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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL,
VOLUME 3. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, JUNE 29, 1852. NUMBER 52.
THE" CAMDM JOURNAL.
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THOMAS J. WARREN.
T E It MS.
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the spirit of the departed.
5?fc??- i - - - . .
^a... ^ BY T. K. HERVEY.
know thou hast gone to the home of the blest,
; . Then why should my soul be so sad ?
I know thou hast gone where the weary rest,
And the mourner looks up and is?glad,
r Where Love has put off, in the land of its birth,
The stains it had gathered in this,
>- And Hope, th? sweet singer, a creature of earth,
} Lies .asleep on the bosom of Bliss.
vv I knritt^thouhast gone where thy forehead isstarr'd ]
-. With the beauty that dwelt in thy soul,
Where the light oi thy loveliness cannot be marr'd
- Nor thy spirit flung back from its goal. i
I know thou has drunk of the river that flows i
Through a land where they do not torget, ]
' That sheds o'er the memory only repose, (
And takes from it only regret.
<
This eye must be dark, that as yet is not dimmed, 1
Ere again it may gaze upon thiue, {
But my heart has revealings of thee and its home, s
In many a token and sign? r
W I ne-'er look up with a vow to the sky, i
'' But a light like thy beauty is there; t
And I hear a low voice like trine in reply,
When I pour out my spirit in prayer.
'
v In thy faraway dwelling, wherever it be,
I know thou hast visions of mine. . | .1
- And.thy love which made all things as music to me ?
I have not learned to resign, I
. In tfr?' hush of the night, on the waste of the sea, f
Or alone with the breeze on the hill,
" I have ever a presence that whispers of thee,
j And my spirit lies down and is still.
And though like a mourner that sits by a tomb, c
I am wrapped in a mantle of care,
Yet the grief of my bosom?O, call it not gloom? fi
ft Is not the dark grief of despair, I
ir f\ By sorrow revealed, as the stars are by night, c
".Far off a bright vision.appears, | 1
A?d hope, like the rainbow, a creature ot ligtit,
g. Is born, like the rainbow, in tears,
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TRIPLES.
g?* A flower, given by onp we love, s
{ Is prized far more than sparkling gems,
pi A smile, a look, a gentle word,
C Outweighs the costliest diadems. 1
; Then why should we those trifles call c
t* Which make the'sum of life, the all i
Tfiat man doth live for here below, 'J
And make hirn joy or sorrow know 1 v
v. ' 1
? A tear upon the loved one's cheek, ^
r Will make (he haughtiest spirit quail,
I A look of pain, of gi i.d'or care.|
L Will turn ill- rose to lily pale; a
^"~--x,Tben why should we those trifles call, u
' Wnich make, the sum of life the. all t
That man doth live for here below, ji
And make him joy or sorrow know ? ,,
J' . A look ?>f scorn has led to hate,
' A kiudly smile has won a heart,
k" The one leaves but unhappiness, "
The other's joys shall ne'er depart. t<
Then why should we thosp trifles call, . o
tu Which make the sum of life, the all v
W That man doth lire for here below, 1,
[ And make him joy or sorrow know ? p
From WiV&s's Narrative of the U. S. Exploring Erpedi- h
tion a
MANILLA. n
Time in Manilla seems to hang heavily on the a
hands of some of its inhabitants; their amuse- Sl
ments are few, and the climate ill adapted to ex- 0
ertion. The gentlemen of the higher classes pass f?
their morning in the transaction of a little pub
tin business, lounoincr about, smokinc. <tc. in .
I, "" 7. * * ' O O ' 1
the afternoon they sleep and ride on the Prado,
'and in the evening visit their friends or attend a a
tertolia. The ladies are to be pitied ; for they "
pass three-fourths of their time in dishabille, with 15
their maids around them, sleeping. dressing, loll- l.
ling, and combing their hair. In this way the
(whole morning is lounged away : ,they neither f
read, write nor work. In dress they generally
imitate the Europeans, except that they seldom ''
wear stockings, and go with their arras , bare. $
In the afternoon they ride on the Prado in state, l'
and in the evening accompany their husbands/ b
Chocolate is taken early in the morning, breakl r>
fast at eleven, and dinner and supper are inyfuz- 0
ded in one meal. J
Mothers provide for the marriage oythejr tl
daughters; and I was told that such a th<as g
a gentleman proposing to any one but Ljife moth- 0
fx, or a young Lady engaging herself, ^unknown t!
and unheard of. The negotiation is >aj| carried 0
mAflin* anrl tlio rlnnf 1.1
w IVinaiu uj vuv """Kill**" is giv*
en to any suitor she may deem a des&ijk match.
W: The yonng ladies are said to be e&uaWy disin c<
? clined to a choice themselves, and I jf proposals r<
I were made to them, the suitor woufld be at once g
R referred to the mother. Among the, ]ower orders
it is no uncommon thing'for the parties to be h
m living without the ceremony of marriage, until, p
they have a family; and no odium! whatever is u
kr attached to such a connexion. 1 ho,- are looked n
P[ upon as man and wife, though theyVjo not live c
^ ^ogothcr; fail to
union when the) have accumulated sufficient
property to procu.o the requisite articles for
housekeeping.
Three nights in each week thoy ha\c music in
the plaza, in front of the governor's palace, by
the bands of four different *egiments, who collect
there after the evening parade. Most of
.'he better class result here, for the pleasure of
enjoying it. We went thither to r,e(. the people
as well as to hear the music. This is the great
resort of the haut ton, who usually have their
carriages in waiting, and promenade i? groups
backwards and forwards duiing the ti?ie the
the music is playing. 1 his is oy tar the best
opportunity that one can have for viewing the
society of Mannilla, which seems as easy aw]
unrestrained as the peculiar gravity and ceremo
nious mode of intercourse among the old Spaniards
can admit. Before the present governor
took office, it had been the custom to allow the
bands to play on the Prado every fine evening,
when all the inhabitants could enjoy it until a
late hour; but he has interdicted this practice,
and of course given much dissatisfaction ; he is
said to have done this in a fit of ill temper, and
although importuned to restore this amusement
to the common people, he pertinaciously refuses.
In passing the crowds of carriages very little
display of female beauty is observed, and although
well dressed above, one cannot but revert to their
wearing no stockings beneath.
On the Prado is a small theatre, but so inferior,
that the building scarce deserves the name;
the acting was equally bad. This amusement
meets with little encouragement in Manilla, and
L was told, was discountenanced l>y the governor.
I had the pleasure during our stay of attendng
a tertulia in the city. The company was
lot a large one, comprising some thirty or forty
adies, and about sixty ghutlemen. It resembled
;hose of the mother country. Dancing was inluced
at an early hour, and continued till a few
ninutes of eleven o'clock, at which time the
rates of the city are always shut. It was amusing
to see the sudden breaking up of the party,
nost of the guests residing out of the city,
rhe calling for caniages, shawls, hats, <fcc., pronxluced
for a few minutes great confusion, every
me being desirous of getting off at the earliest
noment possible, for fear of being too late,
rhis regulation, by which the gates are closed
it so early an hour, does not appear necessary,
ind only serves to interrupt the communication
> tween the foreign and Spanish society, as the
brmor is obliged, as before observed, to live outide
of the city proper. This want of free inercuurse
is to be regretted, as it prevents that
;ind of friendship by which many of their jealmsies
and prejudices might be removed.
The society at this tertulia was easy, and so
ir as the enjoyment of dancing went, pleasant:
ait there was 110conversation. The refreshments
onsisted of a few dulees, lemonade, and strong
[rinks in an ante-room. The house appeared
cryspaciuus and well adapted for entertainments,
.... ?j? i:..u*?.t
mi unit uiic ui iuc ivuuw v? x ivm
lie novelty of the scene, and the attentions of
he gentleman of the home, we passed a pleaant
evening.
The market is a never-failing place of amusenent
to a foreigner, for there a crowd of the
omtnon people is always to be seen, and their
node of conducting business may be observed,
"he canals here atford great, facilities for bringing
egetables and produce to market, in a fresh state,
"he vegetables are chiefly brought from the
hores of the Laguna de Hav, through the river
?asig. The meat appeared interior; and as m
11 Spanish places the art of butchering is not
inderstood.?The poultry, however, surpasses
hat of any other place I have seen, particularly
n ducks; the breeding of which is pursued to a
;reat extent. Establishments for breeding these
lirds are here carried on in a systematic manner,
nd are a great curiosity. They consist of ma
y small enclosure, each about twenty feet by
jrty or fifty, made of bamboo, which are placed
11 the bank of the river and partly covered with
I ater. In one corner of the enclosure is a small
iouso, where the eggs are hatched by artificial
icat, produced by rice-chaff in a state of ferinenta-,
ion. It is not uncommon to see six or eight j
undred ducklings all of the same age. .There
re several hundreds of these enclosures,-and the
umber of ducks of all ages may b?/"eomputed
t millions. The manner in wh'ich they are
ilioolcd to take exercise, and to go in and out
f the water, and return to their house, almost
xcecds belief. The keep?fe ortendcrs are of the
agala tribe, who livejiear the enclosures, and
ave them at all times under their eye. The old
irds are not suffered to approach the young, and
II of one age art/kept together. Tliev are fed
pon rice and ^mall species of shell-fish that
i found in Ufo liver and is peauliar to it. From
lie extent-?f these establishments we inferred
bat duc^s were the favorite food at Manilla, and
'ie Stfnsumption of them must be immense.
1 \ O ^ ^ OKA troll tl'lfk aIhoWiIiC
"7 UiaiJVCW UIU *??-?! nuj?ll||ru ??IIU VIIIVI\WIM,
Jgeons, young partridges, which are brought in
live, and turkeys. Among the strange articles
hat we saw for sale, were cakes of coagulated
lood. The markets are well stocked with a vaety
of fish, taken both in the Lngutia and Bay
f Manilla, affording a supply of both the fresh
nd salt-water species, and many smaller kinds
tat are dried and smoked. Vegetables are in
reat plenty, and consist of pumpkins, lettuce,
nions, radishes, very long squashes, Ac.; of fruits,
hey have melons, chicos, durians, marbolas, and
ranges
Real Life?Insane Bride and Belle.?A
^rrespondent of the St. Louis Intelligencer, who
gently visited Cincinnati Asylum for the Insane,
-" Al.tr, alr/if/tll nf AtlO tK<> ltimnl/ni *
1V^"S 111 J."> unci OACIVU V/l VI?V VI mv tw- .
44 Here is now confined the young lady who
as so often been seen within the past few years,
romenading Fourth street in this city, dressed
p in insane finery, intended for bridal habililents,
fantastically decorated ; and inquiring oc
asionally of passers by for the faithless cause of
cr too fatal jprroyr^ She had completed a lone.
iiitamf' ^ ._
F I
lv pilgrimage from Europe to unite her fortunes j
with those of her betrothed, who had preceded J
her a twelvemonth or so. After a weary search,
she found him doing business, and?married.
"The shock deprived her of her reason. Every
passing day is, since, indicated by Iter disor-!
dcred fancy, as the one upon which her " Henry" i
is coining to fulfil l?is vows, and she arrays her j
self to meet him accordingly. Her nightly dis- i
appointment yields easily to a brighter hope for
the morrow, and thus her beclouded existence is
wearing away. When I called at her room, she
was not dressed in her usual paraphernalia.
y i,.: c j xi...a ? ...* l .j
I upuu ueiNjr liiioniieci iuai a geuueinuu wiaiieu 1
| to see her, 110 earthly inducements could prevail
on her to appear, until after she had elaborately
arrayed herself with every single device, gnd
i adornment of her fanciful costume. She evi'
dmtly imagined that the object of her long expectation
had arrived ; and when at last she j
met ir?>, manifested her disappointment in away !
that wav anything but flattering to her visitor."
^ ?
Stroke 6? tiie Sun*.?Persons whose avocations
ncccssanvy expose them to the sun cannot
be too careful of themselves. It is very evident
that all men canntycarrv umbrellas, and perhaps
there may be some value in suggestion which has
been communicated to.the editor of the Alexandra,
Va. Gazette. The vrjter says : "In conversation
with the lady of one of our commodores
who litis lately been stationed at Pensacola where
the officers and men were much exposed to the
heat of a tropical sun, she told me that they adopted
a very simple mode of protection by wearing
high crowned hats, in the inside of which they
placed a quantity of raw wet cotton, which completely
warded oft' the intense heat. At this
season, when we hear daily of deaths caused by
caup de soleil?would it not be well to recom- 1
mend our omnibus drivers, and all mechanics.,
and laborers, who arc so much exposed, to try the
experiment ?"
Lazy Ment.?Genius unexerted, is no more
genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks.
There may be epics in men's brains just as there
are oaks in acorns, but the tree and the book
must come out before we can measure them.
We very naturally recall here that large class of ,
grumblers and wishers who spend their time in
longing to be higher than they are, while they
should have been employed in advancing themselves.
These bitterly moralize on the injustice
of society. Do they want a change: Let them
change?who prevonts them ? If you are as high
as your faculties permit you to rise in the scales !
ol society, why should you complain of ineu ]
It is God that arranged the law of precedence.
Implead him or be silent! I low many men
would love to sleep beggars and wake Kothsclulds ,
or Astors.
llow many men would fain go to bed dunces,
to be waked up Solomons. You reap what you
have "sown. They who sow dunce seed, vice seed,
laziness seed, usually get a crop. They that sow
the wind, reap a whirlwind. A man of mean
" capacity undeveloped," is only an organized
day-dream with a skin on it. A flint and genius
that will not strike tire, are not better than wet
junk wood. We have scripture for it, that a
living dog is better than a dead lion.' If you
go up, go?if you would be seen, shine.?At the
present day, eminent position in any profession is
the result of hard unwearied labor. Men can ,
ot longer fly at one dash into eminent position.? j,
They have got to hammer it out by steady and j
rigged blows. The world is no longer clay, but ]
rather iron in the hands of its workers. . ?
Emersor^ j
A Hint Thn IIni-c '
Boys, truth is one of the richest jew^s you can t
ever find, and one you should cierislt as of
priceless value. Many of your clsss have beer. (
lost to honor and greatness bv disregarding its j
sublime precepts and have'failed to become what
they might haj? heen, men of renown, by foolishly
cutting it from their bosoms. All have
this gem in the beginning, boys, but it may be
Jost in wickedness and carlessness; if you have j
not lost it, and we hope you have not, let 110th- j j
ing cheat you out of; for its equal is hardly to be j j
found when lost. ,
Profane language, boys is a sure index of a 1 {
wicked neartanu low oreeciing. i>o you know ,
of a men or a boy who commands respect from i
his neighbors ? You never hear them swear?no ;
oath ever trembles off their lips?emulate their ! i
bright example. Will you read the catalogue ]
of sin and crime ? You will find the disgraced | \
actors to have been profane. Reflect on this, i*.
boys, and let no word of profanity escape your >
lips. t
Beware of the company of such as haunt the .
Tavern : they may induce, over persuade you to t
partake of the cup of shame and poison, beware
of them?the tempting wine cup shun ; it .
will lead you to every sin, and disgrace you forever?our
word for it, boys; we are dealing in
facts with you. Touch not a drop; for you
may become a drunkard in the end, and you
know how pitiful an object the poor drunkard
is.
Be honest, be generous, be frank, be sober be
virtuous, abounding in truth, my boys, and you ;s
need not fear the consequences. Life is just 1 I
opening her fitful path before you, but armed ! c
with these blessed traits you may rush fearlessly <
to the battle of life and fear no evil. You may f
booaphans, but if you have these as your jewels
you will meet with friends and encouragement '
in every lane of life. Men of business and wealth '
have their own eyes upon you?watching you ; ! 1
they want clerks for their stores and apprentices : '
for their workshops?if you have the virtues we > '
have mentioned they will not ask a l>ettt?r rec- j s
commendation, but will choose you at once, ta- j i
king you to their confidence and nvike men of j
you and when they sleep in their graves as all must f
you may fill the places with honor and renown, as 1
they that have passed away. Boys, will you
think of what we have been saying and thinking, j ?
act ? * i \
Tlio Wlii^ domination.
It is of some interest to see how the Southern
Whigs will acept the "unanimous" submission
of their Delegates the Seward Candidate for President.
We have hut few responses yet. The
Savannah Republican is expressively silent. The
Wilmington Cornineiical and the Augusta
Chronicle and Sentinel, apparently repudiate the
handy work of the Convention. We <|Uote their
pronuueiamentos below:
Tiie Nomination.?We confess we are some
what excited at the nomination of Gen Scott for
the Presidency, and out of respect to our readers,
remain irorn comment unaer present impulses.
We may be permitted to say however, that The
Commercial will not advocate the election of
this nominee, while under the direction of the
present Editor and Proprietor, who will most
certainly not vote for him.? Wilmington Commercial.
The Wiiio Nomination*.?It will be seen by
reference to our Telegraphic despatches that
Ceil. Scott, and Hon. \V. A. Graham, have been
nominated by the National Whig Convention as
their candidates for President. The nomination
of Gen. Soott under any circumstances would
not have been acceptable to the people of Georgia.
It is not, therefore, to be wondered at,
that the news of his nomination yesterday was
not only a source of deep and heartfelt mortification,
but of universal condemnation among
the Whigs and Union men of this city. We
have heard of no man?not a single one who
approves it, and unless there is a very great
change in public sentiment, few, if any, will support
him.
In our opinion, he has no claims upon the
country to the distinguished office to which he
aspires; for we regard his military services as
constituting an objection rather-than a recommendation
We want, a civilian a statesman
one who is familiar with the duties and responsibilities
of that important office. Gen. Scott
cannot be so regarded by any impartial mind.?
In addition to this, he is the avowed advocate
of the annexation of Canada, unless he may find
it expedient to change his views, and hist, tho'
not least, he is the candidate of the Free-soil and
higher law wing of the Whig party?whose instrument
we regard him, and to whose discretion
will be yielded the distribution of the spoils
if he should be elected. For these reasons, we
will not support General Scott.
It is proper to add that to Mr. Graham we
have not the slightest objection. He is a distinguished
and conservative statesman, whom we
should be pleased to support if he was more
worthily associated.
This position to us is onejiy no means congenfat
to tastes, WCTarways prefer to
enter the field in an open and bold fight for him
who is selected as the standard bearer of our
principles; but to-General Scott our objections
are paramount to any considerations of mere party
fealty.?Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel.
Things Wonderful and True.--?With
ry near approach to truth, the human familfmhabiting
the earth has been estimate^atT 700,000,
000. Now, the weight of the Animal matter of
this immense body castjtfto'the grave is no less
than 024,000 tons; And, by its decomposition,
produces 9,000,?\30,000,000 cubic feet of gaseous
matter. The"'vegetable productions of the earth
dear away from the atmosphere the gases thus
generated, decomposing and assimilating them
i? ". i mt i /? !
(i>r men* own increase, lms cycie or cnanges
las been going on ever since man became anoc:upier
on the earth. He feeds on the lower anmals
and on the seeds of plants, which in due
ime, become a part of himself. The lower aninals
feed upon the herbs and grasses, which, in
heir turn, become the animal; then, by its death,
igain pass into the atmosphere, and arc ready
nice more to be assimilated by plants, the earthv
or bony substance alone remaining wh?re it is
leposited; and not even these, unless sufficiently
loop in the soil to be out of the absorbent reach
if the roots of plants and trees. Nothing npjears
so cannibalising as to see a flock of sheep
grazing in a country church ^yard, knowing it to
m an undeniable fact that the grass they eat has
)cen nurtured by the gaseous emanations from
>ur immediate predecessors; then following up
he fact this said grass is actually assimilated by
lie animal, and becomes mutton, whereof we
nay, perhaps, dine next week. It is not at all
liflicult to prove that the elements of which the
iving bodies of the present generation are cornlosed,
have passed through millions of mutations.
ind formed parts of all kinds of animal and vegetable
bodies, in accordance with the unerring
aw of nature; and consequently we may say with
ruth, that fractions of the elements of ourancesors
form portions of ourselves. Some of the paricles
ot Cicero's of /Flop's body, peradventure,
vield this pen. Why may not imagination trace
he noble dust of Alexander?
"Imperious Ctcsar, dend. and turned to clay,
Might stop a hole to keep the wind away;
Oh, that that earth, which kept the world in awe,
Should patch a wall to expel the winter's flaw 1"
The cultivation of madder is now engaging the
it tention of agriculturists and scientific men. It
ias been abundantly manifested that the article
i ... i...
:an DO grown in ine cuuuu^ jiiumuiuii, uuu u>
levoting attention to its cultivation three-fold
food will he accomplished. A new crop will be
idiled to those raised, the price of the article will
)C cheapened to manufactures, and we shall no
oilier he obliged to depend upon foreign proluciioii
for a supply. In Newcastle, Delaware, a
armor has 170 acres in madder, and a gentlenan
in Herkimer county has for several years
upported himself on the product of an acre of
and planted with this article.
A variety of crops is desirable on the part of the
armor, as thereby the capacity of his farm is
noro fully oxerciseo, the crops made bettor bv
ilternating, and the necessity of reliance upon a
ingle cereal or root crop obviated. The cultiatiou
of willow, madder, <fcc., will engage the
: attention of farmers more than they now do^and
; we shall drive out the exported article from the . ttpfl
i home market. So says the Rochester Democrat,
Editing A. Papkk.? Hear what the Rational ?
Intelligencer says about editing a newspaper;
Many people estimate the ability of a newspajier,
and the industry and talent of its editor by ' . -:T%
the ainoun of editorial, matter it contains. It .
is comparatively an easy task for a frothy writer y, 39
to pour out daily columns of words upon any :
and all subjects. His ideas may flow in one- -
to?ch~ *1 h--.1 f'* *- - . *
c?eij<usuiig nooa, ana nis commana-jr*" "?l
of language may enable him to string them to- * ~ ~g
gether like hunches of onions; and yet his paper : " * JS
111 he a meagre and poor concern. But what
is the toil of such a man who displays his leaded ^v|jS
matter largely, to that imposed on a judicious, ' v. *|s
well-informed editor, who exercises his vocation . i./M
h an hourly consciousness ofliis responsibili- . -^jg
ties and duties, and devotes himself to the con- , ; ,3|
duct of his paper with the same care and assidu-. :
ity that a sensible lawyer bestows upon a suit, a f&l&H
i humane physician upon a patient, without regard,
to show or display! Indeed, the mere writing
part of editing a paper'is but a small portion of '.ag
the work. The care, the time employed In se- v;..
lecting, is far more important, and the tact of a
! good editor is better known by his selections than
anything else, and that we all know is half the
battle. But as we have said,an editor ought to
be estimated, and his labors understood and ap- Q
prcciated, by the general conduct of his paper,
its tone, its temper, its uniform consistent'course,. . V:;
its principles and aims, its manliness, its dignity >~W
and propriety. To preserve these as they should
be preserved, is enough to occupy fully the time Cp*
and attention of any man. If to this be added
f llo ornnoral etinorvicirtn /-.ffVia
~ mi ?iwivu vi cu v uv ?roj/ayci vouaunsn*
ment, which most editors have to encounter, the >
wonder is how they find time to write at all.
4><mi* ' */. . ^j52
The Cuba Riots in New Orle.\ns.?In trans- :Ap
mitting to the Senate a communication from the ? y? .
Spanish Minister claiming indemnity for Spanish Is35
subjects, who sustained injury in .the popular tumult
at New Orleans in August lait, the President
sa^s;
"Perhaps one ground'upon which this indemnity,
not large in amount, may he granted, with- .j.
out establishing a dangerous precedent, and the ' P
granting of which would commend itself to the M
generous feelings of the entire country, is that
the Queen of Spain, with a magnanimity worthy A
of all commendation, in a case where we had no f
legal right to solicit the favor, granted a free<^>
pardon to the persons who had so unjustififfoly
iuvaded her dominions and murdered haf auhiects,
in violation of Itr-r own laws-aa_ggtt Bw'tlboee -A;. jj
or the U nrt*^5!I~^rtIminepu?Si'!^r"?f ? -?
tions. Such an ait of mercy, which restored '. - ;
many misguided and unfortunate youths of this
country to their parents and friends, seems to
merit *'')nie corresponding act of the magnanimi^*-ahd
geuerosity on the part of the Government , ' '*
oi tins country." lie concludes with this re- C.5-mark,
4fI think that there can be none moreap- - ?
propriate than to grant an indemnity to those ~
Spanish subjects who were resident among us,
and who suffered by the violence of the mob, not
on account of any fault which they themselves
had committed, but because they were subjects
of the Queen of Spain. Such an act . V
would tend to confirm that friendship which has . ^
so long existed between the two nations, and to
perpetuate it as a blessing to both; and I therefore
recora ueud it to your favorable consideration."
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Salaries in California.?The Legislature
of Ciilifomia parsed a bill at its recent session,
which provides for various salaries, as follows :?
Governor, 810,000 ; Secretary of State, 3,500;
Treasurer, 4,500 ; Comptroller, 4,500 ; Surveyor '
Clnnitvol O finn A rtArnoif rionoval 9 HHO fin
periritendent of public Instruction, 4,500; Supreme
Judges (each) 8,000; Superintendent .
Public Buildings, 4,000 ; District Judges (oth,
6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th Judicial Districts)
each, G,000; District Judge, 4th Judicial
District, 7,500 ; District Judge9, 1st and 2d Ju
dicial, each, 3,000; District Judge, 3d Judicial
District, 4,000.
1 bstrict Attorneys arc to be paid by the counties
out of the county treasuries.
Lieutenant Governor and Speaker $16 a day,
and same mileage as members.
Members 812 per diem; 88 each 20 nil)}'
travel.
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A man at the North recently collected a large
audience to see him crawl into a bottle. After
settling his cash, he apologized to the audience
for disappointing them, but said it was impossible
for him to perform the feat, as he could not
nd a bottle large enough.
Singular Incident.?A very pleasing and
singular incident occurred at the mint in Philadelphia
a few days since. Among a number of
females employed there, was one who had been
deprived of two of the senses?hearing and speaking?by
the scarlet fever, for ten years. Whilo
employed at her occupation, she suddenly exclaimed,
" Oh ! I believe I can speak." So great
was the astonishment that one of her companions
swoonod, and most of them were strangely
affected. Since then, the young lady has entirely
recovered her speech.
n rrnrih'ii. near Paris, an annlo treo.
which produces two different kinds of apples, and
the grafts of which are offering to the agriculturists"
the same phenomeuon. This appl'e tree is
the only one of the kind, and the two kinds of
apples which grow upon it, are the Reitiette of the
red cheeks, and the Canadian Reincttc of yellow
color.
Good.?It is said that Meagher's first act, oij
landing on our shores, was to go at once au<J
swear allegiance to the United States. m
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