f eMorli |it qntor anii Ctaimirt*.
BY DAVID OVER.
REPORT
CN THE
SURVEYS AND LOCATION
OF THE
Siicrraaas Vallrjr and Broad Top
Railroad,
BY L. I). L t-MPWAN,
Civil Engineer.
(Concluded from laA week.)
There appears to be an opinion prevail
ing in many parts of tbe East, that the
greatest and most important roads are those
which reach the basin of the Lakes. This
is undoubtedly a mistake. It probably
arises from the fact, that the longer routes
by the Lakes were first completed, and as
a long Railroad is better than a short Turn
pike road, trade aud travel sought tbe long
er roads, until many believe they are the
great natural outlets.
But where ought a road to terminate?—
la the Lake buaiu or in the Ohio basin ?
Let facts answer. By an examination of
tbe map, it will be scon that tho Ohio Ba
sin is verv extensive, compared with the
Lake Bisin, and has an area, according to
Prof. Darby, of 200,000 sq. miles; the
valley of the Mississippi proper 180,000
sq. miles; the valley of the Missouri 500,-
000 sq. miles; and the valley of the lower
Mississippi, 330,000 sq. miles.
Let us now examine the commerce. la
1851 the commerce of Lake Erie, Lake
and River St. Clair, Lake Huron and Lake
Michigan amounted to §141,593,507. —
Aggregate tonnage 137,466.
In 1810 the nett valua
tion of the western riv
ers was,
Value of vessels, 18,661,600
Nniubor of hands on craft, 35,047
The gross valuation of all
the Lakes, 283,187,134
The gross valuation of the
..western rivers, 512,467,640
On the Lakes, above Niagara, there are
126 steamers, with crews of about 2000
men: on the Mississippi 241 steamers, with
crews of about 6414 men; aud on the
Ohio. 317 steamers, with crews of 8338
men.
This shows the steam marine of the Ohio
basiD to be nearly equal to that of the up"
per Lakes and the Mississippi together.
In the year 1851, the domestic produce
received at tidewater by the three routes,
the St. L twieuce, tho Uadson, and the Mis"
sis-ippi, were
By St. Lawreuee, $9,153,630
By Hudson, 53,927,503
By Mississippi, 108,051,70S
Number of miles of Steam Navigation on
the Ohio and Missouri Rivers:
Ohio and branches, 15295 Miles-
Missouri and branches, 2355 Miles-
These figures clearly indicate the valley
of the Ohio, 3 the great producer, the
great fountain of trade. Here commerce
is centralizing; especially at Cincinnati.—
st. Louie, which from its position and nat
ural advantages must ever be the great
Western mart, is ID the same latitude due
West, and they are connected by the Ohio
aad Mississippi Railroad, which is nearly
an air line. Hence, the object of first iru
portance, in building great trunk lines from
the Atlantic seaboard to the West, is to
make the most direct connections with Cin
cinnati, and through her, with St. Lonis,
and the 500,000 sq. miles of the fertile
valley of the Missouri.
The Lake ports will naturally do, what
ever trade may arise front the basin of the
lakes, but beyond that they can never ex
tend, when the lines projected, and in pro
gress further South, shall be completed.
Look at the population of Cincinnati, in
1800 1810 1820
750 2.540 0,044
1830 1840 1850
24.831 46,338 116,108
Here is an increase almost without a par
allel; if the ratio of increase ecntinae? for .
the next ten years the same as the last ten
she will have a population of nearly 300,-
000. In the last five years she has dou
bled her commerce, and at the present time
the increase is going on as rapidly as ever.
THE POPULATION* OF LOUISVILLE.
1800 1810 1820
600 1,300 4,000
1830 1840 1850
10,080 21,210 42,000
Louisville is the largest and most enter
prising place on the southern shore of the
Ohio; and wbvte Cincinnati is spreading her
commercial arms abroad in every direction
North and West, she, by her lines to Lex
ington and Nashville, is centralising the
trade of the great Southwest, and pouring
it into the seine CdifiuKfn reservoir.
E ustern capitalists arc beginning to real*
this fact, an.i projects fire dread; on
f > i to tap this groat granary.
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J trace the mute from New York in Cincin-
I nati, via Dunkiik, Albany an.l Buffalo. It
I requires but a glance to show any one, tba'
J tiiis vast trade cannot long be forced over
( such circumferential lines to market. Also
trace tLe route from Philadelphia to Cin
cinnati by the Pennsylvania Railroad to
Pittsburg, Gail ion and Columbus. An air
lue from (. inciuuati tu Philadelphia, passes
64 miles south of Pittsburg; and trade will
do so too, when the proper channels are
opened. It will be seen that Wheeiiug the
western termiuus of the Baltimore and
Ohio Rail read is *2O miles North of an air
line from Cincinnati to New York, and 40
miles North of one to Philadelphia. Com
mencing now at Cincinnati', traee a line
through Chiiicothe, Marietta,Grafton,Cum
berland, and thence by the Shermans Valley
and Broadfop Railroad to a point abont
six miles west of Harrisburg. This is tb e
great central route from New York and Phil
adelphia to the valley of the Ohio. It ap
proaches so near an air line, that it has |
nothing to fear from the competition of j
roads now in use, nor from rival lines
which may be constructed : o the future.
Capitalists in Pkiladeipuia liavo foreseen
that trade would leave the circuitous route
by Pittsburg, and have commenced building '
a cut-oft' from Greenshurg to Wheeling. '
This makes their route some shorter, hut it
does not cure the evil, it only helps it; for j
when they get to Wheeling they hare no
connections with Cincinnati, except by riv- j
cr, aud if they had, it would be much far- i
ther, over steeper grades, and through a
section of country which during winter, is
subject to heavy blockading snows, which
ours is comparatively free from.
Our connections at both ends of the
route are all that cau be desired. On the j
eastern we shall connect directly with Bal- 1
timore, by the N. C. R. It., and directly
with Philadelphia by tbe Penna Cential
Harrisburg, Lancaster and State Railroads. '
With New York, by P. C. to Harrisburg, |
the Lebanon Valley, and proposed Reading j
and Lehigh, and New Jersey Central Rail- j
road: or by the N. C. R. R. to Dauphin;
Dauphin and Susquehanna to Pott Clinton:
Port Clinton and Allentowu Railroad (pro
posed) to Allentown, and New Jersey Rail
road to New York There cau be ua doubt 1
but the Reading and Lehigh Railroads, or
tbe Alleatowu and Port Cliutou, will one of
them be built right away, and perhaps both
of them; as they are the last short link to
connect New York with Ceutral Penusyl.
vania and her Western trade.
On the west, by lines finish ed, or nearly
so, we have the bust possible connection
with Cincinnati, and ber vast trade, and al
so with the southwest. By a reference to
the map, it will be seen an air line from
Lexington to Now York passes directly
through Cumberland,—the point where we
connect with the B. &O.K. R. Ltxiug
ton U she moat important point south of
the Ohio river, and is already the focus of
seven Railroads. All the produce of the
Regions South and West, for eastern mar
kcts, will be gathered by the cmvergiug
Railroads at this point, and seek an outlet
on the main lino at some point between
Hamdcn and Grafton. No part of the
trade of this large region can ever be en
joyed by more northern routes; their loca
tion forbids such an idea.
TABLE OF DISTANCES.
New York to Cincinnati via S. V. <k B. T.
R. R.. Miles.
N. Y. to Boston, 75 In use.
Eastou to Allentown, 16 "
Al'town to Reading, 3d To construct.
R'diog to Harisb'g, 53 N'rly grad'd.
H'sb'gtoP.R.R.bridge, 6 In use.
S. V & B. T. ft. R.
Bridgeport) 141 To construct.
Btugepori to Cumberl'd,
Pittsburgh & U. lt.K. 12 do.
Cumberland to Grafton
If. & O. K. R., 101 In use-
Grafton U> l'arkersb'g
Marietta, N. W. V.
R. R. 103 Nearly eorop.
Marietta to Cin'oati, 180 will be fin. in
a few mo.
Total 721 Miles
-1 Prom New York to Cin- -
cinuati, via Albany, dist. saved by
Buffalo, Cieavelard, S.V.&T.R.R.
and Columbus, 922
—— 201 Miles.
From New York to Cin
cinnati, via New York
and Erie 11. R., Cleve
land and Columbus, 872
From Now York to Cin
oinnatti, via Ailea
town, Iteadiii-', Wr
rinburg, Put-burg,
Woa-ter,Gillio"n, and
Columbus, 788
I From New York to C'm
,*. cinualt, via B.nti
tnofc, UnfloH, Park
! ersburg, Marietta,
I and Chiiioothe, 747 _
! DISTANCE FROM PHILADEL
PHIA BY DIFFERENT
ROUTES TO CINCINNATI.
I Miles.
! To west end of Susque
hanna river bridge, 112 la use.
9. V. &B. T. R. R. to
Bridgeport, 141 To onnctruct.
Bridgeport to Cincinnati
as above, 396
Total 649
To Pittsburgh, 353
To Cincinnati, via G : >l- Dist, saved by
lion and Columbus, 363 S. V. &B. T.
Total 716 67 Miles.
From Philadelphia to
Lexington, viuS. V.
& B. T. K. R. and
proposed routes, 677
From Philadelphia to
Lexington, via Pitts- 794
burgh andCinoinnati, 117 Miles.
Philadelphia to Balti
more, 93
Baltimore to Grafton,
B & O. It. 11. *279
Grafton to Marietta. N.
w. y. R. R. 103
Marietta toCincinnati,! 80
Total 660 11 Miles.
Here it will be seen that your route pass,
esses a clear advantage in distance, over
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the
Pennsylvania Railroad, which arc the only
Hues in operation that can by any possibility
ever become rivals for the trade of the Ohio
ba sir,. The Raitimore and Ohio Railroad
approaches nearer than any other in dis
tance, beiug but 11 Miles longer, but the
grades and curvature are so much heavier,
that were they of equal length, your riue
would possess a very decided advantage.—
The ruling grades against trade ou tho two
routes are as 52 8-10 to 117.
You reach Cincinnati sixty-sevoa miles
shorter than the Pennsylvania Road. This
difference is decisive, and will settle the
question as to the route that will be taken
by the current of trcdo flowiug eastward.
But you have other important advantages
in your location auu grades. Your maxi
mum grade going East is fifty-two and
eight-tenths feet per nnle, while the Peuu
sylvauia Road has grades in the neighbor
hood of ouc hundred feet per mile. But ]
need not elaborate this point, for every one
musi sec that your Road will possess very
superior business facilities, as compared
with any other runniug in the same direc
tion. As I said once before, you need not
fear competition, the only limit to your
business will be measured by the capacity
of your road. The Ohio River bears upon
its bosom hundreds of Steamers, and thous
ands of smaller craft, ascending and de
scending, laden with the rich products of
the valley, and representing a capital of
many millions of dollars; which at certain
seasons of the year canuot reach Pittsburg,
on account of thc'iow stage of the water. —
This is a very serious loss and inconveni
ence, which is so severely felt that t Char
ter was granted a year ago last winter to a
Comnany to improve the navigation by build
ing Pains aud Locks.
Your road will reach the River two hun
dred and fifry miles below Pittsburgh, and
below most, if uot all, the difficulties from
low water, which is a matter of the utmost
importance. Instead of low water cutting
off your freight, and leaving your trains to
run empty, it would pour upon your route a
double quantity. For tbc freight for upper
ports being unable to reach its destination,
must perforce stop at Parkersburg.
There are no less than ten lines of rail
way on the south side of the great trunk,
from Parkersburg to St. Louis, which will
become feeders; and by their connections
opeu to you the trade of the entire south
west.
From Cincinnati you will have a direct
line to Chicago, by the Cincinnati, Lcigans
port and Chicago Railroad, which will al
low you to compete for the northwest trade,
on equal terms with any other Cauipany.
1 am, with respect, your obedient ser
vant,
L. D. LAMPMAN,
Engineer.
ItF—Grandmother, said a child on return
ing from Sunday Sobooi one fine inorniug,
is the Bible true?
Certainly, replied the old lady,'but wby
do yon ask?
Because, replied the juvenile, it says that
every hair of our head is numbered, and
so I pulled out a handful to-day, and there
wasn'- a number on any of them.
What heresy! exclaimed the old lady,
and fainted sleati stiff stone dead on the
door.
• {jyi don't care so much about tbe bugs,
said Mr. Woriuly to the head of the gen
teel private family in which ho resided,
but ibo fact is, 1 hayu't got the biood to
spare, you see that yourself.
BEDFORD. PA.. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 5,1856.
THE- GREATEST WORK OCT.—By per
mission of the Publisher, T. 13. I'ETF.RSOSJ
Esq., of Philadelphia, we take the liberty
to insert tbe following sketch taken from
that excellent work "The Humors of Fal
conridge," written by the late Jonathan F.
Kelley and published for the bcuifit of bis
widow and cbddreo. It is a most beautiful
work, with syleudcd steel engravings of
tbe characters, aun we hope to see it very
extensively circulated. This wovk can be
had by addressing, T. B. Peterson Phila
delphia, or at any of tho Bookstores in the
United States. It will be a golden harvest
to any lover r£ reading. Read the fol
lowing extract taken from the work:
DO G DAY.
I used to hkt dogs—a pappy love that I
got bravely over, since ouce upon a time,
when a Dutch bottler, iu the city of Charles
ton, S. C., put an end to my poor Sue—the
prettiest and aiost devoted female bull ter
rier specimen tf the canine race you ever
did ace, 1 gores. My Sue got into the
wrong pew, ottit morning, the crout eating
cordwuiner and she bad a dispute—he, the
bullet-headed ball of was, ups with his re
volver, and—l was dogless I don't think
dogs a very profitable investment, aud eve
ty man weak enough to keep a dog in a city
ought to pay (or the luxury hansoinely—to
the city authorities. Some people have a
great weakness for dogs. Some fancy gen
tlemen seem to think it the very apex of
highcockalonimdum to have the skeleton o
a greyhouud and highly polished collar
following them through crowed thorough
fares. Some young Indies, especially thos
of doubtful ages, delight in caressiug lumps
of white, cotton-looking durupy dogs and
testing them around, to the disgust of the
lookers-on—with ail the fondness tnd blind
infatuation of a mam tun with her first born,
bran new baby. Wherever you sec a: y
quantity of white and bluck loafers—Phila
delphia, for instance, you'll see rafts of ug
ly and wretched iovjciiig cuts. l*cx sua
poverty and oysters Lave a great adiittt;
in this country, fur oysters read dogs. b<>
bus not, that evit travelled over this re
markable country, bad occasion to be down
on dogs! Woo that has ever lain awake,
for hours at a strut.h, listening to a blast
ad cur, uot worth to any body the powder
that would blow lii.u up —hut be has l'elt a
desire to advocate the dogiaw, so judicious
ly practiced iu all well-regulated cities? —
Who that ever had a sneaking villainous
cur siip up behind and uip out a patch of
your trowsers, boot top and calf—the size
of au oyster, but has felt for tbe pistol,
knife or club, and sworn eternal enmity to
the whole canine race? Wno that ever had
a big dog jump upon your Russia-ducks ana
patent-leathers—just as be had coine out
of a mud-puddle, but has nearly forfeited
his title to Christianity, by cursmg aloud iu
Lis grief—like a trooper? Well, 1 have,
for one of a thousand.
The fact of the business t3 with precious
few exceptions, dogs are a nuisance, what
ever 001. Bill I'orter of the "Spirit," and
his thousand and one dog-fan eying and in
qniting friends, may think to the contrary,
and the man that will invest, fifty-real dol
lars in a dog-skin, has got a tender placo in
his bead, not healed up as it ought to be.
While "putting up," t'other day, at the
Irving House, New Yoik, I heard a good
dog story that will bear repeating, I thiuk.
A sporting gent from the country, stopping
at the living, wuuted a dog,a good dog, not
particular whether it was a spaniel, hound,
pointer, English terrier or Butcher's bull.
So a friend advised him to put an advertise
ment in the Sun uud Spirit of the Times,
which he did, requesting, the "faucy" to
bring along the right sort of a dog to the
Irving House, room nuher—
The advertisement appeared simultane
ously in the two papers on Saturday. —
There wtro but few calls that day, but ou
Monday, the "Spitit" httviug been freely
imbibed by its numerous readers over Sun
day, the dog mcu were awake, and then be
gan the scene. 'The occupant of roomnum
horT-r-had scarcely got up, before a serv
ant appeared with a utaa and a dog.
'Believe, sir, you advertised for a dog?'
quoth he with iho animal.
"Yes," was the response of the country
fancy man, who, by the way it must be pre
mised, was rather grceu as to the quality
and prices of fancy dogs.
'What kiud of a dog do you call that?'
he added.
'A greyhound, full blooded, air.'
•Full blooded?' Jys tbe c< untry sports
man. 'Weil, be don't look as thougii he
had much blood in him. iieM look better,
1 wonldu'4 he, mister, if he was full bellied,
looks as hollow as a date!'
This reunrk, far a noiu i Ht, rather stse
! gcred the dog mac, who first looked at his
dog and then at the eritic. Choking down
t his dander, or disgust, says he:
'That's the best greyhound you ever saw
sir.'
'Well what do you ask for him?'
'Seventy-five dollars.'
'What? Seventy-five dollars for that dog
frame?*
'1 guess you're a fool any way,' says the
dog man: 'you don't know a bound from a
tau yard cur, you jackass! Pbe-c-wt! come
along, Jerry!' and the man and dog disap
peared.
The man with the hollow dog had not
stepped out two minutes, before the servant
appeared with two more dog merchants;
both had their specimens along and were in
vited to 'step in.'
'Ah! that's a dogt' ejaculated the country
sportsman, the moment his eyes lit upon
the masive proportions of a thundering
edition of Mt. St. Bernard.
'That is a dog, sir,' was the emphatic re
sponse of the dog merchant.
'How much do you ask for that dog?'
quoth the sportsman.
'Wei!,' says tbe trader, patting his dog,
•1 thought of getting about fifty-five dollars
for him, but I—'
'Stop,' interrupted tbe country sports
man, 'that's enough—he won't suit, no how;
I can't go them figures on dogs.' The man
and dog left growling, and the next man
and dog were brought up.
'Why, that's a queer dog, mister, ain't
it? 'Taiu't got no hair on it; why, where in
blazes did you raise such a dog as that:
been scalded hain't it?* says the rural sports
man, examining tbe criiter.'
'Scalded?' echoed the dog man, looking
no ways amiable at tbe speaker, 'why did
n't von never see a Chinese terrier afore?'
'No, and if that's one 1 don't care about
seeing another. Why, be looks like a sing
ed possum?'
"Well, you're a pooty looking country
juke, you are, to advertise for a dog, and
dod't know a Chioey terrier from a singed
poatum ?*'
Another tap at the door anuounced more
dog", and as the man opened it to get out
with his sirred possum, a genus who evi
dently '-killed fof Keyser," rushed in with
a pair of the ugliest-looking —savage —snub-
nosed, slaughter-house pups, "the fancy"
might ever hope to look upon ! As the meet,
axish canines made a rush at the very boct
tuops of the country sportsman, be "shied
off," pretty perceptibly.
"Are you de man advertised for de dog,
sa-a-ay ? You needn't be afraid o' dem;
;om? a'here lay da-own, Baity—day's de
dogs, misttr, vot you read of!"
"Ain't they rather fierce?" asked the ru
ral sportman, ey i.ig iue ugly brutes.
"Fierce? Betterbeiieve dey are—chow
'cm a f-f-igbt, if you want to jee'etu go in
for de chances! You want to see der teeth?"
"No, 1 fu.<s not,*' timidly responded the
sportuiau; "they are not exactly what 1
want," he continued
"What," says Jakey, "don't want 'em t
Why, look a here, you don't go for to say
dat you 'spcct I'm agoin' for to fetch d-dogs
cleau dowu here, fomothiu', do you. sa-a-ay
(Jo s if you do, I'll jis dropoff my duds and
lam ye oat o'yer hoois !"
Jakey was just beginning to square when
his belligerant propositions were suddenly
nipped in the bud, by the servant opening
the door and usbet tug in more dogs: and no
sooner did Jakeys pups see the new-comcrs,
than they went in: a fight ensued—both of
Jakey's pups lighting down on an abled
bodied, big-bone sorrel dog, who appeared
perfectly happy in the transaction, and
having a tremendous jaw of its own, made
the bones of the pups crack with the high
pressure he gave them. Of eourse a dog
fight is the cue for a man fight, and in the
wag of a dead lamb's tail, Jakey and the
proprietor of the sorrel dog had a dispute,
Jakey was attituaiuiz.ng a la "the fancy
when the sorrel dog man—who, like his dog.
was got up on a liberal scale of strength and
proportions—walked right ioto Jakeys cal
culations, and whirled hiui in double flip"
Saps on to the wasb-stand in the rural
sportsman's room! Our sporting friend
viewed the various combatants more in
bodily fear than otherwise, and was making
a break for the door, to clear himself, when
to his horror and amazement, he found the
entry beset by sundry men and boys, and
sny quantity of dog3—dog* of every hue,
size aud description. At that moment the
cha wed-up pups of Jakey, and their equally
used-up master, came a rushing down stairs
—another fight ensued iu the stairs be
tween Jakey's dog* and some others, and
then a stampede of dogs— mixing op of
dogs—tangling of ropes and sttaps—cursing
and hurraing, and such a time generally, as
! is far better imagined than described.—
The boarders hearing mob a wild outcry—
to say nothing of the yelps of dogs, eamc
; oat of their various rooms, and retired a*
' quickly, to escape the stray and ooufuscd
dogs, that now were ki-yi ing, yelping end
pitching all over the house ! By judicious
marshalling of tbe servants—broom-slicks,
rolling pins and canes, the dogs and their
various proprietors were ejected, and order
once more restored; tbe country sportsman
seized Lis valice, paid his bills and "vamoos
ed the ranche," and ever after it was incor
porated in the rules of the Irving, that gen
tlemen are strictly prohibited from dealing
in dogs while "putting up" in that house.
Hou. Kcauelh Uayner on our late
Defeat.
A committee, acting in behalf of the
American party, in Philadelphia, tendered
to this distinguished gentleman the coiupli.
ment of a public dinner. Mr, Rayuer de
clined on account of the nceessity of his
immediate return to North Carolina. From
his letter in answer to that of the Ameri
can Committee we make the following ex
tract:
'•'Tis true, the Democratic party has se
cured a lease for four years more upon trie
offices, the jobs and contracts of the coun
try. That is all they were after, and let
theia rejoice to their heart's content while
yet tlicy may. So far as regards the effect
upon the future—-so far as regard the mor
al influence to grow oat of it—their victo
ry is a defeat after ail. Their candidate
will go iuto power with a nnjority of at
least 200,000 of the fWpular vote against
him him. So that, after all, they have re
ceived a decided rebuke from the people for
their violation of the plighted faith of the
nation in the repeal of the Missouri Com
promise for their continued and systematic
agitation "f the question of slavery, and
for their efforts to embroil the North and
she South in difficulty, that by thus divert
ing public opinion from the conteuiplaiion
of their misdeeds, ihev might the more qui
etly fatteu upon the spoils.
' There is another consideration connect
ed with the Jato election, wuieh should
cause those of the Democratic party even )
who have any love of country, or pride of
naive Lnd, to weep rather than rejoice, at
the result. And that is, that the issue has
been decided by the votes of Foreigners.—
Mr. Buchanan will not only be a minority
President, but he will owe his elevation o
the fact, that foreigners have forced him
upon his reluctant and resisting country
men.
Sat the most buuiiliaiiug to a*, of all
the reflections growing out of the result, is,
that notwithstanding this heavy foreign
vote, we have been defeated by disscntions
among our uwn friends. If all the friends
of Mr. Fillmore in this State had cordially
united on the savuie ticket, Mr. Buchanan
would Lave lost the vote of Pennsylvania
—and then the eleetiec would have gone to
the House of Representatives. It is to be
hoped that this will teach us wisdom ia the
future. It is to be hoped that our present
misfortunes will Lereaiter impress upon us
the importance of harmony, conciliation?
forbearauce and charity. It should also
teach us to hewarfc of and to guard again*;
the machinations of our common enemy, the
Democratic party. That common enemy
has sown the seeds of discord among us,and
now they laugh at our calamities. . They
have practiced the tactics of Philip of Ma
cedon. They have demonstrated that pack
horses, led on with pauiers full of gold,
can effect a breach in walls which the most
serried ranks cannot scale.
But, gentlemen, tnnch as we have cause
to grieve for our country, wa still have
much to console us. For myself, Iby no
means despair of our free institutions, and
of the preservation of our glorious Union.—
Nothing but harmony of counsel and con
cert of action, among the conservative and
Union loving men of the nation, is necessa
ry for success. Let us then at once, as
soon as the smoke of the battle has cleared
away, snd time has been allowed for reac
tion from the depression of feeling under
which we all labor, set about to collect our
scattered forces sttd teorganize preparatory
for another struggle. Lot us allow the eu
emv no idle moment. Let us give them to
; understand, ttmt until we are finally erush-
I ed and subdued, we will give them some oth
er employment besides feeding greedy pol
i iticians and rewarding importunate trai
tors.
In combining all the conservative elc.
meDts of opposition to the Demon alio mis
rule, and their reorganisation preparatory
t o another struggle—may Ibe allowed to
express the hope that calm, dispassionate
and conaervative - eoaacils may prevail, that
all uttraisius tnay bo avoided, and that no"
ibing may be said or done to prevent patri
otic and national men, in the North and the
•South, the K ist and the West from meeting
oB a couiruoD ground of opposition to a com"
tnon enemy, and of adopting a common ba
sis of action for the presjrvation of our com
mon rights rmd liberties.
VOL. 29, NO. 49.
[ A CALIFORNIA LOVE LETTER.—A copy
of a letter that was picked up in the street
in Marysville, California, not long since,
Mariesville, july fore 1856.
Pere Cate you know i luv yoti mor an
any utherOirle in the World, and wat's the
Reziu you a'lways want me. to tell you so.
I no you R almost gittiog tired waiting for
me; 1 no you luv ire- fit to brake your hart.
I no we ort to get marid, but bow kiu we if
we kant—sa!—Wat's the use in thinkin
bout it. 1 thort wen I sold mi mule that i
wud have nough to pay the precher and by
you a nice goun. But f tried mi Ink at
poker, and got strapt the fust nite. Cate,
you never played poker —in korse not. Wei
its a confounded tuity nice game as long as
you kin sit behind a sruorl par, but wbeu
you can't get & par, the pots gone. I luv
you so much Cate that I allmost hav a no
tion 2 sell me 1 horse wagin, and buck a
nite or 2 at farrow, but how kin i—sa! Mi
whole wagin wudent fetch more an fore o:
5 good staks. iie go back to the mountings
an work an dig and swet and do everything
i kin to git money 2 git marid. I aint any
ways geius Cate, but pleze dont bug an kiss
and set on J n Ps lap any
moor. You know he aint worth sbaks, he
kant drink mor ap 8 homes 'tbout gittiu
tite; I kin stand up under fiftey. You no i
kin lick Llin2 and Lav dun it, and kin do
it again. But i aint a bit gelus, ino i ort to
mari i long ago, leven years is rather long
tokort a gal, but iie hav you yit Cate.
Good by till we uext meat,
I) G
Note a Bene, good by agin, run that fel
ler off.
2td P. fs. I'm not a bit gelasCate, don't
let him cum about the bouse.
[HFTn all delicate cases where blame is
due, you will generally find the following
law enacted upou—-the poor man accused/
and the rich man excused.
(GPDr. George Perry says the bite ef a
rattle snake is speedily and effectually cur
ed by "rplviug a rag saturated with ley t®
the wound.
Qy The less a man docs, the more fuss
he makes. A hen with one chicken doea
more scratching than if she were blessed
with a family of fifteen.
[CF"I say, mister, wasn't you born ia the
middle of the week! said an impudent ur
chin to a man with a severe pair of cross
eyes.
No you little devil, why?
Case, I see you're allers lookiu' both
ways for Sunday.
A conceited young coxcomb met a hand
some young la ly ou a narrow, muddy cros
sing a tew days since. He stopped and
said,
'Ah, I aui like Balaam, stopped by an
angel.
'AuJ I,' said .-he, brushing by hiei, 'am
like the angel,stopped by an ass.*
The i-xcjuisito wilted.
(EF"An Irishman observing a dandy ta
king a promenade tip Broadway*' stepped up
to lum cud inquired,
'How much rent do you ask for those
houses''
W hat do yon ask mc that foil'
'Faith, and I thought the whole street
belonged to you.'
A Uoosier was called upon the stand f
away out west to testify to tiie character of
another Hoosier. It was as follows,
"How long have yon known Bill Bush
whack V' | .„ -.itf
"liver since ho was born,'
"What is bis general character!"
"Letter A. >o. 1. —-Bove par a very
great way"
"Would you believe him on oath!"
"Yes sir ee, on or off or any way."
What, in jcuf opinion a e his qualifica
tions to good character!"
"He's the be3t shot on the prairies, or in
the woods; he can shave an eve wicker off a
wolf us far as shooting iron will carry a ball
he can drink a quart of grog any day, and
chaw tobackor like a boss.' ?. . .
"The British hn/pire, air," exclaimed A
John Bull to Jonathan, "ia oue ou whiob
the sun never sets ' . i v
"And one," ieplied Jonathan, on. which
tuo tax gatherer never goes to be<L"
Hunt says:
"God made both tears and laughter, and
both for kind purpose; for as laughter ena
bles mirth and surprise to breathe freely
so tears enable sorrow to vent itself patient
ly. Tears binder sorrow from becoming
despair and madness; and laughter is one
of the very privileges of reosou, being con
fined to the human species."
Wanted—a pair of spectacle# for the
eye of a potato.