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From the Louisville Journal.
CHARITY.
BY JAMES R. BARRICK.
Tell me; ye who dwell in splendor
' Ye whom fortune's smi'es adorn,
Hast thou not, 'mid all thy treasure,
" Means to wake some joy unbornt
Heaves there not for thee the sorrows
" Of some stricken heart to heal!
Breaks there not on thy sweet slumbers
r Some lorn sufferer s appeal!
Tell me, tho all pale and withered
Now their flowers of feeling lie;
Tho the autumn storm be gathered
On their summer's fairer sky;
Te'l me, tho their youth be faded
1 In the winter of old age;
And their brows with sorrow shaded,
Ye may still their cares assuage.
Toils there not, in the wide desert
Of life's sad unvarying scene,
Some poor, weak, and fainting spirit,
Where no joy may intervene?
Oft in the dim vale of sorrow
' Thou may'st find some heart to bless;
Thou may'st gild its bright to-morrow,
And relieve it of distress.
Lone and weary toil the lonely
. Up misfortune's rugged steep,
And their hearts, tho' beating slowly,
VVatchward still with progress keep;
And when in the gloomy shadow
Dai misfortunes "o'er them throws,
Then some kind'y hand to rescue
' May relieve them of their woes.
Oft when darkness dim is stealing
Like a death pall o'er their hearts,
Then have lelt some strange revealing,
When their lighter hope departs;
And their lives, tho' e'er retiring, .
Virtue yields a constant home;
And their thoughts, tho' unaspiring,
In a higher sphere would roam.
Then to ye 03 whom kind fortune
Hath bestowed her glittering stores;
It is thine to raise their burden
And relieve them of their woes.
Th:ne, a holy mission, given
To exalt their being here;
Thir e. to point their path to heaven.
And their drooping hearts to cheer.
God has filled thy storehouse freely
With the treasured things of earth,
And by alt the hopes that cheer thee,
' -Fill a place of lasting worth; ' ' .
Then while life is lightly beaming,
And the light ol earth is thine, ' : ,
While the heaven above is glowing,
May thy hearts to love incline.
Glasgow, Kt., March, 1851. - -
t ..The Future Wives op England.
t Jtfy pretty little dears, You are
bo more fit for marrying than. a pul
let; is to look after a family of four
teen ohickens. The truth. is, .ray
dear girls, you want, generally speak
inc more libertv and less fashionable
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TB5trafHtnrtore kitchen and less sofa;
more making paddings and less piano;
more frankness, and less modesty;
more! breakfast and less bustle. I
like the buxom,' bright-eyed rosy -
dieeked,'fullbreasted, bouncing lass,
who can: darn stockings, make her
own frocks.'mend trousers, command
a regiment of pots and kettles,' milk
the cows, feed the pigs," chop wood,
and shoot a wild duck as well as the
Duchess of Marlborough or the
Queen of Spain; and be a lady with-
al in the drawing-room. But as for
your pining, moping, wasp-waisted,
putty-faced, music-murdering, novel
deveuring, daughters ol fashion and
fdleaess, with your consumption-soled
shoes, silk stockings, and calico shifts,
you, won't do for the. future wives
and mothers of, England.'-r-JUr. El
lis's Lectures, . addressed to- Young
Ladies. . . .. ..... ,.; ... ... ,
l,tJ(b VfA.ni.Airti'-TvB Revenue
LAW.--The'1 derision of tha1 'Secre
tary of 'iheJnterior.'against the &3
glgnabllity of land warrants, is pub
lished; '!. ! -rThiB.
Secrejlary 'of. the Treasury
has ordered the preparation-of a
glrcnWft promnlgating the construe?
tien ot the supplementary revenue
law? ' The freights ara not to be ad
i 6ei to the -valuation of merchandize,
tor dnfiabJe basis. -
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A Letter from Washington Irving.
The following' pleasant letter of
reminiscence ' is ' published in the
Kinderhook Sentinel, .which pape
introduces it as follows:
' .We have been favored with the
perusal of a letter recently written
by Washington Irving to his old
friend Jesse- Merwin, of this town
the veritable "Ichabod Crane," whose
name has been immortalized in "The
Legend of the Sleep Hollow.?
Having been kindly permitted to
transfer this communication to our
columns, we cheerfully do so, unwil
ling that our readers should be de
prived of the gratification which we
have derived .from its perusal. .We
trust that wehall not incur the dis
pleasure of the distinguished writer
jin thus bringing him before the pub
lic, nor be considered as trespassing
upon the precincts ot unreserved
private epistolary intercourse. As
for the old "Admiral of the Lake," of
opiscatory memory, the redoubtable
"John Moore,' we have no fears to
entertain for the mention made of
him, he having long since "shuffled
off this mortal coil," and his sceptre
having passed into other hands:
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SUNNY SIDE, Feb. 12, 1851.
You must excuse me,-my good
friend Merwin, for sunenng your
letter to remain so long unanswered.
You can have no idea how many
letters I have to answer, besides fag
ging with my pen all my own literary
tasks, so that it is impossible for me
to avoid being behind hand in my
correspondence. Your letter was
ndeed most welcome calling up as
it did the recollection of pleasant
scenes and pleasant davs passed to
gether in limes long since at Judge
Van JNesss, in Kinderhook. Your
mention ol the death ol good old
Dominie Van Ness, recalls the apos
tolic zeal with which he took our
ittle sinful community in hands,
when he put up for a day or two at
the Judge s; and the wholesome cas
ligation he gave us all one Sunday,
beginning with the two country
belles who came fluttering into the
schoolhotise during the sermon, deck
ed out in their city finery, and ending
with the Judge himself, in the strong
hold or his own mansion. tlow
soundlv he save it to us! how he
peeled off every rag of self-righteousness
with which we tried to cover
ourselves, and laid the rod on the
bare-backs of our consciences! The
good, plain-spoken, honest old man!
How I honored him for his simple,
straightforward e a r nestness; his
homely sincerity 1 Ha certainly
handled us without mittens; but I
trust we are all the better for it.
How different he was from the brisk,
dapper, self-sufficient little apostle
who cantered up to the Judge's door
day or two after; who was so full
of himself that he had no thought to
bestow on our religious delinquen
cies; who did nothing but boast of
his public trials of skill in argument
with rival preachers of other denom
inations, and how he had driven
them off the field and crowed over
them. You must remember the
bustling, self-confident little man,
with a tin trumpet in the handle of
his riding-whip, with which I pre
sume he blew the trumpet in Zion.
Do you remember our fishing ex
pedition in company with Congress
man Van Allen to the little lake a
few miles from Kinderhook; and
John Moore, the vagabond admiral
of the lake, who sat crouched in a
heap in the middle of his canoe in
the centre of the lake, with fishing
rods stretching out in every direction
like the long legs of a spider? And
do you remember our piratical prank,
when we made up for our bad luck
fishing by plundering his canoe of
of its fish when we found it adrift?
And do you remember how John
Moore came splashing along the
marsh on the opposite border of the
lake, roaring at us, and how we fin
ished our frolic by driving off and
leaving the Congressman to John
Moore's mercy, tickling ourselves
with the idea of hit being scalped St
least? -, . :
Ah, well-a-day, friend Merwin,
these were, the days of our youth
and folly. 1 I trust we have grown
wiser and better since then; we cer
taihly. have grown older. I don't
think, we ' could rob John ''Moore's
fishing canoe now. By the way,
that same . John Moore, and the an
ecdotes' you told of him, gave me
the idea of a vagabond character,
Dirck Schbyler, in my Knickerbock
er history of New York, which I
was then writing.
...You tell ma the old schoolbouse is
torn down and a new one built in its
place.' I am sorry for itl I should
have liked to see the old schoolhouse
once more, where, after my morn
ings' literary .task was over, I used
to come and wait lor vou occasion
ally until school was dismissed, and
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you used to promise to keep back the
punishment of some little tough,
broad-bottomed Dutch boy; until I
should come for my amusement, but
never kept your promise. I don't
think I should look with a friendly
eye on the new schoolhouse, however
nice it might be.
Sinco I saw you in New York I
have had severe attacks of bilious in
termittent fever which shook me ter
ribly; but they cleared out my sys
tem, and I have ever since been m
my usual excellent health, able to
mount mv horse and gallop about
the counUy almost as briskly as when
I was a youngster Wishing 'ou
the enjoyment ot the same inestima
ble blessing, and begging you to re
member me to your daughter, who
penned your letter, and to your son
whom out of old kindness and com
panionship you have named after me
remain ever, my old friend,
Yours,
Very truly and cordially,
WASHINGTON IRVING.
Jesse Merwin. Esq.
Beautifcx Sentiment. John G
Whittier, the Quaker poet, in writing
about Irish limicrants among us
says:
"For myself, I confess I feel sym
pathy for the Irishman. I see him
the representative of a generous,
warm-hearted, and cruelly oppressed
people. That he loves his native
land that his patriotism is divided;
that he cannot forget the claims of
his mother island; that his religion
with all its abuses is near to him,
does not decrease my estimation of
him. A stranger in a strange land,
is to me an object of interest.'
The poorest and rudest has a romace
his history. Amidst all his appa
rent gaiety of heart and national
drollery and wif, the poor emigrant
has sad thoughts of the ould mother
him,' sitting lonely in her solitary
cabin by the bog side; recollections ol
father s blessing and a sister s fare
well; that sister loved so devotedly;
haunting him; a grave mound in
distant courch yard, far beyond
the 'wide waters,' has an eternal
greenness in his memory; for there,
perhaps, lies .'a darlint child,' or a
swet crather,' who once loved him;
New world is forgotten for the
moment, blue Killarney and the Liffy
sparkle before him; Glendalough
stretches beneath him its dark suit
mirror; he sees the same evening
sunshine rest upon and hallow alike
with nature's blessing the ruins of
Seven Churches of Ireland
apostolic age, the broken mound of
Druids, and the round towers of
Phoenician sun worshipers; beau
tiful and mournful recollections of
home awaken within him; and the
rough and seemingly careless and
light hearted laborer melts into tears.
is no light thing to abandon one's
own country and household gods.
Touchingly beautiful was the injunc
tion of the Prophet ol the Hebrews:
"Ye shall not oppress the stranger,
ye know not the heart of the
stranger, seeing that ye were stran
gers in the land of Egypt."
At a -recent sitting of the Pari
Academy of Sciences, Mr. Gondret
communicated a notice of the em
ployment of cupping glasses in in
termittent fevers, and its advantages
many cases in which resort is com
monly had to blood letting. He de
tails his observations and the success
his practice. M. Bayard made a
communication of his idea, that the
malady designated as typhoid fever
simply an internal variola (small
pox,) attacking individuals whom vac
cination had preserved in their youth,
from the external eruptive disease.
With him the confluent smallpox and
typhoid fever are one and the same,
produced by the combination of ty
phus and variola, and "inoculation
infancy preserves the inoculated
from complication, often mortal,
owing to the combination of variola
with morbid intercurrent causes."
Shadkach, the Fugitive in Can
ada. Letters from Montreal state
Shadrach, the fugitive, who es
caped from this city, is in a state of
great destitution. He has sent to a
friend here for aid, staling that he
not been able to procure employ
ment. ;An advertisement in the
Montreal papers states that Butler's
Ethiopian Serenaders were to
give a concert on the 13th inst., for
benefit of Shadrach, Williams,
Johnson, Tisbold and Scott, five fugi
tive' slaves, lately escaped to that
city, and now in a state of destitu
tion; i As a part ol the performance.
Shadrach was to relate the history pf
wonderful .escape from boston.
Boston Traveller.. . . . ... , ; .
Among the curiosities added to
the Schenectady Museum, is a mus
quftoe's bladder, containing the souls
24 misers, and the fortunes of; 12
printer nearly balf full. . "
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How To Do It.
There is good sound sense in the
following advice to young men and
women, who are thinking of matri
mony. It is from an article by
Grant Thornburn, In the last number
of the Home Journal: ' .
"There is nothing to be gained in
aangnng tor a twelve-month alter a
sensible woman, talking unmeaning
stuff words without wisdom. .'. Tell
her your wish, Hie a max, and not
like a blubbering school-boy. She
will never trifle with your affections;
ana it there are three grains of com
inon sense in your muckle carcass,
she will be your own before a month
has passed. Seethe history of Re
becca, in Genesis, 24ih chapter, 57th
verse: When' Abraham's servant
had concluded the preliminary con
tract with Mrs. Laban, on the part
of her daughter, to become the wife
of Isaac, the old man was anxious
to get home, to show his young mas
ter the bonny lass he had brought
him; the mother wished him to re
main a few days, to recruit himself
and his camels. He persisting, it
was finally referred to the daughter.
We will call the damsel, and enquire
at her mouth,' said the mother.
When Rebecca appeared, her mother
asked, Wilt thou go with this man?
Kebecca replied, 'I will go.
I here was a noble girl for you.
No tear starling from her black eyes;
no whining, no simpering make-be-
leve, nor mock-modesty; but what
her heart wished, her lips uttered.
Like an honest maiden, she replied.
will go.' Now, young ladies, go
thou and do likewise. When the
man whom vou prefer before all oth
ers in the world, says, 'Will you go
with mef answer I will go.
Uy-the-bye, Iadie3, when you wish
read a true, simple and unsophis-
icated love-story, just read over the
twenty -fourth chapter of Genesis."
May not Women Propose? Wil
is breaking ground in tho Home
Journal in favor of the propriety of
women proposing, and he savs that
e cannot conceive why a Uueen is
the only woman who' can propose
nder the, present arbitrary rcula'
tions offsoci3ty. He- introduces a
very clevrcqrrespondent,Eva Gray,
who says that women naturally de-
re to be married because they are
born to love and still more because
maternitv is one of their strongest
passions, yet most of the girls are in
lflerently or wrongly mated, be
cause they do not show a prefer
ence when thev should, and when
they really feelJt, and have finally
married indifferent men when, had
they been more frank, they might
have allied themselves nobly and
worthily. She says:
"I am much inclined to think that
the fear superior women have, of
seeming immodest in showing a pref
erence for such men as they really
0 admire, has a tendency to drive
manv men from them, to the lighter
sort ' of women. I do not mean
should offer herself, but when
sees one whom she admires, she
should evince plainly that she is pleas
with his company and conver
sation, and not think it anything
immodest, as there is really not.
ut it she treats him as she does in-
ifferent men, and as indifferent wo
men treat him, very likely there will
a serious mistake. Many men
proud, and will not sue for even a
woman they. love
Almost Married. At Huron,
Erie county, on the 3d, there was a
curious attempt at marriage. . It ap
pears that relations of mt mate
friendship had existed between Dr.
and Miss B Tor some two
vears, which resulted in . their pre
senting themselves at thebpiscopai
church for the purpose of marriage.
first portion of th service, em
bracing the vows of the bridegroom,
were promptly responded to by him.
covenant of the bride was then
read by the clergyman, to which she
promptly answered "iVo!" The min
ister asked her if she was in earnest
what she said. "Yes, ' sir," said
"he has purjured himself, trifled
with the affections of others, and 1
have but done him justice!" "And
turning round she took a gentleman's
and left the church. The doc
says he don't understand it, and
declares his innocence.'- " '' '''.
Cleveland True Democrat. '
Late advices irom the Cape; of
Good Hope give further accounts of
war raging between the English
and the natives.. The English Gov
ernor, Sir Harry Smith, was tyran
nically forcing settlers into his army,
which was expected -soon to. amount
10,000 men. The - final ef this
war, will be more Africans slaughter
ed than-h'as been carried into slavery
many years, and a large territory
ceded to the oueen. on whoa domin-
ions "the sun never sets.? ': ' "'' '-'
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I The Nova Soon Giant. We
have seen t he giant a veritable
giant, and no mistake. Angus Mc
Kaskill is but 19 years old, so it is
said is now nearly eight feet high,
and is still growing. He is well pro
portioned,, intelligent looking, and
by, the time he attains maturity, will
be a tall one indeed... His shoes are
sixteen inches long, and his cap as
big around as a llingham bucket;
evervthing else about him in the
same proportion." ' The gentleman
under whose charge he is exhibited,
states, what, if a fact, is a very re
markable one, namely, that seven
years ago, that is, when Angus was
12 years old, he was known and no
ted as a dwarf; he was then but
three feet high, and weighed only
34 pounds." Since that time he has
grown eight inches a year on an
average, and has not done yet. He
now weighs 400 pounds, and has
strengthjn proportion. He offers to
ilt a couple of barrels of flour at
once, provided he may have them for
the liltiog. or to forfeit their Drice.
His mother, however, cautioned him,
when he left home, against indulging
in uncommon exertions of strength,
for as yet, she said, "Angus is but a
tender boy." .
A Practical Joke. The Legisla
ture of Iowa recently passed a law
prohibiting free negroes from enter
ing the State, under severe penalties.
A free soil member who did not like
the law, but knew its passage could
not be prevented.suggested a compro
mise to his hunker brethren, with a
view of conciliating his free soil com
rades. It was, that the bill should
be amended so that the law should
take effect "from and after its publi
cation in the Iowa tree Democrat"
prominent free soil paper. A ma
jority of bath Houses adopted the
amendment without suspicion.
When we add that the law has not
yet taken effect, out readers will
hardly need to be told the reason.
We are told that the editor ol the
Free Democrat was heard profanely
to exclaim when the bill had passed,
that lie would see the Legislature in
, a place not set down in any ol
the geographies, before he would
publish the iufernal law.
Chaplin to be
Baltimore Patriot
Demanded. The
of Thursday, has
the folio wingi
"The bail which was given for
the appearance of Chaplin, before
the lounty Court, now sitting at
Ellicott's mills, to answer several in
dictments, charging him with at
tempting to kill, &c, has been for
feited. When the case was called
before the Court, Chaplin was not
there to answer. We nnderstand
that the money will be paid by the
security, on proper demand.
ine question now comes up, is
this man, or can any man, charged
with a criminal offence in this State,
be released from punishment, by pay
ing the lorfeit of a bond which he
gave for his appearance to answer
the charge? Of course he cannot.
The bail was for his appearance
not to free him from trial. This
Chaplin is, therefore, now a fugitive
from justice, and will, we under
stand, be demanded by the governor.
e assume, of course, that he will be
given up by the Uovernor ol anv
State, wherever he may be found.
We assume this, because 'we would
not willingly believe that iany Gov.
ernor would be found faithless to his
duty and his oath of office, by refu
sing to give hin up. , The associates
Chaplin, however, seem to think
otherwise; - We shall soon see
whether they are right in tha esti
mate they place on the Governor of
the State where he is." -
Affray at a University
Student Siiot by a Tito a. At
Missouri University, in Colum
bia, Mo., a serious affray lately took
place. George P.' Clarkson, a stu
dent, took offence at Robert A. Grant,
tutor, for informing the faculty of
some offence of his. He according
ly chastised him in the street and
facul'.y then expelled him. On
afternoon of the 4th inst.., Clark
son attacked Grant with a stick in
one hand and a pistol in the other,
and Grant drawing a pistol, fired
first, the ball entering Clarkson's left
side. Clarkson fired without inflict
ing any injury. Grant, surrendered
himself to the authorities. " . "
The Qrjijrcv Tragedy. Peter
Grieve writes from Zanesville, Ohio,
Coroner' Bass, of Quincy, Mass ,
that he wishes to ,have the bodies of
son and , daughter-in-law buried,
with 'tha- following '. inscription oh
jheir tomb-stone: , 'To the memory
John R; Grieve," aged 22 years,
and Hannah Banks, his wife, aged 15
Vears. ' both of ZanesVille, ' Ohie.
Deluded by the writings , of ; A J.
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Facts in Natural History.
It is but little more than forty
years since the first crow crossedthe
Genesee Tiver westwardly. They,
with the fox, and hen-hawk, swallow,
and many other birds and' insects.
seem to Joilow in the track of civi
zation.
The grain worm or weevil, began its
c o u r so of destruction in Vermont,
about the year 1828, and it progresses
in the course it takes from ten to fifteen
miles a year. It has not reached Wes
tern New York to any extent; but the
destroyer is on its march, and desola
tion will follow its tracks in this great
wheat growing region. ;
- Rosa bugs have been so common in
some of the Eastern States, that on the
sea-shore they have floated in win rows
on the sand, hayina. been driven into
the sea bv winds, and drowned. They
have only made their appearance in this
region in any considerable quantities,
witnin tnree or tour years. 1 '
The cedar, or cherry bird, was first
noticed west of the Genessee river, in
1628; and now it is so great a pest as to
induce many to give up the cultivation
of cherries, especially if not in the
wood.
The gopher, a specios of ground
squirrel, with pouches on the outside of
its cheeks to carr the dirt from its hole,
is very plenty in Missouri and Iowa;
but has never yet crossed the river into
Illinois or Wisconsin. It only works
at night, burrowing in holes under
ground, subsisting on tho roots of trees,
grasses and vegetables. There are per
sons who have sulTcred by their depre
dations for twenty years, who have nev
er been able to catch, or even see ono
of t'lese nocturnal deoredators.
The cut-worm is of recent origin.
The first time it was noticed as doing
much damage, was during 1846 and
1817, noted as the cold years, when
the whole northern country approached
the very brink of famine. They are
now universal.
The Hessian fly was introduced, it is
supposed, by the foreign mercenaries,
in . 1777, on Long Island, from their
baggage, or in the forage for their hor
ses. It has proved the greatest pest on
this continent, with perhaps the excep
tion of the weevil.
Expensive Revenge. The Troy
Whig says that a man named Mc-
Daniels, of Granville, Washington
county, N. YM having had a person
al difhculty with the cashier of the
Stark Bank, of Bennington, collected
some $1,000 of the bills of the bank
and demanded specie for them, in
the expectation of . compelling the
bank to close its doors. In this he
was disappointed. The bank prompt
ly met the demand, and McDaniels
took his specie and left it in charge
of a tavern keeper in the vicinity,
who says he placed it under his own
bed when ne retired to rest, in the
morning, it was missing, and all ef
forts to find it have thus far proved
unavailing.
Tkutii. We never yet knew a
boy or a man who from early life
spoke truth and shunned a falsehood,
that was not virtuous 111 all other
respects, and who du not acquire
and enjoy the confidence and esteem
society. Truthfulness is one of
the chief corner stones in a good and
respectable character. Young man!
never utter a falsehood; never be
tempted to depart from strict truth
all you say.- False words come
from a false heart, and a false heart
breeds corruption that soon taints
and spoils the whole character.
Court. The spring term of the
Court of Common . Pleas for Law
rence county adjourned en Tuesday.
after a sitting of seven and a half
days. . 1 here was a large amount of
business upon the docket, but as near
we can learn but a small portion
it was ready for hearing, and of
course a great many cases were pas
sed. Where the fault lies we cannot
say, but it does seem that parties in
terested ooght to take great care in
making ready for trial especially,
should the attorneys be active in this
regard. : 4 '
Tha criminal docket was not large.
One man, a drunken brute, by the
name of Wilmore, was sentenced to
penitentiary for a very aggrava
ted case of rape upon a young girl.
Ironton Register. '
The growers of wool in Vermont
importing into thai otaie me
merino sheep, and have
already found the great advantage of
enterprise. A Mr. Jesse Hinds,
Meridon, . imported lately two
ewe3 at an.expense of 200 each,
They will yield, it is said, an average
twelve pounds of wool. ! -
There Is a man down East, eighty
years old, who calls himself a boy
because he has seen but 20 birth-days.
H.4. was ; born on the 29 lh ot Feb
ruary. ; . . . r
The first log cabin built- where
Cincinnati .now stands was in 1786,
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Very Late From Oregon.
By the arrival of the Sea Gall we
have received Oregon -papers of is
late date" as the'Ist bT'February.
V e give such Items of interest as
we find in them. 1 ' ' '
The Legislature have' located tha
capital at Salem, the Penitentiary at
Portland, and the University it
Marysville. . ;- ' ... ,
The editor of the Oregonian has
seen specimens of gold from Scott's
uar, Kalmath river. Ha savs soma
lumps have been found of the value
of 250 and $500. . ' . ' '
They have lxerf having rain In
Oregon in abundance. The Star
savs: . :t ;
The weather for tha last week has
been very stormy, rain falling to
great amount, raising, tha ; Wills-
jnette at this place 16 feet, t
1 he Spectator, says, referring to
the Oregon Legislature: . T
- A resolution to adiourn on SatuN
day, the 8th of February, has passed
both branches of the Lejlslature.
By that time thev will have been in
session just 69 days. . .
ihe Willamette river, since our
ast, has risen to a very considerable
height, though not so high bv soma
six or eight feet as the rise of Decern;
ber, 1819. The drift-wood and
greatly increased current, partially
suspended, for a few days, its being
ferried. " ' . . . 1
A disgraceful Lynching affair was
perpetrated at Milwaukie, O. T.f re
cently, upon the person of a man
named Evans. He was accused of
having stolen $250 from a hotel in
that place. A rope was put round
his neck, and he suspended in the air
until nearly dead. The Spectator
says, "there was not a particle of
evidence to even justify suspicion."
The Richmond Enquirer has taken
ground in favor of the emigration of
free blacks to Jamaica, and recom
mends the imposition of a tax upon
this class ot population in Virginia,
to raise a fund for their removal.! It
hopes thereby to separate the. free
negroes from direct contact with tha
slaves, and to build up and attract to
Virginia the trade of Jamaica. ' Sim
ilar views are entertained by other
iufluential Southern papers.
Wo are decidedly in favor of any
scheme . that promises good to tha
free people of color, and have no
doubt that they would consult their
interests by leaving the United
States and going to Jamaica or Libe
ria. We cannot agree with tha
Richmond Enquirer, however, in the
humanity or policy of imposing a
tax on free negroes to raise a fund
for the removal of those who ara
willing to go. It seems to us that
that would be a very small business
for the great State of Virginia to en
gage in. If she wishes to send her
free negroes to Jamaica, and thus t6
build up the trade between Virginia
and that is.'and, let her not conde
scend to impose a contemptible tax
that class of population that is
least able to bear it. Let her raise a
lund by taxing the wealthy for the
benefit of the State. We. should
like to see the legislator who would
introduce a bill of the kind advocated
the Richmond Enquirer. .-. Such a
Lycurgus would be worthy to be
embalmed, as Jeremy Bentham is
embalmed", that future legislators may
look at him and grow immensely
wise and wide sighted. Lou.' Jour.
The Planters' (Attakapas) Banner
say st . - .n
Week before last a negro belon
ging to Mr. David Berwic, of Bayou
Sale, undertook to ride a young hots
belonging to his master for the purr
posa of rendering him gentle. . As
horse was dashing at full speed,
boy held in his hand a rope, at
the one end of which was a running
noose, the other end tied to the ani
mal's neck, and by an unlucky stum
ble the horse fell, threw the boy off,
when he gathered himself op
and started off on bis own hook, it
was discovered that the nooje had
a strange accident slipped over
boy's head, and one spring ot the
horse drew it round as tight as tha
rope of a hangman. The boy s Ufa
was. saved, but when rescued lrom
travelling gallows which asked no
favors, judge or jury, the boy looked
decidedly 'black in the face. n
Hiram Powers, the". American
sculptpr writes from Florence to his
brother in California, that he Is ma
king a statue of "La Dorado," or Cal
ifornia an Indian figure crewhed
with pearls and precious stones.
The gold about, the figure is to bo
represented by color as well as form.
might be set up, he . says, at tho
landing of tha harbor of San Fran
cisco, "as tha new "goddess of gold.
She stands Tn an- undecided posture,
doubtful whether to advanca or i
lire ' "'' .t'Vi
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