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ff Fr^m tht Colufubi'i (>'. ('■) Soafl,rru-H,://>(• MH. AVIN.SI.l>>VS l.r.TTl'R. TIk* coniiiiittoo at tlie late as form a pi t ut of *’nr ritiz.'iis, vi>ry naturally aim Ikj ot" use to ytt. . .1 1 r* 11^.. i-w , nil I KPITMMI.^.—THE RAlLl’iOAD STM.K. ]>rov(‘niont 1 have over Known. - • , wlw.n ii hnniaii beinir properly .losirous to sul.tnit to the pnl.i.o, f a vvMVs .IcMic t.)^i\c c ^..i^sualticH tu the mor- ,,11 the information on the siil.jcct of I’hink to stoikhoha-i.s in ni.i.vin;, ( o ' ’ ' ,.,iitv from onlinarv causes was lu those Koads. which they crnUl obtain, a.ul that same pnce. ami on one ot o,.r roa.l. . , . , Steam ha,l not too, ovor in its giMu ral proposed route tT to Mr N ('., whose innrnin>r’s papr every one will i inteUigent and highly respeeiahlo pi'nth’- man, with a sni^ixh' iK'sire to torm an ini- partiai and correct jud^Muent on the im portant snhjoct it ]>ri‘M-nts. '*■ • 1 1 A. . \ I.. \ \' I.. -.!. * \f * V 11 Hi 11 For the humanity tlt^y dittplKycH, The engineer and signal men Were presented by the company AVith a service «f plutc. iO THOl’ ASl> 1>0 UKKWIBK. This epitapli system might be applieil with advantage on the shores of our west ern rivers—esj)eeially the MisNissippK The dull monotony *»f a voyage up stream would Vie agreeably relieved by a jK.'rnsal ot CANAL FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC. In the iKKtk ju8t published by Mr. ily? not slanders Ihive liiui hence. Harbor him letter from an intclligvnt Anioi a moment. Listen not to his vile rope, hi He will involve you in trouble. Admitiistration: hlv eoniniLudafory and your once prosperous s»K-iety will be the'(iuii t manner in whidi. Hill stockhuldt-rs, some ot them, aie last about seven \\ airea.ly referred to Mr. Winslow intelligence and respeital'ility as a gen- fleman. We may tnithfully add, that he i' ui'iversiilly regarded as one ot the practical and useful eitLens of the ol North State”—a man who deals in facts and figure'-, tlie results of i>rof.mnd study Hud no itRon.'iderable experience as it re- gar.U the practical elfects of the impiutant t enterprise t) the ci*n>ideration i>t which his letter is ilire-ted. | F.wkttkvih.k, Maich ;*>, 1>’>’2. i>1k:—Vour> ot tlie li(th ult., c.iiiie to h.ind a!id T shall prm eed to make ^ -,iih rojdies to your questions as I can, r juarking that if anything I can door >.iy will aid in the beginning and prosecu tion of a "v.'tem of plank ro:;d> in any section of the country, 1 shall be repaid fi r anv labor I may have taken. 'I'hey li>rm exaetlv the mode of internal commu nication ad -pted to the wants of our j«art of the country, better calculated to bt' U'l - ftil, more certainly jn'otitable, than lines of railroad, except, it may be. on the mail r 'Ute.s for the mail and tra\fl. lJaiIroad> mav bo the back l>ones, plank roads the ligaments and rib of any State \ 'tcm ot ciiuimunication. IMaiik roa1s are the roads for the plant- ois and fuiiucrs, b(cau>e >imple in tlicir mode of construction, cheaj). in our tim- 1 red eoiiiitry, and, if the routes areju- (iieioU''lv Mdifted, aiul the line.- well built, i iif'iiii/i/ jii'iiptiihh, and a> tar as m_\ oli- M rvation and experience go, i > ly r. 'J'he woniler to me has been, that, bi'ing in the habit of making rojids by laying pine p.lies, no one had thought of trying plank- ini; u road, and thus intnnhu’i’d I he ■•y>- tein vcar> ai;o. ^\ e are far be hind, in cur part of the wi'rld, in tlu’ race ot inter nal improvement, and 1 fear we shall never overtake our new >isteis of the con- I'ederaoy. I shall n>'\v laoeeed to answer to ipie.'- tions referred to. The proposed length of the I'ayetti. \ ille and Western I'iank lioad. for the pre.'Ctif. i oue hundred and twenty miles to >al in. Its terminus is on the \ irginia lino. Ninety miles are completed and under toll- The means are reatiy to build thirty miles more, and the work i.- going on a> rapidly as jtossible. 'J'he fu't plank was lail November and the eigiity-cight miles was put under toil about three or four weeks since. lock plank, wnic years. Our pitch pine ]»lank and good oak, will, 1 think, last ten or tsvelve years. Vi»u can judge ot these matters better than 1 can. i si'c, in two y»‘ars wear of sonnr jdank, very little indication of much dam- agi‘. Vou will ]>ard >u these crmle remarks, thrown together niiler the prcssiire ot matters of bu>in('ss on my attention, and maki' what use you idea."e ot them, v\ith the ]>romis(\ that it 1 .an be of any ser\ic».‘ >u, it will atbtrd ni ‘ pleasure. \\>rv respeetli'.ilv, I'DW l) l.kl-: WIN.'JLOW. and Stanzas pre.served in the writings ol those Old Mortalities who have tak* ii tin pains to .scrape the moss and mildew from | incident: the literature of the churehyanl, we reeol lect the following: ••llorc I Inys. Kilh-il hv a chnisc.” anniversary eclebratiou of *^t. AnMrew SiK-iety of J>altimore, relates the tolluwinj Sijuier, on the history of Central America, wiiile he will escape the importance of a ship ennal from the | (’hristian brother, has l.e visited your Atlantic to the Pacific, is forcibly stated, little religious eonnnutiity? IJeware of and the aIvaiitage which would 1»ederiv‘d him. He will cause ‘divisions to spring from it l.y the L nited States over all oth- ^ up among you.’ ].et him influence you, er nations, is clearly siiown. The advantages which w ill accrue to the destroyed l nited States and Kngland, relatively, in respect to distance, are set forth in the fol lowing table: vi>» *«|K* ol N**l Net g.'iin. I'rolli Klil(> I** 'iihttui |."i .!>0 xui'uwuxvi IM .'ilMI ** i» Siiit*|M>n‘ Mt.HINl F’lii N. V. III ( Mli iiitJi I.’».«*• 14 I III Sinif|Mire ‘.i.lHMI This shows that Kngland is now many miles nearer the Asiatic trade than ilu; At- “lu u private letter accoint,.- communication, he writes, s:iy d, '.hat be knows that wluit lu; opinions of intelligent foivinn; p.' subject i..^ true. They Were ti, VINT lIKtTV ON MATIUMONY. Now girl', .'aid Aunt Hetty, ]mt down vour eniiiroiderv and worsti'd work, do soiiK'thini; sensilde. and stop building air- ca>tles, and talking of lovers and honey moons; it makes me .■>iek, it s peitict.y antiiMoiiial. Ltive a tarci*—matrimony i> a liuinl>utr; hu.'bands are domestic Na- p'deoiis, Nerites, .Vlexaiiders, sighing fi>r othir hearts to coiniuer after they are .-nre of \ unrs. The honey-inoon is as .■'hort lived a> a lucifer matcli; after that you iiiHV we.ir vonr wedding dress at the wa^li tub, and vour ni::ht eaji to meetinir, ainl vour lin.^baiid won't know it. ^ on may pii-k ni> vour own pocket liaudkerchiet. help vtiur>elf to a chair, and >plit your ixown across tlie back reaching t>ver tlu* table to iret a ]iiice of Imtter. while he is lasiii:; in liis lm'ak(a>f ;is it were *he last meal he >liould eat in thi?> worhl: when he irt fs tlirouirii lie will aid your lige~tion, (while vou are .'i|iping yi'Ur tii>t cup of »M'rtee, i bv iiKjUiring w hat you'll have for • liniier, vviiether the cold lamb w.i-i all ato ye-ferday, if the charc"al is all out, what vou u'lve for the la>t green tea yi*n Then he up from the t.ilde, !ight> iii.- igar wilh the last ev. ning’' pajHT that you havi' .'lot had a chance to read; :ii\e.' two or three whifl-' of .«.uioke, 'ure to :/i\t‘ vou a headache tnr tlu* atter- i'i’"U, and jii'^t as bis cat tail is vaui.-h- iii'i thnni'jli the door, ;ipMl"gi'es I t not ihiiuiT ••that erraiur’ for you yi -:tcrday— thinl;.' it iloubttnl it he can to-ilay—••.'•/ » .'.»(/ irit/i /iiisiII's.'t. ' Hear of him :it 1 1 o'tl.iek. takiiiL' an ice cream with snme ladies at \ intoii’> while vou aie at home new lining his eoat->lee\'e';. ('iiildreii l y tlu' ear^ all dav, »-an't get out to take t!;c air, feel a' crazy as a fly in a drum; hu.-- baiul come honn- at night, nod' a ••how tl've do, Kan. ' bo.\c> ('h.irh y’s ear', .'tand.- litlh- Fannv in the corner, jiiits hi' feet up over the jrrate, >huttin;: out all the fire. 'I’hus were “fatal cala> •jle I upon the graves ot hundred year.' ag«>. >eription wa> coii>idei while the babv .' little pui: iio-e 'jrroW' The progress in buihlin- will ih pend „ ith e..ld;*r. ad.' the ncW'paper all to hini>(,lt, Mtlaeis his inner man with a hot eiip of tea, ;ind jn>t as vou are laborinir under the hallneination that he will a.'k you to fake a nuMitlifiil of fie.'h air with him, he put.' on hi' ilri'."ing g>wn and slij.pers, and lu gMi«. to re k'>n nj> the fa mily exjieii'r^l after which he lies down on the >ot’a. :md yu keep time with your ne«lle, while he .'iiore.' till !• o'ldoek.— Next inoniinir a'k him to leave you ‘a little nn>noy,' h'- hiok at von a' if to Ik* .'ure that you are in your rii:ht mind. • IraW' a .'igh long and >troii;r eiiouirh to iiiilate a J>air of fiellnws, ;nii| a'k' vou ••what you wan' w ith it, and if half a dnl- lar won't do.” iiaeioU' kinL’’- as if tljo.se littli- 'ho‘ ;tud .'tm king'. and jM tticiat.' etiuld be had tor halt a dollar! • Mi, .'et your atb-ctions on cat>, poii(lle.- rot> or lap dog but let matriinonv al ne. It's the harde't way on e.irth of getfin/ a living—you iievr know when vour werk i.' tloiu- up. 'J’iiink of carrving eight or nine children tlirouLrh the niea.'Ie', cliiek- en-j>ox. ra'h, miimjx, and .s;uht fever, some i,f 'em tvvie.- over; it make my head aeiie to tliink of it. ()|i, you may .'crinip and savi- and twi't and turn and ili;r :'-nd ci-oiioiiji.'e a.Mi and vour hu.'baiid will marry again, and tak'- what vou have saved to dre>> hi. ,«econd wife with, and slie’Il t,ik(* yoiir jiortrait for a lire-board, but what > the u.'i* of talking/ I’ll war rant every one of you’ll try it, the first eh.nice you get; there s a ,'ort of bewiti h- inent aliont it, ?omcliow. I vvi>h one half of the world vvarn't fool,-, and t’otln r half idiots, I do. ()h, dear.— O/n r Ilnnwli. the facilities with which y»u \>btain jilank, and of stringers being re quired for each mile, bc.'ides timber for culvert.s and bridges. A\'e had to n >orf to the use of steam .«avv mills, without which, after the first twelve miles, we could not have built the road. 'I’heii the f riigrc.>^s of con'trm tiiiu w ill deiM iid on the face of the country over vvhn h your line passes, and the force you cni]iloy.— Latelv, on an iii'pection df the work on our road, fourteen hands, over a good iine, well cleared and ready, laid, in a day, 17 > yards of plank—(KM) to MH» ft. lx.ing a i rry ijiKnf day s work in long day.'. The lumber on our road, for tiie cightv eight miles, cost about six dollars j»er thousand feet. Ou forty-four miles, the cost of clearing, grubbing, grading, laying plank, putting in small bridges and culverts and tinish- ing, was four hundred and tv.enty-five i*Jlar. per mile. On sevcu milus, now under contract, this work is done for four hundred and thirtv-s \eii dollars and fifty cents ]M-r mile. Mi another road runnin:f «*nt of this place eleven miles, the above work ha.-5 been taken at per niih^.— Much, you must remark, will depend on the ch.irai ter of the country. I'roin three bundr«-«l to four hundred and hftv dollars may be said to be a fair avcraire cost per mile for the above work. J*lank, eight feet hmg, three inche.-. thick, and not less than t ight inches wide. S'' inii^. Stringers—for this .«/ / Sjin ifii iitl,,n^. We* have a single track, and as yet have not found a double traek ncces>arv. Our road when one hundred and twenty miles tirf n>inj>it fnf, all charges, engiiiei'r- ing, salaries, contingent expenses, toll houses, A'c., A;c., as far as I can now judge, will cost about eighteen humlred and fifty doll irs per mile. ^\'e have eight toll houses in the eighty inile.s, which cost, with tv\’o to four a-res of land to !aeh, about three hundred to three hundred and twenty-tivu dollars on an average. The amount of grading done on our road is perhaps le.ss tliai. some persons think ought to have been done. We .set out to build the road with a grade of not more than one foot ri.se in twenty-four feet horizontal, except a cer tain part where the exception was made, to one fx>t in sixteen. The gnule of one in twenty-four, it may be, has nut l>een strictly observed. 'J'he io;id is such an one as that two horses will do the work of four easily, and is an ex cellent road; jiarln of it cannot be surpass ed by any plank road in the country. The amount of grailing, therefore, will depend on the elevation and dejue.ssion in tiie lino, streams to cross and the grade }ou adopt. ••Here 1 lie, KiUeii hy !i sky- lUicket in the eye.” •■AVeej', straiijier, for a fatlier spiUoil f'riiiu a sl:ijic-e>ai'h, and thereliv kiilc'I. liis name .Inlm .'^ykes, a maker «if .'asseii^ers, SUiiii with three etiier outside passengers. ’ ••Mere lies the ho'ly of.lames Moiik, .''iiddeiilv drnvvncil when he v^a.*» drunk. He paid !iis .seurr and i-hented no man— I ft liimtliif litl III-’’! li'iUlllli. ' •• I/ir t'tirriif, Tiiui .'IIkI TitM.« Tressel, ],i.-t tiv the s«ampin;z of thoir vcs.el. leak she spi imir iind settled last; I’.iymeiit of .N.iture's leht was nskfd. Ami it w:is ]iaid—the delitors taililij; ■|'o give seenrity hy haling. Full iniiny a stnrm they nolily brMvrd. .\ml thii they’re lost we Impe thfy re saved. : trophes chroni- the vi( fims, a ,Vn i‘X]d;inatory in- fd in sU( h ea.'cs as iii'ei'ss.irv as a table of contents at the eommeueenu-iit of a b(K>k. Ibit s;nee the introduction id steam :ts a “motor, f;ital aei'ideiits have increased so fast that it has bi'en fouiiil impossible to prov ide ;i supply of i piliiph-^ e|Ual t > file deinanu. it a hundi'i'd people an* i illed by a s'caliiboat expl'isiiiii, tiiev ;ire nuriid at once out id the vv.iv: and of course the hist thing the owners of the line desire, is that the mcm- alid "'■} eatastrophe should be jnTj« tu;i- y,.,, ted hy silitimelital ejiitajdis. ‘,'lum is the word, and ‘dead nun till in tales. — 'J'he sime with the r;iilro;id companies. \\ lull a train is 'inashed and a i-ar full d pa'si'ii’jer' sacrificed, through th ^'.’arele"- lu S' I’t an ine.'Uipeteiit engineer or bull headed iigeiit, the direefiir' ot coursi- do not vv;.'h to see the record d the m.i'saere engraved on a hundred head stones. In .''pain it is eu'toni.iry to pl.int a cro.s.s wherever a murder h;is lu cu pi-rpetrated, if this custom Wi-re idtserved along the lines of our r:iilro;uls, there wnuld be ;» eoiitinuous crtii iforin t\ iiee on c.n h side of half the r.iil-traek' in 'he eountry. Thc'i^ ero» ~ are not without their use: they put traveller' on their guard, ami strike as- 'as-iu' .and brigand' with sujuTstitioU' awe. IVih.ip' if luouuimnfal slabs, wilh apj)ropri:ite iu'erijitioii'. were juit up on the inarL'ins of «>ur railway', in memory of the multitudi- ;innu.illy butihered through the criminal »areh ssiu 's d railro;id corpo- ratiiiii' ;md tliejr enipl'iN ees, sonie goinl might come of it. At h-ast tie- public v^Kiild he eiiaided to si e what the ei>m- panic' Were doing and to comp.ire the li't' id k ill'd on the various hi:hways of .1 ug;rern.aut. Itiiads on which the dealh- tahlets Were ,i few fect ;ip:\rt would be pre ferred by tiavtlhr to »tthers where the inter'tlees weT' shorter, :ind tiie line-i with 'iu;ile rows to tlm.'c with duubh^ ones. \\ e Would have the inscription in large type, so that tlio~e who r.in mi-hl re;;d; and, to .iviiid anv de|;iy which might h‘- cur in the pri p.ir.iliiiii of cpitajdis suitable to the K casion, it would be well ti* have a va't number, embracing evcrv variety of steam murder, maiinfaclured out of hand, pi inti d in slu^ets like •inottiK''.’ and ped- dhd in the cars lv the bov', who .mH new'p.ipers and cheaji litei.Mure, so that ;i i'asr.;ilty might never fiitd the survivors unprovided with d*M uments that wouM lit tin- tasi^. .V siiKill assortment of the ar ticle, einbraciMg a tew of the styles of jic- eidi-nt most ci.mmon (>n railways, is sub mit t'd btlow: ••.\ sU'Men iiili-h I'rnm A mispl;iced “witeh l.;iiil me dead in thi.-^ diti h." laiitie ports of the rnited States—but that At the ban|uet in the evening, 1 lotes- (1^. p.,,,.,! across the Isthmus would reverse j sor Anderson, the Scotch wizard—being : I’nited States the j a Scotchman, ;ind a very populai JUJXI f" j ;„lyant itre. New York would then be over lioot—was an invited guest; and his pre- j senci* appearci' I i: s.* Nrw MU. FILLMOIIKS AD.MINISTI’.ATIOX. The Lynchburg Virginian (d’ .Monday last eontain.s a long and ably written edi- tiirial article in reply to the coniphiints of the opposition that I’residcnt J illmorehas not signalized his administration by the a^eomplishment of any great and dazzling measure of jmldic policy. 'J'he \ irginiaii shows that Mr. Fillmore’s sole ofleiu'e in this respect consists in iiis cinseryatisin, and that it is his attachment to the e:irly tniditions of the republic, and the policy visions of our (Constitution. V l-'illmore assumed (nj„.n tin- i!,.,„'i| sident 'J’aylor) the (’h;iir ..f StVf,. ly honorahlo to the peoph. ;ni 'J'he President’s sub.M oueni bis ' -'f tii’ tl„. '•''frn.k 1,^. '1'- ‘ '’''"itvt 'fl':,. .tn, was an invited guest; and his pre- to warm up the minds d‘ the chins, at the extraordinary powers of I th«“ir respecti'd couiitryman. 1 hiring tne I evi'ning, when the toast, .sentiment and j song w:is at its zenith, the conversation ^ I turned upon the wonderful teats perform- ; '• ed by the I’rofi-s.sor—and amongst the i rest, that of the celebrated “Inexhaustible j j Uottle.” Some said it was a pii-ce of me- j i chanisiii; others that the v;ist ijuaiitity of difl'ereiit Iitiuor.>j he pourt'd out ot it was ingeniously coiixeyed by tubes down his sh't*v cs, and some di'i'lared the ih'ci'p- tion was iffeeted by having the glasses he h.'inded to the audience halt iillcil liefore- h:ind. 'I'lie topic grew somewhat spirited, and attracted the ;ittention of the I’rohs- sor, who w;is asked :ibnut it. 'I he wizard .'aid fh;it it was very unusual for him cvi r to attempt any of his cxpcrinienis out of his saloon; but since the subject had at- taineil s.i high a stage id' argument—and to at once settle the «|uestion — he ih sired the vv;iiter to bring up a bottle of eham- pagiit*, which he oj>ciied, and being joined iiy several pre.'^ent, ilrank its contents to “The I'av.” lie then took the bottle, anil saiil, ‘'Now, genflmen, wh.it will you drinky All were at once astonished — some d« maiided rum, otheis brandy, seve ral gin, ;(iid nuniiiers whiskey. ()ne idd Scotchman, who h;id been silently li'teii- iii'_' and w;itehiug tin- I’rofcssor, rem irked, “now I’il catch himi” ainl said “n to sir, sin y* hae been gi cn so luuckh* out o that ;iiii bottle, can ye supply me wi’ ;i Wet- tlrop o’ punch!' ” “(Mi, certainlv,” replied the I'roles'or, “will you have it lint or f'lj/ii/ ••W hat. said the old man, ••why. hot!” ••'rinre you ari! ” and tin* I'r. f. S'lir, at the saim* time pouring i>nt :t tninbler full of steaming h"t whi'kiy punch to the duinb-foundei asronishni. nt id the melilbel' id the ‘•St. Andrew .' .'•o- cicf V ni-1 t., 1,;,,^ lUeiil vinced tlu in that he is nu ,1 '' an able, conseii-niiun', c( impartial Magistrate, fidlj j.opular elements in cur sv-t, a, i to he driven nor c-f'axed int,, radicalisms or faiiatie;,l '• 1'1 oni the letter Vie OUote tl|,. e “W’hat I would sa\ is, tl.,;t ishatioM of Mr. rilliiinre. w;,ii 1 of tint founders of our system, that alouy tbon.saml miles nearer to (’auton than ‘I"'* of his hibited abilily, sound Kn.dand i.s, and ves.sels could sail between j I"'''*''"'/ :"Iv^‘>’^‘‘nes. J he writer then ..„ tion, hoin .'t pi n.u.e, ai„l „ ^ York and Canton twenty-five or thir- | to ,'ay; :„.d feai ,cs> ,.i teiniiuati.n, 1,.. ■ t’l'- ' It h; days sooner than they can now. I l^ut we demand to know if there i.- country and it. in-iinitio;;, We should al.so be gainers by the canal ! truth in the charge, th:it the pre.sent Ad- e.'timation d I'Ua. - ii. th. in our traile with the 1‘aeific. 'J'his is ; shown in the following table:— j viH Ch(»' Hunt. Itv •'an.ll. *;»iii. Krniii Kii^. Ill Vii I (III raisii I.I4I ll.WI III I :in.iii III r4)ll ~ HNI 3 '.Hit |..S,inil» il h f.ltiliiU 14 .'WNt S..VMI I'. IMUI K im .\ V I" \ .ilp.ir:o»ii l(M :Mt .V.'itNt .Vi:«ll to I'.111.11. l i IIH) •» S.UMI •* III S;iiiilw Irli [♦laiiiU It) IKKl ."i .VKI lO .ilPlI Here again i'highind has the advantage of us. in tile oce.in voyage, but make the canal, and the advantage i.-^ ours by three thousand miles d’dist.iiice. vf.. tie. _ ministration b;is done nothing worthy of friends d free it;.'t;tiifii | being remembered';:' What has it failed j»opular will, niaiiitainiiiL' '.nn] |.j„||. to do that it should have done'—what has dcr, and .s(.( iinty, anl ti.r wi; it iloiie that it should h;i\e faihd to do!'— in wliiit have the public interests lacked :ittcntion!''—iii what has the honor of the countiy sufleicd!!' Since the adoption (d the present constitution, we have h:id no l*resident who has managed our national affairs more ciilnily, more liiinly,and more justly; and yet none luis p;is.'e«l thronoh • III t!.,. lii,. When it is considered th;it the capital ! ,,o perilous ;i time. 'I'he escaping from eniplovcil in the whale fishery in the ves sels of the I nited States, is over titU’cii millions of dolhirs, whndi is estimated to yi( Id an .iver.igi' annual product of over .■.even millions of doH.irs; that the exports of domestic cotton i;iiih1s troiii the I nited States to the I’acihe coasts, have run up from .six liuudreii liales in l>*-!t2, to fiver dcr, and per.si’iis Ml.I pi i-ielll law.' fr’,: !:;'ul done mill ;l ■ ! I ' t’olldly I h i ; eninient i e-, •; incapable id ei-. i’ other le.tioli CXe,te1il.UTs. it worid that “the will oft! ^rovern in a lle'.Tu’.iric i or to jioraiV p' lry tm [ • >i 1 ' V ai 1 ill.; I '\ : 11-'Mir th.it a 1 e_,l ■ !.- ' r- "f.5. . "■ b;,,„ t!i" r , / ' !'"■ (, . ^ 'I'-'.,-.,.; the imminent destructions that menaced Us, ami the restoration td tranquility to constitutionally eii. lU a: the country, are tlu-m.solves achn vements more brill iiit than a tliousand victories. Mis"uidcl and inflamed by the false . • I teacliings and dangerous pract ices oi Loeo- ftK-oisin, iiiaiiv of the peopK- of this govern- ment had bi-cii seluced into .scheme.' Ill one hundred thmisand in lS.’)f, and th.it ; foreign plumh r and outnige, and had given our rcc‘ipts from them have grown from ‘away to a wild spirit of l»ucc:ineering ail- tlirce millions in ls;>*J to not less tii;in tit- j venture. W;is it nothing to have iliteipos- fy millions of dollars in irold alone in 1 >>.>••; : ed the strong arm of the law and iistiain- — when thi'.'? facts are reniemben d, and j ed thi in from the immense i riine they k- that one third of the time of the vessels is about to coniniit.' W as it nothiiiir lost in going and returning by (’ape Morn, ! resolutely to have maintained the oldiga till- inijMirtaiice of a canal across the Isth mus, can hardly be over-c'fimated. In a late report upon the siibjei t, Lieut. Maury say'; ••'I’he l‘!nglishman meets the A'"' rian in all the m.irkefs of the wnrld, excejtt th"se of the (Inlf and the (’aribbcaii sc:i, with the advantage of ten ward. Notwithstaiidiii:/ thi; ecuted, anil law and uni, . with as mueli elVieirie \ as in any (bivernm,nt lii; th;it lici-iitioiisncss is u it i anarchy and iiii.iult ;.ii' n f rcjiublieanism. “\\ intevcr ni'iv hi’ ill tin an A'lministratii n i-.itinot f ;; a long time :i iii. 't '/.ivorai.lr our ciiiii'e a,id oiir ■], ■; IK'Xt to that i f 1,. , and :in exam] !e, Wh,.. ,.i- at any futuie tiiii.' in tlii- and whatever j'artv ii, v i-ii’ , fairs, the d.i^rnity. the ]K!tri'.tiMu. t!, tiolis of our treaties, and to h;ive kept the national faith untarnished!' Will it not be worthv of remembrance hereafter, that tv, ami the impartial tim Mil. ril.LMttitK gave its ijuictus to ^ miiiisfration will st .Ti'l the ri stless and reckless spiiit of hllibus- to iiuide in the wav nf terisiii!'' 'I he forci*;n relations of the (jovernnient a> :i days and up- ' too have been manage*! with singular ad- :irls! ].ar- /'.* Tri'iih. ’ — In fho dav- of coachiii:.' over the i’rovidence turnpike, be- tme r.iilwav earri.igi ' were in U'c, and ba;_'',^aire erati' e.M'ted, and when tr.iVeliT' hail to keep a 'h;irp h«ik out for their lug gage, some forty or fifty passeiig'Ts h;id ju't 'tep|M'd on bii.ard the old “l>eii i’r'aiik- lin,” and got under way on N.irmgan.'ett l?iv. A "eiith man vvhn hal mea'i'in to get 'oine of hi' w.irdroLe, had ju't hauled out from in immeii'e pile of b.igi;ai:e .'tnw- ed amid ship', a m vv black leather trunk of portly dimeiisiiins studded with bra.ss nails, when a little withereil I'reiiebinan, of niottlel complexion, and fa'hinn.ibly drc"ed, d.irted fn'iii the crowd, and inter- po'ing betw *en our friend and hi' pr-iper- tv, exclaimed courteously but jM«»iti\clv— ‘I beg your pardon, sare—niais p.irdon- iiez nioi—you h.ivi* got ze wrong Cl.hou by ze oreilb—/.at is my trunk!’ I •Ni't so, niMn'iciir; I hope I know my own tnijf'.’ ‘Met- z trainjuille—hold on—d.iU' un in stant. I will prove my props—alu! you s.e di' key!'’ Applying it to the Im k, he threw uji the lid and then struek :i trium phant attitul^‘. '.'ly key un!(H k ymt trunk—eh, tell me z.it!'’ ‘Stand out of the way!—it i' my trunk 1 tell you.’ ‘Hold on voii lectio minute!—/..izc vou shirt', eh''’ •'I’o be sure they arel’ •/ozc your lrovvaires, eh!'’ , ‘('ertiiinly idv:intage, in that coniuicreial r;iee with Kngland, the I’nited .''tati s, fur the 1,-ist fifty years, have been gradually gaining, until the ••ontest has bec'Une so close, that (ireat Iliitain is h.irdiv .1 throat lateh ahe.'id. ('lit through the I'thinus and the triumph will be com-j factory, plete. Instead of meeting us in India, China, or evi'ii on our own i'acific eo:ist, v^ith th«' advant.ige of ten days’ sail f»r more, the scales will be turned, and we 'hall have the advaiitagr^ of from tweiit\ to thirty days, thus iii.iking a difierenee under canvas' of thirty or forty tl.iys in our f.ivor. 'I’here are now cig'ht millions of people on the l’;icific ^oast, all of them wanting things tliat we have ti> .'cll.” And tlie.'C eight millions would donbh* ami treble in a fi w years, if tlie way were opi iii-i for our trade with them, umji r the alv.intaires this c;inal viould give to us.— 'I’he I’acific ocean Would .soon resound with the roar of the stt.im engine, ami the in tercourse between America and China and all the A-'iatic country, in our own d;iy l*e- conie so rajdd and intimate, tliat the pt'o- jde who inhabit them would cca.se to )>e the 'traiigers they now are to each other. When will the canal be made!' Ititorr and discretiou. 'J'he many ein- ing |Uestions that have arisen. di barra p.artly from the loose and indeterminate comlition in wliich international affairs were left by tin- l‘olk administration, have been disposed (d in monies entirely satis- 'I’here now remains no cause of ill-feeling between this (Joveniinent and any other, 'fiie wrong tliat our people lid to Sp;iin was promptly acknowledged :iml atoned for—'lie wrong that J‘!ngland ilid tfi Us, was reijuired to t»e as j'romptly and fully rep;iired. IJy the just and temperate cour.se pursued by the President, citizens of this country undergoing a .severe [KiKilty in a foreign land, for a most ! grievous ofrcnce, have been jiardoned and ; set at liberty. IJut the crowning act and glory of Mr. Fillmore, as relates to the foreign {xdicy of our (Jovernnient, is the tirmne.ss with wliich he confronted Kos suth, when the nation, led aw;iy by his ! ■ impu.ssioned eliKjueiice, seemed iea*iy to i bow its knee before him. 'I'liat was an act j worthy of Washington him.sclf. 'J'he wily j Hungarian, with all his seductive arts, failed to swerve him a hair’s breadth from i the strict line of pn-eeileiit and prudence, j Condemned at the time, by the sujierser- ; j vicoable sycophants of the new idol, the I ' nd thi U d.ier Oouie 'luty. ;,IiJ ;i, ■. ; bnke* and wariiin:.^ ai'aiii't i v J, from the straiL'lii p-.th of j. i:::- ty aii'l high-miiidi d d- vorinn. t,, interest'and honor of tht I 'luiriv. ] ] ohedieiit servant, I “A 1 KMI'uKACV AnsK..\TtK ! The “( lalvist -l; I T( X.:'. j spe.-iks ot J’ri-sideiit I'llliii-r' * available candidate tliat i-.u He has a strnn^r upoi! of the I'nion, natii'iial. and ciii'. men of all parties. h..tj| X rtii an,] ! He has proved hiiii'i !f t!: - ;V . i 1 fender d’ the C>'n'rituti";: !i : .serving the rnion. cxlii'.itii I sioiis dispositiiiii to piU'Ui- a 'T,. vv:ird national coiU 'f in a'lr. iiii'’’r ' (lovrrnment—kncvvii; j no ,\ vti .i, —nothing but the l iiii i;! 11 - ‘ ami decision at a time vvln.ii tii ]► trampiility of tie iiati' ii w...- i by suicidal a:itafors. X .iti. i.ui j commands the adiniraf. iii "f' — ! men, who are La. T' of law an i r>i sustains the Conipreiui'• ir m-i 'Ures; believing them to be in ■. form, broad eiion^ii i' country, and strong eii.n;-! sustain it; and tlu denounced by t!;* oxtniiU' >; tions, is the hi::hi st evidoiife tii;i! li taken a {msition wliith tL- irood, M'U^c of the caliii aiui ciisiilc: r i!; ' t 'hi! iif I* ii... (>LL» .MU. TIIKV.AV. Who has not heard of the worhl re nowned 'I’hev.'^ay? His name is familiar with ail men every when*!' 'J'he higii and low, rich and |>oor, bouil and free, honor- hrjirhtcst : ed and despi.soii, civilized and barbarian. Catholic and IVotestant, Mus'ulmaii and Christian, all nations, kindrels, tribes and t'uigues, have iieard d' .Mr. 'J’iicystty. His name is almost n hou.'chidd word. I>ut who has ever given the world a history ' between at the North and J'last. his eminent j»eisonagi ? Numerous as ! New Orle-us Bee .•^ays, “It is ur deliberate ci>nyicliou seconu iriouifiit «-i i..e |»eopie i... his support, and approved his I M^eat parties l.avv api.r vi.i ^11 ' manly and patriotic eour.se. 'J'he pai;e of i rccognisos not the niv'tcr. U' p • history, tliat records the interview betwi*cn i ‘’higher law. to tr.ini- I' illniore and Kossuth will be aimuig the i ^‘*'7’ but hearkens tii tae and most enduriii;' in our annals. ! immoit.il > .-iiiiiLf'i>.' '■ i digmintly frown np"ii tlic tu-t •!: w i- ■ Mr. Fillmore’s friend." among tlie Whigs j cvcrv atteinj't to alien: 'ii*'j r:: ‘ of the W i‘st, South West and South are multiplying as the tinu* ajijironclus fur clet tioii, and they are neitiier few nor far The last I if ifiariia: (,'iitiil,/i ,- fji/iii Jiii/.—\\’e h am that a j gambler of the name of \\ i7/i>niistin sutler- ! ed the penalties of Lym h law at Hickman a few days ...inee, at the han Is ,d the pas sengers of the steamer St. Pnn/. It ap-' pears that a party of returned Califondaiis started lor St. Louis on the boat from New (>i'leans, but as tin; boat w;is about leaving j>ort a police ollieer came on board and : cautioned the passengers to beware of! gambh rs ami pickpot kets during the trip, at the same time informing tliem that .'everal of the fraternity were on the boat. 'I'his nuuh; the Californians e.xtreuiely cautious ami wary of the approaches ot their ft llovv-passi ugers. i Some distance ahove Memphis, this man Williamson, who had tried every means to ' ingratiate him.'elf with the Californians, i and finding every project failed, persuaded I one of them to visit hi^ state-room to try ! a bottle of fine hrandy. He drank some ' of the li(|Uor, wliii h almost imniediati'ly ; made him sick, and he rushed into the j cabin crying out that he was i>oi.s..neil.— j It ajipears that the liquor had been drug-j ged with morphine. | The boat stopjied at Hickman, and the . •, .1 , >^cized William.son, i.roceeded Kxcept the f^rst twelve miles, the road to the woods, tie.l him up to a tree, and has been l.uilt by eontract have j him sufi/.si rm lashes on his bare thought that if the (,ompaiiy did the work ; back, and turned him loose, umier the inspection A>f their own ofTicers, ; /> tlie road irotihi br bcttrr huHt, and cheaper. I ovi ttr. I differ with many in this opinion. | A young gentlem;in was about niakiiif-' This road will undoubtedly pay. What, j an excursion for fisli, ai.d on one of the euuuot say. 1 think eight to ten pcr j thmoughfares to the lake he met and uuule cent., and hiy up a fund to rebuild in teu the aeiuaintance of u lady, Mary J^ike by years. Be this as it may, the imjirove- name, with whom he could not part with- ment and rise in the value of land on the out some pangs of sadness. He exnressed line of the first f,rty.two miles of road a hope that he might hear from her oeca- w/ni 1 more P‘'> the cost of the road, sionally. To whiyh she replied that if he \ . road has been, uud stciulily were ii(»t in t gaming on the i.ublie mind, and is lakes, she had not any HO tli.tu any work of im- driifipiuy a. Hue to her! •‘OflF the tniek the engine riish'l— .''I'liie were drowned and I wa.s eriishrd." ••Here rcfio.sc two vietiiiis sf«-ked .\t one blxw liy the snme snakehead." “What is life? Tis hut it vision. Mere 1 died liy n ool!i»ion. Twenty iiiiire died hy the !nme, \ ei'lii l—"No hody to hhiiue.” ••.''ister, iiinthcr. aunt .and me Were run ovit. Here wc he, e bliould liave had no time to iiii/zle, lliid they hlovvii the engine's whistle." .sSwi-ejiing round a eiirvp \V ho.se outer tlextiire hordered tin ahy.ss, Tlie c:irs were caMti'd lown the [>ri-eijiiec, .\iid seven of us killed. lJut what of that? •Twas the curve did it, nnd the engineer, ileing upon a bender was excused.” •‘Tr;iin home traveller, rii.shiiig h' , ,\.s (liiiii ii:i;;seth I'ipe thine eye. Here a e.ir well tilled with freight, Killed sixteen and wounded eight. For II moment, frik-nds, he wceper.s, .\s you jias.s the railroal sleepers. Vou may share our fate—why not? lOre you reach the ue\t dejiot.” “Ill a line, liaek from this stone, l.ie crusheil eorpse-s fiftv-oin;. The conductor was asleep, When the train ran otF the steep; And the engineer likewise For a snooze had closed his eye.s. Tiy HeaviMi’B watchful care sustained, Neither of the two wan lirained, I’ityiiig reailer, drop a tear For the cad and engineer.” “Here arc deposited the hones (Ihe tlcHh lieing torn ofl'j Of an unknown man, Who being .leaf, blind and lame. Neglected to obey the customary signals. And was run over as a puiijshment For his contumacy. The engineer promptly stopped the engine After it had cut the body in two, .\iid with most exemplary hiiiiianitv. ait a inonn nt; I will prove my j'rops, biograjiiuTs are, no one has yet ever writ- re.’ and the little Freiichm.in, rumuiag- ,„,d publi.'hcd the life of’.Mr. 'I'hey.say. Pardon me if I undertake the task of Writ ing a brief history of him. //('• l*nrrutnye. — His f.itlur’s iianu^ is Shiuderer; his mother's I’atth*; of liis ge nealogy nothing moic is known. He ing beneath a pile (d shirts and stocks jm duced a bottle, and said, deliberately, w ith a hideous grin— ‘Zat—your—hot telle of pom free. I'h ^^itch^ ointment, san*. cli!' Avi- you got Von leetle I'h'' Zis yuu Hetnede for ze lepros (leprosy,) eh!' Ah!' I know it was my trunk!’ It is needless to remark th:it our friend immeiiiatelv ‘opened a wiiie gap’ between hinivlf and the inti'icsting victim id' two I of the most unpopular disorders known to suft'crinii humanity. . that Mr. J-'illmore will command the largest support in the National (.’onventiou.— 'I’hcre is one circumstance that must not be omitted in calculating the chances. J'he fricmis of J'illniore are not to be transferred to aiiuthei without co;xent rea- KltOM llIK llltl .NSWICK HUl isrit. foNt Nl'ltlMS. W’hy is a cowardly bully like a 'I’urpen- tine tree!' ^ 'Cau.'e he is \ i-ry apt to get into ttrnrjir.t^ but always i ims if you f,oj- him. If a (!annibal shouhi eat a well-flavored feim lie, and it agreed with liim, w by would j he be likely to .say, in tlie hapjiine.'S of his j heart, that he was a steamboati' I 'Cause he would s;iy, “I’m late ' /»»-/•'’—((ihuliator.) I Why are we better off than a man who ^ gets a crack over the liead with a bi-' ; stick? ! ’Cause he only gets a /(/•»’.«■, but have oot u HurisKU. was born in the 'J'ovvn uf Kvil-Jleport, in I .sons. 'I’liey belong to the class of Whifs the Kingdom of Sin. | styled “National.” 'I’hey will vote for IIU .1.7'.—It is md known what ]>re- •'^*'- I'iHmore as the rejuesentative of the , tip"ii the f ei.se age of the worhl .Nlr. 'J'hevsay was ^'Uiipromi.se and I nion issues, and they born. It is my opinion that he was born stick to him first and last, and all the soon after Adam and Kve were cxjielhd unless fully s;itisfied that he cannot from the ganlen of Kden. If J ant ctu- j nominated, and that Uen. Scott shares rect in tliis opinion, he must be very far j opinions. 'J'lie South will not budge advanced in life, and we shotild natur;illy from Fjllniore under any conditions short stipport of the mas-i'. li‘ exjK'ct to witness in liiin all the eviienci*s the.se. 'J’he j»rosjK*ct therefore amounts have he:ird ii" naiiu' ble old aiie—i:rav hairs, sunken this. 'J he Convention will have to tillmore mentioiie our country fr' iii th' r> -r. the sacred t.c' whielt ; rious parts, Nor ha^ he di'p'uiuii .. wi.'diuu in his policy ti waiil “Friendly nlatimis wnii all. lait '.!!• ling alliances with iioia Ii-' '' '' nia.vim; feeling at the saun-t:nn-. ‘•a deep interest in tl.u i‘l ' t {iriuciples, and the i stiiMi'ljiiiin' • govcruments.” I tider sU'li '■' tration ef our jmldic ;;tl.iir'. ’''r h:is prospered beyond all j commandid rh ’ ve'j' ' t f tile i;loi' lie is also a seil-lli:i‘te mingle'l miu ii wiiii tliv p. • | their wants .iiid can ; witii th' iii. 'I'ho plain ' tv of the ui;in nuis' coiiiHHiii i' ‘“ t' I'Ut Tii ' l,v WL-■ OI leeoie out age—gray nans, sutiKen ' " j ne v oii\ciiiiou wiii nave to i um.... eyes, and palsied limbs. Jiut he is really i tiominate !Mr. l’'illinore or 3lr. Webster, available candidate, as strong and active, as fresh and fair, | neither proves available, it can only as hale and hearty as he ever was. Jle- | m'uiinate Scott by clearly placing him markable «dd creaturel upon the Compromi.se platform. //is Kifarntion—Mr. 'J’hey.say’s eiluea- Of -Mr. I'illmore also, the W'ashincton tion is very limited. W hat knowledge (^CJa.) (Jazette writes: ^ he lias obtained is principally from hear- “Kvery step of his career as (’iiief 3Ia- ly; hence he does not have any corrc^et gistn.te has been marked by wj.sdom m.Kl- lirlnnc^ we /{itt III;/. know ledge of anything. His deficient ed- ucatiiui has ever been a .serious eiubarrass- ment to him, for he never dares to make a positive assertion, but guesscs it is so, and so lUi. J/iii J*i'rso)i(tf Ajqu-arauce.—I liave spo ken of him as being as strung, as active, etc., as he ever was. 13ut who has ever •seen Mr. 'I'heysay? Have you? Has any If any has, I know not the man. 'J'he (’incinnati News tells an anecdote ot J)au Marble, whuh curiously illustrates the insane passion for betting whieli is evinced by persons of ,i peculiar In my opinion he is as intangible as Pro- i eon.stitutioti. A man who had lived a ^ lessor lJush’s resurrection body, whieii we j lifetime in the indulgeucies of his favorite can neither see, handle, analyze, nor de- I passion for gaming, was taken most alarm- .scribe. ‘Hut we know he exists, beeau.se’ ! ingly ill. J hree or tour days pas.sed away, everybody is talking about him. And I j and the (lisease having reached its crisis, ^ have come to the paradoxical conclusion I his medical attendant informed him that ! that he exists and docs not exist; is everv- he stood no chance for recovery. j where and nowhere, is responsible and iV- hat 11 you bet.'' ’ .‘‘aid the patient. | responsible—a sort of ‘will o’ the wisp “Let! there’s no use in betting, for ' jack-with-the-lantern’kind of being, whose you’re just as good as a dead man now. You can’t live more than an hour.” “An hour! I’ll bet you an X that I live an hour and a «p»art;r—up with your tin and show your spunk.” Some three quarters of an hour elapsed, when the dying man with a etmvulsive j"I'uhu-, iLion trking filrlt^he efbirt, raised hfs head, and with his last ^ obji-tion to his ot resuHcitation were trie.i; gasp falling dead upon the pillow, exclaim- w vv iiio iait, alaK’ eu '■PaA'c i( Joicn—roA'c if (foirn dovtor!'’ personal appearance can never bo de- scribed. UU Character.—He is distinguished for wickedness, 1. He is a slanderer. 2. A deceiver, ii. A liar. 4. A peuee-breaker. 5. Everything that is bad, without pos sessing one redeeming quality. Header^ is Mr. They.^ay in your fam- eration, lirinness; indeed all the virtues v\hich sum uj) in the character of an en lightened statestnan and true jiatriot.— Were his piditical life to close with his present term, he wmild need no additional merit to be elas.sed among the first Amer ican J’residents. Tiie jK,*riod tiuring which, it has fallen by the will of I’rovideuce, to the lot of ‘‘('(/// You Sevi'ral gentlemen "t tlif J''" ' Legislature, dining at tlif one td’ them asked .'If- M • ‘ who sat opposite— “Can you reach '' ' Mr. 31., extended Id' dish, ami satisfied li:iu>‘‘l^' I •" roach the “paitateis. aiiJ “Yes sir.” 'J'he legislator was the unexpectetl rel>ufl taken al'.'i-K from dll presently recovcrinir liiiii'>'!b l» ^ “Will you stick my ' 'em, then?” Mr. iM. took the feik. .'.■ry Mr. I'illmore to preside over the destinies plunijed it into a veiv tiial' of our eountry, has been the most troub- [q and A /’/ it th, r>: ' Tlie imif i>'.' • lous and^ eventful that has marked our his- as’they took the joke, and t^.ry. Great questions of foreign i»olicy cd more foolish than hcferc; have beeti up tor review and settlement; ,^n idea struck him, and '■ while at home a domestic convulsion, such j,e exclaimed, with an air ' a.s never before .startled and apiialleil the triumph: friends of liberty, shook the very founda- “Now 31r. M-, 1 tions of our great republican fabric. In the fork” ^ - all he has shown himself a man I'nterri- yi to his feet, : tied, ho has stood at the helm, etilm yet most imperturbable gravity, determinedj and fearlc.ss alike of the out of the jiotato, and rctunn*^ '. promptings of .self and the clamors of in- .1,1 uncomiuerablo thunder furiated factions, he kept before him, as a ' ’’ chart, the sacred Constitution of his eoun try, and steered SJifely tlie g«Kxl barque through the |»erils of the stiirm. Never CihuI Stilt- >f o had luorUil man a more diflicult task, and never in the annals of statesmaii.ship, were the mandates of duty more promptly and fearle.ssly obeyed.” 'I'he National Intelligencvr hav .m able ter, to the utter discouiti'uf^^ th man from B L"! lot "f l.’.lU’-' .su[ierlor Cotton, froin .'.. fp., . ^Ir. Joseph (.JartreH, ; was sold yesterday, hy tit eeiit.'—' ' (iIMhI Still' t>J ^ ' "V We understand that a ci'i’ ii'rlor Cotton, fi'oin ef
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