The Texas Monument. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 30, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 18, 1852 Page: 1 of 4
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HONOR TO THE BRAVE.
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The A irginia Legislature Itas re-elect-
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the borders of ibis
Stretching away, che-
rows and studded
eye
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fancy,and. the infirmity of age, were alike
disregarded by the savage monsters.—
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8 TBsca TTi«N—S3 Dollars par tnaum, in advance.
AnvsB^tuxa—81 per »<}ttare£or the first insertion,
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e, aoveniurous, energetic ; tbire is,
the industrious, orderly persevering,
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and then last but fonnost of them all, the
luring establishments, and all the improve-
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highly improved States.
I he writer of this is a Southerner, was
i horn in the South, and his warmest feel-
arc witty the Southern people; but
y examples furnished i
Northern brethren, who owe
great degree, to rail- sutFered a great depletion of h
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wants, to
coun-
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constitute an* important part of make, because the history of out country cd Mr. Hunter to the V. States
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The name of care and
lay bn the bank by the shepherd’s
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The ice in the Ohio river has broken
as far as Cincinnati. The river has
risen.
and SOcimta for each nubaaqucnt insertion. IQ
‘ Unaejurkas, to constitute a square,
▲dveniaementa not marked with the number o?
inaartions win be published until forbid and
charged •<cordiafly. i !
c ,|||^g0j^hMiaiMawaaaiMWNaanwaaBaBMwaa"aw^ ••
Monumental Committed?*
The Plain of Leon.
“Nicaragua: i'8 People, Scenery, Monu-
men's and the Proposed inter'-oceaaic Canal.”
By E. <>. SquierJ
“ I had left my companions behind,
and stood alone on
ocean of verdure.
quered with hed
BY DON ORULLO.
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Thb Monument is truly a Texas pa-
per; imaging forth in its columns not only
the glorious deeds of tbe past, but also a
bright picture of the future greatness and
prosperity of the Star State. There is a
magic in the name, which will and must
thrill through the heart of every Texian
with electro-sympathetic force. Who
would not contribute bis mite to rear a
.tower on Monument Hill, whose summit
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shall pierce the very heavens, and draw
down the admiration even of angels, on
the heroic deeds of those generous, brave,
and devoted spirits who poured out their
life-blood as a libation on the tree of li-
berty, which was almost riven by the de-
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Good Advice.—-Be industrious, and
live temperately: attend to
: affairs: love all the pretty girls, and ;
marry one of them: live and die like ‘
1 a man. ——--
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cially published in the Washington Re- '
public and Intelligencer. From it we
learn that the nutqber of dwellings in the
• territory, when the census was taken,
was 2,322; families the same; white
male inhabitants, 6,052; white female |
5,308; total number of whiles, 11,330 ; (
free colored males, 12, and the same
number of females ; jnhking the total free
population 11,354. There are 26 slaves,
all of whom reside in Utah County.— j
The number of deaths during The year |
w as 239; and the number of farms in the
Territory was 926 ; number of manufac-
turing establishments, 16. The total J
population of the Territory, free and
There are I
seven counties, respectively named Da- I
vis, Great Salt Lake, Iron, Sau Pete,
Tooele, Utah, and
populous of these are JhMm|
with 6,157 inhabitaiJjfl^^H
Weber, with
1,134. ---ST
A Definition.—We are atH
to answer a question frequently pro-
pounded by country correspondents t
“What is a Bloomer?
“One who pants for notoriety.”
No. 30,
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dilion of the country, has very much de-
clined.” —
THE OLD GREEN LANE.
prairies, and trampled them down, (
many horses
deceased.
Andrew J. Ogle, of Pennsylvania, to
>be Charge d’Affaires of the United States
near the Government of Denmark, in the
place of Walter Forward, resigned.
Ferdinand Coxe, of Pennsylvania, Io
be Secretary of the Legation of the U.
States in Brazil, in the place of Franklin
H. Clack, resigned.
Wm. Rich, of Massachusetts, to be
Secretary of Legation of the U. States to
the Mexican Republic, in the*plnce of
Buckingham Smith, recalled.
Leonard XV. Jerome, ofN. Y.,^td be
Consul of the United States for the port
of Trieste, in Austria.
Wm. H. C. Mills, of Georgia, to be;
Marshal of the U. Slates for the District
of Georgia, in the place ofXV.-M. Brown,
resigned.
John T. Bush, of N. York, to be Mar-
shal of the U. States for the Northern Dis-
trict of New York, in the place of P. V.
Kellogg, removed.
John Dickey, of Pennsylvania, to be
Marshal of the United States for the Wes-
tern District of Pennsylvania, in the place
of Wm. Irwin, resigned.
world. ! ■'
Disunion would blast such glorious
divided, we fall; and if disunion should :
take place, not only will dur own [----
perity and happiness be destroyed, but j
the hopes of the whole human race ’
be blasted. Black indeed, must be the
heart of him who cjin look with compo-
sure upon all attempts to dissolve the
Union. I F.| M. D.
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Extract from a speech recently deliv-
advocattys of this most important source ered at Liverpool, England, by Hon. R.
. Other portions of the Union
susceptible of as much improvement I
the New England States. In the
North- W estern part we have the new and
iscon-
and Illinois, bordering on
casting his eyes towards its towering crest, in the mother country,
with joy exclaims, “ I have come to a
land whose people give 4 honor to the
brave.’ ” He lingers there w hile the last
gulden dyes of tbe setting sun are painting
on iU top the smile of heaven; then pass-
es on with brighter liopcs. In the dreamy
twilight hour, the maiden of tbe Colorado
will gaze on it with an inspiration more
high-suuled, than when she glances at,the
I rntfgic shrine of- Oriental chivaly. She
knows that beneath its base repose the
bones of a devoted band of warriors, who
noble cause; and while the
around its
to
’, organized,
lodged, with a view to overthrow the
monarebial (government of the Grand
Duchy of Tuscany. Henry and Ed-
ward were sentenced to death by hang-
ing for participation in the crime of con-
spiracy, and the concealment of prohibited
arms; Charles, for participating in the
printing of revolutionary papers, was
sentenced to one year’s imprisonment
in irons. Marshal Radetzky bad
muted the sentence of Henry
years’ imprisonment
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The severity of this
the cases of Henry and
, Edward had caused some sensation at [
Leghorn. Built does not appear that
the Britis.h Government had interfered in
their behalf. --------
Gov. Bigler, of Pennsylvania, was in-
augurated at Harrisburg, on Tuesday.
fell i.<£ a
Southern breeze murmurs
crest, it speaks in a voice intelligible
her poetic soul; —
O, Tex ar., ! may this Tower tell,
Tbiai fur your freedom, heroes f<ll ; .
HerovA who did not fear to die,
XV hei^ thundered loud the battle crv. ‘
Heroes, wh« fought when hope’s bright star
Grew dim, ’mid unsuccessful war:
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Y et Spartan band ne’er stood more brave
Upon a gcary battle-grave.
XV hen brave myu’s blood with crimson flow
Swept o’er the rucks of Alafno,
None meanly sued the foe for life,
But mingled in the glorious strife.
Bear Hunt in Minnesota.—On
Friday of last week, John Morgan, of
A petrified body of a man, the Morris
(Illinois) Yeoman aaya, was
covered near the re,* in digging a coal i
bank near the cadal. There was a pair
of corduroy trowsers on the legs, and the
cords and seams were perfectly defined.
Il was supposed to be the body of a la-
borer engaged in excavating the canal.
The limbs wese nearly perfect, and were
completely transformed into stone.
mon storm of the tyrant ?
Tbe liule boy. who now whistles his
glad notes as he rides across tbe breezy
prairie, on becoming a youth, and passing
that spot, wilt look upon that tower as it
stands in solemn majesty, and read
story which language in i "
refinement, cau never express—a tale
xvhich will fire bis sou! to high and noble ; Although many were the hardships and
deeds, for bis country’s good. The weary
exile of despotic lands, driven from bis ! *or,d! M Europ
. . i America, »,
».ure home, w.II etop at .1. base, *n<i, i persecution, to which they
our territorial a» qnisitioi
valuab’e not only on ’
eral treasure, but sin
is a agricultural country,
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will be cleared away, and towns, villages,
and widely cultivated fields will be seen,
and tbe wilderness and solitary places will
become the abodes of civilized man.—
XVhat has been, is a prelude of what will
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More Indian Depredations.
In our last week’s issue we gave puU*
licily to tbe news \ve bad received of<he
descent of a robbing party of Indians, ?
upon (be inhabitants of the Cibolo, reside j
ing only about sixteen miles from this
city. We had but barely gone to press, (
when we were informed of other, and bu
traversed leagues of green fields, belted bfar M we are/e‘ ™o™ succe“{ul
- • - i - - - - - - operations of our friendly children of tpe
forest. It seems that the Indians had, ■
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with much deliberation, laid their plan of
operations, and with tbe skill peculiar (o
their wild natures, proceeded to execute
their well formed designs wkh a success
to them, no doubt, entirely satisfactory.
On the same night rhat the robbery
was committed on the Cibolo, the night
of the 25th ultimo, a party consisting oY
eight or ten Indians seized and drove off
from the camp at L «- -• — *
of the new’, instead of being loaded with
honors, as he should have been, he was
carried back to Spain and loaded with
chains, and the country lie had discov- tacks of the merciless Indian savages.—
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million of inhabitants; and in places,
where, 70 years ago, no human foot had
trod, except the Indian, we now behold
cities, towns, and villages, and on the
numerous navigable streams we seesleam-
boats running in every direction, laden
with tbe products of that rich country.—
There is no country in the world in which
nature has scattered her blessings with a
more profuse hand, than ip tbe country
bordering on the Mississippi and its nu-
merous tributaries. Tbe Mississippi—
tbe father of waters, is navigable a dis-
tance of 2000 miles. It rises in the fro-
zen regions of the North—receives in its
course the Illinois, the Missouri, the Ohio,
Cumberland, Tennessee, White, Arkan-
sas, and Red rivers; all large and naviga-
ble streams, flowing through rich 'and
desirable countries:' and, after receiv-
ing this mighty influx of waters, it emp-
ties into the Gulf of Mexico; in the sunny
regions of the South.
the great southern commercial mart of the
United Stales, we behold numerous sail
on the left,
amphitheatre. In
wearied pye sought in vain to discover its
limits. A purple haze rested in the dis-
tance, and beneath it the waves of the
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China amtythe Indies!
44 It was the^beginning of the rainy eea-
in re-
dust had yet
er0d was named after another, which • Each of these Slates now contains one
shews'the injustice of mankind. Several
attempts to settle (he new world proved
abortive, for many were the hardships
wiy> which those early pioneers had to
contend. A neglect to cultivate the soil
brought on a famine, which carried hun-
dreds to their graves; and to add to their
misery, the Indians became their implac-
ably enemies, whose known rule of war-
fare is an indiscriminate extermination of
all ages, sexes, and conditions. The
„ beauty of females, the helplessness of i
all its boasted
t a population of
If any be disposed to mgs
doubt ibis, let him take into consideration we should profit by
that Texas has territory Jnough to rtiake j us by our j
'r six large States; and let him take a their prosperity in a
glance at the New England States, con- roads, and other works of internal i
taining from 50 to nearly 100 inhabitants provement. All that Texas
loth® square mile, and he will be convin- make her one among the richest
cedofthe truth of this assertion. Oregon tries in the Union, is railroads. I
and California, with their great mineral, of no better investment Texians could
treasures,<
"Thb Texas
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eight or ten Indians seized and drove off
from the camp at Leona Station about j
twenty-five head of animals, the property j
of Captain Skilman and Gov. Nelsnn.— 1
Mr. N. was on bis way io this place at I
tbe time this news reached him, and be
immediately returned, and with a few j
companions, has gone in search of the
lost property, What success will result
from his efforts remains be seen.
XV e also learn that Mr. Geo. Giddings,
on his way to Eagle Pass, on tl»e Rio !
Grande, lost two valuable mules at ib^
Leona, believing to have been taken by.
tHF same party.
We had scarcely finished writing the’
above, when Mr. T. P. C. Lot^, a planter,;
living on the San Antonio river, about 3
miles above Goliad, announced to us
from Ims i
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party of In- 1
dians plundered him of all bis animals,
consisting of nine head of work horses—•!
killing two of them—and several bead of
cattle. These depredations were com-
mitted near his house, in a field,
a company of
encamped near
the same night.
privations to be undergone in tbe western
e, coming to
being desir.ous to escape the
’ were subject
Here they could
worship God agreeably to the dictates of
their own conscience, and were not bound
down by the iron band of tyranny. There ' and hundreds of steamboats from the tri-
were many who underwent all the dan- | binaries of the Mississippi, laden withjhe
gers of a long and perilous voyage across : products of the rich countries which they
the broad Allautic, and the many difli- ■ pass. These steamers return laden with
culties to which they knew they wcfold ' sugar, coffee, molasses, and all the
subject themselves by coming to the west- i (fuels of the South ; for our <
ern wilderness in order to acquire wealth, j such
and' some being i
of adventure, left their homes and friends luxuries of life, without gojng beyond
and underwent like dangers. Tbe first our own territorial limits. .
t * CV I Riqv* • ■ t t * * (|o V 1 A A • i
ed at Jamestown, Virginia. From thii . ....
period tbe colonists gradually increased second city i
in wealth and population, and after they
had grown to some degree of strength
and opulence, the mother country en-
deavored to exercise an unwarrantable
jurisdiction over them, claiming the right
of taxation without representation, and
that memorable struggle, known as lbe
Revolutionary IFurt followed. Tbe re-
sult of this contest is known to all. After
America-had successfully engaged in the
struggle, she was left tn form for herself
a government, and to XX^asbington, the
American Fabius, who bad turned the
tide of war, all eyes were directed, to
fo m such a government as would pro-
mote tbe general prosperity and happi-
ness of all. After much deliberation, a
government was formed, at the head of
which was Washing!
country. This confederation has been
in operation sufficiently long to prove
that man is capable of self-government,
and unr growth has been unparalleled.
In the days of the revolution there were
only thirteen colonies with three millions
of inhabitants; there are now thirty-one
States with thirty millions of inhabitant^.
We have a country embracing in its ex-
tent every variety of clime, extending
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XVre understand that
mounted Riflemen was
Mr. Lott’s residence on
\Xre are not informed whether said com-
pany dr any portion thereof, went in pur-
suit of the offenders.—San Antonio
Ledger. —----
Appointments by the President,
pendence, owing to the unfortunate con- By and with the Advice and Consent of
Benjamin Robbins Curtis, of Massa*
‘ one of the Associate J udg-
qf the Supreme Court of the United
States, in the place of Levi XXroodbury,
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British Subjects Condemned by an!
Austrian Court Martial in Itally.— i
The correspondent of the London Morn- !
ing Cronicle, written from Rome, under
date of December 26th, communicates
the sentence passed on three brothers,' M
Henry, ChaHes and Edward Stratford,
sons of tbe late Lord Aidborough, by an
Austrian Military Court at Leghorn.—
It is from i The partieswere members of a secret
we generally find in highly improved in- dl,s ^’0,n fusion of the bipod of ilwse ; democratic society, organized, as is al-
land towns. I venture the prediction, | 6reaJ races »Prang die powekj and glory ' ‘
that in a half century from the present England. Il gave, us febakspeare and
‘ .Millon, Bacon, Newton, and Franklin.
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great as New York, the empire Slate, ?ave us Hampden, Sidney and Rus-
i run- 8cd—glorious martyrs of freedom. It
(hade when bur ning in eveiT direction ;—large manufac- ?ave 1,3 Eox and Chilham JLlhe early,
' ■ ’ ..... ■ eloquent, and corageous frfonds of my
ments we now find in the oldest and most counlry* E gave us Peel and Welling-
: ton ; and—greatest of all, by’ the verdict
of mankind, for he sprang from that rhee
—it gave us- Washington. [Loud and
long-con tinned cheering.!
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The Slate of Maine is skid to have j berV CharleL
ter popula-;,rea,inent’ '
in proportion to its aggregate, by
the California emigration, than any other
State in the Union.
TrAS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1$, 1852.
i i ■ i mu i r« n ———^MEaa———ci—mi i i —i
California1 is shows that wherever railroads have beeirj
x of her ririn- | made, land has increased i
become a great
o
. furnishing I
homes for millions of the human family.
The dense forests of limber in Oregon
! I can but sigh
As I think of that rich hour,
When my heart in its glee but seemed to be
t, • .ii . . Another Avoodside flower ;
a, gen pmen, in the • For though khe trees be still as fair,
frnn. wh.rh < | j _
fusion of | Though the south wind sends as svycik an ;
And heavuii as bright a day;
Yet the merry set are far and wide, , '
And we never shall meet again—
We shall never ramble side by side
Along that old green lane.
At un I The Census *)f Utah Territory is offi-
?! [air,
years
tank;
matble importance
own State was l
The geographical position of 'Fexas i
inviting, climate desirable, soil
passed in fertility, and sliie contains terri-
tory enough to support
lately dig. i ‘"en,v ■'
so
large majority of the hu-
long
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upon prairies aje trained to i |jcg established i
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•truck her upon the back with the hoofs 8ometifnes obscure our
her back.
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frown upon every attempt to dissolve the
.Union—the whole world will imitate
example, and the yoke of tyranny
worn by a I o \
family will be thrown oft*, and repub-1
in every jiart of the globe.!
t(| be hoped, allbougl
. jjnes obscure our pi
a leeling of compromise will always
triumph when our |
any danger of bein
American can take, a v ew of onr rapid
progress without feeling proud that he is
Within a
have acquired territory
now contains;—will have railroads
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For The Texas Monument.
On the Growth of the United
States.
.The growth of the United States h “
I subject that cannot fail to interest every
one who has a truly American heart.
To Christopher Columbus belongs the
honor of having discovered tbe new world.
This adventurer braved many dangers,
both by sea and land, met with many re-
i pulses from the difl^ent courts to which
he applied for patronage, and would have
abandoned his enterprise had he not pos-
sessed much of that quality belonging to ;
all great men, viz: perseverance. After
transmitting to the old world a knowledge iucky
! adventurous spirits who had ventured
forts to
themselves against tbe al-
the San Antonio river, about 8
that he had just received news
lady, that on the night of the 25th uh.
(the same eventful nignt,) a
happy;
. country is
three times ias-great as it now is, and en-,
!ge
with tree-clups and tall palms, the
maquiacturrng establishments, which is a
very important source of wealth to the
. 'This is an age of improve-
ment; an age in which the arts and scl-
g that contributes to
’ | front the view was uninterrupud, and the
advice of the father of bis country—to
Upmigrank are constantly flocking i», rtUU i
I j|) a few VAara flioao AAnntrioa .wfil k.. I
densely inhabited by an intelligent and brave, adventurous,
j too? I
I Minnesota territory, a new and highly courSeous’ law and liberty-losing Saxon;
h dark ciouds‘| ^er,de country, is attracting tbe attention J and l*,en *asl ^ul fonnost of jtyem all, the
! chivalrous, the heroic, the (conquering,
/ contains churche.% ll,e Borman, infusing another
printing establishments’, element of courage^ intellect^ and power
numerous stores, and in a word, all that ’n,t> d,e blood ol England. 1
generally find in highly improved in
I venture the prediction
time, Minnesota will have a population
with forests, and bounded on the right
by high mountains, their regular cones
rising like spires to heaven, while low
hills of emerald circled round
1 like the seats of an
are marching onward with gigantic strhdes,
and Texas will not be excelled by her
young sister Slates.
Although schools have not yet been
established by law in every part of the !
South ‘and West, much is doing, and :
more will be done, towards educating thej
rising generation. \Xre are aware of the
truth of the well-known maxim, “that an
enlightened and virtuous people can never
be enslaved ;” and that the sentiment,
“ Vox popitlt cst vox Deif is true when
applied to an enlightened and virtuous
people ; but absurd, when applied to an
ignorant nation. Although a spirit of
emulation is desirable, to urge us on in
the greatrivoik of human improvement, it
is to be hoped that the most fraternal
feelings will continue to exist between all
parts of this vast confederacy, and that
the farewell advice of the Father of our
country, to constantly regard the Union
as the great palladium of our safely, will
never be lost sight of. The whole w’orld
is interested in the success of American
institutions, and. the torch of liberty light-
ed up in the Western world, may grow
brighter and brighter, until every portion
ol the w’orld shall be illuminated with tbe
cheering and benign rays of freedom.—
The present generation may live to see
railroads extended from the Mississippi
l river to the Pacific Ocean, by means of
which a direct trade would be opened
between all parts of the United Stales and
vessels from nearly all parts of the world, China. 'As a consequence of this con- I
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I many of the products of our country. I.
matters not to the growers of ^omnio-
dity, whether the Europeans or (lie Chi-
nese, are lhe consumers ; or whether the
gold of California, or that of Great Bri-
' lain, pays him for his labor; the good
I reward is the grand incentive to his indus-
o ,..o ____-try. Another grand object that will be
Although New ' effected by this connexion, is, that the
is j Bible will be more extensively circulated ,
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commercial | will be imbibed by the teeming millions !
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are large and wealthy cities, ■ done towards banishing idolatry from the
& in benevolent and literary in- world. I ' ♦
stiiuthfos, which show the rapid advance- Disunion would blast such glorious
ment of the New England and Middle prospects: united, we stand and prosper;
Stales. It is in this part of the Union
that wc find the most liberal system of
internal improvements; and here,schools
are established in every district bv law,
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so that all, both rich and poor, can have
the advantages of education.
Let those who are not disposed to en-
courage railroads, gnd other works of in-
ternal improvement, take a glance at this
part of the Union, and they will become
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of wealth. • C
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on, the father of his „
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rapidly increasing States, Iowa, Wi
sin, Michigan, <
the great Northern lakes, Erie, Superior,
and Michigan ; and railroads have been
and are being built from i i_____
the New England and Middle States, to
different points on these lakes, thereby
connecting this rich and desirable coun-
try with the oldest and most highly im-
proved part of tiie Union, and by means
of this connection, a market is furnished
"ioi) j J. Walker, late Secretary of the United
States Treasury :
and highly :
_______ _ i
olitical horizon,|l d'e l,oP<jfol and adventurous. St. Paul,
. the capital, already
glorijus Union is in dC^°°l houses, |
dissolved. 1
ew of onr rapid
wi
a citizen of the United States.
few years we I ___ ...._____
’enough to support 50,000,000 inhabi-
tant. An acquisition qf almost inesti-
i was r ‘
annexed to the Union.
is
uns’ur-
Washington epunty, 9 miles east of St.
Paul, was driving a span of horses with
a wagon,.another persbrt riding with him,
and when near J udge Cooper’s farm, they
started up a large she-bear upon the prai-
rie, and pursued her with tbe teamat
full cliB&e. I lie bear reaching a fence, frofn ocean to ocean, and >f we continue
pitched over it for safety ; but found in- uniled> confltanl|y actinJ on qfe farewell
•ide a company of men at work with a
threshing machine, who, mounting their
horses, started Mi/pursuit, armed with
pitch-forks. One of the horsesp which
bad often before dashed wolves upon the
prairies, and trampled them down, (as man
take delight in,) overtook the bear, and
of the fore-feet, knocking her oyer upon that
her back. In this position she commen-
ced fighting, tooth and nail, and ripped
open a gash several inches long, in the
belly of the horse; Another pursuer then
came up and speared her with a pitch-
fork. The bear, with natural instinct for
bugging, reached out her paws upon the
handle of the fork, and pulled forcibly,
and thus actually pushed the tines into
, her own vital* and died. Strange as this
i bear story may appear, itliterally true.
—Minnesota Pion^r.
in price from ' [From
50 to 100 per cent. Although the •mi-
gration to this new and highly favored
great, when railroads shall be
constructed'through this State, it will be
I' -• I . L 1
terprising men from all parts of the Union
will come to our country* and build up
manufacturing establishments, which iz :
be; and if the growth of tbe unsettled j older States,
portions of our vast domain be as rapid
as that of the settled portions has been, in I ences, and every thino _________________
less than a century, Oregon and Califor- 1 the prosperity and happiness of a people
nia will be as densely populated as the
uld Atlantic States now are. In the days
of the revolution, Tennessee and Ken-
tucky were a wilderness, inhabited only
, instead cif being loaded with ' by Indians and wild beasts, and the few
! adventurous spirits who had ventured so
[fur in the western wilds, had to live in
secure themselves against the at-
o
> ! Pro’
subject themselves by coming to the west- ; (fuels of the South ; for our country has
ii’n, i 3uv*i a variety of climate, that we can ob-
urged on by a mere spirit ’ tain all tbe comforts, and nearly all the
and underwent like dangers.
1 C* 11.. 1 I
permanent English settlement was effect- Orleans is a great commercial citv, she is ; Bible will be more
ed at Jamestown. X irtrinia. From this ( far surpassed by New York, which is the . in Asiatic cortnlries, and the true religion
in the world in a <
point of view. Philadelphia, Boston, and of Asia, and much will then have been
Baltimore,
abounding in
Twas the very merry summer time
j NThat garlands hills and dells,
And the south wind rung a fairy chirnp
U pon the fox-glove bells ;
1. he cuckoo stood on the lady-birch
To bid her last good bye—-
The lark sprung, over the village church,
. And wlnistled to the sky, >
And we had come from the harvest shears
i A blithe find tawney train,
^r|°3# ! And tracked our path with poppy leaves
Along the old green lain?.
‘T was a plpasant way on a sunny day;
And we were a happy set,
And we idly bent where the streamlet went
To get our fingers wet:
XV ith the ddg-roseherc and the orchis there,
And the woodbine twining through:
XX ith the broad trees meeting everywhere,
And the grass still wet with dew.
Ah! we all forgot in the blissful spot
The name of care and pain, J
As we I
To rest id the old green lane.
It is needless to remark (for it is known
to all the world) that England stands'0111 days gone by!
among the iuremost in the rank of na-
tions. Now, what is one of the chief
causes of this ?
various places in ' variety of sources from whicty you sprang.
It is that the English blood is a f
the blood of nations. There is, gentle-
men, the anciennt Briton, whom Caezar,
failed to conquec; there is the Celt, in-
domitable in courage, overflowing in ge-
nius and generosity ; there 4re the Scots
for all the various products of the country, and Picts, majestic even in semi *
g in, and . risin ; there are the Danes,' the
few years these countries will be ’ offspring ol the great Scandinavian
energetic ; '
enterprising people.
Minnesota territory*
| great Pacific rolled in, unbrokenlv from
‘ - -- )
»» Uo 11J v 11111 A11 Ul IIJV
son, and vegetation had shot .up i„
newed youth and vigor; no
dimmed the almost transparent green of
the leaves, nor had the heat withered the
delicate blades of grass and spires of
maize wtyich carpeted the level fields;
nor the young tendrils which twined deli-
cately around the brakes of the trees, or
hung, blustering with buds and flowers,
from the parent stem. Above all shone
down the glorious sun, and the whole
broad expanse seemed pulsating with life
beneath its genial rays.
44 Never before had I gazed upon a
scene so grand and magnificent as ibis.
XVell and truly has the ancient chroni-
cler described it as ‘a country plane and
beautiful, full of pleasantness, so that he
who fared therein deemed that he jour-
neyed in tbe ways of Paradise.’# Tbe
impression produced upon my compan-
ions, who had in the meantime joined me,
was not less striking than oh myself.—
XX’e had heard much of the great plain of
Leon, but the reality far surpassed the
anticipations which we had formed of it$
extent and beauty. As we rode on,
however, wc were surprised'to find that,
although a great quantity of land was
cleared, not more than half of it was
Ii ' really under cultivation ; a remark which
we had subsequently frequent occasion to
make, for agriculture, since the inde-
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