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The Cow Tn?e.-e-On the north side
of a rook on the moantains of Venezue-
la, grows^ a tree with a dry and leathery
foliage, its Urge woody roots scarcely
penetrating into the ground. For sev-
eral months in the year, its leaves are
Qot moistened by a shower, its branches
look as if they were dead and withered;
but when the trunk is bored,a bland and
nourishing milk flows from it. It is sun-
rise that the vegttable fountain flows most
freely- At that time the blacks and
natives are seen coming from all parts
provided with large bowls to receive the
miOk; which grows yellow and thickens
at ift rorflce. Some empty their vessels
«ft the «pot, while others carry them to
their chHdren. One imagines he sees
the family ef a shepherd who is distribu
ting the milk of his flock. It is named
the palo devrcm, or cow tree.
Martin KeetajS. who was lately arrest-
ed at Smyrna, warfgueeessively Lieuten-
ant Colonel in the Hungarian army, and
Secretary of the Miasitry of Police.—
He resided 18 months in the United
8tates, and on hit arrkal in Smytna,
gave a friend aeheqk on his father, which
was protested, Mid this gave the Aus-
trians a knowledge of 1ús whereabouts.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON.
We seldom hear an anti-American ora-
tor who does net refer with— •. v
" Panting heart and tearful eye " .
to the hardsMps'and self sacrifisijQg de-
votion of theVoreigners, who participa-
ted in the "JLmtpiteah Revolution."—
These erj^rs\in¡|.to forgetThat fcoae
of that class of tae revolutionary soldiers
are now living, ahd how American prin-
ciples can effect \|he dead, we are at a
lost to understand.^ If the posterity of
these foreigners (if Voy) were born with-
in the limits, or und« the jurisdiction of
the United States, th\y are not proscrib-
ed ; if their father! voluntarily left
the country and too^citizenship else-
where, we are not to bláhe. Few, how-
ever, of them remained a^er the revolu-
tion. We gave, last week,Y short sífetch
of the Marquis De Lafayette, after his
return to France. We daw refer to
some of the public acts of thVgentleman
whose name stands at the hl|d of this
article:
Alexander Hamilton, was a subject of
England. He eame to the UnitelStates
at the age of twenty, and 'settled m the
State of New York, where his gimt in-
tellect soon brought him into notim.—
He was elected a delgate from the Sfete
of New York to the convention of 1
which formed the present Constitute
of the United States, and became
loader in that body.
On the organization of the U. S. gov-
ernment, he was appointed Secretary of
the Treasury, by Washington; at that
time, the most difficult, and important
position in the Cabinet, which he admin-
istered faithfully and energetically until
95. As a statesman, Mr. Hamilton had
few superiors—-as a financier, none. He
was personally next to Washington, the
moat popular n *n in the United States,
and always had the confidence and friend-
ship of the father of his oountry. But,
it is his acts while a member of the con.
vention of 1787 that we have.now to
deal ; and deduce that if Mr. Hamilton,
with all his intellect, could not arise
above the prejudices of education, how
can it bé expected from those of less
mental power. Mr. Hamilton, as a sub-
ject of England, worshiped the English
government. He believed that no gov-
ernment of limited powers could exist—
that all power should be absolutely con
centrated in a centrifugal head.—But
we let him speak for himself.
In the debates of the convention of
1787, on the 19th of June, Mr. Hamil*
ton, said:
"I have well considered the subject,
and am convinced, that no amendment of
the oon federation, can answer the pur-
pose of a good government, so long as
State sovereignties do in any shape
exist" :~
Wo find this same opinion, fully en-
dorsed by platforms, adopted by foreign
ers sincc; while at the same time, we find
propositions diametrically opposed—ad-
vocated by others.
In the platform of the " Free Ger-
mans," we find the " abolition of the
idency" advocated, as well as that o
Senate; and c' intervention in behalf of
every people struggling for liberty," de-
clared for. In reading these platforms,
in connection with Mr. Hamilton's
speeches, we are forcibly remindéd of the
views of Mr. Jefferson; as given in his
notes on Virginia. It comes to us with
all the solemnity of a prophetic warning.
He says:—" They w31 bring with them
the principles of the government they
leave, imbibed in their early youth; or,
if able to thro# them off, i twill be in ex-
change for an unbounded licentuousness
passing as is usual from one extreme to
another." This prediction we see verified
to the letter. While one party are advoca-
ting a centrifugal government—which
by the by, all «must do, if they expect to
intervene in behalf of "every people
struggling for liberty."—The other par-
ty are running into " unbounded licent-
ousness," by proposing an abolition of
the presidency, and the Senate.
After going on, to show, that in course
of time, the states would, by gradually
assuming power, oontroll the government,
or rather would not leave the general
govcrnmlht sufficient power, to oontroll
the different members of it, He says
"To avoid the evils deduoible from
these observations, we must establish
sover-
tinctions and
HfHHBHHi do this
no good can be accomplished."
Still going on to show that a Govern
ment must be English or combine all of
the powers of the English Government,
to be an effective one.
But, Mr. Hamilton, not only advoca-
ted a centrifugal Government, after the
plan of the English Government, but
was in favor of an aristocracy. He was
in favor of electing the President for
life, or during good behavior which is
tantamount to it; for electing the Sena-
toca doria!; good behavior—and that the
Senate should be selected from the rich
classes, and the Representatives from
the poor. He says; " all communities
divide themselves into two classes, the few
and the many. The first are the rich and
wellborn, the other the mass of the
people. The voice of the people has
been said to be the voice of God; and
however, generally, this maxim has been
quoted and believed, it is not true in
fact. The people are turbulent and
changing, they seldom judge or determ-
ine right; give, therefore to the first, a
distinct permanent share in the Govern-
ment. They will cheok the unsteady
ness of the seeond, mid as they cannot
receive any advantage by a change, they
will therefore ever maintain good Gov-
ernment." * * * * *
" It is admitted that you cannot have
a good executive upon a democratic plan.
See the excellency of the brittish exe-
cutive. He is placed above temptation"
%■
" Nothing short of sueh an executive
can be efficient The weak side of a
Republican Government, is foreign in-
fluence." * • * *
u Let me observe that an executive is
dangerous to the liberties of the peo-
when in office during life, than for
years."
re we see the views of one, who
has Veen quoted as the ne plus ultra of
a statesman by every Anti-American ora-
tor, ast every Anti-Journal in the Uni-
ted Stltes, since the advent of the new
parties. - But, as this article is already
longer thfe we intended- it-should be, wo
close it for the present. In conclusion
we refer out readers again to those ex-
tracts ; read them Attentively, and see
the secret principles of the Anti-Amer-
can party, at tBfc pífeíent day. We shall
notice Mr. H's views farther, soon.
•fBEfYINE¥MD-
(From the CincWpati Dollar Times.)
In establishiig a Vineyard, it is a mat-
ter of much importance to select the
right.
position an soil.
A hill side with a southern aspect is
prefered, although an eastern or wes-
tern exposure is nearly aa good. Some
have recommended the north on aocount
of safety from late springfrosts, but it
will scarcely afford sun enough to ripen
the grapes in cold, net seasons (if the
declivity is steep) and may ptrhaps be
more subject to "the ret" A*y undu-
lating surface, if dry, is preferible to
level one
The soil best suited for a vineyard, is
a dry, calcareous loam—with a porous
subsoil—not retentive of moisture; if
mixed with some gravel or small stones,
so much the better. Some prefer a tan'
dy soil with a gravelly substratum, aain
this the grapes are less subject to rot;
the juice, however, is not so rich,—lack-
ing saccharine matter,—and in dp sea-
sons the vine will suffer from ttaÉxpggh .
shedding their leaves premaiunp, and
presenting the grapes from ripening
In warm, sandy soils, the fruit buds on
the vines, if swelled prematurely in aut-
umn, are sometimes killed, by the frost
of a severe winter.
Any soil underlaid by a stiff wet clay
is to be avoided, as also wet or spongy
land. No tree should be allowed to
grow within one hundred feet of the
vineyard.
preparing the ground.
In autumn or early winter, dig or
trench the ground all over, 2 or 21-2
feet deep, with the Bpade—this is far
better than ploughing—turn the top soil
under; .the surface will be mellowed by
the frosts of winter.
Wet spots in the vineyard may be
drained by small stone culverts, or by
what is termed p French drain, a ditch
with some loose stones thrown into it
jeways, and covered with fiat ones,
and filled up with the earth again. Sur-
face draining may be obtained by con
cave sodded avenues of 10 feet wide,
and intersecting each other at 100 or
120 feet, thus throwing the vineyard in-
to squares of that size.—This will do
for gentle declivities, but steep ones
must be terraced or benehed with sod or
stone, which is more expensive. These
benches should be as broad as they can
bo made conveniently, and with a slight
inclination to the hill, that'they may be
drained by stone or wooden gutters, run
ning into the main trunks, so as to carry
off the water without washing away the
soil. This i^jmpo^frmt, and requires
good j
varieties, with their long joints, large fo-
liage and luxuriant growth, eertainly re-
quire more room to grow than the short
jointed vines of the Rhine.-"Hence it is
supposed that our German vine dressers
have sometime ehfed, in planting too
elose in this country,'—3 1*2 by 4; 4 by
4; 4 by 4 1-2, fee. For steep hill sides,
3 1-2 by 4 1-2, or 3 bjr 5 may answer,
but for gentle slones, 3 1-2 by 6 is close
enoqgb, and for 4 by 7. This
will admit bub aiflF «r to mature (he
fruit, and leave liberal space for the roots
to grow.
Lay off the vineyard carefully with a
line, and put down a stick some 15 inch-
es long, where each vine is to grow. Dig
a hole about a foot deep, and plant two
cuttings to each stick, in a slanting posi-
tion, separated 6 or 8 inches at the bot-
tom and 1 inch at the top of the hole;
throw in a shovel full of rich vegetable
mould from the woods, to make the
roots strike freely; let the top eye of
the cutting be even with the surface of
the ground, and cover with half an inch
of light mould, if the weather is dry.
Leave the hole at the lower part about
two-thirds full, until midsummer, then
fill up.
If both cuttings grow, take up one of
them the following spring, or cut it of
under the ground, &s but one vine should
be left to each stake.
To prepare the cuttings for planting,
bury them in the earth" when pruned
from the vines, and by the latter end
of March, or early in April, which is
the right time fot planting, the buds
will be so swelled, as to make them strike
root with great ceitainty.
Each cutting should contain at least
four joints, and be taken from wood well
ripened; if a small part of the eld wood
is left on the lower end, so muoh the
better; cut them off close below the
lower joint, aad about an inch above
the upper. Set out some extra cuttings
in a nursery to replace failures in the
vineyard.
Some good vine-dressers have reoom-
meaded planting with roots one or two
years old, hut the experience of others
is in favor of planting at once with cut-
tings in the vineyard, the vine being nev-
er disturbed by Removals, makes the
more thrifty and permanent plant.
Of course the planting should only
be aade when the ground is warm and
dry, or mellow.
Persons residing at a distance from
vinejards, had better procure roots one
year old, as the ciitings are apt to suffer
from transportation.
directions for planting cuttings in a
n7rsee.y.
When pruned from the. vines, the cut-
tings should be tied in bundles of 100
or 200, and placed in a cool cellar, until
the ground is prepared for planting.
Dig a trench, it spaded ground, about
a foot deep, slanting to the surface, the
length of the.cuttings. Place the out-
tings 5 or 6 inches apart, the top eye
just above the giound. Cover the low-
er joints with good rich mould, aad fill
up with the etrth thrown from the
trench.—Keep tiem dear of weeds in
the summer, and in dry weather water
occasionally. v
treatment of fhe young vineyard.
The first year keep the ground clean
and free from weeis, with the hoe; many
use the plough, is being more expedi-
tious and coonombal, but the more care-
ful vine-dresseis vho can afford it, never
cultivate with tie plough, using only
the two pronged German hoe, made es-
pecially for the. purpose.
The «arth shoild be stirred around
the young vines, Iwo or three times du-
ring the season, ttpromote their growth,
taper 11 uous shoot! must be pulled *off,
Wring but out or two to grow at first,
and but one eventually.
In the spring; cut the young vines
down toa single eye, or bud; at first, if
twe are left for greater safety, take off
on® afterwards; drive a stake six or
seven feet long flrmly to each plant.
Locutor cedar is preferred, but oak or
black «nlnut, charred at the end, driven
into the earth, or coated with coal tar,
will, it iiUaid, tot nearly as long. Keep
the younfc vimfftecl neatly to the stake,
with ryaw'inSt straw—pick off all
suckers, and lot hut one stalk or eane
grow. Tke vineyard must be kept clean
of weeds, and the young vines hoed as
before. I *
The seconil spring after planting, cut
.down to two or three eye , or joints,
and the third y^ar to four or five; pinch-
ing off latera^ tieing up and hoeing the
vines as recommended above. Replant
from the nursery, where the cuttings
have failed to Strike root in the vine-
yard.
The third year; the vines will pro
duce a few .grapes, sometimes enough to
pay. the expenses of attending them.
Train two canes to the stake this year
take off laterals, and keep well hoed.
The vineyard having now commenced
to bear, miy be compered" as fairly es
Much dii
to the pre
vines
sts as
ing the
native
cessive years, the following treatment is
generally adopted:
tablished; and for the fourth and sue-
"m ~ p&
SPUING PRUNING.
This is usually done from the middle
of February tq the flnt week in March.
Some prune in. January, and Mr. Sehu
man has recommendod November and
December, *s the proper time. No seri-
ous injury to the tines', by winter pru-
ning, has yet bceu discovered. The
\ ' ' - - ^
writer pruned manyof his vines in No
vember and December, last year, and
they escaped unscathed through the
hardest winter known in this climate for
many years.
Pruning the fourth year requires good
ent, as the standard stem, or stalk,
to be established.
Select the best shoot or cane of last
year, and cut it down to six or eight
joints, and fasten it to the adjoining
stakes in a horizontal position, or bend
it over in the form of a hoop or bow, *nd
tie it to its own stake. The ties should
be of willow. This is the bearing wood.
The other cane cut down to a spur of
two or three eyes, to make bearing wood
for the next season.
Mr. Schuman remarks in his treatise:
—" There are various methods of train-
ing adopted. Some tie the shoot up to
the stake with two or three ties at pro-
portionate distances."
The greater part of the German vine
planters make circular bows with three
ties, and another mode is to make half
circular bows. I recommend the latter
as the best, and proceed to describe it.
u Give the shoot the first tie on the
stake nine inches from the ground, and
the second, nine inches above it; then
bow it over to the neighboring stake in
a horizontal position, and give it the
third tie to that stake, at the top of the
vine."
In the snocceding and all subsequent
years, cut away the old bearing wood,
and form the new bow, or arch, frbm the
best branch of the new wood of the last
year, leaving a spur as before, to produce
i>earing wood for the coming year, thus
keeping the old stalk of the vine down
to within eighteen or twenty-four inches
from the ground. The vine is then al-
ways within reach and control.
The experience of the writer is in fa-
vor of the low system; bending the top
of the branch in a circular form, to with-
in three or four inches of its stake,—
having made two ties previously, one at
the lower part, and the other at the mid-
dle of the bow. From this bow the crop
of grapes is to be produced, and often a
bearing eane for the next year.
The spur will bear a few bunches of
grapes but the bearing wood, for the en-
suing year is generally trained from it.
The best time for tying the vines to
the stake is when the sap begins to swell
the buds and make them look white—
from the middle of March to the first
week in April. Then in damp or wet
weather, the bow can be formed by a
slight twist of the branch, and fastened
to the stake without breaking. This
requires to be done carcfully.
Should a vine be lost after the vine*
yard is in bearing, it can be replaced by
a layer from the adjoining vine, which
is a much better mode than planting a
young vine. The layers may be put
down late in summer, but spring is pre-
ferred.
Cultivate the yellow and the osier
willow, to makes ties for the spring pru-
ning. They will grow in any wet place.
CULTIVATION OF THE GRAPE-
St. Srephens, Ala., May 24, 1855.
To the. Editors of the Alabama Planter:
Finding myself sometime ago in pos-
session of a number of letters, requests
ing information on the subject of culti
vating the grape, fabricating wine, &c.,
I determined to fall on some plan to ef-
fect what I could not personally find
time to attempt. By looking over the
Cincinnati Dollar Times you _ will
find I have amply succeeded, and if ed-
itors will republish before those pieces
are finished, the country will be amply
in possession of every tÚpg to be learned
on the subject. Thosexommunications
by a perfect master of the subject, will
be continued until all the results of the
rience of Ohio, Cincinnati
ially,and Missouri will be given.
The accounts respecting the vine in
foreign countries from which we get a
supply, (to our shame be it spoken) with
the abominable adulterations now gen-
erally and notoriously known, has in
duoed a number of intelligent men
throughout the State to turn their atten-
tion to tho production of wine, and I
think those communications will be high
ly esteemed by the readers of your ex>
collent paper.
As experience has taught me some-
thing on the subject, I will, as opportu
nity admits, add some items that variety
of soil and climate has practically con-
vinced me ought to be1 observed in the
cultivation of this first variety of grape
for wine hero, &c.
Yours respectfully, Jakes Magoffin.
Tunneling the Niagara River.—It
is projected by Mr. Wallace, of Buffalo,
to construct a tunnel under the Niagara
river at that city. A correspondence
between him and the Mayor of Buffalo
has appeared in the papers, giving esti-
mates of the cost, which he devides thus:
tunnel under the river $659,204; tun-
nelling that part of the city to be con-
nected with that under the river, $94,-
543; railway in the tunnel, $100,000.
Total, $853,747. This would make an
easy and pleasant connection between
Buffalo and the Canada terminus of the
railroad. •
The story of a man who had a nose
so large that he could't blow it without
the use of gunpowder, is said to ^
hoax.
SEWARD ON THE SOUTH
Senator Seward, of New York, being
called upon a few days ago, to make a
political speech at Albany, availed him-
self of the occasion te hold up the slaves
holders of the Southern States as a "priv-
ileged class."
We have carefully read this produc-
tion, and cannot but consider it as being
perhaps the moet mischievously section-
al speech ever uttered by a ^public man
in thi «oaatry-. yft wae acpoo&efthat
character which t^e, prescient Father of
his Conntry, on retiring from his service,
in 1796, might have had in mind when
he said it was " easy to foresee that, from
different causes and from different quar-
ters much pains would be taken, many
artifices employed to weaken in the
minds" of the people the value of the
Union; "a point in our political fortress
against which internal and external ene-
mies would be often covertly and insidu-
ously directed;" and advised his coun**
trymen " indignantly to frown upon the
first dawning of every attempt to alien-
ate any portion of our country from the
rest, or to enfeeble the Bacred ties which
link together the Various parts."
" One of the expedients of party to
acquire influence within certain dis-
tricts," said Washington, in another part
of this immortal document, " is to mis-
represent tho opinions and a:ms of other
districts." And this Mr. Seward has
done in his Albany speech. In fact, this
is the sole and whole scope of that speech.
He sets out with the averments that " a
privileged class has existed in this coun-
try from an early period of its settle-
ment," that" slaveholders constitute that
class." having a special foundation on
which to stand which they call their pe-
culiar institution, and when calling it so
•'confess themselves to be such a class."—
And as be sets out so goes he on, to the
end of his elaborated and carefully har-
angue. He is true to his text through-
out, and keeps his eyes so directly upon
what he designs to prove, that the listen-
er or reader who can only imagine that
there is but one side to a question, would
be very apt to be carried captive by the
smoothly flowing and seductivc periods
of the speaker. , *
Buj; it so happen? that this is one of
the very questions upon which there are
two sides, and of these the thougtful mind
will very soon perceive that the author
of the spcech, we are notieing, is clearly
on the wrong one. For nothing is far-
ther from the truth than the postulate
which forms the basis of Mr. Seward's
argument. The slaveholding States have
no special privileges when compared with
the other members of the confederacy un-
der which we live. The slaveholders do
not form a privileged class in any sense
in which the holders of property in any*
other form are not equally privileged.—
In the enjoyment of the same rights and
privileges which were theirs when they
came into the Union, and that they tqok
care to have secured to them forover, as
members thereof, the slaveholding States
still occupy their position under the con-
stitution of that Union, and to do this is
all they claim and what they mean to in-
sist upon
It is just what and no more than was
and still is claimed by all the other States
that were and are parties to th&t com-
pact ; and if by its adoption any of the
States have secured to themselves special
privileges, it is the States of the North
rather than those of the South, as it will
not be difficult to demonstrate.
Mr. Seward in this speech reminds^ us
of one who, holding a single comparative-
ly small objeot close to his eye, has come
to the conclusion that there is nothing
else beyond it, simply because that he
oan at the moment see but that.
Why, if he must discuss this subject
of the relative positions of the South and
the North, with reference to the question
of special privilege, did not this states-
man, this senator, this conscript father of
the Republic, to whom, from his offioial
station, the people have a right to look
for veracious counsel, tell us what priv-
ileges that the South possesses and the
North do not possess. Even this very
privilege of holding slaves is not exclu-
sively a Southern privilege. New York,
if she please, can enjoy it whenever she
sees fit to exercise it; and that,under the
compact which Washington, Marshall,
Jefferson, Madison, Carroll, Rutledgo
and Pickney joined Adams, Hamilton,
Franklin, Morris, Rufus, King and Rog-
er Sherman in making, in 1787 ; the
compact under which we still live, and,
please this new Republican party of Mr.
Seward's, intend still to live:
Privileges; special privileges? To
which section do the advantages flow
ing from the almost entire legislation of
the country most abundantly enure?—
The laws regulating commerce, imposing
tariffs, protecting manufacturers, and
fisheries, for example ? To whom be«
longs the vast coasting trade of the
country, and to whom is it secured by
law, wit> all the privileges it carries with
it? And whose immense meroantue
and shipping interest is it which is sus-
tained by the carrying of such staples as
J nroducts Of
decreased in numerical population sine*
the adoption of the constitution. For
whereas, at that period, slavery existed
in twelve States out of the thirteen which
have now increased to thirty-one, there
are only Bixteen of these In which it
now exist. And from whom came all
that part of the territory forming the
non-8laveholding States of Ohio, Illinois,
Michigan, and Indiana, but by cession
from one of this privileged elass of 8 ta tes,
i * -i a A_ *
#UV\|f ffulvfl oca • ddtt arti piCvGuUB w do
so greatly alarmed.
Bnttbe speech at Albaby was only in-
tended for a temporary purpose, and
perhaps, answers that purpose as well as
another would have dpne.—N. O. Pic.
THE BATTLE GROUND JACKSON MONU-
MENT*
The glorious 8th of January, 1816, is
at length in the way of being honored
Th* - -
cotton, and rice, and other products
the slaveholding States to foreign porta?
But, says Mr. Seward, the slave States
have greatly increased in number, and
are stiH increasing, and from this e ar-
gues to the aggressive t^den5ief
creasing, the slave States have greatly
the
with a monument. The plains of Chal-
mette—the glorious battle-ground ef that
glorious day—are soon to be signalised by
a lofty obelisk. The spot so
defended by Brig. Gen. Andj
son with a few regular troops, aided by
volunteer corps of this city and State,
with some abo from contigaoas States, ,
is soon to be pointed out by a public ool'
umn to which admiring posterity may
turn with pride as a memento and an en-
couragement to patriotic devotion.
The commissioners who were appoint-
ed by an act of the Legislature of the
State of Louisana to manage the erec-
tion of the monument, have been engaged
during the past few days with Mr. De'-
flemecourt, one of the city surveyors, in
fixing on a site for it They have select^
ed a spot purchased in the name of the
State of Louisana for the pnrpose, exact-
ly where the ramparts wore thrown up
on the right of the American line of de-
fence, about three hundred yards from
the river bank, and near the only point
at which the enemy succeeded amid ter¿
rible slaughter in reaching the breast-
works, and where the most desperate con-
flict of the day took place;
The contractors for the erection of the
monument are Massr*. Richards and
Stroud. Its foundation is to he 56 feet
square, and will be sunk 10 feet belo#
the surface. The exterior of the monu-
ment is tobé of mwbier
of the ground'the pedestal will'
space of 38 feet 8 inches squaie. • By
steps to the height of 10 feet it will de-
crease to 16 feet 8 inches square, the
size of the base to the shaft. This itself
will be 142 feet high. The height of the
top of the monument above the general
level of the ground will be 155 feet ▲
spiral stair-ease of 210 stairs will lead
up the interior to a landing in the topj
just below the apex of the obelisk.
In the adoption of all the particulars
in relation to the monument) the great-
est attention has been paid to the combi-
nation of strength with elegant simplici*
ty, and to the requirements of the law
of the State.
The commissioners for managing the
building of it are, for the 8«ate, Gen.
Jas. Walker, Gen. J. IX Planche, aad
the H«b. Charles Gayarrs; on the part
of tho city, A. D. Grossman, Joseph Go*
nois, J. H. Caldwell and P. Seuzeneau,
Esqr. We have no doubt it will;
worthy of its object.
While on this subject, we may
ourselves of the opportunity to <
late our readers on the progress
made with the preparations for
the equestrian statute of Gen. Jackson^
on Jackson Square. There is no dottbt
this will be ready for inauguration by
the 8th of January next, as we stated
the other day.
The two monuments are calculated to
be two great and attractive ornaments
of our city and the vicinity.—N. O. Pic.
What Frbbdov is in England.—The
Rev. George Housing, of little Parndon,
one of her Majesty's Jnstiees of the
Peace, recently committed to Chelms-
ford jail for fourteen days, two laborers,
named Thomas and George Collins, "for
leaving their work (bay making) at half
past one on Monday, the 6th Inst." That
is, two of her Majesty's subjects, who
are "free by the glorious birthright of
Englishmen." are sent to prison for "ab-
senting" themselves for an afternoon to
witness a ;review of the Essex Yeomanry,
Artillery and Cavalry." What a com-
mentary on the grand proceedings oa
the occasisn of the reception of M .
Stowe by the Duehess of Sutherland!—
What a commentary on British philaa
thropy directed to relief in Asiideat
Is the British constitution and systWMf
government, a party to such acts of Wan-
ton cruelty? It would see«A.so; for her
Majesty's Secretary, Sir George Grey,
could see no «ground to justify him in
advising her Majesty to extend" relief.
«' Ó, don't tease me to day, George*
I'm not at all weH" George, [twelve
years old, a man of the world], u I tell
you, what it is, you are in love. Now
you take'the advice of a follow who has
seen a good deal of that sort of thlaf,
and don't give way te it."
A promising boy, not more than five
years old, hearing some gentlemen at
his father's table discussing the familiar
line—
An how* the «** «• *** <* *>*■"
said he knew it wasn't true hm mother
was better than any man that was ever
made.
avail
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