Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 52, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 19, 1858 Page: 1 of 4
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Th* sales of clear Starling arc restricted to a few
«mm WJjilW, and I0TK«103 for bank rig-
took place In drafts
r evidence at 108@104. Domestic
* *Xé*X V ct.dtoct«mVand
j atjii RRH
' York X«K V et premlora—the tot-
ÜT The tales of ootton at Hew OrieaM ls*t week
1 to 84,100 bales. The quota Hone bow an
i otjie and upward alnoe the arrival of the
t G; W. Kerby
, whloh, by raoent enaetment, Is oomposad of
i of Washington, Barleson, Milam and
i " states that the
. Coronsr's Inqusst over the body of Dr. Anson
Joaaa, on Saturday retornad a verdict that he came
to his death by a pistol shot in hia own band. There
«as found in the room the following memoranda on
a sllpof paper ; ,- t-i- i
" Depoelted Jan. 1st, '68, with El B. Nichols &
Co., B. A D. 6. Mills, aeoeptanoe for $5,183 60-190.
J. P. Flewellln's note for $1,182 60-100.
Deposited in Bank, 2 Tola, manuscript History
of Texas. ARSON JONES."
Thia ia all the memoranda found about the do-
ra ara
i that the Young Catbollea Friends Society,
Young Men's Chrtotton Association, of
[ City, have united for ths purpose of
the suffering poor of that city, without
diiorimination on the score of creed, opinion or
"Iafelthand Hope th world may disagree,
But all mankind's «oocsra Is Charity.
r.—The Houston Bepublio contains
.... P*!*r*phe:
Fertile ao i 1 wall supplied with timber and water
oan be procured witnin a few miles of Houaton,
(Texas)' at five dollars per aere.
"Valuable cotton and sugar lands can be procured
ótt' the San Jacinto within from twenty to thirty
miles H. X. of Houston (Texas,) st from two to Ave
Of tb* counties
nd Walker counties ia t-
among immigrants. Its
within twenty milea of
T*a Can Systbm.—The editors of Kentucky held
a Convention In the city Of Frankfort on the létb
! a resolution, deolaring thatvfrom
the first day
the members Of this convention
oaab system In regard to subscription, and will re-
ceive no new subscribers to their several papers
without advance payment*, and they earnestly so-
licit théir brother editora to adopt the tame rule.
' This system should be universally adoptad. As
• general rale, Printer'* have as much labor in ool-
i debts due them ; and the
light. Persons who are not
r able to pay the small amount of the cost
' '' avaha*, are to often in the same
I of the yean.
0, of adv*rtl**m*nto from a distanca. A
t of people have sprung up at the North,
under toe nail* of Advertising Agents. to say no-
thing of the uaual venders of quack medleiaes, who
tie publishers of distant papers
biila. Sand the money when you
it, If you wish to deal fairly,
say that all Advertising Agents
Unfortunately there are just honest
to giveoredit to the counterfeits.
Locxha*t.—From apri vate letter
ary let, we learn that adread-
" at'the Plum Creek Acad-
u Loekhart, on the Sunday
meeting. It appears that a
took some axoaptions to some
a Mr. Gillmore, concerning a
ebber and a young man living
mitheoh, went to preaching the
and after the ceremonies were
i same out ofohurob with a lady
ng at the dooT with
I around hie hand which so
and disappointments, a hold on
tained which will oontinne when aul
Young people who are treated as c .
judicious parents, are seldom addicted to
practices. They will even forego many _
ces to avoid displeasing them, or giving them pain.
Dx^kksrhxss and Insahity .—The following *ta-
tistica show that insanity exists in all countries in
the ratio of drunkenness: In Hoilsnd and Belgium
ths consumption of intoxicating drinks ia two gal-
lons to every individual, and there ia one lunatic
to every 8000 of the people; in France the consump-
tion is Ave gallons to every individual, and there is
one lunatic to every 600 of the people; in Norman
dy, three asd a half gallons.of intoxicating drinks
areoonsumed by each individual, and there is one
lunatic to every 760ofthepeople;in America, three
L. 7. ^ gallons us oonsumed by each individual, and there
o^ W!:^^o to every «60 of the people; in England,
ention agree to adopt the three gallons are consumed by each, and there is a
subscription, and will re- lonatio to every $00 of the people:in Scotland, four
Gillmore that she corn-
er. Hedgepeth, an old citi—
it hold of Webber and en-
irbanoee.
iltheon stepped up and said,
1 at the same time Webber
Vahooting at eaohother;
ig nearly between
iing?n,under the Tight
Mrs. Thompson was
t dangerously woanded
! Webber nor Gillmore
ed. They were bound in the
> make their appearance at the
t term of the District Ooart— (Morado Citizen.
L t
——
i moat elegant oonvereationalists the world'
■as ever known, was by no means a handsome wo-
1— — * 1 ere beauty of feature is oonoerned;
moet fastidious of beauty fanciers,
i could talk down her fooe in fifteen
, at the end of which time she became poel-
tifol. The art of conversation is a rare
be cultivated aa one would cultivate
le art. With some It is a sponto-
t with all it can be acquired in a
An old book
etiquette, among a
which woul
On the su
conversation,
a pronta-
a word
. -- ÑP
r to be pat i
simp
va it utl
hi I
Idle tone
not ill-
le.
hat he is
oourto-
rse,
but oul-
Harsh-
, in censuring.'
tody, how-
tp-nuit.
• tothena-
to get rid
. he stood 1
i h* stood like a
i five dollars, and
i the
•dear
Cubtor lady and S ohildjen, Shaw
ladv and child
DeWald, Hill,
1st.
poaita.
and at the Assay Office, in convenient sum*, at
opinion of the depositor, and payaole to bearer,
Sd. To permit similar certificates to be isaued
the Mints, and at tha Treasury snd Assistant
suries of the United States, on depoeits of
in* of the United States.
Tbe object of the writer is, apparently, to super-
cede ths use of bank piper, as ipnow exist . He
that tha prw*nt supply of the
supplies which i
reoeived fro
and of the farther
- .-j J1 '.year* to come be
jved from the same mm**, it may wollbeooá-
eidered whether in a country e* highly favored wif"
, -. In Ilk* manner with th*^3oWnment,
ahould enjoy the advantages of a specie currency,
■L tleman, whose
lather attended more to teashing~bto son tbe me-
thods of accumulating riches than knowledge,
lived come time since In a town in one of the Eastern
States—from ■ application and industry he had
smaaasd a property of about $800,000; although not
abls either to read or write, he never bireH a cterl
but bad always been in the habit of keeping
own book*. He bad invented some few el
for tbe purpose of eonveyiog his ideas to
and others; they were formed as nearly similar to
the shape of the artiole sold as the' nature of
circumstances would sdmit. One day a casto
of his called on him for the purpose of settling
account, tbe book of Mrtoglpkim was hi
down, and our msrohsnt commenced with : "
a time yon had agallón of rum, and such a time a
pound of tea—each a time a gallon of n '
and such a time a cheese." "Stop there,"
oustomer; "I never bad aobeeae from
other person—I make my own oheese.'
telnly must have had it," said the m<
is down in my book." The other den;
buying an artiole of that kind. Afte;
number of pros and cons, upon recoils
formed bim that "be believed he had ,
grindstone about that time. "It is the very thlngi"
said the merchant, ?' and I must have fori
put the hole in the middle."
Ixpobtaht to Pabxhto.—As obildr
age, and tbe faculties of the mind expand,
by an easy, familiar mode of coversing i "
and adapting their language to their <
pacity, may acquire almost unbonnd
over them. If parents wsts thus careful t
vate the young mind from the first dawn of r
atching every opportunity of communicating ii
strnotion, they would be rarely disappointed :
having their ohildren grow up around them, all th
they could reasonably deeire them to be. When
children are accustomed freely to unbosoi
selvee, and unreservedly to reveal "
the paternal friend, who is most ii
«earner Gov. Pease, Capt. J
Bluf, arrived thia mqralng with 1
andtha following i
and bride, Mrs, 1
_ I ohildren, Shaw i
, Mrs. Peacock and 9 (
The Gov. iw>niw- ■ .
the steamer Grapsahot at Otdar Landlng going
£jW~ The steamer Island City, C*pt. Sterritt, ar-
rivad last might from Houston with the following
MoNfol.l
Mr* Allen, Miss
Hudson, Alexander,
•on, Tinsley, Ballon,
Loper, Ufford and daughter, Bev.
SW" We call attentioa to tbe
Theatre to-night; for the beusflt of
Nol. It is not poesible in so
jnstioe to the oiiaims of thia,- th
elation among onr citizens, for
tribution asked. It is a small
arduous duties and danger*,
man, and we hope that no oil
absent to night from tbe Theaii
be delivered in addition to the
pith,' Fisher,
, Kendall,-
BT The Austin Intelligenc
head-quarters of ths army ii
forrad (rom San Antonio to
ligenoer does not appear to
' tb* report is unl
at|ha
Company
to do
useful aBso-
thellttle«on-
ipense for the
on thefire-
rho oan, will be
An address will
«•
,r¡¡
ílearns that tha
i are to be trana-
The Intel-
l the change. We
ded.
v-TheAt
that the University bill has
vote in the House of B*i
expresses a good deal i
i In telllgenoer states
! By a divided
, That paper
'in at the foot.
Loss ox th* Btmr
papen announce the arrl<
ish schooner A. Canals
Capt. A. S. Busssy,
Cobb, reporting the
wrecked on'
morning of the 18th I
weather was thick and
go and materials a
saved, and oame pi
Canale. Tie Cobb
&o., for -the supply
the
.The Charleston
tha^port, in the Brit-
Nassau, N. P., of
U. 8. supply schooner
bis vessel. She was
it of Abaco on the
, at 1 o'clock. The
ng heavy . Vessel, Oar-
Offloera and craw all
-irlth the Captain in the
In carrying oil,
lighthouses upqn' the
engaged
Brasil k tha moat «levated of all tropical
tries, being on ao average 700 feet above the
ofthesea. This elevation, and tha trade,
welfare, what advantages must result
what pleasure to the mind of an affeoi
When parenta thus become to their cl
miliar friends, the unreserved <
pathizing partners of their joys
.ito every 800 of the people;in Scotland,four
gallons are oonsumed by eaoh, and there is a luna-
tio to every 6T0 of roe people; in Ireland, there are
five and a half gallons consumed by every man,
woman and ehiid, at least that amount in propor-
tion to population, and there is in that countij one
lunatio to every 660 of the people.
Eduoatioiua Stdxtins.—Stuffing is an art. An
English writer spoke well when he said "If ohild-
ren studied lesa they wonld learn more." Maay a
who has never had its fourteenth summer to
sin in, is condemned to a small library, a little At-
*as, with a great world upon its unfortunate should-
ers. Study, remember, repeat: never pausing,
never thinking. There's a musio lesson at ten, and
a drawing lesson at three; there are red kittens in
worsted to be tantalised by green mioe; there's a
world to do, with needle, penoil, and brushy then
it has to bound sbout the States as if it were made
of gnm elastic ; to go up the Multiplication Table
like a.kltten np a ladder; to take a oold bite of Phi-
loeophy and a morsel of History, and by and byd,
it grows dull, or it grows pale—which would you
prefer it would do J—break tbe promise to the hope,
or die young ! Whloh would you mourn for moetf
This is making old garments out of new oloth, bnt
it la not Eduoatlon.—B. F. Taylor. \
Dahoimo.—There is no amusement oan be made
more healthful than dancing, and none more inju-
rious to hesltb, when indulged to exoess in over-
heated, over-crowded rooms at all hours of the night
and often-timee all night, until the time w)ien birds
and other sensible folks think of rising for the day;
A danoe in the home-circle every evening is invig-
orating and enlivening. It sets the blood to bound-
ing briskly, and for the old and young of the family
—from grandpa and grandma down to the great-
grandchildren—would, if freely indulged in, pre-
vent all thoee obstructions of the liver, derange-
ments of the spleen, torpidities of the digestive ap-,
paratus, whloh result in suoh long doctors' bills,
undertaker's bills and suffering and expense gener-
ally. But as for the dancing done in public assemb-
lies, unless it is entered into with dne moderation,
and with strict adberenoe to seasonable hour*, beauty
and health must alike suffer.
ooast of the Gulf of
Bedford, Miass., and
of Louisiana and. T<
of pouring oil on. thi
houses and light-
vlrgips in the paral
pilas; and an in
ET* In the U.
nit., in the oaee off
Orleans, appellant
the argument of
Wm. G. Hale,
OrnoxBs of
eleoted Jan. 11
F. McClelland
Foremen; H. S
retary, F. W.
Junker, Stew
The trial of
her mistress,
and resulted
fessions ho
tloo. She was from New
at the time for the coast
We regret this instance
ubled waters. The light-
er Texas, like the simple
, have exhausted their sup-
r of being left in the dark.
Supreme Court on the 80th
be Commercial Bank of New
. Alexander Compten et al.
i cause was commenced by Mr.
i appellant.
i City Engine Company No. 2,
IJ. Magean, Foreman, S.
and Chas. Schuld 2d assistant
t, Treasurer; Ghaa> Sohads, Seo-
hrman, assistant Secretary; Chas.
ie negro woman Lucy, for killing
. Dougherty, came off yesterday
conviction. The evldenoe though
as very strong. Her frequent con-
'er, had removed all doubt aa to her
than th*
Aria (Humboldt.)' Tbe i¿ean temperature is from
81° to #0°~; but at Bio, daring thirty yean, tha
rise higher than 78°. Maximum in
July minimum 66 °. The oool
the effbets Of this regular heat'and
the climate delightful, even In the midat of
Th* population of Bio ia eetimatad at 800,000,
being the laigeat oityof Soath America, and the
third in sisa on the Western Continent, as it is the
oldest in historical incidente. Tha city le built up-
on nlctureeque and irregular hilla, which sweep in
various direetiona, running back to the baaia of tbe
Ttyuca Mountains, and is tb* residence of Jha King
and Court. It ia ane of great aotivity, necessarily
having some of tbe characteristics of our own, such
as omnlbusaes, gas-lights, etc., but it still exhibits
manners and ouatoma pertaining to it* peculiar civ-
ilisation. There ai« few hotels. During the busi-
ness honraftf the day one of the moat exciting apec-
taoles is that of the coffee carriers, who are stalwttt
Africans, two-thirds naked, that go in troopa, esbh
laden with a bag of coffea upon his bead weighing
one hundred and sixty pounds, wllieh ia carried at
a trot or a canter from tha warebouas*, wlthout tifo
slightest inconvenience. They hold, very often,
rattles in their hands Whose rude music blends with
the barbarlo strains of native song; in which th*
whole troop will unite.
Coffee was introduced by a monk in Brasil in
17M, though only after the deoline of Hayti did it
become an artiole of oommeroe. In 1809 but 80,000
sacks were grown, yet in 1866 over 8,000,000 sack*
aloed at $26,000,0001 The princi-
pal coffee region is on the banks of Parahiba, bnt it
is now extending in every direotion. It oan be
planted from the seeds or from slips. The trees
sre six or eight feet apart, and produce the seooud
or third year. Eaoh tree produces 'on the average
about two pounds of ooffeo, though in aome places
an average Of even six pounds has been reached.—
The trees are Out down ewery fifteen years, yet they
will b*ar long after. Twelve feet is the greatest
height allowed. Tbe berry, when ripe, resembles
the cranberry, and a negra can gather about thirty
pounds a day. Three gatherings are made in a
year. The berrys sre spresd out to dry, snd are
then hulled hy machinery:
'Nothing is mora beautiful than a oofibe planta-
tion in full and virgin bloom. Th* snowy blossoms
*11 bunt forth slmultsneously, and the extended
fields seem almost in a night to lay aside their robe
of verdure, and t* rsplaca it by the most delicate
mantle of white, whUh exhale* a fragranoe not un-
worthy of Eden.
Attempt* h*ve been jnade to introduoe the Chi-
nese tea into Brasil,' snd with much more suocess
than followed similar ones Several yean ago in our
country. Tbe government procured a colony of
Chinese acquainted with the oultnre and prepara-
tion Of tb* plant, but they were unsuccessful entire-
ly. The planters, sfterwards, took tbe mstter in
band, and now large and productive tea planta-
tions are found. It is raised from seed, is planted
in beds and then in fields, the planta being five feet
apart, and not allowed to reach more than four
feet in heigth. The third year after, tbe leaves
may be picked, and ohildren are employed profit-
ably in doing it. They are railed an carved frame-
work, and then dried by fires in metalio pans. If
left to itself the plant will run up ta a tree. Several
million pounds of thia tea are prepared in the pro-
vínoos ef San Paulo and Minaa-Gersea, and. com-
mands from twenty to forty oents per pound.
mti ÜÉHS
' , 1
mtm v «a.- —™.
i
_ . . Capt. P. J. Menard,
arrived last night from Houston, with the foUow- though
-- T
to treat of herself
she oould
lyrically,
Souxaki*4—The Telegraph announce* that the
Legislature f Maryland haa refused to receive Gov.
Ligon's metaage on aooount of the expressions it
contains
their oondi
Wis*.-
tions a let
oelebratii
ject the
fair and
No
it the American party in relation to
at the Baltimore elections.
iew York aooounte of tbe 9th inst, men-
of Gov. Wise to tbe Tammany Soeiety
, which eays that Congress ought not re-
lompton Constitution, but subjeot it to a
al vote of the people of Kansas.
test Democrat (says hs) should be pro-
scribed for a difference of opinion in regard to the
manner of solving tbequestion.
——— — : /V.
ConimniTs.—Ten Dollar Counterfeit bills of
the Commercial and Agricultural Bank continue to
be eett to this city. Few genuine bills Of thisde*
nomination and bsnk are in circulation; and, as the
counterfeit la a very dangerous one, and th* bank
wls|es to withdraw its bills, it would be well to send
In fll $10 bllla of the kind to the bsnk. The chances
more than two to one that sir bills of this class
in the interior st present are spurious.
Omnia o* th* Posts o* J**ah.—" Ion," ths
Wsshington correspondent of the Bsltimore Sun,
writes under dste of the 27th :
The report, often proved tobe fsllsolous, tbat the
Enperor of Japan ia about to change its exclusive
for liberal commercial policy, is revived, and upon
the authority of a conversation with the Bussian
admiral, Couat Pontiatine, who had recently visit-
ed Nogoeohi. This gentlemen not long sinoe ne-
gotiated a treaty between Japan and Bnssia, and
npon terms similar to the treatiee with the United
States and England, that is—with no commercial
privilegia at all. From another éouroe we learned,
not long ego, the Emperor of Japan had held a
consultation with his court upon the subjeot of in-
tercourse with foreignera, and that it bad been de-
termined to grant to all nations, without any more
special treaties, the privilege merely of tsking shel-
ter in oertain ports from stress of weather, and sup-
dying themselves with provisions and water. This
sthe extent of the privileges granted by Japan,
either to England, Bussia, tbe United States, or to
any other nation, exoept Holland, which nation,
virtue of extreme humility, is allowed the use
a port, and the privilege of a trifling and limited
trade, confined to one ship a year.
So far from relaxing the restrictive policy of Ja-
pan, the Emperor has recently deol area that he con-
sidere the rebellion in China and the war of China
with England, as arising necessarily from tbe par-
tial permission given to foreignera to trade with
that Empire. He ha* no idea of inourring the same
hazards.
WA New York dispatch says that the funds
it the Snb Treasury here are so muoh reduced that
Qovernment is obliged to postpone payment of
loutbem drafts.
We can soaroely credit this statement; but it is
nevertheless true that tbe remittances for the pay-
ment of Lighthouse and Light-veeael dues in thia
District for the Isst quarter have not yet been re-
ceived here.
Bill P. was making a journey in a stage
over the hilly roads in tbe Western.part of
State, and amused himself on the way. by
resorts to the comforts of a mysterious black
wbioh he had with him. Suddenly the coach o¿me
in contact with a large stone, which, without doing
any other damage, deprived Billy of bia equilibri-
um and down he rol'ed On the ground. 'MVofn
thunder yer. doing !" said Billy ; " how come yon
to tip overt" The driver informed him th& the
stage had net been overturned at all, and tbe paa-
sengers assured Billy that Jehu was right. Billy
approaohed the vehiole again, and remountedsloV-
got of.
Thi Toothaorb.—"My dear friend," said H.,
"I can cure your toothache in ten minitea."
"How 1 how ?" inquired I. "Do if, in pitty."
"Instantly,"said be-
"Have you any alum ?"
"Tes." '
"Bring it snd some common sOt." i
They were produoed. My friend ptlf erised th em
mixed them in equal quantities, then wet a small
piece of cotton, causing thamixed powder to adhere,
and placed it in my hollow tooth.
"There," said .he, "if that does not cure you 1
will forfeit my head. Too may tell this to every
one, and publish it everywhere, the remedy is in-
fallible."
It w** aa be predicted. On the introduction of
the mixed slum and salt, I experienced a sensation
of coldness, which gradually subsidtd, and with it,
the alum and tbe salt, I cured the torment of the
toothaohe.—Mandnüle Btadtr. ■
imascipatl
Bussian serf la at last about to be otrried into effeot.
The soberna oonsists in compelling all the proprie-
tors of the soil to sppronriste to tha serfs on their
estate a portion of land sufficient for their main-
tenance. The only condition annexed is that, for
the present, at least, the serfs so endowed shall not
quit the aetata of their fortner matters.
Men of power are seldom wordy or diffuse—they
indulge not in the deoorstive trappings of rhetorio
—but, by s few bold mtster-strons, give determ-
ined expression to theeesential
which
I expression to the eeeential aad central idea, to
eh all minor thoughta are subordinate.—¿¿ad-
monished by a
lowing sorts of
of those who
Lessons fob Bors.T-Boys are
sensible writer to beware of th*
oompany, if they would avoid
go to prison for orima:
1. They who ridloule or disobey their parents.
2. They who profana the Sabbath, or ridiot
religion.
&. Those who usa profana, dkty, or indecent
word*.
4. Those who are unfaithful, play truant, or
waste time in idleness.
6. Thoee of s qusrrebom* temper, or given to
lying or theft.
«. Th
hoee who take pleasure In torturing animals,
whether mere insects or not.
T. They who loaf around grog <Vi take tbe ar-
dent, smoke cigars or chew tobacoo.
It ia not true that U& world hatea piety which
fills the heart with all human charltea
a man gentle to others snd sever*;to himself; but
Itia an object of universal love a d veneration.
Bnt mankind hates the lust of j *
vallad under th* garb of piaty.'
when itia
and
thay do not ohooae to
folly and impudence from
only be a sanctuary for the .
maimaotdbb ox Thimblx*,—Notwithstanding
the facility with which the manufacture of these
small, but essential, implements ia «arriad on by
means of moulds in the stamping maohine, .few
processes oan oompare in ingenuity and effeotive
adaption, with the contrivance originated by MM.
Bony & Bethies of Paris. Sheet iron l-24tn of an
inch thick, is cut into stripes of dimensions suited
te the intended sixe of the thimbles. These stripe
are passed under a punoh press, whereby they are
out into disks of about two inohee diameter, tugged
together by a trail. Eaoh strip contains one dozen
of these blsnks, snd these are made red hot, and
laid npon a mandril nicely fitted to their, size. Tl\e
workmen now strike the middle of eaoh with a
round-faced punch, about tbe thiokness of his an-
ger, and thus sink it into tbe conoavity of tbe first
mandril. It Is then transferred successively to an-
other mandril, whloh haa five hollows of suooessive-
ly increasing depth, and by striking it into them it
is brought to the prop shape. Tus rude thimble
is then stuok into tbe obuok of a lathe, in order to
polish it within. It is then turned *utside, the cir-
cles marked for the gold ornament, and the pita in-
dented with a kind of milling tool. They are next
annealed, brightened and gilded inside, with a very
thin oone of gold leaf, wbioh is firmly united to the
surface of the mandrel. A gold fillet ia applied to
the outside, in an annular sp*c* turned to receive
it, being fixed bv the pressure at the edges, ento a
minute groove formed *n the lathe.
Small Pox am Yacoihation.—Hall's Journal of
Health has the following:
From extended and olose observation, the follow-
ing general deductions seem to be warranted:
1. Infantile vacolnation is an almost perfect safo-
(uard until the fourteenth year. 2. At the begin-
of fourteen the system gradually leasee its ca-
pability of resistance, until about twenty-one,
when many persons become almost as liable to
small-pox aa if they had not been vaccinated. 8.
This liability remains in full foree until about forty
two, when the susosptibility begins |to deoline, ana
continues for seven yean to grow lees and less, be-
coming extinct at abont fifty, the period of life when
tha general revolution of the body begins to take
plaoe, during whloh the system yields to deoay, or
takea a new lease of life for twe or three terms of
seven'years eaoh. 4. The grand practical use to
be made of these statements is: Let every youth
be revaooinated on entering fourteen; let several at-
tempts be made so as to ascertain of safety. As
the malady is more likely to prevail in cities dur-
the winter, rpecial attention ia invited to the
subjeot at this time.;
The Mobile ootton market appean to be
better than that of New Orleans. Aeoounta of the
7th Inst., report the sale, that day, of 2,000 balee.
Middling, firm at Sc., an advance of one-half.
Facts nr Human Lirx.—The number of languagea
spoken is 8,064. The number of men is about equal
to the number of women. Tb* average of human
life is 88 years. Oaa quarter die before the age of
seven—one-half before the age of seventeen. To
every l,000pcTsons,one only reaches 160 years. To
every 100, only 6 reaoh <6 yean, and not inoré than
one in 600 reaches the age ef 80 years. There are
on earth 1,000,000,000 of inhabitants. Of theee 88,-
888,888 die every year ; *1,824 die every day, 7,780
every hour, and 60 *v«ry minuta, or one for every
seoond.
Theee loeaes sre abont balanced by an eqnal num-
ber of births. Tbe married are longer lived Man tike
single, and above all, thoee who observe a sober and
industrious conduot. Women have more chanoes
of life previous to tha aga of fifty yean than mea,
but fewer after. Tbe number of marriagae ia in pro-
portion of 76 to 100.
A sailor, in giving hi* idea of a looomotive, says;
"Why, there is nothing manly abont It. Watoh a
ship,*i*w, with her canvass bellying out, laying
down to it juat enough to show she feels the breeze,
tossing the spray from her bows, and lifting her
head Over the seas as if she stops over 'em. There's
somsthing noble about a hone; he stepe aa if be
knew h* was going, and proud of hia duty, and
able to do it. But the lubber—habl that there
concern oomee insinivating, sneaking along, crawl-
ing on hia bally like a thundering long snake, with
a pipe in his mouth."
At a fair in Iowa, a cage was exhibited contain-
ing two ferodoua wild cats, snd over it was the fol-
lowing inscription : " Nebraska Bank Directors—
Exhibited for the exclusive benefit of Nebraska
bill holden.
Tha distance on the Arizona route, between the
western boundary of Texaa and tbe eaatern bound-
ary of California, does not exceed 470 mile*, and
tbe face of tbe country la in the main fevorabl* for
"Why, Blah, I'm aatonishad," said a
deaoon, "didn't wa take yon into our ohuroh a short
time since t" " I believe so," hiocupped Slab, "and
totaar
bould
good.
grief daw by
between you and me, it waa a little of the darsdest
"take In" you aver saw or heard of."
They who are most weaiy of life, and 7*t an
; to die, are such who have lived to
t have rather breathed than Bved.
" Tbe raoelpta of ootton at Houetoq laat weak
Ift halt*—previously ttJM.
Tax Inn la. Tbadb.—The Boston Traveller says
that about thirty ship* aré now on their passage to
Boston from various ports in India, principally from
Caloutta. After theseahips bave arrived, we may
lock for a cessation of arrivals for a great portion
of the year to come, as latterly tbe markets there
bave beóome so overstocked, the quantity of goods
on hand so immsnse, the prices Of merchandise
when sold so ruinous, (involving a loss of from 26
to 80 per cent.,) that orden have gone forward, in
many instances, to atop shipments. The facilities
afforded for credit* by the English bankers will al-
so, to a great extent, be withdrawn* exoept to per-
sons of undoubted ability. Onr India trade will,
consequently, another year, be greatly curtailed,
and tbe large importation* of the heavy articles of
East India produce will be sm*ll. Although ths
holden here will have to wait probably a long time
before they oan dis|Mse of their goods, (even in
many instances st greet loases,) yet the prospects
sre thst when the business of the country revives,
some six of nine months hence, a great obange will
take place in the prices of India goods, and money
oould be made by investment* at the present pricee,
provided persons have the patienoe to wait many
tedious month*, and th* cash oapital to work with.
Something of this hss been done by ehrewd oper-
ators.
Snow.ra Louisiaba abb Abxabsas.—ú* South-
ern Times, published at Vernon, Jackum parish,
Lb., says:
Quito a wintry soene did old terra Jirma, and her
adornments preeent on Thursday, 24th alt. For
two er this* days previous, eld Nature was endea-
voring "to wrinkle Jup a olouded front," relaxing
her apparent austerity at least by a copious shower
Of tears in the shape of the largeat enow-flakes we
ever beheld. Sublimity salde, the foiling flakea
oould but Bkggest to a genius, suoh as ourself, the
thought that all the Northern lakes had given up
their gander featbera for a general distribution
over the South. Since our isat issue rain haa been
abundant, mud, "too much," and plenty of oold
weather for bacon drying, dkc.
Thb Czab's Cavalbt Stablb.—We find the fol-
lowing in a recent number of the New York Sun:
Six head ef pure Arabian blood stallions have
been brought to this oity by Capt. Lane, late of ths
combined American and English companies engaged
In raising the ennken vessels of war In the harbor
of Sebastopol. Theee animals sre direct from the
Cxar's cavalry slablee. Theee stables are the won-
der and astonishment of all who have obtained ad-
misalon to them. The enolosure of stone walla aad
Iron frames coven an area of ten miles in length by
five in width. The stables are twelve feet square
each, while in the center of thia vaat building is
area where an army of 6000 head of the finset horses
in tbe world are broken, trained andexerciaed daily
by another arm/ of tha moet ekillfol trainers, loo-
keys, eta., in tbe Emperor's dominions. By an im-
perial decree, salee are permitted to be made when a
certain number of animals are in the stablee, of
wbioh Capt. Lane haa taken advantage, thus mak-
ing an invalnable addition to the American stud.
They are said to have ooet $18,000.
Hist*bt or a Cansón Ball.—At the oommepoe-
ment of the action on board the Presidsnt frigate,
a ball (an 18-pound shot! came over the waist cloth
of tbe Praeident, and suoh was the foroe of tbe ball
tbat it actually .cut off, without throwing them
tlown, the muzzles of aeveral of tjie muskets, (left
there by the marinee,) from six to. eight inches in
length, killed one marine, took off the rist of one
midshipman, (Mr. Montgomery,) killed another,
(Mr, Bird) together with th* quarter-gunner, and
finally lodged upon the deck, and waa token belew
by the narrator of thia and shown to the lieutenant
(Mr. Dallas) who took it in hand and wrote on it
with chalk, "Cousin, I have reoeived your' preeent,
and will return it again," olapped It in the gun
himself and fired the piece: and Hia a remarkable
fact that it killed aeveral of tbe officera and men on
board the Belvidere, and finally lodged in the cab-
la of that vessel, and waa aflerwaida hung up in
Moore, Durst, Chubb,
Brinaon, Cleveland.
The good old broth*r who prayod for a "drizzle
drozsle rain of aboat a week " must have overdone
hi* exercises lately. Wehave had that sort of rain
forratbormOrothanawook; and this morning it
is tapering o¿ with a croes between a Sootoh mist
and a Newfoundland fog. Could the royal Dane,
who desired that hi* too solid northern fleah might
"thaw and dissolve into a very dew," re visit—not
" the glimpses of do moon;" for we have not a
glimpse of that luminary toftwhat was once the
earth, but is now a super saturated solutioa of all
kinds of decaying matter, be might enjay1 a fair
proipeot of the realisation óf hi* wiaha*. But, soft-
ly I Even as we write a glanoe of *un*hitie break*
through " the envioua clouds," and half illuminates
pur deluged city, still reeking with mud and moist-
ure. Even yet a dove could not find alighting
place upon the ground without putting her foot in
it. Will Professor Merriam be good enough to tell
us when this wet term is to have an end f or
whether arks are to be in requisition f
"Where now Is good old Noah."
tÉT The Theatre last uight, we are glad to ssy,
waa well attended. Tbe prooeeda of the Benefit
will doubtless be fully sufficient to *upply the wsnto
of Fire Company No. 1.
An address "written for the oocasion," waa deliv-
ered at the "Firemen'a Benefit," last evening. The
thing itself, was weak and puny as a literary effort,
and what little life might hav* been da Ü was butch-
ered oat o/it by the deelaimer.
W Hon. B. F. Tankenly was eleoted to the
Senate from Harris oounty, laat Mondty. The vote
was small.
Thb Uhxvbbsitt Quistion seems as far from a
satisfactory solution, in Louisiana, as in Texas—
Many important features in the constitution of Texas
were adopted from that of our sister state, which
bad perfeoted her present constitution a short time
before the meeting of our Own convention. The
Picayune eon tains a leading artiole on the subject
of the University of Louisiana, in wbioh it is stated
tbe constitution requires tb* endownment and sup-
port, by the state of an institution, of the kind, up-
on a basis similar to that adopted for the support of
common sobools. It is stated, however, that the
plan adopted by tbe Legislature left no visible con-
nection between the elementary sohools and this
State institution—the university having been left
entirely dependent úpon public' patronage for tbe
support *f its profesaon, and for resouroe* to pro-
vide the expensive and indiapensable accessories to
suoh institutions. The Pioaynn* ssy* that the ool-
legiate department of the university has struggled
on, unaided by the State or by private donation
for ten yean, neither attaining a recognized posi-
tion aa an instition of the country, nor accumulat-
ing those appliances so indispensable to schools of
its obaracter.
The state is earnestly called upon to assist in build.
Ing up the institution.
Mxthosisx and Slavbbt.—The late Conference
of the Methodist Episoopal Church at Waco, Texaa,
adopted a resolution ooncuring in the resolution of
the Alabama Conference, to memorialize the Gen-
eral Conference of the Methodist Church, South, to
meet at Nashville, Tennessee, May 1,1868, to ex-
punge from the general rules, that against "the buy-
ing and selling of men, women and obildren, with
an intention to enslave them." The Eastern Con-
ference had previously adopted a similar resolu.
tion; as also have the Louisiana and Mississippi
Conferences; and we doubt not that the odious,
though obsolete, prohibition will be duly repealed.
NBwsrAFXBs.—Judge Longstreet whose vtóws on
all subjsots are practical, and worth treasuring up,
thus sets forth the value of a newspaper :
"Small Is the sum that is required to patronize
the newspaper, and most amply remunerated is the
patron I care not how bumble and unpetending the,
gazette whloh he takes, it is next to impossible to
fill it fifty-two times a year without putting into it
something that is worth the subscription prioe—
Every parent whose bob is off from home, at aohool
should supply him with a paper. I still remember
what difference there was between those of my
sohoolmatee who had, and ¡those who had not ao-
osss to newspapen: Other things being equal, the
first were decidedly superior to the last in debate
and oompoeition at leaat. The reason is plain, they
have eommand of more facts I Youth will peruse a
newspaper with delight when they will read noth
ing else."
Thb Pboflx thb Mastxbs.—Twenty yean ago
professional politicians controlled great parties.—
Publio opinion waa made for the masses, and was
too often accepted by them. Mere party newspapen
aspired to create, instead of representing, the senti-
ments of the people. These days have passed away.
Common Boboola, aided by the railroad and tele-
graph, have simplified and disseminated great
truths. Newspapers, to obtain the oonfidenoe of
the masses, must be oondueted upon prinoiple. If
they seek to substitute expediency for equity, they
are exposed. Outside of all suoh influences a* these
—independent of office, and yet closely watohing
the movemente of their representative, are thb
rxePLx—no longer unacquainted with the affairs of
State, or indifferent to the actienB of their servante;
but keen and sharp sighted; jealous of their rights ;
generous to thoee who are true and fearless, but in-
exorably severe upon the timid and the false.
Jaok Tab and thb Gabbotbb.—On the night of
81st nit. a sailor, was aocosted on Chatham street,
New York, by a man he did not know, and asked
to take a drink. He oomplled with the Invitation,
and followed his new friend, but had not gone for
when the latter wheeled about, knooked him down,
tore ont his breeohes pocket, containing a email
sum, and was making off; bnt the sailor recovered
and seized him, and a desperate combat ensued,
Jaok making suoh an outcry tbat the police soon
came and captured them both. The robber proved
to be a notorious desperado from Dublin.
A Cbibxss "Sbtlook."—At Dry Creek, in Ama-
dor county, California, some two yean ago, a Chi-
naman lent a Chinawoman $160, ehe giving her Dote
for it to bear interest at the rate of 20 per cent, com-
pound Interest per month. Suit having been brought
on the note, judgement was rendered for the prin-
cipal and $1200 Intereet. The man Insisted in open
court for the money or the woman, the Ohioamen
around deolaring'tbat the claim ahould be enforced
after the law of China, if Amerloan courts oould
not do it.
Wahtbd to Taxb a Rid*.—A fellow walking on
tbe Levee the other day conolnded that he would
like a trip to New Orleans. As no boat was in
sight, he rolled a ootton bale Into the river, moant-
ed It, and was jast about bidding good-bye to Bed-
stick, when he was detected and made to round to
with his " bottomry." We are not aware whether
the offioen got hold of him.—¿afea Rouge Advo.
Not a -thousand miles from Oneida oouaty, a
coroner's jary lately rendered a verdiot that a cer-
tain deceased man "came to his death byexceeeive
drinking, producing appoplexy In the minds of the
The footings of tbe lceses by marine disaster*
daring the present year show the absoluto blotting
out of nearly $20,000,000 of capital, whicb ha*
been made good by the merchants of the Atlsntic
cities through their insurance companies, who act
merely as collectors aad distributors of the funds.
Notwithstanding the serie* of «term* which msde
terrible havoc of the lake shipping a few weeks ago
it appean tbe losses of property on the like during
the year now closing, have amounted to but a trifle
over one million dollar*, or about ona-fonrtb of the
•ggregato of loss** for the previous year. The
number of lives loet is a little over one-half tbat of
last year, or 221 against 407. The business done
on the lake* during the /ear has been comparative-
ly Very light _
DeBoWe Weekly Prese.—Mr. DeBow has issued
a prospectus for a weekly paper with thia title, to
be published ia Washington, the first number of
which will appear in a few daya. It will be printed
on a handsome double sheet, and will be devoted
to the consideration of topics relating to tbe politi-
cal, literary, educational, social and iadus trial de-
velopments of the country. The publication of hi*
Be view will not be interfered with.—Washington
National Intelligencer, Htk.
Th* money market grow* "tight," ** it is phraaed;
the money world feels generally as if It had taken
an overdoes of persimmons.
Dean Swift truthfoDy remarked, "that it ia i
lass to attempt to reaeon aman oat of a thing where
he has been never raaeen*d into."
Wnrraa QuAxrxaa roa txb Ocbax Tblxsath.—
An extensive shed is being oonetrnetad at East
Greenwioh, to serve aa winter quartan for tbeooean
«able. The wire will be put u " "
twelve feat hight, and oontain
/ la a mortar, and ao make up
old fendal&m, a Franoe, oaa and indlvlalble,
abe oould sing or say anything worth naming, _
England, to*, bow many ceotariee had to com* aad
go—heroic Plantaganets, Gaunta and Talbot* to 1W*
and die—Roee Wan, Border Wan, to *oak th* «oil
with rioh blood, before Shakapear'a mother oould
bser suoh * msn-ehtld I •
So, it ie not oollege endowments and Profeeao;
at bottom, that create our literature. Tha men <
aotion do it. The whalen in the Paolflo, and the
baek-woodemra, who olear tbe cane brake* of th*
West, are leo luring from their professional chain in
forest and on forecastle. Taylor and Soott wrote a
fair hand, set a good copy; and after three or four
thundering wan—three or four busy and restless
peaoee thia people will bagin to llep in nu
In the meantime,! -
.be well uMndof tL,n.
have in thia oountry, paeaing for phlloeophy, criti-
cism, ethics of poetry, is non* of oan; It Is an echo
—ahereeay. Though tha sut^eot of your poem, Mr.
' How, b* American, faa the schooner Heepe-
r the metre thereof heretofore unheard of,
¿aa Hiawatha,) the tone, spirit, thought, heart and
soul are Britiah. Bancroft and Pneoott write A-
merican histórica with English pens, in an
accent. They adorn them with English r«
and look to English oritio* for their fam*.
Won* than all, Profeeeon in Northern Univcni-
tiee, and to some extent in Sautbern too, cram A-
merioan students with Britiah materialism, heresy
and balderdash.
Now, deeoending from the high diaooun* about
creation of a Southern Literature, (wbioh will oome
when Time ripene it,) and admitting tbat tbe eer-
vile and oolonial spirit of our writen oannot be
helped for the preeent; yet there is surely no ooca-
sion that a young Southerner should be sent to *
College where be is to hear a man, in stated lectures
inform him that his, tbe young Soutberner'e moth-
er and father are living in a state of moral depravi-
ty and sin; or where text books are plaoed in his
bands, from whioh he can deduoe the same unpleas-
ant foot.
The North oan take her oplnione from England
If ahe likes. Wrong or stupid th*y may be, but up-
on her they do not make open war. The South may
not and will not much longer inooulate her society
With virus fatal taster system, whether It be drawn
directly from abroad, or Indireotly through a New
England compiler. Neither, as we submit, will it
be sufficient to provide obr own Univenity. text
books, by merely dipping out or omitting oertain
passages'or chapters, leaving tbe apirit of the book
what It was before.
To explain within short compass is impoaeible,
but all educated men easily com prebend bow a lead -
ting idea once admitted and become current in any
oountry, colore the whole stream of thought.—
Neither is "Abolitionism" an isolated thing, a weed
that has taken root in some fair garden, which
might be pulled out by the roots—a parasite vine,
iplag up «ver a healthy shade tree, whioh
might be out away and there end It is no acci-
dental crotchet, but an essential part, and logloal
consequenoe of present and peat British training.—
It is bred of that materialism which oame in with
Baoon, the fraudulent chancellor who eold his
judgments for money, and whom Maoaulay styles
the "great English teaoher." It holds of thst ornel
seoial phylosophy, which, under the pretext of lais
sexfaire aad "do interference with bargaina," and
sound politicsl economy, arrays employen and
employed in two hostile hosts, and make tbe eole
nexus between man and man, oasb payment.
The great mission of modern oommerclal civili-
zation .is to turn out the greatest poeeible quantity
of goods and produce at the cheapest possible prioe
for obange and oommeroe; and for thia purpos* to
take the very moet out of the bonee and marrow of
those who work—not charging itself with any care
for them after they oan work no more. Thia, says
British civilization, ia fair competition, and eupply
and demand—the maximum, of toil, for the mi-
nimum of wages; and if the 'workers stand ont for
terma, then Cupidity that can bid its time must
conquer Hunger that oannot wait. This is the
system whioh makes the rioh alwaya richer, and the
poor forever poorer: and whioh, by tbe alembio of
Money and the oruolbleof starvation, extracts from
the people their blood, ewet, brain, marrow—what-
ever ie In them marketable—and leaves the offal of
them at the poorbouee or the dunghill
And it is the system that haa eaten the heart out
of what once waa merry England, and Is preparing
her fearful and shameful fall.
Tetiag on Slavery In Oregon.
We have already notioed the main featurea of the
Oregon Constitution, adopted by the Convention
reoently assembled at Salem, in-that territory.
There was a zealous party in the Convention who
wished to make the constitution pro-alavery. Un-
like the Kansas delegates, however, they submitted
the entire constitution to be voted on by tbe people
aad also, separately, the question of slavery in an
honest mannsr. We quote the provision on this
point, by way of contrast to the Kansas dodge:
" If the constitution shall be aocepted by the e-
leotors and a majority of all the votes given for and
against slavery, shalllbe given for slavery, then the
following eeotlon shall be added to the Bill of Bighta,
and shall be part of tbie constitution : ' Sec. —.
Persons lawfully held as slaves in any State, terri-
tory, or district of the Unitod;States, under tbe law
thereof, may be brought into this State, and snob
slaves and their descendants may be held as slaves
within this State, and shall not be emancipated
without tbe oonsent of their owners'.' And if a
majority of suoh votes shall be given against slave-
ry, then the foregoing section shall not, bnt the fol-
lowing section shall be added to the Bill of Blghte,
and shall be a part of the constitution :| 'Seo. —.
There shall be neither slavery nor involnntary ser-
vitude in this State, otherwise than as* a punish-
ment for crime whereof the party shall have been
duly oonvicted.'"
To Cubb Bacon Without Pioslb.—After the
hams and shonlden sre out, soore the skin at the
leg in the narrowest plaee onoe, not outting the
meat.
Take four pounds fine salt, fonr ounoes brown su-
gar, two ounoea saltDetre; pulverize the saltpetre,
and mix tbe ingredients together; rub tbe meat
thoroughly with the mixture, skin as well aa flesh
side, working same of it in round the ooupiing bone
in the hams with the finger, and lay the meat akin
side down on a board. If any of the mixture re-
mains, in five or six days give it an additional rub-
bing; In sixteen days it will be ready for smoking.
A large washing tub is best to rub In.
It is not neccssary that it should be smoked im-
mediately. Tbe writer usually has killed about
Christmas, and not smoked till the latter part of
the second month. Twenty-eight vean'experience
has folly tested tbe snffielcnoy of the above with
myself and othera. I bave never put ham, should-
er or jole in a tub to oure since I nave been house-
keeper. If we are not mistaken, a bam, cured after
thia mode, took a premium at the late Exhibition
of the Bucks County Agricultural Sooiety.—Ger-
manltwn Telegraph.
Tax Abba or Utah.—It may be a matter of aome
interest to oar readers to know something of the
comparative extent of that Territory of the United
States whose ohief offieere is bidding defianoe to our
government. According to Colton, the area of Utah
is 269,170 square miles. To engineers and a few
othen this will give a juat idea ef its vast extent,'
but the majority of the people will form a better
estimate by being told that it is as large as the whole
of the New England 8tatee, New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Dataware, Maryland. Kentucky and
Tenneesee. Or, to compare it with European coun-
tries, it is equal in extent to Great Britain and Ire-
land, Switzerland, Prussia and Denmark,with the
islanda of Guernsey, Jersey, Man and the Ionian
islands added.
Of all the amusement* that can possibly be imar*
ined for a working man, says Sir John ■encheU,
after daily toil, or ia tbe intervals, there is nothing
like the reading ef a newspaper or a book. It calls
for ao bodily exertion, of which already he has had
enough, perhaps too muoh. It relieve* his home
of all dullness or sameness. Nay, it aecompanie*
to his next day's work and give* him aomathing
to think of betides the mechanical drudgery of hi*
every day occupation; aomathing he can enjoy while
absent, and look forward to with pleasure. -If I
were to pray for a taste which would stand by me
under every variety of circumatnoes, and be a
scfarce of happiness and cheerfulne** in Ufe and a
shield again*t all its ills, however things may go
amiss, and the world frown npon me, it would be a
taste for resding.
A Christmas Tali.—Whilst the Isst century
wss flourishing, there dwelt in whatfa now a famous
city, not a mile from Boston, an opulent widow
lady, who once afforded a queer illustration °of that
eold compound of incompatible*, called "human
nature."
It waa a Christmas eve, of one of those old-fosh-
ioned winters which were *o bitter oold. The old
lady put on aa extra shawl; and aa she hugged her
shivering frame, ahe «aid to her faithful negro
▼ant:
It's a terrible cold night, 8eip. I am afraid
my poor neighbor, Widow Green, must be suifor-
ing. Take th* wheelbarrow, Scip. Fill it follof
wood. PQeona good load; and toll the poor
woman to keep herself warm and Oomfortable.
But before you go, Scip, put some more wood
the fire, and make me a nice mug of flip."
These Isst orders were duly obeyed; and the
old lady waa thoroughly warmed, both inside aad
oat, Andnow tbe trusty Seipio was aboat to de-
part on jiis errand of merey, when bis considerate
sd again;
Yon need not go now. The
H* believed that NfearaguaJia* ,
of th* treaty; and It ia surmised that Uaata
will assent to it, though thst State ha* not fc**n
consulted by th* United 8tote* In tbe
Nicaragua would hardly act upon the.
out eonaulting the Central Amerloan .
which aba is attached; and in foot Mr. , _
the negotiation of the treaty r*pr*e*ntad ,th* inte-
a of the alii ano*. Therefore, by the oooeptanoe
Tbe principle upon whloh tbe treaty ia founded
i* new in our foreign relatione, and it ia one tbat
may meat with aome oppoeltion in tha Senate. It
giveen* a military foothold in a foreign oountry.—
This Government would have taken r-until nn of
the Nioaraguan Transit aome time ago. had th*
Exaontive been empowered to do ao. Thi* treaty
tak*e tbe power which woold be naoeesary for any
objeote .of thia Government. The treaty carriea o
practically, the principles ausrtod .by the Demi
oratio Convention at Cincinnati in regard to the
Isthmus communication* b*tw**n th* Atlantio and
Paeiflo—to wit, that "no power ahould Impede our
free communication, and that wa oan not Burrandsr
onr pre ponderan oe in actuating all queations oon-
irnlng it."
This treaty will settle til difficulties between tbe
pro Til
Clayton Bulwer treaty. It give! the United State*
tbe power to interfere for the proteo tion of tbe
transit route.
We have intelligence that the oontraot -made by
Mr. Iriasarl with the original Nioangua Canal
Company, for ths opening of the transit, baa besn
ratified by Nicar^a.
' come under tbe (protection of
lted States, when it shall ao-
the same. It is also stated
been empowered to offer to
aty on the aame terma with
the United Statee. An over-
Jmade by. Mr. Irisarri to Lord
Napier, tbe Britiah Mlnleter, who deolined it, at
the time, for want of power.
Sir Gore Ousley haa tat, up to this day,oommu-
ioated to thia Government the objeot of his mis-
Ion to Central America, and he still remains here.
Perhape he ia awaiting the termination of tha Cass
and Irisarri negotiations, and when the ratifloatione
of the treaty shsll be exchanged, he may possibly
begin to move.
Onr Indian Frontier.
The Secretary of War, in hia late annual report,
thus describee the frontiers of the United Statee,
quiring military defenoe:
" The external boundary of our oountry, requir-
r less vigil
in length,
ary of our oountry,
ing throughout a more or lees vigilant military su-
per vision, is 11,000 miles in length, presenting every
variety ol climate and temperature, from tbe in-
olement cold of our Canada frontier to tbe troploa]
regions of Southern Texas. But the occupation of
this line of frontier is a trifling difficulty in oom-
parison with that protecting the double Une of In-
dian frontier, extending from the Lake of the Wooda
to the banke of the Bio Grande on the eaet-eide of
the Bocky Mountain*, and from beyond the river
Oregon, on tbe British frontier, to the head of the
Gulf of California, on tbe Western-slope of thoee
mountains. Snpersddsd to
be occupied, are the i
tion between tbe Val
Pscifio ocean, which imperatively demand that pro-
tection wbioh only the United State* troope oan
furnish. These linee ara very long, and are now
extremely important, whilat every year randan
them more ana more eo. Prom onr western fron-
tier of eettlemente to thoee of Northern Oregon, the
distance ia about 1,800 milee; from the same fron-
tier to the eettlemente of California via Salt Lake,
is 1,800 mllee; from the frontier of Arkanaa*, at
Fort Smith, by Albnquerque or Santa Pe, to Port
Tqjon, le about 1,700 milee; and from San Antonio,
*iy EI Paso, to San Diego, near the borden of the
rhito eettlemente, ie 1,400 milee, oonetitnting an
aggregate line of 8,700 miles, whioh onght to be oo-
oupied, and whioh wa pntend, in come sort, to kaep
open and defend."
A line of pests shonld be eetabllshed parallel with
our frontien, where onght to be oonoentrated large
bodies of efficient oavalry. No more favorable time
oould be selected to arrange theee poets than the
preeent, when the lande are not taken up by eettlen.
This donble line of defenoe would prove tbe moet
economical system of frontier ptoteotion, diminish-
ing alse tha cost of transporting munitions of war
and store.
Proceedings of the City conncil.
Gaivxstoh , Jan. ldfh, 18S8.
Bfxoial Mxitdís.—Present, Mayor L. A. Thomp-
aon, Aldermen Atchison, Belsener, Franklin, Jnlfs
Lufkin, Lidstone, League and Sydnori The Mayor
having stated the objeot for whioh the Counoil had
been oonvened, Aid. League offered the following
preamble and reeolution, whioh were adopted by
the Counoil.
"Wbereaa Bond No. 18 of the City pf Galveeton,
dated Jan. 15th, 1855, payable three yean after
date, for the sum of (1000, which waa issued and
negotiated under authority of a Resolution of the
City Council of Deo. let 1864,' amended by that of
Jan. Sd 1865, falls due on the 16Qi inst.; whloh said
bond, among others, under the agreement of tbe
Counoil with the Galveeton and Braxof Navigation
Company set forth and apeoified in tha reoolution
Of the City Ceunoil of Feb. 8d 1866, the *ald Com-
pany were to take up, retire and oaneel, at matur-
ity, without charge or expena* to the City.
And whereas the said Navigation Company be-
ing unable to pay eff, retire and cancel said bond
at itsmaturity, and with the dew and Intent to save
ths city of Galveeton from advanoing said sum of
money hss negotiated for a new lean for $1000 on
the bonds of the oity to retire eaid bond dne the
15th inet; and ask of tha City ; and have aaked of
the Counoil to consent to suoh anaugement. Be it
therefore,
Resolved, Tbat the Mayor be and he ia hereby di-
rected to iseue two bonde of the City, each for tbe
sum of $600, bearing interest at tbe rate of 19 per
ct. per annum payably half yearly, one of which
ehall be msde payable on tbe 16th of Jan. A. D.
1862, and the other on the 16th of July A. D. 1888:
said bonds to be retired, paid, or otherwise taken
and discharged by the Galveeton and Brasoe
mentioned, and for one of which the preeent iasu*,
under this reeolution, ie a renewal.
Aid. Sydnar offered the following report and re-
solution which were adoptad.
"Wa, the undenlgned, a Committee appointed to
aa oertain tbe oorreot amount of taxee due By James
Paul, beg to report that they have convened with
Paul ana find that he bes been overtaxed on amount
of money at intereat. Therefore be it,
Seethed, That the Mayor be ordered to refund,
by draft on tbe Treeeury, to Mr. Paul the amount
overpaid conformably to a report to be made on
oath by eaid Paul."
On motion of Aid. League it waa,
Rsoolved, That an appropriation of $860 be and
ia hereby made for the purpoee of repairing Strand
Street.
On motion Counoil
meeting.
I adjourned till the next regular
C.E. THOMPSON, Seoty.
Uses or thi Potato.—In France, the farina i*
largely used for culinary purpoaes. Tbe famed
gravies, sauce*, and loupe of France are largely in-
debted for their excellence to that aouree, aad its
bread and pastry equally ao, while a great deal of
the ae called cognac, imported into England from
Franoe is the produce of the potato. Throughout
Germany, the same uses are oommon; and in Po-
land, the manufacture of spirit from die potato isa
most extensive trade. " Stotin brandy," well-
known in oommeroe, is largely imported into Eng-
land, and is sent from thenoe to msnyof onr for-
eign pose salons aa the produce of the grape, and
is placed on many a table of England aa tbe same;
while the ftir ladies of onr general oountry per-
fume themselves with the spirit of potato, under
the designation of Eau de Cologne. But there are
other usee which thi* eeculant ia turned to abroad.
After extracting the farina, the pulp ia manufac-
tured into ornamental articles, such ss picture-
frames, annff boxes, snd several descriptions of
toys; snd the water that rana from it in tbe pro*
cess of manufacture, is % moat valuable scourer.
For perfectly cleansing woolens and suoh like at*
tides, it is th* housewife's panacea; and if tbe
m to have chilblain*, *he be-
pperatioib—Paptr rmd be-
fore the British Attoeiatúm.
"Ail tm his En."-Whan Jones, tb* Moolmaa-
tor, boarded at Mo. 101, he waa oontfnuaUy reply-
ing to bia landlady's importunities that be bad as-
cured a goodly number of pupila and would coon
pay bar. Finding that be didn't eom* down, she
consulted Old Boger, aboat it, at the *ua* tint*
•peaking of tb* pupil*. " ""
■aid th* old man, "his
. it, ma'am,'
are all in his eye-"
An through the long bright days of June,
Ite l*avaa I
And waved!
mar'
utamn'a moonlit evea, 1
Its harveav-timeha* com*;
W* pluck away the froetod leave*
And bur Um umibus hwni
There, richer than the fabled gift
Of golden hbowera of old,
Fair banda the broken grain ehall lift,
And knead Ite meal of gold.
Lit vapid idtea loll in silk
Around their oostbkb
Give u*tb* bowlofsatop and milk,
By homeapun beauty pound.
Where'er the wid* old kltoh*n haarth
Senda up it* smoky our Is,
Who will not thank tha kindly earth,
And bleea our oom-fed girls.
Let earth withhold her goodly root,
Let mildew blight the tre.
Give to worm tha orchard's fruit,
The wheat field to tha fly.
Bnt let th* Jpod old crop adorn
Tha hill* our fathw* trod;
Still tot u* for Hi* Gold*n Com
Send up our thanka to God 1
The following foot*, oomplled from the official re-
port* made through the Treasury Department, ex-
hibit the importe and exporte of spade and m*r-
ehsndlse for the toat thirteen yean:
United Stat from Foreign JPorte.
Imparte tafo tibe
fane SO Specie ft Bullion.
184 6 '....$ 4,070,848
1848
184 7
184 8
184#
1860
1861
1868
1868
1864
1866
1868
Total 1
$117,264,584
181,681,787
146,646,«88
154,888,888
147,867,488
178,188,818
816,884,888
818,845,448
867,878,647
804,668,881
861,468,680
814,688,848
860,880,141
8,777,788
84,181,888
8,860,884
6,661,840
4,888,788
6,468,688
5,506,044
4,801,£88
6,868,184
8,668,818
4,807,688
186 7 18,461,788
Eaportsfrom the Doited Statee to Foreign Porte.
Jane 80. Bpede 4 Bullion. Total Xxports.
1846 $ 8,606,485 $114,646,606
184 6 8,805,268 168,488,616
184 7 1,807,084 168,648,688
184 8 16,841,616 164 088,181
1848 6,400,648 146,756,880
1860 7,688,884 161,e 3,780
41861 88,472,768 818,888,011
186 8 48,674,186 808,648,885
1858 87,846,875 280,458,850
1864 41,482,488 278,241,064
1855 66,247,848 276,166,846
1856.... 46,746,086 826,864,VOS
1867 68,186,822 862.848,1''
Tbe reader oan scarcely foil to notloe the immense
exceca in the export over the importe of specie with-
in the ton five years. Thi* foot, long bafore tb*
present pressure in tbe money market began, caus-
ad many prudent and observing person* to sppre-
hend tbe upproaeh of tha preeent crisis; but their
predictions were disregarded by the great mam of
the people. We were ourselves classed among croak-
on and atormteto, for calling publio attention to
the sntyeot; but we have the gratification of know-
ing that our warnings were of asrvloe to many, and
that they were fully justified by faote, howaver nn-
pteaianfc
Houbtoh, Jo . 18th, 1868.
En*. CrvnjA .—The funeral obsequie* of the late
Dr. Anson Jones (the tost President of thcBepulio
of Texas,) were attended to yesterday afternoon,
with dne solemnity and respect. At the special re-
quest of the dty Counoil an eulogy on the life char-
acter and publio eervioes of tbe deoeaaed waa deliv-
ered, to a very large, reapectable and attentive au-
dience, by Hon. Aahbel Smith. To say that tb*
speaker acquitted himself ably, would only be what
*11 would expeot who eqjoyjiiiao^uaintanoe: I have
frequently had the pleasure of listening to Dr.
Smith and I regard his addreea on yesterday as one
of his happiest effort*. He had a good evlgeet and to
it he did ample justioe. Considering the extremely
muddy oondltion of the streets, tbe audience waa
muoh larger than I bad anticipated, and it was
oomposed mainly of the oldeet, most respectable,
and moat influential of onr oltlxens. Being a mem-
ber of the Maaonlo order, the Masons took oharge
of the fuperal and intend Jit Wy of the deceas-
ed, aocording to the custom of the fraternity. The
funeral prooemion wa* quite torg* and Imposing.
There ha* psse*d away another of our old oltlsens,
long a prominent publio servant, and, during our
transition state from a Bepnblio to a member of the
Union, ite ohief officer.
OBBBBVBB.
Tib Dootob ahd his Patomt.—Of all the profes-
sions, trades or ooonpations that engage the minds
of men, tbat of phyaiclana ia tha most diversified.
In looating be b** to find ont tb* constitution of
those he ie called npon to visit, for it is frequently
tbe oaee that snoosss may be owing more to a deep
and thorough knowledge of tbe oonetltutlon of the
patient than mere oommonplaoe applications. As
an illustration of this, we will relate an aneodoteof
one of our old pbyslolans, who, if he finds physio
will not cure tries other means ss ths osse may re-
quire.
Dr. D. had long been the attending physician of
a lady long past her teens, and effected with oertain
disorden incident to a want of oocupation and tbe
care of a family. She sends for the dootor in season
and ont of season, b* rushes out in a 2:40 pace and
finds his patient, phyeieallypeTfeetly well, but sad
and lonely, and of oonrse afflicted with blues. All
he o*n do is to administer a 'tinoture' with a few
drope of peppermint, and tbe patient is well for a
¿n one oocsslon. a cold blustrous night, tbe j
anngry
when
vu wiw uwioiuu. m wiu ulusbruius nigni, IDI
tor had juat turned in, wrapping hlmaelf up s
In bis blankete, with the hop* or a quiet slsep,
a loud rap aroused bim.
'Who is sick t' inquired the doctor murmuring.
'Misa Sally Strickland, sir, she ie most dead ; ex-
pect she'll die before you get there.'
'I'll be along,' savs tbe dootor, exclaiming to him-
self, 'd—<n Miss Sally, I'll try to oure her this time.1
The Dootor plods aloi
oold and rain, etud;"
arrives at the dwell
as usual; in rather
'Doctor,' ahe said feebly, I expect to die every
moment; I am very low, oan yon do nothing for
met'
The doctor feela her pulse, nothing tbe matter,
merely wanted oompany. The doctor becomes
communicative.
tally, I waa having a terrible dream when
yonr *sf*ant awoka me.'
'What was it f sb* eagerly inquired.
'I dreamed I waa dead,'continued the dootor,
and deeoended into the lower regions where I met
tbe 'Old Soratoh,' who invited me to view bis do-
minions. Tbe inmates were engaged in different
occupations—aome playing cards, othera swindling
tbelr_neighbors; in fine all tbe pnrauito they fol-
«. ti *y oontlnued then. When ha
four quartan of
> bed,'for,'said
.... .- . I bora directly, and
therell be no aleep for a nyptb.'
The Doctor's speedy departure waa increaaed to
flight by tbe eight of a broomstick flourishing act-
ively in his rear, bnt tha remedy waa effeotual.
ineir neignoors:
lowed during life
Thb Euotbic Gusts.—In a totter from the south-
ern Agra, we find tbe following: " I dont think I
ever mentioned a notable and aomewhat absurd
feature of the rebellion—tbe electric gnna; bat
tbey are so oontinually before me tbat 1 moat dls-
burden my mind of tbem. To preserve tbe eleo-
po*t* they wan inserted in enormona
Mo tbe hollow of which the polea
It atruck aome Ingenlona native to
•annon. A bola was drilled Bear
«mea come Iron banda were put
to inoreaa* the strength; tb* piece was then
mounted on a small gun carriage made for the pur-
and thi result waa a 'tope'—that great in-
strument of terror to the mind of nativee. The
plan haa met with vaat favor, and these guns swarm
all over tbe oountry. There la no and to the num-
ber of cannon now, said to be in «sty one's
They are loadedwtth a rough grape, and i
telnly find. Whether tbey ever do any exaoutli
I oannot aey. They sometimes burst," but abo tl
are certainly aometimee fired without bunting.
b*Ueve tb* effeot is principally moral, bnt it *
ridiculosa perversion of our recant progress."
A man oat Ws*t advertiste a wild badger 1
card, aa follows : "a Bager from tbe T
ing wts* rats, et eatery."
A man *aid of a painter he knew, that*
a ehingl* ao exactly like marble, that 1
into (heríver it ssnk."
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