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Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-08-06

CusA.-Havana letters to July I'D that con-
tributon has been levied in Havana in aid Of the suffer-
in Gaicia and that it collected with such show
Of authority to bear the appearance of forced conr
button that commissioners have been appointed to
investigate the facts about the barque Jaspar and
Governors removed for permitting the landing Of slaves in
their districts; that six American sailors from the
barque Jaspar concealed by Spaniards Buien,
believed have been nveged into the slave cruise like
the other three who in prison. and that the fact has
been made known the commander Of the United States
sloop.ofwar Albany and to General Canedo.
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STREET PREAcHING.-The evil Of street preaching is
manifested in the disturbances of public order which it
creates. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Baltimore, and
Louisville, have each had popular erment from the
In these street haraugue the speakers in
stead Of preaching peace and goodwill to al mankind,
enisayor to stir Ap popular commoon, set onehaf the
population against the other by bitter and incorporate
denuneatons Of particular religious and Of political
parties Ia this respect they nothing than
dturbers q the peace who greatly abuse the liberty
Of speech for the yilest Of purposes.-Le6gsr
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The Brownsville Texas) Flag is advocating outlay
the part of the United States Government for the pur
pose of improving the channel Of the Rio Grande. 1t
says that troops and supplies for army stations the
river landed at Corpus Christi and taken thence
Eve six hundred miles Of sterile land; whereas,
of from $780, 600 $4,000, the river might be
cleared out to enable steamboats, to land troops
provisions &C. the very bastons of the forts during
the whole year.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-08-06

During the severe thunder storm on Monday night
the country residence Ct Mr. G. Washington d. Ramsay
near Clouds Mill, in Fairfax county, was struck by
lightning and his family had most provdenal escape.
The lightning struck the post Of the bedstead On which
Of the family Sleeping and shivered the rail
and post bu, did not inure materially those in the bed
thrown forty yards The lightning during the storm was
very vivid and frequent
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-08-06
TOM ToGaLEs,s REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT

T'other evenin, in the foc'sle, sir,
As me and Larrie Lorn
Billy Jones, and Jacky Hunter
Wos takin Of horn
When We had spun cur little yar.,s
And sung few luy songs,
We natrally begins to talk
About cur rights and rongs.
And says Billy Jones, says he,
can't abear, can you,
To ship in them ere q smokers"
With three blers and screw
Them steamers as perfesses
To 60 ten knots nor more,
When hardly is they able
To claw along the shore.
Pretty craft indeed they be
To keep up the high renown
Our old fogy" captains won
When the meteor hag'' went down.
Aye, lovely craft indeed they be
To protect our sailors rights,
For which our navy kept the sea
Unwhipt 10 a hundred fights.
They tells Us that we Yankee tars
Is the bulwark Of the shore,
That we're ready when our Uncle wants us,
And lot Of CANNON more.
Yet they clap us board sich vessels
IS Contractors please 70 send,
Which never was good for nothin,
And We always have to mend.
Now thi: all comes OF landlubhers
4 takin our ships in tow:
And il you don't, sir, stopper il,
Twill dim our bright stars glow
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RUINS OF THE MORMON TEMPLE AND THE IoARIAss.-
correspondent Of the Dover IN. H. Star, under date
Of June l7h gives interesting facts in relation
the city Of Nauvoo, Mormonisn, &C.:
"Before the temple burnt it nearly finished.
Now all that remains is the end facing the river and this
is seen for few miles back in the country, and
distance on the river, beT and above 1t built Of
limestone the outside heNn and carved, exhibiting
Of the most beautiful figures that MAIDEN
stone The location for the city is considered Of the
best on the river. II is point Of land forned by
great bend IN the river overlooking quite portion OF
Iowa considerable part Of the city is be'ow the oluh
vet is SO high that 1t is inundated The present
number Of inhabitants about 000 and there is but
evangelical meeting and this Is the Methodist The
Catholics have meeting in the place
"The ruins Of the temple are not the only ruins
Many Of e brick houses in the back part Of the city are
deserted and the remains Of many burnt houses continue
mon the grounds Had the Mormons, even with their
humbur conducted little better this would have been
great place Most Of the villages IN this county were
under their control.
Joe Smiths widow has married, and lives in the city
She and her husband keep the Mansionhouse Her old
is about twenty years OF age they nave no ie
lowship with Mornonsm. Boynton, who hrst preached
in Maine as Mormon and induced about thirty fam-
lies with their innocent children, to leave my native
town, has for twelve years been anti-Mornon. Yet
Mormonisn is still Aourishng few miles below thos-
sands are encamped preparing TO emgrate 20 the
Salt Lake country Most Of the Mormon sufferers have
been and children.
1.-THE temple site is owned by company OF SOCIALISTS
called Icarans mostly French They number about four
hundred publish weekly paper in English and are in
hdels. visited their buildings had interview with
their President They notedn as being peaceable and
temperate They ali dine in one room yet every msu
has separate room for bis family"
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MARRIAGE gR ALBoSf-The Paris correspondent Of the
Boston Atlas says; 81 have two marriages to announce
Mile MARIE ALDoSI has returned to Paris, and Is living
in her newly purchased house in the Champ Eysees and
her bans have been published. she is to marry Count
pepol Mile Miolan Of the Opera Comique, is about to
marry 81 Caryalho the pianist
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ARRIvAL OF THE CARAVAN from RED RIvEn.-The
nual from Red river reached this place last
ing. 1t consists Of hundred and thrtyhree CARTS
thrtytwo Of which belong the Selkrk Settlement on
the Brtsh side Of the line, and the balance to Messrs
Kittson and others residing at Grand Cote Pembna &C.
the American side They left Grand Cote on the 10Th
day Of june and reached Traverse des Sioux on the
Minnesota river Sunday last having occupied thirty
two days IN making the trip They crossed Gov Seyenss
trail en- route end fell in with portion Of his party The
Governor was progressing slowly, owing to the bad
dton Of his teams and Il thought that unless the
hunters were successful, the party would soon incur
scarcity Of provisions.
The traders and hunters at Red river have been
usually successful during the past season The
brings some six hundred bales Of urs and SKINS and
obliged 10 leave large quantity behind
The business at Red river the American side Of the
line, Is mostly becoming concentrated at Grand Cote
about thirty miles west Of the old settlement Of Pembins,
and four or five miles south Of the British line The re-
sdents there have engaged quite extensively in farming
and the soil is found to be exceedingly productive.
[Sh Paul (Aiaaesosa) Democrat, July 20.
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WILLIAM b. BASfsTEp, Of Newburyport who died a
week Or two since hos left the principal portion OF his
property say about 10000 to be divided equally be.
tween tie American Bible Society the American Board Of
Commissioners for Foreign Missions the American Edu
cation Society the Massachusetts, Home Missionary So
Getty AMI TIE American Colonization Society.
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They have at present at the Gosport Navy Yard guam
tity Of water which obtained from Lake Drummond
the Dismal Swamp, ten years since 1t continues
fresh andpure when hrst taken from the lake. and
still retains the juniper taste which characterizes this
vrat
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Had our worthy correspondent seen the bushels
of letters and recommendations, similar to his own,
which loaded down the tables of the Secretaries,
they do the tables Of all Secretaries on the accession
Of every new Administration, he might well have,
supposed it possible that his were not read by any
body but the clerk to whom assigned in every
Department the duty of endorsing and fling them
away for reference. His reflections on the exer-
else of the appointing power, otice-seeking, and
the injuries to individuals and to the public service
inflicted by proscriptive rotation are very correct,
but not as strong as they might justly be.-Etors]
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-07-06

Liquor SEizrRE.-We understand
that cask, Of suspicious appearance
forwarded to Rutland from market BY
railroad, in the name Of distinguished
opponent of the liquor law residing in
this town, was seized one day last week
and is awaiting its fate, in the hands of
proper officer This was not a seizure OF
liquor IN transitn, Rutland being the
place at which il was to be unloadej-
whatever ultimate destination may have
been intended. Our legal friend has
now good opportunity to test the 'con-
stitutionality" of the law
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-07-06

POULTRY CHEAPER THAN Pork
Build good comfortable hen coops, as
you do to keep your hogs in, keep
fowls, feed them, and make a careful
estimate of both the cost of your fowls
and your hogs, together with the pro-
ducts of each-you will find that fowls
are more profitable stock than hogs.
Pork cannot be made at less then FIVE
cents per 10. with any breed of hogs.
Each hen, well cared for, will yield q
clear profit in eggs and chickens of 81
a year To care for them and pro-
dlce this result. it is only necessary to
give them warm place for a roost, a
dry cellar if possible in winter, va
riety Of grain and a little animal food,
with clean water and lime in some
shape for egg shells. The waste Of
fowl manure yearly in the U. S. is at
least 81 100000. TO save it, place
a layer of loan and plaster occasionaI-
ly oyer layers Of. Mahure... Every
spring iaix all together apa.ase. it at
the rats Of, . pint ts.a bill Of corn, or
cuenmbers, squashes,. pumpkins, ), mel
ons, peas, onions, Strawberries Or any
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are acquired, or old ones renovated
His mind languislied from want Of ex-
crcisc, and gradually collapsed into i'd
iotism, in which state he spent the close
of his life, In hospital founded by him
self for persons afflicted with the same
disorder, Of which he finally died.
Country people, when they have no
relish for books when they lose the a
bility to work, to 90 abroad, from age
or weakness, are very apt to become fa-
tuitous especially as they are too Of
ten deserted Ia .heir old age by the
younger branches Of their families in
consequence Of which their minds be-
come torpid from the want Of society
and conversation. Faulty is more rare
in cities than in country places, only be-
cause society aud conversation can be
had in them on more easy terms, and
it is less common among women than
men, only because their cinployments are
Of such nature as admit of their being
carried on by their fircsides and in a
sedentary posture.
The illustrious DR.. Franklin oxhibi.
ted striking instance of the influence
OF reading, writing, and conversation, ii
proloneing sound and active state O
all the faculties of the mind. In hi,
eighty fourth year, he discovered no ont
mark in any Of them Of the weakness Oh
decay usually observed in the minds o
persons at that advanced period of life
Dr., Rush,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-07-06

BOARD OF EDucATioN AND NORMAL
ScnooLs.-A correspondent Of the Mont
pclier Freeman urges, as remedy for
the present doplorable statsof our Com
mon School system, the establishment Of
a Board Of Education, with Normal
Schools for the education Of teachers.
Now, it is undeniably true, as all will
testify who have been in position to
observe closely the action Of the Lcgis-
laturc on this subject for the last two
years, that every objection raised against
the school law as it is, bears with still
greater forcc against this proposed
change. Until House Of Representa-.
tivcs can be brought to elect State
Superintendent according to the present
law, it can never be prevailed on to n.
dept Board of Education and Normal
Schools. The latter system will DO far
more bitterly opposed than the old one,
as last years experience sufficiently
shows Nor will this new plan, while il
increases the expense of Supervision
five'fold, be whit more effective, or nc.
complish any new purpose not already
provided for. Unless the friends of
School Supervision can be agreed and
act together, for the old plon,-what We
believe a largo majority, under present
circumstances, hold to be most expcdi.
eut and practicable,--wc have reason to
fear continuance of our prosont dis.
grace Let us look at this matter as procti
cal men, in the light of experience and
we may confidently expect n better re
suN
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farm an0 8ar0rn.

EARLY ToMAToEs.-Thcre is proba.
bly, no fruit which is at present more
generally and deservedly esteemed
than the Tomato. Its medicinal vir-
tues are more universally recognized
by practitioners, and very few gardens
are destitute oft, though, owing to va.
rious causes not necessary to mention,
success in cultivating it is rar, ly at
tanned. The soil best adapted to this
fruit, where it is required early in the
season, is fine dry sand. A shovel
fnll of old, wellrotted manure in each
hill will be sufficient, and the plants
after they come up require to be hoed
and weeded to ensure an abundant
crop. Sticks to keep up the fruit from
coming in contact with the dirt may be
supplied, or few placed around the
plants will be a good protection. On
very rich land the vine possesses great
vigor, but the maturation of the fruit
is retarded and is less rapid and health
full. For sauces, pies and pickles, as
well as variety of other uses, the to-
mato is unsurpassed by vegetables
with which we are acquainted. The
yield is very large, consequently full
supply for domestic purposes and uses
may be obtained from few hills. The
yellow Tomato is generally preferred
to the red, though both are good.
Preference is, perhaps, in this, mat
ter Of mere taste after all. In the vi.
ciuity of large marietta much clear
profit can be frequently realized from
few rods of land, cultivated in early
tomatoes, as from many a hundred
ere farm, which produces only the Or
binary kinds of vegetables and grains,
Germantown Tel.
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A FIRST RATE NoTIcE FOR THE
UNIoN.-The New York Post COM
pliments the Union, in this wise, for
its defence Of the administration
We remember once to have heard
famous way Of this city say, during
the closing year of Tyler's administra-
ton, that he felt that his country was
safe, for, said he, "a country that can
stand such a President as John Ty-
ler,c standaHything.' We may say
with equal propriety that an admin
istration that can stand the kind Of
support that President Pierce has been
receiving Of late from the Union, is
equally beyond the reach of danger"
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About Lawyers and their Charges.

Tho editor of the Philadelphia Regis.
ter having been charged with harboring
a,projudlce against lawyers, replies to
tho charge as follows
we not only respect Lawyers but
have lively admiration for them. Who
ever heard Of one Of them taking fee
III all unjust cause or doing a hard.
hearted thing or saying what he did
not believe or encouraging litigation ?
q mlsrepresenting evidence to the jury
Dc Toequeville rightly says they are the
aristocracy-that is. the best men
OF the United States. Our own admira-
ton Of them is founded Oh a large ex-
perience of their virtues. Let us call
up the images of few Lawyers of our
own acquaintance.
There is our friend at Columbus, Mis-.
-iss.ippl who never varies from his
scale OF charges, eyon for friends. We
sent nm once for collection our bill of
80 against subscriber. He collected
1t the same day, and sent us BY return
mail his own bill for fee of SIS. with n
polite dun for the unpaid balance of Sc.
we reunited instanter, thanking him for
his proiDptness.
Then there is the eminent counsellor
at Lake Providence, who charged us
sIoo On bill Of exchange for $4,000,
which had been paid GU presentation
we demonstrated, and he consoled us
ior not having collected through bank
oy the assurance that if professional c,
iquette did not forbid, he would most
certainly reduce his original cnarge
which be admitted was rather too heavy
- sui better man was Texas law.
yer, 10 whom We Entrusted dis,uted
land claim, on an arr ugcm1At called
the halves very COMMON il that part
oi the country. a facetious dog was
smith. About eighteen months elaps.
ed without our hearing from him. He
then wrote to US, in answer of our TWEEN.
iieib epistle, that he had done remarka-
bly, veil with the claim, having compro.
missed 1t for half the value of the prop
erty that he had poeketed the half for
his fee aud that we were really not in.
debted to him for anything besides the
costs Of a suit he had commenced and
discontinued We could have fairly
Rugged the fellow for his gay and care
less hulnor IS ~
lie did not riveus half tho trouble
we bad With a lawyer out at Jefferson
City, WHO bad COLLECTED. for. ls claim
of serarali hsnaInd' dollars Punetual
as a.'eosrespende9t, he advised as by
the first mad, 9dding that the mails were
made yery,tJegIlar by tbf. Overlooking
of tho riyau ;anh he did not think it safe
to Remit We waited until summer.
time, alash ase cpalds almost wade the
Upper Missouri, :; The river Was so low.
then, heisSid, that he, fopnd-N extreme.
ly ifoansenicnt to get bis paper 70 The
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-07-06
u rrs onaI 5krtfbc 6,
The Mosquito King.

A correspondent of the New Orleans
Della, writing from Blcwfeids, gives a
very different impression of his Males.
ty Of Mosquito from that which ordin-
srily obtains. He says:
I" Americans who are accustomed to
hear of the Mosquito King, as I" his
woolly-headcd, brecchlcss majesty" at
whom
let but satire lift his gun,
The more til. feathers fly the more the
fur"
would be agrccably surprised to meet
him, and spend short time at Blew.
fields lie is about nineteen years of
age, of slight and gfaec!n figure. pleas.
ing countcnauce, small feet and remark.
ably delicate hands his color. that of
an Indian his hair straight aud black !;
In short, his tout eHSem n" - hat If the
pure blooded Indian. N-',... - faint.
est touch of the neg, II USUAL;
dresses plainly but nea,l ---uil,o pants
black jacket Or coat, AID straw hat. At
times he wears his uniform, which is al
so neat, and becomes him vel lie has
received very fair education. and his
manners with strangers are modest and
reserved but on acquaintance, hc proves
lively, courteous and agreeable. He is
very foud Of Dory sailing. and manages
one with great skill and daring; the
sitter the breeze tue better he likes ii
particularly if he happens to have Q
timid friend with him. He is an ex
celient swimmer, a bold rider, and very
fond of horses. His greatest penohant
however, is for Dory- sailing, and he al
ways keeps fine assortment of boats.
| do not think that the most intense
American could avoid being, as sale
before, agrecably surprised at meet
ing him; instead of thick-lipped
woolly headed Sambo-such one a,
Mrs. Stowe would term Afric's son.
"a young Indian, possessing all the at
tributes Of his race, and much of tn,
manners Of gentleman Much ridi
culc has been heaped upon him OH &C
count Of the improper position taken b,
England in regard to him and hi.
tribe, for which the young king seem
to trouble himself but little but no one
in his company, would feel disposed t,
indulge the feeling, for really there i
nothing to ridicule. You see before yov
young Indian, recognized by trib
OF at least two thousand five hundred
their king, receiving from them homag
and tribute, and you naturally fee! ever,
disposition to show him respect.
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Bay-Italy, and especially Piedmont,
has lost one Of its most illustrious men,
by the death Of Count Cesar Balbo,
who died at his residence 10 Turin, on
the 4th inst, aged about 10 years.
lie belonged to one of the most ancient
families Of Italy, which traces its line
with undoubted accuracy to Julius C@.
sar. His historical and political wri-
tings have placed him among the first
Of the Italian writer's, and he did as
much, perhaps, as any other person to-
introduce the constitutional system
of government Of the country. He
has been a member of its Parliament
from its beginning Cor. Ncwark
ADJ.
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COMPLIMENT TO AMERIcANs.-We
notice by our late English files that
the following Americans had the hon.
orary degree of D. c. l.. conferred
upon them at the recent installation of
the Earl of Derby as Chancellor of the
University Of Oxford The Hon. Jo-
scph Randolph Ingcrsoll, Minister Of
the UNITED States the Hon. Martin
Van Buren,, formerly President Of the
United States; the Right Rev. George
Jehosaphat Mountain, Bishop of Que
bee the Right Rev. Charles Petit
McIlvaine, Bishop of Ohio; the Hon.
Mr.. Justice HaibuIton.-N Y. Cour.
& Enq.
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DREADFUL OUTRAGg.-We learn
that three Mexicans are now in Gus
tody at Goliad, awaiting their trial for
the brutal murder Of several Amer
leans near San Patricio, q short time
since. The Americans had number
Of horses in charge on their way to the
interior Of this State, when they were
waylaid and murdered. and their bod
les burned to ashes by these inhulDan
ficnds Such are the particulars as
TREY have reached us. Next week we
Aoi,e ~ besable to fnruiAt a fall aud
reliable slatcmen i lhi> Il. frl
murder. IN the meantime. We WIZ
say, the Cour, is in session at t,,.,r,a.
and will very probably tn tis case }
forthwith Vitteris { Eras) Advo.
Gaze.
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EHThe autobiography of Alexander
Dumas, now publishing in Paris jour
nal, reveals, amongst other ''prodigious"
things, the hitherto unknown fact that
the Revolution of July, 1880, was not
accomplished by the people of Paris,
but by Alexander Dumas himself; that
he and a companion, an artist, captured,
unaided, a powder magazine, and took a
regiment Of artillery prisoners that he
is invulnerablc to grape shot, mas
much as, in the Revolution, half dozen
cannons blazed away at him, one after
the other, at only few yards distance,
and left him unhurt that he, though in
those days young man, scarcely known
at all, talked grandly about what he
would allow to be done, and what he
would not allow to be done, to General
Lafayette, NJ. Lafayette, and even to
Louis Philippe himself, in whose house
hold he was employed in the capacity of
clerk.