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The whole art ok Government consists in the art of being honest. Jefferson.
VOL. 11.
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No. 5.
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A ILoi of Breaks.
BV L. southwick.
Creak up the haunts of vice and crime,
Break rocks with Dupont's Powder ;
Break up house-keeping, if you don't
Know how to make a chowder.
Break off bad habits, and break out
Into a fit of laughter,
But if you break the Temperance Pledge,
You'll rue it ever after.
Break not your promise or your pate,
Affection's ties ne'er sever ;
Break not the Sabbath or your neck,
In any case whatever.
Break no glass-lamps or wholesome laws,
Nor crockery or china ;
But break all vessels which contain
The stuff that gets men shiny.
Break open letters, eggs and clams,
And oysters fat and greasy ;
Beak off the squashes.and your sins,
And make your conscience eSsy.
Break lobsters' claws, and nuts to find
The meat that's in them hidden ; -But
never break the Temperance Fledge,
For that's a thing forbidden.
Break not a link in friendship's chain,
Break not your nose by falling,
Break not the broomstick o'er the heads
Of brats to stop their bawling.
Break not a window-pane or sash,
No shoe-strings or suspenders ;
But break away from lippling-shops,
And shun all todly-venders.
Break up a piere of ground to plant,
When all the ice and snow 's off,
7'lien put an old rum bollle in
Your field to keep the crows off.
The Prince of Magicians.
It is related of Sinor Blitz, that wishing one day,
while in Pennsylvania, to procure a draft on New ! story."
York, for a certain amount, he stepped into one of! ' Offended ! not I. Its the silliest thing in the
the country banks in this State, and made known his world to get offended, particularly at those who
wishes to the proper officer, who, by the way, was wish to do us good. The doctor often has to ad
a staid old Quaker. Being informed that he could ! minister unpleasant drugs to effect a cure."
be accommodated, he was asked "Well then, Ellen, I was taking tea with a neigh-
M In whose name shall I draw the draft?" bor last week, and we went into the milk room
"In my own, Signor Blitz," was the answer.
Art thou the wonderful man who is perform-
, . . ,.
ing all these mysterious things asked the Qua -
ker
The same," answered the Signor.
."And, now friend, will thee show me one of thy
tricks i lnterrotratGii ihfi Otiakfir.
e
" With pleasure," answered the magician, and
taking a quarter of a dollar from his pocket, he
handed it to the officer and requested him lo mark
it so that he would be able to distinguish it. I his
the yuaker did.
Ana now, saia oignor, taking a glove irom ;
AJ 1 1 . II T -l .
his pocnet and placing ,t over the quarter, which
.ne had laid upon the counter "are you sure that
'InP'niiartar 10 mofn. iVin -.),. Ill
... u ,ucl ,B
Quite sure, answered the Quaker, gently lift-
g.gioe ana oenoiuing me quarter snugly es-
consed, under it.
'Sure, quite sure of it V asked
the Signor.
t -yr f . it . ., ,
les, my .nend, I see it with -my own eyes, ;
answered the other.
' Lift the glove," said magician.
- The Quaker did so, and to his consternation the
quarter was gone.
jEriend," said the Quaker, wilt thou do that
once moreT
Aeain the Sisnor ularo.i ii.Q ;
nu;nn mn,;nnln .u o- , . . ;
position, and motioning the Signor to stand back,
tho nabpr ni.rpd hie p. Ant ,., ...J.
.. i" -; ujjtin a ltjvei wiiii
the counter, and then making a sudden drive at
the glove, he lifted it and the quarter was gone.
" Jonathan," said the Quaker, drawing a long
breath, "place that money," referring to the amount
received for the draft "away in the safe, and lock
it up, and put the key in thy pocket.'
" Well," said the Signor, who is always fond
of joke, "now I will give yrou a proposition. If I
can, standing where I am, draw that money in my
pocket, I am to keep it ; if I cannot, I will surren
der the draft, and both draft and money is yours."
"Go thy way, friend, thou sho.uld'st not do such
things," said the Quaker, politely bowing the Sig-
nouo.the .door.
Mrs. Dubios, in describing an in insane Tom
cat, says
"He dashed under the bed, where he converted
his eyes into two balls of phosphorus, his tail into
a Bologna sausage, while his voice assumed an
unearthhness' that reminded her of Old Scratch
himself. Sheot him out of the house by shoot
ing him with ihe slcjppaij. "
From of the Ohio Cultivator.
Mrs. .Tone's Experience, or the Art of
laving Easy.
nr FRANCIS D. GAGE.
" I can't see for my life, how you get along so
easy, Mrs. .lones," said the merry Ellen, to her
nearest neighbor; "your family is larger than ours,
and you have less help but you are always in
lime come when 1 will, I find thing in good or
der no bustle, fuss or confusion. Now we all
work from morning to night, at our house, and
our work is never done. There must be some
witch work about it some secret : do tell us;
won't you 1"
" Why, Ellen, T do not know that there is any
great secret about it ; all I can tell is, that I don't
seem to work very hard, but some how I do get
along very easy, you say, with all that seems to
fall to my lot." "
" Well we know that, Mrs. Jones, and we know
loo, that you do more reading and writing than any
of the rest of us, and visit the sick more, and find
time for everythink that is good oh, there is a se
cret, I know there is, and jou must toll me all a
bout it."
" Yes, Ellen, I will tell you all I know about ir,
for you're a real smart girl, and will make a first .
rate wife for our Fred, some day, but you must
first promise to try and make my secret of practi
cal use to yourself and teach every body else."
Ellen blushed, and almost wished she had not ,
been so impertinent. But Ellen was a good sen-1 industry. A greater or more foolish mistake, nev
sible girl, and was impressed with the idea that er associated itself with popular prejudices, than
Fred would want a wife somewhafresembling his j lMat jt js the nalure 0f his avocation that gives
mother in domestic matters ; so she stooped down , character and dignity to the man. For our part,
and tied her shoe, to hide her confusion. Mrs. j we sliould be sadly puzzled to discover the dis
Jones laid down the cheese knife, (for it was ear- i Unction between any two of the varied occupations
ly in the morning,) took up the baby which herjwnicn employ the industry of man, that would
kind heart and arms had taken home, and picked J rase lhe operative in the one case'above the one
up a basket of green peas that were to be shelled j in the ot)en 0ne occupation is precisely as rred
fnr dinner, and sat down to nurse her little orphan itabe in ilseff and as commendable to its indus
to sleep, take the peas out of the pod and tell her; trious pursuer as another, provided it be honora
the story. j bje and "in perfect harmony with the laws of God
" Well, Ellen, my secret is just this : when I go j and marK It is the man that ennobles the occu
out to shake the table cloth, I always bring in a1 palion not lhe occupatjori ,nat dignifies the man.
stick of wood, or when I nurse the baby I shell the , it js wen tnal we are nol au fiUeu by habit, edu
peas, or read my newspaper ; or in other words I j cation, and taste, for the same avocation. How
economise time; seldom take two steps where one ever these natural divisions are by no means dis
will answer, and try to do everything the shortest tjnctions. It is the diversity of taste, together
and easiest way. I pulverise saleratus enough to
last a month at one time, keep it in a convenient
vessel, ano men it is always ready lor use no un-
tying papers and scattering the floor and cup-,
board, no table, no rolling pin, or morter to clean,
but once ; instead of beating my eggs with a knife j
or spoon, I have a whip made of pieces of wire j appropriate allotments.
bent in an oblong shape like a tassel, and tied j The man who follows in the wake of the plow
with a bit of twine to a hicory handle, and I can ' hare, jn his strioed frock, and with bronzed and
beat the whites oi six eggs to a standing loam in
two minutes, as easily as you could in half an 1
nour uun a Knue. .rtny oooy can mane a wnip ;
that can whittle a stick or find a piece of wire, if j
tliey cannot arlord to buy one. I only mention j
tnese tnings as samples oi my time aving. nut
if you will not be offended I will tell you a little
and cheese room to see the cheese
ana as we
i
came back we stonDed a few minutes to chat in 1
jwuiB ucMuppeu a iu iiiniuiej 10 oiiai in
: the kitchen ; the lady told one of the girls that 1
she might make some flannel cakes, or griddle ; The daughters, too, must have a maternal spy up
cakes, as some call them, for lea. She started off nn th0;r or0r na ,n,i rnn0,on ind ua
on the bound to her duty. First she ran down
n j t ... . it-
ruiicii ana uroupni un me DiniRr-mi ik inr nnininrr
0 - J - -----...g, i
almost a pailful ; then she ran back for the eggs, ;
untied half a pound of saleratus, scattered a spoon-
fui on the floor and another on the table, rolled it
anc l5ed it up; next turned her butter milk out and
spattered a new dress all about the waist, snlashed
u au over the table on divers ihinirs. said 'nh'nu , .:.,., .,i m i:u.
: shaw v picked np the saleratus from the floor, ry t Eqlially as honorable and respectable,
j cleaned her dress, and caught a plate and ran to'se they are all employed for the same purpose.
I. , ....... i J 1 J
lne meal room . came back WJln a heaping plate
0f flour, threw it into the pan and stirred away,
back and forth, till it was all submerged and all '
lumps. There was not-flour enough ; away she j
ran aaain. broucht a little more : there was still
' 1
not enough, and the third journey had to be made. !
in all was dashed, and stirred away till her face '
glowed like pa3ony ; all at once she thought of her
eggs, and broke them into the batter. She had
forgotten the salt, and ran the fourth lime to the
meal room. Now her batter was too thick, and
more butter milk had to be used, and consequent-
ly the saleratus paper had to undergo another op
t.- A , , . , . .. ' ,
eration. Fmnally, after much labor and toil, and
an expenditure of much time and waste of materi
al, the lumpy batter was ready for use. But here
was a new 'trouble ; the fire that was just right
half an hour before was exhausted; the griddle
j which had been set on the stove in the beginning,
burned rough, the kitchen and ante rooms full of
uujh,u.i,uu Miiumc uiiu uuur ui uuiiji yiuaae
the cakes stuck fast to the iron and two messes
were wasted before the griddle could be . rubbed
smooth ; the dish cloths were all in a sad plight,
and the young lady had expended as much actual
labor as would have prepared the whole meal, set
the table and all."
" Oh, dear that was me; any body might know
that picture ! But how would you have mana
ged ?"
" I should have taken my pan and spoon, put
my saleratus into the pan, gone down cellar, and
with my cup, which I keep in the jar for that pur
ppse. dipped the butter milk without spatteripg it,
into niy pan ; then broke. tho, egs carefully into
the millfcrrgone from, there loathe nieal room, and
sifted the proper quantity of flour in and stirred it
carefully, thus beating the eggs while I stirted in
the flour dropped in a little salt, and returned to
the kitchen, all in five minutes, without having one
thing out of place, except the egg shells, and those
I should have removed at some other time. So
you see instead of four journeys to the cellar, two
to fetch and two to carry back, and four to the
meal room, I should have done the whole work,
saved my strength, saved the wear and tear of
shoessaved the soil of my dress, saved the fire,
tho annoyance, and a good half hour for something
else, and had better cakes for supper, into the har
gian. And this is only one half hour saved in get
ting supper by one hand. It took three that night
longer to get tea by one half, than it would have
taken me to have got it alone."
" But, law me ! here's the baby fast asleep the
peas are all shelled, and my story must be wound
up, for it is time to whey off the curd." If this
bit of experience does you any good, we may 'tell
you another story some day.
OCCUPATIONS.
The following excellent remarks from the Wa
yerly Magazine, are so strongly characterized with
gO0(I 3ense.and practical everyday applications,
we have at once set them down as sound doc
trine :
There is a most radical error pervading society
at the present in regard to plain, honest, hardy in
wjln gooci an(j wholesome laws and regulations,
thal harrnonize this vast workshop of intricate in
Justry, the world. Without this diversity, all
wouU1 ue riot and confusion, and physical power
aione WOuld reap the benefits of labor As it is,
lhe weak and strong have each their several and
toughened hands, plants his seed the man with
sn-lUUy face anc leather apron, who, with strong and
vj rf)rous sinews , swin gs his clanging sledge from
earlv morn t0 twilight eve or the man who bends
over ,lis rin , stone lhe live iong day, is not
the whit below the smooth-faced, keen eved mer
chant, who follows the feminine employment of
measuring tape and ribbon the eagled eyed bar
rister, who expounds, or rather mystifies the law,
or he whose stately tread resounds in our halls of
legislation. Still, there exist in the community a
low and baneful prejudice in regard to this matter
of labor. Why, fathers now a-days must keep a
sharp eye on their sons, lest thev stray from "the
Ipnrnpfl nrnftiinn " anrl tnl-o un tlm AnrrrA'inrr rr
r i i . . . , -
CUnat,0n of a mechanic, and thus entail a calamity
r,m;i ,i.:u k
ua i;i, uan ' k;'.p
. r 1
uuiuuic . ii iijf, me yuuil lilUV WIJIJIU' a3 HlllJll
think of linking her daughter with a Pataeonian
iin..;uiA i wi,., u i i.i ..u
heathen as a mechanic.
Are not the use of the trowel, the anvil, the
spade, and the hammer, just as laudable employ
ments wherewith to build up our comforts in life,
Labor is labor, whether performed in the field and
workshop, or behind the counter, and in the study.
TTnnoci. n,i hnnM. ioi, ,u Mm ,
er performed by tho king or the peasant, by the
nr;nd u.n . ;t ;n u .1
t"'""1 ,'1 ia y iiittii , ii lojuav ua iiuiiwuiuiu m mu uilu
nc in n,hr uA n, nfh rao nnA
admiration of the world.
" Vat's de matter? Vat's de matter !" exclaim
ed an old Dutch friend of ours, as he tucked up
his apron and ran out of the shop to know the
meaning of a crowd in his neighbourhood ; " vat's
de matter 1"
"There is a man killed," replied a. bystander.
" Oh, is dat all V said our friend, evidently
disappointed ; "ish dat all 1 spose a man killed !
humph ! 1 thought it was a fight."
Editorial Courtesies.
The ediior of ihe Clarksville Chronicle, in
speaking of the Hopkinsville Free PresM says :
" Mr, Noble is said to be a good wriier, and
we know him lo possess a lively imagination,
ho being the self-same individual who once
charged us through his paper wiih being a rob
ber of hen-roobls. We bear him no malice,
however, on this account, and offer him our best
wishes for his success.
To this Mr. Noblo, wnh noble magnanimity,
replies :
" Thank you Bob. Wo rcciprocato your
good wishes ; and since we hava learned some
thing of your captivaiing , beauty, we wiihdraw
the hen-roobt charge, ,:bejng satisfied that no
Ijen of reppectablo instinct would 1st ynu get
close enough to make her yinir. xapnco.V
A IVlarrige in St. Petersbcrfr.
A fair correspendeut supplies us wiih the fol
lowing "Chip" from St. Petersburg:
In England we used lo think the marrie
ceremony, with all its solemn adjuncts, an im
pressive affair ; but it is child's play when com
pared with lhe elaborate formalities of a Rus
sian wedding. In England, the "bride, though
a principal, is a passive object ; but in Russia
she has, before and at ihe ceremony, to under
go as much physical fatigue and exejtion as a
prima donna who has to tear through a violent
opera, making every demonstration of the most
passionate grief. Bui you shall hear how they
manage on these occasions.
The house keeper of Mons. A., who has been
in his service for eighteen years, and conse
q'jemly no.youihful bride, took ii into her head
io marry a shoemaker, who, like his intended,
is not remarkable for his personal beauty.
Friday was fixed for the happy day, and aboui
two o'clock in the afternoon, I caught sight of
the bride, weeping and wailing in a most dole
ful manner. I heard nor saw no more of her
till 6 in the evening, when she appeared in
Mad. A.'s room, attired for the ceremony. Her
dress was of dark silk, (she not being allowed
to wear while, in consequence of some early
indiscretions,) with a wreath of white rose a
round her head, and a long white veil, which
almost enveloped her. She sobbed, howled,
went off into hysterics, and fainted ; I felt ex
cessively sorrv for her, bui did all inv sooihing
in vain, for she refused to be comforted. As
soon as she became calm, we all assembled in
ihe drawing room, and Mons. A.'s godson, a
little fellow five years old, entered the room
first, bearing the patron saint, St. Nicholas, then
came the bride, followed by her train of female
friends. She knelt down befgro Mons. and
Mad. A and ihey each in turn held the image
over head, saying they blessed her, and hoped
hhe would " go to her, hapiness." -She kissed
iheir feel frantically ; and they assisted her
up, and she was conducted weeping to the car-
i Ige.
On arriving at the church, about half past 7,
we were met by the friends of the bridegroom,
who stood at one end of the church, surrounded
by his family, and every now and then casting
anxious looks ai lhe beloved one, who was sob
bing and howling like a mad woman. I thought
how painful it must be for him, poor man, to
witness such distress, and wondered why she
!hould marry any one for whom she manifes
ted such dislike. Af'er administering resiora
tivet, die bacame calmer, and the priest ap
peared when off she went again into hyster
ica more sudden, though not so violent as her
pre ious performances ; but this time, was soon
restored, and the ceremony commenced.
One priest s'ood at the aliar, and two others
ai a kind of table or reading desk at some dis
lance. The happy couple were placed beside
each oilier, behind the priests, who commenced
chanting ihe service in beautiful stylo. The
bride and the bridegroom held each a lighted
wax taper in their hand ; a little more chant
ing, and then a small piece of carpet was
brought, upon which they both stood ; two
crowns were then presented io them, ihese
wore held over their heads by the bridesmen.
More chanting : then ihere was wine brought,
while they were obliged to drink, first he and
ihen she ; ihey made three sups of it, though
ai first ihere appeared only about a wine-glassful
; after this the priest took hold of ihom and
walked them round the room three times, the
bridegroom's man following and holding the
crowns over their heads to ihe best of his abil
ny ; but he fell short of his duty, for the bride
groom was rather tall and his man rather shon;
hence fTiero was much difficulty and slight awk
wardness in this part of the proceedings ; then
followed a kind of exhortation, delivered in a
very impressive manner by the senior priest.
After this ihey proceeded to lhe altar, prostra
ted ihernselves before ii, kissed the ground wiih
great apparent fervor ; then all the saints were
kissed, and lastly the whole parly assembled
We then adjourned to the carriages, and after a
quick ride soon found ourselves at home.
Here Monsicr and Madame A. performed the
part of Pere ct Merc, met the dridal party car
rying ihe black bread and salt which is always
given on such occasions. Thi9 was, with
some words a blessing of course waved o
ver tho heads of the new ly married couple, who
were on their knees kissing most vehemently
the feel of their Pere ct Mere. After this cere
mny, which moans, "May you never want ihe;
good hero offered you," thoy arose and again
ihe kissing mania came upon the whole party
wnh greater vehemence than ever. Nothing j
was heard for some time but the sound of lip:
at length a calm came, and with it champagne,
in which every one of thern drank "Long
life and haniness to tho newly wed pair," all!
striking their glasses till I thought there would
be a universal smash, so violently were they
carried away by their enthusiasm ; then came
chocolate, and lastly fruit.
As soon as the feasting was over, he dancing
commenced with a Polonaise; the .steward
and a great man in the house, leading off ihe
bride, who by this time had forgotien all her
sorrows. About twenty couple followed, and
away they went through one room, out at an
o'her, uriull they had made the whole circuit
of ihe apartments.
We left tlfem at half past eleren, but they
kept up the fun till five in ihe morning, when
ihey conducted lhe happy pair to their dwel
ling. Upon my expressing pity for the bride, and
also my astonishment why she married a man
so verry lepugiiaul lo her, 1 learni lhat she
would not be considered eiiher a good wife or
a good woman unless the was led to lhe altar
in a shower-bath of tears ; in fact, in Russia,
the more tears a woman shed, the belter her
husband likes pr Dickens Huusopold W'ojds
The Lace merchant's Dojr.
Who wduld have imagined ihai a dog had
been made serviceable as a clerk, and had thus
made for his master upwards of a hundred thou
sand crowns ? And yet an accident like this
happened upwards of ihirty years since. One
of those industrious beings who know how to
make a chaldron of coals out of a billiet of wood,
determined, in extreme proverty, to engage in
trade. He preferred lhat of merchandise which
occupied ihe least space, and was calculated (o
yield the greatest profii. He borrowed a small
sum of money from a friend, and repairing to
Flanders, he ihere bought pieces of lace, whichj
without any danger ho smuggled into France in
ihe following manner ;
He trained an active spaniel to his purpose.
He caused him to be shaved, and procured for
him the skin of another dog, of the same hair
and shape. He then rolled ihe lace round the
body of his dog, and put over the garment of the
stranger so adroiily, that it was impossible to
discover the trick. The lace being thus arran
ged in his pedestrian bandbox, he would say to
his messenger. " Forward, my friend." At
ihese words lhe dog would start, and pass bold
ly through the gates of Malines or Valencien
nes, in the face of the vigilent officers placed
there lo prevent smuggling. Having effected
this he would wait for his master at a little dis
tance in the open country. There they mutually
caressed and feasted, and the merchant placed
his packages in a place of security, renewing
his occupation as necessity required. Such
was the success of the smuggling, in less than
five or six years ho amassed a handsome for
tune and kept his coach. Envy pursues the
prosperous : a mischievous neighbour betrayed
ihe lace merchant, and notwiihstanding his ef
forts to disguise the dog, he was Bupecled
watched, and discovered.
America Tea
The tea grown here turns out far more high
ly and deliciously flavored than that imported,
being in all respects like that drank by the
! wealthy in China, ihe grand difference be
tween the American grown and ihe imported
being in the loss of flavor occasioned by ihe
sea voyage. Latitude ihirty-four north, in Al
abama, Georgia, and North-Carolina proves
belter suited for cultivation of ihe plant than
I any o'her region. Dr. Davis of South-Carolina
j who originated the experiment, is already real
izing handsomely by the sale of his young trees,
which are eagerly bought up at any prcie by
southern agriculturalists.
There are some persons yet living who can
recollect when the cotton plant was only seen
in flower-pots in which it was cultivated on
account of its lovely blossom ; one of the pret
tiest flowers in ihe calender of horticulture.
Observing men in the south who ktiow the his
tory of tho cotton-raising business of this coun
j try are generally of opinion that tea-growing is
about to become quite as impottant to us, in e
ven less time lhan it has taken us to becoma
ihe great co'ton-producing country of ihe world.
The character of soil and climate adapted lo
the growth of the tea-plant, are not soch a3 to
make it interfere at all with the production of
the cotton.
Newspaper Impositions.
The following hit, which is as true as it is spicy,
we clip from an exchange. It is peculiar)' appli
cable to some office seekers, and office-hoders in
this region of country. Some men make them
selves annoyingly agreeable when in search of the
" loaves and fishes," but after having obtained the
object of their pursuit, it not unfrequently occurs
that they act upon the principle which all ingrates
adopt as their Koran" Feed your enimies and
starve your friends .'" We publish it for the aspe
cial benefit of this class of politicians.
" Every body seems to think tho printer a fair
subject to plunder. Not unfrequently leading pol
iticians receive the paper for years and nevefthink
of paying for it. and when their bill is sent in, quite
indignantly return a letter with " slop my paper.1'
Mr. so-and-so wishes to become a candidate for
an office. He has no talents, it may be, or no in
fluence, or is known frequently to have opposed
the regular nominations, but he gets some friend .
to puff him through the newspaper, and thus suc
ceeds in getting himself nominated. Then, per
haps, for the first time, he comes forward and sub
scribes for that paper which he expects to pro
mote his ambitious aspiration. Now what claims
has such a man to the support of a paper, to which
he never contributed a dollar ? And yet we have .
been called upon to support men for lucrative of
fices, who had never taken our paper before they
had received their nomination from the county
convention, and were too mean and niggardly to
subscribe and pay for it even if we had spent both
time and money to secure their election. But un
less we are mistaken, we will never do so again,
nA RintR our Dosition. that we will put for-
UIIU I1W
ward no man for any county office, who is not a
regular paying subscriber for our paper."
JJjPIn Paris the fashionable ba?hers aro
provided with drawers and show much of the
plumpness of Norman ponies in their develop
ments. There are jumping aleps and diving
places, and at one end a cafe restaurant. Here
some of the swimmers, in Eden costume, enter
and seat themselves at ihe tables, whero thoy
are waited on by femalo attendants. AH hjs
is in the heart of Paris, ona river wide enough?
to refresh without culling into lifeless twain
the halves of the city. Trib Cor.
The Debt of Taxas.
In June 1837, Texas passed an act to consoli
date her debt and then found its amount $3,000,000;
In 1848 this had increased to upwards of $11,000,
000, and probably amounts at the present period,
1850, to S 12,000,000. The appropriation by Con-"
greas will be applied, one-half to the payment of'
the Bond holders and one-half to the Slate for-hcr.
own uses and purposes. The. vlue of Texas
has largely increased since the pastf ge of the liJlh