Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 46, Ed. 1, Wednesday, November 1, 1843 Page: 1 of 4
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jTJBSZtiWS $5 in. advance.
BY CBUGEE, & MOORE.
PU.BLISHEDB7 CR'UGER & MOORE.
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2Jandubbeguent insertion, " - - "50
' Political cards, eaoh insertion, - - 4 00
AnSuncemenrol Candidates per anno't, 10 00
' Adiscoant of lOlper centpn the above rates will be uVade to
sheriik, on all legalndtie-sf
f ersjns qesirou.aujerusino ine quarter can ao so on
ie following termsPej-sguares, with the privilege of
the
-changing 2 squires-each, week, -per quarter, 2o; 5 square.-,,
:ch uising 3 each -week, 33 :6 squares, changing 4 each week,
A-v ' ' ' " '
$35
All aivekiments sent withonl written instructions will un
less soo kt forbid, be inserted six monihs, and charged accord
mglyt'
fo personil advertisement will be inserted upon any terms.
No credit will be given 10 any -Iran :ieut advertise!, under any
circumstances.
Thebove terms are rated in specie or its equivalent, in Tex--as
or states paper.
NEW FLOUR, COFFEE, SUGAR, BACON,
SALT, BAGGING, HOPE, &c.
TTJST RECEIVED per bi ig. Atalantic, a large invoice, com-
,J prising thp lollGWing: -
10 Bbls. new flour.
2 'casks hooks and slaplo,
I!!ySaSks Havana coffee,
, Stbbls. New Orleans Migar,
2 hhds. bacon sides,
5 caks hams,
20 sacks-Liverpool table tait,
25 pieces Kentucky tagging,
25 coils rope, "r
3 bbls vinegar, s '
G half bbls. new raackeral,
' 2 whole do do
1 cabk Carolina rice,
12 dozeifmustard,
4 dozen 1,2, 3 and 5 gallon
demijohn,
1 dozen painted pails, '
2 nests northern tubs,
2500 extra- regalia segars,
G steel'com mills,
2000 lb.v casting-;, consisting
of ovens, &pidcr, tea ket-
tles. &c.,
50 plough moulds,
500 lbs. erst, blister, and Ger-
man steel,
Large assortment of files,
cliissel, augeis, &c,
1 case men's kip brogans,
1 " " seal do
1 " " TB4.SC1S do
1 " " kip boots,
I " " seal do
3 " womens', misses and
jchildrens' ties and slippers,
1 bale "Lowell" oshaburgs,
1 bale 4-4 brown domestic,
1 bale 7 8 do do
2 dozen linen bo-om shirN,
6 dozen ladies' while cotton
hose,
2 boxe assorted ribbons,
J2 lbs. patent thread.
ass-onea sizes,
100 pr. sad irons
ALSO IN STORE,
150 sacks gionnd allum salt,
340 gallon- German boiled Linseed Oil in jugs,
10 kegs white lead,
1 pipe hollaud gin,
5 bbls. American gin,
"" S do." do 4th proof brandy,
c if 32 demijohns old Cognac do
5 baskets champaign,
3 kegs salera'us.
75 kegs nails, for sale bv
JO'HN SHACKELFORD, Jr.
HOUSTON SADDLE AND HARNESS FACTORY.
BY S. J. R. WOODS &. CO.
Reynolds's corner, opposite ihe Houston House.
SttDDLliSot every descrip-
tion adapted to the country
market: Ladies' Saddles, both
American and Spanish, plain
and quilted. Gentlemen's Sad-
dle?, plain and quilted, also
trees of the best -quality, and
patterns that can be' got up.
Harness of every description
niade "and repaired at the shortest notice. Carriages or ev-
ery description trimmed and repaired in the neatest style and
-with dispatch. Holders and all military work done'to -order.
fEPThe above articles will behold extremely low for cash or
country produce. Planters will find it to their advantage to
call aneisee for themselves.
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THE LAWS
OF.,THEsesston of Congress endingl841, are now offered for
sale bythV subscriber. Also for sale, all the Laws of
TV-raBTirpvinnslir missed andlHe statutes of Cohuila and Tei-
as. in English, and. Spanish". V
t ma. - j cnnn:cVn rntiiro nnAf fnrniRhp(1 in Vvniind
-volumes or in pamphlet form,
nov 24 wtf-312
GEORGE BALL,ralveston.
SHOES
&c., c
-G cases, of ladie's and centlemen's shoes, boots
&c., consisting of ladies' prunelle boots, seaWace shoes,
-prunella foxed -boots, strap shoes, morocco -boots, prunel-
la and kid slippers, ties" and straps; gentlemen's lasting and
iinea Drogues J"P U1U ualJL a'" ou""iuc,u,j - r.-'-rr" ""
a good assortment of boy's shoes; just received and for sale by
maf 18 -X SHACKELFORD, Jr.
JUST received, per Steam Ship Neptune, .
10 bbls. FJour,
10 sacks Coffee,
ft bbls. N.O. Sugar,
5 " Sugar House Molasses,
1 -chest Imperial Tea,
2 boxes Starr-b,
2-bales Manilla Bagging, &c, &c, and for
sale by - JOHN SHACKELFORD, Jr. .
dee 27 d&wtf-369
ITAHE undersigned has commenced run-
1 niug a weekly line of Stages bttween
Houston and Washington, for the nccom
modation of Travellers. He will leav
Houston every Thursday morning at G o'clock, and Washing
ton, every Monday morning at 6 o'clock, making the trip each
way in thirty hours.
He assures the public that there will be no disappointment in
Ieavins and arriving at the time above stated.
0 b R. T. KANE.
Agents: H. Baluwin, Houston.
mar 25 d&wtf-382
Ma j. Cartman, Washington.
lip LAWYERS, CLERKS OF COURTS, JUS-
TICES OB' THE PEACE, AND CONSTABLES.
TLANK Affidavits to obtain Attachments,
x
"Bonds in Attachments,
Writs of Attachments,
Summons for Garnasbee,
Fi. Fi. against plantiff F. F. for cost,
Stales' Warrants,
Supccnas for witness,
Mitimus for want of Bail,
Citations,
Mitimus for Capitol Felony,
Appeal Bond,
Recognizance to appear and testify,
j do do to Pioecute,
do do to appear and answer,
Warrents to bring betore the Court,
Letters of citizenship,
Summons forDistrict Court,
do
County Court,
" Sheriff's executions for Slate taxes
do do for County taxes,
1 Justices Supacuas,
" Estray Bonds,
' Attachments,
" Distiict Court execution,
" Powers of Attorney,
Vnrrnnire Deeds.
1. ,e f jrms have been drawn up bv one of the best and most
1 1 Attorney in the Republic. For sale at tne 1 eiegrapn
TCBES AfrD JEWELRY LOWER THAN
EVER.
'O-'SEGlUEN'Cn of the reduction of duties by the New
tft
gtt .jf, ir.e snlxenber ;el5iDg Ins sukI. of Gold and bil-
r," ...-. r Anchor E-cjueinebt. Le-.iM- and other Wnlche-,
.l new Ji.d splendid patterns, and Jcveln at Retail, at Retail,
i a C mluPraoiC rwiUUimi nuui miuit i'iiw -, v...0 mw .
France and Switzerland, he is enabled 10 offer a larger assort
ment, and at mucu less prices ai icwn iuu.. UUJ- i ..-,. u
Gbld Watches as low as twenty to twenty-five dollars each.
Watches and Jewelry exchanged or bought. All Watches
warranted to keep good time or me money .ciuiutu.
All kinds of Watches repaired in thebest manner and warran-
ted at mnch les, than the usnal prices, by one of the best work-
men in the city Q- c- ALLEN, importer
of Watches and Jewelry, wholesale and retail,
30 Wall Street, Up-Stairs.
w -v,i, Anril lfiih. 1843. mav 24 w4m 300
aCW 1 i n, !-
FARM FOR SALE.
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J teen
.i inn .
fort dwelling, negro cabbins and h" gP"11-
cnlars apply to J- SHACKELFS?n?;Ul.
HC -U (1KW-II1KTO
PARTNERSHIP
. sHF..,.h-rriber Ins this day .ken into Copartnership Imr
1 bn.it.er J"n A Cobb, an.l will r.,ioi.iue toiransact ne
Ji ATTCT1,)N' AND COMMISSION BUSEasunilerthi
siyle of HA Cobb rf- Brother.
Calveston, Sept 20
U A COBB.
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hrinirmi t
hnti thy can be bought for ai jny other plane in Mie iity. as
,e is tons'antly receiving all descriptions ct Watches of the
... cr civles. direct irom the manufacturers in England,
HOUST
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Cadiz, fruvi A House-lop at Svyiset. At that hour,
when the dazzling Itimumry Imsjiist sunkbeniath tht:
waves, and the eye-can rest without aching, upon the
biight masses, of snow-white structures that spread around,
glowing still, but no longer glaring upon the sight. 3
generally asccn-Jtd to the iMirador of our hotel to enjoy,
from those upper regions, the calm beauty of the hour,
and to contemplate the unclouded glories of a western sky
reflected upon the crisped bosom of the ocean, and steep-
ing bay, creek and headland, in hues that would defy the
powers of a Claude to transfer to canvass. From these
little watch towers one looks down upon a vast expanse
of flat tei rnr.(H rnnfs whiifi n ih wiills thev stirmounL
ar,d ,n manv jnslancrs gay wjtn flowers, which gradually
-" . j 1 .1 r r.i ,i..ii,..,.
become, animated by the .presence of some of the dwellers
within. Senoritas are there to be seen, tending the bloom
ing shrubs that impart to their terrace the appearance of
a gay parterre; children at high romps; gentlemen smok-
ing cigars ; ladies finning themselves and stepping dainti
ly backwards and forwaids, conscious that een there ad-
miring eyes are fixed upon them; whilp, from the streets
below, ascends the luim of the busy things who at thait
hour are all directing their stops towards the Almedu and
the Plaza de la Constitution. But that which has the
most amused me iu the moving tableaux which the roofs,
of Cadiz exhibit at sunset, is a sportsman, accoutred in a !
shooting jacket and gaiters, with powdet-flask, game-bag
and gun. en regie, and attended by a fine pointer, who ac
tually tdle6 the diversion of shooting over the preserves of
his own terrace, with all ihe ceremonies that would at-
tend a similar pursuit in a turnip field or stubble ground
in Norfolk. The dog regularly beats about the ground
and points, and puts up a sparrow or a su allow, and his
master as regularly takes aim and fires; and although
literally "il tire sapuudre aux moineax," and that, even
.should he hit his bird, it inevitably falls into the street, or
upon some neighboring roof, he appears to be as much
delighted as.though he had brought down the finist pheas-
ant that ever whizzed out of a btake. whisilrs his dog to
him, makes much of him, and recommences. That this
ardent spoilsman should like to shoot at sparrows upon
ihe house-top is quite intelligible; but the accompaniment
of the pointer is one of those solemn absurdities that defy
calculation. It reminds me of the seamanship of some of
our Thames-yachting amateurs, who, although they have
never screwed up their courage to the sticking point of
venturing into blue water, never go on a white-bait excur-
sion to Greenwich or Blackwall, without ordering close-
reefed topsails and a storm-jib to be got ready, in order to
meet the contingent perils of their cmise. Mrs. Romers1
"The Rhone:' $c.
The Difference between Agricultural Pursuits in the
Tropics and in higher Latitudes. -Extiact from ihe
speech of Mr. Webster, at the Agricultural Dinner in
Rochester, N. Y , on the 21st. ult.:
The difference appears to be this: Tropical cultivation,
the raising of sugar, rice, coffee, for example, is rather a
matter of Commerce thau Agricullute. It consists main-
ly in the production of one article. The production of
that article depends on the expense incurred for soil and
labor, of that .sort appropriate to its cultivation: and this is
all capital. Whenever one would enter upon Tropical
culture he invests his capital in the soil, and, as we all
well know, a portion of it in labor. It becomes, therefore-,
rather of the nature of a commercial undertaking, than the
plain and homely, but healthy and benificent field cultiva-
tion. The consequence is such as a philosophic inquiry
would lead us to expect. One is uncertain, precarious,
changeable, partaking of the vicisiitudes of trade and com-
mercial enterprise. The other is a home interest, always
substantially the same liable, it is true,' to those vicissi-
tudes which attach themselves to all" human concerns, but
securing to him who enters upon the cultivation of his
own lands, by the labor of his own hands, a competency
and promising to guard him against the accidtnts of life
as far as is possible for the most fortunate human beings.
The contrast is evident when we examine carefully the
condition of him who trusts to Tropical cultivation sup-
pose of coffee. He raises one thing for sale and one only,
and buys of others every thing else. He has one com-
modity to carry to the market of sale, and twenty to seek
in the market of purchases. What is the conse-
quence of this stale of things to his finances, to his means
of living, of security and comfort? We see at once that,
a? he produces one article, and that article a commod-
ity subject to the fluctuating prices of the commercial
world, a depression in its price affects him through the
whole extent of his annual income. If, for example, the
price of that article falls 10 per cent, he loses 10 per cent
of his expectations: the loss goes through the whole
product. If it rises he is enriched. If it falls he is im-
poverisncQ. Ana, tnereiorp, esiaies wuicn are ricu 10-uay
may be poor to-morrow; and no man, not possessed of a
vast capital, can rely upon his property for the support
and comfort ot his family, and the education of his chil
dren from year to year.
Now, contract, with this, the state of the farmer in
Western New York, or of New England, or of England,
or any other strictly agricultural society. The farmer
ofthe Western part of New York raisesa great variety o'
articles as we have seen by the exhibitions of to day
There is collected every species of useful productions
fit for human nutriment, animal and vegetable. There
are the fleeces of his flock capable of being turned to a
great extent into the production of raiment for himself and
family. In ihlsvariely, therefore, there is a great advan-
tage. He has the means of securing to himself an inde-
pendence and it is true of an individual, as of a nation,
that, without independence, no man is a man nor can ever
be a man. (Uneers.J it is tnis which gives mm person-
al respectability: for you will perceive that if he has, pro-
visions and fleeces, his table is supplied, his family, to a
great extent, is clothed and if prices fall, how far is he
affected? Only on the excess of his productions, which,
not needing them for consumption, he sends to maiket.
Supposp this excess be 10 per cent, of his whole ptoduct;
while if prices fall, then.il affects only 10 per cent, of his
income. If it falls upon the tropical plantation it runs
through his whole product, and affects his whole income.
But the farmerwho is governed by the other principle 1
have mentioned, eats, drinks, and is clothed without care
as to prices. He is his own consumer. He buys for
himself His best customer is himstli. his wile, ana his
healthy children. These are all supplied with no rder-en-e
to or concern for other markets. Thus, thercfoie,
except as the excess of his productions above their wants,
why should he caie a fig for the rise and fall of pnrts?
This general truth may be, and doubtless is, modified by
manyconsidrratiou It may be that a country Iiki youra,
engageu in grain yiuwuig, 13 u i.uuimv m i.v.n ju
look to the sale of that great commodity for other means
But there can, nevertheless, be found no other in which
th elements of life make all comfortable and happy, and
secuie in an equal degree, against famine and want, let the
agitations, and excitements, and changes of the commer-
cial world be what they may Gentlemen, in my judg
ment it is this independence of occasional change, this
self-support by our own means, secured by the cultivation
of our own soil by our own hands, which gives the farmi
of the United Stales that independent character which con-
stitutes his respect and value as a man and a citizc n.
Mr. Macrcady. An English critic, speaking of his
theatrical merits, says:
His conception is singularly original; equally free
from servile obedience and bold excentricity. Acquaint-
ed by study, with the traditional style of the great perfor-
mers ofthe past age, and familiar with tl.os' of his own
time hi has by the force of ir inns and deep meditation.
acquiKil Tor l.miti 'I an 01 loin.uiiv not more: tiMMii" umu
Uistrui- Th p'culnr idit'ui ot AHcrrady h to i' dis
ernrd in Ins peiformatice of those diameters of which bi-
as been the first representative. His Virgioius, Tell and
cern
h
SPublislieil Weekly.
ON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1843.
Damon are unlike any other performances but the-y are
equal in force, truth and nature to any thing that has been
Avitnessed on the Biitish stage since the days of Garrick.
The Richard of Macrcady has not been so popular as
that of Kean though it is certainly in unison with the
dramatic and historical character of that monarch. His
Hamlet is a noble piece of philosophic melancholy,
and his Lear is probably without any equal. In private
life, Mr. Alacready is emiuent for his correctness and un-
obtrusiveness of his deportment. His public and private
life are without a blemish. No friend has ever had oc-
casion to feel a pang for his excesses and the public
have never been called on to pity, to pardon or to condemn
any moral transgression. Gifted with fine natural pow-
ers possessing all the accomplishments of a gentleman,
and having the enlrc into all the better part of English so-
ciety -courted by all that is literary landing on the
.summit of his profession universally lespected Mr.
Rlacready may justly be pronounced one ol the most for-
tunate actors of any day.
ENGLAND AND HER POLICY.
While the sectional bigotry of the United Stutca, ia
blindly causing that great Republic with a suicidal poli-
cy, to cast from thern the fairest portion of Northern Amer
ica, England is actively engaged in taking advatrage of
Irer folly; nor will she, we hope, hesitate1, when the ne-
cessity shall arise, to sacrifice hur peculiar opinions on
.slavery to her interests.
Her Majesty's ministers, doubtless have been, or ought
Co have been, apprized that the people of Texas, will not
consent to an interference with their institutions, even to
ijain from Mexico an acknowledgment of their indepen-
dence. All that Texas asks at the hand of any Power, is
present peace andsecuiily; we have sufficie'iit confidence
in ourselves and the increase of our population & strength,
if our independence be acknowledged, to have no fears for
the future maintenance of our national existence.
Apart fiom from protection, the Government of the U.
State's can offer us no advantage in union with them. In--dependent,
there are a thousand advantages secured to us
by the singleness and identity of our interests; which we
could never enjoy as one ofthe states of that vast Union,
whose interests are so opposite and diversified.
We have no manufactures to protect, and in our com-
"mercial relations with England, could no! fail to reap ma-
ny advantages from their interests in having a power
closely connected with them by the ties of commerce, from
whom, in the event of war, they might receive their sup-
plies of cotton, and in whose markets their manufactures
must exclude all others.
The independence of Texas once acknowledged, there
never would be in all probability, a majority ofthe people
of Texas desirous of union with the United Stales, and if
now a large number look to a union with their native
land as desirable, it is to be traced in a great degree to the
poverty of the limes and their desire for securtiy. In the
sincerity ofthe Mexican Government we have no faith,
and fioin their apparent willingness to a temporary peace
we draw no flattering conclusions.
Our only hope is based on the far-sightedness of the
British Government If however, the power of the Eng-
lish Abolitionists is a controlling one with the British
ministry, we have still less to expect from England than
we. have from Mexico.
But we indulge the feeble hope, that the power which
?vas inefficient to stay the acknowledgment of our inde-
pendence by the British Government, may prove so now
t.hat her intervention is to be exercised.
The British Ministry doubtless see that by obtaining
the immediate acknowledgment of our independence, that
they would lessen, if they did not destroy, the possibility
of our union with the United Slates. That they create a
market for their manufactures which will under proper
treaty stipulations, exclude all others. That they create
a rival to ihe Unite d Stales in their great siapje, and a bar-
rier to the farther spread of their possessions in this quar-
ter. In ihe event of a wr an uninterrupted supply of
cotton for their manufactures and employment for their
shipping. That they will necessarily exercise a greater
influence in Texas than any other power.
If these conjoined causes are sufficiently powerful, to
overcome the piping voices ofthe female abolition con-
ventions, and those of the knot of saintly advisers who fat-
ten on their weaknesses England will with the strong
arm if it be necessary, force Mexico to acknowledge the
independence of Texas. If they are not, we had better
have been driven to the Sabine by Mexico, than havecal-
led for or accepted her intervention. Planter.
Mode of Drowning a Fish. The coast of Malabar, in
the East Indies, are beset with sea monsters ofthe most
rapacious propensities. Amongst these the shark (partic-
ularly the blue shark) is conspicuous for his daring; a
rirrtnnstance which has produced among the natives a ne-
pseitv for counteraction. What was once the terror of
ihp nennle has now become their sport. No sooner does
ainl.iu nereeive a shark hoverina around the verge of
ihe bav than he quietly slides himself into the water, lest
he should affright his enemy ; and here, with no other imf
plemeut of attack or defence than a hard wood stick, ot
eighteen inches long and two in diameter, sharpened a-
both ends, he awaits the approach of his assailant, but cer,
tain victim. The shark, having eyed bis intended prey,
approaches with apparent caution; sometimes recedes
and again approaches in a different direction, as if select-
ing the most advantageous position and point at which to
secure his object with certainty. Having at length satis-
fied his cautionary instinct, and measured his distance, both
for grasp and span, he partially turns on his side (his
mouth being in an wider position ) Now is the critical
moment No sooner does the monster open his frightful
jaws, than, with the celerity of lightning, his antagonist
thrusts his stick, in an upright position, into the yawning
chasm The shark being thus gagged, and unable, un-
less at the expense of intolerable pain, to press the stick
through his jaws, and thus close them, is compelled to
swallow the water in copious draughts, till at length he
becomes gorged and soon expires in his own element,
when, as a sure result, he becom- s the prey of his previ-
ously intended iclim
Fourth of July Celebration in the Mediterranean
We are indebted to an officer on board of the American
Frigate Congress, for a copy ofthe Trieste Observer of
July 17th, containing an account ofthe brilliant fete given
on board that vessel, in commemoration 01 our naiionui
atiniversdiy, on th.- 4th of July last. The number of vis-
itois present at the ball was upwards of five hundred
Tue splendor of the- decorations, and sumptnousness ofthe
binquet, are recorded in glowing terms, and the hospitali-
ty and courtesy of Capt. Voorhei'sand his officers hand-
somely acknowledged. N. Y Jour. Com.
The Jews. The present physiral, moral, pnd social
condition ot the Jews must be a miracle. We can come
to no other conclusion. Had they continued from the
commencement ofthe Christian Era down to the present
hour, in some national stale in which we find the Chinese
walled ofTfrom the rest of the human family, and by
their selfishness on a national scale, and their repulsion of
alien elements, resisting every assault from without in the
shape of hostile invasion, and from an overpowering na-
tional pride foibidding the introduction of new and foreign
customs we should not see so much miracle interwoven
with their existence. But such is not their state fur
from it: they are neither an united nor independent na-
tion, nor yet a parasitic province. They are peeled and
scattered into fragments; but, line broken globules of
quicksilver, instim-t with a cohesive power, ever claiming
affinity and evei rmdy in.uiMlimate G ojrr:i)hv. arms,
gcnt'is, politics and foreign hi lp do not 1 xpluiu llieit ex
isteiice ' Time, and (.11111. iu, and custu.na i q inlly fnl to
....rv..l it Nmie: of thiae an mean lie sprinys of their
perpetuity.
They have spread over every part ofthe hab-
VOL. 7
liable globe have lived under the reign of every dym-
ty : tin y have used every tongue, and lived in every la t
tude. The snows of Lapland have chilled, and the sui s
of Africa scorched them. They have drank ofthe Tibe
the Thames, the Jordon and the Mississippi. In evei
country and in every degree of latitude and longitude i
find a Jew.
It is not so with any other race. Empires the most 11-
Iustiious have fallen, and buried men who construct! '
them; but the Jew has lived among the ruins, a livin..
monument of indestructability 1 Persecution has unsheatl
ed the sword and lighted the faggot Papal superstitio'
and Moslem barbarism have smitten them with unspai
ing ferocity penal rescripts and deep prejudice hat
visited on them the most ungenerous debasement am.,
notwithstanding all, they survive.
Like their own bush on Mount Horeb, Israel has con'
tinued in the flames, but unconsumed. They are the ar
istocracy of Scripture let off coronets princes in deg
rodation. A Babylonian, a Theban, a Spartan, an Athe
nian, a Roman, are names known in history only ;- tholx
Shnrioiva nlono hnuni Hie wOTiu una flicker Us tablets. A
Jew walks every street, dwells in every capital, traverse.-
every exchange, and relieves the monotony of the nation
ofthe earth. The race has inherited the heirloom of im
mortality, incapable ofextinction or amalgamation. Lik
streamlets from a common head, and composed of waters
of peculiar nature, they have flowed along every stream
without blending with it, pr receiving its flavor; and tra-
versed the surface of the globe amid the lapse of many
centuries, distinct alone. The Jewish race at this day
is. perhaps, the most striking seal ofthe truth ofthe sacred
oracles There is no possibility of accounting for their
perpetual isolation, their depressed but distinctbeing, on
any ground save those revealed in the records of truth.
Fraser's Magazine.
The Personal Appearance of Washington. What a
personal appearance was that of the Father of his
Country 1 All accounis agree in this. We heard an
old gentleman say, not long ago, that when a clerk in
Philadelphia, he used to walk two orthree squares every
morning to meet Washington, as he came down Market
street to his quarters. "The dignity," said he, "of his
movements, the grace of his salutation, and the calm sweet-
ness of his smile, were beyond description or comparison."
Silting the other day on a log, scarcely a stone's throw
from the place where Andre was cantured. and not far
from the little Sleepy Hollow Church, we conversed an
nour witn a revolutionary patriot, tremulous with the pal-
sy of age, who pointed out to us the spot, over the Tappan
Sea, which lay before us, where Andre was huny, and
where, on that day, the troops "spread out thick andblack
a long way from the gallows." He Jived at Verplanck's
Point, close by, when Arnold came down in his barge,
und went on board the Vulture, all which he himself saw!
"They fired two cannon nt the barge ." said he. "from h(
side; having got news ofthe treason by express; but the
gun burst at the second discharge, and took off the les to
the thighs, or one poor fellow, who was brought to our
house, but he died in two hours. The army then lay at
Bedford," continued the old veteran, ,:and I saw General
Washington almost every day. He was a noble looking
man ; his countenance was terribly pleasant. He did not
talk much; but even the little children fairly loved him-
and they used to gather about the door of his marquee ev-
ery morning to see him; and he used to pat their heads
and smile on them; it was beautiful to see." How uni-,
versal is this "testimony of the eye" in the recollections of
Washington I Knickerbocker.
Over all the movements of life, religion scatters her fa-
vors, but reserves her best, her choicest, herdivinest bles-
sings for the last hour.
Espartero. A correspondent ofthe New York Com-
mercial thus describes the late Regent of Spain:
He is rather low in structure, his face broad and dark,
ornamented with a mustache, and a tuft of hair on his
chin with a rather mild expression. He is apparently
about fifty years of age; the Dutchess is a pretty brunette
of perhaps thirty. They have just now left the hotel and
taken possession of a private mansion near Regent's
Park. S
-' From the Southern Planter.
Guano. Upon the South American shore of the Paci-
fic Ocean, and the adjacent islands, is found a substance
called Guano, whieh is supposed to be the accumulated
dung of birds; that in countless myriads range that exten-
sive coast, seeking their prey in the finny tribe of the great
ocean. The fertilizing effects of the article are well
known to the Peruvians, and have induced its transporta-
tion 6,000 miles to the shores of England. Occasionally
for the last twenty years, a ship load would find its way
to the English port, and although, perhaps, the produc-
tion is too limited, and the cost of transportation too great,
to permit it ever to become an extensive article of com-
merce, its extraordinary fertilizing properties render it a
subject of extreme interest to the inquiring agriculturist.
It sells in England for about five dollars the hundred
weight, and from two to four hundred weight is used to
the acre. One bushel is reckoned to be equal to thirty or
forty of the best rotted stable dung. This product has
been analyzed, and its constituents have been found to con-
sist of those salts, which modern discovery has shown to
be most instrumental in aiding the growth of vegetable
products. Indeed, so exactly doos this substance seem
adapted for the purpose to which it 13 applied, that an at-
tempt has been made to produce by an artificial combina-
tion of its constituents ; and it is hoped that this attempt
will lead to a chemical composition, that afford us an ar-
tificial manure with all the properties of the guano, at a
much lower price than the natural product can be import-
ed. When this article is fresh, it is said to be of a light
greyish color, but exposure soon gives it a brownish cast.
It probably only excels the dung of our pigeons and do-
mestic fowls, because ofthe auimal food from which it is
elaborated. A ship load ofguano was lately brought into
the port of Baltimore, where it wus sold for 7 cents a
pound ; a friend, who happened to be in the city at the
time, was kind enough to bring us a little box of it, a part
of which was applied to some geraniums and other plants
by way of experiment. Much as we had heard of its
marvellous effects, we were astonished at the magical re-
sult upon our flower bed.
We are yet groping in the dark upon the subject ot
agriculture, but a spirit ot inquiry is awakened that we
are satisfied will never slumber until the most astonishing
and most satisfactory results are obtained.
Commerce on the Lalces We acknowledge that we
were startled at reading some statistics ofthe commerce of
the Western Lake-s in the September number of Hunt's
Magazine. They were taken frorn the Buffalo Commer-
cial Advertiser, and show conclusively that the unhid ex-
port and import trade on the lakes alone is now four limes .
as great as that of the whole thirteen colonies at the open i
ing of the Revolution. Pitslin gives the value of exports '
and imports in 1775 as 4,484,178, or 819,909,749. In
1841, by the official records at Washington, it appears f
that the exports and imports on our great lakes were
865,826,022 In 1836 they were but 816,461,354;
showing an increase of fifty millions in five years. At
this ratio the lake commerce the present year should ex-
ceed 885,000,000 Boston Posl.
Singular Elcclrieal Phenomenon. An English tra- J
veller through the xlps of Savoy, whose work has been '
recently published, thus describes certain remarkable
,otiii(U consul by electricity.
The atmosphere was wry turbid, th. ground was cov-
ered wit't half-melted snow, mil some Imi beSati to fill
We wi-re nerbnps. 1,500 feet below the Col, or still about
eoOO above the sea when I noticed a curious sound, which
or $7 at the end of the! year.
IIL-NO. 46--WHOLE NO. 413,
seemed 10 proceed from the Alpine pole, with which ,1 yjia
walking. I asked the guide next me whether he hearitlf
and what he thought it was. The rnemberaW that fro-"
t-rnity are very hard pushed indeed, when llfey havtrnot
an answer ready for any emfrgrncy ; he therefore FepTied,
with great coolness, that the rustling of the stick uodoubt
proceeded from the worm the in the interior 1 Tbiran-
awer did not appear to me satisfactory, and I therefonrap
plied the experimcnlum crvcis of reversing th'a stick, go
that the point was now uppermost The worm, weso J&"
ready at the other end. I next hejd my hand4abovejgyr
head and my fingera-yielded a phizzing; sound, "llnere,
could be bnt one explanation t .vo were so neam tT)uarilr.
cloud as to be highly electrified, by induction. I soon,
porceived that all the angular stonea were hissing round
113, like points near a powerful electrical machine?. I'lolri "
my companions of our situation, and begged'Damatt8r to'
Inver his umbrella, which he had oowreamnled andjuoift'
ted against the hail shower, and tlie gay brapmtlbrft
which was likely to become hojnorinTinpTxaJUTtrcyf--T!h
um.J. n-.nis'ccareejy out of mouth when a clap of
" thunder accompanied by lightning justified my- precau
tion.
Anti-Duelling. The late execntric mathematician,
Professor Vince, of King's College, Cambridge, being
once in conversation with one who advocated duelling; ia
said to have thrown his adversary completely tiorsTdu
eombat, by the following accute and characteristic reply
to the question: "But what could yon do, sir; if a jnan
told you to your very face, "You lie?" '-What culd.I
do? Why, I wudn't knock him down, but Yd telJ-hfrn
to pruve it. "Pruv, sir, pruve it, I'd say. If he couldn'tr
he'd be the liar, and there I shud have him ; but if he did
prove that I'd lied, I must e'en pocket the afijont, there,
and I expect, the matter wud end."
Lord Brougham and the London Examiner. The
following is the passage, from the London Examiner, otf
which the recent complaints and tbrents of Lord Brough--.
am in the House of Lords are founded. It occurs in an
article on the law of libel :
There are men not poor scribbteis, buLfn hTgh places
who have converted their powers of speech to what the
libeller has turned his pen and the highwayman his pistol.
Disappointed of what they have wanted1, they have renoun-
ced truth, and resorted to every malignant pretence for the
gratification of their spleen ; and in showing how injuri-
ously they could use their powers, in their vengeance on
those who had slighted them, they have also conveyed
broadly enough the menace to the other side, of what they
too might expect if the appointment desired and labored,
fjr by ail dirty work should be refused. What matters it
whether the man who intimates, "give me what I' want
or I will ," is a pressman or a peer? The character
of the conduct is of one complexion. Whut matters it
whether a system of detraction and abuse originates in the
disappointment of it hfgh office, or of a paltry bribe?
The vice is the same in either case the motives only dif-
fering according to the spheres of action. The onedoes
the thing by word of mouth ; the othi r, by pen. Let them
change places, and they would change parts, not morals:
and the greai man would be- the little corrupt libeller, and
the little coirupt libeller would be the renegade orator
with a tongue serving every purpose but truth, the instru-
ment of the meanest spite on the one hand, and of the
meanest fawning, and subserviency for the meanest ambi-
tion, on the other.
According to the Scotch proverb, that ,cthe fastest thief-
cries loudest fire," k will always-be seen that the man most
boisterous in his censures ofthe abuses ofthe press presents
the foulest examples of the very vices against which he
ges. ,
ADMONITION TO A NEPHEW.
Nay hear me our, dear nephew. 1 am not blaming
you, but I would have you remember, that though dear
Lady Mallory may be a year or two older than yourself,
and though you have been accustomed for years to treat
her almost as an elder sister, yet she is still more beautiful,
young and deeply interesting and what i3 still more to
the purpose, Ralph, she is evidently of an affectionate
warm and sensible heart. Now, Ralph, in the good -world
in which we live, I am sorry to say, that men who
consider themselves persons of high honor seem to place
their dealings with women beyond that code of laws by
which they regulate their dealings with other men. The
man who would think himself disgraced, and would be so
in his own eyes for ever, if he were to tell a lie, to break
a promise, or a vow to cheat or deceive, in the most trif-
ling particular to mislead, by any false showing whatso-
ever, another man scruples not but too often, I maysay,
to mislead, to deceive, to break his promise, to violate'his
oath to a woman, to cheat her out of that which is her
noblest possession peace of mind and tranquillity of heart
to trifle with her affections, to insult, to dishonor, to
betray. Even after he has done so, he is received in so-
ciety, courted, flattered, liked, and the acts which shonld
stamp birn with eternal mfamy are regarded almost in the
same class with some gallant feats performed in the chase
some act of skillful policy, or manly daring. There are
some, however, whodifferfiom the creed, and who abhor
such, con luct. I own myself one. Ralph. I look upon
it that the man who beh ves ill to a woman, and yet
would not do so to a man, only shows himself to be at heart ..
a coward; for the only cause which enables, permits,. or -
justifies any such act is, that woman cannot protect or
avenge herself. She is trusted, Ralph, by God and by ter4
'weakness, to man's honor ; and if we prize our honor
if we hold it really dear as a true and veritable principle
for the cuidance of our conduct, and not merely as a fan-
tastic and relative notion to be formed upon the opinions
of others we should be far more scrupulous, delicate,
thoughtful, in all our acts aud leehugs towards women
thaneven towards man. We kuow that every gentleman
has his sword by his side to redress himself if we do him
wronjr but wc know that a woman has no redress but
silence, sorrow and endurance. Do not look grieved, my -dear
Ralph, for Heaven forbid that I should ever insin-
uate such a charge against yon, that you could knowing iy
behave ill, or would ever break a vow, or willingly fail
in any promise to a woman ? I know you well, Ralph
your mother was my sister it is impossible. Sut some-
times men of the very best principles and inclinations do-
not consider sufficiently that the structure of a woman'st
heart and feelings is as fine, as delicate, as easily effected '
and injured as her corporeal frame. We may uninten-
tionally raise thoughts and expectations which may be
disappointed, for the gratification of a few hours in plea-
sant society ; we may teach a woman to believe that we
seek to make that society our own forever. . . ,
From that belief may grow up feelings of deeper, stron-
ger, more enduring; and then when disappointment
com- s, sorrow takes possession ofthe heart where joy once
dwelt ; shame at having aided to decieve itself, gives an
uddttional pang to the agony of being deceived, and an
age of regret, and mortification, and coldchagrin, very often
succeeds from such cause's and from such causes alone,
to a youth of joy und tnouhtless happiness. Many a
man, Ralph, has, I firmly b-Iieve, killed an amiable and
kind-hearted woman, or if not, has killed her happiness,
which is worsp, without breaking one vow, without failing
in one promise, exeept those of vague and worthless pro-
mises conveyed by the manner, and the tone, and the
demeanor, which often win more upon a woman than all
the vows that ever were breathed at the beauty. Many a
boy, that would kill a butterfly, destroys the painted insect
while catching it merely to admire its beauty; and I
think, Ralph, that we should not only be as careful and as
tenderly thoughtful in our general demeanor towards wo-
ninas'we arc in our voas, our promises, usJ our actions
towurJsuten but far more so, inasmuch ''i by-the contra-
ry we risk more terrible injury to a inoi-. delicate being,
an I may injure our own honor by djing wrong to those
who cannot right themselves
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