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Georgetown, Oct. 18, 1854. 1-tf
DRAGOO. DR. M,J., late of Johntown, would
inform the citizens of Bottle Hill that hav
ing permanently located in that place, he would
respectfully tender to them his professional ser
vices as Surgeon and Physician.
Bottle Hill, Dec. 15 1854. 9-tf
RAY, DR. F. G., Main street, Georgetown.—
i Office opposite Adams & Co.
Oct. 2(j, 1854. 2-tf
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EAD & CO., Bankers
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Oct. 20. 1854.
corner J. and Third
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rjiEIIRELL, JOSEPH C., Attorney and Goun-
I seller at Law, will promptly attend to all
business entrusted to Ms care, iu the different
court'. Office, up stairs, near Lewis’s Bowling
Saloon.
Georgetown, Oct. 19,1854. 1-tf
fXIURNER, J., M. D., Physician and Surgeon,
JL offers his professional services to the citizens
of Georgetown and vicinity. From his long ex
perience in the diseases incident to this climate,
he feels confident of pleasing those who may fa
vor him witty their patronage. Office in Drug
Store, next door to Adams & Co., Main street
Georgetown. 1-tf
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V of Yandecar & Blackwell, Johntown, Vi
ifornia. 5-tf
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t \ ( lid Dust Shippers, and Bankers, George
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ted, March 22nd, 1865. Meets on
Thursday of each week, at the Ma
sonic Hall, at 7js o’clock, P. M.
Transient Brothers, in good standing, are cor
dially invited to attend.
LEWIS FLESHMAN, N. G.
E. H. Yandecar, Se<yy.
Georgetown, March 22d, 1855. [24-tf.
Georgetown Temple of Honor, No. 11.
MEETS every Friday evening at 7 o'clock, at
the Masonic Hall. Brethren of the Order
are cordially invited to attend.
WM. T. GIBBS, W. C. T.
Geo. F. Jameson, W. R.
Georgetown, Feb. 8,1855. [l7-tf.
n, of T— Georgetown Division, No. 42
; f Sons of Temperance, meets every Tues
day evening, at 7 o'clock, in tlieir Ha!
:i n Main street, Georgetown.
AH brethren in good standing are invited to at
t«nd. SAM E CURRIER, W. P.
H. M. Pouter, It. S.
P b ic Worship—At the Union Church,
Georgetown. Regular appointments of J. Sharp,
of M. E. Church, lOj A. M. and 7 P. M., every
Sabbath. Occasional supplies by other Minis
ters. Prayer meetings, Thursdays 7P. M. Sab
bath School 04 A. M.
Slock Grazing
O
THE subscriber is now prepared to re-
ceive CATTLE AND HORSES, for rf?\_
.crazing, at his well known RANCHO, ouliar
• reck, at the following reduced rates:
1 ows and calves, 75 cts per head, per month.
Young cattle, 75 “ “ “ “ “
;' Xt -n A fat cattle, $1 00 “ “ “
glares and colts,.. II 00 “ “ “ “
'V ,rk Horses II 50 ‘4. “ “ “
work Mules, $l5O “ “ “ “
Said Rancho is situated about twenty-five miles
iiom t donia or Hangtown, and about the same
oi'tanee from Sacramento City, and is the best
-ft Rar »'-li in El Dorado county; having a range
' twenty-live square miles, or fifteen thousand
’ les °J superior summer and winter grazing,
aiered with 'numerous pools of clear, cool,
B P--ng water.
Dairy Men, Stock Growers, Livery Stable
eepcrs and Droviers, will find this a safe, cheap
dj** 6114 D* ace ’*° ee l ) > recruit and fatten
n CHAB. SCOFIELD, Proprietor.
eer Creek Valley, Feb. 15th, 1855. [2O-3m
'TH'RMNG LATHE- The undersigned tegs
tivu l eave to inform the citizens of Georgetown
IHp toV S l' re P ared to do all kinds of Turning in
nest manner and at the shortest notice.
4 M. A. WOODSIDE.
Georgetown, Oct 19, 1854. ’ 1-tf
GEORGETOWN, EL DORADO COUNTY, CAL., JUNE 14, 1855.
A Sonnet by Daniel Webster.
We are indebted, says the N. V. Courier En
quirer, to the kindness of a lady for the privilege
of publishing the following lines by Mr. Webster,
written by him in the Album of an American
friend while on his visit to England. Our read
ers, we believe, will agree with us in thinking it
h happy idea, happily expressed;—
THE MEMORY OF THE HEART. .
If stores of dry and learned lore we gain
Close keep them in the memory of the brain;
Names, things, and facts—whate’er. we knowl
edge call,
There is the common ledger for them all;
And images on this cold surface traced,
Make slight impressions, and are soon effaced.
But we've a page more glowing, and more bright.
On which our friendship and our love to write,
That these may never from the soul depart,
We trust them to the Memory of the heart,
There is no dimming—no effacement here;
Each new pulsation keeps the record clear;
Warm golden letters all the tablet fill,
Nor lose their luster till the heart stands still.
Loudon, November 19, Is;;.).
Napoleon’s Visit to \ ietoria*
The English papers are crowded with ac
counts of the ever-memorablc and evcr-to
be-remembered visit of Napoleon 111 and
his wife to the Queen of England. Omit
ting the embellisments. the facts of the case
are,'that on Monday, the 16th of Na
poleon ill and the Empress Eugene arriv
ed at Dover—thence to Windsor—remain
ed the guests of the British sovereign five
days—met with a distinguished reception
from the crowd—were almost overwhelmed
by congratulatory addresses from corpora
tions and institutions—and returned to
France amid a tempest of hurrahs!
On Monday morning, says our report,
thousands were assembled at Dover “to give
the august visitors a hearty English recep
tion. At y o’clock, the Emperor, Empress,
and suite, embarked at Calais on board the
rcrew-stearner Pelican, and about noon
steamed slowly through a dense fog, and un
der salute trom ships-of-war and batteries,
rendered invisible by the thick wether, into
Dover Harbor. Prince Albert wason hand
to receive his guests, and was accompanied
by bis usual attendants, and by the French
Minister, Count Wulevreki, with Madame
la Contesse. The Emperor was accompa
nied by Marshal Vaillant, Minister-of-War,
the Duke de Dassona. Count de Montebello
and other gentlemen; the Empress by sever
al ladies of her household. Napoleon wore
the uniform of a General of Division; the
Empress—for the benefit of ladies be it re
lated—a straw hat, gray cloak, and plaid
dress. Leaning on the arm of Prince Al
bert, the Empress (the Emperor by her
side) walked to the Warden Hotel, where
they bad lunch, besides an address from the
Corporation of Dover. Thence they pro
ceeded by special train to the Bricklayer s
Arms station, at London, where the Queen’s
carriage and an escort of troops were in
waiting. Embarking in the royal vehicle,
the Imperial party proceeded at a slow pace
through the streets of London, along the
Kent and Westminster Hoads across West
minster Bridge, through Parliument-st.,
Whitehall, Charing-cross, Pail-mail, St.
James’s, Piccadilly, Hyde-park, and by
Victoria gate and Eastbourne terrace to the
Paddington station, where cars were ready
for Windsor. At every point along this
distance of five miles the streets were pack
ed with spectators, and every window pane
was occupied with gazers. At the Ciubs
especially, of which Louis Napoleon was
formerly an habitue, the most lively curiosi
ty was manifested by the members to catch
a glimpse of the altered fortunes of their for
mer associate. In passing the house in
Kink-st., in which he formerly resided, the
Emperor was observed to point it out to his
wife. Immense cheering marked the whole
of the progress through London. Un arri
val at \\ iudsor Castle, at 7 o’clock in the
evening, the visitors were received in the
Giaud Hall by the Queen and her family,
with the usual Court officials, and the Lords
Palmerston and Clarendon. A “State din
ner’’ followed. Windsor was illuminated in
the evening, and the Lord Mayor of London
gave a banquet to the Prefect of the Seine,
at which ceremony were present the Consuls
General of several European powers and of
Mexico, Chili and Brazil. We believe the
United States was not represented on the
occasion.
On Tuesday the Emperor did not, as had
been expected, hunt with the Queen's stag
hounds, but, instead walked in the grounds
and visited Queen Victora's model tana and
dain. At 3 o'clock lie received addresses
horn the Corporations of \\ indsor, the mer
chants and bankers of London and others,
and tiom 4 o clock till G put three regiments
or English troops through their evolutions.
hen the Queen gave another grand dinner,
and, latei in tlTc night, an evening party.
V\ ednesday, the 18th, the Queen confer
mr on the Emperor the investiture of the
Gai lei. A giund chapter of the Order was
held at Windsor, and the formalities which
accompany the presentation of the piece of
riband were duly gone through. The Queen
buckled tlic garter around the Emperor's
leg, and placed the riband across his shoul
ders. A grand dinner, evening party and
concert, concluded the evening.
On Thursday the Emperor and Empress,
escorted by a detachment of the Queen's
Life-Guards, went to London to receive the
address of the Municipality. The cortege,
of close carriages, proceeded at rather a
rapid rate along the principal streets, in
which it was estimated that nut fewer than
one million of spectators were assembled.—
Hundreds of dags were “hung on the "outer
walls,” and a noticeable proportion bore the
words “I’Empire, c est la paix 1” G uildhall
ha 1 been newly decorated for the occasion.
At the eastern end of the hall two thrones
wore placed on a raised dais, and overshad
owed by a canopy of purple, velvet, and
gold. One of the thrones bore the cipher
N., the other E—Napoleon, Eugenie.—
Seats were reserved for the Cabinet Minis
ters. high officers, and corps diplomatique.
Clustered around the walls were devices
draped with the flags of the allied nations,
and bearing the legends, “Bulaklava,” - Al
ina.'’ “inkermann.” Medal ions of Queen
Victoria and Napoleon 111 plentifully be
st udded the walls. Lords Dahncrston. Clar
endon. Lansdowne and Paumure, with nu
merous lesser lights of the Administration
were present, as also the United States
Minister. The Emperor wore as usual, the
und'orm Oi a General ol Division. Eugenie's
costume was of white and green brocade
silk. \\ hen the Recorder proceeded to read
the address to the Emperor, the Empress
arose and stood by the side of her husband.
N apoleon s reply to the Address was in the
following terms:
“My Lord Mayor: A tier the cordial re
ception J have experienced from the Queen,
nothing could affect me more deeply than
the sentiments toward the Empress and mv
seif. to which yon. my Lord Mayor, have
given expression on the part of the City of
London; for London represents the available
resources which a worul-wide commerce af
fords both for civilization and for war.—
Flattering as are year praises, 1 accept
them, because they are addressed much more
to France than to myself; they are address
ed to a nation whose interests are to-dav
everywhere identical with your own—[ap
plause]-—they are addressed to an army and
navy united to yours by a heroic compan
ionship in danger and in glory—[rene wed
applause]—they are addressed to the policy
of the two Governments, which is based on
truth, on moderation, and on justice. For
myself, 1 have retained on the throne the
same sentiments of spmpathy and esteem
for the English people which 1 professed as
an exile, [loud and prolonged cheering,]
while I enjoyed here the hospitality of your
Queen; and, if 1 have acted in accordance
with my convictions, it is that the interest
of the nation which has chosen me, no k’ss
than that of universal civilization, has made
it a duty. Indeed, England and France
are naturally united on all the groat ques
tions of politics and of human progress that
agitates the world. From the shores of the
Atlantic to those e>l the Mediterranean—
from the Raltic to thcßlack Sea—from the
desire to abolish Slavery to our hope for the
amelioration of all the countries of Europe
• —I see in the ..moral, as in the political
world, for our two nations, but one course
and ond end. It is, then, only by unworthy
considerations and pitiful rivalries that our
union could jtodisseverred. If we follow
I the dictates of common sense alone, wo shall
|be sure of the future. [Loud applause]
You are right in interpreting my presence'
| among you us a fresh and convincing proof
of my energetic cooperation in the prosecu
tion ot tiie war, if we fail in obtaining an
honorable peace. [Applause.] Should we
so jail, although our difficulties may be
great, we may surely count on a successful
result; tor not only arc our soldiers and sail
{ ors of tried valor—not only do our two
! countries possess within themselves unrival-
I ed resources—but, above all—and here lies
i their superiority-—it is because they are in
the van of all generous and enlightened
ideas. The eyes of all who suffer instinct
ively turn to the Wist. Ifcus cur twona
tionsare even more powerful, from the opin
ions they represent, than by the armies and
i ticets they have at their command. [Great
I applause.] 1 am deeply grateful to your
I Queen for affording me this solemn oppor
-1 Utility of expressing to you rny own senti
ments, and those ol France, of which I am
i the interpreter, i thank you. in my own
dame and that of the Empress, for the frank
and hearty cordiality with which you have
received us. We shall take back witii ns to
France the lasting impression made on
minds thoroughly able to appreciate it, of
the imposing spectacle which England pre
sents, where virtue on the throne directs tile
destinies of a country under the empire of a
liberty without danger to its granducr.”
Jn the evening Queen Victoria and Frince
Albert, Napoleon and Eugenie visited the
Italian Opera. Five hundred guineas were
given as the quotations for boxes, and thir
ty guineas for single stalls in the favored
parts of the Louse where the light of the
royal countenances might lull on the occu
pants. London, west of Temple-Bar, was
illuminated.
On Friday the Emperor and Empress, ac
companied by the Queen and Prince Albert
visited the Crystal Palace at Sydenham,
where 20,000 persons were assembled to re
ceivethera. In the evening the Queen gave
a supper and concert, at wmch the American
Minister was present.
On Saturday their Majesties returned
home.
Addresses had been voted by the Corpo
rations of Liverpool, Manchester, Birming
ham, Brighton,Bristol, Southampton, Edin
burgh, Dublin, and other cities, the Man
chester Chamber of Commerce, Manchester
Commercial Association, Liverpool Cham
ber of Commerce, and an infinity of lesser
institutions, all of which duiy reached the
Emperor, and were “graciouiy received.”—
Altogether. Napoleon has been the most
successful event ol the season.
“Have you any limb-horn bonnets?”
inquired a very modest iNliss of a shop
keeper.
“Any what?”
“Any limb-horn bonnets?”
“ Any—you don’t mean LBG-horn ?”
The youns lady was “brought to” by the
use of proper restoratives.
A Great Medical Discovery.
The article which follows, published in
the Scientific Bulletin, of Paris, is entitled
“The Application of Chemical Electricity
to Therapeutics.” Though not literal, the
substance of lire article is intact. The Bul
letin says:
Chemistry is about to drag from an an
ticipated death thousands of men, who, in ■
the exercise of their cruel professions—gdd
ing looking-glass plating, white lead manu
facturing. Ac., and also those systems have
been ruined by mercury in its various forms ;
—for this science has raised her right aim
anti arrests their misery and destruction.—
This discovery extracts from their bodies,
atom by atom, every particle of metalic sub
stance from every part of the human system.
Where do we get this great hope?* In a
m.moir presented to the French Academy
of Sciences by M. Dumas, which has for its
authors two men whose names will strike
the ear of the public for the first time to
day. But if they prove what they promise
to they will soon take rank among the great
est benefactors of humanity. These authors
are Andre Poly, of Havana, and Maurice
Vi rgin s. The invention consists of an ap
plication of chemical electricity to accom-1
piisb the above purpose, and of all the mar
velous things that electricity has achieved
this is the boldest and most triumphant.
The modus operand! is as follows: A me
tallic bath is insulated from everything, and
partially tilled with acidulated water, to con
vey more readily the electrical currents.—
The patient lies upon a seat in the tub in
sulated entirely from the bath. When gold,
silver, or mercury is in the system, nitric or
hydrochloric acids are employed. When
lead is suspected, the acid used is sulphuric.
This done, the negative pole of a battery is
put in connection with the bath, while the
positive pole is in the hands of the patient.
Now the work of purification commences.
The electricity pcrcipitates itself, hunts,
digs, searches, and discovers every particle
of metalic substance concealed in tiie most 1
profound tissues, bones, nerves, and joints of
the patient, resolves them into their pnmi- ■
live forms, and, extracting them entire from
the human organism, deposits them upon \
the sides of the bath, where they can be seen !
with the naked eye.
After the end of one of those operations a \
chemist of Havana, M. Moissand, having
analyzed 1)12 drachms of the liquid in the j
bath, saw foaming a metalic globule of the |
diameter of nine-tenths of a mile mbtre, and
this was mercury. At another tape tiie
same chemist saw a very light, white, per
cipitated substance, which gave two glob
ules of metalic lead, perfectly visible to the
naked eye, and M. Poly announced that lie
had taken from the tibaand thigh-bone of a
patient a quantity of mercury that had been
there, creating intense suffering for fifteen
years. *
From on old Magazine—published in 1838.
Piojihccy IViuli.it<i.
We notice the Arkansas papers begin to
talk about annexing the province of Califor
nia to the A\ estern Territory. The next
news we shall hear, it may be, that a com
pany lias formed to go out and establish a
colony on the Cult of California. The best
harbors on the Pacific are found on the
Peninsula of California, while the amenity
of the climate and the richness of the soil is
not surpassed by the garden spots of the
earth, in natural advantages, even Texas,
with all its boasted agricultural facilities,
would not compare with the regions around
about California. It is the Paradise, of
North America.
'1 he possession of the country is nominal
ly in .Mexico. The territory, however, is
unoccupied and in a wild state, with the ex
| caption ol a lew small settlements separated
I by remote distances.
'i here then is the finest country on the
globe open to the first occupants. AVe
should not be surprised soon to hear of our
adventurous pioneers in the West moving
to that remote quarter. It is not much far
ther oil than Texas used lo be, when the
first settlement of the young Republic was
made. A A ankce colony then, would be a
great, acquisition to Mexico, if the govern
mi-nt were disposed to receive them kindly.
At any rate, the point is so distant from
the settled provinces of Mexico, that the in
truders might remain safe from molestation
Mexico is too busy in keeping her own un
ruly population in subjection, to find time to
be troubling hersell about a small American
settlement in a remote corner other domin
ions. The fact js becoming obvious that
Mexico cannot long retain a hold of her un
wieldy domain. Great Britain or France,
will ere long be stretching their hands to
wards California, if we do not.
the plan of a Colony on the Gulf we
think is not a bad one. Like the Colony
planted in Texas twenty years ago, it would
prove to be a prolific germ, that would grow
rapidly, and soon expand into a flourishing
and powerful republic. 'The time has per
imps not quite arrived for the accomplish
ment of the scheme, but the day cannot be
lar oft when the Anglo-Saxon settlements
will be seen planted on the shores of the
i’acific. The Mexicans will never muster
enterprise and industry enough to settle and
subdue Uie country. To a harder and more
civilized race will belong the glory of found
ing an empire of Federal Republican States
along the .Pacific coast, extending from the
extremity of California to to the boundary
ol the Oregon Territory.
A Yankee has invented a machine
which will churn, pound clothes, and pump
water, and when complete, will milk the
cow, get tea. and whip children.
fall wheat was selling at $2 40
per bushel, at St. Lluis, Mo., in May last.
Arrival of the Cortes.
Highly interesting War News,
May 25th, 4 P. M., the Cortes loft San
Juan del Ser—26th 1:30 P. M. exchanged
signals with N. S. C. S. S. Uncle Sam bound
down —May 30th 7:30 arrived at Manza
nello. June 3d, 6P. M.. were boarded by
a whale boat from Nafividad Island tor pro
visions, and supplied them. In port at Sun
Juan del Sur Li. S. Sloop-bf-war St. Man/s
—ship, Rose Standish, Capt. Hutchins, dis
charging coats. The water in the San .1 uau
river is in an excellent stage, and Oie Isth
mus transit in every way conifortal l: and
speedy. The Cortes brings 435 pas? engers,
ol whom 353 are females; 57 children; also
73 packages.
From Europf.
The latest dates from England are to A
pril 28th —from the Crimea to the 25th.
By the latest accounts of the Allies, it
would appear that they have been gaining
ground before Sebastopol.
- The ambuscades in part of the Central
Tower have been occupied by their troops
after some desperate lighting, and now form
•part of their line of works. The advance
there made is described as being most im
portant, as the ground occupied by the Rus
sians in front of the Mamelou Tower separ
ated the two divisions of the English left
and enabled them to enfilade both. It is
added that the French guns had completely
crushed the Flagstaff Battery, and that the
front of the quarantine Tower had entirely
been destroyed. The French had succeed
ed in tearing and digging the trench of their
fourth parallel, which brings them close up
to the Russian works. These statements,
however, conflict with the contents ot Prince
Gortschakoff's last dispatch, which covers
most of these operations.
An account states if the town is not soon
stormed, or dues not surrender, the guns
will be worn out with incessant firing.
The telegraph is now complete between
Balacklava and London. The Minister of
War can now converse hourly with Lord
Raglan.
It is now certain that the Vienna Con
gress has adjourned sine die.
. In *he House of Commons on the 24th,
Lord Palmerston made a statement to that
effect, in rip y to that question put to him
•by Mr. Bright.
From the explanation from the English
presses on that occasion, it would appear
that the conditions insisted upon by the Al
lies, were that Russia should either reduce
the amount of her naval force in the Black
Sea, or that she should be declared neutral,
and all ships of war be excluded "from it.—
No counter propositions were made by Rus
sia.
From a semi-official statement in the Par
is Constitutional, it seems now pretty cer
tain tiiat the Emperor will proceed to the
Crimea. His camp equipage was in course
of preparation, and his departure was said
to be fixed for the 10th of May. The same
paper admits that Russia has so far suc
ceeded in the Vienna conferences as to
break down the threatened hostility of
Austria, which probably was so much as
she hoped for or desired from the negotia
tions.
The general impression a Paris now seems
to be mat Austria, Prussia, and the smaller
Herman States will coalesce in the armed
neutrality.
The cholera has again broken out in the
French camp before Sebastopol.
The English ship Croesus, from Genoa,
for the Crimea, with Sardinian troops on
board, had been burned. No lives lost.
Bronessa has been visited by another
earthquake. The stone buildings were near
ly all destroyed, and the wooden tenements
burned up. The village of Serhendji, one
league from Bronessa, was entirely destroy
ed. The earthquake appeared to be almost
continuous, 150 shocks having occurred in
24 hours.
Cholera continued its ravages at St. Pe
tersburg.
A serious overflow of the river Neva had
taken place, causing much distress and de
struction of property.
The Grand Dukes Michael and Nicholas
have again set out for the Crimea.
Mehemet Ali, the Sultan's brother-in-law,
has been arrested and sent to Europe "for
being troublesome.'’
Louis Napoleon is said to have demanded,
through his Minister at Vienna, of Austria
to fulfill her pledges, and lake part with the
Western Powers.
The Great Exhibition at Paris would not
be opened until the 10th or 15th of May.
Tile Atlantic States.
• Dudley Mann has resigned as Assistant
Secretary of State at Washington. Line!
Clerk Hunter takes his place.
Geo. P. Scarborough, a Professor in
William and Mary’s College, has been ap
pointed to the Judgeship in the Court ol
Claims,declined by Judge Lumpuins.
The sloop ot war St. Lotus, Capt. In
graham of Ivozta celebrity, has arrived at
Philadelphia. .
Ail the various national religious socie
ties, had celebrated their anniversaries in
New York during the previous week.
L T . S. Senators, Sumner and Wilson of
Mass, delivered addresses on slavery, each
io crowded audiences, at the Metropolitan
theatre.
The four Governors of Maine, Massachu
setts, Rhode Island and New York, attend
ed a great State Temperance Convention,
held at Boston.
The powder mill of J. Connelly & Co.
near Rochester, blew up. May Bth, killing
five persons instantly.
Snow fell to the depth of four inches in
many parts of Pennsylvania and New York
on the Bth. Several vineyards in Ohio, are
reported entirely ruined.
Gov. Gardner of Massachusetts refused to
remove Judge Loring.
Ex-Governor Seabury Ford, of Ohio, died
May Bth.
Ex-Senator Colquctt, of Georgia, died on
the Tth of May.
Ex-Mayor Van Dyke, of Detroit, died
May 8.
Four thousand five hundred immigrants
arrived at New York in one day May Bth.
Consul Fabins and Col. Kinney have
been discharged on their own recognizance
in SIOOO and their expedition was to sail
May 17th.
Mons. Goddard ascended in his balloon
from New Orleans May (i. traveling 310
miles to Fort Gibson, Mississippi in 6 hours,
lamle ! his passengers and proceeded on his
journey.
1 he schooner John Clark, from New York
to Jamaea, was lost with five of her crew—
two persons only saved. They lived for
eight days on bread saturated with cam
phene, shark liver oil and salt water.
At Providence, R. ]., the K. N. ticket
for city officers was elected by a handsome
majority. Twenty out of twenty-eight coun
cilmen arc Know Nothing.
Joseph Hiss,- the offending Boston mem
ber. has been expelled from the Massachu
setts House of Representatives by 13.7 to I>.
The Cholera is raging all along the Up
per Mississippi and in Kansas territory.
A locomotive exploded on the Jefferson
ville Railroad near Seymour, Indiana, May
11th killing five persons.
The President has removed J. IV. Fabens,
the Commercial Agent at Grey town.
News from Havana to May sth. All
quiet.
Martin Eastwood has boon convicted on
trial, at Rochester, New York, for the mur
der of Edward Brcveton.
By the way of the New Orleans Tel-
EGRAFH.-Vicksburg, May 9th.-The steam
er li . N. Sherman, struck on a snag in Ya
zoo river, below Sartatia, yesterday, and
sunk. Her cargo was saved in a damaged
state. The steamer Exchange was sunk
at the same place.
The talk of Authors. — Hazlitt’s re
mark, that authors were seldom gifted with
conversational powers, seems to be abund
antly verified by fact. He says:—Authors
ought to be read, and not heard;” and as to
actors, they could not speak tragedies in the
drawing-room, and their wit was likely to
be comedy and farce at a second hand.—
The biography of men of letters, in a great
measure, confirms this opinion; some of the
greatest names in English and French liter
ature. men who have filled books with an
eloquence ami truth that defy oblivion, were
mere mutes before their fellow-men.' They
had golden ingots, which, in the privacy of
home, they could convert into coin bearing
an impress that would insure universal cur
rency; but they could not, on the spur of
the moment, produce the farthings current
in the market place. Descartes, the famous
mathematician and philosopher; Lafoiituinc,
celebrated for his witty fables; ami Button,
the great naturalist, were all singularly de
ficient in the powers of conversation, . Mar
montel, the novelist, was so dull in society,
that his friend said of him, after an inter
view; T must go and read his tales, to re
compense myself for the weariness of hear
ing him.” As to Corneille, the greatest
dramatist of France, he was completely lost
in society—so absent and embarrassed, that
he wrote ol himself a witty couplet, import
ing that he was never intelligible but
through the mouth of another. Wit on pa
per seems to be something widely different
from that play of words in conversation,
which while it sparkles, dies; for Charles li
the wittiest monarch that ever sat on the
English throne, was so charmed with the
humor of “Hudibras,” that he caused him
self to be introduced, in the character of a
private gentleman, to Butler, its author.—
The witty king found the author a very dull
companion; and was of opinion, with many
others, that so stupid a fellow could never
have written so clever a work.
[Salad for the Solitary.
Mrs. Partington's Ike.— -When Mr,
Adam’s dog Carlo was poisoned, Ike at
tempted au elegy upon him, and began it
thus:
“Poor Carlo, he is dead and gone,
And he won t come back any more;
I wish die feller that pisened him
Could He served the same sauce.”
The divine ‘-flatness” here gave out, but
as he read the lines to Mrs. Partington her
face lighted up with pride, like the bright
bottom of her tin pail in the ruddy rays of
the coal fire, “There,” said she. as she felt
in her pocket for a cent, “that’s what 1 call
genus, and seems to warrant the predica
ment that you will some day be a learned
man it you only know enough, and write
minus poems as all the great writers do. I
would be more proud to have it so than to
have you the dolphin of France or the
prince ol the whales. ’ She chased the cent
into a corner, and Ike held out his hand to
receive a large horn button that she had
mistaken lor the coin. Four marbles and
any quantity of subsequent winnings faded
from that young gentlemen’s mind as the
valueless horn touched his- waiting palm.
Poole’s Murderer in San Francisco.
We find the following important intelligence
in the San Francisco Chronicle of last Sat
urday: ‘-We have received information from
a reliable source that Baker, who murdered
Poole iu New York, was in this city two
weeks since. His present slopping place is
unknown to our informant, but he is sup
posed to be concealed iu the city, or to bo
in the mines.
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