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The republic., 1851-04-17
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TussDAY, April Is, 1851 j..

The Board met pursuant 70 adjournment; all
the members present. M
The Board then proceeded = ascertain and
determine the amounts to b awarded to the
several claimants respectively, whose claims
have been heretofore allowed
Ordered. That interest At the rate Of five per
cent. per annum Be computed on all claims which
have been allowed for property lost. or contracts
untitled, unless different rate ofinteres. stp
ulated in such contracts from the origin of the
claim to the 10th of April, 1851. when the COM
mission will expire; and thereupon the Board
The republic., 1851-04-17

slaves to take the money and the lives Of their
masters, or to murder the officers of the law
who attempted to arrest their fight-no dsre-
spect for the Bible-no contempt for the laws
no thought Of crusade against the clergy-no
proposal to trample the Constitution under foot.
The orgies Of these bad citizens have excited
too much unmingled contempt and ridicule;
and too little solemn, practical, and weH directed
detestation. This sentiment of adherence has
not, as it should have done, seriously affected
our social relations. can sit down in peace
and confer with lawful and constitutional
abolitionist upon the topic nearest his heart
the curse Of slavery. But how can do 9th
erwise than loathe the very presence Of a scoun-
drel whose breath is treason Can cultivate,
or even endure, the society Of a man who urges
the people Of these United States to trample
upon the Constitution of my country, and
who offers and advocates revolutions, urging
the dissolution of the Union 2! No; for,
whether Of domestic or foreign birth, he is AN
INCErDARY AND. VILLAIN. II, bv dint of
incessant and accursed agitation, lines should
finally be drawn, and civil war, which comes
now and then, like thief in the night, should
desolate our borders; miscreant like this should
be the very first to be sacrificed upon the altars
of national concord. To more than one of this
Internal category the finger of the mind is
pointing, as write these lines, who con-
sociate and take counsel for the ruin Of their
country; to each and to every one Of whom the
language Of Cicero to Catalne may be forcibly
applied: "FMt ists quondam in hac rspublica
rirtus, ut piri fortes acrioribm supphciis cipenl
perniciosum, guam acerbissimsma hostem coerce-
rent" Let him who thinks this language toe
str0ng-too harsh-for the occasion, 90 slowly
and step by step with me to the close Of the
present inquiry.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-21

SOUTHERN PRoGREss.-We are almost
daily informed of some new enterprise,
for further development of the powers
Of the South. The right spirit seems 10
be at work now, and if it is kept awake
and not allowed to lull in its Onward ca
reer, more effectual war will be waged
against our Northern aggressors than
could be by the adoption of any other
means. The errors of the North III op-
pressing willing supporter, will De seen
too late for her to retrieve her fallen Tor
tunes Let the South but purs.e ner
onward course, aud in place of the POM
pous boasts of Northern mlllionaires'
which are now heard, we shall hear their
pireous moans for departed glory. When
the South becomes checkered by railroads,
ard dotted with hourishing manutactur-
ing villages, and when the tiler OF the
soil draws from the bosom OF the earth
its inexhaustibIe wealth, by varied and
systematic process of agriculture, her
sons may then feel, with all honest PRIDE,
that they have lived to some purpose
That they have set an example Tor COM
ing generations, that will insure them
wealth, happiness and Independence.
SeImu Enterprise
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-21

| you in times past find you now; and as
| | am sure [ shall continue to find you;
and let me say to you, let me entreat you
this. day TO deliver to your children what
I say, that as Boston found me thirty
years ago she finds me to-day, without a
variation or a shadow of change and 1
shall go to the grave full of the deep
gratitude which l cherish for her, and her
support of me and my political course
thus far through life. Applause
Gentlemen, | bid you an affectionate
adieu. BY the blessing of God, l shall
see, you again, under circumstances, it
may be, that will enable me to express
somewhat at large my opinions upon the
present state of things in this country
Tremendous cheering, and cries Of good,
good. All this. gentlemen, is in the
hands Of that Providence which is over
us. TO Him commend myself. | COM
mend you, and l commend all the great
interests of our own dearly beloved coun.
try. Gentlemen, farewell.
Tremendous cheers were then given
for Mr.. Webster, the Constitution and
the Union.
At the conclusion of Mr. Webster's re-
marks, from the windows above and
around him, bouquets in great profusiou
fell upon him from the hands of the fair
forms that occupied them This mark of
approval on the part of his fair hearers,
drew from Mr.. Webster the remark which
is more true than poetic: "The ladies'
God bless them-they are all for the
Unon'
Mr.. Webster then retired to his room,
accompanied by the committee, and the
mass outside slowly dispersed.
In addition, the Boston Transcript says:
Mr.. w. seemed in excellent health.
His voice was never frmer and clearer
A deputation Of hundred came up in
a body from Salem to hear Mr.. Webster;
and from the adjacent towns quite a
number of citizens were present.
The crowd was SO large at one time,
that persons could not ge. within an
eight! of mile Of the house, all the
avenues beng blocked up with people.
Mr.. Webster being in State street,
shortly after his speech, was greeted on
all hands by our feIlow-citzens. Hun
dreds of all parties. who have stood aloof
from him hitherto, and who had never
made his personal acquaintance, came up
without any formal Introduction, and
greeted him, thanking him for the wise
and patriotic course which he had adopted
in the councils of the nation. II seems
as if the people unanimously stepped for
ward TO assure him of their renewed con-
fitence in him and his constitutional ard
political exhortations. MIR. W. mingled
with his fello citizens as in old times; and
he must have been abundantly compen-
sated for all GOODNESS towards him from
other quarters by the affectionate warmth
and cordially of their greeting. The
general conclusion was, that Mr.. Webster
has some friends left YET; and they are
not all in State street.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-21

The FAMILY NEwsPAPER-A large
portion of our best impressions and SEN
timents have been suggested, reiterated,
and fastened on the mind by the family
press. The pulpit does much; parental
instructions in many cases does much;
but the press is, i'll the present day, neces-
sary to both. Let any reader of
well-corducted family paper open Its
pages, and consider thoughtfully its'con-
tents. There are in single number
sometimes from $50 to 200 separate and
distinct articles, each one conveying an
idea, fact, or sentiment, and stated
or illustrated so as TO produce an effect,
in enlarging the readers store of knowi-
edge, or giving right direction 10
thought, feeling, or action. Must not all
this have its influence, and in the aggre-
gate mighty influence upon the reader!
No rejecting man can fail to see that the
htty-tWO visits III year OF carefully
conducted paper. intelligent. correct, ele-
waited in its moral tone, and withal inter
esting in its contents, must exert great
and blessed influence upon domestic llte.
Children growing up under such influence
are far more likely to be intelligent, cor
rect in their opinions and morals, and
better prepared for the active duties of
life, than they possibly have been with
out it. t.'-Brlt1Sh Banner.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-21

HANGiNu.-A Scotch parson, in his
prayer, said-"Lord. bless the great
Council, the Parliament. and grant they
all hang together"
A country fellow standing by, replied
yes, with all my heart; and the soon.
er the better. I'm sure it is the prayer
of al! good people"
But friends" said the parson, II don't
mean as that fellow does. but pray they
may all hang together in accord and con-
cord"
mo matter what cord,' replied the
other, $50 It's but q strong cord.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-21

a GREAT OUTRAGE.-A letter is pub
lished in the Register, at Lawrenceburg,
Ia, written by John Tibbetts, Of that
State, who at the date Of writing, 18th
January last, was confined in the Hospi-
tai at Sacramento City. Cal. giving a
most melancholy account of the suffer
ings he has endured in consequence of
terrible outrage perpetrated upon his per-
son in the mining region. He wrote to
his "wife and children" that after he
had been in the mines few days he
hired and went into the mountains, at 81
per day. After working with the party
eighteen days, as cook Of the camp. his
employer had a sack with $500 worth of
gold dust stolen, and the crime was laid
upon Tibbetts. After torturing him a
while to force confession, he says they
shot him with pistol, the ball entering
the back, above the left kidney, lodging
against the spinal marrow, which has
paralyzed all his lower extremities. He
says he is dead from the waist to his toes
and does not again expect 10 be able to
walk. In this condition, husband and
father, penniless, five thousand miles
from family depending upon him for a
livelihood. helpless cripple for lite, and
that liIe probably very brief one. writes
his griefs from "the la,ad Of gold," and
protests before his God that he IS inEo-
cent of the crime for which he was un-
rghteously punished. Those who know
him in Indiana say he is man of probi-
ty in all respects. 1t is hard case, in
deed, aud seems 10 exhibit one of the
shades in the golden picture that lures
SO many from homes of comfort, frugality
and love.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-21

"My son." said MIR. Smith to his little
boy WHO was devouring an egs-it was
Mr. Smiths desire to instruct his boy
MY son, do you know that chickens
come out Of eggsl" "Ah. do they faith
err" said young Hopeful, II thought that
eggs came out of chickens
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-21


A Tower OF SKULLs.--Lamartine, i'll
his Pilgrimage to the Holy Land writes
as follows:
When | was about league from Nisa,
the last Turkish town almost on the
frontier of Servla, l saw a large tower
rising up in the midst of the plain as
white as Parian marble. | took the
path which led to it, | desired Turk
ish lad who accompanied me to hold my
horse. And sat down under the shade
of the tower 70 enjoy few moments re-
pose. No sooner was | seated than rals-
ing my eyes to the monument. discover
ed that the walls. which supposed to
be built of marble or of regular rows OF
white stone, were composed of regular
rows of human skulls, bleached by rain
and sun, and cemented by little sand
and lime, formed entirely The trlumphal
arch which now sheltered me from the
burning sun; there might be from hi'een
to twenty thousand.
In some places portions of hair were
still hanging, aud waved like llnchen or
moss, with every breath of wind. Ihe
mountain breeze was blowing fresh, pen
Grating the numerous cavities OF the
skull. and sounding like mourntul
aud paintive sigh. These were the
skulls of fifteen thousand servians who
had been put to death by the Pacha IN
the last insutrec.ion of Servia. Servla,
however, is now free, aud this monu-
ment will teach their children the value
of indie pendence, by showing them the
price at which their forefathers purchas'
ed it,
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-21

I'm short, you love her."
Eyes. sir
"And you would like to marry her?'
Very willingly"
"Well, sir, the matter can be arrang-
ed"
"Do you think so?"
"Certainly. My business is to think" 4"
"But she has seven or eight millions"
"Ten, sir"
"And l have nothing"
"You exaggerate; you have an income
of four thousand eight hundred livres."
"a mere drop of water beside the
ocean"
"But suppose the ocean wants you,
have [ your consents!
"Certainly.'
"Then come tomorrow"
It will be easily believed that the
young man kept the appointment. He
was slightly pale, aud did not dare to ques-
ton the notary, who opened the conver-
sation:
Everything is settled. and the bans
can be published tomorrow, # you per-
NIT"
IF I permit, surely, and 1 could EN-.
brace you into the bargain
Embrace, if that pIeases you, and
then listen to me"
"Say on"
"Y our intended is slightly your cousin"
"Ah, baho'
"Aud her fortune comes from your
uncle"
Hold. hold! but then"
''Ask me no questions, you must rest
satisfied with guessing"
''Then | accept. aud guess"
Gas you please. Rest satisfied in
knowing. that in disipheriting you, not
withstanding his oft-repeated promises.
your uncle merely discharged sacred
duty
"Far be it from me to reproach him
now, but you must admit that chance
stood my friend in leading me to the Tu-
ileries."
Explain"
"Your presence in Paris was known;
the meeting in the garden was all ar
ranged. A pair of handsome eyes did
the rest
1T was then an affair arranged before
hand.'
Like most others which chance is
thought to bring about
But if | had departed!
The telegraph would have recalled
you; besides lovers don't part SO easily"
That's true"
"Now you know all, shall the bans be
published
Publish them, morbleau. and the SOON
ef the better"
The notary rose, and taking the young
man by the hand, led him into an ad-
joining room. where young girl, pale
and trembling, was seated by the fire.
SIDE
"My dear child" said the notary there
is your intended husband; he wants but
word from your lips to fall at your feet.
She answered not, but stretched out
her hand TO her young and handsome
lover. Three weeks afterwards they
were married.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-21

Dobb says, that 10 start the milk busi-
ness requires less capital than most peo-
pie immagine. He was in it for year
he says. and all the money he spent was
laid out in the purchase of barrel Of
chalk and new pump handle.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-21

TRUE AS THE BIBLE.-Whenever you
find an ignorant people, rely upon it, but
feao papers are taken Men and children
are well informed only when well sup.
piled with newspapers.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-21

Much of what a man tells you in the
hour of affliction in the sudden anger,
or in any outpouring of the heart, should
be secret. In his craving for sympa-
thy, he has spoken to you as to his own
soul
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-21

MINUTE LABoR.-Among the objects
of the Swiss collection for the London
exhibition, is a gold pen holder with q
diminitive watch at the end Of it, indi-
eating not only the hour and minute, but
even the day Of the month.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-21

ASTONISHING FAcT.-In the United
States there are upwards of hundred
thousand females who do little else than
read novels and thump on the piano, and
who know comparatively nothing about
domestic duties.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-21

A Shrewd old gentlem once said to
his daughter; "Be sure. my dear, that you
never marry poor man; but remember.
the poorest man in the world is one that
has money, and nothing else"
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-21

Formerly the Jews would not permit
their children to read the Songs of Solo,
mon till they had arrived at the age of
thirty.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-21

Tom Hood, the ever merry and truthful
Tom Hood, defines laugh to be "the
full blown flower Of which smile is tho
bud"
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-21

Be not affronted at jest. IF one
throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no
harm, unless thou hast sore places.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-21

PENNsYLvANIA-Aj joint committee OF
the Legislature Of Pennsylvania, to whom
the subject was referred, estimate Tue
value of the present annual yield OF tne
coal mines of Pennsylvania, at $l7'ooo'-
600, and the annual product OF furnaces
forges and rolling mills at not less than
20,000,000.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-21

The PorATo Rot REwARD.-Ihe re-
ward of $4,000, offered by the Leglsla-
tnre of Massachusetts for the discovery
of cure for the potato rot has been
claimed by Mr. Joshua F. Hatch OF
Dorchester. His remedy consists OF
ground charcoal mixed with sulphate OF
lime.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-21

Drawn TO LIFE.-The famous Thomas
Carlyle was once an editor. The follow
ing remark of his upon restless, morbid,
selfish ambition, could only have been
prompted by his experience in that
capacity:
Examine the man who lives in misery
because he does not shine above other
men; who goes about producing himself
pruriently anxiously about his gifts and
claims; struggling to force everybody
begging, as it were. every body, for Gods
sake, to acknowledge him great man.
aud set him over the heads of men. He
cannot walk OH quiet paths. Unless you
look at him, wonder at him, write para
graphs about him. he cannot live. 1t is
the emptiness Of the man, not his great
ness. Because there is nothing in him.
self. he hungers and thirsts that You should
find something. i'll him:
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-21

CAPITAL GHosr SroRY.-Dedacatsd,
in an especial manner. to all 'aeiospaPsv
readers.-That apparitions do not always
wander without sufficient case, is proved
bv the well attested fact which we give
with the endorsement of the Montreal
Transcript Last Tuesday fortnight. as
Mrs.-.(a lady of literary tas:e and
rather studious habits) sat reading in her
drawing room, the clock on the mantle-
piece struck twelve; as the last stroke
rever5era:ed through the apartments, the
door was suddenly flung open. In the
act of raising her head to reprove the in
trusion (unrung for) of her servant, her
eve rested on the form of her late hus-
band; she screamed and fell serseless on
the carpet This brought up such men,
bers of the family as had not yet retired
to rest; restoratives were administered,
and when Mrs.--had reg aimed possess
sion Of her suspended faculties, and be-
ing woman of strong mind and highly
cultivated intellect, she felt disposed to
consider the whole distress she had un-
dergone as the result of certain associa-
lions between the melancholy tale she
had been persuing and her late loss, OPP
Grating on partially deranged nervous
system. She however, considered it ad-
visable her maid servant should repose
in her cha AMBER lest any return Of what
she had determined to consider nervous
affection should distress herself and
alarm the family Last Tuesday night,
feeling stronger and in better spirits than
she had been for several months past,
Mrs. - dispensed with the presence of
her attendant, retiring alone to her cham.
Der, and went to bed little before ten
clock. Exactly as the clock struck
twelve she was awakened from sleep,
and distinctly behed the appa:ition she
had before seen, advancing from the ta-
BILE ION which stood her night lamp till
it got opposite to and drew aside the
curtains Of her bed. A sense of suffoca-
ting oppression deprived her of all pow.
er to scream aloud. She describes her
very blood retreating with icy callness
to her heart from every vein. The coun-
tenance of her beloved in life wore not
its benevolent aspect; the eyes, once
beaming with affection, were now fixed
with stern regard on the trembling half
dissolved being, who with the courage of
desperation, thus abjured him. "Charles.
dear Charles. why are you come again?"
"Jessie." slow and solemnly aspirated
the shadowy form, waving in its hand a
small roll of wiretapper, "Jessie, rag
my Newspaper accounts. and Iet ME rest
an peace''
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-12-10
A Texan COiOneI's Gtory.

ono, my friend" said the colonel to his grave
companion-"No, it is entirely impossible for
one nnrsed rs YOU have evidently been in the
lap of luxury-perllaps even in a ceed frame
hnuse-to know what we suffered here in sc
III lust tell you exactly how it was with me-
and have seen nothing-O, nothing at ALTO
what some hlv ioI see vas o, t there n
Ilusk county--had little cabin in the woods
away from town some dozen miles. | and a
hundred cows, twenty mares, and seventeen FL
lies, and wife and three ciIiidfen-Jut not n
col ar in the world However, | was lawyer
and had cngagcd to defend 4 man for COW steal
ing at court in town next day, for which was
t, get two bushels Of meal. You see, my
clothes had well nigh worn out, and so swop-
ped them wi. Bnd Indian for a suit of deer
skip. Did you eyer see real suit of deer skin
Stranger.
no sir" said the grave man, 81 never
have
"Wcll, havc-feit it. to-. You see The
Indian told me to dye it dogwood onze. | did
80, you know, left them in it all night: Next
morning was up early and off for Court, for
needed that meal-ddn't have anything in the
house at all Ny deer skin suit fitted we'll
had tassells round the calves and skirts. Well
| rode out of the mot Of timber in which my
cabin was built, on to tae prairie that stretched
l
ter, the wet sk;n-you see had to put it on
wet, for must be at Court-had to have that
mea!-thc wet skin began to get tight 'Psaw
il don't mind, says !, but III twenty minutes
pshaw, it did mind | got off The mare ont
there in that broad prairie with the roasting
broing, burning sun, right over my head, and
my clothes creeping up and coug around me-
| Ike nest of snakes. My arms were fastened
! 50 by the sleeves that couldn't get atmy knife
to rip any thing. MY hair stood on end like
the hrons Of bois darcy O., the misery In,
suffering! the agony! My whole body wa.
hound up and screwed together and strangled
Blood rushed to my head-cou'dn,t get on nIy
horse. Well, lay there in the blist"r,ng sur
til some hody going to Court happened |" pass
and ripped me up. lie cut me IN two or thre'
places, he was shaking with laughter while
he did it Well, you see, rode back home
took the last sheet in the house-cut it out
wife sowed on one leg while l sowed up tn
o,her-got to Court in time in my mite suit
cleared the man, and got the meal'
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-12-10

ELECTION OF UNITED STATES SENATOR
Guilty in selecting a Senator in the Kentucky
Legislature Mr.. Crittcnden and Dir. Dixol
appear TO be the prominent candidates A strong
eflor. is making TO concentrate upon Crittenden.
- Baker and Johnston of tie ''Des Moinc:
Republic have dissolved. Baker leaves ane
Johnston remains the editor and proprietor o
that stcr.ing democratic paper. long ant
successful career to the Republic, under the
management of Mr. VIM. A. Johnston,
1t is rumorcd that President Fillmore has de
cided to remove Brigham Young from the Gov
crnorship of Utah Territory.-.irgms.
Who can divine the reason for his appoint
ment in the first place. Was it for the many
virtues Of the man, or was it to secure Mormon
votes on the iowa side of the Missouri river.
A TIE In the fifth Assembly District 0
Dodge county, Wisconsin, at the recent cleo
ton, there was a tie between III. d. Patch am
Lewis Mann, candidates for the Assembly from
said District.
Gov. Nelson Dewey has issued procama
ton, ordering an election in said District on tn
3ls. inst, to meet this case
s.y When the penny postage system was ad
opted in England. the franking privilege wa
wholly abolished, SO that the Queen herself ha
, no right now to frank her letters
CcL. AVERY shot, and instantly killed, Nj
Samuel Fleming, in the Court House, at Mo-
gantown, \. G.. Il few days since. Both wei
members of the Legislature.