Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-12-17
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BosToN, Dec. S.-Advices from Hayti, to Novem-
Der 18th state that the French Naval Force had ia
ken possession of Samua in St. Domingo, with the
design of improving it Naval Station unless the
United States Government should object to such
proceeding.
Mr.. Walker, Secretary of State is about to pub
lSh valuable contribution to our historical ltera-
ture He has procured from England copies of the
correspondence carried on by the tories here at the
beginning of the revolution, eighty years ago. The
letters are mostly official and they throw great
deal OF light upon the revolutionary history of Massa-
chusetts 1t is mistaken notion that the whole
people of Massachusetts were on the whig side in
those days. The tories numerous, and COM
prised large ma orty of the responsibilities of
the colony. | remember hearing lecture deliver
ed, some years ago, on the subject by clever man,
who declaed that there had been two great struggles
in this country between the respectable I'd the dis
respectable classes and that in both instances re-
spectability had to 60 to the wall The first con-
test was between the tories and the wings of the
olution, and the second that between the federalsts
and the democrats in 1900. Responsibility, he said,
had not shown it's face in the political world for half
a century, and probably would again His
audience stared but | never heard of his being
again asked to deliver lecture. Truth is valua-
BILE thing, no doubt but people very much like
Mr. Richard Varney. who declared he was not very
much in love with the ladys naked charms AS
time rolls on, however, get to be tolerant of
the losing side in the earl days of our national his
tory for dead parties, like dead men, cease 10 of
tend our prejudces or in ure inter- SITS A true
history of the early parties of the revolutionary
test would be very valuable work. and would throw
great deal of light the origin of our present par
ties which are directly descended from those of the
revolution.
Mr.. Sparks generally thought to have annihila-
ted Lord Mahon by his answer In England | sup
pose they think the humiliation is the other side
But there they have only one side Of the con-
| troversy. That MIR. Sparks has done any great in
jury 10 the Washington papers, do not believe but
then should like to have Washington as he was
not as Mr. Sparks thinks he ought to have BEEN
But he does not stand alone among the mprovers of
the works of great men in this part of the world A
gentleman who is very familiar with the works of
| Mr.. Webster informs me that Mr. Everett has omit
ted several passages from the six vol
umes which lie edited The Cambridge Aerati la
Dor under the belief that they born to correct
everything, which is probably founded on the fact
that they originate nothing. Bible published
der their supervision, would have omitted from its
pages all reference the wrath to Gomez all men
ton of hell and all such undignfed expressions as
" generation of vipers," &c. 1t would contain no.
thing calculated to wound the feelings of even the
most tastldous sinner, and, with appropriate illus
trations, might become popular work. in inf
del countries-Boston Correspondence N. Y Hrratd.
\ VEGETABLE MILK, RUM. Soap, AND PHYs1c-Ac-
cording to Mr. E. A. Hopkins some time United
States Consul in Paraguay, that region, far it's
natural features and productions concerned, is
emphatcally :; great country. ImprimiS, it boasts
of vegetable cow-the pato de ieche or milk tree,
which yields fluid so nearly akin to milk. that it
is difficult to distinguish the ligneous juice ION the
bovine secretion Secondly. it reioices in tree call
ed the pako de borracho, drunken tree-a vegeta-
BILE distilery or sylvan grog-shop, from which Ma
ture pourS perpetual stream ofliquor without char
ging a cent for it The milk tree and the rum tree
grow in close proximity to each other, and on the
auvial banks of the streams is found in full perfec
ton the lucious sugar cane Under these circum-
stances it is the easiest thing in the world to con
coct milk punch. Nature furnishes not only the
material of the be"erage. but cups from which to
imbbe il, for trees abundant, and the half
shells of the nuts make excellent chalices If you
wish to lake your toddy through tube after the
manner of young suckers in Christian cities, you
have only to break few joints from slim bamboo,
and pump away. There is excuse for being dir
!, ty in Paraguay as the river of that and its
tributaries supply plenty of water. while the
fully equal to 6 old brown Windsor for purifying
purposes. There is only drawback upon all
these comforts and luxuries-the woods full of
snakes But provident nature has placed the anti
dote beside the poison. She had to make the snakes.
). because they part of the working plan she
was compelled to follow but she placed within the
reach of serpent bitten individuals the pal de ciUo
ra, or snake tree the leaves of which infal-
bic cure for the bites of reptiles. .a .s-g-
| Paraguay is fine country for persons troubled
with irregularities of the bowels, Impurities of the
blood, bad colds and the grippe, inasmuch as it
yields in allopathic abundance rhubarb, jalap sar-
saparilIa, sassafras liquorce gun, arabic and GIN
ger, together with many other dye SUITS. -
/ ~ Y. Sunday Times.
"When shall we three meet again 90 as the Up,
the Down, and the Luggage train said, when they
all ran into one another at the junction.