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SELECT POETRY.
MY KF. ARC DIM WI TKAItS.
My pen nrp dim i' torus, John,
ly licrtil issnir wi' was.
1 1 it- and watch llio slurs, John,
A wrnrring oi the day;'
Yet it wnnnii' brinj; mo rest, John,
And it ciiniia' Dring mo pi-nre,
Till iho fclnv is on my broast, John,
An' lliot'ht and feuling cease!
I hao loved ye well nntl lang, John,
An' shall while I hm life;
Bui yo've caused me many a pang, John,
Whu shoul hao breti yuui wifn.
Though ye never naiil a word, John,
My trusting heart to win,
Yu hao loud bnloro tin; Lord. John,
An' that is deeper sin !
Yc're hand leeil seeking mine, John,
Wljun naebody could see;
And ye kissed it many a time, John,
An' wasna that a lee 1
An' your een leed looking love, John,
Whene'er they turned on mo ;
An' your gifts, what did Ihey prove John,
But love or treachery'?
An' your step leed coming here, John,
Sue oft in eanld an' rain,
For moiiy a happy year, John,
Whose memory is pain !
For I thocth the lime would come, John,
When ye nae mair would part ;
Yet ye gaed without ae word, John,
To ease my breaking heart !
Ye cam' o' your ain will, Join,
Ye saw that 1 was poor;
Ye kenu'd 1 was line Jiiihlo' love,
Ye should hue passed our door.
Bui I loo je al'er a', John,
An' pi .iy to (od in heaven,
Thai 1 tnaj Li! la'en hanie, John,
A:i' join deeeil loi't.ven !
Chamhcis' Eihiihvr" Journal.
pacific Hail Wocib.
PA'ii ie hail noi townntw.
The convention re-ass mbled at 10 o'
clock on the morning of the 4th inst.
. After thf usual preliminary nrtitin, and
th? ren.'inpr of the original Resolutions
oil', rri! hv iiie S.xr' turv, it way aiinounced
I thai a I.. 1 1 r and I'ii.ns had been sent to
j tiu ( '.invention hv Colonel I'r. iuont.
The lollow itii.c whs then read by the Ser
r tary, and listened to with deep attention.
1 t'ol. VcfiuoNt's Letter.
J To M --Tv I'. C hard, and other.-!, Coni-
.l.ii:. , Cv. .
f ii:. 1 1.:. iii.. ; -I. would have given me
;;real ! a.siire to Iiaeln en aide to accept
your km. I invitation, and to have met the
interesting Mississippi and Pacific Uailroad
Convention, on Monday, but the remains
ol a Chagres fever confine me to my room,
and leave me no other mode of showing my
sense of yotir attention, and manifesting the
interest I lake in the great object which
assembles this Convention, than to contri
bute, so far as I can, to to the mass of the
information which will he laid before it.
In doing this, I regret that the state of my
health does not permit even the labor ne
cessary to give the distances and barome
trical elevations along the route which I
shall oiler for your consideration, but I
have caused a skeleton map rudely sketch-
d, to be prepared to accompany this com
munication, and which in exhibiting tile
prominent features of the country and gen
eral direction of the line, will be found
sutliuently full ae.d accurate to illustrate
what I have to sav.
Many lines of exploration through the
wilderness country from our inhabited fron
tier to the Pacific Ocean, have conclusively
satisfied me that the region or belt of coun
try, lying between the 38th and 39th par
allels of latitude offer singular facilities and
extraordinary comparative advantages for
the continuation of the proposed road.
I proposp, therefore, to occupy your at
tention solely with this line, for the clearer
understanding ol winch, it will aid lo keep
under the eye the accompanying map,
upon which the unbroken red lines are in
tended to show that the regions which they
traverse have been already explored, while
the broken red lines indicate what is known
only from reliable information.
The country to be traversed by the pro
posed road exhibits but two great features
the prairies, reaching lo about the lOotb
degree of longitude ; and the mountains
with which it is bustling from that point to
the shores of the Pacific ocean. Some years
of travel among these mountains, during
which I was occupied principally in search
ing for convenient passes and good lines of
communication, gradually led me to com
prehend their structure and to understand
that among this extended mass of moun
tains there is nowhere to be found a great
continuous range having an unbroken crest,
where passes are only to be found in the
comparatively small depressions ol tile sum
mit line.
Throughout this great extent of country
stretching in each way about 17 degrees
all these apparently continuous ranges
are composed of lengthened blocks of
mountains, separate and detached of great
er or less length according to the magnitude
of the chain which they compose each
one possessing its separate, noted and prom
inent peaks, and laying parallel to each
other, but not usually so to the general di
rection of the range, but in many cases ly
ing diagonally across it, springing suddenly
up from the, general . level of the coun
try ; sometimes rising into bare and rocky
summits of great height, they leave open
ings through the range but little above this
general level, and by which they can be
passed without climbing a mountain. Gen
erally these openings are wooded vallies,
where the mountain springs from either
side collect together, forming often the main
branches of some mighty stream. Aggre
gatird together in this way, they go on to
form the great chains of the Rocky Moun
taias and Sierra Nevada, as well as the
smaller and secondary ranges which occupy
the intervening space. 1 With the prnihial
discovery of this system, t became satisfied,
not only of the entire practicability, but ot
the easy construction of a railroad across
this rugged region. As this peculiarity in
the coun!ry forms the basis of my informa
tion, I desire to stale it clearly at the out
set, in order that I might be more readily
understood in proceeding to show that this
continent can be crossed, from the Missis
sippi to the Pacific, without climbing a
mountain, and on the very line which
every national consideration would require
to connect the great valley of the west
with the Pacific Ocean.
In describing the belt of country through
which the road should pass, it will be
found convenient to divide the entire line
into three parts the Eastern, reaching
from the mouth of the Kansas to the head
of the Del Norte; the Middle, from the
head of the Del JSorte to the rim of the
Great Basin ; and the Western, from the
rim of the Great I3,tsin to the Ocean. Be
ginning near the 30th parallel of latitude,
at the mouth of tlv Kansas, the road would
extend along the valley of that river some
three or four hundred miles, traversing a
beautiful find wooded country of great fer
tility of soil, well adapted to settlement and
cultivation. From the upper waters of the
Kansas, falling easily over into the valley
of the Arkansas, the road strikes that river
about a hundred miles below the foot ol the
mountains, continuing up it only to the
mouth of the Huerfano river. From this
point the prairie plans sweep directly up
to the mountains, which dominate them as j
highlands to the Ocean. The Ilucrfiuo is
one of the upper branches of the Arkansas,
and following the line of this stream the
road would here cuter a country magnifi
cently beautiful timbered, having many
bays or valleys of great fertility; having a
mild and beautiful climate: having thronrh
ouf the valley country short winters, which
spend their force in th,i elevated regions of
the mountains. The range of mountains in
which this stream finds its head springs is
distinguished hv having it-5 summit- almost
constantly enveloped in clouds of rain or
snow, trom which it obtains its name ol , surmouniai:e, nor, in the present state ot
Sierra Moj.ida, or Wei Mountain. This j railway science, sufficient to turn us fruin
chain is rema kaMr an:ong the R rl;y ' the direct route. A pass is known as indi
Mountain ranges for the singular "randeiir ! cat- d hv the hue upon the map, which la-
ot its winter scenerv, which has been char- 1
in terned by travellers who have seen iioth. m n at-" a,-o known, to the north ami south ;
ns unsui passed either in the Alps or the j and if tunnelling become nercssaiy, the
Himalayas. Their naked rocky summits structure r.f the mountains is s:h h as allow
are grouped into numerous peaks, which tunnels to be used with the greatest a. Ivan
rise from the mid.-t of I. lack piney forests,) tage. Narrow places are presented where
whence issue many small streams to the I opposite gorges approach each other, and a
valley below. Following hv an open wa- wall of some two or three thousand leet
gon way the valley of the Huerfano, the
road reaches lhe immediate foot of the
mountain at the entrance of a remarkable
puss, almost every where surrounded by 1
bold, rocky mountain masses. From one
foot of the mountains to the other, the pass 1
is about five miles long ; a level valley from
two to four hundred yards wide, the moun
tain rising abruptly on either side. With
scarcely a distinguishable rise from the
river plains, the road here passes directly
through or between the mountains, emerg
ing in the open valley ef the Del Norte,
lu re some forty or fifty miles broad, or
more properly a continuation northward ol
me vauey in wnicn me jei ;one runs. :
Crossing this flat country, or opening be- j
tween the mountains, and encountering no ,
waier course in us way, tne roau -voutu :
reach the entrance of a pass in the Colorado
mountains, familiarly known to the New
Mexicans and Indian traders who are ac
customed to traverse it at all seasons of the
year, and who represent it as conducting to !
tne waters oi ne t.oiorauo river mrougu a 0p,.n u common road in the course of the
handsome rolling grass-covered country, j neXt Spring and Summer, so as to be passa
and affording practicable wagon routes. ble for wagons and carriages, and as rapidly
1 his section of the route, solar as the traversed as any of the common roads in
entrance to this pass, covering twelve do- J (ni jj. States.
grees ol longitude, I am able to speak of The obstacles which I have not mention
from actual exploration, and to say that the I ef arc tie wj0t,.r impediment of snows,
line described is not only practicable, but and the temporary one from lhe hostility of
aflbrds many and singular facilities for the . Indians. The latter can be surmounted by
construction of a railway, and oilers many , military stations, sending out military pa
advantages in the fertile and wooded coun- j trols toclear and scour the line. The snows
try through which it lies til lhe greater part
of its Course.
In the whole distance there is not an ele
vation, worthy of the name, to be sur-
mounted ; and a level, of about 8000 feet, through, are thin in the valleys, and re
is gained almost without perceptible ascent. I ma, ol, them ony during a very brief
Up to the Kansas and Huerfano river val- j winter. The winter of my last expedition
leys, the country is wooded and watered ; j was ono o( i,nprecodentedly deep and early
the valley of the Del Norte is open, but ! 8nows, yet in the valley of the Kansas and
wood is abundant in the neighboring moun- Arkansas, it was thin ; in the valley of Hu
tains, and land fit for cultivation is found ; erfario, none; and in the valley of" the Del
almost continuously along the water cour- , xorte, at the end of November, but a few
ses, from the mouth of the Kansas to the i inches deep. Even in this severe winter,
head of the valley of the Del Norte. j on t,p 5ln 0f December, at the greatest ele-
A journey, undertaken in the winter of ( vation crossed by the eastern section of lhe
181-8-4-9, (and interupted here by entering j line being in the narrow pass between
more to the southward, the rugged moun- the Arkansas and Del Norte, the snow was
tain of St. John's, one of the most impracti -
cable on the continent,) was intended to
make a correct examination of this pass and
the country beyond to the rim of the Great
IJasin. lhe failure ol this expedition,
l.-aves only for this middle portion of our
line such knowledge as we have been able
to o')tain from trappers and Indian trailers.
lhe information thus obtained had led me
to attempt its exploration, as all accounts
concurred in representing it practicable for
a road ; and the information thus obtained
was considered to be sufficiently reliable.
According to this information, the same
structure of the country to which I have
called your attention above, as forming a
system among the mountains, holds good,
and I accordingly found no dithVulty in be
lieving that the road would readily avoid
any obstacles which might be. presented in
the shape of mountain ranges, and easily
reach the Basin. - ;
la pronouncing upon the practicability
of a road through this section, I proceed
upon my general knowledge of the face of
the country, upon iniormauon recuvoo
from huuters and residents in New Mexico,
and upon the established fact, that it has
not only been travelled, but at all seasons of
the year, ami is one of lliu travelling routes
from Mew Mexico to California.
The third section of the map is from the
Wah-satch mountain to the Sira Nevada,
and thence to the Bay of San Francisco.
This route traverses the Great Basin, pre
senting three difTerent lines, which yoti
will find indicated on the ninp. .Repeated
journeys have given me more or less know
ledge of the country along these lines, and
I consider all of them practicable, although
the question of preference remains lo be
settled. ' The Northern line is that of the
Humboldt river, which, although deflecting
from the direct course to the B.ij", com
mands in its approach to the mountains
several practicable passes, the lowest ol
which is only 4-500 feet above the sea.
The Southern line, which in crossing the
Basin has not the same freedom from ob
struction enjoyed by the open river line of
the North, is still entirely practicable, and
possesses the advantage of crossing the Si
erra Nevada at a remarkably low dVpres
sion, called Walker's Pass, more commonly
known as the Point of the .Mountains; and
being in fact a termination of one of the
mountains which go from that chain.
This pass is near the 35th degree of lati
tude and near the head of the beautiful ond
fertile valley of the San Joaquin, which the
road thence would follow down to its junc
tion with the Sacramento or to some point
on the Bay. This route deflects to the
South about as much as the other does to
the North, Lut secures a good way, and
finds no obstacle from the Sierra, turning
thai mountain where it has sunk down
nearly to the level of the country. Among
the recent proceedings of the California
Legislature, resolutions were introduced in
favor of bringing in the railway at this
post.
The third line, which is the middle and
direct line, and that to which I gave a de
cided preh rence, is less known to me than
either of the others; but I believe fully in
its practicability, ond only see, as the prin
cipal obstacle to be overcome, is the Great
Sierra itself, which it would strike near its
centre. That obstacle is not considered in-
i.i r w u d r'ti(l -r practicable. Utlier pas- j
olien separates points which may not be
mure than a quarter or half a mile apart at
its base base. It will also be remembered
that the Great Basin, ca.it of the Sierra Ne
vada, has a general elevation of over four
thousand feet, so that the mountain would
be approached on the cast at that elevation,
and on the west the slope is wide, though
descending to near lhe level of tide water.
The foregoing remarks embody all the
general information I am now able to give
upon this line. The fir.;t section of it, from
the Missouri frontier to the head of the Del
Norte, is explored, and needs no turther re
coniioisance. It is ready forlhe location
ot (. road bv a practical engineer. The
seCond and third sections require further
explorations, to determine, not upon prac-
luabi btv. nit imon the nre erei.ces Hie to
one over the others
A party of 300 men, skillfully directed
with the assistance of three or four practi
cal road engineers, would be sufficient to
Jay out the whole routes, and clear and
j are iess formidable than would be supposed
i from the oreal elpvntion of the -pnlr.il unci
of the route.
They are dry and more readily pnssed
I only three feet deep; the thermometer at
Zero near mid-day. The weather in these
' high mountains and deep vallies is of a
character adapted to such localities ex-
! tremely cold on the mountains, while tem-
perate in the valleys. I have seen it storm
ing for days together on the mountains in a
way to be destructive to all animal life ex
posed to it, while in the valley there would
be pleasant sunshine, and the animals feed
ing on nutritious grass, lieyond the Rocky
Mountains, the cold is less, and the snows
become a less and more transient obstacle.
These are my views of a route for lhe
road or roads, (a common one is first want
ed,) from the Mississippi to the Pacific. It
fulfills, in my opinion, all the conditions of
a mute for a national thoroughfare.
1st. It is direct. ' The course is almost a
straight line, from end to end. St. Louis is
between 38 39 ; San Francisco is about
the jame the route is between these paral
lels,' or nearly between them the whole
way. it ,i a ,- -. u 'i
2d ; It is centra! to territory It is
through the territorial centre west of the
Mississippi, and its polongation to the At
lantic ocean, would be central to the States
east of that river. It is also central to busi
ness and population, and unites the greatest j
commercial point in the valley ol the Mis
sissippi, with the greatest commercial point
on the coast of the Pacific.
3d. It combines the advantages for ma
king and preserving the road, wood, water
and soil, for inhabitation and cultivation.
4th. It is a healthy route. No diseases
of any kind upon.it ; and lhe valetudina
rian might travel it in his own vehicle, on
horse, or even on foot, for the mere resto
ration of health and recovery of spirits.
It not only fulfils nil the conditions of a
national route, but is preferable lo any
other. It it preferable to the S. Pass from
being near four degrees further south, more
free from open plains, and free from the
rising of great rivers. Its course is parallel
with lhe rivers, there being but one (the
tipper Colorado) directly crossing its line.
There nre passes at the head of Arkansas,
in the Three Parks, and north of them, hut
none equal to this by the Rio del Norte.
There is no route north of it that is com
parable to it ; I believe there is no practi
cable route south of it within the United
States. The disaster which turned me
south from the head of the Del Norte and
sent me down the valley of that river, and
to the mountains around the Upper Gila,
enabled me to satisfy myself on that point.
I went a middle route a new way be
tween the Gila river and the wagon road
through the Mexican province ol Sonora,
and am satisfied that no route for a road can
he had on that line, except going through
Mexico, then crossing lhe great Colorado
of the west, near its mouth, to cross the
desert to arrive at San Diego, where there
is no business, and still be tax hundred miles
by hind, and three or four hundred by wa
ter, from the bay ol San Francisco, which
now is, and forever must be, the great cen
tre of commerce, wealth and power on the
American coast of the Pacific ocean.
In conclusion, I have to say, that I be
lieve in the practicability of this work, and
that every national consideration requires
it to be done, and to be done at once, and
as a national work, by the United States.
Your obliged fellow citizen,
J. C. FREMONT.
xii u moral np the rAitKMAi Mi nrtnt.
The jmy having found a verdict of guilty
against lr. Webster, for the murder of Dr.
I'ai kninn, we may plenn n moral from the
whole nlfair. The philosophy of expiating
sacrifice wi-ms to litive an illustration in this
cti.-.- . 'ii.aiy case. The atonement it proves
for iii in one or both of the parties, may bo
the salvation of other?, auJ wo will riot lose
the occasion of printing so sad a tale with a
plain moral. It appears that Dr. Paikinan
was a very rich man. His sole enre was his
great estate. lint we want no other evidence
than that nllbrded in Dr. Webster's trial, to
prove that Dr. Puikman was a monej--lovcr;
that he worshipped wealth for its own sake;
that ho was selfish, grasping and purse proud
capable of giving a few thousand dollars to a
College with the vain-yloiions condition that
a prolessliip should bear his name, but not
cupable of judging kindly an unfortunate deb
tor, of sympathizing id his stiaits and trials
and mortifications, and forgiving him any
pari of his debt. Dr. Webster may have bociij
admit that he had been, prodigal beyond his
means. He could be so no longer. IIo had
given Dr. Packman nil the secuiity in his
power foe the claim against him and ho re
lied for the support of his family, and for the
provision for approaching nc, upon a small
income gained by his labor. What does Dr.
Parkmnn do? Ho persecutes and badgers
Webster for years, and goes about full of the
base and petty malignity of a gold-grubbing
soul, to rob the poor man of his only posses
sion, his good name. Ho forgets even law,
to S.1J- nothing of decency, in the pursuit of
his debt, and attempts to extort it from tho
receiver of the College fees, who had no right
to pay lliem over lo nnj- one except Iho Col
lege professors a fact which P.iikman must
have known, lint avnrice is often without
head, as it is nlivays without heart. Park-
man knew too that although Webster was
receiving several hundred dollars in the be
ginning of bis course of lei-lutes, yet that
that fund must constitute the bulk of his
year's income, anil if paid for on old debt,
would leave nosutlieieney for tho wants of
Webster's family for tho year. But this
was nothing lo iho relentless creditor. He
must nave ins i.otni s penally. Ho is punc
tual to his appointment, as he was all things
ono of thoso very honest men who pay all
that they owe, but who never felt that di
vine sympathy for want, w hich Christ enjoins
in bis purublo of the debtor and creditor, and
which tho spiiit of His religion proves to bo
of more value to the possessor, in His cyea,
than tho wealth of Solomon. Dr. l'aikman
was punctual to bis appointment with Dr.
Webster, and he was paid, not as he deter
mined he would be, but as Insult, defamation
and persecution prompted. We mean no
apology for Dr. Webster for the course w hich
caused his poverty, much loss for his shed
ding ot human blood. But we present this
lesson lo huid-hearled creditors, and those
who, having enough themselves, think not of
the miseries of debt or want. Hud Dr. Park-
man been a generous, as well as an honest
man had ho felt foe his neighbor as ho would
have had hi neighbor feel for him had ho
even truly appreciated the holy charily w hich
it is the mission of his own brother to preach
he woaid be alive at the moment j and tho
wretched man, who may exj.iate on a scaf
fold the crime of his murder, might he in tho
midst of his innocent w ife and daughters
blessing tho friendship which was open hand
ed in the day of need, and sought not its own
in the borne ol misfortune. J'Ailti. Sun.
The Clows in theciieus at Com Francisco
receives f p ooo a vent
MESSRS. CLAY'S A!SD WEBSTER'S RE
MARKS I TON THE OCCASION OF MR.
' CALHOUN'S DEATH.
Mr. Clny Mr. President, prompted by my
own feelings of profound regret, I wish, on
raising to second tho resolutions which have
just been read, to add to what has been so
well and so justly said by the surviving col
league of the illustrious deceased, a few words
My personal acquaintance with him com
menced upwards of thirty-eight years ago.
Wo entered at the same time, and together,
the Houso of Representatives at the other
end of this building.
Tho Congress of which wo thus became
members, was that among whoso dulibeia.
lions and acts was tho declaration of war
ngaiust tho most powerful nation, as it respects
us in the world. During the preliminary dis
cussions which acoso in preparation for ihat
groat event, as well ns during those which
took place when tho resolution was formally
adopted, no member displayed a more lively
and patriotic sensibility ol the wrongs which
led to that awful event, than Iho deceased,
whose death all unitenotv in deploring. Ever
active, ardent, able no one was in advance
of him in advocating tho cause of his country
and in denouncing the injustice which com
plied that country to appeal lo arms.
Sir, this is not tho proper occasion nor am
I lhe proper person, to attempt a delineation
of his character, or of lhe powers of his mind
I will only say, in a few words, that he pos
sessed a lofty genius that in his powers of
generalization of those subjecls of which his
mind treated ; 1 have seen him surpassed by
no man ; while the charms and captivating
influence of his colloquial powers have been
felt by all who havo ever witnessed them.
1 am his senior, Mr. President, in years, and
in nothing else. According to tho courso of
nature, I ought to have preceded him. Tho
Divine Ruler of human events has determin
ed otherwise. I feel that I shall linger but a
short time, and shall soon follow him, and
how brief how rapidly passing is the pe
riod of existence allowed even to tho youngest
amongst us. Sir, ought we not to draw from
it Iho conclusion how unwiso it is to indulgo
in the ucerbitj- of debate how unwise it is
to yield ourselves to the animosity of party
feeling how wrong it is to indulgo in those
unhappy and hot strifes which too ofteu mis
lead us in the discharge of the high duties
which we are called on to perform? In con
clusion, Mr. President, I desire to express
the most cotdial sympathy and the sentiments
of the deepest condolence for those who
stand in tho nearest relations to him. I trust
that we shall all profit by the singular merits
of his character, and learn relying upon ouc
own judgments and tho dictates of our own
conscience, lo discharge our duties as he did
according to his best conception of lliem
faithfully to the last.
Mr. Webster also paid a high tribute to
Mr. Calhoun's character and peisonal quali
ties. The conclusion of his remake is as fol
lows: 'Mr. President, he had tho basis, tho in
dispensable basis of a high character, and,
ihat was unspotted integrity, unimpaired
honor and character. If ho had aspirations,,
they were high, and honorablo and noble
there was nothing grovcllingor low, or mean
ly selfish that came near the head or heart
of Mr. Calhoun. Firm in his purpose, per
fectly patriotic and honest us I am quite
sure ho was in tho principles that ho espous
ed, and in the measures that ho defended,
aside from that largo regard for that species
of distinction which conducted him to emi
nent station for tho benefit of tho Republic
I do not believe that ho was imbued with
sellUh feelings. However, sir, he maj havo
differed from others of us, in his political
principles, those principles and those opinions
will descend to posterity, under the sanction
of a great name. Ho has lived lon-i enough
no nas uouo enuugti. aim none so well 60
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honorably us to connect himself for all time
with the records of his country. IIo is now
an Historical character. 1 hose ol us w ho
have known him here, will find that he has
left upon our minds and hearts an impression
of hispeison. his character, his performances
that, w hile we live, will never be obliterated.
We shall hereafter, I am sure, indulge in it
as a grateful recollection, that we have lived
in his day, that we have been his contempo
raries, that we hare seen him, and heard
him, and knew him. Wo shall delight to
speak of him to those who are coming after
us. When the time shall come when we
ourselves shall go, one after another, in suc
cession to our graves, we shall carry with us
a deep impression of his genius and charac
ter his honor and integitty his amiable de
portment in private life, and the purity of his
exalted patriotism. '
Millions or Tiueons koosting. Letters
from Indiana complain Ihat some of the pi
geon roosts cover the forests for miles, des
troying the timber. A letter from Laurel
says : "I am completer worn down. The
pigeons are roosting all through the woods,
and tho roost extends for miles. Our neigh
bors and ourselves have, for several nights,
had to build large ires and keep up reports
of fire-arms to scare them off.. While I write,
within a quarter of mile, thore are 30 gnus
firing. The pigeons come in such large
quantities as to destroy a great deal of timber
break limbs off large trees, and even tear up
some by the roots. The woods are covered
with dead pigeons, and tho hogs are gelling
fat on them.. Our old friend, Hendiick killed
SO at four shots.
lo fcscia anj uVi.Quime. is a vary easy
way of assuming a great deal of .wkkltmij
and concealing a great deal of iiruoiance
A BIT OF A STORY.
Many years ago, when the state of Ceoria
was thinly inhabited and tho Indians occu
pied a large portion of her territory, undis
tuibod by tho white mart, a son of the Eme
rald Isle, weary and hungry, about mid-dayi
presented himself at the door of a -wealthy -farmer
and asked for work. The Irishman
told the farmer he had travelled far and wss
onterely out of monej-, and unless ho gave
him a bit of a job he would not be able to
make a "dacent living." The farmer told
him ho had nothing particularly for him lo
lo, but Ihat if he really wanted work, he
thought he might be able to hunt him up a
job. "Let's see," said the farmer, "I believe
as I have a large stock of poultry and plenty
of corn, that I will get you to take care of
them ; but mind, you must see that every
one gets enough and that no one gels more
than his share; this you must attend to
twico a day; morning and evening."' Pat
pledged his word that he would strictly car
ry out his orders. The necessary arrange
ments having been made as regards wages,
board, &c, Pat was duly installed in his new
vocation.
Pat performed his duly well, and the
poultry under his good management, were
kept in the best of order. For some tima
however Pat's discerning eye perceived that
an old diake was getting more than his share
of corn ; this could not be allowed, fur he
was strickly charged to see that every ona
get enough, but no one was to get more than
his share. Now pat had no idea of disobey
ing the commands of tho farmer, so he was
resolved, by some means or other, to put a
stop to it.
Ono evening, as usual, while Pat was dis
tributing corn to his fowls, he commenced
soliloquizing in tho following manner: "Am
rah, bo jabbers, an' hcreyeareagen, divilish
spoonbill quadruped! ye lay under the barn
all da-, an' whin I say chicky, be St. Pathriclr.
yeare the first one here, and be jabbers you
pick up thra grain o' earn to a chickens one)
now bo jabbers an' I'll fix you for that, an'
so 1 will." Suro enough Pat toll'd the old
drake close up to him ; made a grab and
nabbed him. "An' its welcome re are, blast
yer ugly picther, when I'm done with ye, to
pick up more than yer share." With that
Put pulled out his knife and trimmed the
drake's bill off sharp and slim, like a chick
en's and then he exultingly threw him down,
saying : ''Now, be jabbers, ye can pick up
cam 'loncside that bob tail rooster!" Tin
Wilkinson Whig.
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Dick's Anti-Friction Press is one of iho no
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ever discovered. Its applicability to the va
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and other presses. We have seen an embos
sing press in the Methodist Book Concern,
that is superior to anything in use. For punch
ing the power is so intense that a boy can
punch cold plates of iron an inch in thickness
with ease. The machine used to hoist the
piles in the coflerdam, at the Navy Yard, on
ly weighed thirty-fire hundred, yet it exer
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aid of four men. We have seen a stump ma
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men. Tho strongest testimonials have been
received from tho "Book Concern," and
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have seen and more. The vast establish
ment, corner of Jane and Washington streets,
N". Y., is thronged with orders from all parts
of the country, and tho number of uses to
which this invention is applied, make tho
manufactory a curiosity shop of the first wa
ter. N. 1'. Tribune.
OcrAS Stfam Navigation. In the conrse
of a mouth or six weeks there will be a semi-
weekly steam communication with Europe,
twenty steamers running across the Atlantio
to various ports in Europe. The Herald says!
"Tho weekly trips of the Cunard steamers,
nine in number, will commence on Saturday
next, from Liverpool, and on the 1st of May
from New York and Boston. The Collin
steamers, fire in number, will commence)
their semi-monthly trips on the 27th instant.,
and their weekly trips about the 1st of June.
The Franklin will begin her trips to Havre
next month, and her mate will be ready in
tho full. Tho Bremen line, two steamers
now leave Southampton and New York once,
a month. The City of Glasgow will leavo
Glasgow on the 16th instant for New York,
and thereafter leave each port in alternate)
months. The Helena Sloman is to leave
Hamburg on the 10th instant, and her tripa
will be bi-monthly.
Alarming to Undhtaiiri. The death
in New York have diminished since 184T at
the rale of three thousand year. A chrono
thermal practitioner ascribes it to the differ
ent treatment of diseases, and the abandon
meut of the use of the lanoet. Ha makes a
calculation that th same ratio of diminution
of deaths throughout the United States, esti
mating at 22,000,000 of population, woulj,
show a saving of 150,000 lives a year.
Tat Editor of the Gloucester Auj, a,
bachelor, wiih no wife, no lesponsibiliiies,
no comforts, and nothing of that sort, threat-
enoti to board round amo.ig hi delinquent
subscribers to "take out" the amount of their
duos, hut this was leo much for them, and
they all paid lip tho old score, and suiuelUing s
in advance,