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" i.-f " f- jt ... . r fj j i f 1 D350CRAT1C BAMNBR; rCLItBEO BT . A. J. PICKENS. TEBMSi '.$kgl'Jti1i pr t.asmm,iB advance 'if not paulwttWn Arte months, - ' . - $160 200 Vtf tUd within e yfar, 2 SO .?lb pejper wiffba dhicotirinuta unless the same 5 p iaiJr 0p0e time of discontinuance. .i'ft'Jw 'j i ' '''''' , Twelve Iie-otie, first insertion, -., -. 75 Enh idifMtn! inseritoo. - . - "- - ? 38 '' 1 Yearly ai4 jiaiUrly advertisements at reason- abte fetes,,-r" ..' ' . From the St. Louis Republican. Historical Sketches No. Til. i irj. M. PECK. tThe recent .unusual rise in the "Great j KiTer"--for this is the true Aboriginal name I Mississippi, (as Marquette first wrote it,) ' FurnishrtN occatioh for some historical sketch fepkt-m4r floods;' 'V:; .-I y WhUe De SotJ and his party wer at an - jadiaa-wiMagwj uu tKo western bank of the iRio Graud, as thl Spaniards called the rjver, which, from its elevated position,' in dicates the site of Helena, in Arkansas, in March 1542,' there was a rise in the river to as to cover all the surrounding country . as far as the eye could reach. In the vil lage, represented to have been on high ground, the water rose from five to six feet above the earth so as the only place of ahelterVas the lofts of their cabins. . Both ' the Indians and Spaniards went in conoes I from house to bouse. It remained at this Veight for several days and then subsided' rapidly. " The historian does not inform us where their horses found footing and sub sistence, of which they had about three huadred that survived the flood. 'fk earliest authentic account of the A inericao Bottom being submerged is in 17 24. A document is to be found in the ar chives of Kaskaskia,, which consists of a petition to the Crown of France, in 1725, tor t, grant of land, in which the damage sustained the preceeding year (1725,) by tlie'jise of the water, is mentioned. The villagers were driven to the Bluffs on the opposite stile of the Kaskaskia. river; their gardeds and corn fields destroyed, and their buildiaes and property much iniuerad. W have jio evidence of its exact, height, but tue friioie American Bottom was submerg ed. Jlliu was probably in June. . There was a tradition among the old Fjench fjeople thirty years since.tl.at there was aa extraordinary rise ofthe river be- - .twa4240(Ml:j?5Or ut I find no written or. irits aecotint ofit.i 4o the year 1772 another flood came, and - portions, ofthe American Bottom were a gain covered. Fort Chartres, in 1756,stood lialf a mile from the .Mississippi river; in . I776,4t was eighty yards.- Two years after, CapC Jnttman, who surveyed the Fort in 1763, abates: , iTiie bank of the Mississippi, next the Fort, ii continually falling in, being worn away oy lite current, winch Ins been turn ed frojn its course by a sand hank,-now in creased to a considerable island, covered with willows. Many experiments have been tried to stop this growing evil, but to no purpose. : Eight years ago. the river was lurdatle to the island; the channel is now fort yTeet deep." j About the year 1770, the river made fur tlio- encroachments; but in 1778, when it iynudated portions off lie American Bottom, it swept away the laud to the Fort, and un-.- deriniiied the wall on that side, which turn j bld into theriver. A large and heavily tinbered island now occupies the 'sand bat' of.Capt, Pittman's time, between which and in? site of the Fort a slough runs. l ue next period of extreme 'high water wai in 1785, during which Kaskaskia,' Ka- lioua, and large portions of the Ameripan Bottoe were submerged.- The late Gen. Eddar informed the writer that in Kaskas iialtbe water rose to the surface of the 4oorVil ofthe house of the' late Robert Moruson; Esq , but that in one place where -the Court House stood a few years since, the ground was above the water. That sea sou tup inhabitants passed by means of wa- ' crilt thrnuzii the nraines and lakes from tto lCukaskia. ' This flood destroy- lie crops, and did much damage a- Frtuch villages on this American wen high waters so as to overflow rounds, 'and fill Uie lakes 'and the American 'bottoms, at other iibaeauently. "bnt none that'de erve attention in this sketch, until that of 1811 whibb, is in the ' memory of many of the inhabtQiirs stoow, living. ; It was in the summer preceding 'shakes' as the earth- quakeiSrert caSed. 7-vt.- .,' . : 1 ' This flood , was in att from the annual vriaeuroiwaourHas were(iue preoeamg ons iiced, which is not the case with the preseat Jbij jtater,'srTb flood in the Mis souri always occurs between the fifteenth, . r and thirtieth a June, and is caused by the M aows melting io the mountains at the heads . - of the Mark Missouri lo some seasons' fbe fellow Slooewhieh is i i more Southern ; Tatstade. ooore'but a flool Which reaches V r BU Louir abost tJte'last of llaj pr first of v "" present Tise .ojraier in win uv utavoiuj ana oissusippi, appears io do cansad by siiusqsl raiqs in the North while jo this laUUj 4a it has been unuiually dry. 111 ' -r : - - n 'mi r.-rr1nvit: ' T-"'', ' .. ...... VOL. 7. 1 1 LOUISIANA, PIKE COUNTS, MISSOURI, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 186:0 ,:-:TNK The rise in 1811 spread over the low grounds of the American Bottom, and cov-, ered the cornfields attached to tiie rencii,ii es. Ste. GeiievieVe. were on the bottom land .' a a I adjacent to the river, much of which has since, been swept away, and the steamboats run now over the same spot. The water entirely submerged the field and nearly covered the growing corn. Father Max well, the piiest, os'some of the inhabitants of Ste. Genevieve narrated the tory more that) thirty years since, was. waited on by the panic-strickeu inhabitants tojjnray away the water.1, Hrguve no encou0gement at first,until he preeeived the water at a stand, when ha proposed to the corn growers to drive off the waters by saying masses, for a share of all the corn they raised. The bar gain was struck, the masses were said,and to the faith an astonishment of the" owners, the waters suddenly retired from theii fields. The ground was soon dry, the corn looked green, and priest shared in . the luxuriant crop. The American settlers were such heretics as to think the waters would have subsided, and the corn have grown without the masses of Pere Maxwell, who could 'play all sorts of 'tricks' and 'turn up a trura.p' for himself. 1 hat season proved a very sickly one throughout the country. In 1824, which was an unusually rainy season, from April to the last of June, the river overflowed its banks oppositeSLLouis, and" arose in the lower room in the old store at the foot of Oak street, (then kept by Mr. John Sbackford,) about five feet. It over flowed all the low grounds about Illinois town. The next rise was of the same heigth, in 1826. Many of the citizens of St. Louis will recollect when theEastbank ofthe river opposite Oak street was where the Island now is, which was farther up the river and nearer the St Louis shore. There was a village of some twenty small houses at and about wher the dike joins the Island, and a ferry of the French fash ion, (twocsnoes with a light platform over them,) crossed the village to the foot of Uak street. Let any one now look from that street, across the river, and he will see it is! some yards above the dike. At least one. third ofthe width ofthe river oh the East ern side has been swept away since 1320 It is the general Jaw of the Missouri and the Mississippi, that the more confined is the watei, the deeper will it excavate its own channel asd tho less danger is there of its overflowing the adjacent bottoms. And as the banks are widened, and bars form in the j bruise on the bark of its bead, it was per channel and in the time of fiood.the surface fectly sound and unhurt. The only cum- water is raised in proportion and the banks are overflowed. The great flood of 1844, is so recent that no notice of it is necessa ry in this article. Good Joke on a widower. A correspondent at Holly Springs, Mis sissippi, tells the following, and vouches for',,ie haft, and from that place had elided its truth, of lately: It is the best joke we have heard It appears that a widower in thattown,of a somewhat gallant disposition, had been accustomed to visit the residence of widow M , whet her to see the amiable widow herself, or her lovely daughlers.our inform ant did not know. One evening he found the family party hard at work on some gar ments of cloth. The girls were sewing,aiid the widow was pressing the seems. The widower "hung up his hat," as usual, and took his seat by the fire; just at this moment it happened that the widow had done with the pressing iron, ( vulgo, tailor's goose. V- Slie set it down on the hearth, and called to her negro man ih a loud Voice-f"Jake'Jaket comt4xntliakt ovtthit gooie.' "' " i ne wiaower siariea upwtiu bsiuijimiujbui, not knowing what to make oftlus abrubtor der. "Jake! do you hear me?" again ex claimed tlie widow. . "I beg your pardon, Mrs. M., said the widower, with visible agitation, "but pray, don't call Jake u you wish me to leave your bouse, I will go at once, and without the interference of servants." ' The ladies rosred "with laughter, and it tooit some moments to explain to the chag ridea .widower his-mistake. He has not been known to visit the widow M. since that memorable evening. ExTBAORSiMaay Escam. We find in the 'last1 Abingdon Virginian .the following account of one of the most remarkable es capee probably on record. .It was most mfraculous: - : ' ' ; " The children of Mr. Gebrcft: Hickaof a citizen of Scott countyiere playingto gether in a field, mi Pi the mouth of a fathomless sink holev In heir gamb,ols,one of them, about eight or ten years of age, pushed his Utile brother about lour years old beadion over the .edge and down into the . deei' dark.- pirtel6w. h It was Some jtime after the child wu missed, before any "United We Stand Dividid Wx 'certain information could be , draworom I the other as to what had become of hiie;'andJ was only threat? ol.eveiepiratshmeuliaatjProfegsors ofthe EdiaburgTy University, at i ' - a a V - A from the boy who did the deed, cxiufei&it of what happened, y An e'ffori waa pad immediately tp'asseertain the aiUiatfoo; fjure the desirvd re whf;Sixxpiend the little fellow,& afford him relief if he wis proofreader went empleyedwh'o darted not licvonn it noufer. KniiK wir tilun. gether, with a'stone attached tv )oe end, and ao attempt wis made to ailKiui' jhe d e p t h v bene a t lij b ut an of e t iiaiiiy JVet of rope weret mphryed ia vainjtio byw could be reached. " AlnTed cwidle warthtfn Jet down, but its light gave no hopeful indica tion, except that the pit was free from cftdke aamp or impure air, as lar aovn ji , . r , - the candle descended. ' Miglit came on, and all fur t h er eflor's had - to be for the time abandoned; r On the next day,! turther. trials were made of the pit, but with no better succtss. . Io'despair, the' frantic parents were about to give up all. hopes tf recovery or relieving their little innocent, and preparations were being made to close up the mouth of the pit, to prevent a like occurence in the future,. 'when it was sue gested that another and a ' final ' effort should be made by letting some individual down by ropes to examine the Datura f the abyss and ascertain if there was any encour agement for further efforts to be fouud be low. A brother of the lost child undertook the fearful task. Cords were fastened -round his waist and limbs, and one to his wrist by which he might indicate to those above, his wishes either Io descend or tobe drawn up. He was lowered, uutil ' hav ing gone to the depth of about fifty feet, he looked below him, and there shone through the thick darkness two glisting eyes intent ly looking upward. In another moment he was standing on a shelf or angle in the shaft, with the child clasped to his bototn He fastened the little fellow to his own body, and bidding hi in take the rope firmly In his hands, the signal was given to draw up. The child hung convulsively to the rope.aml in a few minutes they rose within view of the hundred enxious spectators.'. who had assembled to witness the) resoUveftd w4n the first glimpse, of the .little fellow alive caught their eager gaze, creams and shouts of joy from the excited multitude filled the air, and big tears of sympathy started from the eyes of every behold er. After the first paroxyr ins of delight had subided, the child was examined to see if it had sustained any injury, and, extraordin ary to tell, with the exception of a little plaint it made was that it was hui-gry, be ing nearly twenty-seven hours under the ground. To inquiries made ot it, it replied that it saw a light and heard it thunder t rom the nature of the pit it appeared that the little fellow had fallen a perpendicular distance of 40 feet, upon aslope or betidinj ouw"-u r "Poiiwie m .1 rs.J . . . I . . I . j " avaaf u ' al0 a pvi va ( not or wall, gazing upward. How he escaped instan destruction is beyond all account MATRIMONY MADE EASY. The editor of the Portland Transcript, who must be. a bachelor, from the wav he talks, makes the following suggestions rel ative to the united slate of matrimony: ' . Getting Married. This very interest tng event 111 a woman s lilo must be very trying to the nerves of.soine of our delicate young ladies: ' INo doubt your buxom wid ow, who has buried her third husband,thinks it a very trifling affair, out she has- lost the freshness of her feelings, and is not to be spokou of 10 the same breath with a bloom, ing maiden. As the result of much phihr sophica! investigation, (for like Washington Irving, we have "speculated much about matrjiiiony," but never experimented,) we incline to the opinion that a person can ex perience ilie sensation of gettiug married but once!. However this may. be we are glad to be able to state to those who have serious thoughts of committing matrimony, that it is in our power to give them a valu able- hint as to the - best mode of getting through the ceremony. We have; heard of getting married - by steain and telegraph, but we have now to propose a most original plan, which may ne called marriage made easy.: we recently overheard twoyoungj ladies talkincr on this . aubieoiv ;One 'aeWj she was sure a ATould fiHt btvthe otbf t said when she' got married she toouded to take1 ctorofor m! This is deci ibetter iirind- than' the iasbfuT man,- who w into matrimony by degrees kerohief applied to the nos( piixaeut pas sed in a blissful dieatn, asut yoa .iwake utJ the promised land! UelUc parried by Qhloroform will undoubteiiy become very popular with sentiraihtsl yowjg. ladies. Nothing humbler thtif'siiiion when it 11 about to climb. A . . . A' .. i i ' T 4 1.5 A CURIOUS HISTORICAL F&CT. ,some hundred years ago, aamber of be .Professors ofthe Edinburgh Ui fremnfed to publish a work which 'should he' a'erfec( vpeciroesfeYfjgphicar acu'fTh t!W:r !.',ver ntftantav. tea ifeicen io se- hours to the reading of cacli page,ai.dy.fter it was inougiii io oe perieci, uwii piitju up hi the hall of the Uiuve'rsifyV: with a"ao- tification Ahat a regard of JEBO1 would te psid td an y pe rsosf i o could dUeover- a errdr.v' Sacb page wlssnflered iifTti'atn tw weeXs n the flace wbere.it bad 'been psstednefore the work was printed, and the Professors thought that they had attain ed the object for which tbey had been striv ing.-,-. Whenr the work was issued, it was discovered , that several .errors had.been committed one of which was if the first line of the first page.'- If a case of thiskind should occur after alt the precautions! which bave been used, aftei full ' and an pie time had been given for' a t correct and thorough reading, and that by daylight, car pers at errors in momingnewspapers should have some little xcuslor -these com: pelled to read p roofs v at i two or thyee o'clock in the morning, and then ia.ahurrj it order not to miss the mails. SAN FRANCISCO.- We conversed .yesterday with a gentl man who left San Francico on the 15th of last month, eleven days after' the' de vesta tins; lire of the 4th. Already there 'were nearly five hundred new tenements in va nous stages of erection, many -of them so lar completed as to be occupied. Tins ra pidity may be accounted for by the faot-of a great quantity of building materials being lor sale, teady framed and quickly but to gether, and the presence of a great number oi mechanics. I Nat. Int. r- e A Pozzlko PhOFEsson. In ar class in college there was a member noted for his wgg"J Ooe day the Jrofessae. of .Logic was .endeavoring to- substantiate , that thing remains the same, notwithstanding a substitution in some of its parts. Uur wag who had been exercising the Yankee art of whittling, at length Iwld up his jack knife inquiring: 'Suppose I should lose the blade of my knife, and should get another made and in- serea in its place would it be the same knife it was befor-?' ' '' : To be sure,' replied the Professor. 'Well, then,' the wag continued, suppose a 1 a . .a i a 1 ' a. . i snouiutneo lose me nanuie, ana get eu other, would it be the same still?' Utcoursel' the : rrotessor again .re plied. ' . . 'But if somebody should find, the old blade and tlie old handle, and should put tbero together, what knife ' would . that be? We swer. never heard the Professor's an .. . . r , - :. , :." 1 -.. Sensible :Vu6.-There is an Italien phrase which, translated, is "Do everything, and say nothing." It is worthy of being'remem- bereu. .tiow many open themselves to n dicule by praiingef schemes ultimately un successful! How manj cut their own throats with their own tongues! sufficient time is afforded to cackle after the egg is laid. - . . . ' ; .. . . . 1 "... ..! ValuablInfohmatio. Aboi:t2 o'clock u(l a December night, when the therroome ter stood in the neighborhood of zero, , 1 party of wags haliled a farm-house in eve ry boisterious manner.1 The farmer sprang out of his warm bed,drew on a few a,rticUs of clothing,, and ran out . to see what was wanted, when the following dialogue occur ed: ' . : ' ': t 'Have you any hay, M-i ?" - .-..; ; "Plenty of it, sir." .. . . : , , , . "Have you plenty of coru.? (Yes ." ' v " '' VPlcnty ofmeat and braadsiuff'' Yes."" --' "Well we are very glad to hear1 it, for they art very- usrful ih ofantilyV ' Tkv party then drove ofl.leaving Hie lar mer to' Ins reflections ii.o'.v jj Ain -i YLizie,'' said a little euily headed boy ? seme five summers, "Isn't Bill Stiner a lister?" -v ';; ' - ' Why,John?"-v.: - -:'' ' v. -oecause $nv grammer say, positive bass, comparative bdster; and I did see him gin you such a positive buss." i Lizzie taint- 'r Among the contributions at the World's Fair frbm A'irginia, is a piano which dia-J courses 'delightful musio with a violin ao Jcomjianiineotjayei by machinery II ' 1 TTTj r-r.-nnru'ii,..-. When the werUtfer cf'e'afed.andali erea 'X'- (urea asMaciea Jo -sava lo&ii warianr p- , ..- ft- s .-. a . f ' . - ; poinied, lL-ja.std vaad- a ad- at ksd ; Thirtv Vein. rri!id Kitnirt a21 As f . 'AUj!' answered the .asfi.- wnue istencei dragging torn sacks to the mill.tliaf Others msy. eat bread, wkiie'l Dave io-eaearsge- ment Boyeireshed vwith" auytkg, inlt. Kl .-. a) santfl ! L-ci . k Ml&tim. ttScdL Skftft m. Tbp1 Hall L.:0-.' viu m-, uu aaasaM mzm. nua m c --m - - - Nature Whs moved pith eoaBDBtsicffli atid esented .jo him.bu,t4 ebeejjetrifcij-'--- th ass. but wilt, thonr be'. eonUndedli ,T. : it ltmLt , T -1 1 J9 ...1;. J !U e ess weht'a way comforted, inH, t3? dk ;' yj- ' ilf ow 'iaiitJdoat thoii tWil&MXllfr'lift tit ed Nature. thrrtVe'ari;weteloo- Wir RftJr, ftg' ,.i ninK.now taaca 4 xaau naye aWrSTO v ; r ; .1 f-'. lit I... m W tune; atjf witen iave.Mjst -aj joice jo r barking, and "my. teeih" fQr bittingiWljayeJse ; growl?.' rNatufe thougbi ne wai rfghty tad ; ; ; ' gave him twelv years. fTrriW'tbea'aii- . . . .... - ri' . . .. 1 1 f I fc. proacued.' ur.tn utiFim ,r-if-rX . i: fThoo wilt dbuhtlesf.'wilTiwItt 'Tivat : V thirl. Tears.'. aatd Naturt;theii'wUt loot 1 . . J Ik. 'M m,mm . I . wiii ee pieassntQ inea,-, f:f ' ' 'Ah no!'.criedhe:soitmavseemtaotHert. ' ttlSl'ilAn.A' r JlittlV ti. V ma' wiamI1.' T iltlftll -': my Krimacer, nu xnen utwiiucu wim t . ' I .1.11 . 'r. - A J l.Mlimtirlmlml "'. cealed bhind a if stlrfi I shaJl inrt U aliletb - - ' endure; for thirty f eart.i V 1v v'-'ys! ' V.' Nature waa gracious, aad he rtoarred be t At last came mao, healthy and strong, and at- - i ; ksd the meafure orhU days.' ' . . i' " .- 'Will thiftyjeara eontent tW r How short a liaa!r exohumed SBa&t 'wiiea V: shall have built say house, atad kinajed afira-ia . my own hearth whence reaI shalt bare : pjanted are about to bloom end hear iHUt-waeir- life will aeeni mots' desirable, it shall dial ,0h, . Nat nrel grant me a loader penodl' ". . Thou shall have the eighteen' years of IhVasf ' bes)lde.!:t:.T.r''.; ' rv-U. Zx,, :l .-.iTi . That is net yet eiiouh,,jrepHedBsaa' - an -.-v' Take likewise, the twelve tea,of,.tba . ioer -'' ' ... . .s-,: It is not yet sumasemY rettera7ed.maiu jnv , : aw to ore." moreJ;.-; r.c-:, -r. ,--r. . I give thee, tbei.'Jhe tod yeara ofthe se;ai -- vain wiltStbou crave morej. v; -i x?iS i .'1d Maa depairtedUsatisfied. - --" Thus eaaiiHve seventy year. TThe first Uur- ' ty of hia litis are Jut human years aim) pass swift. ly by. He is tne healthy, asd happy-rr-ae tanora cheerfully,' and rejoices in hia existence , The eighteen yeara of the at coine text, and tur3ea upon burden i hped upon him: fie cairriea-jpii , core :hat is Co teed others, and blewa andkkk are the wage of his (aUlul service. oThtvT years of the dog follow,- and .he oes.bi. teeth -and lies' in a corner and growls.,' When' these, are gone, Ulepe'a ten' years forni the copclu Man. The man,; weak ahd' silly, becomes iW sport of children. v; -.-o ii , .r V'l' ' . Io Iceland, if a minor coramita"an offence , the parents are arrested, and uIesa tiiej.- can satisfactory prove that the, have af '; forded Him rhihl all necessary ODDortuaiUes . tor instruction, the penalty c(. the ctime, fjlls upon them, and the chUd is placed fin der instruction. ' " U?W r.. Clerslcal .Advice; ' -f ; -AVonnn clerpvman once' vlsUe'dbTd'Dr. A':. Bellamy with he induiry. What ahairido to supply myself with matter for etm6ns?,,', The Doctor iointlv renlied.' 4'W tr tte catk'-TViu. Kt tbx osxj and IheuiE yoml" lap it ..any where .you wiII.cib e.gOAai-i strearn,.. IJut jf yqu pot uv bul.ltie,. von nchrv. 1 ? and ont' 01 the abnndaAce of the heart thfl stored witb Scripferei trutB,' thir hand war write andfLhpfahii ifawrrrw. InTXBKITIJtb QoxsTioniHlt itSl& UlttT the difference between eating 8trW,bsrr.ieai:i and cream and kiwng E'eJT g'i it small that it cannot be appreciated.., There j is'some dispute do the point however and we are about, fn'a Decerning spirit of . sacrifice, to offer fo,"juMtut a. er ies of sp':A' periments in order- to UfH.Uternor-. oiigbly. Bring "on,,:y6ur tr;awberiesf nd create?, 'and th btherti things?; iHoVey1t 11 Seedliriffs. iaad vouofe ladieadreeSeeTla thi l Bloomer cstntnl avodid lbaHfeierjd.ni Yankee Sladt.c .5,i .. ,w;t u la?,-. ' . flf lVKMOinVATirT' 'w. r a.. .. ?j wiIIrto6e, dribble, drrtbte, lap', tap, tap and then you will Jjave but a, small atrearn after, allw ' Let the word fit. rr.K.t dwelT'in voh'richfv. in'all'wlsdom; . 1. . w thj in in'. k -mm -mmiimr IMT.an ' a ' . . . meeting of jlae atoekhoers in te, oulstaaa, Mla ; . iniuuigiuwp rimum. nwu wtii y i .. . at the tomtit IIoasa.i Howling OrteoJ fbr fliei''r.. Durooae oftraajjiina:saWMmpay,:nd,lrto-T' t aciing iu6i other buineaas may be necessary to the -interests' 6F the eompny.uA a ealleS meeng of the County Cot will be Mldenlawsii!-'.--- ilUAii Maa,ij Mwaw S-Tbe Jolt Io,Bf tbe.Gra; of the'SonaJf TemperMce, t?e t;VlM?H.,. soun, win be new at p r 3 as 1- - f ; f WednesdayJ fee 5 5. r)ai wiybehel4ru " ...iEiUv, y7:r aaet. at 8eWe r,a ttkitUfi TKx; iws?&oG.-r'.r,