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-Photographic ArtisfJ
JACKSONVILLE, OREGON.
Aabrety p'es,
litfir.apks,
HP Cartes deVisite
done in the finest style of art.
Picr-ares Reduced
OR ENLARGED TO LIFE SIZE.
, JOHrf TWILLER'S
Sportman's Depot !
t -jTO-al-rcX: Stz-eetV
NtxtMoor to B. F. Dtncdl'f Lap Office;
TTEEPS ALWAYS ON HAND THE
XV best stock of Gnns, patent and borne
Peter Britt,
rxamuB nino ana bdoi uons, tingle ana aoabie;
t -Revolvers of the latest patents; Pocket Pistols,
k neat, (mall and powerful ; Derringers, the lat
- est and best. Also the best Ponder and Pow-
der Flasks; Ml sorts' of Shot and Pouches;
1. CapgWads, and everting io the Sportsman's
,'2Jne. Thoftbdve goods art all of the ?' qual
ity, ana will be Bold at reasonable prices,
t AH orders In tny line promptly executed ; re
pairing done promptly and Jth dispatch.
Having sold oat my saddlery business those
indebted to me are requested to call and aettle,
JOHN MILLER.
Jacksonville, Oregon, Nov, A, lB70.-tf
-iBAroaOiSj) saloojk
3. A. BRENTAIVO
Hit
G03SnDnjCTOHa
Cuoice Liquors and Cigars always on hand.
- V! ft.
Bins .iT W. .Ji w. ). S3 2 It.
;THROUGHSjTICKETS
lai CENTS.
A
NEW STATE SALOON.
. DRINKS 12 CENTS.
The Uu-jft- public arc informed that Papk
Sivxoe of the NEW STATE SALOON will
quench their tAffit.wltlTlhe most choice bever
ages to be found in Jacksonville for ONE BIT.
We expect to lose money by'it, bnf times are
bardr and we cannot see people go thirty.
' ' 16oct69 PAPE k SAVAGE.t
EIGLE BREWERY!
JOS. WETHEXER Prop'r.
THE BEST OF LAGEK BEEIl KEPT CON
rtantly on hand : fold by the keg, gallon,
or glam. Seeing is believing, give me a call
'and jolge for yourself.
Jacksonville, Jan. 15, lfiTO.-tf
DR. A. B. OVEltBECK,
Physician &' Surgeon,
JACKSONVILLE, OREGON.
OSce at bis residence, la the Old Ovubeck
JIof lUlon Oregon Street. i
DB. E. E GREENIAN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
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OFFICE : At the V. S. Hold,
CtlifU Street,
JACKSONVILLE, OREGON.
TiewlU, practice In, Jackson and adjacent
ie6es, aad attend promptly to professional
alla. . feb2tf
t
DR.A.'B.OVERBECK'S
BATHEOOMS,
Zh the Overbeck Hospital,
"WARM, COLD & SHOWER BATHS,
SUSDA7S AND WEDNESDAYS.
DR. L DANFORTH
Physician and Surgeon,
Tt
AS permanently located on the Fort Lane
. IUnch, iwoniles north of the Willow,
Springs, and offers his professional services to
.the people of J ackson'and Josephine counties.
R. L. T. DAVIS,
"OFFICE-ONPINrSTREET,
Oxrolto tho Old
Kl vilr.''I Itnr. jtiii'tU T
ARKANSAS LIVERXSTABLE.
Jaekas&vllle, Oregon. '
OR. GEO. I. TOLMAN,
,y " fUU Sortwa TJ.8. Armj,
Physician, mSorgeoir,
AND ACCOUOSEUE. i
j
Will practice in Jackson and adjacent coun
ties, and attend promptly to all calls on profes
sional business.
OSce and residence on Fourth-) street oppo
itttheM.E.ehurch1 , -
JackeoorJllc Oregon, Jan. F.I570. If
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VOL. XVI.
E.C. BROOKS'
Sew Watch-, Cluck-, V Jewelry
BTORB,.
TDST OPENED, UNDER THE HALL
v or ma u. a. Hotel, opposite P.Byan'a
store, Jacksonville, Oregon; where can be
found a general assortment of '
Gold ana Surer Watches,
Gold and Silver Chains and'iJewelry.
Gold-, Silver-, and Steel-bowed Spectacles,
Eight Day and Thirty Hour Clocks. 4
-The.-American Watches, inboth-Gold and
Silver cases will be furnished st
J-iASTeRN-pjitoes tlrfis
o-u gooas represeniea ana soia tor just what
they are4 aufl for-tha lowest Jiving profit.
B liatcuvs, uiuu" ifwntnj, auu ocwiag
Machines cleaned and repaired for prices tccor-
fceponQ wuu un uuica.
October 1,1870.
FRANCO-AMERICAN
HOTEL AND RESTAURANT
OPPOSITE THE
Odd Fellow's Hall,
Jacksonville, Oregon.
Travelers and resident boarders will find
1DME GILFOYLE'S
BEDS AMD SEDDXXta
Placed in first class order, and in every
Way superior to any in this section, and
, unsurpassed by any in the Stale,
HER ROOMS ARE SEWIY FURK1SEED
And a plentiful supply of the best of every
thing the market affords will be ob
tained for
HER TABLE.
Hereafter, her House will be kept open all
night, and square meals can be had at any time
tbrongh the night. 'Oysters prepared in every
style, lunches etc. to be bad. Stage passengers,
and others, out late at night, can always find a
good fire, hot meals, and good beds at the above
restaurant.
No trouble will be spared to deserve the put
ronage of the traveling as well as the perma
nent community. , ,
Jacksonville, Dec. 25, 1869.
tf
DUGAN & WALL,
Forwarding and Commission
MERCHANTS,
CRESCENT CITY, CALIFORNIA.
MARK your goods, care of D. l( IT.. Oacent
City ; send shipping receipts and bills of
lading ; freight and charges payable in Crescent
City, on delivery of goods.
Our, warehouses consist of two brick and one
stone building.
Assuring our patrons that no pains will bq
spared in looking to their interest,. wc .ask! for
a continuance of their past favors.
DDGAN & WALL.
Crescent C(ty March 1. 1870.-feb2Ctf
TT. S. HOTEL,
JACKSOXVIIXE OREGON,
Comer of California and Ihird Sis.
L. HORNE, Proprietor,
a
BEGS LEAVE TO INFORM THE
Public that be bas the largest, best, and
most commodious Hotel in Southern Oregon.
H is located in the central part ol Jackson
ville ; .stages irom ine norm and tjouw leave
regularly from the IT. S. HOTEL,
The House has lately been re-painted, and
renovated : the rooms are newly furnished, and
well ventilated. The BeOrooms are supplied
with SPRING BEDS, and every other con
venience for the comforts of the guests.
BOARD AND LODGING
Can be had at reasonable rates, according to the
room occupied.
Will be supplied with the best the market can
afford. ,
FAMILIES
Can find at this House rooms especially arranged
for their comfort and. convenience, as well as
every attention and comfort usually found at a
wen nepwiuiei. t
A LARGE HAiLJ-
Is attiched to the Hotel, for Balls,' Heelings,
Shows, Ac., and can be had at rcasonablo terms.
Jacksonville, Oregon, Jan. 8, I870.-tf
Gin BREWERY!
VE1T SCHUTZ,. Proprietor.
THE PUBLIC IS RESPECTFULLY IN
formed that tber can find, at any time, at
the CITY BREWERY, the best of Lager Beer,
in quantities to auiUbe purchaser.
Jacksonville, Jan.15, 1870-if
B.r.BOTfJSLL, B.B. TfATJOS.
DOWELS a WATSOK,
ATTOESEYS AT LAW,
Jacksonville. Oregon.
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JACKSONVILLE. SATURDAY, JANUAEY 28, 1871.
M OREGW MAIL,
I
i- PUBLISHED
Every Satarttav MormiHr y
B. F.. DOWELL,
OFFICE, CORNER, 'I' tf THIRD STREETS.
TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION
?ori0;,n!Jwr'!n &a, four dollars : If
not paid within the first sbrtaonths of the year,
five dollars; if not paid -until Ihe expiration
of the year, six dollars. ;
TERMS OP ADVERTISraGt
One square CIO lines or less), BrstT insertion,)
mree aoiiarg ; eacn SUDseauent insertion, one
dollar. A discount of fiftv Der cent, will .be
made to those who advertise by he year. ,
Legal Tenders rece'ived at current rates.
LETTEE FKOM B. F. DOWELL.
"WAsniNGTpy, D, P., h
January 5, 1871. f , .
THE ATTOBXET GENERALSHIP.
The Committee described in iny last
called on the President to-day, at J2
o'clock, and respectfully urged, the ap
pointment of Senator Williams in the
Cabinet. '
The Piesident replied that no one
had a higher opinion ot Mr. Williams
than himself: that he had a iull Cabi
net, and he gave no intimation what be
would do in case of a vacancy.
OEEGON MAIL ItOUTES.
Senator Corbett introduced to-day,
a bill to establish the following mail
routes :
From Jacksonville, by Central Point,
Bybce's Ferry, to McDaniePs Mills.
From Ashland, by Browns, Link
River, Lost River, Yianox, Drew's
Valley, Hot Springs on Dr. Greeuman's
farm in Goose Lake Valley, to "Lake
City, California.
From Yreka, California, to Brown's,
Link "River, Klamath Agency,?, to Fort
Klamath, Oregon. .!f '
OEEGOIT MEMOniALS.
Since my last letter Mr. Smith has
recived three additional memorials
from the Secretary of Oregon :
One of them prayes that that the
Siletz Indian Reservation be .vacated.
vue uaKB bix sections oi land per
mile to aid in the construction of a
military wagon road from Eugene City,
by Springfield,' up McKenzie Fork of
Willamette River, across the Cascades
Mountains, near the Three Sister?, to
Crooked ttiver. ". ' rT ,
The other is'a solemn protest against
the,jtreaty with .China and the' Oregon
Legislature , requests the abrogation
of the treaty and demands that the
Oregon Legislature exercise the auth
ority to Tegulate ,rthe emigration cf
Chinamen to -Oregon, '
While reading this1 memorial wb
were forcibly reminded of larn's coup
let on seeing a louse on a lady's bon
net: "Oh 1 wad some kindly power the giftie gi'e us
To see Ourselves as others sec us."
COMMISSIOXEE YdLSOX.-
It is rumored that Joseph S. Wilson,
Commissioner of the1 General Land
Office, is to be removed. If al his acts
are as inacurate as his last report he
ought to be removed. For instance,
he says: "the four principal navigable
rivers are the Columbia. Willamette,
Snake, nnd J'en F Oreille or Clark's
Fork. There are others nayigablo for
short distances, - ' Santiam
entering into Snake River." The ital
ics arc our own.
Every school boy ,knows that no
part of Pen d'Oreille is in1 Washington
Territory, and Snake River only forms
a part of- the Eastern boundary of Ore
gon, and that the Santiam is a branch
of' the Willamette, and is two or three
hundred miles south of Snake River.
If the Commissioner of the General
Land Office, whose 'duty it 'is to have
correct maps made, is allowed to pub
lish such false trash as this about Ore
gon we related, we may well expect
ine masses in me jiuhuuc oiaies u oe
ignorant of the geography of Oregon.
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Pbofaxitt never did any man the
least crood. No man S the richer, or
happier, or wiser for it Jt, commends
no one to anysocicty. It is disgusting
to the refined; abominable to the good;
insultng to thoso with whom we asso
ciate: degrading to the mind ; nnprof-itabla-needlcss,
and injurious to socic-
Concenung- Bells.
1
J. B. FULLEE-WAtKEE. 31. D,
!Hcldme'dovmtnepafeernDon wnich
hia is written is a bar ot bell-metnlj
several inches-, long. .by- aniinclL itf
breadth and thickness,, yeighing
pound or more. It makes' a good paper-weight,
and has a history 'worth
repeating. Once it hung in a South
ern Bteeple, where, in times, of neace.it
gave forth mournful or merry -sounds
for funerals or weddings, or called out
witn a.religious tone (for poople to tob-
fierve the Sabbath dav; as it cliimefl
with the other church, bells of the vlf-
lage. War came with all its horrors
and necessities, and then thd chn-ch
bells" were taken from their old cross
beams in the steeples. 3nd sent to the
foundry to be cast over into cannon and
sbeatning for ramsJarid war vessels.
This paper-weight of mine once helped
to cover the sides of the.famouS Mfrri
mad, which made such havoc with) the
wooden-walls in Hanmton Roads. It
sheathed the vessel near t'ne rudder,
and has a hole through it where apolt
passed to hold it in place. Afteri the
war was over, tne sheathing of thiqram
was, sold to a.,bell-fonnder in Trov to
be re-cast into; church bells, destined.
perhaps, to be set a ringing in the Sun-1
ny south again, or upon tho jbroad
prairies of the far West. A friend res
cued this bit ot the sheathingj from, the
smelting furnace nresentimr it, to the,
writer of this article. Holding, and
looking at it, sounds of innumerable
bells seem to reach onr ears, producing
a sonorous clang or as they utter a Babel
of voices from all parts of the earth.
From the wooden bolls of the last, to
the famous Bow Bells of London, and
Trinity chimes of New York dty, we
near a chorus ot iron tongues which
calls up many pleasant and, mayhap,
some quaint reflections.
tlow attached we all becometo bells.
and how intimately their tones are
blended with tho psalm of life! With
tho progress of civilization, and the
consolidation ot society, bells play an
important part in life. In some of our
large cities and thickly settled towns
they are constantly ringing. The
church bell, has many pleasant memo
ries clustering about it, as it always
throbs "with the pnlse of the people,
bringing joy or gladness in its tones.
As Miss Kimball has suns; :
"Oh 1 how long we've chimed together,
In both fair and stormy weather, ,
Giving people kindly greetings,
As they gather to the meetings.
Oh ! how oft we've raised a sighing.
For the dead and for the dying,
Wille we've rung a gladsome voicing,
For the bridal pair rejoicing.
, TVehave chimed through generations,
, Through the rise apd fall of nations ;
Vfe have rung for triumphs glid'ning,
Tolled for our disasters sad'ning."
In the towng oi 'Hew England, the
church bell totlsatun-set'for a death ;
it rings at the hourof 'nine in tho eve
ning for honest folks' to go to bed: it
sounds the alarm when some farm-house
catches firej it calls the people to
church, and jieals at 'Christmas-time, a
the birth of thenew,year, and upon
Independence Day ! There havo been
other dnd moro important times when
the bells were sel to swinging with a
tone which alarmed the people, or told
of prreat sorrows, and great reioicincs.
Many of ns living heard the bells tbll
lor ilenry Ulay, lorlJamel Webster,
for Abraham Lincoln. Some white-
headod nien remember the joyfnl bells
which rung when Lafayette made his
last tonr through this country, and the
author of this article heard the village
bells of Vermont toll as the body of old
John Brown was taken through the
fcrreen jllountain otato on its way to
the crave in the Adirondacks. After
the rendition of Burns in Boston, the
bells ot the ancient city of Worcester
tolled for hours, while the troops as
sembled under arms upon the common.
If a fugitive slave came flying through
the city, on his way to Canada, and
the telegraph told the approach of his
master, the bells in many a town in
those davs rang out an alarm which
emptied the houses and filled the streets
When the first electric cable "had
stretched its thin wire from Ireland to
Newfoundland, and Victoria indulged
in an nnder-the-water tete-a-tete with
Buchanan, all the bells from Portland
to San Francisco rang as if their sides
wonld crack. The land was, brimming
over with delight 'Sp, during the re
bellionho w otten did the bells call the
people to arms, after the news of a
great defeat, perhaps in the dead of
nigm, jiko mo ocu wnicn .raui severe
set to ringing in Boston during Revo
lutionary times'! Well do we remem'
ber how'all thebells ot the great State
of Ohid rang out a call to arms one
morning' when the city of Cincinnati
called for the "squirrel hunters" to as
sist in driving back the jnyaders who
were niarchine: oter the bills of Ken
tucky-!''-'These special cases ofbell
ringmg are simply called up from the
past as reminiscences of days gone by,
NO. 2.
never to return, let ns hope. Those
upon whose ' eart the pregnant torles
leu, can never torget the strange sensa
tions produced.
I He who lives wjthin. the sotnd of a
cuurcn ciock Decomes so auasnea to
the striking 'of the Tiour. ,'that if the
"Dony -nana ot tho sexton loigets to
wind it up, a sadness steals over him,
and hqrefusestqbe reconciled. tntiL tho
wheels move again, and tho Sight ot
time is marked by sounds nit to be
mistaken. We believe thess silver
toned bells'tepeated tales of lope and
joy,to Tom,Moore, and that such were
the ".Bells o$ Shandon," and the "Bells
of Lynn," falling on the poet's ear at
Nahant,
The firsf '"rincr of bells cast for the
British Empire rin North America"
came fronv Gloucester, England, and
were placed in .the tower of Christ
Church. Salem Street. Boston, in 1744.
For one hundred and twenty-six years
these bells have "rung the old year
out and. tho new year in,'"' aud their
chimes are none the; Jess sweeter or
melodious to-day on account of their
age. The people within sound of these
bells have become as attached to them
as tho London cockney is supposed to
be to 'Bow-Bells, and their removal
would cause a great deal of regret.
These bell's have the reputation of be
ing very sober, and it is said nothing
but sacred music was ever chimed up
on them, save once, about a quarter of
a century ago. Iho steeple in which
they arc hung took fire, and threatened
to burn down. Happily the flames
were extinguished, but the excitement
of the' people 'was intense, and they
Would not go home until the bell-ringer
had made them play "Oh, what can
the matter be 1" a popular street song
ot the day. ' Should the steeple take
fire in this year of grace, doubtless the
bells w.ould ring out "Shoo Fly, don't
bodder me !"
The first bell cast in Boston was in
1792, by Paul Revere, and weighed
abqut two thousaud pounds. It-is es
timated' that new there are annually
cast in the United States about forty
thousand bells ot all sizes. 'Ibis does
not include sleigh-bells, dinner-bells,
the jangling bells of the ragman, the
tinkling bells of the street cars, sheep
or cow-bells, the awful bell of the milk
man, or the bells worn by clowns in
the ring. The -number of these is past
estimating. Whafwith church, school,
college, car, steamboat, market, plan
tation, fog and factory bells, we can
easily see what becomes of the lorty
thousand disposed of each year. The
average weight of bells in this country
is from one to five thousand pounds ;
beyond' this size the depth of tone does
not increase with the size cf the bell.
The largest bell in America hung a
year or; two ago in a irame-vr ork tower
in the rear of the City Ball of New
YfiTk. It weighed some eleven tons,
but getting cracked, it was broken up,
and cast over again into smaller bells.
The "next largestrbell in this country,
hangs in tho Cathedral toivcrat Mon
treal. The bells in tho fire towers of
New York average agoutfive thousand
poundst each. The loudest -and sharp
est toned one hangs in the pld histori
cal stone tower of the Post Office at the
corner of Liberty 'and Nassau Streets.
There are no very, noted bells in the
United States, if we excepCthe old In
dependence bell of Philadelphia.
Chimes have not yet bocomo so com
mpn in this country as they are in Eng
land, where they may b,e heard in al
most every country town. They are
on the increase, however, and the day
will come wben good chimes will be
common in all of, our largo towns.
Perbaps the largest chime of bells in
this country is in a Catholic Church -at
Buffalo. Rochester has a good chime
of bells, and so has Cornell University
at Ithaca. Newark has several chimes,
and a fine one has just been put up in
a Church in Orange Valley in New
Jersey. St. Michael's Church in
Charleston, S. C, had an excellent
chime of bells before tha war, but dur
ing tho struggle they were taken down
and sent to Columbia for safe keeping.
2rbaps a, portion of them have found
eir way into our paper-weight.
The most famous chime of bells in
New York city hangs in Trinity steple,
the largest ot whicn weighs only three
thousand pounds. These, chimes al
ways ring on New Year's night Wash
ington's Birth-day, the Fourth of July,
and at Christmas, The masterly man
ner in which the bells are handled at
tracts a crowd) and we have often seen
qjd Trinity filled with purging thou
sands at. midnight on thq thirty-first of
December, listening to thejoyful tones
pealing Xrom,th,e steeple, seated up
on ine peaiment oi me .martyrs .monu
ment, jn Trinity church-yard, it fills our
heart with enthusiasm to listen to the
patriotic; airs which float through the
air on the morning of Independence
Day, just as the sun comes up out, of
Long Island Sound, and the cannon gd
"boom, boom," from the forts in the
harborl These are the best circum-i
stances in the world under which to
hear ''Columbia, -Gem of the Ocean,"
"The Star-Spangled Banner," or "Yan
kee Doodle.' Aldine Presi.
The Doors for the Capitol-
The Springfield Republican describes
the double doors' for the Capitol a
Washington, which have been id the
hands ot the Ames Company at Chico-;
pee for the past three years, and -which'
are now approaching completion. Early
autumn, it is expected, will see them'
in their destined 'place in Washington.
The panels of the "peace" Bide, repres
enting "peace," "the ovation to Wash-1
ington at Trenton," "the inauguration1
ot Washington," and the Masonio cer
emony of layintr the corner stone ot
the Capitol, September 18, 1793, sur
mounted by an oak wreath and a star,
and are arranged fdr insertion in the
cast-iron frame that is to support them;
and something near an adequate idea
of their beauty and appropriateness aS
a national commemoration, and ot the
great skill and labor required to bring
them from the rough bronze to then
present high finish, may no w'be formed.
The panels of the "war" side represent
"war," "the charge at xorKtown," the
rebuke pf Leo by Washington at Mon
mouth," and "the death of Warren at
Bunker Hill." The artist, Crawford,
has been fortunate in having the high
est skill-in tho country to carry out his
designs to a restilt that will not 'snffe
by comparison with the foreign works
ot the kind. Each of the doors weighs
4,000 pounds, of which 1,800 belong to
the iron frame work, and the remainder
2,200 pounds to the panels and the pol
ished bronze back. Notwithstanding
this immense weight the doors will
swing with comparative ease, as has
been demonstrated by actual trial; the'
hinges are ponderous, but the point; of
friction has been reduced to tho, fraction
of an inch. .
A colosal equestrian statue ot Wash
ington, to stand thirty-two feet 'high,
for the Boston public garden, and a
nine-fpot statue of a soldier, for a mon
umental purpose at Williams. College,
tho third of the same subject, but after
different models, are now in propess. of
manufacture at the Ames Company's
shop in Chicopee.
The Statue oe Liscouy. The Stat-'
ue of Lincoln from the hands of Miss
Vmnie Ream, which has for so long
stood in the rotnnda of the Capitol,
enveloped in unsightly surroundings,,
was on Saturday last, at 0 o'clock A.
M., uncovered for the official inspection
of the Secretary of the Interior. Sec
retary Delano, Assistant Secretary1 of
the Interior Otto, Senator Trumbully
General Farnsworth, Representatives
Poland, of Vermont, Marshall, of Illi
nois, Dawes, of Massachusetts,- Law
rence, of Ohio, Ingersoll, of Illinois, and
a few personal friends and relatives of
Miss Ream, were present to view'the
work. With little delay after the com
pany arrived, the workmen effected the
removal of the covering, and presented
the completed work, which has cost the
fair designer and executor so many days'
and months of arduous toil.
Those assembled looked at the mold
ed form of the lamented statesman for
a moment, and then in unmeasured
terms commended tho picture. Secrc
tary Delano speaks in unqualified terms
of commendation of the statue, and will
to day if possible, present-to Congress
his official acceptation of it. It-wilP
then be publicly unvailed at some fu
ture time, to bo designated by the
proper authorities.
The Baltimore and Ooio'Railk'oAd'
in- Troudl'e Again-. Twb important
cases have lately been argued in ttio
Supreme Court of tho United States,
both of which involve the right ot a
cqunty to tax the property of a railroad
passing through it. The title "of the
first case is Baltimore and' Ohio Rail
road vs. The County of Marshall, West
Virginia, which, was certified to. the
United States Supreme Court, upqn ja
writ of en or from the Court of Appeals
of West Virginia. The second are the
same parties, but it latere up6ri a"ccr
tificate of a division of opinion' between
the United States circuit: and district
judges of the State of WestiYirginia
Both of these cases arise out of the re-'
fusal of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail'
road to pay a1 tax upo& the value ot its
property in the county and Statd afore
said. The railroad company have been
beaten upon each trial of these pases in
all the courts in which they have been'
heard, and have taken all appeals' than
have been grunted in cither case. Hoiiv
S,tanton and Daniel Lamb appear for
tho State of West Virginia.
The RivEniNTHE Oceak-. There is
a river in the ocean. In tho severest
draught it never fails, and in the -mightiest
floods it never overflows. Its
banks and its bottom arc of cold water,
whilo its current is warm. The Gulf
of Mexico is'its fountain and its mouth
is the Arctic seas. Its current is more
rapid than the Mississippi or the Ama
zon, and its value more than a thous
and times greater. Its waters, as far -out
as the Carolina coast, are of indigo
blue. They are so distinctly marked?
that the line of junction1 with the'eom
mon sea water may be traced with the
eye. Of ten one-half pf a vessel may be
seen floating in the Gulf Stream waters
while the other half is in the common
water, so sharp ii the line and 'the .
want of affinity between these waters
and such, too, the reluctance,-so-to
speak, on the part of those of tnc Gulf-i
Strcam, to mingle with tho waters ofj
the sex Tn addition to' thistopre is
another peculiar fact: 'The1 'fishermen
on the coast of Norway are all supplied.
with wood from the tropics by means
ot the Gulf Streanw Think of the Arc
ticfishermenburnipgupontheirheaffhs the palms of Hayti,ith& mahogany cot'
Honduras, and the precious woods 6f -x
the Orinoco and the Amazon..