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    • ABERNETHY'S PILE OINTMENT.
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      2 2 _____ THE NORTHERN STAR . April 17 , 1847

      Abernethy's Pile Ointment.

      ABERNETHY'S PILE OINTMENT .

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      , . r .. _ntive . how few of the afflicted have been per-* _Whi "What a _pawul and no _* -i .. u _* disease is the Filet- ! I and « . _mpaij _^ _^^ . _^^ from tne usu of p 0 H . erfil _, _JSianewanenUy cured hy ordinary appeals to medical > kiu .. • _ giliwnu ] medicine slnmld always bu avoided _iipcriaiMTi _^ iits _te-ofreeiucittlyaelniinistercd by tne P _* _" _"" ™ „ tmeni , after years of acute _tuffe-ring , placed himself tin allin all cases of this complaint The P P ntt 0 _\^* T _/„ ° _,, y . was hy Mm _restored to perfect . ealth , and lias enjoyed . un . leBn . ler the treatment _^ _tka _^ - _^ _J _^^ _t / _Si _^^ a period of hf ten years during which time thc same _h _^^"'\^ _^^ _' _^^ i _^^ tn _^ otS _^*^ nuinbwof _despite eases , both in and out ofthe ¦ AberAbernelhian pmcnpt . 011 _inis been the _«»«»» _™^ _f _^ Thee under medical care , and some of then , for a very confprop _^ ropriet .. i- > " _¦^ _fj" ™ _" _^^ _h l * _*™ _"fm- My who hud been _per-?„ _- , _? i 7 _"f , _Ti _ _.-, _?" , _? _^^ _iSts introduction tiie _fauie of this Ointment has _spi-ead far and -vide : even ( fectHectlyhe . il .-d _>•«» _"JW _^ _iii-n . and simc _«» _t _^ acknowledged tiie virtues of any medicine not _nre-uared by _ftte _^ e _Mcnlical Pro fession a _^ _ftheiithemselvos , do _nuw freely . mo _lrtinoj _^ riet , 0 f that appalling maladv . v ' lai . _eaneverfailiii-treinedF inevcryswge _^ a tvUlU _MaltUudes _ttf C 5 _ksts of hs effi _ ,. . __ oauccd A * -r _ , ffeTers _^ ir _^ li _^ aiirt d ? d nut _renderthose * _'ho have been cured _nnevilling to publish their names . 1 * * _' _*" : " ? turc "f _^ , \ _VZ ' t s 7 ; d or _tbequaiitiiy of . hr . e _« s Cd . Pots in one for lis , _ivitlilull directions Cor use , by rlrl ? _iySMrt _^ _rniri et « . _» X . p ier . „ iH _*« t . Hoxton , 'i _* w Town . London , where _ako can be procured every V h V _Kiiiir . _{ Afxi t to ™ i ii i f „ , i , e « iiigjiial makers , with an allowance ou taking six at a time . P ' PaJ _^ M _iS _?"«* _rffr- Al 5 _ESETJiVVi PILE OIXTMEXT . " "The Public are requested to be on their guard _* « ne sure to . _i ¦ . . _s SllJa at low priees , " and to observe that none can possibly be i-emiinc , unless the name I _ga l pa inst noxiuus co" . *™ - <} 0 _,-emment Stamp affixed to each put , 4 s . Gel , _wlne-h is ihe lowm price the : proprietor Va Va JuSlw J ™ _* . _oning to , liep «* expense of _t _evgredients .

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      CORNS AND BUNIONS . _PAl-L'S EVERY MAN'S FRIEND . _rotrpiiiffd by die Royal Family , Ndilily , Clergy , Ac It ; It a _rurc and speedy Cure tor those severe annoyances , without causing the least pain or ' neonvenience . Unlike al oil _ctiier remedies for Corn- ' , its operation i * such as to render the cutting of Corns altogether unnecessary : indued , we . ro . ro _. u- sav . the practice of cutting Ce . ru * is at all times highly dangerous , and lias been frequently attended with _lauiental table ceiiisequencts , besides its liability !•> increase their growth ; it adheres with the most gentle pressure , produces an an instant and delightful relief from torture , and with perseverance in its application , entirely eradicates tlie most im inveterate &> ros and Bunions . ' Testimonials have been received fr m upwards of one bund ed Physicians and Surgeons ofthe greatest eminence , as as well as from _iiiiny Officers of both Army and Xa . vy , and nearly one thousand private letters fiom the gentry in town an and country , speaking in high terms of this valuable remedy . Prepared by John Fox , in boxes at Is l * d , or three small boxes in one for 2 s 3 d , and to be had , with full _directions fo for use , of C . Kisc , _>' _apie-r- _* 'treet , Hoxton , New Town , London , and all wholesale uml retail medicine vendors in town to anil count . > ' The genuine lias the name ofJolmJox on the stamp . "* s 9 d Box curts the most obdurate Corns . Ask lor " Paul ' r Every Man ' s Friend . " Ab meth j' . - Pile Ointment , Paul ' s Corn Plaster , and Abernethy ' s Pile Powders , are sold by the following respectab _' e C Chemists aud Dealers in Patent Medicines : Barclay and * * ons , Fnriingdoii-street * Edwards . fi " , St . Paul ' s Church-yard ; Butler , 4 , Cheap'ide ; Newbery , St , I Paul's : Sutton , Bow Church yard ; Johnson , 10 , € etknreet , Soho , and 6 s , Cornhill ; Sanger , _l- _* 0 , Oxford-street ; "V A "" il ! ou"Uby and Co . Cl . Uishopsgate street Without * , Owen , _o' 2 , Marclimoud-street . Burton-crescent ; _ adc , 39 , Gosv well street ; Prout , " " !» , Strand ; Uan & ay andCu .,-J 3 . Oxford-street ; Hunter and James , Webbtrrow ; md retail by aU j _respectable chemists and medicine venders in London . _Co-ONTii-f Acents : —Baines and Newsome ; Mr . Bucliton , Times Office ; Heaton Smeeton , Ilall , nVmhnrdt and Sons 3 . C . Browne , 4 " , llrifeg . tte , Thornton . 35 , Boar Lane , Denton , Garland , Mann , Ue . ni , Harvey Haigh , late Tarbottom Boliand aad Kemplay , Laud Moron , 0 . Hay . _lOti . _Criggate , Rhodes , Bell and Brooke Lord , _* B . C . Hay . Medical Hall Leeds : tooper _, Key and Fisher , Bradford ; Hartley , Berry , inter , Leyland Halif ix ; Smith , Eland , _lluist , Cardwell Gell Smith , Wakefield ; PvbiiS BaWfJey ; Knowles , _Thorne , Brooke and Spivey , JluddcrshY'd , Jludsnn , Keighley Loftliouse , Keinhardt ( late C ' jrlton ) , Kirton , _Alcock , _Ha-nes Unmll , Bell , Uurton , llealey , Melson , Freeman , Picker in- Gaitern , Williamson , Ciiopinun . Hammond , Wallis . Walker , _Broomheael , Xoble , _FoiJ-ter , HaiYlinau , Stephenson "War l ' . yder and Raker , Hutt * , Vipe ? , Kenmslmn . Juhnso * . - ., E _' . iTle , Cornwall , Robinson , Brighani , Beverley ; Brookes Donca « ter Mattl _. _ews , _Creaser , Driffiiel _. l ; Cass , _Goole : Milner . _I'irkeriiig : Stevenson , Whitby ; Bolton . _DJansliard and Co Hal-rove , Fi « _-her , Otley Limiev , York ' ; Marston , _Brigg ; Hurrt , Hobson , Armitage , Ingolhy , Longbottoiu Louth Vaitiwrigbt , Honden ; Ray ner , Smith Burlington ; Hornsby , Wrai . gham , Jefferson , Malton , Rhodes , Snaith Chamtdev . Broml . ead , Ireland , _BucKall , Scarborough ; Smith . Fa by , _Brid-ington ; Adams , _Colton , Pullen , Sclhy _fhn-hlir Market . Weicfaton Fleck , Mai _sli , _Rottierliam , Hattersley , Ball , Ofticer , Barton , Browne , Gainsborough Gledhill ' bld Delph , Priestley . Fox , _Pontefact ; Dalby , Wetherby , Slater , Bedale . Dixon , _Xortbaliertoii , Ward , Rich mond * Ward , Stokesley , _Foggit and Thompson , Thirsk , MonkhoU 6 e Barnard Castle ; Pease , Darlington ; _Jennttt Stockton ai . d by : M respectable chemists and medicine venders in every market town iu England . " _iri . _« i ..... io * .. m . fs— _Me-esr * . Bolton . _I'laitslianl . and Co .. druirgists , _Mjc-legate , York .

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      COUGHS , _UU . _tRSESESS , AND ALL ASUiaAl AND rULMOXART COMPLAINTS . _IFFECTCALtT CUBED EI KEATING"S COUGH LOZENGES . _Up-vards of thirty years-experience hae proved the infallibility of these Lozenges iu the cure of Winter _Caugh , Hoarseness , Shortness of Breah , and other Pulmonary Maladies . The patronage of bis Majesty , the King of Prussia , and his Majesty the King of Hanover , has been bestowed on them ; as also that of the Nobility and Cleiyyof ths United _Kengelou -, aud , above all the Faculty bave especially recjmtv . cnded tbem as a remedy of unfailing efficacy . Testimonials are continuaUy re ceiv « d _conrirmn _. tory of tl . e value ol these Lozenges , and _provinj the perfect safety of tlieir use , ( for they contain i . o Opium nor any preparation of that drug ;) io that thrymay be given _toicmoles ofthe most delicate constitution , and children ofthe most tenderest years without hesitation _.

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      VALUABLE TESTIMONIAL . The following Testimonial ofa Cure ofa Cough of twenty years standing , aHd recovery of strength « i . l be read with _mueli interest : — 5 m . —I beg to inform jou that for tbe last twenty years I bave suffered severely from a cough , and have been under medical treatment with but little relief , and bave not for _roauy years beeu able to walk more than half a niile a d . _iy . After taking ibrce boxes of your Lozenges my _Cougb entirely left me . and J haee this day

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      IMPORTANT TO MANY . REES' COM POUND ESSENCE OF CUBEIJS .-The mo ** t _suev-dv and effectual remedy ever _diseove-red for the cure of d _' isdiarges , gleets , stneturcs . _weakuess , white ** pains in tbe loins and kidneys , heat , irritation , and "ravel , frequently removing every symptom of disease in four da vs sometimes sooner . It contains m a concentrated state all the efficacious parts of the Cubeb combined with the Hilt of _sarsaparitla aud other choice alteratives _, which make it invaluable for eradicating all impurities from the blood , preventing secondar . symptoms falling off of the hair , _btotzbes , if ., and giving strength and energy to tlie whole system . It does uot contain mer cury in any form , and may be taken by the most delicate or weakly of either sex with perfect safely , as well as _banefit to their general health . In all cases of debility it bas been fouud oftlie greatest utilitr . Sold by JOHN WILLIAM STIRLING , at 86 , _Hiyhttrcct , WhitecUapel . London , iu bottles at 4 s . fid , 10 s . and 20 s . cacV , ami ean be bad of ail the principal _liedicine Deal , rs in the Kingdom . A » k for Rets' Essence , and be sure the name of J . vy . Stirling , Whitechape \ London , is engraved on the Government Stamp outside the bottle . — J . W . Stirling will _s ., „ d it with directions , _scc-mely

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      _paci-i-u . to any part ol the kingdom , upon receiving a remittance . Also , STIRLING'S STOMACH TILLS , An effectual remedy for Bilious , Liver and Stomach Complaints . In boxes at 133 d ., _;"« . 9 d ., and Is . 6 d . each ; and can be ha I oi all respectable medicine venders in the kingdom . The genuine has the name ou the stamp .

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      ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE OF CONSTITUTIONAL OR ACQUIRED EBILIT 1 ES OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM . Just Published , A new audi mportantEdition of the Silent i " r ' _« n < on Human Frailty . rice 2 s . 6 d ., and sent free to any part of tbe United Kingdom on the receipt of a " Post Ofiiee Order for 3 s . 6 d . V MEDICAL WORK on tbe INFIRMITIES ofthe GENERATIVE SYSTEM , in both sexes ; being an cnl } uiry into the concealed cause tbst destroys physiczeaergy , and the ability of manhood , ere vigour has estal bltshed her empire : —with Observations on the banefu _* effects of SOLITARY INDULGENCE and INFECTION '

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      THE GKEATEST SALE OF ANY MEDICINES IN THE GLOBE , hollowaT-s pills . A Very Wonderful Cure ol * a _Disovdsved Liver and Stomach . _ . rtr « _ct ofa Letter from Mr Charles Wilson , 31 , i ' _riiiccs Street , Glasgow , dated February Uth , 1817 . * To Professor Holloway . Sib , H . ' _. viiig taken your pills to remove a disease of the Stomneli and Liver , under wliich I bad long suffered , and having _foilowed your print ( ti instructions I have regained that health , which I had thought lost for ever . I had previously had recourse to several medical men , who are celebrated for tlieir skill , but instead of curing _ney _Co-. _uplaiwt _, it _wcreased to a most alarming degree . Humanly speaking your pills have saved viy life " ... Many

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      A Patient in a dying state , Cured of a Disorder in the Chest . Extract ofa Letter from Mr Robert Calcert . Chemist , Stokcily , dated January -2 ' ith , IB . 7 . To Professor Holloway . Sin , —Mi * Thompson , National Schoolmaster of this Town , desires me to send you the particulars respecting a son of his , who had been seriously ill for three year * and a half , and who has derived thegreatest benefits from tbe use of vour medicines , after trying all ordinary resources without effect . The boy is eight years of age , oi strumous or scrofulous constitution . He seems to have had a pleurisy , which ended in a large collection of matter eventuall

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      THE Earl of Aldborough cured of a Liver and Stomach Complaint . Extract of a letter fvom the Eavl of Aldborough , dated Villa Messina , Leghorn , 21 st February , 1845 : — To Professor Holloway . Sin , —Various circumstances prevented the _po-sibility of my thanking you before this time lor your politeness in sending me your pills as you did . I now take this opportunity of sending you an order forthe amount , and , at tlie same time , to add that your pills have effected a cure ofa _disoider in my liver and stomach , which all the most eminent of the faculty at li me , and all over the continent , had not been able to effect ; nay ! not even the waters of Cailsbad and Marieiib . _'id . 1 wish to have another box and a pot oftlie ointment , in case any of my family should ever require cither . Your most obliged and obedient servant _.

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      AN Additional and Important Evidence oftlie Salutary Effects of _BLAIIl'S GOUT and' 11 HEUMATIC PILLS , from Mr . Thomas Yates , " 5 , Albion-rone ) , Stoke Newington-grecn Cth February , 1847 . " Sir , —With much pleasure I acquaint you with tho benefit that I have derived bj taking Blair ' s Pills . * 'Onmy journey five weeks since , whilst at Chepstow , I had distressing symptoms of an attack of Gout in one foot , and with the utmost difficulty reached Bristol . B y this time the tliseaso had so much increased that I could not place my foot on the floor , the swelling being extensive and the paiu excruciating . Having oft n heard of Blair's Gout and Blieumatic Pills , I immediately _i _^ ut to Messrs . Ferris and Score , Chemists , Bristol , for a box , which when I lud taUen , the _p-. _iin bad wholl y subsided I continued the pills until I had taken _two-and-a . halt * boxes _tneiiv , when to my gratification I was perfectly restored to health , and able to resume mv journey .

      I'Nkaciiro Bv The Electric Teiegiuph. --" We

      I _' _nKACiiro bv the Electric _Teiegiuph . -- " We

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      Lave beard oral ) sorts ot communications by means of the electric telegraph , from Queen ' s speeches down to doctor ' s prescriptifins , but 1 have noi yet seen it proposal to introduce tha a » _cncy of this new power into the pulpit . But why not ? If , as beautifully observed in the sentiment toasted at a late American festive party , Franklin * drew the lightning from heaven , ' and Morse ' gave it voic ? , and bade it speak to the world , ' why should not that voice be employed to spread Heaven ' s own' glad tidings' throughout theuwJd ? The pulpits o f a . whole r * in % ' . Jo . _'ti might be connected by _telegraphic wires and tbe exhortations of any celebrated preaclirr delivered at the same instant throughout the whole breadth and length ofthe land . It would bat require a reader in each pul pit ( in place of vicar or curate ) to carry this idea into practical effect ?'—Mechanics' Magazine .

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      _AnERKE-niY ' s I ile PowDEKs were speciall y prepared as nn adjunct to the external application of ' Abernethy ' s Pile Ointment" for every variety of the Piles . The use of powerful aperients tends greatly to destroy the beneficial effects of the outward application and to increase rather than _diiiiinitdi the disorder . It is too much the custom with the afflicted to have _recourse to strong purgative medicine in cases of this complaint , and in almost erery such instance the patient is materially injured nnd the disease greatly aggravated . U'hcve the bowels are confined the " Abernethian Powders" have the effect of removing the obstruction , and of allaying any iiifl . _iininatioii that exists . They cool and strengthen tbe body and render thoroughly efficient the use of tlie Ointment . "

      Emigration To Texas. Mr Rowed, The '-Man...

      EMIGRATION TO TEXAS . Mr Rowed , the ' -manager ' - ' of tbe "British . \ futual Emigration Association , "has asserted that all writers and travellers " have deolared 1 exits to be n most healthy and prosperous place . In reply we beg the attention of onr readers to tbe following extracts from the notes of a "traveller , " who had bitter experience of all he describes , and who ultimately paid with his life the penalty for trusting to the statements of such gentry as manager Rowed . Thc traveller was thc late Sir Charles Hooton , who was some years ago editor of the Leeds Times , and the

      author of several works of ft high character . Of his melancholy end we shall speak when we have concluded the extracts we are about to make . These extracts are taken from a series of papers , published by the author , in Simmonds' Colonial Magazine , and entitled , " Rides , Rambles , and Sketches in Texas , " It was in March , 1841 , that the ship in which Mr Hooton etaigrattd arrived in the Gulf of Mexico . After narrowly escaping shipwreck , a matter of common occurrence on the coast of Texas and Mexico , tbe emigrants were landed at Galveston . Our first extract

      describes—TBS BAT OF GALVESTON . Sprinkled with wrecks of various appearances and _Bizes—ull alike gloomy , however , in their looks and associations—it strikes the heart of a stranger as a sort of ocean-cemetery , a sea churchyard , in which broken masts and shattered timbers , half-buried in quicksands , seem to remain above _tiiejsurfaee of the treacherous waters only to remind the Unrig-, like dead camels on a level desert , of thc destruction that has gone before ' , and yet awaits man ) who may come after . It tmiy not be improper , while on this subject , just to add , that a current produced by thc rivers from the uplands which fall into the bay , runs through it to the sen ,

      and forms the only safe track , like a narrow lane for a coach ) down which ships reach the city . The remaining ina < _s of water , at least three miles across from _Gah-etto'i to Pelican Island opposite , is so shallow , that , under thc influence of particular winds , combined perhaps with other causes , it tuny in certain places be waded across with safety ! Such , then , is the plain truth , as fur as I could ascertain it , respecting the famous port of Galveston—the intended mart of ali tbe rest of Texas , and the place from which all the , as y _# t , unproduced produce of tho interior , the dreamed-of wealth of thousands of dre _. med-of settlers , is to be exported to » U parts of tbe civilised world .

      Our author faithfully pictures the dreims of persons about to emigrate , the ideas they naturally entertain when they hear of cities , universities , literature , commerce , Ar ., imagining that all there must lie something like what they are conversant with in Europe ; the real is , however , very different to the imagined state of things , as Mr Hooton found

      in—THE CITY OF GALVESTON . From the sea the appearance of Galveston is that < f a fine ciiy of great extent , built close upon the edge of the water * _, but its glory _vanisue-s gradually in - _proportion to the nearness of approach ofthe spectator , until on his ar . rival at the end of one ofthe long , rude , wood projection . - , called wharfs , which shoot out some quarter of a mile into tho shallows of the bay , he finds nothing but a poor straggling collection of wratlur-boarded frame-houses , beautifully embellished with whitewash , ( they may be mistaken lor white marble from the Gulf , ) anil extending without messureable depth , about the length ot two miles of string . It presents , in this respect , a bold front to thc enemy , bnt , like a bulwark made of brown _pasteboard , has more appearance than power , and in the event of a wnr with the _Mexicans , might , in thc course of a few hours , be swept from the face of the earth by a brisk and determined cannonade of nothing more forini . liable than dried peas , instead of grape-shot , and bayshells by way of bombs .

      The city off Galveston as it stands , and the " city "laid down upon the plans , bear about the same relation to each other , in point of size , as the pea to a pumpkin respectively _. And could but a man builO houses nith his eyes , the now waste and trackless prairie would be covered with first-rate edifices ; he would behold Btreets thronged with happy citizens and _liappitr merchants , where at present are found only rank grass breast-high , the carcases and bleached hones of cattle tint have died of thirst and madness , and gorged and gorging turkeybuzz _-rds , that feed on the filthy carrion until tbey can scarcely fly away with their delicious burden . Such a man would be a very competent and fitting associate for nil those praiseworthy gentlemen to whom the world ts at present indebted for _throwing open to its gaze the

      gates of the Texan Paradise , He would tben sec things as they ought to be , not as they arc , —and that constitutes the grand secret of _writing a book upon any country which requires an incoming _population . Of course , there are abundance of squares laid down , but no squares of building upon them . The streets ( if wide pa . sages between rows of houses may be so called ) are _ankl-.-dcep in fine sand during dry weather , and almost deeper still in mud during wet—they being totally unp . _ived in nny part , An cast or _uortb-east wind drives the waters of the bay so far up , that the principal street is laid completely under water ; and bolts have , I believe , heen employed to convey _necessities about the city , and to

      assist all such as wera not naturally of an amphibious tribe in the transaction of their business . Upon ono occasion it was carriel away altogether—the place upon which it stood being left us clear as a summer beach during an ebb tide;—while at that period ofthe year commonly termed winter , bu * . which more properly may be called the rainy season , a vast portion of that part of the island prairie upon which the imaginary portion of Galveston is already erected , the water lies from twelve to eighteen inches deep tetter stovuas , awl forms a sort ot extensive fish-pond ( only without fish ) , in which a man might throw his float and line either from his chamber window or his door step , just as his genius and roving fancy might incline hint _.

      _jrtBKtTS , —PKuVISIO . VS , etc . In connexion with thc stores , it may be opportune to mention , that the mailed in Galveston is held every day , Sunday included ; thit Jay , indeed , being the best week for abundance nnd variety . . ' It consists principally of meat and fish of vatinus kinds , with now uud then a few vegetables . These arc but seldom seen , being v . ry 5 caru ! and dear ; a cabbage , about _tliesizi ofa blacksmith ' s fist , readily bringing us much ns eigluet-npenee or two shillings English . The market is opened with the earliest peep of daylight , and may be considered well over by six o ' clock in the morning . Tho meat is killed during thc preceding night , and brought to the stalls in a state tbat may properly be termed yet warm with life . Keen nith this necessary thmgi el _' _siigreeutle haste ,

      unless it be cooked r . lmost immediately , it will , during the honest weather , turn green and puuity _before midday . At any time , to purchase more than i 3 heedful for the day ' s consumption is use ' ess , as all beyond _ihut becomes waste . Beef and fish are very cheap indeed—¦ their price may be considered almost nominal ; pork is higher , and mutton higher still , though of the most wretched quality and the narrowest conceivable supply . The exceeding dearth of green vegetables is severely felt by the new-comer in this intriively sultry clitmte _, and , in conjunction with drinking water of thc vilest _description , _contributes , I doubt not , very much to the unliealthincss of the people ( more especially of the poor , who constitute _ninetecn-twentieths ofthe it hole ) and at times renders both the island and the whole of the seaboard a mere _laz'ir . housc for disease an . l death to revel in . -Melons , of various descriptions and the finest growth , flourish and abound during thc heats of midsummer , and

      constitute , unlet el , almost the only resource of the _parched-up and sun-dried inhabitants . There arc no springs in G . ileeston Island ; nor is there any fresh water , except what is caught during rain , and that which filttrs through tbo sand into wells—one of which is usually attached to each homestead . The former soon grows corrupt in summer , and abounds in tho ) an » of musquitjes , which assume the appearance of small eels with feathered heads , and ure amazingly active . via ! . 'in this aquatic state . The wells cannot be dug more than about eight feet deep , as be _' ow that measure lies a stratum of'bljck pestiferous _sea-mud , intermingled with rotten riiells , ihe conflict of which with the water reuders it totally useless . _During Ihe hottest purl of tlie year these _slialluev wells fail partially , or altogether ; and the diotight thit tnsues is highly injurioui to tbe inhabitants , as well ns destructive to the cattle . At those times Considerable uionc ; is made by such people as may chance to have either rain or well-water to dispose of .

      Although these niinuti _particulars may not possess any general interest , they will perhaps be pardoned when the reader reflects upon thu many strenuous efforts _already made , and yet making , to _populate Texas with English emigrants , and to whom , practically , such apparently insignificant circumstances are of every importance ,

      ¦ MTEB ATUKE _, _*— NEWSPAPERS . Literature and art , though words to be found in a dictionary , have nothing correspondent tt > them in Texas . The literature there is emto iied in some twenty newspapers , of the most miserable description . The editor of e j cli usually combines within the compass of Iiis own body , proprietor and compositor too . This trinity of thc _printing-ofrice clips out extracts , writes urigm . il drivel of llis own , takes in both advertisements and the pay for them , notices a _marriage for a bit of bride-cake and a gallon of whiskey , works at his " ease '' aloi . g nith his men ( being not a whit more important than any one of them ) , and publishes the whole collection iu bis own especial name . By this means he contrives lo "get along " in the articles ot bread and cheese , but seldom , if ever , arrives at such a high point of prosperity a 3 to be enabled to enclose a snipping of prairie ground , and build a plank mansion of his own . To expect 10 lind «

      book for sale of any higher character than , the illustrated alphabet— " A for Ape , and B for Bull , '—except it be derived from the sea chest library of some deceased anel beggared _emigrant , wbo disposes of all he _possesses in order to get away u .: ain—would he to expect a very remarkable and unusual phenomenon . Any old bookstall in Her Majesty ' s dominions contains more literary wealth upon any given number ofits square inches than can be found in the same number of square leagues in Texas , pick tbem from whatever pai eyoit will . In fact , tho means of obtaining a _msre animal existence * . _« - gross thcfir « t and _almt it only attention of every one , — a state of things inevitable in a country as poor as a cnuutry , as ever Job was as an individual , and far move prostrated by its extreme poverty than ever J . b could have been . _Thase are anything but unfounded and gratuitoui _obstrvations _, as will appear in proper phce _by-aiid-bye _.

      Emigration To Texas. Mr Rowed, The '-Man...

      STATE OF 800 IETT IN TEXAS . Texas may with safely be regarded as a place of refuge for rascality and erimiuality of all kinds—the sanctuary to wbich pirates , murderer * , thieve * , and swindlers fly for protection from tbe laws they bave violated in other countries , and under otber governments . It has become _almostaprovfrbInthe United States , that wken a runaway debtor is not to be found , when a slave dealer it totally missing , or a murderer lias contrived to elude justice , he has chalked upon his house door , "G . t . T . " — Gone to Texas . Nor has this passed into a proverb without much fact to support it . Many innocent and deluded people nre certainly mixed up with _tlrs vile

      population , and Borne mercantile men of respectability , education , and probity ; bu * , in tbe main , « _coundrelism , under one shape or another , _constitute the larger portion of the present population of Texas . Were it either necessary or becoming ; I could give the names of several parties of the most respectable standing in Galveston ( so far as wealth may be considered to confer respectability , ) who were Southern slave stealers , old r . _mugglers and buccaneers in the Mexican and Indian Seas , _runawayswindlers and murderers In the States . This is stated with the greater certainty , as thc individuals alluded to were within the range of my own acquaintance , nnd , in , ome instances , have related their lives and adventures within my own hearliig .

      Some three or four years ago , at I am informed by the older inhabitants of the island , Galveston was scarcely habitable by people of decent life in consequence ofthe numbers of desperate gamblers who infested it—sd all law and authority at defiance , and by intimidation- and force of arms ( which they openly carried" maintained themselves at wha'ever period and' during any length of time they might think proper . At that period , the formidable bowie-knife was in pretty active operation , and assassination tlio ordinary termination of personal quarrels and disputes . Mr F , of Galveston , a gentleman whose kindness to ine in sickness and difficulties

      deserves this public _acknowledgment , hat related an anecdote to me touching this subject which I cannot withhold from , the reader , as it so strikingly illustrates the lawlessness and disregard of human life which then prevailed , One evening , _toHtirds sunset , he was standing ut his doorway in the principal street of Galveston , when he observed a man of respectable appearance and carriage coming down the rude causeway towards him . Set far behind was another individual , who walked rather faster than the hrst one , and apparently with the intention of overtaking him : this hu shortly did , and on passing by drew a bowie-knife , stabbed the unsuspecting victim of his revenge , who instantly fell dead upon the spot , and with the greatest coolness and deliberation wiped the knife-blade upon his sleeve , and walked on as

      before ) . This was within about Jifty yards of Mr F ' _s door . Little or no notice was taken of the mutter , nor was the individual who had committed the crime even so much as arrested . In the " city" itself matters are now _considerably improved ; but no farther off than Houston , and throughout the country generally , the knife , pistil , or rifle is the supreme arbiter in every personal " riifflculty , " as a quarrel is there termed , that occurs . Even during my own residence in Galveston , a man was one morning found in the midst of the town slaughtered iu a similar manner , and , as far as my knowledge or inquiries went , with equal impunity on the part ofthe murderer . Indeed , at this very day , although the crime of assassination is actually less frequent than formerly , human life is held at the least possible value , and esteemed not too great an atonement for very venial crimes . ( To be continued . )

      Iiand-Laboull Against Tiie Plough. F Fro...

      _IIAND-LABOUll AGAINST TIIE PLOUGH . f From the Liverpool Times . ] A gentleman of our _acquaintance has presented us with a small pamphlet , _containing the particulars and results of cultivation on two pieces of land , in the county of Rutland , the one nf which was worked with the plough , the other with the three-pronged fork . The experiment was tried in consequence of our informant '*! having offered a prize of live poundfor the best account of the merits of the two systems . This prize was won by Mr Edward Wortley , of

      Bridlington , Rutlandshire , from whose essay we quote the foi towing _passages : — ** - " No sooner had I ascertained that a premium was offered for a statement of the comparative merits of ploughing and of digging or forking , than I determined to undertake the experiment , nnd having just coucluded the carting and _weighing of the sepnrato allotments , I feel great pleasure in thus contributing thc result to the public , hoping it may lrnd to establish correct principles , and emulate to _advantafjtous practices in the husbandry Of our country .

      • 'Oiling to the continued severity of the frost , the land was not broken up , either with the fork or the plough , until tho m mth of March . " The experiments exteni _' ed over four acres , which were cultivated in tbe foil . wing manner : — " One acre forked , wiih . the , fe _. vk introduce * * ! into tbiB neighbourhood by It . W . Baker , Esq ,, of Cottesmore , and ? Killed with carrots . "Ouo aero ploughed once , harrowed , and drilled with carr . its . " One acre forked and drilled with mangold worze ] , and one acre ploughed once , harrowed , and also drilled with maugold wow I , " I should mention tint thc tines of the fork are fourteen inches long . It weighs eight pounds nnd a half . " The ploughing was done with a Itaiisome ' s "J . L . plough dep'h , five inches .

      " The previous crop , the fourth , was wheat , so that ( ihis farm being cultivated on the _five-field system ) the experimental crops were last in the rotation , and the land itself by no means of first-vate quality , in fact , some few years ago it _wus a fox-cover . "The soil consists ofa light red loam , mixed with red _sand-stone . " On the 12 th of April , the two acres of carrots were drilled nith Dibs , of sesd to the acre , mixed previously with one cwt , urate , for the purpose of assisting in the more even distribution of the * seed , one cwt . being too small a quantity to have much influence us a manure . "The twoacresof mangold worxel were drill . d—the rows eighteen inches apart—oa tlie ind of May , the same quantity of steds as- the carrots , and mixed , to facilitate the _drillim / _, nith the 6 ame quantity of urate .

      "No farm yard manure whatever was applied to nny e . f the crops . So that , however scanty the fare of the fond allowed , they wero _rieverth . less , all treated alike , The experiment was not f . T the purpose of testing manures , but implements . " Everybody remembers bow _*\ et and uufavoui able thc weather was early in the spring . Co ! d and rain were characteristics of the season ; and the first appearance of the carrots was anything but promising . The mangold _nomel , being sown later , came up more qu ' e'k ' y and better . On the first appearance of the plants there was not a discernible difference between those of the ploughed , or forked acres .

      Every attention ivas paid to thc hoeing , but in consequence of the slow growing nature of the carrot anel ibe wild character of the land , it was rather un expensive process , but the cost not greater with one acre thin nnoili _. r . They were all hoed by the day as the weather would allow , no exact account , could therefore be readily kept of the cost . Nor \ v . \ s it essential , because , being equal , it could not affect thc _comparative merits of the trial . As the plnnts advanced in growth , the difference between the plough and the fork became very apparent , and was greatly in favour of ihe fork . Each acre Was stumped out separately , but the greater luxuriance ot ' the craps from the forking was so remarkable , that the stumps were rendered quite unnecessary for reference .

      We began to dig the carrots up the first week in November . I _supvrtnteuded the _gathering of ull the loots myself , and can vouch for the correctness of the following stattment : — Carrots _, t . c . q . Produce from one aero forked 7 8 2 Ditto from one acre ploughed 4 1 -3 Difference per acre in favour of forking 3 0 ; 5 Mangold IVuezel . t . o . _« . Produce from one acre forked VA 2 2 Ditto from otic acre ploughed ... 8 5 0 Difference j > ci' acre in favour of forking -t 7 2 Thus we see that eve have an average gain of nearly four tons of roots p . r acre by using the fork instead of thc plough , and tbe only drawback is the ditferenco in the expense between ploughing und forking _.

      The forking cos " . 26 _* . per acre , the soil being stony , and never having been moved so deeply before , nearly two cart loads nf soft red stone were brought up in forking the two acres , which the plough , of course , bad never touched . Allowing ten shillings per acre for ploughing , it leaves sixteen shillings per acre only in favour ofthe plough , to _stund _aguiur . t upwards of three tons of carrots on one acre , nnd nearly five tons of mangold wurzri on tbe other ! 1 scarcely know how to place a money value upon the roots , us we are not in tbe habit of selling any , but to a farmer , who produces and consumes them on his own farm , I do know they ave invaluable , both for food and manure . But taking thc market value of carrots atoll-, per ton , and reckoning the increase from forking of 3 tons 0 cwt . 3 qrs . per acre of carrots at 50 s 7 1110 "; and deduct for greater _expenso of cultivation DIG 0

      it clearly leaves us a balance per acre of ... £ < j 15 10 in favour of tl . e fork . Still more remarkable is tbe advantage in the cultiva . tion of the mangold worzel , Without deciding upon the price per ton of this root , even if its value should be less than that of carrots , this circumstance is more than counterbalanced by the relative produce being much greater .

      Ihe Scouring Effects Produced By The Wor...

      Ihe scouring effects _produced by the worta now in operation upon the sands of the Tyne , near Wilhngton , have _brought _tolight an immense oak tree , which has been extricated Irom the bed in which it had probably rested for many centuries . Its girth is fourteen feet , length twenty-seven feet , and _m-fclit about seven tons , and contains upwards of 300 cubic feet of timber , the greater portion of which is in a found state . Good —Earl Fitzwilliam has intimated that he will vote for the repeal of the malt tax , provided an addition il tax cn fixed property is substituted for it ,

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      Nsw Coort.—Uusbisd Asd \Vlfr, —U Em J, O...

      NSW CoORT . —UUSBiSD ASD \ VlFR , —U em Osborne , a respectable looking young man sw charged with stealing tin London ! a gold and " dia . mond breast pin , value 30 a . in the house of Mr T Marks , a warehouseman , living in Old Chance ii Paul ' s , the property of Ann Maria _iMarks u ,, Marks stated that the prisoner had an apartment in their house . The pin was safe in her bedroom shortv before she missed it . The prisoner had no right tr > cnter their bedroom . The learned judge asked whether she was a married woman . W * itncss-To b * sure I am . His lordship after looking over the in dictment—It is stated here to be the property of Ann Maria Marks . Witness—That ' s me , my lord _I'ig lordship—This will not do . The pin belongs to Mr Thomas Marks . Mrs Marks , half angry and with and mistake

      surprise—It's my p _» n no . ( Great laughter . ) Mr Ballantine—Indeed , Madam , the nd _belongs to your husband . Witness—Nonsense . 'IV learned judge nnd counsel endeavoured to demonstratc to the lady that she , personally , _ha-l no leeal right to the article , but that it really belonged toiler husband ; however , she seemed fohave no desire to relinquish the prosecution . The pin itappeared had been pawned by t , ho prisoner for five shillings _^ The learned judge said tlio prosecutrix would finrl the law to be just as he expounded it and informed her that she could , if she _plea-ed , have the prisoner again indicted in the name of her husband . Tbe lady descended from the witness-box with great dignity of manner , and the pristner , _apparently astounded at his escape , soon disappeared from the

      court . Central _Cbimisai , Coubt . —The Ge » ti , ema _* v is Black . —A good-looking young woman named Rebecca Smith , was indicted for stealing a cash-box , containing about £ 30 , the property of George Gray . Mr Wilde said the facts of the case were these - . — On Saturday last the prisoner entered the shop of Mr (" ray , who is a linen draper at 30 , Upper-street , Islington , in the company of " a gentleman in black . " She asked lor a quarter of yard of flannel , and while she was being served the " gentleman in black , '' who had a cloak on his arm , walked up and down the shop , and eventually sneaked out without _bcinc observed . Tho woman shortly after went out , and it was almost immediately discovered that the

      cash-box , which had been lying on the counter , was missing . The prisoner was pursued , but on being apprehended , she denied all knowledge ofthe " gentleman in black . " To pruve her connection with him , the learned counsel said he had witnesses who would swear thev had seen her in the morning _walking and talking with " a gentleman in black " about thirty years of age , and of gentlemanly appear _, ancc . This exactly tallied with the description of the gentleman who was _alleged to have stolen the box . The common-Sergeant ( who had watched the learned counsel with a smiling countenance )—Do yell think you can go to the jury ? Mr Wild replied he thought there was a strong case of suspicion . Mr Clarkson said the fact was , the only evidence which could be produced in support ofthe case proved that

      tbe young woman at the bar had been seen in company with a "gentleman in black , " but nothing whatever couid be adduced to show that he was the original identical "geatleman in black" who had borrowed Mr Gray's _cash-box . The Common-Sergeant said he should proceed with the case ifthe prosecutor or tin * jury desired it ; but he must say if he were on a jury he shonld be very sorry to find a young woman guilty of felony _because she happened to have been seen walking in the company ofthe " gentleman in black . " Mr Wild said after such a strong intimation of his lordship ' s opinion it would be useless to proceed , The jury accordingly returned a verdict of not guilty . Common-Sergeant—Young woman , you are discharged ; but for the future you had better be careful how vou arc found in the com .

      pany of the " gentleman in black . " I assure you lie is n mjst dan-serous character . The prisoner then left tho bar { . midst loud laughter . As * Old Bailey Scenr . —During the trial of a trilling case , in which Mr Payne was _addressing the jury on behalf of the prisoners , a person _interruptcel the learned counsel . —The Common Sergeant : Who is that person interrupting the court ?—Mr Payne : Ue is a client of mine , for whom I was engaged in a case now being tried in another court-Common Sergeant ( passionately ) : What does he mean by _stopping the business ? It is the most indecent thing 1 ever saw in my life to stop the proceedings in this manner . —Mr Payne : I don ' t see that ai all . ( Laughter . )—Common Sergeant : I

      repeat , it is most indecent conduct . He has twice interrupted you , and 1 will not allow it . —Mr P . iyne who addressed his remaiks to the jury ) : I don ' t see that is is at al ) indecent or improper behaviour tor an attorney to inform his council _lliat a case in which he is engaged is going on in another court , and in which , perhaps , theiuture welfare of his client is concerned . It is very odd that wc never have theseannoying interruptions and hurry-skurrying proceedings in this court at other times . It is not at all the right way of carrying on business . It seems to be , not a _question as to how justice can be best administered , but how many prisoners can be tried in the course of the day . All is , as I said before , hurry _, skurry—how running at the prosecutor , now running

      at the prisoners , now at the counsel . 1 defy any one to t , et on . Such conduct i . < unheard-of before any one else , and is calculated to distract the attention of the jury from the business before them . —Common Sergeant ( in a rage ) : Your remarks arc much more likely to confuse the jury , as they have nothing whatevcrtodo with thc easo before them . —Mr Payne considered he was quite- in order _-, he then , however , proceeded with his address upon the _ca-ie before the court . The charge was one of highway robbery on one _MarshallJones , by William Wynn _. _' agcd ll ) , and Julia Iliggins , aged IS , _wh-i had knocked him down in New Oxford-street , and robbed him nf a pocketbook containing three keys and a pencil ease , value -Is , The sentence was that the prisoners be _transpntled Cor ten years .

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      Irish Cosfkdenatio. - * - .—The Con-Cder...

      Irish CosFKDEnATio . _- _* _- . —The _con-cderatts met as i'sual on Sunday evening , at C-irtwright _' s Coffeehouse , Ited Cros ? - * treet . Mr Archdeacon was called to the chair . lie delivered a very efficient arid excellent address , which was much applauded , lie was glad to sec Englishmen come amongst them , lie was a democrat for the black m ; m as well as the white . The leading article of the _Nation and an article from the Star were read ard commented on with good humour and ability . Mr Tucker objected to some passages in the address t ) the Americans _, lie wished to see Irishmen happy ; they had a natural vigla to thc land ; and he knew they cauld live mi it if they had only the power of cultivatim * it . Mr M'Carthy _rqiliu-f to somo observations of Mr Tucker . lie did not wish the people of Ireland to traffic against _Amcric-i , nor against any other

      country , lie thought it was high time to let the aristocracy light their own battles . ( . Cheers . ) Mr Keating addressed the meeting at some length , and joined tlie society . Mr Airain spoke at some length . Mr Sullivan ' s-views were in favour of tke pUn laid down by the Nation . Mr Clancy hoped the meeting would not go away with the impression that the Nation was the _confederati ' _iii , or even ils council . He _loikcd upon tlie article as a plan thrown out to > see which way thc wind blew . He wanted to hear : the responsible party come out like men who knew ' a remedy for the withering il ' s of Ireland , and would 1 declare it . Several member * -were enrolled , a vote of f thanks given to the chairman , and thc meeting > broke up . Important business of the Society will . 1 be transacted _tp-xt Sunday evening : — ruil _; _-, ch , rally ! dlsgr ice sh . ill be ours While Tyranny ' s ( lag flaunts o ' er Libert ) 's towers . '

      Westminster I . uuia . uy and _Debvnxci _Scuti _" _- _* . — - On Saturday oveniiiL _' , A _' WI 10 , the interesting de- 3-bate on the " Divine Philosophy of P / e . i' -uro" was S resumed at thu Temperance Hal ) , Broadway . Mr r Cathio was culled to the chair , and Mr Waltord d nuened the debate by supjiorting the proposition of of Mr TrunibJc _, quofing divines arid philosophers , bofclt tht ancient and modern , in favour of his argument , it . 'Die debate was ably sustained by Messrs Irvine , ie , Tilt , Cathie , Broome , Bowler , Newsom , and Stall- . 11-wood . Alter which Mr Trumble ably replied to the he various arguments . _, Pl On Friday ceiling , April 9 , a meeting of the mem . cabers of this society was held in the hall for the pur ur pose of _electing _ofliners and amending thc rules * es * After the rules had _taen carefully revised , the follow-iw ing officers were elected for tlie ensuing three months b . 9 Mr C ; ithie , president ; Mr Bowler , vice-president nt Mr Jeffries , _treasurer ; Mr . Green , secretary . The'he fjllowing resolutions were unaniraou-lv adopted : — —

      1 . That a v . _ite of thanks is du ? , and lierotiy given , t , t the editors of the Northern Star , for the _iwttrt & t the . he have manifested in the welfare of this society , by pub mb lishing _sucli faithful reports of our _proceedings . 2 That a vote of thank's aro eminently due , and ar ar hereby given , to Mr E imuiid Stallwood , for his _assieluit * uit and the great service he has rendered our Institution b n b his _attendants The lirst resolution was moved by Mr Cathie , and audi seconded by Mr Walford ; the second bv Mr Trumblefible _, ,

      and seconded by Mr Ashe . Tho secretary ( M "( M'i Green ) was instructed to convey them to the partietrtieii mentioned . A vote of thanks waa given to the . * iecre > ecre > tary , it like compliment was paid to the Founde _» ndei ! i of the Society and present chairman , Mr W . B . _* _-wIcrwlcr _" and the meeting was dissolved . The _stibject foH _fou debate on Saturday evening next ( this _eveningiiing ! is " How came Ireland to lose her Parliament Pent ? T These debates increase in attraction , aJ the _largeiargee room now requires enlargement to _saiisfy the ilie in creased demand for seats .

      Troubles Ix Asia Minor.—Account's From A...

      Troubles ix Asia Minor . —Account's from _Asifi Asi'i Minor state that Bedorhan Bey had refused to lato _Isj down his arms on tho appeal of-the Porte . He wile _vti placing the defiles in tho mountains of Ku distan itan ii a state of defence , and wa * making _eyery _preparatifltratioo for opposing the _sui-ance of the Turkish troops . _» .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 17, 1847, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_17041847/page/2/