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!, 1.? i t ... ! III III 1. 1 II rill II I 'If I '11 m .i.lL' ui i ",'.f,i tf ill" );(' .i-m i i, ....i.i ,, ..,.... ..--. .' llt'.l'.CI il Ml J , ... ...... i . , ... K - i ' ; ,'-.(. .1 (i .-vw -liW It li i-t frit,.-4 7 .YjV -.-HI HtVk VlXV',r''5,i I -i '. i- . ' ' if't' j .i;?r -t m - - ..... J r .... , i r ; j" - .v ' m . . k. i i . awfej t .i m ' . !.. . - fell i i i i .YoL XLYII. f i : - i ; , ,ILLSBPKQyail,,W. U.,!(MUax, JAWUAiti,ii, lb6b. i - No. 2470. TUB COST AND CAUSES ; lNPIA?i ..,;.!, J (1 ,n-. j-AVAHS.,,, V Mr. A. Il.J.tkion, f Ne Vork titr, has eompiled froa lh official record, ind will loon pebliik exhibit of the eoit aod ittui of the several idiaQ wars dinng te Uatthiny.aetee jfan.beginniDK with the UIck Jlak war of 1831-which coit d.reetlj $2,000,000, aid lodirecdj. 10 the deitructieiTef ptopertj, eneplo.Tirig militia, iroUateert, penaiooi, Cm $3,000, (100 more, makiog an iKrejate ef tJ.000,. 000, iitendid with ; e Ion of. 4.000 of oer people. OScera f the ar and v em Lent, tncloding the preient Secretarj tl the loterier, who eered throegh this war. are unable, ete thia late day, UJell whtt waa ike real cam of . that coaBict. The? are confident it waa forced epon the Udianajn the inteieit of broken dewa po lituiaoe and iptcelaiort. The Sminole or Florida war lasted near i aaten emplojiig the army t.U oaty. the militia ol "Urida and oloateere from eome of the other Slates, costieg IS, 000 live and $100,000,000, The Binabr of Indiane eofufd.: wta eitimated by the ledian agtot t 600, warriora ; the army of ficera, etiate their euwbert at 1,000. Nearly 300 of 'toe v Indiana aiill remtio is the Kiergledes of Flurida ; the uthera were miTed wait of the Miiiipp. Thoe in FUride inaiit that .they .were nete r whip ped. The first cseie of thu outbreak waa In interpretation giteo to three treaties j ne eirii.5 a remoal of the Semmolea, the whipping of an Indian, and the im ptachmenl of OKeola, who eiciprd and became the leader of the war prty. At about the same time a difficulty occurred with the Creeks, Cherokeea and other In. dians. cotttng in the s-jrejste ll.ooo.ooo. it i52. mm hail tUe tiiwoa war OB" the i.taini. the cause, an Indian killed a cow fcnh ,110. the i.ronertT f u Mormon. This war Issted nearly four years, and oit about SOO lieeaiod nearly 149.000. 000. In 1864. came the Cheyenne war. which laated nearly a year, ctin 1.000 and. with the Sioox war at about the it... time. $00,000,000, Cauieof the oat break with the Chejenaes, a false charge made agaiait them vl Utilmj a none wortn $50 with the Sioux, the opening of e road and the establishing thereof, in their coin ir. iii iaiiiion treatv stipulations. The ar with theChejennesendfd withatrea lj;0f pracMD the (all ol I865.bat that with the Sioux e'ontinuee,Antil the treaty which waa recently made by the peace eoinmis- eiun. .. - . . . The Cheyenne war wa reamrd and continued aet en months it 186T, in cnae- flueace of the burning of their tillage by U.n. Hancock. It ceil about SOO Uvea. and from $10,000,000 to $15,000,000, and it not full? settled uo tel. On the Pacific slope, decieg the lasHwenty yesri, Indian otbreaks hare cottia the aggregate ISOO, 1 00,000. In New Mexico Territory, aiace we acquired it, three caropaigna sgainat the NaeajerS. kaue coat $40,000,000. The caue, the enslavement ol Navijoe women and children by the Mexican, the trou Lira in that territory with Indisos have in trrakrd its coil to this covernmeat to II30.000.000. 'it Indian troubles on a small acate in some I the States and Territories with the ex pnses growing out of a war, the eUiras for the destruction of private property, will make our Indian troubles loot up nearly $1,000,000,000 during the last forty years. ana in aimoitevery case me lauit wa with the whitea. The present conflict with the Cheyennes, Apschei, iAraphoi, Kiowia and Comanchca grew out of a failere to (nihil treaty agreemeots, and the bleader iog ef some of our military officers. To irrny the roving Indians, as is foolishly proposed by some, will coat, tskiog the Se miaole war as a criterion, 17,000 of oar own people and $1,000,000,000, and keep 110,000 troops employed ten years. , Cor, iv, Y Trt'tenr. ..The celebrated, Dt Murray, ((Kirwin,)(of Eliiabethtown, Jn. J., was a close reader of sermonslle fkre ly preached without manuscript ; : j r,. i Dri Brecken ridge, of K-enlncky, hse al ways been a fluent extemporaneous speak errand somewhat prejudiced, against wtjt ten sefinons,nl.rj,;i.:,n!-nJ .. t .These two eminent divines, once net at d inner, ie Baltimore, at a party, where se4 veral notable ministera aad lay mta were guests, when, during the conversation, th. subject of reading e vmona in , the pnkjit came up for) a share of the remarka. r ; . Said Dr. Dreckenrid je to Dr, lurrayr ' l)octor, do you always ask for the help of God in the pulpit?" . , , ..!-. t M Certainly replied Dr. Murray. -. , Strange, continued e Kentucky ex temporizer, that you ahould ,ak for dt vine assistance after your, sermons it. al ready prepared, in word, from beginning to end, , What do yoa expect the, spirit to d0?., j.. ...... - , t Of course there was considerable merri ment at Dr. Murray's expense ; but when the laugh had subided, the New Jersey reader propounded a question to Dr. Breck enridge. Doctor, do you alwaya ask, for ditine assistance in the pulpit r4'" Moi certainly and most emphatically, replied Dr. Breckenridge; "fur 1 depend pon such aid, and expect it when 1 preach." ; Then." udded dr. Murray, all that I have to say is, that the Lord tends very strange aoiwers to your prayers.' Tne subject was dropped. Thk Urs iio Dowxs or a CiLirouxia Mixixo Taw. "The town of Angels pre sears ea instrurtite sample of the upa and doas of Catilornia. li ie a well chosen pit lor a village, being in an open country fl frrtile land. with sutuaent aodelatioa for healthful drainage, and plenty of wster for mining purposes. It waa first settled by placer miners, sod in the days of its g'sry was a very money making place. A wide area of fertile aurface has been washed away and forever destroyed, by sluicing firocrss, to get the grains of gold that are ouad in the underlying gratel. The sur roundings preient a pitiable spectacle of deselition. Where once were rich verdare and green trees, nothing remains bui naked boolJcrs and bare grate' barrens, to make record of improvident waste. , It is as if a farmer aheuld, by aorne exhausting process, destroy his land forever to get one crop of something more than ordinary production. To atop this terrible destruction of farming land seems to call lor restrictive Jegisla tion. Like many of the mining camps. An geta became almost a deserted village after the exhaustion of the surface deposits. But now it is rising sgaio. fever? house is oc copied, and new dwellings are being built. Urchartla are bearing their plentiful fruits, gsrdensare being cultivated, and cottges are being adorned with roses, honeysuckles and shrubbery. In no country cm regene ration be so rapidly effected as in Califvr nia. Angels is a sneaking illustration of the maxim that ' all is not lost that is In danger t' and its history brings glsd tid ings to many a mining village now desert d. , AtliCalifirrnU. Mixaciiecs EvanT.Preaton Fowler, who, three wciks since, jumped from a three atory window in the residence of Col. Michael Thompson, corner of Massachu setts avenue and Fourteenth atreet, in Washington, while safering from typhoid fever, (an acceant ol which we hare hereto fore published,) has almost recovered Irons the injuries received by the fall. Mlisphvsi- ciane state that the shock received by the fall knockedall symptomiof the fever out of him. insr nave treated hint Tor injuries received by the accident since, and not for typhoid ffver. His recovery will certainly be a miraculous one. It has been surfeited bv a wag that physicians, in future, who, have typhoid Tsver patieotal ami desire to' care them, had better bitch them out of a three tarj window, i .t WuJLChnm, Calcutta has exnorted $15,010,000 wiith ofoplam within t year. -'".', A Mr. Shannon, a oativt of the Emerald Isle, born, ia .140, making him 119 yean old, passed through Searcey, Ark.i lately, on foot, en routi to Titti. SChoosiro roa Lira. There is a general repression that the only cud of an occupat ion ia to make a living, and that the boy or young man who selects that eiBployment oy wnicn ne can make the moat money with the greatest rapidity makea the beat choice. This is a deplorable error, wherever it ex ists. To provide an honorable and com for fable aapport for himself and family must ever be a main object of everv man's busi ness, and yet it is an unorthy thing io ion year aiter year unceasingly with no Other aim in life than to mike money. The conviction should be present with every young person, ia selecting hie occupation, that all his time, powers and circomstancea fheuld be ao engaged as to produce the greatest possible amount of good' to the community around him. as well as to him jell. Some may esteem this visionary and impossible, but in realitj it is the founds (ion of success. No one who gives to so fisty, with wisdom and juJgmeut, the ben efit ol a portion of his labor wilt fail to reap a richer reward than mere personal ambi tion or lore of money can secure. ' The choice of an occupation ahould be Considered with "all the care and thought ue to a matter that ia due to what may be a choice for life. It includes a thousand other choices, and if at Erst wisely made, ijolhing will be wasted, nothing lost, and life will he a continaed' progress. Bene dict Arnold had ability and courage, but in his supreme selfishness and love ol display aid of gold, he sold hie honor, and would have sold the lives ol his soldiers and the liberties of his country for a paltry bribe. Kvery man who lives merely for self and to gratify ambition, is a traitor to his own wctlarehis country and hie race. In the character of Washington it is not chiefly m', abilities that have won fur him nhe ad miration of the world, but the fact that du ty waa supreme, and that although he long ed for ease and the qniet ef home, he sacri ficed it all at the call of his couwtrr, and put tits lite and lortuae at stake upon a pe a wwiMft . " ruous issue, unselfishness makes men reallv greater than ambition. A choice of occupation made on these principles will prcbibly lead to the greatest iucees of which the nature of htm who pur sues it is capable. As the efficiency ol a watch depenus upon the various parts be ing so adjusted as to bear that relation to each other that was intended by the maker, so the complicated mechanism ol man can on ly obtain real power and ultimate success in life by the proper adjustment with his various powers. JV.if. Ltigtr. Nafotssa's Tskvbb or Orrica. Twen ty yeara have passed amee the present Em peror of the French waa elected President of the French republic, that election having taken place on the 10th of December, 1841. Alreadv the second Bonaparte waa held power longer than meat of the living mo- nsrchs of Europe. A new generation has sprung up since be has been at the head of the French nation, and all the European so vereigns who at first viewed him as aa ad venturer have admitted him to equality. BctLsiso in Baltisiorc and Philadcl run. During the year just closed 4,109 new buildings were erected in Philadel phia, of which 71 were four atory, 2,381 three story and 1,06-4 two atory. The num ber of buildings erected in Baltimore the past year was 2,878, our population being estimated at about SOO OuO. Philadelphia claims at least 800.000. Philadelphia claims at least 100,000; hence the building in Bal timore the past year has, sccording to po pulation, largely exceeded that ot Phila delphia. Philadelphia. Jan. 1. The jury in the case of Twitched, tor the murder of Mra. Hill, went out about nine o'clock this even log, and retarned in about twenty-five minutes with a verdict of" Guilty of mur der in the first degrse. The prisoner re ceived the verdict by trowing up his hands ia a deprecating manner. No auch cold weather has visited Flori da since 1835 -so savour eschangea. Ice was formed aa inch ia thickness at St. Au gustine on the l2lh alt. v wmmmmiammmmmSmtmm '.''.V'' .... ...... SrCCUlATI.fO IN BlKADiTrrrr.Th England Farmer gives1 the following ac- 1 count of the recent corner in the corn mar A little partv of men visited rhian a month or two ago, with perhaps about a half a million dollars at command, and be- gan privately buying op all the corn in the market, contracting for its delivery in thir tydays., The contractors, not thinking thst a v corner' was forming, neglected to bur corn with which to fill th-ir mntr.f. nift the month was nearly ended, and then, to their surprise, found an alarming'acarcitj in the market. The price began to rise as tK. ;m.'r ,1-1:. 1 ? . .. ... t.M,. vi ucuTcrj approacneu, ana tne contractors grew more alarmrd thir prospects, and bid still higher for the quan tity needed. Before the hour of filing tke contracts arrived, eorn was held at $1 15, and many prominent dealera were ruined. When the hour struck h nrir ttpnnM,i i 91J cents, and the "corner" was ended. I he president of the board of trade waa the first to CO under, with rcnnrt.! i;kiiw; for S0O.O0O bushels of corn, or some $x0,- 000. Other COfTHQIlf inn mn ksva Kaan t V WWII dropping by the way aince, and the aggre- gaie iom mu uistress waa very large. The sharp and unscrupulous manipulators ef the corner" made Iroml 00,000 to $300, 000, and many outside the rin" who were fortunate enough to hnM thir vrun and sell it st the right time, also made hstfsme sums. About one hundred thous and dollars are required to make a "cor- nrr .u wneai, ana trem one-half to three quarters of a million on corn." What top Drikk. The board of excise in New York have just completed a chemi cal analysis of the various kinds of liquors sold at various saloons in that city aa Bourbon whiskey," and the result is pub lished lor the benefit of those whom it mar concern. Out of tflirly-eight specimens subjected to lest, only two were found pure. . vUllli. v -Mum moi oi mia " one old whiskey" is composed are as follows :. Fusil oil, rancid lamp oil, green tea, prns sicacid, wintergreen, and strychnine. The commoditieeold as brandy and gin were found to be made up of compounds equally vile. Some of the newspapera have been making these exposures ol late, but as these were set down ss sensational, they did not attract much attentian. But ihe exposures of the board of excise are official and will probably open the eyes of the public to the poisons that are pawned of on them. "Such ia Life. The ups and downa of life are completely and sadly ilastrated in the lives of George D. Prentice and Walter N. Halderman. The Iattr wkn . .. entered the Louisville Journal office aa a clerk, when Mr. Preatice was in the zenith of his power. George D. Pentice. in those dsys, was a great man. He stood second jo none among the editors of wh r journsls " luurru, ue nau nauunai repu tation. He waa known aa a man f t.l.nt power and influence in the eountrv. Geo! -D. Prentice waa imsor th fnrr Miul III,,.. alists of the times t but now, alas, how A aa. ensngeu. lie is in the employ of, Mr. Halderman. his fwrmtr wlrrk. naw iti eipal owner of the Courier and Journal, and receives a aalary of 40 per week. Suet ia life. u ,.i Geea Asvici vrsm k M Younr does not want the femal M Arm.... to wear long dssaes, but he does not wast their garmenta too ahort, either. He ssys f . "Bring them down to the tops ot your," shoes, and have then ao that you can walk and clear the dost, and do not expose voir person. Have your dresses neat and comely, any conduct yourself, in tke strict est sense of the word, in cbsitity. If y..a do this, yen set a good example before the hsins; generation. Use good language. wear comely clothing, and act in all thiags so that you can respect yourselves and respect each other. We wish you to re member and tarry out these coanssla." Last year the damage done to the crops in France, bv Insects, exceeded $105.000.. POO,. . ... j - a
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