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JjjE BEAVHR.' AftGV S.
Wednesday, April 20, 1884;
n l (MBRIE, Editor 4 Proprietor.
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jnnuni w advance; otherwise Two Dol
** )>e charged. No paper disoontinme'd
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# .lil ill arrearages aresettled. ■
and communications, by mail
T..:iiVh»ve prompt attention!. . - i ■
,' [Communfeateqj.]
Broom Corn-and Its Gulture.i
This plant is said. . to bo a nativo>of
Indiii- The origin of brooin Corn, as
product of this country,
is attributed to Dr., Franklin. He is
a ij |o have accideijitaHy seen an iin
jiorted whisk of porn in the possession
of a 'ady i of Philadelphia';a.nd wMle
examining it ag'g cuVioslty,saw,a seed,
whith he planted'," and from this small
beginning thp present pro-;
.duct in the United plates, of this use
,'ul article.. The soil best adapted to
the'.ul'iva'ion cf this plant, is a san
,lv h/iI or loam. : fhe ground is plough-
I'd and' thoroughly, harrowed immedi
,n„iv hef-tre ph.niing. It is planted!
from the to llitt 20th of
The wd is - planted; bj’ hand, in rows }
or drib, three from centre
to emi fie. of row. As soon as it- is i
'thoroughly above the ground,.-it. isj
ooiio through with a hat row or eulti j
valor to prevent the weeds from rising, j
In about ten days from this/t-ime, it
hone through with a cultivator and.;
■"’Vlunnodjto the proper. thickness,which
. is ifo.m.mleen, to twenty, stocks to tho
sijirare foot, in the row. the thickness
owiiu: to tii'-.amoujit -of vegetable
matter- contained mi the soil. In teg!
days or.two weeks after this, it is
jjfoiigiie-l .at)d hol-d, amUjin about the';
, same length, of time as . lash mention
ed. it is again ploughed dod hoed, the
turrow thrown-to tho row. I Tt is then
-Unwed to stand unil it is ready to cut;
"iiif-Ii is (jonc bofobe fli’o seed fully
.’natures, and when tlie. hush, Is green.
When ready to.eut. two rows are .bro
ie ‘■'■•eLhi ho’
,cn <ii';\vn- crossways toficiuer, about; r
!*<> fV et from tin* ground. forinmy .ajjfhe c J'«vtg|
table. The. .bush is'cut off with five ijelse wron
uii six inches, of slock; and sptcad on ii “There
.] ; i
« hi* Ia We Id, euro After it has l:iin , 3'ou so-'!”j
t'vlve or fifteen hVwrs .fr. sunshine, it. 1 G. carre
. ■ . ; ' 1 i L 1
I- u;alhercd in a .hauled to '■ tha t Jjlij.
tiie barn. -The seed-is then taken oft’jjCral,; skid
hy-a- hackle or much hid' made for the j |ierOj«|y h
.purpose. It is-+dicn thrown, tops and i i Pdor Gf.
-f’nits,.ii. amuw or shod j jard after itis! the Gejatas
pcrl'oeliy dry.' isi "aUiered, bound in
Um’dlos. and laid away, ready for inar-
V>fl. . The above ihonjiy'TH adopted !iy
Uic» wv'Urv. afiur cor.sidcrablo ex peri-»
i <•}«•?, and ua7•undoubtedly pro'vo stic
[?•<•,■wi/i;/ in,iwy ordinary seulson. '
; J* C. IfITCHIE
/lopewtrll rp. v lsc>sivei'-eo* - ►"
[Communicated ]
Protect the ; Birds- ; |
K ‘,,i f o ° l,s little birds; bow ciioor—
l(->s woiib! fmr'4.'ir;il life bo if wo had
ii‘> " Suppose wo ’could inmilii
l:ito ail t.lie foathored trill.-—what I
■HMuild be 1 I'jio i fault f’Blasted fi.d'ds
of grain. wiihering death
:t.i uin-orchards, vineyards, &e. Let
estimate the value of a bird. His
smsie be valued. , There is an
insect on the'aviuir to - dono-ii its o' r >'S
■ ~ 1 ; ‘ O O
st the root of that fa,vori-io pear treej
; U' bird sues i-t. ai.ijl ’ soon dojjirpys it,
f’aves the tree’s life. Ilorp >.be is
■'vijitb ?10 to 1 us. L'oimfwosee the
.vegetables. • grairj, fruit and lre.es ho'
' i'niKH-is, we v> - buld iprolbet .Itis life'
'"■tli ail live meaps \vyfhi ll our power.
■Lii! yet; should ho.partake of a few
'?• " llr ultofrics. lie, is made- fo bile the
dot .Too many of ouiyfarnioi’s make
n u - d-,tlietargut for their rifles. 1 From
tne ti vlri jind forest,-we. hear bu t one
nnjtny v'nie.n t :"£rivd us birds ! Farms
< syo that/the jbird law is euforcodj.
and you must- uip your gun.; do so
\ oai* ejutmj/. not upon your frieurft
"■iiieh is the bird. • •-
<• industry. Pa.' J: E
tsitK:CouLps’i.See It.—Ah Irish-
.i!:aiijenteved|asmall village ale house
N " lle 'viicic in New and look-
round him for a mibuto;addressed
the landlady as follows: ■/
‘■Missus, sho’ me oyer sixpence
Ul] rih of’ale and sixpence worth 6t
broad.!’ ’ - .
The hrcatLand ale before
. -liin. lj 0 looks, at ,thd one, then-at
, other, and as if having satisfied
! "i s mind on some point, drinks the
' -ah'.' • ' ,! ' • ■''
-Missus,” says he, ‘*l have taken
whars to pay?’.’
■ says she. • ’
ell, there’s the sixpenny loaf,”
-■'.vs he; ‘-that pays for the ale.”' \.
but the loaf wasn’t! paid, far,” said
: : • / -j ■■
_ “Bless yer soul,” sajk he, “I didn’t
ae the loaf.” ,\|-
- k' C ndlswl y wouldn’t see through
i *ut at could, and walked away.
Chaplain, preaching
‘ '-ilbu o l<!rBi?XC, " ,mod: “V God be
l*aria *’**-.can be against us?” ‘‘Jeff,
r'
I'i
Yo
M
.40“
;i . Knowing Too Much]
{ During the administration of Pres
ident Jackson, there was- a singular
young genfleman employed in the
public f ost office at Waalnngtors His
name 'jras G: He was from Tonnes
! see, the son of a widow, a neigbborof
,t|he President, pn whiehj account the
Old ham had a kind feeling for him, i
and dlways got him oat of his diffi- j
cullies i Wjl,li- jsome of the highest offi-j
dials, tc» w hom his singular interfere j
ohee was distasteful. .. „ |
I other things, it is said of
him, 1 thdt while he was employed in
the General jPost office, on, one occa
sion ho|h!ai|tp copy letter to' .Major
■H.. a high official, in answer to hn ap-
I plication made ny aholdgentlenian of
j Virginia or Pennsylvania, ilor ihe es
iafelishmot t of a dew. Post Office
i The wr|itor of the letter said the ap
j plication.could not be granted, in con?-
|i sequence, of the applicant’s “proximi
jiy to another office.” When the letter
(Came into' Gj’s hands.to copy, beiijg a
j great stiellef for plainness, faejaltered
‘‘proximity” jto “nearne.s.s to ” J Major
tl; observed it, and asked. G- why he
altered jus letter. ! ■ j
j, “ Why.” replied G., “because 1 don’t
‘ tliink the man would understand what
' j-ou meant by proximity.”! ! ,*
I!: •‘Well,” said Major Hi ‘‘try.^him;
! in the ‘proximity’ again.” j
H In a few days a letter w.iis received
I jfr/im the {applicant, in which ho very
■ jndjguflntlly said:' [.
’ j f'Thilt ids father has fought for lib
erty inj the second war of lndcpond
■lence, a;nd : he s should like to liaye the
name of.the scoundrel who (brought
,1 i s.
ts of proximity or alnytbing
g against thent.”
said “did| -Lj pot tell
judj his improvement so far
Barry, the Postmaster Gen
lo. bim: ‘Tdo not’want yon
you knowjtoo much.’’
! but his old friend^
f ti.’a ideas underwent a
110 was one day very busy
when a ' stranger called
'|ci where the Patent-Office.
, Tliis tim
; change!/
j yriling,
■ asked ibii
j-jvaa. i,
i|. ‘-I don’t
ji “Cnn yc
jury Diepa!
(ifTtlT'
know,” said G. i
!<ix tell me whore jtlie Trcas
rtment is?” said thf'Btran
tarn Ci. -, v . ■
No,”
- Nor (.1
■ “No.”
io President’s., House V r -
janj'Pi* iinallj--linked iira if he'
bre the Capitol was.: •
replied G. i • i ■„
li live in' Washington, sir?’’
Bit-anger.! • »•' i .
The sti
knew wh-
I ‘ 1
i ' 4-1)0 y°j
Sai,d the
“Yes,
;i r,” said'G.
Lord.!, and don’t know
e Patent Olficp,j- Treasury
at. President’s /House* and;
“ G;ooi
rebor-o; tl
HJeparlim
Cajiiruiu
■c :r
said G., I ‘l was turned
e Post,Ofiiec tor knowing too
I don’t nioan to offend in that
in. I am'paid- for keeping
I believe, 1 know that
t if you find . rhd knowipg
inore, you mav take my
! \
morning;
■f‘-Strum
‘1 -j
ijout of till
|much.! l[
■i i i
way aga’
ithis bool
imuebji hr
Anything
’head.”
/•’ said Ihb stranger
!_i ■ 1 i '•
: ‘Good
S A Deserter Shot.— Yesterday afs
| ternopn, Provost Marshall Wright re
■ceived intelligence that Kelsey and
■ George Daley, ofi Beaver chubty, two
|.deserters from Capt. Darrbgh’s com
jpapy; 143 th Pennsylvania Volunteers,
jwero in the city*, and: officers of the
iprovest guard were seift 1 to arrest
theni, The. brothers jDaley wero-ar.
rested, abd Kelsey walked quietly to,
the guardshouse, alleging’that Jf it
had riot been for his brother he would
not have deserted, ' George resisted,
:lhe guard while being taken down,
| and Sergeant Riznoi drew his rovol
jycr for the purpose of intimidating
•him. Oic.of the; city watchmen, see
ing the struggle,'and thinking that
:Sergeant JRizner waa going |to shoot
Daley, uiterferred, when Da|ey,.made
■his escape from custody. When the
watchman was informed o'f the true
;statel of the, case, he immediately gave
chase) with the Sergeant, after Daley,
who fled up Fifth street 'arid along
Grant. Fearing that be jmight ■ es.,
cape, 1 as be would not'halt when com
manded, | Sergeant Kianer, fired his
revolver at Daley, the ball penetrat
ing the right shoulder and burying it
self under the skin. | Daley slackened
his speed, and the : Watchman. soon
overtook and capured him. j The pris
oner was taken to the giiard-bonse<
and. had his wound examined by Dr.
v Levis..' [Both of ..the, Daleys are targe
mnsculaiCmen, upwards of six feet in
. height, ap'd deserted from Camp Cnr
i tin some time ago. They will bo sent
to,, tjbeir regiment. —Pitts i Commercial
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’■ ■"] ,; - : ■■■;■•■• ’tjJS-.a ! £lstO'?,?|, rwCi *-tpciix££ -baoitttiosii jiJT. < 4i SBWH-^'-' i3ii;;^r u
, 'mmm-ism
■ ••).-. ■■;■■■ . JBeaveiy Api
noting Data ■oi-tho; T] Lirt
‘ ***h, Correas • j . j!'
-• jDeatJi of John C- Rives.
Johu C. Rives, Esq., tho proprietor
of tne Globe bowspaper,and published
of the debates in congress, (lied at bi s
residence, in Prince
George’s county, Maryland, on
day morning, gout:—
He pf iKentncky, ahd
was about sixty-nino years of ago.-
Mr. Eives seemed to be for some time
mindful of his approaching dissolu
tion!, and bad accordingly placed his
business in the bands] of his son, and
made preparations for burial.—
Nevertheless he had regularly attend-*
ed’t'o business, and ihixed in the so
cial [circle of friends,|indulging in his
usual, anecdote and numdr. He bad i
been a resident of that city moot of
the time for Torty years; first as clerk
in the fourth auditor's office of the
, | • . ) . . . o
Treasury Department, afterward as
clerk' for a short time in the office of
of jinff Green’s United States Tele-
Qfaph, and finally/by forming a con-'
nection with Mr. Blair, and founding |
the \&lobe. which tor throe Adminis
trations, was so powerful a lever upon
the public opinion of this country.—
After Mr. Richie purchased the Globe.
and changed its tijtle to the Jlnioh,
MeSsrs. Blair of Eiyes re-establishjed
tho Globe, principally for the publica
tion of debates in Congress, and it is
now hold to be the official record of
proceedings. Some three years since
Mr. Eives bought out Mr/Blair's in
terest. .. /
Mr. Rives, by industry,,economy
and]good sense, an dj wifhbnt jnirstmo
ny or injustice to others, accumulated
a large fortune. His place of busi
neeij has for forty years been in Wash-
,~ i
-sty das lot
ingloTi,' but, some' twelve or fifteen
yeais ago he built a Commodious coun
.try residence' just within the county
of Prince George’s, Maryland, on the
[iturnpike between Washington ■ and
-Bladensbctrg, and o,n the few ! acres
whipjj, constitutes his farm he. has
beep, a successful on the soil.
Alabama farmers I
la 1844. Henry.> ; Clay, whp»o| name
is still reversal .at tlio Nor tin was a
member of the Whig Convention at
BaUlimorc. Of coufse all the dele-j
gates paid’ their,respects, to Mr.j Clay,
and-one evening wliilSe the great states
man was receiving company, the door
opeced, and a fine six foot man jenter-.
ed, 1 nannoiinced.■! The' stranger, was
fashionably but somewhat astqnish
ingly dressed In a green sporting-coat,
will buttons somewhat smaller than;
the rim of a hat—|a bright scarlet,
plaid vest, divided, into a square of;
eight by ton' with bug corduroy eon-i;
tihuiitions. This astonishing “effigy”i
"hung in chains” of every style,
and wOrc at bis fob a pendant seal,
abort the size of a poise..—i
On iiis’head was a four foot ‘fPar.ama/’i
and frbin an outlandish pocket mod- ;
estly'• pantruded a packagjj, hearing!
the magic word, “Highlander;” bal»
anetdupon the other side by
from Tie armory of‘Colt. 1 .
Tjii
nig jtl
took i
Is surprising person, after reach
e centre ot thcjroom, paused and
i leisurely survey of tliose pres
et! singling ojit Mr. Clay; (who
mistake- him ?) *walked up to
idpronoufieed (he single w'ord—
S,u
Id
hinhj^
fay?” | , .| ,
the reply of-the states-
‘‘Y<
man.
“H
“T 1
Clay ?” "
i.e same, sir.”
came Alabama on purpose
you; but don’t put yourself out
■ account. Yon are a creai irian,
id when I am Home I am isome ;
t, r often tell our boya that Clay
are bound to shine) or else what
“I
to sec
■|
on m
: live for ? Your line and;.mine
little different, | but we are both
r near the hcadl In factXHank,
s the use. of being a fellow, un
e can be a buster, f Henry, good
ig I” and the Aiabahra-omn took
parturo, leaving Mr,jQlay over
red with astonishment a'; the!
, impudence. | j V j
'lncident op the War.—A sol
ly in a lady’s house badly wound:
A Major Generjal rode up to the
‘ He got off, iwent in and sat
i,by I the dying mao’s side. Talc
at a|little book,! he read from it,
not iybur heart bo troubled,”. &c:
hen knelt down and offered up a
nr to God for that dying Soldier,
i sing, from bis | knees, be bent
i and ki|sed him and said,"Capt.
wo shall meet in heaven.” He
.rode' off. ■ ’■ | i- ■ j
nit general was. - Major General
ard. • ” - 15 '' -
• 4n
dior 1
ed.
dbbr.
down
ibg 0
“Let
He tl
praijrt
V Ari
down
then.
’ Th
Ho\vi
Timet, we find the foilwring t
ing data concerning la® mem'
the present its
ington i ’
In our opinion—| , . ‘ j
The beat Speaker; oaHho'Uni
is Hon. Wliiatn D<
niaj on the 1
\Y. yborhees,. V.‘ j
The best
side, Hon B. B. Waanpofne, )
Democrat, Hon. 9j. 00x.." :
The readiest debater, XJnibn, Hoi
J ohn A.
G.H. Pendloton.Obio. tn the last Co
gress, Hon. John A. gingham, Ohi
C. L. Yallandigbam,*Csscada.
The member with. t|e begti t
Hon. John Low, Indiana, whibs
t,riot
old Continental ’Congress, ;j7t
maternal grandfatherwpa a i
bftho fiffit jcongrestrmnder' lb
atituEion, hisj father was a men
Congress during the war Of 18
Mfe"Tjow, the presen| roprese
is now serving his second tern
The oldest -mm
Ho,n. E-, BljiVashbntiip,' lllint
has.held his seat fpr eWren yes
the'last Congress,fwas - Hbn. j'J
Phelps, Missouri, wha.jwaa a
|in tho Union; army, and bad
Congress .fur eighteen,years; ;
The oldef tjman'’ is. pon. T 1
Stevens, is
72 years old. -C
The youngest is Gap.,James
field,- who i| jonly, 32 old
IguaiiuS'jporinol)", Minnesota,
sixteen (fays; olden. JtT'' i ' I
' Hon. iV alter D. Hindoo,
sin, a' voryjl efficient ‘£entlem;i
only One hand, -j •*■ 4": V; '
" The Gen oral of hi)
jop-Gcnera Robert (
commission dates'll
1862. The bthe/Ge.
amon
.* i l '
soun
The arc Cl&h' Grcsn CJaiy
Smith; Kentucky; Col. Amasa Cobb,
Wisconsin; Col. EphraimCß. EeklOy;
Ohio; Col. IjHcnry O.‘Hemming, Coijw
necticuU Col Hemming I w!as Mayor
for over. two. years’, of Now Jrleans,
umlci the imign ! of G,en> Butler, Tl 6
other Colonels are'Col. Robert B. Yc n
Vnlkonbnrg, New York;, Col., Sem
pronhis Hi Boyd, Missouri; Job Ji
aepb W. MeCliirgi MissouHband C^CI
John F. Farnsworth, Illinois,who
cd as General for some time. ' ; !
The handsomest man js flo
liam Windpm, Minnesota. j
The wealthiest raahiff Hon
Amos, a rainufaptpr'er.[from M
setts, who is' worth over t'
lions. • ||. V .■ , 1
ji ,f wl i ■
■ The most rapid speaker is th
er, Hon Schuyler Colfax, Ihdi
The tallest mjdn is Pton. I
Clay, Kentucky. j: :
The shortest memboi's an
McClurg, JiMissonri, Augustus
geo, Connecticut; Nehemial
New Jersey; Francisco Pore
Mexico; th'o difference to, bo
by the. respective thickness
soles. ( ’
The Smallest member is
Si S. Cox; largest isflon.
win, Massachusetts.
• . | •| < ' •
The most productive—Gen
zer DumOnt, the father of
children. I'"., ,■■ I ; .
The mos t graceful than its Hon,
William H. Wadsworth, Ken tacky.
The most dignified mants Hon.
Eufua P. Spaulding, Ohio.
The meat sarcastic man is Hon.
Thaddeus Stevens, Pennsylvania. T
The mbstgocialraan is G an. F. P
Blair, Missouri. - j V
* r, embe ' *
The ihejnber .who [has .sent away
Congress; the least, Son B. the
speech Fierrihado wrote. , i :>
The cleverest man is Hoi,.
M.’Maijvjjh, Sew York, jl l -|. ~. r V : <, ,
■j The largest farmer on the Union
side is Son. [Jonah B.'Grinnell,
who has ;6,000 acres of land, a! 1 id keeps
6.000 sheep.].) The big farmer on; the
“other side’*: is a good anbsta p&al Sn
ioh man,. Brutus J.,' dayj Kentucky,
who owa 6,000 acres of hmd, I and.
whoBoho|mofatmi cohtainB two thoosfj
and acres,- worth ?<156 per a< re. Mr
-Clay has two hundred and set ehty fiyp
negroes,! fifty mnleh, two hundred
sheep, ohe hundred an d, fifty blooded
cattle—loom of the; most. famous k iu
the Cnifed States. His usua 1 stock of
cattle is [about fdurjhuhdiedlead.
The piVll man f ls Ho, n - Jamo jO. Rob
inson, Illinois,'
The n ember WhoSivef fail
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; J - 1 -■- V ■
aelm:
A— "|_ ' •■ ” >'-1 ■■ ■ - ;/■
I QO, 1864r1 5 . iJsta’blis
»- ... I i 1 I • - ' !
w» amendment, is I Hon. William. S I Mrs Preside]it Harrison.
J • ’ ' ,■ > ’ Genhineli pictyj is more common in
' The member who lives the farthest the higherj circles of political, life tnan
East is' Hon.l Frederick i A,. Pike, Me. supernri al obgervers are aware, and it
West, Hon. John R, Mcßride Oregon- « often found ije beaqty acd
North, Hocj l Donntlly, Minnesota Many and Rep
o .l ii „ vjl *' .■ ‘ \ reeentaUvos in ; ; Washington are as
Boutb, Cornelinß Colc.Caljforpia,whose Jaithfnl to there jpbd us to their’coun
district roaches down |to Mexico...-iv ' tryjanl in the )jWl.sto House a con-
Hon. James Brooks j is the best read, piety.hai at times-adbrhed the
man, and! hasa district of the smallestbigh^t-station correspondent of
„ r 1 . . • the ISo* York Evangelist givos-a
OTea three wards in the city of New XrmiW sketch of the character of
(’ 'J ; 1 Mjs. HaWinohi who.for many
' : ldaho is the largest Territory, imd | years'Was qconijistcnt member'of the
lE. 1
•■'ti
■eis of
Wash-*
)n side
igylvai
[on,D.
tTnloa
bait an . area of 326;373 square miles.—
Mi*. Donnelly, of Minnesota, baa the
largest district of any any member—
-590 miles Wide. [ i |\
; The flbase! has twetjty-five ‘members
with bald heads, thirty with mustaches
and two with wigs. | . | j, ,
Hon. Hebry Winter Davis lives.the
nearest, thirty nine miles, and 832 for
mileage, lion. William H. | Wallace,
of Idaho, travels 7,997 miles, andgets
86,897 60 lor mileagel j" , V
The politebt member is Hon. iteuben
EJ. Fentam.Mew York. ■ .j|., |
The most; gallant is Hon. P. VV.
Kellogg,, Michigan. ■■■■-'• '
* The dryest 'joker is Hon. Bob’t iilal-
Ky. •}h !-- ;fl ■-!
.Throe members ic present each a
State—Messrs. .Smitbers, !De*a w are,
Mcßride; Oregon,and Wilder, Kansas.
There are seventeen members who
are. slaveholders, . 1 : , i
■, There are! twenty ■ font members
from 1 slave States, of whom -fourteen
voto with the . Union, party, and' ten
rith the Democrats. | |! ’ !
The best penman is Hon. Augustus
Frank, iJS'ow York; the poorest, Hpn. |
.Thadde us Stevens, Penn’a. . 1
The inost Radical man’ Hon. Owen
Lovcjo; *, dead]., I
The motit;j‘ : conservative,” running 1
•, ‘ t ; I .'• Yi 4 •; f . o,
into “secesh jf-thid islwherOjic always '
runs—is Hon. Benjamin G. s Harris,
Maryland. ?l ''j ; i ; j‘|
i The member pjjo is always theijo,:
H. Dawi 3 ’
iTinois;
lood
jpatri
i of tb'e
Hi«
member
to COIIt
1.. i i •
ober; of
112, and
! atatiye,
[.'• • • ; .
nber in
iig, iwbjo
irs.f; In’
obh 5
Cqlorn
)een i
addons'
ahno^tj
li. GarJ
.ho?:
, isgnjt
\Viaeoh-
.n, ih da
:?is'Wti
, 'wlvoso
lost rani;
pe^eaii|,
IpWfl'
Wood, New York. . ! f
/The. tno9(.Vener»hlft.is<Hon. Ffahcis
Thomas,Maryland. 1 , I
j |; The sno,wrapped and * giold,
district, Colorado—Hon. fL. P. Bennet
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j ’delegate. j.; ,
111. The "Red River bou.NTitV. Tiie
theatre of operation -of the lato, expe
dition, up Reoj. river,iaj !comj)arati' r ely
■little known to many persons, and tbr.
; the benefit of such we publish the fol
lowing shot t account of'the principle
points upon that stream. The Red,
fiver country is proverbial ■ for. ' its
•jyealth and resources, iapd is one of
the richest cotton-growing regions in
In the South? , ,
; Shreveport; the - capital 'of .Gaddo
parish, Louisiana, situated J the
foot of Caddo. iiakoj.iii,.the l Nbrtlu
western part:of the S’tjate, is the Jgpeat
cottciu part of, the region.
ly located for busihois Red
rifer, being surrounded pp ar. joxcccd
ingly fcrtfto planting 'regioh. ISomo 1
fifty thousand; bates* r of cpttctl w|j® an
nually tlis plaee before!
the war, and a very lirgo number of
battle J!rom Texas. The.town 'con-'
tains'll large'number lot! stores, sever
al slettm. mill.a, chur6be&, a ‘printing.;
office. and a : resident' population | of
thousand.! Since the. jfe**|
hellion, Shreyesjiorl las been an |ejs-i
tensive depot!fof corapiissnry andotb
er stores for the Con
federate troops, and |dpto the time of,
the siego of Vicksburg, forraled an.mi
porlant link in the “ebain of auppliek” j
for the whole! rebel army.' There is a
jiiiilitary prison them, which, has. at |
times, contained a largb: number of
Federal captives qf war, It is two
hundred and thirty miles from the
fnqatb of the river, j - !! ■ !,i
Wil-
. Oak
isaachu
to tnfl
e Speak -
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ana.; ;
rutus j.
i
Brando-
,Perry,
a,
decided
of tlio
ihd Hon.
X Bald*
1 Ebene
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nineteen
Alexandria;, ode hundredand filty
hides from, the month,] is, wh believe,
t • * . I • i \ •»* • - | *
the highest pbint.dn Rhd river yet vis
ited by oni l troops! Eighty miles
above is Natchitoches,'and old French
town -settled! in itlS.jj It is noted in'
history as the scene of a hard fought
battle: between the inhabitants atid
ithe Natchez Indians in 1732, result
ing ih| the extinction jf the | Natchez
as a distinct nation.; : |.
From Shreveport, there runs a rail
road westward to iMarshall, Texas,
and sixteen [miles bbjiiud "making a
lino some Bixfy milbs|u j length. Many
years ago a route vfas projected to
Vicksburg, which was completed from
the latter place west, iss Vfiir .aa the
Guaehita river. . j'-jM ■ - 'r
James
o®“Th’q rebels doif't bory their own
dead half the lime. \. If .their poor
feilo wb don’ t j aaßumeihe; s>iTeDLeiye be
fore death, they certainly So after it.
■Jr rv ■
to move
4.
..s'Wa«. il&ht mempe- x,- .
fresbytetiai Chart'd, -and Va< liberal
contributor to all benevolent objects, :
and who seomed iieyor dazzled by her
elevation and prlißpsifity. The writer'
says: | ■; i■■ . • \
, As the wifeofj the Presideut of: the-
United States, she f-ppCaredthe same
modest unassuming woman as before
her elevation to.?sp hgb a position.oif
hono.r. When General Harrison went
to 'Washington, remaineef at her
home at North Proud. After hiVdeath,
she lived retired; in the bosom of her
own jainily. where- die., sought lohide
herself from- tl|e pubho gaze. . She
never aiterwatdib appeared in.public\
She saw no society iut that of her fam
ily and special |fipietid3. A stiunger
rarely, if ever, yas admitted to her
roOm. The writer, f.l though tho'pas
tor of. the church of, which he was an.
bonoied member, obtained his first
introduction toJ her only after some
months' residence ir. the place. But
after oar first ifiterview; we were al
ways cheerfnlly|adinilted t’o her room.
And never did dhe tail tc Call-all tho
famliy tpgethqr fpr rcailing the
Scriptures; and fbr plrayer. Now she
j is no more, it is jpltabent to remember
I those seasons .w.hah—>n- her room,
j neatly, modestly furnished—.we bowed
j together aroundlthu throne of heaven
ily grace,to supplicate blessings upon
I the head of oui| venerated friend and
idler housbhold. j Sucji seasons,she at
] ways seemed t|o e njoy with a high
spiritual Velish. ’ Her, heal lb for many
years was excoelinriy feeble. and ,sbc
was rarely able to leave her house, or
evert lri only one. instance
during a ministry lof nearly [ three
years, was she able |o.visit the house |
of God. ■ It wan &^comin union season;
find she often refefred to it as one of
high spiritual enjoyment; ; Aim! ,yst
*- —a house of God. ahd when
cgn-'
ncaun woQia: pei'lllllf' Wiiy u j
Btarit attendant.. SbeVas a truly a
spiritual mindejl vrdiuan. . j ;
1 ■
©SL.A Pleasant sketch rtf the Wash.'
burno family ajppea’s \in'’the Boston
Journal, written .by Wra.'A. Drew*,- of
Augusta,> Maide. There are seven
sons in the fajnily, all of whom :Oc r
eupy prominent positions larasl,.Tr.,.
(date Congrcssiman) the .first.born, is
fifty yfiars - old- ancf Collector ( jof the
Port of Portjarifi; lElihu B. began .life
as a printer’s bpy and is. now a:mem
ber of Congress Illinois; Cad
wallader '• C.- had made a' fortune. in
Wiscoi f sin. .sindds. no wtsiXiijor
in oiir ai-inj T in-’;L(ia;siana;*Charles A
is American - nudister" in fParaguay;
Algernon Sidney, never coveting poli
tical 15to, hjjs been and still is in the
in ilaioe; Samuel B.'
wont.to sea early and is now a captain
in/dur, navy; Willjam 1). is .Surveyor
of. Gotjernnch t land Vin Min
nesota. " I. '.yc "
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The Women bp a Ration —Wo do
not hesitate to; pay that the women
give to every njation it inoraf tempera
meat, jWhich shows' itself in its pbli-.
tics, A hundred ti mes wo hat-c seen
weak men shovrrealjpuplkvvirtaej be
cause they baa'by their-aides woine
who supporiedlthem, not by advice as
to particulars, tout by fortifying their
feelings, of duty, add in' directing
their btfibiition.j More 'frequently, we
must confess,w9e ha ve observed the do
mestic influenbo-gradually transform-
ing a'man, naturally generous, noble,
ami unselfish, into a cowar'd !y, com
monplhce, place-hunting, self-seeker,
thinking of public , business oply ns a
means! of making! himself comforta
ble—arid this simply by contact with
a wejl 'conduct qdi wjohtan,. with ; a faith-'
ful wiib, an Excellent ■ mother,; but
front [whose mind the grand notion if
public!duty was entirely absorbed.
A Fo Kemarks |bv Josii Billings.
—Moral swashun cjonsists, in asking k
marijto do what.he ought to do with
out asking, an {then peggin bis pardon,
if he refuses to dn it. i, I '
I hav finellyj kum to the bonklobs
lon that a good, reliable setov bowels
is worth more til a man than ency
quantety of bonnes. .
' -Masjlc' bath [chart is to snthe a sav
age; this may ba jSCybut I’d ratlmf Jtri
a rewplwjr on hjniilusti - • ' , .
It always seemef to mb that a left
Lqtvded fiddler pla the toon
backwards. J , ;; -
1 have often been Hold that the host
wa jz tu, take a bi the horns,”
but X think in man y (nstanzes l shood
prefer the “tale.holt.? V"" V; 1 1
Tha toll) me trial emails are skarSe
in the western kuntiry, that a grate
menny married are ulreddy
engaged to. tbatjo sockohd an ;thurd
hitsbinds. 11. I-.
JOfApbor poet desiring a;compli
ment, asked Cdrrai preferring, folds
recently published pbernqf ,tbat name
—“Have you read ray descent | into
Hell?” “No; 1 she aid like to see it,”
replied'lhe wit. j A •prosy member of
Parliament having ipkod him, “havn
you read my last speech?” he' replied,;
“I hope I have ” r : |
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eel 1818
i ' Immensity op Ai a
proof of what a 1 vaslt’ book the! visible
heavens are,l and j&lso of tho
of the |stndgnt,■ man;! in-tnrmbgr whp
its leaves,* Dr. Nlchol, lit his work afe>
Scribing the magnitude jbf Lordßpssd
has loosed into a space Iso inconceiva- ’
ble, that light whioh. (travels at
rate of 200,000 miles in one second,
would require a period [of
of solar years, each-yeai containing
about 132,000,600 of seconds, 1 to ‘ pais
the ; intervening gulf between • tbiA
earth and the remotest I point rj(d
which ibis , telescope has reached.
Howl Utterljr unable' is the
grasp even a fraction of this i mmei
pei,ipd.| To concive , the ..pasai
events Of a hundred tponsarid '
only, is an impossibility, to Say u
iog of millions and hundreds/of
Honp pf years. : /
Beading and Conversation,—(Jar
reading will be of little use With tut
conyorSatioa, Conversation Will |
ait ! toi tin n. lowwithout reading —.
Beading,Anmathe lamp arid converta- '
tion.lights it; /reading is the food! ot '
the mind; and conversation the [exor
cise. And as all things are streolh
ened by exorcise, eo -is, th|e._ riiin-J i'jyi -
conversation. There'we shako off tho
dust, and stiffness of ai recluse, sjchol-'
ast'c life; par opjnionsaie confirmed .
and cowected by the good opinions of
other»; points arc urged, doubts’are.
Solved, dMdlties cleared,; diycptioiia
given,- umr/ifrequently hipts started .
which, if pursued, would lead to .the'.-
most-useful truibs, like ,a Vein pf-isil**
vet’.or ‘gold which directs to aml lie :
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'B®,A father an,d\Ltsfe.son wereyog
fing, comfortably towards a neigh*
oring town, when tub father volun
teered the jfrtllowing, advice: “Now,,
my" sonny,” says he, ‘•when- we get !
there, you keep your monUrshut, and
no out will tip<| out that you ar,e{ a
fool.’ | When’ they arrived • at tlic
public [inn, there Ivjippcned to bo sevs~
oral gentlemen /present who diad Jtf,
p.lesant word apd-smile for the youth,
but alii-their inquiriesi failed to /elicit
any replies fpoiii. him when a gentle
man spoke to a friend in an'under
tone, vj guess .that jboj- mns|,|be; a '
fool.” y Whereupon Ibe hoy hearing
this; called out to bis father: .‘•Father,-
tliey’yo found it .pull” I C . - t “
- «a&.A little daugbterdf a’firoprietor
of a coal mine in Pennsylvania lyaa
inquisitive as to the nature of p-hell,
npori. which her ' father represented it
to: be a large gulf of Bro of the most
prodigious extent. “Pay’ said' she,
“couldn’t you gat the -dbyil to bay
coal of,you?”
■ ago f an
individual effected an
the apartment of the Preside nt. at‘tfeo -
White Mouse* and attempted <6 ;
harangue Mr Linook <apon the Press
ideiioy, claiming to bi.vfe been elected
Presidontin 1850. J j
ia said tb' bo a
■country without a- reptile, and the
, Chattanooga Gazette says Yallandig*
ham la a reptile; witliont -a .eonntiry;
ho,ought to “move” ip. ; No,wibaf|g«
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i NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS .
,'fcaaf ;
P,. Penj
playing a most’ cot
the granct drama yf i
liverecl alccl'iive tp S
fore;thej'war, in vybic
subject of. U bjii ntbri,
prate jof s.tn|e,
g!oribits con 1 cderiic y
ItFce llipao silly savaj
their arrow-a at the
hope 4f piercing. it; ti.
'rolls bn, unheeding,
patlnyay, .shedding lit
animation upon all,tl|
T Austrian* vs Pkijsstax Soloier's;—
The Copenhagen papjers state, that the
’Austrian soldiers fight better.and are-,
inore brave’ than.the Prussians’. AtaSl ■
that the Austriaiis treat tlieir
era with' more, hiinifinity than the
Efussiahsi.. The ..papers aforesaid wo ?
believe only confirm what in formeri
years had been oftor; sssertcd; |lJO«
riogi'the l-Italiar; caiipaign, the Aus
trians were fully cqnal to the Pi each,
and. bad they been properly armed :
and. handled:, the victory might. riot.,
havofesrilted asit did 1 . . I : '
■= -- : T 1 - - .. ■
, jgy»Tho late Archbishop of .Dublin"
was fainoiis as a itil.. :Soino of. his
quips ..and reparteefi are worth record
ing. | “What is the difference,” -he’
asked of a young clergyman he was
examining, ‘-between tf , form and a
ceremony? The mea ring seems-pear
ly, the same; yet there is averypice
distinction/,’ Varionh apstv’ers tvere
given. “Well.” ho said! "it lies in phis;
yon sit upon a fqrhi but .you stand rip
on V?. y '
vtta-iheinherr \onhDurick atteridpd’
at conrt in !N ow Yorp to gel excused !
from the jiiryi-bOx.-;i‘l can’t uristhaud
-goct Englese,” hquol h ;■ Meinherr;i-f
‘‘What did he say?” iskedtho jndge.
"I oar?t unsthand gept Engleatt’piirpy j
peatodh tbp, pntchmau..'‘'fako jour
seat-- That’s no excu ie; you need not ’
be alarmed, as you arc riot likely tof
hear any.” : -i • |
W;
befbn tbier dldlta
of>p-ing ohr armies .willl spring up
on Uiu rebellion, and that tfae-
Bpring will bethe tehel fii!l, ,
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n - f
- jots* u
yjjjr
180
m
iilHltl, W utt - ra un**' -
■ 'part.; in
Ihe rebellion;, def
iian Fntncisf-b be-"
ili he said, on
tjhat '.hose who
lo dis.sofvc this
of 'Slates are
i"cs 'vr'i.o let- fly
sitn, in the' vain
,U«l: still tjjeinnii
; in .the eternal '
ijlitand heatand
e world
ME