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TynAMNx rs oanD1EMcH TO
S @s RAVENNA, OHIO MONDAY APRIL H. 1851

whenHoasaon sqdietly told him, TINT it was
his habit, not 10 make two bites. at one
cherry! -. NJ ..1,,a-s...., s..s ,e..7s-g.
Santa Anna ever. after entertained a
high admiration for Houston, and often re.
marked tha. lie was the most remarkable
man5of the ogeajg ga-;1a s.-ssz > g2@s.Igsiz
General Houston is yet in the full vigor
Of manhood; he is six, feel four inches in
height, Of light, complexion, a deep blue
eye, and remarkably pleasing counter.
ance: His bearing is kind, dighifet and
courteous, and the goodness of his heart is
clearly indicated by the sweetness. of his
smile, and the mi!dpess of,his eye. When
quite boy he distinguished himself, by
daring exPloits hmfong the Indians, and af.
terwards served under Andrew jackson,in
the Seminole war, and ai the battle of n ew
Orleans. For5many, years General Hous,
ton was member Of Congress from Ten,
nessee, aud was a Governor Of that State.
He was twice T resident Of the Texan Re-
public, and wasahersfrst Senator, after the
annexation of Texas TO The United States
Az vi in all all, he is lruly "the Il naost remarka-
BILE man of the age.' -. q.-.-....
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The End Of Protection in England.

b. Lord JOHN Russell, after re-assuming
the reign of ministerial power in Eng gland,
made the following slalemen, to the House
of Commons: 4 sP eegci sis "a 71lfe~E
n -; FEtgF p F.fEkitA
B .''L ord JOHN RUSSELL expressed his
firm belief that no Government could SO C.
ceed in the attempt which Lord STANLEY
expressed himself determined 10 make, to-
restore import duties, especially on. corn.
But in that attempt he admitted that great
confusion and danger would ensue 10 the
peace, the commerce, and The general vol
fare OF the country. His lordship proceed
ed 10 say that one the chief objects Of The
cabinet in returning 10 office was 10 at
tempt by every effort TO prevent lhntg mis-
chief---to prevent any reaction in Tree
trade or commercial policy. And he trust
ed TO generous unity among, and support
from, all the friends Of free trade, 40 aid
him in that end" .,A. 3
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+ GOLD IN ARKANsAs.-Fo many years
geologists have anticipated the discogefysef
gold in the primitive formations Of Arkan-
Isas, but luntiliwithlns few months, we sbe-
lieve none Of the precious metal had been
found, Last summer a practical .minercI--
ogist, made tourahrough the western and
northern portionsof the State; he found The
bitumnious and anthracite Goals in great
abundance in the e,sandstoneiregion. ,sa While
among the mountains, be found vast quar-
titles of iron, lead and copper. He found
in stu, gold melted in the quartz, and lie
returned fully convinced that sooner or later,
gold would be found in abundance. "A
gentleman from Arkansas recently brought
to New Orleans for analysis several masses
Of quartz and gold, from which were ex-
tracted $3.50 Of pure gold, Of twenty-three
carats fine The rock and ore are precise
ly similar in appea arance to the ore brought
from California. The Ozark Mountains Of
A arkansas are ofthe primitive rocks. They
abound in the metals'peculiar to that forma-
ton, and gold ought to be associated with
them. The country bears traces Of volcan-
ic action, and lies in the line between the
active volcanoes Of the South, and New
Madrid, the northern linit of the subtcrra-
mean convulsions.f' 20 Hsfa sfa4 i'!e"bas
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Anti-1avery Feeling in Kentucky.

The Maisville Eagle publishes the follow
ing resolutions, adopted at a meeting of
citizens of Lewis county, Kentucky. If
resolutions like tbesse were adopted in one
Of the Nosthan' States, the "Chivalry"
would raise grea rumpus about 1t:
Whereas, In the letter of !Ex-Governer
Metcalf to Mr. Foote, the former, in speak,
ing of the fugitive Slave bill, assumes that
Kentucky, with an unbounded unanimity,
will regard its repeal by the. general gov
eminent, as dissolution Of the Union
ResolUed, That. the opinion, Of the slave
holder, or that Of Gov. Metcalf, or of the
1000 shareholders Of Kentucky, can in no
fair sense be regarded as the opinion of the
600 600 non Shareholders of our State. ~ $
Resolved, That we shall be happy to be
furnished with the evidence by which the
ex. Governor learned the opinions Of the
non-slaveholders in advance. Of their having iI
expressed them. -, 80 ,,-,,,,, 80.
Rssolped, That, 50 far as we are inform.
ed, intelligent. and influential pon-slavaoid-
ers regardthe Fugitive Slave. BILL as uncon-
|stitutional and anti Christian. ~ ~.
Rssolrsd,i That the, admiration which
we feel for free Institutions leads US 70 be.
lieve that the North will remain firm in its
purpose Of repeating this bill in legal
ma nner, and that it WiH be as much opPo1
sed at the, South as at the North, when the
light shines Is abuaaantly here as It does
theirs. .-.,F,y;f -s.!, s,,,,,,,l....s, ,
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! 'rappings,i and Of the agencies by which
they are produced. He had been d isposed
as many Others have been and still are
10 regard the whole matter as only d hum.
bug, and expressed himself as particularly
desirous of,being brought into communiea.
tion with the spirits, in, he was not partic-
ularly what manner. 4 few evenings
since, while sitting quietly in his chair, lie
was suddenly seized by some invisible
agency1tis heels thrown up, and his het
permitted to loIlowsthe laws oG gravitation,
and was held in this position for some lien
minutes, before be was permitsed 10 return
to proper position. -
AT another time. .in The presence Of di.
yers witnesses, he was seized Upon by the
sane unaccountable agency, and caused 10
oscillate swiftly between different parts of
the room, in spite Of the most derperate
efforts on his part to remain fixed in one
position. During one of his gyrations, "a
friend caught hold of him with the intention
ot holding him still, but was sent whrling
off in a tangent, while the progress of the
subject was not in the least impeded He
said the attempt OF his friend to check him,
caused severe bodily pain. .:s "a Of lsase
1 hese statements come to as suite'direc:-
ly, and we don't know as we have any, par.
ticular reason 10 disbeieye the persons who
report the above particulars as facts
Whelher'the report is exaggerated at ali,
and d so, 10 what extent, sitisnot forus 10
say. If the facts exist as stated, they are
probably intended on the part Of the Spirits
as mention that their dignity is not to be
trifled with, and as a sort Of caution to
those who are dispos ed to speak lightly Of
their powers and eXhibitions.H ga.. tssas
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t. A Neao Crusade for the Recorcry Of
the Holy Land.-It is stated in a laie
number Of the AHgemaeins Zest,tng that
the Austrian Ultramontaine, party is pre-
pairing considerable difficulties for Prince
Schwarzenbergh, by its zeal for an object
which the Christian world has abandoned
the recovery Of Jerusalena and the Holy
Sepulchur from the hands, Of the Mahonet-
ans, The purpose Of the crusades is to be
revived but tits to be pursued by the way
Of diplomacy, not by war. tis stated that
the Catholic powers, with the connivance
of Austria, intend to obtain possession it is
not precisely defined howl of all the ssa cred
spots of the Holy Land, which will betlien
made over to the Catholic church The
Order of the Holy Sepulchur wiltbe raised
the Importance once possessed by ibe
knights Templars, The Pope is to be the
Grand Master, and one Prince Of every
Catholic. State Of Europeois to be created
Grand Prior. Prince Schw arzenberg, it is
said, is not overzealous in the cause Of the
Austrian Piet:sts, and will probably sup
press the whole plan Is soon as it becomes
politically ipconvenient.-R Riia Ledger.
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with the British: --.---
The Cahirs are a7distant race from Hot.
tentots, and far superior to, them They
have recently, by their own efforts, made
considerable progress in the arts of ciyiliz-
alton, and live in towns and villages, sur
rounded by cultivated fields. They have
often in, previous years been involved in
.hostilities with the British coaonist, caused
chiefly by lhe encroachments and injustice
of the latter. About thirty years ago they
rose in formidable numbers under bold
and enterprsing leader named Makanna,
who distinguished himself as Philip Of .Po-
kanket did in the. Indian wars Of New Eng
land .s. .-... -r,. .-.,,
1s After a severe struggle, the Cafirs! were
obliged to sublnit-and Makanna, finding
that all was lost, heroically gave himself up
to his enemies, trusting that by voluntary
surrender he might save has. people The
treatment which he received was no way
creditable to the magnanimity Of the Brit
ish, and showed that the barbarian had
greater soul than his conquerors. ~ -
Instead of3being dismissed to- bis home
be was condemned to hard Labor, on an
island in Table Bay. .ylsi,n.4faaaf
III After some time he rose upon his keepers,
overpowered .hem, and escaped in a boa' a
with a number of Caffirs his fellow prison
ers. The overloaded boat struck upon
rock and all were drowned Makanna was
last seen clipging to the rock and shouting
to his com Panlons.ls
!. The infuenc Of thia extraordinary man
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Straps FROM HISTORY 5's'. ~.
san lsusisn + and lhs Raitls Of sal
.ss JacintO. sssa:f ssf,r,r.l

The hopes Of The brave began To- grow
dim and dark, al d the STAR Of the revolution
seemed 10 be going down. in, gloom, to rise
no more. i. Three heavy columns Of the
pampeted soldiery Of Mexico. led on by
Santa ANN, supported by Urea, Cos and
e.illsuIn had crossed lhe Rio Grande,s and
she yuIiure flag Of, The South, threatening,
~ waved .onathe banks OF the Guada loupe.
The heroic Travis, 10 a fault,
Hrtd reck less .assd de9iant Us he was, brave,
-=M lie head oi' sare hundred, and thirty,
spiris lasiioHed after himself, occupied the
Aiaun, ihe fseusier. fortress of. Texas -.
m ae6apee &c he express orders Of Gen.
Houston. The commander in chfes, he &c,
,er,ninsd, there 10, await the combined
shock Of rtrs iegi ans Of the despet. Couri-
erafier cuHfier reached ahe Alamo, COM
npanding Travis 10 fall back upon the
camp Of Houston: but the undis cip.ined
spili, sbrooked SO controi, and each success.
siye courier bore bark The reply, igs4-g g.
s.IVs luW not ,etaeat. iIe ,ciN coz
qusr Of diie.! sR.4 NH
The shock came! Four days aud nights
of s.eepfess. battle, with .unabate3 fury ra.
ged aroMpd The doomed wnlls-af, ,Alamo,a
the, filth a1orifing' IS sun shene on confused
mass Of blood stained ruins and bones, and
she ,smouthring ashes ofthe intrepid dead,
No living Texnn was lef, TO tell Of his
cemrndes deeds. but the hugh piles of The
Mexican slain, and their ghastly. and gap
ing wounds, told with terrible certainly
that Travis and Bowie and Crocket, had
fought, and bled, and died, If they had uot
conquered thsrs. '.ss+e3.s @ss.s,-. -
The next scene ii the tragic drama was
the massacre Of Goiiad. The i'll fa,ed
Canning, itnbued with the same spirit OF
reckless ssif.reliance, which proved The
destruction of Travis aud his command, too
long hesitated 10 execute the order for re-
treat, issued 5y that wise and intrepid man,
whose great mind conceived, and whose
iron win achieved the revolution. Pressed
on every side by well appointed and over.
whsIming foe, without supplies, and with
but little ammunition, Tanning sought to
fisRt and retreat, contesting and staining
every inch Of ground with the life blood Of
ahs foe. Bat the power Of numbers on the
one side, and the want of ammunition on
ths other, caused Fnnning to commit the
unpardonalsls error of trusting to the
plighted honor Of a Mexican, eusn though
bstted Is q soldier. A capitulation, en-.
tered into with all the solemnities Of chiy.
alfic war was'the rssult-,hs Texan fiue
was ldrled, but not in, disgrace; for the
aeffns of capitulaIion are held sacred BY ail
buf baTbarnus nations, and the, faith of d
Maxic.vT GayieraA Dwaa nfedrad TINT the
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was extraordinary and to this day they
believe that lie will return among them hk e
Don Sebastian Of Portugal aid Prince Ar
thur.
/. The Hcttentots have not given the Brit
ish Colonists any great trouble. as enemies.
They ha We become completely ensla, c d
and althoughthey are not sold inltlie mark',
es common slaves, they arebondsrnen, fixed
10 the soillike Russia serfsr. s- 9H'la b,
Should there be'any general combinaiioa
Of the Hottentots with the Caffirs, tile NOSE
dangerous effects to, the colony may ensue.
p The Kaffirs are fierce and Narlike, and
it isasaid they can bring one hundred thca-
sand fighting men into the field tlsd 81 ..N
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- "Fas4er,'' SAID q reugish boy, "t hope
you won't buy any more g,inpow der r stea
for ,aao,herl" t"Why, nots" Because
every time she drinks j. she bloAs US op."
Go to bed, sir, immediately-. -
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TEETH SET on EDGE,-Ail acid foods,
drinks, medicines, and tooth washes and
powders, are very injurious to the teeth
If tooth is put in cider, vinegar, lemon
Juice, or ia rtaric acid, in few hours the
enamel will be completely destroy ed, SO
that ii can be removed by the finger nail
as if it were chalk. Mos7hav experien-
ced what is commonly called teeth set on
edge. The explanation Of ii is, the acid
of the fruit that has been eaten has so far
softesied the enamel of the tooth that the
least pressure is felt blythe exceedingly
small nerves which pervade the thin mem
brane which connects the snamel and the
bony part of the tooth. Such an, effect
canno, bo produced without injurng the
enamel. True, it will become hard again,
when the acid has been removed by the
fluids of the mouth, just as an egg shell that
has been softened in this way becomes hard
again by being pat ia the water. When
the effect OF sour fruit on the. teeth subsidies,
they feel as we'll as ever, bat they are not
as well. And the o(tener it is repeated.lh
sooner will the disastrous consequences be
manifested szy -. H.. ~. rL z $50,
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Cheap Pleasure,

Did you ever study the cheapness of
some pleasures? Did you know how little
it takes 10 make multitude happy2 Such
triaes as a penny, or o smile, do, the work.
There are two. or three boys passing al ong
give them each chestnut, and how
smiling they look! They will not be cross
for some lthne.l s "A poor widow lives IN a
neighborhood, who is the mother of half q
dozen, children; send them half a peck of
apples, and they will be happy. a child
has lost his arrow-the world TO him-and
he mourns sadly; help him to find it, or
make him another, andsfow quickly will
the sunshine play upon his sober face
"A boy. has as much, Us he can dosto pile tip
n load Of wood; assist him few moments,
or speak pleasant word, and he forgets his
toll and works away without minding it.
Your apprentice has broken mug, or cut
the vest too large, or slightly injured. a
piece OF work, say you scoundre, and he
feels miserable; but remark 81 am sorry"
and he will try to do better -.;,,,t -,
Pleasure is cheap-who. would not be.
SLOW it liberally5 dfthere are smiles, sun
shine, and flow wets for all of'us, let as not
grasp slhem wilhra miser's fist and lock
them up in car hearts. No! Rather. let
US take them and scatter them around US,
in the cottage window among the groups
Of children, in the crowded mart, where
mengof business congregate, in our families,
and everywhere. We can make the
wretched happy, the ydiscontented cheerful,
the afflicted resigned-at on exceedingly
cheap rate. no world refuse to do such
a thing a4o3g fa s5ls d2.8s e e,.1
You employ man-pay him cheer
fully, and speak a pleasant word to him,
and he leaves our house with a contented
hearl,s toligh; up his ewn hearth with
smiles and gladness.a Gfoaaszi Ha safve7g .oi.
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s To prescribe The times Of holding the courts Of
common pleas in the twelfth judicial eircGit. y
SEC Be it enacted By the General
Assembly of lhe Statehof Ohio That The =
court of common pleas shall hereaf;ersbe -
! held in the several counties the twelfth
Judicial circuit, Rl the tsnes Hereinafter u'
. prescribed: .isgdr1ft'E 70 IEb naGei 81
=, In the county Of, franklin, on fhe 1.-The
doy Of March, on lhe second day of June, 81
and lie tenthsdayy of Nopembsr;f inn.hsssg
county Of Campaign oniths thir.y,6rst daylna
OF March, the sixteenth day Of June, anixs
ahe fifteenth 2day of September; 10 abe
county Of Union, on ahe fourteenth day OF }
.Apr,l. she4 t,hi1ieths of June; and ihesij
twenty. ninth ? day Of September; IN the
county of Clarke on taeJaenty. .frsdaya
/. April, the fourth day Of August, and the
twentieth day Of Octobet; in the. county Of
: Logan on the ffrh day Of May, ths.twe0ty@
first day OF July. and the sixth day Of DC,
,tober; and in thecounly Of Madison. on thst
nineteenth day of May, the eighteenth day :,
|. of August. and the third day Of NeTernbesss
=, SEc. 81 That all former asts' nconsls.
tent with The provisions Of this acs, be. ana 4
.tae same are sherebys repealed. nallsa 10 ifse-
raeI io v,auJOtINi F. MORSEaa .1iu
Sneaker of the House Of Represenatiyes, ,,,,,
- = CHARLES e. CONEERS, 3sfr
@i' a, ,.a gIs,.,as Speaker 3, Fl tle ssasts 81
''a February 4, ls3l' .sa kIs .snr,
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stAnd he went out .iromhis presence, a
leper as white as snow .'-2. Kings y
27.fT ssg5yfs1z zfsssse sa; "a s!ss.i,z.
The following will giye.an idea of a leper.
MrsdCaunter, when inzfndia, gives the fol-
lowing account of leper with. whom he
met: 'One evening, as was strolling a
long the shore, saw such an exlraordina
ry object before me thasd could not take
my eyes oFof it. A5man was seen com,
ing tomard me, whose only clothing, like
that~ef-sH the lower orders of India, was a
piecetofGclott,s wrapped round The body
from the wais, downward. His skin was
perfectly while,, aad it seemed glazed as if
scared with q hot iron. His head was un.
covered, and his hair which was precisely
the same color of the skin. hung down in
long strips upon his lean and withered
shoulders. : His eyes, except the eyeball,
were of dull marky red, AMI he kept
them fixed Oh the ground, as. If it were
painful to MIN to look up, which ] found to
be the case. He walked slowly and fee,
bly,, and he was. so frightfully. thin, that he
seemed to stand before me living skele.
ton He did not at first venture 10 come
within severalyaids Of me. 1 moved to.
wards him, bu,he walked farther from me,
,beseeching gme to give the smallest triae
to miss rable man TO save him from starv.
ing t. death, as he was an object Of aniver-
sal scorn, and on outcast from his home
and friends. He told me not to come near
to polluted creature, for whom no one
felt pity -Heatold me he had, during. ma.
ny years, suffered afeadfolly from leprosy,
and though he was now cured, it had left
upon him these marks Of pollution, which
would prevent his ever being allowed to
go near his fellow creatures again. The
color Of his skin was changed to q corpse,
like hite, and none could mistake that he
had been a leper..gH 6aEss3a8o 81 i5ia 7
I aAnge.s and ministers fgraee defend
those VINO sneer atand abuse the ssspiriis,' =
as they appear TO- be Infected with passions
like to- mortals. and will not calmly listen
and be traducsd. The following warning
from the Troy Budgs5, is sufficient proc
'indulgedfin leyity of speech inzthe presence
of tspowers aunseen,p land effectually
silence the skep,ical. In this instance, we
cannot 5bu. feelsintenselys thankful dhat i,
was "a maseuhneF who bad his feet lifted
above his head in so unceremonious man.
ner; had il been some loyely female thus
lifted up wesnexeri lsheald. have forgiven
the spirits foraii:--sg y5sasa + ,sbj. 4 SO.
10 s:Perha psallofeaF readers are not aware
Of the dang gers to which they expose thena-
selves by speaking incredulouslys'or or disre-
sspectfully of the sspirlts' "a gentleman in
this citys whose name we have, but for rea-
sons that can readily beeimagined wesfor
the present withhold, has for some time
past spoken very disrespectlully of the
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The British in South Africa.

The desperate war which has just been
commenced by the Caffir, tribes upon the
British Colony in South Africa, looks quite
interesting. 1t suggests some, account of these
tribes and their past history in connection
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Gems ofThoughts... .

I Little minds rejoice over the errors. of
men Of genius as the owl yrejoices at an
eclipse. -. ! ..ss. .,..g, ,,r,el. h,
|, There is no face so pleasant to behold as
the face that loves US ...5.. ,.-.
Minds capable Of the greatest things, can
enjoy the most trivial, as the. elephants $
.tusk can knock down a lion, or pick up a
pin. 80. -, s.., s1s,s.t,.,
! Excess Of ceremony shows want Of bree-
ding; that ciyility is best, which excludes
all superauous formality. -, ''. -. ,,. -,
Sir Phillip Sidney proved, that he knew
the world when he said that's duing good
was the only certainly happy act Of a mans
life" a-.-,s -.-...s.ss -. 80 +.
/. These six-the peevish The niggaGd. the
dissa tistied,, the passionate, the suspicious,
and those who live upon others means
are forever unhappy. - ,,l,,.,s =; -
r. A taste for literature secures cheerful
occupation for the unemployed and llanguid
hours Of life; and how many, persons, in
these hours, for want Of innocent, resources
are now impelled to coarse. and brutal
pleasures. sal,
+ Or all the notifications of ma nller
which are, to be met with in society, perhaps
the most generally plea sing is simplicity,
even as that water is tie purest which has
no taste the air the freshest which has no
edor.
3. We are not to suppose that fhe, oak
wants stability because its light and Change
able leaves dance to the mnsic of the breezes;
.uor are we to conclude that a man wants
soldity and strength Of mind because he.
may exhibit an occasional playfulness. and
leyity. ,rss -- s..sa as-ss.4 ssf .-~4, 4
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io tasatEs9qgE So "a : u 1sia .775.'iJosl5l
-fY4gg s1i tssIua5tg pad ,sslt1gt VI -
~sG?sra -No57sNeo.7vooa01v
.slsslue zaiisga1i etii II noioGla!ins aTi1
ylHzsasI1asg rHa ssaGngsA s5tI u ,75t $50
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"And he went out iromhis presence a
eper as white as snow ."-2. Kings y