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Washington telegraph., 1851-03-26

The CONDITION OF THE SLAvE-A
Methodist Clergyman, who has been Ell.
gagged at the south and west in the cause
of the colonization society, has published
his views at the north Of the institution
of slavery. which is hard nut for the
Abolitionists 70 crack. Here is an ex.
tract from his statement:
Il have sect slavery in the West In.
dies, Venezuela, and Brazil, but nowhere
have seen il under more modified and
redeeming circumstances, all things con-
sdered. than in Missouri and Louisiana.
The housss for the servants are geHeraiy
good, framed, single story buildings,
painted while, OIL elevated ground, with
fine groves about Them. They constitute.
III many INSTANCES. beautiful little viii.
lage. The slaves are we'll dressed, well
fed, and have everything that will add to
their social and domestic comfort Mis-
sionaries preach regularly to them on the
Sabbath, and maiy of the slaves are
truly pious The Scriptures are also
Taught by the ministers. The hours Of
service are less than in factories of the
north: and. what YOU may almost be
tempted to doubt, l nave not seen in all
my travels single case of cruelty and
unklndhess from a master to a slave.-
There is constant solicitude and care
for their health aud comfort, which is
rarely seen for the Irish servants at the
north; and have seen both master and
mistress engaged in assisting at the we'd
ding of two Of their servants, aud OH
little children playing heartily with their
sooty little friends of the cabin, without
an apparant thought oi one being better
than the other or wors,.
l have seen little o. no unhappness
of the colored people no iutempe,ance,
profanity or vagraucy among these peo-
pie. l have conversed with them freely:
visited them i'll their houses, aud when
laborine in the field-ard my impressions
are confirmed. that SANDERS aud false
hoods, at the north; have been heaped
upon the south, abou; these matters. aud
that. too, by ministers of the gospel
Seriously. | would prefer being such a
slave as l hate seen at the south than
such free coIored man as have seen
at the north. / have never seen more
deeply pious persons than | lave found
among the Planters at the south. Cruel
and wicked IS the warfare waged against
them; by it the Methods! church has
been divided. and now it threatens the
existence Of this blessed Union. Believe
me, when | tell yon. that the southern
people are deeply injured and grieved 5y
this cruel spirit at the north. pray that
it may cease, aud its agiIators return to
a sober mind"
Washington telegraph., 1851-03-26

SUGAR CULTURE IN LOUISIANA
n. Y. Sun with the following interesting
and valuable statistics regarding sugar
culture in louisiana:
Just a hundred years ago the. Jesuts
sent from Hispaniola a few bundles of
cane. They were planted in what is
now the heart of the Second Municipa
ty. In 1859 was erected the first sugar
mill. Between 1869 and 1894 the cul-
ture was finally abandoned. In 1896 one
Etienne Bore, made crop worth So
000 In 1903 the Delta contained 81
plantations. In 1880 10000 hogsleads
were produced, $4,000 slaves were en-
ployed, 725 plantations and about 100
steam engines. In 1910 the number OF
slaves employed in the culture of this
product was l43. 800, the result was 49,
9I7 hhds Of 1000 lbs. each, and 600 900
gallons Of molasses. In 1S49-5O the
crop was 269,769 hhds In 185O-5l the
crop will not exceed 100000 hhds and
will bring S10,000,000, 1t is safe est.
mate that the capital now employed is at
least S75,000,OO0 You are thus ena-
oiSN ~ SoNhSA % IteSellt if1l-
portance of our valuable product The
North is mostly interested in furnishing
the means to carry on the culture OF SUI
gar. Our machinery is almost entirely
obtained from the north as well as the
engineers who put up and preside over
the mills A very few years will bring
about the consumption Of coal for grind
ing purposes. Already i'll macy parts oi
the country where the plantations have
been long under cultivation, the planters
are loud in their complaints of the scarci.
ty of wood. In Cuba the refuse of the
cane. after it is ground is converted into
fuel. Attempts have been made TO re.
duce il to the same purpose here but in
effectually. 1t lacks the strength and
consistency which superior age gives il
in Cuba.
Washington telegraph., 1851-03-26

COMMERCE AND CoTToN OF INDIA.-The
London correspondent of the National
Intellgencer ia his letter of the 30th OF
January, says;
An interesting work on "The Com
merce and Cotton Of India" has been
published by John Chapman. Mr.. c.
went TO India 10 superintend the construc.
ton of railroad. Some of his readers
will probably say that this object evident
ly overshadowed and obliterates all other
ideas in his mind when he informs us
that "all that India wants is cheap transit.
Railroads are to be its penaeea. The
population is not too dense. the rent is
not too high. taxation is not too onerous,
rule is not too arbitrary; nothing is TO be
desired in the way of security of property
and freedom of action. The ryot may
remain in statu guo,, he may tie given a
better gin to clean his cotton. and a
railroad at his door to carry it Off" Ac'
cording to Mr.. Chapman this is all that
the country requires in order to become
a wealthy market for English goods. and
an inexhaustible producer of the raw
material which our home manufactures
crave. He says the manufacturers o.
England wilt always require supply
equal to 25 per cent of their entire con
sumption Of a better cotton than India
can ever produce.
Washington telegraph., 1851-03-26

Tue PB'pLE OF Ell PAso-The main
thing waiting among the people is energy
aid how 70 use it. II would be great
timing for them if half dozen American
families should settle in the place, and
show them how to live. They seem
hcspltaolea kind, though very inJolent
But this mdolence comes from their very
MODE of living. A Mexican is satisfied
with the most simple fare. His house he
can erect himself from the mud around
him: he thatches it himself, and in this
hovel he is cou,ent 10 live aud briug up
his family. / have been In some of these
houses in Ell Paso, where there was not
an article of furniture. | went into a
large one lew days since, which |
wanted to hire. 1t is true, there was a
poor family within it, and although there
were men, women and children in the
family, there was neither chair nor table
The occupants were sitting Oh the floor,
cronched up Ill corner, doing nothing.
lu fact, this is the common custom Of the
people, doing nothing. Go through the
streets and you will always see hundreds
crouchinS against walls wrapped up ia
their blankets, Stunning themselves. OF
the Two sexes, the women are far the
most Industrious and intellectual. They
always look neat, and in general their
portion of housekeeping is done well.
Their character for honesty is unimpeach-
able, while that of the men is considered d
questionable. / do not Judge from ex-
perience, having had little to do with
them; bat what have said is their gem
eral chatacter.-COr. PROF. Jour.
Washington telegraph., 1851-03-26
NEcRo BAsklSo.-Talking Of Bauts:

| NEGRO BANKiNG.-Talking OF Banks:
reminds me of the negro bank l Once
heard Of in Virginia. Cato, ian old ne,
gro who was noted for his. cunning. had
succeeded in making his fellow servants
in the. neighborilood believe that bank.
ing was a very profitable business. So
they concluded that they would throw
off all their change together and start a
bank, old Calo taking care to have him.
self Constituted the banker. to whom all the
six -pences of all the darkies of the
neighborhood was duly paid over. Aud
now, said Cato. "whenebah niggah bor-
row sixpence out Oh dis bank 10 buy
bacco. he got TO come back in free weeks
aud pay i'll two sixpence, aud in dis way
you see ebery sixpence bring nudah six
pence, till after while all desc niggahs be-
as rich as old massa G-y." And upon
this principle the bank Went into opera.
ton, old Cato always taking care that
every darkey should fork over according
to bank rules. But in the course of time.
some Of the stock holders .'smelt rat
and called or Cato to withdraw their
capital from the bank. when the follow.
ing conversation took place between Ca.
to and Jack. . .'..l. -s.-.-r,i.. !. .tI
Jaci-Well. Cato, we want to draw
our money from de bank aud quit dis
bankin' 6uSneSs. :.,-,.i -'"
Cdto-Did YOU hear de news?
JacE-No. wat dat, Cato? D..
Cato-Why debank broke last night.
Jack-Who cares,what de hank do.
:ell yon. want my s,ah Oh be money.
CGtO-Well but tel you fe bank
broke tt4 ~
Jack-I not taken bout dat l saw
whar de money! Ell
CatO-Why you cuss'd fool. asn', you
know when de bank break de money az
gone Sartin
Jack-Well. hut whar de debil as
money gone to.
Cato--Dat's more AN dis mggah know.
All he know bout il is. dat when white
folks bank break, de money always lost.
and niggah bank no better dan white
folks. g.
Jack-Well, whenebah dis uiegah
gage in bankin' agin. he hope de debil
git him fuss r-..f.. ..--...
Cato-Beyry sorry de bank break, Jack.
berry sorry.
Here our informant leit
Washington telegraph., 1851-03-26

SQUEEZING HANDS By a Lady,
What an immense difference it makes
who squeezes ones hand! A lady may
twine her arm around your waist, press
kiss on your brow. or holding your
hand in hers. toy with your fingers to her
hearts content, but you are perfectly calm
and collected, and experience no unusual
sensations, either disagreeable or other
| wise. Perchance gentleman whom
you dislike or feel but slightly acquainted
with. ventures TO press your hand; you
snatch it quickly away. aud indignant
blood mounts 10 your Iorenead, ana WIN
flashing eyes. you wonder "how the i'm
pertinent fellow dares to do such a thing"
If rather an antiquated specimen of hu-
mani'y squeezes your hand, you feel NOR
tilted for yourself and him. mortified that
man Of hs years should make such a
fool of himself, that he should think you
can really like such nonsense, and above
all. that he believes it possible that you
can like him; you are vexed at what he
has done, and determined that an oppor-
tun;ty shall never be offered him Of doing
SO again. af
You place your hand confidingly in
that OF an accepted, acknowledged lover;
you are not excited or confused, you have
ceased blushing continually in his pres
ence, you experience a feeling of quiet
happiness, "little heaven upon earth
sort or feeling" you are perfectly con-
tented with everything in this terrestrial
world. especially your lover and yourself;
and yet, wiIhal, il is foolish feeling, as
you sit with his arms twined around you,
that manly arm which is to guard and
support you through life; soft, rosy,
happy tint sufiuses your face, as your
hand is clasped in his; ah, it is blissful,
foolish feeling
But let some one whom you like very
much. not All accepted lover, but Que
who may, perhaps, be one. one OF these
days. gently enclose your hand in his own
what strange. wild, joyful, painful feel
ing thrills Though you! The hot blood
leaps. dancing, tumbliEg through your
veins, rushes TO your fngers-ends. your
heart goes bump, bump; surely, you think.
he mast hear it throbbing. for the life of
you. you cannot speak. Alter letting
your hand remain in his just long
enough TO show you are not offended,
you gently withdraw it; but perchance it
is taken again: after faint ,don't do so, "
which is answered with a still closer
pressure, with downcast eyes and blush
ing cheek, you let the little hand, this
first bright earnest of other things to
come. thrilling and burning with this new
| ecstatiG emotion, remain all trembling in
It's resting place.-HOme Journal.
Washington telegraph., 1851-03-26

Don't HURRY-We heard pathetic
tale Of gentleman. now very poor. who
was deprived of large estate once in
consequence OF being in too much of a
hurry. A dying man had once quarreled
with his heirs aud was determined they
should not have his money. He had
made will. giving all his money to this
which only wanted his sigma
ture. His sands were running low, and
calling his friend, bade him take the will
from tie drawer and bring him the ink
stand. Tears blinded the unfortunate
! doLee's eyes, as he hastily executed the
command. He seized small bottle from
the mantleplece, and dipping the pen,
the tessator wrote his name, lay back and
+ died. The vii! was put back in the
chest, and the old man was buried. but
when they came TO look for The will they
found it had no signature. Alas! the
truth was plaIn-in his haste for the ink
he had got the wrong bottle, and the will
was signed with ?aregoric. So the heirs
go: 1t after ALL Pathfinder.
Washington telegraph., 1851-03-26

ADVICE TO TIE LADIEs.-Young ladies'.
you Gagged birds of beautiful plumage.
but sickly looks, you pale pets OF the par
lor, vegetating in an unhealthy shade.
with greenish white complexion, like
that of po,atoe sprout i'll dark cellar,
why don't you 60 out in the open air and
warm sunshine, and add lnstre to your
eyes. bloom 10 your cheeks, elasticity 20
your steps, and vigor to your frames!
Take early morning exercise. let loose
your corset strings, and run up hill 70:
wager aud down again for fun. Roam
in the fields, climb the fences. leap the
bitches. wade the brook, and 90 home
with an excellent appetite. L;bctty.
thus exercised and enjoyed. will render
you healthy, hearty. blooming and beau
tiful, as lovely as the Graces aud as prolific
as Deverra The buxom, brigLt-eyed.
rosy. checked. full breasted, bouncing lass.
who can darn stocking, mend trousers.
make her own frocks, command a regi.
ment of pots and kettles, feed The pigs.
milk cows, and be lady withal in com
pany,' is just the sort Of CIR! for me, or
any worthy young man TO marry; hut
YOU, We pining. moping, lolling, screwed
up, wasp-waisted. doll-dressed. putty
faced, consumption mortgaged. music.
numbering. novei-devouring daughters Of
fashion and ideness, yon are no more fit
for matrimony than a pullet is to look af-
ter family of fourteen chickens. The
truth is. my dear girls. you want, genera
ly speaking, more liberty and less fash
ionable restraint, more kitchen and less
parlor, more leg-exercise and less sofa.
more pudding and less piano. more frank.
ness and less mock -modesty, more corned
beef and less corsets, more breakfast and
less bishop Loosen yourselves little;
enjoy more. liberty and less restraint by
| fashion Breathe the pure atmosphere
Of freedom. and become something near
ly as lovely and beautiful as the God Of
J Nature designec.-Do'o, Jr.
Washington telegraph., 1851-03-26

SILENT INFLUENCE. 1t is the bubbling
spring which flows gently, the little
rivulet which runs along, day and night,
by the farm house. that is useful. ratLer
than the swollen flood or warning cataract.
Niagara excites our wonder and we stand
amazed at the power and greatness OF
God there, as he poured it from the hal
low of his hand" But one Niagara Is
enough for the continent, or the world.
while the same world requires thousands
and tens of thousands of silver fountains
and gentle flowing rivulets. that water
every farm and meadow, aud every gar
den, and that shall flow on with their
gentle, quiet beauty. So with the acts
of our lives 1t is not by great deeds,
like those of the martyrs, that good can
alone be done--it is by The daily and
quiet virtues of life-the christian ten'
per, the meek forbearance, the spl:lt OF
forgiveness, in the husband. the wife, the
father. the mother. the brother, the sister,
the friend. the companion. the nelghoor'
that good is to be done.
Washington telegraph., 1851-03-26

PANORAMA OF THE MISSISSIPPI BURNED
At Berlin. Prussia. OH the lst ult.. fire
broke out in large place of amusement
called "Kroll's, totally destroying it. A
great panorama of the Mississippi, exhib-
tied in the centre saloon, fell prey to
the flames. II was the property of Mr.
Cassidy, competitor of Rlsley.
Washington telegraph., 1851-03-26

We soon acquire the habits and prac-
t'ces of those we live WITH hence the
Importance of associatiing with the best
company. and of carefully avoiding such
as may corrupt or 6ebase us.
Washington telegraph., 1851-03-26

RrG1N RIGHr-The following if not
now is. at least true-and is worthy of
.t,ention. at this particular time. when
40 many "of ''em" are rushing inconti-
u.ntlv into the holy bands Of matrimony,
"a be lost "to us" forever. 80 ia,-e 'asanEs
This little fable (said my Uncle) may
p.rhaps be Of service to some poor devil,
more willing and WISE.
A certain man once married lady,
whose reputation for amiability of dispo-
,ition was seriously questioned, if it was
not in reality seriously questionable. At
the wedding, everything went OFT merrily,
o: course; the party gay, the supper mag
ni6cent; the whole affair had been emi-
neptIy successful, and all parties extreme
ly delighted.
Ga retiring to his apartments, the gen.
tleman found himself annoyed by the
mewing and purring of cat.
"What in the DEVILS name is that!'
he exclaimed.
.Oh. nothing. my DEAR" replied the
bride, "but my favorite cat, Pusslta.
"Oh. d-n Pussita-I hate cats: and
with this he unceremoniously threw Pus-
sta out of the second story window.
We'll! if you haven't got temper"
"Yes, my dear. you'd better believe IT,
Everything" continued my Uncle,
event on well-in that establishment
even to a warm dinner on Sunday.
Now it so bsppened that friend of
the above mentioned gentleman, who
had some months before committed the
error" of marrying San angel. took ac-
casion to enquire of him
"How is it. that with you, every thing
goes merry as the marriage bell.' while
/, on the contrary, have almost given up
the idea of wearing the pantaloons at
ALL"
"He related to him the story of Pussita
aud the second story window" said my
Uncle, without fully impressing upon
his mind the important moral that it was
necessary to begin right. Nevertheless,
there was that in his eye-when he star
ted for home-'that tod of treason"
"Well.'' said his wife, "you've come
home at last, have you-after keeping me
sitting up for you-and what's the mat
ter-you haven't been drinking, have you
you look very strange!
Not in the least, my dear-but hate
eats. my love"
You do. do you; well, like them
that's all the difference"
Hereupon the unfortunate husband
made dash at poor Tabby. who was
quietly snoozing on the sofa. and rushed
impetuously TO the window.
You have been drinking. What are
you going TO do, monster"'
Throw her out of the window"
You better try it'd like to see you
do it-I'd break every bone in your body.
Why don't you throw her out? dare
you to do it. sir"
He put the cat softly down on the sofa,
hung his nat on peg in the hall, his
manliness and his pantaloons on an easy
chair and said: go on. Guckev darling.
and win; l didn't begin right.
II rather think you didn't, you better
take fresh start. but don't try that game
again, or you'll catch it. Come to bed"
Aud he went.
Wrong from the beginning" said my
Uncle. Oh dear me.
Washington telegraph., 1851-03-26

The UsEFUL AND THE BEAUrIFUL.-
The tomb of Moses is unknown, but the
traveller slakes his thirst at The well of
Jacob. The gorgeous palace of the
wisest and wealthiest OF monarchs. with
the cedar, and gold. aud ivory. and even
the great temple of Jerusalem, hallowed
by the visible glory of the Deity himself,
are gone; but Solomon's reservoirs are as
perfect as ever. OF the ancient archi.
lecture OF the Holy City. not one stone
is left upon another; but the pool OF Beth.
esda commands the pilgrims reverence
at the present day. The columns of Per-
sepolis are mouldering into dust, but its
cisterns and aqueducts remain TO chal.
lenge our admiration. The golden house
of Nero is a mass of ruins; but Aqua
Claudia still pours into Rome lis limoid
stream. The temple of the sun at Tad
NOR, in the wilderness. has fallen; out its
fountain sparkles as freshly in his rays.
as when thousands of worshippers throng-
ed its lofty coouades. II may be that
London will share the fate of Babylon,
and nothing be left TO matk its site save
mounds Of crumbling brick work The
Thames will continue TO flow as it does
now. And if any work Of art should
still rise over the deep ocean OF time, We
may well believe that it will be neither
| a palace nor temple. but some vast
aqueduct or reservoir; and if any name
should still flash through the mist of an.
tiquity. it will probably be that of the
man who in his day sought the happi-
ness OF his fe!low-men, rather than their
glory, and linked his memory to some
great work of national utility and benev.
oleuce. This is the true glory which
outives ali Others, and shines with undy.
ing lus,re from generation to generation;
impar,ing TO works something of its own
Immortality. and in some degree rescuing
| them from the ruin which overtakes the
ordinary monuments of historical tradi-
ton of mere magni6cence.
Washington telegraph., 1851-03-26

A lady of rank complaining that her
husband was dead 10 fashionable amuse-
ments, he replied, "but my dear, you
make me alive to the expense"
Washington telegraph., 1851-03-26

Why is clock the most humble thing
in existenceF Because it always holds
its hands before its face, and however
good its work map be. it is always run
ming itself down.
Washington telegraph., 1851-03-26

When Prosperity was well mounted
she let go the bride, and soon came
tumbling out Of the saddle.
Washington telegraph., 1851-03-26

Gratitude is the music of the heart,
when its chords are swept by the breeze
IF kindness.
Washington telegraph., 1851-03-26

The Vatican Of Rome would make a
hus ho!s!-it has some 100 rooms.
Washington telegraph., 1851-03-26

Religion is like the ffmament-the
more one searches it the more stars are
seen. II is like the seattle more one
yiewst il the more DOUBTLESS Il appesrs.
Washington telegraph., 1851-03-26

MIND AGAINST MlND.-'rhere is a
strong disposition in men of opposite
minds to despise each other. A grave
man cannot conceive what is the use of
wit in society; person who takes a
strong common sense view of the SUBJ
:ect, is for pushing out by the head and
shoulders, an ingenious theorist, who
catches at the slightest and faintest
analogies; and another man, who scents
the ridiculous from afar. will hold no
commerce with him who tests exquisite
ly the finer feeling of the heart, and is
alive to nothing else; whereas, talent is
talent, and mind is mind. in all its
branches! Wit gives 10 life one of its
best havors; common sense leads to i'm
mediate action, and gives society its daily
motion; large and comprehensive views
its annual rotation, ridicule chas:ses
folly and impudence. and keeps men
in their proper sphere; subtIety seize
hold of the fine threads Of truth; analogy
darts away to the most sublime discove-
ries. feeling paint all the exquisite passion
OF mans soul, and rewards him by a
thousand inward visitations for sorrows
that come from without. God made it
all. it is all good. We must despise no
sort of talent; they all have their separate
duties aud uses. all happiness of man for
their object, they all improve. exalt and
gladden. life.--Sydney Smith.
Washington telegraph., 1851-03-26

PIGEONS. PIGEoNs.-Ten thousand times
ten thousand, and thousand of thousands
OF pigeons are seen vending their way
from the South, unit! they reached the
Lake shore. when they would suddenly
perform somerset. and turn back in the
direction they came. The mild weather
Of the last few days has no doubt deceiv-
ed them, and when they get in sight of
the SHOWS of Cauada. they turn back.
II is said that millions are foand dead on
the SHOWS of the Province!
Cleveland PI0iadeaker, % uIt.
Washington telegraph., 1851-03-26
SONG or An EDITOR.

DEDICATED TO HIS DELINQUENT RArRoNs.
AIR-"IAcn you'll remember me-"
When other bills and other duns
Their tales of woe shall tell,
or notes i'm bank without ''the funds,
And cotton hard to sell;
There may perhaps in such scene
Some recollection be ~es
OF bills that longer due have been, u
And you'll remember me!
When "hard up" customers shall wiring
Your hearts with hopes in vain,
And deem it but a trifing thing oa,
To tell you ''call again,
When calling proves useless task,
Without the 'lawyer's fee"
Tn such a moment l out ask, ea
That you'll remember me!