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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-03-16

ready Hung ils shadows there too long, Ils
spirit from profound mechanically, yaulisd ia
20 the other extreme; ho becnnie "a paHsion-
ate enthusiast and fiery mystic. protesting,
through the medium Of religious magnetism,
10 hold direct communion with the ghost 6f
the invisible world lie was licensed ~ a
Methodist preacher, aud established pious
newspaper, which his greHt wenllh enabled
hin 10 distribute gratis among tho poor Ito
columns teens mostly, however, with repor-
ted cases Of religious magneliumnnd strange
TO say, this solemn farce wns being enacted
IN lilo Wild woods of Texas nj llro identical
time when Davis, 'lhe Poughkeopsie Heer, "
was amusing Glio ciiy OF New York with lis
superb hoax
Baker and Davis heeni TO have made The
tour Of tbs spiril.land during the sane mouth
aud iaker says the met not ~ friends, lat ~
irFaeoncilablG-fOep, Davis being under tho Ia.
huanee of diabolleai vision, while he had -
full How oflho eiher angeiiedii Such was the
answer given IN his paper TO Dnyiss uniper-
ooiidn book
bul last summer saw tho end Of this ex-
Fhofdihhfy mnn,ao great alike in his strength
ana weakness. lie fell beneath the stroke
OF cholera, that conquoter OF the world.
Poor Baker lie has solved at length the
'raneendenln problems he hns read The enig.
ma of the blnck nighrrhadow Of nature nnd
of his 0wni and he knows, ns We all after
death shall know, everything or nothing
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-03-16
A VIVID PICTURE.

a writer in the Illustrated News gives the
following graphic aud gloomy sketch Of the
appearance Of the South Districts Of London,
during The recent visitation Of that terrible
ERrIh.Plague, The Asiatio Cholorai
There was nought but mourning weeds,
Aud sorrow add dismHyg
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-03-16

TERMS OFTHE CALEDONIAN.-SIbC
psd within the Year. $500 IL delayed be-
.-Hd that time, No paper discontinued ull
4, iuamgrs are paid except az the option Of
rs publisher,
Advertisements inserted at the usual prices
Transient advertisements % be paid in advance
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-03-16

WANTING New CcNvIcr IASp.-Thc
English Government is in want of new
convict land. Australia, so long n depot for
Uutrusts Inns t,eccft,e riret'g Btta aFlstarFat
&c, that rbo refuses To receive more conNiti~.
The rame feeling exists nj the Cape of Good
Hope, 80 that Britain must hunt up some
other corner efthe Globe, Cor new penal
colony. Australia no, only refuses to receive
convirts, hut with her nearly three millions
inhabitants, begins to talk about Indopon-
deuce from the mother rouliry. We may
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-03-16

PooR PAT.--The soldiers that fought un-
der the Duke Of Marlborough, had hut-iour
pence day. Tho Duke, riding over the
field, niter one If iris victories, observed
soldier leaning over the top Of his musRct
pensive and silent. Having eyed him for
some lime, the Duke 0I length went up to
hia, and nsked him what he wns thinking IL
hout ~ was just thinking. may it please your
Grace" replied the man, "that all the hlood
ihave shed, this day only brings me four
pence"
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-03-16

yni soc Iho transported yaRnbonds Of Eng
land rise into competing aud rival empire,
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-03-16

And then ns if relieved of "thnt poriIous
stuff" which had so long weighed upon his
heart he left the hall with n smile of serene
and brilliant tranquility. This occurred the
gth of March, 1888, and on the 10Th he adj
dressed letter TO tbs president of the Bank
of Alabamn, offering to liqudate every claim
against him. The bank sent on nh agent in
the person of Joel White, to whom Baker
pnid twcnty-ono thousand dollars principal,
eight thousand Tor interest, ind twelve 'itttf'
dred as damages, making in ull tnofe than
thirty thousand dollars; yet lehging him ney-
ertheless, the richest man in Texas.
On the return OF MIR White, the bank pass
ell highly complimentary resolutions in favor
of Gen Baker, and then his family joined
him in tznew hoH,e, now fixed at the city
Of Houston, and the old gloom ofthe thunder
cloud forever left his brow, Alas it had al
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-03-16

lie had thoroughly mustered not only Span
s0' but The Spanish laws, and he seemed 10
,a'e both Blackstone and Justininn 10y heart.
besides lac had composed for his own use n
thorough digest OF all the DEGREES, orlinnn-
N'', and. contradictory statutes, not only of
He supreme Mexican federation, hut also of
we subordinate states Of Coahuila aud Tex
a. The committee reported an eulogy, and
Noseley Baker received his first license. y
The next day Rusk invited the new pIrof-
IVY 10 make volunteer speech in one Of his
yNn y cases, II was an immense land suit for
we Possession of fly leogues;and then might
w ~ seen the first golden fruits of Bakers Sc
,usonia the hut of the poor but not Hitter
W "e Mexican. lie read the astonishsd alcnlde
=" array of authorities that nigh, have puz-
~ A. The highest forum in the city of the
2.nl'znuas ennncialihE tho most beautiful
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-05-28
.UI,e' Olio.

Mas. KssBLE-The following lines were writ
ten oy the late Judge Story at the time when they
bear date. We have copied them from the origi-
nal handwriting Of this eminent jurist and mag-
strate:
LINES wRIrrKx ON SEEING THE ACTING OF MISS FANNY
ss-. KEABLE.
Genius and taste and feeling, all combine
To make each province of the drama thine.
The first to Fancy's bright creation gives
The very form and soul. It breathes, it lives.
The next with grace inimitabe plays
In every gesture, action, tone, and gaze;
The last to nature lends its subtlest art,
And warns and wins, and thrills and melts the
heart.
Go, lovely woman, go-enjoy thy fame,
A second Kembe with deathless name.
January, 1883. }. 3.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-05-28
1ooeticaI department.
LIFE.
By c. c. cotroN.

BY C. c. cotToN.
How long shall mans imprsond spirit groah .
rx;xt doub, of heaven and deep disgust OF
earths
Where an worth knowing never can oe kho"h
And Al, that can be known, alas! is nothing
worth.
unt.ught by saint, BY cynic, or by sage
And all the spos Of time that load their shelVes'
We do not quit, but change our Joys in age
lows framed to stiAe thought, and lead us rom
ourselves.
The drug, the cord, the steel, the Hood me nahe'
Turmoil of action, tedium of rest =.
And lust of change though tor the worst Pfo''@,'"
How dull life's banquet Is: how Ill al ease 'he
guest
Known we're the bill Of fare before we taste'
Who would not spurn the banquet ana inc
board
Prefer tn eternal, but oblivious fast,
To ,;ses frail fretted thread, and deaths sus'
pended sword!
He that the topmost stone of Babel Plannd'
And he that braved the crater's boiling oeo-
D;a ,b.ae clearer, closer view command
OF heaven or he'll, We ask, than the bind nefa
they led
Or he that in Valdarno did prolong
The night her rich star-studded page to read
Could he point out, midst all that brilliant throns'
His 6xed and final home, from feshy thraldom
freed!
Minds that have scann'd creations vast domain
And secrets solved, till then to sages seafd'
Whilst nature own'd their intellectual re'gn'
Extinct, have nothing known or nothing have
revealed.
Devouring grave! we might the less deplore'
Tn, extinguish'd lights that in thy darkness
dwell,
Wouldst thou, from that last zodiac, one restore
That might tn enigma solve, and doubt mans
tyrant quelI.
To live in darkness-in despair to die
h this indeed the boon to mortals given!
Il there no port-nc rock of refuge nigh!
There is-to those who fix their anchor hope III
heaven.
Turn then, o man! and cast all elte aside;
Direct thy wandering thoughts to things above
LOU Il the cross bow down-in that confide,
ffll doubt be lost in faith, and bliss secured IN
love.
%. - e
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-05-28
RECIPE FOR MAKING SALAD.

bT THE kEv. SYDNEY sHITH
Two large potatoes passed through kitchen siev
Smoothness and softness to the salad give;
OF rnordant mustard add single spoon;
Distrust the condiment that bites too soon;
But deem it not, thou man Of herbs, fault
To add double quantity of salt;
Four times the spoon with oil Of Lucca crown,
And twice with vinegar procured from town;
True favor needs it. and your poet begs
The pounded yellow of two well-boiled eggs.
Let onions atoms lurk within the bowl,
And scarce suspected animate the whole;
And lastly, in the favored compound toss
A magic spoonful ofanchovy ss~os.
O, great and glorious! Oh herbaceous treat!
'TEould tempt the dying anchorite to eat.
Back to the world, he'd turn his weary soul,
And plunge his fingers in the salad bowl.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-05-28

II is said that all the coffee grown in the West
Indies is the product Of two plants taken thither
by Frenchman in the year 1895. During the
voyage, the crew and passengers were put on
short allowance Of water, but the French gentle
man uas 60 bent upon preserving bis plants that
n. shsred his scanty cup of drink with them. How
many millions of pounds Of coffee have come from
these two plants!
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-05-28
A GEM.

Theres not hearth, however rude,
But hath some little flower
IT, brighten up its solitude,
And scent the evening hour.
There's not heart however cast
By grief and sorrow down,
But hath some mem'ry of the past,
To love and call its own.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-05-28

WHAT A DANDY Is.
A dandy is chap that would
Be a young lady ifhe could
But as he can't, does all he can
To show the world he's not a man.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-05-28

He that arms bis intent with virtue is irwin.
cible.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-05-20
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC AND INsTRUC-
TIONS TO POSTMASTERS.

TTNHE second steamship of Collinss Line, (the
i "Pacific,') having been inspected and accept
ed by the Secretary Of the Navy into the service of
the Government for the transportation of the United
States mails between New York and Liverpool, no.
tice is hereby given that the United States steam
packet "Pacifc" will be despatched from the port
of New York on Saturday, the 18th of May instant.
Mails may be sent to New York for Great Brit
ain, the continent of Europe, and other foreign
countries beyond the United Kingdom, to be con-
veyed by said packet under the postal treaty en-
tered into between the two countries.
Pcstmasters reminded that letters and papers
to Great Britain, and to countries beyond it, can be
sent by this line of steamers in the same manner
as by the Cunard line, with this difference, thai
besides the five cents single rate which must be
prepaid ON letters for countries beyond Great Brit
ain on account Of the American inland postage
there must also be prepaid the postage of six
teen cents the single rate. The postage 10 be col
lected Of the person addressed in the foreign
try will be sixteen cents less in consequence Of the
prepayment of that amount here. These letters are
therefore subject TO twenty cents postage, the
single rate.
Newspapers 10 countries beyond Great Britain,
four cents Great Britain, two cents-to be pre-
paid. j. C0LLAMER,
Postmaster General.
Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
May IL, 1850. May 1875
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-05-20

FaoM ST. JOHN, N. B.--The Boston Journal Of
Wednesday says: We have received from our at
tentive correspondent in St. John, copy of the
Morning NetDs, Of the 18th instant. 1t is chiefly
occupied with local matters. In noticing an arti-
Gle recently published in the Journal on the subject
of reciprocal trade with Canada, in whichit was
gued that Congress ought to secure the navigation
of the st. John well the ST. Lawrence, and
also the right Of the Nova Scotia and Colonial fish
cries, the editor of the Neios says:
"lf the American Government had proper infor-
nation respecting our rivers and fisheries, we are
satisfied that they would not hesitate for moment
to enter into treaty, in order to secure these ad
vantages for their countrymen. At present they
are of no earthly to US whatever, because we
are too poor in purse to make use of them--where-
as, if American capital and enterprise could be in
troduced, our neighbors would find inexhaustible
mines of wealth, superior to those of any of the adj
joining States. We believe we express the opinions
generally, if not universally Of the inhabitants OF
New Brunswick, when state that the concession
of the free navigation of the ST. John, and the free
right to fisheries, would be willingly granted
in the event of our neighbors entering into COM
mercial treaty with this province, upon the same
terms with Canada
II ia stated in the Neics that the people of Garlic
ton county raised last year 10000 bushels OF wheat
more than they had consumption for.
The st. Andrews and Quebec raildroad was com
menced at st. Andrews on Thursday, May 9.
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Telegraphic.

New YorK, May 1876 p. m.
The stock market has been quiet, but steady.
49, offered; Canton Company 4s. Exchange on
London 81 81 premium The money market Is
Flour is firm. Sales Of 5000 bbls common State
Southern at So so So 81; pure Genesee SO Is a
So 81. Corn meal 81 81, and rye flour So. The
sales Of wheat have been small. Genesee, prime
quality Of white, is held at lao cts red ITO ia
bushels at 81 81 cts. for mixed and yellow, as TO
quality Oats 40 a A cts; rye 90 cts.
Provisions are steady, but not 30 active. Sales
Of ! 400 bbs. pork at $40 so 10 " for mess,
900 bbls at 81 a 81 cts. per Id. Nothing new in
beef or bacon.
Groceries are steady Sugars are better, and
prices have advanced an average of , cent per ID.
Molasses unchanged. Coffee quiet.
Rice is firm. The sales of the week amount to
900 terces, closing at prices ranging from 81 to
81 cents per h.
The cotton market continues firm, but not so ac-
tive. The sales to-day amount to 1000 bales, at
l2s for mddling UPands, and l2a IL for Or
leans. The weeks sales amount to Is 900 bales.
Tobacco is in fair request, and the prices steady
Whisky is selling at 22s 23l cts. per gallon.
Naval stores in good request. Spirits turpentine
SO 49, cents per gallon, and crude 2 10 per DBL
asked
PHILADELPHIA, May 1876 p. m.
The stock market is quiet, and prices without
change.
Flour is firm.-sales at IS l2k SIS 10. Corn
meal and rye flour. So 81 So SO. Red wheat liz
cents, and white lis cents Yellow corn, 90 81
cents.
Cotton frm-sales small at previous prices No
thing new in other articles.
New ORLEANS, May l6.
The Steamer Ohio sailed yesterday for New York
via Havana. She takes about three hundred pas
sengers for Chagres, and sixty for New York.
The cotton market is quiet-saes yesterday oil
only 200 bales and prices trifle easier.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-05-20
The Mercury of Friday brings us the followin


Destructive FiRE AT CHARLEsToN.--Aboutha half
past one O'Clock this morning, cotton shed, sit
uated on the south side of Adger's South wharf,
time the buildings on both sides of the wharf were
in flames. Notwithstanding the most strenuous
exertions of the firemen, the fire communicated on
thesouth side to the handsome ofoces on Van
the occupants of these offices were Messrs. j. Rob-
ertson, Matthews and Roper, Middleton & Co.,
Menlove and Lesesne, and T. b. Simons and Son.
On Adger's South wharf, Messrs. Hackenwrath,
Wragg & Co., Thierman Pringle, o. Chisolm,
Motel & Hutchet, Frederick Winthrop, Joseph Bat
tersby, A. b. DeSaussure and A. Hopkins. The
large store of Messrs. Johnson, Crews Brawley,
on East Bay, was also destroyed, with portion OF
its contents but fortunately large portion of their
most valuable stock was removed some days since.
The amount Of cotton destroyed is about six thou
sand bales, and the total loss, including buildings,
may be estimated at from four hundred TO five hum
dred thousand dollars, large portion of which is
insured
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-05-20
Poor Ireland.

The foreign journals, by the last steamer, give a
melancholy picture Of the condition of affairs in
Ireland. Thousands Of the natives Of that unfor-
tunate country, unable 10 obtain the means Of COM
Portable subsistence home, preparing TO leave
for the United States.
The Limerick Examiner states, that out OF three
hundred creatures who were seen and spoken To
by the proprietor Of that journal, during recent
visit TO the Klrush Workhouse, fifty six have since
died OF starvation. On the morning OF the 9th OF
April, poor man died Of restitution the road
side near Knockevcn. II il further stated that at
the last accounts from the Kilrush Union, six hun
dred patients were under medical treatment from
diseases arising principally from the want of suf-
cient food. An inquest was held on the morning
Of the 9Th ut at Ballinalacken, the body Of Mi
chael Fitzgerald, and the verdict Of the jury was
death for the want Of food" The same day an
inquest was held on the body Of young lad named
James Grady, and the verdict was--"Death from
disease of the lungs, accelerated by restitution. "
The papers abound with similar accounts. The
details Of some Of the are truly touching and
heartrending
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-05-20

laos HoUsEs.-A young man in New York has
invented n new mode Of constructing iron houses,
Of which the Tribune of late date gives the follow
ing description:
cit embraces a rigid frame of cast-iron pillars,
with other parts OF sheet iron. Pillars Of peculiar
construction are placed at equal distances, and
each interocks with the girders and stills,
well lintels, door and window frames, and all the
parts which require TO be firm, or 10 brace other
parts. The panels are Of sheet iron, also the
hoors ceilings, and shutters for the doors and win
dows. To every part Of the house there is an inte-
rior and exterior wall, leaving air chamber be-
tween; this renders each room proof. The
roof is alec Of iron, and couples TO the walls and
floors The frame may be ornamcnted i'm the cast
ing taste shall dictate, and the whole painted 10
perfection, equal to the finest fresco work. The
house will resist any kind of atmosphere in the
most perfect manner, and when put together is so
strong that IL may be turned over and back again
without injury. These buildings will be more de
sirablc than any other, and may be taken apart in
few hours, and put together again another site,
with entire facility. Having been taken apart, one
may be packed IN small space, as the whole is in
small sectional pieces 10 be fitted for rebuild
ing and for changing the form, or extending in
either direction or in the height within few hours,
without preventing its while being altered
or added TO- and without loss of any Of the material
of the original building"
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-05-20
orr1cr or COMMISSIONER or Public BUILpIscs,
oOtb IS60


- EPARATE sealed proposals will be received at
- this Office until the 9th instant, inclusive, for
the following described labor and materials; that IL
TO say, for excavating and removing the surplus
earth from the street around the Capitol enclosure
The depth Of cutting TO be determined by an EN-.
gineer, and will probably be from IL to IL inches
II will be removed TO the adjacent low grounds,
either north, south, or west Of the Capitol will
be required that the work shall be commenced at
an early period after the terms accepted, and
continued with such force may be deemed ne
cessary for the progress of paving, &c.
Also, for delivering and spreading the bed OF the
pavement, and for after covering. The quality Of
the gravel and the manner Of spreading and grad
ing II, must be under the direction and approval of
a superintendent appointed for that service.
And Also for the delivery of round paving stone,
sufficient to pave about $4,000 superficial yards
specimen Of the kind and quality Of which may be
seen in this office, which il similar to those used in
paving Pennsylvania avenue Bids viii be con
sdered for all or any portion thereof
The bids will state the price per cubic yard for
the excavation and for the grayeling, TO be mea-
sured and computed by the engineer or suPerin-
tendent. IGNATIUS MUDD.
May 2o-dtd Intel. and Union.l
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-05-20

One of the editors of the New Orleans Crescent,
on visit TO Conoordia parish, writes as follows:
sVIDALIA, May 8, 1850.
can eye witness alone can realize the extent Of
the destruction caused by the present flood. More
than two thirds of the four parishes composing the
old Concordia district, viz, Concordia, Tensas,
Madison, and Carroll, under water. The only
portions Of dry land along the bank Of the Mis-
sissipp, where the leyees still stand, but all the
back country is inundated. Within few years a
dense population has settled on the high lands bor-
dering on the numerous bayous on the interior.
These have all been driven out. In this parish
alone il is estimated that at least 80 head of cat
tie have been drowned, and in like proportion in
the other parishes In Point Coupee the destruction
is equally great.
'rhe water is falling here very slightly, but, in
consequence Of the crevasse at St. Josephs 1t Is RI
sing in the swamp II isnow settled that the water
will not fall in time to plant cotton. The plant is
very small and backward for the season. The de-
fcency in the four parishes will be at least $50, 900
bales The country from the mouth of Red river
to the Arkansas line 100 miles in length and 80 in
breadth, is the heart of the cotton region it will
not produce one fourth Of crop, even under the
most favorable circumstances, because not q fourth
of the land can be cultivated.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-05-20
NEW BOOKS.

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Eldorado. or Adventures in the Path Of Empire
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Historical View Of the Languages and Literature
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