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OLTJME 2.
WASHINGTON, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1857.
NUMBER 34.
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AM IK&ENIOPa MEDLEY.
The anon wu shitting silver bright,
M All bloodless lay th' untrodden snow •
When tretécm from the monntai^tight
Exclaimed, " Now, don't be «flR Joe 1"
Ad hour passed on. the Turk awoke,
An humble bee went thnDdering by,
To borer in the sulphur smoke,
And spread Us pall upon the sky.
Bis echoing axe the settler swung,
He was a lad of high renown,
And deep the pearly caves among,
Giles Icroggüu courted Molly Brown.
IjatA rears the wlkl, Inconstant blast,
And cloudless sets the son at even,
When twilight dews are Ailing Tast,
And rolta the thunder drum of heaven 1
Oh, ever thai, from childhood's hour,
By torch and trumpet Cast arrayed';'
Beneath yon ivy mantled towor,
The boll-frog croaks his sereuaile.
Oh, my love h like the red, red rose,
Us bought a ring with posy true ;
Sir Barpey Bolkin broke bis nose,
And, Saxon, I am Bhoderic Dhol
V1DOCQ.
Now that the great French thief-faker ¡3 no
more, we are hearing told anew many of those
clever things about him, which form the staple
of his memoirs, published years ago. The fol-
lowing is one of the best of them, and is fresher
than some that are going the rounds. It is
from the Paris correspondence of the X. York
Times:—
A rich merchant of Paris went to Vidocq to
consolt on a deficit of 150,000 francs, which he
found on Jtis books. Vidocq demanded—
" What is the age of your cashier Í"
u Twenty-five. Bat 1 am as sore of him as
of myself; he has also been robbed; he isa
victim like myself."
■•Are you married V
. "Yes."
" I low old is your .wife ? Is she handsome ?
Is she honest ?"
u Oh, sir, my wife is virtue itself—honorable,
attached to me, above—"
" Never mind all that; .your cashier is twen-
ty-five; is your wife handsome?"
" Since you insist upon knowing, she is quite
handsome; but—
" But 1 but 1 No matter abont the buts!
You wish to find your money, dont you, and
yon have Confidence in me?"
" Of coarse I have, since I am here I"
"Very well, then go back home, make her
believe that you are going on a journey, and
introduce me into the house."
This was done. The merchant left home,
and Vidocq hid himself in a cloeet near the
chamber of the lady. Breakfast was served, a
young man was shown in, and was thus addrcs-
D0 YOU TAKE THE PAPERS t"
One of our exchanges has a good story about
a man who never took a paper, but depended
upon his neighbors for the news. It is worth
being told over a dozen times, so we repeat it
for the enjoyment of our readers :
••Exciting timqp, these," said we to our
neighbor Sfow, after running a hasty glance
over the late foreign news.
"Eh"?" said he, if he didn't exactly under-
stand."
"About the war in the East, we mean."
"Hadu't heard of it. What's it all about.
Weil them down eaaters always was a quarrel-
some set of folks."
"Oh, isn't that they are fighting ; it is
Turkey and^ Russia, aftd England and France
have declared in favor of Turkey. Napoleon
~ out quite a fleet."
n*o - j- 9 Why, I thought he was dead
"Napoieo.. • — aRVd so."
long ago. The hisiü.";-" . ^ of his—Louis
Yes, but thjs is a nepne..
Napoleon they éslf him. He is the 1*
of the French."
"Why, I thought Louis Phillippe was the
Emperor."
''Yes, so he was, but he is dead now."
"Well, that all."
ttIt seems," we continued, after a pause,
that the Nebraska Bill has been disposed ol."
"Hung, I suppose you mean. WelL I'm
glad of it; he deserved it."
"What for ?" asked we puzzled.
"Why, auybody that'll keep a dozerP* wives
deserves to be disposed of as you call it"
'What do you mean?"
'Why, isn't this Nebraska Bill the same
man I've heard teli of, that has set up for a
prophet somewhere and married I don't know
how many wives. ?"
"Oh, no; that is quite a different man, Brig-
ham Young, who lives in Utah."
"Tnen who is Nebraska Bill, anyhow ?"
"It isn't a man at all. It is a law proposing
to annul the Missouri Compromise."
"Oh," said Mr. Slow, in a manner which
showed that he was still puzzled. "Well, I
reckon Daniel Webster had something to say
about that. He is a great man, Daniel."
So he was, Mr. Slow ; but he is-not living
now."
"Dead 1 Gracious; you don't say so! When
did that happen ?"
"About two years ago."
"Two years ago! And I never heard of it!
I'll have to tell Polly of that By the way,
where's your brother ?"
"He is in Washington. We heard from him
half an hour ago."
"You doii't mean to say that a letter cqme
from Washington in a half an hour ?"
"No, of course not. TliO news came by tel-
egraph"
"Telegraph!"
"Yes, it don't take over a minute to come
that \my."
"How you talk 1 Five hundred miles in a
minute! But you're joking."
"Joking, Mr. Slow ? Assuredly - not. I
thought of course you understood the rapidity
of the telegraph."
. "Then it's true ? Five hundred miles in a
minute! Well, that beats the Dutch. I must
tell Polly of that."
"Mr. Slow, I want to ask a question."
"Certainly, as many as you like."
"Do you take the papers ?"
"No, I don't; but what makes you think of
that ?"
"I thought you didn't I should think you
would wish to do so, in order to get the news."
"Oh. I get the news as quick as most folks.
I hear the people talking about it, and learn it
iu that ivay."
"And yet you hadn't heard of the European
war ?"
"Well, no I didn't happen to hear of that"
"Or about Louis Napoleon ?"
"Why, no." •
"Or the Nebraska Bill, and the death of
Daniel Webster ?"
"No, but—"
"Nor the telegraph ?"
"No. That beats all. Five hundred miles
in a minute 1 Won't it make Polly stare ?"
And Mr. Slow forthwith- belied his name,
by walking rapidly home, full of the intelligence
which the was to overwhelm Polly with sur-
prise.
[From the N. Y. Tribune.
PI8ICULTTJEE
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more meanings than one) of a felete desde outj MILITARY EXPEDITION TO Of AH
of a halibut. Nor shall the same lordly fish Active preparations are making here and
. 1 , , _j.be compelled by the magic of ihe cuisine, to elsewhere fot a military expedition to Utah.
We sinS^ t)f Pisiculture. _ And what uijPassume the connterfeit presentment of a turbot The current opinion seems to be that a force of
deuce is Pisiculture ? we think we hear the a ¡a ere me. Soles and turbot will we have a abont 2,500 men is to be sent to that Territory,
rare exception of an unlearned reader of the good store, in their proper persons, and even- The expedition, we infer, is not expected to
Tribune ask. Agriculture we know, and 'lor- handed justice shall weigh them in their own take up the line of march from Fort Leaven-
ticulture and Floriculture ; but what is Plsi- scales, to see if they be found wanting. Sar- worth until the middle of July, and then, as it
oulture? Be patient and attend, most jjprthy dines shall swim in water around our coasts will take at least sixty days to reach the neigh-
friend, and you shall be instructed, as you have before they swim in oil upon our breakfast, ta- borhood of great Salt Lake City, it is well
often been before by us, and, as we humbly, bles. Carp ponds will we have—and if the enough to consider what can be do'ne before
trust, yoa shall often be again. _ _ I carp ate. the Chris'ians once, by the body of the Winter sets in. The snows commence in
It does not intend the cultivation of the Bacchus, but the Christians shall eat the carp that region in October, and, unless peaceaolc
land, like agnculture, but tliat of the waters, then! Barbel, and red mullet, and Loch Fine occupation can at once be taken of Great Salt
sed by Madame ?
"V«
The sea has long been used as a symbol of bar-
renness, and the rivers have not been generally
regarded as capable of being made by labor
and ingenuity the source of increasing stores
haddo', and what not beside,
" All fresh from sea or shore,
Frc-shet or purling brook, of shell or fln,
And exqui-átest name
Lake City, and quarters obtained for the
troops, great privations and suffering may fol-
low. Such emergency seems to hav.- been
contemplated by the Government, for they
of food, and so of wealth. But that is all now will have them all! Yes let Jeremy Tay- baye advertised for the delivery of two thous-
changed, and the waves of the ocean, and the ^hatJtepjease.^we will suck in t hede- ancj head of beef cattle at the point of destina-
0 our earts content> tion of the anny*but they may not arrive in
swift waters of the running stream, may be '°'1's > tion or tfte anny; but they may
made to yield themselves to the skill and indus-1 and be thankful. j time, and the cunning of the Mormons, if they
try of man almost a3 uncomplainingly and as! But we must catch our fish as well as our make resistance at all, will teach them-to cut
fr"^indantly, as the boon earth herself. And; "J,re* before we cook him, and it is in the hope —
• "*** . _-*• tlia winonf imnrAiromonl
, he is gone, but be sua-
tay well, A
pects us, and we are
The rival of Carpenter went over a long ti-
rade of love and desolation, concluding with
these words:
" Only one road is left open for us;—let us
take what remains and embark for—"
Vidocq stepped out from his concealment—
Tableas!
" My children, be calm, or I'll break both of
your beads," said Vidocq. " We understand
eacn other, I suppose? - Now, tell me where
3s that stolen mooey t"
* We have only 100,000 francs left," replied
<be woman.
" Are yoa Idling the truth?"
"■Oil. /swear it"
- « Very wefl. Give it to me." The money
wm given over.
« Now, then, let this afiair be forgotten
never speak of it to your husband, and be shall
knew nothing. As for you, sir, give me your
delicate little thumbs."
He placed handcuffs en the gentleman, con-
ducted him to Havre, put him on a ship bound
for America, and left him with the French
adieu, "Goand hang yourself elsewhere."
Vidocq came bade to Paria, handed, the
100,000 Cranes to the merchant, saving—
" Y oar cashier was the thief; out he had
■pent 50,000 francs of the money with a dan-
taut} I embarked him for New York."
Afterwards, no happier family was ever
known than that of the merchant - .
A Fowtivb rao Cologne—among the
eeweiigerii by the Asia, arrived at New
York «n Friday, was a police-officer Iroui
Cologne in punurt of a merchant wh . bav-
ins d franded the hanks in Cologne, and
Frankfort on the Maine, of large nins of
none?, by means of forged bills, fl d to
the United State , an J is now probabli iu
Quebee.
A WORD TO YOTOG LADIES
We all speak of a young man's danger from
evil associations, and the very bad influence
which his dissipated gentlemen companions
have over hiiu. I believe it is all true ; but I
believe it is just as true, that a gentleman's
character is formed, to a very great extent, by
the ladies that he associates with before he be-
comes a complete man of the world. I think,
in other words, that a young man is pretty
much what his sisters and young lady friends
choose to make him. I knew a family where
the sisters encouraged • their younger brother
to smoke, thinking it was manly, and to min^e
with gay, dissipated fellows, because they
thought it "smart," and he did mingle with
them, until he became just like them, body and
soul, and abused these same sisters shamefully.
The influence began further back than with
his gentlemen companions. It began frith his
sister, and was carried on through the forming
years of his character On the other hand, if
sisters are watchful and. affectionate, they may,
in various ways—by entering into a little plan
with interest—by introducing their younger
brothers into good ladies' society—lead them
along, until their character is form, and then a
high-toued respect for ladies, and a manly self-
respect, will keep them from, mingling with
iow society.
If a young man sees that the religion which
in youth he was taught to venerate is lightly
thought of, and perhaps sneered at by the young
ladies with whom he associates, we can hardly
expect him to thinkjthat it is the thing for him.
Let none say that they have no inMfence at
all. This is not possible. You cannot live
without having some sort of influence, any
more than you can live without breathing.
1 One is just as unavoidable as the other.
Beware, then, what kind of influence it is
that you are constantly exerting. An invita-
tion to take a glpss of wine, or to play a game
of cards, may kindle the fires of intemperance
or gambling, which will burn forever. A jest
given at the expense of religion, a light, trifling
manner in the nouse of God, or any of the nu-
recent improvements in the °/ catching him that we have thrown out these
gatiou of 'i"08' t'ius baited, into the swarming school of
this is ttirougii ... _ 4l>p vtma,
science of Pisiculture, ^ '■ £« • ppaders
fish by artificial inf¡urone^«me^Í We pray tiiem to consider how many moun-
carriod to a very gr not'b^eti in use ta'n streams there are that might be made to
callv in France, though it has not: beentt^use ^ ^ ^ ^ ,hem ^embcr the vast
much more than ten years AndI there^ is no of ds where tba. now luce
limit to the possibilities of Us extension in this & ^ p¡ke ' b>- and trou£ whicb
C0""tl7- , . . ,, „ nf ■ might be swarming with the mos' delicate of
rhis practice of increasing p fishes. And, if the good of the fish does not
fish by artificial meons, is n n~ . move them, let them reflect what an esta e a
well stocked fish-pond might be made by an
Chinese have done it for centuries, togetn
with gunpowder, printing, the mariner's coin-
pass, and almost everything that we pride our-
selves upon as essential per ¡ions of our civiliz-
ation.
The early Romans also cultivated it very
successfully, thdugh it was unaccountably dis-
used in the latter ages of the Republic and the
Empire, when the passion for fish almost amoun-
ted to a mania.
All through the middle ages, s'rict laws
were enforced for the preservation of fish, bv
prohibiting their cap ure at the spawning pe-
riod, and when of tender age. At one time, it
was even a capital crime to catch young sal-
mon in Scotland. To this day. on the contin-
ent of Europe, where the multiplication of food
is an object of so great political as well as
economical importance (it being perfectly true,
as.Cobbet said, that it is hard to make a fel-
low with a full belly a rebel) the preservation
of fish is part of the regular police arrange-
ments of the Governments.
Though many experiments were made in It-
aly and London, and elsewhere, during the las'
century, toward the artificial multiplica'ion of
fish,the world owes its miraculous draughts to
which it might now reasonably look forward
to a simple fisherman of La Brcsse, of the name
of Joseph Remy. He associated with himself
another fisherman, named Antoine Gehin, while
in the process of the discovery, and their names
are inseparably connoc ed wi;h this now devel-
opment of seieuce.
They were led by their intelligent observa-
tion of the habits of the finny tribe,—with
whom J heir [Hirsuits lay, tt> aim >st precisely
the same experiments which the great savans of-
France and Germany lia.l ried in this direc-
tion. Their practical skill, however, enabled
them to bring them to a successful result which
all the learning of the wise had hitherto failed
to do.
The Government of France took it up, and
following the policy which distinguishes her
management of such mat ers fromtha pursued
in England, these two unlearned fishermen were
placed at the head of the Commission for the
stocking of 'he waters of France with fish, for
the singular reason 'hat they knew more about
the matter than anybody else—a proceeding
that might well as onish the Ti e Barnacle in-
terest, and all the members of the Circumlocu-
tion Office.
, After the eggs are hatched, much skill is
necessary in their trea' ment, and the supplying
them with food suitable to these tender juven-
iles.
Under the Roman Emperors, a Christian was
now and then thrown into carp ponds as a
bonne bouche. But as such an ar icle of diet
would be expensive, and, iudeed, might be diffi-
cult to find in all localities, o her descriptions
of animal food have to be furnished to the pis-
catory infants.
Great care has to be observed in keeping the
rising generations educa ed together of about
the same age, as they are by no means partic-
ular about matching themselves with a fellow
of their size; but if they can master a weaker
brother, they devour him with as lit le scruple
as a New Zealauder dines off a missionary.
This immoral tendency is checked in hem,
as in that of rebellion iu Chris ians, by keeping
their bellies full wi h savory meet,such as their
soul loveth. With he degree of skill already
attained, fish has been so increased in France,
as to favorably affile the die of the people,—
and we may imagine the plenty of those dainty
favorites or Izzak Walton, which the world
may yet see.
The process consists in the artificial expres-
sion of the spawn and milt of the fish, the mix-
ture of which in the water, is essential o the!
enterprising citizm. Do they know the prices
| hat are paid for rare fishes in the marke ? We
wish we could say that, they are fabulous.—
They ought to be so, bu' they are not. An4
though their multiplication might, and should
reduce their prices to a more reasonable figure,
they would still be most remunerative.
The present fish crop of France, is said to
produce about $1,200,000. When its waters
are replenished, as they may be in four years,
it is estimated that the amount may reach as
high as &180,000. Put it down in auy way
you like, you cannot estiape from the fact, that
here is a way of taking tribute mouey out of
the fishes mouths without a miracle. We are
glad to see that attention has been drawn to
the subject.
The Legislature of Massachusetts appoin ed
a Commission on the subject last year, which
has just made a full report. Dr. Garlick, 'of
Cleveland, Ohio, is preparing, if he has not al-
ready published it, a work which we have no
doubt, will be a valuable manual upon the sub-
ject '¿herj will be m.iteriais enough furnished
for information to all who wish to turn their
industry this way, aud we hope they \(ill be
many.
We know that our unfriends accuse us of
regarding, all as fish that comes into our net.—
But we would assure our readers, that we have
no by-ends nor sinister design to these our ex-
hortations. Nor would it be just to accuse us
of Catholic proclivities, because of this pisiv-
orous homiiy of ours, though we are mjll aware
that a distinguished gentleman failed of being
President of the United .States throngh such a
charge, made on grounds quite as material.—
But we think that a larger admixture of lenten
entertainment in our national diet, would bejsf
a physiological and pyschological advantage.
For ourself—we do not care who knows it—
we are free to admi that we are, what Sou they
says Cowper says, "the most ichthyophagous of
men," and we opiue that whatever tends to
temper the carnivorous propensities of the
Americans by stiinula ing their .pisivoracity,
will be wholesome to their souls, as well as
toothsome to their bodies.
General Houston Proscription to a
'•Bore.'—Among the guests at the St. Nicho,
l s Hotel, New York, not a great while ago
was Gen. Sam Houston, of Texas. General
Houston is, as all his acquaintances well know,
fond of mii^i and fun, and in short, is what
Doesticks^Buid call a P. B., perfect brick.
The General, however entertains and intense
hatred for that species of human beings called
'bores.' One of these gentry, a good natured
but soft-headed chap, a regular button-holder,
cornered him at his hotel. He had managed
to be introduced to him by a gentleman the
day previous:
"General," said the bore, after he had both-
ered Mr. Houston out of all patience, "I wish
you would do me one favor. A man of your
eminence is so competent."
"Well, what is it ?" inquired the Gen. rath-
er curtly.
••Well you see, Mr. Houston, you are such
an eminent man, such a—"
¡•Nevermind that, what do you want to
know 1"
"Excuse me, but a person of your abilities
and distinction must be aware "
"1 am somewhat in haste," interrupted the
badgered Senator, "pray come to the point at
once."
"Well, then give me the secret of your suc-
cess in life, how you rose in position as you
have done."
„ "Oh! but that wouldn't benefit you any. I
vivifica ion of the eggs, and then s irring t hetíi jcan te!' y®u ^ow }'ou cau r'sc m wor^ if
gently together. If this be done with a proper y°u w|s'1-
he natural conditions of the propa-
reganl
gation of the fish, the eggs in due time disclose
their young; and by this means great multi-
tudes may be saved for "their own enjoymeut,
off supplies, and thereby greatly embarrass the
commissary department, . We much fear that
this expedition is projected too late in the sea-
sóii for effective military operation, and that it
may fail altogether.
What is the actual condition of things in
Utah ? It is by no means certain that Brig-
ham Young, with all the advantages of his po-
sition, will make violent resistance to the in-
troduction of a new set of civil officers for the
government of that Territory, and to the mili-
tary forces sent to enforce obedience to the
new authorities. But, should he do so, is it
certain that 2,500 are sufficient to enforce
obedience ? They may be enough to provoke
a war, but not enough to overawe the. refrac-
tory and to command strict submission to the
laws. Every one knows that the Mormon
leaders have always kept up a systematic mili-
tary organization, aud very recently we pub-
lished military orders which looked -as if the
whole male force of the Territory was to be
Cut under drill and discipline. It is very pro-
able that ten thousand men • can be brought
into military array long before our troops get
there ; and then, if their treasonable designs
are carried out, will 2,500 men alter the fa-
tigue of a sixtv days' march, be an equal match
for them ? \Ve doubt it. Mormons are no
doubt brave men, and their military education
will make them effective troops. They are
mostly foreigners, a,id none of them pi epos-
si-ssOd very strongly in favor of our system of
Government—-added to which, they have been
taught to believe they are the victims of per-
secution on account of their religion, and this
will make them bold and desperate. If they
make such resistance as they are capable of
making, our opinion is that 2,500 men is not
a sufficient force to quell them, and the expe-
dition will prove a failure.
•It should be considered, also, that the Mor-
mon leaders will be advised of all the move-
ments of our Government long before the
troops reach there, and what more easy than
for them to stir up the Indians to make war
upou us ? The Indians of that region owe us
no good will even now, and might very readily
be persuaded to make common cause against
the invading army, and insure its defeat. It
is the part of prudeuce, at least, to look at all
the causes whicb may operate against the suc-
cess of this expedition, and to provide for them.
If troops must be sent there, it is the opiuion
of military men that 2,500 men will not be
sufficient to bring rae Mormons to a proper
sense of obedience to the Government, and to
preserve The peace of the Territory.—Sf. Louis
Republican.
1 HE PAINFUL EMBRACE.
I will tell you a true story of an gentle-
man who is now more that íerent}-, and
whose life has been made unhappy by the
recollection of the great sin which he
committed in his youthi It was a viola-
tion of the eighth commandment.
When he wa< about twenty, Will am
Gage went to a neighboring village to attend
a celebration which brought together a mnl
iciest Intelligence;
[From N. O. Picayune.
FURTHER BY THE ARABIA.
IMPORTANT FROM INDIA.
mutiny in the bengal army spreading.
Massaeree of Europeans at Meerot.
8 ON OF THE IAT* EHFOTO* 07 DELHI
PROCLAIMED KING
active measures to suppress the insurrection.
New York, July 7.—The Overland Mail
had arrived, and brought very exciting and im-
portant news from India.
The mutiny in the Bengal army was spread-
ing alarmingly.
" Mariner." (?) at Meerut, in Delhi, wa3 in
possession of the mutineers, who had massa-
creed all the Europeans without regard to sex,
had plundered the bank, and had proclaimed
the son of the late Emperor of Delhi, King.
The Government of India was taking active
measures to suppress the revolt, and had airea,
dy concentrated large bodies of troops around
Delhi.
CHINA.
There was great distress in China in conse-
quence of a scarcity of food.
Foochow continued to be disturbed by the
rebels.
the dreadful disaster at leghorn.
It has been ascertained, that at the recent
fire in Leghorn Theater, one hundred and six
persons lost their lives, and three hundred were
wounded.
turkey demanding explanation of en'glamd
The latest accounts from Constantinople rep-
resent that the Porte had demanded explana-
tions from the British Minister, Lord Redcliffe,
respecting the occupation, by Great Britain, of
the Island of Perim, which commands the en-
trance to the Red Sea.
another circassian victory.
Another engagement between the Russians
and Circassians is reported, in Which the latter
were victorious, and one thousand Russians
were killed.
spain and mexico.
The Spanish and Mexican difficulty was still
unsettled, and appearances were very unfavora-
ble for a settlement
it alt.
The news from Italy is unassuring.
maples.
The report of an attempt to assassinate the
King of Naples, is said to be untrue.
the french in rome.
In Rome, the French troops have become so
offensive by theii' wanton insults to the people,
that the Roman soldiers have resented théir
conduct, and a terrible street fight between the
French end Romans has taken place in conse-
quence; m
Excitement at the french election.
In France, during the recent elections, there
was the greatest excitement that has been man-
ifested in five yearsyet the French people
never exercised their constitutional rights'with
greater order. The Government Was success-
ful;
the mission to china.
Washington, July 7.—It is-reliably stated
tiiude. On hi way he fed in wjth several'thal Russia wiU cooperate with Great Britain
thoughtless young men of Ins own a age ' in all the objects of her embassy to China, em-
who told him they meant to hare a "high ploying only peaceful means.
time," and asked him to join them. Tin
Lord Elgin, the British Ministhr to China, it
plan was to see how much they could make,. . ... . . .
that day by pilfering from person* who had 18 announced, will otter to enter into negotia-
articles for sale. William G«ge made no tions witn the.Chinese, aud if they refuse, the
objection to. this plan.
As they entered the village they found a
large colleation of people, and many tents
were erected for. the sale of various arti-
cles. Their plan was easily carried out. and
thev soon erected a tent for themselves.
British torces will take possession of Canton,
aud then Lord Elgin will again offer to negoti-
ate.
Mr. Reed, the United States Minister* to
China, it is further said, will be invited to re-
which Ihey sold the articles they had sto-, side with Lord Elgin, in the Government House
Jen. * at liong Kong.
William went into a a tent of a man who
was selling oranges, and repressenting him-
self as a mei chant's clerk, offered hint his
services. The man thanked him, sakl he
had more business then he could attend to.
and would be glad to have him assist him.—
One of William's companions stood noar
the door, and as he sold one oi ange. he han-
ded anoihet to hnn^ In this May he depriv-
ed the man of hall his profits, aud be was
not detected.
At night the young men reckoned up the
monev the^ had made, and it amounted to
"That just it," was the reply, "just what I
was trying to get at"
"Well, sir, I'll tell you. Undertake to ap-
muea U.UV u, ...... cujuv...c..u, Proach a sore headed bull with a red scan on .
and ours, which would have been lost by .he ¡ your neck- i'U guarantee your upward pro-1 sixty dollars, Wilham .eturned home and
accidents to which such embryonic atoms arc ^ immediately on the completion of the ex- went to bis room; but his conscience would
liable in the cold world upou which they are;F™^t;' ¡ not allow him to rest. He thought of the
thrown. / "
th'J xr.t0„?a^l^infL' c5!1 ! a"eluster*of gMtímen"near" by,"^ w'ho" ^
I The button-holder collapsed, shoved his hat man he had wronged, he thought of hi- farni
on his head and walked sorrowfully away, while (|y ; perhaps they were po >r. and would suf-
had over-
Na1 ure provides the fish with such count- heard the conversation, fairly screamed with
multitudes ot eggs, " thronging t he seas laughter.
with spawn innumerable,"—as she docs in the| ° ' -
case of the seeds of plants and fruits. , T .,
, j ,, ... . ,- . . . " What 8 the reason, said one Irishman to
Lund, a Swedish natundist who pursued anoth .. thal you aDj your wife are always
this investigation about a hundred years ago, d¡SJl,rt^¡n„ ? J
found that one hundred mullets produced lour we ^ ^ of one mind ;_she
millions of young ! So we may imagine to be ma5ter and so do I," was Pat's
what an extent fish may be multiplied, when reD]„
this science is carried tors highes perfection.: *
One migh almost imagine Comus'threat may! """ _ '
yet como true, and 'the sea, overiraught, would " Look-a-hea, Clem, can you tell dis nigger
fer for the want of what he had so unjustly
taken. He tiiouuht of those words uttered
on Mount Sinai, amid the thunderings and
lightnings, by the voice of tiod himself.
"Thou shalt not steal." He thought of
the tables of stone on which was writ
ten with the finger of God, *'Thou shalt not
steal.''
Rotation.—Rumors are afloat at Wash-
ing! on,and hate been for several days that
xn ^ w w% J! _ 00— an indiscriminate removal of heads of bure-
swell' with its'inhabitants, and na ure be 'over- why dat woolly head ob your n an' de moon am aus will be made on the 1st of July, and it
laid with waste fertility.' • I like ?"
merous ways in which yon may show your dis-
| regard for the souls of others- may be the means j
thü*Gen~Housto piri" ot ruinil g for time aud eternity.—United j
iftth nt Jnlv. I States Journal j
The spawn, or young of fish, can be trans- " ' Sambo, I guess its kaze dey am bof
planted to different parts of the coun ry, and round.' . . . _ , . ,
there seems to be no reason why ihey should ( " ™ noJ.14 • J* 13 ^ ^ k°f
not be conveyed across >he Atlantic. In such 8 posed to be inhabited.
case, in addition > o our own admirable Ichthy-
has caused a terrible fluttering among the
i* cumbents ^uite a number of cierkshave
already had their heads lopped off within
the last few days, ami a large-batch is in pre-
paration whicii will swing between this ami
the 1st proximo. Ten clerks have been been
removed from the Interior Department thi
ob the 20th of July.
ology, we may eñjoy that of Europe, too. The' The Yankee who was "lying at the point of remo vea irom u.e .me.. , sépanme. ims ^ ^ j ^
The skill of á Dehnonico shall not be tasked in death," whittled it off with his jack-knife, ^ reason fofda't-my mother Wa¿ woman.1
those days to evoke the dear deceit (dear in i is now recovering. trys^ mpioius o.-ui&iu.oa .. - '
Russia, it is well understood, has special ob-
jects iu her embassy to Pekin, connected wi.h
frontier matters;
A captured slaver in new york.
N. York, J uiy 7.—Tüe bark Pauchita has
arrived here in charge of Lieut Ireland, and a
crew of twelve men, from the British brig-of-
war Sappho, on the coast of Africa. The Pau-
chita was seized by tbe ¡Sappho, on suspicion of
being engaged in the siave trade.
yellow fever at bermuda.
Late accounts from Bermuda represent that
the yellow lever was raging there.
One of the British mail steamships had lost
thirty men by the lever.
obeat fire at porte au prince.
Accounts have been received Irom Porte an
Prince, of a great lire at that place, which de-
stroyed one hundred buildings, causing a loss,
estimated at a million ot dollars.
gold discovered at demebaba.
From Dcmerara we have accounts of the dis-
covery of large gold diggings. On the Yaro-
ari river, six hundred men were digging with
great success.
"The best and most conclusive reason for an
effect that we ever remember to have heard,
was given by a'one-idea' Dutchman, in reply to
a friend, who remarked,
" Why, Hans, yon have the most femihine
cast of countenance I ever saw."
BANGEB8, LOOK TO IT.
There was a time, people of Texas, when tbe
peace, safety and security of your households,
your firesides, and your wives and children, de-
manded protection of the bold and dating men
of the State. The foe was npon our western
and north-western frontier,' the blood o&tbe
aged and innocent marked his trail, and the
flame of the robber, murderer and m
it curled up, seeming " ambitious to be
to the Heavens," alone lighted the steps of the
invader from the field of destruction These
were " the times that tried men's souls,"
nobly did the gallant youth—aye and the aged
too, of the country, respond. The gray-haired
father grasped his blade, and with his lisping
children and grandchildren, prattling in the in-
nocent exuberance of childhood about his knee,
dashed the dew-drop from his eye, and swore,
with them to live, or by them die. The youth
fresh from the collegiate halls, buckled on his
armor and sped him to the wars, the carnage
and the rout The heart-sick lover tore himself
from the soft impeachment of his mistress'
smile and love, to win upon the ensanguined
plain the medé of honor, or lay him in a sol-
dier's grave. Yes, many were the gallant ran-
gers who sacrificed their love, their hopes for
happiness, their little aU, in defence of Texas.
Yet how were they to be rewarded T as heroes
—evsry man of them ? Oh, no; with niggardly,
miserly and cold neglect They had borne the
heat of summer, and the cold o'f winter; had
endured almost insupportable privations; had
hungered and thirsted amid the bogs and sands
of the frontier—and all for Texas.
Yet how were these daring and iron souls to
be requited? We shall see, Rangers, we shall See;
Will Texas prove so ungrateful to those who
are now living, to the memory of the dead, as
to support and elevate to the executive of the
State the man who would have crashed into
the very earth ewery spark of chivalry, the same
lion bravery and iron-nerved resolution that
bore her successfully through the Revolution of
'36. Never will be the one-man response
never Will bé the shout that will arouse the
dormant echoes of her everlasting hills, that
will sweep with a hurricane's force, over the
beautiful plains of her broad savannas. Will 1
hot the people of Texas look to the record, and
by the record rebuke the arrogance" and bold
presumption of the Waco bantling, whose every
vote has been in direct opposition to the inter-
ests of the State, who would by his voice and
votes have, robbed the children of the brave
men who secured the boon of that freedom
which we all etijoy, of the last mocpel of bread,
of the last blanket. Rangers! again we say,
look to it Read and ponder upon the import
of the following votes given by H. R. Runnels,
and tell to the world, through the ballot-box in
August next, that you will not repudiate the
father of our growing and beautiful State for
the man who would have stripped yon of your
only mains of support—who denied you forage
and subsistence while fighting and toiling in
behalf of Texas, whom, wrapping himself in
all the borrowed dignity of legislative robesi
quietly and complacently, from -his cushioned
seat, voted, in every instance, no supplies, no
subsistence, no forage, no support
Below we give them, and we intend to keep
them before the people—but read, and see:
" Against the pay of forage and subástenos
of a Company of Rangers mustered into the.
service of the State by Col. H. L. Kinney, on
the 10th day of June, 1849 : Yeas—29, najt
13,. page 315, part 1.—House Journal. Vote
of H. R. Runnels in 3d Legislature.
" Against the bill providing for subsistences
and forage of volunteers commanded by Capt
Johnson, and called into service by Governor
Wood. Page 628, part 1.—Vote of Hardin
R. Runnels in 3d Legislature—See House Jour-
rial.
" Against the bill for the payment of expen-
ses of volunteers called into the service of the
Stute. Page 153, part 2. See House Journals
Vote of Hardin R. Runnels in Fourth Legis-
lature.
2 Against the Act supplementary to an Aet
making appropriations to defray expenses of
three Companies of volunteers, called into the
service Of the State for the protection of the
frontier. Part 2, page 255.—See House Jour-
nal. Vote of Hardin B. Bunnelf in the Fifth
Legislature."
A Contented Man.—Editorial life has many
burdens and cares, but the following incident,
shows that it is not wanting either in dignity or
comfort:—
" Black was a great favorite with Lord Mei*
bourne. On one occasion the peer said,
'.Mr. Black, you are the only person wKo
comes to see me who forgetd who I am/
The editor opened his eyes with astonishment;
' you forget that I am the Prime Minister.-
Everybody else takes especial care to remember'
it; but I wish they would forget it—for they
only remember it to ask me for places or favor .
Now, Mr. Black, yon never ask me for any-
thing, and I wish yon would, for, seriously, I
should be most happy to do anything in my
power to serve you.'
' I am truly obliged,' said Mr. Black. ' bat I
don't wantanything, 1 am editor of ihe Morn-
ing Chronicle. I like my business, and I Hver
happy on my income.'
' Then,' said the peer, ' I envy yon, aad JOB
are the only jnan I ever did.'"
An editor Down East who served four day*
on a jury, says be is so foil of law, that it is
hard wont for him to keep from
body.
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