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A" Death Mr. WMM. ' ' T" '
.', , We larn that John II. Pleasants, Esq. for tr.eny
yi.rs the able and distinguished editor of the
Iticlynond Whig, and more recently connected
'lth the Richmond Star, died on Friday last, at
i A- M., from the wounds received' en'Wednes
ity In the dreadful rencontre with ,Tboe.
Ritchie, jr., Esq., editorof the Richmond Fnqui
fr. It seems that the conflict took place on the
Manchester tide of the river, that Mr. P.' receiv
l five wounds vig : in Lit arm, a boulder, upper
art of the left breast, left hand, and opper and
.inner part of the thigh of, which, the last two
were the most serious. . Mr. Ritchie ,.wa not
seriously hurt. They met with pistols,, short
svords, and sword canes. The agreement was
that they should take their stations two hundred
yards apart, to lire approaching, and cut as they
pleased. ' If this account be true, a mare san
guinary affair Is not recorded In the annals of
duelling. Mr. Pleasants, was 53 years of age.
The Washington Union of Friday night thus an
nounces the fatal result : ' 11
"H'e hear with profonnd regret of the death of
John Hampden Pleasants, Esq., 'of Richmond,
who breathed his last in that tity at 2 o'clock
yesterday morning. We regret, on every ac
count, both the death of this pentleman, and the
manner of it. He fell near Manchester, on the
.hanks ol the Jamea river, opposite to Richmond, .
very early on Wednesday morning, in an unfor-
tunate rencounter with one who is related to the 1
editor of this paper by the tenderest ties. We
had hoped that he would have survived hiswoundi j
but it has been ordered otherwise. It is not our I
!uty to enter into the circumstances which have
brought about this lamented catastrophe. But i
is'it too much to ask a suspension of public opin- I
ion until all the rircumstancea of the case shall
have been fully developed ? Mr. Pleasants had 1
edited the Lynchburg Virginian for several yeara
until the winter of lS23-24, wheo he establfeed
the "Richmond Whig," one of the strongest pa- I
p?rs in the South. ' He left that journal a few I
weeks since, when he associated himself in the j
editorship of the "Richmond Star." He was a I
' gentleman of brilliant talents one of the best j
wrirers in Virginia, and an able, experienced,
and ardent politician " I
The Washington correspondent of the Falti- I
more Patriot, gives the following as containing j
the facts of this melancholy case. J
The quarrel had gone en in their newspapera I
tosuchan extent, that Mr. Pleasants thought
himself called on to bring the matter to a crisis.
He therefore sent a request to Mr. Ritchie to
nieet him at a specified place and hour across the I
river from Richmond with side arms. Mr. Rit-I
rhie sent word back that he could not consent to I
settle the affair in that way. Mr. Pleasants then
sent him word that the matter mutt be settled,
and in that way. J
Mr. Ritchie then prepared himself with a re-
volver of six barrels, two duelling pistols,' and
a horse-man's short sword, and repaired to the
place designated, at the time named.
Mr. Pleasants, who had not arrived, with two
or four there is doubt about this) common pis-
tols and aswoideane. A friend of Mr. Pleasanta
nproached Mr Ritchie, and said to him, that he
thought the difficulty might be settled if the lat-
ter would do one thing, and that waa, to acknowl
edge that he believed Mr. Pleasants to be a brave
man. Mr. Ritchie replied that once he could
have done this; but not now. Mr. Pleasants ba
ring called him there, and not appearing himself,
be could not make auch an acknowledgement.
Mr. Pleasants' friend then informed him that he
piesnmed he would have to fight. Mr. Ritchie
r? plied, very well, he bad coma there to meet
Mr. Peasants
The friend of the latter l. ft the spot and went
to his principal not far off. Soon after thia, Mr.
Pleaaante appeared approaching Mr. Ritchie, con
S'derable in advance of the two friends who bad
accompanied him to the spot. As he approach
el at a rapid pace, Mr. Ritchie fired successively
his two duelling pistols, resting each on his left
arm, drawn up in an angle for that purpose, lie
then presented his revolver and fired cither four
or five of its barrels. After he had fired first op
on Mr. Pleasants, the latter drew and fired thrice
without effect, all the time rushing up to Mr.
Ritchie, and when near enough he struck him
with bis aword cane, v. hen the scabbard flew off,
and Mr. Ritchie struck up the blade or spear with
his short sword in doing which he received the
point of Mr. Pleasants' spear in the corner of his
mouth, cutting upward a alight gash.
Mr. Pleasants then fell, having received five
wounds from the pistol shota of his antagonist,
if ant one from his short sword. One ball raked
across the bsck of his left hand, carrying away
all the muscles and tendons leading to tbe fin-
gers another passing through the fieshj part of
his left arm, half way up from tbe elbow to tbe
shoulder another entered the left breast and ran-
ged round under the arm a fourth entered the
left groin and proved mortal. The fifth wound
was in the right thigh, e.tber by ball or a
thrust from the short aword, above alluded to.
It ia thought to have been from tbs latter.
So has ended the career of the gifted, the high-
minded, the generous, whole-souled John Hamp -
dea Pleasants ! His loss to the community in
a Pleasants! ins loss to the community 111
hich be moved, to the editorial fraternity of
,. . , ... . ... . .
h.cb he was ever a sparkling, brilliant member.
hieh ha moved, to the editorial fraternity of
wh
and to the thousands of bis ever delighted and in-
eirunea reaaera, win oe nioai uarpij ims, as oie
Railways. The London Railway Record ears
it is e.tim.t tK.r Mooo.ono mould not nav
11 1
b mere ouuay tor ma prrparauon of ine ran-
USA" wm ihe motto which was in-
sertfd upon tbe arms of William. Prince of 0-
range, ou bia aaceaaioa to tba English crowi,
waa "A'on ropui ttd rectpu"
"I did not Heal it, but I rtttittd it."
Th's being shown to Dean Swift, be said, with
a sarrast.c smile, T rrttivtr ii asad as the
egg i, menial a si 1 1 J ilm j. jseaes
THE AMERICAN.
Saturday, Jflarch 7, 1846,
, C?" A few SO lb. kegs of printing ink can be
had at this office, at Philadelphia prices, for cash.
' tjy Our psper hss been kept back, in conse
quence of the ' mail having been detained at
Northumberland 4 or 3 hours, until sent for by ns.
We trust this will be the last time we shall have
to complain of such injurious delay.
E7 On our first page, our rcadere will find
aeveral interesting articles.
' ZJ HoNoaLt Mcaoan. In another column 1
our readers will find an account of a fatal and me-1
lancholy tragedy, which resulted in the drsth of I
J. II.' Pleasants, Esq., late editor 6f the Richmond
Whig. 1 Mr. Pleasants was a son of James Plea-
sants, formerly Governor of Virginia. He was a
marl o finetslents and most excellent character .
r W1, 49 rrm 0f if,e ie has left an aged mo-
ther, two children, several aistera, two brothers
,n(i , lane f ircl 0f friends The agony of his
.nerable mother was truly heart rending. An I
inquest was held on the body. Their verdict
w a, that Thomas RiTCMir, jr., was guilty of the
murder of Pleasants in a mutual combat between
them on the 23th inst., and that Peter J-ffertnn
Archer. Washington Grcenhow and 'uth'neton
Scott were present, aiding and abetting in said
murder. The Coroner has issued his warrant to
arrest said parties found guilty by the inquisi-
tion. '' I
! We sincely hope that a just and merited punish-
ment will be meted out to all who were concerned
in this- outrage upon society and humanity,
We should take great pleasure in recording the
fact, that the principal as well as the aiders and
abettors have been convicted of murder, and con-j
ligned to the Penitentiary.
I
C7 Cross Shooting. ! here has been some
sharp shooting between some of our marksmen
of this place, and our neighbors of Lnion county
A fine ox has beer, the prixe at three several
matches, and twice out 01 rnree rimes, ne nas
been won by Mr. Jacob Rohrbarh, of this place. I
At the last match, on the Union county aide,
Mr. Lnndensrhleger, of Union county, had three
shots, (100 yards at a rest,) two of which measu
red together but one half of an inch. By an a
greement, the two best out of three shota were to
be measured. Towards the close of the shooting,
Mr. Slear, of Union county, beat Mr. L. one
eighth of an inch. Mr. Rohrbach hait the last
board to shoot, in vhich he had already two shots,
the centre, and the other within about
an inch. Our Union county friends were al-
ready making preparations to take off their.
prize ia triumph, when Mr. Rohrbach made his
last shot, off hand, with such deadly and unerring
aim, as again to drive the centre, and carry away
' the prixe. Mr. Rohibach possesses one greet re-
qtiiaite asa marksman. He is always cool, calm I
end collected amidkt all the excitement.
C7 Canal Commissioners' Convemtiok 1
The Convention was permanently organized by
the election of Judge Champney's, as President.
A number of resolutions were offered, in relation
to the board of Canal Commissioners. Some in
favor of one term and a new man, and others
asking the postponement of a nomination, until
they had made their appointments, all which
were negatived. The Convention then proceed
ed to ballot, when Wm. B. Foster was nomina
te I, having received 83 votes on the first ballot.
A. A. Douglass had 10 votes. S. D. Jordan and
B. Fogel, of Lehigh, voted for E. 1'. Bright.
B7 Jcocc Woobwasd has addressed a long
and ably written letter to the editors of the Penn
sylvanian, evidently in answer to an article that
appeared in the Lancaster Democrat, a few
weeks aince, in relation to his nomination by
President Polk, to the vacant Juderhip 011 the
Supreme Bench. Judge Woodward declares that
n "never spoke or wrote a word, or d.d an act,
to obtain the appointment," nor does be know
Mby the President honored him with the nomina
tion. N bile at Washington, he says, he urged
he appointment of Judge Jones, and for the truth
of which be refers to Msjor Bailey, of Jeisey
Shore, and Alison White, Esq , of Lock Haven,
wbo were r'eent all the time during his inter
w freaident. In relation to the
charge, that a large proportion of bis opinions
kad been reversed by the Supreme Conrt, he saya
j in tbe cases affirmed, opinions are not alwaya gi
en. and that if they were, it would show a state
of thinge "not mora lamentable than under bia il
lastrious predecessor."
Of the Judgea of the Supreme Court, be speaks
1 follows:
I "From the time I voted for tbe limited tenure
"from toe time I voted lor the nmu
Reform Convention to this da:
heard nothing but reproachesof myself f
, G,b R ,nd jUl,
!n ,b Reform Convention to thia day. J
have
... .
rom l niel
Burnside.
t would pot comport with the temper of thia
i . -r"--w ..... --
sive epnoeis, auteciivea oeing omiuen, wnicn i
nave been compelled for years to besr from these
distinguished Ken. And ainca the President
- ii j ' . i. .
l ... "T : " " .j
""" me w in me nominawon wnicnineyso
I milt-h ..11 thlr wrilh a.ffr,A f t hurst All
bounds. Self respect forbids me to notice in
a many unkind things they have aaid of
it is time for them distinctly to under.
Aland. triAt if tVir Via tint vnlunfArv mnA tAlsl ri
fo,m i ibat regard, such notice will be taken of
1 - , . v . - - i w-. .
the matter aa may possibly, in their cases, ab-
breviate the tenure already limited.1
$y Tbe packet ahip Toronto arrived with four
days later news from Europe. The Grain mar
ket eeotinuee firm. ' A great fsroiat In Ireland
is apprehended. .
vCjT Cot. tttaa'a Onmo of ttroaoraTM.
t lata number of the, N. Y. CmtrUr and
fftn'ref, the iaditot Col . Jaim Watson WtW.
makes the following remarks on water-cure.
Butwan on tan Wraa Cuas We lay be
fore our readers to.dey, the letter of Bulwer oa
the beneficial effects oteold Water in the cure of
diseases; and we ask for t the careful attention
of all onr readers. 1 '
When this letter was first published, soma
three months since, we read it of course ( and al
though astonished at its developments, It is quits
probable the whole aubject would hare passed
without further notice, if severe cold, under
w hich the writer of this was then laboring, had
not subsequently confined him to the house' for
neat ly six weeks, and finally driven him to a
trial of the "water cure." Suffice it to say, that
after neglecting a cold for two months, I was
driven to the necessity of placing myself under
the care of a very skilful physician, and under-
l'"1 ,h uul1 course of treatment. , Veek after
W"K 'lapsed, and with but little, if any relief:
and the conviction forced itself upon my mind
that I was in danger of a permanent affection of
the lungs unless some more efficient remedy was
resorted to.' ' Under this conviction, ! presented
myself to Dr. Snsw, corner of Bond street and
'be Powery, and went through the bug bear of
"e ' Aeef .'which Uulwer pronouncea 'a
ry Lrurmn femety a 'magic girdle, in
which pain is lulled, and fever cooled, and watch
fulness lapped in slumber.' The effects were all
magical
When I resolved upon curing my cold in the
usual mode, I abandoned the use of the ihowtr
but A which it was my custom to take daily
on rising; but by order of Dr. Shrw I re
sumcd it, and took two each day : and this, with
three applications of the wet thiet and constant
exposure, worked a radical cure in about a w eek
During the aame period, three membera of my
family experienced almost similar benefits from
the use of cold water: and we are now taking
our accustomed shower bath without any inten
tion of abandoning it herealter, at the very peri
od w hen 'doubling the dose' is evidently more
beneficial
That I am a firm believer in the 'water cure
in all affections of the chest and lungs, I freely
admit; and although I cannot believe in any un
iversal panncta, I doubt not but it will be found
f.q,l(,y beneficial in many olher complaints
j(y wn experience I feel it a duty to the public
at large thus promptly to relate, and to inculcote
1 aiv,,y, nivei a free u,, ,fcod water at all
tilrie, amJ br al( pprgong, jn lm0M any state of
health. It is, I firmly believe, a great wwen"
ere of diseise; and I know, both from experi
ence and observation in my own family, that in
affections of the chest, it is most unquestionably
an infallible remedy. Under these circumstances,
I commend Bnlwer's lettej and the study of the
'water-cure' to all our readers, and to the mem-
bfrt 0e fht ms;fBi profession in particular.
Science is daily enlarging thia sphere of useful
ness ; and there is no reason to doubt that Uy
dropalhy is cl.stined to become a most important
auxiliary to the judicious practice of medicine.
J. W. W."
C7" The 'Wilkesbarre Transcript,' is the title
of a new paper published by C. J. Baldwin, and
edited by A. Sisty, formerly of the Advocate. It
is neatly printed and appears to be well edited
This is the fourth English paper now published
at Wilkesbarre. Rather too much of a good
thing, we opine.
C7" NxwsFArE AfiEfcv. The New York
Tribune contains the following foicible article,
on the importance of advertising. Mr. V. B.
Palmer is the originator and projector of the
"Country Newspaper, and Advertising Agency,"
,nd i"d6ine from hi ""ter, energy end busl
ness habits, it could not have fallen into better
hands :
Men doing business can hardly afford to do a
little, or can only do it at a disadvantage to them
selves or their customers. The city merchant
who sells $100,000 worth of goods per year at ten
per cent. pioCt, could far better afford to sell
500,000 worth for good pay atte per cent. In
the natural course of things, tbe great Commer
cial Exchanges of our country will concentrate
into fewer hands, consisting of those wbo pos
sess ability to conduct them with the greatest
advantage to their customers.
Extensive advertising, on the part of those
who really possess superior facilities for doing
business, is one of the most important instru
mentulities whereby this concentration is to be
effected. The merchant who has the means of
doing business and kiimv hno to advertise, can
never expend loo much therein. And by means
of the system of Conjoint Advertising, devi
sed and rendered practicable by Mr. V. B Pal
mer, through hie Newspaper Agency, the expense
to each advertiser ia immensvly reduced with
out depriving the journals employed of their fair
reward. A business man may learn through this
Agency just what journals to advertise in to
reach effectively and cheaply the sections where'
in his Trade may be extended. I bis Ager.ry
which Mr- P. has been several years patiently
employed in building up, richly deserves the uni
ted and energetic support of tbs business public
).ju. tj r :... ..... kl.klu
I 1,10 IUI iv wum musi flute-
beneficial. A dozen different Agencies could
no, do ,htm U! ,h, d lh , 0M if pBer,
,
1 i t
ETas Lost SiSAuaant patsirssT Aa
..-I. .u.. . u w
i.... rpw j: w. p"
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of which only tba following
I i,Ck;-k Praaitant 1X7 V1.kI n . In !.
. W','t ....... . .( , .... . I'
I nd we cant live moch time Kind
friends will acquaint We are dying
of hunger I in fainting
If, if
j The bottle waa found by some fishermen and
- 1 banded to the Alcalde of Montrico, a few leaguer
I from St. Sebastian. A ctopy of tbe paper has
I been temmonicated to the British Minister."
Cirretpondtnce if lh Sontnrf imeritai.
NUMBER xl V U n
TfAaiNoto.i, Warcb , 1S. "
In my mind, I have been
"Wandering in quest of something,
Something, I could not find,"
to make fair exchange for the Orefrori ques
tion, which might prove to be of a little more
interest to some of your gentle .readnr. To
mo it has, t must admit, become the stalest of
stale things ; not from a want of faith In our ti
tle, but from the intemperate manner in which
it haa bepn devoured by the many letter writera
here. But your readere must have patience
with me, if I continue to notice it until it haa
been passed or rejected by the Senate ; for. as
Dow ny, "patience is the foundation of much
moral philosophy, and a component part of wis
dom." Time will have its own way, and to will
the honorable members of the U. S. Senate, in
the consideration of this question. They care
cot much more for the "hurrying and worrying"
of the "dear people," to have action taken upon
it, than does a oteam locomotive for the batter
insofan snimal of the bruto species, of the
masculine gender. The giving of the notice,
it appears to my mind, is fast approaching the
time when action will be taken upon it. It is
evident, that the members of the Senate desire
to unite upon some measure, which will be most
likely to take along with it the largest vote
All that is necessary now, is for the Senate to
all upon one of the numerous amendments of the
original resolutions, and it will pass. Numer
ous speeches were made in the Senate upon gi
ving the notice. Mr. Webster, among some
other, engaged in the debate. He spoke in t-up-port
of an smendm"nt of Mr. Colquitt's to that
of Mr. Crittenden's, which p'necs him among
those in favor of giving the notice. The Sen
ate cannot certainly await much more favora
ble newa from Englsnd, although Mr. Aileu
nnd Gen. Case, in their speechea last week,
thought the news was not as pacific as some
supposed. They declare that England's si
lence her apparently good feelings towards
ne, and they say tliry are eupportpd in this by
he past, is no sssurance of her rei.l design.
Mr. Allen contends that the preparation now
making in England, ia intended for none others
hnn ourselves; and upon this belief he, with
Gen. Cass, goes in for immediate preparation
by this country. Let England's intention be
what it may, it is, indeed, gratifying to all A
mericans to see with what regard and consider
tion the United States are treated abroad.
Her present and future greatness is not un
known to Europe.
Mr. Whitney's faith in the Oregon railroad
has not, it seems, abated any. Mr. Breese,
from the committee on public lands, in the Sen
ate, on the 10th inst , presented another memo
ialof A. Whitney, praying Congress to set a-
part a portion of the public lands to enable him
to carry out his project of constructing a rail
road from Lake Michigan to the Pacific ocean
Mr. Whitney docs not ask Congress to spjiro-
priate money for this object, nor to grant him
ands ; but merely to set apart a portion of the
public domain as a fund out of which the road
should be built. Since the presentation of his
first memorial, upon which a bill last session
was favorably reported, he has passed over a
portion of the route, and found it to lay through
vaat sections of fertile hind, and that in no place
would the road have to surmount a greater ele
vation than 21 feet. Mr. W. thinks that a great
er portion of the land, without the construction
of thia road, will ever be entirely valueless.
For this he gives reasons that appear to be sa
tisfactory, of which 1 have neither space nor
time here to speak. The memorial was refer
red to the committee on public lands, from
whom, I have no doubt, it will be carefully ex
amined. Neither is Mr. Whitney the only person be-
fore the public, relative to this Oregon railroad.
1 have now lying before me, a pamphlet of con
siderable bulk, by George Wilks, entitled,
project of a national railroad, from the Allan.
tic to the Pacific ocean, for the purpose of ob
taining a short mute to Oregon and the Indiee."
If there is sny proepect of the government ever
enmmenring this vat undertaking, such pro
ductions and examinations oflhe subject. as that
ot Mr. Wilksand Mr. Whitney, will undnubt.
edly be usrfnl. It ia in this way tht theennntry
will acquire a proper knowledge of the subject.
no loafer how widely they may differ in their
views, aliout the construction of it All S(ree
that the construction of such a road, would be
of immense benefit In the United States the
on'y difference Seinjr in the mode in which it
should be accomplished. Sime, however, fool
ishly contend, that such an undertaking would
be in advance of the age. But it ia with this,
ss most oil nthr r projec's. It is with this, as the
project of De Witt Clinton, which at first, waa
considered a half century before the age, by
some. Mr. Wilks shows, in such sn essy man
ner, the practicability of the scheme, and it com
pletely answers the question of its being in ad
vance of the age, that I cannot help quoting his
own worda :
"It ia Iruo there ia much that ia atartling in
the proposition for national railroad from the
A'lantie to the Pacific oceans, and much that
will strike the hasty observer aa chimerical;
but when wa have seen stupendous pyramida
raised by human banda, in the midst of aterile
and shifting desert, wh la w know that despite
the tremendoue obstacles of nature and the
rudeness of art, a aemi-barbaroua people, many
centuries before the christain era, erected around
their empire solid barrier ot wall, thirty feet
in height, and ao broad that ail borrea could
ride on it abreast while wo refect that they
, carried thia gigantic etwey ever tha meat
formidable mountains, serosa rivers, or arches, !
and through tht declensions and sinuosities of
valleys to tha distance of Jit hundred milet,
let ua not insult the enterprise of this enlight
ened age, by denouncing tbe plan of a simple
line of rails over a aurface but double in extent,
and without ona half the natural obstacleato
overcome, visionary and impracticable."
He proposes to atsrt the tailroad from Chica
go, Illinois, to which noinf, from New York,
there ia already a ' continuous tine of railroad
and steamboat communication, end esya "frii
that point, directly along the 42J parallel, we
find a smooth and gently rolling plain, without
serious obstruction or obstacle in any pirt, until
we strike the Great Southern Pes, through the
Rocky Mountains, into Oregon." lie consider
that we would become, by the establishment of
this road, the common carrier of the world for
the India trade. I might take many more ex
tracts from this pamphlet, that would not prove
uninteresting to your numerous resdera, but
will let IhissufJice. The construction of this
stupendous work demands the serious attention
of the American people. The present genera
tion may not have the satisfaction of beholding
its completion if undertaken, but they should
not, for all that, be the le-a desirous or less iwter
ested in its success. Wa should not let our
views be so contracted aa to confine ourselves
to the present to our own happiness and pros
perity ; but with those of a liberal, enlarg
ed and magnanimous nature cast our eyes to
the future, and like true patriots, like trim
lovers of our country'a future greatness, be ever
ready to sustain such measures as will have a
tendency to raise us still higher in the estima
tion of the civilized world, and contribute to the
happiness and plevation of our posterity.
Mr. Whitney if in this city, just now. He is
decidely a splendid man.
The metropolis wss strain startled last week,
by one of the most bloody occurrences that has
lately disgraced our country. A duel between
Mr. Pleasant", editor of the Richmond S ar, and
Mr. Thomas R tcliie, Jr., one of the editors of
lie Richmond Ei-quirer, took place in Virginia,
on the 20ih uiU Seldom, if ever has it become
the lot of the press to record such a bloody af
fair. Mr. Ritchie, immediately after the duel,
jumped in the cara and came on to thia city.
He was in fact the first person that brought the
news here. The death of Mr. Pleasants follow
ed tha dsy after. They went to the ground,
armed, it is said, with pistols, sword-canes and
bowie knives. Mr. Plessants was mortally
wounded, while young Tom came off with but
a very slight injury. The d fiiculty between
them haa been existing for some time and has
finally terminated in the death of one of Vir
ginia's most talented and able writers. It is
lsmentsble that the frequent occurrence of such
barbarous acta cannot be suppressed. A day
scarcely passes without a violation of the laws
of God and man, as well aa ot civilization.
Gen. Cass on, the 28th nil., delivered a lec
ture in the East atreet Baptist church, upon the
Pursuits of Knowledge." The Gen. ia be
coming quite celebrated for his lectures. Sever-
si other distinguished Senators have given their
consent lo lecture. The lectures are given
for a praiseworthy ohject. Tickets lor the
whole course, eight lectures, admitting a lady
and gentlemen, are $1 Cromwh.l.
C7" A Texas correspondent, of the N. T. Tri
bune gives the following account of the climate
at Corpus Christi. It is delightful to think of,
after such a long winter :
'New-Vear'a was a charming dsy. and the
wnole month ot January wss lovely. I he wee
ther waa diy, clear and warm ; the mecury be
ing as high asP4 def. in theshadesrveral times
The elasticity of the sir, the mildness of (he
breezes, and the appearance, of vegetation are
much the ssme as you are lavored with in your
tar laiueU moot Ii ol May. the lovers of good
thinge have engaged in the deltirhttul occupa
tion of gardening, during the last two or three
weeks, and from the fri-sh appearance of the
radishes, lettuce and other vegetables, we are
much encouraged as to the results ot our la
bora.
The Industry ttt Massarhnaatts.
The following facta in relation to the industry
and manufactures of Massachusetts, will be read
with interest.
''In the Iron manufacture, 152 forges are-at
work. Capital inveated in rolled and alit iron
and nails, (1,906,400); value of maaufarturea tb
past year ,32,738,000; hands employed, 1729
Value of Roots and Shoes manufactured, (11,
799,140; banda employed, 46,877.
In the manufacture of Straw Bonnets and Hats
ralm Leaf Hats and Braid, 13,311 hands are em
ployed; value et manufarturea, $1,649,406.
In the Whale Fishery. 11,378 hands are em
ployed; capital invested, $11,805,910; value in
1845. $10,371,169.
Value of Butter manufactnred, ft, 116,709
of Potatoes raised, $1,309 030 ; of Grain, (2,
228,239; of Hay, $5,214,357.
The value of machinery manufactured for cot
ton, woolen, and other establishments, is esti
mated at $2 .023,648; capital invested in lb
aame, f i,j m, 947; nanns employed, a,si., ,
Value of Leather manufaetured, $3 836,657
capital invested, $1,900,545; banda employed
8.043.
A Fact oa Tax DesroaoiKo. Mr. Gilmore
the new President of tha Western Railroad, has
tba offer of five other situations, besides that
which he haa accepted, in either of which ha
might have a salary of $5000 a year. Tba War
aester Spy says it ia . less than twenty years
ainca ha went into the city from tba country,
common laborer, and waa for some time porter
to tha atora of Whitwell h Bond, and while la
boring with hia hand cart waa aa distinguished
for his faittfulneea, industry and intelligence ii
thia homble employment, aa ha haa alaee been ia
other avocations.
BxpB4ltar and lueatne of tha Brlllsla
Government for IS4l
We sometimes think that the English govern
ment prevsntathe effect upon tbe people, of re
port of their expenditures, by using pound ster
ling instead of dollars, as in the United States, or
still worse, francs, -as in France. In looking O'
ver the balance sbeet of tha United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, for 1849, we find some
pretty little accounts. For example t the inter
est on, and cost of management of tbe pnblic debt.
Is $141,269,360 00
A pleasant little item, tbia, in tbe expenditure
of government, but it ia only one.
The Courts of Justice cost $3,837,413 00
The Pension List is . 3,723,040 00
The Army costs 33,722,040 CO
The Nary costs 34,049,360 09
Ordnancs" .10,548,553 00
Miscellanies chargeable on annual
granta, 13,030,733 00
lln that wa suppose are included expenses of
tbe Queen's household, &c.)
There are several other accounts of expendi
tures, such as miscellanies on consolidated fund,
about 1,200,000, &c, making the whole expen
diture for 1845, $246,213,568 00
This is an amount which would startle some
governments ; but when we look at the incomes,
we are informed whence tbe money comes for
example :
The Custom House,
$100,934,270 00
67,927,910 00
28,533.410 00
21.119.21000
25,133,850 00
he Excise yields
Stamps, (on Newspapera
and bills,)
Taxes on lands,
Property tax,
The income on that year, wa
notice, is swelled by money
from China, amounting to
3.739,613 00
There are other smaller items,
making the income or reve
nue of tbe year 1815.
$265,301,763 00
WisDDiJia or a Whits Mas to a Nsaao Ladt
n Nkw Osi.raNs. There haslieen quite a atir re-
ently in New Orleans, in consequence of a mar
iaee of a white man named Buddington, a Tel-
er in the Canal Pink, to the negro daughter of
one of the wealthiest merchants. Buddington,
efore he could be married, wasoblidged to swear
that he had negro blond in his veins, and to do
his he made an incision in his arm and put some
of her blood in the cut. The ceremony was ac
cordingly performed, and the bridegroom has re
ceived with his wife a fortune of fifty or sixty
thousand dollars. The nativei serenaded him
with such abominable music, that to get rid of
their discord he paid them $400, to be used for
chartiable purposes.
The Nkw PRomrr or thb Latter Day
Saints. A new prophe', named Stranp, at Vo-
ree, Wisconsin, has been acknowledged by one
portion of the Mormons as the head of the
church. The Mormons are flocking to Voree
in great numbers. ' It ia to be the gathering
place of this strange people, except the Twelvr
and their adherents, now on their way to Csli
fornis, over the Rocky Mountains. James J
Sirs n2 ia a lawyer of considerable eminence ii
the West, and owns an immpnse tract of land
the capital of which is Voree. He is the per
son, it is said, who went with the Mormons ou
of Missouri, at the time of their disturbance)
planned the Temple at Nauvoo, and wrote Ih
bulletins of Smith, the prophet. This portic
of the Mormons will prnbably settle in Wiscoi
sin. The greater part will go over the Rock
Mountains.
Thb Skki. A work has been recently pu
lished in England which treats most elaborate
of the skin. J)r. Erastus Wilson is the an tin
The following facts, aaya the Cincinnati lie
aid,' will cause many to open their eyes wi
astonishment, and teach them why it is that
much suffering follows a check of perspirstii
snd how vitsl it is to preserve what the Docti
call the "tegumentary tissue," in a state
cleanliness snd vigorous action.
The Doctor counted the prespiratnry pores
the palm of the hand, and found 3 f2y ii
square inch. Each pore being the apertur
a little tube a quarter inch long, il follows t
on a square inch on the lin of the hand th
is a length of tube equal to 885 inches or '.
feet. On the pulps of the finders tha num
of pores is still greater; on the heels, not
many. On sn average for the whole aurf.
he estimatea 2S00 poree to the square inch,
consequently a length of tube equal to 700 ir
es. The numbf r of square inch.: of surfic
a msn of ordinary sire, is 2500 , the niimbt
pores, therefore, 7.000 000 ; the numb
inches of perspiratory tube, 1.550,000 thr
14.1,84.3 feet, or 46 600 yards, nearly twe
eight miles.
Think of that! Twenty eight miles of di
se on one body twenty-eight milesof sur
exposed to mrhid influences twenty-
miles of sympathetic tegument ! Is it any
der that agents acting upon this twenty
miles of tube, should produce so decided im
sionsupon tha whole man t Do not peoph
in this fsct the immediate importance of r
ving obstructions, when by sny mesne thia d
age ia stopped or checked Need , an.
word be aaid in behalf of daily bathing-, am
strictest cleanliness 1 ' "
Think of it ; ya thoughtless ooee tw
eight miles of drainage t
ai ia BBBMBBaa
. PaariMo Machines. On tie highroads
pan, every mountain and elif ia conaeerat
some divinity, to whom travellers are rek
to address long prayers ; rut aa thia would
quire much time, many have adopted tha cbatt
of writing some form of prayer, and elevatii
tha aame an a simple sort ml wind-wheel, M tl
top of a ataff, so that fee wind may keep it ia a
tioa. which ia deemed aqoivalent t a repetitta
af tha prajrer.