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Year: 1859

THE GREAT ORAToRs.-"What man. says
Walpole, "Fox is After his long and ex-
hausting speech on Hastings trial, he was seen
handing ladies into their coaches, with all the
gaity and prattle of an idle gallant"


Burke's melodramatic trick was complete
failure, when he flung the dagger on the floor
OF the House of Commons, and produced moth
ing but smothered laugh, and joke from
Sheridan; "The gentleman has brought us
the knife but where is the fork ?"


When Lord Erskine made his debut at the
bar, his agitation almost overcame him, and
he was just going to sit down "At that mo-
ment," said he, 81 thought felt my children
tugging at my gown, and the idea reused me
to an exertion of which did not think my
self capable"


Lord Brougham, speaking of the salary at
tached to rumored appointment to new
judgeship, said it was all moonshine. Lynd-
hurst, in dry and waggish way remarked
"May it be so, my Lord Harry; but have a
strong notion that, though it be, you would
like to see the first quarter of it,"


Pitt and Fox were listened to with profound
respect, and in silence broken only by occa-
sonal cheers, but from the moment of Sheri-
dams rising, there was an expectation of pleas
ure, which to his last days, was seldom dis
appointed A low murmur of eagerness ran
round the house; every word was watched for
and his pleasantly set the whole assemblage
in roar.


Canning said of Grattan's eloquence, that
for the last two years, his public exhibitions
were complete failure, and that you saw all
the mechanism of his oratory without its life
1t was like lifting the flap of a barrel-organ
and seeing the wheels; you saw the skeleton
OF his sentences without the flesh on them
and were induced to think that what you had
considered flashes, were merely primings kept
ready for the occasion.


Mr. Burke, on one occasion, had just risen
in the House of Commons, with some papers
in his hand, on the subject of which he inten-
ded to make a motion, when a rough hewr
member, who had no ear for the charms of ell
oquence, rudely started up and said, Mr.
Speaker, | hope the honorable gentleman does
not mean to read that large bundle of papers
and to bore us with long speech into the bar
gain" Mr.. B. was so swollen with rage as te
be incapable of utterance, and absolutely ran
out OF the house. On this occasion George
Selwyn remarked that it was the only time he
ever saw the fable realzed--a lion put to figh
By the braying ofan ass.
Year: 1859

AN AMUSING SToRY.-It is related of the in
ventor OF the game of chess, that on being
promised by the king whom he first taught
the game that he should have any reward he
might ask for, meekly replied that be would
be content if the king would give him one
kernel of wheat on the first square, two on
the second, four on the third, and so on, doub-
ling mp to the sixty-fourth square. The king
gladly acceded to this seemingly modest re-
quest, and ordered his attendants to bring in
the wheat, which they began to do; but to the
astonishment of the monarch it was found
that there was not wheat enough, and never
had been enough in his dominons to pay of
the crafty inventor. Our correspondent "P
NJ having seen this statement, has been "fg-
uring them," and has arrived at astonishing
results. To fulfill the kings promise, it would
take thirty trillions, twenty seven billions,
ninety-seven millions, one hundred and eighty
four thousand, four hundred and eighty five
bushels of wheat allowing six hundred thous-
and kernels to the bushel. This would cover
the States of Pennsylvania, Delaware, New
Jersey and New York all over with wheat to
the depth of a mile and quarter Were the
kernels laid together end to end, they would
reach two billions, three hundred and twenty
seven millions, eight hundred and ten thous-
and, three hundred and ninety-two times
around the earth And to conclude s.P NJ
says that the wheat required by the Unsuitable
chess board, is over nine times the amount
grown upon the world since the first farmer
put in or reaped his first crop.-E1change
W-h-h-h-e-w
Year: 1859

We clip from the american Raaray Re-
rier, the following extract from an article
regarding the Little Rock and Fort Smith
Rail Road. The above mentioned paper is
an important one in Railway and Financial
circles, and tsremarks on the importance
of our road, must be regarded with respect,
and give confidence to those interested in
the above mentioned enterprise.


The peope of Western Arkansas only
need to show proper spirit of enterprise,
to make their road rank among the great
enterprises of the day, and their country As
prosperous as from her soil and climate she
deserves to he -


LITTLE Rock AND Fort SMITH RAILWAY.
We learn from reliable source the fol-
lowing facts in regard to this enterprise


The preliminary survey was made in 1854
for the purpose of securing portion of the
lands granted by Congress to aid in the
construction Of Railways in Arkansas
This object was effected, and the company
have now determined to put portion Of
the work under contract. The first divi-
sion, from Van Buren, eastward. will be let
the coming month, and the balance of the
road as fast as the lands and stock subscrip-
tions become available.


The road is an important one, forming,
as it does, direct Western continuation Of
the Memphis road, and passing up the val
ley of the Arkansas river, through one Of
the best cotton growing regions of the
South.
Year: 1859

fE The following article from that
and reliable Democratic organ the Ne
Carolina Standard, comes right to the DO
and expresses our sentiments exactly


We say to onr Democratic friends,
Of good cheer Every indication is in
favor. We North Carolina Democrats
not effected to any extent by the feel
that prevails in other States with regard
men. We agree in principle, and we v
not fall out with each other about III
Some are for Douglas, some for Breck
ridge, some for Wise. some for Hunt
some for Lane, some for Dickinson, so
for Dallas-but, are are all for the nonli,
That is the true fire of the flint Let
be ready, when the period strives, to p
our part with zeal and effect in the q
contest upon the result ofwhich depends
preservation of our rights and the perpe
alton Of a Constitutional Union. Let u,
to it that if North Carolina is divided in
House of Representatives at Washing
she shall not be divided at home, bu, d
speak one voice for the right man AM
right cause when the day for action arriy
Let our motto be Union and harmoz
everything for the cause, nothing


men.
Year: 1859

We learn from telegraphic dispatches
that this distinguished gentleman will soon
visit this section of country his numerous
friends here win be greatly delighted to sec
him, for no man stands higher here where
he is we'll known, than the present commits
sioner of Indian Affairs, A. B. GREENwood.
He was well known in this locality ,ss
Prosecuting Attorney and afterwards as
Circuit Judge of this Judicial District, and
afterwards as Representative in Congress
Mr.. Greenwood has many friends. and as
for US we know no enemies in this whole
section of country. His present position OF
Commissioner of Indian affairs is an office
that could not be better filled, or give more
general satisfaction.
Year: 1859

~ The Stages of the Overland Mail
Company, we notice continue to be filled
with passengers. Most of the way passen.
gers now take the company's coaches. be-
ing certain Of making their destination
without delay or detention.
Year: 1859

EI The Grand Jury have found true
bill for murder against Kittridge for the
killing of William Payne, in johnson Co.
Kittridge, we learn did not have his trial at
the term of the court which was holden
last week
Year: 1859

% -Suieide.-Mrs. Rex, the wife rMr Ell
Hex, living on Plum run, in Marion county,
committed suicide on Tuesday last by hanging
herself She was found suspended from the
branch branch of a tree, Life was totally extinct when
Year: 1859

The Message of Governor Hall. transmitted
Saturday morning to the Senate and House
of REPRESENTATIVES, is a brief, well-wrlt-
ten, direct, explicit and useful document.
The subjects to which he directs the attention
of the legislature are prominent and import
ant ones, and his recommendations are such
as must command the serious attention OF
those to whom his message is addressed. Some
of them do not come before the Legislature
for the first time on the present occasion.


We have no room to-day for special remarks
on any of the topics of the message. Some OF
them we intend to notice particularly here
after. Gov Hall indicates, in his closing
paragraph, that he is not a candidate for re-
election another year. We are sure that
great many in all parts of the State sould
rejoice to see him in the Executive Chair for
many successive years, if that could consist
emily be so. The brief but earnest express
ions of regard for the welfare and happiness
of the State. with which he closes his address,
will meet hearty response towards himself
from the people on every hand.
Year: 1859

4 NOVEL ScENE.-On Friday evening last,
a couple, young son from the Emerald Isle
and his Biddy,' assembled at the Catholic
Church in this town, to be made one flesh.
They were already kneeling at the altar, and
the clergyman harrangued them as to their
relative duties to each other, and finally put
the question to the young lady if she would
agree to carry out the requirements of the
marriage VOW, to which she fatty answered
in the negative. "Then, said the aston
ished Divine, "rise up" She did rise up
aud left the Church, and Patrick kneeling at
the altar, lost in wonder, and no doubt ours
ing his luck Bennington Banner.
Year: 1859

The work of Legislation has hardly begun
out having done any business in the afternoon and
scarcely any in the morning except to listen to the
reading of the Governors Message-which occupied
abouttwsve minutes. There is 10 doubt but business
enough is at hand, but the standing Committees
are not yet appointed in the House, and there is
little advantage in presenting bills or other i'm
portant matter, until they at once be referred
to the proper Committees. So the two Houses
meet at the appointed hour, and sit and talk till
Year: 1859

The New Haven Palladium says a party
taking a supper at one of the suburban
hotels few evenings since, found the poul-
try rather tough. One genius. after exer-
cising his ingenuity to no effect in trying to
dissect turkey, turned TO the waiter and
asked You havn't got such a thing as a
pound of powder IN the house. have you
for | think it will be the shortest way to
blow this fellow up -
Year: 1859

A returned Pixies Peak wagon passed our
Office few days since, with these words
rudelv daubed on the cover: s'Fizzle-ask
no questions" That told the whole story
as well as it could be told in half an hour,
and saved the time of the travellers, who felt
that they had already wasted too much
DesMoines Citizen.
Year: 1859

\ constitutional question has arisen IN re-
lation to the pardoning power OF the Execu-
tive, to which | deem it proper to call your
attention in order to avoid any mlsapprehen-
sion on the subject. Ii has been claimed
that the exception in the Constitution of
cases of murder and treason from the par
doning power of the Governor Is not abso-
lutte, but only deprives hi OF the power un-
til the end of the next session OF the Assem-
bly, after the passing of the sentence. This
construction would seem 10 be favored by an
act of the legislature of 1855, and another
in 1856. [ have been unable SO to under
stand the Constitution. | can conceive of
no reason why the pardoning power of the
Executive in these cases should be absolutely
prohibited for the few months or weeks
that might intervene before the next scs-
sion Of the legislature, and be left in full
force forever afterwards If the legislature
having had an opportunity TO act upon IA
case, should decline IN interfere there would
indeed .eein to be an additional reason why
the Governor should not The object OF the
trainers of the Constitution appears to me to
have been to place these two crimes beyond
the pardoning power of the Governor. con-
ferring on him limited authority to re-
urieve in order to enable hnn, if he saw fit,
to give to party convicted. IN opportunity
of applying to the legislature for relief. II
the language of the Constitution be read as
printed in the frs Constitution of the State,
by separating the words - bf not 81 par
don" by commas from the other parts oi tie
sentence, (see Shades State Papers p. $50, }
| think such wodld be the natural c0nstrnc-
tion of the language.


SLAVERY.


The position of Vermont on the subject o.
Year: 1859

have received from the Rev. DIR. Edward
Hitchcock, the State GeologIst. the introduc-
tory part of the final report of the Geological
survey of the State, and am happy
in being able to say that the whole
may be expected to be ready for publication
at no very distant day. ] trust the report
will be creditable to those concerned in its
preparation, and TO the State Such part OF
It as shall have been furnished me will be
laid before you early in the session, with any
Year: 1859

ADDITIONAL ATLANTIC NEws.-The New
York Herald of April 14th publishes the
communication of Gen. Urquiza to the Ar
gentine Confederation, giving an account of
the settlement of the difficulties between
Paraguay and the United States He saws
in conclusion


Several conferences took place, in the
whole course of which l took the part which
had been so honorably conceded to me bv my
ilustrious friend the President of Paraguay
and the Commissioner of the United States,
even to assisting in the last conference in
which the question was decided.


To say all before my country, boast of
the glory of having effectively contributed
to the prevention of war between two broth
er nations. | feel pleasure in announcing to
your EXcellency that experienced the good
fortune of witnessing the settlement of salts
factory and honorable basis between the
President of Paraguay and his Excellencv
the Commissioner of the government of the
United States. Your Excellency will ha We
occasion to judge of the said basis by the
private copy, which l sutioin under No 7,
and to appreciate the importance of so wor-
thy and honorable an arrangement. which
re-establishes on the best footing kind and
fraternal relations between ttese two Ameri
can nations.


We find the following items in the Her
aid:


Marshall Potter, the Lee murderer, was
taken to Bangor, Me-, on April 18th, and
committed to Jail. In his confession he says
he made clean sweep of the whole family,
stole the money and burned the house to hide
his guilt, lie shows no particular feeling in
the matter.


Captain Estabrool, who has been on trial
at Boston in the United States Circuit Court,
for the murder of one of his crew last fall,
was found not guilty by the jury on April
18th.
Year: 1859

THE Mariposa Gazette says that the sight
of men about town with six shooters strapped
to them is not uncommon of late-and more
disgraceful exhibition is not to be observed
in civilized society-one cannot get over the
idea that the wcarers contemplate killing
somebody.
Year: 1859

The SOUTHERN FRoNTIER,-A writer in the
Bulletin describes the extreme southern por-
ton of this State, as being so terribly dull
that it is almost impossible to say anything
new or interesting about it. The country is
literally dried up. The crops of wheat and
barley will be very short, except where the
land is irrigated.
Year: 1859

10 prevent sheep from securing, when
fEst turned 70 grass IN the spring, give no
salt from The time they are turned out until
ahg shearing, ,-Or, what perhaps is better
Let them have accesS to salt tall times
summer and winter. Either plan will pro
Anos he desired effect.
Year: 1859

"A Methodist preacher. we'll known for
his -uncompromising hostility to all intoxi-
eating drinks, had made an appointment
to preach in a sneighborhood notorious for
its iutemperance. 1t was generally under
stood that his remarks were chiefly to be
directed against the besetting sin Of the
district in which he was to preach, and
several noted bulies had given out that
they intended to whip him if he touched
on what they meant should be forbidden
ground. The day appointed lor the preach
ing arrived. and the preacher appeared on
the stand. A large number of his friends
from he adjacent districts, hearing Of. the
threats against him. had come to the meet
ing in order. if necessary. to protect him
from violence: but the preacher had no in
tentiop that any of his friends should fight
on his account, as he was able to do his
,9 own fgghiing Accordingly On mounting no
the stand, he had thrown off his coat and
rolled up his shirt sleeves. displaying the
arm aid chest of Hercules. lsdio rs
a. He said he heard that there were sever
Year: 1859

al men present .wha threatened to whip
him; that be had many friends present who
were able and willing to protect him. He
said that he did not like fighting, but that
if there must be fighting on his account,
he would rather do it himself than have
his friends fight for him, and that as he did
not wish the sevices interrupted, he would
prefer that it should take. place before the
meeting was opened. And therefore, said
he, IF there is a man here who thinks he


can whip me and intends to try it, if he will
have the goodness to step forward / will
fax him out with as much ease as | now
lift brother Smith, saying whi ch he seized
preacher who stood by his side, and who
was small sized man, by the watsband


If the breeches, and lifting him from the


ground, held him out at arms length with
one hand. This exhibition of physical
strength prevented any demonstration on the
part of his enemies, and the meeting pro
ceeded without interruption. a,
Year: 1859

private conversation he was agreeable and
facetious and while in genteel society, ap.
peared to understand all the decencies and
proprieties Of it; but in his heart, he pre-
ferred low society. and sought it, as often
as possible, He would hunt in the pine
woods of F]uvenna, with overseers and
people Of that description, living in a camp
for fortnight at time withou. change
of raiment. have often been astonished
at his command of proper language; how
he obtained knowledge of it. / never
could find out, as he read so little and con
yersed SO little with educated men.


After all, it must be allowed that he was
our leader in the measure of the Reyolu-
tion in Virginia. In that respect more
was due to him than any other person. If
we had not had him We should probably
have got on pretty well. as you did, by a
number of men, Of nearly equal talents;
but he left us all far behind. His biogra-
pher sent the sheets of his work to me as
they were printed. and at the end asked
for my opinion. l told him it would be a
question hereafter whether his work sho'd
be placed on shelf of history or pane
gyric. Ii is poor book, written in bad
taste, and gives SO imperfect an idea of
Patrick Henry. that it seems Intended to
show off the writer moro than the subject
of the work. ra
Year: 1859

TTAvING PURCHASED THE RIGHT TO
IL manufacture and sell the above machine in
the State of Iowa, hereby give notice to ell who
tave washing to do (and who have not) that We
are prepared to fill all orders that may be made or
us.


Call and see, and be satisfied that We have


The Very Best Washer now in Use.
They can be had on Third street, near corner Of
Brady, and between Brady and Perry. Price 81.
Remember, we guarantee perfect satisfaction or
ne sale. b. SAGE.
Year: 1859

THE fact of merchants closing their
stores to-day, had tendency to bring in a
goodly number of people from the country,
who would otherwise have taken Thanksgiving
to do their trading.
Year: 1859

A SMALL FIGHr.-A couple Of coal
teamsters had an entertaining fight yesterday
afternoon, near the corner Of Perry and Second
streets. The damage to the parties was not
much, but we observed that they both had
very muddy clothes, which appeared to indi-
cate that they must have had rough and
tumble fight.
Year: 1859

THE rash and daring youth who in
terfered with John Templeton Esq, City hog
driver, was night before last brought before
the Police Magistrate and fined one dollar and
costs for "sicking" dogs on the hogs as John
was driving them to the pound, to the great
discontinue and trouble Of said John The
prisoner took an appeal to the District Court
Year: 1859

HIS HEART IN TIE RIGnT PLACE.
Our friend PARKS, the popular clothing mer-
chant of Metropolitan block, presented every
one OF his journeymen tailers with nice fat
turkey yesterday, for their Thanksgiving din
ner to-day. Bob has big heart. but it will
overflow once in while, and then we are sure
to hear Of some generous action like the
above
Year: 1859

A WIsn.-We wish that every time
one Of the city dads walk over the pole cross
ings that intersect all the principal streets,
that they may be slapped in the face by the
poles, and that when they fall, we hope they
may be attired in their best suit of Sunday go.
to-meeting clothes. They would not fall more
than two or three times before they would
take some action in the matter, and endeavor
to remedy the evil. 1t is now very dangerous
attempting to cross any Of our principal streets,
- one ruIs . risk of falling and breaking
some of his limbs