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E E E O N & A O E
{Late Red Wing Unise.]
J. F. BENNETT,
PROPRIETOR.
RED WING MINNESOTA.
This extoiibivo Tlonso hrs boon refitted and
furnished throughout and now offers tonven-|——
ienecs and comforts unsurpassed by any Hotel
in the Northwest.
I O S E
MACK & BROWN, Pimmim-ofts,
Corner of Washington and Centre stacots,
Lake Pepin,) I,ak
tC ty. Miti
to and fn
Stublinjf att
HSfRngstiSO conveyed
free charge. Good
House.
USOtU.
the boats
ichcd to the
47tf
SHELDO N & CLARK Proprietors.
N E A TII E S E A O A A N I N
W I I N N E S O A
Baggage eonvcyd to and from the boats free.
BV'F-.,'vS..BELDOM Dj*B._CLARK.
E O E W E MOITS32
Ii
T. VAKNEY.
Tshore
HIS House located at Florence,
ofLako Pepin At.'['.. fiiteen
lied Wing, and on tho most direct road
Landing maVing it a very pleusan' resort for
those wishing pass a fesv' days, away from the
busy toils of lifo. ar.d everything will bo done
to make it a homo t: ah that init) givdit a call.
.Juno tii. lsr»'J yr.
I S3 O W E IL.
A E S I.. CARiCO, Proprietor.
This is situated on Levee St., near the
principal Steamboat Land'n r.
Travelers from the country will find
rate barn, wel supplied with hay ond
and I'll attentive ostler at thi* house.
Am! Notaries Public,
BED WING. MINNESOTA.
GOING'S
Vic.:'-' —-•-ss«SSS2s^
A.M3?.Cv?YP25 AND
illniii street, Red Win
l..BOTTi3N-US,
ISiiHia st., it t3io a
vjEi)
9
i.
W*NG, MINNESOTA.
rpiIEbos of French and other Cloths, kept
A constantly on hand, and made up in a su
perior manner by eonipoteht workmen.
i-&" Cutting rtqne to order,
Red Whitf, .y i!'.. li-:.T._ '_ 4-lm")
«, It A S Ac E S a
^-Jlonso and Sign Phhitcrs u-.ul Glaziers^
~, \X7|OV,|D rOspectfully inform the eitixonsof
Red Wing that they are now prepared to
,-xfill all orders with which we. may
»on the, shortest notice. \\*c hopo 1
tenthn to business to reeei
patronage.
1
.1. C. DICKINSON, V. M. WWGIIT, 1'. K. UliOWN.
DICKINSON, WRIGH & BROWN,
Storage, Forwarding and
Commission Merchants!
Stcnyiboat, Express nudti-moral Agents.
DEadvances
year,
*do •10,00
•70,0
40,0'
40.00
30.00
25,00
15.00
A E S in all kinds of Produce. Liberal
ntadc on Consignments.
Cash paid for Furs, Skins and Hides.
Agents for the sale of Manny & Co.'s Kcaprrs,
(one of which may be seen in working order,)
i' and R«ckf"oid Cross and Uicakiiijj Piows.
ALSO.—for Kitron & Co.*s Patent Improved
Sluing Machines, and Blaikoy & Clark's Im
proved Self-acting Lath .Hue Inn s.
JD.
sr is.
Will always be ready to attend to the shipping
of Produce A'e.. and the receiving and storing
of Goods iVc. andforthe purchise and sale of
all kinds of Merchandise.
WINKS, LIQUORS & Cigars at wholesale.
PiCKINSON, WllIGIIT it BROWW.
LoiverZeree, lieu. Wing^ Mayhs, 1S57. [44y
?1. E W I S
AT AGENT, RECEIVER, AND
CTEAMBQAT
0 Forwarding & General Commission Mer
chant. RED WIXg,Minnesota.
A O I
fm fm
1 DEAX.EK i:» 5^*,
Doors, SHOES, LEATHE FIND.'XG*.
MAKUfACTCREi:Ror&
O O S AN55 S O E S
Main street. RED WING, Minnesota
Keeps constantly on hand a general variety of Th
ready made work, such as Ladies', Mis
I Gents', Hoys' and Children's ware
rand Findings of every deseripti
chase and sal
Lund Warrants for ni
cv Ucucivcu -.
filv
iborul share o(
I'iiimb it'i'i Fourth Str'
tltf
isr-sv?' th*
_Ko(l Wing. May 'jn, VX
ii HI. 8..
PHYSICIAN S- SURGEON
vi OFK1CE ASH UKSIOKSCE.
V^ First house south-east of the Hamlinc Institute.
I I 4 W E I
Tenders his professional services to the citi
zens of Red Wing and vicinity.
OFKICE AN"I RESIDENCE,
I The name as heretofore occupied bv Dr. Brooks,
REFERENCES,
'•Hon.Z. KitwEi.i.. M. ()., Fairmont, Ya..
lion. .1. L. DAWSON, M. O., Brownsville Pa
ti'rot. T. 0. MUTTXR, Philadelphia, Pa.,
Dr. J. C. COOPKR,
Kev. Dr. DBVIOIOND, Morsrantown, Va.,
Dr.*. MCLANK «fc Bsqek, Morgnntown, Va..
Dr. A. II. C.VMl'nti.1.. Kev West. Florida.
Dr. E. S. QAINBS, Knoxville, Tonnetuee.
Bed Winjf. May S :, 1,'7. .t4tf
MolNTIR E A SUEEDO N
1'KAI.hRS IN
pry Qoods,Crrocori«3, Crockery, Hardware Cut
XtvT, Nails, ous. Paints. Sasf. Window Glass
Looking Glasses, Farming Implmorits.
ct.- ^I,V,siortv' Cravats. Suspenders,
Shirts,Collars. Brushes. Fancy Goods. Ae.
ct ». MelNTIRE.
KodWojt,M. B. SOSLPOX.
W O I
ATTOKXEY COUN:*ELLOp.
A
LAW
A N
GENERAL A N AGENT
E WING, MINNESOTA.
also Lcath
n. -l-tv
STORAGE, FORWARn'lSC \NH
1 Ostlers always in COMMISSION MEIICHA NTS,
pusfcngers to and from Steamboat Agents. Will attend promptly
to all business entrusted to them
Upper Landing, [fed Wing, Minnesota.
MELLOT & VAN.OEXBEKGIf.
A I E S A1VB I E S
UK I WIXO, MIXXKSOTA.
Being both Master Builders, they have no
hesitation in saying that they will give entire
satisfaction. Anything put up, from a A L
ACE down to aiiEX-coor, and in the most
approved stylo.
Contracts taken it the lowest rates, and
buildings erected in the shortest possible time
of the Lost material to be had in this market.
SHOP—Near the Kelly Monro.
lied Wing, March 23, 1857. 38 tf.
Of all fizc-s, primed
bunil, cheap fou cash.
on tli
es Iron
Reed'
firsl
rrain.
Red Wing, .tune 17. Is."»7. -I9y
J. N. Mlltixull. WARREN BKISTOL.
O & 5 S O
•flttomews at JLmw
nd glazed, constantly
&V5ZEEJLTS. W O O I S I 5 & «.'o.
Sasli. Blind & Door
7
A
A A E il
prepared to furnish SASH,
and DOOKS, at the most rva
'. rates and shortest notice.
E are no
VV BLINDS
Architects and BulldcrSi
ire also prepared to tako contacts for
n£s,'draw Plans ond Specifications', Su
•!nl all J:irds of vv rk in our line.
All orders frcrn Lh.i Country will meet
rompt attention.
WHILT. Juno -'J. '5ii.
B\* i'lNt HOUSE OF
BE WING, MINNI: OTA TEKHITOBY.
7 1 1
DICKINSON'.
r. N. V.
N
!nti
lion
and
ment of Tuxc
riJcal Estate.
»r loan
!e Hisit.
Collcc
nd to the pur
—Mo'»«
I \l E E Ii
Messrs. Green .t S ••veil. Bankers, New York.
\V. A. Wheeler. Esq., Cash'r Malonc B'k, N. V.
Messrs. E. A. Birehard A ('•., Boston,
K. I. Tinkham, Esq., Banker, Chicago,
DanicJ Fw.li, K-q.. Presidoht of Fanners' Bank.
Lansingburgh, N. V.,
Messrs. iirockaway, Wason, Everett & Co..
flankers, Cleveland. Onio,
I Justus White. Esq., Tia Crosse. Wisconsin.
!vi John C. Smith, Pres't Canajoharic Bank. N. Y.
Red Winp,'June 0..1S&7. 46mC*
.5:i52:i«» LTiwH»«r.
3E3 J^. 3ST I S 33 JEi.
S E a Agroiij, uit EHniicr
N 1) W A II A S
Office, opposite the United States Land Oilice
R«d Yving, iilinnnsotn.
•S? al'oney loaned. Land Warrants sold or lo-'
'aned on ti:n. Ksal Estate, and Excha"n|
'•••ought and sold. Jul 31. 55. tf
ItCJltACB WU.OKU
I W E
II. .V E W
favored
striot at-
BED WIMi, MinnaStaTor.
Money loaned. Exchange it Land Warrant-!
bought and sold. Land Warrant*, or Mouev
loaned to pro-emptors, on long or short time. I
and on favorable terms.
^j?" Lands bought and sold on commission &c.
OFFIOE: over the U. S. LandOitiec.
Bed Wing. May.lsAT.
A E & A
A O E S A A W
nml Solicitor* in Chancery.
A N A E N S A N E A E S I N
Real i:tate. and Land Warrants.
MANTOUVILE. DODGE CO..'M. T.
CHARLIE nfcCLlTRE.
ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW
—Axn—
General Land Agent.
OFFICE**-Law ther's Building up stairs.
Roll Win-. Goodhue County. M.T.
N»v. 15th. ls,V. \0:'t
I?. V. S 7
EAASUI6KBEE Harbor. Hair Dresser,and!
1 Cham SKUO.-. Also.
SURGEON DEXTIST.
Tooth Dra-.vin-. Cttppjag and Blecdinsr.
floor, oppo-
Rooms in L::-
sra block, sect
si\- th- Togoeumfea iWtoI.
RcdWuig, Au-. i». Is:.:.
S O .U. i.
(.it.RMAX
PHYSICIAN AND SUUGEOX.
Tenders iiis plroiessi niu Mttlcda :o the ei: e:
ot" Red Win? .nd vicinity.
«»t"FICL:. on Main streo:, in PhiDSQ Hall block.
K?d Wine. Angust 1. 1*^7. "itn^
E JESTER' S SERMON.
BV O. W. THORSBURV.
tosse thei scente hair
The'falcon whistled, stag-hounds bayed, the
lap-dog barked without.
The scullion dropped the pitcher brown, the
cook railed at the lout!
The steward, counting out his gold, let pouch
and money fail,
And why because the Jester rose to say
grace the hall!
The page played with the heron's plume,
the steward with his chain,
The butler drummed upon the board, and
laughed with might and main
The grooms beat on their metal cans, and
roared till they were red.
But still the Jester shut his cyee, and rolled
his witty head
And when th«y grew a little still, read half
a yard of text,
And waving hand, struck on the desk, then
frowned like one perplexed.
Dear sinners all," the fool began, man's
life is but a jest,
A dream, a shadow, bubble, air, a vapour at
the best.
In a thousand pounds of law I find not a
single ounce of love
A blind man killed the parson's cow in
shooting at the dove
The fool that eats till ho is sick must fast
till he is well
wooer who can flatter most will bear
away the ball.
:.fe till he is thro'
Let no man haloo ho is
the wood
fie who will not when he may, must tarry
when he should,
lie who laughs at crooked men should need
walk very straight
O he who once has won a name may lie
a-bed till eight.
Make haste to purchase house and land, he
very slow to wed
True coral needs no painter's brush, nor down his• foot.
need be daubed with red.
The friar, preaching, cursed the thief (the
puddling in his sleeve).
To fish for sprats with golden hooks is fool
ish, by your leave—
To travel well—an ass's cars, ape's face, hog's
mouth, and ostrich legs.
lie doei not care a pin for thieves who limps
ab ut and begs.
Be always first man at a foast and last man
at a fray
The short way round, in spite of all, is still
the Ion est way.
When the hungry curate licks the knife
there's no muc
fore
ibt-ttun,iiihs ^!thr!clerk
Whe thu
h-lo
Of this kind, we count the following,
irports to be from the Pun Review:]
CUlilOUS QU1&TION.
A daughter!
Wed what brought her?
-.
Bankers & Land Agents: 1
Kitty asks—'how came she here?"
Half with joy and half with fear.
Kitty is our oldest child,
Eight years old, and rather wild—
Wild in manner, but in mind,
Wishing all things well defined.
Kitty says, "How came she here,
Father? Tell ma. It's so queer.
Yesterday wo had no sister,
Else I'm sure I should have missed
When I went to lied last night
And this morning bailed her sight
With a strange and new delight.
For indeed it passes all,
To have a sister not so tall
As my doll aud with b'uc eyes
And—1 do declare—it cric«!
Last ni-iit didn't see her, father
heaven.
•Minnesota Forever
ks
up—the stonn grows dark."
Then loud they laughed, the fat cook's tears
ran down into the pan
The steward shook, that he was forced to
drop the brimming can
And then again the women screamed, and
every stag-hound bayed—
And why because the motley fool so wise
a sermon made
her
Hath deeper causeforthanking given
A daughter!
And That brought her?
No matter what: she comes to bring
A blessing in her life's young spring.
'•No matter darling! she is here—
Our daughter, sister, btby dear.
Open your hearts and let* her enter
RED WING, M. T., SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1857.
I HI S A I
The Jester shook his hood and bells, and
leaped upo™ a chair
IKUJIWU tiiair. J».O*»..U«J ivuiiswwi, 11111uc1111.il :iuu suppo
The pages laughed, the women screamed, and
s-'d
[Now ard then there appears in the news- —two 3rearsupon a barren island 2,000 miles
papers, oi in some of our Magazines, apiece away from an)' civilized community. He had,
of poetry," that is poetry—something orig- bowever. managed to survive, and was so
al, quaint, and striking that makes its im- pleased with his island that he positively re
pression on every reader that lias any of the fused to leave his singular home, where we
fine cords of sentiment strung: within him.— Jj'-'fthim when we took Our departure. lie
to be affluent and his family were treated
tllCUOrd tltAIIr GftnnfA.d
1 A IW find tl*rJlf"fll thllinunlvnos nstAAtwilnml.. K..4-to
Certainly we must pity them—pity all
who suffer—still more all who sin and must
suffer. They need pity, and there is no dan
ger that we shall pity them too much.—
But the impression conveyed of the inno
cence of the fallen man's family, and their un
merited exposure to want and ignominy, is
often very far from the truth.
In fact, half the men who are loathed as
dragging down their families to shame and
destitution, are really themselves dragged
down by those families—driven to bankrupt
cy, shame, and crime by the thoughtless and
the basely selfish extravagance of wife and
children. Let a man be in the way of re
ceiving considerable money and having prop
erty in his hands, and his' family can rarely
be made to comprehend and realize that
there is any limit to his ability to give and
spend. Fine dresses and ornaments for wife
ard daughters spending money, patent
leather and broadcloth for hopeful sons—and
richer furniture and more of it all the tima—
these are a few of the blind drains on "the
Governor's," means which are perpetually in
n. "Oh .what's a hundred dollars a S S S S S
doing such a busmess?" ,S the question J,rain ^ttMtu!?
actio
man
in case of any demur or rcmonstrar-cc on his
part. Xot one of them could bear to disgrace
him by earning a dollar they could'nt go
out shabbily dressed for fcar his credit would
suffer They can't see how a man who can
discount in bank, heed ever be short of money
or stingy in using it. All his ilk of difficul
ties or hard times they regard as customary
fablos, intended to scrimp -.heir drafts on his
purse, or enhance their sense of his generos
ity.
In vain he remonstrates—implores—puts
S lrt 1
and^pe.fect,1m -Derations. he rcs,sts mi-for
portumty, the tears come, and wha man ca
tand the Apri showers of feminint sorrown
ile gives way at last, and throws the money
demanded, hoping that some great news by
the next steamship, some turn of luck in his
business, will make it up to him. Perhaps it
does and be ilais on perhaps it don't, and
the lust feather has broken the elephant's
back. TheerJ, however near or distant, is
morally certain. Treated always as a mine
to be opened a will, ho finally becomes des
perate aid rushes headlong into reckless
speculation p.rblasting crime, and is tiver
I whelmed with rain. "Solfbh vilian!" sav
the ignmMiit crowd "how could he run such
a career? How we pity his family!" N
lioubt of Jt! But if you knew more, perhaps
you would pity him
A IST.AXI) va-rn oxi: INHABITANT.—St.
Paul was net uninhabited at the period .of
our visit, which was madeforthe purpose
of correcting our chronomoters. We found
a solitary individual roaming about upon its
lonely beach. He had been there two years!
[u had been left there two years previously by
a whaler to catch seals, the captain having
promised to call for him on his return to
America, while he in the meantime, with
1
O.', I'm sine, I had much rather
Stayed at home, as still as a mouse.
Than played all day at grandma's house.
She is so pretty and so tiny
And what makes her face so shiny?
Will it always be like that?
Will she swell up plump and fat,
Like my little doll or tall
Like my wax one? Tell me all—
All about her, papa, dear,
Fo.r I do,so long to hear
fi?T*,.
S
ne-,
... opposite parts of the island, but as neces
here she came from and what brought si:y brought them in contact at the crater,
-IT I scowled and passed on
lour and Mamma's bran new daughter, in silence. They, however, lived in mutual
A daughter—another daughter drcadjif each other, and at night they crept
what brought her?! 3
And the question is,
Spence our boy, but three years old,
Says the nurse did—and is bold,
In defiance of them both—
Since to yield his place he's loth,
And pouting feels his noses point,
When I declare 'tis out of joint.
But though the childish explanation
Be fod enough for child's vexation,
We older folk- must better find
To feed the hunger of the mind.
To us, of larger issues preaching.
This link of life eternal, reaching
From earth to heaven, this new-born
soul.
Come fres'a from whore foreier roll
Vl°-Z
knives seriously tinr the lar for some
time helpless, exposed to the effects of the
sun and the hot vapours of the subterranean
.fires tha^tflumbered in comparison of the
rage thav burned in each of their breasts
they had tried their best to kill each other.
and had failed.
I Slowljhrecavering, they parted, and lived
a
Open them wide, for God hath sent haxs.* Un,hH. Service Magazine.
sc1«cstcred
nooks to sleep. I
would have been dangerous for the one that
was caught sleeping, r.s our solitary said,
he would never have risen again." Under
such circumstances,, life at length becam~ un--
E N E A A N E
A man falls into embarrassments which ul- T„ „„,.. r* r,
timately overwhelm hin, in bankruptcy, or I I S S S
rtrivn him int r«r.,„... o„, KM *._ ™press!ve.S Hee considerably overr six feet
drive him into roguery and crime. "Ha" was
yesterday respected, influential,, and suppo-
iilsS
x'_
and treated themselve accordingly but
day he is disgraced and steered clear of—
without resources or prospects—very likely
in prison, and exposed to ignonimous pun
ishment. "Vile wretchi" say the million
"It is good enough for him, but w* must pity
his poor family."
considerably ove six feet
tall, and is large boned aad muscular. His
hair is red, but is now thickly mixed with
white. He wears it short and begins to look
bald on the crown of his head. His mous
taches and beard are nearly white, and are
also tick and clipped short. His eyes are
blue and dull, for he uses spectacles. In
younger years he must have been a model of
physical strength and vigor, but he now
looks older than he really is for his age, I
believe, does not exceed fifty-five.
While in St. Louis I heard an anecdote of
his character which I have never seen in
print. Being in Ne York man}' years ago,
he passed a stora in of the principal streets
in which an auctioneer was soliciting bids
for an engraving of General Jackson. Both
the seller and the crowd were no political
friends of the subject of the picture, and
were ridiculing it in every possible manner.
How much am I offered for the great
hero of New Orleans?" cried the man at the
stand.
"Only a half a.cent."
Why, he's worth a cent, surely, after
robbing the Bank. Make it a cent, wont
you gentlemen? Now then, how much am
I offered?"
One hundred dollars." said a voice, very
emphatically, as Colonel Harney entered the
door "one hundred dollars, sir," he repeat
ed, making his way through the crowd, half
a head tall«r than any other man in the
room.
The auctioneer, naturally astonished, in
earnest, and started
"Sir, I am in earnest, and I claim my bid.'
interrupted the colonel "and if no one bids
more, I claim the picture."
No one bidding more, he handed the man
the money and his addrcsss.
"And now, sir," he remarked, seizing him
by the collar, and dragging him to the floor,
"I claim the privilege of applying tliu basti
nado to your body for your damnable im
pertinence."
And having caned him to his satisfaction,
no one in the crowd venturing to interfere,
,r no uni in crow a vcntumif to interfere
A a
a
qualifcy of character necessary
5 is
[Jg*%g£
military men consider tofitGen. Harney
eminently as the leader of this Utah expe
dition.
Fish With a Silver I loo!,..
Dr. Franklin, observing one dav a heart
young fellow, whom he knew to *be an cx
traordinary blacksmith, sitting on the wharf,
bobbing for mud cats and eels, called out to
him—
"Ah, Tom, what a pity it is you do:.t
fish wiih a silver hook."
The young man replied he was not able
to fish with a silver hook.''
Some days after this, the Doetor passed
that way again, and saw Tom out at the end
of the wharf again with his long pole bend
ing ever the flood.
What Tom," cried the Doctor, "have
you not got the silver hook yet?"
God bless yon Doctor," cried the black
smith, I'm hardly able to fish with an iron
hook-"
•Toh, poh," replied the Doctor, "go home
to your anvil, and you will make silver
enough in one day to buy more and lietter
fish than you could catch here in a month.
There arc many others besides that block
smith, who ought to catch their fish with a
silver hook. "More easily said than done,"
says Tom. We'll, try it
HUDSON- BA
i, .-u:* 1 i- urY I O S .— commute'e
ni„ .ship, departed to a distant sea,forthe appointed by the British Parliament, to cn
grander purpose of killing whales. When quire into the expediency of extending the
hist left upon St. Paul's he had a compan- exclusive control ot the immense expanse of
«..,ru «-„...,««. ,BAuu»m uoiuro me immense expanse of
Dead men tell no tales," sad our friend, Iprinci
and of course it was easy to tell the cap- land
tain when he called that he died from natn will be desired bv Canadaforearly occtipa-
QUESTION.—Thno
S°£ Possession tion. the committee rcccornmcndcd the im-
jot nim he Iive^',.-. continual dread, and tho mediate annexation of these districts to the
jcor.uuctof his companion becoming daily province, and the extension of its boundaries
more suspicious, he quarrefcd with him.— in all other directions where any useful pur
Jietween.two such spirits words were soon pose can be obtained.
hatchedinto blows, and they fought like fu- Over this Territory the Hudson's Bav
sUWMiig each other with their seal I Company's jurisdiction will of course cease
S SO aeriDIKIV lhi th«»yr l»ty fn.r crtmn .1:
.1y »Le
committe
I ion and the\ lived together pretty amicably of American territory lying to the north of «1 and repumped, and some of them hint if
forr somee time. Butt onee off them,, seems,, n-mndii bnv»«^„,i .„ fi.„ *i ™f ..„ ^..* IY.J i»„t «&..t •__sL .•_e
fo som time Bu on them iit seems Canada have acted upon the theory, savs
was a desperate character indeed, our Hob- the N. Y. Times that the British Sovereign
inson Crusoe was one of the most ruffianly- land people have no interest in the region now
ookmg fellows imaginable. His story was, administered bv the Hnsdon's Bay Corona
that he suspected his companion intended se- I ny except that "it should be dealt with in theghostly
cretly to murder him, and by that means ob- manner most conducive to the prosperity
I tain a double share of the produce of the land contentment of the North American
.seat skins they had collected and dri Colonics.
OCr*Speaking of attentions to 3'oung ladies,
some young people who arc very green in
tVese matters, have a notion that they can
jtalk»each other. intw love,. Hence they spend
1 -—--—.— —..„«• ~—-... —. "... vuvn i/w.w in iu»f Jie.n spenu
bearable, for the dread of bemg murdered in whole days together, and sit up late of nights!
their sleep weighed heavily upon them, and pouring soft nonsense into each others ear,
tbefccanie to the conclusion that one of them I This is all folly. Depend upon it, true '.ovci
should leave St. Paul's and depart for the is of spontaneous growth, and no hot bed!
sister isle of Amsterdam. Each man must •process can generate it. It is tha eye that I
have-an island foru
himself. With character- does the whol,ec businesss for vou the'
Ics countless years throu-h vondc-r S?™\c to attempt in an open boat presence," is the whole philosophy of the! Th^bas^eoenU at Syracuse Vll^x
jhc not been taken off together with about had never been guilty of before. Tbescamn
I a dozenh otneripersons (whn ha.d beenkwreck.
tod there a few d^vs previouslv), by a brig
:iSnf days af-cr he so singularly' join-id them
E A HEROISM.
On the 25th of February last, the waters
that wash the solitary island of Ti island'
in the South. Atlantic Ocean, witnessed a
remarkable sight. N that marine disas
ters are few for scarcely week elapses that
does not present its tale of horrors befalling
those that go down to the sea in ships.—
What is rare is an instance of the preserva
tion of human life, by the effects of discipline
and presence of mind. Most gratefully do
we put on record.
At the date, and in the locality above
mentioned, the ship Joseph Somers, of Lon
don, with cargo and passengers for Melbourne
was voyaging towards that port. She had
on board an immensa quantity of spirits, and
eightesn ton3 of gunpowder, packed in 250
barrels. The Captain had been on shore,
several miles distant, to make arrangements
for filling up his water casks on the morrow,
when on nearing his ship flames burst out
from her, and the fearful cry of "fire!" reach
ed him. Urging his rowers on to the utmost
he was soon on board and perceiving at once
that all efforts to save the ship would be un
availing, he contrived by the exercise of that
combined judgement and authority which
mark the perfect seaman, to embark, in due
order, all the passengers and crew in the
v,j
j.- i:.
directl— th annexation is declared., and.the
termination of the Company's connection
witn Vancouver's Island is also urged by the
committee. For various reasons the com
mittee believe it advisable to continue the
Company's privilege of exclusive trade in
Rupert's Land and the Indian Territory,
where there is no prospect of settlement.
On the whole the report is fair and impartial,
doing justice_to all parties, and we fully ex
pect that on its recommendation, Parliament
will pass a bill for the arrangement of the
question.
iI2=i^,^S==S
course first handed in-—The captain being
the last man to leave the burning deck. Af
ter snndry dangerous adventures, they landed
on the island all safe and after a few days
detention were received on board a passing
vessel bound to Kurrachec, which put them
on shore at the Cape ol Good Hopo. Their
relief was altogether unexpected.
This Captain's name was Elmston, and he
seems to have done his duty wed. All honor
to him but we would not overlook the real
heroism of his chief officer Mr. Stokes, who
was in command when the Are first broke
out. W have already mentioned the large
quantity »f powder stowed away. Mr.
Stokes'first care, on finding that the flames
were beyond control was to heave this over
board—a ticklish article to handle at such a
moment. But he succeeded in doing it.—
The crew behaved well, tho male pasengers
aided zealously, the women—always more
heroic than men—wore calm. Thc'suspense
may weil have been described by an eye wit
nossas agonzing,"forhe states that be
fore the whole was got-up and pitched into
the sea, the lower tier of barrels necamehot,
almost too hot to hold. "Bat." he continues
"the weaker sex never lost their presence of
mind not a scream was heard from any one
Curious story afloat. -Robert Schuyler
reported to be alive.
Mrs. Robert Schuyler, (widow,) better
known as Mrs. Spicer, the widow of the cel
ebrated financier, has erected a castellated
cottage on Saratoga Lake, about half a mile
from that great place of resort—the I^ake
House—whore "all the world" go to drive,
or to dine on the "famous fried potatoes."
Mrs. Schuyler having planted a mansion of
some pretensions near a resort so fashionable
all the tourists of the United States, will
of course, drive to take a look at her—and
for sixty to ninety days in the year she
must expect people to be almost looking in
to her windows.
The selection of a spot to build upon in so
conspicuous a place, has started the public
gossip into all sorts of romances, fictions and
fancies, and while there is an earnest inquiry
where did the money come from?" there is
a not less earnest assertion that Robert
Schuyler is not dead. What gives strong in
terest to the whole affair, is a little stone
building some one hundred feet from the man
sion, with high windows, up out of sight on
foot, erected nominallyforher Roman Cath
olic chapel, to which rumor adds—I do not
know—for I have never been down to sec—
that there is a subterranean passage from
the house Th workmen have been pump
nousc. rne workmen have bcenpump-
not give out that Robert Schuyler ther
yet alive, and when anybody comes into the
house, he runs underground to the chapel
and gets into his coffin, 'dead,' to which his
appearcucc while living would add
a probability. The story is wr current
and is the natural result of his wld iW'serec-
yetlivcth.—AT. Y. Express.
SlGNEBSOFTHE DKCLAUATIOX OK S A
XOEXCE.—Th. nrofGssiftna «r n... ™,.~s
PENIJESCE.—Th professions of t!.
of the Declaration of Independenc
follows:
Printers,
Lawyers,
Physicians, 5
Farmers, 6
Merchants, 6
Shoemakers, 1
Gentlemen, 6
Sailors, 1
Ministers, 1
Surveyors, 1
Soldiers, 1
The place of nativity of the signers was
as follows
Massachusetts,
Virginia,
Pennsylvania,
Maryland,
Rhode Island,
Maine,
Connecticut,
New York,
Xcw Jersey,
Scotland,
South Wales,
Benjaminn Franklin,
=•£. A """YrT^T i, you the uenjami franklin aze 1
btK indifference they tossed up which should tongue can do nothing. Your true lover is oldest, and Eldridire GcrW «£ed 32 «i ,1 1
go and the reader must be told that the always tongue-tied. II. may make up fine youngest of the A have an animal
km:would all probability lose his life, for speeches when alone but he always chokes aged**, was the rt??fi£%S\&fi'i^ f*ffi
the trip to the isle of Amsterdam, though if he tries to get them off in the prVsenoe *i££MB^JdS
™V
only aliout thirteen leagues, was a most dan- his Idol. "Eloquent in absenca—dumb in I
single-handed. They tossed up. and the thin?. Wt{BMu R*lhrm fan*Z,r,^",'% 5 5 What prevenin h0.• •-. II -!i
an we found there won, when the loser,
I S I "pon our table../ i. n«
itrue tohLsw,rd, in loss than ah hour look Cc5"An exchauge west of here, says there sbort peuicoaLs, to I
«*&*
tthe boat left them by the ship, and safely Lsa man liringin Iheback who, being
navigatedher to the isknd of Amsterdam, a
wl»tever."
[where, however, he would have st irved had that ho went and hugged his wife—an act be old reprobate.
-he not i.tf ii «.:t «i^,.. 1 I
fi^T'The a I
Why is it that if aladyhls finelet of teeth
she finds a deal of wit in jests that othen I
ne?m stnpid •.
send ushis name. fr^It is uscles to addre» fine-spun, ntei- S S S S
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PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS.
WHOLE NUMBER 58.
AGE.
ftut few men die of age, Almost all die
of disappointment, passional, mental, or bod
ily toil, or aceident. Tire passions kill men
sometimes, even suddenly. The common
expression, choked with passion, has little
exaggeration in it for even though not sudden
ly fatal, passions shorten life. Stron--bodied
men often die young—weak men live longer
than strong, for the strong use their straifob:
and the weak have none to use. The lat tev
take care of themselves, the former do not
As it is with the body, so it is with the mind
and temper. strongare apt to break or
the hke the candle to run the weak burn
out. I he inferior animals, which live
«n general regular and temperate live?,
have generally their prescribed term of years,
rhe horse lives 25 years the ox 15 or 20
the hon about 20 the dog 10 or 12 the rabbit
8 the guinea pig 6 or 7 years. These num
bers all bear a similar proportion to the time
the animal takes to grow to its full
But man of all other animels, is the one that
seldom comes up to this average. He cu^ht
to live a huudred years, according this phys
iological law, for 5 times 20 are 100 but
instead of that he scarcely reaches, on the
average, four times his growing p=riod lhc
cat six times and the rabbit eTcn eight times
The reuse
obvious—man is not only the most irregular
and the most intemperate, but the most la
borious and hard-worked ofali animals. Me
is also the most irritable of all animals and
there is reason to believe, though wo cannot
tell what an animal secretly feels, that more
than any other animal he nourishes wrath to
keep it warm, and consumes himself with
the fire of his own secret reflection- .—Black
wood:
HONOUR .\MOXO REKKT.S.—A curious lu.
incident has just occurred illusti-a'ting the
strange medley of races, the English, nation
are called on to govern. There ai sonic
hundreds of Santal prisoners in our goals.
They arc condemned for the rebellion, but
they are otherwise not a bad race, and in
goal they pineforfreedom and die like shoe]).
The mortality in the Bhaugulpore Goal hut
year was upwards of 40 per cent. The Lieu
tenant Governor was accordingly advised to
let them loose, binding them to work in the
great swamp province around Calcutta, call
ed the Sundcrbunds. They were asked for
their parole of honour not tofly,and, after
two days/ hesitation, gave it. A few days
ago it was announced that all had lied. Yes
terday, however, they all came, walked
gravely up to the Alliporc Goal, and deman
ded admittance. Not a man had fled. They
said the cholera was so bad in the Snudor
buiid.s—-(juite true—that they could not stay,
and so, in obedience to their promise, th
had come back to goal. They will probably
be »ut to other work, but their conduct lias
exceed strong.spmpathy. aliereiis r&i an
other race in India who, under the circum
stances, would have kept their word. They
could have gone home just as easily as to
goal, and all India could not have caught
them again. This is tho race which has
been given to tht missionaries.—Calcutta
Letter, Aprils.
A TALENTED CoxunEss.—A correspond
ent of the Lowell Journal says, in looking
over a list of the members of tho twenty
third Congress, which commenced Decem
ber 2, 1833, and closed March 2, lfWo,
was somewhat surprised at tho number of
members who have filled high positions un
der our government. Six members of that
Congress—J. Q. Adams, (previous,) Tvler,
Polk, Fillmore. Pierce, and Buchanan—have
occupied the Presidential chair-. Five mem
bcrs—Mes.sr. Calhoun. Johnson, Tyler,
Fillmore and King—have been Vice Presi
dents and Henry Clay, John Fors-vtii, Dan
iel Webster, John C. Calhoun, Jnmcs Bu
chanan, John M. Clayton, and Edward Ev
erett—have filled the office of Secretary of
State. Thirty-two members have been.
Governors of States?, and t'.\ entj Hfajo mem
bers of the House have since scrvfcd in the
Senate.
USI.UOKV FniOAV.—A curious bi« of sta
tistics in the French papers illustrates the
superstitious avoidance of doi..- any thing
thing that can lie helped on Friday. It is
also further remarked that when Friday
happens to fall on tho i:jth ofUnb month,
(which has occurred twice this year,) the
a
.signer
were as
«o["i' per cent.
A strange Unit for the race that vainly boast
of being tho most advanced in the world.
and Lawyer
arm, a wa-.-
When Dr.
walking arm ir
friend—
"Those two men
highwayman."
are j.q
Why asked the ojher
Because," replied il.c wi
yer anxl a doctor—yOot
71,'was the' TheN\Y. Tribune endorses this'cov
Xt
T- a«!samcnts to a vulgar mind S S **'.
wc,f-* *nnot be hewn with a
any more than bauds with a broad axe.
cqaal ,, one
"ilk a fettpi
0? "15r life.
As GOOD AS Gojita ro rn 11
Charley, loyo, won't yon tdkj
country this summer!" No, ,,
can't afford it—times tr: dttU but
hove the supply ojf water ••m, -ii' -.
stopped, and *»ieei* up io the little fouFih
story lack room that will be a go^i imita
jlion of fashionable hotel life in the country.'
if. to
v,e wi
I
(r^T Ike Partington will have lo wide
a new "composilion" to show fuliv th it
that the "horse S a useful animal, for :.'
Paris s»vans, who are always up to sonw
jfootlsh thing or other, have proved that tie
—the horse, and not Jkc—is excellent
rich in nitrogen' stud as p!«as-
the.UwIt**K,t»'?lt
eacw other the «trr
of either, ..:••
hav^
ia
against
vf the