd to canv
cargoes of Ihiiisb mainilaeluie- to Ia.li-b In
dia. on the sell-same teiins a- Briti.-ii snipping.
ti.<i.i.. d.. Ii:i>tened the
I Ilf OHUIVM MIX - III I IMHO '
•ii!oj«tion o! a navigfal;on policy \n liich pecm ar
!s plux s the iranic of the American r Inppinir.
Kniii-h ve-sels cannot cany onu sixpence x\ <>itli
of freight coastwise, troin pent to poll. in \un i
ira: \ et \mei ean ve.*>elscan now cany !i mithl.
from p*»il to port in an Indian cmpwe
Tips, v. iih facilities for caiixinir c<«t:oi to ( In
na. and the favorable terms on which they can
i»iipoit American manufactured cotton- into
India, are abend) yieidim: the i natural and
hittci fruits. . , ,
la unfavorable conjunction with this lelaxa
tioii of tlie Navigation Law-- a relaxat on
xvluch ah'eu Iv crowds our Indian ports w tli a
reinaikalde inco-a-eof Amer can vc—el- T* re
was the ili-consideied assimilation, a- neailx it'
possible. between l*iitisli and American cotton
■ion j- The impost dnt\ into lnd:a on luiti-h.
was la'se ! from to '» per cent . and xvs sunu'
laneeuslx lowctod on American labrics hem .n
to in per cent.
It need- no seer to predict the fata! con-e
.jii utre- <hi!\ the other day. ’In* l’ee1 orian
talks i ihl\ of American manulartui'*:- iiiidini
up their stieni'h to enter on the race n! compe
tition with our own manuiactureis. m on, um
markets of ihe Last. With all deference. we
as>eit that the political piophet is "too late ^ in
the field. Hi- piedliction- had prexiou.dy nc
conie hi-toiy. (>:i hiih meicantiic authortx,
intimatelx connected with the La-t. we learn
that m certain de-ci .ption- ol cotton the
Americans have ahead) h-aten our manufac
turers all hoilow. We allude especia'lx to ttie
heav tu kind called "domestic-” ami drr's It
is well known thai in tom c;ii climatesrollon
are the cliief clothimr. We hasten to infoim
the fiee-tradimr cotton spinner- ot tin- rountrx
that they are scpkkskdk!) in these staple articles
-and that it is -a Heat fact" that Ameiican
cotton-mauufactuiei< are already clothii ii tun
, own !ndian army.
I\rist IA <‘11 ts.
The lir-t white child born in North America
was Virginia, daughter of Annania-and Kiea
nor |)are, ami grand-.laughter ot (*ov. John
White. She wa> horn on tin* isth ot August,
1:V.«7. in Uoanoke. North Carolina. Her pa
rents were of the expedition sent out bv S i
Walter Ua'eigh. in that year. There i- no re
cord ol her hi^torv, -ave lliat <*i hei birth
’The lirst minister who preached the (Jo>pel
1 in North Amerada, vva- Itobert Hutit. of tin
; church <>f Kngland. an exemplary man. wire
j came out in tire same company with Captain
| Smith, in the '.ear 1*707. He was much es
teemed as a man ol peace, and was in main
1 wavs u-elul to the colony. I here is no record
of hi- death, or of hi- returning to Knglami: he
died at Jame.-tovvn. He ha t a good library,
which was burnt with all his other property
in the burning of Jamestown, tire next vvintei
! alter lie came out.
The first females who came to Virginia pro
per. were Mrs. Forrest ami her mai l. Ynnf
Hums, in for expedition ot Newport. MO-. I he
lirst marriage in Virginia was m the same year
—John Lavdon to Anne Hums. The cefrmonx
i was pmbabh bv the same “good master Hunt.'
'The first intermarriage between the white*
and Indians vva- John Uolfe to Pocahontas, in
1 April. |tin. Pocahontas was also the first o|
■ the Virginia Indian* that embraced Christianity
1 and was baptized.
The lirst legislative a-.-embly in Virginal met
in Julv. Ml at the summons of <iov. (ieorgr
Yeardlev. Out* month later, negroes xvete lu
hiought into the colony, bv a Dutch man-of
!war
The lir-t per odical in North America wastin'
Poston News Letter, which made its appearauct
! in August. 170-7. The lirst in the Old Domin
1 ion. was the Virginia (I.izette. published ai
; Williamsburg, bv William Park-, weekly, al
seven shillings. It appeared in !7':*h and vva>
long the onlv paper published in tin* co'nny
I Slavers preceded ihe periodical piess 1 17 ’.ears
I The Him* Uidge was first riossed by white
ill 171 1.
'The tiist iron furnace erected in North Amer
j ica. was bv (*ov. Spotlswood. in 17.:n. in Spot!
| sv I vania countv. \ irginia.
Fhe ( herokee Indians.
W e find the following short account oi the
geneial state of affairs among the Cherokee- in
the "A Locate.’* of Nov. ^0. an interesting pa
i per published at ‘•Tahlequa." in the Cherokee
countrv. I bis paper is published by the Chei
nkees themselves, and is edited with considera
ble ability In a member of the tribe. It is prin
ted partly in the Knglish and part I \ in the Chet
okee language, their being used in the latter
ihe singular and peculiar characters invented bv
Ceotge C.ness, a full-hlnod ( herokee :
•• Our countrv seem-to he in a perfect state
of quietude and tranquilitv: nothing occupies
the mind-of the Chetokees at pre-ent. more
than to know who has h<*en elected President
of the Cnited States: wive which anxietvfhe
whole attention of the mass of the people is.
who shall attend to his own husines> hc-t.
••A religions for ling pervades th»* countrv
Temperance is onward, and we verily believe,
if our citizens would cease to patronize those
•sinks of iniejurtx* in and amun I our country
drimkenne-s would not he -grn in our land: and
the vendors would he taken with the Califor
nia gold fever, and. 11k*• all those who vvi-h to
live l»v robbing and stealing, or without work,
would -vamose.* ’*
A True Daughter.
Mil lard Fillmore. Comptroller of fin* State of
New York, and \ ire President elect. ha* a
daughter, a scholar at the State Normal School.
Albany. yvho is<jualit\ mg herselt to he a teacher
of Common Schools. — fiiift. Ch/>/)fi'.
Ave. a true daughter of the Commonwealth,
and a brighter jewel than i- containe.l in the
*vhole array of fashion thumghout the Kmpiic
State! When talent *d and ambition* g.rls hope
to become teacher*, and look upon the vocation
of a teacher as honoralde. and implying Hie
possession of *uperiot attainment.* am! abilities,
there is great hope of them: for then ma\ the)
adorn an\ station in life in which the\ mu', he
placed. Hut where it is deemed a reproach to
he useful, and even the most senseless and flip
pant regard their teachers as mere laboring peo
ple. and ailed to disdain and despise their au
thoiity. sound, practical and methodical anpiire
inenls are rare, and superficial learning and
imbecility are tin; onl> recompense tor the m
?pent \eai\* of \outh. What jut\. that the
great truth cannot he realized by all. that no
calling can be honorable that i* not useful *
that Cod’* fairest work i> peiveited when
rational being* contemn the light use ot the
highest faculties bc-loyve I up«>n them' — h u
Il'hi2.
Sir. Walter Scolt.
A biog»aph\ of this eminent man ha» |u>t
been published in London, in two volume-, by
,1.(1 Lock bait. It is in substance an abridge
ment of the larger work b\ the same author.—
It appeal-that in the original arrangement be
twe'*n Mr Lockhart and li »* pubh-hei-. it was
stipulated that the biographer should enjos the
privilege ot abridging lii- \\ork at some luturc
time. The matter of the-e two volumes i
thrown into a more narrative shape than the
contents of the primitive seven, and i- enriched
bv some particulars winch will he new to the
leader. The author informs u** that materials
^et exist fora still more ample biography of the
rieat novelist, abounding with rare information
ind details altogether unknown to the woild —
rhi* is doubtless intended a- a hint that Mr
I .ork hart has many more volume" relating to j
<n Walter alreads in preparation tor the pie-g
■— Hoifoti Courier.
*
Pictiim of Maimers In
in tlie I'iiiios of James 11.
BV T. R >1 At*Al' I.AY.
An earlv and highlv puture-^m* chapter «»!
Macau lav’s 1 li.-toi > ol Kii^lan::. is occupied
w ith -*a desci plioii of the -ta;e in vv inch Liu:
land was at the lone when the clown pas-tv
from riiaile.- II to In.- hroth-i -the |“*r.ol at
tlie opening ot the work, t oiiunencin^ with a
Milliant picture ot the pio^i'e-s ol Lmi t-n
wealtii. the author tuin-tu a viewol lie com. -
lion ol thiiiu> at a particular era. m population,
taxation, the amu an 1 navy, the -uppoit o! ot
ticui!-.airricuhu lai and mineral le-onrns, tne
people of the (omitiv and the towns, the e.ei
man. the -quire. the manners ol the capita•.
the literature, the .-rii-nec. the ivenera! cultiva
tion and intelligence. Tins is a line held lot
the tint] aim mi iemti.- o| Macaulav. deiiilitnii
c.jiiaih in ieneiali/alioii and <!«•!a*!. I he.-c ate
characleri.-tic pa— ai«*s.
i in: < oi \ i i:v cia:i:r.v.
••The cleiiiv were ic^ai !rd a-, on lhe whole,
a plebeian class. And. indeed, lor one who
male the ti,* lire of a irentleman. ten were mete
menial servanls. A huie pmpo;tnn ot tho-c
divines who had no heiietices. or who-e heuetl
ce> were too -mail toaliord a coinfoitahle reve
nue. lived in the iioii-es of lav men. 11 hit ioiii
he«*ll evident that th.s practice, tended to d«‘
L-rade tlie pr;e-tiv chat.icier. Laud ha ! excited
bnnsclt to «ib’et a change: ami * haile- the
i,’u-t had lepe itedlv i--ued po-it,ve order- l!,at
none but men o! hiih lank -d»o:i!d prc-ume to
k *ep i!o.n* -{ir chaplain-. Iml !!»«-•• injunction.**
Iiad hc*’<»m*' o!»-*de!e. Indeed, diirmi the '!«nii
ination of tin* Puritans. numv «»t tin* ejected
mifii.-teis nf the ( iiuu h of Knilam! could o’a
tain bread an I -heitei oni\ hv allacliini them
selves to the households of rovah-t iientleimui'.
and the habit- which hat been Puineil in thos,*
time- of tumble rou’mtied Ion*' attei the l'e-cs
tald;s!»msiit of monarehv amt rpiseopacv. In
t!.r ij,ai - on-oi men n! liber.i! -(*Mt!Ur*u!- and
cultivate*! un lersfaii l"i_rv th° chnplam wa
doll hi le *- treated with mliandv ami kindm--.
!!- e(Mi\eisaiion. I; - lit.eiarv n-s'shmee. h-s
-piiitlia! aui'ice. vvete roh-'deled a- an ample
return f*u lit- !*>od. hi** b'diitii and i* - -‘ipeml.
I*.111 thi- wa- i.ot th** *.r*:icrai feelum of tlu*
eountiv ir»*nt!ein**n. lhe ••oar.-* ami iirnor.mt
-quin*. win* thought that it helonied to lii
liijfn tv to liave^r.iee -aid ewrv da. at In- ta
h|e by an eccle.- a«tic in lull canonical-. toumi
mean-to reconcile dinnitv •vdb economy. \
\«»U!*.ir l.evite—sue!) wa- the phia-e then in
use mi'j:lit he ha i Jor !u> hoard. .i >ma!! eari-et.
a ad ten pound- ;• \ car. am! mL'ht not oidv j er
t<him hts ow n j't*des-ioua! tunetiou-. miiht not
r.idv be the mo-t pa’iont ot taiit- a»* I Ii-t(*m*rs.
m ill.t ikU onlv be ab.va%-tea lv in tine w eath* r
foi haw1*, and in ramv weather tor-hoveiboat'd.
hut mL'ht also save the expanse •»! a irarieuer.
nr of a iroom. Soiimtim?- lhe tevererei man
nailed u j» 1 he apricots, an i .-(urn-times he eurr-ed
*he coach hm.-t*-. He east up the plainer -
hills II* wa ke! team !es vvitii a mes-aio or
i a parcel. It he was petmitled to dine with the
family, he w as expect^.! to con lent li;inst*|| vv tn
the plainest t’nie. Ilemurht i:!l him-elt with
tin* cornel beef an! tlie earrois; but a
snon as the tnrt-ate! cheese cake- made their
appearance. he quitted hi.-.-eat. and -mod aloot
til! ho was summoned to return lhank- tor tlu*
iejia-t. from a meat part ot winch he had been
exehi ieti.*
I primp- alter -oitie seal •>; service tie wa
; pi evented to a livin'! Miilicient to support him:
hu! he often found it neoe-sar\ to j urrha-e hi
!»it*'(Maient bv a specie- o? -iinonv. which
furnished an inexhaustible -ubject of plea.-an
1rv to three or tour sxenerations ot -cullers
With }d- cine he wa- expected to take a wile.
I he wife had ordinarily been m the patron -
service: and it was well it she was not -u-pected
nt standiiijxtoo hiii'i in tin* patroji - tavor. I' ■
dee !, the nature of the matrimonial connexions
which the cleiirwnen of that am* were in the
habit of formim:. is the ire.-t certain indication
of the place winch the order held in the -octal
-v-tein. An Oxonian, writing a tew month
after the death of Charles the Second, com
plained hitfeil). not only that the country a*
tomes and the country apothecary looked dow n
with di- Iain on the country clergyman, but that
one of the le-son- most earnestly inculcated on
ewry iri11 of honorable famik wa- to irive no
encouiasrement to a lover in order-, and that, ii
any \oiinjj lady forgot this precept, she was
almost as much disgraced a- by an illicit amour.
Clarendon, who a-Miredlyboie no ill will to the
Church, mentions it a> a si^noi the contu- nn
of tank- which the urea? rebellion had pro
duce*!. that -oinc dam-**!- of noble fannlie- had
he-towed them-elve- on ilisiru*- A waitin'!
woman was generally considered a- the mo-?
-uitahle helpmate for a par-on. Queen Kiiza
!»eth. a- head of the Chinch, had isiven what
seemed t*> he a formal -auction to this piepidire.
bv i-Miinjr specal orders that no cleri.u man
should piesume to mans a -ervant _r,rl. s* itboiit
tlie con-ent of her master or mistress. Ihnur.:
| several irenerations arcordiwik the relation he
; tween prie-1- and handmaiden-'. was a theme
. ' for endh*s- je-t: nor w ould it be ea-\ to tin*!, in
the come.Is of the seventeenth century, a smirle
• instance of a clergyman who win- a -pnii-e
above tlm rank of a cook.f Kven -o late a- th**
j tune ot Ceoiie the Second, the keenest of all
observei-of life and manner-, himself a prie-t.
remai ked tli.it. in a irreal household. the chap
lain sva- tie* re-oiim* of a holy's maid svho-o
character bad been blown upon, and svbo sva
tiieretoie forced to irive up hopes of catching
the steward.;*;
In general the divine who ijuitted hi
chaplain-hip for a henetice and a wife, found
tha* he had only exchanged one c!a-> of wva
i tii.ns foi another. N*»l one livinn in lilts ena
ble! the incumbent to brim: up a family com
fortably. As children multiplied and irresv. the
household of the judest became more and more
heirirarly. Hole- ippeared inure and more plain
ly in the thatch of h - paison;ejre and in lr- sin
tr!e ca—ock. Often it sva- onls bv toilim: on
his irlebe. by feed iii! swine, and bv loadimr
duuircait- that he could obtain dails bread: nor
did Iii- utmost exert on- aksass present the
bailitfs trom taking his concordance ami his
! inkstand in execution. It w a- a white das on
; which he sva- admitted into the kitchen of a
: irreat house, am! regaled hs the servants with
cold meat and ale. Hi-children were broiitrht
up like the children of tlie neighborin': pea-ant
is. Hi- hos- follosved the plough: an I hi
iriris went out to -ei vice. Studs he found im
possilde: for the advowson of his livin-: would
hai' lI; have soi l lor a -um -ullieient to purcha-e
a iro.id thiMiIoirieal lifiiai's: and he miirht he
cou-ideie ! a- uuu-ii i!lv lucks if he had ten or j
tsvelve dosr-eared volume- amonir the pot- and
pan-on hi-shelves. K;e»i a keen and -tromr
intellect miirht he expected to rust in .- » unfa
vorable a situation."
*d,'•lend, f in <•• <>i -!i 1 <»:17. mm <*i tin- ( Inxrv: !
i i|< 111 1111. S. c. i • it * i I'Ve 'ii* l alt H' i f > It*;i s*t • fin' I 11 i -
s e.'-.ls . Palll** . 22) 22*' J i. at ’T* Idi id . »’i ( I ii*V !
Wt'if a biw I•*»rn i !.a ~ :t ina i k* d m th*- Tias<-l~ ;
' < >i f |m• ( 11:i i;< I Nuke f i '-itit t.
+ i»< »u* ■ f an*! in I! ?*-!•• >r»rn|’ul I.atlv, i
i’.iiil ;i»• * I 'll** Nii'-e m \ . 11111.11 _f I: * - !,'i >m ik |
a ii* ? >• i si'i in S'iai I w . I! - f. * i •• a - 1111 * ■ \\ ■;* ! t * a : •
ll»-t'«llC**"~.
j >*.r 11; * - I )| I * •• 1 It ill- t: : > . ; , *
I hi. '*» ■ 1r. i i 11 n *i i .
•* Hi® child *i'imu* ♦ • 1111*i»»\ men I y\ a® the can*
of hi.® propel 1\. I !<• examined simple® of iriain.
handled piir®. ami on market i:w® made hu
iraiMs over a tank aid u ithdiovei® and hop mer
chant®. Hi® chief phaniv® were commonh
deiived fioin field sport® and fioin an unrefined
sensuality. His lamruaire ami proiiunrafMm
were ®m h a® we should now expert to hear
only from the mn-t ignorant clowns. Hi-oath®.
1 coarseje.®t®. hm! seiirnloii® letiii® of ahu®e. were
uttered with the hioad«*®t aereiif of h ® province.
It yva® easy to discern from the lii®t word®
uliicii he ®poke, whether he came from Soiner
®et®h/ie or Yoikshire. He tiouh'ed Inm-eli
little about decoratimr h ® abode, and. if h^ at
te opted decoration. >p]dom poxince I anythinir
but defornntv. The litter of a farm-yard
gathered under the win low® of hi® be ichambrr.
an ! the cabbage® and gooseberry hii'lte® irrew
close to bis hall door. IJ»® table wa® loaded
with coals* plenty; and irue®’® were cordially
yvelconied to it. Rut a® the fi thit of drinking to
excess was ireiierat in the ( la®® to which he be
longed, and a® his fortune j<| not enable him to
•ntox'icaie lame assemblies daily with claret or
canary, strong heel wa® the ordinary beverage
The quantity of beer eon®umed i.i those day ®
wa® in Iced enormous. For beer then wa® to
the middle and lower c'as®e®, not only all that
beer now i®. but all that, wine. tea. and ardent <
spirits now are. ft was only at irreat house*,
or current orrn®:on®. that foreign drink wa®
placed on the board. The ladies of the house.
yyho®e business it had commonly been to rook
the repast, retired a< soon a® the di-he® had >
h»*eu devoured, and lett tin* jreiiflemen to their I
ale and tobacco. The coarse jollity i»t the !
afternoon was often prolonged t.ll the revellers
were laid undei the table.
It was vers’seldom that the country gentle* j
m ill caught glimpses <>t the great world: and !
what he saw of it tended lathei to confuse than j
to enlighten h.s Uudeistandmg. Hi* opinion-!
le-pecting religion, government, toieigu conn- I
trie*, an.2 funnel times, having been derived, not
from -tuds. trom oh-et vatinii. 01 li'oin couver-a*
t on with eiiiighteiie i companion-, hut from !
sac 11 t lad it u m - a- were cu n en t in h l- os\ a snnil I .
ciide, were the opinions of a child. He adher
ed io them, however, w ith iln* obstinacy which j
i*gencral!v found in ignorant men accustomed
toliefei with Hatters. l!-s auimo-ilie.* svere ]
numerous and hittei. He hated 1‘ieuchmeli
ami Italian*. Scolclimen ami Irishmen. Papists
and Preshsterian*. Independent* ami liaptisf-.
(Junker.* ami .less *'. Inwards laiinion ami lain*
doneis lie fell an aversion svh.ch more than
once produced impoitant political cHects. II.s
wife and daughter were in taste and acquire
ments hdo'.v a liou*ekeeper 01 a stilnooin maid
of the present das . I lies stitched and spun,
hress ed g'oo-ebeiis ssme. cured irniigobi-. ami
made tin* crust foi the veni-on pastry.
Ill K "Ip lit K IN I Hi: Cl IV.
••Whoa tin* Dili n| a Lincolnshire nr Shrop
shire manor appeared • (> Meet "tieet. he wa" as
ea*ilx d.'tiiniiii.-he J lio’ii the rc*idciit popula
tion a* a 'I'mk or a Lascar. II " die."'. his suwt.
his accent, the manner in which he staled at the
"hop.*. Nintnlded into the ju'ler*. ran ujau».*l the
pm tt*i.*. and -food undei t lie w aloi -spout.*. ma> !\
e*| hmi out a- an excellent "ubp*ct lor flic opera
tions of *v% i: id lei's and hantcler*. Rallies jostled
him into the keniir1 Harkne) coachmen -plash
ed him from head to tool. I lueves explored
with perltil security the huje pocket* of his
horseman " coat, w hile he stood entranced h\
the *pI.*ndo; o| the I .or I \ia\oi s"ho\v. Ahmex
dropper*. *ote trnwi the cart* tail, introduced
tlien.*i 1 v»s !'» him. and appealed to him the
mo-.* ho.'n tr.cndix jrnlleim*u that In* had
evei *t*en j’aiiited women, tihe lefn^e of L'*x\ k
nei Lam- ami Whetstone I'ailc. passed them
": ;X' *«»n !■ 1111 ;ojcounte"-es and maids ot hon
or. it he asked In" wax to St. James'*, his in
formant *e:it h.m to M'le Kmi. If he went into
a-hop. he w as instant!) di*cemed to he a lit
pniclm*ei of i*veixtliinj that nol'odx e!.*e xvouhl
huv, id *e» (indli and rinhiuidctx. coppei rmj*.
and wa‘che* that xvould not jo. If he rambled
into anx la*hionable coffee house. tie became a
trunk bn the insolent deiision ol top* and the
jraxe wajjrix of templar*. Lnrajed and mor
tified. he *ooi. ietui lied to h * mansion, and there
ii tin* l.omaje <»t h * tenants, and the convei*a
tii»ii of ht" boon companion*. tonml consolation
toi the vexation- and humiliations w hici) he lia !
Uhderjone. J here heoi.ee more tell him>elt a
•ireat man: and in* *a\v nothimj above him ex
cept w hen at the as.*./es he took hi* *eat on the
! bench rear the judje. or xvhen at the muster ot
the militia h * saluted tin* and lieutenant."
Tin: mi r ;:r. norsn.
••Kore:juers rein irked that the coffee house
wa" tiiat which e*pec:a!!x dtslinju.shed Lon
,!oii troiii all other cities: that lie* coffee house
was the L< inlonn's home, and l.hat those x\ ho
wished to liml a jentleman commonly asked,
not whether he hved in Meet street or t hance
ix Lane. bn* xvheTher he frequented the (iiecian
o, the ILiinhoxv. Nohodx was excluded from
these places w i,o laid down his pennx at the
bar. V: levels lank am! pioies*inn. and e\vr\
"ha ie of lelijmn* am* political opinion, hail it"
own bead quarters Tlmre were houses near
St. Jaim * s Lark where lops eonjiejated. their
heads ami should.*:*covered with black or l!a\
en wij". not less ample than those which are
now worn bx tin* chancellor an i bx tin* Speak
er ol the House of ('ominous. 1 he xvij came
from Kaiis; and so did 'he rest ol the tine {Ten
th* nan’" ornaments, hi" embroidered coat, hi"
I'rinjed j!n\e*. and the tassel which up
held his pantaloon*, 'i In* conversion x\a* in
that d’alect which. lonj alter i! had ce.i*ed to
he spoken in fa-li onatde circle*, continued, in
the month oj Lord Koppsnjton. to excite tin*
mirth of thea’i* >.* Tin* atmosphere wa* like
that of a p**ifmni*i * shop. Tobacco in anx
otbei toim than that ot nclilx scented snuff,
was held in abomination. Ii any clown, j
nornnt of the usajes ot the house, ca’led ior
a pipe, the sneers of tlie whole assembly and
the 'lent ansxvei* of the waiters soon con
vinced him that be had better jo somewhere
; else. Nor. indeed, xvouhl he have had tar to
jo. For. in jeneral, the coffee rooms reeked
with tobacco iike a juard room : and *tran
jer* sometime.* expressed then sUipriso that
so main people sho'ild leave tlieir ow n fire
side* to sit in the midst of eternal tojand stench
Nowhere wa* the smokmj more constant than
at \\ ii * s That celebrated house, situated be
tween Coven! Carden am! Row '"treet. was *a
ere ! to polite lelte;*. I here flic talk was about
poetical justice and the unities of place ami
f im». t here w as a fart on toi IN riaiilf and the
moderns, a faction h»r Roi'enii and the ancien's
(>iv* jronp debated whether Kara disc Lo*l
onjht not to have been in ilixine. lu another
an envious poetastei dcinonsTrated lh:«T Ventre
Riv-erved oujht to have been booted from the
*!aje. I nder no roof xx as a jreater varietv of
tijnres to he seen, earls in stars and jaiters.
clerjxmen in cassock* and bands, pelt t. m
n'ars. sheepish lads from the universities, traes
latois am| index makeis in rajjed coats ot
frieze. The jrea* pie** was to jet neni llie
I eba r where John Drvden sate In xvintei that
j cha r was ,-ff wax's in the warmest nook bx llie
tire: in summer if stood in the ba'conx*. To
bow to him. and n> heal his opinion of Racine’s
last trajedx or ot Ro*su*s treatise on epic poe
i fix. was thonjlit a privileje. A pinch from
his*nuffbox was a». honor sufficient To turn
the Iiea*! of a xoiiiij enthvm'a-t There were
coffee houses where the tirsf medical men mijht
he con*ii!ted. Doctor John Kadchffe. \x ho. in
t!»e vear !♦*.■*A. ro*e to the larjesf practice in
London. came (jailv. xvhen the F.xchanje was
full, from hi* house in Row Street, then a
fashionable part of the capita!. ,n fiarra wav's,
and xvas to he found summmled bx *ip reons
an.! apothecaries, at a particular table. There
were puritan coffee houses, xvheie no ontli wa*
heard, and where lank haired men d»seu<*ed
elect on and reprobation thioujh then no*e*:
Jew coffee houses where daik exed monev
chanjers. from V enic**. and fro;n Amsterdam,
jree'e! each oK-c: and Kop'sli coffee bouses,
w here, as joo I Krotesfants believed. Je*nifs
planned, over their cups, another jreat liie. and
cast silver bullets to *hoot the kinj '*
*Ti i i b ’! , >' ■ *11' i■ i; ’ t V . t!i i - •! i;i !•-«'! \X';i* tliaf, |
ill :i : •!- ••!:»** O* Wi • ft-. Ill*' • I w :i - | i.'oi m'||M*-< I
I'T • \. i Ml- -f.»i k W:i- I.. MUM-«*»l >r«*
Vunbruj’T- Io-l«rr*M. t/ird Sninb-i land w:i- a
j r< • i i n < *1 thi- ••« »u rf Tme*. a- to »j.-r \ > o»I»« ; * 11 -
? : :mj.| I Un- i 'a**-- ufTvied if in The hop** n| pa—. -
inj for ;i tin*' j■ tpleiMMii. Kx'amei,. 77. iVl.
Halfinion* Money Aiat kef J)i*<* 'iff.
Man ti, S'fwL\. »'v.~~ln \ i.*w o! the annual
ret uni - male h\ the Hank* to the Trea-uivr of
the Slav. an I of the n* at approach of ti.»* t n,e
when tho-e refill n* are to he rn.i le. thc-e fn-l;lo
tion* have - -men hat cnifa'led theit ! in* ot di —
count*. Mones t*. theielore. ;u rather more de
mand. hut there i< no pie—ure evi-tin^. The
rate on the -Meet - about i»i:e pet cenV a month.
The lran*u,tion- in Stock* foi the week have
been t<* a lair extent, hut the inaiket c!o-ed
ratlier heavx. (»o\ernmeid Sccimlio and f ii\
Stock- show a decline on the rate- preva line;
la-f week, while II liliou I -hare* and Hank
*t»*ck* exhih't an improvement. I’fie tolln niii;
were th** pi re* olfere I and a-ked at the Slock
Hoard to-!a\ :
l>nl,/i’■ l,o ! it* I n:!ed State-*,-. I-’.-. IhT1.
offered. *4 a-ked: Treavoa Note-. per,
cent. 1**7 olfere I. I0k a-ked: Mart land ' -
oflere l.'.id a*k»*«i: *lo defe le I do . - l' , rdleie-i:
d» -Vl'li n JT •"'*-• * offere I a-ke |> t !l ;Uloi e |
'V-. | -7*h v i a*kOil: do, l*v‘h. *7 olfeied. .'J.i-k-j
•» 1; do . . i -. - I a-ked: H i If imoia* a nd 7 ffnn I * »i I
road •* pc*! cent lion -. * offerc i. '•|S‘ a-!»e ,. do . t
dividend do . '.»7 olieied. *0 a-ke-.'
Hunk Stm1;<c Baltin ore. *1 <-fterr i. a-k- ,
rd: Merchant-”. . offer d. ‘I a-ked: I’tiion. |
offered. «’•! a-! ed .Mar lie. a-ked: Far
mei-' and Planter-'. j.d';. offered. .17 x a-ked:
Pl»e*apeake. 2J oflrre Mechanic- I d 1 . a-ked:
Franklin. v74 offered. Farmer- Punk of Md .
l.ioffeied.
Jii'Uianf — Baltimore fate. .”> I offered: Foe
men - l(i offered: Ha!to Foe. n>4 offered, 7 !
a-’ ed: A-.-ocmtnl Firemen?', I Ft offered.
1'oal SW\—Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
d! 1, olfere,I. :>1 \ a*ked Halt more and W'ash
,-7,M|. 1 - a-k(**l. Badimoie and Sii-/}uehani,;i
to. m offered, 11 a^ked : ffarford Turnpike.
•['1 •_» offered : Kei?tertown do . j>., offered'
Frederick do , ‘M4 offered, 374 a>ked?
Mi^reJ)am/,u\—(»as Co. ‘.O offered: Tnion
vlanufg. Co . *20 offered. 21 F, a-ked. Canton I
o.. ... offered, in a-ked: Sn-cjnelianna ("anal. *
O’.j offered. Iv asked: 1 ide Water (’anal pie- j
cited bond-, 'd offcied. *54 a-ked
The Ladies’Fair at Liberty llall.
Vi: i.nv>:Ks ol taste, come to Liberty llall.
A nrh least is >|»re;ui. and there's soninlm ^
lor all.
Irom the sweet !.s|dnjj babe, tothesdvei hailed
sige.
(We >hou!d ever be mindful to ilieer 11»«• * t■»
age.)
1 he infant will smile, thro' ins bright ehrwal
tears.
Aful the aged no longer rememhei hi* year-'
|)<> soil -trams of u.u-ic. flow into \oin heail '
Am! new hope-and \ g,,r. am! freshness impart *
A* springs genial -howeis. to all natuie give
hreatli.
\\ Inch wintei had rolled in the semblance ot
deatli :
Or hear uni. enchanted, with mag ea! .-wax.
do bright fat r\ realms, in the distance a wax
Then come to the hall, and -x\eef mu- . 3[U1 j
flow.
From fair ladies' lingers, which glide t<> and tr .
O'er the instrument -kets. like ;i bird onthe xx.i g
Now soaring, now-inking, i.oxx pausing to-nr
0 come' tho* with caieand vexation depre—»*,!,
Twill chase even sorrow's dark shade from the
h least.
Would a billet-doux please \on. in pu*-e m n
rhyme.
'I'm the Post f Wire ha-ten twill cost hut a dm -
lake a Jorge one like Asm. for hulk\ a: I
small.
Bear the-ame late of po-tagc at Libeitx Hall
A;e >ou plea-g.l with vai 'etv. heiexou will find
Thing--how \ and useful, each perfect in kind
j Bing-, turtle dove.-.torches, and altars and heait-.
An 1 the sl\ iod of Love" w ith lii- «juiver at. f
dart*.
Are \on tempted w i?h dainties, we'ie-till not at
fault.
l lio we \x ish to eschexv all the products of net!f,
l he ted |it ce of grape. <*i the stiong e.ui «!»• v e.
But pane nectar .-hail flow in profusion iim-t
tree.
lee creams cake-am! frlhe.-. and cool lemonade.
1 In abundance xve boa-t. all bx !«>\«• - laboi ma 'e
! Then ve hacheloi* who have enough an.I to
j
spare.
i 1
With >oui purses well filled, hem! xoui -tep- i »
the Fair.
(’hri-tmas presents to f.tix. for xout i.m ft>h *
f. rides.
1 < )i for nephew > and mures. it lor noonel.e-i.it*
1 And \ e rich, w ho have plenty of -,!v ei ;u -t.»tt*
Let sour thought.- in tin* ga\ scene reveit to
the poor.
, < )h ! think (if the oi phan. \x th hok - ?a.i at.d
wild.
Am! ghidden w :th gilt-, tile poor fathei ir — » h i.
; So xout fathei is* Ileava ll. the dee.! will it*j i\.
i And -mile on vom path. thio‘ I !e - .fink turn? -
loii> way. P W
'l ike ('liolera.
In tin l\i!Um\ nf [/it \iituntil/ Intrtlnjrt), tr
iii-.M i.ixkn: A* much a*aim i- natuta'lv
excited b> the approach of the ( ladela. I -end
Xoll (h\ 111\ fill-band > |<eihi — on) a pleMMipt on
winch, in out eXpeheliCe. ,liimled. to he Mile )
has never faded to cute that disease. It ha*
been u-el for more than foitx ve:*.i - ja-tm
ca-e* ot the oidinaix ( holeiu of out coiintix.
land, though hioiight Horn India, wa* applied
at td-t timid i x dur.tig the la-t -cason ol the
A-iatiC epnlclll.c. \*it -uccerded then heXond
| hope. I am emboldened 1,1 idler it to von now
! on|x leqile-fing of votl the cniult-X oftoiu.-i
ing the name ol xoui constant and deepiv it*
, tere-ted reader
, Pot: i (in Miv ( Mi*-.) Now.wm k J7. !-f*
( if a l.K J i ir. I*, fm ('hultrn Mm Inn
J drachm* st! tartar,
I omen* piepaied » balk.
•1 mince* w atei.either tam-w atei or dist
Tlie hottie to he well shaken when used
I wo 1ea*p<xinliil- a d(>*»- !oi an adult I •» he
given, according to the violence ot the di-ea-e.
at ilifei va!s ot ten minutes to hall an li*•«»• till
the attack c« ase-. In ca-e- ot .Uintu ( holeia.
ten To fifteen droops ot spirits cainphoi honld
he added Jo each <!o*e.
Thi-recipe wa-brought (if iv\ inciiimv he
collect j hx a phx «ici:tu 11 of n India. (Mr I Tailing
ton. some time member of (ongie— from Penn
-xlvania ) If xva- used with unfailing *ucjv*«
hi veix severe seizure* during the la-t Visita
tion of the ( holera in this counfix li will
keep, mixed or uuimxed. foi aiix length of
time: whereas the chalk pilep of the di-pensa
torx soon teiinent-. It was u-ed hx an Amen
, can physician ill the Pillowing loimnla and
j-ucceeded in verx advanced stages of the
disease :
"J dr- creta ppt
I dr. -al tait.
•J o/. peppermint w atei.
Laudanum, i-> drop
|)o-e -ame a* before hollow it up xx .ih
tonics, chieflv preparation-ot :t«m and h.ok
soon a* the patient i- convaV-cenf.
I am tempted a!-o to give xou a pi**-« iipii. n
| of a verx s|iece--lul phxHcian for the di-pefi-a
, forx. which, in mx evfierience of that di'* i-e
has never failed to effect a cuie. 'I he phv-n ian
wa* a man of great -cience and -kill He wa
al-oa Baptist exhorter. and beloved hmi*rlf to
Im* often ai led bx Divine W i*dr»m m the apph
cation ot the varioii- aificle- ' of the mutt i in m,
then hi lii* piactice.
I oz. Kpsom salts.
.] oz fin hnnnt? of rnagne-ia.
o go ipecaciianha
I o la* well mixed and divided info nine pnw -
I der* Do*e foi an adult, one powdei mixed
i xvith water. To In* repr-ated cverx two limn*
till the pain cntirelx -uhside
PliX-ician- -peak -omelhing of the iinilx of
di*ea*e. It max l»e so: hut mother the • ha L
lulep nor spirits of camplioi haxe aiivgomfrl
feet in dxsenterx. .\or are these |*»vvdei- of
any u*e in < 'holera.
* Hr* xva* tlie Medical Preceptor of Dr. lb i< • *
UNO ION
Posture Ketonift.
Inn I* R V N k I NO PklVIl.H.r: - III the d» hate*
that x\ ill present l\ come up on the postage la a
the xx rder xvoiild he glad a* one ol the numer
ous public) to have tin* follow mg piopo-mon*
candidlx met and answered bx -orne one mtei -
e-led in »hi- privilege
Fir<t li is tire rno-f olimi- and unpopular
monopolx at pre-ent exist ng under mu law -
Srnnnl/i/ Thegreatr-f -uffetei- hx it are the
M KM RKR* or ('oNi.RK— then -elvr- atld till*
!. Because t -uhjec's them to the ron-tai 1
oliuni and unpi-’ charge ot wishing to -u-ta n
a |*rivate iidere-t adveise to thr* puhl*c in er»-*f
y. Because it load-them xvith an iiPolerable
weight ol li.colon- and uniinfioi(ant pny.iJr*
hu- inc—.
A Because it put- them Tinder compulsion *o
-pend great amounts of t me and ir onev (public
and private) in forwarding document- of all
—ol! *
1 hi nil i/. It burdens the mail- xvdh a t.«r
gieater weight of matter, in document- alone,
diau all the Lisine** and private corie-pon
dence in theconntrv put together.
hinrluhj, A sufficient and unexceptionable
substitute will bean equivalent irn rea-e of tlie
siim allowed foi ••-tat onarx" and ••contu gen*
cie*.' to pincha-e pennx stamps
Fifthly. It is the only real oh-farle noxv *•'
-ling to the establishment of h u iifoim
1 kn t Po-taoi : depnving the depaitment of
'bout had a million of dollai- annuailx. Snt
I at i’ll
A Smart Woman.
An Knghsh vessel ho tin 1 fo i Aden, at the
mouth of the lied S*a. with a cargo of coal lor
the India steamer*. !osf her captain h> death
The crew took this ocra-inn to run awav with
the vexel and *e!l her on the Arabian coast
The captain’** daughter, a \oung woman about
vh vear* of age. obtained »*ome intimatiori of
their design and resolved to prevent it Site
armed herself with a pair of pistols, secured
the ami-chest, and encouraging the mate and
another man to stand hv her. kept 1*0-9*.*.ion of
the quarter-deck and hravelv compelled the mu
tinou- sailor^ n> v\»*ik the \e--el into Aden,
w here the) &\< now hi confinement.