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T A. RIVEM. '
She stand besiJn tha open drawer.'
What sues the matron there t
A broken ring, a picture case,
- A treta of -auburn hair,'
With many a letter, stained and worn,
The recorc's of Ihe past :
Of days of spring time happiness
That were too bright to last.
Why starts the lady thus aside,
As if some voice she heard !
Those few pale faded lily flower,
What thoughts can they have stiried,
Save memories of a forest walk,
Or garden tangled o'er,
Or splashing of the mountain brook ,
Beside her father' door 1
'I thought they all had fed the flame
Upon my bridal day ;
That summer winds had borne their dust
Wilh life's young hopes away:
Why come this shadow from the past
To mock my calmer houisl 1
Ob, would that every memory
Could wither like the flower!"
She heai her children's laughing play
Beside their father' kuee;
The lady' heart is far away
Across ibe deep blue sea; .
Across Ihe stretch of desert sand,
Across ihe Indian wave,
Her English home lie fair around ;
Her heart is in that grave.
, From the N. Y. National Police Gazette.
"Kim What do you call tho phy t
Hahi.it The Alouse-tmp, you shall see
auon : Hia a knavish piece of work.1 '
THE INFERNAL MACHINE.
. Continued.
( THG NOUSE TRAP.
The nearest tavern was the "Five Mile
House," on the Third Avenue, kept by our
our old friend, Thomas Starr. There we
went, alter leaving Thompson on the ave
nue, and taking a survey of his premises,
selected the small back room, at the rear
of his bar-room, for our purpose. . Without
explaining our object, we told him to get
up a supper of some description, for two or
three persons, on Monday night in the
back room, and nave large closet or pan
try in its corner cleared of its boxes and
rubbish, so that two persons might be put
in there and overhear their conversation.
We wanted the windows, which looked
out on the side alley, four or five feet from
the eround, left open with their white
muslin curtain hanging drawn before them,
and, above all, desired that there might be
a bright light in the room. We told Mr.
Starr that he would know who the parties
were, when they came, by a one eyed man
asking if he had any oysters; that he must
then tell him he could give them anything
else but oyster, and invite him and hi
mend into the back room, litis being
filed, and Mr. Starr promisino; secrecy, we
let the matter run round till Monday after
noon, when ordering a coach to our resi
dence, we waited patiently for four persons,
whom we intended to use in the matter,
all ot whom were entirely ignorant of the
purpose for which we required thpm.
Up to this time we had not communica
ted our proceedings to a soul. No person
in"our office even knew what we were
about, and the very men who had engaged
to stand upon the ground near the stone
fence, would have understood no more
about the matter, after they had performed
the task, than the fenre itself. It was too
important a business to entrust to the dan
ger of a leakage, for we might have found
a torpedo in the road, or a pistol ball in the
gloom, bad Drury frot an inkling ol what
we were about. Everything having now
reached a culminating point, we thought
it proper to confide our movements to Mr.
Warner, the more particularly that Mr. W.
might himself be present at the "Five Mile
House and bear from the mouth's of the
Drury's, should the conversation be suc
cessful, Thompson's exculpation from the
torpedo plot. Mr. Warner was, therefore,
to be on the ground. But he did not come,
and three out of the four whom we had in
vited to ride with u that afternoon failed
to arrive. They thought, probably, (hat
we were not very strenuous in relation to
their company upon the jaunt. In this way
hall-past six o'clock came around, ana it
was necessary to be on tbt ground at early
dusk. While chafing at our disappoint
ment, person called at our bouse with
soma letters for us, and thrusting him in
tbe coach, ia hia brown linen business coat,
with tb word that w wanted him on a
matter of importance-, we ordered the coach
ttj drive off with all it speed to the Five
aaie now.". ,, e uvrricuij jiw iiiai ivc
in . e-.' ..a 1 ' lar. .;Ji- .l.a , l -
room, the curtain and the table were all
right, n4 then battened with our new r
criut to the fence on the t ittn avenue..
Wfteo there we espied at a little distance
down the road two wretched hovel, before
one of which rfed? squatter was pitching
in , manure., We determined to improvise
him . into one of out policemen. Jor the
eround. and calling him aside, confided to
him the fact we expected a man and a wo
man to nveet near a pot down the road, du
ring the course of, that night, and that as
we wished to frustrate that meeting, we
would (rive him a dollar an hour to stand
upon the place1 we1shouldpoint out, or
(a a . a. a" 1T1
wanting up and down oeiore k, tinm one
o'clock. Tbe Irishman winked at tna men.
tion of the woman, at if we considered it
an affair of jealousy on our part, but either
oui oi tear ot tha banshees, or from a aesire
to extend tbt profit of a ftood job to a
frMed,1ra refused to watch without a com
panion. .1 J v
! Wa tubseatrd to tha enlarteroeat of the
fare, and ia a few ir4rutetA and aa as-
sistaert crim hack battue, ed up in laea-coats,
holding formidable truncheons, and looking
aa Buck lik policamtn, a it thtj had
aarrti aa apprenticcthip of mouth tha
1 t'r,
SUNBUttY, N O RTH UM
Sixth Ward. Things being thus fortunately
fixed, we gave them a dollar in band each,
and went back with our wandering com
panions lo the "Five Mile House." , It was
after eight when we reached . there, and
we sat until half-past nine, being interrupt
ed only by an irruption of Governors of the
Alms House, who had held that day the bal
lot for their terms. At half-past nine, or
thereabouts, Thomrou and Sam came in,
and the former fixing his best eye upon the
rosy host, enquiring in a loud voice for
some oysters. The affable landlord acled
according lo arrangement, and we enjoyed
a leeling of relief when they vanished into
the trap, that our name had not been men
tioned in the Bbys presence. As soon as
the pair bad got in, we touched our witnes
ses by tbe arm, and leading them in the
alley, stationed them beside the low win
dows, with tbe direction not to lose sight
or sound of any thing that might pass.
We then returned personally to the bar
room and smoking a segar until we heard
the pair in the room shove back their chairs
to rise. At that moment we rose also, and
going out summoned the listeners from the
windows. On getting into the road, one
of them turned upon us with a countenance
evincing the utmost excitement, and said,
"Why, my God, Mr. Wilkes, that boy is
the fellow who left the torpedo at Warner's
house!
"Well, we thought so was our reply,
"but keep the matter close, and .we'll get
something more by and by"
W- then returned to our Irish sentinels,
and learned that a man and a boy had come
along, and one of them said, he thought the
boy mi;ht be the woman we suspected.
dressed up in metis' clothes. Looking with
oper admiration upon this evidence of
genius and police proficiency, we gave
bach of tho watchmen a dollar more a-piece
and left them a lot of segara to comfort
th ent. We then returned home, and
fhompson and the boy findin? themselves
baffled up to twelve o'clock, separated, the
former to walk in to the citv. and the latter
to take a small boat at the Hurl-Gate ferry,
anu cross to Astoria to his home. On the
following day the conversation which en
sued in the back room was written down
by one of the witnesses.'
1 hus far matters had been well done.
The secret of the torpedo box was out, but
only half the work was accomplished
i ne eitort now had to be extended and
new hand employed. The old man was
wary, suspicious and reserved. I here was
perhaps but one person in all the world
wno would ensnare him, and who, wily as
himself, possessed his professional confi
dence. . This person was Bill Darlington,
alias Briston Bill, the famous English burg
lar, wnose exploits in and about Boston for
the last three or four years, we have so
oAen chronicled.
We hit upon a mode of interesting Dar
lington, and sent Thompson to Boston as
the bearer of our views. Those views
were deliberated upon by Bristol Bill, and
after the lapse of a few days, he and his
counsel came fo this city, and agreed to
our wishes. In brief, Margaret O'Connor,
the wife or mistress of Bristol Bill, was un
der conviction for passing: counterfeit
money furnished her bv Drurv. and we
showed Bill and his counsel, that if she
could be instrumental in convicting- the
villain who furnished her with the notes.
the authorities would doubtless remit her
penalty. Actuated by this hope, the only
one that would have operated to his con
version, Bill put himself in the harness of
justice, and went to work with all the ar
dor of an old man in love. Finding the
matter now to thicken too fast, we called
in the assistance of officer A. M. C. Smith.
and also availed ourself of an ex-officer.
who aided us in a collateral branch of some
inportance. It beins now evident that
we should soon require some formal au
thority to aid us in our proceedings, and
not being able to consult with the county
District Attorney, we went to Albany, to
procure the appointment of the Attorney
General as the legal representative of the
case. We saw the Governor, explained
the whole matter to him, told him that we
should be successful, and explained 'hat
our reason for desiring the substitution of
the Attorney General was, that tbe secret
of the county District Attorney's office
were often accessible to that portion of the
police which had tailed in developing the
torpedo business. We had a fear, there
fore, that envy might frustrate us, and our
secrets fall within the knowledge of the
wealthy enemy. Tho Governor, acceded
to our views, and made the substitution.
THB RAT TRAP.
In the meantime Thompson had return
ed, and showed himself to Prury with an
excuse about tbe dies ; but at the same lime
proposing another speculation, and show
ing him some superb specimens of medal
lions i which had been borrowed from Raw-
don, Wright & Co.) as the work of a new
counterfeiter, whom he, Drury, mizht en
gage. Drury was delighted with the beau-.
ty ol the workmanship of tbe, specimen,
and) kept one or two of them lo examine at
ni leisure. While , these mancavertng
were going on, tbe robbery of the safe of
the Union Wharf Company at Princetown,
Mass., turned up, and after a moment's ob
servation, it wat decided to be a good or
portunity for the introduction of Bristol
Bill into tbe case. Thompson was sent to
Drury to inform bun that Bill wa in town
with tha largest portion of the Province
town Blunder, and that ha could purchase
the whole of the swag for sixty or seventy
cents on tha dollar. Drury eagerly snap
ped at lh chance, and mad an appoint
ment to meet Bill on the second day after
wards, on Brooklya heights, with Thomp
son. So cartul a man wat Drury, that ha
always made hia appointment ia tha open
air, in order that ha could see for a good
distance round, whether ha wat under ob
asrvation. Ia this case, however, it waa
aacettary to cat bitn icto bout, and to
B E RL AN D COUNTY, PA., 8ATLTilDAirr DECUMRER ao, 1849.
prepare for that accomplishment, we on
Monday the 12th Inst., had a room secured
for Bristol Bill . at No. 27 Fullon street,
Brooklyn, and on the same evening t rote
an item for the Morning Star, about the
officers being in search of him for large
amounts of property, that would excuse
him from not coming out to keep the ap
pointment, and at the same time decoy
Drury to him. We then selected two in
telligent officers from the Sixth Ward po
lice named William O. Jenkins and Do
minic Crassous, and told Ihem th.U Mr.
Smith would take Ihem lo a place in L'rook
lyn on the next day, lo assist him arid our
self in making some arrests. That lo ac
complish these arrests, they must be secret
ed in a closet adjoining a bedroom, and be
apparently fastened up by nails run in lose
holes for their reception. That they would
see through small holes which would be
bored through the door, three of the great
est criminals in the United States; that
those criminals would converse, doubtless,
on great crimes recently committed : that
they must carefully hear all that was said,
as on the correctness of their information
would depend their authority for future ac
tion. That the conversation might be long,
but their attention must not flag, as the
most important subject of all, might come
the last. They were further directed to
put on India-rubber shoes, so that their feel
in the closet could not be heard, and to hold
hankerchiefs in their hands, in case they
wanted to cough or sneeze, to stifle the
sound. Finally, they were informed, that
at the end of an hour, or thereabout, a fourth
man would enter the room, who would be
followed by Smith and ourself; that then
the arrests would commence, and if rebal
ance were made, we would svin.r awav
whatever obstruction stood before the closet
door, and let them in with their clubs to
our assistance' The object of this decep
tion was to prevent the officers from know
ing that they were to be used merely as
listeners, and to sharpen their sight and
hearing by the idea, that on thactivitv of
those organs were to depend their warrant
tor all they would be called upon to do.
At half-past eleven o'clock, the officers
were concealed ia the closet, and as soon as
they were nailer, up, the room was put in
order. The bed which was allotted to
Bristol Bill, was tumbled ; his boots lay
under it one here and one there and
their leggings were sprinkled wilh a sedi
ment ol dust, as it they had not been worn
lor two days; a lot ot dirty water was put
in the wash-basin, small knots of woolly
furze lay about the floor, as if they had col
lected through nep-lect of sweeping, and
everything gave appearance of occupation.
1 tie door which shut in the olhcers showed
the heads of the large nails, which were its
apparent fastenings, and its fan light was
covered with green paper, with a small
tear in it, to give it a sort of standard ap
pearance. In the centre of this model
chamber, supported on one side by an open
cbampaigne basket, and on the other by a
bottle cat liristol Dill, the burglar, in his
shirt sleeves and slippers, smoking a cigar,
and ready to appear, engaged in writing a
letter to Margaret O'Connor, which lay,
already commenced, before him.
While things were in this condition in
Ihe apartment at No. 23 Fulton street,
Thompson and Drury met upon the heights,
and Thompson acquainted his companion
that Bill could not come out, on account of
the "coppers," and that he (Drury) would
be obliged to meet him in his room. . But
Drury peremptorily refused. He was not
going to expose himself; and he (Thomp
son) ought to know that he never would
keep an appointment in a house. " VI e
have to break all sorts of rules sometimes,"
said Thompson ; "and in this case it cannot
be avoided." . But. Drury did not see why
Bill could not come out! "Why, have
you not seen the papers?" said Thompson,
and pulling out the Star containing our po
lice item that Bill "was on the run," he
showed it to him, This at once convinced
Drury. that Bill had sufficient reason for ly
ing close, and it seemed at tbe same time
to inflame his avarice anew. He accord
ingly yielded to Thompson' inducements,
and in a few minutes, after carefully glanc
ing up and down the street as he entered
the door, he appeared within the room
where Bristol Bill was engaged upon the
letter to ois sweetheart. Drury's eyes flew
round this room like those of a cat as he
closed the door behind him. No object es
caped his observation, . and he indulged in
three or four distinct examinations of the
heads of the nails in Ihe door behind which
the .officer were placed. At length, ap
pearing to be satisfied, he relinquished his
watchfulness, and sat down facing the clo
sed door." ; '
Tha conversation . which then was to
commence, had been previously debated
upon and laid out. ' A profound knowledge
of the passions and likewise of Drury's
character, was required, to enable one to
touch the springs of, his reserve, and un
lock his secret to a pair of ears, felonious
though, they were. ,- With these ideas to
instruct us, it was decided, that after the
conversation had run ou the subject of the
Provmcetown robbery; the taste ' Bank
counterfeit,' and Darlington' affairs suffi
ciently long that be should pretend an in
tense hat for Warner, and inform Drury
that what be had failed in accomplishing
with hia torpedo box, Thompson, and him-
selt now intended to take in band. In
short, that they intended to tend Warner a
torpedo themselves. ...;..)
. j Condudtd ntxi wetk.) ,
. . '.I . ' -. . . . . .
i Who waa Sets 1 Tber wu a great time
ia electing U. S. Senator by the Alabama
Legislature. The Montgomery correspon
dent of the Mobil Tribunt sayg that one,
charming specimen or tbe lema:e aex offer
ed 920,000 to have ber husband elected
hut it wu "no go."
lUasljingtoii Kcius.
THIRTY.Fin.4T lOI-tCR ESS-l.t Sesalaa.
. Wamiiisctoji, Dec. 19, 1149.
Skkatk. Mr. Dodge, of Wisconsin, offer
ed a resolution that the Rev. Theobald Mat
thew be invited to hike a seat in this body
during his sojourn here. . Tbe resolution lies
over one day.
On motion of Mr. Mangum, the Senate pro-
c.?ded to fill up the list of Committees, eleo-
ing all by resolution, excepting those on the
District of Columbia, the Judiciary aud the
Territories, which were at Mr. Hule's sug
gestion, elected by ballot.
The following is the entire lit :
On Foreign Relations Messrs. King, Bon-
ton, Webster, Foote and Mangum..
On Finance Messrs. Dickinson, Hunter,
Phelp. Douglas aud Pearce.
On Commerce Messrs. Hamlin, Soule,
Davis, of Mass., Dodge, of W., and Bell.
On Manufactures Messrs. Sebastian, But
ler, Jones, Clark and Upham.
On Agriculture Messrs. Sturgeon, Turney,
Walker, Sptuance and Corwin.
On Military Affairs Messrs. Davis, of
Miss., Borland, Dawson, Greene and Shields.
On the Militia Messrs. Houston, Dodge,
of W., Clements, Morton and Spruance. .
On Naval Affairs Messrs. Yulee, Mason,
Badger, Bright, and Miller.
Our Public Lands Messrs. Felch, Borland.
Underwood, Shields and Sinilh.
On Private Claims Messrs. Down, Whit-
oomb, Drivis, of Mass .Clements ami Badger.
On Imliiin Affairs Mesis.
Atchison, Se-
baslian, Wules, Rusk, Bell.
On Claims Messrs. Norris, Whitcomb,
Underwood, Stewart, Baldwin.
On Revolutionary Claims Messrs. Walker,
Upham. Norn's, DoJge, of Iowa.
On the Judiciary Messrs. Butler, Downs,
Beiricn, Bradbury, Dayton.
On the Post Office and Post Roads Messrs
Rusk, Biiaht, Unham. Soule. Morton.
On Territories Messrs.. Douglass, Under
wood, Butler, Cooper, Houston.
On Public Buildings Messrs. Hunter, Da
vis, ot Mass., Clark.
To Audit und Control the Contingent Ex
penses ot the Senate Messrs. Dodge, of
Iowa, Walker and Baldwin.
On Roads and Canals Messrs. Bright, At
chison, Greene, Foote, and Spruance.
On Pensions Messrs. King, Ala , Jones,
Phelps, Stewart, and Dayton.
On the District of Columbia Messrs. Ma-
son, i ulee, NueUU, Miller, and Berrien. .
On Patents and the Patent Ofiice Messrs.
Turney, Norris, Whitcomb, Wales and Daw
son. On Retrenchment Messrs Bradbury, Hous
ton, Felch, Mangum and Clark.
On the Library Messrs. Pearce, Mason
and Davis of Mississippi.
On Enrolled Bills Messrs. Rusk and Bad-
rrer. , , . ,
On Engrossed Bills Messrs. Jones, Sebas
tian, and Corwin. ' .'
On Printing Messrs. Borland, Hamlin and
Smith.
Mr, Seward, at bis request, waa exempted
from servin"; on any Commilttee. " ' '
The Senate spent a short time in Execu
tive Session, and '.hen adjourned. ,
l llBlvrI IS OF OLDbN TIME.
Gcohge WiTHta, a most enthusiastic old
English poet,' w ho lived between two and
three centuries ago, has depicted in glowing
lines the jollity of Christmas in his day. A
few of his genial verses will not be out of
place at this time :
"Lo, now is come our joyful'.t feast !
Let every many be jolly ;
Each ruomu with ivie leaves is drcsl, -
And every post wilh holly.
Though others purses be more fat,
Why should we pine or grieve at that
Hang sorrow ! care will kill a cat, . ,
Aud therefore let' be merry !',
o o o
"Now all our neighbors' chimneys smoke,
And Christmas blocks aro burning ;
Their ovens they with bak't meats choke,
And all iheir spits are turning,
Without the door let sorrow lye,
And if, for cold, it hap lo die,
, We'll bury't in a Christmas pie,
And evermore be merry !'
A REMARKABLE CAVE.
The following account is give of a cave in
a lime stone chain of hill not far from San
Sebastian t ' In the year 1838, a Mexican,
Don Juau f lores, perceived tbe hidden en
trance to a cave. He entered, hut seeing in.
side council ot indiao warrior anting to.
get net in the deepest silence, ha retreated
and told it lo bis companions, who,' well pre
pared, entered Ihe cave together, and dis
covered about .1000 well preserved Indian
corpses squatted together on ibe ground, wilh
their hands folded below I heir knees; they
were dressed hi fine blankets, made of ihe
fibres of lecbuilla, Kith sandals made of a
species liano en their feel, and ornamented
with colored scarf w jth' beads of seeds of
fruit, polished bones, Ac. ' This ia tbe very
sufficient aceount of a very mysterious bury
ing plaoe. The Mexican auppoee hat it be
longed te tbe Libans, an old Indian tribe
which from time immemorial has roved and
is rgving over the Bolsoa de Mopinie." .
Soobcs of foxes were caught in the froien
region by Sir James Ross's expedition, and
turned Into "two-penny postmen," by pulling
copper eollara round their necks, stamped
with the name and position f the ships,
and th localities of the provision depot!
These foxes' range enormous distances, and
soma oi them will probably be eaugbl by Sir
Jeaa rmaklia'a party, if it HOI term.
THE BOTTLE TRICE BEFORE THE Qt'EBK.
, Tfio following, from the Caledonian Mer
cury, throws into the shade Blitz, Herr Alex
ander, and we do not know but it goes ahead
of the old genfirno himself: ' '
"Ou Monday, Prince Albert's birth day,
during the festivities at Balmoral, tbe Wizard
of the North, Professor Anderson, was pre
sent, and was asked if he would perform the
feat they had heard so much of bis having
done successfully, 'The Inexhaustible pottle.'
un receiving the royal command to per
form it, he called for a champagne bottle,
and handed a large number of glasses round,
and asked Lord Portman what be would drink.
His lordship replied, whiskey whiskey was
poured out. Mr. Anson preferred brandy,
which he got. Several demanded wine,
which passed freely; and one of the proprie
tors of the royal distillery, Mr. Begg, think
ing to baffle the professor, asked him if he
could give him a glass of his best Lochiiager
whiskey. No sooner said than done; and
the Lochnager whiskey became in great de
mand. A large number of additional glasses
were distributed, and some called for Irish
whiskey, numbers brandy the Highlanders
patronised Mr. Bcgg; when Lord John Rus
sell, perhaps like Mr. Begg, wished to try
the wizard' skill, asked for a glass of rum,
which wa immediately supplied, and his
lordship pronounced it excellent. Tho Lon
don portion of tbe domesticsand police called
for gin, which was freely poured out of this
extraordinary bottle; and the Wizard was
returning to his seat, when his royal highness
anxious to test the bottle presuming, as he
was returning, that it was exhausted asked
f more could be poured out. Glasses were
brought for her Majesty and Prince Albert
und, on being asked what they preferred, re
quested Begg'sbcst Lochnager, which imme
diately ran forth, and her Majesty and the
Prince, lasting in, acknowledged its purity;
and the Wizard gave tho bottle to the Prince
and asked him to look if it was empty it
was. Mr. Anderson brought some water,
und, in the Prince's hand, filled it, ordered
glasses, and asked the Princo what wine he
preferred. Port was selected The Prince
poured out port, then sherry, then milk, then
champagne, then broke the bottle, and in it
was discovered a beautiful turtle dove.
GOLDfcN SESTEXCES.
The Valve or Religion. If religion did
possess sincerely and sufficiently the hearts
of all men, these could need no other restraint
from evil. This doth not only give life and
perfection to all endeavors, wherewith it con
curred ; but what event soever ensue, it
breedeth, if not joy and gladness always, yet
always patience, satisfaction, and reasonable
contentment of mind. Wherefore it bath
been set down as an axiom of good ex peri-
ence, that all things religiously taken in hand
are prosperously ended; (Psalm i. 3;) be
cause, whether men in the end have that
which religion did allow them to desire, or
that which it tcacheth ihem eontently to suf
fer, they are in either event fortunate.-7ooirr
Be CitEFVL how too Speak. Hush!
why should you speak against the character
of a female? If is all she has to depend upon
in this world. Just give the impression wings
that she is not so good as she should be, aud
it will fly to 'every nook and corner of tho
town. The story you whisper will return in
tones of thunder, to astonish even yourself,
who was the first guilty wretch to repeat so
base a story. A word has often proved Ihe
ruin of a virtuous soul a word thoughtlessly
spoken, it may be but reported by an evil
mind. Suppress any thought, which, if ut
tered, might injure the charncleror feelings
of another. A thought may be stifled at its
birth, but a word spoken may never be lost.
Weigh every thing you utter, so that none
may misconstrue your language or receive a
wrong impression. Above all, never, even
in jest, w hisper words, w hich, if true, would
throw a blight upon a spotless reputation.
Oltv Branch.
Comment aet on the Ninth Command-
ment At tbe examination of the children of
Ihe Windsor Infant school, on Wednesday
week a little boy was asked to explain his
idea of "bearing false witness against your
neighbor.', After hesitating be said it was
"telling lies;" on which 'the worthy and
reverend examiner said, "that is not exactly
an answer; what no you aay;" addressing a
little girl who stood next, when she imme
diately replied, "It wa when nobody did
nothing; and somebody went and told of it."
Quite right," said the examiner, amid irre
pressible roar Of laughter, in which he could
not help joining the gravity of the whole pro
ceeding being completely upset. Liurfocl
Mtrtury.
Avdacitt or PAatt Thieves. During Ihe
prevalence of a foe in Paris last month, say
Gali-rnani's Afrisrneer. pickpockets were ac
tively engaged, and reaped a good harvest of
watches, chains, pocket-books, ana pooaei
handkerchiefs. ! On the Boulevard d'Enfer,
a gentleman was completely stripped by a
baud of thieves not even one oi toe oiner
nt articles of hi dress being left. Hi cries
attracted a patrol of the national guard to tha
spot ; he was convened in a state of nudity
lo the commissary of polioet ' .
Medical Pxactice. The great English
medical reformer, Dr. Dickson, writing
from London, say,' that rejecting ' blood
letting, leeching and tne entire tragic of old
practice, he has, earning a professional in
come ol lea mousana pounds a year, given
certificate of only nine death in the whole
rang of hit practice for four years, atJ oaa
of tho a cholera yaar.
OLD SERIES VOL. JO NO. 4.
Finn Huut'e lercbenu' Mnjiuune. . ' .
CINCINNATI LARD AND OIL MANUFAC
TURE. ; ' ( . , . . . 'y
We learn from the Cincinnati paper, that
there are upwards of thirty large establish
ments in that city employed in the mnnufae
lure of lard oil, which is accomplished by
divesting the lard of one of its constituent
parts stearine. The largest of these, whoso
operations are probably more extensive tbaa
any other in the United Slates, has manufac
tured heretofore into lard oil and stearine
140,000 pounds monthly, all the year round,
and the great increase of hogs for the present
season will probably enlarge that business
this year fifty per cent. It is calculated that
11,000,000 pounds lard will be run into lard
oil this year, two-seventh of which aggre
gate will make stearine, the residue oil, say
about 24,000 barrel of 42 gallon each.--Much
tho larger share of this is of inferior
lard, made of mast-fed and still-fed hogs, tho
material, to a great extent, coming from a
distance hence the poor quality of western
lard oil. Lard oil, besides being sold for
what it actually is, is also used for adultera
ting sperm oil, and in France serves to ma
terially reduce the cost of olive oil, the skill of
Ihe French chemists enabling them to incor
porate from sixty per cent, of lard oil with
that of the olive. There is also an establish
ment in that city which, besides putting up
bams, Lo., is extensively engaged in extract
ing the grease from the rest of the hog, and
will probably this year opeiate in this way
on 30,000 hogs. It has seven large circular
tanks, six of capacity lo bold each 15,000
pounds, and one 6,000 pounds. These re
ceive the entiie carcasses, with the exception
of the lnm, and the mass is subjected to
steam process, under a pressure of 70 pounds
lo the square inch, the effect of which opera
tion is to reduce the whole to one consist
ence, and every bone to powder. The fat is
drawn off by cocks, and the residuum, a mere
earthy substance, is taken away for manure.
Besides the hogs which reach this factory in
entiro carcasses, tbe great mass of heads,
ribs, back-bones, tail-pieces, feet, aud other
trimmings of the hogs cut up at different
pork-hnuses are subjected to the same pro
cess, in order to extract every particle of
grease. This concern alone is expected to
turn out this season 3,000,000 pounds of lard,
five-sixths of which is No. 1. Six hundred
hogs daily pass through these tank one day
with another. '
The stearine expressed from the lard i
used to uiake candles by being subjected to
hydraulic pressure; by which three-eights of
it is dischaged as an impure oleiue; this last
is employed in the manufacture of soap ;
3,000,000 pounds of stearine have been made
in one year into candles and soap in these
factories, and they can make 6,000 pound of
candles per average day throughout tbe
year.
LEGISLATIVE TELEGRAPH.
We were much gratified at witnessing tho
working of Mr R. E. Monachan's Legisla
tive Telecbaph, which has been put in
operation in the Hall of the House of Repre
sentatives of our State, with great improve,
ments over the experimental instrument
which he erected last season. This instru
ment is so arranged as to register the votes
in alphiibetical order, in two columns, pre
cisely similar to the manner in which Ihe
yeas and nays are now printed, and its opera
tion is so perfect that ten or a dozen copies
of the vote can be taken in half a minute.
This ingenious invention i a great saving
of time in taking vote in our Legislature,
and would be invaluable in Congress,
where it costs some fifty or sixty thousand
dollars a year to call the yeas and nays, each
vote consuming some half hour' time. We
wish Mr. Monaghan every success in bis
new and ingenious invention Dttn. Union.
KISSING.
"Come kiss me !" said Robin. I gently said
"No;"
For my mother forbade me to play with
men so ;
Ashamed of my answer, he glided away, .
Though my look pretty plainly advised him
to stay,
Silly swain '. not at all recollecting not he,
That hi mother ne'er said that it; must not
kiss me.
PaorEssox Webstee. Hon. Franklin Dex
ter has ceased his visits upon Professor Web
ster. It is rumored that tbe Hon. Rufo
Choate will be employed a senior counsel.
Mrs Webster, wilh three of her daughters,
visited her husband a few day ainee, for tbe
first and only time aince hi imprisonment.
The scene was a most interesting and affee
ting one. Yesterday, Judge Fay of Cam-'
bridge, visited the Professor, and wa for torn
lime under lock and key in private consult'!
tion with him, The Professor baa been ma
king anangemenl to have ihe aeriea of lee-'
lures continued at the College, which he
commenced oeiore tne unhappy circumstance
occurred which resulted in hia imprisonment.'
n is ceu is on me same floor wiio inose pit.
oners who are committed for offence of a
similar chaiacler. He is lively and free te
chat, and teem very much inteieeted ia the
perusal of book devoted lo the science of
which he is Professor. Many individuals
have been admitted to tee him and converse
with him in private aa well as public Bore
Timet, Dtt. 20. . i
' Tna citizens of Georgetown, D. C, hold a
publio meeting on Ihe llih in!., te laka in?
consideration the propriety f a roiisesiae)
to Ihe State of Maryland, should Cong roe tav
terfere with the subject of slavery ia tha dif
fciotef Cslorofc,