The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-02-12

oiSuuIoHtS anu oDJectlOnS OF the opponents OF
the bill were so successfully met, that not one
of them could find a resting place, either on the
Constitution, on which they first planted them
selves, or on expediency, good policy, or the
best interests of the State, on which all should
endeavor to stand. At this stage of the pro-
ceedings, the bill was defeated; and how Its
opponents raised the hue and cry that it was
IN contiict-not with the Constitution or the
vested rights OF any oDe-but that it was in con-
tiict with the doctrines of the Democratic party
And has it come to this? Has the Democratic
party of the South, which we have been so often
told was the only true Pro Slavery party, actu-
ally turned out to be the only friend of the free
negroes in the South?"
AN AGRICULTURAL Observation-Disclosures
Wright, of Indiana, says an exchange, makes
pretensions to great agricultural science, deep
skill in all the mysteries of grain, roots, ma
nures, &C., but really knows nothing about the
subject. On this point the Wabask Express
tells the following hard story:
Not many springs ago, his E&eellency, in
company with another distinguished citizen of
Indiana, was riding in the country. In pass
ing beautiful field of grain just beginning to
head, the Governor refined up his horse, and
burst into rapturous admiration of the wheat
Quoth Ned" Governor, how much will that
wheat yield to the acre?"
"Oh, from seventeen to twenty bushels"
What kind Of seed is that from, Govern.
orr"
Common winter. That is the best for this
SOIL"
"You are the President of the Agricultural
Society, are you not, Governor"
| am, SIR"
delivered the address before the Agricul-
tural Society Of New York, last year ?"
eyes, SIR"
=" You are the author of an eloquent passage
about the cultivation of roots and tops.n
( Z" A mere trihe, Ned"
"Well, you are the only ass I ever saw who
could not tell oats from aUheat!"
A certain farmer, one of the Governors con-
stituents, who had a profound admiration for
his talents and practical knowledge, wrote to
him Tor advice as to the best method of i'm
proving his stock of sheep. The Governors
answer was instant, brief contentious, sincere
" Get Hydraulic RGm--better than the South
down for mutton, equal to the Merino for wool"
The Express adds "If this doesn't settle
the question, we have pumpkin story in re-
serve, that may cast some light upon it."
How TO PREVENT CoLDs.-Dr. William A.
Alcott, the author of "The House Live In"
health, has in press work on Hygiene, which
will probably be of great practical value. From
chapter on colds we take the following ad-
vice, which is now quite seasonable:
Those who would avoid colds must not
muifie themselves, especially their faces and
Threats, every time they go into the open air.
do not say that none of the vast number al
,eady diseased should be allowed to break the
orcc of q stream of air lowered in temperature
to zero, or fifteen or twenty degrees below it,
either by respirator or muller. / am writing
for those who as yet deem themselves healthy.
After brisk walking, or other exercise, du-
ring which we have worn more than needfnl
amount of clothing, we must beware of throw
ing off a part of it, and sitting down in tenn
perature which is very low, or in air which is
damp, especially if we have been in a free per-
spiraiion Better to- keep on our clothing till
we see how matters are going on with us. 1t
would be safer to add clothing in such circum-
stances than to diminish it.
"Those who would be perfect in this matter
should avoid sitting with Wet feet after exercise
or sleeping in damp clothing. While person
is exercising in the open air, if not overheated
or overfatigued, it may be safe for him to have
wet feet Indeed, some will 60 with their feet
wet all the forenoon without injury, if they keep
in motion but the philosopher Locke, who rec
commended that children should have holes in
their shoes, would hardly have justified the
practice of sitting with wet feet.
"Those who are accustomed to warm cloth.
ing should not exchange it for that which is
extremely thin, when they are about to 90
abroad in the cold air, unless they are to walk. !
Thousands of young people, especially females,
might trace the consumption, neuralgia, or fe- |
yer, which destroyed them, to some act of reck- |
fhofx un, nh .oI e
going,
In general, we are quite too much afraid of
the sun and rain, to enjoy that hardihood which |
is indispensable in climate as much exposed
to colds and consumption as that of the United |
States. The late General Dearborn, Of Massa- |
ohusetts, would have no such thing as an UNI
hrela in his family, if he could help it. He |
thought it aafer, On the whole, to be occasion |
ally little wet, than to exclude ourselves from
every drop of rain, nineteen times in twenty, |
with the almost entire certainty of being some |
time caught without one, and Of suffering Sc. |
verely as the consequence"
REMARKABLE DUEL.-Two gentlemen, Zone |
a German and the other Spaniard, who were
recommended by their birth and services to
the Emperor Macmillan H. both courted his
daughter. This Prince, after a long delay, one
day informed the suitors that, esteeming them
equally, and not being able to bestow pref
erence, he should leave it to the force and |
address OF the claimants to decide the question.
lie would not, however, permit them to en-.
counter with offensive weapons, but had ordered
a large bag to be procured. TWAS his decree.
that whichever succeeded in putting the other
into this bag, should obtain the hand OF his !
daughter. This extraordinary contest took |
place before the whole Court, and lasted above |
an hour In the end, the Spaniard yielded, |
and the German (Eberhard Raron de Talbert) |
having planted his rival in the bag, took it |
upon his back, and gallantly laid it at the feet
of his mistress, whom, the story goes, he es-
poused the next day.
A GALLANT PAINTER.-Gilbert Stuart, the ,
celebrated portrait painter, once met lady in !
the streets of Boston, who said to him: "Ah |
Mr.. Smart have just seen your likeness, and |
kissed it, because it was 60 much like you"
. And did it kiss you in return ?" "Why, no."
: fhen," said Stuart, " it was not like me-"
EDITING NEWSPAPER Our WEsr.-Tne
editor of paper published at Lake Superior,
after having been without mail .nree weeks.
saws:
"Should the mail not arrive this week, we
shall make our regular issue next Tuesday !;
for this number was made up from an ola mag
azine and religious almanac of last year
and, so long as this material holds out, we shall
be independent of the mails"
Posi- OFFICE LITERATURE.-In view of the
fearful work the guilotine is making, we sup
pose, says the Chicago Journal, the Postmaster
at Huntley's Grove puts himself right upon the
record, by writing US the following note. We
shall hope that our correspondent may be re.
tanned. Mr.. Wales is a ,chaler
Hampshire Jen 10Th 1857