The lynx., March 01, 1845, Image 1

About The lynx. (Panola, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1845-1845

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- e at 7 o'clock, and Jepait. Tuesday
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1: ;:r.v hs (v bo can know t'.ia pain
W ; i which that thought weigh down the soul.)
(V. rarth we np,er jhall inoe: ag.a'h.
I'.iri 1. n.it ta 1 1! aol stranger c.iine-,
i ir ! c. ill be to w no irr far,
i Yi'l o .r h a, t-, like cadenite.i ibymea
Witli I'rir.vliliip foe their olar star
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I'.iv i). ;w ei-t till I'fe b on:,
1 ru m bail haply inert aai.t.
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hope deto -ive p:o re,
;: '(: ;i j; 1 1 . that ;ov we know-,
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m heart vtill trot- to then,
i i'i we n ''er so ill muc-t .iainl
:hc Ohio Legislature. Mr. Combs
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i 'e;iu presented the following peti
n fauin sundrv cit''jos "jf Knox corn" j
U h?rcas destruction very great,
. By. dogs among the sheep oflafe,
An I danger that they will do more,
As they have of:en heretofore,
'u-ipiire that something should be done
v To stop the rascals and their fun:
That yovt'II enact without delay,
A law that shall impose a tax,
'hi dogs, or on their owner's backs,
of such amount as may suffice,
To make dogs moral, just and wise,
An I we'll forever and a day.
When so inclined, devoutly pray.
Said petition was read and rcfered to
Vs.-poc.-rr gentleman from Miami (Mr.
1forrs.')
riocgin? nu I'di tor.
Sjine years ago, a populous town, Io
ra'cJ toward? the interior of Missis
s P; i . was infested by a gang of black -1:-',
who amused themselves, when
''icy could fin J noboly else to pluck,
'y preying upon each other. A new
,;ii;!riati(jii of these sporting gentry
"ib'J some alarm among the inhabi
'W, leit they should be completely
cvfrrun they determined therefore
fjitlieir expulsion. A poor devil of a
wintry editor, who was expected, by
Viriue of his location, to lake upon
himself all the responsibilities from
l'icli others might choose shrink, was
Peremptorily called upon by his "pit
rns;" that is, those who paid him I wo
hilars a year for his paper, and thcrc
0r2 presumed they owned him soul
MLody to make an effort to the ex
amination of the enemy. The un
fortunate editor, like most editors, be
'n2giftod with just about as much brain
a money in purse both being empty,
a'J at once that he would indite a "flash
Cr' one that would undoubtedly drive
lle obnoxious vermin into some more
hospitable region. And when hts pa-
rr appeared it was a 'fiaslier,1. sure
enough. In the course of his obsesva
ns. he gave the - initials ol several
the fraternity whom he "ad vised 'o
j -'t'-'iown '' '.''' 'Hv as pc'stblc if
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o'er
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U? Keith &, Kockctr. Devoted to News, Politics, Commerce, Agriculture, &c.
VOL. 1.
they luul the
their bacon
slightest
desire to save
The next morning while the poor
scribe was wmfortably sealed in his
office 1'. sites sly fumbling over a mea-
Sre rarccl olcvAangcs he heard foot-
step on the Stairs, and presently an
individual having accomplished his 3S-
cent made his appearance. His first
salutation was slightly abrunt.
"Whore's the editor of this d --J,
dirly lyin paper.''1
Now, aside from the rudeness of this
opening interrogatory, there were other
considerations thai induced the editor
to believe that there was trouble on
foot. The personage who nddrcssed
him bore a cowhide, and moreover,
seemed to be exceedingly enraged.
This was not al! he recognised in him
a distingushed leader of the sporting
fraternity, with whose cognomen he
had taken very irreverent liberties.
It was without the slightest hesitation,
therefore that he replied to the introduc
tory cjuci y :
"I don't know.'
4,l)o you belong to tho concern
- i
"No indeed, but I presume the editor
Will soon be in.'
"Well,11 said ih-3 visitor, ''I wilt wait
or him, ,7 an suiting the action to the
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i Word, ne cr.mposedlv took a chair, pick-
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ed up a paper and commenced read
in":.
H f I meet tiini," said the friglttencd
knight of the Scissors and (pull, "I will
ti ll him there is a gentleman here who
wishes 'o see him.v
As he reached the foot of the stairs,
in
his hasty retreat, lie w as accosted bv
another
Who thus proceeded to make'
1
himself known : ;
"Can you tell mo where I can find .
the sneaking rascal w ho has charge of ;
t..is villainous sheet?" producing ihe !
last number of "Freedoms Eclio and
the llattle Axe of Liberty." j
"W'tv1 replied the editor, "h-i isup!
there in the office now, reading, with
his back to the door ."
'Thank you,'" exclaimed the strang
er as he made a grasp at his brother in
iniquity, and they came crashir-g to the
lluor together.
As the combatants, notwithstanding
the similarity of their occupation, hap
pened to be unacquainted with each
' other, a very pretty quarrel ensued.
First one was top and then the other
blow followed blow, kick followed kick,
and oatb followed oath, until bruised,
exhausted and and blood v, with faces
and features resembling: Deaf Burke af
ter a two hours' pugilistic encounter,
there was by mutual consent a cessa
tion sf hostilities. As the warriors sat
on the floor, contemplating each other
the first comer found breath enough to
?..sk,
"Who are you, and what did you at
tack me for!"
"You abused me in your paper, you
scoundrel."
'Me! Fm not the editor, I came here
to flotf htm myself!"1
Mutual explanations and apologies
ensued, and the two mistaken gentle
men retired to "bind up their wounds."
As the story comes to ws the disting
uished individual whose vocation it was
to enlighten the world, by the aid of
that great engine, the public press, es
caped Scott free. Crescent City.
English and American Rivers.
in reading the Volumes just published
containing memoranda of Dr. Brecken
ridg's travels in Europe, some ten years
no-o, we marked some passages which
we give below:
A gentleman-like and well-informed
Englishman, who was in me siage
coach wi'h me,and who If ad found out
I was an American, after dilating on
the greatness, beauties, the majesty in
short, of this noblest of British rivers,
the Thames, concluded thus: "Sir, it
may seem almost incredible to you,
but it is nevertheless true, that this
prodigious stream is from its mouth to
its source, not much, if any at all, short
of one hundred and fifty miles long!"
I looked steadfastly in his face to see
if he jested; but the gravity of deep
..:tt0n ton nnon it Indeed John
tUIII i
nU never iests. . After composing my
coif a moment. I slowly responded ;
"Perhaps, Sir, you have never heard of
.iw. ,iver Ohio?" "I think I have."
tnwh:1nstf the Missouri?" "I think
soi
ihouch not sure ,viwj
. M l.f..l.!n1tf rC
" M t e r N a t Vigilance is
PANOLA, ML, SATURDAY, PEBRUAR-Y21845.
the Mississippi i1' "Oh yea,
yes."
"Well sir, a man will descend the Ohio,
in a steamboat of the largest class, a
thousand miles " Of what sir! how
many sir?" ''A thousand miles; and
there he will meet another steam-boat
of the same class, which has come in an
opposite di raction, twelve hundred miles
down the Missouri, and then after go
ing fifteen hundred miles more down
the Mississippi, he may see the flood of
waters disembogue by fifty channels in
to the sea!" I had niRde np my mind
to be considered a 'ckent; so I went
calmly ami "emphatically through the
statement! As I progressed, my com
panion seemed somewhat disposed to
take my story as a personal allront; but
at its close, he let down his visage int"
a contemptuous pout, and regularly t;at
my accairttAttt'e.
Miss SewArd, Washington, ami
Mnj. Andre.
Miss Seward was so -considerable a
person when her reputation was at its
h'etgh', that Washington said no cir
enmstance in his life had bocn so mor-
j lifying to him as that of being made the
subject of her invective, in her menody
en Mrvjor Andrew After peace had been
. . , , . .
the l mted btates, he commissioned nn
. , ,
American oflicer, who was about to sail
for England, to call upon her at Litch
field, and explain to her, that instead of!
having caused Andre's death, he had
endeavored to save him; and she was
requested to peruse the papers in proof;
'of "his, which he sent fur her perusal. ;
;"They fill me," said Miss Seaward, 1
.'with ccntrition for iIia riiK
r c, ,, J I
of mv censure.1 Su'im
The following from a Constantinople !
paper exhibits how shrewdly intelli- '
gent are theTu.ks upon American af-
fairs. Uy the way, the two last lines j
"appal" us! !
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iUg to be Caliphs of America, two are
men of remarkable endowments, and
the other, is naturally popular in the
Southern States. In the North where
there are fewer people of color, the
struggle will be close between Mr. Klai
and Mr. Puck. But in the South, Mr.
Bimce, he being a black man, will of
course, carry every thing before him.
If either of the former prevails, the
friends of the latter will hang them
selves in order to escape proscription.
In case Mr.Birnee should triumph, the
friends of the former will be put to the
sword.
A tad:
It is confidently asserted that a poor
young man has but two alternatives
either to go to work, or go to the devil.
A great number choose the latter. It
is a singular choice, but those who
make it may be seen any fine day,
lounging in squads about the corners of
the streets, with stumps of old cigars
in their mouths. Ar. Y. Herald.
The Lions roar in the Desert.
Early in the morning as soon as the
sun begins to cast its rays oh the sandy
billows of the desert, the royal animal
rises from his lair to sally forth inquest
of prey. His voice may be heard in
the distance, it commences with a low
murmuring which gradually increases,
until it at last fcecOmes a fearful and
terrific roar, like the rolling of thunder,
and is audible at the distance of two
miles. The whole animal kingdom
tremble, and evince the greatest fear,
when the king of beasts is heard; the
sheep tremble as if attacked with ague,
place their heads together, and endeav
or to hide themselves; tho horses break
ont into a sweat with fear-; and the
dogs hurry as fast as they can, to find
a place of refuge. In fine, all the beasts
are seized with the most unequivocal
terror, when the lion makes his ap
proach known. Shold a caravan hap
pen to be near the spot, it is impossible
to keep the camels together; they leap
about in all directions, and are scatter
ed abroad Urtder the influence of fear.
I, myself, once had the opportunity of
witnessing a scene of this kind. On
arriving, in my travels, at the Wells of
Samaria, we suddenly heard a mur
muring noise afar, resembling the roll
ing of balls in an empty barrel: but we
were soon acquainted with its true
cause, when it gradnally increased to
.fl-r'.hif ihunder-like roar. V ith
UlU IV..""-
-Jj y ltq
the
TRICK
OF LlBEiRT V.''
the first perception of this noise, the
camels belonging to our caravan sud
deuly took fright, and instantly separ
ated in all directions. The men and
the cases were instantly thrown ofT,
and if one of the riders happened to
keep his seat at the first alarm, he was
subsequently necessitated to leap down,
to avoid being felled by the branches of
the trees; for we were unfortunately
near a forrestof mimosas, and every
one was in danger of being torn by
their large spines. This confusion
however did not last long, for the lion
took quite an opposite direction to the
route of our caravan; buta whole. day
was lost in collecting the goods that had
been thrown ofT or torn down by the
trees, and one of the camels strayed to a
great distance. Eastern Traveller.
Dramatic Statistics. There are in
France, says one of the journals, 3,500
actors, ,600 actresses, and 16,000 in
dividuals attached in one way or other
to theatres, making a total of 22,000
persons living upon the budget of Tha
lia, and Melbomene, which is estimated
at 30,000 ,000f. If these 30,000,000!
were divided equally, each person
would not have l,500f a years; but as
some of the privileged have 10,000f,
20,00l)f,anJ 40,000f. it is e?.sy to con
ceive how small must be the income of
a large portion, and the misery that
must exist in the dramatic career
The Mechanics1 Magazine gives an
account of a mammoth Hydro Electric
al Machine, of extraordinary power,
that is being constructed in England for
the United States. It is said that it will
be able to produce a spark of thirty-six
inches to coat three thousand five hun-
fcrl of melulllC UrfixtC 111 a bal
,cry of forty eight Leyden jars, of two
h'gh, bX len incho5 dieter.
Tllis shock would k,U a lhousatuI men
m an 'statlt if il were Passed through
such a chain. This Machine is called
the "Benjamin Franklin," and will cost
about four thousand five hundred dol-
lars. It will very soon be ready
shipment.
for
Retirement.
Kent lias retired from the
Judge
Bench of New York He ranks high
as a man and a judicial officer. He had
won, during his oftic.al life, the confi
dence as well as the regard of the Bar.
The Bar proposes, says the Courier and
Enquirer, to present him some appro
priate mark of their esteem. Cin Gas.
A voice from the Bakehouse. A
good baker, should grow his own mut
ton. This is easily done by placing
your customers legs in ft. row; accord
ing to sizes. Having purchased the
smallest legs , you can find, change it
for one of the. bakings which is a little
larger; that again should take the place
of the next bulkier joint, and so on until
you arrive at the largest. You can
then walk off with your leg. A good
crop of baked taters may be got by dig.
ging one out of each customers dish.
Punch.
The recent rise in the water courses
of Georgia and Alabama was remarka
bly great and sudden. The Alabama
river at Montgomery rose some 25 feet
or more. Maliy accidents are reported
as having occured. A fine horse and
his rider, a boy belonging to Col. Ilayne
of Montgomery, were swept away from
the wharves in that city, and were
both drowned. Several valuable teams
from the country were lost in floods
which have inundated the roads. The
damage on some of the plantations has
been extensive. In the meantime boars
of the largest class are running with full
freights.
The farmer's Motlo-A good diat)
maid, or no hulter made.
The Heigh Ho's high hose of a young
Farmer Alas a lass for them!
Hasty Pudding The only thing to
make a man "mealy-mouthed."
Oregon and China.
The petition of Mr. Whitney of New
YorJc, was presented to Congress on the
28lh tilt., praying for a grant of land
60 miles in width and 2,160 in length
extending from Lake Michigan to the
Pacific ocean, to aid him in the construe
t'ton of a railroad through the grant, &
for a survey cf the route at the public
expeusCk Thus opening a steanl com
o
Three Hollars in A dvanec.
NO. 7.
munication between the Atlantic and
Pacific ocean. The distances are thus
given.
New York to Lake Michigan, 840 miles.
Lake Michigan to the Pacific 2,160 "
Total from N. York to Pacific 3,0C0 "
Thence to Sand Islanas, 2,000 "
Sandwich Islands to Amoy, 4,000 "
From N. York to China, 0,000 "
Distance by present route, 17,000 "
The estimated distance to Japan is 6,
000 miles less. The time required on
the new route eight days from New
York to the Pacific, twenty two days
thence to Amoy--in all thirty days from
New York toUhina. Estimated C0s of
the 'road is sixty five millions ofdollars.
Cin Gaz.
New Comets
Observations have been made at the
Depot of Charts upon this Comet during
the only two evenings since its discove
ry that the wealh er would permit. Its
nucleus, we understand, is plainly visi
ble through the large telescope. It is
raprdly coming into hatter view, and
those who are curious to see it may find
it with a common spy-glas to the south
west of Jupiter. Tal Intel-
Niagara Falls. A correspondent of
the Cincinnati! Gazette furnishes the
folowing anecdote, which occured in
Naples :
"Vesuvius Vad been belching forth irs
flame and' smoke all day, making the
mountain tremble under the fierce
blows of its terific engine, and as night
approached began to ligh up the heav
ens with its lurid glow, wiien aNeapol
iian, accosted an America traveller cx-
claimed, 'Well, have vou anv thine !.
like that in America?' 'No,1 "replied
the Yankee, 'but ws have a mill-dam
that would put it out-in five minutes.1"
The Heart changed sides. Some
j stuJcnt3 ftt Madrid lately dissected a
j ilodv an.i rniin(i thc hoart nn tl,n
side. This reminds us of a calf late
ly killed by Mr. Ba rties, of Bufialo,
which had hot only the heart, but the
liver and sweet bread on the right side.
That's not strange for we know some
men, and women too, "who havent any
leartstto cither side. Lx
AGRICUITURAI,.
The great butter cowv
You have, in the Seplcmper number
of your excellent paper, noticed an ac
coun' given by me of a half blood native
and Devon cow, as publ ished in the Mas
sachusetts Ploughman, and ask me to
imform you how she was fed during the
seven days in which there was made
rom her milk 16 lbs. 10. oz. butter.
The pasture in which she is kept is
upon the summit of one of our hills,
rom which 50U have a view of the val
ey of the Connecticut for 20 miles, and
of the Green Mountain range for nearly
40. I do not know that the view affects
quantity or the quality of the milk; but
high and warm ground produces sweet
bed. As Senator Benton would say, the
barn yard &c are "conterminous,' and
after an early milking in the oftcrnoon
she is turned into the pasture to spend
the night, where, during the cool Of the
evening and morning, she can feed with
out annoyance from heat ot insects.
This was fhe only peculiarity in the
treatment of the animal. The grass is
principally white clover and spear grass
(poa pretends), which never gets long.
The pasture contains or 10 acres, and
has been long used, and was at this time
supporting two cows, a mare and her
foal. The cow ate nothing but What
she obtained in the pasture, and I feel
certain that nothing could be fed which
would yield a larger quantity of milk
or butfer. 1he shorter the feed the
better, vf the animal can fill hcself.
This little cow that would not make 550
lbs. of beef, grass fed, produced this
quantity of butter, while a Derham of
the largest class would scarcely live.
This cow, in 9 days in the last month
of October, besides fu rnishing cream for
tea and coffee for 3 persons, made 16J
lbs. of butter fed with 3 pumpkins per
day, besides the fall feed
Amer As.
RABBiTs.-These are easily taken a-
live, by soaking their favorite food, in
strong rum or brandy. A similar
method is employed in catching small
birds. with s eeped 6eed they like rab
bits, being so intoxicated with the spirit
thatthere is no difT;cu!ty in obtaining ai
many as you wish. We do not recom
mend this method very strongly, from
its excessive cruelty. It does very well
however, for an other species of acima
teu nature. Eds Lynx.
Charcoal as Manure in Drought
During the severe drought in England
the past summer, tnc Earl of Essex
mixed 24 rpjarts of pulverized charcoal
with 2 quarts of turnip seeds, and drill
ed th'etr in a single acre. They camo
up quickly and grew more rapidly thou
the crops without charcoal. By sowing
charcoal with carrot seed they did equ
ally well. Charcoal and salt are not
only direct food for plants, but power
ful retainers of moisture.
Cotton.
Weccpy the following very sensible
remarks from the Bayou Sara Ledg
er. "While we all admit that more cot
ton is made than can bo disposed of at
remunerating prices, under our pres
ent commercial regulations, it must
strike the most partial observer that
one of two things are necessary to be
done in order to better tnc condition of
the planters they should cither use
their utmost endeavors to have the re
strictions which now obstruct their
barter with other countries removed or
reduce their crops by appropriating
their land and labor to the production
of other articles. The United effort of
the cotton-growing region would bo
competent to secure the first, but if such
purpose of union is not practicable
then each ir.drvid'uat planter will find a
full reward for his industry and econo
my in producing every thing which he
consumes on his plantation, even to the
wool of which his negro blanket is made.
If all were to adopt this plan it would
reduce the crop one half, or nearly so,
and consequently increase the price,
while the cash obtained for it would
be clear profit and the isolated individ
ual who will make the experiment can
not suffer by-it as according to the best
authority it ccst four cents a pound to
make cotton, and its market price is
now four and a half the planter reali
zing 8 per cent on the cost of product-
ion, or about $200 on 100 bales, out of
which he ha to pay commission?,
xV'C.
We presume everj one will admit
that if by some means the 'crop of tho
next Season should fall far short of an
average one, not to exceed a million :
a half of bales, cotton would command
from 8 to lOcents per pound; but the
opinion is equally prevalent that should
the crop prove excessive, and reach, as
it probably will without some pruden
tial forecast, two millions four hundred
thousand bales, under the present re
strictions on commerce, tho price must
fall short of what it now is, 4k certts
per pound. Under this view of the
subject it would even be tetter, as has
been suggested, to barn a portion of
the crop as the Dutch did with " their
government bonds, to enhance the val
ue of the remainder. One million and
and a half of bales, at 9 cents per lb.,
would amount to 54,000,000, while
two millions four hundred thousand
bales at 4i cents, would only bring
$43,200,000 making a difference in
favor of the short crop of over ten
millions and a ha4f of dollars. But if
"the crop could be thus reduced by tho
diversion of lands and labor to the pro
duction of bacon, corn, negro clothing,
horses mules &c., which are now prin
cipally procured frOm the North and
Wiest, it would not only put an addition
al ten millions and a half into the pock
ets of the planters, but would reduce
their expenses nearly the same amount
tresides, by adopting an exclusive poli
cy of this kind they would causo th6
weight of this burthen which is now
crushing them to fall upon the West
ern Slates, by thus cutting off the best
market for their staple productions; in
which event a voice would soon bd
heard from the entire West which would
completely overthrow the machinations
of the few interested lords of the loom
who have thus far managed to plunder
the South.
We would adviso all reflecting plant
ers ty ponder this matter well, previous
to putting in their crops let them rec
ollect that it is not the quantity of cot
ton, but the amount of money to bo re
alized from the crop which, interests
them.
The New York Farmer's Cluh. At
the meetings the past month, various
fruits, vegitables and seeds were ex
hibited and their merits discussed.-
The establishment of an Agricultural
College in the v cinity of New York,
was the principal topic of discussion, d&
a petition was got up and signed, to bo
presented to the Legislature, asking
$500,000 in aid thereof.