a
Ea5PXiiJtt.tjrjMOaajgMi--i--'Ji.'-ai.'-iJutaiJu
jfcffcrsoniau Republican.
TInis"il:iy, DcrciuburSS 152.
Wood ! Wood ! J Wood ! ! !
In order to accommodate such of our
subscribers who are indebted to us, and
cannot make it convenient to pay, we are
willing to receive, a lot of good sound
drv wood. We trust that a number of
patrons will avail themselves of this op
portunity and square up their accounts.
Pennsylvania School Journal.
This cxoellcnt magazine is published
monthly for one dollar per annum at Lan
caster. The editor is Thomas IL Burrows,
who has been deservedly called " the
Father of our present common school sys
tem." Other states have long maintained
such a periodical, and cannot the old
Keystone ! Teachers do your duty.
JST On Sunday last, a large drove of
Turlccys, and also one on Tuesday, cn
route for the New York market, passod
through this place.
Washington National Monument.
The Washington Mouument is now one
hundred and twenty-two feet high, and
will, in all probability, before the close of
the building season, reach the height of
one hundred and twenty-four feet. It
has yet to reach an additional elevation
of three hundred and seventy-six feet to
make it what it is to be, the most lofty
edifice in the world, in commemoration
of hira who, infill the attributes of great
ness, was the most lofty of human be
in S.
U j3 A correspondent of the London
Times draws a heart-rending picture of
the distress to which vast numbers of the
poor of Ireland are brought by their
landlords. Speaking of the county of
Mayo, he says : " The whole population
of a district many miles in extent are sim
ply turned out into the roads to go where
they please, and live or die as they can."
Steamboat Maj. Banict.
The Eastou Whig says : The steamer
Maj. Barnct, lying at the foot of North
ampton street since last spring, raised
her steam last Monday morning and pass
ed down the Delaware. We learn that it
is not the intention of Capt. Young- to
run her between Easton and Lambertville
hereafter. She will be taken into other
waters.
V. S. Senator from Arkansas.
Hon. William K. Sebastian (Dem,) was
re-elected to the XL S. Senate for six
years from 4th of March next, by the Ar
kansas Legislature, on the 10th inst., by a
vote of 85 to 4 for John S. Roane (Dem.)
and 0 for William Stith. The two Hou
ses also elected a Chief Justice of the Su
preme Court on the same day, by a near
ly unanimous vote, George C. Watkins
receiving 94 votes and Mr. Craighead 1.
Egf A dividend of thirty per cent, is
ready to be paid to the creditors of the
Oommcrcial Bank, New Jersey, by Thoin
3Iarsh, one of the Receives, on presenta
tion of certificates at the State Bank, New
Brunswick, N. J.
Convention of Slaveholders.
A Convention of owners of slaves from
Mason, Bracken and other counties in
Kentucky has been held, to devise some
way of preventing the escape of slaves.
They would have slave protection socie
ties formed in each county in Kentucky,
each to have a pursuing committee. A
census to be taken of all the slaves in
each county owned by members a fund
raised to pay a stipulated reward for re
capture and the expenses of the pursuit of
the slaves of members to pay to citizens
of free States for the capture of fugitives
at the following rates: $50 for a slave o
ver 10 years old, $100 for younger ones,
and 50 for information which results in
the capture of a fugitive.
JpLand warrants are bought by the
brokers in Cincinnati at the following
rates; 160 acres, 8140; 80 acres, 870;
and 40 acres, $30. Few are being of
fered. There is an old man in Belgrade, on
the frontiers of Hungary and Turkey,
who has attained the enormous age of one
hundred and seventy-two years. He is
still in possession of all his faculties, and
smokes his pipe regular. Fifty years ago
he used to go out bunting with his grand
son, and it is not quite one hundred years
since he made his third marriage with a
young girl of nineteen, whom he has out
lived by forty -four years.
From California.
By the Prometheus, at New York, wc
have San Francisco news to the 1st inst.
The steamer California having sailed on
that day for Panama, with the mails and
2,044,000 in gold dust. American Flour
at San Francisco was worth 852. Politi
cal excitement ran high, and a large vote
was expected. Cotton, equal to any grown
in the Southern States, had been raised
in San Joaquin county; and Coal had
been discovered in Trinity county. The
accounts from the gold mines were favor
able. From Europe.
The Baltic arrived at New York on
Sunday, with Liverpool dates to the 17th.
Among her passengers is the Rev. Al
bert Barnes. The Cotton market was
dull, without material charge. The mar
ket for Breadstuff's had improved, and
sales were made at an advance of six
pence a barrel, chiefly for export. There
is no other news of importance.
2 A gentleman near Lebanon, was
recently married to his fifth wife. He is
already the father of twenty-one children.
JS-Thc case of the Commonwealth vs.
Weaver & Orth, ed&brs of the ITarris
bitrg Democrat, for libel, on the oath of
Mr. Geo. Berger, was tried in the Quar
ter Sessions last week, and resulted in the
conviction of the defendants.
EST" Sailors' wages arc very high at
New York; on vessels for the China trade,
820 per month are given.
CgyThe vote in Morgan county, Ya.,
last year for Governor stood, Democrat
283, Whig 2S8. This year for President
it stands, Pierce 291, Scott 291.
In Rockbridge Co. Virginia, there is one
town called Jerusalem, and another call
ed Hell Town. We learn by the Rich
mond Enquirer, that the Whigs carried
Jerusalem, and the Locos Hell Town.
After all, there is something in a name.
A small town in Montgomery county,
North Carolina, called "The Forks," vo
ted unanimously for Scott and Graham,
at the late election. There are one hun
dred and twenty-five voters in the place,
but not a solitary Pierce and King man.
Death of Hon. John Scargcant. We
rogret to learn of the death of this eminent
citizen of Philadelphia. He died at 9 o'
clock, on Tuesday evening 22d ult. He
held many posts of honor, and was one of
the most distinguished lawyers and states
men in this country. " Peace to his ash
es !"
Hon. Walter Forward died at Pitts
burg on Wednesday Morning.
Veteran Voters
The Painesville (O.) Telegraph says
Dea. Rider and James Woodworth, of
that town, both of whom voted for Wash
ington, for President, voted on the 2nd
ult, for John P. Hale.
The Northampton Gazette says : "Oli
ver Graves, aged 92; Justin Morton aged
91; and Consider Morton, brother to Jus
tin, aged 94, of Whately, were born in
the same house, voted for Gen. Washing
ton, and have voted at every Presidetial
election. We doubt whether another such
remarkable trio can be found in the com
monwealth. Col. Samuel Thompson, of
Amherst, a revolutionary pensioner, over
99 years old voted Scott.
Among those who voted in Newport,
R. I., for Scott and Graham, was Nathan
Munro, who is one hundred years old.
He voted for Washington at his first elec
tion. The Portland Advertiser states that
Mr. Conrad Heyer, of Waldoboro,' Me.
aged 1 03 years, notwithstanding the se
verity of the storm, travelled six miles
and was at the polls as usual, and cast
his vote for Gen. Scott. Mr. Heyer has
voted at every Presidential election, and
has always been a whig. He served three
years in the war of the Revolution.
In Newton township, Sussex county, N.
J.. Benjamin Halsey, Esq., who has voted
at every Presidential election since the
establishment of the Government, and who
numbers among the great names 'whom
he has supported, those of Washington,
Jefferson, Madison, Munroe, J. Q. Adams
Clay, Harrison and Taylor, appeared at
the poll on the 2nd ult., and voted for
Winfield Scott. Sus. Reg.
California contains four hundred-thousand
square miles. This would give eight
States as large tjs New-York State, fifty
as large as New-Jersey, and fifty-seven
as large, as Massachusetts. With a pop
ulation equal per square mile to that of
New-Jersey, California would support
eighteen millions of inhabitants ; if equal
to Massachusetts, forty millions or fif
teen millions more than the present pop
ulation of the entire United States.
Rev. Joseph Case, a young Baptist
clergyman, was killed nearBruce's Cross
Roads, S. C, on the evening of election
day, by the falling of a decayed tree upon
him, while he was passing home. Another
man was knocked down, but recovered,
and several others received some injuries.
Au Experiment.
The New York Tribune says : " Sin
gular results are obtained in this city from
a very simple application of the nervous 1
fluid, animal magnetism, or whatever be
the agency, to brute matter. Let a party
of six or eight persons sit around a com- J
mon pine table for twenty minutes to half
an hour with the palms of the hands held
flat on' the top of the table ; it is not ne
cessary that their minds should pay any (
attention to the process, or conversation
be suspendad; but presently the table be
comes so charged with the mysterious flu
id that it begins to move ; then rise from
it; push away your chairs, still holding
your hands near, though it is necessary to
touch it, and it will turn around from end
to end. and even proceed rapidly about
. . . i
the room, without any visible agent, on
which, excursions the persons must bear
it company, or the current is broken and :
the movement stops. This simple experi
ment may easily be tried ; it requires no
faith and no outlay of moral strenth; and
the result, with a tablo that is not too
Heavy, is pretty sure to follow."
A Prediction.
The Natchez Free Trader makes the
, following prediction, the truth or false
hood of which will be demonstrated in
less than one month :
' We predict that by the 1st of Janury,
. 1853, a revolution will be in the States
! of Zacatecas, Tamaulipas, Chihuahua,
I and all the Northern States of Mexico.
The object will be to establish an inde
pendent confederated llcpublic, similar to
the United States. It will be under" the
lead of Americans, though nominally un
der that of Mexicans. It will be success
ful, and will have a material bearing on
the destiny of the South, of the United
States, and of this continent."
The Purchase of Cuba.
The National Iutelligencer publishes a
very interesting collection of public docu-
' meuts relating to the efforts of the United
States to purchase the island of Cuba from
Spain. It seems that this subject has en
gaged the attention of our government at
intervals for the last thirty years; and
that among the official papers recently
transmitted to Congress upon the subject
arc letters from Mr. Clay and Mr. Web
ster and other distinguished men. The
last effort for the purchase of Cuba was
. made under the administration of Mr.
Polk. Mr. Buchanan, Secretary of State
under President Polk, instricted Mr.
i Saunders, then our minister at Madrid, to
open negociations, directly but cautiously
with the Spanish Government, for the
transfer of Cuba to the United States; that
he was authorized to give the most posi
tive assurances that the United States
would never permit the transfer of the
island to England, or any other European
power; and that the sum of 100,000,000
was further tendered to Spain in exchange
for Cuba. The details of the various
conversations had upon this subject, with
the Spanish ministers, as given by Mr.
Saunders possesses some interest. The
Spanish government not only declined to
listen to the proposition, but declared
that it would sooner see Cuba sunk in the
ocean than consent to its transfer to any
other power.
Thus the question stands. If the U.
States ever obtain Cuba, they will be
compelled to go to war for it.
A Ncio Motive Power. It is stated
that Mr. Charles Mowry, of the city of
', Auburn, N. Y., has invented an arrange
ment by which the elasticity of comprcss-
ed air can be used to propel railroad en
J gines any distance required. The air is
compressed by water power or otherwise,
and carried in a tube or pipe the whole
length of the road.
Sugar, starch and gum arc compounds
of char-coal and water, in different pro
portions. For proof, place a small quan
tity of either in a tumbler, and cover the
I same with oil vitriol (sulphuric acid,) stir
the mixture with a piece of wood or a
' glass rod. In a minute or so, the sugar,
or starch or gum will blaoken ; the mix
ture will become hot ; steam (water) will
be evolved, and charcoal deposited in the
glass.
I A Blue Beaiid. In Cincinnati, Mr.
j Samuel Parker, seventy years of age, has
just married his sixth wife. Since his
first, he has always married a widow, and
never remained a widower longer than six 1
months at one time.
E. B. Washburn, Esq., just elected to
Congress in Illinois, is a brother to Israel
Washburn, recently elected in Maine. j
They arc the sons of Israel Washburn, ;
Esq., of Maine. This is probably the first
instance of two brothers meeting together j
in Congress from two extremes of tho
Union, both Whigs, and printers by trade, ,
and both highly esteemed for their talents
and moral worth.
The State House, at Trenton, ia about
to be renovated and put in perfect order '
for the members of the Legisla ture, who
will make their appearance on thc second !
Tuesday m January.
The aggregate wealth of the United
! States amounts to $12,000,000,000, and
the population is 24,000,000 of souls.
: Thc wealth, divided by the population,
j give $500 to each person, young and old;
and counting five persons to each family,
( it would give the handsome little fortune
of $2500 to every family of thc Republic,
, not excluding the slaves.
i
The Louisville Democrat has the
following startling statistics of the swine
business of the West:
Ohio, in lSSOjproduced
Kentucky, i
Illinois,
Indiana,
Tennessee,
1.904,770 hogs.
2,801,103
1,915,910
2,263,776
3,114,111
Total 12,1 19,030 hogs.
This is coming it pretty strong half a
hog to every man, woman and child in
the Union; but it is nothing to what we
are threntened with at the next census, in
1860. Here is a grand total of over
twelve million of swine from only five
States, and these States not a quarter set
tled. If this it not going the whole swine,
we should like to know what is. Why,
if these porkers were placed in a row,and
a continuous line formed by placing the
caudal appendage of the first in the mouth
of the second, and so on, through the en
tire millions, and taking no unfair advan
tage by untwisting the kinks, but allowing
only four feet to each animal, there would
be nine thousand, one hundred and eighty
one miles and a half continuous pork; or
if Symmes' hole could be found, they
would stretch quite through our globe
from arctic to antarctic pole, leaving, be
sides, a handsome projection of over five
hundred miles above the surface on each
side; or, supposing the Atlantic to be three
thousand miles abroad, and the width of
each pig to be but eighteen inches, a pig
bridge of nearly five feet broad might
connect New-York and London making
a road broad enough for a neat hand to
tool a sulky through in handsome style.
It is no joking matter, but ti pretty serious
and substantial fact. What we are com
ing to at this rate, no one can tell. This
western country will become one vast hog
pen if this thing continues to increase at
thi3 rate.
Gerrit Smith
Gerrit Smith has announced, in a card,
the principles he intends to maintain as a
member of Congress. He declares that
by no possibility can Slavery be brought
into or recognized by, either the Federal
or any State Constitution; that "the
right to land is as natural, absolute and
equal as the right to the light and the
air;" that "political rights are not con
ventional but natural, inhering in all per
sons, the black as well as the white, the
female as well as the male;" and that
the province of Government is but to pro
tect persons and property; everything else
falling within the voluntary principle, and
resting solely upon individual effort.
These are among the positions he intends
to maintain. We do not doubt that he
sincerely believes them; and wc know that
he will argue in support of them with
candor, serious earnestness and marked
ability.
Harboring Fugitive SlaveSi
We have already stated that in the U.
S. Circuit Court at Philadelphia. Messrs.
Oliver and others, of Maryland, had ob
tained $2,800 damages against Daniel
Kauffman, of Pennsylvania, for harboring
and concealing thirteen fugitive slaves.
Judge Grier, in his charge to the jury,
took the ground that the Fugitive Slave
Act did not contemplate making mere
acts of charity and kindness to the fugi
tive a crime: but that the "harboring con
templated as criminal, must include the
idea of encouraging the slave in his escape
from his master and impeding and frus
trating the attempts of the master to re
claim his slave. The Judge said:
"It is too plain for argument that this
act does not intend to make common
charity a crime, or treat that man as
guilty of an offence against his neighbor,
who merely furnishes food, lodging, or
raiment to the hungry, weary, or naked
wanderer, though he be an apprentice or
a slave. On the contrary, it contemplates
not only an escape of the slav$, but the in
tention of the master to reclaim him. It
points out the mode in which this reclam
ation is to be made, and it is for unlawful
interference or hindrance of this right of
reclamation secured to the master by the
constitution and laws that this action is
given. The harboring made criminal by
this act, then, requires some other ingred
ient besides a mere kindness or charity
rendered to the fugitive. The intention
or purposes which accompanies the act
must be to encourage a fugitive in his
desertion of his master, to further his es
cape and impede and frustrate his recla
mation. "This act must evince an inten
tion to elude the vigilance of the master,
and be calculated to obtain the object."
2 McLean. 608.
The Presidential Electors chosen in
Pennsylvania, on the 2d instant, meet at
Ilarrisburg on the first Wednesday in
December, to give their votes. The elec
tors in all the other States meet at their
respective State capitals, on the same day,
for a similar purpose. The votes are
sent under seal to the President of the
United States Senate, at Washington, and
on the 2d Wednesday of Fedrury next,
they are opened in the presence of both
Houses of Congress, and the resut official
ly declared.
A Daring Feat. The steeple of a
new church was completed in Hartford
on Wednesday. Justbefere the last stone
was laid, says the Courant, Andrew Con
ner, one of the stone masons, mounted the
top of the stonework, and standing erect,
made a handsome how, at the same time
taking off his hat then placing his hands
on his hips turned completely around.
The place on which he stood was only a
bout a foot in diameter, and two hundred
and ten from the ground.
BST Good fat sheep may bo had in
Mexico for 25 cents!
Spiritual Rappings.
The spirit rappers, like all modern in
ventors and operators, arc progressive,
and recently have entered the field of
politics, if our impressions are correct.
The probability is that they had some
mysterious agency in the election of
Pierce, perhaps by calling up to the ballot
box, "spirits from the vasty deep," and
since the announcement of that event, it is
evident that they have not been idle or
inactive. Their grcatortcis said to con
sist in the ability to produce mesmeric
sleep in the individuals who happen to
como under their influence, and it is a
subject worthy of inquiry whether many
Whisrs were not oneratari nnnn Jn this wav
nn nWfinn dn v. T$ ,; nD .
a few uavo smcc the cation been troub-
w' r?PP'ngs-Cab.Det officers For-
eign Ministers, Consuls, Indian Agents,
Customhouse officers and Postmasters
.. '
have seen visions of great commotion.
We ourself have more than once since
the olection experienced slight rappings,
without, however, fully comprehending
their import; and the other evening, while
seated in our sanctum and pondering o
ver the uncertainties, the ups and downs
" ,,vr , j j, -i T . j p
bv Nature's fond nurse;'' but instead of
uj """ ? i
enjoying balmy sleep m her lap we soon
found ourself transported to dreamland
where the following interesting scene was
straight-way presented to our vision, in
which, as will be seen, we became a pret
ty prominent actor.
We fancied ourself seated astride an
old log on the Banks of a great river, our
spectacles off and a telescope to our eyes,
viewing the cmbarcation of a large crowd
of men, some wearing epaulettes and oth
ers in citizens' dress, while a few hardy
tars stood on deck to receive the passen
gers. Among this crowd wc recognized
many friends and acquaintances, several of
whom winked at us significantly, while
others, seemingly much excited, motioned
to us to come on board. We hesitated
for a moment, but concluding it were bet
ter to be with the crowd and afloat than
solitary and alone on an old log, we mas
tered our aversion, and so walked the
plank and took a scat on deck. To our
great joy, wc found there amongst other
distinguished men, General Scott, who
was partaking of a "hasty plate of soup,"
which had just been cooked over a blaz
injr "fire in his rear" and being told this
was the starting meal, and some one hand
ing us a spoon, we imitated the General
as well as we knew how, and found the
soup of an excellent flavor, though rather
too highly seasoned for our taste. Break
fast over, the dishes washed and stowed
away, and all things in readiness to com-
A u 3 6X "T-T g V -..
cut the cable; and being fairly afloat, with
a fine breeze springing up from shore our
Kni-ii vlirinn Qrtirvcc? m r ttto f t Ii
uuivjuc uuvi auxvao nns vu.tA;i niwj. i
duck, while three cheers were given by
all on board, which were answered by
three times three from the people who
remained behind, after which the Graham
band struck up the well-known air:
"Old Grimes is dead, that good old soul
We ne'er shall him more."
We had iust fairlv rob under wav.
uavc ut'UU uauuviauv uuuu cu, auu vy nirr . . . . . ,
editors, instead of dreaming of writing" ! thhlt ot T 8wJrd ' appeared faint
leaders about the safety ol the Union, I ?nd hSBI? and 50 mUch botliered that
when the man on the look out cried "Ship j dream3 of gushing fountains, and Elysian
ahoy?" and presently there hove in sight 1 groves, and vales of bliss had vanished
a "low. long, black schooner," at whose ; and we found ourself relieved fromanexcL
mast head was floating an immense flag j ted delusion, to meditate again upoa Lifes
inscribed with thc significant words!
"To the victors belong the spoils." The
'human lumber" with which she was
freighted, was a poor, lean, care-worn set
with "all the vulture in their jaws." A-
mong them we saw many whom we had
known years ago, and some there were of ; new type, new features and new attrac
whom we had heard much without know- j tions) on the first of January next. An
ing them personally. On inquiry we , original novel from a well-known pen, a
learned their names generally, but we can
only notice the more prominent.
Near the bow stood James Buchanan,
wearing a DiacK reversioio coat and wnitc ; to subcribe tor tho coming year. At the
vest, with a ten-cent piece fastened to his ( very moderate price of two dollars per
hat, turning his face North and South al- . annum, or three copies for five dollars,
ternatively, and bowing politely to all a- j this elegant, refined and universally pop
round him; and apparently in the best ularjournalis with out a parallelfor cheap
imaginable humor with himself and all ness. Now is the time to subscribe; so,
those with whom he was associating. ' reader, take our recommendation, enclose
But this pleasantness was undoubtedly 1 two dollars to the address of Morris &
affected, for shortly after, finding himself ! Willis, 107 Fulton-street New-York, and
alone, he was humming away something
after this manner:
" Oh ! my heart is unasy,
My brain is near crazy,
And it'a often 1 wish I was dead;"
For "Penn's favorite son,"
Is again nately done,
And another by my sowl, is elect-crl
Next to him was Lewis Cass, his head
uncovered, holding a scroll in one hand,
and the other a little raised, as if in the
act of addressing the people ; but he was
evidently prevented from speaking by the
" noise and confusion" around him. But
during a short cessation in the commotion,
the hero of Seisword was heard expatia-
' ting most eloquently against the doing a
! way of old fogyism, with its snags and
j sawyers and steamboat disasters, (inas
' much as it was exceedingly funny to see
so many people taking a plunge bath in
tho lake at once, and then it was condu
cive to health, too;) and substituting there
fore the new, progressive doctrine of Riv
er and Harbor Improvements, and finally
came to the conclusion that :
Nac longer thrifty citizens, an1 douse,
Meet owre a pint or in the council house,
But staumrel, corky-headed, graceless gentry,
The hurryment and rain of the country;
Men, twa parts mnde by tailors and by barbers,
Wha waste their wcll-hained gear on rivers
and harbors."
Near him sat Judge Douglass, astride
a whiskey barrel holding a Jiuge bottle in
one hand and a horse-fly in the other,
but was as motionless as a statue. Sam
Houston was bobling about, near by, as
if in search of something. Suddenly
turning to the Judge, the Texan remark
ed that he thought their situation was
similar to that of a certain old lady's fa
vorite, so graphically set forth in the fol
lowing stanza :
"Old mother Hubbard,
Went to the cupboard,
To get her poor dog a bone,
But when she got there
The cupboard was bare,
And so the poor dog had none."
In a corner sat Marcy, on an old tar
bucket, mending his breeches with a bod.
Kin ; ana near mm otockton was sawin
away on a two stringed fiddle, sinmn
with solemn air, " A life on the ocean
wave
"Now nobly towering o'er the restarnienr
' A irn .nnt nrinno thnt tnr IranennnJ. l:
S fatuXZi1"
And more a Ma'rs in u"0.,
mr . j -n i -n- l-
, There stood Frank Pierce, his one hand
noiaimz me ruuuur uuu me oiuer unon
he could neither speak nor move.
Joshua R. Giddings was seated on a
cotton bale, with a little Nigger perched
on each knee, whom he was feeding with
sugar plums obtained from the Island of
Cuba. John P. Hale was floating behind
on a sort of platform made of old corn
stalks and sugar cane : but iust then his
frail barque was caught by a snag, and
, 1. , ,,& . J , ..?' ..
there he stuck, unable to reach either the
, ,
vessel or the shore.
Oft as he turn'd, the torrent to oppose,
And bravely tried if all the powers were foes,
So oft the surge in watery mountains spread,
Beat on his back, or burst upon his head."
In the meantime the black schooner
reached the wharf where there was a large
boarding house with long rows of tables,
laden with provisions "fine, fat and grea
sy," which were instantaneously devoured
by the hungry passengers ; and as there
was not enough for one out of every hun
dred, those that got but dry pickings, or
nothing at all, commenced beating the
others with clubs, which resulted in divers
broken bones and bloody noses. The un
successful then began to curse the officers,
and regrettod that they had ever made
the voyage, which had terminated in ju3t
nothing at all for them, for in the country
whence they had come they had enjoyed
peace and plenty.
Before their quarrel had ended, our
vessel, running against the current with
out effort and straight as a bee line, had
increased the distance between the com
batants and ourselves so greatly that we
were unable to see or hear anything more.
At this instant, too, arriving at a bend in
the river, our attention was drawn to huge
piles of salt along the shore, from which
we were informed the stream had derived
the name of "Salt River." Here we an
chored, and were making arrangements
to disembark, when a few men who had
gone a-shore, were so beset with fleas,
, hich wcrQ le'ffc b thc company whom
had . tha fch com elled to
I '
come on board asain. We were all con
sulting what was to be done in the emer
gency, when the " spirit of our dream'
was disturbed by a rap 1 rap ! ! rap ! ! !
and we were in the act of springing to our
feet, but were arrested in our purpose by
a well-known voice informing us that our
candle was burnt out. This awoke us ful-
lv. Uur voyage was cnoeu our lancy
sober reality.
The Ilome Journal for 1853.
The first number of an entirely new
series of this bright, sparkling and surpe-
ior family newspapers will be issued (with
fresh supply of pencillings by Willis, and
a new batch of songs and ballads by Mor-
ris, are among the tempting inducements
1 you will receive in exchange for that tn-
fling amount, fifty-two numbers, (a whole
year s subscription) of the most racy, pi
quant and refreshing family newspaper
extant. As a new-year's gift to a lady
friend, it is invaluable. Send your orders
while it is fresh on your mind, and before
you forget it, and you and your family
will thank us for the advice at least fifty
two times in a year. Thc Home Journal
is a great luxury at a very trifling cost.
We conclude this notice with the remarks
of the " Gem of thc Prairie," published
at Chicago, every word of which we en
dorse : " Thc Home Journal is one of the
few newspapers of the country that is nov
cr taken up without real profit, and never
missed without so much dead loss, t fur
nTshes a style of reading and a clas3 of
information that can be gotten nowhere
else. If a person takes the JSrcioYork
Times, he can jog on very comfortably
through life without tho Keio-York Tri-luneZ-or
if he reads the Chicago Tribune,
he will be 'in town' without reading thc
Democrat but he who tries to get on
without the Home Journal, plods along
with one shoe off a loss not supplied by
the fact of his having the other shoo
on. Morris & Willis furnsh just those
criticims on art and music, those choice
selections from the best writers, and those
1 insightings' into thc heart of society,
which no other editors can, pr at any
rate, which no others do. So we say to
our friends, take the uomc jourmu, auu
thus be weekly reminded that, in the
words of their prospectus, 'it is not all Qt
life to get a living.' VDay Book,