The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-01-24

treatise is ably written, and worthy of the public attention
Statistics of he Chora tch the sanitary adopted
by The Board Of Health Philadelphia, during the prsua.
hmcs of The cholera IN lsa9
This is another interesting pamphlet Astounding with
curious and valuable Statistics showing the progress OF
the cholera in Philadelphia in ls49 II is worthy Of the
attention Of the general reader as well as the man OF
science. ~
,t1s~ gs. " .sis For the Union
Queer Things in Queer Way
"Dont cry my little fellow; you shall have Justice done
'Gaul darn IL that il what Pm afraid Of Matthews
"Heads, pwin--tails, you lose "-Mr. Green.
please, manu- 20 out 70 get some ice 70 put into
Mrs Tfimmer's Famiiiar PHILOSOPHY.
History is philosophy teaching by example; astronomy
is heavenly mensuraton by moonlight zoology is the
history of animals and animalcnl@ nineralogy is the
science OF stone and stone hammers ornithoogy enables
the Jew to fell acat-ow from raven; and ch-thlgh-
oogy prevalent at Hagerstown and therefore shall
say about it. but leave it to birthstone and Dr.
Reys vapor bath. This is the age of science and lee
shut up stone house, published to the world gra
tuousy, heavy quartos at fifty dollars less per vol
ume. and no questions asked Last evening Mrs Part,
space and monstrous fine lecture il was, too. Mrs
p was delighted to find that forynin years couldn't
by any possibility be made fifty. years until twelve
that, If you travelled round the world in one way,
you would arrive at the island of Anttpodes day
aier and If You travelled round the other way, you
would arrive at the place the day before you started
This, she says contrary reason and anything that
contrary 10 reason goes against her grain no matter
whether if came from Lord Bacon or Lord Veiium, Dr.
that "sometchdt" different from "somstrhsre; and
that somephen" was the mean time at any given place.
The old lady in her ZEAL illustrated the facts 10 Rew and
beautiful manner She hung an inflated bladder out OF
the bed room window tied cord at the end OF pole
The inside OF the bladder someuhat" the outside
was "someUhee and the hour of hanging the aforesaid
10 Atfxxr Gf.n~n ~..l~..
As for straight lines without ends. she rather du
bous. 8
Nothing, she knew, was measureess. and by cut
would leave il nothing sill; but she declared that adj
ding something to something made il heavier, and by
taking something from sonething made II lighter for
der Grimes and the whole convertible exhorted to the
contrary. She knew what she knew, and what her
Aunt Phoebe knew, too and the old lady went 10 bed
Exact sciences, when we don't know eraetiy any
thing about them, are beautiful subjects for ever
lasting debate; and until some philosopher accident,
sees her at work large scale, not human being can
tell how she mixes her liquids bakes her dough- The
age we live n an age Of theory, and the whole world
There are scientific bulls judicial bulls, Legislative bulls
executive bulls. and corporation bulls. ..asg
Now scientific bulls require no further illustration
from our pen Judicial bulls, though frequent may be
passed over with example L is gravey asserted
that before the grand jury OF Suffolk witnesses under
OATH declared that they sao Dr. Parkman after s disaP
Legislative bulls are somewhat rare; but they, new
ertheess are pretty good when they made We rec.
ollect OF one, where the accounting officers OF the treas
ury were ordered to settle with claimant upon prtnc
pies Jsfice and equity. provided no Than serenity
dollars should be allowed in any event !. =. 49,. .
Executive bulls. such as cal The srord and The rest
mankind and forsign naions and other quarters Of ne
ord common as 10 excite but little surprise while
corporation bulisreal animals, with horns-bred by the
city OF Washington, one for each ward at 800 per an
num- are 10 be found al the OF the principal streets
Of the city, the last stages Of serious indsposton
The tendency OF the age to stie popular sentiment
while the aim Of demagogues TO make Il stuliiy itself
cansds party who hung Lord Esn 70 ar; s,e
far and while II will do Bofd Elgn good, II will be
very inconvenient to the other parties. We think, to
make everything right they should be hung in orgy
As the great question Of the day is slavery dused or
slavery confined TO its present limits perhaps justice to
opinion upon this grave question First. then, we be.
eve, by the constitution, slavery is the organic law OF
the land, where i is not expunged by the people Of
os ~ , reeesenson And ,sxsoaat depreca
ted rate, 10 be euren all States that may be included
in this Union This being SO, Congress cannot place
Territory in such condition that the constitution cannot
act within it when II becomes Slate; for II slavery can
be and is prohibited by Congress- in Territory then
there can be three-fth representation or taxation
there without local law made after the Territory be-
comes State, and after the land is settled and the hd
Of the people s set forever We believe that Congress-
can never make white line or black line in any State
or Territory OF the United States; that Congress s not
and cannot be responsible for slavery in any State or IN
any Territory and that legislation BY Congress upon the
subject s usupaton Of power calcdsted TO do no good
but, on the contrary, to create and perpetuate evil
we believe further, that territorial governments are
bastard governments, not begotten by the constitution
but the offspring Of political "iigM Of ioues," which
must De recognised now, but which should be repudiaed
py cnaste and vrtuous statesmen in all time TO come.
these views strip the whole black question Of all its
terror and q all the absurdities that surround IL II
puts with The people OF the States who control il at
home and who can control in another State. ii
oner stale permits It TO exist there and while II gives
TO the people OF Vermont the right 10 say that they win
rot ccr that species Of property gives TO the people OF
Virginia the right to say that they wu that spsces of
property and leaves Congress more to do with the
matter n either State than they have with the laws Of
divorce in those States. N RI
Every man who goes into wild territory takes his
own risk as TO who his neighbors shall be- He may
squat next to good man OF q bad man, priest or an
nfidel, a runaway slave or vagabond unwhipt
Of Justice. When. however, people I'll up the
woods, and root out the snakes, and make paths
through swamps and indulge IN the Injuries OF
meeting honsea school houses, town house,, and aie