^directed. That impulse gave us
c ;ilization; the same chivalric feeling,
dth more enlightenment, will give us
hat state of society that glows in beau
ty in our radiant dreams of the future.
Physically and morally, Gm’ has made*
woman worthy to be the muhor of man
kind. Her nature is as exhauHeu as
city. Captain M. K. Taylor, of Balti
more, has been elected mayor. This
movement, upon the part of the Amer
icans, will make the people of New
Grenada open their eyes.”
Assnerwasa ^okliers.
Sound sense and plain: truth (says the
her function. Love, and truth, and pu-I Baltimore American) distinguish the
rity are the instincts of her being.— i annexed article, copied from the Rich-
Religion is the grand impulse of heymond Republican:
soul. Even in her present imperfeef ! “It is a fact, that while Hungarian
state, after ages of neglect mid su/er-'and other refugees are invited to settle
ing, she commands our admiration, tend ; on American land, and while Senators
receives our love and worship. AiUof the United States contend which
that is truly good and boau’iiiil in so-Ahall go furthest in voting farms to the
ciety, we owe to woman. The regen- ' soldiers of other countries, the widows
oration of the race, and Ilie opening of; o f officers and soldiers of the United
a'higher and happier existence to man-1 States army are not entitled to a picay-
kindgare sufficient motives to influence', une in silver, or an acre of land from
Us muring all our exertions to improve : that Government in whose service their
the condition of woman; while her cl-
Ovation and happiness will bo the most
x gratifying feature of a new order of
; Society.—Home Journal. \
Tise ^h^t JJarM.dgm
Marriage is of a date prior to sin
itself, the only record of a paradise
husbands and fathers toiled, fought, and
^OminnnicAtionS. .sweats etc., that, they regard it as one of
=z=: ^—! the most beiiehcien t remedia I agents of
FOR Tap ASHEVILLE MESSENGER.
, Alfa Hora €6 ^osas.
Mr. Edney:—You will doubtless bej
pleased to learn (hata Division of .the
Sons of Temperance was organized in
Marion on the 2d inst., by W. W. Mc
Dowell, of your town. It was opener
under the most favorable- auspices,- ant
the following arc the Officers electee
for the present quarter:—E. S. Hull, W
P., II. Presnell, \V. A., A. M. Findley
R. Si, Chas. Duncan, A. RTSQJi 'M
Greenlee, F. S., J. L. Carson, T., E. El
liott, C., T. C. Halybuteton, A. C.,
Good rum, I. 8., W. H. Morrow, O. 8
E, C. Neill, P. W. P., and J. L. Shuforc,
Chaplain.
It is to be hoped that much good will
be the result.
the time.
[From the Batavia (N. York) Spirit of
the Times.] .
This is one of the very few patent
medicines of the day which We can
recommend with confidence, to all who
are afflicted with Coughs, Colds, or Con
sumption, or who are predisposed to the
latter complaint. It has been used with
considerable advantage by many fami
lies in town, and in a few stubborn cases
has produced highly beneficial effects.
None is genuine unless
BUT TS on the wrapper.
Genuine for sale by
PATTON £ SUM MEY,
signed
I.
May 29,1850.
Asheville, N. C,
let fall on the world's innocence, linger-,
ing and playing still upon its sacred
visage.' The first marriage was cele
brated before God himself, who filled,
in His own person, the offices of guest,
witness and priest.. There stood the
two god-like forms of innocence—fresh
in the beauty of theirpastaMed nature,
^he hallowed shades of the garden and
green carpeted earth smiled to look- up
on so divine a pair. The crystal wa
ters flowed by, pure and transparent as
they. The unblemished flowers breath-;
ed incense on the sacred air, answering
to their upright love. An ar! less sound
of joy from all the vocal natures was
the hymn, a spontaneous nuptial har
mony, such as a world in tune might
yield ere discord was invented. Rodig-
ten blessed her too children thus, and led
them forth into life to begin her won-
derous history. The first religions scene
they knew, was their own marriage
before the Lord Go 1. They learned to
love Him as the interpreter and sealer
of their love to each other; and if they
had continued in their uprightness, life !
would have been a form of wedded
oneness and cqimhunicalioii. They did
not continue.' Curiosity triumphed o-
ver innocence. They lasted sin, and
knew it in their fall. M.m is changed ;
man’s heart and woman’s lieart are no
• onger what the first hearts were. Beau
ty is blemished. Love is debased.—
Sorrow and tears are in the world’s cup.
Sin has swept away all paradisian
matter, and the world is bowed under
its curse. Still one thing remained as
it ! was. God mercifully spare:! otie
token of the innocent world -and that
the dearest, to be a symbol forever of
the primal love. And this is marriage.
This one flower of Paradise is blooming
yet in the desert of sin.—i^rr. Dr. Bush
nell.
died, unless perchance they died on the
field of battle.
“Why living foreigners shall be enti
tled to greater sympathy from the A-
merican Government than living Amer-
j lean women, who arc the survivors and
i representatives of brave American sol
diers, is ri .question which we confess
1. oursejves unable to answer. The Good
iBook has •emphatically declared, and
I every wise and generous heart will eh-
: dorse tec declaration, “Ile who provi-
deth not for his own is worse than an
infidel. We are willing and desirous
to provide a refuge for the oppressed
sons of liberty from every clime, but.
justice, nature, gratitude, and wisdom,
all dictate that we should first clojustice
to those of our own family.
“Fhc mere circumstance that an offi-
■ cer or soldier dies on a field of battle,
constitutes no evidence ofpeculiar mer
it nor exclusive claim upon the grati
tude of tile Government. Washington,
Greene, Hamilton, and other illustrious
heroes survived the Revolution; Gener
als Scot t, Jackson, Harrison and others;
Commodores Hull, Perry, Decatur, Por
ter, McDonough, and nearly every oth
er illustrious naval commander, survi
ved the last war with England; Taylor,
Scott, Worth, Wool, and a host of other
military heroes, passed unscathed thro’
the wars of Florida and Mexico. What
sense orjuslice is there in a rule which
would deprive the widows of such men
ofapension upon their death, simply
because they were not cut down by a
sword, orslain by a bullet?”
To the Governments of Europe and
GOOD ORDER;
May 22, 1850.
At a meeting of the Cadets, held ^n
Saturday (light the 25th inst., it wls
unanimously resolved, and the Ladies
of Asheville are hereby requested to ac
cept the thanks of the Section, for thfir
kindness in making their Regalia.
Published by order of Section.
. R. P. DEAVER, Sec.
May 29,1850.
FOR THE ASHEVILLE MESSENGER.
Thus sings the Bard, “ofnature’s works,
His master work was man,”
But Callcdonia’s tuneful son,
Had never seen fair Ann.
Oh sure the Gods with her designed
To fill (hat place again,
Which Venus occupied of old, .
To fire the youthful brain.
Those raven locks, that snowy nick,
That brow so fair and even,
Those eyes, that lustrous, glitt’ringshine,
Like twinkling stars in heaven.
I looked, and loved, I loved and sghed,
My inmost soul repined,
Though from thee far, thy image itill
Is in my heart enshrined.
O' lovely maid, be thou my muse*
The dormant spark inspire,
Awake the echo ofeach mountain vale,
To music and to fire.
And I shall love thee ever long,
As boist’rous oceans roar,
As shines the stars, as time exists.
I’ll love thee yet still more.
ilfefdloy-
.W^ref of ^access.
It is singular that business men should
be so blind to their own interests as we
sometimes find them. 'I’hey are con
tent to carry on a business that hourly
affords them a living, while others enga
ged in the same business almost monop-
opUse the trade. The former wonder
aFthe reason of this, and seek night and
day,to discover the cause why their
customers are so few, an 1 their sales
so small, while others
inferior
stocks are completely over-run. The
secret is that the man who understands
his' business, advertises, and people
knbwtexacfite^ be Ims to sell and
where to find him. Signs have grown
in disuse except for ornament. They
are never looked at by strangers. News
papers arc taken by all classes of peo
ple, and whatever they -may desire to
buy; they make upltheir minds whereto
go-before starting ote. It has grown
inte a proverb that advertisers sell the
cheapest and best goods; and they are
consquently thronged with customers.
Their signs are never looked for. The
paper is read, and time sowed by it. If
the wife or daughter desires to purchase
a shawl they go at once to Bailey and
Si-others', to Sharpless & Sons’, or' to
softie aether fEtMflishmerU, w ith which
they have become a equal'll ted through
the papers; and if they chance to drop
in at any other, it is by accident merely,
and they seldom purchase. Ladies are
sagacious. They know who advertise,
and who do not, and they never expect
aburgin in a non-advertising establish
ment.' So tee with mem They say the
man who does not advertise his foods,
has nothing worth advertising, or if he
has and does hetybe is a skin-flint, and it
Is- better to keep but of bis blotches; So
after all, there is an aristocracy in bus
iness, as in every thing else; but it differs
materially from other aristocracies.
There is nothing in it that is not to be
commended. Ils motto is “live and left
live;” and its principles.are those of the
most perfect equality, and the largest
benefits to all who are deserving. No
man then', can expect to prosper in trade,
who does not avail himselfof the means
within his reach of informing the. pu])-
lie of his locality, and what he has. It
is stated inthe New York Tribune, that
a single manafacturer, who exhibited
his wares at the late fair of the Ameri
can Institute, has since received orders
to the amount of ^dtfibOO, exceeding his
cd, that can be steered through the air
with as much precision as a steam ves
sel can be on the ocean. As the gov-
ernmenls of the world are, if the secret
of an air-car was divulged, it would
soon.break up all American factories,
and give liberty to all Americamslaves
—for they could any night be taken
from their masters, and before light be
well in their way to Africa. This is the
effect it would have on America,
. in Europe for a few years their man-
;ufaciories would be very prosperous;
'but as most of their laboring population
would soon emigrate to America and
Australia, no European interest would
long prosper. China, by introducing
labor-saving machinery, would become
the manufacturer of the world. The
effect it would have on Europe would
be to make it impossible for their gov
ernments to the interest on their nation
al debts; the price of land would fall
and (ho wages of labor would rise;
merchants who gave no credit would be
(he only capitalists that would be safe.
It. would be useless on either side of the
Atlantic to have any laws to prevent
smuggling; no revenue could be col
lected on imports or exports.
If the world were divided inte six
great empires, one east of a line drawn
along the, Ural and other mountains to
(he Bay of Bengal, and another west of
thisiiue, North America one, South A-
merica one, Africa one, Austrilia one,
(Austrilia to include Borneo, Sumarta
and al! other islands that are nigher to
iljhan any other continent,) other is
lands to belong to whatever continent
they are highest; and agencral govern
ment over these six expires, which
should have jurisdiction of the world’s
atmosphere, and should decree at what
places only air-cars should be built, and
sail from and to, and collect a duty’ on
passengers and freight, it might prevent,
th; overteriling of all the governments
FOR THE ASHEVILLE MESSENGER,
When through the trackless wpafls 1
fove, : ‘
Or gaze upon the sparkling rill^^j^
No thoughts save those
move
My soul or cause my
When slumbers sweetest cha
Thy lovely form in balmy Sleep; -. 1
When heavenly orbs can hear no so^nd,
From slumbering earth at midnight
deep.
My thoughts are then with thee alone,
With thee alone 1 seem to live;
And slightest breath assumes the tone.
Which none on earth but thee can,give.
When dewy eve her reign assumes, 7
And the bright orb has sought repose;
When earth is sweetened by perfunes,
Rising from every blooming rose.
Then, sweeter far that sweetest Hover,
Does thy angelic beauty seem,
And stronger than the deepest power
Of earth is the enchanting dream.
When winter’s chilling blasts' are hurl’d,
O’er earth and deep the feathery snow
Thuslies on sea (he breakers curld,
Reveal the treasures far below.
Then do I see thee, though the storm
In fury heaves the roaring main,
Now lifts aloft the helpless form,
Now dashes back on shore agai
n
When far away from the I roam,
And ’cross the howling storm-tosed
wave,
My mind returns to thee and home-
Home where the coasts their oceans
lave.
I see thee always—always near,
E’en when between us oceans roll
I hear thee al ways, and my ear
Conveys sweet music to my soul!
May 12th. 1850.
whole business last year.
must
let the public know what you have to
sell, or you can't sell it. - Daily mews.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Inquirer says: “67/^^^^ b.^iue a
Rpringjield, April. 1850.
The citizens ofNewbern have had a
meeting “to consider what measure
should be adopted to call the attention
of Government to cutting a ship Chan-
nel between Neuse river an
ufort
Harbor.” It was resolved to apply to
Congress for an appropriation to aid in
the work.
A young and beautiful damsel near
Frankfort, Ky., having two lovers, and
not knowing which to prefer, settled the
matter by marrying one and eloping
with the other.— Cassville Standard.
Benefits of Blank Roads to Real
Estate.— Since the organization of the
Braddockfield Plank Road Company,
and tne location of the line, a piece of
properly, some three or four miles from
the city, which was purchased about a
year ago for $250 per acre, has been
sold for $1000 per acre. Contiguous
property which was purchased for $250
per acre, is now held at $1000. Such
are the effects of Blank Reads and Ra.il-
Georgia Rail Road Convention.—-
This body closed its labors yesterday
We cut the following from the Bel
lows Falls Vermont Gazette:—
WISTAR’S BALSAM.—Notwith
standing our aversion to puffing,- as
many do, every thing that comes along
in the shape of Patent Medicine, and
the fact that we scarcely ever take me
dicines of any kind, yet we feel that we
should be doing injustice to the commu
nity by withholding longer the favora
ble opinion we have of Wistar’s Balsam,
in case's of colds and pulmonary com
plaints. Having witnessed its good ef
fects in several instances, we believe it
to be an excellent article.
[From the Watch Tower, Newbury
port, Mass.]
Anything that will cure colds, which
are so very prevalent at the present
time, must be considered invaluable.
The only medicine (of which we have
any knowledge,) which is sure . to re
move lung complaints, is Wistar’s Bal
sam, of which Seth W.Fowle, is agent.
We have repeatdly seen the good ef
fects of this Balsam, and are satisfied
that it is no humbug.
[From the Boston Daily Bee.]
From some little experience of our
own, we testify t he superiority of the
Balsam of Wild Cherry, and we have
I been repeatedly assured by quite a num-
after# most harmonious session of Iwo [)el . ()| - 0ll . r per&hal friends ‘who halve
days, whirl, socmen to ate! YRM® 5 used it with success in pulmonary epm-
, plaints* the' pWMsiV, asthi-fta, nigh-
the highest •(legreY' : M. yat istacUon.
Asheville Messenger.
'Be just, and fear ■not:
Asheville, N. C
Wednesday., May ^FY 1 S^©
Fruit.—We have never noticed so
general and so abundant a “hit” in the
fruit line. Apple, Peach, Plum, Pear,
Quince and Cherry trees, are every
where hanging full of the young treas-y
ures, for the first time, we believe, in
four years,and if there is no blight, and
the cholera should prevail generally, it
will be a fatal season; for ever since the
days of*Adam, people have been prone
to eat “forbidden fruit.”
The Towns.—We came to Greenville
a:, nigag andcannat.de/seribe the place
more than to say, it is the most taste-"
fully arranged, well improved, the weal
thiest and decidedly the most inviting
place for business men or capitalists, of
any in the up country. ^Comparati vely
speaking, and with -propriety, we may
in two years call it a “sea port,” for it
will be the grand reservoir of the moun
tain and the sea, the North and the
South, to us. We wore well accommo
dated at Col. Long’s, durihg our short,
stay. Pickensville'fell next in our way,
by barking stumps. Drivers never hit
the same stamp but once. He has been
driving twelve years, for amusement!
air. Hawkins comes next—has been
driving a year or more, but never drove
a “spike” till ho came to this line; wears
the “ Dig Hat f starts with a grand
flourish; gets along “ tolerable, I thank
wf but how, he hardly knows himself.
yet, before he will be ala “Camel.”—-
Jolui South met us next, or was to have
done it, but, tin fortunately got “fetched
vpA by a dislocation of the knee, and
other serious assaults, (from being “ out
a driving,” for wo left him in Asheville
the day before, yet he was here.) John
is a. wonderful being, but the aforesaid
John, in making a short turn, missed
the “break’," and bore down rather heavy
on the ground for his comfort, and is
"laid uyi” This caused “ Big Hat” to
carry us through two drives, where we
met Murphy, a large six-foot, heavy set,
but not stout man; has driven several
es, or horses good. He ha; been “to
see the ground ” once or twice,-rather
unexpectedly, butge's along about right.
Bartell, a compound of a vast amount
Hamburg, S. C. May 22, 1850.
Dear “Sub:”—We left Asheville in
company with our “better half,” rather
hurriedly and unexpectedly, on Sunday
morning the 19th inst.,. at 4 A. M.; ar
rived at Greenville on the same day at
half-past 7, P. M.; left Greenville at
half-past 1, A. M., and arrived at,Ab
beville at half-past 7, P. M.; left Abbe
ville at half-past 11, the same evening
and arrived at Hamburg at 7, P. M.,
the 21st instant, being three days and
two nights our, 300 miles. The roads
were dry all the way, and are rapidly
improving, and we had neither rain nor
dust till we got to the sand 12 miles
above (his place, when we were pep
pered a little with the last article. Wo
are safely and comfortably lodged at
Mr. Ketchams’ American Hotel, a most
excellent house. We shall now hastily
particularize on the curiosities, the
crops and their prospects, the fruit,
towns, hotels, stages, drivers and Edit
ors. The, curiosities the first day, were
(hose grand and lofty summits of the
Blue Ridge, everchanging, ever beauti
ful, ever sublime, and attractive, es
pecially so, when robed in a mantle of
spotless white, or waving in the rich
green wardrobe of spring and summer,
bedecked and variegated with an end-
variety of mountain flowers, a-
the most beautiful of which are
honeysuckle, hawthorn, ivy, &c, &c.
all beautified, nourished, or invigorated
by the dashing spray o’er the mountain
cliff the pearly windings of the spark
ling rill, the jingling music of the pure
fountains, or the more slow but larger
windings of the mountain creeks bear
ing on their swelling bosoms the ele
ments of limpid treasures that fill and
mirror the sea, which in its turn reflects
the silvery beauty of the queen of night,
her starry companions, and the azure
blue of the boundless heavens all, all
singing as they go, “ The hand, that made
us is divine.” The first curiosities in a
small way we noticed the first day, were
a well finished martin box without
a bottom, a chimney with cars, and a-
nother with a window, a scare crow
made of a buzzard; another made of a
large hornet’s nest, with two hickory
whips stuck a kimbo in its sides per ¬
ed it by and came to Pendleton, an old
town, long on a stand, but which is now
fast looking up in a business way from
the prospect of a railroad. We pass
ed before reaching this place, the resi
dence,.(the dwelling was consumed last
summer) vineyard and orchard of Mr.
Maverick, one of South Carolina’s rich
est.and most singular citizens, owning
immense quantities of land, and money,
and a great number of negroes, houses.
&c., &c. He has but one daughter,
who is married to a Mr. Van White,
N. Y., and. one son livingm Texas.—
The old gemleman is subject to palsy,
and will soon have to “give up the
keys,” and entem into the speculations
of another world.
Mr. Calhoun’s residence, “Fort Hill,”
is in four miles of Pendleton C. H. We
took breakfast at Mr. Hubbard’s, and a-
good one. at that, with the presence of a-
good looking, pheasant’arid intelligent
landlady to season it. Anderson came
next en route. This is quite a business
looking place, having a number of
stores, mechanic, shops,.&.c., and will
now rapidly improve, as -the railroad
advances, which will eventually make
all this region of "co an try or.e of great
enterprise, business and wealth. Ab
beville was next in turn, after passing
Due West Corner, or “Erskine College,”
which may now be called a villagel—
This is a flourishing Institution, having
about 60 or 70 students, under good
moral and mental training." Dr. Greer
is President, with- able associates;—
The College, nr4arge .and -beumbthlly
situated in a fine grove. A large chap
el is now well advanced, 52 by 84 feet,
two stories 32 feet in heigh:, of brick,
which will add greatly to the conveni
ences of the establishment. We acci
dently met with Rev. Mr. Bonner, one
of the Editors of the “Erskine Miscel
lany,” a most excellent paper published
in this place. The buildings about the’
College are in good taste^ and several of
them very handsome and well finished.
“ Due West Corner ” is a most desira-
thrown, buj fell off once by going io“Y
sleep after the “ bosses frolickf At the
expense of several inches of skin from
his ruddy face; has been “about;” is
slill “a going;” driven thiricen'years;
understands his business better than
laying up money, and is ‘some;’ a pretty
fair specimen of the “Irhoys.” Howell
is next, and last. We call him “no co
res,” for he is club-footed, and has no
toes, but is a real jovial, free-hearted,
rough and ready sort of driver, that gets
along up hill and down with speed,
without hurting his horses or passen
gers ; knows all aboutthe string.:; has
to be thrown “ the first time” yet, and
has driven eight years. Thus ends the
be the “butguie.” Vite shall not ask
him any questions.
Editors.—These animals are next
after driver:; as, they arc leaders. Mr.
Campbell, of the Mountaineer, we did
net see, as it was Sunday. The Editor
of our halftbrolher, the Pendleton
“Messenger,” had not “come in,” but we
saluted his sanctum,-and 1 he publisher.
The Anderson Gazette man had “shut
upf and gone to dinner. The Abbe- ‘
ville Eanner Editor had closed, and gone
to tea. and the Edgefield Editor, we
could not “catchf for want of time, so
that we only saw one of the five in the
route, Mr. Bonner, and if he is a fair
specimen, they’ll do.
We hope no one will follow our ex
ample of stewing a Journey on Sunday,
for we heartily and conscientiously ab
stain from, and disapprove of it, but it
via a matter of seeming necessity in
Riis case; ‘ _
We hope to give matters of more in* .,
terest in our next, about Hamburg, Au-
ble
for young gentlemen in
ambulating with
air. The second
ar attracted our
mongrel hen, a
great pomp in mid
day, nothing peculi-
attention, except a
living epistle of the
unnatural but connubial affections or
passions of a peacock and turkey, in
which, in many points resembled both,
altogether a pretty fowl; and a stage
driver’s hat, the brim of which was a-
bout equal to the'leaf of an ordinary cen
ter table, soft as a buckwheat pan cake
and covered a head resembling “ small
potatoes in Ireland,” and greeh as a
pumpkin vine in June. The third d^y
solved to our satisfaction the long moot
ed question, “ Can a Alule die ?” which
is paramount to that other yet to be
demonstrated to us, “ Does a white
horse ever die in South Carolina ?”—
The first we saw; the latter we have
yet to testify to. We also saw in ope
ration on this day a “chain pump,”
where water was drawn from a deep
well by a small boy with great rapidity
and ease, by a revolving chain, which
we shall describe hereafter.
The crops are unusually backward,
and unusually promising. Corn is just
coming up in most places. Oats small.
Wheat remarkably good, and promises
an abundant yield, unless overtaken by
rust or the fly. Potatoes, Cotton, Rye,
ed, are all promising an abundant yield
to the husbandman. There is butdittle
appearance of any difference in the.size
or growth of most tilings on all the route
till .we reached .the Sand hills. Here,
Corn, Wheat, Rye, Potatoes, Cotton and
every thing .seqms.two or three weeks,
in advance of' the wholeup cbifutfy.
search of a pleasant localion, where
they may peaeabiy and quietly train
their young minds for future usefulness
in the great drama of this changing and
fickle world.
There are many beautiful residences
in Abbeville. Vte had always arrived
at this place in the night, and from
stopping at the old * Bed-Bug Tavern,”
then kept; by a Mr. Posey, we had no
liking for the place, but. having this
time been plea-sandy quartered at Mr.
Hodge’s new Hotel, eat quietly, breath
ed freely, slept soundly, and departed
in a good humor, well pleased with the
place- A few goodproiddentia' fires well
distributed in the old net-work of that
place, would make it a very pretty town.
Edgefield C. H. came next. Since
we were here, the old Court House has
been taken from the square, and placed
on one side, and a neat little park oc
cupies its place. There have been other
improvements here in the building way,
and a steam-mill has been erected,
which answers many valuable purposes,
Between this place anxl Hamburg,-a
new steam saw mill has been fitted up
for sawing the timber for the plank
road from Hamburg to Edgefield This
seems to be all that is left to keep Ham
burg alive, in years that arc to come.
Edgefield District will be her only trade,
and much of that now goes to Augusta.
But we will speak of Hamburg hereaf
ter.
The Stages.—The stages on this line
are comfortable all the way, but not
No. 1. The horses are a fair average.
Several of them first rate, especially
the teams from Edgefield to Hamburg.
The Drivers.:—There are eight dri
vers on the road, beginning with Suli-
van, at Asheville, who has. driycu'sev-
eral years; is careful, accommodating,
not fast, has never “turned over,” but
has been turned over, or pitched out
three times. Once by “hitting” a stump;
once by the “break” breaking, &c; lie
is stout and hearty. Mr. Terry, slim,
strait and sharp, comes next—has driv
en several years; has had a “down,” and
a runaway or two; drives pretty rapid
ly, and with considerable skill, but his
chief idea is to “git along Josy.” Mr
Camel, is straight as an Indian ; rather
cross looking, but a pleasant sort of a
man;,, dri ves very easy-over rough places;
is careful;,' keeps his horses in order, and
gets along in time. He too, “ hit ” a
stump aiQA bit”. the, ground to ..boot,
simply for trying to'do " hide driving,”
as we have, tired ourselves, you and the
readers, we close. .
J. M. EDNEY.
ABSENCE OF THE EDITOR.
It is presumed that most of the tea d-:
ers of . the Messenger are aware, ere
this, of the Editor’s absence, and this .
fact is averted to by way of explanation,
should there be a fall ofl in the editorial
matter.
The prevailing custom of the coun
try, has rendered it necessary for every
“sub-Editor,” or successor, to make his
bow, when assuming his new dignity,
to the majesty of the people, or at least
to that of his readers. The present one
though, not wishing to depart from a
“ Time-Honored Custom,” only desires
to slightly raise the curtain, behind
which he would screen himself, and
give them a friendly nod as he passes
along; and, well may he say “ as he
passes along,” for the old time teller on
his mantle-piece, by its steady move
ments, tolls him that his.reign, like the
transitory things of earth, will pass
rapidly away, and whether it will wane
like a “bright exhalation of the eve
ning,” or a “meteor of night,” can on
ly be determined as the hidden things
of the future develop themselves. Who
he is, what he is, or what.he ever will
be, the reader need not care to, and, in
all human probability, never will know.
This much, and no more, he can prom- •
ise—that he will say just as little as be
possibly can, while in power, and will, ;
(unless dad’s breeches take fire,) “think,
twice,” before he says that !
The Galphin Claim.—It seems, now
that public opinion pronounces (most:
presses at least) the Galphin claim just’
as to the principle, but not as to the in
terest; although some papers say, that
the interest are correct and should be
paid from the date of the demand, and
no further back. The following is the
report of Mr. Burt, and concurred in by
a majority ofthe committee of investi
gation:
Resolved, That the claim of the rep-
sentatives of George Galphin was not.a
just demand against the United States. -
Resolved, That the act of Congress ■
made it the duty of the Secretary ofthe :
Treasury to pay the principle of said/•
claim, and it was, therefore, paid -in
conformity with law” and “precedent.
Resolved, That the act aforesaid di
not authorize the Secretary of the ,
1 4
did
Treasury to pay interest on said claim? y
and its payment was not “in conformity
With'law - ” or ^ precedent f’ ; '' ' ^ - eg.