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- Rota from Celitral New :'Tort: , • .
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NO, L • • -• ' :.
Good , Reader of the Register, at . you: can
noti froth the heading hereof,'form , any accu
rate opinion , of. the ,
Icharacter l ' , or 'general.
scope of what win follow, to neither :will I, •
.st the present, lay down in set: terms 'what
the particular features shall be, but will mere
ly"-indicate-in.pasSing;, that the ..`lSTotes' will
I lie the -oecaSiOnal-iottings aid - observations.
-.:..-penned at odd moments—of one :%$ - ho * 'se 1- .
.dom finds that quio and repose in hia.every....
d a vlife,.se'etninently.neccisary to the sue:.
eess.fpl prosecution of literary: pursuits.' - • ,-.
The turmoil of :44 crowd-4he ceaseless ''
roundoflutiness Tife—the many cares and..
resPoriSibilit7s , which are ever rushing irk. up . ;
ou the min(Vall - i'seem to tire out, and'conm..
pletelY unfit, it for any such effort.' It seems
to mc'now that the only recuperation for the..
niind and, spirits thus prostrated, is a . long ?
careless stroll,. away out .in .ho' fields—the
wild old woods; and the flub: , ofr hills. The
quiet country life pt old SusOehanna, L re-
'.member With t sort of lingering regret when .
I eimsider how completely I havelbec-orp
alienated from her greo-qtot 'valley—hel•
stilly winding streams and 'her rugged . and
everlastinn . hills. - . Broad, far-stretching field,
.
,everlasting
land plainsare not hers, truly,nOther are her
Ilands - eininently susceptible . !of 'ag(icultural
limproVement„ yet •rnethinks • thd, herdsman
;will there find green pastitre; for his. floCks
. ' . n iet' 4 llr th e.. o .q u u s ; l ste hi ner 4 y . t:l Th o4 b ;h 4 e, ll ., t • i S fu u l :.;q . U .i e l i d u ' l ' h .ai n id a .
liver, has long since becoMe;the theme - of,
thiny.a.glow.ing deScription froth the n .
. passi'g
raveier. ...Froui personal Ol"servaticn, - in
thviering Over that section of the country,.l..
Mt remember with equal lrfterest, the'. re - -
• ' wions 'along the' Starucea, the • o.llnawaeta.. the
runkhannock, . and the. I.,i'eltawanna.. Ilow
ionehintiir beautiful are the lines of one: of
einr most disibignished female poets,' on.tlie
ineeting-oft.lie sr.s . quehfurma 'with the -Lfick
', i' , , • ..
wanna. -, .• ; ,• • - . .
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psh on glad stream, in thy power and pfide, . J
1 o clam-the lfand of thy: - promised bride; - ' -.
he'dOth liaste;frOm the realm olthe darkered mine,
7o mingle her murmured yowt.i. with thine ; , •.• .
Te bare met; ye have • met; arid thefshores,prolor.g
The liquid notes of your tmptial song:.„ •.'.' .
Itetliinks ye..-wed, as the white man's son
• tal the - child of the Indian, king hafe done ; • • -
say' thy bride as she strove in rain :
o cleanse her:hrow from The carbon stain ; '
:at she bringstbee a dowry so rich and trio
Ttiat thy love Must not/ from the tawny hne.
Ber birth was rude, in 4. monntain ,'
And her infant freaks there arc none to tell ; l ,
The path Of herbeauty was wild and free,
And in dell and &rest she bath hid ; re m th ee; ',-
But the.: day of her f',.'41(1 caprice is. o'er,
And -hc . seekii*pan..from thy breast tiO more.
on, on, tine the-Tale there the *brave ones sleep,
Where the luring foci. ge is rich *and deep:-;
I hire stood on the minntain and roamed thro' the
...
• pen, A
To the hi.antifhl honcte of the *e tern men.; ,
• Yu nought iu that sen m of . enehantmept - could set.,
So Liras the vale oT ' j-Danng to me."
. Being prevented,' as I hate ben of late
I years, frorn , now and then paying a strolling
yisit to some ofthe wild old Imunts of those
regions,l - yerbhps inclines me to invest them
,withthore of interest than they were thought
to possess-in, the titnes-Llangsyne.' But when
' , w e con'Sid'4r human life in all its changes and
• variouk pha:ses, the fancy may ,be easily e:v
';'plainest. • In childhood and youth, romantic=
' 'l% - isionsare' ever floating, through the mind—.
-ligh aspirations are felt—lofty air castles are
- -)milt and liiris colored, in the mind's eye-,
tt-, ,
with all the variegated tints Of the rainbow ;
Hal, therefore, we recur; to ;these things in
idler years,all the old-associations are remern-'
. 'per ed to be Clothed with 'the- ror4tie cOlor
-1,7,(7' of other days. But not to dwell longer
a t present—," On, by-gone scenes and friends
• l 'of other years l '—let us turn'to what Is pass
ing in-the-present tense—and falling- in will/
''.' - -la song, believe 'The "^l
- spiny etue vp" • - • . ".11"
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.
i ' est time isnow. 4 - i
lam inclined to thiA that , whoever has
.canvassed the country 'comprising Central
'_-, , NeW York, With t
appreciative views of the
lbeautiful in ;scenery arid landscaPel l , will have
noted many a theme for the pthnter'.s pencil
t and -the poet's pen: , Wbo that' has floated
!over, such Waters an the , Seneca, the Aynga,
: the. Olvascx); and\ the Siceneatles, and coutem-
Iplated the tridr , and varied scenery on their
. ; shores ' and heard, as you went gliding by:,\ .
,
the many old traditions therewith bonneted;-'
lia(); I repeat, is there, that has thus travels
' ill th-e, lakes and the adjacent regions, but
, must that he has seen son* of the bright
ei l
,
: places aces f the earth. • ' ', 1 - 1.1 .
4 1. 11 have never visited the classic regions of
il, the w
old, ! I(l:—Elever' climiA - the .Alps--
I' ' -
1 never sailed
up the Rhine :-or: the Nile,—in
• 4ct I have never been What could be called -
:, a`travel* pr 8 tourist,_ tberefore my obser
,l nations on these matters are merely . those
Of marnatetir • but Methinks, did we; ,as a
' ~ PeoPte, study atni appreciate more 'the -natu
ral beauties of our own T eountry wer should
1 :.fwd. I;l:eavre and profit in the result.
Nature'.} re I l o wa t hi s regk',n of t h e e eint .
' trY, has / ltett lavish and lu.xukiant with her
1. i . charms; andjwould that
10811. 1 Instead to f in
,
' JO malty ,instances; desecrating, and destroy
. ,
. 1 : fing the be-antes which she has . bestowed,
f tad assisted in carrying out and Perfecting
, - her glorious plans. The beautiful in Nature
is. getting to be entirelyobsofete a matter
J for the attention or thought of this wise and
--" 'fast' generation, and the same might be said
. of the really beautiful in 'art. The grarkl
key FiQte forever ringing on your ear is, it
don i r 4- The fitralei will never cultivate
-. anything, but that which. will yield a certain
-. i i ncr ease, or gain, upon his acres; the spec u
lat°' in liOnsesand lotArNmt o '
o f l aw e emote
• tli such b !liifThiga, as shall 4tetA Win i la)ve
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enee to. neatness o 4 . 0,. or appropriateness
to theintenailed•o , , 6 . '; - . and n2any..a itisn, I.
'we knows;lrit'o, iSitimilding'a rest — Amen for
himself, Wiiked mare to. a standard, as the
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.saying, 'Oa' t' would ' sell, _than to ' , his . ' own
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'priVitteide.as of a Meat artistical home. . It
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a:mercenary age.
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Butt cOme - henee - I With.me., in a quiet ride.
to the shores:Of the OWaseo. The sun is jug,t .
•, I •
dropping- away -in the west; and now' • that we
•-• -
havo hot . our - Way,' . clear from the.dust., the
,
.no:ise and.confitsion of the town, tarn and see
hOwbeautifully hisiMys - aregilOing and burn- .
i _ihing the, ! domes-and .spires of the ' loveliest
leity of the plain.'” he - great..d . ome "to' the
vestward that - looks!.one 'high' mass of .shi-,
„..,
ing silver, isthat q.the Court: House, one
it
f the largest' and best edifices .ofits.kiml ini
ithe state.; • the ~ , .!'ciai pile of ',stone Minding,
ith its high Wind(.l4, onithelrhAng :ground
ar to the ea.sfward,l is the Theological Sem-.
nary, which, has sett, far and wide its •mesi,
ngeri-.of the, Gospel;' the dozen spires and
- -tipOlaS, which- yen
. I see . .between are made.
tp of *the.: variousi eltutehes,
„academies and'
totels. which' are the i necessary concomitants
fa' large . ,town. : tbe''bronie . figure, kr. to
:the northward--which tlie last . .rays of the
•zetting run t are lightinguis in - the front
- 1 N e I
tower of the,old Stat Prison. There '” Cop
per' John," as heisi l termed in the vulgate,
Itas kept his Watch Ind, ward for many a long
,ancl.Weary - year-Htlike .liver the hardened
criminal, mid the PbOrbelpless victim of eir
umstantial. evidence
,and uncertain justice.
• ' Thei in ra en sebrick structure beloW us to -the .
ight, -is , •the Owasti.) Lake' Mulls—.the ravine
}n which it stands ilcalledthe . .owasco outlet.
These mills have- '1 -
cone 'a very extent,ive
wdolen manufactorv.,:, - :' '
. Now we are quit out Out in the 'open country.
ere is-a:cooling freshness about the air; as.
.••1 • - .
tes floatingac r o s s s-the fields :Already.
a ethinksli .• •
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• . . •1. • --i="''he shridows lift;
- From my waked - spirits airily and swift."
Do yousee - yoncer . great .stone house: to
obr left, fir tip an;on4 the. trees, with - thos'e
all. chimneys? -That iis,ll:feltose., the home.
- fJudfze C.,. our ltie ininister'to :Mekico . ;
A feW - snore' tuillislbeytaitr . I .4elrose .and
, ri . ' I- , r
hr road I.ireaks . abTuptly-upOrt thq beach of
he.;OwascoJ. 'l,loNij beautifully quiet lie . the
12. are. waters asiltey stretch : far away to the
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..outhward I i l l I . . [-• ' -
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." 0 what a- lange.. i ne l for the eye to- view, . '
- •
. • .In pcuisive coaterapLaiontwliat a scene, .
Ofsweet delight-Hi beanty of the earth !•'
A glory orcreatioii! 1 Here the sight ' - ',
May revel-softly; rind the heart may feel '' ~
• The soothing bea4y teal awayit'thcinglitsk . .
' Froth cares 'of earth at d.potir a pari the mind, 1 .
.. A calm seienify, ..-pii 4. it aseend • • L`- 1
.In sweet emotio tp thailand ber.igr., i• .
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' •-: Where skill diviric th lovely prospect framed."
Otir •Wayleads - is U the left 'shore
, through
ores here and thete, f liiiiiriailt-treesor-er
angingpur. way; and .l t..tiin'es i-shutting out_tom, view the..wateTs Of the lake; , (File, . far
. : .../.. '
I - aces cottage . peeps . : out Here ar.d there
4 mong thick clump 'or ..lirublitry, partially
evettling,to. the .pafse . r r by, the itnie home of
1 . ppiness. and min content . . l,„
But we are noiv apProaching the fairy re
_ions .of Willow-Bio'l—the house of 4-ine
If our distinguished fel ow citizens—pesrhapS
_s oat distinguished :for !the amenity of hiS so
iai character, his 4n€4ous philanihrophy and
I I •
public tpirit,his elegant and unost atious
I ospitality. 1 - , 1 , .-
'All around our way are . beautiful trees -
L—Mainly of the willoW—and the richest and
Irarestflowers and shrubbery.. A .sinall stream
'comes winding deVit'from among the fields
and groves, • and passing beneath a rustic
bridge, is lost to Vlew •among the "'willows
I • •
Ibending lowly," till some distance away,
down to the left; it pours its murmuring wa
ters into .a quiet cOve,, which sets back from
the lake. . ' -
•. -
Down the windiy. ci. carri s age-way. \- a - m . ong
the rarez . exoties atFiq planted trees, 'mantis a
. .
neat •Italiatal / ,villa,:--I,tte tower or 'lfs/Ai:mt ri
-1
sing -elcgantl y
in an i:lgle, formed by the two
sections' f the main 1 building. The broad
. I
projecti cornice, supported by.neat brack
ets, gi . 't all an , agreeable and artistical
appearance.. ,
,
The gardens and grounds surrounding
NiTillow-BrOok a 4 completely enchanting,.
it seems,to me that no mind can heeome so
entirely debased but must . feel a purifying
and elevating inflten cc, from cor.taet with
pFla scenes as theseH L L Here are rural sum
'per. hbuses with Inviting seats, whereon to
rest while yougai r e down tle long vistas 6f
'quiet shade---eves tol the pebbly shores of
the Lake: • Here are,Winding walks, leading,
now among cultivated shrubbery, and -now
. ,
among the shaded grass plots . , which, stretch
• Est away to thewtter i 's edge—grounds-often
.
sought by, andasoften enerousriopened to
the ple-nie or fishing p y.'
_
. Buthark ! the bells are pealing forth, from
_ o
the distant churen l towers, the solemn warn
ing of the flight o - tne--it is nine ,o'clock,
u l n
aiad w,e- must vet .i We have only . seen a
commencement f the Owasco scenery.—
. Some. other time, [peradventure, we will with
more leisure, turnrlg across the foot of the
lake, Thread our 1 : w nding way far •up the
..western shore, es to the extreme head of
the lake, - which l iS believe some fourteen
, miles distant.' - i -
.Only : a few minutes ride,_ and .once: more
we - "strike the Pavement" and the ruddy
glare of the gas-light---revealing the 'anxious
fitme. et men. hurrying to and -,fro--4Aoir,,
minds intently revolving many a scheme of
future acquisition.' yor the. present
Amu.
VEr" A icountri writing *her friends
says of the . polka, 'thit \ the dapcbg,, does not
amount to mu* :hpt theli gginga tellesTe&
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"THE; WILL
Toes. - klia: - skdOie.i.
.4 ', GREEK GIR ... :
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- • , Ficim'l'• l
Househod tords•i ' •71 :
i • - , - •.
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. .. zurrze i BY CITAIiLES DICErlf ,-- . ;
- She isNI Baggy damsel, With NAitai t,' sly'
i i
. face , and her principal occupation is that 'of a
-maid .of Am - 1431*k... •• •.,
She is dressed to day; it is : St. Somebody's,
feaSt, and everybody" is idling (away their
time in consequence. lt was Stl What's-his
name's day, the day before Y . *day,
.and..it
will be St Who's it's day, the; "day; , aftt r r to-
Morrovvr. . Though our ballo ielad . aequain-, 1
ttinee . ; is idling; it is with. . usy- qcnesti ;' for.
with.
She has been 'oeCupied Lye..p.sineeeight:orclopk . '
•this .ni . ortiifig to.:carrying about trust, j .1.11e5,-,
r ..,
and sweetmeats, With strotin• rawl spi its: in
gilded glasses; and little. ceps . 'oe :unqranied."
coffee... A Very; singular and - amuing picture
she makes, laa she stands bolt hpright, tray ;
in hand•:- , b;fereher fatherS'guests.-1 She i. pret
ty,l, Yes there is no' doubt of that. B t she -
has done alpa.' CistOVerythingpossible to listig-'
urc herself. . liongli certainly
with the rich Clear- complexion ofi`the G eeks,
sheisrouged up to the. very ,eye 4.. \ rikere
she is not rouged, :lie is white:it:4.i 114 r eye
broWs are Painted, and she has I even. found
.means :to introduce some black abeinination.'
"tinder lier eyelids to make hereyets look 'lar
ger. ; I.fer hair Would •he almost a i marvel 'if
loft to itself : but she has twisted lt;and•plai t--
ed it, woven Old coins into it,•aficl tied it up
With diriy handkerchiefs • and ghifinied. and
honied it, till every i tress hasgrown distorted.
find angry .i ' - . tier ears a`re in. I.lkithselves - as
Sly, and coquettish a pair of ears . :4s need be,
and they 'peep. out beneath liertor,tnred loCks
.
as-if they- would rather like to have a ;game
at bo-peep ihah.otherwise : but thy .are lit- -
erally torn half all longer !. than -they
- should be...:by n enormous pair i . of ;Mosaic
ear 'rings bought of, a pedler„ ,filer_ handS
might have been' nice once, fur they are'still '
k;rnall, but 'tlwy areas tough as herr: and as'
'red as eha-,s can make them, with 'lleer hard
1- i
Work; serubbnig and washing abou ti the louse.
All Greek ~.omen rthink . ; have lieen Mere
housewiVes.sincethe time of•Andiornatihe.-.
Mr &vie, is, if possible, nr.;•• re general] • hug
, .l ..-
gy Alm:ter tr(rwsers.. .: It\ bulges Out, in o the
most extraordinary.humpls and falnes,s; . A.
short ja'eket--as much too' small for her as
thefbriganchatitirel3f.fr, Keeley Of the I The
:itre-lioyal - Adelphia—does not'. frialte this
general
. plumritiess less remarkable ;. at d: she.
Lana superflw tyof clothes, 'Nyticli remim s. one"
of the. late King chrihtophe's idea of full dres;st-
Numerous, hoWever as are the trtiel l es of
Wearing aPparal she has put on, they, all ter:.
urinate with the trOwSers; which are lloped,
up just'below.llie knee. ",:The rest of t ie leg
and feet' are bare,. and hard, and phut . " ), and
purple, - and - chapped almost beyenil be ief, e
-veil in the fine.piereinn• cold cif.a ;Greek -Feb
.ruary. „ ; : - -. i • .
.• Iler 'bind is a :mereibl,afili. ....der h
life :is, love
. making, cleaning the hOuse4
ing the,Coffee, 'Jana rouging herselfOri t;
days. She eamiot read or-write, or phi
piano,: but she" can sing,- and danee. : •SI
talk too ; though never befOre company. .
diplomatist can touch her in intrigue. or nvn
tion: • Not tiven Capt. "Aliseinte's•'grooni
coupstell
.a
not
tehood witt.merejeointbsure..
She does not •ltnow what' it is to! speak 'the
truth ; and, to 'use a Greek saying ; is lit
erally knew - led up With tricks; The-reek
„ ir
girl has iro heart., no affections; She is- mere.
lump of fleslyatid calculation. ,Tier idarriaf,re
is quite an affair, of bUyiig and selling., It is
arranged . by her triends:;. They Offer to give
a house, (thatis indispensible,) and s so ; ranch ;
to whoever will-take hereif their:hands„ . By:
and by. somebody comes, to do
,c. ; a !ptitst,
is, -called, and there is a-quaint strange; core:
•rheny, and heiis bound„by a tine; to perform.
liis promise.' -;This flue 'a usually - ten per
cent.. on the fortune which was . -offered him
.. i•
with i the ladyi ,- < , - , ,- i •
__ _ -
I _ -
. ' have said She can talk, W . :she ca only
calk of and to herneighbors; and She ponds
her evenings .chicfl'y in sitting . : ' siti,ging . tn the
doors -, and l watching them. This she does
her . self,- b . she has a little ally, (i- chit of a
girl, about see • years old, and looking about
' nil' hp uses ""of '
forty, that yon. . 41 the uses all the
islanders.) wile is on'the look-ont all nay.
No one .ever .eitiers'a Greek . I'ousLi, bt.t - the
neighborhoOd lknoiri . it.. All oiii.the street
and in the next2.and every .where, !these little
girlsare watcliiitolnd flitting aliont - on cuilL.
c,, .
ning errands :Is stealthily and swift at..cat'.
Her father and Mother- will tell 3Ou that her
-Own cousins never saw her alone Or spoke a
dozen consecutive words to hy: ; tratl rath
er: fancy,. she har some. acquaintance if . her
own : and she is generally
.oUterins of start
ling friendship with the young man srvant,
who tbrms almost part of the - tinnily in all
Greek;houses.l On Summer . nights; too,i when
goOd people should I,e lisleep,l.. yea ' will see
closely hooded figures flitting ibetit ,noiseless
ly, like black ghosts. They are Greek girls.
What they are about noboc knOws..Ly Per
haps, lookini.for the moon ilwhieh will not
rise for some hours:. At every • dark corner
.... - .
of awall,. also; you will see yOung gentlemen
sitting m the! deep shadow .with! -Wonderful
perseverance.{ 'lf you go very *near anil" they
do not see you, you may hear theni...inging
songs, but tor as the humming - . Or a. bee : so
low that they: do not disturb 'even the timid
.owl who-sits Booing among the ruins lof the
last-tire over the way. - The Greckigirl'knois
tn
an - aazing'qUantity ofsongs,andl all of the •
Lisame" kind. They are about; equal i point
.of composition to the worst of our street bal
lads : full. of the same *coarse ivit awl low;
trickery: They are sung,to dreary snionoto--
,aius airs .' and always through the - n 046.—
Never. had the national' songS of a people so
little charm, 'for distinctive .Charaetcri, .. You
'seek the strong . sweet "language of heart
in vain among them. They have..neithergrace
nor rimy; 1 ' _ . .
..• l, - I
. ~ With all this, the.'Greek. girl :is pious.- ,
She. would net-break an'y of ,the seVe 6 fasts
of her church, even .for.money, l thong they
•condemn her!: to dry bread and olio for sir .
weeks at - a tittle ;- nor would Mac! neglect - go. ;
ing ,to cleirehlon certain 'da3 son. any.accon unt
She has n-faith in ceremonies, and in charms,
relics and saints, almost . . touching ; but there.
her-.-belief ends.- ' She l.would ;riot trust- the
w . ,rd Of her ownl father or • 'the! archbishop.
l i 6e ihe lie tru ve tk it- , l;ws unless ilalei he t4ll ,Was ' ob Y li o g n ed e .1
i:orrectlyiweirding to er own
S e W d pe eul-s ri r e es nce rnue:l°3 . l lShe herself would promise,. and
i
e en immired delight itideceirnho own
lo ra
t ther she o w n o ' - * 4
scrupulously 4uestioniixu s t yai ii 4 p a ml oini lt y. ; .
thrg- she. had; promised : ; aud.thle- only'. way
Rea .to .prevent •• her.. aceeptingl a 'hushindi .
.. be to*take her say Ole L woold. have
hero? -,` '., . '. From that triotn!oOp. he r r.
rile Witt - w 'slid -toil night.aridr day . to \ Owl
1
e! ,l
w d
fe i
TE SOURcE,- AND 'mg gAppnoss OF PEOPL
)SE I - lIILVDAY.'; JUNE 29,. L1.8.5":4 - i :.
means of eseapei. ..and fmdthem she wonld,
to change her Instrd:the day after she wu
free. • - • • -
She has one hope learer than all the rest.
It is that • she May one day wear Frank
clothes, and see the . Greeks ntConstantinople.
This is no exaggeration the wrongs of the
rayah have eatenfiniii. ;all classes of _society
in Turkey, until eveirWomen lisp, and child
ren. prattle vengeance:: It is sck strong, that
it has made the Greeks hate _one of the pretti
est remaining. cottutnes in the werld -as a
symbol of their most bitter, a n d cruel servi
tude.
-- - .
' By and by, the Greek girl will grow s old.
From a household servant, she will then sink
into. a drudge, : and lierhead will lie •always
bonnd . up, as if she Inu: I.the chronic toothache.
You will see her CArrylOg water on i washing .
days, or - groan i and' - ..squabbl in g . ot --
ers,as, she cleansithelerbs fur dinner,' . SIM
will becainel.soold at - thirty,. -that . it' is
impossible to recogniSe her: Rouge and whi-.
tening will have. so; Corroded her face, that
•it looks like, a sleepy . apple, or a withered
medlar. :her eye§ ate. shriveled into nothing.
her_ teeth.. Will
noxious'
been eaten away. by
rough, wine, and noxious' tooth powders. She
will be bold When she doe.shot wear a tower
ing. that Oily-comes out, lon SL Every
body's days. The plump figure and all its
-bunipS, mill liafie. 4itivelled. into a mere
heap of aching - 614,1) . 01e5, and 'her only pleas
tires. iu this 146; will Im :scandal and cnriosf
tY:'-' • • . •
Ytni will find Her .croaking about, watching.
her neighbors atthetnest unseasonabletimes.
Shewill thus know imply more' things than
!Are' trge, and tell thern With singular realli
nesS and vivacity.... She Wiltbe the terror of
her neighbOrhOOA.and there is no,e.oFiliating
her,`Kiuditegood• - humor—even Money
which she prir•e4:4As nnuelitis she did when a.
girl; and• grasps et it as eagerly—will have
no etteet on her! ;,Slie must speak !evilS,and
hatch - troubles, or .she would die.. THeinstinet
.of self- preservation • - IS. strong: so she will go
upon -her old. course, come-what may. • She
.will be 'a terror; -.cvbn to her own daugh
ter.. • •
She has been reduced to'
this state by -hav
ing rbew thingpf bargain and sale so long,
that she has learned-tOconsider money as the'
chief good. She )uts been subject to be beat
en ; to be 6.rried away into the - Harem of
a man she ,has never seen, and has lost all na
tural feelina e . Atl grace, tenderness, and af
ection, have been, ,burnt out of her as with a
brand.
_She has: beer! looked upon.'a mere
tame animal until she has become little bet=
ter. She has been doubted 'unfit deception
has become her glory. She has been impris
oned and secluded until trickery has become
her master passion : She has been kept from
healthy kno , .vledge and gracefal accomplish
ments, from all :softening influencesand enno
blina t houghts; antiii her mind has fttered.
When she is yOung,,she Is shut up until she
becomes uncomfortable from fat; when she
is'old, sheis worked4ntil she becomes a skel
eton. None have any - r esriector love for her,
nor would she be , noW worthy of it, if they
had. -
BUt I drop Abe On in weariness; only
if ;a, Greek . girl . be such as. I
bed' her, 'what must a Greek boy
ea of
serv
>Ative
y
the
e can
No
sit
ha ,.,
be.
arlike
ientific jbnrnal of Frtmee notices
the .fulj increase of warlike. weapons
and means of defence, which owe . their origin
to the present struggle : in eastern Europe.-
A triple-bored:cannon projects, with a single
charge -of powder, -three balls connected, by
chains, - which Moiv &Own rank after rank, - and
even the masts Or ships and smokestacks of
steamers. - A learned savan of . Paris has dis
covered a liquid whith spreads over the sur
ace of .water, .d spontaneously inflames,
*thereby rilestrt . l jug' :vessels and human life.
A cunning artizan has concocted a balloon,
which, by the guiding influence of a cord, and
the, .locomotliee -tendencies of a favorable
wind, can be'directed to a position over a ci
ty or fort, and then, by a currentiof electrie
ity,. be ramie - , to ex.plodi and-scatter death
'dealing projectiles on every side. • Lances and
javelins with tips of flame, aid shields unirn
pres3ible to lead or Steel, are.also spoken of.
There is a tertible meaning in this activity of
- what-would seem to be a diabolic ingenuity ;
_and is by no meanssuggestive Of the long ex
pected period " when swords shall be beaten
into pruning ; hooks , and man shall learn the
arts of .war no more',."
Mr" In a 'very able Ititiele in: the last in
dependent, entitled, The'need of men In de
fence of Freedom,". by' Ret-. George B. Chee
ver,l3. D., , we find the following noble sett
tiinents : • ' •
-" In the revolutionary conflict for our free
dom, our clergymel were not found preach
ing submission to unjust hUman'law, nor pro
claiming the' throne 'pf, iniquity in fellowship
with. God,. because Thrones ant or - dallied of
.God Amami-, the powers that be. And , we
„trust in God that the 'spirit of 1776 has not
entirely di , ,d out,. but - that in- the. coming
struggle he will prepare and set forward both
men, and leaders.that cats neither be bought
nor ;dismayed.. He will surely, do this, if it
be Ws good pleasure to use our country for
the: freedom of. the ;world rfir U. living na
tion'lcannot advance ranch furthertowards the
conquest of the world for Christ, ivith the car,
caws 'of slavery chained to its embrace, and dif
fusing._
fusing_a moral pestilence thronyh its sys
. tem.? . •
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• I.IIIIPRZSIIIMENT OP .SEAMEN. ' 10 „
GovCrnment has revived a in st disgraceful
prnetiee---Jthat of fpreing sea en who have
bee.nl taken prisoners of war serve in the
navy where they are, of course, likely to
be c alled- nix:in to fight against their own
country. j A Russiln barque,the Argo, from
Mantatetai, bouti.4Vto an' EngliA port, the
mistier 'of 'which unfortunately confided in the
generosity of the British Governinent, or was
not award ! that war had been declared, was
captured while going into port.- The cargo.
which,wab oti British account, was released,
'but the -vessel wasl delivered over to the
Commissioners. The' captain waS set at liber
ty -onpole, and twelve of the crew were
drafted on board I her British :Majesty's ship
Crocodile, I
The Barbarous custom of impressing prix,
oners of War liras unforced,. it will be recollect
ed, in the ;last: war, betweerangland and this
Country, many an American was force 4 at the
point of the baYonet to fight.agsbast his own,
coin:Aryl:nen. Its revival is an evi4ence that,
although the principles of humanity may have
become wore widely prevalent among
*MAO sear has been robbed of none
of Ito bairbarous features,' - . -
--
THE TRUE END 0 GOVERNME NT." .
' . • , From the Coittieß - Blair/ (toys,
• - 1 •, -
" Nebraskat-Its Natural:lAA'
. -
. Th is territery' now .cauSing
eiternent in
. .the world, itilits
eXtetit is overrated. It is iidt ,
disc. ; There** storms andlw;
heat, l ..sandy , plains • and feroh
very best,and the very worst - 14 .
limits... -There is . no' country.' oh, the ohe
that' will- snit' every t person.. ;What .• me:
will igen adVantages ! other 4 will icOnsid 4! a
g
fault;' thus ' it' is with the tastes 'and . j 'fig
ments of the human race.. There' - is der in=.
ly .. tni more fertile on the continent lain
may he found in.,the propOsed- territor •of
Nebraska—upon the streamS and in, the val
leys this may generally be f4und. .. he en
try lies in high - :wavina. swells like the - wr ; '
of the neon •iii a tempest with an • ems'
broad lake like.' a, prairie kit\ gently- rth
by the breeze-j .: - .
• - 3 • • . I
. 1
There is in many places al scarcity of-•I
her, tho,tigh . there are; good
.groves in the
leys, on the 'hill : sides 'an' 'margin Of
streams, ..The principal varieties are; 't
ous species of 'eal';eliii ' lint', hickory, ,b
Walnut, haekherq',..eolfce, bean . and 'mil
ry.' The country is i'well adapted. 16„ c
(which itowlie.re grows More itikurio ;
wheat; oats, 'barley, rye, backwhcat,, beg
potatoes - and all eth i er culinat7 roots' and
etlibleiraised in Ohio. ' Fruits will doi
less grow finely 'as is indicated by the al ,
dance of wild fruits every where found.
pies:. peaches, pears;' pluins,eherrieSgra
Currants, gooseberries, raspherriosia4st ;
berries, do..well-many of these .'are'in
nous, to theelimate and grey in i)rocusio, 1
There is: an - alimidainee-of. limestone ;
chalk, and we are informed - that coal; ire
and magnesia have also been found.. G •
is plenty, in,the western er 'Mountain'pori
vast herds of buffalo make - the earth treni
with their 'thundering appro4ch. ' 1 Deer,
antelope, bear,
.mountaiti sheep- and- wee
are also .common in the ,sanie regiOn. -7
arc generally abundant, bat !decrease in '‘
hers . as yen a proach a greater elevation
ii
• TheNebra,s -a or iPlatte -#iveri near i l .
vides this 'pi ' posed territory 'and' 0.:,t i
through. its w ole 'Westernixten; ferrnin
natural highw y - and an ,alinost 'iconapl i i
graded 'road f r near .eight hundred 'Mile
an '.iilmOst• 'dir :t-- westerly--'' line - . toviard
Pacific - and e. Golden... Siate. '.l 'Alit' .
much has bee and:Still 'ina.)l be done by
tereSted part i - to turn thaiattentien of t
American peo le, to other qutes for the - . c
Pacific Raiirei d ; and routesthatiare jai ra
,ticable and itn)asible, - Shim:l4 this great flat
urid•work - eve be cons - umniated notlfrq can
hinder it from taking this route. : .I: l 4Te ;, ave
i.. )
tratjeled•twiee the whole . lehgth Of the lat.'
l'
to river•and steak from personallexperi nee.
TheXe are a . utimber of large streams ping
through ki - vari us. pertions. Of thiS terra ry,
a )
among which ixr the worth •of 'the; Platte _
are
',the:Loupe Fe k; Elk 'Hem . and 'butining wa
terrivers, wit. i a numbero(sinaller st ms
interspersed t ough the country:- .01 • the
Smith side . at
.the Kans.as,•blite, cilitli h. ork,
Laramie Eor ,&e.: • .• 1 . .
. ,
• . •• ~
. .On many o 'these are excellent - sites' for
motive TOO% . for mills and machiner-'
The climate i:...Saltibilous and delightful, .1
•
being little sn w in winter. With`- much
ant weathe, ie greatest inOonVenience
from the win. s.. There is '4eareely :a 'dil
the year but t ere is a littlei w :
some
and
kinic breeze loying,., and . ..sometimes 1
than is pleasa t, iS . dealt 'Out. The wat4
excellent both 'from springs 'in the hills
be:found by.fd ggin,g- 7 .-' thereiis nothing 'tb. in
-dicate an unlit! Ithy s but its pure' Water, Rain.
brity of atni • -pherFand rough Uneven char;
aster - .would indicate a .halthy lOqtli .—
There is!riii ..untry im . , the globe' wher the
road 4 are,so s • oath. and good the most art.
42 T )
of the year,' b•th summ er - and winter, • as • in
this territory •nd wes tern -..10wa. , * both soil
climate and p illuctions are;. similar. hi:these
'countries, and 'with the exception'of the win.:
terSibehigmi der here, would cOmpareith
•
the. Weitern i• 'rtion of Olio--e port i nor
this territory . est of-this place will pro hIY
.4
be opened f r -settlement ibefore siow,flie s .
next tall. ' • . , A - -
A NICE MAN. •
ay, by some Mistake of o
erks,:a package of Our mo
should have -gonp to
not to Racine! Wisconsin.
• The - other
our mailinor
papers, writ ct
received the package, sent
t office, and with the folio
,'ester_ day we
u - from th,
. ,
~. . , ;
elegant . retria ks,, written upon , the cove ,
the P-ostmas , i of that place. • ~.', -.-. • -
• ' Dconn i ow! Send izo more of
damned pape s here!" • .
.' .. *
c D 3
.Now . -happen to knowi this worthy
ial 'of.l,laci le, very well. - I,le is is ver,
Man, as . roved bythe.follOwing inte
little e p ic e]in his life. - We Must pr
that he is
,a I f portly looking b gentloi
with a veryjelly- ap earanee, and with -44
round belly-With good capon, lined: ,
I
ly before • President Pierce's inauffur tion,
this friend oil ourstook it into his head. o' go
to Washington and seethe elephant, Of, nrse
without the slighteit idea of obtaining An 'of
fice. • . Oh, no !‘ - He arrived . there on Satur
day night, and on Sunday lnorningascerain
-ed What.church,the President, attended and
whiclt.seat he occupied, and i prOeured one for
1
himself dir tly•before that of the Pic4ident
who was to - e. It so ihaPpened! that ola this
!
1
Sabbath, .w to \ be preached, adi • ourse
which turne . upon the awful and ';.S Ilden.
death Of the poor- little bey of L lfr, ierce,
Whose death .createdsuch an universal Sy m...
1
pathy for :b s atter. Ndw -as the ' mon
proceeded, e burly form. of :this -Wiscon
sin gentlenia - was seen toi swell - and heave
with•• super . ssed • emotion; his .eyes filled
with tears ;- its red - bandana was drawn, forth
and unceasingly: applied; his .nose re uired
r inee.ssant wiling, nd .his Whole fram c quiv
ered with gr ef. -. As the preacher pr. ,eded,
and the:interest of the-subject : became more
intense, the agitation .of Our friend !rani°
more and mere irrepressible, until at ! , up:
c li
on the prey her giving a direct tillusiO tnthe .
1 bereiveuten of the President, his to • • his
1 head npon tl e cushion be_4ire - hint;linsi burst
ferth in a st . .iti •ofiamentation. and w sing
which drew .- 0-attention of the Whole I,4lurch
upon
,hiM, a d. - elfwtnally Stispendedtbn - pro4
-gress of the •sermon. ' The Pres -
,ldehtsent fOr
him the iext.dv - , - and Was so ".struck with his
piety, and .- his: sympathy,i that' ho rei'aided
hint with his - lA.eseut situation. , 4- , 134,1t01d
the change! - The saltittuis falleit . , - rice.
and, ncrithe
. v . e.fitehis emotion in Oathii 'from
the vertssm - e.-lips frati,.,Which .. ;potyoo
_t4e.n
aseerideallruit sh, - a'. a: a raiityl,
will= ce think - of this " •', ,-. - 4'
*-hen--10."': • this„ -4,si he irill- r:. . it,
.
g_ets tite . 'buns eNrery#tortung..
..
Donglas. it - . - inl . . ptirtnersitip
t:Tribstisi . - • - • 'R. ' .
.Y-. . - --- . '.- '• ' - '
.„ . .
The boundaries - of the . new,',l'enitories are ,
as follows :—;-. -
• OF NEBRAS .. ._.. ..
.A:..-. _
Be:
• TERRITORY` 1 -
ginning
.at . a point-hi the Missouri it tier, Where
the ibrtieth parallel of notthilititude - CroaseS
the, same- . thened - West on saidparaller tai the •
east boundary' of the Territoryipt.Utah f 'on'
the ;Summit of theli.,ocky Mountains : thence
on the - said suminit . tiortifWardto the
parallel of north latitude ; - 2 . therice east,
on said .parallel 'to thewostern bOundary,
of _the Territity of . Minnesota ; thence; south;
warden said boundary to the Missouri_riirer;
thence.diwn the Main channel of said riv er
to thebeginnlng. : .,,,. ._ • '7. ...
TERRITORY OF ..:KANSAS..--' Begin
ning .
at a point of the Western .boundary of
the State of Missouri, where.. the thirty-sev
enth ' pat-4110 of north., latitude . grosses: the
same ;- thEnce.west on said parallel to the.
eastern • boundary •of New •_MexiCO; - . thence
north on said ' , boundary : to latitude.,thirty
eight;;. thence..following sae honndary - west
ward to, the east b.oundary \a-the Territory
of Utah, .on.the summit :of the. Rocky Moun
tains ; thence-northward on
_aid summit to
the fortieth_ parallel of latitude, the .{ nee east on .
said parallel to the western boundfry of - . the
State bf:Missouri ; thence seuth.-alth thewes
• tern -boundary of said state to the place of be=
gintiitig.' - - , , 1.. ..: .. --, I.\ - , -
Frorn each Territory
_are expreSsly excep 7
fed-and. excluded all tracts- of land which' by
treaty with any....tribe of Indians are riot to be:
included within the territorial jurisdrCtion .or
litnits of any State..t:tr. Territory without the
consent of such tribe, until its consent.be 01.t.'
tabled.' •:•. . : '. - • ' . (...4 ..
. • The -law .reServes to the Government 'of
the United States the .power to idtvide either
Territory- into two.. - or More .Territories 'as'
Congress may at an y time ' 'deem
{ proper. ...,
It should.be borne in mind tbatone and th e
same'. law ~provides. for the' orgatittation of
both Territories ; • the latter sections being 'a
mere ! repetition of
{ the
_f9rraer, eXerept, a , dig- .
fer_ence of
,boundarie.s,nmnes, &c: . They Otes
in the two Houses on the final pasiage of the.
bill,were as follows; viz - t-'—dlonse, 110 to . 100;
Senate, 3646 1g.,, - - - .1.
That portion of the bill_ultich_ e.xciiedi the'
Most opposition 'was thefollowinii: „i , L -,
, Th l it . the constitution and laws of the Uni
ted States, which - are not locally inaPplicable
shall have the' same
_force. and eilket within'
the. said . territory of- Nebrasla . as) elsewhere.
within the United - States, except the fith !sec
tion of the act. preparatory , to filet admissign
of - Missouri into the Union ; apprs -ed .Alitich .
9, 1 . 820, which bei . g inconsistent ' With • the
principle' of 'non-intervention by Congress
f
with slavery in the
{ States - and ter itorieS, as.s.
recognized. by' the legislatien
.. : of . 840. (Com
monly called the,Comptcanise Measnres,)-4
hereby- declared inoperative ' and !void,. it be-.
ing,the true intent and meaning of !t his ac t not,
. to legislate slavery into any territory or State
`nor to exclude it therefrornbuf tb leave the.
people thereof:peril:ally , free .4.ii, forml And . :
regulate their domestic instiiiitiOns in their
'own way, subject pnlv to the: con4itation .of
United - - States: 'Provided, That/nothing
herein contained; shall be" constrned 10e...-.
.Vive or . put in force. any law or, regulation
which may have . existed prior - ti the'act of
NI; vf-Maroll;- 1 SIO; .oltflor ~.protgeting,
,e 431);.,,
.lishing, prohibiting or abolishing I ltivery . ' ,
ers
li nal
!Ned'
jtion
lible
clic,
VQS
.'ish
,tmi-
: I nds
fr a
~ t ell
1. on
eing
,y in
ole
p ore
FASBION. - 1
Of all the queer things for spectilative'peo
!pie to doze over, we, scarcely knoW any thing
that will !Aril as-Much interest, at 'as small
an'expense of thinking as the fiisliions. ' rThe
chanoes introdyeed by that emissary of'the
devil, a I'arisian tailor or =little-Maker,
beat any thing this side of the dais of Puck
or the. Caliph Haroun, and it may be worth
while fonotice them. Without laying, claim
to any very eitended. experience! and. Pain.:
fully/conscious, tbat . we have - never felt the
profound regard for the matter of fashions
Which would seem_ due to.-such u, very im:
portant subject, we have nevertheless, :seen
sothe. s changes which 'deserve udtice.- And
first of thil ladies sleeves'', of such j portentous
magnitude that a • half barrel of potatoes
could be most conveniently stow d away in
the 'ample folds •of one, and we have 'seen
them fitting as tightly as the kn i e.breeeheS
of the age of George 111. We have Seen them
SO long' that they flapped over the wristband
like elephants' ears, end we have seen them
so short that there was nothing, of theni.l Wit
w 4
have seen. ladies dressed
Frith Waists half
foot, and at another time. a - half a yard .in
length. A few year's *sincestaall ;dots offiow
ers and subdued colors were. the I fashionable
pattern ; new mammoth plaids and flaShing
hues are all the go. We remember -bonnets
Whose Patagonian .proportions and singular
cut, projeeting:foward into space like.. Italian
balconies, vastly approximated them to the
. 11
old fasliiont.4 two busheled coal scuttles; and
SVC see Little LillipUtian contriV pees, about
the size and' hape of an ice cr eam . saucer,
holding on tenaciously to one or two hairs,
apparently wiili, infinite trouble! ' Welbave
seen dresses fitting like riding habits, •eleSe•
up under the throat and dragging the mire'
•and - We have seen them beginning entirely
too late and ending too soon. Lastly, tottkn
clude this short catalogue of feminine Flan
ges, we have seen-ahe.ml bustles! , .1
Nor, have the gentlemen bee a whit less
fickle. Straight, edged . beaverslaic given
place_ to the curvediand deeply dished hatsof
Bebce and Genin. We have seen calf skin
give place to cloth and patent leather. Spec
tacles have come into fashien" a 41 gone out,
and we have seen : the time when every Other
Mall almost had hia nasal bridge ) with'gold.
We have seen that duo of button, vhich marks
the Mason & Dixont'S line; betw en thelbo i dy
and tail of a coat move up and down gentle.
man's backs, through a space 11, - f4et and a half
in length. " We have seen illimitable waists
and inappreciable coat tails, and we haveseen
as inappreciable - waists and as l mitless tails.
Once pantaloons had a `‘Falstaffitin roomi
ness which allow ,the propulsory' apparattis
1.10
of male humanity. -. . . ..- ..-. • l'
- "Ample room '
and verge . e ugh. ..
-
Once solid colors were the rage, and ill !
anti-Puritanic figuring was each vied with ho-•
ly horror. _ Now, heaven saveis i ; the_ latest
agony is a pair of tights, with.t e eaptUre. of
Cornwallis on one leg and Niagara Falls - on
the other. We rentember . disOnetly when a
moustache and long beard were 'proof posi- -
tive'that a man was - an artist lor a rowdy;
now the hirsute appendage is worn ~.t.isL ite*7-
lemon. . Plain. Bosoms have given. place to
frills ;
.cufrs have ccime. into_ fiishion .4 tight,
sleeves havebecn supplanted by ethers shaped
like , a ;trumpet; a then - Sand changes have
been 'made In :the - cut of gartne-....-..-Nity, the
story is not oonipletetill,wpi. 8 4f Afat I , ladits
have donned the bre z Oles mil gentlemen
in en
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TERNEWIERRITO'
•-; `:' •
BER .-- 1.510
HOLE , ,
. •'.w . : : sr. tc It. Tmmogy. -- _ : • 1
This new Tetritori t .:Whieh Ewes organized ~t '
4Y Con last YeraViOtgatesithi - o '..
northwestern corner of, _the' . trnion. - -ltrwai i
formerly :a imrt . e.f,Cirm)n Territory.' ' It' hal
the Pacific on'the west, the s , Reeky . mountain: r:
on t t he„. east, the 'British poli . jessientrOnf-thet - 3 s --
north; and • Oregon on thasouth. AlthOtigly E; ; _
in a higher latitude-thatiCtliii :State - of-Blaine.
the iviriterTare not',SeVer& . l i ' - ' --i iiiiiteati - .• - 4 the .
bleak windsof . Ne*Eitglancr. says a 'attar
,written in Debendi4slast4 ‘ife;. luiVe'44ay
'the Warm, healthfri - Filfxthe month of
May With a Clear sky, limitititufsiiishin riti '.,
rawly of,paturets sweet - flOike'rs.! ,:The ..„ - 1: f,
continues green - a ll winter;- 1 01-41 . 9.i'ai, 0 - 6,4 1 ii
grazing tor horsea.catile 4ib: sheep. - eine 1:
t is
of the soil' is 'good, while in iiiher'Sectio s. it' ',l" .
is poor. , :Wheat, eats, ,lbarleir.,rind po toe,
..
do,' torOlPs grow 10-' an - fmnierise size— ',
some of last year's yield„*eighed'islnO6hAt , 14
thirty-five pounds. ' 'Wheat il worth fro "- ." - t-'"
to : 1 34 per , bushel, potatries!s2l.so, trir torn . .
ri.
V:
5 - 6, beets $3, and onions ',*sL,Per _hits 41 . -, ';-•
Some fanneri hist Year', gatigeTed. - ' 6 %'o' ,fi'v".
hundred bushels of potatoes from an, "ri of ,
oround' and, their turnips rooked asi'l ' a a...: 't .
pumpkins. 1. Pea - „hes. and ::,apple's do w - 11.--- c
ar t
The fiirest furniihes aan extensive;' hark* Of - 4
-
wild fruit' about nith months= in the, titai;
which 'serves as a 'std)stittitii'for cultittaW 1,
fruit: Already' the territory lis knimnicaS. t: . ',,
fine eountry for hrinber.
,:1 ' timbo gt'
row .
Very large: Many - treaS are froni thirty-to 4 -
fifty
fifty, feet in: circumference; an from two -tO
three hundred feet 1411. il l 7 ''. fereSt contin
ues:
i
nes. green all the year , and piosents e i
ontinu-. ~ ' 4 '
ally the appearance of spring • ' - ~ f , -.• . ?,,
Puget's sound which 'Hestia . *lishirigtoi
- Territory, abounds. with fish of abnost . every
kind. and it , ii thoiraht that it Wiltrank,ain9T/1
the best-fisheries in the world., - The 7 wiiter ei
in this sound rise's' and,fallsnt 20 •feet:L--
Z
This hlland . sea is well adaP ' f
rom-its grei4:
te
depth of,watercand bold silo - for the sat" •
navigation. of thelargest Ships 4.. and probabl: -;
thee harbor is - sufficient- tO siectanip*L44,, v.. ' 1 4
one time,•all the fleets-and ships. hi 4 1 ‘_wor1, - . 1
Extensive mines of coal , ire IfeurfVat - dilitir ' t
ent . poirits of the sound: 1 .- 'I ,' . ' • - 1 - , :
' There are : about severity tftbas of . = Indian- r!
in the territory, who own alt,the land as yei.'.
But they are 'rapidly -
dyingi off-wit'-
gious diseases. The letter ifi - ove refe)
~._
~• , „
says :-
,' One .of
• _the , Iraq . strange
.that exist among L t)inri, is taking the ,
their doctors-A-hen they fail to - 011 5 6 6 pti-
A_Scene of ttas , kind occurred hereleat weer::.. (-
The doctor. had attended on itis.loother's - son. ',.
The son died; and was l barieti
_ g rha - b:ltoth , > l .
'tried to feel reconciled.` , with :the doetcr,,biitZ
could not - So, one evening kit - week, lie
shot the doctor through; '' ata then i ent hi,-. i . •
throat, and hurried hint that night. t•Thishei
ing / their custona, nothhig Nag done with
,thLH
murderer:, _ : ' H' .. . '.. I ..., 1
The climate of Washington Temtory" 1-
represented as remarkably salubrious, f . Thai]
emigration lastyear*as large, and theltiflnk'j
crsettlers - will.probablrbe 'Ain ,b,rger, t ti .
present scpsbn. A. new. Overhuid . - route; Iii• : -1,
yea to the Territ.Ory ; is preferred
,t4itho old ,S,`
4-oute. 7 Gov Stevens, in his 'lrtessage.ta' the i'J
Territorial Legislatiire, ort the - 28thofV,elirn ,
•ary, stated'the number of voters as 1,6824 2 02 .f,'
of inhabitants, 4000. ;Churches and' schools r,
' ~
are ~being established; and ;the noivr settle- :
naents present all the eviden* of #irifi - ald
enterprise that spring' ntr sportquilly.
in f
around the-Yankee, whetherthe clearing-. j i'
'of the Aroostook, on the hanks of elifies4
t.t
,
issippt or on 'tbe shores; of Pnget'a sound. -4
- ' PROCESS OF COMING-40tD. ~. _ . i"
A United States mint bialbeen completed i
in San 17rancisco, and. S -*lmbly ere thi. E
time in active operation; odining down dailf
vast, treasures ofgoldeu ore, r',ltiias intended •
that it should be prepared to coin
. tinrty mil-1: -
lions of dolars. yearly. 7 - The following ;des-;y
cription of the 'system which id s about:. t be i
established_there; will offOrd_a , good g : 'eneral i
idea of the ordinary
. process ofoinhv gold i d
The metal, after `13011.g, received-in the :- de-
posit _room, is carefully iyeighed, land •,:t, re-41
ceipt given. iticli'• deposit ; -is''-.then inettedl
separately in the melting i rekom,, And motdded
-into;bares These bars: next pass throngh,:the',l
hands of th 9 assayer, Nvholwith Wehisel, chips'' •
- small - sall fragment from e l achone. Eachehipl
i# then reit& into a thin ribbon, and Mec!
down until] it Weighs exactly ten grains.. ` lt•
is..then melted in ;alittle - cupmade of calcined ' 1 , , ,
bone ashes, and all the lase metals,,eopper, ,
,tin, !Sec., are absorbed bylthe porous -materi-r,
Lill of the cup, orcarriedi l off by, oxydation.: l l
The gold is then .boilcd i ia•nitrie acid, -wldel '''
- whi
disiolveq the - silver eli it "contailc and.
- leaves the gold pure: - 4i ;is thettweighed,and
the athount which it haslost, gives the" exact
proportion -of impurity:lp the original . bar ;
and a certificate Or. the atiount of - oantidue•thc;
depoister \ is made out' accordingly:`',.-'• ..!
Atli:r being assayed,. the, tare - arc , mile('
with i certain proportion 'Of silver,- and, being: ....
poured into'a dilution of I nitric acid and.wa:
ter, assume a grannlatcd'form.„,,..ln this state' , .`
the gold is thorimighly boiled in nitric, Sei44,
'and rendered perfectly" free froni silver briati)t -
other baier. metals whiel l h
_iaay - hall'en i - 1 9 -
cling to it. : lt is,next melted with one-nintli:-
its weight ofcopier, and Itluis alloyekis rui e
Bother-for-coin..
into bars and delivered to the
age. The barS are rolled, out in .11# rolling
mill,-until nearly as 'thin 'as the whiil
to - bemade frOm thCM.. 'BY a PY000 , 16 0 t c!rk*
o
ncalin, ,,
.they are, rendered SUffielofltly _du O
~0 b 9 drawn ttirongba longitudinal ori6c i i
a Piece of steel, thus reducing the whoTo _
nutr,eaular width,and'thicknem - A enttini
arne next, punches "small round;pieces if, .
the ;bar,,- about the size! of the e 9101.. ' eeP ,
pieces are weighed - septkrittely .by the'' , ' Itif 1 ,
, ters,' and if too hearrtwo fileddown• - •— • too,
light they. Br - Ore-melted,' The pieces - 'chi
barobeen adjusted:are *lt:through am* ing
machitie,which oompmsOs thorn t.o their, , ..P- :
er diameter..od:raiseW the 'edge. Two- 'inn
dred end - fitly Bromine : in, a minute b the
machine. • They are: the - again soften; t '':EiY
ii
al'proceA of annealing, d after a. t , , ' ,
..1-1_
cleaning are talaCed in a ulte' connecting 'll3,
the stamping instruldeatrae"ta 4 e# , c .,
x ,
one at a tim6 by the ma tineY,awl-eta, Pe".
betvegan *- dies. Thai. ',a,r now, ....,0 o ',
and being thrown into a Wc, a" ttanv P" .
the Treasurer for cuytilatton.- •- . ? ~..
The machinery; of eou r is;forall . - tee-
Cessei Mest.lxtrof tho_t;,' ' hind; .PUl' .• h,
.. -
ing sales Ali:Melt" _tne epasit Teem lo the
coligmlialgint, cost:. $1,000.. -. , ..,
r .
Aileron Nortos.-411terens P -, ~
Connor, lately left hi 4 looAK t bi s : i nf* '- i'e
notiCC, that if h64*460 - yetimAinita ~, ,: •
slid pay for the same; ho 4 Will - bcf ro
‘., . , ~
,
jar A enuntryjndi
ke theWag.*WlWl ()fa
tends t,p,apply'for a.
ver.of the Ret*Ntielio
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(flufkl-whoNas,
rmin, says.: ..
lion,. Rana $ 4
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