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3. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, SEPTEMBER 28,1852. NUMBEK 78,
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VIRTUE.
"'Tis not for mortals always to be blest,
But him the least the dull or painful hours
?~\r\'C~ ??fineo r?nr*/l note
i ui mt; u^pitr&s? wuimi cuuci otucc vvuuuvv^
L And virtue, through this labyrinth we tread.
K Virtue and sense I mean not to disjoin;
fa Virtue and sense are one; and, trust me, still
r A faithless heart betrays the head unsound.
Virtue (for mere good-nature is a fool)
Is sense and spirit with humanity:
'Tis sometimes angry, and its frown conlounds;
'Tiseven vindictive, but in vengeance just.
Knaves fain would laugh at it; some great ones
dare;
But at his heart the most undaunted son
i Of fortune dreads its name and awful charms.
L To noblest uses this determines wealth;
m* This is the solid pomp of prosperous days;
The peace and shelter of adversity.
? And if you pant for glory, build your fame
On this foundation, which the secret shock
' Defies of envy and all-sapping time.
The gaudy gloss of fortune only strikes
The vulgar eye; the suffrage of the wise,
The praise that's worth ambition, is attained
By sense alone, and dignity of mind.
Virtue, the strength and beauty of the soul,
Is the best gift of Heaven : a happiness
That even above the smiles and frowns of fate
Exalts great nature's favorites; a wealth
That ne'er encumbers, nor can be transferred.
Riches are oft by guilt and baseness earned ;
Or dealt by chance to shield a lucky knave,
Or throw a cruel sun-shine on a fool.
But for one end, one much neglected use,
Are riches worth your care; (for Nature's wants
^ Are few, and without opulence supplied ;)
This noble end is, to produce the soul;
To show the virtues in their fairest light:
To make humanity the minister
Of bounteous Providence; and teach the breast
That generous luxury the gods enjoy."
HUMAN LOVE.
Oh! if there is one law above the rest,
? * !n Wic/lnm If fViqro ic n trnr/l
That I would trace as with a ppn of fire
Upon the unsullied temper of a child?
If there is anything that keeps the mind
Open to Angel visits, and repels
' The ministry of ill?'tis Human Love!
; God has made nothing worthy of contempt.
The smallest pebble in the well of Truth
Has its peculiar meanings, and will stand
When man's best monuments wear fast away.
The law ot Heaven is Lore?and tho' its name i
Has been usurped by passion, and profaned
' ' To its unholy uses through all time,
Still, the external principle is pure ;
And in these deep affections that we feel
Omnipotent within us, can we see
The lavish measure in which love is given.
And in the yearning tenderness of a child ;
For every bird that sings above its head,
^ And every creature feeding on the hills,
And every tree and flower, and running brook
We see how everything was made to love,
And how they err, who, in a wot Id like this,
Find any thing to hate but human pride.
The Bible better than Pistols.?The Rev.
Mr. Washburn, Bible agent for Conncticut in his
last report, relates the following fact:
One donor, who is a stranger to the hope of
the gospel, told me that he had resolved to aid
in giving the Bible to the world, as long as he
had the means to do so. He thought it indispensible
to the security of property and the rights
of men. He said he once heard an irreligious
and profane man, whose business required him
to be often amoug strangers say, "that he always
carried his pistols with him, and usually laid them
under his pillow at night; but when he saw a Bible
in the house that had the appearance of briny
well U8ed,he never took his pistols from his valise.
A Man Buried Alive.?An Irishman who
died suddenly on the rail road, was buried at
Wheeling on the 15th inst. Those who attended
the funeral, after lowering the coffin into the
grave, returned to their homes, leaving a man
nil uti li r? OT!iv<v If. flntuwri; fli.it ol'tnv
fcU llli h llictl# (UIVI
throwing in a few shovels full of earth lie was
alarmed by a singular noise as of kicking and
struggling in the coffin and ran away. Coining
up with Mr. Fitziminous ho told what he had j
heard, both immediately returned, raised and
opened the coffin, and found the man turned on
his face and his person warm. The Gazette says
that if the coffin had been opened when the comL
motion was first heard, the man might have been
saved, and that he died solely from suffocation.
I
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Thomas Jefferson.
With the close of the Tenth Congress close
also, Jefferson's administration. Indeed, he seci
ed inclined, in his private correspondence, to thrc
upon the incoming Cabinet, to which, no doul
it entirely belonged, the responsibility of the i
cent enactments. As the retiring President can
into office, so he now left it, with a character v
ry differently estimated by the two great poli
cal parties into which the nation was divided.Party
animosity, indeed so far from having be<
extinguished under his rule, as he had fondly a
ticipated, had broken out, especially of late, wil
new fury.
Judging as the superficial mass of mankii
always do, more by professions than by practic
Ktr uviv/lc flinn \w sln/wlc tl>o rrPAAt hnrlv nf t.l
VJ "V1U- ....... V; V.-VV..,, ..... g'V... - ?
| retiring President, and all the active party leadei
whatever might, be their private opinions, to set
to recommend themselves to party favor and co
fidence by extolling him?a practice continue
by a large class of political demagogues, as wc
as bv many sincere admirers to this day?as tl
very personification of republican wisdom and vi
tue; entitled by his simplicity, his straightforwai
truth, his clear and candid judgment, 110 less tin
by his disinterested and earnest devotion to tl
rights of man, to implicit confidence; a confident
more that of religious devotees in some favoril
saint, than the limited and guarded trust, whic
alone, according to republican maxims, ougl
ever to be placed in any political leader. Sue!
indeed, were the reverential sentiments very gei
erally expressed, not only in the Democratic new
papers, but in legislative resolutions, on the 0
casion of Jefferson's retirement from office.
The Federalist, on the other hand, togetlu
with a certain numbei of once leading Republ
cans, did not hesitate to denounce the ex-Pres
dent as an accomplished political Jesuit, won
"* t* 11 1 . - .. .1 j1 . I.JJ - n 1
uemiuy auroit to ascena me tauaer 01 uemocra
ical power, but whose narrow policy and visior
ary imagination, the policy of an inland plante
the imagination, of a perdant, disqualified hi?
from redeeming, as sometime- happens, by skil
ful conduct of affairs, the base arts, the flatterin
ing of prejudices, by which he had risen to pow
er.
Many previous acts of his administration, bn
especially the whole history of the embargo, wet
quoted to prove him a hypocrite and base decc
ver, totally forgetting, in practice, ail his profc:
sed regard for the wisdom of the people; all hi
pretended reverence for public opinion; all hi
reiterated objections to stretches of executive ai
thority; all his violently urged attachment to
strict construction of the Federal Constitutioi
all his anxiety that the General Govcrmnen
should not trespass on the reserved rights oftli
States; all his objections in general, carried ofte
to extremes, against legislative Interference witl
the right of men to exercise their own judgeincn
in the management of their own pcr.-oual allair?
Nothing, indeed, could have been less in at
cordanec with Jefferson's political theories tlia
to have thrust upon the country one of the mos
momentous measures which it was possible t
adopt, involving the very livelihood of tens of thou
sands, without the least opportunity to have tli
public opinion upon it: employing for that pin
pose a servile Congress, driven to act hastily i:
the dark, with no other guide or motive beyoni
implic it trust in the wisdom of the Executivcand
such a measure the embargo, the most rc
markable act of Jefl'erson's administration, ur
questionably was. Vet it would be most rasl
and unjust to charge him or any other man wit]
political hvpocrisy merely because, when in pow
er, he did not act up to the doctrines which h
--11 !- ?!i! T4. i- .. x A!
preacncu in opposition. it is not in uie imiur
of enthusiasm to hesitate or to doubt; and tlia
very enthusiasm, though it had liberty am
equality for its object with which Jefferson \va
so strongly imbued, pushed him 011,/however hi
might theorize about the equal right of all to b
suited, to the realization of his own ideas, will
very little regard for opposing opinions. AVitl
all his attachment to theoretical equality, he wa
still one of those born to command, at least b
control; brooking 110 authority but his own; ant
not easily admitting of opposition or contradic
Lion, which he always ascribed to the worst of mc
tives. In the feeling that he sought not selfisl
ends, but the good ot the community, he fount
like so many other zealous men, sanction for hi
plans, justification of his means, and excuse fo
disregarding the complaints and even the right
of individuals.
Yet whatever defects of personal character
whatever amount of human weakness we ma;
ascribe to Jefferson ; however low we may rat
him as a practical statesman; however dcricien
we may think him even in manliness and trutl
however we may charge him with having faile
to act in accordance with his own professed prin
ciples; there remains behind, after all, this und(
niable fact: he was?rarity indeed, among me
ofaffairs?rarity, indeed, among professed denu
cratical leaders?a sincere and enthusiastic belie
vcr in the rights of humanity. And, as in s
many other like cases, this faith on his part wi
ever suffice to cover, as with the mantle of cliai
ity, a multitude of sins; nor will there ever I
wanting a host of worshipers?living ideas bein
of vastly more consequence to posterity tha
dead actions passed and gone?to mythizize hit
into a political saint, eaimonized by throbbin
wishes for themselves, an.l exalted by a passiot
ate imagination, far above the heads of conten
porary men, who, if they laboured, suffered, an
accomplished more for that generation, yet love
and trusted universal humanity less.
Fkt:galitv.?Frugality is good if liberality V
joined with it. The first is leaving off supcrfh
ous expenses; the last host owing them to tli
benefit of others that need. The first withoi
the last begins eovetousucss; the last without tl
first begins prodigality ; both together make a
excellent temper.
Pickpockets may be called genuine metaplr
sicians, since they deal altogether in the scicrn
of abstraction,
-<aT? . .
Tlie Sabbath.
d> The Sabbath is the vital organ in our Chris- 1
n tion existence, and, therefore, is our true nation- of tl
,w j al life. It is as essential to the health of the Eng
! state, the well being of the body political and the
e- ; social, as the luncrs arc essential to the life and Stat
116 ! health of the physical frame. The Sabbath js fl"a
e-1 for the ventilation of the social state, what the Ia<5t'
ti-1 lungs arc for respiration ; we breathe through by t
~~ | the Sabbath; thought and feeling, purpose and S('hc
j resolve, pure, high, and holy, conies and goes.? Eun
n' | As in passing through the lungs, the blood takes tflisl
| coloring and life from ethereal elements of the j Thr<
: air, so in passing through the Sabbath, our in- ' also
'J j dividual, social, and national existence is purified j to tl
;e> | energised, and vivified from heaven. Our men-1 of n
ie j tal and moral life receives its sacredness, its worth hi w
" % ! its vigorous health, its permanence there, its wini
jh j power to endure labor, its security against cor- men
n* ! ruption its ability to resist disease. cjuir
d Ilencc we affirm, every injury to the Sabbath dm*
'11 is an injury to life. You may make your attack j ily, f
ie upon many points in this mortal frame, and yet j sess
r" the object of your injuries may recover; you may ^ o
.4 i- i i u... ?l i i i T?ro?
^ uo nun no mortal, uui wiij a transitory nnnu. i *
111 ! But as you approach the lungs you come to the cit- j pcrc
1(2 ! adel of life, and injury there is the near approach 'he <
-C of death. So it is with the effect of the profar us w
tc nation of the Sabbath on our moral social and Vh'g
h civil welfare: when that profanation is permitted man
d and becomes prevalent, there is no more hope.? >end
b There is mortal disease and weakness through com]
; the whole frame, and our very social system has- sed,)
tens to its dissolution, or to a chaos of permitted li- 33 a<
c" ccntiousness and sin, which is worse than even its the ]
absolute destruction. A social state without the cent
21 Christian Sabbath may go far to realize the con- 4Ij
j* ception of a hell on earth. ,r,cd:
" The secret of our own prosperity thus far, our whie
" ' unparaiicica, unexampled progress, power ana ""-u
t- j happiness as a nation, is just here, in this gift man
from God to us of the Christian Sabbath, ob- gula:
r? ; served and sustained for so long a time in a sa- arise
n j credncss, faithfulness, purity, and power, so like nobh
I- the brightest glory of its pristine life. Near two the 1
S hundred years did it pleiise God to keep us un- otliei
'* der this discipline, almost every thing in our supp
economical and political, as well as social and nbsti
moral existence, taking a coloring and character gna^
"C frotn the strict observance of the Sabbath. Thus sal 1;
did we live and breathe, and have our being, and torn
5" hence, (recurring to the analogy of the lungs,) all tl
s results still our vigor as a nation, our freshness reasc
s and elasticity of growth and life, which, as com- be c
pared with the nations of Europe, is like the wbic
a health of the mountaineer, who has cheerily la- can c
b bored in the pure open air beneath the heavens, "V\
^ in the varied and salutary activity of a farmer's tivc
e occupation, in comparison with the sallow pallid, Itali:
11 shrivelled faces, and meager, attenuated forms J it is,
' of men shut up in city garrets nr confined in ! such
t stooping posturics amidst pestiferous gases, at J poinl
manufacturing looms. | gist <
To the life and health giving power of the or tli
11 Christian Sabbath over us and in us, we owe our ! the i
1 whole superiority; for the influence acted from chan
0 the outset, and acted in every direction. It set ter a
1_ our whole existence, as a plant is set in its growth bo tl
e i and raised into maturity. It. was as omnipre- gun?
| sent as the atmosphere, and as direct as a stream tion I
a ! of electricity; there was nothing hid trom the iicat |
1 thereof. It was the only example of a Sabhath-; 'net!
" born Sabbath-educated nation in the whole his- i the s
tory of the world. Our Pilgrim Fathers came be w
' to this continent that they might be free to keep ; upon
1 the Christian Sabbath in its purity, and to edub
eate their children and their children's children
beneath its power. It is this same benefit and Li
c blessing which God lias committed us in trust treat
e for another generation.?Independent. as ni
1 marriage. Euro
s Marriage is a change of existence?a death- vc.rv
e birth, as our German friends would say?an cj,.e
I Kvul'i?a transit from one life to another, and the !
i I with a- impenetrable a veil of doubt and uncer- t,wo
li I tainty -pi . ad over that other, life, as is over that j1;ui
s j life, to whose dominions death is the portal.? uum
0 "Where we are we know," may a man about to with
1 | Ihj married well exclaim; "where we have been no e|
!- we also know; whither we are going no man fr0ln
? knoweth, norcan know, till the going has merged fuj j,
li into the gone." Charles V said no man could jjtt]e
1, be said to be truly brave until lie bad snufl'ed mon
is a candle with his fingers; but my idea is, that no tjie ,
r man's can be so severely tested, :es by entering in- was ,
s to the holy state of matrimony, provided always a|)0U
that the man be of a contemplative, reflective jjie ,
, nature. This courage is more required on the Tj,e
y woman's part than the man's. She must infal- (j,
e libly know less of him than he of her, as he be- wou|
t holds her ever in the world she moves in; where- an,j
i; as lie, when he loaves her, mingles and is lost in corj(
d the cru\v?l of outer life. Whether lie Keeps inin- parrp
i- self apart among virtuous, or lias his haunts tua|j
> among the vicious, she can only hear by report, niPj'
n and report is not a witness to be trusted, and te- ()t|10
> male etiquette denies her the searching inquiries was
i- necessary lor complete satisfaction.?Then again, a]oll(
o he has more resources than she, if the home be an(}
11 made unhappy by the ill assorted union. The
r- tavern, the theatre, the meeting, the mart, arc
ic all open for him. lie can be away from home ^
g when he likes; and when from home to all in- .1 *
11 tents and purposes, he is a bachelor again. Not jn|ju
11 so she, poor lady. Once a wife, a wife forever.
g She may not, cannot, would not, dare not leave ' c
1- him. The laws, her children, her womanly in- ^
1- stinet, alike forbid it. She never can lay down J ^
il lier wifehood and become a maid again. And rr)
1 oven if she do separate from him, and return ,
once more to her father's house, the pay heart, ^
tlie unspeakable palpitations of maidenly desires jjj(J
>c and hopes, the budding promises of coming lifo UJj
i- ?these are no longer; the butterfly is freed but wj
ie its wings are torn and unfeathered?it can fly ^
it no more. Hence there is nothftig more lovely, ?
10 than when a maiden leans her fair cheek upon uS(}s'
n her lover's breast, ami whispers, "Dear heart! I
cannot see, but 1 believe?the past was beautiful
but the future I can trust?xoith thee!" A
v- ? so lc
.'e Great talkers arc like broken pitchers: every clios
thing runs out of them. put
The American Language.
'crimps the most surprising philological fact t
ie present time is the wonderful spread of the <
lish speech, not merely by the extension of
power of Great Britain and of the United <
,es, by which the English is carried on every <
rter of the globe, and made the legal, scho- s
c and polite language of vast territories, but 1
he impulse which the laborsof a few eminent t
ilars in France, Germany and the northern f
opean nations have given to the study of En- 1
t classical authors in their own tongue.? t
mghout Germany an immense impulse has r
been given to this study by the emigration c
to United States. One may travel thousands t
riles and find no market town, however small, s
liich are not temptingly displayed at the s
lows of the little book shops all sorts of ele- 1
tary works to assist the emigrant in the ac- 1
oment ot some few necessary phrases of the t
:rican language. In every well-educated fam- s
;oo, it is beginning to be as necessary topos- c
such a knowledge of the English, at least, j
ur boarding-school misses acquire of the f
ich, and the number who can read Shakes- a
. Byron, Scott and Cooper with pleasure, in s
original, is far greater than the number with
bo can read Moliere, Gil Bias, and Paul and a
;inia. Perhaps the three men who, in Ger- t
y, have produced the greatest influence in v
ering our speech popular and necessary to a I
plete education, are A. W. Schegel, (decea- c
i Gervius, and Jacob Crimm; the two former t
Imirers, translators and critics of Shakespere, 'I
latter as a philologist. The latter, in a re- b
treatise, says: a
t possesses, through its abundance of free h
ial tones, which may be learned indeed, but n
h no rules can teach, the power of expression fi
as never, perhaps, was attained by any hu- n
tongue. Its altogether intellectual and sin- d
-i.. l ?? i 4 i
I IV iUUllUilllUH, illlU UdUIUfMIJtMlL MUd II
n from a surprising alliance between the two b
est languages of antiquity?the German and u
Homatiesque?the relation of which to each p
r is well known to bo such that the former d
lies the material foundation, the latter the 1
act notions. Yes, truly, the English lan- w
;e may with good reason call itself a univer- d
inguage, and seems chosen, like the people, o
le in future times in a still greater degree in t<
ic corners of the earth. In richness, sound o
>n, and inflexibility, no modern tongue can q
ompared with it?not even the German, ti
h must shake off many a weakness before it
'liter the lists with the English.' o
*e have always had an affection for our na- fi
tongue; if the French, Spanish, German or tl
in each surpass it in some particular quality, h
perhaps, true that none of them possesses C
a combination ot' excellencies; as t.o which si
t, the testimony ol Criinm, the first philoloaf
the Continent, has great weight. Whcth!c
cl^qtinail in nurtlirnmrli t:
i 77 1
rant of homogeneity in the population, to be 0
ged to confusion of tongues, so that liercaf ]
n American will, like the fool in Shakespeare, '?
lought to have " been at a great feast of Ian- tl
:cs and have stolen the scraps," is a ques- t]
for time to determine. We know of no a
uard against this but the adoption of some p
lod of writing English ;is it is spoken and n
pread of schools, until, as in New-England, 0i
ho cannot read and write shall be looked p
i by every child as a curiosity and wonder. b
New York Tribune. tl
. \\
:mos* Juice for Acute Rheumatism.?The si
mcnt of acute rheumatism with lemon juice u
)tieed in the Scientific American more than ti
ir ago, having been successful)- practiced in p
pc, has been tried here, and found to bo a iY
effectual remedy. Dr. T. D. Lee, of this a
has communicated his experiment with it to p
S"ew York Journal of Medicine, lie cites b
cases one a male and the other a female who li
been subject to severe rheumatism for a li
her of years, and who were often troubled y
acute pains, severe swellings, and could find it
flectual remedy. lie gave them lemon juice tl
fresh lemons, in quantities of a table-spoon- n
) twice the quantity of cold water, with a si
sugar, every hour. The effect of the. le- si
juice was almost instantaneous; in ten days k
vorst ease was cured, and in seven the other h
able to go out, and there was a flexibility a
t the joints after the cure, quite unusual in q
covery after other modes of treatment.? g
" London Medical Times" directed attention p
is reinedv for rheumatism in 1S50, and we p
d state, that it may answer for one person v
not lor another. There are two eases re- si
id in Draithwait's Retrospect, Part 22,1851, h
s .17 and 88, where one patient was effecy
cured with lemon juice, after calcium, caloand
opium had been tried in vain, and the J,
r, where lemon juice failed and the patient t<
cured with opium and calomel pills, taken a
f with draughts of the acetate of potash f,
nitre in a camphor mixture. o
Stririititir. Am.prir.an. *
v-_ v
b
dversitv.?"Earthly prosperity," says a
ghtful writer, "should he estimated by its
eneo on the soul. What we hear termed a
rsitics, may in reality he blessings. Wlien c]
ast otV these vestments of clay, they will, ..
aps, come in shining garments to welcome
) everlasting habitations." }
liis is a beautiful sentiment. How often
it happen that wo do not know our own ^
igtli until we have been thoroughly tried in j,
furnace of affliction! We find ourselves ^
ing forth from the fiery ordeal, stronger than ^
ii wo entered?refined, perhaps, in sorae de,
from tlio dross of earth, and prepared to
urn, with the philosopher, 'sweet are the
of adversity.' :
ii
gentle heart is like a ripe fruit, which bends
iw that it is at the mercy of every one who
es tf^pluck it while the harder fruit keeps }
of reach. 1
A letter from an American in Rio de Janeiro
.bus describes some of the peculiarities which
iamc under his notice in the Brazilian capital;
All citizens of distinction in Rio have in their
nnplov a large number of servants, whom they
Iress in livery. It is wonderful and striking to
see the bandy legs of the negroes encased in blue
>rcei'hes, fitting close to the skin; with a p*ir of
reinendous military boots reaching to the knees
tnd spurred on the heels; a short jacket profusey
ornamented with brass buttons; a cap dccoraed
conspicuously with gold lace, and all the
lameless trappings that are supposed to give a
lazzling effect to high life. The cabriolets are
lrawn sometimes by mules, but chiefly by hores.
The driver's seat is behind, but very high,
o as to overlook the body of the vehicle. Pubic
drivers as well as private, wear the prevailing
iverv. It anneared to me that more than half
he inhabitants of Rio, of every condition wear
ome badge of office. Laced coats and military
aps are seen on all sides. Boys of ten or fifteen
ears of age strut about town in the uniform of
nil grown officers. Some of these, I believe,
ire cadets, belonging to the Emperor's militaiy
chool.
The burdens, such as coffee, flour, baskets, <fec.
re carried from place to place on the heads of
he negroes. It is astonishing what immense
weights these carriers transport in this manner.
in instance is related to me of a negro who
arried a barrel of rum from one extremity of
he city to the other, a distance of several miles,
'his is well authenticated, having been tested
iy a wager made by an American resident with
visitor to Rio, both of whom were personally
ntercsted in the result. I frequently saw these
egroes carry at a bnsk trot, as much as tour or
:ve hundred pounds on their heads. A gentlenan
of my acquaintance said he saw eight hunred
pounds carried to a considerable distance
n this way. I was also told of a feat performed
y a negro belonging to a Mr. Rudge, who lives
p in the mountains of Tejuco, that quite 6urrised
me, as I knew by personal experience the
itficulty of walking there without any burthen.
'his man was in the habit of carrying up every .%
eek ou his head, a barrel or two of flour; nor
id he make a practice of resting on the way but
nee and then only a few minutes. The distance
3 Mr. Rudge's is at least eight or ten miles, and
ver a steep and very rugged road. I have freuently
seen a negro bearing along at a brisk
ot, a bureau or sofa on his head, and this too
'ith as much apparentease as if he had nothing
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lied with stocks of all sorts of fancy ware on
ircir heads, shouting the price as they pass each
ouse. One of these I met near the top of the
!orcovado, whither he had carried his wares to_ i.
sn to tnu country people.
Interview with Billy Bowlegs and the
lorjda Indians.?Mr. Lea, the Commissioner
f Indian Affairs, had an interview with Billy
Sowlegs, and the Indians accompanying him, on
'hursday, in the presence of Judge Wayne, of
lie Supreme Court, Gen. Eaton, and other genlemen.
The old Indianized negro, Abraham,
ctcd as interpreter. Billy Bowlegs did not apear
to be very communicative, as his reply to
early every question put to him was " very well,"
r " I will listen." The Commissioner, however,
roeeeded to explain to them that the treaty made
y the United States Government in 1832 with
ie Semiuoles, for their removal from Florida,
as still in force, and not, as the Seminoles now
apposed, abrogated, because all those who had
lade it had sincc.died. He told them that the
eaty must be carried out, as demanded by the
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eopic 01 norma ; ana conunuea in a sirain 01
itherly advice to urge them to remove freely
nd quietly to the West, where they would be
roteeted by the government, and where a numcr
of Seminoles are now living in peace. Abraam,
the colored man, stated that he had been
ving among the Western Indians for fourteen
ears, and said ho had often told Billy Bowlegs
, would be better for him and his people to ga
liere. Bowlegs, however, in reply to the Comlissioner,
said he had a bad cold, but he would
tudy on the subject, and give an answer at a
ubsequent interview. Gen. Jessup having
nown Billy in Florida, the latter was taken inter
is department, and seemed pleased to see him,
nd also became very communicative. To one
uostion casually put by Gen. Jessup, " are you
oing to the country West ?Billy, though
reviously conversing in English, suddenly stoped,
and referred to Abraham to give the reply,
hich was, " I do not know yet." This conversion
was not renewed, and the Indians soon
;ft.
Norton Peters, of Missouri, recently made a
andsome speculation by driving sheep over land
o California. He started with 2,500 6hecp, and
t Salt Lake he sheared them and sold the wool
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f them in good condition, he was offered eigheen
dollars a head for the lot, which he refused,
eing sure of a better price.
Knowledge cannot be acquired without pains
nd application. It is troublesome and like
cop digging for pure waters ; but when once
ou come to the spring, they rise up and meet
ou.
Tiie Mind.?Tho mind has a certain vegetaive
power, which cannot wholly be idle. If it
j not laid out and cultivated into a beautiful
rardon, it will of itself shoot up in weeds or flowrs
of a wild growth.
The human heart is like a feather bed?it
iuist be roughly handled, well shaken and ei>osed
to a variety of turns to prevent its becomng
hard.
" There is a great demand," says a Yankee
>edlar, "for a species of plaster which will eua>lo
men to stick to their business."
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