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of a black rich soil and watered by n

of a black rich soil and watered by nu-
merous little streams. 81
The village cite lately surveyed out
and called Richand City, is located at
the junction of the.Pine with the Wis
consin river, and is evidently 4 point at
whicll~the business of that country viii
concentrate The enterprising inhabi-
tants and proprietors Of the village and
lands in its vicinity are sparing no pains
to render it a convenient commercial
town, There are alreadyabout a dozen
buildings erected and in progress oferec-
ton. Two 81 Which are Intended For
stores. They have plenty Of the best
kind Of building materials, viz: stone
and timber, in the immediate vicinity -
These considerations, with the addition
al fact that the inhabitants in and about
that portion of country are of the most
sober, industrious and hospitabIe kind,
will ensure its speedy settlement.
Finally, Richland county possesses all
the elements necessary to make ,andNust
eventually make one OF the wealthiost
counties in the State"
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From the Union.



"Patri5<, 90 peaches have leg,,''
'gSo. you fao yon'' .H
''ATeii, ti@n. by the holy paiief, we swal-
bowed straddle-bug, ,'--r-faey Free. -
ALMOST everything in nature has a
Street and bitter end: sometimes not
So sweet, and sometimes not 50 bitter,
ii therefore hehoovos every Individual
who has refined taste 10 be sure and
get tac sweet end first, and never to
chew thelbitter end until forced By that
old tyrant, necessity, if at all.
The present administration, that has
sucl = kind and afectionatc regard for
rcd Russia, has two ends; bat ii is re-
lnarkable fact, they are - much alike
ta,it Ii IS almost Impossible to tell one
from the ether. Under these circuul-
stances a man may be justified in chew
ing either, for he wlii receive equal sat
isiacli0n, and never grow !at by the oP-
Grafton.
The heroic age can hardly be said
- have commenced in glory. It's first
act was TO make mongrel cabinet,
which, like the Frenchman's punch, was
one dam contradictions. 1t has not its
c DinferDart in t'ie earth, ovcrtlIc earth,
.sr under, the earth. Ii acts together
like q string Of disoordant tom-cats tied
together hy the tails and thrown over a
clothes-line. loF little innocent exer-
else and recreation; aud what with growi-
iAg and splitting, and caterwaaling, and
scratching, il has turned the peace of
Al Il
viii, terrible catastrophe, uhtii' every
BODY seems - have been scratched or
Bitten. and The whole afternoon is filed
with enc eterncl 'mete.'' a'l az"
The present e.een dynasty has, by
rs indiscrihiinate pro Tcriftion--its sys-
teai Of esPionas.s and its attachment to
Y,cp6siss.t--swspped experience Tor I'M
pudence, aud order Tor anarchy; and
4 Nv it SITS like Z msd bull in china
sA5p, believing over he Broken earth-
cns, and damnins It's oaa reflection, as
seen III a mirror too high for its reach,
the bitter end. though tolerably strong
of aloes, Is not 50 bitter as It viii be when
The present chaotic administrator gets
into war withall the powers of the earth
when i attempts to get a Bank OF the
United States, under the specions name
Of a.fisc-iitY, established; when it gets
entirels under the influence of Solicitor
Clark, Of conservative n,e5go,Y whose
s!ay Ii TIC. Treasury will, We prophcsy,
be az s',.sf as a goat 5 tail, ifnot short
e., yYlienit GETS 4 few more letter-Yri-
teS., into Office g sing is praises and
male is snecches; when il fsscs a few
N IRE StFtos. : few mbrc friends, and
lasliy sesSPends The last cummings Of the
J.tslc capital Of common sense and char
acter il po5sessed al the outstaft, Then
ilsiecd viii Il Be in the gall Of bitterness,
md even then win beth ends be alike
sssssll::t, far heaven, and hardly for Halifax.
adREt. " ay sieula it, be 50 bitter, and
VIZ should il. he ehewed TO the bitterest
end. II was composed Of old federal
jsm, svcetoncd with toryism, and topped
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I ALBASy-They didn't rob us Of Cur
baggage as we expected. 1t IS a aar-.
row gauntiet for a traveller, but We are
safe and securing away upon the rail-
road for Massachusetts,. Some twenty
long merchandize trains from Boston
Westward bound, fwhiz by Us vitl.in
two honrs. The West IS III o tarsp for
these goods before winter SETS in. Here
is Pittsfcld Mass. T!etowns a.1ngth
railroad in New. Iork,~ar lich and
handsome but slovenIy. The people
who made the towns arr not quite up TO
the mark in refinement.
PirTsFIELD is Que Of those N E. viii
lagos which travellers admire, whore
upon the green glistens the tall church
spire ,iwherc amid colonnades oftrees the
high school rears its dome, where ma,
Iture, and art, and taste, combine TO
make home pleasant
How simply these passengers dress;
howmodestly demean themselves Theeo
Yankees are surrounded by such Gym
osure Of intelligence ard taste that they
come to be very careful how they coli
duct themselves.
How these people contriye to I've in
such good houses would be mystery to
a stranger. Their farms, instead Of
spreading away before the eye il extern
siye fields, are cunning little devices Of
few acres, vallies and hooks where na
turc is cornered and coaxcd or vhcedled
into a yield in spite of herself.
AIJFU.
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Those who are tlin-skinned under
newspaper ridicule, may find some con
ISOLATION in the following extract:
The main comfort, under injurious
comments ofany Kind, is to look at item
fairly, accept them as an evil, and cal
culate the extent ofthc mischief. These
injurious comments seldom blackcn all
creation for you. Il humorous friend Of
mine, who suffered some tune ago under
4 severe article in The first newspaper in
the world, tells nc now that it was very
painful sensation for tie first day, and
that he thought all eyes were upon him.
(hc being a retired. quiet. fast.dious per-
son;) but, going into his nursery, and
finding that his children were the same
to him as usual, and then Walking out
With his dogs and observing that they
fr6licked about hiln as they were won't to
10. ne began to discover that there was
happily public very near and dear 10
him, on which even the articles Of the
first newspaper in the world could make
80 Impression The next day, my poor
friend, who, by the way, was firmly con-
vinced that he was right in the matter in
controversy. had become quite himself
again. Indeed he snapped his fingers at
the lending articles. and said he wished
people would write more Of them against
him. ~
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ofFrith abolfionisa. lAH qlearfqolas-
sesS was doomed to sbc too sour for IL;
and hquoriec- was hardy sweet
enough to make il palatablossior first
taste. @s--sSs ~ AA +
1t is remarkable fact in dentistry,
atss, a person may securca set of teeth,
against all decay by taking up live rat
tlesnake, and chewing it from the head
to the tail, from one end TO the other, at
one sitting. Perhaps, therefore, the de-
mocracy may improve their ivory by
chewing the green dynasty from one end
70 .he etlleF, Bitter or sweet, or bitter or
bitters as the case may be. There is
nothing SO good To eradicate worms as a
bitter article therefore, the bitter of
both ends of the present condition OF
things, il, wei! chewed, may effect per-
gaDehl cure in the stoinachs of the true
exponhnts Of the people. We recollect
an cid lady who was once cured by
chewing m ountain-root, which, after all.
turned out to be rat tail, dried in the
shade and dipped in pie'a. 5u i
But the END as bitter; and why should
we endeavor to account for that which
is a ixed fact. and always viii be fix
cd fact, until the genius, OF American lib
erty shall descend with course towel
and wipe out the green. age and its Bit
terneas tqgether; I
/ We read in the Testament of little
book that was sweet in the mouth and
bitter in the belly. This book is some
thing like the record Of the heroic
age We think its acts are equal to
the plague, at least, and well calculated
t. beat wormwood all hollow. a.J
Like the patricians of Venice, the
American people are now eating their
bitter bread above the GRAVES OF their
glorious dead; and while the bitter tear
courses down their pallid checks, they
wonder why't they were 50 grccu as t.
be sucked in by white horse, Il cock
ed hat, and a brown surt0ut
The long and short OF the matter is,
that the democracy have cheated them
selves, and like the medical student
Who nistooll the label, have made then
tea Of asaigtida aud tansy, aud never
discovered their mistake until the whole
drawing had been drained 10 us loves
drees.
Wen, there are weaker things ia tho
political world than the Second Wash
mgt9n; bat where they are, we canno
exactly say; and there are worse thingi
thar the present cabinet, but for the liit
Of as We caunol find them III the uppeI
regions. But vino knows what diseases
We may have escaped from by having
had our present sickness as the lam,
man said when he ke out with the
measles, and tapercd off with tho mumps
: But it IS bitter; and teeth or no teeth
it must be chewed and those who max,
) the least fuss about it Viii get through
: with it the easiest. W G have eaten saw
dust bread and pine bark 10 Norway
We nave eaten oatmeal cakes and blu,
budermilk in ireland; we have eaten tn,
= black bread OF Russia and the sogg1
root-bread Of Minnesota; but we neve
did chew upon a thing, with an end o
F without an end, that was SO ridiculousl,
! bittor--so unmitica tediy horrid-so nau
: seous and 50 everlasting, as the sweet
est end Of the rope that IS soon to strinl
up the herring-head glolies OF the
HEROIC AGE. Y
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From The Wisconsin Argus.


~ a. s. WeoD, Esq, citizen of
this village, returned last week from Wis
iting the reported marble quarry in Rich
land county. He brought back with him
several fine specimens of the marble,
thus proving beyond doubt that we
have that almost necessary article in oar
State; and thai ii is of no mean quality
every one may satisfy himself by calling
and examining Che specimens he has
kindly deposited IN this office for the
g State Cabinet Dir w. gives it as
his opinion that 1t is inexhaustible and OF
aqu4l4y equal to the Vermont marble.
We extract the, following from the
nntes which he took, in which he speaks
Of the quarry aud surrounding country:
1.-THE quarry IS III Richland county,
town number ten. north range number
three. east and is in hill orblufi, similar
IN appearance to many offers along tbs
Wisconsin river. The top OF the .quarry
is about 100 or i59 feet above he level
of the river. tits about two miles from
Bear creek, where the owners, Messrs.
Robert 81 William McCioud have fine
water Power, which they purpose impro-
wing SO as to enable them to saw their
marble into any required shape after it
IS taken from the quarry. The extent OF
tllisInass of marble, = as to depth, is, of
course not known. 1t covers anfarea OF
ground from halfto three-quarters of a
laile square, This quarry Is about ten
miles from RIchland City. 6s4la.T ~
The aileysfhrough Pine river Bear
creek rand thar tributaries run rs ex-
eeedingg beaItiilil, AID finely calculated
for agricultural purposes. being mostly
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KY. TheiOrganic Act allows the Sec


MF ThelOrganic Act allows the Sec
rotary salary Of $500, per annnm;
being $500 more than was ever allowed
to Secretary in any ether ferritory.-
This 5000 was added to the pay hereto
fore allowed to Secretaries, expressly TO.
cover all possible claims for real or pre-
tended extra services by the Secretary
When Wilkins ,n got through the allow
ance of $500, for extra services by the
Secretary, he and his master both knew
that it would not be allowed at Washing
ton, especially if the appropriation fell
short; but that it would serve as an ex-
cuse if disallowed, for himself and the
Secretary to keep that amount invested
in the land spdculations, until the appro-
priation shoula be disallowed at Wash
ington. sas 3.
NEws.-Another mail arrived OF Mon
day evening, five days from Prairie du
CHEN. Ar. .tianahan writes that the
rest of the mail due, was detainedbeyond
the Wisconsin, river, which was render
ed impassable;by the running ice. We
learn from thy Galena Gazette, that on
the 4th Dec. several ballotings for
Speaker of the House of Representa-
lives, had proved Intellectual. On the
9Th ballot the vote stood for Cobb, Dem
50, for Winthrop Wing. 81, for Wilmot
9, scattering -.
House adjourned without electing a
Speaker.
Necessary 20 choice li3.
In the Senate, Clay aud Shields were
sworn, and took their seats.
In the House, 2l9 members answered
to the call.
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60 When the Chronicle asserts that
the Pioneer was ever piedgcdte the De-
partment of the Interior, or to any body
else, to give this administration It's I'M
conditional support, it asserts what is
not true The following was exactly
the language of the Pioneer, last June !:
:'When this Administration or any
other, engages in the business of prose-
lyting territories, we will oppose it,"
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80 Reports are out against the credit
of the Wisconsin Marine and Fire In
surance Company S notes.
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lave now in store and constantly receiv-
Il Il ing from manufacturers and importers addi-
tons to the following description of goods, viz;
House furnishing articles of every variety, such
as Carpetngs, Rugs, Floor Oil Cloths, Canton and
Spanish Mattings, Curtain Materials and Fixtures,
Lace Curtains, Embroidered Muslin Curtains, Mar
settles Counterpanes, Furniture Chintz Linen Sheet
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Scotch and Russia Diapers, Cloth, Worsted, and
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IN LADIES' WEAR, FANCY GOODS, &c.
WE NAME
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Black Gros de Rhines and Satin de Chine for
sites
French Bareges, Tissures, and Grenadines
French, Scotch, and American Lawns and Cling
hams.
Plaid, Striped and Plain Swiss Musns
Lace Capes, French worked Collars and Cu6s
splendidly Embroidered and Plain Canton Grape
Shawls
Needle worked and Bordered Shear Lawn Hand
kerchefs
Silk, Cotton and Raw Silk Hosiery of every de-
scription
Kid, Silk and Lisle Thread Gloves. of every de
scription
Black Net Mits, Thread Lacos, Black silk Laces
Bobbin Edgings, &c, &c.
IN GENTLEMEN'S WEAR, WE NAME
French, English, and American Cloths Of every
color. from the most celebrated makers
French Doeskins and Cassmeres of the finest
quality
Silk, Satin, and Marseilles vestings, a great va
riety
SILK, Merino, and Cotton Under v ests aud Drawers
silk and Linen Cambria Handkerchiefs, Fancy
Cravsts
Linen Shirtnqs and Drawers Linens sc.
Together with complete assortment of goods of
every description in line, To which invite the
attention of purchasers before purchasing elsew here
as inducements will be offered.
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