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THE CAMDEN WEEKLY JOURNAL.
VOLUME XV. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 18,1854. NUMBER 29. |
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From the Spirit of the Age.
HORACE WJtSSl:
or,
THE EFFECTS OF "ONE AND THE FIRST GLASS."
[concluded.]
We will not weary our readers with a de
scripiion of the pleasant time whi?*h they spent;
suffice it to say that, thro'ugh the influence of
the strong potations which he took, West (to
use his own words) " passed a glorious lime,
and repeatedly declared that he had never spent
so pleasant an evening in his life, and that
Munson was the finest fellow he had ever met
with," and when he left for home, which was
after night, the effects of the punch, toddy and
wine that he had drank were plainly visible in
the manner in which he walked the streets.
He reached his dwelling and entered hv
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means of his night Key. Alt >?iium was >im
and >ilent as death; he made h'- wa\ a.- best
he could to his chamber, and found thai In wife
was sitting up waiting his return home;
she raised her head as he entcied th - n- in and
he saw that she had been weeping, and when
she became fully aware of the slate !? was ii
she at once buried her"face in Ii i lap and I,u s
into tears. He passed by her in term, some
drunken exclamation in regard l<* he. being up
so late, and without undressing himself laid
down upon the bed, and was soon sinning in
drunken slumber.
When our hero awoke in Mie morning the
sun had been up some hour-, and was sinning
brightly in his chamber window. He arose
and dressed himself and went down to his
breakfast. He found his wif. In J^orenfctnVi
room at work, and his lood at"tin* tire aM .itiug
his coming, and was ashamed nt his conduct
the previous night a d fell that .-he kin-w nI
about, it. and he hung down his head uiiahle to
look hei in the face. She a-ked him kunliy
but in a t*emulous voice how lie felt, and then
began to get hi- food oil the table for him ; lie
replied that he te.t very bad and that hi- had
ached as if it would split. H? 'hen sat down
to the tabie and after he had taken a eiif of
coffee and a slice of toast he arose and said
that he felt a little bettei though unt well
enough to go to work ; he then laid down upon'
kort u-heriJ lie remained the balatiee ol the
day.
He went to work on the next da\, though
still suffering from the effects of the supper ul
Munson's. During the day Jones alluded to
the subject and asked him if he would not ul
low that he was mistaken in the opinion* he
had formed of his friend Munson previous to
bis visit at his house.
West replied that he would, for Munson li d
treated him like a gentleman, and had invited
him to visit his house; hinting, that if he wanted
anything in his Hue at any time to he um
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backward in asaing i<?r jt as w? v>cuh ?>.igood
there for any amount; ?n invitation which
West was not long in accepting- From that
time he was a visitor at the house of Munson
as well as the others in which the city of B
abounded, spending his hard earned money
and leaving his family to suffer for the neces
sarie8 of life His wife and child were neglected
for the company of drunkards and vagabonds,
and often was it the case for hint to re
turn home l.ite at night, and finding his wife
sitting up awaiting his return, scold her for so
doing. All thi6she bore patiently, never ceasing
in her duty to him as a wife. His child young
as she was, noticed the change in her father,
as he did not now take her in his arms, and
caress and kiss her as he used to do, she therefore
clung closer to her mother's bosom, and
found there that love which was denied her by
her father.
West also l?egan to decrease in his attentions
to the interests of his employers, and often
spent whole days at the taverns when he should
have been at work ; the consequence was, he
ti-oe anon HianhAropd and was unable to obtain
employment on account of his intemperate
habits, which were plainly visible on him. His
creditors, among6t ?heni Mun?on, with whom
his credit had been so good, now became pressing
in their demands .against him, and he n t
being able to satisfy them, they ->eiz d u|hui
what little he had, and sold it for their own
benefit. His wife and child were turned out of
home, and where so many happy hours had
been spent, and sought refng.- with Iter fa?h?-r
West was aware of this, but did not seek them
there, as he had not the courage to show him
self to the Darents of his wife alter his treat
mem to her, and too much independence, as
i he called it, wh^n sober enough to think right
ly"of the matter, to eat the bread which the)
earned.
We will now bring onr story to a period
about one year after the events just mentioned,
during which time West had been g<?i..g on as
he was when we left him, and even worse, resorting
to any and every means short of stealing
to gratify bis thirst for liquor. He would
put away wood and coal, run errands and do
any thing by which he could earn a trifle of
money to spend for a drink of liquor. His
wife had been staying with her parents during
the time, and it, together with the conduct of
her husband, had not failed to leave upon her
brow traces of care and trouble. She had not
despaired of ever seeing her husband reformed,
but prayed frequently and earnestly to her
Heavenly Father that such might be the case.
Some of her friends had attempted to persuade
her to apply for a divorce from him; but she
firmly refused to do so, saying that she would
trust to God, that her husband might see the
errors of his way and reform, and that they
might yet li?e happily together. Her child
had grown considerably during that time, and
j was, at the period of which we write, a pretty
little prattler, and frequently enquiied of her
mothci in regard to " papa."
j -One dark and stormy night and near the'
hour of 11, a man. ragged, unshaven and dirty
might have been seen standing in front of one
i ot those low and dirty places called grogshops,
; which are so numerous in the city ot B ,
holding <>n to a lamp post, in a state of beastly
j intoxication. He had been drinking, and the
amount of money he had becoming exhausted,
he endeavored to obtain credit, promising faithfully
to pay, but he whs refused by the landlord
(who was none other than our friend Munson,)
whereupon he became importunate, and was
forthwith ordered to leave the house. He hes
itated in doing so and was assisted by the land
lord, who takitig hint by the collar helped him
as far as the door, and then giving him a sturdy
kick, sent him reeling noon the pavement.?
There he stood for some time when the sound
of approaching footsteps fell upon fiis ears,
when he raised his head and saw a genteel dressed
man approaching him, who immediately
stopped and laying his hand on his shoulder,
enquired why he wts standing there? He replied
in drunken incoherent words:
'1 am standing here because I've got no oth
er place to go to, and if [ had I couldn't g?? to
it.'
'I see tie reason of your being unable to get
away from your present situation. 1 presume
that you have been engaged in drunkenness
and debauchery in this grogshop here, ami been
turned out by the proprietor after having spent
all your money. Is no: this so?'
^e?, it is. I spent all the money I had,
winch wasn't mm li at first, with Imii I I quer, j
and then hied to get a little credit I more, j
i i-iti I * n'i ed a getting cii (lit. ij j t put j
Out, y ?
'ill-.I ?t..? I (ll.jtul; hut wii.'lt C.I '
p." .mi i \ ,-> t tun tiiat kind ot treatment from
gin,, p. ii Ira tiif-f landlords are. But I suppo-e
v.'ii i i i^?-t and forgive ail this, and
spend tin- i .\ money \ <hi get with him for
tlii- Vile (.iiiMiii, uiiieh must sooner or later, ii
you do not riloiiu,cause \.-u to become an in*
ante of a 'tale's prison, or perha ?s fill a tnurdoer
. gr.ive. Will you not!'
'.No,' .ooaerei. the drunkard; 'I will never
sp.ii an-.titer nil in \,'a 1 nit' n l"'|g as I
-rive "ButTa ?k heie, stranger, from your taikTj
I iickon you belong to them fellows called
rf- lis of 'JVniperaiice, w hom the landlords bless
so mucii f"i interfering with a matt when he is
making a living honestly, as they say.'
*Ves, 1 am proud to say that I am a Son of
Temperance," returned the man, 'and as such,
mean to do all I r-an to suppress this vile traffic
in ii toxi.-atiug liquors as a beverage. How
would you like to join us? As bad as you are
you can become better if you will but try, and
we will exert ourselves to the utmost to assist
you. But come along with tne; I will get you
a pi nee of lodging for the night, and will see
you in the morning and resume the conversation
whieh I have thus abruptly brok n off.?
Come on, "ive. me your arm I will help you to
wnik '
Thus mged the irimken man, who was none
other than Horace West, ?ave his arm to the
kind stranger. ami the two proceeded on their
way to die residence of the latter. Arrived at
Iioiii-- the man entered the house, and leaving
..It' /> >( lit oon enK AI
>? < si ill :i oimii in uim-eii, vvchi, in ,^aibn ui
hi- wit'.- iioin li.' I ulid sitting up in her chamber,
waiting ti>r liiin to i-ome home from his
Divi-mii. .1 iiitliei ii?: had been, and was returnnig
u i,eii In- met our hero. He told his wife
oi what he had done, and she being of the same
ki d and humane disposition as her hu-batid,
ami ever will ng and ready to do a good act
lor a fellow heing, no matter how degraded and
fallen, busied herself in preparing a bed for
hu?, wh'n-h was soon done and he in it -leeping
soundly.
In the morning Mr. Washington^ for such
was tiie ii one of West s friend, came up to his
room before lie had arisen from bed, and finding
that he was in a sobei state, told him that
eo?i/l nn fne litm tA P9t
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and w<>uid come up afterwards and converse
with hiin. He then went down to his breakfast
and had West's sent up to him. of which
he ate hearti v. not having had such a meal sat
before him for a long time. After breakfast
his kind friend again visited him and opened a
conversation, in the course of which he learned
the whole history of West from his birth to
that time, and that he had then a wife and child
w ho were obliged to be dependent on the bounty
of others, in consequence of bis conduct.?
That part of his >tory relating to his family he
told with tears in his eyes, and wished, he said
to Mr. Washington, that he could reform and
live happy with them once again, hut that it
was impossible; his thirst for liquor was beyond
his power to conquer, and thai he mu-t despair
of ever seeing that time.'
'Say not so, iny friend,' replied his benefac
t?n-. '1 have known cases worse than yours, in
which person have reformed and heroine good
o>eiohei > .-oeietj; you can do so too. I wM
assist (nil as much as I can, so prom se me
that you wi:l join with us, and endeavor to reform,
if not li>r your own sake, for that of your
wite ami child, who will, 1 know, he made
happy hejond expression by the change. Will
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'Ah, my friend, you know not how much J
wish that it was in my power to make thern
happs once more, but I fear it is too late, that
i am too far gone to ever think of reforming,'
replied West.
'But I know, my dear sir,' returned his friend,
'that you are not too far gone; you must not
give up in despair; you desire to reform, all
that is necessary, is for you to resolve to do
so, and if you will join us I am certain that you
can keep your good resolutions.'
4 am half inclined to try at any rate,' replied
West; 'but you see that I am in no condition
t<? associate with decent men; my face is
bloated, my clothes ragged and dirty, and in
everv respect I wear the appearance of degra
d.ition and poverty; and as I am not able to
buy suitable clothes, that is an obstacle 1 see
no way of overcoming.'
'But 1 do,' answered Mr. Washington. . 'I
will furnish you with a full suit of apparel, and
take you to the Division with me at our next
?
meeting, and in the meantime, you must re
main here with us, and not go out and be temp
ted to break those good resolutions you have
made. Nay,' he continued, seeing that West
was about making some objections to this mode
of proceeding, 'you must cpnsent to be guided
by me, and after you have joined the Sons we
will get you employment, and the money which
I w ill spend in clothing you will not come out
of my pocket, hut out of the treasury of the
Division, which has a fund appropriated to that
purpose. So you see that I will not be a loser
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by it, and even if I were to lose Dy it, 1 wouiu
do so willingly and cheerfully, as I feel it a duty
I owe to God to help a fellow creature in
distress.'
We will not weary the reader by repeating
the balance of the conversation between the
two in regard to the matter; itis enough for us
to say that West consented to the arrangements
made by his benefactor for his reformation, and
promised to be guided by him; that he remained
at his house, and having become more decent
in his personal appearance, acted and was
treated as a member cf the family, and on the
next meeting night of the Division to which
Mr. Washington belonged, weDl w ith him there
and wa* finally enrolled as a member of
Division, No. ?, Sons of Temperance of the
State of M .
The next thing to be done was to obtain
work for him; they tried at several places; as
Mr. Washington had promised, but without
meeting with success; but at last, after repeat?
i " ? i t.?
ed efforts work was touiiu lornirn, anu nc **cm
at it, getting good wages and promising Mr. W.
to board with him, until he found himself able
to take charge of his family, when he should
he sufficiently well fixed in his temperance hab
its to do so. He worked steadily for two
mouths, during which time by his particular
request his family had been kept in ig
norance of the change that had been w rought
in miii. He had avoided all temptations, never
going nearer to a drinking establishment
than he could possibly help, and spending his
I evenings, when not attending some kind of
ttumf intr ir. ihp fumilv of his friend and bene- |
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factor. One day he expressed a wish to Mr.
Washington lor his family to be told of what
happened and asked him logo Hnd tell his wife
that lie would call to see her on that night at
the house of her parents. Mr W. promised
to do so, and after enquiring where she was to
be fo'und set out on his errand. He reached
Hie "pnttrg," and requesting a private interview
with Mi8. West, was ii3iiiitletl Into her presence.
His tale was soon told, and Mrs. West"
was so much affected by the Intelligence that
she could not find words to express her grati
tude to him for the nohle part lie had acted in
the reformation of her husband; and telling
him that she would be too happy to see her
husband at the time specified. After he had
retired she repaired to her chamber, and locking
the door to prevent interruption, fell on
her knees and poured out her soul in thanks
to her Maker for the change in her husband,
and his answer to her many prayers for his re
formation. When she left her room, she sought
her parents and related to them all that had
happened ; their joy w.ts inexpressible, and
all they could do was to lift their hearts in
union with their daughter's to God, in grateful
acknowedgements.
We do not intend to attempt to describe
ftio irtufiil mootinnr Iwluiaan fhft InnfT SPfierated
vnvjujim ?vv....g ?vv? w. O r
husband and wife, and father and child; it was
touching in the extreme. West again and
again begged to be forgiven for his treatment
to his wife, and Mrs. West readily forgave him
and expressed her willingness to go with him
again, and asked him to complete the necessary
arrangements for them to commence housekeeping,
as soon as possible, as she did not
wish to be a burden to her kind old parents any
longer than she could possibly help.
West agreed with her in regard to that matter,
and as a grateful return to her parents for
their kindness to his wife when all others were
unkind to her, in giving her a home, offered
them a home in his family for the rest of their
lives which offer they at the earnest solicitations
4' * ~ ~ o KnilCO ll'QC
ui iiieir uuugutei att trpiru, nnu ?
rented in the neignborhood of where Mr. Wash
ington lived and but a few doors from it, and
the happy couple together with the old folks
are now living pleasantly therein. West is
more 6teady in his temperance habits than he
was before his fall, having experienced the
fruits of intemperance. He now carries on
business for himself and continues a good Son
of Temperance, having passed through the
highest offices in the Order. He labors hard
all the long day, and at home surrounded by
his happy wife and a group of merry children.
Reader, our tale is nearly at an end, and
with a passing glance at our other characters,
and a few remarks thereon, we will conclude.
Jones, the man by whom West was enticed
to drink his "first glass," as the reader will recollect,
together with Munson, the tavern-keep
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er, are oom now inmates 01 oiaie pno?>n, n???
ing found their way there, the one (Jones) final
ealing goods to get liquor with, and the oth(Munson)
for receiving them as in payment for
it.
The friend of West whom we noticed in the
first part of this story as having been a fellowapprentice,
was reformed through the united
efforts of West and Mr. Washington, and is
now a member of the same Division with them
w orks steadily in the employ of West, and in
order to avoid temptation as much as possible
boards in his family.
We have endeavored in the course of this
6tor> to show the evils of intemperance, and the
good to be derived from temperace ; we have
shown that no matter how much command
a man may think he has over himself, he is
treading slippery ground when he takes his "one
and first glass, or an "occasional glass" and
thinks that he is safe, and that he will most as
8urtdly fall. We havq tried to show the bad
effects of temptation arising from association
with persons who are in the habit of drinking
and trying to persuade others to do 60; and
last but not least we have called your serious
-attention to that glorious Order so well and
extensively known as the Sons ofTemperance
and pointed out its principles in reforming the
?/w.nfirmuH HmnUards. and the benefits it
IIIVOV WKUMMVM 1 confers
on society. Members of that Oide>
have a great and good work to do, and none
should be careless and idle, when by their in.
uueuce exeneu as mat, uy mi. ??aamngi",. ... ?
the case of Horace West, so many men might
be rescued from drunkard's graves. With ii
what success we have shown all these thii gs b
we leave the reader to judge, and in conclusion h
let us say, beware of that "One and first glass" d
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New York in 1853 and 1854.
A year ago New York was the scene of the v
utmost excitement. Her hotels and boarding ,r
houses overflowed with the vast crowds galh t(
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ered there from the ends or tne earrn. ner shopkeepers
of all kinds were worn down with }
excess of business, and her hundred places of J"
amusement could not accommodate one half Ir
the host of strangers in the town. Extrava- C(
gance was rampant, and a sort of fury of ex w
penditure raged among all, to such ari extent, C(
that every one whose business brought hitn into
contact with strangers was enriched. It was ei
the season preparatory to the Crystal Palace n<
opening?that ceremony so august in its promise,
but so tame in its conclusion. The world P'
was taken in for the time, and New York gath- ^
ered a rich harvest from the seed then scattered. l'
The rage of high prices became an epidemic. w
It seized upon landlords, who advanced their
rents fifty per cent.; it spread among wholesale P"
dealers and retailers; it attacked the cab drivera
and the porters; it ran through the ranks
of the large and small manufacturers, and it Cl
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spread especially among ine ncner ritimo ui mc
community. The poor laborer by the day-. 8,1
however, was compelled to work for his old jf
wages, though his rent, his clothing and his
food were enormously advanced. The influx m
of fortune was not for him ; Crystal Palace ?
prosperity was chiefly for the benefi' of the .
s iar'. stockholders, tie rich hotel proprietors, 81
the merchant princes. They did, indeed, gath 10
er in wealth by thousands, and throughout the j P'
slimmer their good fortune continued, although j
the Palace itself, the chief instrument of their ' w
prosperity, was soon pronounced bankApt. c(
The excessive inflation of affairs in New P(
York last summer was regarded as unhealthy
by all soberminded people. Individual for- '
tunes, it is tiue, were made, to an extraordinary
extent., and there was a feverish excitement .
among all classes that was mistaken for sound
prosperity; but it went down as rapidly as it fr
advanced. The last winter reduced New York : 8C
to less than its former bustle. The spring | rc
showed it to have lost a large amount of what j
has hitherto been regarded as its peculiar west- c'
ei n trade, and the present summer is one of un-, 85
exampled dullness. One of its le-.ding jour-i w
'tilth -peaks ofth^TtOt<+^l?iiiejS being overdone j
and half of the establishments novHoshrg RHUK,
ey; of boarding houses breaking up by hun- 81
dreds for want of lodgers for the accornmoda .
tions hastily provided for last summer's emer- 11
gencies. All the papers have complained and 81
still complain of the serious decline in the trade
of the city, especially with the West, and, for 'n
the first time, Philadelphia is acknowledged to
be a competitor worthy to be respected and 81
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even 10 ue ieareu in uie i uuc ui ? ?? ? ?
prosperity. "
Those who have visited New York this sea- ?'
son speak ot the contrast between the appeararce
of tilings this year and last as remarkuble. e'
Tie comparative dullness of the streets, the w
qiiet of the hotels, the long rows of unoccupied
houses hurried up last year for the Crystal Pal 82
ace excitement, and the idleness in the jobbing ^
houses are all impressive lessons They tell 31
us that thousands of families have been driven
to other cities or to the far West, by the extravagant
rents and the high prices charged for 'r
everything; that New York may be a city for c'
the rich, but not f<jr the poor, and that that best
element of a population?a hard working, hon- *
est, industrial class?is dwindling down to a st
very small proportion of the entire mass.kw
ait/iAAootua QrrivuU nf *
J lien juaue io uncu uj >>uwt-om u v.
inexperienced, ignorant and in most cases, lr
wretched immigrants, who, in turn, soon And ni
that their own only chance of success in the P(
new world is by a further emigration. ^1
While all these circumstances are observed ,r
in New York, how is it in Philadelphia, which w
is less than a hundred miles distant? Even 1
the inflation of New York last year caused no r<
sensible depression here. The fall trade of "
1853 was excellent. Throughout the whole
winter everything went on prosperously. The
spring trade of J 854 -exceeded anything ever 01
before known, and was only to be explained by 'H
the decline of the trade in New York. Improvements
of every kind have never been so
extensive, so costly or so substantial. Enter
prise has never been so active. The advance in
in rents and prices generally has not been ex- oi
travaeant: the hundreds of new houses going ci
up constantly are filled as soon as finished ; ft
trade and manufactures of all kinds fiurish: our ir
railroads are doing an unprecedented business, b
and without a single symptom of unhealthy or r<
unnatural inflation, Philadelphia may be said n
to be more prosperous than she has ever been, b
in the two pictures thus presented, of the w
chief American cities, the public see the advan a
tages of a sound, healthy system over an exag g
gerated feverish excitement. The tevulsion n
from last year, in New York, is a calamity for t<
which no compensation is found in the remem- c
brance of the success of that year, or the fact of ic
a few colossal fortunes springing from it. Here o
we had no excitement, and no business that a
had no: a substantial and permanent basis.?
The growth of our prosperity has been mode- ft
rjlo u.irl irrurlmil hilt, it is HPCI1 Hlld it ill ftjllv K
warranted by the demands of trade and popu- E
lation. In every aspect of the subject we have t<
reason to congratulate ourselves that we had t!
no Crystal Palace here, and n<me of the mad ft
excitement, mis-called prosperity, that the ri
New Yorkers so lustily rejoiced over in 1853. V
Phil. Eve. Bulletin. tl
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A\ Example.?America is not so power li
ful yet as Spain was three centuries ago.? it
Spain rose, moreover, as America.has done, h
through the reign of free institutions. She fell a
by entering on a course of policy similar to that o
which is now proposed for America. So long a
as Spain honored labor, and made war only in ft
a just cause, so long she prospered; but when si
>he lent her sword to wanton conquest, and e
ook to living on the spoils of captive nations, 1
die began immediately to decline. That law s
is, that if either nations or individuals neglect n
productive industry and seek instead to shine n
by unlawful gains, they inevitably go to ruin, a
The Cleveland He raid contains an interestig
letter from the Nebraska region, written
y William Walker, an intelligent and worthy
alf-breed, and the chief of the Wyandot Inians,
from which we make the following exact:
" As far as I have been able to make obseration
on cultivated lands, I have no hesitation
i affirming that there can be no country found
) surpass it in the production of corn, wheat
i.d oats. Clover I think, vill not do, well.?
he s-'il is too loose, and the clover freezes out
i the winter, and what is left gets the finishig
stroke during the autumnal droughts so
Jintnon in this country. That this country is
ell adapted to fruit raising I can speak with
>nfidence, as I have been doing something in
lat department of horticulture. I think I nev
r ate as lucious peaches in my life as my
eighbors and I have raised. It is to be reretted,
however, that in some seasons the
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each crop has met with total taiiure. oui
ie apples and other fruits seldom fail. Oil
le alluvial lands we have pawpaws, &:c., that
ill eclipse anything in the western world.
With regard to mercantile and mechanical
jrposes, it would be difficult at present to
II. This will depend upon the population in
e various prominent points, and when the
irrent of trade has settled down to the peranent
maximum. The location of the Misssippi
and Pacific Railroad through the cenal
route will soon develop the business points,
ut upon the organization of the territory, and
oreover, upon the extinguishing of the title
' the Shawnee and Delaware Indians to their
nds upon the Kansas river, (as they own
des) a great opening will here present it^fl
i the enterprising and business men of
a>suits. It is navigable for 200 miles up
Republican Fork," except in a low state H
ater, which occurs generally in the fall.
>untry upon this stream is considered the b^|
jrtion of the territory, the land genera^B
;ing adapted to agricultural purposes,
;ing well watered by streams emptying inH
e Kansas River. H
I have not traveled this portion of the
tory, and therefore state only what 1 deriJB
om reliable authority. I have explored tH
luthern portion, and cannot speak in raptH
ius terms of the country. It is not well wH
red, nor has it as many privileges for mH
-f <1 ---*1 n/M? io O/^^l
iinery us 111 ine iiuriucru pan, ??w? u
i good, though a fine grazing coj^fy" The
hnle territory is a prainsr>?ffnpt upon the
ream^SHaHke^nost other western countries,
Is hills and dales, rivers and creeks, prairie
id timber, rich and poor land. The upland
es high and rolling into beautiful waves. The
mber in the country is red, white, black, burr,
id pine oak, shell and smooth bark hickory,
iflee, bean, mulberry, ash, linden, dec., and
i the bottom lands which are subject to munition,
nothing but cottonwood of the rankest
tid most rapid growth.
There can be no better country for raising
ve stock. The water (from springs) is gen ally
hard owing to the source being from
eds of limestone. There are springs, howver,
that proceed from clay banks, and the
aler from these is invariably soft.
With regard to the climate, it is about the
une as in the northern part of Ohio, except
le winters are not so long, and the summers
re longer and warmer. As evidence of the
tier, 1 will state that through the months of
uly and August, the mercury in the shade is
equently up to 100 and 105 deg, and I reflect
two or three instances of 110 deg.
In the winter, the weal her is very irregular,
i tiie winter months, the mercury sometimes
ands at 55 deg. ot " Temperate,'' and in
velve hours' lime will be 10 deg. below zero,
he irregularity of the climate is by many atihuted
to our altitude above the Mississippi,
id proximity to the Rocky Mountains. But
ermit me to say at least one thing in praise
f the " Queen of the Prairies,"? we have both
i winter and summer, the finest roads for
heel carriages on the continent of America,
do not say turnpike macadamized roads, but
murlo hi? fhe nlastic hand of Nature. In
le winter, especially, is glorious wheeling.?
ideed good for any other mode of travelling.
One peculiarity 1 cannot pass without re
inrks. The morning and evening twilight
ists about an hour longer than in Ohio.
The Great Coal Fields.
Heap the coal into the furnaces. Turn it
ito gas. Construe it into any form for fuel
r for light. There is no danger that the race
an exhaust it. The old folks used to fret, for
:ar the woods would give out, and the world
i its last days go chattering and shivering to
ed with cold, hut packed away between the
jcks, yet so near the surface as easily to be
jached, lie millions of cords of fuel that have
een seasoning " from the beginning.'' He
ho takes care of Knownothings and Irishmen
iSL-o ii.^? u< if hfifh wprp fit tn livp_ when he
ave the earth's surface for their habitation, did
ut omit to dig a cellar and put coal enough in
> outlast all who would ever want it. This
ellar reaches from the polar circle to thetrop
: of Cancer, and for almost every apartment
f our house of many gables there is a door
nd stair-case to reach it.
More than 15,000,000 tons are annually dug
om their Ave great deposits, and consumed in
ingland and Ireland. From the '250 mines of
ielgium, in 1839, there were taken 1,500,000
ins of anthracite and bituminous coals. And
le fields of it that underlie our continent are
ir beyond all the exhaustive powers of our
ice as it is possible to exist here for centuries.
V'e have been struck with the immensity of
bese fields, even so far as they are now known
a examination of a geological map lately pubshed
by Philips, Sampson & Co., of Boston,
l connection with President Hitchcock's Out
ne of the Geology of the Globe. Beginning
t the northeast, there are 10,000 square miles
f it, embracing the whole of Nova Scotia,
nd much of New Brunswick. A deposit is
tund in the southeastern part of Massachu
etts and in Rhode Island, not yet much workd.
but covering an area of 500 square miles.
^he great Appalachian bed, starting in Pennylvania,
embraces in its southwestern reach
inch of Ohio, Virginia, and Kentucky, runs
early across Tennessee, and spreads in three
ect ions like the tail of a prodigious whale,
4*
720 miles, its area 100,000 square miles ?
Another field reaches from far south of the
Ohio into Kentucky, northwestward across Indiana
and Illinois to the Mississippi, and occu- %
pies an area thatcould scarcely becrowded within
i he boundaries of Illinois?say 55.000 square
miles. Then und -ri ving the oak openings and
rolling,prairies of Michigan is another field of
12,000 square miles. Still another grand field, .tl
which Professor Owen sets down at 5V^000 * >
square miles, fiuds its southern boundary on a
line parallel to the Osage River, and its northern
in a latitude in Iowa, as high as Albany. ^
Then there are fields in Texas, New-Mexico,
Kansas, and Nebraska, and doubtless further
surveys will show them in the Great Basin
and on both the sloping sides of the Rocky
Mountain range. President Hitchcock, saying
nothing of these west of the Missouri fields,
reckons an area of coal fields within the spaces
we have designated of more than -225.000
square miles. Twenty eight States like Massachusetts
might be buitt on its broad founda
lions ; and if the average thickness of the
beds were put at 50 leet?a moderate estimate,
every miner will say?the coal of the United
States would be a body equal to three and a j I
half millions of cubic miles! Pity that, with 1
such treasures under our feet, we should have
to pay five and six dollars for enough to boil
nnr tun.buttle fnr ^month. But if EurODO'
continues to send us men so plenty to work . |
these mines, and Yankees continue to invest #
their money in the machinery to do what un*
aided men cannot, we shall soon have enough |
of it, at rates " within the reach of the poor*
The 0-th eh Missing Soldier Found.?The
Tampa (Fin.) Herald says:
Our readers will remember, that one of the
missing Soldiers from Fort Myers, was being
searched for by the Indians. We are happy .
to state that he was found on Pea River, on
the 7th inst. by Capt. Snell, and carried to bis
station. This soldier has been absent about
37 days, subsisting entirely upon wild fruit,
berries, &c. Surely, Florida is a great conntry?starvation
is next to impossibility. The
little daughter of Mr. Tillis, about ten year* of
" ]Q rlquo in Hunninlinr en h.
UOil IV/OW At/ UHJO ?? i/VVV?ail#?l IUOV) UMVsisted
upon saw palmetto. The comrade of
the soldier above, was lost .8 days, and not
materially affected by hunger. Its a great
country.
Con'gubssional Hocks.?A correspondent
of the National Intelligencer, who signs hitn ?
self on "Old Member," writes:
Last year the British House of Commons
averaged seven hours and forty minutes a day
for 1(30 days, five months' session. I have not
the means at hand to ascertain the average sitting
of the House of Representatives during
five months of the present session, but from
having often made the calculation during the
latter part of my twelve years' service in that
body, I venture to assert that it will not, if as
certained, as can be easily done, be found to
exceed an axerage of more than about two
hours a day: no more.
South Carolinian.
Columbia and Hamburg Railroad.?We
find the following in reference to the survey of
the Columbia and Hamburg Railroad in the
Lexington Telegraph of th? 30th ult
The survey of this road is rapidly approaching
completion. The last line is now nearly
completed, and we may shortly expect to see
the report of the Engineers.
The party arrived within a mile and a ha f
of this place on Saturday last. Mr. Gurnard,
the leveler, however, was four mile) back. On
Monday he came up, while Mr. Gibbes and the
remainder of the party were reconnoitering
the crossing at twelve mile creek.
On Tuesday he passed this stream, and we
expect to-day will finish his field labors.
?
Arrival of the Charleston DrkdoB
Boat.?The Steam Dredge Boat, A. H. Bow*
man, Martin master, arrived last evening from
New York in four, days, running time, with a
head wind nearly all the way. This is a first
rate performance and, so far, justifies, the
praises of the experienced judges who have
pronounced the A.H. Bowman the strongestand
most perfect structure of the kind that has ever
been built. Her working machinery and gear
will be put in order in the course of a week,
snd she will then proceed to business. CJood
luck go with her!?Cherleston Mercury.
The Washington Union referring to the first
instalment of $7,000,000, paid under the late
Mexican treaty, says, this is probably the largest
sum which has ever been paid in this
country by any one check and on any one
single depository. It is further probable that
it will prove the largest paymeut that has been
made at any one time in coin.
Fire in Spartanburg.?We learn from, the
Express that a fire occurred in Spartanburg
on Wednesday last. The fire was extinguished
without much damage, but General O. E.
Edwards and J. Wofford Tucker, esq. received
some injuries, though it is hoped not serious, in
their efforts to prevent the spread of the fire.
A recent advertisement in a London paper
/annaorart onnnumnimli) hut xttrihllted tO the
??"J"*" ?
Time*,) offers a reward of $5,000 for a mate
rial which shall be found so ebeapluid serviceible
as to supplant rags in the manufacture of
paper, ... ' V. ' .
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