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July 13th, 1850. S
Jiruncr ty James:
If. my last letter was so for.
aie ti to each you, you will hive followed
in mj prog''.9 toward the lanid o gold, as
T a Clfuv? I slept thero on Ithe night of
ft 2(jjh cf May, upon one of ab6ut thirty
(it irraoed around the rooms like stalls, in
C' rs three deep, with a space of bne foot he
' ecn. Xnn temperature1 was precisely right
l.t w'uhout blanket or olbejcovef, but with a
V x) ran covered roof between me and the
of heaven let alone ihe two sleepers who
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VOLUME VII NUMBER 18.
SALISBURY, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1850.
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jew
tlfpt soundly. and had. a sweet dream, of
tjorrte 1
I was, up betimes next morning, (Sunday)
and fc'nS appropriated the halank-e of my two
dollar' worth of accommodation n the shape
' iijoury fJr'9 ol ,,,eu nn. 01 queiionaitie
dnrMi and some reauy gooai ooiiea rice.
0i
. . .(.' ...:.u i.it..n :.l
uaheu 0wh wnii jhiio ioirruuirit;oijer, wiui-
; out Cri" ;(inilk.) I rommepcedj my iegotia-
tion
i lor the transportation of my traps' to Pa
rm .U: ! L I I
ol my WUw travelh?rs who werejahout to vio
Ut ihe AbbatK in a niinil.ir way, And of rource
mu!t 'ra " tlemand." I had just 175
J. ..f l.arrfrnrr In tv!l iKfil Ikirr trunlr r
p( Mill us 'i i ii" " - ..
mine filled with law books, an India rubber
h( of !uthinff, and a carpet bag filled with
round with dry hides, which' my fellow rael
lers bad appropriated at the rale of two reals
ea6b ; mine host was beginning to pound the
fce for the matutinal meal, while mkdame
and the renoritas were gathering the fcneans
ahd appliances for preparing a kettle of coflTee,
wjhich she noon after began to serve out to her
customers at the ra'e of a picayune for the
gourdful. With the aid of this luxury, my re.
rrtaining stock of provisions furnished m a ve
ry good breakfast, the whole being rounded off
with a "native segar" purchased upon the pre.
misvs at the rate of a real a dozen. At seven,
! was again under way, carrying sorrjewhat
lighter weight? than before. In about an hour
I ramsijp with the mule carrying my big trunk,
the hombre in attendance having stopped to
or two we run along within six or eight miles
of the coast, a continuous range of lofty and
precipitous mountains skirts the shore. These
are for the most part barren of trees ; and in
deed, so far as I could see of all vegetation,
whatsoever. I learned however, from those
who ought to know, that what appeared to be
but yellow sand, was really wild oats just ripe !
Thursday morning, June 20th, the bustle in
the cabin started me rather earlier than usual,
and upon going on deck, I found that I were in
sight of the golden gate, a mere gap in the
mountains, say, a mile wide. We entered it
near due east three or four miles, turned short
around a promontory on our right five or six
hundred feet bigh, and what a sight ! If you
have seen the shipping at New York, you have
take a drink. I simply gave the latter a (nod of SOme idea of it ; a forest of masts with flags
recognition and passed on, satisfied that all
would be right. The road began now to im
prove. The houses became more numerous,
passengers more! frequent. Baskets pf fruit
were displayed for "sale, bananas, limes.- or
anges, the latter of the very-finest description
and dog cheap. I paused the bridse. twd miles
,undrie,': including some' selet stores." fVom town, whereil found several Americans,
Tre was a plenty of mules and a plenty"o(
driver, but the latter seemed to shy, in a most
especial inanner, my "big trunk i at length. I
brought ii), upon " aid prayer," a iort of nonde
icript Kufopean who seemed to i talk all Ian
g,,Rg?V wjlh the same facility, anil with about
the lame degree 6( purity, who Was acting as
interpreter between the liombrea nd the Ame.
iticiB. I fif1 thought him, an exceedingly
brneoleut fellow, as he made no charge for
r'bii lervrces; but I presently discovered that he
bad a trick of appropriating to himself the dif-
. forence between the ten good dimes which he
insisted upon receiving, to the dollar, and the
tight which The actually paid over to the horn
brcs, jvbo were to perform the service. At
len;ih, the negotiations, so far as I was con.
cerned, were closed at the following prices :
$10 for the big trunk to be carried by a pack
mule and 85 for the two .bags to! be toted by a
couple of -bombres. Finding,, by means ot
waiting upon the look-out for friends, and about
half a mile on, called a halt at some fine springs,
where I saw great numbers of. the natives
washing. It appeared that this was the prin
cipal source for the supply of water for the city,
the transportationibeing effected by mules car
rying four jars each, lathed to a pack saddle. I
soon took the road again, being curious to see
the city.1 Indications of the presence and cha
racteristics of mj own countrymen now be
came sufficiently apparent. Upon rude! shan
ties, thickly scattered along the road, side,
coarsely painted signs were displayed, as if to
invite the weary traveller to repose. The " Ir
ving House," the v Astor," the "Fremont,"
the Lovejoy's," die, severally presented their
claims to consideration, I contented myself with
a single glass of root beer," which art enter,
prising youth was dealing out from a two by
four feet stall. 1
At a little past ten, I was marching up to the
the trifling amount ol bpanish which 1 had gates of the city Tor Panama is a walled town
learned, 1 h at my men were not particular about
the payment being in advance, I gotofT, for the
present with a .payment of 82 50, the balance
to be paid at Panama. You see I hacLan eye
to the saving of the two -dimes, and lmay add
that the thing was accomplished without diffi
culty, l Panama. It will occuri to you that I
have made no mention of the price of my own
I'pasiage, Th ,rul ,hat wnile almostall of
my fellow travellers took mules to ride at $16
each, f made up my mind to walk ; and so af
ter teeing ,niy baggage safely on the way, I
- leisurely slung my provisions at my side, (a box
of sardine! and half dozen sea biscuit,) put
my Coll' revolver in my pocket, and started on,
alone. It was now something past nine o'-
dock, and ihe weather,Jto say the least, toler-
ahljrwatmi However, I had an umbrella, and,
"III was in!noort of hurry, I resolved to " take
. !. II . i ' i , .1 .
n coouy. i iouna ine pain oy no means so
difficult as; I had supposed. It seems to have
of all nations flying at their peaks ! I got my
self and baggage landed for two dollars, and
the latter carried three squares to where I put
up for two more, besides paying forty cents for
wharfage. I have now been here three weeks
and tWee days, and have s far got over the
confusion incidental to my first impressions as
to be able to give you some facts. Every thing
in the shape of merchandise can be had here
in the greatest abundance. Things which are
in demand being three or four times the prices
in the States ; things which are not in demand
are auctioned off for almost nothing. Thick
warm clothing is requisite the year round I
speak of this city : up the country it is frequently
Very hot at mid day. The climate of this place
is to me a mystery. The greatest range of the
thermometer has been from 50 to 70 since I
have been here I believe it has not touched
either point. It is safe betting even that at 6
A. MM it will be within one- degree of 60 ; at
12 M., within one degree of 68 ; at 5 P. M.,
within one degree of 60 again, and at 9 with
in the same distance of 54. The consequence
is that there is no absolute necessity of fires
except to cook by, and in fact not one room in
twenty has a fire place. Why then the neces
sity for so much clothing ? I sleep under more
covering than I needed in the winter season in
North Carolina, and I never think of going
feet long, and one of the rooms has four bill
iard tables. These irooras are usually well
filled during the day 'and crowded at night.
There are sixteen large chandeliers to a room,
and the walls are hung round with paintings of
most costly, but not of the most delicate de
scription. The fourth building is of brick, just
completed, four stories high above the base,
ment, and fire proof.! 1 do not know to what
Use it is to be appropriated. The city has be
fore it a career such1 as the world has never
seen.; Wealth, luxury, magnificence, power,
a people distinguished by intelligence, activity
and great abilities, these will be hers ; but the
pure morals, the domestic virtues the domes
tic happiness enjoyed by the people of poorer
States, will, alas ! be wanting.
You will certainly write to me, and give me
a detail of all that has occurred since I left the
placel God knows the old town is dear to me,
and I shall return to it one day as to a home.
Yours truly, J. C.
and looking out for quarters! The hotels along out after five P. M., without an overcoat. The
the principal street were sufficiently numerous,
but among them all, I am free to confess it, I
had no hesitation in making choice of the
" New England House," its name was isovery
pleasantly suggestive of" codfish" and 'i baked
beans!"
truth is the wind begins to rue by ten or twelve.
It blows from the north-west, and while it don t
effect the thermometer much, it certainly tells
upon the human frame. It is said, however,
that there is no dinerence between summer
and winter, except that one is wet and other
Just fancy the streets
"And the Lord 1 said unto Satan, From
whence comest thou? And Satan answered
the Lord, and said, from going to and fro in
the earth, and from walking up and down in it."
Job, 2d chap., 2d vr.j i-
1 hat man who goes wandering about over
mountains, hills and plains not seeking whom
he may " devour, but whom he may interro-
THE ROMANCE OF SEA BATHING,
A SCENE ON THE BANKS.
A correspondent of the Sorinfield Renubli.
can is responsible for the following story. It
is a remarkable instance of disappointed love,
and affections which were not buried :
During tny passage down the bay I had
caught several glaces of a familliar face. I
knew I had seen it before, but where? The
lady as evidently bad been subject to a jog of
memory. The exchange of a few glances sat.
isfied us: both, and we only wanted a proper op
portunity, or disposition to speak. Ten long
years before we had parted in a huff, and con
sidering myself at the time the aggrieved par.
ty, I was not particularly anxious to renew the
acquaintance the jilt ! As soon as the boat
touched the pier, I was on it, "and offfor a bath.
The lady for the time was forgotten, and issu
ingfrom the house in my rough bathing dress,
I plunged into the breakers. I had been fro
licking some time, laying my hand on the ocean
mane, and d he ocean laying his hand on mine,
when I saw two or three other bathers edging
up towards me in between the swells. There
was a lady, evidently, in advance. Her com
pany apparently forgot her at. last, and still she
approached me. I went further out. She fol
lowed, and I found she was determined to speak
to me. I knew who 6he was of course. A husre
wave came in, and knocked the woman down,
but sticking her band out of ihe water, she
gave one scream, and that brought me. I was
on the spot as soon as I could 2et there, and
L engaged ooard at ntieen dimes (U 7$) dry and so dry! Just tancy
perday, and secured the use of a little cage of of Salisbury 'covered four to six inches deep
a room, close under the roof ol the house lor 1 with ashes suppose the wind blowing some.
myself and one other, prefeting this to taking my where between a stiff breeze and a gale.
chance among the general herd, who weye fore How far do you think you could see ? What
ed to strew themselves at night along the floors would be the condition of vour eves ? What
and tables. The hotelr was crowded to over- of vour clothes? Add in this connection the
flowing with all sorts of people, talking all sorts supposition that washing was five dollars a
of languages, and the noise and confusion" dozen; what would you think of it ? Such is
kept tha old grey headed landlord in a state of San Francisco ! As I have alluded to prices,
continual and very unpleasant excitement. I I will dilate a little. Board ranges from seven
now began to have doubts about the genuine- dollars a day down to four, including lodgings.
gate concerning peas and beans and the like,
cannot be treated with much injustice, we are
inclined to think, if compared to the enemy of
the human race. After mature reflection, and
examination of the highest authorities, we give gra?P'ng her arm raised her to her feet.
it as our legal opinion that such an individual 'Oh!' said the lady, wha wha what a
might be successfully, prosecuted as an officious meet meeting, after such a parting!'
meddler in private affairs. We 6ay the man ' Well yessaid I bluntly,
who unblushingly walks into a parlor and pre- She now undertook to look the grateful and
sumes to ask ladies, did and young, their names the interesting, when a huge wave struck her
and more especially their ages, richly deserves a she looEed up to me with parted lips, and
the frowns ot the whole sex ; and perhaps he crammed her dear mouth with salt water. She
would not be maltreated, however hard he might dropped again, and aain I pulled her out, and
deem his peculiar case, if all the dogshounds she was either very weak, or she thought 1 was
and curs, were turned loose upon him. Just certainly very strong.
think of the fellow's; impudence, will you? " Mary," said I, have you been happy since
Why, he just walks in he does affect to bow we parted ?"
and scrape a little," but all for mere show She answered me with a sigh, and then look-
and scarcely takes time to seat himself before ng UP to the put the same question.
he commences his silly nonsense. A tolera
tion of such conduct lis altogether intolerable,
and a lady would do herself credit in our estima.
tion by throwing hot water on such scamps as
practice it. x
A young man sat but a month ago on a mis
sion somewhat like that above sketched. His
food was various, and not seldom precarious.
His hat was panama ; his coat variable, for it
changed with the sighs of the times, chamelion
like : his vest decidedly modest, and by no
,r" Somewhere ' about bereT "writes a
Southern correspondent, lives a smaJI
farmer, of such social habit?, that his com
ing home intoxicated was once, no unusu
al thing. His wife urged him in Vain to
sign the pledge.1, : ' Why, yoa see ho
would say. Til sign it after a while, bat I
don't like to break off right at once ; it
aint wholesome. The best way always
is to get used to a thing by degrees you
know. 'Very well old man bisTielp.
mate would rejoin, 'see. now, if you don't
fall into a hole one of these days, while
you can't take care of yourself, and "no
body near to take you out. Sure enough
as if to verify the prophecy, a couple of
days after, he did fall in ; and after a deal
of useless scrambling, shooted for the flight
of his eyes,' to come and help him out. .
Didn't I tell you sof said the good
soul, showing her cap frill over the edge
of the parapet : 'jou've got into a bole at
last; and its only lucky. I'm in hearing, or
you might have drowned, you old dog youf
YelP she continued, after a pause, let-;
ting down ihe bucket, 'take hold.' And
up he came, higher and higher, at each
turn of the windlass, until the old lady's
grasp slipping from the handle, down he
went to the bottom again. This occurr
ing more than once, made the temporary
occupant of the well suspicious. 'Look
uere, nc screamea, in a iury, ai ine last
splash you're doing that on purpose-J-I
know you are V '.Welt now I am,' respon
ded his old 'oman tranquilly, while wind
ing him up once more. 'Don't you re
member telling me it's best to get used to
things by degrees? I'm 'fraid if I -was lo
bri ng you right up on a sudden, you would
not find it wholesome P The old fellow
could not help chuckling at the applica
tion of the principle, and protested he
would sign the pledge on the instant, ! if
she would lift him fairly out. This she
did, and packed him offtoswear in, wet
as he was. For you see she added very
emphatically, if you ever fall into the
well again, I'll leave you thar so I will'P
Knickerbocker.
j.
Single meals at a restaurant from one to two
dollars. Rent is the dearest thing in propor
tion. I pay $75 a month for my office, a small
room 16 feet by 9, on a second floor. A cot,
mattrass, pillow and blankets, exclusive of the
Says I, " bo hum ho hum bo hum Mary,
don't talk about it."
" I have learned some things since then,"
said she.
" Yes," says IfI believe you have ; you
married a learned man, I think."
"Me married!"
What did you jilt a very good looking man
for ten years ago, but to marry a certain learned
man?" asked I fiercely.
" I beg you will not allude to the foolishness
of a school girl," replied the lady, and then
ness of his puritanism, fori discovered that he
cursed and blasphemed with a most unusual
been paved, at some remote period of time, the degree of bitterness and volubility. To my
wnoie way Irom Cruces to Panama. 1 he inquiries upon this head, he informed me that
rurti and the (ravel, have, however, broken it he had bought but the!, establishment from a
up, much of the way, and when this is the case Yankee who had recently quitted it for PaliforU bed linen cost me 850, other things in propor
it isoi course very rough and irregular. Ihe nia, but that for himself he was from the Eas- tion. It would take a big pile to live here long
path is in places cut down ten or twelve feet tern part of North Carolina! This announce- at that rate. However, I am beginning to do
bejow the general'surface, and is frequently too ment did'nt "set me back'j-any, as ypu may something for myself: I have taken in 130 for
narrow for mules to pass each other. Add to suppose. The landlord and I, after that, got fees in the past week,- and have two big cases
into a way of having a little spread of ham and on hand which will "net me something hand
eggs " to ourselves." j
There must have been three thousand Ame
ricans in and about the city, waiting for a pas
sage to California. Some had been thbre sev
eral weeks, others for months.- Tickets were
selling as high as $300. Some were turning
an honest penny and bettering their pecuniary
condition others wasting their small pittance
as rife : Monti ta
corner. Unnking too,
was quite fashionable. J
The buildings aT Panama are all old, and
many of them a good deal gone to decay. The
- this that the' rank and luxuriant vegetation meet
f iog together at the top, forms a dense roof over
"bead, thus making a pretty close tunnel for
equfilrian, asinine or pedestrian exercise 1
V i I t "
iourj menu, nowever, lound the road ny no
means ! monotonous or disagreeable. Some
times ho would emerge, like a mole from his
underground passage, and get a very pleasant
iew oi. me scenery around. ; there was no
lack of streams and springs of good WaTer, and day by day. Gambling w
here and there a native's hut by the wayside, bieg ,0 he geen at everv cor,
wm, up$iiMy a rair senorna swinging lazuy in
she should have felt, if, in saving her from a
watery grave, I had drowned myself. I told
her it would probably have made less difference
with her and me, than with my wife and child !
She gave me but one look, and rose lo her feet
and put. i
" I saw her bat a moment,
But methinks I see her now,"
as she walked off with her bathing dress stick
ing to her, and her little bare feet fairly indent,
ing the sand with the spitefulness of her step.
i hammock, presented nn opportunity to halt
and ret. I overtook' my two parties, ashort
distance from Cruces,vand found, much to my
vexation, that they had joined teams with a
couple of fellows who were carrying a piece
ef caft iron machinery, that must have weigh,
ed three hundred pounds. The two couples
were relieving each other aU intervals, and at j
ihe rate they were going I saw it must lake j
taem at least two days to reach Panama. I re. i
numerated- with my men, and offered them!
inquQr ;rp.f'(five dollars) if they would part
Company with' their more heavily laden com
panions. ' But it was of no use, and after wast,
ing an hour in useless entreaty, I passed on
nd left my bags to their fate.
Before five o'clock, I had completed half my
journey 1; had taken it extremely leisurely,
but stiJI as you may suppose, was something
"sweaty."; I began to think ot achange of
linen, with reference to a comfortable night's
est, and as there was a possibility that my two
men might come up in the course of the even
ing, and as it was a very good camping ground
with a spring of water and two or three "huts
, nrd by, I concluded to call a haltftr the night.
it i -
My example wal followed by others as they
successively Came up; and as it occurred to
ne tha Avh the rather limited sleeping ac.
comntodations to be found in the huts, there
would soon bp a demand for the " best beds," I
look the precaution to engage a hammock, the
only bne the 'place afforded, at the price of six
reali, This done,' I made a very nice division
or prpvender, and devoured the rone moiety
thereof for my supper, withi more than usual.
V keenclish, gratifying, however, the curi.
"7f m'mc host's family in relation to my
wrdines, by presenting them, severally, with
rather, smAll portions of that savory edible.
The evening wore away, and my two men
' till failed to make their appearance, I stretch
ed myself in my hammock to try it. What a
charming-bbd! and I was getting sleepy; but
-vuiuu i uu m go iq nrpp so, ior my ciotnes
ere as wet as if I had just swam the Yadkin,
od I should get sick and take the feyr I But
, "till it was so vastly tempting, I nfust take a
'tile j snooze, and so I fell asleep, and, when
I woke it was broad day light of a Monday
tnornlng I
took a peep from my lofty throne, and dis.
covered thai the floor of the hut was strewed
churches, however, still retain traces kf their
former magnificence. The towers of some of
them are ornamented with rows of pearl shells.
The altars, candlesticks, &c, are in some in
stances of massive silver. Our American boys
however, treat! these sacred things with a sad
want of reverepce, sometimes lighting fheir se.
gars at the candles burning before the. altars,
and sometime watering their mules atjthe holy
founts 1 The streets are generally payed, in
clining lb the centre, which forms a gutter.
The houses have but few windows, and these
are without glass, being' closed with shutters.
The city might be kept clean at a very small
expense, but is really in a very filty condition.
It will however be Americanized in a short
ime. !
I remained jin the, city just two days my
men came up with my bagage in due time, ev.
ery thing safe. I think the natives from Cha
gres to Panama the most honest people I have
ever met with. I was continually passing mule
loads of gold and silver, on my walk tb Pana
ma, without any thing like a sufficient guard in
any instance, y
I find I shall not have space to enter much
into the detail of my trip from Panama to San
rrancisco. Vye stopped but once, touching at
Acapulco, just one week Irom Panama, for fuel,
water arid fruits. The harbor here is one of
the prettiest I ever saw.' You run in for about
half a mile through a passage of the same
width, turn short to your left and find yourself
in a circular basin, three. fourths of a mile in
diameter, completely landlocked by higjj moun.
tains, with the; town just before you rising from
the shore to the top of the mountains. All
kinds of; tropical fruits are here cheap and
abundant. I think that much of the travel from
the States to California will hereafter be by
way of Vera Cruz, Mexico, and this place.
Having remained at Acapulco two days, we
were off again for California. We had suffer
ed somewhat from heat hitherto, but within two
days, we began to feel the cold winds from the
INorthwc$t, and strange lo say when we were
precisely under the sun, overcoats were need,
ed. We made laud only once, near Cape St.
Lucas, until we reached the vicinity? of this
place, the practice usually being to keep near
the shore most of the way. for the fast day
some, I trust. There is another thing, it is all
hard money in this democratic country, and I
take if that counterfeit " fellers" would go about
as well as any for so far as I see there is now
" sly inspection" of any coin. Every body
counts it, gold as well as silver, just as a gam
bler does his checks, by first counting one pile
then making the others of jhe same height !
Speaking of gambling, you may see more here
in one hour than you could possibly see in a
life. time in the United States. It perfectly ap
pals me I used to indulge occasionally in a
small way, and among select b'boys, but I have
never risked a dollar upon a game in Califor
nia. I am retained by a defendant who bet
upon a credit till he lost 84000, and is no
sued for the recovery of that sum. There is
no statute upon the subject, and how the Judges
will hold the common law of the State to be I
cannot tell, i Some of these functionaries have
bled recently, as I understand, to the extent of
their year's salaries themselves! One of them
Ihe other night " run agin four nines, while
he held only " a ace full" ! ! So I was told !
On the whole, this is a great country, and
things is lively. There are lots of Doctors with
nothing todnLfor one thing is certain, the city
is healthy. Nothing in the shape of sickness pre
vails except dysentery, which is owing to the
too free use of the water. The latter contains
magnesia and requires to be slightly dashed.
Of preachers there is but a limited number,
but as there is no demand the market is dull.
Of lawyers I don't know the precise number,
I should set it down at a rough estimate at two
hundred, and doubtless there are more "a
comin." But there is " lots" of law business.
No article is manufactured which can be
hrbught from elsewhere. Printers, carpenters,
painters, masons, and common laborers, are al
ways in demand. One building in njty is a
dwelling house, the balance are stores, restau-
rants, gambling houses, othces and hotels, rank-
ing by numbers in the order named. 1 sup
pose there are more restaurants here than in
any othercity in the United States not exclu
ding New York. The city authorities are
about to direct the grading and planking of
eight or ten ofthe principal streets, and the
construction of several large wharves. The
city hall containing various court rooms and
rooms for the city officers is about 100 by 50
feet in size and four stories high. The county
has purchased a lot on which to erect a court
house at a cost of $120,000. The city is laid
off into squares with sides of 100 varas and
150 varas, the vara being two feet nine inches
in length. On one side of the" Portsmouth
square, the bid Plaza, there are four buildings,
occupying the whole space of 276 feet, three
of them are exclusively devoted to gambling,
containing but a single room each, running
hack; say, a! hundred feet. I say exclusively,
there is however, a bar to each, forty or fifty
means costly ; and other things adapted to the
foregoing. He knew that Shakespeare says, changing the subject, she wanted to know how
" Costly thy habit aa thy purse can buy,
But not expressed infancy ; rich, not gaudy :
For the apparel oft proclaims the man ;
And they in France, of the beet rank and station,
Are most select and generous, chief in that,"
but deemed it good advice only for meet occa
sions under fit circumstances. He had a com
mission under the government of the United
States, travelled on horseback, carried a port.
l folia convenienly suspended in an oil-cloth cov
ering, and was authorized officially, to proceed
in due manner and form to take what the old
women call the " Senses" of the people, and
to be especially particular in ascertaining the
exact ages of all unmarried ladies and confirm
ed bachelors. He resolved in' the outset not quiet,
ly to allow the motives of the government which
be served to be assailed, wisely concluding that
one's real follies are enough to be borne. He
has strictly adhered to this determination, and
has struggled hard in many instances against
the potent arguments of incensed old ladies.
Incensed because they have a holy horror ot
taxes, and look upon " taking the Senses" as
the first step to taxation ; and, above all, of.
fended in dignity al the mere presence of an
official.
After the official had propounded all his q'ues
tions on one occasion, and they had been prompt
ly answered, the good bid lady ruled forth as
as follows :
J" Now, stranger, I want you to tell me what
all this is for? Some tells me it is for direct
taxes, and I can't see any other use in all of it.
It can't be for no good, and there's no sort of
use in it. I'm opposed to all sich proceedins,
so I am!"
Here the young man explained, and became
almost eloquent in attempting to sustain the
government. The good lady's wrath became
somewhat appeased, but riot wholly suppressed.
" Well," she resumed, " wont the Plank
road raise the taxes ?"
The official frankly acknowledged that such
I thing might be among public contingences,
but hinted that it was a matter foreign lo bis
business. !
Yes," said she, excited beyond measure " I
knew it would be so. I am imposed to Plank
roads, any bow, and believe it a great sin to
travel on them ! The Almighty made the coun
try good enough, and it's! a sin to build such
great fine roads for your fine gentlemen. You
think the ground's too good for you to walk on
and want us poor people taxed to fine planks
laid down for you. Now,;I tell you, stranger,
we'll submit to no sich impositions. The Al
mighty will visit you " Senses" as he did Da
vid, and cut you all off, think Heaven ! Yes
he will ; and you deserve it as richly as any set
of fellers ever did! You ought to be unsbamed
of yerselfs tryin to impress on us poor folks iu
that sort, so yer ought !"
The census man here endeavored to explain,
bat all to no purpose. He; soon gave up in
despair, and was compelled to decamp listening
to the distant echoes of tbe enraged ladies
voice. When away from the confusion and
fright of this scene, he could not but repeat to
himself those beautiful lines of Moore,
" How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when stonnsiare gone ;
Then warring minds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glartcing ray,
Melton" and leave the land aid sea
Sleeping in bright tranquility."
Ashboro' Herald.
The Hastings Milkman. Jinks, the
Hastings Milkman, one morning forgot to
water his milk. In the hall of the first
customer in his round, the sad omission
flashed upon Jinks' wounded feelings.
A large tub of fine clear water stood on
the floor by his side, noeyewas upon him
and thrice did Jinks dilute his 'milk with
a large measure filled from the tub, be
fore the maid brought up her jugs. Jinks
served her, and went on. While he was
bellowing down the next area, his fij-st
customer's footman beckoned to him from
the door. Jinks returned, and was imme
diately ushered into the library. There
sat my lord, who had just tasted the mijk.
"Jinks P' said his lordship. j
My lord P' replied Jinks. ,
"Jinks," continued his lordship I
should feci particularly obliged if you
would henceforth bring me the milk and
water seperatcly, andjillow me the favor
of mixing them myself ;
" Well my lord, it's useless to deny the
thing, for I suppose your lordship watched
me while "
No," interrupted the nobleman, " tbe
fact is, that my children bathe at home.
Jinks and the tub in the Hall was full of
sea-water Jinks." Companion to a Cigur.
REASONS FOR NOT DRINKING.
I will not drink because I can do just as well
without it.
I will not drink because I can do much bet.
ter without it.
I will not drink because I wish to be always
in my senses, and a man who drinks is in im
minent danger of losing his senses. '
I will not drink because I do not wish even
to become subject to such an appetite.
I will not drink for fear I- should sometimes
drink too much, and lose my self respect.
I will not drink lest my wife should despise
me; or my children be ashamed of me.
I will not drink lest my acquaintance should
smell my breath and say be loves liquor too
much.
I will not drink in hot weather, because I
can better keep cool without ; nor in cold
weather, because I can better keep cool with
out it.
I will not drink because that is the best and
only security for livings a sober man, and I will
not run any risk of leaving to my children tbe
inheritance of a drunkard a name.
I wilt not drink liquor because no one can
show me any good reason for drinking.
I will not drink liquor because it increases
thirst ; water assuages it.
I will not drink liquor because it tends to pro
duce disease, because it makes men forgetful
of God, disqualifies them for his service, and
renders them unfit for the kingdom of Heaven.
We have known drunken Judges ; they lost
the confidence of the public, the esteem of their
Iriends, and their own respect, office, charac
ter and fortune were lost.
We have known drunken lawyers; sooner
or later their practice foisook them, and they
High, Love, Jack and Game. A number of
well-dressed boys were once tormenting a sailor
who was, in vain, endeavoring to keep them off
with a broken spade handle, which he was
using for a club, when a gentleman called but
to them, " Boys ! if Jack is high, it is rather
low business for you to be making game of
him." Jack, whose wits were as sharp asa
diamond the principal difficulty with him seem
ing to be in the lightness of his feet, or thepn
steadiness of the ground under them,, which
made his easieel mode of progression to bfton
all-fours immediately responded : "Then jwe
are even. I am high Jack to their low game.
But clubs is trumps, the deuce is in me If I
don't beat 'em yet to my heart's content." .
One of the most beautiful gems in oriental
literature is contained in a passage from the
Persian poet, Sadi. quoted by Sir W. Jober,
the-sentimcnt of which is embodied in the fol-
ines : -
The sandal tree perfumes, when riven,
The axe that laid it low.
Let man who hopes to be forgiven.
Forgive and bless his foe.
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Noble and WiUy Rejily.-An 1580, Philip II,
sent the young Constable of Castile to Rome
to congratulate Sextus tha-Fifth on bis advance,
ment. The Pope imprudently said : ;
" Are there so few men in Spain that your
King sends me one without a beard ?'
"Sir," said the fierce Spaniard, if bis ma
jesty possessed ihe least idea that imagined
merit lay in a beard, be would doubtless have
deputed a goat to you, not a gentleman." 1
) Some persons think that moral suasion if'
1 propeily used, will close every rutnshop in the
I land. Do such know anything about the profits ;
of the business ? Says tbe New Haven Report ;
i "Of four grog shops in New Haven, one !
brings a net profit of from 600 to 1000 dollars I
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were iuiiicu. t 7 i -ill
We have known drunken physicians : their ! yearly. J lakmg the lowest estimate of the clean
patients distrusted them, and after a while ihey ; income of his one d""kmg shop, and a llowmg ,
had no patients.
He that bath slight thoughts of sin, ne
ver had great thoughts of God.
We have known drunken preachers : tbey
were left without churches, they forfeited all
claim to earthly respectability, and bad no title
to a better world-than this.
All have heard of accidents occurring by the
carelessness or drunkenness of stage drivers,
engineers and pilots. No man willingly trusts
himself to their keeping, 0
Drunken blacksmiths, shoemakers, tailors,
etc.. Ace, all share the fate of the drunken
judge and physician. Tbey lose their busi
ness and character.
In a word, we have never known a drunkard
who was considered a respectable man.
How came this judge, lawyer, physician,
preacher, stage-driver bow came any man lo
be a drundark ?
By drinking liquor : and by drinking a, first
soberly and moderately.
Will you certainly avoid the drunkard's fate ?
Drink no intoxicating liquor driuk xot at
all.
Drive thy business or it will drive thee.
that profit on the sales is fifiy per cent, the pro
' prietor must deal out to customers annually
i some tweuiy-seven thousand glasses of intoii.
1 eating drinks. If we stipjKje that ihe sales
I and profits of the other three establishments
are in the same proportion, and if we allowfbr
the much larger sale in two of them, we have
tbe conclusion that at least one hundred thou
sand glanses are consumed in the four during
the year, at an expense of more than 88,000 to
the consumers. And these cotisumer are pot
j the prostrate victim of intemperance, who can-
not afford to pay siipense for a dram ; ihey ar
! rather those who present as yn n tolerably lair
exterior : they are vour son, clerks, jour ap-
prentices, those who are gathered here lo(b
educated, and those wiih whom you are con-net-ted
in the dearest relation of life. i.
Vkt moral cnasioii do with ihe ordinal L
w mm .m t ,
tv keeners of sucbr establishments As ljig
as the heart of man craves gold, so long men 1
who are conducting such a busine?s will tlal
at all prsuasies lo abandon it. Nothing bur
the strong power of law will break them up and
banish theru forever. Journal.
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