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Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-01-28
POETRY.
SpIuN'S IDOL.

BY THE HON MRS NORTON
sucb wer,hou in thy yout'!-mv you.n n.,
Poor heart, hast thou indeed been w.
Where is The freshness and The Mise Mis- hups2
That round Thy l'ie's first .,en now
Where are the days FIN INV glance,
When gentle JOYS went saily through
And Thy young The merry dance9
The maize sfne aiter-years, whose ilsn,,
And w5fG false, and tul Of empy glare
Fed thy vain, bewiIdeId sight,
When hen victims 10 Thy prac,sed wiles'
Hnndrsds bowed down The willing knee,
And praised thy singing and thy smiles ..,,
GFpr none conld smile and sing like thee!)
,vh rus a ape those lover slaves1 They kneei
To some new idol OF the hour;
And teach some heart that yet can feel
TO scorn all love, save love OF power.
Pleasure, who bore thee swiftly on,
His tagging sail al length hath iutio;
And dark the twilight of Thy sun,
Thou favorile OF tickle world
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-01-28
BY the UUVeIhuI:
R P. HAMMOND, Sec'y., &c.
RloTINTHE CITY OF HARTFORD.
Csrre,pondencs Of the NeU Haven Palladium.
q AFFORD lCt.l Jan. 81, 1915.

HARTFORD, (Ct) Jan. 81 1915.
Mr.. Burleish, of the Charter Oak, oMney
paper, in this city, has at last after many lroit'
less attempts by coarse, low, vulgar, and ABUSIVE
language against persons and parties, managed
10 gel up row upon The return OF Lieut.. WOOD.
house IRON Mexico. BE besoweda column OF
abuse 10 his genuine po.house Style upon this
worthy young officer, and upon all Others enaas-
ed in giving him a public reception. Lieu.
tenant Woodhouse is gentleman ct excellent
moral character, and he came home TO recruit
hi, health. his constitution having been shat
tered by the diseases OF the Mexican c'imaie
by dysen,ery and indammaiory rheumatism.
Hence he had The sympathy OF large Pof-
lion of the community with him, including. OF
course, large number OF those who think the
war with Mexico needless one; and tbs ind's-
nation towards Burleigh for his vile article was
very great. One outrage often brings on ano'nef
so il did in this case. mob collected ms
evening. al aboul ii O'Clock, around The .ChaFlef
OAK Office, tore down all of Burleigh's Signs,
broke open the door, and were about 10 make ma
voc with his types, when The Mayor arrived ana
nreyen,ed The con,e INFLATED destruction by INFORM.
;ps me mob that The materials were not Bur
Ieish's. bu, The properly OF another person. They
then wen, 10 his residence, but be had escaped
from thence, and The mob finally dispersed.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-01-28

I OF MIR. MAYo-Resolved, Tha, the commute. .,
Courts OF Justice, enquire into The propre,y u,
increasing The compensation OF the Clerk Of n
Superior Court of Chancery, for the Richmo.
Circuit; and if, in the opinion Of said Commius
such increase be proper, that they repor, The N
judicious mode of making the same.
On motion of Mr.. THOMAS-Resolved, T..
the committee for Courts OF Justice be ins,ruc
10 enquire into the eIpediency Of requiring Il
Clerks Of the Court, of this Commonweaih
record deeds and Other legal instruments, VIII,
may remain in their offices partly proven ateru
expiration OF six months, in record book to
kept for Ibis purpose.
On motion OF MIR. FLOYD, the House
jeurned.
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coal in and from the county OF kanawha, and
other counties adjacent thereto.
On motion OF MIR. TUNSTALL-Resolve
Thai The committee on Roads, &C., enquire into The
e1pediency OF so amending or modifying the ACT
passed March 22d, lS47 entitled tan actto amend
an act prescribing general conditions on future
subscriptions 10 The capital OF joint stock compa
MES shall be made by the Commonwealth" as &c
change the number CT directors autnofizea 10 OF
appointed by The Board Of Public WORKS IN oucf
companies.
The SPEAKER announced the following. al
the committee TO whom was referred Inc peti.'oi
of citizens OF Clarke county, for the passage OF at
act providing for the removal Of tree people
colour from said county: Messrs. Jacobs Sew
art, Wood, Thomson CT Jefferson, Dorman, $40
vail, Barbour, Burden, Rector, Powell, Mayo
Chandler and Jasper.
Mr.. GILLIAN, was on motion OF Mr.. D VIE
added 10 the committee on The subject OF the To
bacco laws.
A message was received from the Senate b.
Mr. WITCHER, who informed the House Iha
that body had agreed 10 the resolution concerning
the subscription by the Board OF Public Work:
To the stock of the Richmond and Danville Raj
Road Company.
A message was re ceived from the Senate by Mr.
Baptist stating that they had agreed TO the reso
luton OF the House 10 proceed 10 the election o
Councillor, with an amendment. The amend
menl OF the Senate was 10 strike out Both JanuaT.
and insert March 81.
Mr.. SCOTT OF F. moved 10 amend by striking
out Sd March and inserting 18th February, whc
was agreed 10.
The report Of the committee on Proposition
&c, adverse to the resolution Of enquiry into In
propriely Of providing By law Tor the payment Q
physicians summoned to attend coroners' lnqussts
was recommilled on motion of Mr.. BURN ELL
with instructions 10 report bill.
Mr.. RAYMOND, from the Committee o.
Roads, &c, reported bill TO increase the capita
stock OF the Louisa Railroad Company, tor IN
purpose OF extending the same. II increases IN
capital stock twelve hundred thousand dollars 10
the purpose Of extending heir road from Cor
louisville through The county OF Greene along III
ridge dividing the waters OF the Rapid Ann ait
Rivanna rivers 10 Harrisonburg in the county o
Rockingham.
On motion OF Mr.. HlETT,
The House adjourned.
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On motion of Mr.. BRIGGS Resolved, That
a committee be appointed, with leave to bring in
a bill authorizing the Sheriff of The county OF
Sussex 10 open poll al the next Spring election,
10 ascertain the OF the voters OF said county
on The subject of The removal oil the seat oil JUS
tice.
the committee on Agriculture, &c, enquire into
the e1pediency OF chanering coal mining com
pany, for The purpose Of mining and Transporting
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-06-16

PAYING for 1 life Id3,oroaoa na.--

raging Tor a Life IhsuraRce poliow.
The Yankee Blade il comiDc ~, 800
like a bright cent from the mint. The ~,
number y peculiarly rich. Among other spi.
cy things is the following pungent bin. which
may De well termee q grain Of " aIl.spice i,
"Moral writer's, from Solomon down IA.
nave laid much stress On the danger of being
under an obligation: and their cautions aa.n
well founded. It il pleasant to have oood
ac'lons done US; but not if we are to be uneeR.
slhg'y reminded Of them and the gratitude va
owe. A friend Of ours was saved from aro,yn.
ing BY a Pefsoh with whom he was sIiob,lv
acquainted. OF course, lie tliahked b;s Al.
llverer profoundly. Ever after the pilahth+on.
&c gent stuck to him like a burr. He SLING II
MN like The old man Of the sea to sibbad ,he
oauori lie logged and haunted him 1, cvery
STEP constantly asking favors on the plea that
ne nag saved his life. Our friend bore me
with Philonthropic equanimity for a Iona While
only now and then invariably Cursina his m.
LUCK N being pulled out Of the water. Al
iast BENG ask ed one day, for the five hundred,h
time, Well, Jones, you'll stand q treat TO-
dayApspose-saved our life, you knows OuT
TREND lost all patience and in q voice which
made the fellows hair stick up like the FRET.
ted porcupine's, : broke down upoh lin - fol.
lows; Yes, sir, l will treat, this time. ana
the last, though have paid that debt twice
over long ago. But, sir, mark mel if ever
you catch me drowning again, let me sink-
let mo go, hook and line, bob and ainksr, to
Davy jones' locker-but don't attemps to res.
cue me, for i would have been $1,000 in NV
Pocketif you had let me drown befOtep
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Yet Another telegram.

"A London paper tof April 18TH. contains ,hs
following notice Of a newly invented Tele-
graph machine, which seema to be very Won.
derful in its operation:
We have this week seen d specimen Of vii
ting BY the Copying Telegraph, inven.sd BY
ny. C'F, Bakewell, wherein words traced from
the, original were legibIy copied on Paper BY
an instrument that had no connection with liz
one to which the transmitted message vas
applied, excepting by the usual wires from
the voltnic battery. The letters traced on the
paper of q pale color, on a dark ground formed
BY numerous lines drawn close together. ThS
communications thus traced, va HndesA md
may be transmitted at the rate OF 500 letters
OF the alphabet per minute Of ordinary ri.
ting: and were shorthand symbolic EMPLOYED
the rapidity Of transmission would u quadru.
Piled. When this means Of correspondence ID
In operation, instead Of d~roPpipglstlers in The
Postoifice and waiting days for an answer, We
may apply it directly to the Copying Telegraph
have it copied at the distant town in . min.
ute or lees, and receive a reply in sutt ceres
pondent's handwriting almost as so6a Is the
ink is dry with which it was peHned. There
are various means too, for preserving the se.
crecy Of correspondence; the most curious *
which is that the writing may be rendered
nearly invisible in all parts but the direction,
until its delivery to the person for whom il il
designed.
The operations Of the Copying Tglsraps6
are not limited to the tratipgof written
characters Letter press printing may be copi-
with even greater rapidity than writing, and
fac-simile copies Of the morning papers may
thus be transmitted TO Liverpool and ManOhes-
ter long before the papers themselves are de
livered to their readers in London. The means
by which these astonishing effects are produe.
ed we are not at present permitted to state,
as the invention is not yet protected; but We
are assured that the method is simple, and thss
the mechanism is neither costly nor likely 10
get out Of order. 1t is, indeed, one of. thu Pc
culiur features Of Copying Telegraph that il
cannot commit errors, because the communi.
cations it transmits are fac-similes Of the Oris.
inal writing.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-06-16

have II: we don't want it," The Locofoco
Presidential Convention met at Baltimore on
the eth Of May, 1914, seventeen days after
Cen Cass had written a letter dated Nav
10Th, l844,) to Hon. p. A. flanagan, in fav-
or of annexation.
Gen. Cass was a supporter of John Quincy
Adams, until the old sage Of Quincy was
beaten by Gen, Jackson; and then Cass vault
ed over to the side of "Old Hickory.
In 1870 the Wings swept everything, Gen.
Cass was then in Paris, and wrote certificates to
vindicate Gen. Harrison's military fame from
the imPutations Of his Democratic opponents.
When he was Minister to France, General
Cass fattered and eulogized Louis Philippe
now, in l848, he eulogizes. the men who over
throw the King and Government he once pro.
topndly admired. Thus has it ever been with
the present Locofoco candidate; he has always
courtcd and lattered power at the expense OF
manly honesty and dignity. And for his poll
teal vascillation-especially for his leaning to
Harrison in l840-he has been cursed and
abused by the very men who now profess to be
his warmest supporters.-T. Whig.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-06-16

ST., LouIs, June 3, Z r. NJ.
Mr.. Auberry has arrived from Santa Fee
He made the trip, 900 miles in seven days
from the Mexican States. Col. Gilpin, after
he had left Moro, encountered alarge party Of
Camanches. The Americans made an attaeks
the Indians resisted, and finally hed. Their
loss is said 70 have been great. sxg,
Col. Gilpin had had some skirmishes with
the Navajos, Several Indians were killed and
wounded. Three days we're granted 10 the In
dams, through their chiefs, to bring in their
people and make peace. Further accents
confirm the incapacity and cowardice ofCaps!
Peltzlery who was left in command Of Fort
Mann. af
Col. GiIPin lost in his ongagementstwO killJ
ed and some few wounded.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-06-16

The Bear and the Tea Kete.-The bears Of
Kamtchatka live chiefly on fish, which they
procure for themselves from the rivers. A
few years ago, the fish became very scarce .
Emboldene by the famine and consequent hun
ger, the bears, instead Of retiring to their dens,
wandered about, and sometimes entered the
villages. On a certain occasion one Of them
found the outor door of ahouse open. and en-
tered it; the gate accidentally closed after
him. The woman Of the house had just plac-
ed a kettle of boiling water in the, court,
Bruin smelt il but burnt his nose. Provoked
at the pain, he vented his fury on the tea-ket-
tie. He folded his arms around it, pressed il
with his whole strength to crush it; but THU
Of course only burnt him the more. Thehor
rible growing which the rage and pain forced
from tie poor animal now brought the. neigh
bors to the spot, and Bruin, by few shots
was put out of7his misery. 70 this day, how
ever, whenever anybody Injuries himself by
his own violence, the people Of the village cal
him the bear and the tea.kettle.' M
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-06-16

MANUFACTURES oa SHor.-To those who are
unacquainted with the process of shot making,
a brief description Of its nlodus opcrandi may
not be unacceptable. The process, although
somewhat curious, is exceedingly simple, and
requires no expensive or complicated machin-
cry. The whole process, as explained by Mr..
Kennett Of ST. Louis, whose success in the
manufacture Of this article is worthy the en-
terprise which induced il, is very briefly
given, and mpy be new to some Of our read
ers.
The tower IL 81 feet in diameter at the base,
II feet at the top, and us feet high. The
lead is Conveyed by an endless chain into the
upper story, where it is melted, and while in
a liquid form, is passed through a ladte sieve
Of the size of shot intended to be made, and
falls the distance Of $50 feet, into a cistern Of
cold water. This gives the g%lobular form to
the drops5 which are chilled before reaching
the water, and entirely cooled by the time
they get to tho bottom Of the %cistern.
From this cistern hey are conveyed into a
heated drum, in which a spiral wheel brings
them all in contact with the heated air, and
thus dries them They are then passed into
a rev diving cylinder, IN which they al, pol
ished, and from thence passed over a success
sion Of inclined planes or tables, about six
inches apart; in passing over these tables,
the imperfect shot drop between the tables,
and those which are perfect roll over into the
receptacle below, They are then p ssed into
q hopper, and by a succession Of sleeves or
guagos, worked also BY machinery, the Vari-
Fous sizes are separated. Each sieve is then
omptied into the appropriate receptacle which
completes the operation, leaving the shot ready
for bagging, after which il is lettered accor-
ding to its size, and is then ready for market.
-Hunt's Mer. Nag.
4 ~ E4l.s.3 I'M .HA...A-t.4. r. q
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hom Ns n. 3. Cte,eent II w N.

Late and Important from Mexico.
Ratification Of the TTcaH--Gen. Sn.ih's De-
parture for the Coast--Wogement Of Troops,
&c.
By the arrival Of the U. S. steamships Vir-
GINA and A. R. Hetzel, we are placed in pos
session OF our files of papers from the City oil
Mexico to the 23d, from Queretaro to the Goth,
and from Vera Cruz to the 28th.
A letter from Maj. Gen. Butler to Gen.
Brooke, dated the evening of the 25th, at
O'Clock, r. NJ, states that the treaty had been
ratified by the Senate by a vote of 80 TO A, and
that in all probability the exchange of ratifca-
ton would take place the following day. Gen,
Butler also requests General Brooke to have
transportation provided for $1,000 men, who
would be on the coast ID twenty days. The
movement Of the army fromthe interior would
commence in a week.
Just previous 10 the departure Of the A. R,
Hetzel the British Courier arrived at Vera
Cruz from QueretarO, bringing news Of the
ratification Of the treaty by the Senate. Maj
Graham was hourly expected at Vera Cruz
with dispatches for our government, contain.
ing the notifications by the Mexican govern
ment.
Departure Of the Commisaoners.-Mess
Clifford and Sewer left here yesterday for
Queretaro, escorted by 60 or 10 men Of the
Sd Dragons. This looks as if we should soor
have a peace, and we opine that our Commits.
%sioners have not a doubt Of it. They will be
four or FIVE days in going up, and, in all proba.
bIlity, will find the treaty ratified by the Sen,
ate. when they arrive. If this be the case
their business in Queretaro will be soon en-.
ded.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-06-16

GREAT FIRE IN BAITIMoRE.-At 3 o'clock
on the afternoon of the 28th ult. the cotton
factory belonging to Mr.. VIM. King, situated
on Lexington street, between Fremont and
Poppleton streets, was discovered to be on
fire in two places. In few minutes the flames
spread to row Of brick buildings in the rear,
which were quickly consumed. The flames
then seized on and destroyed a large building
known as the old Whitworth Factory, a three
story brick building adjoining, nineteen houses
on Rock street, and six houses on Lexington
street, and sixteen houses on Jackson Court
The total number Of buildings destroyed was
ffty-eight dwelling houses and two large fac
tories. Between two and three hundred per
sons were deprived of their homes by this sad
calamity. Two other fires also occurred in
other parts Of the city, while the great fire was
raging; but the loss occasioned by them was
comparatively trifing. .
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-06-16

Mexico has not Developed her ResOur-
ces.
AT the commencement Of the present GEN.
fury, the great traveller and savan, Baron Hum.
boldt, devoted several years TO Mexico,then all
most a terra incognita to Europe, and sub
mltted mis- elaborate and celebrated report TO
the King Of Spain, and the civilized world.
lie presents Mexico, as then the most
valuable, colony Of Spain; almost im-
pregnable to a foreign foe, and superior in
wealth and resources to the United States Of
America.
Invasion from abroad appeared to him to be
out Of the question: vast wilderness, I'M
%passable TO armies, was interposed between the
Northern Provinces and the United States
me only seaport accessible TO large ships on
on the Gulf Of Mexico s4as Vera Cruz; and
the impregnabIo fortress Of San Juan d,UIua
frowned defiance 10 any feet, however power.
fnl,
At the period in question, the population
q Mexico surpassed that Of our new republic
Of tho North, IE 1902, Humbolt estimates
the population Of Mexico on the best data of
the Government, as $500, 1000.
By a census in 1903, the population Of the
United State was 100000, or more than L.
100000 less.
In 1903, Humboldt advocates the policy Of
opening a new communication with the coast
OF Mexico and suggests that the soil Of her
inland valleys, surprising that Of all other
lands, will enable her to supply the Bay Of
Mexico and the West India Islands with flour.
beet, and all other productions, and at rates
below the prices Of tho United States. He
adyerts also to the sperm fishery on the Pacific,
tue fur trade Of the north west coast, and the
Commerce with China and the Sandwich Is
lands-and points out the unrivalled advanta-
ges which Mexico enjoys for the prosecution
Of each.
In 1903, the revenue Of Mexico exceeded
$20,000,000, The revenue Of our Union was
$II,000,00O. In 1903, the mines Of the United
States produced neither coal, iron, gold, silver
or lead, Of any appreciable value; but The ave-
erage of the gold and silver Of Mexico in that
single year exceeded S27,00O,O 0
At this period, the star Of Mexico was in the
asce ndant. The sewers restrictions Of Spain
upon her commerce, which had restrained her
intercourse with Europe for two centuries to
a single port in Spain, and usually to a feet
once in three years, had been modified, and her
commerce begun to expand.
Her coinage had increased from Sit, Co.,
s45 in l7G5, to S27,l65. 1888 in 1903; ami her
%reyepue from So, TAI ,98ain 1866, to S2O,30O.O00
in 1908.
Nor was this all for the exuberance orMex-
leo flowed into the weaker and inferior col
onies of Spain, and supplied their defcien-
cies.
Mexico in 1903, after defraying the annual
expense Of her administratio -Sl0,5OO, 900,
which included the cost of her army Of 5000
Spanish troops, and after RENTING to Spain a
surplus of S3,00O,OOO in spscie-exhibits the
singular spectacle of a distant colony Of Spain,
sustaining the other colonies Of Spain, by the
annual remittance to each of the following
sums: +l 'slfa.~
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-06-16

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.
Arrival Of the Ningara.

THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
BosToN, June 2, 6 Ppm,
The steamer Niagara arrived at this port to-
day. She sailed from Liverpool on Goth ult.
In France all was quiet. The conspiracy
had been completely put down. Many OF the
dred were taken prisoners. The National
Guards proved faithful to the Government
Lamartine is still the great %favorite with the
people. The Government is now considered
secure.
Ireland remains comparatively tranquil.
There is nothing Of interest from the CONT
noht by this arrival.
AT London, money matters were about the
same as at tho time of the departure Of the
last steamer. H
In consequence of large imports Of cotton.
a decline Of Id had been established in all
grades. The sales at Liverpool for the week
ending on the evening of the 10th embraced
29,72O bales. New Orleans good fair i%squoted
al sd. Market heavy.
The proposed mediation with Denmark and
Prussia has failed, No general engagements
have occurred. The blockade still continues
The Austrians have suffered another defeat
at Sonsean.
The French mob, on the. 18th, after being
driven back, assembled at the Hotel de Vile to
organize. A committee of safety convened
in the same room where Robesplerro and assC.
ciutes established their directory during tht
former revolution. The national guards en-
tered, a struggle ensued, which resulted il
their being taken prisoners, including Barber
Albert, Sobrier, CADET, B~lanqueaD others lie
dru Rollin was arrested because his name wa
found attached TO the Prendes government
but Lamartine was answerable for him. The
part Of Ledru Rollin in the ARRAY is i~nvolyet
in mystery, and he cannot clear himself OF
completing with the mob. After his failure
to justify himself he re-aPPeared in the assem-
bis protesting his innocence Of all participa
ton in the scheme to overthrow the govern
ment. Shouts of derision greeted him on al
sides. Gen. Cortai's sword and epaulett
wero taken from him. Large quantities 0
arms and ammunition wore found in thu
houses Of the Cohspirators. This movemen
was evidently well organized, and very ex
t%ensiye. At the last dates all was quiet.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-06-16

Gen. Cass's Conststepcy-Gen Cass made a
speech on the three million bill in the Senate,
in The latter part Of '46 or early in ~, lie
then declared himself in favor of introducing
the Wilmot Proyiso into any bill for the adj
mission Of territory into the Union, Towards
the close of i847, his mind received new light
upon The subject, and he wrote a letter TO Nh.
Nicholson, OF Nashville, declaring his opposl-
ton to the Wilmot Proviso, because its OBJ
lec@ could be accomplished without it.
Until early in 1874 Gen. Cass was avowedly
opposed to the annexation Of Texas. One Of
the arguments in favor of acquiring Texas
was that England was grasping after territory
In speaking to that point, on one occasion
Gen. Cass grew enthusiastic and said" Ny
| God, il England wants it, (Texas) let he