VOL II.
i
RALEIGH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1849.
NO 38.
TECHS.
Tusr KiLvuiil Tike will lie soul, to Sulwcritars
CTwo Dotlaro ami a lulf per aiiuum, if paid in ad
men. Thnw IKillanr wilL be elmrinsl, it payment
ia (fcjjycil month 'IVse 'IVrins will in: invaria
bty ailljercJ to.
IBVEaTISElIEXTS.
Fucevory Sixtncu hni-s or !, One Uullttr for the
Bret, and Twenty-five Cults tor each KUUH-.iicnt ui-
Kn fTmit-t- ItrHi-nr Am- will In r'lrtnnil llur
wit Wawr, BntrrauiiW-lBJnctioii will bit made i wi'll" got up on a slump and made a speech, re
B tliosn who advurtiw by the yor. j questing them to quit, for they had thrown down
D- IjcUi-m on b.wiu.-, and Ml fVinimiiiiii-alioiw c,e, r,,,, , eJ down l)e vt,(.tllUt
intended fur puMicauiu, must ba sutilri-ssi.it to tlio I .. , , , , . '
Editor, had port raid. " turned over tha ash-hopper and hen house
. They 'dried it tip' at the old lady's request. Then
AMUSEMENT.
Sketches of Life ia (he West.
A OUir.TI.VO IJf TUCKER S HOLLOW,
I spent some years in a mountain country of I m,,rl;' ' ,a",s b,lrstcd . across the seat
Eii Tennessee hy-the-hy a very agreeable part I Tlle lilst we saw "f Tom was just as he jumped
of the world-and having a fine Spring and Sum-1 tlle ml. knee and disappeared among the bush
mer spawn, the Fall of 1844 ' cribbed up' many a i ?S-Ilia ' fll,S ot lruc6 ' sticking right straight out
Brrshel of the 1 truck ' which made the yeomanry of j behind-
thorn diggins ' ' fat and sassy.' I sometimes" at-! Wlli,e "lis out of ioot exercise was going on,
tended Camp Meetings at other times I went to I tlic 8ir!s in M,e 1,0-se ll-boen ' busy as bees in a
qtiiltiiigp, weddings, &c, and thus pafsed my time !lar barre' ' t,ipy lia nearly finislied the first quilt,
in rmtiA . tW.nr maimer. Amnnintt the rest I i when Mrs- Toodlins called on Davie Uibbins and
well rcmemtier the quilting nt Jo Toodlins' in Tuck
er's; 'Holler,' of which I am able to give but an
imperfect description. . '
It 'teems that Jo Toodlins had been promising
tha youngsters for a longtime to give them a quil
ting when his ' craps ' were in, and after cribbing
hi corn, putting up his' fattening hogs,' fencing
iiutho ' new ground,' Slc, he proceeded to fulfil Ids
promise. The day was ' sot,' the ' flxins' got rea
(lythe quitters ' axed in,? and all the ' fellers ' were
Lu1' high gloe,' for tbry expected a 'great to-d'-
Thii old man and woinun came to town and bought
wine sugar and coffee a little spice, tea, ginger,
nutmeg,' persinnimon drapu,' &.c.,to flavour the
sweetmeat j, and the old lady bought Betsy Ann
a.' new frock' a new ' mnnberella.' and a'pairov
md: slippers,' besides a heap of niceties uf one sort
wr. luinlher, because she wi.hed to marry Betsy off
before she arrived at that critical oint in life old
maidenhood which was not very far ahead. Bet
sy Ann, too, wished to many before (he 'old ones'
"dropped off,' so that she could have somebody to
tike care of her thro' life. She had tried every
nhus of charming the beaus placed chicken hones
awentlie door, jumped Hie broom handle, woro her
apron ' wrong-side-out,' bill all these failing, ' fine
dresniu' was her last resort. 1 liml the pleasure of
lining acquainted with Betsy Ann, and when eld
Toodlins came to town she sent me a ticket to the
qtiilling. 1 opened the note and read thus ; (I
hope- Betsy will not bo 'offended by seeing it in
nrinr.) . .'
"Deer Sur: Mammy put the last pocco in the
quilt to-day and we're a gnin to hav a qniltin on
Friday, if nnlhin don't happen, and I want you to
(turn out, h'illunt! fail, for all the gala scratching
will! be hnr.and what's better to you, little Nancy
Aim. will be hur, surtain. I saw her at the Big
Mitotin last Sunday und she told mc that she didn't
intend to quilt by any body but ynu, and that sho
Ikiv you better than a pig docs corn. You must
Uring tbat litilo Tutor wilh you ; bless his soul ; I
omld squease him till his bones would crack like
ik Hdbs aiming corn stawks. We're a goin to, kill
rJkrold white goliler and ctxik him up wilh taters
xnil: I think he'll eat right down well. Bo shore to
riim ouf.and don't disappoint Nancy Ann; for she
w neerly (led about you. Whenever she hears
ytmr name her hoart goes like daddy a m.iu'ic rails,
ami her face turns as red as Ingen'a. No more till
tilmshuckin. YourfMn a hurry.
BETSY ANN MATILDA JAXE.'
Aii' nan of common wnse might known that I
tttiihlu't 'fail ' tifter receiving audi a 'presaing in
Mel ad knowing tliat litlls ' Nancy Ann ' would
'huthar,' I Hauls my arrangement to slide over to
ulto'quiltiu.' , -
The day came it was clear, calm and beautiful;
jittat that soasun ol tho j-ear when the forest lays
luiJe her lovely tires and prepares to embrace the
oolit stoniii ttf Winter when cold frosty nights
begin to fatten the' posmmt' and nuts of all kind
wen) ripe auii hulling out.' The-youngsters were
mtt ciiuiing in from every direction cracking
jiJln and Cheinuts telling lice, and love tales.
Wlu-n I arrived at Toodlins', a crowd had alrea
iTj; seuilled anJjy're engaged in various kinds
tmusement-ihiging, dancing, jumping, laugli
iujaiid talking1.' ' ftvery now-and-thcii ' the old
Wliiiro would 'cast a sheep' eye' across lh fields,
asiX'on fio look-out' for some extraordinary ar
ii.Ta.1'. ' Ai laft In; says, ' Husli hoys listen don't
jimi tieura fiJdi.ll 1 tbj all turned their heads to
ana side, tike cliickens looking fur n hawk, and
were ' oiill an dcaih.V Ml at one Bird Lee pulled
'eiT his hat, slammed it down on ttie gronnd, and
aaiJ, ' Take ihnt if it ain't Jake Crockett's fiddle !
' 'lLohf, boy, won't we have & 'ihieV says J;tck
'ITrewei and he jumped up, cracked, hi Jirl to.
getlier and gave a Indiau ' lOo-eW- wtiioh rang
S hours over the valleys and only died away in
tlttMtirk caverni of, tin mojiitains,. . The fi.WI r
earn in sigl'it aboiu a qiiurter (jf f. mile off. ,'l'he
nrs roott ctf tlieif coajs, hats, shoes and stcck
fciffs.'isd Kartcd 'do'tt n the road, Vike a. herd of
'Uiiffi','t.'i"(nrM 'Jake'" ll'batlged out a IJ sights
I rti'V hsw." Imagine to yourself, reader,.lhat you
tf iiNmt sixty wild mountain fidlew twenty loose
Y-Wi CHtti.-, .Ims', hl.ji,d.titkvBLt, and.twr-
k'js'ji'iinguiali A('ueduji ifpity iimi), and yon
wl.lv tv.tvii some idea, of the cloud of iu14
taftlN ALii v-'hitenn! the wood IVr nwny miW.
They mot Jake, gathered him np and carried him
lo the house. By the time they reached tha yard
his fiddle had ' run down and ho seated himself
on the washing-tub, cciibed up his whiskers, took
a ' chew of bacco,' tuned npand ' rosm'd the bow,'
They formed a ring in the yard for a dance ; Jake
truck tip ' Sandy Bottom. ' and the dance com
menced. It. lasted five or six hours, when the old
they got to jumping ' half-hammon.' It was very
1 1 tight-up ' between Tom Brewer and old ' Straight
huck.' Tom had on a pair of white linsey breech
I es, as tight as the skin on a nigger's head" and in
I his making a terrible effort to leap over Straight's
myself to frame and ' lay off' another. She fur
nished us a yarn string and a tea-cup full of poke
berry juice and we laid it off in style. But before
wo had finished ' laying off,' they had the other
quilt out of the frame and had three or four gals
and boys wrapped up in it from head to heels.
Just then supper was announced and we went to
the barn and partook of as fine a supper as the
most Cpicurean could desire. But, ample us Tood
lins thought his provisions, they 'fell short 'one
man, . Mrs. Toodlins had to send two miles to bor
row a sifter of meal for Sam Johnson's supper
but before the despatch returned Sam had taken
his gun on his Bhouldor and 'cut out' swearing
as he jumped the bars, that he had ' plenty of meat
and bread at home' and had' as pretty a wife to
cook it as any body had.'
Supper over, all hands ganged off to the house
and were loon paired off, talking love,&c. A par
ty was raised to walk to the Big Spring,' and ol
course I had little Nancy swinging to my arm like
a new tin bucket. We stopped in the garden to
have a talk 1 'bout old times.' Before we joined the
party at tiie spring I btole a couple of busse?,
which miide her 1 so shamed ' that she hid her face
with her ' hankycher ' and gouged up a 'later hill
with her big-toe. After bruising about the spring
for a while we returned to the house, tvhen tome
of tho jolly an! merry proposed to play something
to amuse the gals. It was a hard matter lb select
a play In which alf were willing to join, for some
of the gals would not play anything in which there
was ' huggin and kissin.', . Some wanted to play
'Oil! Sister l'heby,' 'Marchin down to Quebec
Town,' and ' Thimble i but they finally settled
dowaon the old play, ' Who bobb'd you.' Tood
lins had a pot sheop that lived about the house, and
thejittle Toodlins had learned the ihcep to butt any
and every thl t, struck. Well, Ihey got
George Koliuib euL! a chair about the middle
of the floor, formed a ring of gals and boys around
him, blind-folded him und commenced playing'who
bobb'd you ; the first time they struck George on tho
head with a book, the sheep took, him between the
shoulders and sent him ' beels-up, into Mrs. Tood
lins' big kettle of boiling soap fat and burned him
almost to death.' The Doctor was sent for and
soon relieved him. All the injury ho sustained
was the total loss of one of his oars.
But now the fun was at nn and, for tho gall
wouldn't play whilo the sheep was in the house,
and Gen. Taylor's army couldn't have kept it out.
It being persimmon time, one of '.he fellers pro
posed a persimmon excursion, which was agreed
to by all. ' Toodlins directed the party to the trees
which were about half a mile off, and after a long
tramp over the fences, brush and briars, wc arrived
at the ' big tree.' Tho gals ' said as how, ' the tal
lest pole must knock down the 'uiinmons' and on
measuring tho fellers it fell to me by some inchei.
I pulled of my coat and hat, lumbered up the tree
and shook off a bushel or two. I waspulling off
some to eat and I heard one of the galls squall
out, 1 Whee-e-ee, I'm snake bit, and off she flew
throngh the w oods like a wild deer. They chased
her clean down to L'ncle Stephen Brown's, about
3 miles, before they caught her. ' tTncle Stephen's
dogs heard her md compelled her to climb up the
side of the stable-? she had otu-stripped Andy 0
dell's big rabbit dog. and Jim McLfon's tirag hound
gave it itp and returned. r The snake that bit her
proved to he a large lug called the 'Bullkitesh r ;'
li had grabbed her while she was fbellng about off
the grrund ftir persimmons.-'4! Poor gal'Ahe'i never
got over that race to this good' day. -Shelold me
tiis lust time t saw her that she'd ' never go a slm
monln agin aHer night ' But the oest of 'lt 'was,
thry left mehpin the tree and I CouldVit got down
till they were far out of hearingj'timl I did'ntkriovv
which waylo go to overtake litem. I 'nt oh m
coat and 'struck bye'shbt for a' star which I'saw
through the' boshes an'd thought Iowa's a light at
(he house j I had hot gone' far before I found m'y'
sclf pto my chin in water'; bnt byhard pa'iillhig"
and piimpingi reached the shore.1 f enefanchoT
on a. Ing by the jiond ;to onus, ny breath, bur I
had hardly seated myself 'on the Jog when juh
Nelson's .fojt-houndi, jnnined me up mnd'it as
' tight np ' for about a quarter cf a mile, when J
was obliged to 'take a tree.' But John soon came
to, where (he dogs had 'treed' and relieved me.
He conducted me safe to Toodlins' where we
found that tho party had just returned and were
nmking various conjectures as to my whereabouts.
All being right, we were about winding up the
show by a ganio cf ' blindfold ' when a row was
heard in tho yard between two chaps who had a
' hankerin after' the prettied gal in all 'Tucker's
Holler.' They were surrounded by forty or lift y.
of the best men in them woods, and from words
they came to blows. More they went over and o
ver down the hill first oi:o on topand theu the olh
or. They ' fit' over the fence into tho hog pen and
let out the hogs. Before they rolled out of the hog
pen the dogs came up and were very busily enga
ged in the fight. In peltingofi'the dogs with sticks
and stones several of the men were accidentally
struck, which caused about a dozen to yoke and
they all rslied down the hill and tumbled over the
rocks into the ' Big Spring ' in a pile. They snou
ted tho water for fifty yards round, and therowere
so many in the channel -of the creek that the pass
age of the water was stopped until it covered ma
ny acres of ground above thorn. At sun-rie all
the fights were settled except the first one, and they
went on a. bravely as ever. When the main body i
-f men crawled out of the creek the wat,r went !
leaping down the valley in a vast flood, sweeping
houscsand fences before it, and the people formdes
around were perfectly astonished. The next week
the Knoxville papers were full of notices of hea
vy rains in the up-country.'
The two fellers wlio were engaged in the first
fight were s.wept away in the water. That eve
ning about 3 o'clock they were found a mile be
low the spring, in amongst tho drift wood, cuffing
away like brave fellows. The men had tried in
vain to part them at the spring, and now tlicy re
solved to make another t fiurt. ,'J'hcy got out 4 of
Toodlins' horses, (and he had some very fine ' pul
lin bosses',) put the harness on them, hitched two
horHCB by a good lug chain to each one of the men:
and after a long time prizing with fence rails and
a long, steady pull with the horses, they s -pa rated
them un irh iiftd.n .';
On returning to Toodlins' the men found the gals
scattered about like a Hock of frightened turkeys
some up in trees, under bush-hcaps, under the
kitchen floor, and one or two up tho chimney As
soon as they heard the fight was over they ftVw
down, huddled into tl.e 'dinin room ' and placed
two stout gals hy the door ns ' life guards ' with
the shovel and churn-dasher in their hands.
They had ate Mrs. Toodlins nearly out, and the
gals were getting 'hongery,' so they begau to talk
about going home to prepare their Sunday doins
for the 'Big Mcetin' tha t waslo Come off next day
at'McCarly's Meeting House, and they were soon
coupled off, and on their ways humward,' It fell
lo my lot to gang home with 'little Nancy Ann, and
I did so without reluctance. Mrs Toodlins slipped
us a piece of 'bread and butter," Nancy got her
bonnet and hawl,slid her little arm around mine,
we bade adieu lo Mrs. Toodlins, and in one hour,
scenes of peaceful cultivation lay stretched before
us in the valley below we saw tho smoke slowly
and gracofully rising from the hearth of her own
dear home. We doicended tho hill toward the
house, where we found tho old lady'weedin outher
ingerns,' the old man ma king a fire to prepare sup
per. The old lady hoard Us coining and pulled
her spectacles from tho top of her head, adjusted
them over her eyes and surveyed the path till wo
met her view. With a chucking laugh that made
her fat sidos shake, she welcomed mo to the home
of 'her little duck.' A oat kysiimiingin the door,
a dog in the grassy yard, the sleek cattle lazily
switching their tails in peace in the shades of the
sugar-tree, and every thing plainly showed that.
'There sweet contentment ever seigned.'
I started homo about twenty times, and told them
good-hye twice that often, but I never got away
till Monday morning,) i Thus ends my tedious des
cription of the 'Quilting in Tucker's Hollow- '
. When I arrived at town every o:,eS 1 met asked
me where I'd been.fc .I told them alUhat I Wbeeh
to Camp Meeting, which satisfied the most carinas.
I passed on to my room and were quickly wrapped
in the arms' of sleep, where I must have remained
at least two weeks, became when I woke my nose
and cars wore full of spiders and crickets and a
'Jury of Inquest' sitting ever ire. J left.
.,. . . , ... . , . ... ClI. B. ,
,,. y .. , JXX)K AT IT.
' In 1844, Boujamin ;Tappan,tben a Senator of
tl United States from the Stale- of Ohio gave the
easting vote in favor of the' annexation of Texas to
this Republic; ami by that vote Voluntarily assum
ed on the part of the federal government, the res
ponsibility of txtemliug African : slavery" with
in its jurisdiction, awe 'territory claimed to be
neatly equal to the entire extent of, the' old North
western Territory; i Without that. vote, the annex''
ationcouU not hive heeu tonitimnialil.. ' '' " ' '
.. In lSiD.'a .CnuVrntirm fc called of the hnneulale
opponents uf tds wy and slavery extension, 'to eel'
ebrate with new-born, zeal, and for the first time. the
sixty' socoiid a'ntiirersary of the adoption of the' Or
dinance'of 1 W io'l jsrnngd'tu say !) of all the
nSen In tho 16 stales over which. lhaf Orilfna'iice.
operates this earns' Ceiijamin'Tappan wae'ehnsen
to pfeaide over the' grateful rejoicings of th'csg su
perlative lovers or imman freedom. .
I "O. Cohsislenrr ! Ilxiu nrt ii !rai.,! I'OnMn
j State Journal. . 1
How Jenks taught The Cholera.
Mr. Junks was a small man, rathor inclined to
obesity. He ),ad a full, round, red face, a short
neck, indicative of apoplexy, and wore a white hat.
Jenks prided himself on his temperance, but he had
a mortal horror of total abstinence societies, and
was inspected of sometimes taking a drop too
much. Indeed his affection for the glass might be
read in his countonanrc, for therein the carbuncle
glowed in all its flaming beauty. One day last
December, as he was waddling along St. Charles
St., he imagined that he felt a slight twinge in the
abdominal regions. Visions of cholera and col
lapse, camphor, red pepper, mustard and opium, (
immediately were conjured up in his mind. In the
excitement of the moment, ho seized his friend
Snooks, who happened to he passing, and informed
him in a mysterious whisper that he had good rea
son to believe that he- Jenks-had the cholera.
'Well, my dear 'fellow,' said Snooks, take brandy
and peppermint.'
Jenks acquiosced ; 'he was'nt in the habit of in
dulging in the use of ardent spirits, but in these
times one scarcely knew when he would bo called
upon to kick the bucket.'
V ,, r , """
a';d 'M h' Lram,y ?d P"'- While the
TT !.: .1. . . r ' . . ..
iiiteresting ceremony of toi'.
.ing glasses was being
performed
. 'Snook?,' said Jenks, 'what are the first
toms of cholera 2'
symp-
'Weill believe the first spmptoms is a violent
cascading, just ns if you had taken a powerful em
etic' ..
Having drained his glass, Mr. Jenks turned to
depart; but scarcely had he reached th? door
when ho became deadly pale, his lips quivered, his
limbs faltered, and he was seized with a sudden
nausea which u fleeted hitn precisely in manner in
dicated by his respected friend Snooks, ".The bran
dy was soon ejected and tho unfortunate man sank
in a chair, exclaiming
; .'I've got the cholura, I've, got the cholera, what
thall I do?'.
'Send him home,' said Snooks.
'Give him some more brandy und peppermint,'
interposed the bar keeper.
'Rub him with mustard,' ejaculated n third,
'Send for a doctor,' suggeited a fourth..
The latter proposition, after some debate, was
adopted. A phyeician was sont for and appear
ed. He felt the sick man's pulse, lnokol at hits ton
gue, asked him how he felt, and then with a wise
shake of his head, pronounced it a decided case of
cholera. A cat) was summoned, Jenks was put
in by his kind friends, and with Mr. Snooks bo
sido him, driven home. Arrived there, Jenks, who
by this time felt a little better, moiuiled the steps
and pulled the bell. Tho summons was quickly
responded to by Mrs. J. in person. 1
'Why, gracious me! what is the matter Mr.
Jenks?'
The individual thus addressed did not deign to
answer, but staggered past his better half and
threw himself on a sofa.
'Take nf my boots, Mrs. Jenks ?'
'For heaven sake what ails you, Mr. Jenks ?'
'Mrs. Jenks, take off my boots.' :
, 'Can't you say what's the matter ? . i
: 'Madame, your husband has the cholera, and if
you don't take off his boots, before five minutes
he'll be in a collapse, and then, you'll be a w'd?w,
and my life isn't insured, lot me tell you.'
Here Mr. J. had a return of the nausea, and rol
ling up his eyes declared ho felt the cramps com
ing on. No lime was lost in divesting him of his
clothing, when he was carried lo bed, with the as
sistance of the benevolent Mr. Spooks, who seemed
a very unaffected spectator of the moving scene.
Two physicians were called in, and the patient was
dosed with the usual remedies. He was rubbed
with mustard and pepper, dipped ia a warm bath,
and in fact all kinds of horrid mixtures,lotious, pills
and draughts) were successfully administered lo
him, lecmdem artem, as the doctors say which
means that poor Jenk's inside was for the noncq
turned into an apothecary's' shop, without, however,
its order and regularity. Happily, Jenks had the
constitution of a horse, or he never could Iiave di
gested so much physic with' impunity. 5 v-S '
He finally recovered, although on his first a p
pearance jn the street, it was remarked that his
Corpulence had been much diminished, and thee i'r
bnncles had" entirely losMhelr fiery hae". ' lie re
qnently boasts of tins narrow escape from fulling a
victim to the dreadful pestilence'. But 'there' are)
those who k now that on the day 'when- he was at
tacked, Snooks had dexterously mixed a little (pe-
caeuana with the brandy and peppermint, wliich
his friend so innocently imtiibei as preventive!
Jenk's nervous temperament led hirti first to Itnsg-'
me himself ill, and then tils very good natures'
friend to whom he imparted his fears, played off on
him tho practical joke which we save .narrated.
' " " ' ' ,'; ' x o. r,c:
-at tl'?!HI il T. i.' ,J' !' it .j-.i.) m itmjl.
. n-Hon Ion, Jtuthiot, rjc-meiuhsf of jCongreM
from tiift,dUy.flwark,'(0.) rathe' 30th ulti.
mo. , U waj ytt hjs way; tva St&it Uomentien of
the Sons of Tempe'raneei or Sich'lW?i lie Mi as
1 ii.
,r, iin -jzid 5
A SENSIBLE M At.
'Well, RolH-rt. Is fh-rs anr answer I Buttons
'Tes'in, Mr. Jolliboy's compliments, and L.e'11 (1
' blent if inn rutr.li dim l lmrtu ihij t.uih.r
j uiaM y0U rt ,i-.n dance In his shirt sleeves.'
MISCELLANY.
RESPECT FOR TH K LAWS.
In a discourse delivered by the Rev, Mr. Parks,
of New York, (hat able and eloquent divine refer
red in forcible and appropriate terms to the preva
lence of a spirit of disorder, and of disregard lor the
law, as exhibited in some memorable instances' in
various parts of the country. The reverend gen- i
tleman truly said Ilia', in any part of this land of
laws, the best enactment on its statute-book the j
best, by universal concession and agreement has i
force not one moment longer than the people, by
their "sic ink" shall permit; and its force arid ef- j
feet, as a law, to all intents and purposes suspen-
ded.and made no law at all, by the momentary j
impulse of popubropinion against it, in any given
case. -." ' '',...'".' '
After referring to various riots and mobs, the I
speaker said "it was painful to him to call up these
cases; hut they proved his position, and that posi- j
tion it was which needed to be changed in the I
character of our country. And how ? Ho believ.
ed only, or mainly, by the manner in which the j
youtli ot the land are educated. It was an unhap
py characteristic of the times we live in, that, with
the growing disregard to civil authority which he
had been illustrating, there has grown up among
our youth a contempt for the authority and the
chums of age. Time was, we had such a beau
tiful relation in life as that of boy and girl ; but
there were now but two classes, children and men
or women. Infancy past, and the boys aud girls
spring instantly into our gentlemen and ladies, and
tnat nnoe ucautilul age, Youth, was known no lon
ger among us. Now this ia the point, the preach
er suggested, at which the requisite reform should
begin. He would have inculcated on the rising
generation 'that' amenability to discipline, moral
and religious, as well as physical and civil, which
would use the mind of the man, c;i coming upon
the stage of action, to regard authority, to rcver
ence law, and to be ready to uphold both. Here
the true remedy could alone be found for all these
abuses he had been commenting on."
We have no doubt that there is a vast deal of
truth in these views. The "lioys and girls" have
passed away from this country, if they ever existed
here, no more to return. We have what a fiiend
of oars palls "incipient men," the proud port and
consequential strut of manhood encased in very di
minutive breeches, and accompanied by a can big
ger than its own little legs. We have young Mis
ses arrayed in the full costume of fashionable bl
let; flirting with their Lilliputian suitors with the
the air of veteran coquettes ; fair as the lilies of
the valley, knowing neither how to toil nor spin,
All these children, male and female, ought to be
taken in hand, well spanked, put to bed at sunset
every night, and fed on bread and milk for five
years. This would reform the present precocious
race of presumptuous brats, and give people the op
portunity to adopt an entirely new system in the
management of the next tribe of Infants. Teach
them from their eraillpa to
lawa ; to respect their parents ! to venerate reli
gion. Education is as neccsfarv to make a rood
citizen, as a good lawyer, a good physician, or a
good clory.nan. Especially is it necessary in a
Republican government, where the laws are made
by cKiiens who form the standing aimy to sustain
and execute the laws. Educate vmlr child for
those duties, wilh the same care yon would bes
tow up Ins preparation for his future profession or
employment. Liberty cannot exist unless bound
by an imperishiblo ligamept to Law. The desti
nies of liberty in this country are to be placed in
the keeping of our children.' Let us see1' that the
saorcd trust be confided to safe hands, by trainirfg
onr children, not only to love freedom, but to ven
erate and obey aotliority, as it is embodied in the
laws of the land, or in paronlal injunctions.
" ' - ' Richmond Republican.
KNOWLEDGE AMONG MEN.
We are glad to learn that the Smithsonian In
stitution which was organized in 1849 it going
on prosperously in the work marked out by its lib
eral founder, of diffusing knowledge among mcni
Its pecuniary history, on which o course, all in
means of usefulness are based, is briefly told in
the fact that an Englishman gave more than half
a million of money, $515,169, for the increase and
diffusion of knowledge among men in the United
States, The interest whlct had accrued up to Ju
ly , 1846. when the funds,, were placed under the
control of the Regents, was $142,129., Up to llio
date of the Report there had been expended $106,
529 19. It is proposed not to withdraw from (lie
above amount of interest more than $100,000, to
be expended on the building, leavingthe remaining
$142,000 to tic added to tho nil icinal.and maklnir
the permanent fund of the Institution ,$657,000,
which will yield an annua) income of $39,420.
'Ilie building will be complete hy, the 1st of Mareh,
l83J,'ilntI at a'cost bX exceeding 3,0,000.
' U is a pleaaa nt reflection to us tn remember lsith
itlio'pujcct of this gift and the greai 500.! jvhich is
to resiil. from it ui tlie cxlcnsien U sound learn.
nil a
.in Ike United States, and whW recoiiminndaiion
was snvrel at by many of the small wits aud
smaller politicians of tiie country, before his death
monc maiiBtnJ. , 1 he time has n issed m this 1
I'ountrv when even l-a IwiA Ti(.ns in iho ski "
i v ..... vi. 1 ....... - .. ... ., .... - .
J, c'a'n'be iwued into ridicule. Mr Adams', li'lio 'ur-!
1 veu 111.' eraoon ui uie nrsi uauiiiai ousi-rraiory ,
lived to see three of these edifices towering towaidt
the skies. The Government had erectod one upon
Meridian Hill, one of the highest points of land in
the District of Columbia. Cincinnati; by the aid
of contributions from the people! many of whom
as we happen to now, made theseAcontributions in
day's lalior, orected another, and dedicated it upon
Mount Adams. The then Ex-President had the
pleasure of laying the corner-stone of this edifice
himself. Cambridge has a third, both connected
with and yet independent of her University, an
observatory which was built, a rid the instruments
of which, tho'14 more costly than any other iir
the country, were purchased by the liberality of
BoMonians. The last donation for the diffusion of
knowledge here was the '.handsome sum of one :
hundred thousand dollars from young Mr.-l'hillips,
whose premature and unfortunate death excited so
deep an interest not long since. Wc wish somo
of our New York millionaires would lcatn wisdom
from liko examples of benevolence so common to
the c'ty of Boston and its neighborhood, and so un
common, we are sorry to pay, uniong onr own
people. . ". .
It was one of tho redeeming points of the war.
just closed between the Danes and Prussians, that
amidst the greatest fierceness of the contest, the
governments determinedto protect to the uttermost
the observatory at Altona, and to secure lo Profes
sor Schumacker the uninterrupted discharge of his
duties and to retain him in all hio-appointments.
Tho Intelligencer adds :
.: '"The President has, in a communication to our
Minister in Englsnd.expresscd the particular eolic
itude which the United States ftel for Ai'ona and
Profesi'r Schnmacker.for continued immunitv from
the approach of troops. Upon line, Mr. Bancroft
hap, we understand, ,-ronferred with the Envoy of
Germany and a memberof the late Provisional
ernmentofSchlcswig-Holstein.botli'nfwh'im mani-
tested tlie most cordial feelings in the matter." " '.
It should be subject of common joy everywhere.
that there is among all civilized men arid rnfiosu,
however separated by distance, or hoitile in ser.ii
mcnt, sufficient unity to ask for tho preservation
and protection of a great source of Intelligence1
l.kethis. The interest manifested by the Execu
tive in an observatory in the north of Europe,
though a small matter in itself, is deserving of no
tice and commendation. "Peace hath her victo
ries no less renowned than thoe of war." " They
are the victories of humanity and of Science,
victories which show the divine origin of mankind,
and the common destiny of tho raer, which tub
stitute the pen for Sword, Justice for Ambitioti
and which glory not in human destruction, but In
the Increaseof happiness and the diffusion of know,
ledge among men.
GEN. TAYLOR'S RECEPTION BY THE
. . . PEOPLE. - . ;
The Pennsylvania papers contain glowing ac.
connti of the enthnsiastic receotioti of PresidenV
Taylor by the people of that commonwealth.- His
journey to tho capital has been almost one cotrtin
ued triumphal pageant, in which the neonls of H
classes, ages and sexes have manifested that ariS
bounded admiration of the man and their nnbated
confidence in his patriotism and integrity. If Gen!
1 ayior ever allowed hjmeell to doubt the sincerity
of the people of Penosylvsnia who aided to eleva te
him to the high and responsible trost which he now
holds for them In common with the people of the
rest of tin Union, the spontaneous hnmape' Which
has been tendered him on this occasion will ffertfl
ually dissippate such doubttv" We WilltC'.mp1
to follow him and to describe the aaitmsiastie ii
monstrations of arfection and regard which he ha
encountered at every point. ,j;f
TIIE ISLAND OF CUBA.
. The Proclamation of the President of the United
States was ;eeived atlas Departroen' of Stato,
in a communication from the President at Harris
burg, Pennsylvania,?! The National Intelligender,
in referring to H, says : , "For some weeks past the
county lias ben disturbed wiio tumrwof Ihe al.
sembiing and drilling of bands of men in different
pard of the United States.f Variou placet hnvtr.
bejii da d j Ued as t!fl object of their destination.-.
Taspico and the Sierra Madrv Provinces of &1jw
ico, Yucatan and Cuba, have all boentdluded to in.
connexion ju ith tle enterprise.. But the troth has.
been studionsly conoeaied by tho leadeM engaged"
iAit. The common, soldier who have, enlisted;
were not to bo entrusted with lbs secret as to ibe
object to he effected until after embarkatj io. . ilow.
Ut the expedition has proceeded we know rut..:
But we do know .that ba ads of nice bavja lately as
sembled at a point not far fr Npw Orleans ; a4 1
tliat the evidence is cL-at jfial Cuba is the realobt.
ject GttlKjiw engage "m. Host earnsstly do we
hope tliat the President may euecet. in arresting
the perpetration pf such an fititrage on a riendijr
nation, and maintaining unsullied the lienor of our.,
country, Plunder esn be the only motive of such
an enterprise; aud all good men mutt rejoice to
witness the honest redemption of General TavkrV
pledges to his country, to pronrrwihe faith' of our
I lM-,li -nJ In ..1 Mt I .
iii iiiuui ujifjiciv n . ) ' -ai rniorprwn s
gainat friendly foreign nations. m Tbn. .ffullatit !.
di who has spent forty yens ia't'.i'c.i-v ,.',,4
braved the bullets of Ins c.-untry's c-, 1. ,r u
many baltirs lio has snnndrd all ih" sh U Mil"
depths of military glory j r.v a hr.u.e f- to jk"
world ft be, as we prouiLtej'h.'Mivfii-ele. u. t'
he would l,tli-'"MA4r