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OUR COUNTY, OUR STAT K. T II K SOUTH, ANO THE DNIOÑ.
VOLUME 1L
COLUMBUS, TEXAS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1858.
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NUMBER 3.
Speech of Hon. John Cochran
on the REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS of EX-
' "president MONROE FROM new TORE TO
VUOZiXA.
*It is now more than thirty years since
a venerable stranger arrived ia the city of
Heir York. The storms of State had bent
his form, and care was written on bis
brow. Released from the burden of offi-
. cial responsibilities, which he had never
• shunned; he sought in our scenes the tran-
quility he craved so much. From this
retreat he securely contemplated the vicis-
A of th* wnrld ha had left, nor ooc'e
kindred hearts cherished him, and the slope
of his life gently declined, amid troops of
fiends, to the musie of household associa-
tions. All revered him; sauntering steps
-quickened at his appearance; the'citizen
.paused the wdy and the stranger in the
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«ate to look where passed James Monro*.
It is thought by our city an honor thus to
have sheltered the gathering tears of one
who had. been the fifth President of the
United States. A short time, however,
passed, andlhe familiar form was seen no
more. As if ¡commissioned on the áhni-
versary of our «country's independence to
bear a nation's gratitude intothe Presence
'on High, his spirit burst its* thraldom in
that jubilee of freedom. He was mourned
s only the good are mourned. He has
never been * forgotten. Earth has been
strewed with the recurring tributes of more
than twenty-five yeart decay, and the pub-
lic heart has kept sentry at his grave
J3easons have come and gone,moons
and grown dim, and while all was cl
ing, still unchanged has been the m<
of New York that low upon its lap "was
laid the bead of James Monroe, of Virginia.
Inviolate has been held the sacred charge.
• It is trie that his deeds live after bim, a
common heritage for all'; but his body
descended to th^ tomb to await their ti-
dings from the State he loved so well.
These tidings came and our city paused;
they came, and the bnsv mart was hushed.
, It was the demand of the father for his
tsoi ; it was the voice of the mother seek-
ing- for/her child. Men's hearts were
appeal and the ttfry dead
were stirred by filial sympathy. From h s
plaee of early sepulchre we have removed
the illustrious departed, and have borne
4>is body hither, Virginians, to you. As
we have come, the minute gun has an-
nounced, to land and sea the sad funeral
transit, and the nation veils its standard to
our solemn rites., And it is melt that it
should be ¿o. By no sacriligious sum
moos, but with a reverend awe, has the
silence of a former age been broken, the
repose of its mighty dead disturbed, and
the memory of the sage, like the lights of
the tomb ot Terentia, have diffused a ge-
nial radiance abroad. A general attention
has been concentrated Sipón die revelation.
The sacred tintbs of the olden times at-
tend opon Che hearsed bones, and have
ineVed in procession with them. Again
we seem to witness the íBame old ancestral
patriotism ; again to listen to the precepts
of a wisdom that no longer walks the
earth'; again the fathers are with ire, and
we move as Within the halo of their pres-
ence. Virginians, we bring you here the
casket We have guarded; we now commit
to your hands what 90 long has been en-
trusted to our own. Our work is finished,
¡our duty done. We surrender to you this
mortal; you will crown it with emblemat-
ical immortality. We deliver to you this
perishing record of the past; you will
suscribe upon it that justice he so affecting-
ly carved of you for his memory in the
future. Virginia—«other—it is thus that
New York gives back to you your son."—
National Intelligencer.
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/ A World's Congress.—The Bsitimore
American says:
We understand that a Congress having
for its object the discussion of questions
relating to literature and art, will meet at
Brussels on the 27th of September next,
and remain in session four or five days.
Delegates from the United States and from
all parts of the world have been invited to
participate in the deliberations. The print
ed circular of invitation presents a list of
the questions which will be submitted for
discussion—questions mainly referring to
the. rights of authors to property in their
works, whether of a literary or ártistic
character—and states that all communica
lions relative to the Congress should be
addressed, post-paid, to the General Secre-
tary of the Committee of Organization,
Mr. Edouard Romberg, Superintendent of
Industrial Affairs in the Department of the
Interior, 58 rue Royale, Brussels.
How Queen Mary Escaped from
Lochleviii Castle.
May 2d, 1568, was a Sunday, and; like
most Scottish Sabbaths, passed quietly
away from dawn to sunset in the little
island of Lochlevin ; bút loyal hearts were
throbbing with eager excitement under
steel corsets beyond the circuit of the lake,
and anxious eyes of unseen watchers, as
the sun declined, were peering from behind
the sheltering crags that commanded^ a
prospect of the broad expanse of waters
and its castled iálet; for John Beton had
passed the token received by George Dou-
las from little Willietjo Lord Seton, sig-
'fcat "tlm* Qtféeira e#nEW|tfsetiiei t
would be enterprised that evening. Fifty
horseman were ambushed by Seton in the
bótom'of a mountain valley, within a mile
of the. lake's shore; forty tnea were hidden
behind the hill a little in the real-; while
ten, in the^dress of wayfayers, entered the
village of Kihrose, where their fleet horses,
f ady bridled and saddled, were concealed!
At half-past seven, the guards, who kept
watch and ward at the gates, night and
day, wereaccustomed to quit their post for
half an hour, to sup with the family in the
great ball, the gates being carefully locked,
and the kejs placed beside the castellan,
Sir WüHam Douglas, Laird of Lochleven,
on the place where he and his mother sat
in state on the dais. Willie Douglas, who
was waiting on them, while changing the
Laird's plate, contrived to drop his napkin
over the keys, Which were .five in number,
linked together with an iron chain, adroitly
enveloping them in the folds of the cloth
to prevent them from jingling when be
carried them off. With these he hastened
to the apartments of the Queen, to which
they gave him access Queen Mary took
witn her the youpgeet companion of her
captivity, a little girl of ten years old, of
whom she appeared very fond, tenderly
leading her by the hand. Willie, having
carefully locked the gates behind him to
prevent immediate pursuit, hurried the
Queen and her small companion into a
little skiff which lay there, into which they
got. The royal fugitive, with the impetu-
ous energy natural to her, seizing one of
the oars, bore her part bravely, and 'twould
seem by the result skilfully, in assisting the
fragüe stripling rrho was lifij for-
her deliverance, in rowing to the shore.
Jane Kennedy, her other damsel, who was
to have accompanied her, not being quick
enough to reach the castle gates before they
were locked by the retreating party, leaped
from the Queen's chamber window into
the loch, and striking Out, swam stoutly
for the boat until Vhe reached it, and was
received, with her dripping garments, into
that little ark. Midway between the island
and the shore, Queen Mary rose and gave
the preconcerted signal that she was in the
boat, by waving her veil, which was white,
with red and gold border and red, tassels.
When the royal veil was seen to flutter
forth, the recumbent watcher on the shore
sprang to his feet, and, turning about, dis-
played a corresponding signal to his com-
panions in the village, the leader of whom
was John Beton, who was the brothei
of thé Archbishop of Glasgow. The horse-
men in the village instantly communicated
the sign to those on the hill-side, who
forthwith galloped down to the shore of
the lake where the Queen and the young
page were rowing their boat, and at length
got safe to land. When about a furlong
from the shore, Willie Douglas threw the
bunch of keys into the loch, where, during
a year of drouth which dried several acres
of the water, they were found by a fisher
boy within the presett century.—Lives of
tke Queens of Scotland.
A fop of ft fellow who was sauntering
about n country village, saw a pretty face
at the Window of a house near which a
little boy was at play. M Bud," said he,
w whe is that fair lady looking outf
u Si ," was the laconic reply. " Will you
not tall me if she is a maid or matron ? "
•4 She's a tailoress," answered the lad, ra-
mming his play. J
Horses Rubbing their Manes and
Tails.—A correspondent of the London
Field says:
la your la&timpresaion, one of your cor-
respondents wants a recipe for the preven-
tion of the above. If he will procure a
small box of the strongest preparation
made of mercurial ointment, from any
druggist, and rub a little well in the roots
of the hair of the mane and tail, he will
find it a perfect cure for the evil complained
of. Several of my horses are similarly
affected this season, and I have only to
apply the ointment, and its effects'are im-
mediate. It may be that another dressing
be required—say in a month—but, if well
rubbed in at first, I have found one suffi
cient. I have found nothing so efficacious
as the foregoing; indeed it is a most cer-
tain cure.
Antidote for Mosquitoes.—The fal-
lowing remedy is a certain preventative to
the attacks of mosquitoes, black flies, etc.:
Glycerin, four ounces; oil of spearment,
two and a half drachms; oil of turpentine,
four drachms. The face, neok and hands,
in fact, all parts exposed to be rubbed with
the mixtuie.
A bloody battle is reported as having
occurred between two parties of the Sioux
and Chippewa Indians, near Big Stone
Lake on 14th July, in which twenty of the
Sioux and eleven of the Chippewas were
Jtil'ed.
A Moonlight Ramble.
Pearly moonbeams soft were playing,
On the silver.sheeted bay,
When by side of beauty straying,
To the pier I bent my way.
Sweet the evening breeze was sighing,
Bringing to our ears the roar
Of the far Gulf breakers, lashing
Santa Rosa's island shore.
Starry barks were gently tossing
On the wavelet's dimpling crest,
As it sprang to kiss the South Wind,
Then sank peaceful down to rest.
„ Sw\-bpa^gay, were swiftly parting.
- O'ei t^PWaye, like living things,
White sails glancing in the moonlight;*
Like soma aea-bird's 6 new y wings.
City lights were brightly glancing,
Múriri'r ing waters rippled sweet,
And the silver shore re-echoed
To the tramp of marry feet ;
All was life, and glee, and laughter,
Love and Pleasure queened it there,
Never was there night so lovely,
Never were there maids so fan:.
On we wandered to the pier head,
There in silence sat we down.
Sat we down and long time pondered
On the fairy Bccne around.
Soft the golden moonbeams g'istened,
Sweetly rang the wavelet's chime,
And the beauty of the picture
Well was worthy minstrel's rhyme.
But a fair girl broke the silence
With a ballad sweet and rare,
'T was a quaint and olden story—
Passion, Parting and Despair.
Soft it echoed o'er the waters.
Softly died along the shore,
But that echo in our bosoms
Will be silent nevermore.
Other wild old ballads followed,
Other voices joined the song.
Such a burst of mellow mu«ic
Never rolled those waves along.
And we held our breath to listen.
And we drank each accent in,
Thinking music so delicious,
Any atoic's heart might win.
feut the Star of Morn, arising
From the wave, (bretold the day,
And the pals moon pressed soft kisses
On the bosom of the bay ;
When we turned our faces homewards,
Slow re-trod the sandy shore,
Vowing, each, that we'd remember
That night's ramble evermore.
Troth and Beauty.—Two fairy-like
creatures wandered through garden and
bower, gathering rich bouquets from the
fairest gems of Flora* They were of un-
earthly loveliness. They would lean on
e/Bcb. other, fondly, and anon raise their
meek eyes to their Heavenly Parent in
thankfulness. The two were Truth and
Beauty.. (
i "How grand our dominion!" began
Beauty, smiling serenely on her companion;
44 but pardon me, sister, if I venture to
believe, mine exceeds yours; yet we. both
have commissions frefm heaven,, and dis-
charge our offices^ in such a manner as
shall ba acceptable"-to our Great Patron.''
So saying, the- maiden threw her arms
around the waste of her sister.
441 love you, my sister," said Trnth,
" and am happy to know you are pleased
with your office; but you have not, I
fear, leflected upon the extent ofsmy do-
minion." i
44 Oh 1 yes, I know; but only observe
that there is nothing brilliant without me;
not a jewel in the girdle of the year; not
a sweet lilly in the garden; not a rosy
clcud ; not a flashing gem; not a strain of
musiu in earth or heaven; no sublime im-
agery of poetry; the world were unseemly,
creatures hideous, the very citadel of. our
sweet home in the skies plundered; those
celestial plains unrobed of their evergreen ;
the blazing splendor of the throne gone.
Oh 1 sister, hpw sad to contemplate the
picture!"
íruth hung attentively upon the words
of Beauty, and a tear stole down her sun-
lit face, and it beamed with heavenly
splendor.
u Sweet sister, thou art not proud ; I
know that our Parent has consigned so
much to you. I wish you to bo content
wi'h your office. But without me there
were nothing that is — earth, air, sky,
heaven—G->d would be lost in the univer-
sal wreck of matter and crush of worlds.
I underlie all that sparkles or glows in
your kingdom. There is not a star trem
bling in space, not a brilliant sun to light
the fabric of the Universe, but What ar9
upheld by ray arm. I pervade immensity.
Without me there were no life—no death—
no nothing."
44 Scop, great companion, I have been
foolish." And Beauty fell upon the neck
of Truth, and wept like a babe.
The Common Flat Turnip.—-The Amer-
ican Agriculturist says; 44 According to
Uie adage * on the twenty-fifth day of July
soWjturnips, wet or dry.', Yet, we would
sow them sooner—early in July, if possi-
ble. But we have sown them jn August,
and had*a good.crop. An old pasture,
well top dressed with ashes and sheep dung
is tneir best soil, if light and dry—when
a newly cleared piece of ground, which
few people have or. &n old farm, is not to
be Ead. . . ,
44 A' quarter to a half pound of seed to
$ie.acre is, enough, if well distributed ; and
ffijh occasional.showeis, they will grow
vigorou ily, and ** yielu several hundred
bushels,tothe aeré? "Although hot equal
to the Swede, or the Ruta Baga in sub-
stance, they make a good green food for
all kinds of stock in mild weather, either
in the late fall or early spring, as a change
from hay and other drv foiage. As a
'It . " T
tabl< dish, during autumn and early winter
before thev become pithy f*w vegetables
are better or mote wholesome; The tops
are excellent for milch cows, and the roots
also, if salted, and not fed in such quanti-
ties as to give their flavor ,to the.milk. •
44 Like all late or summer-sown seeds,
the flat turnip is a contingent crop, and
not always reliable, depending on the wet
or dry season for its growth and ripening;
consequently it Í9 not recommended to be
cultivated in large quantities, unless un^er
particularly favorable conditions, and
where the land can well be spared. They
may follow peas or early potatoes in the
garden to much advantage, as n market
gardener's crop, where they are frequently
raised in great and profitable abundance.
Whenever they will succeed, they „ should
always be sown to more or less extent."
w
Talent Lats in the Head.—This stri-
king aphorism was enunciated by a distin-
guished Trinity couuty (Cal.) politician,
who, upon returning from serving his con-
stituents iu the.halls of Sacramento, was
greeted with a serenade, upon which mem-
orable occasion he is reported to have
,inade the following speech ;
44 Feller-citizens of Trinity county, I'm
onbO ft^aiD i ^Imiwftn.o
Feller-citizens, there's no people on the
faóe of God's yearth that. I love so well
as the people of Trinity [sensation,] and
thar's no people on the face of God's yearth-
that I ought to love as well as the people
of Trinity. [Prolonged cheers and a
pause.]
•4 Feller-citizens, I'm no public speaker,
I hav.en't got the talent—talent lays in
the,head. [Dead silence, apd a pause.]
44 Feller-citizens, if I've done anything
wrong down thar [pointing in the direction'
of Sacramento,]. forgive me. 'Tribute it
to the head and not the heart., ^Strikes
his heart on the right side.] Gentlemen,
let's licker; and, at the next election I
want you all to go—ah du—du—du—dab
—du." [Immense and pr on longed cheer-
ing with a 44 tiger."]
At a festival, a pretty Miss waited upon
an editor with a pie plate of antique manu-
facture, in the center of which he espied
the following interesting couplet:
44 One sweet kiss
Is the price of this."
This excited his feelings, and as soon as an
opportunity presented itself, he motioned
the young lady to his side, and pointed
with his knife to the lines, said : 44 Your
pay is ready whenever you present your
bill !"
On the 15th of August there will be
laid in the city of New York the corner
stone of a Roman Catholic Cathedral
Church, which is intended shall surpass in
magnificence any church edifice at present
ft this continent. The building is to be
325 feet in length, 97 feet vide in the
clear, with a transept of 172 feet, and wrJls
of 100 feet in height. The roof will be
supported by 51 gothic columns;' with
groined arches springing therefrom. It is
calculated that five years will be consumed
in its construction, and that it will cost
$1,000,000.
Said Heber Kimball, who is next in
power to Brigham Young: 44 I love ray
friends and I don't like my enemies; but
I follow the Scripture rule and pray for
them " Tiiis was said in the presence of
Dr. Forney, che Superintendent of Indian
Affairs, who complimented Heber upon
his Christian spirit, when Heber added—
''Ves,, / pray that they may all go to
Hell!"
r
Dysentery of a violent type is said to
be prevailing to a dreadful extent in several
counties in Virginia.
A tipsy loafer mistook a globo lamp
with letters on it for the queen of night,
and exclaimed ; 44 Well, I'm cussed if
somebody hain't stuck an advertisement
on the moon ! rt
" Father," said a cobler's lad, pegging
away at an old shoe, 44 they say that trout
bite good now.'' 44 Well, well," replied
the old gentleman, 41 you stick to voui
work, and thev wout bite vou,"
General Summary.
D" About seventeen hundred patents
issued from the United States' Patent Office in
the six months ending on the 30th of June last.
Ov Lieut. Á, N. Baker, stationed at the Brook-
lin Narine Barracks, has been ordered, to the
commaud of marine guard of the United States
sloop-of-war Cyane. lying at Norfolk, Va., fitting
on the Pacific squadron,
mr The London Gazette announces that G
B. Mathew, Esq., formerly British Consul at
Charleston, subsequently at Philadelpia, and now
Consul General for the Russian ports in the Black
Sea and the Sea of Azoff, has been appointed
Uptttetart Ep Jfoe legation {6 Mexico. _--
ID" Littleton Waller Tazewell, trf Wffrfóík, is
believed to be tho only surviving member of the
memorable Virginia Legislature of 1798-*99 and
1800.
¡O* Tho Norfolk Herald announces that only
two miles of track-laying remains to be done on
the N orfolk and Petersburg Railroad. The lapse
of a-Xew more daya will bring the spiking of
the Jast rail in the great iron.ehain from the
Chesapeak to the Mississippi. -
,, C" The report of the State Commissioner of
OhioAshowo that there were 2834 miles of.railroad
completed in.that State, at a cost of $95,000,000,
upon which there is a debt, funded and refunded,
of $55,000,000.
O* There is a family in the city of Madison,
la., who are lineal descendants of John Rodgérs,
who suffered martyrdom by being burnt at tho
slake at Smithfield, England, in 1555—the 14th
generation,
. O" The proclamation of the Governor of Iowa
gives the volea cast for the State Bank of Iowa
at 41,588; against, 3,697. For the General
Banking Law, 30,419; against it, 10,447.
: O" James Lovegrove, the "old fireman"fof
Philadelphia, died in that that city on the 9th
instant. He had been prominently connected
with the fire department since 1811.
U* At Bertrand, Wisconsin, a few days ago,
a boy of about fourteen years, stabbed and killed
his step father because he attempted to chastise'
him. , -,,A .
O* The Council of the city of Portsmouth,
Va., has increased the salary of the Mayor from
$800 tp 81000^
a^jr~ Ptga «(*•! al&vuJa liavo boou euco«Mifu1t^
grown in the open air in Pennsylvania.
. Ó" A Maine editor says that a pumpkin in
that Stale grew so large that eight men could
stand around it. This is like the fellow that saw
a flock of pigeons so large that he could shake a
stick at them.
. U* Jones has purchased a hat for the head of
navigation, and shortly expects to clap the
climax. >••...,•
O* The New York Herald says that ilrtele.
graphic intelligence from London will cost two
thousand dollars a column. Nevertheless, it i>
determined to have the news.
Q* The acting President of the United States
at this time ia a young man named James Bu-
chanan Henry. Each morning he receives the
reports of the Departments, notes their contents,
sends such of them as he thinks require the at-
tention of his uncle, to the President at Bedford.
D" The Republicans of the Sixth District of
Indiana have nominated Albert G. Porter, a
young lawyer of Indianapolis, for Congress,
ID* Charles Hamberstone, Esq., a leading
merchant of Liverpool, fell dead suddenly in the
street on the 23d ult., from a stroke of apoplexy'
O* The Republicans of the First District of
Vermont have nominated Hon. E. P. Walton, Of
Montpelier, for re-election to Congress.
Ó* The English papers state that Mr. Hava-
na ugh, who took the letter from Lucknow during
the seige to Sir Colin Campbell, has been re-
warded with a sum of £2,000, and an appoint-
ment at Oude worth £700 a year.
O* The Boston Traveler States that the Trea-
sury of Tufts College, a few days ago, received
a donation to tlie collcgo of $1,00C, from a gen-
tleman who prefers that his name should not be
mentioned.
JX The State Convention of the American
parly of Massachusetts have called a convention
to he held in Boston on the 15th of September
next, for the nomination of candidates for State
offices, to be supported at the election in Novem-
ber, ensuing. '
O* The sloop of-war Savannah, Commander
Jarvis, sailed from the lower bayj New York, for
San Juan, Nicaragua.
U A New York paper, noticing the death of
a distinguished navigator, says that hü.44 doubled
the Horn twenty times." To which Prentice, of
the Louisville Journal says: 44 We know some
fellows who, not satisfied with doubling the horn,
always treble and quadruple and quintuple it—
and don't stop then."
O* The Clark8v>lle (Tennessee) papers state
that the prospcct of a large and fine crop of to-
bacco, from the country tributary to Clarksville,
is very flattering indeed.
O* The lady who made a dash has since
brought her husband to a full atop!
BIT An attempt to sink an artesian well at
Columbus, Ohio, has developed a fact in geology
which is new to the devotees of that science,
The well had already reached the depth of 1708
feet, more than one thousand feet of which are
through Bolid limestone,
The Overland Mall
Arrived in San Antonio early on the morn-
ing of the 21st, as .usual, much within
schedule time. By its arrival we bavo
Sán Francisco and San Diego papers of
thji 18th and I9th of juné respectively.
The San Francisco Hbrald has received
papers by this route from the Atlantic
States, of three days later date than they
were iu "possession by the Mail steamer Via
Panama, and we would specially direct
attention to the following paragraph from
that paper: <, : ? |
44 Since the establishment of the over-*
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Jp
land route between San Diego and T
ned later in
n
ved in May brought seven days later than
our dates from New York, and, though w«i
have not yet any additional news from New
Orleans or Washington, by this route, the
fact'must be attributed to a want of enter-
prise on the pari of our Texan neighbors.
San Antonio is in close connection with
New Orleans, and the latter is in direct
telegraphic communication with New York.
If citizens at the other end of the line will
take this matter in hacd and endeavor to
obtain from the North'the latest news
before the mail leaves San Antonio, they
will give importance to the Southern route,
that, in a short period will bo tho.means
of attracting to it considerable portion of
the travel between California and the
Atlantic. We invite the attention of^lbe
people of San Antonio to this subject It
is one of Importance to . the interests of
this State and Teias, A change in the
time of the departure of the mail, and
increased speed in the performaoce of trips,'
with the aid of enterprise in Texas to ob-
tain the latest news from the North, woula
secure to U3 at least five daya fresher intel-
ligence by each arrival from San Antonio.*
At present, we ought. receive from one
to three days later newi, but, as we have
stated, the omission ia caused by the want
of energy on the Texas aide."—Lidger
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Yamlla.—The vanilla, so much
for its delicious flavor, is the product of
vine which grows on the top of the loftiest
trees. Its leaves somewhat resemble those
of the grape. ,xbe flowers are k
onJ vyüsu vfecjr fait Oft arts ouv
by the pods which grow in cluster , like
our ordinary beans; green at first, thev
change to yellow, and finally to a dart
brown. To be preserved they are gathered *
when yellow, and put in heaps for a few
days to ferment. They are afterwards
placed in the sun to dry, flattened with
the hand, and carefully rubbed with cocoa-
nut oil, and then packed in dry plantain
leaves, so as to confine their powerful
aromatic odor. The vanilla is the article
used to scent sniiff, flavor ice-creams, jel-
lies, «fee. The plant grows iu Cential
America and other hot countries.
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The Upas Tree.—The story that the
Upas tree of Java exhales a poisonous
aroma, the breathing of which causea
deafh, is now known to be false. The treo
itself secretes a juice which is a deadly
poison, but its aroma or odor is harmless.
Strychnine is made from the seed of a
species of Upas tree. The story that there
is p. poisoned valley is true. Such is the
name of a district the atmosphere of which
produces death. The effect is not occa-
sioned by the Upas tree, but by an extinct
volcáno near Batar, called Guava Upas.
From the old crater and the adjoining val-
ley is exhaled carbonic gas, such as often
extinguishes life in this country in old
wells and foul places. This deadly atmos-
phere kills everything which comes within
its range—birds, beasts and even men—
aud the valley is covered with skeletons.
By a confusion of names, the poisonous
effects of this deadly valley have been
ascribed to the Upas tree, the juice of which
is poisonous, and hence the fable in regard
to the deadly Bohuu Upas tree.
14 Half akd Half."—A gallant young
gentleman living somewhere in this por-
tion of Bristol county, took the young
lady to whom he was "paying attention,"
to Boston, to see the sights on the 5th.
On his return from the pleasure trip he
presented one half of the bill of expenses
to the, lady's father for payment That
gentleman peremptorily refused to liqui-
date the claim, and politely, but somewhat
emphatically, requested the pecuniary lover
not to call at his house either on the next
or any number of coming Sunday nights.
This incident reminds us of the story of
the rustic who once took his 44 girl" to the
city. Ihe couple visited a confectionery
establishment, and the country gentleman
purchased a stick of candy which he de-
liberately commenced eating. After it
was nearly demolished, he suddenly ex-
claimed to tys sweetheart: «I gay, vhT
don't yóu buy a stick!—it's awful good!"
New Bedford Standard.
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. ,^-iile an officer^ was bo win# a cannon'
bail passed over his bead and deeapitated
a Soldier fho stood behind him. " You
^e," said the officer to those near bim,
* that a man perei loses anything by po*
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J.D. Baker & Bros. The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 28, 1858, newspaper, August 28, 1858; Columbus, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177547/m1/1/: accessed May 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.