The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, March 16, 1855, Image 2
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The Gardiner Claim.
Tb* National Intelligencer refutes an cr
reneoua impression Uiat Corcoran 6c Rrggs
had a personal interest in the $90,<#)0 recently
handed over by tlieni to the Govern- j
roent as part of\fhe l'onds received by (Jar- jdiner
forJiis fraudulent claim. Tho facts of j
tlio case are, that whefi Gardiner received j
the amount of the award ho made his own j
disposition of tho money remaining in his
hands by desppailipg $140,000 with a New
York trust company, find the balance lie in- !
vested in different stocks, tho certificate* for! i
which last he deposited merely for f-nfekcep-JJ
ing with Corcoran ?Sr previous to his ,
departure for Europe, taking with him only. j
a letter of credit from that house owMheir
correspondent in London for the purpose of;
providing for his pcisotml expenses.
When suspicions were arouse*! as to the \
fraudulent nature of this claim, Mr. Corco-!
ran was the first to give infbimalion to the
Government that lie held in his fire-proof
safe, for safe keeping, these stocks belonging
to Gardiner/and also stated where the $140,-'
OOQrWoro deposited in New York; It was;
* ' on the information thus given Unit Mr. Oor
win, the then Secretary of the Treasury, im- j
" mediately attached both tlio slocks in Wash-;
ington and the money in New Yosk. Since j
> thou Corcoran 11 igg* have always held 1
these stocks ready for delivery, so soon as a,
regular order of court could be obtniued |
'* therefor, by which tlicy would bo released;
from personal responsibility J'or handing'
tbem ovor to the Government, or tirtlier to
the Treasurer of the United States, who has
r been appointed by the court administrator of
the estate of Gardiner ; and ii is these- stocks,
thus delivered under sta-h an order, which
/ have been tho subject of the rccci.t newsp;.per
remarks.
Tho whole amount actually received bv
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miiiuiiivi ivi ii i.i mi cfiuui ri.i VI I'liU V I til III
wrfis nbout $320,000, and it is principally,hunt
entirely, owing to the prompt information
, given by Mr. Corcoran thai the (.lovernmcut
has been able to regain a largo portion of it
as this $90,000 of stocks and lite $1 10,000
in New York.
The New Postage Law.
KvRftv person being interested in thei
amended act of tlio :3?l of March, 1855, in to-;
gard to postages, a synopsis of its provLons i
will not be unacceptable.
Uilder this law ail single letters mailed !
for any distance not exceeding three thoiis-. j
and miles are to pay three cents, and for any j
distaiioe exceeding three thousand miles ten
cents.
Unit*an ounce in weight will constitute a
single letter; aid double, treble, and quad-,
ruple letters to he charged in the seine pro- \
portion.
All letters must !? : prepaid, except such as
Are to or from a foreign country, or those addressed
to ot'iiccrs of the <iovermn<ut? ?i oliicinl
business.
The law is to4take ctl'ect from and afve; the ,
next quarter.
After tlio first of Janury m-xl the postmasters
are to ailix stamps upon all prepaid let- 1
ters upon which none are. placed by the
writers.
A registration of valuable letters is roquir-i
ed to be made upon the payment of a fee!
of five cents in addition to the prepaid postage,
but the (iovernmeut will not bo res-1
ponsible for the loss of any registered letter;
or packet.
The Franking privclegc is to remain as
heretofore.
Shilling postage stamps for a larger sum :
than their inaiked value is to be punished as 1 ,
a misdemeanor.
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T?,. T l r it ; . i r
i ii r* ii?Miu?Mi uV civ lUU/lltLlf/ Mil-ffffZI iif 1
publishes a letter purporting to be written in
the tranches before Scbastopol by Tom l'op- i
porto his Fanny Green, which is quite ,
Punchrr;/. Wc give an extract:
The war's going on with us at a swimming
pace. The chief officers have been ilivi?i-j'
ed into three divisions; one division's I
dead, one's sick and one lying in mud, under j
damp blankets (the water-cure system is <
is going upon, hero,) and the third has hook-1 ?
ed it and gone homo. A few juniors, like!
Gill, and me,and Tubhs, who have u<? infer-!
est, are left here to go off quietly into the 1'
ground and say nothing about it. <">ur com- '
manders are especially careful of our health ;
and to make us hardy, they divide a whole j I
suit of clothes amongst tivc. One has the;
coat, another the trousers, which arc docked J
at the knee, like Jessie's, and finished oft
with fringe; a third t lie shirt; a fourth tlic- j \
slippers (hoots are out of fashion ); and the i
fifth the garters?ifyour blushes will pardon 1 .
my mentioning such a word.
The same with the food ; they indulge us!
wjth one entire meal per diem. To dav wet <
have dinner (raw pork and wet biscuit); <
vestcrday it was a supper (raw poik and w et ;i
biscuit); the day before breakfast (raw pork '
and wet biscuit.) Our tents have been in-, s
geniously contrived to let in and retain the '
rniti, so that we have the luxury of a perpct- >
ual shower and cold vanor bath : but we can- .
iiot try, as we will, got l!ic water to remain t
more than three inches above ground, so
that when we lie down in it at night we .arc
not quite covered. We arc fining down to '
elegance,under the :;.nment, and feel cool I
and very gratel'ul to our commander and the <
government at home. ' ! (
Now, my dear girl, I have an earnest request
to make you.jl want you'to turn nurse (
(in name you know) and conic out as snch ; 1
fo Scutari hospital. If your mamma objects, i
.talk her over, about the pious otlicc you will
!>c performing. Lot* of young ladies have
come out; some of them in white veils, which
lootc very fascinating. If you come I'll man- , '
age, a slight wound or sicknoss, and get sent 1
down to hospital. \ <
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A L'ehman >amilv were recently poison- 1
ed by eating raw bacon ham. Two of them 1
W. Wise and wife, are dead, and the third j i
person also an adult, is not expected to re- i ,
cover, llama arc not unfrequontly poisoned
t>y (lie means employed to preserve them, ,
but the fioison is drawn out In tl?e act of
ing?this modo of cooking tliom, then is re^
garded the safest. ' i (
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SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE. " I
Friday Morning, March 16,1053.
A ? E NTS.
E. VV. CARR, N. \V. v<>r. of Will mil nnd Tl.inUt. j
riii!n<l. l|.lii;i, is uiir authorized Agent.
A. M, PEOEN, l'nirview I'. <\, Greenville l>isl
WM. C. BAILEV, Pleasant Grore, Gryvirvtlh*.
g'HTWe trust tlmt our fcliort-coinihgs for
the present week will ho overlooked. Tho
letters of our correspondents will he road
witli interest.
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THE FIRE COMPANY.
The eujfine, hclottffinir to our village, and
narge cr tins Cliurcli. It is not known tli:ti ;
ic will ami't.
i im-??rtfc&fmk?icc
of 1i)0 Jloicrprisj.'
II-JIEB r EC M COLUMBIA.
Columbia, March 13, 1833. !
1*. I'kB'K, Kl'tTOR OS TliK livi'l.TU RISE.
Jhar Sir:?On Monday last, Judge!
>'N" i: \t.i. delivered his opinion in the case ofj
'Comniis.?ioiieis of State Capitol vs .1, 1 >. j
\siiMoai% ConiptrolevGeneral." His lion- !
>r decided that Col. Heuos, J'rof. MoCay,|
ind I>r. CoonwYN are bona Jitlc Com mis-1
ioners to siipeiintcnd the erection of the,
icwStatelloUse: and an absolute tnaudanan
was issued requiring the Complroler to
>ay to the order of said Commission all
traits upon the Treasury to the amount of
incxponded appropriation. The motion to
/Hash the suit of 1'. ii. ii\mmi-:bi<koli> vk.
[lie same Commissioners for services render- i
jd as former Architect was also granted and I
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iho case dismissed. An iippeal from this,
Jcohrion will he made, however. Court will i
lot udjomn before Saturday, ns there are
nnny cases yet to he tried.
J,. m. Coi.oweu., whose trial for the inurlerof
IIkxry I>oftoTnv oniric oil"on Wed-!
lesdny, and was acquittal. ^Vo said in our
astthat he would probably bo found "not'
juilty," and our prediction was based on a i
knowledge of the circumstances of the case. V
ri\c "affray in which douotjiy was nnfortu-1
aat/ly killed took place at the "E.\ehimg?s" I
which was- destroyed by fire on the same
ni ght on which the Hght-occurirfd. Messrs.
Tradkwki.i., MoorE, Blymouk and 1a> j
w a it i)8 defended the prisoner : and the pn s
ecution was cMxhiclcd l>y Solicitor' Fain. l.
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Since Tuesday the woods around Columbia
have been burning and great damage
Jono. At night the red glnr* of burning
trees illuminated the horizon, and Columbia
appeared cm-ircled with fire. Wo have
similar tidings from Lexington, Kershaw and
the adjoining districts. We learn that one
or two lives wero lost in fighting tho Hen
element, and imtch valuable property destroyed.
The smoke yet arises, and iho setting
sun shines uimly ut>d with a 4,blou<l\
hnp."
Wc were exceedingly weii pieascii wiih
tho editorial on tho " h'now JVo(/>< >and
Amrrici/tihm" which appeared in the last
"Ji'Hterprise? It reflect*, our views faithful
ly in most respects. We, however, have taken
such a deep interest in the question, that
wc may have become enthusiastic and permitted
our feelings to get the bettor of our
judgment. There is we believe in tho heart j
of every true American, a deep and abiding |
love for his native laud?a high regard for j
those institutions under which liberty has |
flourished?and an abhorrence for tyiany in 1
whatever form it may eomc?even though !
under the guise of religion and hidden bo !
neath the Jesuit's cowl. IIonce has arisen j
this Onier of Know Nothing*?hence the op- ,
position to Komnii Catholicism openly inani- j
Tested throughout the land?hence that cry |
from thousands and tens of thousands do- J
tuatiding a repeal of those laws which per- j
' pc-n grass awl 1 lie fountain ;? t ho gilded l>v
ili?' rays of the setting Mill. Suoli sights mo i
worth infinitely more than panoramas or
pictures?just as the music of bit da is sweet- .
or and i ichor than that.of mortals?or of instruments?beautiful
though it he.
We flip the following from -to-days |
" Ti iiirx
' \\'k regret, to hear that I>r. 1 V.i.qt, of
(?r? enwood. met wit!? a set ions aeeident last
night, llohtaited ftoin his hotel lor the Ar
sonal. and having mis?od his way, fell from
the high embankment in the rear of the
store of how.in IJuvr::. Ksq. 'A fiieml who'
was with hint immediately informed Mr.;
Jamks Flkmino, who, with one or two gen- .
tleiuen, went to his assistance and hrought
him to the. American, where lie now lies.?
1 lis hack is injured, and fears arc entertained }
that his <pine is affected by the fall.
1 >r. K. \V. (iinns, J-., was called in and
every attention is bestowed upon the sufferer
hv his Masonic brethren.*'
We know no news to communicate this 1
time. Hoping you and the "/wi/ccyin'si" |
ate doing well, wc are,
Yours, truly,
HAYAKD. j
M ^ v LETTER
EROM ANDERSOW C. H.
,\vi)kuson C. II., March Id,
\V. 1'. 1'iinT, Kmtoii or iiu; K.vTKi:rins?;:
Dear Kir :?The Couil ? f Common Picas .
for Anderson His-triet is in Session this week,1
.Indge W a in) i. aw presiding.
There is a good deal of business in Court, |
and several interesting Cases to lie tried.??|
There arc not ninny eases on tho Sessions |
I Hn ket, or a llcflst hut few hills of indictment
11a\c as yet been handed out to the Crnnd
-I ii?y. There was a case of an assault and j
battery taken tip yesterday which occu
pied the time of tho Court until lato in the j
night in the examination of the 'witnesses.
i lie assault and battery occurred at a mus-j
ler ground a lt;H minutes aucF Col. ' 'iiit had
made a warm ami entliuaiantic political
speech and Mr. Hoi. Uuri> in hi* argument j
to the Jury remarked that the defendant i
wrongfully exhibited the feelings the C'ol."J
luid enkindled ill his bosom by his speech, I
and as he fell like fighting, ami noonemy be* J
ing near tipyn whom he could wnrjiopoun
cod upon one of his own fellow citizens in a j
manner which Would have dojre him infln-;
ite honor had lie been battling against an
enemy of his country on the gory field of.
strife.
The Solicitor did not admire such exhibi- j.
tion? of courage towards a fellow country-)
man, and in aeouutry too, renowned for Ivor {
fesws and the peaceful new of her citizens. ' |
Col. Ona made a handsome speech iu defence
of the accused and succeeded bj?jhk.
eloquence in persuading the Jury that the defen
Iwit u-^^ytuilly conec.jnently th'cirj
v<" i liot in HCoorjntice :in|uitled Jiiui of tllO I
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wit foreigners r.fter residing here seven !
years to posses* "privileges in coulmon with >
native-born citir.ena?citizens it may be
whose fathers fought to achieve our independence
and died lighting for liberty. Jrolong
as Know Nothings conlinc their efforts to '
keeping Catholics, Jesuit*, unci emissaries of
tl-.e l\ipe from office?and to extending the
term of naturalization of foreigners, wo "are
a Know Nothing now, henceforth and for]
evermotc!"
The College Catalogue is out at last.?
From it we glean the following intelligence
that may be interesting to souse of your]
renders:
Whole Xo. of Student.*, 19f?. No. of]
< Iradualing Class, GO. No. th.it left College i
in 18.Yt, "27. Xo. tn.liked "meritorious" at I
iVccmber examination 18.V1, 73. Xo. of
Students from Greenville l>istiiet, 0.
We have no amusements of a public nature
just now. Hut we ate glad that the ,
summer days are coining?that soon the
tlowers of Sidnov l'aik will bloom and bios"
som and light foot-steps will fail on the
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which has l>ccn for a time at the shops of j
Messis. (Jowr.us, Cox ?fc (lo.* was brought'
out ami exercised by the company attached!
to it, on Saturday evening last, it has been j
completely repaired, and appears handsomely i
as "X'cplune, Xo 1." With such a com- ;
pnny, and with such an engine, we think the
fiery clement couhl l>e successfully managed. 1
The tcgtihilions which govern the company
roe such its to insure obedience,and although,;
as necessary, they are quite ligid, thev are'
complied with on the part of the members
with a degree- of sacrifice and submission .
v. ii;ch is seldom witnesecd in similar organ-;
izations.
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WIND AND FIRE.
On I"i i(lhy hist occurred one of the most j
disagreeable and oppressive wind storms wet
have ever known, l'rom all parts of the j
county v.c hear of fires originating from j
spink.s thrown by tbo wind to distant places, i
Our village in different portions of it was'
several times in danger <>f being bumcd.l
The steam saw .Mill of Messrs. Gowr:tts, Cox 1
tV.M.\i(ki.ly was observed to be oil fire alone
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lime but was f< ltunately discovered in time'
to prevent its further progress. Fioin the;
country we learn that many persons have
suffered bv lire. We regret to" lfiun that i
the residence of Davis W.' lloroi: Kmj. at
in this Di-triit together witli
that of Mr. M. 1>. Dina:v, at the same place
wore crun ly destroyed I.y lire on Fridiiv i
evening Jast. about 8 o'clock. 'I lie loss ?>fj
Mr. Honor., will amount to perhaps $10,000,
The loss of Mr. Dickey we have been una-;
bio to asceilain. Ah ng the lire *-t" the
the Greenville an<l Columbia rail voatl mueh
tiro was observed destroying fences, woods,
ite. Several hou.-c.s were binned near Green- j
wood, Abbeville Di tiict, and a considerable]
amount of wood belonging to the rail road j
company was destroyed at t?G Depot, besides j
injuting slightly a port Ton ofthe road at thesame
place. Lexington village and vicinity '
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lias sutiered largely, whilst many other places
liavc snlFercd more or less.
Xr.w Cim/kch in I'ktf.rsiu'hc.?Tiic IV'
iorsburg (Vn.) Intelligencer says that woik-j
incn have comnieneed laying the fotiurla- i
Lion of a new Episcopal 1 'huivh, (St. l'aul's,) t
in L'nion street, in i'ctersburg. Tin contract
for the brickwork has been given to!
Mr. Cox of I'eteiwbitrg, that of the wood |
ivork to a l>altimorean. The IuU Hiyn%ctr
dates that the How Thomas S. Arthur, of
Greenville, S. (has received a call to take j
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charge alleged. The testimony both iii fa-1
vor of Lite prosecution and dct'enso was vary j
conflicting and frftflfutcd fully the uuccrtaiu-|
ly of human cvurcncc.
It is hut seldom that two witnesses exnotly j
ugrco in their version of an nlfiur of this
kind, though they may both be standing together,
arid equally disinterested towards
tint Tuii'lioa
Last night T \vr.s awoke lVonr my slum i
bcr.s l>y n bund of Music in the public square,
it sounded sweetly jn the stillness of the!
night, 2*.iU the tune they phivod. (a national
,iir Yankee l>oodle) never fails to recall to
miinl tlie stiniug scenes of the revolution as j
impressed by the graphic pet) of the liiato- j
riaii, and to thrill with patriotic emotions the;
bosom of every true American.
Cir.ulnaHy the sound of music died nwny j
in the distance, and a death-like stillness
reigned around.
1 learned tioxt morning that a large con-j
course of the citizens of the village find country
headed this band and marched from the |
public square to the residence of Col, Or.it;
to welcome him back to bis native place, and i
express their approbation of bis course in
Congress (lut ing the last Session. My young
and talented friend I.J. llrcK, Rsqr, vvaa made
the organ through whom the citizens gave
! expression to their feelings towards, our
Representative in Congress, and their copli
deuce in his ability fttul integrity Its a politioian.
lie acquitted himself, I am told in a
highly creditable manner.
(joi. On a replied, and gave a brief review
of his course in Congress during the la.-t
| Session.and returned them his.thanks for this
nenewed evidence cf their respect towards
| him.
Weil may the citizens of Anderson be
i proud of such a man as Col. Ouu. Ilis speech
jots the French Spoliation 13i!l prove, him to
I l?e true to the trust reposed in him and his
! clear exposition of the attempted fraud upon
the lhiblie Treasury shows hat lie has enlarged
and statesman-like views, and great
I powers of demonstration and analysis.
The are a great many new buildings, in
progress of erection in various parts of this
village which bespeak the nourishing condition
of the place.
W hen the Rail Roads through and to this
place are completed which are now under
contract new life and increased prosperity
will be given to the trade of the village and
instead of being a "one horse 'J'oirn" as it is
often unjustly called v\ ill become a handsome
city.
The population of Anderson soeiys to bo
of a high and orderly character, and bo it
said to llirir nrai.-e Mill i f llio lurirn i?i.?i.
eour-e thronging the I'abiie Sipmre to day.
scarcely a. man can l?c found intoxicated.
It is to l>e Imped that such may .continue
to he the case on public days and that tin*'
u;<>ud citizens of the ^joining districts will fellow
such a commendable example of older
and sobriety.
Yours Respectfully,
HKNXINOTON.
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For Iho Sou'.Harn E.n'.orpriso.
To write?or not, to write, "that is the piostion,'
Whether it is nobler in the miinl to sutler
The wrongs and rnsenlit-y of mankind?
*' Or to take" my pen against a multitude of errors.
And I'V writ ins end them?to write, t,? publish.
Perchance to he reviewed and erilieised, aye,
t here's tlic rnh ;
" For in that" review what criticisms ''may ennie,"
When we have '.-liutlJod" into the liewsjnipcr our
ern-le cor; i tat ions,
".Must tjivo lis pause." There's the respect"
That makes writing "of so !on<( calamity
"For \\ ho would Lear the whips" uiul sneers of
critics.
The reviewer's Minna*, "the proud man's con-1
t timely,"
The pan^s of unread pieces, the printer's hatches,
"The insolence of odice"-holders, and the spurns
That impatient scribblers must of a reading community
take,
"V? hen he himself mi^ht. his quietus make,"
T.y layino ilowa his pen.
Thus fear makes "cowards of us oil,"
"And thus the native" intclient of {fcuius
Is sicklied o'er with the pale east of doubt,
And-authors "of jireiit pith and moment,"
"With t hia regard" t h sir productions throw atvav,
"Ami loose the name of" writers.
VOX.
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A Wandering Typo.
AYe received last evening tho Murvvill?j|
((hdifornia) Jix'i>re**, a iurge, elegantly prin-j
tod rimI well tilled newspaper. Uno of its <
proprietors is Geo. \V. liloor a pi inter whose !
fortunes havo'been even more vauedj
lliU> those of hjs class of ai tisnns. Ho has
wrffited at the hut preservative of arts' in :
every State in tiny I'niopj walked through
fetch of those States; Wain fivers fur lack of
Itiloney ; traded cravats and vests for food ;
licuattio a temperance lecturer; been ill of
the yellow fever in 'Now Orleans, and had
llio shakes on live kVabaslf, was a volunteer j
in Mexico, messing his campaign with tailor,
shoemaker, gentleman, lawyer, and doctor;
lias served in every capacity in a printing oftiee
; been oarsman on a tint bout, ami eook
on n lumber raft. Wait editor of a CJuypapef
in 1844, of n l?emocrntie Huckeye or*
gall in IS.-, 1 ; and who, when we "hot saw
him, wRSjpsorkinghi* way to St. Louis on n
stem w^ftd boat. -? , jt
Mr. liloor is a man of very ih-e-ideil nnttir-,
al ti'.l.-nt, line good humor, i minent Mtti
pialilies; and we ui lj him .ill tmRDer of,
good 'dot inn i a, ||n 'a.-itit !
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The Magnet and Cold.
Uihtoi v informs us' that man^of the j
countries of Europe which now j)urv> h very
inihl iv inters, Ht one time experienced severe
c?>I?J dining this Wfu*OU of the year. The
Tiber ut liojne was often frozen over, and
snow ?it otto fljno l:iv for forty thi.ys^iii
city. Ku\itio svs tfifs frozen over every witrtcr
din ing the time of Ovid, and t!iO rivers
Rhine nmj Rhone iwcd to ho frozen so deep
tluit the iorxsusfaitied loSdftl wagorts. TRe
Watel* of the Tiber, lllihuy rinVl Illume now \
How lively every winter, ic? ,i? unknown in
ltome. and tho waves of the rKuxino dash !
JiVjr wintry f?>nm nnorvKta lived h|miii thri
rock*. tSome have ic-tyii these cuuiaiic
'dianges toagrietilturefrno culling down or
dense forest, tho exposure of. tho upturned
soil to ilie Mistime** sun, and the draining
of great marshe*. We do in>t believe that
such great changes could have teen produced
on the dimate of any country by agriculture,
and we are certain that no such theory
can account f.?r the Contrary dim ago of
climnto?from warm toCdld winters? which
history tells us. has taken .place in other
countries than those uam*d. i?ro4nhnid received
its name from the enicrlftiid herbage
whicli once clothed its valleys and mountains
; aful its east coast, widen is now aeecs-^
I iMc on account of puipetunl ice heaped upI
on it* shore*, was in tho eleventh century,!
> tho sent of flourishing Scandinavian colonies I
, all trace t>f which is now lost. Cold Lrtbra- ;
( dor was named .Finland bv the Northmen '
i who visited it in A. D. 1000, and were
: charmed with its their mild climate.
The cause of these change* is an isnpor-!
U..Q A V... l..k.. Vlnmi. l
j ray, civil engineer, has recently been pub-1
lishcG in London, in which he endeavor* to
; account tor these changes of climate l>v the
changeable position of the magnetic poles.?!
The magnetic variation or declination of the
needle is well known. At tho present time
? it amounts in London to about 23 degrees,
; \Vi>t of North, while 1P59 tho line ?f iioi
variatiou passed through fingland, and tluti ;
! moved gradually west until 1810. In that
year a great removal of ieo took place on
the coast of Greenland ; hence it is inferred |
i thai the cold meridian which passed through !
Canada and Siberia, may at ouo tinio have !
passed through Italy; and that if the mag- J
nolle meiidiatt returns, as it is ilo\V doing to |
old lines in Europe, Rome may once more j
see Tiber frozen-, and the merrv Khinehuidcr J
; drive his team on the face of his classic riv* !
i or. Whether the changes of climate men-J
; tioiied have licen caused by tire change of the ,
j m ignctie meridian or not, wo have tia> lew ;
I facts before us at present to decide cnuclu,
sively ; hut tho idea once spread abroad, w ill '
i sQifii had to such investigation as will no
doubt remove every obscurity, and settle the
question.?ticuiitijic * I uteri can,
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Facts in Human Life.
Tirr. number of langnagcs spoken in the
j world amounts to HOG5?587 in Kurope,
: 805 in Asia, 270 in Africa, an 12<>1 in
America. The inhabitants of the globe pro- 1
fess in -re than 1000 dillereut religions. 'The '
number of men is about equal to the number
| of women. The average uf human life is
about 28 years. One quarter die previous!
! to the age of seven years': otre half before !
; reaching IT ; and those who pass this age,
enjoy a facility refused to one half the human
species. To every 1000 persons, only
brne reaches one hundred years of life;
' to every 100 only si\' reach the age of Go ;
1 and not more tlinn one in 500 lives to HO
years vf age. There uroon earth 1,000,000,- !
000 inhabitants ; and of these HH..15.1,3:13 ,
' die every year ; 01,000 everyday ; 11787 cv- 1
1 cry hour, and Go every lninue, or one every '
i second. These losses are about bulla need by i
j an equal number of births. The married j
1 are longer lived than the single, and above .
1 all, those who observe n sober and industrious
conduct. Tall men live longer than
1 <ilinM ilMlW WaIMi.M liorn ..I.aoaa* ^
. <i viuvia niviv; ??l '
! life in their favor, previous to being tifty
i yearn of age, limn men have, but fewer after-1
' ward*. 'lite number of marriages is in pro-'
portion'?if 78 to every 1000 individuals, j
' Marriages are more frequent after the cqiii- j
noxe-e, that is. during tlie mouths cf Juuoand-j
I tceeiuber. '1 hoso born in Hie spring aregcii- !
eially more robust than others. Births and i
1 deaths arc more frequent by night than by
1- After
Dinner enjoyment of a Soman Empcrcr.
Oai.igulq must liavq been a most unplcaa-'
ant puKon f> dine with. Jle entertained !
himself and guests with the sight of men tortured
on t'no rack, and he got up private executions
on these occasions to enliven the
scene. We road of her Majesty's concerts,
and hoe "Mrs. Anderson" presided at the ]
piano, lhtt the Iloiurtna ority heard of their
IhnpcrorV killing fun, to frighten his guests j
with and how his divinity's privato heads-1
man, Nig? r Barbatus, performed, as usual,
with his well-known dexterity. Ilia holies
wore of a really frightful character. If" was
after a banquet, when the capital jest of slay- I
ing irtiu, failed to make him as merry a? usg
fif, Hint he rushed V> the SHprilTciid altar, attired
in tlic tlre?.st?f a victim killer, tliat is.j
a linen apron for his r.nie Costume. 2 fe seized
the mullet n* though ho were al>oul u?
ulnv tho appointed victim, but ho turned sud- '
(Jenly round on tho resident < Giciaf, und j
butchered hint instead. And lliercnt, nlU
who had w itnessod the frolicsome deed of'
their ninbter declared that "Tore ,Fuco, 'twas i
a inoro capital joke than the hint !" 11 in ate .
iwer to the coiintoh who ventnred to ask f fie
Cause at" a sudden btjrstof laughter in which
ho indulged at n crowded foast is y.ell known, j
"T laugh to think," t-aid lira uiniuhlo emituru,
"that with one wwuj of toy hand f can sweep ,
ail your siupi.nMkgttr{" His method of:
loving was < |ud^BB|;-nctc>istic. lit- would !
. Hinp; his tr rt ihl^Hj^Qfej&ihe heck he piocd-to
adu Hijf; Mr mpy<?* hia delight
thflHi.; it fnt when ho phased. j
Thero \.'h? lh<* hriihant Cosoma'"J cannot;
Acll," said hor laipdai lorcr at ft Feast, "why l*
i; is that I amjo foiyd cf^tUnt girl,
AWifitl on ifttftttek fer.k"<, .:ut-t of ?? Ixmr, Hi
"Hilt she m iy he com p.-lied to ted mo the ici .
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01*^ IUuc Board Vas the uiuteetof^uakor
sfentfcinbti compared with this Culigula. A
wpy might aa well havo Lecu wooed by a
boaeoiistiietor. ^
.l> ' From the Jotv-i?1 of Commerce.
thomos Paine. 'Mr
J.? a i evH. nl ruticlo on. tho eclobratiou ot'
ThoriiW Prflne'i birth day, wo alluded to
GrJtut Ttiurburn u* a living witness of hie
di^oi;?t<^ and'dismistinfr habits. Tlr? iust
v .... V....U nk T. . ? ..? r.
'I Win wit/ fvf c<.Mf ((illl.** H uuvi irviti
Mv. Thdrbtirn, written on his eighty-third
birth-day, February* J and dafjed at 7ViuAlec!,
Connecticut; wnw? ho exports to psw
liis remaining Unvs. this k-uer is de*oi?r?l
chietly to remini*eoi:ces of Thomas P?m?^?
We make the following extracts, which wo
hope will be rctul at the next an'if ovoryisubsoqucul
anniversary of the infidel debauchee:
"A* there Is hut n step between me and
death, I owe it V> generations yet to cento
to toll what 1 $nw and heart] of Thomas
Paine. Perlotp* thei'e lives not a inhn otr
earth w hot laccd him from his crndlotp hi* x
grave, except luyself. Carver and Iw er<*
felio\r-lnbom& in the same shop. Pnino'
and I boarded with-OurVor. I often bearu
Carver, Ids wife, and Paine, as we four set by
the lire on a winter night, rehearse tho
items of his iife. I think he was tiro worst
member of the body politic J ever met irr
all my journey through life.
Ho married a revpectablo lady, who died
olevon months thereafter, in consilience of
brutal treatment, lie then married a
daughter of the Collector of tho 3"*ort of
Lewis ; after three years she obtained a divorce
for the like treatment.
"In 1773, while he held an office in the cum
tom-hotise,^given him by his father-in-law.)
he was detected iu taking from the smuggler*
and fled to America. -lie was made Secretary
to the private Committee of Congress,
and took an oath of office to keep their secrets.
He broke this oath by divulging the
nroieCt of a secret, mission to the Court of
France l>y Silas Dean, lie was dismissed
with disgrace. (See the Journal of Congress
in 1774'o.) This treachery was the
cause of much trouble in Congress; anil hi
the Court of Louis XVJ.
We next find him in Paris, helping Uoliespicrro
iti his labors of love to establish the
fiecdoin of the press, and the right of
speech, by means of the guillotine, lie
quarrelled with K<?bbie, and was chalked for
guillotine. God, willing to make the wrath
of Paine to praise Him, sent ?n angel who
delivered him out of prison. (For partieulars
of this miracle,see the Life ofTliorburn,
101st page.) f
'In 1801, when King Thomas the First ascended
the throne of l?is kingdom, lie instantly
dispatched a national frigate to convey
to our shoes the vcmrutvd Thomas Pr.ine.
lie arrived early in the year 1002. I spoke
with him at the City Hotel, liowery, a few* .
hours after his ariiial. He found letters urging
him .on to Washington, (then a four
day s' journey.) 1 le stalled next morning.?
At Georgetown a messenger was sent forward
to announce bis approach ; a fe:v=t
got ready, and all those of like thinking wei o
invited. Paine entered late, his shirt, unwashed,
his board unshorn, and reeling like
a diui.kcn nun. A look of consternation
shone forth from every face ; mirth censed ; y
one by one they went out, leaving Pnitie
alone on his chair fast asleep. Next day ho
received letters and instructions to return to
New York.
"Whoa Aaron Purr vwtumed from Kuropo
whither lie tied after his duel with Hamilton,
he kept his office in Nassau street near
my seed-store. FVom him I received the
account above stated.
"Paine, on bis return, was unable to find
lodgings. Carver took him in for aa old acquaintance
sake. Ilo died at Greenwich of
delimui tremens in 1800.
Origin of Phrases.
I Ik's out a Dido.' It is told in history,
that Dido, a Queen of Tyre, about 870 years
before Christ, fled from that place on the
murder of her husband, and with a colony
settled on the North co.a>t of Africa, where j
?!><* built Carthage, lleing in want of land, * 1
she bargained with the natives "for as much &
land as she coal J surround with a bull's hide.
Having made the agreement, sho cut the
bull's hido into thru strings, and tying them
together, claimed as much land as she could
surround with the Ion" lino she had thus
made. Tho natives -allowed the cunning
Viiveii 10nave, her way, but when anybody
played of]' a sharp trick they said he "cut a
Dido;" and the phrase has come to our day.
'lluV caught a Tartar.' In some battle,
between tho Kussiana and the Tartar*, who
are a wild sort of people in tho North of
Asia, a private soldier called out, "Captain,
hold on there, l'vo caught a Tartar!" retch
him along then, said tho captain. 'Aye but
he won't let. mo ! said the man; and 'dio
fact was, the Tartar had caught him. So,
when a man thinks to take another in and
gets bit himself, they say, lie's Caught a
Tartar.'
'Carrying the war fcil? Africa.'. Tn ons of
tho famous wars ttciwoeji Carthago ntnV
Home, about two thousand five hundred
years n^o, Hannibal, the Ciuthageniau lea
dor, and one of tho most vroitdaiiol men of
antiqfiity, led his army into Italy, and for
several years continued to threaten the city,
and lay was to the surrounding cotittlry.?*Scipio,
a Koman general, saw the neccssi
ty of getting vid ?f lUnnihnl and hi*
So ha dottMinined in lead nh arnfy into Aft ilea,
and threaten ('ni tlmgep and tints mnko
it ueee*tary for II uivviito reluru home for
its defence. Tljo schenio had the desired effect
; and ill nil titujglhi* retaliating upoh ?n
enomy, hy ndoptingrvwown tactics, is called *
carrying the war Into Afjnen.'
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' PaouiniTfv R Law Tito Mki*
ittg is tl?o list of Stnteg-jlint have enacted
law* entirely prohibiting the Hide inUjxiOriHfe
diitrks as a Imvdragc: *
< ffttniitrv, Maswu liiisctts, Uhorfo IsJandjjVyr
hiont, Michigan. Wiscnsin _?9Ett?L
fndiaiHt And Hlin-?i>?.
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