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BY ci. SANDERSON $ E,-CORN WAN;;]
VOLUME 26, WO 31.
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LIST or LETTERS
Remaining in the Pont Office at Carlisle ,
Pa, FebruaryAst t 1839. will
please say advertised*. >
A * M ithia-adjJjlffl'fcliP* '
Agunpnv 11 Esq Miller SuVan
Alleu Jain M Miunau Jacob
Aim Chambers Murhy John
Askwitlr Anne D Moore Mary Ann
B Minnich Peter -
Brennaii Micheal Mel] Jane
Bt;llJanc / Miller George •
Bosseman E 2 Moore Mary J
Bowers Abrahum "Meredith Cathen
Bevins Christian Miller John
Bonham J E Matson Peter
Browr Ann Myers Mary J.me
Boyle Elizabeth ML Merl Katrina
-Bhicfeburn-GetH'ge^T -—Mrtrkw^rt-Jncob-.-
Brown Elizabeth 2VZC
Barnhart John McVey MilliamD
Breclibllt Philip * McAlister J unes
Beaty Nahcy’W ' McElwee Charles
Boilieu Leah McDoneil Elizabeth
Brechbill Elizabeth McAral Din Tel
Christian # McCarter John.
*Beaty Mary McMullen William
B trrihurc Margaret McCaliaoNeal
Billings Elizabeth McGuire Patrick ‘
Baker William , Mclntire B E^q
Brown James Me urtnev Nancy
Buffington Anna McClary Elward
o’. - McLaughlin Peter
Clellen Catharine
. Craighead 'John W
Crever Augustus
Coffman Sharlot
CoaK David
Clark William sen
Celle John
Clendenin Maly
Cromer Win
Crowley Miles
C'ar-k Wm
Cl,irk Jno A
Cook David-
Cornman Henry 0
Cart' George W
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Dunbar Mary
Davis James
Depewy William
E,
Evans Anna
r Ruby William
Fanwell Jacob S
Fallen J , Scranton William
Frees Micheal ' Shaffer John
Fields Sarah ' Strickler Ulrich
Fetter Henry Snyder Henry
Cr Shuff Jacob-
Greenwood William Smith -Henry
Guy Sarah ■ Smith George .
Gold Ann Amelia Sehenbarker Marks
■ Gifiiu Robert Swint Jonas '
B ShafferJ
Hilands Nancy Swigart Catharine , ,
Hocker John Sphor William ■
Homes Samuel or Jolin'Shriver,.& Welsh
Hamilton William Steffey Amos
..Hetrick John Senders Plessent
’ Henderson Joseph Smith Sarah E
Hart Barney ' Swigart Micheal
Hons Mary •. , Sentman David
Hiimmeh Mary Sanno Rebecca'
Hutton John ■ Smith Allen,
Hoff Peter Simon Lee.,
Heckman Mrs V Seller John
Hoober, Frederick Slump Agnes
Hemniingcr John Sentman David
Hummer Micheal Sipe Samuel
'1 ■ ■ - Sponingberger'George
Irwin James ... SpahrPeter.
.. ■ ■ J:.- ‘ r-n Smith George Esq 2 ■
Jackson Margaret, T
Johnsoft. Christopher' Thomas Elizabeth
Jacoby Philip Trough William:
Jefferson Jane ' Thompson William 2'
JonesS A . TilfordF.,RPHunt?
Johnson Perry ~* , and J Clay . j
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„ Kelly Jamear . ,- UhlerAdam
iKiiifcade John
Kerr Wm’ ' Van Boskink’Bichard
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Leib.Mary,v Wjjftderly-Georg -
Lqckard Jan • Wal’fipan Joseph •
X*echlerD r; ■ Wolf JuhnjS’;/ .
Lieby Johann Georg
, Lipert Samuel , Weidman Jacbb -
, Love Isabella ' • Wetzel Moses r i ■
Lahman Jacob Wilson Janies -.
Laugbard Jane Wise Leonard-a .
Lamison Conrad -Whislen Sam’l^"
' K Woods Richard £sq
Miller David' Weaver Henry
Miller Sarah •- TC ; ■ ,
Uprdqrf A&raham , Yoting John or-Joseph r
Myers Benjamin r . I XmbERTON, M.
- ■ P. H. KNAPP. -
SuVseba DentUt and Manufacturer-6f the SiU
_n_jVtetalllc-oc.Minet:aLlacor-ruptibß^ r Teeth r -N
?VWi corner bf CUarles and Fayette streets*-
tlmofci .' _>. V ;L. . • May^31 r 183 S. J. 7
XISI.
AMERICAN
Oh God! my prayer is to Thee—amid sounds
That rocU the world!—l've seen thy majesty •
Within the veil I've heard the anthem, shout
Of a great ocean, as ir leapt in mist .
About thy fhundef shaken path!—Thy voice,'
A? centuries .hsive heard it in the rush, ’ _
And roar of watersl 1 have heard thy step
Fall like a trampling host, above, iicoumlV-
And under call is to the worlds.. ..K
Thou hast created, for their reverence,
Fiom out this awful shrining of tbysway,
Shall they not hear it!
Where is the pilgrim_whohßSWall{edthe earth
JJh.mnvM and thinking nothing, yet can stand.
Upon these battlements, untouched by prayer!
Amid these clouds,when moonlight fills the air—
And .the beams icem to tremble as you gnzc> •
Within these, caves, where whirlwinds.niarshul!
tlv m, •; ; • -> ''
And spirits as from hell stands sentinel,
Nor feel his heart cower in hirti/as his eye
And ear oafch p this stern language as it fulls?
m.
Mm! do you talk of majesty?—Look up,
/\nd see that ocean leaping from the cloud—
Crowned with a rainbow on its foaming front!
1 :ilk youipf strength? Gazt on that Tartarus
Where shadows wreathe and congregate far
.
Norris Eliza T
Nevius Sc Mitchell
Purkey die Joseph
Prise Shatiut
Parksnn Sarah
P.»xton Thomas 2
Permeu Jacob
Phillips S 6c H
R
Roberts Lieut BS, - }
Ist Reg Dragoons >
Ramsey Seawright
Robinson Lewis
Ramsey Archibald.. - f f
•Ueitzel Muf y'Ann .
Reed George W
Ruzel Adam
RnterJrJno ;
Reynolds Hon David 2
down
Into that heaving fathomless abyss.
Where nought of life bus journey'd.—Could your
arm ,
Bu(fet that billow?—Would the madning sea .
Smk at your voice—and the white rivers hold*
Back your mandate?—lt is given you
.To feel like Allas as you poise along **
Those towers that quiver o'er that charming
• flood, U
Volcano of great watery!—lt is yours
In terrible security to-flrearn
There Is,no rapid to another shore
That lifts beyond thin mortal!—whose whirlpools
Go deeper.than the vortex th* Red man
Dar’d in his dim* canoe!
O yc who tread •
Your hold way through the.noises of this world,
And deem they tell of wonder as they pass*—
Ye who esteem his nobler panoply,
That armour man # puts on for his Small strife '
And tQurnament-.that marks his little years—
Come here—and feel how mean his battling is-
Com pared, with. Nature’s in her.solitude!
- ~j • Fot the Volunteer,
To tho Yqung : Xiadles. of Cumberland
County, and then of thetj. States, be
tween tho ages of fifteen and thirty.
, Messrs. Editors;.—l have riot lived longin
the world—but in my.short life, I.have seen
a good many things as they ought.not to be.
For instance, I have seen it to be alriiost in
variably the case, that in making what are
sometimes termed “matches,” the gentle
men have to take the lead. Now against this,
Fam compelled after the most mature delib
eration, to prbtestas' being, unfair on both
sides. If there be difficulty in thisbusiness,
I bee not why'the ladies should not bear, a
proper portion of it.' If there he any advanc
ing? in making suit, I see riot why they
shptild riot have their share "of also.—
“Time abo.ut is fair-play,” arid ris'the fair
sex are equally with ourselves iri
this matter, I think it stands to reason that
they should have, something, more, of power,
than a mere veto— all thatmaybe saioabout
female delicacy-end a sense of propriety, to,
'the contrary notwithstanding. Fashion can
makeany thing proper—evens waist of five
inches' diameter. ’Tis an abominable; cus
tom, whjch has rendered, what was other wise
appropriate and just,.indelicate. -Let a-riia
jority of the good citizens of the comriranity
cry out in their might, and say that "the,
better half'of creation” shall havetheirrights
lojWii-as jn othercases. aad tliis false mo
desty will soon hide its deformcd head,—
-this outcry about rielicacy. ily like mists be
p <& <& •« gi <ff % % .
For the Volunteer.
A JSouhlo Acrostic.
May, its 1 flowers spreads in vain,
•Summer waves its golden grain,
A utuinu bends its ripening head,—
O r, winter its white mantel spread.
R iyulets may sprightly flow;
X aurels may their victories shoW r
Y ouths may, in fancy's bowers bray,*— '
• 0 r, ladies.may their charms display,
Asia—may in.fragrance float,
tun.e its sweetest note,
N ovels—may their story tell,
0 des be play'd ever so well,
N one of all* in beauty, can—
If ear compare, with Miss ——
Niagara-
BY GRENVILLE MELLEN.
' ■impetuous' rngc—
The shoutthat tore hell's concave.
I have bent my brow.
With thy rainbow—and have lifted up
M' shriek mid these great cadences!—l've seen
What is the story of Eternity,
And what the vision'd nothingness of Man.
'Clifton ltalls* August, 1838.
M-l SOa LLA2TB O US;
“NOT BOUND TO BWKAR IK THE OP ANY MABTBB,”—Horace.
CARLISLE, Pa. THURSDAY; FEBRUARY 14, 1839.
fore a summer’s siln, atid justice seize upon
the throne of monopoly* Then shall we sec
the maiden enjoying her'inherent, but at
present crushed, right of making love to any
lucky youth, that suits-her. To be sure, we
should hardly expect our Misses to mount
their steeds and ride off to the distance of
several miles for the sake of winning the
object of their affections. This would nev
er. happen. There are other reasons strong
er than a mere sense of propriety which
would interfere in such a case as tins. But
then we might, and doubtless would, occa
sionally hear of young ladies "popping the
question ,” in their own parlors. And what
would be the objection if_it werecommon?
I am sure no young' tnan would dislike a
Miss for interrogating him in that Style. If
he did not feel at liberty to accede to her
proposition, ho could very politely decline
at the moment, or by requesting time to con-;
aider, reply by not renewing his visits, and
here the matter would rest. ‘
But there is another Reason why I should
like to see such a state of tilings brought a
tpmt. This perhaps is drawn Irommotfvcß'
of self interest,—no doubt it. is. It is this..
When a young man courts .a,young lady,
and obtains her consent; how is lie to know,
butiXliat.the thought “duck or no dinner,”
aided her in making up her mind? And this'
I believe,to be a very effective agent, noW
a-days, in about half the matches that are
made up, for the simple reason alone stated,
that both parties have not an cnual chance.
The young man of the present day who de
termines to. marry, has coolly and calmly to
agree to “take her for better or for worse,”
in deed and in truth. He has no surety un
der heaven, other than, soft, words and; sick
ly shiitei,'“fhat his beloved cares a copper a
bout him. -I’his sirs is.a fabt, unwilling as
we may be to believe it, and Tam sure those
young men who may read this and who feel
any way interested will use (heir influence
in bringing about the proposed reform, in
the manner apd form following—to wit:, ,
Let the young ladies of our county be
tween the ages of fifteen and thirty, meet on
a certain day in the most convenient churches
or school-houses' in their respective neigh
borhoods and those - of- thetowns in Some
proper place in their respective towns, and
elect delegates to attend-a general county
convention to .be held in some part of the
borough of Carlisle, Say if you please, “the
Equal Rights Saloon.” Let this convention
take into consideration the meajis proper 'to
be devised for effecting tlio intended onjeCt, 1
and report the salne.to the local associations.
Let them adopt the same rules and act in,
unity with the.parentsociety. Perhapsnlso
it would be well for all the societies to hold
frequent stated meetings to strengthen each
other in their good intentions and report the
best plans of carrying them out in practice.
I do not know but the only requisite regula
tion could be couched in the following lan
guage:—“Resolved, That we the undersign
ed, viewing with abhorrence the fraud winch
has been practiced upon our sex for ccntu
ries-pastritt the'mattcrof courtship, will no
longer submit to the same, but that we will
henceforth claim and exercise the right of
addressing any youth or man whom we
choose so to address.” I would recommend
some such manner of procedure, not only to
the fair daughters of our own county, but al
so to all the damsels of the above ages in all
the counties of the State, and thep of the U
nited States, assured if it be adopted that we
shall soon be done with this despicable re
striction in such an important matter.
In order'to secure the advantages of the
coming leap year, so indispensable to such a
praiseworthy undertaking in its incipiency,
ppompt and efficient action is requisite. All
the young unmarried men who have any cu
riosity to know whether their dulcineas re
ciprocate theiraffection, will be diligent in
preparing rooms for meetings attending tlie
ladies thither &c. &c; For my part I am
.ready at a moment’s warning. J. G. H.
COURTSHIP.
Jonathan punbatter saw Prudence Feast
all at meeting, - Jonathan sidled up to Pru
dence after meeting, and she kind a sidled
off He- went closer, and asked her if she
would accept the. ciook of his elbow. She
resolved she would, and plumped her arm
rightround his’n. Jonathan felt all-ovesish,
and said] he liked the text; ‘seek and'ye shall
find,’ was purty good-reading; Prudence
hinted that task and ye shall receive’ was
better; Jonathan thought so too, but this
axing was a puzzler.- A fellow was apt to
get into a snarl when he axed, and snarlin
warn’t no" fun. Prudence guessed straw
berries and'cream were,stick. Jonathan
thought they warn’t so slickas Pru’s lips.
,'N owdon’t,’ said Pru, and'she v J onnithan’s
arm- an involuntary hug. He was a ,leet|e
started, but thought his farm .wanted some
female help, to look Mirter the house. - Pfu
knew how to makegood bread.' ‘Nowdont,’,
said Phi. May-be you wouldn’t—and'Jon
athan shuck all over, and Prudence replied,
‘lf you be coming that game, you’d better
tell, feyther.’—That’s just what.Tr want,’,
said Jonathan,, ahd.'inthree, weeks Jonathan
and-Prudence were ‘my- oid iiian’ and hny
old woman.’,, - 1 , ■ -
■ Bravo! —The wife of Capt. Samuel Chase,
of South Dennis, who was a soldier under
Lafayette in- the Revolution, and who is a
penai'oncf,-' ! and-. now-'in his- eightieth- year,
presented him -With a fine son'and daughter,
twins, one‘day,last week—the first fruits,of
tlieir marriage, which "’Transpired' the last
year. l - Verily,-we-think l the-old-hero’s'pcn
sion ought to b a doubled. , 1
, : ■ Boston Express.' :
MARCOLINA. , ■
A Tale of: Venice. •
It was midnight;,the great clock had struck,
and was still eclioing through every porch and
gallery in the quarter of St.'Mark, when a
young citizen,wrapped in a cloak was hasten
ing home from an interview with his mistress.
His step was light for his heart was so.—Her
parents had just consented to their marriage,
and the very day was. named',
Guiletta!” he cried, “Andshall I then call
thee mine at last? Who was Over so blest
as thy.MarcolinaS” But as he spoke he stop
ped for something was glittering on the pave
ment before him. It was a scabbard of rich
workmanship, and the discovery what was it
but an earnest of good fortune? “Rest thou
there,” he cried, thrusting it gaily into his
belt, —“If another claims thee not, thou hast
changed masters,” andtm he wenthumming
the burden, of a febug which he and his Gui--
letta had been singing together. Bub how
little‘;w'e know what the next minute will
bring forth. - - ,
He turned by the church of St. Gcininiano,
-aml“in~tliree~Btopff'hc~sini(rtlre~wattlf; A"
murder had been committed.' The Senator
Rcnaldi had been found dead at his door,
the dagger left in his .heart'.and the unfor
tunate Marcolina was dragged away for ex
amination. The place, the time, every thing
served to excite, to justify'suspicion; and no
sooner had he entered the guard-house than
evidence appeared against him. The bravo
in his flight' had. thrown away his scabbard;
and smeared with blood, not dry, it was now
in the belt of Marcolina. Its patrician or
nameiits struck every eye, the fa
tal dagger was produced and compared with
it, not a doubt ojf his guilt remained. Still
there is'in the innocent anenergy and com
posure—an energy when they speak, and a
composure when, they are silent—to which
none can be altogether insensible; and the
judge delayed for semetime to pronounce the
sentence, though he was a near relation of the
dead. . At length: however, it came, and
Marcolina lost Ins life, Guiletta her reason.
Not many years afterwards the truth re
vealed itself, the real criminaTih Ilia last
moments confessed the crime; and hence the
custom in , Venice, a custom that long- pre
vailed, for a crier to cry out in the court be
fore a-sentence-was passed, 1 .“Recordate-vi
del povere Marcolina!” “Remember-the
poor Marcidinn.
Great indeed was the lamentation through
out the city,.and the judge, dying, directed
that henceforth ;p.mJ-forj;rcr > o mass »hopld.bo.
sung every night lirthe ducal church; far his
own soul and for the soul of Marcolina, and
the souls of all who had suffered by an unjust
judgment. Some land on the Brenta Was
left by him for that purpose; and still is the
mass sung in the chapel; still, every night,
the great square is illuminated, and the cas
inos are filling fast with the gay and the
dissipated, a hellls rung as for service, and
a ray of light,,is .seen to issue from a small
gothic window that looks, towards tho place
of execution, the place where on a scaffold
MarcolinaTbreathcd his last.
WOMAN.
Is it in the sunshine or shade, in prosperity
or adversity, that the female charmer displays
its brightest virtues?
Is it in the young and girlish scenes of pub
lic life, or in the retireif and social'duties of
her domestic fireside that she excites admi
ration? In youth we admire her; wandering
through haunts of. pleasure, and
floating—imsylphlike beauty through the
mazes of tlie giddy dance—rwe admire her
fostering with warm solicitude, her tender
offspring, pie-administering to the domestic
happiness of her .cares: but where!—where is
she so' lovely as when we behold her ben
ding like a guardian angel o’er tlie couch'of
sickness, and cheering with her last' faiqt
porting smile on the bed of death —at tlie
last dread parting hour, who, like her, can
sboth the couch of anguish, or light the torch
of hope in the dark bosom.of despair?.
The pride .of manhoodsoon bows beneath
the weight of sickness .and sorrow—how oft
do ,we behold him in. tlie morning of life,
in. tlie blooin of youth 'towering like, the
jnountain oak in strength and beauty—but
soon struck'by the hand of misfortune and
disease, drooping like the lowly willow.—
Yes, it is then the hand of affection support
him through tlie trying scene. - ' •
I was led to these reflections by a visit to
the sick bed of art intimate friend—we had
been friend's from our earliest childhood! and
I now. Visited him with" feelings of unusual
interest. '. . "
J entered"^th sloWgnd mournful steps to
the house of sorrow, and-walked silently to
the chamber of death—my friend lay stretched
upon his bed with his headtowardWheavin
dow, the light from -which lml,upon hisfipun
tenance, now paleandemaSciate.butwliich
lately growfng'withjiealth and intelligence:
His sisterviias-'benaing over hira witli fond
and devoted Weetiori. Tanning the colddropa
from his pallid brow, and regardinghim with
-that soft, pitying look which only heartfelt
sorrbw'rcan'eypress.' _ .... ■ ~ ~2 _
I had seen-her often in the hour of pleas
ure, radiant with smile'Srbut never hadshe.
appeared so beautiful as then—-the air of pen
sive sorrow, so different from boisterous grief;
was even'■more dbvely than her smile—her’
eye so full of soulbut unmoistened by a tear,
[for blip was too intensely engaged-towcep,]
aroused in mybreast the lijflieat emotions;
iuid unrestrained by the pride of youth-ahd
manhood, a tear fell upon the couch of m’y
languishing .' - . ?
- The passengers arrived at New York;du
rjngtheyear 1838, were 25,581, * :;
A HISTQBY,
Of the most remarkable extremities of Cold
within d space of more 'than a thousand
vtara.
In A., D. 401,.the Black sea was entirely
frozen oyer.
In 462, the Danube was frozen so that
Theadmare marched on the ice to Swabia
to avenge his brother’s death. r
' In 762, the cold was so Intense that the
stroitsjof Dardanelles andtlie Black sea
were entirely frozen over. The snow in
some places drifted to the depth of 50 feet,
and tlie ice was heapeiwysuch quantities in
the cities.iae’ to Causc/he walls to fall down.
In S6O, lire Aanatic was entirely frozen
over. ’ ir
In 891, and als(J393, the vines were kill
ed by frost, and cattle died in their stalls.
In 991. the winter'lasted very long, and
was extremely severe. Every thing was
frozen, and famine and pestilence closed the
year.
In 106 r, the cold was so intense that most
of the travellers in Germany were frozen to
“deathrsnrtlreToSds; : ;
1133, it was excessively cold, in Italy;
tile Po was frozen from Cremona to the sea;
the heaps of snow rendered the roads impasr
sible; the wine casks burst, and trees split
by the frost with aipimmcnse noise, s
~ In 12113, the Po froze, to. the depth
of ,15 ells; and wine also burst the casks;
In 1235, a pine forrestyvas killed by the
frost at Ravenna. . '
In 1236," the frost Was most intense in
Scotland and the Catcgat was frozen be
tween Norway and Jutland.'
In 1282, the houses in--Austria were bu
ried in snow.,, —,
In 1292, the Rhine was frozen, and in
Germany 600 peasants were .employed to
clear theway-for the Austrian army, ,
In 1344, all the rivers in Italy were, fro
zen over. " * .
In 1468, the winter was so severe in Flan
ders that the wine was cut with hatchets to
be distributed to the soldiery.
In 1584, the winter was so severe that the
Rhine and Scheldt wereTrozen, and even
the sea at Venice.
ju IG7O, .the frost ..was very intense in
England and Denmark; both the Little and
Great Belt-were frozen over. '■
' ..In 1684, 'many forest trees and even the
oaks in England were-split with the frost.
In 1692, the cold was so excessive that
starved wolves entered Vienna and attacked
both moo and cattlo..
The cold of 1640 was scarcely inferior to
that of 1692, and the Zuyder Doe was en
tirely frozen over. ")
In .17T6, much snow fell, and the Danube
bore ice five feet thick below Vienna.
HOW UNIVERSAL IT IS,
.We never yet knew the man who would
say, “I am contented.” Go where you will,
among the rich and poor, tlie man of compe
tence, or the man who earns his bread by
the daily sweat of his brow, you hear the
sound of murmuring and tlie voice of com
plaint.
■ The other day we stood by a cooper, who
was playing a merry tune with his adze
round a cask. “Ah!” sighed he, “mine is a
hard lot—forever trotting round and round
like a dog, driving away at rt hoop.” •
"Heigho!” sighed a blacksmith, in one of (
the late hot days, as he" wiped the drops of
perspiration from his brow, while the red hot;
iron glowed on his; anvil—‘‘this is life with a |
vengeance ! melting arid frying one’s self ov
er-a burning furnace.”-— —
“Oh that I were a carpenter!’’.ejaculated
U shoe-maker, as he bent over a lap-stone—
“here am I, day after day wearing my soul
away in making soles for others; cooped up
in this'little 7 by 9 room—Keigho.”
“I am sick of this out.-door work,” ex
claims the carpentet, broiling .under swel
tering sun, or exposed to the inclenienciesof
tlie weather—if,l-was only a.tailor!” _
“This is too bad !” 'perpetually cries the
tailor,, “to be compelled to sit perched up
here, plying the needje all the time—would
that mine was a more active life,” ,-..
“Last day of grace—-banks won’t dis
count—customers won’t .pay; what shall -1
do!” grumbles the merchant, ‘Thad"rather
be a truck horse—a dog—any thing.??."
, “Happy fellow!” groans.tnelawyer, asKe
scratches “his head over some perplexing
case.orpores over some dry, musty record;
“happy-fellows!'..l.had rather hammer stone
Jimn cudgel niy brains on this tedious, vex
atious question.” ;,. ' , ...
And on through all tlie ramifications of
society, all are complaining of their condi
tion-finding fault with their particular
calling. “IFX were only this, or the' other,
I should be content,” is the universal pry—
Any thing-but what. I am.” 'So goes tlie
'world—soit has gone, and so it will-go;
~ Jlgrkidfurat ilibnunicn/y.—Col. Meach
amof Oswego' county.‘ an enterpriaing and
enlightened Farmer, who some years since
made the Cheese whlch excited-so mucli ad
miration in ’our principalcities;■ is ;ndw in
tins city, with: two’ splendid imd- beautiful
Pyramids of Bi(f(er,t\\§ one weighing fiye
andtjie othef. nine hundred ppund?*. The
Pyraraids arc constructed in good taste, and
embellished with appropriate and patriotic
inscriptions.. The object iff to exhibit the
Agricultrirabresourccanfasingic.farm.and
to impress ijpon the Legisltfture ’tlie impor
tance of cherishing thia firat and great clai--
inpnt pf national prosperity.,'.ThejPyramids.
areconstf acted of superior table buttcr.and
will; we learn, after the exhibition closes,
be cut up and offered for sale.
i- :
1 pat two dollars per annum.
NEW SERIES—VOX.. 3« 270. 36.
AN INCIDENT AT DINNED.
•' A great many casualties happen at din
ner tables, particularly when'a tyro in the
art of carving undertakes to dissect tbat're
spettive bird .whose cackling saved the Do -
man Capitol. "There was an individual at
the table yesterday who would carve, al
though we entreated him to allow the serv
ant the honor of saving him the trouble-—yet.
he was inexorable. We saw that he. knew
nothing about it, and we, therefore, like a
prudent warrior, bear a wary
eye on the enemy’s motions. The first four
slices from the breast passed off-without •
much danger, and we began to hope that
perhaps the limbs would' not be asked for, —
Alas, what are the hopes of'man? ' “I’ll
trouble, you for a leg,” ejaculated a gentle
man opposite.. Almost all men who haunt
dinner tables have strong prejudices against,
setting in the purlieus of a goose;-what then
must have been our feelings, who like to
dress decently and consider neatness a vir
tue? If necessity is the mother of invention,,
danger is the school mistfess who sets her to
work. The dilemma did not admit of delay., °
Already had our neighbor dived into the.,.
receptacle of sage and onions: already had
lie made an incision near the os femoris; and',
already was he grasping the extremity of the.
bird’s leg, with a firm, though greasy left
hand,'when We hastily drew up our napkin;-
and tying two of the corners round our neck,
caused it to hang like an aegis to guard-our
bosom from the random shots of .the gtavy.
This deed soon proved the wisdom of , the
doer. .The carver by dint of backing and
twisting, had-nearly severed the leg from
the body; and essaying all his remaining
strength, now accomplished the feat, but
with such ,an accelerated momentum, that
leg,, fistmid. fork descendedi’lilffr lightning:
into the dish. The sage, Onions, omLgiavy,.
thus assailed, fled for their lives, and sought
refuge in the surrounding shirt bosoms,, 1 ■
which immediately assumed an autumnal
hue not unedited to the season. “Now your - "
hand is in, I’ll trouble yon for some of that
stuffing,” exclaimed .one; “how: infernally;
awkward,” muttered another, ashohastily
dislodgcd-a trifle of sage and onions,'about
the size of a Texas star,, from the corner of
his left eye. “ Well, stranger," you cap take
oll‘ tliat /i«nr/A:crf/icr now,” said the opera-' —
tor, turning to us with a look of mingled re- -
proof and vexation. “Excuse me if you'
please,” replied we, “two of the. enemies:
wings and one of Ids legs are yet in the field,”
-From the Trenton Stale Gazette:
■A Series of Stsasters. —Arfew weeks ago
a boy of Gedion Hulit, near Allentown, fell
into his father’s in ill pond, while sliding on.
the ice. One of his brothers was near and
went to his assistance, but broke through the
ice' himself,. A third and fourth brother,
and then the father attracted by the' cries of
the drowning boys, ran, one after another,'
to save them) but they two fell through the,
ice. The father and.one of the boys extri.’
catcd themselves; but were unable to rescue
the three others.
i At-the funeral of these boys, the carriage
of their uncle was dashed' to pieces; the
horses becoming restive, and the uncle’s
collar hope broken, or dislocated. Those
who had been in this carriage, got into an
other, which was also overturned and bro-
I ken, and thc horses ran; against the vehicle
of another uncle, upset it, and threw, those
i out who'Were inside, without, however, ip>
Juring them seriously. It was reported, air
so, says our informant, that the 'father ;on
returning from the-funeral, found his house
on Are. ,
We learn that a melancholy accident oc
curred op Monday oil the Baltimore & Sus
nuchanna rail road, about twenty miles from
tins city. _ A woman was Uniting at one of
the stopping places to take her passage for
Baltimore, when the train approached and
gaVe the usual signal. Finding*herself-oii
the wrong side' to gel into the cars. The. wo
man attempted to cross the track,- but- be- '
fore she cOuld do so the engine struck her
on the head and she fell, between the rails,'-
the train passing over her and instantly sefy; •
erihg bn'e. ofher arms. When takei} up she'.
was quite' dead. Every effort was made by '■
the engineer, to stop the engine! but the im- ;:
prudent movement of the.woman was so sad- '
den; that his eXer.tionsPwfcre fruitless;, ‘: ■.
■ The passengers in-the cars unitcd -in a
certificate exhonerating tike Conductor and
engineer from all blame whatever.—-Sofri
more American. . . .
Tlw Tarbprouch (North’Pnrplina) ( Press
contains the following .deplorable ■case’of
suicide, committed if would seem, in a Half"
jesting and half-serious humor;
Suicide. —We learn ..that on'; Saturday ■
night last, Mr, Richard Carson, of Pittcoph- .
ty committed suicide, j under .very peculiar ,
circumstances.. He was at a house a short dis
tancefi;omliisresidence,W'heVe‘ahnmberof':
pefsons were frolicking—he called forarope,'"
as waS ' Supposed; for dancing;, jbuliid threw d'.
one end over the beams, fastenedithe other-•
to his -neckj- and drew -up his fpetf although I
token down directly, he, wps lifeless. ..-Miv,
.Garsoh iwa.s a man. of !si}fpe property,
wife and several childlyrt; but unhappily. -
was'Somewhat addicted to frolicking and in’-
tettiperance. . ..V s * : ; r ’
- Judging from the following paragraph;- -
CopiedTrom line of the New Orleans papers, .
the. health of that city, is any thing but fa
vorable:—:“Xh from St. Peter to
Cohti strcej. in' Rampart, yesterday, we
counted nine funerals. ... ,\‘V , ' : - ;;
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