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, 1853-05-07

p@-DRAY No. has made IFS appear
ance in our city. 1t is the property of cur
worthy Postmaster, A. w. Moore, who de-
serves a large share Of credit for his zeal in
behalf of the citizens of Olympia. There
is only one reason that we can conceive Of
why the enterprise will not succeed, and
that is the long-eared, high strung, double
bass singer attached to the dray is so stookum
that nothing can be- found to Withstand the
purchase he applies to load. However,
anything in the line of draying will receive
prompt attention by leaving orders one door
south Of the M. E. Church.
, 1853-05-07
LATEST NEWS!!

Just as we are going to press, gentle
man who came passenger in the steamship
Columbia" " from San Francisco, informs
us that Mr.. -. STEVENS, Of Massachusetts,
has been appointed Governor Of Washington
Territory.
Gen. LANE, Governor of Oregon.
JACK HAYS, Surveyor General Of CaIilor-
mia.
Maj. HAMMoSD, Collector Of San Fran
cisco.
Latest dates from Cuba say that Vice
President KING is slowly sinking, and but
little hope is entertained of his recovery.
Flour was selling at 50 per barrel in
San Francisco. Potatoes 9 cents per b.
Square timber Al cents per foot piles 40
cents. Lumber was falling rapidly. The
market completely ovsrstOcked with every
thing.
, 1853-05-07

STEILAcooN, April 2S, 1858.
MEssRs. McELRoY & BEEBE:
Please inform the citizens of Washington
Territory, through the columns of your in
valuable paper, that our enterprising fellow
citizen, Capt. L. BILLS, at present located
upon The claim Of L. BALcH, Esq, al Steil.
accom-, is actively engaged in building, and
will soon complete, large and very fine
sloop, which he purposes running upon the
Sound and Admiralty Inlet, for the conveni-
ence and accommodation Of the public gen.
orally; and also that the entire arrange
ments Of his craft will be quite as conducive
to the comfort and convenience of the pas
sengerS as would be an A steam boat OF
first class hotel
Said sloop is sixty feet in length, sixteen
in breadth, six in depth, and will be cspa,
Bile Of carrying, with perfect safety, some
hundred and twenty-five tons weight. Al
the after end of the sloop, there will be q
neat frame house, Or cabin built, of sufi-
GENTLY large size 10 accommodate hand
somely, some twenty passengers, and which
will be neatly and comfortably furnished.
The table will be supplied with the best
that the market Affords" and the bar with
the choicest of wines, liquors and cigars
and what is Of far greater moment than all,
cheerful, obliging and attentive Captain
will always bo found " on hand to admin
lister to the wants Of bis passengers. To IA
cililale the passage Of the slooP, large "lee-
boards are to be furnished, which will en-
able her to make " straight wake" in beat
ing to windward," and also with a large
maln-saii and jib. As soon as practicable,
II the enterprise proves successlul-and who
can doubt iP-it is the intention of the
Captain to provide his craft with small
steam engine Of some 20 horse power.
This sexperiment Of Capt. Bills is certainly
a new feature in tile business that is being
done upon the Sound, and he, as the origi-
nator Of it, certainly deserves and will re-
ceive, from a discriminating and grateful
public, large amount Of credit. B.
, 1853-05-07

Bay" The WEATHER, &c.-During the
latter part of this week, We had lovely
weather. Our ligh! northern breezes, pure
atmosphere and genial sun are exceedingly
refreshing and inyigorating. The crops look
highly promising. The way the farmers
will whistle, sing and crack jokes during
next harvest, will be nobody's business but
their own.
, 1853-05-07
The Cascade Road Again.

Our article last week on this subject is
having good effect The people are re-
spending. They know that the early con-
struction Of the road is indispensable to our
growth, strength and prosperity, and are
ready to give their money freely, and labor
with determination for the accomplishment
of the object in view. This is just as ii
should be. Whilst the ft is on, let us PUSH,
Let there be no tagging now. Onward
onward let us make The road, and we
shall get the immigrants by thousands
Hear one of our neighbors, IRA WARD, Esq,
now on a visit to the States to bring his
family home He wrote from Toglon, Hi
nois, on the 23d of February, TO bis partner
in business here, saying:
Give literally for the cutting of road
across the Cascade mountains into Wash
ington Territory. If the road is opened
early it will be the means of bringing at
least ten thousand immigrants into our coun-
try. The emigration across the plains this
year will be double that Of last"
Yes, "giue literally" that is the express
ion, and we thank friend WARD for it. The
road can and must be made, and 10 raise the
necessary amount of funds, every citizen
should "giye literally"
, 1853-05-07

pa- We learn that Surveying party,
under the charge of Mr.. Hyde and BROTH
er of Surveyor General Preston, are now
on their way to the Sound to commence op-
eratons. We would state for the benefit Of
claimants in this part of the country, as the
impression has gone abroad that their labors
would be of no avail now that the Territory
is divided, that everything they do will re-
ceive the countenance and sanction Of the
General Government, as though there had
been no division. Now is the time to have
your lines run, and claims recorded, which
will, in future, prevent any difficulty.
, 1853-05-07

The REBELLION IN CHiNA.-Rev. J. J..
Roberts, an American missionary, resident
in China, writes 10 a friend in California
that the chief leader of the Chinese rebel
lion is a man named Saw Chaen, sunamed
Hung, who, some Eve or six years ago,
studied christianity in Canton and now,
instead Of purposing to upset the Govern,
mcnt, he seems rather struggling for religious
liberty, and against idolatry. Mr. Roberts
says that, while in Canton, be applied him
self 10 the memorizing of the Scriptures,
and maintsincd a blameleEs dcporment.
, 1853-05-07

- MI henney writes from Genoa, IL
ally, concerning DR.. Corozio's plan of pro-
pelling, thus =" The reports Of the sue
cess of the caloric ship Ericsson, in New
York, attract much attention IN this quarter
But great as that enterprise is, the recent
invention of DR.. Corozio of this city, to
which ! have before referred, promises to
suPcrscde it. The Doctor and his friends,
who are numerous and wealthy, think be
has completely succeeded in devising a sub
stitule Tor the steam engine, FIRE, &c, and
that electro magnetism will henceforih be
the motive power Of all machinery.
, 1853-05-07

OREooN.-We have dates from this Ter
ritory to the 23d ult There i, no news Of
interest. The papers are filed principally
with personal abuse. There is to be an
election for delegate to Congress on the frSt
Monday in June. Gen. Lano appears to
be the only candidate as yet upon the pO-
liiical a nee conrse.n
, 1853-05-07

b@A New York paper mentions a ru-
NOR, for which ii does not vouch, that an
other expedition is being organized in New
Orleans, with the design of invading the
Island of Cuba. A Colonel of the late
Hungarian army is 10 have command of the
expedition, which already, it is said, num-
bers force of fifteen hundred men, from
Cincinnati and elsewhere.
, 1853-05-07

% PAcKwooD's ferry across the Ms,
qually river is very favOrably spoken Of by
persons passing between Steilacoom and
Olympia. Mr.. Packwood's arrangements
are ample, his attendance prompt, his de-
meanOr gentIemanly and hospitable, and his
charges moderate.
, 1853-05-07

Quick PASSAGE. - The brig " George
Emery" Capt. briggs, arrived at Steilacoom
on Friday, the 29th ult., Is days from San
Francisco. She brings three days later ad-
vices than was received by the mail. We
have beeh unable to obtain any papers.
, 1853-05-07
Editors Table

Owing no doubt to the joyful intelligence
of the establishment Of the Territory Of
Washington, " our table has been entirely
neglected during the past week.
, 1853-05-07

GooD MusIc.--The sounds from early
morn till late in the evening, proceeding
from CLARK's blacksmith shop and WooD &
Sons cooper shop, keep the upper part Of
our town incessantly enlivencd. 1t is in,
deed good music, snd-pays well, Of course.
, 1853-05-07

SHoAL'WATER BAY.--This locality is
attracting much attention. Fifty claims
were taken Whereabouts during the last
month. There is room for many more, and
good SUCCESS for all.
, 1853-05-07

% Our roads from Olympia TO the sur
rounding country are in shocking order
We hope there will be a general turn out
to work on them this season..
, 1853-05-07

70 The brig "CObOl" Capt Dryden,
has arrived in the Sound, making the trip
in eight days from Columbia river. She
had light winds.
, 1853-05-07

FLoRA.-Our woods and prairiesar most
profuscly and elegantly decorated with thou
sands of wild flowers Of malchless beauty
and splendOr, and Of indescribable variety.
The bouquets we have seen Surpass the
productions of the best gardens in the States.
, 1853-05-07

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An INTER EsTINo ScRAP or HIsToRrs-1'
The Washington correspondent Of the PENN
sylyanian states that during the proceedings
at the Colonization Meeting, Hon. Charles
F, Mercer stated, as an extraordinary hetg
that the act Of Congress of 1907, in rela,.
ton to the Slave-lrade, provided thai recap
tured Africans, whenever Our Navy NIGH
overIake them, should be taken into The
nearest port Of this country, and there dis,
posed Of according TO the legislation Of The
Stale. Georgia passed law thai the eaPri
tiyes should be sold one half Of The money
TO so into the State Treasury, and the hsT
half to the eaptors. And this, too, under
the pretexI Of abolishing the slave lEadey---
Georgia was asked TO abale The law, but she
refused. Subsequently, however, law vas
passed by Congress 10 return such captiVes
to their native land, and one hundred thou
sand dollars was appropriated for carrying
the law into effect. Mr.. Monroe vas 4
that time President Of the United STATES,
and employed gentleman TO superintend
this humane plan thus, in effect, relieving
the COLONIZATION Society Of the expense d
an agent. So, Mr.. Mercer insisted, thai
Mr.. Monroe, in fact, established The frh
Colony On the coast Of Africa LIBERIA
and IN honor and acknowledgment of this,
the Capital was called Monrovia
, 1853-05-07

% Brig "Franklin Adams" Captain
Felker, arrived at Seattle on the 26th ul.,
20 days from San Francisco. Merchan.
disc to master, and Eve passengers.
, 1853-05-07

ONLY THINK KorITl-The United States
own, now, ready to be put into market, one
billion three hundred and eighty-seven mil
lion, Eve hundred and ihiriy-four thousand
acres Of land, which at $l,25 per acre
amounts to ONE BILLION SEVEN HUNDRED
AND THIRTY-roUR MILLIONS, FOUR HUNDRED
AND SEVENTEEN THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED
AND FIFTY DOLLARS And is not this a
prize indeed What nation ever had the
iikei Every question of the day sinks into
insignifcance by the overwhelming one ol
what shall be done with such vast public
domain l-[ Exchange.
Grant it, in small quantities, say one hun
dred acres, 10 ACTUAL SETTLERS.
, 1853-05-07

PERsoNAL.-.We ale happy to notice the
return Of Rev. BENZ Close, from his visit
down The Sound. He will resume his min
isterial labors tomorrow, at the usual hour
in the Methodist Episcopal Chapel.
, 1853-05-07

% WELLS, McALIsTER s. Co.'s new
saw-mill on the Nisqually river is now in
successful operation, and will doubtless do
a AourishiDg business.
, 1853-05-07

RG- Col. S. P. Moses will accept our
thanks for the loan Of I" Wilkes Narrative
of the Exploring Expedition" in Eve large
volumes. Our readers may look for ex-
tracts from It in our next paper.
, 1853-05-07
SnPREME CouRr OF THE UNITED S1r1fs

SnPRENE CoURT OF THE UNITED STEIn.
"A sojourner in Washington, who recently
visited the Supreme Court of the Tuitsd
States, remarks; .,.-..t N W
The Supreme Court Of Ibe United Slstes
is certainly very impressive tribunal, bOlh
TO look at and reflect upon. , emo /.
The Chief Justice, with eight associates,
robed ministers Of the law" constitutes
the full bench, over whose public duties,
dignity and order hold an undispuied eign-i
No colloquial garrulity among the judges
breaks in, to mar the just expectation Of be-f
ing altentively heard No catechizing -OL
counsel, for The appearance Of superior iur
dicial sagacity, atihe expense Of transposing
and dslocaiing an elaborate and well-wrlla
ten argumenl-a practice observed and com
planned Of, in some Of our State eourts.-
Here, counsel feel, that while subjected TO-
The ordeal Of having their reasohihgs ieilcda
by a number Of powerful intellects, under
whose scrutiny nothing unsound can escape
deteclion-- they are sure that solid Args.t
ment is receiving all that Is required ffom'
such lsienerS--prOfound sitenIion.i1lir92 b4i
, 1853-05-07

WHAT MAKES A MAN - The longer
live the more certain am that the great
difference between men, the great signi6-
cant, is energy, invincible determination,
an honest purpose once fixed, and then VIC
tory. These qualities will do anything that
can be done in the world and no talents,
no circumstances, no opportunity, will make
two. legged creature a man without H.
Goethe.
, 1853-05-07

B6- Cattle are in great demand. Cows
and oxen command very high prices
, 1853-05-07

Ono STATE CAPiToL.--A comparison Of
IA different State Capitols is given, showing
that the Ohio State House will far surpasI
any other in the country. In round mum.
bers the ground covered by The Capitol Al
Washington is 81 900 square feet Of 0hio,
$4,000; Of Tennessee, $4,000; Of North
Carolina, Pennsylvania and Indiana, each
400; of Massachusetts, and New York,
1000; Of Michigan, 5000, etc. The
legislative halls and library will be larger
lhi q at Washington. No estimate is given
Of the probable total cost Of the structure.
but it will spprosch a million, and be 6h-
ished in three or four years. HI
, 1853-05-07

Rows IN 1S53.-A private letter from,
well-informed American 10 the editor Of III.
Tribune, dated Rome, Jan. Is, gives The
following somber picture of the present con.
dltion of the Eternal City;
"Rome is in wretched state. Suppor.
ted by France and Austria, the Government
is proscriptive and cruel in the extrsme,-
What with fines, imprisonments, expulsion,.
Sc, &C., scarcely family high OF-l0w'
that has not been subjected, within the laa
two years, TO some severe punishment q,
participation, no matter how slight or ind.
rect, in the revolutionary proceedings e
1913. The authorities have announced
their determination 10 eradicate everything
like republican sentiment, and every dai
witnesses the execution Of painful and riT.e
orous measures, notwithstanding the pdbIE
cation Of two amnesties Of the Pope. aI
There is a scheme in conleu'plalioa
which, il carried into execution, will bind
the poor Rouans hand and foot, and consiga
them TO slavery forever The plan origi.
mates with Spain, as such project should.
1t is proposed that the great Catholic Pow
ers should unite in forming what is called
common Protectorate over the Roman States
constituting them neutral hereafter in al ca.
ses Of war, and guaranteeing to preserve
the integrity Of the Pope's temporal govern
ment against all enemies, external and III
ternal. An Arrangement IKE this, which
would connect the integrity Of this govern
ment with the guaranty Of foreign powers,
would be infamous in the extreme, and csI,,
iainly, so far as it tended 10 curtail the IN
prescriPable right of the Roman people to
modify their form of government al ple,E
ure, would be null and void by maxims.of
public right, which no international conbi-
nations, no treaties, can override or over.
turn. fear, however, from all / hear, this
infamous scheme will be carried out" "
, 1853-05-07

B9- Goods go off rapidly. Stocks are
itl.assorted. New arriyals are looked for
, 1853-05-07

TIE TABLE ExPERIMEsT.-Ths Weekly
IN. " News has the following: owe
have before heard or read Of tables being
raised from the floor entirely by The attrae.
tive force Of the hands Of the operators, but
we thought the scene was laid too far off,
We are informed. however, by several eye
witnesses Of an experiment made in New,
Berne, short time since, that il was esr-
tainly done. Each Of the legs Of the table
was placed in a glass tumbler, and after the
table had been well magneiized, the opera
tors stood up, and raised their hands clear
Of the table, commanding it at tho Iams
time to rise. II rose an inch or two, every
leg being observed to be clear Of the bot
tom Of The glasses al the same time"
This is not the first time we have heard
Of spirits rising "Sn inch or two" from Ne
bottom Of lumblers.
, 1853-05-07

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Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1853-07-09
Dueling in New Orleans.

the poetic editor of the Crescent, thus speaks
Of the dueling mania, and fighting generally, at
present raging in the city:
AS the summer Solstice creeps upon us, and
the star Sirius pours down his baleful light,
mems blood becomes warm, the veins quicken
their hot currents, and the passions put in play
by the excess of the sanguineous sun, riot
against the restraints ofrcason and seek graft
tcaton in war, bloodshed, blows, the Sitting Of
weazands, the poking out of eyes and the
munching Of each others bones.
The summer fights have commenced-after
the fashion from time immemoriaI, when the
Gauls first peopled this our swampy region,
sweeping before them frogs and altigators, as
sweeps the wind the dust in whirIp pools-plan-
ting in their stead civilization and the liberty
of splitting each other on small swords-com-
menced in earnest have the summer fights
Two or three duels already, and the curtain
hardly up on the play, and first act of the serio-
comico-drama scarcely begun. Two or three
dueIs aready-one bloody, and likely to end in
the death OF 4 good, brave man; one Or two
ending in words--only words--and yet anOth-
erresulting in the cutting up of one italian by
another with a jack-knife. Brave men, they,
valiant to the knife, and specially useful in this
commonwealth Of many castles, for tending
fruitstands and importing ring-tailed monkeys.
Brave, bad men. Two of them on Wednesday
might've like to be particular in dates when
speaking of graue matters-Went out on the
shores Of the Lake to cut each others throats
One of them named Giovanni Scott. the suf-
fercr, and now, for his folly, weeping showers
of blood through twenty CHASTITY wounds
pouring out saguneous libations to the deites
that preside over carnage, and dying the death
he had meditated for another.
They met alone on the shores of the Lake in
the dark midnight! Not friend to see one
kill the other, and to see it done fairly. Not
soul to cry murder and shame on the
bloody encounter. No witnesses but the brave
old trees, with their funeral vestments of PEN
dant moss--tit mourning far such a scene-and
no light but that of the moon to show to each
the tend in each others eye, and to flash back
the sheen of their glistening blades, Not a
listener-not a sound but the song of the
waves chafing on the pebbly shore, and chaun-
ting their choral melody. Alone! all alone, and
meeting together in the dark hour to shake
hands with the skeleton death.
Out flash their keen weapons, and together
they rush to kill or die. Their bright blades
meet, and sparks fly fast from the stricken steel.
Anon blood flows, and the green grass is spat~
tered for rods around. The stiletto does its
work, and Giovanni sinks upon the carpet Of
green, varegated with many CORY blotch He
is trundled away by some passing there, and at
The Hospital lod dged in the charnei-room, to
bleed, to gasp, to die.
And the slayer goes on his way, unknown,
unsought after, and unmarked by the avenger
of blood! Poor Govanni-Giovanni Scott!
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1853-07-09

TWhen men are fit, truly remarks the New
York Dutchman, for nothing else, they COM
monty look to the interests of their country.
Out of every hundred office e-holders in the coun-
try, you will not find over three per cent who
could make living, even if they owned the fee
simple of gold mine. Men will doubt their
fitness to open brokers' shop, peddle clans
or act as switch tender to railroad; but who
ever saw an individual who distrusted his abil-
ity to take charge of custom-house, Or fill a
foreign embassy We pause for a response.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1853-07-09

The Art Of Thmking-One of the best
modes of improving in the art of thinking is to
think over some subject before you read upon
it, and to observe what manner it occurred to
the mind of some great master you will then
observe whether you have been too rash or
timid what you have omitted and what you have
exceeded; and by this process you will insensi-
bly, be led to the general truth. This kind Of
understanding has an immense and decided
superiority over those confused heads in which
one fact is piled upon another, without the least
attempt at classification. Some men always
read with pen in their hand, and commit to
paper any new thought which strikes them;
Others trust to chance for its e-appearance.-
Which of these is the best method in the con-
duct of the understanding must, should sup
pose, depend a great deal upon the particular
understanding in question. Some men can DO
nothing without preparation, others little with
it; some are fountains-some are reservoirs
IN, Y, Sun.