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LOUDON, TENNESSEE, MARCH T, 1854,
NO. 15.
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TUESDAY,
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' Why Xajokon ln-radtd Russia. A work j far demoralize the political parties of the North
has boon quite recently j ub!ihed, in France, and the South, tht,.iii tlu-ir squabbles" for the
by M. Villeman, an ex -professor and ex minis- : public plunder the government would finally be
er of State, which throws a strong light on the torn to pieces. "Corruption and the spoils,"
ulterior objects of the elder Napoleon, ir: his ; ;ud the dying statesman looking into the fu
iuvasicti of Russia in the year 1812. As a war i ture with the clear vision of a prophet "cor
betweeti Eagland and Russia i thought by j ruption and the spoil will be the ruin of this
many to greatly endanger the possessions 'of country; and one day its effect will be felt
England iu the East, the vigwi of Napoleon, when grass shall grow in the deserted streets of
who aimed at this object, present more than
usual interest, and will not ha deemed out of
place at this time to notice, as every idea con
nected with the present issue or relating to Eu
ropean affairs, as existing on the continent.
will be real bv the general reader. Among
statesman in coufilence, to whom he unb-isoin-ed
himself on that occasion, was M. Tullerratid,
tho Duke de Dassano and the Count de Nar
bonne, all of whom counselled against the in
vasion of Russia. M. Yilloinau narrates the
conversations held by the latter with Donaparte,
who contended that "after all, the lowj Rusiian
road w the route to India."
Count de Narbonne frankly reasoned against
the invasion of Russia. He urged that it would
be wiser and safer to command with the French
armies the entire course of the Vistula and Nie
inen, then to organize a l'o.ifm nation behind
that ra npart a l'ulahd ab!o to famish two
hundred thousand soldiers. R isi.i would not
be conquered at Moscow, though Austria and
Trus-i'ia had been at Vienna and R. rliu. A
c-OTillict with c-iviiized nations tit your door, was
different from one with semi -barbarism at a
vast distance. The Ruians may have been
overcome in Italy, Prussia and Germany; but
who knew that they o dd be i i thet'epth ofihe r
Mn ccurtry, armed with their climate, their
rugged nature, and fanatical desperation.
Napoleon listened attentively and calmly; he
replied, in substance: 4,You think me wild,
but my rashness is calculation; I must strike
oil in order to c ontrol matters of home. Where
tshould I find a king for Poland? No member
of my family is fit; it woull be dangerous to
take one out of that circle. Barbarous nations
are superstitious; a terrible blow once struck at
Moscow the Great, Holy the heart of the em-
j,-irei will deliver into my hands that blind,
unelastic mass. I know Alexander, I have
possessed an ascendency over him: that can be
regained; a grand stock of daring and power
will flubdiu hi imagination; he will then yield.
That Russian barbarism of which you are afraid,
is an inferrionty before our tactics and organi
zaton. As for the vast dimensions of Russia, they
will afford so many stages the more, to be
marked by victories. With such forces as 1
purpose to assemble, and such arrangements as
1 have in view, I shall not dread her deserts.
Al't'-r all, the Ion ff Russian rond is the route
tj lih'a. Alexander roachel the Gamej from a
p ;; it as distant as Moscow. If I had not been
bvll.il at Saint Jean d' Acre, I should have
a'-Vi :ved the conquest of Europe. I have ex
j 1' red my line of march; I can get. to the Rri
tiJi possessions by Erivan and Tifiis. You
have heard of the missi ns of Gardanne and
Janbcit in Persia. Suppose Moscow captured
Russia beaten down Alexander won over or
a victim to some court conspiracy, and Turkey
enlisted on my side, as she naturally and neces-
sarily would bc-and then tell me whether, f ,r
n jrran-1 ar.nv of French a id auxiliaries, access
to the Ganges would not be possible. The
scaToldin of. mercantile greitto-ss when touch
ed by a French sword would fall to the ground
over all India. The expedition is gigantic I
admit; but it is feasible in the nineteenth centu
ry; thus at one claidi France would have con
quered the independence of the West and liber
ty of the seas." -
A Fine G!ois Starch. To those who de
sire to impart to shirt-bossoms. collars, at d oth
erfiVie, t'tit fvvj an I b tutiful gloss observa
ble on new liu,-a, the following receipt for ma
Vrnir irnm nrabie starch will be most accepta
ble, nid should have a place in the domcstie
scrap-book of every woman who prides herself
nponher capacity of a house keeper, and the
neatness of her own, her husband" and her
family's dress, and if-tfr.e does not take pride iu
themi her husband is an unfortunate man.
Take two ounces of white gum-arabic powder,
put into a pitcher, and pour on it a pint of boil
hi water, according to 1I12 d-jrjo of sfr3'i;th
you desire, and then having covered it, let stand
all niulii. In the mornin?. pour it carefully
from the dregs into a fclenii bottle, v)rk it, and
Keep 11 ior use. i caniespooniui :uiii-inn
stirred into a pint of starch that has been made
in the usual manner, will give lawns (eitliT
1 k ,1 c ..
black or printed) a look of newness, when noth
ing else can rstore them after washing. It
is also jood. much diluted, fr thin white muslin
and bobbincU National Free Press,
Telegraph to K-toxcille. Arrangements are
in progress by which we have been assured that
in he course of the next four or five months,
a line of telegraph will be constructed and in
operation from this place to the lines which
will cvuieet m with Augusta, Chirlaston,
Savannah, and thence with all the important
lines of the country. Knoxville Register.
P.mcVt Liif. The great E istsrn question,
(at all political dinners:) "Is tltcrc anj Turkey
Fr.,m New-York Herald, January 21.
GENERAL PJFRCE'S ADMINISTRATION
ITS FATAL EFFECTS UPON
THE COUNTRY.
It was a frequent remark of ' John C. Cal
houn, 'luring the last lingering day of hi ex
istence, as he was moved from hi heJ to his
chair and from hi chair to his bed, in hi
boarding house on Capitol Hill, that although
he compromise sch en,e pending hi fore tie Scn
y.s , ate would pass, and might be satisfactory to the
$3 country for a year or two, hut no pence, no las
ting friendship, no permanent alliance between
the North and South would be secured. And
hi reason for this apprehension was, that the
Corrupting influences of the spoils would so
New-) ork.
The developments which we have made pub
lic concerning the intrigues and fraudulent devi
ces through which (Jen. Fierce was elected, and
his administration was brought into power, and
w hich afford the required solution to the free
soil an., secession coalition in the Cabinet, in
Couress, ami in the materials of the adminis-
trati on party throughout the i.i.try, are al
most en Migii to impress the fearful prediction
of Mr. Calhoun up iu tho mind a the words of
inspiration. Looking to the past, and casting
about us an eye to the future, we are startled
with the fear that the worst may be realized
even before this generation shall have passed
from the stage. The prodigou accumulation
ot the spoils, the universal spirit of corruption
which pervade all parties and cliques at Wash
ington rallying around the Cabinet, among the
press-gang, among the lobby-lbrees, and in
Congress, suem clearly to indicate that we are
entering upon a phaze of political action and
deinoraiizaliau vwch will soon carry the govern
ment and the country into the high road to dis
solution and destruction.
Nebraska territorial bill have introduced a
new apple .f discord into the Senate. Mexi
can treaties have ecu made which can only
tend fun her to invobe and complicate the
trouble, while the disbursement ot lie .-p i's
iias ripened the spirit of discord in lnh sec
tiens of the Union for the most reckh-s and
desperate agitation. Amidst this gloom ly pros
pect we looK iu vain lor relief to the ndniii.U
tratioii, or to i he heterogeneous element sup
polling it in cither house of Congress. They
are banded together upon the "cohesive power
of pubiic plunder;" tiny form iu the mass, in
cluding patent agents, railroad agents, and all
other drummers of the lobby, a mighty and
unscrupulous conspiracy for the spoil amount
ing to jij0i),0iJ0,0o4).
The compromise of the constitution, State
riglr.s, the rights of the South, the principles
which hold this Union together, are all moon
shine with this hungry army of spoilsmen. A
single teat, fairly made between principle and
plunder, in our New-York election, has shown
that in this State there is still a preponderance
of the democratic party in favor of principles.
But they are whistled down the wind by the
Cabinet organ and by Congress. If a New
York national democrat rise in the House to
dead the supremacy of those principle which
are the only security of the South, the a bo i
tionis's of (lie North and the spoils statesman
of the South join in the hue and cry to hunt
him down, tie is d-spised, he is avoided, he is
cut adrift as an enemy of the administration,
and the outside ?poibmuu scan him with scorn
and derision. '1 lie tendency of such a s'ate of
things can only bo to unlimited corruption on
all sides, and to all the train of ev.ls and disas
ters which fotlov in its wake. It will muki tne
wiiale Xuiilieni Jtxe iStali s unli slanry in less
than two years.
We Oelieve that the present imbroglio and
confusion of afliair at sVasIiington, resulting
from the soils coalition iu the Cabinet, in Con
gress and the lobby, will rapidly produce such
a revival of the anti-slavery agitation as we
have never yet ventured to dream of in our
gloomiet anticipations. The tide is rising
now, and though disregarded by the busy
spoilsmen will soon startle them with the rush
ot it heavy breaker against the frail bulwarks
of the South. Look at the fact of our politic
al history tor the iast time or four years.' A
national convention of the democratic party,
... 4'... ,1... I. if i... .1.... . ... it... ....t.wli.
iiHi .uiJ lhe hl )f S()ul, drive tu lhe
last extremity from the wrunidiniiS amoiiir the
spoilsmen, pilches upon a Presidential candidate
who, upon u cross examination, is proved to be
an ally of Martin Van liuren and his partisans
iu all their auti-slavery movement from 1H48
to lbol a candidate who is pre-cotr. milted to
New-Ycrk free soilers and cannot escape. We
have made our speiheations, and they are facts
which cannot be denied. On the other hand
the whigs place their nominee upon substan
tially the constitutional platform as the other
side; but his more active Northern organs ride
over his platform, "spit upon it and execrate
it." Tlie Union sentiment of the country
come to the rescue, and the democratic candi
date triumphs upon the principles of which he
is held to be the reliable champion. But our
late disclosures show that the Baltimore con
vention perpetrated a fraud npon the country iu
the nomination of General Pierce, and that in
his election, as one of their secret partisans, the
free soil Van Bureu dynasty ha been restored
to power.
This outrage, this fraud upon public opinion,
was first betrayed iu the composition of the
present Cabinet, was more fully disclosed in the
subsequent distribution of the spoil and the
improved construction of the Baltimore plat
form bv ihp Cabinet or 'an, and has been at
( Icng.h completely estatuistieo 111 me uiscovery
! f le jlvt. o0;j t..re pondeuce of Gen. Pierce,
r pj,,,,;,,.,. ,H,.L-1, the Bod'alo platform of 1 S-I.S.
. J . . 11-, i- .i i-
With such antecedents the Cabinet spoils Coali
tion of live soilers and secessionists, and spoils
alliance of the Cabieut. Congress and the lob
by cease to be a mystery. They are the consis
tent results of pre-existing causes and obliga
tions from which there was no safe method of
escape. .
Events go on. Time stops for nothing.
Manifest destiny shapes out it decrees, rain or
shrne. A revolution takes place. The
dominant party in New York breaks imo pieces.
Seward slip in between the fragment and re
gain his ascendency in the State. He rise
upon the free soil basis of the administration."
The old line democrats of the national Union
stamp are set a3ide. They so to Washington
j they are struck down as traitors to the common
cause of the spoilsmen. The leading Souhern
domocrats of the House, and the leading demo
cratic organs of the South, from the once con-
Bbrirtttiua If if-li moml l' 1 11 1 1 111 tt lliA 1:1.1 Pen-
tral organ of the red hot secessionists the ! V? V" , ami hi me House, unanimously viz:
Charleston Mercury aro all of the same mind. ' --The State of Georgia, in solemn .'convention
the true platform of the party is the administra- i having firmly fixed herself upon the principle
tiott. the Cabinet coalition for the spoils. ' oTthe comproutiso ; measures of IKjO, relating
What care modern journals the and the inopern j to the subject of slavery in Territories of the
statesmen of the South, for abolition agitators, : United Slates, as a final settlement of the agita
or the slavery question, with five hundred mi!- ti.m of that question, its withdrawn from the
lion of the spoils in the opposite scale! Shoot hall of Congress, and the political orenn, and
the deserter, whip in the refractory there must it reference to the people of the Territories in
be harmony over the plunder. ' t. -, j torested therein; and clisti tctly recognizing in
We are stilldril'ting onward. The laxity, the ' those compromise measures tlu ; doctrine that
foggy loosuess and confusin of affair at Wash- j it is competent for Congress to impose any re
ington, on all questions except the spoils, fore- strictions, us to tlie -existence of slavt ry am tig
shadow nothing but evil. The fraud of the late lUi-n. upon the citizen nu -ving into and sct
Presidentila election is producing legitimate ;.totgu) on the Territories of the Union, ac(juir
fruits. We hare shown that the niotistnis .ejf r to .be In-natter acquired; but that the
amalgamation of cliques nnil panieii under lhij.,iqSsti in vh-jh,'r i'averv sliall or shall not form
admiiiistriuiiiu, the painfully ludicrous diViiiu
I of the offices, the rapacious conspiracy for the
llve hundred millions ot the public plunder, are
the results of jrood and sufficient, cause. The
mischief thickens. There, is a storm brew-j Jit it Il'sidccd L the Si'iuiie and ILuse of
ing It is inevitable. A foul atmosphere can ! Ii'epres"nf(iices f th. State of Georijit, in
only be cleansed by thunder and lightning. j General AtmuM met, That the Legislature of
The spoils politician of the South may echo the Georgia, as the representatives of the people,1
tannlsof Gerrit Smith in the House against the speaking tlu ir will, and expressing their feel
national Union men of the body tho Cabinet , ins, have had their confidence strengthened in
organs of the South may cry out "peace. but i settled dc.craiinatioii of the great body of the
there is no peace!"' The anti-slavery faction ; northern people, to carry out in "-ood faith those
of the Noth will seize the golden opportunity tor ! principles in the practical app'iciition Of them
renewed action the Northern Union men who ! to the bills reported by Mr. Douglass from the
have resisted them thus far with success, being
trampled down by South, will leave the field
open to the enemy. All parti" in the North
will shape themselves, more or less, to th auti
slavery platform: and our Southern friends will
only wake up from th'dr dreams of the spoil to
meet a combined assult upon the institution off
slavery which may drive them to the feariul
hazard of secess hi and revolution.
Such is the drift of the wind and the tide.
Corruption and confusion are, the natural con
sequences of attempting to establish a fraud
upon the country in the election of General
Pierce, a free soiler, for President. But th
work wi'I ro on to the end. This Congress will
do notion? hut wrangle for the spoils, while all
parties, all factions in the North are preparing
to rush into anti slavery au.i convulsion.
The
Kwvepiur corruptions hivoIvkLiii the me Hun
dred millions of the pibiiejd in. hr will s-vallow
everything. Resistance will be nseles-i till the
spoil are seeered. But the reaction, when it
comes will be terrible. Hurry in r, as up are,
t- alif.; or death struggle ution the slavery ques
tion, wo can already realize the full import of
Mr. Calhour's prophetic declaration, that "cor
ruption and the spoils will be the rurin of the
country."' Wh;M a contrast between this pic
ture and the public expeditious of a year ago!
The revolution of 18o2 has proved an abortion,
and then must b' another revolution. Corruj
tion and the spoils will usher it in.
Ewjish Viril iii Sii natws.- The following
names are given in "Lower's English Sirnamcs"
as spe' imens of the names of the Puritans in
England about the ;er I JoS. 1 he nanus are
iaken from a jury -list in Sussex county They
will cause a smile in our Jays:
Faint-not Hewitt.
Accepted Trevor. '
Redeemed C-ompton.
Make-PeKo Heaton.
God-Reward Smart.
Stand fast on high Stringer.
Thirl h Adams.
Called Lower.
Meek Brewer.
Be-courteous Cole.
Repentance Avis.
Scarch-t he-Scriptures iloacton.
Kill sin Pimple.
Return Spebnan.
Be faithful Joiner.
Fight te-giHid-fight-of-faith White.
More-fruit Fowler.
Hopc-for lb nding.
Graceful Harding.
Weep-not' Billing.
Seek w isdom Wood.
Elected Mitchell.
Fly debate Roberts.
The-peace of God Knight. . ,
Tub IIovis ot- Washixkox. As seen, from
a notice iu another column, the Ladies of Savan
nah assembled t' is afternoon at Artnony Hall,
to take steps to raise a fund to aid in the pur
chase of Molxt. VerxoX. There can be no
higher object of female ambition, than that
proposed toiw accomplished by this meeting.
The name of Washington! it call up every
thing that is noble and patriotic, everything
sublime. The home ot V ashixotox! it was
he abibing place of every virtue and every no
ble quality, the birth place of freedom to our
own country and to the world.
Did we not take into cousidcra'ion the vast
and diversified interests of a country,' so ini
mensein extent, it would be a severe reflection
up m the American Congress and people that
MofxT VekXox ha been suffered to remain
so long in neglect. It is certainly not that
they have forgotten the nobh-st individual of
our race. The name of Washinotox i cjj
ven, never to be erased. 011 every heart. 'I he
honor in which it is universally held, and the
respect every where paid to its memory is suf
ficient evidence of this. But the necessiiy of j j
giving thought and care to the diversified inter
est of the nation so vast in resources, a nation
only bounded bv the two oceans and the habit
able regions of the North American Continent,
has perhaps hitherto prevented that attention
to the subject which its importance demanded.
It is therefore very riht and proper that the
representatives of the women of '7ti, to whom
the name and memory of Washixotox, as the
finefofnl i hnmmoii of their couiitrv's liberty
are especially dear, should take up this matter
iua manner that can leave no doubt of it ul-.
linuite success. It is to tie hoped that the
meeting this afternoon will be represented by
every family in Savannah, a city which yield
to none thoiighout the Union for noble female
daring and sacrifice, during tho trying days of
the Revolution.
The Southeastern Gazette tell a story of two
officers who, both enamored of the same girl,
chf.!bngtd cadi other to fight. The seconds,
luiicovur nui-'iiiideH tbft - ti itiibntftnta . to settle
the matter bv presenting themselves before the
lady, in order that sue might make uiT choice.
They did so, and she rejected loth.
Tlie following is said to !c a correct list of
the ages of the different Sovereign of Europe:
Queen ViHoria 33. Kimr of Wurtonibur r 71.
. . . ...
King of the Belgians (i:i, King of Prussia" 57, I Vegetable is to a fertile s il what grass io
i Enier.r of Russia ."!., King of Sweden and an animal. No animal would become well
I Norway i.'l, King of Denmark 44, Emperor of grown without grass, or its equivalent in straw
; the Frence 43. King of ih Two Sicdie 40, stalk or the herbage of roots; so a soil, deli
i King of Bavaria 40, King of Hanover, 33, the cient in organic matter, Can never- produce
I Sultan 30, Emperor of Austria 23. . ! healthy, full grown crop.' ;-
Federal Halations. The .following resolu
tions, introduced in Senate of Georgia by Mr.
Cochran, were passed in that body by a vote of
!-. e rt I ...
' -jart ot their domcstie institutions; is for them
alone to determine f'r themselves; and her prcs-
1 ei,t r.xecnnve having reiteraleo it no alnuieU tne I
: same fixed policy in his inauvral address: t
Committee on territories in tlie united Mates
Senate' at the present session proposing the or
ganization of territorial government for the ter
ritory of Nebraska.
And le it further RcrJeed, That onr Sena
tors in the Congress be, und they nre hereby
iusiructed, ami our representatives requested !o i
,'i.t. ft., .mil nnnMi. ' itiitju Tirol rMttttW'-flnd to!
use all proper means in their, power, for carry
ing them out, cither as applied to the govern
ment of the territory of Nebraska, or iu any
o'.her bill for th Territorial government which
may come Iieibiv them.
Remteed further. That hi Excellency th&
Governor be reifi.ested to transmit a copy of
these resolutions to each of our Senator and
Representatives in Congress.
Mr. Srr:pi!::v a's i iti4 l t-e 1 in Senate
the following which passed unanimously both
branches of the Legislature, viz:
Resotad by the General Awnidy of the
State of Gyoi-'ia, That opposition to the prin
ciples of the - Neorassa bill in r.l uion to the
subject of Slavery, is regarded by the people of
Georgia as hostility to the right of the South,
and that all jwrsoti who partake in such oppo
sition are unfit to be recognized hs component
part of any party organization uot hostile to ll.C j
boulb. ;
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A Trnsa(tion in Madders. Every part of
the hog is put to use the bristles, hair, hide
&c. A few dav ag o, a merch ml of St. Louis
bought 40.03J bladders, in Louisville at 2l
each, on an European order. They are wanted
for snuff, partly, and other purpose.
'en'rfi yt'thiitff J"cf.'-Ani(Hig the nfcw
inventions in this great age of railway and town
extensions is one which is considered to be of
importance. It is a new brick making ma
chine, it was exhibited with success a few
days since, and i calculated to turn out in a
dav of ten hours, 12.003 bricks. It i an im
provement upon all that have yet appeared.
The Improvement consists iu the construction
of moulding orifices or dies having rotating
sides formed by vertical rollers, instead of hav
ing fixed sides; as heretofore. These rollers
rotate while the clay is delivered through the
die. thus producing and preserving a sharpness
ami neatness in the edges of the : brick previ
ously unattainable. The machine prepras the
day and maks the bricks a', one and the same
time. - One of theleading feature is a coi tiuu
011s delivery. The machine is worked by one
horse; there is a man to feed the machines, and
two boy to clean off bricks at the sides. The
clav, after coming out hiri.oiiitally, in n's-olid
oblong muss, is cut up into bricks id' lhe requir
ed dimensions, by means of cqui -distant wires
placed on one side and worked so as to ' divide
at one stroke. Bv the ordinary .process. ',.00.0
r,l. r can be made bv a ballet moulder, but
he requires
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tho
assistance of five hands and a
ll'TSe, alio lliusi worn iioiu ioui me .
to sundown on the long summer days to accom-.
l.lishit The machine in the same number of
hours would make 20,000 bricks. Liverpool
paper. g. :'
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A Charleston paper announces the marriage :
of Miss Lavinia ilarpto Mr. j;oiicrt 1. .vtniow.
We presume it may be safely said of this lady
in the words of the old song, that she has "hung
iier harp on the willow tree.'
A Warninfjfo Jcidoiis Ifudiarids.A young
man in Providence, (R. I.) who had 11" very
handsome wife, recently became dissatisfied
with the attention of other toward her (with
out a cause, of course,) and started off and trav
eled some two or three hundred miles, ami visi
ted several hospitals for the purpose of catching
the small pox, so that he might give it to his
wife, thinking if she should become pretty well
pitted upon her fact it would have a tendency
to keep away her admirers. But the fun of the
was. that he took the disease himself, went
. ,- , 1 .1 ... :.i .. I...
liome, ami OleO, nuo ine voioig nmnn, ""
not take it at all, has since married a handsome
man who is not jealous.
Quaivlirie. Knocking at the wrong door,
anil hesit.ltMting whether you shall run away t
and say tiothing about it, or stay and apoto
giso. :
Pnvin" vo-jr sddrcsses 'to a pennyless fair
1 one under impression that slie 1 an Heiress;
1 and, on discovering your error, having the op- j
tion of marrying the young lady or 'm;ii!g shot
i by llo young lady's brother. 11!
Meeting your tailor und hi sister at a ball; be- ,
' ing distant and cnttinig him, by which you,
: stand a chance of Inning a writ the next day or ,
, of playing the agreeable, through which mean
you secure another .u t. f
Haviiora heavy bill coming one, witu no
funds to meet it, r.nd considering which you
had better take arsenic, or the benefit of the
act.
Dining at a friend' house, where you must
citner ilrmK wine till you oecome iuvo.mcu.cu
( or refaiir '.ill you become disagreeable.
Seeing a man bvyo'ur bedside in the middle
j of the night; so that you m-iy either smother
yourself with the bed-cloths, or. allow him to do
it with a plaster. Louden Diogcr.es.
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': ;mi. I A DOLLAR OR TWO. - -
"With cautious step aa we tre.id our wiy through
This intrinsic world, rs other folks d ,
May wo aaU.on our journey be abl to view
The benevolent face of a doil.ir ' or two.
' For an excellent thing i a ddlnr or two, :
No friend U ito true ss a dollar or two;
Thri' country or town as we pass up and down,
No passport so good as a doLar or two.
Would yen lead yourfclf out of a Barbelor crew,
And the hand of a'female divine wi.-h to cue?
You njuxt always te ready the handsome to do,
Altlioii-h oidd4t cit you a dollar or two, ,
Love's arruwa are ( i.ied with a dollar or two,
And affections are guinea" by a dollar or two.
The le.t aid you can meet in advancing your
suit. v - '
Is the eloquent chluk of a dollar or two.
Would yoa wish your existence with .kith U
imbue. ; - - -
And enroll in the rank j of the sanctiSe.l ft w?
-To enjoy a good name n.nd a well cinfTii- lied ew,
You tnuVt fu-ely ciiucdi-wn witli ncioltaf or two,
The gospel is preached for a dollar or two,
The talvath. 11 it ren Led for dollar or two ;
You may ein souie at times, lut the worst of
crimes, ' . ' '
Is to find yourself ikort of a dollar, or two.
Ah Ajriculitral Rnreiiu. We copy from
the Banner the following outline of':abillto
establish a State Agricultural Bureau, together
with County and District A urieult ural So
cieties subordinate thereto, iu the State of Ten
nessee, and for other purposes,'" wh'ch has p -s-'.
ed t!i3 II i ii, and is now before the Senate
Committee on Agriculture and Manufacture:
"The bill provides f r 'he incorporation of a
State Aur if n'trrnl Bureau.to consist of the (Jo
vernor, ex officio, one member from each grind
division of the State, five member from the
county of Davidson, unpointed by the Gover
nor, and one member from each of the 'County
Societies that r.eeiv t bounty from the State,
a therein provided for." "
"It is made the duty of the Burnu to meet
biennially on tin second Monday of Oetolter, in
the City of Nashville, in the year in which the
Legislature mrK and as much oftemrnsit
mav deem expedient to investigate nil such
subjects relating to the improvement of Agricul
ture in this State n it mnv think pnqier, and
to offer at least ei. lit months prior to its itint
ings, premiums on such livff ani-rals, articles
of production, agricultural implements and
tools. n are of the m-nuf iftr of tlos StatP,
anil also on such exr -rime-it, disenveti s or at
tHinmonts in Keientifie or pru fioal a wricnlture,
made within the limits of the State, n it may
deem expedient.
' "Th hi'l empowers the Bureau to charter
and establi-di County Aoricnlmral Societies,
which iu th-ir tern. nr authorized to grant
charters tt District Societies.
P ;.visi -i is m 1 rr thi h d li n nnn'ia'lv.
Fair Shows or Exhibition in each of ih three
divisions of the St-ite, and for the arnunl nn
priation of $1,000 to each of the divisions for
that purpose." .
But few ineasnres of more importance have
ever been . introduced in our Legislature than
this. We have frequently urged upon the at
tention of the farmers of the State the great
good which would resalt from agricultural so
cieties in this State; but we hardly hoped the
Legislature would take the matter iu hand, and
act upon it so wisely. . .::
Mr. Dortcii. of Fayette, i the author of the
bill. It docs him more honor than would an
election to Congress on the hacknied party
questions of the day. Nashville Union and
American. '
OBITUARY.
The acfora of our revolutionary period are
almost or entirely gone. : And even of those
born within that period, or immediately before
or after, there can I e found, an id our the vast
population, a very few, one here and there
rfr nantes. These reflection.' arose iu mind
fif the writer, not many dny since, when' rend
ing over, in the National lnteliigein-er, the
names of Mr. Clay com nitte of twenty two,
one from each s'ate, on Misso iitheeonipromi.se
of 1820; it occurred to him, when reading lhe
list, that perhaps 'the Tennessee member of
that commitee. (ien.Joux CocKU was the only
survivor. W h n this reflection arose. Gen.'
Cocke.idthoi gh living a hen the paper was prin
ted, no longer survived.. He had a few days
before, after a brief indisposition, closed a long
life of more than eighty years. ! His wife, the
companion of his youth, his middle life, and his
old age. united to him f r ii-arly sixty years, had
a levy mouth before died, ami that cve.it min
gled its fchni'ow w ith that of the next coining
event soo i t he expected.
Gen. Cocke, the oldest son of Col. William
Cocke,' was born in' the county 'of Nottaway,
Virginia, in the year 1772 or 3. In his early
childhood hi father emigrated into what i
now East Tennessee, and was a busy and prom
inent at tor ii: all the pul lie vvents, ofthatstc
tion during the twenty years which closed the
century, being one of the fir-.t Senators in Con
gress from the State. The circumstances and
the stirring and praitical chntaftcr of the time
and the 'country, and -perhaps individual
character and tist', led the, son very early,
too early, into public life; he wn a mem
ber of the Legislature of Tennessee in I7'Jf.
In few years he beonv; Speaker of it
popular bruich and was longer in that
office than any oil er Tein osscan ha
yet been. In his old age he wa a member
of the other branch. In the mean time he had
been eight years, from 1 HID to 1S27, an ac
tive and not uniulluential member of Congress.
As a public man he was active, earnest and
industrious: warm, and it may be added, con
stant, both in his friendship and hi enemies,
and excited, of course, correpondetit feelings
in others. He had a strong will ami as much
of the proposti fenax as any man. Like most
active politicians; perhaps, he much overesti
mated the value ot popularity the worthless
ness of which he had occasion in more than
one instance during his life fully to have known.
Yet. unlike many politiciaiis who love populari
ty, he was no demagogue, but sougktlo sustain
himself in the Popular approbation by the con
servative character of his public sutioii.
In private life he wa kind, hospitable, gene
rous and self sacrificing. He has left numer
ous descendants ami a large circle of friends to
mourn hi loss and to' cherish his memory.
W ith this brief notice we end, and, .
No father seek hi hi merit to disclose,
Or draw hi fra Lie from their dread abode,
(There they alike in trembling hope repose,)
. The bosom of his Father and his God.
: A man that ha nothing to do generally does
wrong. If you keep off deviltry, therefore
have as little to do with idleness a.s possible.
Give a hoy a holiday, and in less than an hour
a bridle dog will have him by tk cjrduroy for
robbing an apple orchard.
Interesting Reminiscence Jn the : i.ble
speech of Mr. Everett before the U. S. Senate
on the Nebraska Bill, we find lhe following in
teresting allnssions to" Mf. Webster's position
and feelings on the Compromise of 1830:
"And now, sir,, having alluded to the speech
of Mr. Webster of the 7ih March, 1830, allow
me to dwell upon it for a moment. I was in
position next year, having been requested by
lhat great and lamented man to superintend
the publication of hi works, to know very par
ticularly the comparative estimate which he
phu ed upon his own parliamentary efforts. II
told me more than once that he thought his see
ond speech on Foote resolution was that in
which he had best succeeded as a Senatcr.al
effort, and a specimen of parliamentary dialec
tics; but he added, with an emotion hicb even
he was unable to suppress, "the speech of the
7th of March, 1850, much as I have been revil
ed for it, when l am dead will be allowed to be
vf the greatest. importance;, to the country.
Sir, he took the greatest interest iu that speech.
He-wished it to'go forth with a specific title;
and, after considerable deliberation, it wa3 cal
led, by his owii direction, "A 'speech for the
Constitution and the Uuioii." .lie inscribed it
to the people of Massachuectts,'in a dedication
of the most emphatic tenderness-, and he prefix
ed to it that motto, which you --.11 remember,
from Livy, the most appropriate and felicitiou
quotation perhaps thai was ever made. (True
thing rather than pleasant things Vera j rp
gratis--and with that he sent it forth to the
world. ' ' ' ' ; ' ' ; ' " ' .' " .
ir. in that speeolr-his gigantic intellect
brought together all that it could gather, from
the law of nature, from the Constitution, of the
United States, from our past legislation, from,
the physical features of the region, to strength
en him in that plan of conciliation and peace
in which he feared that he might not carry : a
long with him , the public sentiment of the
whole of the country w hich he particularly rep
resented here. At its close, when he dilated
upon' the disastrous effects of sepcralion, he
rose to a straint of ' impassioned eloquence
which has never been surpass d . withiu these
walls. Every. topic, every argument, every
fact was brought to bear upon the point; and he
felt that all hi vast popularity wa at stake On
the issire. Let me commend it to the atten
tion of Senators, and let me ask them to .con
sider what weight is due to the authority of
such' a man, sjteaking under such circumstan
ce and on such an occasion', whe-i he tells yeu
that the condition of every foot of land in the
con n: ry, for slavery or uou slavery, wa fixed
bv some irrepe.ilable law. -And you are now
a' out to repaal the principal law which ascer
tained and fixed that condition. ' And, Sir, if
the Senate will take any heed of the opinion ;of
one so humble a myself, J w ill say that I be
lieve Mr. Webster, in that speech, went to the
very verge of the public sentiment in the . non
shiveholding States, and that to have gone a
hair's breadth further would have been a step
too bold even for his great weight of character.
An Amergevcy Met. A singer who led the
psalm tune at a meeting, a short time since
finding that hi concluding word, 'which was1'
Jacob, had not syllable enough to fill up the
music adequately, nded thus
"J-a a a J-a a a-a fol de riddle cob!'
That remind us, says the Giraffe, of a young
lass who went to a camp-meeting and came
back full of the revival which they had, and!
who did nothing for the following week Lu!
sing:
-Shont I shout, we-re gaining ground!'
She had the fune so pat, that all she said!
was but a continuation of that song. End not
unfrequently the rhyme wa too long for the
tune. Old Joler slipped in and took a bone off
the table; and just as he was making for the
door, she sung out
"If tou don't go out IU knock you down,"
"Halle, llallclujar,
" You nasty stinkio. flop'd eared hound,
' . Or glory Hallelujar !"' : .'."
"Yon say you are in the practical department
of a daily newspaper, Mr. Sevick: I presume
yoa pay the bills." "No, sir, I consider that
the impracticable defartnieut." , '
The Evening Mirror says gravely, with re
gard to the baby shows advertised in various
parts of the country. ' '
The subject is worthy of serious and philoso
phical consideration. If one half the pains
was taken with tha breed of sheep, the blood of
h irs.'.s.nnd the size of pumpkins; we would ha-.e
some hope for the "pcrfectability ot mankind."
But so long ns physical and moral deformity
disease are licensed to perpetuate themselves,"
the breed of ill shapen sinner will continue to
multiply as o postpone the millenium beyoud
the boundary of human hope.
Gofxl. A prominent young lawyer was sul
penoed, f'ny before yebtciday, at a little village
about fourteen miles nplhe rai!rad. The case
was a "lmss case." Ho was put on the stand.
"Vou say' sir," said the opposing councel, a
gentleman w:th an illuminated head of hair
and a billiou pair of spectacles. ''Vcm say,'
sir, vou exclaimed to the horse, "You're a
d U fool?".
"I did, sir."
"Weren't vou a
fool to talk so to a
horse?1,
"No, sir; I have such a respect for a horse,
that I can almost invest him with the attribute
of thinking like a human being. I love ahorse;
1 1 h.ve to talk to a horse, but," he added w ith a
peculiar twinkle, "excuse me it I decline any
further conversation with a jackass."
jin glided off the staud amid the
"horselaughs" of the crowd.
What is the-difference between mothers and
their sons? Oue whips tops and the other
whips bottoms. - .
r rfect Happiness. A laundress, who was
employed in the family one of our former gov-
cr.s'r8,. said to him witu a sign:
"Only think, your exceoeiu f, ITC
i;tle mon-
ey would make me happy!" ,
"How little, madam?" said the Governor.
"Oh! dear sir, one hundred dollars would
make me perfectly happy."
"If thai i all, you shall have it," and imrae
diattly gave it to her. .
She looked at it with joy and thankfulness,
and before the Governor wa out of bearing, ex
claimed: . '
" wish I had taitl two hundred."
Sam Slick wouli say "thut'j human nature
right tout."
A Gif d Joke. The c'ty authorities of Ma
rysville, Cal., recently passed an ordinance for
the removal of outside stair in the city. While
the Council was in session a few days subse
quently, the stair leading to the Council i lum
ber were removed, and the dignified member
of lhat liody, according to the Herald, were
Compelled to "hia" down the post of the building