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.ADIUM
"Be Just and fear not: Let all the ends thou airas't at be thy Country's thy od's aud Truth's.
D. P. HOLLOWAT a CO., Publisher.
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RIC HMOND, WAYNE COUiNTY, IND., 'IHURS DAY, JANUARY 3, 18-50.
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am .' !,! , , ..... . ,ri,.,:imn 'r;;i iV. I hev had never taken a po.-l-
?'I.rtUM. oth,r case,, n,t
.ifur.charb! in conformity with the above rate-. :
Ota JOIl DEPARTMENT,
i. no with the latest tyl-
,f ii.ani we:
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WC.IIC II'I" Li a- I""-" ' '
n,.i,.rl thanktuilv receivea ana :
... - -
iKtaoM ami ilimpatch.
jtumilij attended to.
Adarc-w. Hollow at A fo. i
The Pereed Ilonaekeeper.
BT MRS. r. t. OAOr.
I wih I bad a iino pairJ
Of han l this very iniuute;
I'd mii put all thee thiu,-' to r:-bt.i
The very deuce is in it.
Here's a bi wa-binto b"? don?,
Oae pair of han l to d it;
Sheeu, niru and tucking-, c.au and panU,
How Wiit I e'er (jet through it'.
Dinner to gt for ix (.r more.
No 1- itl left o'er from Sunday;
And baby rro !i" p.in live
t alwaja on Monday.
And there's the crrain, "ti ittiD; lour,
And mint forthwith be uuurniii.
And hero 'a liuh w.niis a button on
Which way shall 1 be turning";
' 1 'Ti tiina the ui?at in the pot,
, The bread was workud for bakinff.
Toe clothea were taken from the boil
On, dear! the b-iby'a waking.
limb, b;ily. iloar! there, huah-ali-aht
I wih he'd sleep a little.
Till I could run and gt m wood
jTo hurry up that kettle.
Oh, dear! if 1 corn's home.
And find tiling in tins pother,
He'll jut biin to tell nuall
About his lidy mother! .
H w ni 'e her kitr-ben ud to be,
II ir dionjr always ready
Exvstly wen t!ie noon bo1! rung
Ha h, husii! duar l.ttio Kreddy.
An I than will eomi som? haty w rd,
Kiht ou' b -f..rB I in thuikini
They a.iy that h nty w..rd from wive -Sot
b5r m 'a to drinking.
Now, in't that a reat idert.
That inju siuu!d tik) to sinning,
Bj--iii a we try. h ilf-stck wife
Cm't aiwayj stnilo ao tr'nninj.
When was youn I u-el to earn
My living with nit trouble,
Hal.-lotlio- an I p :k it-m n-y. too,
And hours of leisure dmblo.
I nsrur dreamed of suh a tats,
Wii-.ru 1 was eourted
Wif , mother, nnre. ce.inntress, cook, hoasckeep
er.ehambrinid. laun lro, dairy wotnn, aud acrubgeu
ril doin the work l" six
For th j aak of bein; aujported.
Corrcsponden-e of tha t. Louis Intelligencer.
Litrat from Kmnai--The Treaty of Pence.
Lawrence. K T.. Dec. 10. 1854.
The threa ened struggle seems lo be over,
ml the differences which caused the arming
and mustering of the large bodies of men on
both aides, in and around Lawrence, appear
to be either settled, or at least overlooked for
the time liein . The matter had assumed the
most serious npect. Heavy reinforcements
liI been pouring into the camp on the Waka
rusa, an 1 although many left indignant, eus
pecling themselves to have been duped by
tht reports of outrage, or who were t-ecretlv
afraid c f the desperate struggle that was about
to ensue, still there was a larg-s force in camp;
some companies had arrived from as far down
aUvard county. In the camp at the Wa
karusa. they boasted of having fifteen hun
dred men on SiHirday, nnd there were reallv
ra'ions served for twelve hundred men. There
must have been at loast a thousand there, and
at Lecompton and other eumps at least four
hundred more. There cannot have been
much fewer than two thousand of th.- in.
vaders on Kansas soil, although I do not think
there was ever more than fourteen hundred at ""'V lhem , A"d next.''".v tl,e mt " Ji-handed.
anv onetime. we"r home very last, swearing vengeance
in Lawrence there were some four hundred ,n (-;,vrn,f Shannon. They had also been
men well armed, and nearly as many mori'.duP!;1 b-T tllelr k:"ltrs' wlu to,:i ti,em th'"
inJifTerentlv armed, or not arned at a;i the 1-ree .:a e people were to give up their
These were" U. Id and resolute, and the men j anns ai,J M,rrcn r uncondmonaily.
wonld have fought desperately in the attack. I 'rhe.re a,t? ma"-v '"errestmg events eonnec
liaii: been made, an-1 that desperate resistance I ted wuh thisafia.r. that I will give in subse
would oolv have mads the affair more bloody ,vient letters. Ihe Missouri.. carried with
Some half a dozen earthworks were built 1 t,i,?m !hri'e ,,eaJ ,x,(,les; OM"of these hail been
last week. Previous to that time there had I slut b-v ll'('lri,wn g'iar.1. who mistook him for
been no fortifications about the place. The j 1 rt'e -,'-m;n; billed in a drunk-
iaiminent peril suggested their construction. en row' a,ui one sh' 'n?if accidenully;
an! the besieged worked n-ht and Jay iii j severil1 others were wounded in the same way
the trenches; and as there Ts not tho same j b-v themselves. Ail the hood spilt his been
motive to destroy a id undo as to build, the 1 b-v lh ln v':u1hi"s- Tw, Frei wrd
lilelihootl is that these memorials of these j k,,'w'' haVL' b-'n shor. bth were de
wtrlike time will remain some time. Noth Htbvrate and cold-blooded murders; and the
in but the prudence and sagacity of Dr. or ! Iilcts tonil, c;ed with the shooting ot Barber,
now Gen. Robinson; and the'iiitemVent char- i 1lst week. by a party who met him on t'ne
acter of the rieonle here nreven d a M..o,l.. '
r; and 'hose who know ihe character
. . ' ' . . ' " ' .
ot a
mil convulsion, and the peculiar character ! a ch ,rao er as to hvs H1,io'i materia. !y in
of the quarrel on which all litis was reallv ! diga"ting and driving many of the better
predicated, will fee! grateful to the sagacity oWc,as frt"n the 'avd"tj , :l,l1P- "ideed. the
Gen. Robinson and the intelligence of the i bU,J of berwas unquesiionably one of
peopieof Lawrence, f.r averting a civil war lhe P'1 of that price which the Free State
ttiat might have involved ihe people f ,ie men have paid for their v.c'.ory. Aaous.
"-"nioti in terrible struggle. The first bloody j ' " '
battle would have been but a signal, and the : Tus Aug. of Discovkrt The New York
hiends of either party would have hurried to Tribune thus sums up the discoveries of the
Kansas, to make it a bloody d b-a'abk- ground; i last q-.i irterof a century:
an 1 woe. woe. woe. w..uJd havt followed ev- i Wi.hin the last twenty -five rears all the
ery step u tha' umMtural warfare.
General R ihinson w is first nrainl .s
am srrect position, ati i then to guard il :
fari-iully. Til-sentries were given strict or-:
tiers not to return tire, unless in imminent
peril ..f life and although thee brave fellows
were firtsj oo at their posts, by parties of
horse, ihat won! 1 gallop up near" them every
ight. and discharge- their pieces at them,
t-it-r reserve I tl-ir tire with a heroism and
a d votion t. the orders of their leaders, that
has rarely if ever been paralleled. Well did
'a - lealer of the Free State people of Kansas
Lnow,ih:,t the battle must begin with some
ucu aggtvssi.ws, and , whs. determined to Mountains of the M von. sought for through
make his nvn endure these petty attacks, two thousand years, have been beheld by Cau-
without re'-rdati.n, even if some of them cassim eye; an English steamer has ascended
hould fall. Hud wait until ihe invaders, with- the Chad la to ihe frontiers of ih great Kim
out provocvion. should march up to accom-; don of Bornou; Lieehart and Stuart have pen-
plish iheir real object the expulsion of the etrated the wilderness of Australia: the Rus-
ee S at ps-ople, by destroying their towns, sians have descended from Irknotsk to the
and lynching their leaders. This position mouih of the A moor; the antiqua-ed walls of
" a strong re a i 1 it was the pHtkn persis- Ciiinese preju liee have been cracked and are
waee m u mat tias brought out t!i free S ate
nun conquerors, and saved our country from
fie scandal and disgrace of bWdv an'i civil
discord. It first broight Governor Shannon
tut liieet. lie fo m l that with
m i i-i he ha I d i. tl' he cr 1 d v
.at r-
t i 1
till', asr tcrrilvrv i i aelvtl u i- r r ... .;. ;
las.runjen'aii''- -;.-v--.
large band of the most reckless border cr.ar-
;actrs together, with a very considerable num-
berof respectable Missourians, led awav bv
alarming arid false reports, on the s ilof Kan-
i , . . , ..1 r 1 -
sas, and mat ine seuiers o; Kansas were arm -
In.r lln.m t nnrttr In: r aI the-,r own se-
o . "
lecllun t.o resist lie munu on cAniuiiiaou,
. Q. . i ,ja r...., Klni1-r an; that
I
pro-itlon u7a, tilrv would resU even the law of j
cwrrup. and fraudulent legislature, 4y vio
tVr, but that they would have a legal remedy
for them. He found that the rescue of Bron-
Sheriff Jones, had been conducted
:., U I I till
tircUmstHnces whlch would justify those
who nau uoue no in a tuuri oi ran, ami hijii.
. . , , . ,
to a rf,urt of law tliey were willing to appeal.
Lawrence, he also tound, was not in anv shape
responsible for that rescue, right or wrong,
(and it was againsl Lawrence chiefly that the
'expedition was aimed, and against that point
that it would be made in spue of him. lie
If I . : .. . !,.. 1 o 1 j ..f r.u.rU hll' I. .
iuuiiu jai ma iu nuiiui ui .'tt j..'--.- , ...
saw that tiiese arms were needed and jit tried.
Under these circumstances he I. ad nothing
really toanange witli them, and had only to
gain lime by negotiation until the men below
would become a little sick of their enterpi ise,
and also to set forih facts that would, if pos
sible justify his criminally indiscreet conduct in
the eyes of the world. He was also desirous
to disband the force of invaders, who were
now under the orders of the otiieets of the.
teriitorial rniliilia; but he frankly confessed to
Gen. Iiobinson and o: hers, that he ftared that
he had but little control over these men. over
the men he had precipitated as invaders on the
Isoil.
After two days of laborious negotia'ioii mat
' ters were brought to a close la-t Sa: urday nigh t.
The Governor in a paper signed by him and
j Gen. Iiobinson and Col. Lane, declared that
! the whole had resulted from misunderstan 1-
ing. That the people of Lawrence and viein
' iiy were, as they always had been, law and
: order abiding p -op!e; that he, the Governor,
pledged him ell thas. be would not employ these
: forces below against the people of Kansas, as
a)0ss or o herwise. He also declared that
; these Mtssou; ians were on Kansas soil without
i his author! y. Gov. Shanon also piomiseJ
his influence to recover indemnity to the
' people of Kansas for their losses. It was al
so explicitly et forth that the people of Kan
' sas ha 1 a right to test the validity of the laws
of tlife territorial Legislature in a proper way,
and also explicitly declared that no opinion as
; to the vali Jity of these laws was given, or con
ceded by the terms of agreement.
Tiie Governor male an ol.lreech as to the
character of these laws before he left Law
rence, on Saturday night, and promised that
he would do all he cild to get the men below
disbanded. When lit? went back to the camp,
on the Wakarusa. there was au awful disturb
ance. A large number wanted to come up
and "whip the Abolitionists anyhow." Col.
B one, of Westport. who had been a party to
the negotiation, though not in signature, urged
compliance with the treaty. Even Senator
Atcliinson, who lias been in the camps, and
hovel ing around Lwaietice toi a week, made a
speech in favor ot the Missomians going home.
'The position of Gen. Robinson." he said, "is
impregnable; not iu a military point of view,
buL his tactics have given him all the advan
tage as to cause of rjnariel. I you attack Law
rence now, you auack it is a mob, and what
would be the result? I tell vou it would cause
the election of an Abolition Presiden', and
the ruin of the Demoi;raiie Party. Wait a lit
tle now you cannot destroy these people
without losing more titan you would gain."
Such were the leading features of his "peace
sp ech." Other things had a happy effect on
the negotiations. Whisky had been exhausted
in the camp below, and provisions were grow
ing scarce. On Saturday night we had atre
mendious storm of wind, with sleet and rain;
,l "'r
ible to have tires, or be
prairie, and e'oo.y murdered him when he was
- ,
completely without nrm, are of so a'rocious
'principal features of the geography of our own
vast interior legions have b.jen a -eurately de
termined; the great fields of Central Asia have
been traversed in various directions from Bok
hara and the Oxus to the Chinese Wall; the
half ktiown river systems of South Ameri
ca have been explored and surveyed; the icy
continent around the Southern Pole has been
discovered; the "Northwestern Pa-sae." the
igH'ts fiiiun nearly twev centuries is at last
touad: the Dead Sea is stripped of its fabu
lous terror; the course of the Niger is no
longer a myth, and the sublime secret of the
Nile is almost wrested from its keeninir. The
fast tumbling down, and the canvass screens
which surround Japan have been cut by 'l.e
sharpedgof American enterprise. Such are
the principal re-snlts of modern exphvm ioa.
W.tV q ii-'c of a ; ' try. si't'-e the fo'm of
the e.it.h si 1 .Hf fc. j;; ! ir.es of the ' and and
vv t e. .v.-io ..lotfu, cau ei-iLi.t asich a Lat wf
avh'tevements.
Widow Bedolt's PapersA M istake in Conn
ing and a I-'iare Up.
There has recently been issued f.om the
publishing house of J. C. Derby, a spicy vol
ume entitled "The B d ott Papers.' which
i contains a vast amount of laughable matetial.
! As a specimen we give a courting scene be-
twern the widow and an old codger for whom
I she had set her cap. Thus:
Mb. Chase. Well, widJt-r I've been
thinking about taking another companion
and I thought I'd ask you
! Widow "O, Mr. Crane, egscuse my com
! motion its so onexpected. Jest hand me
that are bottle o' camptire otf the nientlei V-
shelf I'm ruther faint dew put a
little mi e
on my handkeicher and hold ii. to my nuz.
There that'll dew I'm ob'eeged lew e
now I'm rather more composed you may
pe.rceed Mr. Crane.
Ma. Crane. Well, widJer, I was agoing
to ak vou whether whether
Widow Continer. Mr. Crane, dew 1
km
w us terrible fniwriiiin.
1
remember
when nv deceased husband made his :
i-si
and
tions to me. he stammereij an
d and stuttered
was so awfully flu-i rated it did seem as of hM
never git it out in the wot id, titid 1 'spo-e I.'s
gine rally the cae, tit least it has been with all
them that's madesupposj ions to me you see
they're gineraliy onceriiug ttbout what l.stid
of an answer they're agwuie, to git, and u i
kind o' makes 'em n.irvous. But when an j
indivvitiual has ret-on to 'spose his attaeh-j
nient's reciproca'ed. 1 d-.n't what i.eed j jde under. Svunce i riz!
there is o' Ids being tlustra ed, though I must I We'v e got a Lvseum. The cry of letters
say it's quite embarrasain' tew me pray ! ;s begun, the tree of noliidge is sprouted, in
continner." terlect biles over matter that ere interk-ct
i Ma. C. Well, then, I want to know if , wnich has been dormouse is naow roused hke
you're willing I should have Melissy? 'a sleepy lion gittiu' away from Jordan.
I Widow The dragon! j The first lector of the season was gin last
I Ma. C. I hain't setl anytliing to her about ; (nc hy Jeemes PetboJdy, who's been one
it yet thought the proper way was to get ' quarter to an aeadaniary.
your consent tirst. 1 remember when I court- j Gineral subjet: Sti.u?.omt.
ed Trypheny. we were engaged some time be- pertickler ditto Comics.
fore mother Kempe knew anytmng about it, j x j;,, time lo in more'u a digestive
and when she found it out she was quite put : cr eClor
out because I didn't goto her first. So when
jl made up my mind about Melissy, thinks me'
j I'll dew it right this time, and speak to the i
'old woman first j
j Widow. Old woman, hey! that's a purty 1
! name to call me! amazin' perlite, tew! Want
Melissy, hey! Tribbela'-ion ! gracious sakes
alive! Well, l-'ll gin it up tow! I aliens :
knowd you was a simpleton, Tim Crane, but
I must confess I didn't think you was quite
so big a fool! Want Melissy, dew ye? If
I that don't beat all! What an everlasiin' old
calf you must be to think that fche'd hok at
you. v ny, vou re oi i enougn 10 ue ner i-
. tiier. anu more tew .vieiissy ain i orny in ner ;
i twtni3'-orietti year. vv nat a reuictuioas iuee
for a man o your age! as gray as a rat, too!
1 1 wonder what "this world is a comin' tew!
i 'tis astonisliia' what fools old widowers will
! make o' themselves! Have Melissy! Me
jlissv! Ma. C. Why, widtter, you surprise mc-
I'd no idea of being treated in this way, after
you'd been so polite to me and made such a
fuss over me and the girls.
Widow. Shet yer head, Tim Crane none
: o' your sass to me. Titer's yer hat on the ta
ble, and here's the door, and the sooner you
put on one, and march out out o' the other, the
better'll it be for you. And I advise you
afore yon try to get married agin, to go oat
West and see's yer wile's cold and artcr
ye're sa istied on that pint, jest put a little
lampblack on yer hair 'twould add to your
appearanc : ontioubtedly . and be of sarvice to
you when you want to flourish round among
the gal and when you've got your hair
fixe, jest splinter the spine o' yer back
'twould not hurt yer looks a mite you'd be
inlirely unresistabie if you was a leelie grain
st i alter.
Mr. C Weil. I never."
Widow Hold yer tongue, you conarned
old coot you I tell you there's yer hat and
there's the door be off wi'h yerself quick
me' re. or I'll give you a hyst with the broom
stick." Mr. C Gimmeni!
Widow, kisixo "Git out, I s.iv I aint
agvvine to stan here and be insulted under my
own ruff and so, git along and if ever vou
darken my door again, or say a word to Melis
sy, it'll be the wus for you. that's all.
Ma C. Tremeiijotis! What a buster!
Widow Go 'long tro "Ion r go long, vou
T - sO
everlastin' old gum. 1 won't hear another
word (stops her ears.) I won't. I won't, 1
won't. Exit Mr. Crane.
Xecessitv of Protection. In spite of the
enormous amount of produce sent to Europe in
consequence ot tiv war, at very high prices
too. our expenses sti
r..i! .,1 .!.. . i,, ,.
l.0 irH lilt II ! T-UC'll Oi
tur imports. What wiil be the case when the
war ceases, when five hundred thousand men
return to cuhsvve the soil. anJ wheat once
more is exported from the Black Sea and the
Baltic'.'
The Imports of the past year, as will be
shown in the forthcoming Report of the Secre
tary of tl.e Treasury, were 62t 1 ,37i.9o's.
The exports were S24t.7u4,M3. or fourteen
millions, six hundred and seventy eight ti.ou
' sand four hundred and twenty-three dollars
less. Taking this as the best view, the bal
ance against us is no inconsiderable sum, and
when it is considered against us it becomes
alarming.
But even this state of affairs, bad as it is,
is not the worst. The Secretary of the Trea
sury is a free trader, and is careful to put the
best face on the matter, and in so doing adopt
the frte trade dogma that specie is meiely aa
article of trade. The balance against us given
above, includes none of the specie exported,
and of course it must be clear debt.
Now look at the specie we have sent abroad
for foreign traps and trimmings, fancies, friz
zles and frowzies. Of gold and silver coin,
i?l?.4G.423. of gold and silver bullion 34,-
,114 t.'5 all swelling up to an aggregate of
860 275 54G, or nearly seventy millions J
dollars, ei.hcr paid already, or tj be paid in
xptde. over and above the produce we have
sen out! And this, too, when the work is
stopped on most of our railroads, and the for-
nicr heavy item of railroad iron dwindles down
: to notiiiti .
s This importing interest is a bad interest to
foster, because its encouragement is but a fos-
termor of universal ex'rav aganee. Mr. Ira-
porter, already a miUiotta. e. throws a two
thousand dollar sn.awi ( three fourtr.s being
profit,) over the shoulders of his wite or
Hugi'-.er Mrs.-.rM ss I nj----r p--in-Ti i-s
:v : . :. . . .v.-.. ; . r, y 'ir- ,; .
K - ler. w:.odj-.s M - II. !-r ' . -
?'-; witf. I1. Ue is weltfTy aud may stand
it, paying the pront. Mrs. R. R. is in tura
envied and emulated by Mrs. Grocer and Mr.
B.i".k(r, who are followed up by Mrs. Butch
er. Mrs. Biker, Mrs. Brewer, and the whole
herd of iiitle ones in all the little towns and
cicies of the land. Doe3 Mr. Importer lose
art -.-thing by this extravagance, be he ever so
lavish? Nay, nay! But" he eats out the sub
stance of the land, and every dollar he sacri
fices on the altar of Vanitv. return him thou-
sanus as a re"omp -nc-
When will America
leara wisdom? Hamilton Intelligencer.
Rich Letter o:i Astronomy.
Ethan Spike, Es., of Hornby. Me., writes
the following letter to the Portland Trans
cript, descriptive of matters ana things in that
Dart of the countrr. Our readers wiil enj ov
j -
his amusing report of the lecture on A
mv:
uiio-
Mister Elditur: Purhaps ii
pint of view our town haitii. l!i
a htterery
so forrerd
ms she or er. V i.en 1
lv-tics and the mil-
i.ig'arv in'oiest has bin carried furder perhaps
than in ennv other place on the irth. yet, ex
cep'iu' my own case HteratKr hasn't gone
beyond korse hand rheu the single rule of
u'.rce
mark
with
Fellosofv
has been kvvoted in this
-t b -low
svder; s
pol
,.l-. t,.iiii.. h:Lii: CiimnirJ
nil
b'-atis las generally sot
higher than stronomv
eriry. and punkins
X;luW. haowever. the
letters led luggernoltl
was ahed of piH-rtiv.
tahh s ii turned bottom
Jeemes begun by observing that ef eimy
boddy supposed that the stars war'nt a lieep
bigger than they look't, th.-y was almighty
behind hand. Why, scz he, thar's that ar
leetle shiner called Satan, sez he, don't look
bigger than a tatur, and yit, accordin' to
lle'klys who knose the hevuuly boddy's
jist as weil a I kno faather lis sumwhat
bigger than the hull Lou my of Oxfurd! An
the littlest star you kin pick aout. is bigger
nor a kart wheal. At this pint, Df-con Llder-
berrv riz. and said this was goin' too fur,
r ; r ' i,;.;;fmVf Lt ntra to scriptur.
. i
1 hen lie tuck his hat
an teer?j (US
spittin aout his terbackker
kud as a testy rnunv agin the doctriu.'
After specking of the milky way--whic'.i
he said was longer than tho Cumberland or
Oxfurd Canawl an tho moon, which th :
onlarn't c-,isi let to L. - a -motistros green
cheez. but which syunce demunstrated to be
jackerl lanturn on a large scale, the lecturer
proceeded to the pertickeler part of his sub
jek. comics or ulazin' stars.
Comics, says Jeemes says he are of two
kinds, the Tame and the Wil l. The fust is
peacable tother aint. The fust one is made
of old moons as aint fit, for service, and is
called by the one edikated shootin stars, but
we of the schools calls call 'em metors. This
difference led the speaker to remark that
larnin is-every thing.
The wild Liad, sez Jeemes, is a ditferent
criltur, b"ing L um posed of rtebulus matter,
hyfalu'iu ga-s, oxhide of cast iuru, an stilts
of harmonia, makes it highly salvage and un
sartun. They fust appeard about Deuteron
omy, or perhaps a lilile later, in the year six,
and was diskivered spontaneous! v from Hoort
laud Observators and Pompee's piller in
R ooshy. They are pesky things, s-ays he,
oilers gettin' up wars, hurrvkawts end airtli
k wakes. ic. Oneasy atui restless, iravelli.i'
about faster than a ra!e-rode, but never reach
ing anv where in pertickeler. Kinder loomi
ina e l Pe'er Ruggs. Mighty oiisartin. they
ar can't be tlepended on. Fa her Miller,
engaged one to do a pertickeler job for this
old wore out world oi otirn in 1843, but it
probably got better tarms somewheres else,
and that job remains otolone to this day.
B it now, says Jeemes, we come to consider
their tales. Them, says he, is rail ntimcius.
Talk about the moon's "wondrous tale."
Why- the tales of all the pianics in the cider
eal heavings vvotiid'iit make one for a fuss
rare wild comic! Longer than the magnetic
paragraph, and wider than Sebago pond, they
stretchei about over the universal kanerpy
in tl.e u:;it,ui'ed ungacity of either, i:oW
-"-..Jon
elown among me elongate concavi-
c I ,
lies oi uiurnat eomvAities
and agin sorein
tip'erds till 1 tsi in the
.'rate hvperion!
Jeemes was so usej up by tins proration.
that he h.a 1 to be carried home on a cheer.
This morning, however, he was as well as
could be expected, and ef c nvalescence don't
set in he'il be about in a day or two.
Ethan- Spike.
AU MIMI M, THE MtW M.lTAL FROM Cl.Y
ur liitit'K. A lai ge bar of this new metal,
presented by the Emperor . f the French, is
iiov,- on i tJ.ith'.tiou at the Polytechnic institu
tion. Loudon. The rare gift evokes the ad
miration of ail w ho see it, not only on account
of the external silvery appearance, bnt also
from its exueiuc l'uhtiicss, toughness, mallea
bility, iu.-.l iluiabdlty, dtrhcuk ft s'bility or
absolute iinl ftereiiec to that tamishcr r des
troyer f metals, oxygen, a stern resistance
to the action f water, and a chemical con
tempt for that hand of large cities, sulphuret
ted hydrogen. Aluminium, it is reasonable
t- expect, will form all our culinary vessels;
no more copjier or brass pans to poison eur
ae-id sauces, pickles, condiments aud con
fectiouarv. A Yavkee Boast. A correspondent fur
uishes the following report of a conversation
which recent'y took place at a store in Bos
ton, lie says:
An iritocent and pure-minded Jor.atlan, in
a warm argument with a J.hn Bull, on our
v..;..,.i iin'itn'i.ws ..vet
his antagonist who had sneeringly remarked
that, -fortunately the Americans couldn't go
t'ar'f.er westward than the Pac fic shore "
Ya::ke! seat
c: et
1 his
pregnant brain for an
instant. a"t triumviantjy replied, "U !:y.
g s.it g-air.ois. they're already "leveling the
!!-. kr M-u"-a:.. and -arnng' the dirt out
V,-s; li ai
4 ,, :.
Pas fic shot
.-iter .ft Weea tro::
two j u::d-ed :-;l.
-da made l-"t
y i-.ius,
t of tl.
ix aiv i:mi ke. ,
The following thrilling account of an ad- '
venture with a ik-n in the wilds of Southern
Africa, is extracted from a record of an AlVi- :
can sporting expeditian, recently published in
an cnh-h magazine:
Whilst breaktast was preparing I proceeded
to take saunter down to the pool, not with
out some faint hopes of a bath, though 1
feared our horses, to say nothing of the other
animals who had visited it daring the night,
might have muddied it too much for that.
However, 1 resolved to try, aud throwing my
Minne into he hollow of mv arm, and cock
ing my wide awake over mv eyes, lounged
down a path among the bushes, now well
bea en by the feet of men and hoeses. Tl.e
lafer 1 found up to their belies iu the pool,
enjoying themselves as completely as the fl:Vs
; would let litem; b;i' as the wa'er looked un
commonly turbid. I thought I would skirt
along a lit'le to the left and look for a cleaner
spot; an
d so. climbi's ' a short steep, covered
1 wi.h long gras and mclerwtiod. I pushed aside
some branches which intervened between me
and a sinail :lear space of shorter turf, and.
to my very in'ense astonishment, though I
must say, not at that moment to my dismay,
I was so ued to the sight of them t,,uiid
myself within a few yards of one ot the finest
male lions I ever savv, and wl
o was en.
ijrej
with a look of grave patriarchal interest in
,t
wa'ching the movements of the horses below,
doub'less selecting onf for his bre-aktast. Have
you Hot seen Landseer's e'uhing of the lion in
the old Tower Men gerie? In exactly the
same altitude, s'illtiml unmoving. like a noble
stattio. stood this neighbor of mine; and for a
few seconds, I remained really lost in aimira
: tion of the grand boauty of the "tableau" he
: presented.
It was, however, necessary to decide on
some line of action immediately. I could not
help hitting I im, if I chose to fere, but if 1
1 did not kill him outright with one shot, he
1 was so close to me that I could hardly hope
to escape without an ugly brush. Surely this
Was a case in which discretion would be the
better part of valor: and as he was so absorbed
in contemplation of the horses below that he
had not vet noticed me, I concluded (as Jona-
than would sav) to steal off as 1 came. Ah!
that dry twig that would place itself in the way
of my 'very first retrograde footsteps' The
sharp crackle effected what the more subdued
noise of previous movements had not done,
and wit!) a short startled growl, the beast
swung himself round and in a second vv as
staring at me with a look which said, "Hullo?
who are you?" as plainly as look could speak.
Instinctively I threw my rifle forward, cock-
in g it at the same moment, and some seconds
ofnerfectimmovableness on each side ensued,
during which I was trying to make out wheth
er lie would charge or not. The study of
physiognomy is doutless pleasant enough on
ihe whole; but when your subject is a big
male lien, and the depending on the study
whether you shall be summarily "smashed"
or let alone, why I confess it becomes tas Mr.
Weller stivs ) too exciting to be pleasant.
How 1 studied every feature, trying to de
tect a change of some sort winch gave me a
clue! It came at last; he gradually lowered
his head, and by his wiggling motion of his
hind quarters, which I could just spy over
his shoulder. I saw he was gathering his hind
legs under him a sure indication. What
odd things will come into people's minds in
a moment of peril! That movement brought
to my recollection most vividly a bitterly
parallel scene in my Au tit's garden at Harrow,
where I wa'ched her cat gathering herself up
in an exactly similar way to pounce on a
wretched sparrow.
The next moment he dashed at me with a
hoarse snarl, which sounded as though a giant
had drawn t.ie bow suddenly across the strings
of a stupendous violincello. I fired as he
rushed in, aiming as well as I could at the
middle of his forehead. As 1 did so I was
swept down with the force of an exuress tiain,
and tcr a l
The first
w seconi
Is lo
all consciousness.
thing I was sensible of. as soon
as I began to get mv senses together, was the
clear, strong voice of N . calling to me in
the most placid, tho'igh earnest manner:
,.t;, ,.f ,.rlr, cttn v..if, sr...,-. r.i..
chance
How mv heart leaped at the voice! H-lp
was at hand, but the words that announced r
, . ... .
' at the same time, pointed out mv extreme
danger; it needed only the most modera'eexer
cise'of my returning faculties to understand
why.
I wa:
n.T fnoe among the long
grass at the top of tlie little steep 1 have men-
ft ......t f f-.ml.d sek n.ehintr V!it I ....il.t f..i.l
the lion close to me. I could hear his deep,
short angry breath, like ttecuto purrs of a..
enormous cat could detect a smacking noise
which I afterwards found arose from his lick
ing at a stream of blood which flowed down
the side of his nose, from a deep sore on hi
forehead given by my ball nay, I could feel
his huge tail, as he rolled it angrily across
from side to side, rett for a moment en my
back now and then.
The bitter anguish of those few years of
moments well, vou can guess all tha.
Presently I heard the crack of a rifle on my
left, a sharp whistle close to my head, and a'
tnra on my rigtn, as me snot ioiu among trie
fur, succeeded by another short, sharp snarl
louder than the first another crack, a sen-a-;ion
like a red hot wire across my neck, (be
ing at the bottom of the &lop' they could but
iusti 'lit the lion over mv head, and N
had fired a quarter of an inch too low. j another
furious snarl, and then a roar such a roar
within a yard of my tympanum. I never
heard such a sound out of anything, living tr
dead; then three or more shots cloe together.
and a bustle at one suie which sounded like
mi iicijjuwi o,..., "tu'Jii wjc givs9
and bushes. ,
"Now roll! roll for your life!" shouted X V
clear voice again. I was saved the trouble :
the dying brute. In his convulsions giving roe
a kick with his hind legs which t-ent me" fly-
ing down the steep out of reach of further
danger.
Adv raTisiNG. You might as well try to
stop water from running down Niagara Falls,
as to keep people from running to'the stores
tni shops of those traders that avail tbem- i aa oetter ieaye on D randy -and water. To
-elves of ihe printing pre-ss, to let the world dream of walking barefooted denotes a jour
know what they hare got, and where they ney that you will make bootless."
may be found. j
j S?The Afen'own f P, ) Drri.-crat. says
5Thfe L-mlsn Sncivy for the prrgn- :k: 'he brns of f-.-n e-s in that -...cHoi -i-'
'..T ot If.e vT -I.e:, I; is s .
the IT -!f:. I; is s , rr-, rr; s-. .r.ar.es
:j Cjtistiir:'i-), ai a
church th..
to eieel
The StHte in a Prelly l'udilion.
In addition to the confusion into which
our iMa'e lias tailcn. on account o
f the fi
e lAiUire
m the enactment of the A .propria' ion Bill,
the Indianapolis Republican cal.s attention to
the appraisement law and oihers: The law
under which real es'ate was appraised was
passeu upon me io.n oi rciuuaii, ioji.
This law is to be found on pages 1 I to 13 of
tne act of 1S31. Sec. 27 of this law provides:
'That the appraisement t.'.e rent estate maJe
' pursuance " tAepri,vi-ii.s vflhis id, slmi!
sUmd for the term ij Jive ywr,. anil siull be
the amount up-j i ic.ULt the t .jces shull be .st--'-
" This appraisement was made in and
tor the year 1851, and expires with the vear
I 855. The question arises, can a new appraise
ment be mle under this fciw? In looking
over it. we find no provision for a new ap
praisement, nothing that contemplate it,
nothing that diiects it. By what authority
can appraisers act hereat'er? Theie is no
provision iu the law for the appointment of
Ucll o
fficeis, except kr the purposes of tin;
ap-prai
senietit of 1861. Seethe tj-rsl section of
tlie law; that provied for their appointment at
the first term after thr passage of the law.
Clearly, them the whole ietior and spirit of
the law contemplates a single appraisment.
leaving it for the Legislature, five yiars tl eic-
after, lo make provision for tl.e next appraise
ment.
This has not been done. An act was
passed bv the House last winter, providing
for the nejst year's appraisement, bs.it it did
not pass the Senate. It sleeps among; the files
of tititinishrel buisiness, together with the rai-
road law. the general law for the incorpora ion
of cities, the law for township business, the
appropriation law anil oihers. In the rush
of minor bilhs, and ihe grea' and all abosorbing
Dank bills, those laws, which were of moie
vital importaue 3 to the State, were overlooked
entirety, so few as their passage was coucor
ncd.
' The consequences of having no provision
fr an appraisement w ill be felt from top to
bottom of ur Sxate (Jovernment. To levy
taxes without one will be an impossibility,
since there can be no ascertained value of real
estate. The wheels of i overnment might stop,
the interest on our State del remain unpaid,
the pay of public t.fhYers would be w ithheld,
or rather would fail. Indeed, it would be
doubtful weather personal properly can be
taxed, if real estate is not. Such a taxation
' vvould be unconstitutional as well as grossly
oppressive.
- - -
Lisdlev Mcbhav. It is not, perhaps, gen
e? known, says the Lebanon Advertiser,
that this "prince of English grammarians"
ws an American, and born within the pre-
sent limits of Lebanon county. Pennsylvania.
He was born in ihe year 1745. on the Swa
ttira, in East Hanover township, then Lan
caster, now Lebanon county. His father
was a miller, and followed that occupation
when iLitidiey was born, but afterwards de
vcted hi attention to mercantile pursuits, a:i l
amassed a considerable fortune liy trading to -the
West Indies. Liudiey was the oldest of
twelve children, and when almul seven years
of g was sent to Philadelphia, tha: he might
have the benetit of a better education linn
could be had at Svvataia He studied law in
New Yoik, and at the age of twenty -two was
called to the bar, where he gained tor himself
the reputation of cn 'honest lawyer.' His
'Grammar of the English Lsnguge,' was
composed in England, in 179 4. and publish
ed in the sprng of 1795, mativ millions of
otpies of which have beeu sold. He resided
in England forty two years, most of which
lime he was an invalid. lie composed many
works besides his Grammer. He died in a
village in Yorkshire, being upwards of eighty
yean s of age. He is represented as a Chris
lian and Philanthropist. Ife left legacies to
a number of rela'ivesand friends, and sums
of money to many religious societies. He
also directed t'iat the residue of his property,
after ihe decease of Ids wife, f a w York
lady, his Iteloved and aifi-c! ionate Hannah,
who ha I been his companion for more than
' "xly years.) should be ilevs.'ed to pious and
I benevolent purposes. He was a Quaker and
in'erred' in the burying ground of that sect.
in the civ of New Yolk, far from friends and
; fatherland.
i r - ,, .
t FtsK 1 niEs fob DtitTciBs lie following
:
is presumed to be tl.e soliloquy of a young
; phv sician, who hopes, by the multiplication
i of dlsea-es. to get into practice:
"Considering the d;imp. muddy sta'o of the
j streets a-this time ot the year; 1 am equal. y
i not zed and delighted to see the ladies al
i mosl universally, going abou' in thin shoes.
1 This elegant fashion beau ifully displays the
I conformation of the ankle joint; but to the
surgeon it has another recoinmerj lation. I
j ln-h c-kl the delicate foot, separated scarcclv
i by the thickness of thin paper from ihe mire.
; I see the exquisite instep, undefended but by
a m-re web. I meditate on the influence of
; cold and wet upon the frame; I think of the
i a I
catairtis, cougtis, pleurisies, pneumonias, con
sumptions, and other interesting affections
that necessarily mut-t result from their ar pli-
cation to the feet: and then I reckon up the
number of pills, boluses, powders, draughts,
mixtures, leeches, aua blisters which will con
sequently L sent in to the fair sufferer-, cal-
vjulate what theymust come to, and wish I
had the amount in my pocket.
Interpretation- of Drems. There is a
new guide to the interpretation of dreams.
An English paper thus p-jts if: "To dream of
a millstone rvroun i f s.r neck, is a-sign of what
you may expect if you get an extravagant
: wife. To see apples in a dream btokens a
wedding, because where you find apple you
;im i et-souaoijr sripec. jjs:i s. luuiram mai
you-are lame is a token ihat you will get iuio
a hobble. When a young lady dreams of a
cofBn. it betokens that she fhouid insUntly
discontinue lacing her stays tightly, and a!-
wave go warmly and thickly shod in wet
w eather. If vou dream of a clock, it is a to-
ken that you wk'l gain crclit that is. tick.
To dream of fire is a sign that if you arc wise
nil see mat me ngnts in yoar home are
out before you go to bed. To Iream tliat your
no-e is red at the tip. is an intimation that you
si. ,;-Tr f --. ir : f. r rh.s, ,Ser I j
4t,'
a ot grro'j, ati i Vti u.ev itui uui Cui' uii-
I tdies u -narket.
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.
J. Ui-KTV.W. 1. llKk.L ; Mws. H. P. Hisaurr
i:i iuoIocichI Motes.
Fine green tea is called Ilysvn. because it
was tirsi imported into England by art East
India merchant who.-e name was Hyson.
Arroic ro'jt is so named, because the In
dians use the juice of it as a reined' for the
wounds inflicted by "ois-ionous arrows. JSluuJt'
rts, it is tsttd. were first made by Thomas
Blanket of Bristol in 134J. Hence tho nam,
The French have ihe word blanket, was it de
rived from the Englisdi?
Formerly women were prohibited from
marrying until they had spun a regular set of
-bed furniture Hence piter acquired the
nifniig which it still has in law, via: an
arw man ie-J mtmit n.
The firt month after raarraige is called
htiney union because it was the custom of thfl
Teu.ones, an ancient people of Germany to
drink for thirty d tys af er every wedding,
meader melheglm, m beverage n;ide with hea
ey. MiXfd liquors are called ffrry, because ad
miral Veinoii, who was the first to mix his
sailor's allowance of spirits with water, was
nicknamed "Old Grog." from his wearing a
orirom coat, and th w mwne was given to the
im.vli lnjuor he compelled his lleet to drink.
Mrmtiiy is derivtd from momia which in A ru
ble, signifies teax, wax was used in embalm
ing. A pempous tomb is called a mausoleum be
crwise this name was given to a stately mon
ument which Aitemesia erected to her bus-
, band , mausolits. King of Caria. A loin ef
beef is called a sirlnin, be'atse Charles II
on dining upon it. was so plca cd with his
fare, that he said it should be knighted, and
henceforth it was a Sir-Loin.
lkiH,uxk is so culled because it was first
. manufactured in perfection, at Damascus, in
Svria. W. I). II.
(raiumaticia! Notes.
f A l ihe meeting of the Teachers Associa
tion held at Centreville. Nov. 21. the lecturer
' on gr:nimar took the position that home, in
the sentence lhon went home," is in the ob
jective -se without a governing word either
expressed or understood.
The following arguments are the onlyotici
, we have ev er heard ii f;vv er ef such an anal
ysis. We do not say John ufntro home, and
1 therefore fo is not understood in tho sentence,
j In La in. (emus which may bj frequently
, translated home, is construed like names of
i town, and when names of towns express the
place whither they are put in the accusative
withou' a governing word.
To the first argument we reply that when it
has long been customary to omit in speaking
a word which actually exists in idea, the in
sertion of the word is not pleasant to the ear.
This is the reason why the ear is more agree
ably affected by "John go to fcchool" than by
J j!m go thou to school."
1; home has no governing word either ex
pressed or understood how can it be decided
that it is in the objective case.
It would be somewhat of a curiosity to see
a definition of the objective case, extensive
enough to include in it a noun which is neith
er the object of a verb nor tl.e relation express
ed by a preposition.
Leaving the difficulties which such a doc
trine brings with' it, We shall proceed to show
that home is in the objective case and is gov
ern 1 by a preposi.i a uu lersUod.
If we do not say "John went to liomi,"
we do. say 'John went to his home." And
we claim that "John went home" is synony
mous with "John went lo his home."
These two sentences are constructed alike,
ami differ only in the lact that in the first there
is ane'lpsis of tj and his while in the second
these words are expressed.
I In thesame manner. "John was home last
evening" is synonymous with "John was at
home last e ening.'' At is as plainly supplied
by ttte ruin 1 in the first sentence as it is ex
pressed in the second, and iu both sentences
the mind supplies hit, and also a preposition
lo govern evening.
Tne argument from Lvin usage proves to
, much and is therefore ina imissable. We hav-j
in Latin "Jiem'tm verrtit" and "Doitii viv I"
which literally translated are He come; home
, tud Hi lives hom. From this we see Uiat the
uiaiogy aoes not always noil even in the dis
puted word, for ihe Latins often omitted tha
preposition where wi always insert it.
Perhaps soove reader of these remarks may
-av that thefe is no need for all this disctis-
siou for home, in ihe sentence rferrel to, is
! an adverb, ar.d not a noun. We grant that
there is an adverbial idea, but that it exists as
a phiae. In- th- sentence ' John went to
; Bos-o-,1," there is an a Iverbial idea which i
(expressed by the phra-'io Boston.' In this
I phrase neither 'to' nor Boeton is an adverb,
j but they constitute an adverbial phrase when
' taken together. So in trie sentence "John
went home," there is an adverbial idea, but it
is not expressel by 'homts but by Ho hi
home,' this phrase actually existing in ;he
mi rid when we hear the sentence, w. i. it.
Vxf Wild gfe.e were flying southward yes
terday. They have doubtless tarried tolong
j iu the icy regions, and got lost. lhy appctr-
e J to be confused, had no leader, and did not
keep the regular triangle figure as usual.
U ooifer Democrat.
There are other get-se which have gone a
little way South, needing a leader aa much a
l t'-essj "wild ones." We suspect, too, some of
them have got lost; at all events, it is a pity
' .hey ever weut away from home. The geese
' we speak of kefp the triangular figure" a
fiule too perfectly. They are a lunirrv set.
, but will never get fuller solon-g as thevtlvas
? IneV now SO. Uefffand tJeTOlI.
( -" , . , ,
3T Letters . from Constantinople give
i ghvay accounts of the state of affair there,
i'rovis'ions are dear beyond anythingever pre-
j v ioas'y known in Turkey. The belief is that
I he "Giaour" occasions it all. and an outb --ak
, will probably occur. Eyerj body goes armed
in the street, fo ea with a French police
, hfc- is not sate, if aa eraeute does occur, it
i w ill be pomptiy pnt down by the grape-shot
j of the French, and the extermination of the
disturbers f the peace of the city.
WTh& entire issues f Btbles by the
i American Bible Scie.y for the thirfr-vn
j . - J -s
j years of its existence would cover more than
lt-r eres w'v,h Bibles and TestamfuU. or
s-x'ttii ia iron xro- -u r teaily a thousand
i or m ike uote lhau s-ihii hundred
and fifty cord! "