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SMUGGLING IN MEXICO. ...From four %
six millions of silver are annually snug
gled of tho coast in defiance Of Asxieso
law; and though it 10 well known the sn-
thorities are perfectly aware Of the fast,
and even connive at it, it is no justi6cs-
ton for employing British ships Of wAr d
illegal acts and turning their seResss into
smugglers. ,s@-aa-'rs geiiEol
Still, 1t goes on. b. ass 5oa Il .G
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NUMBER IL. :.
A New Novel, Founded on Facts.
The author reserves the right Of trans.

A New Novel, Founded on Facts
The author reserves the right Of trans.
lation. ,,
HuaarrY, pREssIrY, soUxszrTY, SLAP.
A few evenings ago, . young gsntle-sa
man who is some Of blood snd consid.
cradle of q kitten, was standing On the
side walk, engaged in earnest converse
ton with a girl of his own age and size.
Clouds of moonbeams Aoated in the skies
and fitted "hither and youder." "Hsng
up philosophy" Philosophy Was hung
up. Why not The warm blood OF
youth-the glowing air of the Summer
night-a boy girl--.stillnsss--prox- =.
imity--approximation. Loosen the
tongue. -,-.-.
Boy. Oh I amt It purtyi ..'
GIRL. Oh amt 1t thought i-f4 g
Both Gmpulsively. } Oh! sint iti
GIRL. Yes indeed. J.Lb
Boy. It's not as warm % Il was. arw -
GIRL. Oh !isn's it good I ;tar
Boy. Isntitl - ...as,r
Tie up the tongue. Silence. Uncea..
sciously stole the boys arm around the
maiden's neck. Walked she from her
dream. Rapture-the pure rapture si
the Aeeting moment gone. It wasn't half
so good as she thought. The Ugly ,rsa-.
son Of mistrust crept over her bosom
crept into her head. She VAS what tie
boys call "touchy." She couldn't bare
to be touched. She was mad. ~ '''sA a
MAIDEN. Quit that. ..R s5tsfI
Boz What -.sl., sos-s o.is
MAIpKN Unhaud mo.
Boy. How " -.
MAIDEN. Don't you shsnti $7a
Boy (teuderly. whiningly. implorinSiy)s
Why can't ~ - t9REaN
Slap. SIX 81 syi1s,aad
Bang. al. ,..,.,,.e,.1,
The END.
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A Cry IN THE GoIp MINIS. IA Pikeas

A Cry IN THE GoLD MINIS. IA Pfkoae
Pesker writes that Denver City is slog
city, containing about one hundred cahinss
Corner lots range in price from $50 g
$500. Inhabitants arc Indians. 1sxi-
cans and white people...sbout equally
divided---An hard cases, drinking snd
fighting all tho while, some one ki1sa
nearly every week---now and then ons
hung. --@' 90 500 V
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w There 10 . Jail In ArksnsaGg tn
inner door Of which is tied with . tow
string, and the outer door fastened BY Q
fence rail proppsd against it. with .
board driven in the ground st the foot.
A prisoner offered reward Of 6ye dol.s
lars to any one who would shell n ear tse
corn ct the lower end Of the rail end
leave the rest to the hogs.
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HMiss Judson, Who eloped from
Pontiac, Mich, with negro, and married
him, to the great disgust of ell her friends,
il to he rendered still more notorious
The whole story has been dramatised, and
will shortly be produced at the Netropol.
itan Theatre, Detroit
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1859-06-15

ONCE on . time, IN Irishman sad ehs.
gro were fighting, and vhse SrapBllAg
with each other, the Irishmsn sxclaimsd,
'Ye divil Of black nsgur cry saesgh.'
or I'll fight till I die II 'So1l !, bo6ls
sung ont the darkey, 4 always doss.s
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1859-06-15

~Many and varied are IL baais
charms that conquer IN He1e ~ - .
woman whose strength. like 6aasoah b
in her hair, . second holds yosF aAbstises
by her teeth; aud third ID . CildsssllA
who wins hearts BY her pretty foot.
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Stlttt Gale.
THE SETTLER AND THE SER
10 WANT.
A TALE OF WESTERN VIRGINIA.
BY EMMERsoN BENNETT.

Just before the breaking out of this
commonly known as Lord Dunmore's war,
. man by the name Parker settled in the
western part of Virginia, on small creek
that empties into the Ohio. His family
consisted of his wife and three children.
ranging from Eve to twelve. and negro
servant. The place where he located was
some distance from any settlement or sta
tion. and the scenery around very wildl
and romantic, with lofty and heavily
wooded hills sloping back from the valley.
He brought his family here early in the
spring, built himself rude log cabin and
By great exertion succeeded 10 planting
considerable patch Of ground the same
season.
One day near the close of the summer,
% Mr.. Parker and his negro Tom. we're
ut work in the woods. but a half mile from
the dwelling, the latter who had gone to
the creek near by, came hurrying back.
with an expression Of alarm depicted on
his black face.
"Well, Tom. what's the matter with
you now?" inquired his master, suspen.
ding his work to look at the frightened
domestic.
"Oh, Mars Jonas," answered Tom, in
. quivering voice, looking fearfully around
- he spoke. II think seed sufin down
dar."
you're always seeing something won
derfnI" pursued the other, "But it gen.
orally turns out triaing affair. Did you
ses black in the water when you stoop.
cd down to drink"
! "Oh, Mars Jonas, seed sufin worsir
dat. Don't !arf Mars Jonas Great Col.
ly: seed eyes in the busher-reles
never seed muffin sfore-nufin-durine
dis iife."
"Well, eyes are not apt to hurt any.
body Tom, returned Mr.. Parker with q
laugh; I've seen good many eyes in my
time" "
~ "Yes, but Mars Jonas, it is difference
what they's 'tsched to-"
Z q! "That's very true, Tom. Well what
did your eyes belong to-"
II tink dc eyes I seed was 'tached up.
1 ON do head Of . big Injun." ..--.
"Ah !" exclaimed the other appearing
for the first time little startled. "Why
: did you not say that you thought so in
: the frst place. you blundering fool? Pshaw
: there are no Indians about here, except in
yosr imagination. What makes you think
i Rsa an Indian .lla.t.[f
"Csse I tink de Injun was dar, dats all,
@nstered tho black, looking timidly
around him. II tink Mars Jonas, We had
better 60 down 10 the house and tee,
+ Missus snd the children" tc .- --r-
II believe it would bs folly to do 80
sald Nj. Parker, for sm almost certain
you have seen nothing at all. Still yol
have made me uneasy, will 60 back; bu
iiyou fool me many times, look out for ,
=, ,tspning. ,q5. .-a. -..a s.. .-..-.
! i'as"I'se not de chile to fool you, Mar
y Jonas, said Tom. hastily gathering u!
his tools while his master took his rifle
I Isvhich wss leaning against tree, ant
-esstjpg his eyes wsrily about him, pro
ceedsd TO- examine his priming. No, rs
not do chile I'd, fool you, Mars Jonas,
pursasd Tom quickly. "And if / didu'
90 do imost horrible eyes-snd dem Q
Iniuns -sdeuI neber seed nafin."
Mr., Parker now suggested that it be Q
we'll to 70 down the creek, and make
sssrch through the bushes; but to thi
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1859-06-15

~ A lady called on witty ftissl.
who Was not at homo, and, finding The
piano dusty, wrote upon It "slattsRn. ~
The next day. they met. and the lsdy
said: II called on you yesterday" .'Yss;
I saw your card on the piano."
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EA An awkward man, attsnPtise -
carve . goose. dropped 1t On tie
foor. ) "~S
There now + exclaimed his vils, 'Ws
have lost our dinner rg lest
oh. no. my DEAR answered Be. ~
safe..--I've got my foot on it, ox,r.
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|. Certainly 1t IL heaven spoa sasth
to have mans mind move IN sAasity, Isst
In providence, and turn apoa - ~ q
truth. a=s ~,
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~ so Jour little boy goes 70 sshee
already =
OF course be does.' -. o 3sas
And does he learn anything q
You'd better believe it, ,.l sm~s
Can he write already - .,.r.r,
He writes like . lawyer Z
You don't say soi'
Yes; 50 that nobody can rsad f."
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them gently. In this direction the thicket
extended some twenty yards from whore
our friends lay concealed; and with the
assistance of Tom, Parker now got noise
lessly into position to cover the advance
of the savage. Then waiting in breath
less silence till the Indian had 80 far ad-
vanced as to make his aim sure, he fred
again. A sharp yell ofpain, and aoun-
dering among the bushes followed. Tom
seized his axe, and at once bounded for
ward towards his fallen adversary.
The Indian was badly wounded. though
not sufficient to prevent him from making
use of his rife, but fortunately for Tom,
it only flashed in the pan, with the muz-
zle fairly pointed at his heart, and the
next instant the axe of Tom descended
with herculean force and ended the work.
With shout Of triumph Tom now rush
ed from the thicket, without needing the
calls of his master in pursuit of the only
remaining savage, whom he could easily
follow by his trail of blood. About &
hundred yards from where he had beer
shot, he found him concealed behind &
log, and in dying condition. Too veal
to make any defence, she Indian looked
up at his enemy and extending to him hi
hand, said
"How de do, brudder!"
"Jus dis wayl" cried Tom, dds Is ju'
de way I does to all such rascals a. you,
and with the last word the bloody axe de
scsnded and was buried in tho brain o
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SOMETHING ABOUT Pixies PEAK.-Pikc's
Peak and the mountains around it have
been called the apex of North America
and their height may be imagined when
it is recollected that five giant rivers,
running in three opposite directions,
have their sources in this region-the
Green and Grande rivers, which arc tri-
butaries to the Colorado, aud which
wend their course to tho Gkaf of Cali
fornia; the Rio Grande, whicEa empties
in the Mexican Gulf; the Platte river
which flows into the Missouri; and the
Arkansas, which cmpties into the Mis-
sissippi. From the brow of Pilee's Peak
the springs from which these Eve rivers
rise can be seen. Enthusiasts contend
that in this rich region the invaluable
deposits exist from which California, as
we'll as the Kansas and Nebraska pla-
GERS have been supplied by the river
washings. This is probably but an idle
dream, or the fancy of spectators in
Pixies Peak town lots Or travelling lines
leading to that point; but it is an indie
alton Of the excited state of feeling cx-
listing.
Vague reports of gold in the Pixies
Peak country have been III circulation
for twenty years; and it is said that the
Indians, when they saw the overland
cmigrants ON their way TO California,
years ago, declared that the pale faces
were fools for travelling SO far for
dust, when plenty Of it might be found
in the guIches of the Bow and Park
Mountains" Gin. Eng. ~
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nsa Tn tile recent mess of Gov. Wei

p
nsa, In tile recent mess of Gov. Wei
Ter, cf California, he estimates the total
yield of gold in that State, from 1s4s to
the close of 1858, ut six hundred mil
lions of dollars. The State debt of Ca
lifornia is only $4,000, the expendit-
ures for the last year were S992, ,533,
and the receipts s1,215,128 The popu-
lation of California is estimated at two
hundred and thirty-eight thousand. The
assessed value of property has fallen off
two millions since last year, and sixteen
millions during the last four year. There
are now in cultivation in the State 1885,
1874 aeres-and increase over 1856 of
PATH acres. The number Of sheep in
the State is estimated at $50, 600. The
number of horses has increased $4,000
in two years; and the increase Of cattle
in the same time is 10000. Vine
growing has increased over one hun
dred and fifty per cent in two years
Last year three hundred and eighty-five
thousand gallons Of wine, and ten thods'
and gallons of brandy were manufac
tured in that State--the numberof vines
altogether amounting to four millions
whereof tyo-thirds are grown i'll tbs
coit1itvof Los angeles afnnc "+5
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REMARKABLE CURES Ry IENoN IANGIoIs
SEN.-,This venerable Scptuagenarian Of
our parish has been known for many
years for his unparalleled success in the
cure of chronic darrhGa, dysentcry and
bloody fluS. The many remarkable
cures he has effected Of these diseases,
pronounced incurable by the medical
profession. attest the truth of the above
remarks. His system of treatment he
learned more than forty years ago from
the Indians, and by which he accomp-
lished his own cure of chronic dyscn-
terry of eleven years standing. Since
then many persons have applied to him
when they had failed to obtain relief
elsewhere, and he has invariably sue
ccedcd i'll mastering every case.
We take the liberty of writing the
above because many persons who may
be suffering from some of the above dis
eases, when relief can be obtained from
no other source, might be Immediately
cured by calling upon him at his resi-
pence on False River. ...za 49,. s....
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ordinary clay especially with the add,
ton of il little aIkali, to obtain an artii-
cial pozzuolana.
The we'll known Portland Cement, so
called because its color resembles that
of the Portland stone, is prepared by
calcining mixture in proper proper
tons, of chalk with the clayey mud of
the Thames but similar and equally
good cemcnts are now manufactured in
England and France hy mixing chalk or
mari with other clays. The materials
are reduced TO fine powder, and intimate
ly mixed with the addition of water
The resulting paste is moulded into
bricks which are dried and burned. 1t
is important that the heat in calciuinr
be sufficiently elevated otherwise the
carbonlc acid and water may be cxpell
| ed without that reaction between the
lime and clay which is required for the
production of a cement. 1t is necessary
to employ white heat, which shall ay-
glutinate, and frit the mixture. After
this operation the material assorted, and
the portions which are scorifed by too
much heat, as well as those insufficient
ly calcincd, being set aside, the cement
is pulverizcd for use It is often adyan-
tageous to grind to powder the native
mixtures of limestone and clay before
burning them, in order to ensure great
er homogeneousness. 1t will also be
seen that calcination at very cleva-
ted temperature is frequently required to
develope the hydraulic character of lime
stones: the greater the temperature en-
ployed the more slow is the solidilica-
tion of the cement, but the harder does
it become.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-03-19

THE I1ousELEss Poor OF ENGLAsp.-A
writer in the London Times goes at
length into details of the suffering poor,
and at the close Of his article says:
Some four or FIVE years back all Eng.
land thrilled to a highly.colored tale Of
negro misery. The tender sensibilities
of our great ladies were aroused by the
imaginary sufferings Of Uncle Tom, and
thus, moved by a romance, they met i'll
solemn conclave and penned absurd ad-
dresses to the ladies of America. Can
all the horrors Of slavery produce a
worse instance of cruelty than I have
Just told-a monstrous cruelty pcrpe-
trated almost daily throughout Englands
The cry Of the poor, we know, goes up
to Heaven; assuredly it is not heard on
earth, or something would be done i'm
mediately toremoye the shame and evil
from our land Nothing will be effected
until the almost unhcard Of crueltics OF
onr, workhouse system are exposed, and,
if not removed, at least abated; and this,
/ believe, can only he accomplished by
the establishment Of some benevolent
association to watch over the interests
of the destitute, to write their wrongs,
and prosecute TIC offenders who gan'
to;1lv and rcvi,ns|v opprcss them.
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500 REWARD.

y DANAWAY from the undersigned. at Opelou-
n sas, about the 1stof February, 1855, BECKY
or BETSY, griff girl, aged about 50 years,
rather small size, heavy built, round face, and
long hair. having on the lower jaw, scar from a
burn and another larger one on the upper part Of
the arm When she left she had sore finger.
supposed to be i fclon She7speaks French and
English. 81
HELEN, a fair complicated mulatrcsse. about
% years old, reund face, middle size, one finger
near the thumb partly eat mp by felon. HELEN
Runaway from 0pelotsas about the 18th Of Ees-
ruary, same year 1858, was apprehended IN
Pointe Coupee about the 9Th January last. 1859,
and brought back, from whence she started again
about the 10th of the same month. 1t is almost
certain that she is accompanied by some one and
that she passes herself as free, as she done IN
Pointe Coupec.
The above reward will be given to whoever
will bring said two girls back to the gned
or lodge them in one of the jails of this satc 30
that he can get them again, or $50 for either OF
them. zf FBENOIT Mel. i
sOpelousas. Feb. 9Th. 1859. n5 -
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n 6 ice

sTR,AfED 81! 81 or siolen from the plantation of
MMter oll fhe 2sh of November last, paint
I'M. ~, branded Ct on he hip; reached name:
formation nf aid pony ii TIL al.c Mi ii lilsr-
-. -tegsfsEi, sera !. tiaasssl JolISSc. Turner
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S 5 0 r EW A r D

sfa RUNAWAY from the plantation of Vir-
a ginie Parlange d Co., on False River, Geor-
>Ia-ge, black William. a grif ; Jim. black !;
Albert. black and Jacob also black ranging
from Is to rs years Of age American negroes
lately purchased from Virginia speaking only
the English language. They are tail and robust.
The above reward will be given to any person
who will apprehend said negroes, and deliver
them on the above plantation or ten dollars for
each of them. ". PARLANGE g. Co.
False River. March Il, 1850
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NO.. 10.
Report Of the Committee on Federal
Relations.

Report Of the Committee on Federal
! Relations.
/ Nix. SPEAKER Your committee on
! Federal Relations, to which was referred
the joint resolution urging upon our
Congressional delegates that they use
Ftllcir best cndcavors to accomplish the
Acquisition of the Island Of Cuba, beg
leave to report the same back to this
; House, and recommend its passage.
1t is unnecessary for your committee
to rccitc the many important reasons
which exist favorable to the possession
by the United States Of this island;
they are as familiar as household words,
and, with few exception, the unanimous
voice of the American people is now
ready to endorse the policy indicated by
the resolution. T
As means of restoring the political
equilibrium between the North and
South, and thus cnsuring the high be-
hcsts Of this republic, Cuba, as terri
torial and commercial addition, would
possess an almost decisive power. Her
acquisition is, hence, i'll the eyes of tho
patriot, both North and South, "a con-
summation dcyoutly to be wished
She has, in the language Of poetry been
styled the Queen of the Antilles" and
the "Key of the Gulf" She is bcauti-
full queen, clothed in the raimcnts and
the gems of nexhaustible wealth, and,
like Amphytrite, she sits upon the sea,
and with the mystic key bars out the
tempest and the wave, while her lord Of
the trident rcposcs in sleep.
No portion of the Union is SO deeply
interested in the measure contemplated
by the resolution as the State Of Loui-
siana, and what the possession of her
territory was to the people of the West,
at the time of her cession, is that Of Gu
ba to the people of Louisiana at the
present time. Certainly, upon such a
proposition; so vitality affecting her IN
tcrests and destiny, it is high time that
Louisiana should send forth her'v voice of
affirmation. Especially 50 when, from
the time of Mr.. Jencrson's administra-
tion until the present, the policy Of this
acquisition has been affirmed almost un-
hesitatingly, both at Washington City
and in our diplomatic relations abroad;
and more especially when now tho
strong arm Of our Government, the Pre-
sident and Cabinet and both houses of
Congress, are engaged in discussing the
final means for the attainment of re-,
suit which, on I'LL sides, is deemed iney-
table. The late report in the L. States
Senate, says, justly, "from the day VIC
acquired Louisiana the attention Of our
ablcst statesmen was fixed on Cuba
What the possession Of the mouth Of
the Mississippi had been to the people
Of the West that of Cuba became to the
nation. To cast the eye upon the map
was sufficient to predict its destiny" -
Let us, the representatives Of Louisi-
ana, quickly add our approval, in the
endeavor to consummatc so vital mea-
sure. al i. L. CLAIBORNE,
Chairman.