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Wife's Blast -Aflata**' Tobacco. *u?'*»'• i* ; r- ' .. »• •;'*:' H« attain ine corner from monunfj till mgbt, '\^ \^\JT« smci^-cucw, .imdkc; ITo rises «Tdairn ma pipe to .light; Goes puffing and cnewing witliall his might Till the hour of ale«p. 'Tia his delight » a js-r-i . .— To smoke, chew, amofce.'-- The quid eoes in when the pipe goes out, -. >'.Tis chow, ebew, chew; Ijow,'a cloud .of smoke gocs.up from his throat, •Then his InoaUi sends a constant stream ailout, - : Tigclicw; chew,.chew. He sits all day in'a gmoke or fog, •: r > - . >xtt jaiT, putf, puff; He growls at his wife, tbo cat and dog, He coTcrs with'filth Che caqwt and rug. And his only answer when I give him a jog, lajniST, puff) puff. The house all o'er from end to end, Is smoke, smoke, smoke; In whatever room niy way I wend, If I take his chmlhca to patch and mend, Ungrateful perfumes will ever ascend, Of smoke, smoke, smoke. At homo or abroad, afar or near, 'Tis smoke, chow, nmuko: His mouth is staffeu from ear to car, Or puffing the stump of a pipe no dear, And his days will end I verily fear, In smoke, amoko, smuLc. \ ' . MOtUh. Young ladies beware, Jiro singlo indeed, Ero you marry a man whu uses the weed; Better that husbands you should ever lack, 0, Than marry a man who uses tobacco. Gloves and Cigars. \ I must really have a new pair of gloves, James,\ said Mrs. Morris to Lor husband, as theysat together after ten. Mr. Morris had been reading the evening paper, but he laid it down and looked cross ly up, \ Really,\ he said, \you seem to mo to waste more money on gloves than any -woman I oyer know. It was only last week I gave you money to buy a now pair.\ Tbo wife colored, and was about to an swer tartly; f«r she felt that her husband hod no cause for his crossness; but remem bering that \u soft answer turncth away wrath,\ sho said, \ Surely you have forgot- ten, James. It was more than a month since I bought my last pair of gloves; and I have been out a great deal, as you know, in that time.\ \Humph!\ said Mr. Morris, taking up the papor again., For several minutes there was silence.— Tho wife continued her sewing, and the hus band read sulkily on; at last, as if sensible that ho had been unneci swuily harsh, he ven \It is agreed: I will pay ? q>iarterly, be- ginningjto night.\ And he took put - his purse and counted *«ven pounds ten shil lings into his' wife's hand. \'*\ And how did the bargain turn out? Our fair readers have, no doubt, guessed already. Jsno .continued, during the year,, to supply her husband with Csg3 rSj a:id, at\ the\ end,, rendered in her account, by which' it ap peared that Mr. Morris'had smoked away twenty-two pounds, while his wife had spent only eight pounds on gienres, hanukcrehiofe, and shoes, tho two pounds sbo had saved baring just enabled her to keep her hus band's cigar box full, without calling on him for'deficiency till tbo year was up. Mr. Morris paid the bnllance, with a long face, but witbout a word of comment. Ho has ever since given, of his own accord, the ten pound allowance to his wife. 'Husbands who think their wives waste | money on gloves, should bo careful to waste none on cigars. j. w. • life of the West Point Cadet. \ He sleeps in the barrocks,'in a room with one other; at'five in summer, and at half past five, in tho winter, the reveille awakens him; ho immediately arises, doubles up bis blankets and mattrass, and places' them on the bead of his iron bedstead ; he studies until seven o'clock; at that hour the dram beats for breakfast, and the cadets fall into rank and proceed to tbo mess ball. Twen ty minutes is the usual time spent at broak- A'TANKER'WEDDING IN NEW YORK.— Chancing to visit the office of Alderman -, the other day,-we witnessed a by- New and Destructive Engines of \War. Tho Paris correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette gives tho following account of new engines of destruction, which will be brought into requisition by tbo present Europoan war. He, says;— \The now invention for tbo moro rapid destruction of human beings, which tho war is bringing to light, especially in England will surpass all expectations. The arsenals of England have for a long time been closed to visitors, even to members of Parliament, while these new and terrible machines were being constructed and experimented upon, and no knowledge of their existence even was permitted until now called forth by actual service. Many years ago the English Gov ernment had a proposition boforo them to adopt Wagner's floating gun, and hesitated, A member of Parliament exclaimed: \Ho demands but £300,000, and yet you hesi Into I Hasten to buy this machine, declare war against France, and you will destroy hor marine in a few days time!\ No atten tion was paid to this apostrophe at tho time in France, and apparently none in England But this terrible, invention of which tho public has ceased to talk, and which was even ridiculed at tho time, lias been matu ring in concealment in the arsenals of Wool wich, and is now ready to go out on its work of destruction. \Tho Count Lavalctte, captain of milli tnry marine in Franco, who knew tho con struction of this gun, it is said made endeav ors to have it adopted by tho minister of marine under Louis Philippe. It is simply a long Congrcvo gun which glides along on tho water in a straight line till it strikes the vessel at which it is directed, when it thrusts fast. Guani-iuountir.g takes place at half- post seven, and twenty-four are placed on guard over}' day. At eight o'clock the bu gle sounds, and tho recitations commence. At ouo o'clock tho bugle again sounds, tho professors dismiss their respective stations, the cadets form ranks opposite the barracks and march to dinner. Between eleven and one a part of the cadets are occupied in riding, and others in fencing, daily. After j dinner they have until two o'clock for rec menial ceremony that will bear narrating. The bridegroom was a weather-beaten countryman, a perfect picture of good na ture,'but so tall that in\ entering'the portals of the bffico'an involuntary obeisance was necessary;\ while ' the artificial hollyhocks' on the summit of tho bride's bonnet just touched the elbow cf her expected lord.— Their entrance was preceded by an urchin with dilapidated garments, who claimed and received three coppers as his fee for guiding them to the spot. \ What can I do for you, my good friends?\ asked tho urbane Alderman, as if in utter' ignorance of tho object of thoir vis it. \ Pray be seated, madam.\ \Well 'Squire,\ answered the groom, with a complacent glance at the filagree breast pin that fastened a dashing ribbon reation, and from two to four thoy are em ployed in recitations. At four tho bugle sounds, and they go either to battallion or light artillery drill. This exerciso lasts an hour and a half. After that thoy devote tho time to recreation until parade, which takes place at sunset. After parade, thoy form into rank in front of the barracks, and the names of the delinquents are read by an officer of the cadets. Supper comes next, and after supper recreation until eight o'clock, when tho bugle sounds to call to quarters, and every cadet must be found in his room within a few minutes at study, and must remain there thus employed until half- past nine. At half-past niuo the bugle again sounds; this is called tattoo; and at ten tho drum taps, and every cadet must be in bed, having his light extinguished, and must remain there until morning. It) du ring the night, the cadet is found absent from bis room more than thirty minutes, and does not givo a satisfactory account of himself, charges are preferred against him, and bo is court-martialed. Tho use of in toxicating drinks and tobacco i3 strictly re pudiated ; so aro playing at chess, wearing whiskers, and a great mauy other things.— The punishment to which cadets are liable aro privation of recreation, etc., extra hours of duty, reprimands, arrests, or confinement to his room or tent; confinement in light prison, confinement in dark prison, dismis sion with the privilege of resigning, and tured a' remark'.by* way of \indirect apology. ' nto ,ts sl '^ ca ,fa lron ueaa *i containing two ••\Business is very dull, Jane,\ no siiiu* KT-T\ 4 \ \> <n }\^\ at ^<r powder of mercury. \andsomotimcs 1 do not know wliere to I V , tho *! r e at ^ 1 ? 3 \ «r, it ox- gC)trceJvnieet !pIpde«, blowingaholemtheves.se '\ * ' twelve tcct in diameter, which it is iooi for money,. 1 can expenses.\ The wife looked up with tears in her eyes, \I'am sure James,\ she said, \that 1 try to bo as economical as possible. I went —- -\'•it &QHHt new silk dress this winter, because tbo one I got last spring would answer, 1 thought, by baring a new body mado to it. My old bonnet, too, was re-trimmed. And as to. the. gloves, you know you are very particular about my having gloves always nice, and scold mo if I appear in the streets with a shabby pair on.\ Mr. Morns know all this to bo true, and felt still moro ashamed of his conduct; how- ever, like most men, ho >\as too proud I to confess his error, except indirectly. Ho took out his pocket-book, and said, \ How much will satisfy you for a year, not for f loves only, but for all tho other etceteras? will make you an alJowanco, and then you need not ask mo for money whenever you want a pair of gloves or a new handker chief.\ ** The wife's eyes glistened with dulight.— Shu thought lor a moment, ami then said, \ I will undertake, on ten pounds, to find mysolf in all these things.\ Mr. Norris dropped tho newspaper as if it had been red-hot, and stared at his wife.— \I believe,\ bo said, \you women think that wo men are made of money. I don't spend ten pounds in gloves and handkerchiefs in half a dozen years.\ Mrs. Morris did not reply instantly, for sbo was determined to kucp her temper; but tho quickness with which the needle, mo ved, showed that sho had some difficulty to be amiable. At last sho said, u But ho much do you spend in cigars j\ This was a liom« thrust, for Mr. Morris was an inveterate smoker; and consumed twice as much on this needless luxury as I tho sum bis wifo asked. He picked up tbo • paper and mado no reply. t \I don't wish you to give up smoking, since you enjoy it so much,\ sho aaid; \ but •urely cigars are no moro necasary to a gen- tlemon, than arc gloves and hntidkorehiefs to a lady; and if you expend twenty pounds in tho one, I don't »ec why you should complain of my wishing ten pounds for the otber.\ r - - \-Pshaw 1\ said bor husband, finally, \ I . don't *pcnd twenty pounds a yenr in cigars, \it-can't.be.\ \ You bring homo a box every three weeks, t^. and. each box, you say, costs about twenty- four shillings, which, at tno end of tho year, amounts to more than twenty pounds.\ Mr. Morris fidgeted on his pent. His wife saw her advantage, and, smiling to herself, pursued it \ If you had counted up,\ she wild, \as I have, ovcry shilling you have given mo for gloves, handkerchief, shoes, and ribbons^during a year, you would find it amounted to ten pounds; and if you had kept a statement of what your cigars cost, you would seo that I am correct m inv es timate 93 to them.\ v '^T 1 ! P oun . d8 ! 11 can't be,\ said tbo _us~ss.., det «t mined not to bo convinced. ••\Let us make a bargain,\ replied the wifo. \Put into my bauds twentv pounds i*> buy cigars for you, and ten pounds to purchase - gloves, &c, for mo. I promise faithfully to keen both accounts correctly, •with this stipulation, that at tho end of a year, I am to retain all I can save of the ten pound*, and to return to you all that re- Jnidn* of tho twenty pounds/ 1 1 ton impossi- J ble for them to close up as they do round holes mado by cannon balls. \ Jn admitting that the Uussian fleets shall retire under tho inapproachable fort- reuses of Cronstadt and Stebastopol, they can not be in safety from this terrible Congrcvo gun, which carrios to almost any distance within reach of the aim, and far beyond tho reach of any other gun. It can not bo pre vented from passing through the most con tracted straits where ships pass. \ The submarine boats are so perfected at this moment, that they can reach and attach a burner to an enemy's ship without run ning the least danger. Experiments aro also being made with an asphyxiating ball, which does not kill, but wliich paralyzes an en tiro crew for several hours, or until thoy I mado aro prisoners. Thoy are embarking into a largo number of burning explosive balls, which explode invariably when they strike, even in the body of a horse, for they iiitlnmo nt tho moment of discbarge from a gun, and lly burning liko small Coiigrcves until tho moment of explosion, when they may apply fire to tho ammunition chests aud other inflammablo material, as easily and as surely as if thoy wore to fall in a stubble field. \ Thoy aro furnishing two smaii steam boats of a siugular appearance, which will carry ouly two qnormous Paixhan guns, placed on-the foro part of tho vessel. Tho walls of theso little vessels have a thickness ol six feet, mado of oak, standing upright and this covered with a mattress of cotton substance, a foot and a half thick, which is 'impenetrable to a bullet, and this again j covered with a sheeting of iron and lead. Its prow has tbo angular form of a curiass, intended to turn bullets; t'-.e roof or deck is covered in the samo way, so as to allow the bombs to glido into tho sea without do ing damages. \The firo ship, very hoavy, and a bad sailur, will be towed and let loose at tbo proper moment, to approach near tho cne- HIV'H vessels, either whun at anchor or lying to, which it will attack foro and ttft with bombs thrown between wind and water, and sprinkling tho ship with a shower of Grecian liiy. One of theso burnors, taking by sur prise a Meet of vessels in a calm, could with ease destroy tho whole licet, ami vet it onlv * .til *» . * public dismiision. Through tho mouths of July and August the cadets aro encamped, and during the encampment tho instruction exclusively military. Tho only furlow llowed to cadets is two months, when they aro in the third class. The pay of the ca det is twenty-four dollars per mouth, and his board costs him ten of this. From tho balance he is required to dress and defray his other expenses, and he is prohibited from contracting debts without. As tho >nward for his labour aud deprivation, the cadet i.v v .: excellent education—in mathematics better, PIWL,.A.V J7 w got at any other institution in the country. Tho training bore of both body and mind is very thorough and complete. requires the labor of ten determined men to opi-rato it. question in England of how far n nation i* justified^ in employing other «nd more de structive methods in war than those em ployed by the enemy. Admiral Napier has replied to theso prepositions with irony: \Jf you fear to hurt tho enemy, put into your guns balls of cotton, and into your cannon cakes of rice!\ \The English fleot is largely provided with balloons, intended to carry inflamma ble materials to scatter over towns, villages, and fleets, when tho wind favors such op- U Another invention, still morn terrible than all tho rest, but of which the construc tion has not yet been mado known, except to a very small number of persons, is about to bo sent out to destroy tho Russians. All theso inventions are highly curious and in teresting in tho history of the war, but rath er afflicting for humanity.\ Karnestnf.'s alone tnalros life otornitv. ' THE BAUV'IS COMPLAINT.—I suppose you think, because you never see me do anything but feed and sleep, that 1 have a very nice time of it. Let mo tell you that you aro mistaken, and that I am tormented half to death though I never say anything about it. How should you liko overy morning to have your nose washed vp, instead of down ?— JIow should you like to have a pin put through your dress into your skin, aud have to bear it all day till your clothes wero ta ken oil* at night i How should you liko to bo held so. near the fire that your cyos wero half scorched out of your head while your nurse was reading a novel ? How should you liko to have a grout fly light on your uoso and not know how to take aim at him, with your little, fat, useless fingers ? How should you liko to bo left alono in tho room to tako a nap, and havo a great pussy jump into your cradle, and sit staring at you with her great green eyes, till you were all of a tremble ? How should you like to reach out your hand for tho pretty bright candle, and tmd out that it was way across tho room, instead of close by ? How should you like to tiro yourself out crawling way across the carpet, to pick up a pretty button or pin, and havo it snatched away, as soon as you begin to enjoy it ? I tell yon it is enough to ruin any baby's temper. How should you like to havo your mamma stay nt a par ty till you were hungry as a little cub, and be left to the mercy of a nurse who trotted you up and down till every bono in your body ached ? How should you like, whon your mamma dressed you up all protty to take tho nice fresh air, to spend the after noon with your nurse in some smoky kitch en, while she gossips with ono of her cro nies I How should you liko td submit to hnvc your toes tickled by all tho little chil dren who insisted upon seeing baby's feet ? How should you liko to have a dreadful pain under your apron, and have everybody will you \ a cross little thing,\ when you could not speak to tell what was tho matter with you ? How should you liko to crawl to the top of tho stairs, (just to look about a little,) and pitch heels over head from tho top to Oh, I can tell you it is no 1! tho bottom J I can .... 1 .„ i -. we keep up; nwl if wo try to find out any thing, wo are sure to get our brains knock ed out in the attempt. It is very trying to a sen*iblo baby, who is in a hurry to know everything, and can't wait to grow up.— Faniii/ Fern. IN the day of tho patriarchs, a woman's conduct was the index of her heart. When, for example, the father of Kcbecca asked her if she would go with the servant of Isaac, sho immediately replied, \ I will go.\ Had H)IO !KM?n n daughter cf the nineteenth cen tury, sbo would have answered, \ Pshaw 1 go with him i Why, Mr. Isaac must be sick! G« with himl Of course I won't!\ And then —sho would have gone with him. As exchange wisely remarks, that no dust affects tho eye so much as gold dust Wo might also add, that no glasses affect tho eyes more unfavorably than glasses of brnndv j around'the lady's neck, \ old Mrs. J 'ettibone down to Lynn—you've hear'n tell about her, I reckon ?\ \ Well, really, I think—I hardly know —I guess not.\ \ Not beard tell of her, 'Squire 1 why sho makes about tho best punkin sass you over put in yewr stummik, I reckon ; slips deown jist as sleok as & greased cat crawlin' through a jint of stove pipe.\ \Very happy to bo introduced to her, Sir; but don't let me interrupt you. Pray proceed.\ \Jos' so, jes' so. Well, old Mrs. Petti- bono gin' mo Dianthy, hem, to git spliced to. She's a widder women, aud old Deacon Petti bono made ropes of money in the shoe- peg business when **• was alivo, and I larnt tho business with him; so yew diskiver that nat'rally I liked tbo gall, and the old lady gin consent; so, ef you'll pronounce tho ceremony, your money's ready.\ \ So you wish to be married, eh ?\ queri ed the Alderman, willing to spend a few moment's leisure in conversation. \ May I venturo to ask what induced you t o break through a bachelor's life V \Sartin 'Squire; sartin. Yew seo it's nat'rol. Who ever hearn tell of a bachelor chippin' bird or a bachelor bob-o-link I I reckon nobody has. And then ain't doub- lin kinder nat'ral ? Ain't double roses, and double mornin-glories and double piny es tbo pootyist, and don't overybody liko 'cm bet ter than single ones. The amount on it is, naturo teaches it, 'Squire, clear through the programmy, beginning with the robin and leaving off with tho apple blossoms.\ \ Very true, my good Sir; n very philo sophical view of the subject. (Turning to tho lady.) And you, madam, havo you given this subject the attention it merits 1\ \Never mind her, 'Squire, jest lot mo set tle that air business; 'tain't no kinder use to trouble your bowels about Dianthy.— Jest you fetch out yeour books and firo away.\ T Thft_ccrempnv was soon performed. Our '•Reform Alaerman unst -mi-icu-improvc- ment even into that department of his du ties—and n two dollar bill was duly placed in his palm by the newly-made husband.— After he had congratulated tho pair, and wished them success, Jonathan exclaim ed,— \'Squire you're a reg'lar trump, you are; and if you over como to Lynn yc'll find a stoppin' place with me, and a rou'.in' wel come. But, 'Squire,\ and Jonathan faceti ously inserted his fore finger in tho region of tbo Alderman's ribs, \I'm dono with one-horse bedsteads, I nm. Good bye, 'Squire.\— Journal of Com. DitYiNt? POWDER.—Wo heard yesterday of a singular case ©f drying powder, which might have been attended with disastrous coiisoqucnccs. It appears that a short timo sinco a lot of damaged powder was brought to this city, and taken to the powder maga zine and landed. It was found to bo so wet as to bo perfectly useless, and it was deter mined by the parties owning it to throw it into tho river, which was accordingly done. A few kegs floated down the stieam and lodged among some drift wood, whero an oiiterprising German secured them. He went home, and immediately set his wits nt work about how he should reclaim the property and make it as good as new. A bright idea suddenly seized him, and being a shoemaker, he took bis old leather apron, and deposited the contents of two kegs in it, and being the possessor of a large ten plate stovo, ho placed tho apron on the inside on one of tho plates, shut the door and made a large firo occasionally opening tho door to stir tho material. Ho had been employed at this operation probably about half an hour, when the neighbors wero startled by a sudden shock, and on repair ing to the shop found tho gable end of tho Gorman's shanty completely caved in, while he was lying over in ono corner, as black as the nco of spades, with all bis hair singed off, and yelling most lustily. A portion of the stovo was found in a neighbor's yard, and tho balance of tho fur niture was scattered most promiscuously abroad. Ho was taken to a neighboring house, whero proper applications were mado suited to his condition. Af»cr his surprise was over, his first exclamation was, \ Tor toyvel! I tot not ter tarn wet sbtuff blow up nut me'and bust all over.— St. Louis Itepublican. THE surest way to fill a private apartmont, whether in a printing office, a cotton factory, or sausage shop, with visitors, is to place over tho door a placard, bearing tbo inscrip tion, \No admittance.\ No person ever read that prohibition over an entrance with out instantly being attacked by an ungov ernable desiro to rush right in. Mr. CoUoih on the'Nebraska'Bill Mr. Cullom said, \when he\ left Tennesse, he had not dreamed\ that'he'should be'call ed on to partjeipate in a vexed sectional question. Ho had come hither to contri bute his mito to the construction of the Pacific Railroad, to tho improvement of Westor'n rivers,\ and to the distribution of tbo public domain, swelling up, to ,1,500,- 000,000 of acres, part of which has been given away, in partial fragments, to favored States. Tin'had hoped to attend to thou sands of claimants, including those under tho French Spoliation bill; but it appears all these questions are ruled out of court.— The streams of legislation arc dammed up by this nefarious project—the Nebraska- Kansas bill—which ho denounced as the ' «om a shaking continued for sojnejnjmitT^ 118 ^ Nebraska—Filling Cp. . — . , TL f. 3u 9\e, issued at Council Bluff, work of politicians, to strangle the legisln-1 ™e Missouri, gives the following accont tioti of tho country, for personal aggrandize- ' the embryo Territory and the praDat!?' MrV Cullom—I think it takes i aider to 'defend the Administration! • preachers have sent lots of petitions 1 against thisbill, but if there are preacjJ in the galleries, I would -toll them their 1 monsirances - > will do no good—th ey \ send up lots :bf'prayers. LLaughter.l | Chftirnian—Tbo gentleman's h'oxn 'W pired. Mr. Cullom replied with such appar^ gravo surprise as to occasion gen«alia D i| tor. Before be resumed his scat \i . t> g ti ton and others approached him anj ^| cd their hearty congratulation, ment. He behoved, in \tho face of God, that he would be a coward if he did not de nounce it. Ho would not be a Tonnessee- an if he did not cry out against this nefari ous plot against the peace and quiet of the coun f ry. Yes, Nebraska and Kansas is the hue and cry with which theso halls are made vocal. Amid tho sound of these cant phrases, we are told these Territories must have Governments given to them forthwith; and tho Compromise of 1820— tho work of our fathers, who pledged their honor to its support—must bo trodden un der foot. Gentlemen might talk to him about bad faith and outraged Southern hon or, but he would tell all sections this is a naked question of repudiation cr no repudi ation. Ho had no personal unkindness to ward any one, but ho would rather tread on tho verge of parliamentary rules, than on tho crumbling vergo of the Union in defense of the schemes of demagogues. This ques tion was sprung on him, startling him like n fire bell nt midnight. Whence came it? AVhero aro the pu' lie meetings of citizens, North or South—or tho petitions asking Congress to bring these sections by the ears, reopen the fountains of bitter waters, and to revivo the controversy wliich well nigh scv ered this Union ? Did tho appeal como from the South ? No. The responsibility devolves on a presidential aspirant, a defeat ed presidential aspirant of 1850. This is the starting point, and tho countty should know it. Where have been the South ?— Havo they been sleeping on tho watch tow er for 34 ywrs, that, it was necessary to wake them up to their interests by your big or little giants I [Laughter.l Mr. Douglass is tho great sanhedrim of the Stato of Illi nois, [renewed laughter] overshadowing eve rything, lie (Collom) bad never read the bill, nor did he expect ever to read it. lie demanded a response to tho question, How come this bill to be introduced by tho Sen ator fiom Illinois, who has out-IIeroded Her od, and ont-Southcrned the South. lie said ho had once looked into r. law book, and there found that in construing a law, it was cumstanccs of its passage. .Now he want ed to know tho intent and leading power which prompted this great question, and he would look at the surrounding circumstan ces. The Senator, in 1849 and 1850, pro posed to re-enact or extend the Missouri Compromise to tho Pacific, ponding the con troversy growing out of the Mexican acqui sition. At tho commencement of this Ses sion tho Little Giant put out the Nebraska bill as a feeler. There was no earthly idea up to that time, he would assail the Missou ri Compromise, but he did consent to the insertion of a clause that the principles of the Compromise of 1850 render the Mis souri Compromise inoperative—slightly in operative. [Laughter.] Tho Administra tion Journals advocated tho bill as introduced originally, and the Washington Union came out on Senator Dixon who advocated a di rect repeal of the Missouri compact. Mr. Nicholson, the editor, said: \Oh look! there is a whig from Kentucky, ami nn Ab olitionist (Mr. Sumner) attempting to break down tbo act of 1820, tho time honored Compromise.\ When ho mentioned the name of Douglass, ho felt as though he ought to ask pardon cf the Ccrr.rnitU*..— [Laughter.] What was tho next move ment? The insertion of the repealing c'ausc. The tender came from a suspicious source—from one of our ancient enemies. He thought he could show that there was n big torn cat under the mcnl-lub. [Laugh ter.] The Administration, to recover its lost strength, nt nnro seized on this as a means of nationalizing itself, and came back on tho Little Giant. Let us go a lit tle deeper, it said, nnd tho Little Giant gives the screw ono more turn nnd ex claims, \I was always for the repeal, con sidering the Missouri Compromise a damna ble ovil.\ [Laughter/) Mr. Douglas, when he first proposed hisISobraska bill, said this Missouri Compromise was too sacred for the Committee on Territories to touch, but it is not so now—oh, no! Mr. Cullom denied the North ever repudiated the compact.— Although they have always had a majority they havo never proposed to repeal tbo lino of 30 dcg. 30 as applicable to Missouri. It could not be shown as to the bill it was not non-intervention in its character. He de fended thoso who advocated and passed the Missouri Compromise, arid in speaking of Afr Clnv Jn oonnoctinn with ,t!u« mf.nsuro. replied to Mr. Breckenridgc, quoting from that gentleman's eulogy on the death of Mr. Clay, the following sentence: \ Who does not remember the three periods when the American system of Government was ox- jiosed to its severest trials—and who does not know that when history shall relato the struggles which preceded, and the disasters which wero averted by the Missouri Com now making to seize upon its choicest WSsr tions: g^\'* \ If Nebraska does not receive the as! tanco and protection of th9 General $ eminent, the country will nevertheless |j settled, and that speedily. Hundreds J awaiting tho news that the Indian title | extinguished, and a n hour after, the i district will be swarming. Already ima have taken over materials for building; staked out their claims, and are promise to stick together through thick and t * and assist each other in tho protection their several claims. No families havo removed to the Tem'l ry, neither have they a right to do so, un* the Indians have relinquished their claij nnd title to these lands. The first conn:' north of the Platte, and west of the souri River, and east of the Horo, will como the most populous county in Jfebi ka. This is considerably well timbered, <. lime quarries, stone coal and iron ore, a^j^g is an excellent, dry, rolling, fertile regioa.-||§|. Tho embryo city, opposito this place, be tho capital of' tho Territory for die paS**! sent, without a doubt, and will eventuallj£$f: bo second to none in the West but tk»iS*'. city. Next in importance will be the citii twelve miles each way north and soutk us, Belleview and Winter Quarters; makiiil three very important river cities in OE^*^' county. Besides the ordinary business intJ^tl portunce of this new frontier river countygo ^l in Nebraska, tho great Pacific Itnilroad t 0 'tlior to pass through and have there (probaWi^.jj; tit Umaha City, or near) a great wstingxj*^ house, before skimming the broad plniuiKiiii and leaping the Kocky Mountains. jfonl The great place in embryo, Oinak Cit ^J^I is located immediately east of this city, the Nebraska side, and about three mife'jjjg£|! distant. Belleview, the old missionary ai % IQ& tuiding station, is twelve miles below, to north of the Platte ltiver, and has abcauti-^^j, fill and ooromnndinj; \view. Winter W^Vt tors is twelve miles above, and is tho s ''co~jj'j| tho winter quarters of the first Mormon jjjr.itii'er camp, aud ia also most beautifuMj situated. In fact, wo do not know ot \W J-* more charming or delightful town lites o!biv?iJ the Missouri Kivcr than these, make a slight correction of w« ,fwj3c \an articlo ft^v«a ceutly published in The Keokuk D\m\i0m upon this subject. His informant was error in regard to the distance of counti^^ wit cers tery back that was well timbered nnd a goo^^Sg agricultural country. ^uif- Thcrc is much worthless land, and ib^Kra too destitute of timber, within 150 or 2od $,1n miles svest of tho Missouri Kivcr; and si^jial though thero is much good land and c» siderablu timber, we would not havo to-l'jrt'bl people find themselves deceived in any wij y0 ^ e by our neglect or assent. There is a cr ' J j doubt that ninny will bo disappointed a» dissatisfied with the country, as it has tr very many been overrated. It is not a pos itivo paradise; there may bo cold, heat, aix '-jnjJjf many other inconveiiicncies to offend. Tk.gHjt climate nnd soil aro both very s :, iilar t( Wl Iowa, except when you get far back from t $ the streams, whero you find sand and bat- reus. Many who go there to stale will finnll] find homes in this State, or cross the Rocb ~$$s& : Mountains. ;.J5ffrt Tim principal reason of this is a genen .--T (jra scarcity of timber throughout these Tcrrih^jgB ries; this in time will bo overcome by tk^* use of coal, hedging, and the growth-« young timber, and overy foot of these riclj valleys will bud and blossom as the rose, * the iron horse with a hissing snort k 0 \ 01 *™™ through the defiles, on its way to or Tct | lt,1 |^^| ing from the Pacific, laden with iuo Si 'bpym Cashmere, and precious things from Chint>|^ Japan aud tho indies. ii^P \ A fiyod timo is coming, boys, Wait a little lunger.\ Up, stir lively, work bravely, and pull to |||lw guther, and you will bo fortunato if up *^^M the route of Ibis stupendous thoroughfare, gihg m THE Eorron.—The Richmond Mail tliroffiH off the following capital illustration :— Thoy havo a steamboat in tho westereg^j| ( waters by the name of \ Tho Editor.\ Tk**|jfiBj is tho best name ever yet given to a Rtea ©|S^: boat, and more especially to a Mississippi^^;;, promise, the Tariff\ Compromise of 1832 A YANKEE, writing from California to his father, speaks of its great matrimonial faci lities, and ends by making tho following s3S \mdtTCnrout5 0t °\ r ^l ^thenameof Clay with clapping of and the adjustment of 1850, the same pages will record tho genius, the eloquence and tho heroism of Henry Clay.\ While Mr. Cul lom was reading the above, tho members .ISTTho man who is ner feeling,\ proposes to tion. a \stranger to fi- liavc an introduc- tar \How can a ship beat a hen} Be cause while the hen is laying one egg, the the shin can lav to.\ hands. Mr. Cullom next turned bis atten tion to Mr. Clinpman, who ho said bad de fended tho Administration and tho author of the bill. The gentleman while doing so had declared himself outside tho pale of a healthful organization. - . Mr. Clingman, interrupting—I did not say healthful. more especially to a Mississipp^gdj, steamboat Wo aro supprised it has neTdL «*g c been thought of before. Tho editor hi|§* working engine whoso fires are going dsjf|| and night. Now ho sails against the tiit m nnd now with it, going along at a dnsbin; rate, until suddenly^ho comes up, all stand-j ' u g» ngainst some hidden snag, whicn new ly shivers his timbers to pieces. Whenever ho moves he puts the watenj in agitation for a time, and leaves a wabj of troubled waves behind him, which Iss&j about five minutes. He serves everybody but himself, carries freight and passen^en| in any quantity, and goes putf— putfi-^ down tho stream of life. Often his poffefl^*Jl «ro overtasked, and his boiler bursts, H^Be fortunately it kills no ono but himself, who cares for a n Editor 1 ''aril yv COMMEJJCIN-O EARLY.—A brutal tesebfc*^ whipped a littlo boy for pressing the flan fe|||ei of a littlo girl who sat next to him at schooly;^, after which ho asked tho child \whyWf squeezed the girl's hand ?\ Because,\ «»f; tho little fellow, \it looked so pretty tWj I couldn't help it.\ How very natural! QontKs. —The remains of a bachelor v} { \ burst into tears\ on reading »• description of married life have been found.