The Northern Standard. (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 50, Ed. 1, Saturday, October 14, 1843 Page: 1 of 4

                                
THE NORTHERN STANDARD
-CHAS. DE MORSE
LONG SHALL OUR BANNER BRAVE THE BREEZE THE STANDARD OF THE FREE.
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
VOL.5I.
CXrARKSVILLE TEXAS OCTOBER 14 1843.
NO. 50.
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AGENTS FOR THE 6TANDARD.
Travis O. Wright P. M. Pine Creek.
Samuel M. Foltok P. M. Franklin Lamar Co.
Jomit R. Craddock Pari: Lamar Co.
J. W. W. Stinpield P. M. Harrison Co.
Jesse Shelton P. M. Fort Shelton Lamar Co.
R. W. Lxe P. M. Warren Famnin County.
Biilev Enolish P. M. Fort English Fannin Co.
D. Rowlbtt P. M. Lexington Fannin Co.
J. G. Jdett P. M. Raleigh Fannin Co.
J. J Williams P. M. Dc Kalb Bowie Co.
Hekrt D. Masost Boston Bowie County.
Qtn. E. II. Tarrant Bowie Co.
SktoiES. J DainscrCeld Bowie County.
Wm. C. Criwtord Shelbyville Shelby Coun'y.
A. Sterne P. M. Nacogdoches.
Travis G. Brooks P. M San Augustine.
J adze Line Crockett-Houston County.
T. M..Bagbt Houston. -
Col. Wm. L. CAZNEAtr Austin Travis County.
A. McDonald Huntsville Montgomery County.
B F. Iohisov Washington.
StM'L B. Brioram Matagorda.
Dr. Jake Ricuet Clarksville Arkansas.
Charles Hood Eq. Washington Ark.
James Harrisov. Esq  St. Louis Missouri.
G. C. Gooding. P. M.. Fort Towson.
Wm. Davenport Caddo Parish Louisiana.
Continuation of Dr. R. H. Allen's Temperance
-jr Address
j' Ardent spirits of every description are in their na-
"" tare and ordraary effects extremely unfriendly to the
human constitution and the art of distillation is ..be-
yond al! doubt the most fatal discovery in respect to
the health of the community which the ingenuity of
man ever devised. NThey should never be taken in
any quantity by those who are desirous of preserving
good health enjoying the full vigor ol their systems
sad prolonging their lives when taken as a drink
they stimulate the stomach and neighboring viscera
as well as 'the heart and brain to an excessive and
unnatural action" impair the appetite impede diges-
tion and lay the foundation of serious diseases in the
most important organs. The habitual use of ardent
-spirits predispose the system to the attack of every
form of acute disease and excites diseases in persons
predisposed to them Irom other causes.
This has been remarked in all the yellow fevers
and other epidemics which have visited the cities ofj
tic United Mates. Hard drinkers seldom escape and
rarely recover from them. Diseases ere more cer
tainly induced and terminate more speedily in death
when spirits are taken-in such quantities and at such
times as to produce frequent intoxication but it may
serve to remove an error with which some intem
perate people console themselves to remark that ar
dent spirits often bring on fatal diseases without ever
producing drunkenness. Many persons are every
year destroyed by ardent spirits who were never
completely intoxicated during the whole course of
their Jives; and tee sol.tary instances of longevity
which we occasionally meet with in hard drinkers
no more disprovethe deadly effects of ardent spirits
than the solitary instances of recovery from apparent
death by drowning prove that there is no danger to
life when the hunan body lies an hour or two under
water.
Not less destructive are the effect of ardent spirits
upon the human mind they impair the memory de-
bilitate the understanding and pervert the moral fa-
culties they produce an artificial genius as well as
vivacity they lift a man's intellectual faculties as well
as his feelings of enjoyment for & moment above
(heir ordinary1 level; and if by the same means they
.jould be keptin that state of exaltation for any length
-offline it -might constitute something like an apology
for' having recourse to them ; but unfortunately the
excitement of the system can in no instance be urged
above its 'accustomed and natural pitch without this
being accompanied by a corresponding degree of de-
gression lake fancy flights in oratory that I have
eften heard 7after being elevated with the rapidity of
iiguuiiugio iue utmost connnesotsuoiimuyon ac-
corj'rA 6f some defect or inability of the speakerto give
lhem"thVgradual slope were hurled with greater
raprany io me lowest depths ol the ridiculous. in
the language of a celebrated writer " Genius in this
nusner forcibly raised may be compared to those
fireworks which after having made a brilliant figure
in 'the kv foKa vervshort time fall to the irround.
fcnd expija' miserable fragment as the only relic of
-ineinpreceeumg ipieaaor.
v R ffwTat from any cause to see the human mind
theWTecVjifivbal it' his been! It is awfal wherever
erev'hMre'and a lotterinff frame restrict the nsnira-
tions ioT that lofty" thing- the human mind but how
nrneb .more "awral to.be paralysed in the prime of
iue oy ine ueuureu loucn oi intemperance f A touch
that not only" disrobes- it flts mantled splendor but
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adds degradation to stupidity. Why is it that when
cholera small pox yellow fever or any other pre-
vailing epidemic makes its appearance in our land
there are such fears entertained by the inhabitants?
vpy do we see every door closed and lear and an-
guish depicted in. every countenance? Why do we
hear the prayers of assembled thousandsdaily amend-
ing to heaven to appease the wrath ofan angry God?
I say why all this ? And there is a disease a hydro-
phobia far more dangerous stalkinir abroad without
cither exciting fears or meeting with moral or legis
lative interierence ?
You may talk ol small pox cholera and yellow
fever you may talk of rattle snakes scorpions cen
tipedes and other venomous reptiles and poisonous
worms but none none are so destructive as the
worm of the still. - Strange infatuation that which
causes intelligent man to rush into an untimely and
disgraceful grave. The drunkard's grave ! In
what fearful and solemn accents do the words fall
upon the ear! In imagination I can see them now
carelessly wending their way with his bloated car-
cass to the place of interment. Through feelings of
humanity more than heart-felt sorrow I see his thin
visagod and heart broken wife once the pride and
heauty of her father's house slowly and mechanical-
ly following his wretched remains. On either side
I see his innocent and helpless children children of
his body bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh
whose sunken eyes and ghastly countenances too
truly proclaim the awful fact that their daily bicad
bad been bartered for poison. The heavy clods as
they fall upon hi unpolished coffin fail in this in-
stance to elicit thj sympathetic tear and heait-rending
sigh so freely manifested on every similar occasion.
Every eye is dry and every heart is firm; even the
eye of his ruined confidingand emaciated companion
is not bedewed with sorrow's tear for long long
since has every tear been shed over that bloated car
cass while engulphcd in the fathomless abyss of de
structive intoxication. No willow hangs its droop -
ing head in token of sorrow over his desolate grave
nor is there even a marble slab erected to proclaim
that such a being ever lived. All carelessly return j rious undertaking. Let us act with firmness con-
to their usual avocations and his most intimate rela- cert and unanimity let our motto be. down with the
tions are anxious that "time shall speedily obliterate
the mott taint lecollection ol hishendish career upon
the stage of life.
I am truly glad that we have blended the causes of
liberty and temperance together and that we are al-
lowed to celebrate them jointly on the present occa-
sion. With how -much more reverence and respect
do we treat the memory of those departed spirits who
laid down their lives for tho liberty that we enjoy
and our children's children vtill enjoy in celebrating
the birth day of American liberty in this solemn and
temperate manner? No intoxicated brawler is seen
swaggering among us to mar the festivity of the day
thnt gave us freedom nor is the refreshing air we
breathe polluted with the nauseous stench of alcohol
Every remark that ascends from the assembled mul
titude to the altar of freedom breathes of respectful
sobriety ana joy; nor is their inebriating poison ne
cessary to stimulate as to this duty nf respect to the
shades ol our departed ancestors. JNo there is in
hercnt in the breast of every true American a love
of liberty and a love of country which of themselves
are sufficient to stimulate him to deeds of generosity
and honor. .
It is not expected (of mo at this time) nor is it he
cessary thit I should dilate upon the subject of
American independence. It is a theme that has en
gaged the eloquence and talents of our country since
July 4th 1776 and it is worn threadbare (if such a
thing as riddling liberty can be possible) from fro
quent discussion. It is not necessary that I should
revert on this occasion to the landing of the devoted
little band the pilgrim fathers at Plymouth in 1G07;
nor the vicissitudes of hope and fear and joy through
which our mother the United States had passed from
that hour of trembling uncertainty to its present pe-
riod of flourishing independence.
It is not necessary for me to relate the history of
the battles of Bunkerhill and Lexington and others
equally distinguished. It is not necessary for me to
rehearse the names of heroes who fell in blood stain
ed fields in defence of our rights. It is not necessary
to state now numan nature was disgraced and the
feelings el benevolence shocked by the perpetration
of crime: nor is it necessary to reveberate the name
of Washington in order to infuse a thrill of patriotism
into thebroasl of American freemen. The history
ot all is iresn in the mind ot every Ireeman and it is
so indelibly impressed upon their hearts as never to
be erased by the arms ot loreign -tyrants. Be it the
duty of others more competent to the task to describe
in the nervous style of manly eloquence the blood
stained field and relate the story of slaughtered
armies.
When speaking in such exalted terms of the
achievements of our mother the United States I do
not wish it understood that lam endeavoring to dis
parage or treat with neglect our own adopted coun-
try; far from it. We are the same people the off
spring of :he same fond mother the lot of the infant
has not been dissimilar to that of the parent they
were both oppressed in their youth by the arm of
tyranny both struggled lor the privileges allowed
them by the God of battles both shook off the fet
ten of despotism; and although the banner of the
lone star does not float so proudly as the glorious
thirteen yet she is sufficiently towering to evade the
grasp of the tyrant Santa Anna.
Whatever may have happened since to bedim the
fame of our chief magistrate his glorious achieve-
ments in defence of our liberties shall never be for-
gotten so long-as" there is a historian left to record
his deeds?' or a lover of freedom to appreciate them.
The mornortes of Milam Travis Fannin and a host
of others shall ever be held sacred by Texans and
duly appreciated by the friends of freedom through-
out the world.
Our Republic is young but she u destined to flour-
ish. Letvus?Jbnt establish a bulwark of temperance
morality; cfv:ljmd;eligiousIibertyand we' will soon
occupy that station among the nations pj" the "earth
which vvill render h'cr every citizen proadl'of the
naufe of Texan. - "-. a
I am sorry" that it has pleased some wiseaeresand
bigots to speak lightly of the efforts that weafenbw
malting in me oenau oi inoiaiuyyinu temperance.
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AH this we attribute to lgnorancerno well intormed I
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mind can ever engage in such an undertaking. As
it regards myself I ean inform such gentlemen that
I am not ignorant of their actions and the only me-
thod that I shall take for their punishment will be
an active perseverance in the performance ot my
duty which with the assistance -of my God I doubt
not will place me beyond their malice We can in-
form sueh gentlemen in the language of St. Paul
".That we are troubled on every side perplexed but
not in despair; persecuted but not forsaken; east
down but not destroyed." And although the bitter
toncueof slander and persecution may poison us in
our absence yet we possess within ourselves an anti
dote to sueh poison. We dare them to open combat
but too well do they know their sphere; loo well do
they know that their weapons cannot exist before the
august and fearless front of truth.
A few remarks in relation to our Society and I
have done. 1 hope that no one however' violently
ho may be opposed to it doubts that it was gortC&fcbiTipTiystri'lrftr Her feet
up for the promotion of morality and the downfall ef
vice. 1 hope that it will be so conducted and that
each and every member will so conduet himself as
to reflect honor upon its founders. Wc are few in
deed but our cause is just and we are promised that
when righting under the broad banner of morality
and justice that ten shall put ten thousand to flight.
As lor myself I feel that if I can only be instrumen
tal in restoring peace and harmony to one family or
be the means of rescuing one fellow creature from a
drunkard's grave that I will be freely forgiven for all
that I have done heretofore under the banner of the
tyrant- In after life when civilization and the hum
of business shall usurp the station now occupied by
almost unpolished barbarism will it not be a source
of heart felt pride and satisfaction for us to reflect that
we were first instrumental in rearing the crested
head of morality in the pine forests of Bo vie county?
In conclusion I would most humbly invoke the
assistance of the ladies that part of creation whose
j influence is acknowledged all powerful over the more
-obdurate nature of man and whose efforts for the
promotion of morality are never in vain in this glo-
'tyrant and ere long the now tottering throne of
king alcohol shall be hurled into oblivion and
shall embrace in its ruins every gin shop in our
country.
TARTAR VENGEANCE.
Tho Russian journals contain the following pic-
ture of the "domestic manners" of those tribes which
inhabit the vast plains of Chinese Tartary:
It appears that Segeb-Mohelam a young Khan
chief of one of those tribes being benighted on a
hunting party demanded hospitality in a peasant's
hut. The daughter of his host being very beautiful
&.C. the young Khan became in due course despe
rately enamoured end loaded the peasant family w.th
the fruits of his benevolence. The parccnues did
not however bear their good fortune with humility
but gave themselves the most extravagant airs and
fillrd the splendid halls of their gorgeous palace with
thp ancient nobility from whom they expected the most
cringing subservience Their haughty demeanor
made them many enemies and al length led to the
lollowing catastrophe:
The young Khan was riding one evening to visit
his mistress when he was met by two of his attend
ants who galloping towards nim exclaimed that bis
mistress and nil her family were now smouldering
under the ruins of what but a few hours before had
been their magnificent palace. Segeb fell senseless
from his horse on receiving this dreadful intelli
gence and on recovering rode like a madman
through the burning embers and at length found the
mutilated corpse of his belovtd Nuharin. Vengeance
Irom that moment dispelled despair. He instantly
assembled his council ; the result of their investiga-
tions led to the arrest of two brothers nobles and a
little girl aged ten daughter of one of the prisoners.
The child deposed that she was in bed in her father's
tent when a nobla lady magnificently attired entered
and offered her father a large sum of money if he
wouia lust setnre to iNahanns castle and then mur-
der her and all her family. To this request after
urgent entreaties her father unhappily consented.
The child was then secretly despatched to the castle
with orders irom her father tosct lire to the curtains.
This she accomplished the flames spread with
frightful rapidity and the father and his myrmidons
next rushed through the burning halls of the castle
murdering all its inmates so that not one escaped.
The child on being asked whether she could re
cognise the lady who bad caused all the horror said
that she should know her by her voice but that she
did not see her face as she pretended to be asleep du-
ring the interview between the lady and her father.
The Khan ordered all the ladies of his court to
pass before his little girl each repeating a verse of
the Koran; seventy had already passed there remain-
ed but one to pass; an awful stillness now reigned
through the council. The child instantly recognised
this lady as the instigator of the deed; on her veil be-
ing removed what was the astonishment of all pre-
sent when the features of the Khan's mother were re-
vealed. The Khan appeared thunderstruck but
said to the council let justice take its course ns if it
were the meanest of my subjects.
The council then condemned the two brothers to
deaih the Khan's mother to lose her Tight hand and
acquitted the child.
The cortege then moved slowly forward to the
place of execution. The aged princess fell at her
son's feet and implored mercy. The Khan drew his
scimitar and exclaimed "Mother I am going to pay
the debt which you one to God and man. May this
sacrifice in expiation of your crime prove the power
of the prince has not weakened the respect and affec-
tion of the son." He then put hi3 right arm on the
trunk of a tree and with one stroke severed his hand.
Loud cheers and applause immediately followed this
heroic act. The Khan then held up his mutilated
arm and said "Now let justice take its course; my
mother has paid her ransom let the others who are
guilty pay their penalty." .
The two brothers were then handed over to the
executioner.
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ALiTuRKisn Beauty. I enjoyed the pleasure!
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this morning ol being introduced ton yew nanasoine'
....
Turkish lady in order to give me an opportunity of
witnessing a perfect specimen or uner.tai beauty. Al-
ter a good deal of persuasion she allowed mo to copy
her profile. Her eves and evo lashes were intense
ly black; though I suspect the latter weie stained of
a aeeper dye than tho natural one. Her complexion
was beautifully fair with the slightest tint of carna'
tion suffused over her cheek. Her lips! sweet lips!
that make us sigh even to have seen such. Her gloa
sy hair which was bound with a kalemkorr or
painted handkerchief representing a whole parterre
of flowers fell in loose curls upon her shoulders and
down her back; she wore a short black vl vet jacket
emoroiaered with gold lace; trousers of sky bine silk;
and under jacket of pink crape and one of those beau
tiful transparent shirts which ravish the beholder
ana -nail reveal the charms Ihey fain would hide."
A magnificent Persian shawl eneircled her waist
vvlijeJrhajdTiature own IprmnevfflF- having been
weiu in suppers ami two or tnreo ugly rings deiormed
her white and slender fingers the nails of which were
ayea wim henna. Around her neck sbo wore a
double row of pearls from which humr an amulet
Her skin was very white an I beautiful; the constant
use oi me dry vapour bath having reduced it to a
fineness which I can only compare to highly polish
ed roarblo and it looked as slogs v and cold. She vas
well pleased with the drawing 1 made and on rising
to go away she put on her yellow boots over the
beautiful foot and ancle which it was a sin to con
ceal; then donning her enshmeck and cloak she
bade us adieu with a grace and elegance which few
English ladies could equal. No wonder the Turks
sigh for paradise when they believe heaven to be
peopled with houns such as these ! Auldjos Visit
to Constantinople.
A magnificent city was Moscow previous to its de
struction in 1812. It contained at that time.
two hundred and ninety five churches and fifteen
hundred mansions with theirgardensand dependences
intermixed with smaller houses and cottages spread
over several leagues of territory. These edifices inclu
ding even the shops are described as all covered with
polished and painted iron. The churches were sur
rounded by a terrace and several steeples terminating
in golden balls abovo which was exhibited the crescent
and lastly the cross denoting the successive triumphs
of MahcmcdanismaniJ Christianity. A single ray of
sunshine it is said caused this splendid city to glisten
with a thousand colors.
Country Newspapers The Cleveland Her
aid says : "The citizens of a County arc too apt to
fail in giving a proper suppoit to local papers. It
should be the pride as it is the interest of every citi
zen ofa county to take some newspaper published in
it The weekly visitations ofa good paper ore like
the regular appearance of an old friend the whole
family will give it a wel -ome and hold convert e with
its intelligent pages. We say a good newspaper
and the way to build up a good local paper is to
give it a liberal support. A publisher can no more
cater for his readers than he can from an empty Iar-
acr tor nis own siomacn. a no times are nara it is
true but this is no good excuse forthat man who ne
glects to take a paper and pay for it too. Most pub
lishers have tnmilics (printers are too sensible to-live
bachelors I) and the products of the farm and the me-
chanic's shop seldom fail to come in play in keeping
tne press in motion bending east for your news
papers instead of encouraging your own is like
sending abroad for manufactures the artiznn in your
midst stands ready to furnish. The foreign paper
cot8tho cash and the cash only and when obtained
very often lacks the real interest and utility of the
sheet issued in your neighborhood. 1 he very ad'
vcrliscments and the weekly record of marriages and
deaths possesses an interest in the home paper worth
to a family more th&n the pittance the sheet costs
and the contrast in families where they arc not is
ever the subject of remark by intelligent and obscrv
ing travellers. The Yankees know too well the
value of newspapers as mediums of intelligence and
useful knowledge to require sermonizing on the sub-
ject of "types and shidows." Still a jog in regard
to interest ond duty touching the press of their re-
spcctivo counties may not be out ol place. It is a
good motto to Encourage your own."
Declaration- of Independence. This docu
ment as appears from a printed copy in the office of
tne secretary oi state iransmiuca to win convention
of North Carolina in 1777 by John Hancock and
bearing his signature in his 'own hand writing as
President of the Congress of 76 was originally
printed by a woman there were women in those
days Mary Catharine Goddard. No wonder that
that glorious declaration was successfully maintained
by tho gallant spirits of the Revolution.
Remedy for Indioestion. A friend has handed
to us for publication the annexed remedy for indiges
tion; a complaint which is so generally prevalent in
this coun'.ry. It was communicated by a gentleman
in Great Britain who says in his letter on the sub
ject ''Having suffered much Irom indigestion 1 send
you the remedy to relieve you. it arises Dy rejecting
too large a portion of the phosphates of lime and mag-
nesia contained in the bran in making our bread: be-
ing quite sure that our All-Wise Creator in giving
us wheat lor our lood to support our trames placed
in it every necessary constituent for the health of
them and made known to us through progressive
knowledge he is pleased to grant us. When
therefore you derive benefit from it please to make
it known to our brethren in America."
Boil half a rim of white wheat three hours in a
quart of water or a little more if necessary.
week. Pittsburgh SpirUefih'Age.
Slidino Scale uftbb.Pkess. Dr. II
called at the London Twaes clficcyto inquire the price
of inserting the deatlrt)faTe!ative. i"Ten shillings"
said a surly clerk.' The doctor remonstrated and
said ho had only paid seven shiljingsfor tBo last.
" Oh?' saidVthe clerk "that was'a common death but
this is sincerity legrctted?' "Well; my friend "
saitAUUU uocMPfrjayiug uowii uit uu.juhuu-j .your
executars-wiH bc vcr. be put to that cxpcjMeii
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Seventeen Year Locust. The Richmond
Whig discourses about a queer and mysterious affair
in the following terms:
Thishi the year and this the month for the appear-
ance of the 17 year locust. In a few days the woods
will bo thronged and ho who hears their accumula-
ted hum for the first time will be astonished. Un-
less prepared for it he will not know how to account
for it. Formerly they appeared in such countless
multitudes as to fatten the swine of tho country to
whom they are a chosen food as they are also to
foxes raccoons squirrels crows and every forest
bud. At their two last appearances in 1826 and in
1809 their numbers had much diminished compared
with fojraer periods owing doubtless" to the clearing
up and cultivation of the faco of the country.
This remarkable iasect is fully described by na-
turalists. It closely resembles our autumnal fly of
the same name. Its wings have each the appearance
of a W and hence appearing in the midst of the Re-
volution tho superstitious interpreted those venous
reserablauces of a W te imply " War and Want"
The Gentleman's Magazine for 1781 contains an
exact cut of the insect and an accurate description of
its habits. It bores through the earth in the chrysa-
lis state and climbing upon the next tree orfen:c
there deposits its shell and takes wing.
The singular part of its history is its appearance
only once in 17 years ho fad is better established
than this. Why it should be so whether the eggs
require that period of incubation or whatever the
causo tbo fact itself is certain. The writer of this
remembers them in 1826 and in 1309 his father
and grandfather remembered them in 1792 and in
1775 his grandfather in 1758. They appeared Bt
no other time in tho interval of these periods except
a few stragglers in thosucceeding year left by chance
or injury.
Increase of Interest. OUl Wine The fo-
reign correspondent of the Richmond Enquirer has
sent fiom Bremen to the editor of that paper a bottle
of the celebrated " Rose" tvine. The writer says
ofh:
"You may rely upon its having attained to the
age of 228 years ' It was made about the time Po-
cahontas was born. I present it to you for the use
and benefit of the imhviiUal Statu composing the
American Union; and I flatter myself that it will
teach them a most valuable lesson with regard to
public economy. This boulo of wine-rost original-
ly 20 cents liy allowing two per centum for leak-
age shrinkage &c. and six per centum interest on
the purchase money added to the principal annually
afterwards bearing a like interest and you make the
present cost seven millions eight hundred and eighty-
four thousand seven hundred and ninttccn dollarsand
twenty -eight cents ! ! 1"
The great Steamboat The Empire was
constructed at the famous ship yaid nf Wm. Brown
of New York and is pronounced by judges to be ot
the firmest build and most symctrical proportions.
She is 330 feet long 30 feet wide on beam and 40 on
hor guards. She has some 360 berths in her cabin
and 72 state rooms constructed in various styles for
the accommodation of two passengers or of families
with double or single beds offering altogether lodg-
ing facilities for about GOO persons. The mattresses
manufactured by Mr. Clapp of this city arc of sur-
passing excellence. Linen ij used exclusively for
sheets and cases and the blankets and coverlids made
expressly for the boat have "Empire" woven in their
texture. The curtains are white and figured and
very seemly in their appearance. The furniture of
the boat without being extravagant is of the most
superb and agreeable description. Every thing is
neat and tasteful corresponding with the general
chastencss of the boat's finish which is a polished
white and brilliant gilt. Troy Budget.
Several ancient gold coins have lately been found
on the field of Saratoga; among them was one five
pound piece and near it was found a thigh bone from
which fact it is thought that it was in the pocket of
some one who fell in the battle.
The Rothschilds A curious fact appears in
the 'Occident' translated forthat work from a French
publication. The widowed mother of the wealthy
bankers Rothschilds while her sons inhabit palaces
in London Paris Vienna Naples and Frankfort still
resides in the small house in the Jewish quarter of
Frankfort (on the Maine) in which her husband lived
and died. Upon his death she declared that she
" would only leave for the tomb the modestdwelling
that had served to cradle this name this fortune and
these children." Tha house is so remarkable for
neatness that it forces the attention of the stranger
and no man woman or child whom he may ask will -fail
to givo him this history. ' It unfolds a trait of tho
Hebrews as old as the affection and respect of tho
wives of the Patriarchs for their friends.
Quicksilver. The Spanish quicksilver mines
at Almaden were lately leased at a high rent to the
Salamons wealthy He'brews but they have underlet
them to the Rothcbilds. Although the Jauer house
have them on less favorable terms than formerly it is
supposed they will make out ofthe contract a clear
annual profit of from three lo four hundred thousand
dollars. The U. S. use about 875000 worth of the
product of thesa mines yearly.
Darkness. The Newbernian (N. C.) mentions
that in the counties of Edgecombe there are 5694
white persons over 20 years of age of whom 2631
or46 out oi every hundred can neither read nor wrilell
And the worst of it is that thej are so well sausnea
with their condition of ignorance that ia I839when
the a:t to establish Common Schools waspassed they
reiectfcd the act so far as their counties wereconcern-
edrEdgecombe by a vole of 1074 to 165!-thc vote
of .Nash we cannot lay bands on.
Curran said to Father O'Lcary " Reverend Fa
ther I wish you were St. Peter." " Why 2" said
the priest "because then you ivould nave the keys
of heaven and let mo in." " 1 had better have the
keys" said Father O'Lcary "of anocr place and.
then. I could let you out?'
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