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VtI. IIXo. XXI.
Iom Blackwood, far Janmry.
THE miSOXKR Ot"GlrtiX"T.
BT R. SIMMONS,
'Ghist, Miiy 6,181.
On Monday Ins', the Nretnr i f captives died
'fiere in prison. Pierre Joseph Socle was on
'ncmncd in 1773 to be broke on the wheel for hav
ing rntiidered aJtHim; (!. He was then seven
teen years of age. The 'Empress "Maria Theresa
commuted his punishment to imprisonment for
'life. In 1814 he was set at 'liberty by 'Court I
HichaliiT. the hettmanof the'Cnssieks, whom brad
qunrtt rs were in this city ; but being 'destitute of
the means of subsistence, of relations and frlen'ds,
he requested to be allowed to return to the sarne
prison which had heen'fo long his abode. The
request Was gran tr'd, and'heremainedin lheRisp.
hui twenty-sevenyeara more,'(in all aiily-lhrrc
jcats;) and died on .Monday, at the age of r'iBhty."
landun Times.
f Tn frol my path, you solemn pair,
Nr block the gateway to the dead
'Dtlil PrieM, and Klerk Mediciner.
With bowl and lliblc at my bed !
I tiiste not that I touch not this ;
The one my loathed life would stay,
'The second, o'er yon black abvas
liiiide to a realm, no donl.t.-ol blim.
Like that I quit totlay.
Where I may once again be born,
May know whet-mean the breeze of morn,
Then shsrr as il before befell
tvimo Minding dungC'ii' rmNrvg bell.
SSee through my Crll; Intf.oprnrd door,
Tliat mile-Ions line of vaulted thuk,
'Whiih drowns the groping sight, btf.re
It g in. sihe solitary spark
Of daylight, that from broad blue tkics
-And'wtld fiee woods has tnii;a'i'l in.
Marking tlie ponh where 1'ity ihes
W lnre loe, the lig-rel'.rui,t, flies
And h aves the koTto"Si.
Gray monk ! my rountleKS ears:have,pasj?d
One straht, eur'd level, black and vast
'As that grim gallery, with a ray
Of sunshine on their owning way.
Sy thou, who preachest man was sent
Into this God-created world
With high beneficent intent,
Why my unrin'd soul ws hurl'd,
Just as it startid in the race
Ere Reason's cup had cool'd my lips
iRre'I could sunder guilt from grace
Down, down where demons'tac their plan
In Death's unsounded deeps !
One hour was mine nf lovely thing.
Flowers, waters, forests, gl. Hiring wings,
'Thro sudJen night'! Mid limy -tHC,
"hul me and MAinegs'up alone'
They sjid 'twas Mercy savej me so
The lvis ! I coi'ld but bri.fly tee I
Their buisting mace's ponderous blow,
Stritch'd on the limb-dividing wheel.
I fhoulJ not then have died Ihr-tieath
Which tikra een'ury to al-y,
vVVhen whelm'd, enrha n'd and choked beneath
One marl'le mass, the enamel's breath
Its victim rots away.
I i-hould not then have fi ll my min.l,
Krum lonely horror Manl ami blind,
"Whirl into savage fienzj's rage.
Like captive tiger round his cage.
'Who that hail heard n.e-ttnvetohirek
W iih thouU that ceaelesa solitude,
Till my faint g.p 'elused toshriik,
Ai d mine lecanie the Idiot's mood ;
Wlivn rlreiigth ef yooilmnd inunhood's might
To moping, soundless torper grow,
And the auk uiidii-i-ernii.g sight
One bla k interminable night
Of buiial only knew ;
A ho then had de ni'd ihe driveler there
J'lough'd by the Avenger'. fiey hare
Of love.'lile, light, mice drai.k his fill,
As the lithe rue-ditr drinks ihe rill t
" Yes ! give nie back one year of bloom,
- And though renior.elrsn-wanny fall,
"Wild ueirely 'dneuiy monsrrouij duoui,
Vet I will fare it all !
Ho once i g iiii I may but rove
With heb the fair and evening eyed
"J'lul ttiitig of r alliance and of lo
beil Maude, wt.o in the chesnul grove
MSo prized ami perjuied died.
Oil ! lot to watcli her on this breast,
' t-'ii.k like a folded flower lo-iet
Once oiilff once as in that time
- Hie Ine fro-ji 1altbood 1 from crime !
"I he bow of heaven ha'd'.es ofjrare
In vdley waU rs glaea'd anil bent,
'J'lie very glory ol her lace
' Kresh luatre to erealiuii lent.
"I his brail with fi e was all too full ;
liy winding hiouk and my tne.
And thumb roua witve, and woudKud lull,
I .,r. with hrr the ll.autiful,
And hed lor her alone.
I .ooM ne eve oor iryting rr,
'I he linden hough buddmg tree,
'Hut wild Decnnbi r stripl it bare
Jli l.ie again slie niet nic there,
bhe rame at bwt. I drank the start,
T he titu.li hrr treatheious ebe k bttrsyd
U; irnugli the bin tide ol her l.eait
W i. mi. son en my blai'r.
1 bad a right whu taught hrr first
Esrth's only boon, trur low,. to "know
A lieu wrong'J in every dream i.uiirt,
'.To s.iltch hrr from the laat, the wural
Oftoirows here below.
Not sreer went out erly hour,
Henealh Ike happy cheaiiut fl iw.rs,
i'haii woretbal tir.l rid n'gbt away,
Wlien 1 and Murder watcli'd hur rlay !
You know the rea' ye felon's friends !
The sands of hideous g'ief ai run ;
'of leU nie, svhon Earth's thraldom ends,
That Heaven's is but begun.
dare not dem thexrord iliine,
Than from this parting hour would trai
The trust, that horror like to minu
May from Ihe Judgoment-thre'kold'a kbiue
The blot of bloodshed wear !
From my ble' page, the hand of shame
.ISwrpt hope, love, meinoiv, fortune, name,
The roar K morc, tear, Irriitied woe
Jleinen t Taut to whom I go !
'From Ihe Hampshire Gazrtte.
English Orthography.
Mr. Hau-lcy : Your correspondent 'S.' has been
very liberal in bestowing praise on me for what I
have done in furnishing the means of 'instittction
in the English'lanfjuage. That'his genet al view
of the subject is just, there is tr ison to lelieve ;
and it is a source of pleasure that I have been Ihe
humble instrument of good in one department of
learning.
But ittobalcs'this pfeamc to find that mttrh of
the 'good I have done' is to bo lost, and that further
ell'orts to amend and improve the I inguage to be un
availing. The foot thirty yejrs afer I begun to
wrile for our youth, 'I had no opppserofaoy conse
quence, nu" -my ttn provenience were 'received
and 'adrtfited. Th'cse 'rfevo been the means of
stamping eorn'o 'degree of uniformity on the pronun
ciation of our language. This is visible- in' Con
gressmost of'tho members ;fnvirg received their
elementary instruction in my books.
But within the last twenty years, I have ha I
competitors, who have biougbt into market dilli i
ent systems, fortified with English authorities.
Walker's Dictionary, containing a variety ufttse
fub criticisms, accompanied Willi n almdeic or
Ihography, and a mubitude of (sshiorraMa.datuly
isms, haslieen-eireulared in the United States, uml
'trumpeted as a staid.ird of orthoepy; and ninny
Spelling.Doi ks on his plan have been publislied
and urued into schools. 'One.ihird of the f ante of j
Tew- ork fell uiuhr Walker's influc ner, and a
large part or Ural Kiaie and of the'Stale of Massa
chusetts are jet umler that influence,
Hut a few years elapsed tefore Walker's scheme
6f 'pronuiici.itinn wsis s-isni'ed by llrltih writers.
His sound of slioii i and y in i b veu III. us. ml
syllabi, s was condemn) d, ami his ulnlnhe, u.'frr
fcfrr, was dedurn! to be not m n ly w mug. but
ludtcruu: After o few yeitrs another author con
Ueiuned his ditjnlushun, his tnnipcnjeum, and bis
iitgrrjtnt, sll'imiing kuih pronunciation, in a sol
emn discouise, intolcralite. The same author con.
demned his tittlifiiiral, timgraUkuhttwn, uuA jhit
thulaict; while a still later wiiter atliinis.it to be
and then ad.fs tlrat probably allied to this, 'is the Delirium Tremens A ftkrtch.
(Serman ge-hrim, a compound of the common pro- Tito delirium tremens is one of the ino.!
fix ge, with hrim, which is the Saxon ham and frightful consfqitcncea of intemperance.-H Ihmi
and 'English home. Chemistry connect in origin "IU wretched victim of unbridled appetite, has
with home .' Such -suggestion is almost incredi. indulged to a certain extent itt lib accustomed
hie. I sliniiilant. Iiix rrnlinrr brain cnninri'S lin a mt:l-
I do not wish to injure the sale of Mr. Dnnde's tituile ot'tancieP, far more horrible thiln ever
work ; it is a work of merit ; but il is important tantalized the wildest miiniac. The conelu-
tluit my fellow citizens should be apprized, how
erectly ihey m stake English authoiiti.a in philolo
gy. In resisting the corruptions of our lanunge, cor
recting mistakes, and preserving its purity, as your
correspondent Iras lemnrked, rm uhne : I have
pilrsUed a c.Wire of Inrjulfy never pursued by any
other man, and in my moat interesting discoveries,
I hive no support, llut vlnious errors re under
stood. rhoe in the version of the Uible and in
the language -generally, I have corrected; and the
emendations arc beforc'the public, resting for sup
port on Ihe foundation of truth.
N. Haven. Jan. 5, 18-12. N. WEI1STER.
From the Sunday Mcrtufy.
A SIltlltT I'ATEST fSHIt.MOK.
ItV "DOW, JR.
'1 have selcOted as'llic words ol mv "tdJtt for
this occasion :
Al.s! how soon the heart forgets
lis ibepest, w idlest pain ;
The tear an hour the eyelids wets,
And all is joy again ;
Ktill rushes on ihe tide of men;
As th w"li thc.r3t had never been.
frtfiids In order to sec htw soon Ihe
heart forgets its most poipiiiint priels, you have
only to oliM-rve n lliiiij or two incur journey
. I-.-
ttirniioii liie. rnr ttistanre n limn niter n
MewfulVy U'lliotm trtil e.xertieiiitinply delight- j
liner Koeiie with such un individual is indiscri-
IfciBly 'fearful. UrU(li in al! its 1'rote ti variety,
Iihs never ahetted mo with such sensations As
1 liave experienced when standing by the
wretched ineb'iute, buffering with thin terrible
disorder. 'One-ease to which my mind reverts,
wan marked with circUtnA'Lnces bf 'pfcinftil in
terest. Ksiittirc 'llntr Was a wealthy ccr.tle-
man fanner of extensive repute. lie was a
worthy member of the State la-gislutiire, an
excellent neighbor, and indnya when a jieriodi
cal revel was rarely accounted an evil, a man
of irreproaclnible morul'cliaractdr. ;Few, even
in his own domestic circle, referred the bloat
ed' corpulency of his naturally large rysteui.
HtttJ Ihe fiery flut-h ofhts full face, to tho lc-
gititnnte cause. Ilis daily drains nf Cogniac
and liis repularly retiring to bed tvery day af
ter dinner, were the otiJv practices which the
most scrupulous whispered to his discredit.
'Hut HhtiNt-d appetite forces tin sooner Vt Jttter to
pay the forfeit. Mr. 'lain"; was orresttd in his
iiiteiuperiite course by a til of ntrong apoplexy
He had been 'partially recovered 'by the ener
getic application of the ufual rettorants and all
stiinuhitii i; I'ikmI and drinks, 8tron";ly interdict
ed as rcrtti in' lii ltd ranges lo entire convaleeence
I lis bruin now tortured With 'emptiness as il
had U't'ore been with plethora, was giving birth
nil the wild and horrible imaginations of
-The Wt athtT.
A corrpspnniltMit of tin; Pliiladeljihin
U. JS. Gnzett? ettumertiics the following
fuc.ts in relation tr the weather in years
post, for llit; purpose of .showing that
the extraordinary mildness of the pre
sent winter is nut unlike others which
have preceded it :
The -month of .1st tuiarv 171)0, was so
... .1 i.i
warm, that tioys went into me ueia
vnrc mid .Schuylkill 'rivers to swim.
nd such was the mildness of the win
ter of l?Dvj y, that the river Delaware
was not closed by ice during the whole
season. The winter ol 1705-0, was
mild until the V'lld January, when (he
river closed. the w inter of 1S01 -'J whs
remarkably mild ; the Delaware did
not close until the lid of February. The
winter of 180'J-IO, was very mild until
the lOth of January, when the Dela
ware closed, and the weather became
itltettsolycold for several weeks. There
was a good deal of mild w eather du
ring the w inters -of 1811, '12, '13 und
'11. The winter of 1817-18 w as very
mild until the d of February, after
whit'h it was intensely cold. The win-
Madeira Tea. We loam from
Hunt's Merchants' Magazine the Feb
ruary number of which, by 'the by, is
one of tho most interesting and instruc
tive vc have yet perused that the tea
plant is successfully cultivated on a
large scale in the island of Madeira, at
an elnvation of 3000 feet above the sea,
hy Mr. Henry Veitch, British ExCon
I sul. The quality of the leaf is CxccU
I lent ; the whole theory of destroying it
is merely to destroy the herbaceous
taste, ihe leaves being perfect, when likfe
hay, they emit an agreeable odor. !I5dt
to roll tip each leaf as in China, is found
too expensive, although boys and gill
are employed ht 5 cents per day. 'This
difficulty is represented as an insupcra
ble obftacle'lo the successful competK
lion of the new tea plantations in As
snm (British India) with Ihe still theap.
er lubor of China. The enterprising
Ex-Consul is now engaged in compres
sing the tea leaves into small cakes,
which can be done at a trilling expense,
so as to enable him to export to Eng
land immense quantities, at lower .pri
ces than would import it from China.
Compression would have one impor
delirium tremens. I tied my horo under ono
of his amnio imbeds and entered without cere
mony. He sat bolt upright i'.Hiis bed, and Ilis
countenance was the ininge of ilopair. Ilis
eyes were, ul'.ernately fitfully glancing, or fear
fully rolling; in their strained sockets, as if in
ful courtship enters iilto n 'matrimonial part
nersh'p w ith a young and lieaiiliftil and nrtec
tioiialc'crealine of the laney sex. Suddenly
death stalks into their blooming lmwer of love
mid iipst-ls all their arrangements, and Inars
ofVthe luwIy nbjixt ol the husband's affection
vulgarity and afourditi?. Indeed, M'a'ki i's ; in Ilis icy.'iiinrrnw'ictttiirms; or, in other words, ,,urs,,ir f t,Ver chanfintr obiecU. now aHvanc
Jut U .plfhteiMi, -em-thru for courtiou, and . she dies yes, dies like the flowers of the field, ng, now retreating, and now flitting willie-
croppeu hy the moiver s scyttie. I lie tona hits- lcclric rapidity over the field of vision. -Star-
band .pours ut ins sorrow in flooding tears upon (iCfj at n,y entrance, 'he dooked up and vehe
tier new mane grave, and becks nocomtort tnia In,,y exclaimed. IVould you rob me V A
side ot the threshold ot heaven. Lite to h;m Uain.recoilincfrom mv proffered hand.he shriek
hath no pleasure ; for he 'has been robbed of L.j .vol waM mmct me: and sprang from
that which he thinks can never be replaced by the opposite Bide of his couch with superhuman
ty substitute the earth can afford the shape enrrfry Thc injudicious opposition of his
Ol lemiiiiiie worm, no uiposiu. ins ime ... u.e frienj8 t(J ,ljs wlimSf mJ pirenj!',cd hi,,, to Bn
urn that contains her ashes wandera d and aIarming dpree He ulterIy aild 0bsl,nattly
li5coii!.o!aieaiong me gloomy vate oi wuiow. . lf . j . flnd Was , reSrained bv
hood, and resolves never to marry till soul weds force fron, onpjng from (he windows of his n-
I fe.il at ttieatier oi uic i Jmnipuicni. nut, my ,M1llir,u-t0 tscape these visionary yet to h.m
Irtenils, tins tiitck coat ol misery soon wears on
j fioin Ilis heart, in spite of the cate lie takes to
! have it remain. It won't stick any how
i It run Im fivrvl 1 1 ts bitter irii'f lesKClis to nen
cuace. In F.lumoliiiiu, not only the Kuglii-h and , . , , . .
h h , J , , , , . . sive sorrow to pad regret Ins regret to par-
F.eiieh, lut the Oimar.i are very fur behind ui. i i 1 1 i i
i . . . , UUI lUl III. :il-??f , auu piwiii ii uuiu 1,1,11 u u r
I lilt: U nt H, ,l Hull l lliu ll r. i. iivi. 1 u -, , ., ... ., I
i 'f,r half .century, absorbed all other Mibj c. ! ' "-vn,Cn'fl " ""N " calmed him occasionally, but he seldom lot
! ut .he E.i.liih have-tm, ,iTen to thiir Ian- i",Uwk Bt 8 ,l" TauA BS.S"y ""d C,,eCr,Ul " fr of "'c I'l-'tom's dancinr;
eu..Ce the care i.d .tudv which ita inmertancc ha. U,m-U ,,B "!ld ucwt ex''enccd any cv-njugai atteKl(1MCt. ,, hia unhlmQd i,agi,,ut,on.-
teroll8-4 was very mi.. . altnoug. . tanl yant ove ro,H lhe ,eavefc
there were a few days which were real , .reA ulft ,h- 'leaf is drv-.
ft l S . ii-nc nnp . ... "
j whereas the rolling requires moisfuro,
j and subsequent roasting on coppet
piatcs is necessary lo prevent niustiness.
In this process the acid of the tea acts
upon the copper, and causes ihe astriiiN
geney which wc remark in all the Chi
na teas. The olen fragrans, the flows
cr of which is used to scent the tea,
cspeciaily the black, grows 'luxuriantly
in Madeira.
fmnrhtrr fur frontier, ' is no 'more genuine El glinh
than il in the langui;e rttlhc L'hortsw. Tet pro
b.lbly -a hundrril thou-an,l children in thij cuunlry
are yet inttructcd in thia pronunciation.
One of the greatest ubttaclrs'to ihe coirietion of
crrnrs in our languagn piocceda fioin the love of
cubtom, or furhion, or fiom the influence nf Britith
BUlhoime--. 'I'hc'peoplc of thia eountry are dispo
sed to think the English undeiManll 'the luiiguage
lw'trr than any American. My researches anil my
Wita lo England have rhnwn this lo be a gerat mia
t ke. 'Instead of biing in advonee of us in philoU
ogy, ihey are half a eer.tury behind -us , il'hruivh
on other (ulj.-cta they h ive the advantage of u.
But that the Englih'lnvc not thoroughly
investigated Ihe origin and bilory of iheir own I Hi
red I tormentors. lirasiing the clothes convul
sively ns we replaced him in bed, he buried
hiiiisc'if beneaih a hr.lf-u-dozen blankets, 'lla!
there yet!' he muttered in stiffed tones, flnd
(lunrr the covering from liimsell to the ffoi
with startling tuddenness. Soothing words
stingers. U he autumn ol IbVI was one
of tlie coldest ever remembered, but it
wns followed by one of the mildest win
ters which had occurred for twenty
seven years; peach and apricot trees
were in full bloom on the "Oth of Feb
ruary. The wintor of 1N20-30 was
mild until the 3d of Ja'iuarv, w hen the
Delaware closed, and the weather be
came -intensely cold. The month of
JttRUirrv, 183t, was mild until the 10th,
after which there followed five weeks
of severe cold. The winter of 1837
and '3S w as remarkably mild, and the
Delaware was as free from ice as in
November, until 'to -30i!i of January,
when winter commenced in good ear-,
nest, and the Delaware river was fro
zen completely over on the morning of
the first ot l ebruary. ihe weather
confined intensely cold for a great part
of the time until "the 5th of March, and
every vessel would have been blooka
ded from the first of February to the
10th of March, but for the ice boats,
which rendered essential service to the
egress and ingress of the shipping. The
month of April which lollow ed was very
cold. There was ice on ten mornings
during the month. As we have before
observed in some df our reviews, we
now repeat, that after a very mild win
ter a cold backward spring and cool
summer generally succeed, and vice
versa.
nmensnileil. Thia language ia to be ucd prolu-
bly by more people -llisn any other language on the j
globe, and is to be the principal Instrument of civil-
iziivg wid evangelizing the world. In pnp.iring
ihe lanu egrto be thia instrument, the lalor of the
b'xicugmpher arc far more impoiUnt .than the wii
ting of a Scotl or a Soulhey.
Yet how aurprUingly'hiu'thh' language K-eoror.
ruptrj! Without poitie evidence In fore our
eyen, who could beleive that the A met ir an Con.
grew, or an American 'LegMature hould make
uch blunder a to write CoiiiptroHtr.'vthen they
mean' Vunliter, arid continue the iiw of auth
nonsnibical -woiJa-year after year, and age after
age 1
'Who.'with.'ut ihcoMdcnrc of every eommon Ui
ble, roe.lJ believe that such abominable blunder,
aa (Hmnnul and uiiooc woulil 'find a. place in
nine ;paiage in lhat bock word eipretaing a
aenrc directly contrary to what is intended and
continuing unewtettd for 'more than three bun
drrd yeara 1 and what re pwhape more extranidi-
naiy, intelligent men 'now cUmering agaiirat any
attempt tu correct auch outrageous 'mi-take. !
Who could tteliove trmt handy-utirk, a mere -vulgar
mistake for hatid.ieork should disfigure the
common veision of the aacred orarilea, and such an
intelligent nation aa the Eiiglib ahould blunder o
ver the miktake for ceilturica, without dikcoveiing
ihe fact 1
Htveial other corruption of our language must
be omitted for the sake of brevity. They occur in
HM'lling booka, in Oirlionuliea.-graninier, und in (lie
wiitiiiij of the mokt diklingui.-hed cholara. In
nue of ihe ableat produrtiona of the present ago, 1
have recently aeen ihe nomenaical word disannul,
(ot annul, in five or aix paage.
In England there seems to be not even Ihe be.
ginmnif of a r formation. 'On the other baud
Kiehard'a Ihitionary retaila the erroia of the old
rlyomologi-N, many of which are aa fa!e to d.duce
the word ha.l fom the Word tonor, or ur from
wluiaiwn.
To crown the tvido aeilca of hlutldeia, Mr. Hi alt
j le, the editor of the TiioH.tu .ry of Sciener, l.ittrti.
j litre and rl,iiOW in the pre, in IajiuIoii, . fclJ
I by iiiy Of -the mml Irarrnd men in Eng'an!.ilelu-
hu ratification.
My triends ll'hcn n friend accidentally
lako a slide from time to eternity, what do we
dt"? Why, shed a few formal tears over his
mortul remains, ileposltc him in his narrow
home shovel gravel and goaSout our business.
.Now, terror beamed from every lineament.
fiends !' he exclaimed, shrinking backward
and elevating his Iwnd for defence Agttii his
face exhibited every mark of strong loathing
and disgust. 'Snakes !' said he, -ee them
crawl !' 'ee ! they are on my body I' 'Keep
Aye we even run over his grave to pick up pen- ,ltMll fl raiaing i,is vojcc with each succes
ses, und care no more for 'the sacredness bf
the dust on which we tread than a cat does for
a carpet. "The ever rolling-tide of men still
rushes on as though the ast had never been."
When uotr follow bring lulls from 'tin; car of
isiistoHce, a few 'merely look hawk from idle oil-
riodity, to behold the damage, but ihey intereel
'themselves no further. If a shade of smlncss
como.over the heuft for the moment it is soon
dispel led by a change of scene, location or cir
cumstances. Tho becoming word for man in
his mad -career is onward, which he instinctive
ly obeys, even thotigh it lead him us straight as
achulk lino to the devil, fc'o mote it be.
lUattrlmoi.tat Loltrr)-.
At Samarang, the second town in the inland
of Java, there exists a sK.cics rjf 'tiiatriinonial
sivc exclumiition. Now his eyes rapidly tra
versed the circumference of a circle which was
rapidly lessening. 'Sec ' tliey ate on me !'
heexebitned, when Ilia person was embraced
within the Tarrowing limits. Why don't you
keep them off !' The expression ofhts feature.-;,
his 'intense -agitations, his motions were all
those-of one upon whom ten thousand reptiles
wcrt? trailing their scaly bodies.
Again, fixing his eyes iiptui a 'ret rreil corner
of the room, he shook with an unearthly shud
der, as if some new horror had grei'tcd his
vision. hat do you see there 7 inquired his
an.xiotM and distressed wife. 'Two!' ho
whispered. 'Two whv.t !' snid I. 'Two horrid,
iiorhiii fellows !' l le shuddured 'conclusively.
Keep them r.'fay f siml 'lie faintly, after a-
inillipr half lumr (if enrifnis siliMire I Inr hnw.
lottery, which gives rise to many singular L df b lC &.( wm
....i.l. i i.;l l M .... I "
v,,,-a., ,.v..- gU(,crSlSi. .TVe them away !' lie rrroaned.
'they are 'cr.rrin;j I threw myself into a
posture of defence. He prew calm for a few
moments. Tjin, otnldenly start mff Tip, lie
apocUlations
poor, are all brought up in a public establish
ment. The most profound silence as to the
fortune of these children, is enjoined to every
person employed in or about the institution
These fortunes are placed under the manage
ment of persons at Mitavia, on whom a cmilar
injunction of secrecy is imnosed. The female
orphans are kept in the establishment until
marriage. Kvcry man possessing an aniio,ti
iiicomc'of 730 "florins, or two florins d.y, is at
liberty to choose a wife from amo'.,. ihetn, bin
the amount -of her fortune not wade known
to htm till several days art,.r ,e marriugo. A
aervant of the Un'ntary fcoftpiul at Samarang
lately selected ome of these damsels, w ftb for
tune of fviJ florins, tiince fcia good luca,
tho application lor wives from asylum liavebc.
otime very urgent ; (or a rrpcit has got abroad
that there is a marriageable eirl still left, who
i
ecf j.eiimlry from a t'epiu: noi J taywfvtn; rrt'tt, . w ill brili w ith tier a J'ruc ol" .rTOjOfK fiorine.,
clenched his lists, raised theiii to his riirhl
shoulder in Itoxing iittilmle, plareil fear and
fury from his hliMMhdiul ry-es, howled in agony,
'Ti'.civ om 7 vhv.x comi: ! hlruck three sev
eral times wfth appalling energy at the ap
prratcliing phautoiiis, and fell hack upon lis
touch a tiiuvii.v corK. (Boston Kecordcr.
Warts. These troublesome and of
ton painful excrescences, covering the
hands -sometimes to the numLer of it
hundred or two, may be destroyed by k.
simple, safe, and certain application.
The writer discovered it accidentally
while performing some chemical expo
riments with soda. The matter i
merely to dissolve as much common
washing soda as the w ater w ill take up,
then wash the hands or warts with thifc
for a minute or two, and allow them ta
dry without being w iped. This repea
ted two or three days, w ill gradually
destroy "the most irritable wart. Its
("henry appears to be that of warts hal
ving "a lower power of vitality than the
skin, so that the alkali is sufficient t
produce the disorganization of the for
mer without affecting the latter. Th
warts never return. Phil. Chron.
Sage Observations. lt'has been re
marked by a friend of ours, a srirewi
observer of human nature, that millers
w hen they speak, use floury language.
That carpenters are, for the nioi
Manitactlrixg is Lowell. The
Courier states that the number of pounds
of cotton consumed in a vear in that
cirv is ys,7i-l,(IOO. I his is equal to a
. a ran i
trout titl.iKu) hales, ine Dimmer o
...... .1 . ...'..1 .it. ...a.tft . ... llfW.L I f 1 !
I JIUS Ol lldlll lllfm mil itv-n I J I I t'frp
That sawyers are good pay, tor they
part l lne mn.
TiiHt shoemakers aic tcmaikaWe fot
r i their charity, as fiiev -generally giv
! inir AWL Wlicn lliey a v-a: vi ito
4:j.5,l.r)0. J he number er annum,
T3,S53,1(0. The companies consume
........ . i . t
in a year 11,4IU totisoi aninrnciie com,
3.S80 cords of w ood, 000,000 bushels
of charcoal, 78,tb0 gallons of oil, and
800,000 pounds of starch. Haifa mil
lion of capital is invested in other manu
facturing establishments in Lowell, be
sides those if cotton cloth. The popu
lation of the cilv is 'J'i.OOO.
Tt'MrtttAM f. Mure than HKK) persons
ti.t-eTccetitly taliii the TwnpcraTicc pledge in
Sulhvun county, Tt'niresaee.
IheuwAVMAN When Dr. and Ser
geant I'. were walking by, arm in arm,
"Thcee two are just equal lo one highwayman,"
observer! Milligan, "Why sot "It ia a law-
rr and a ducte-r your money or your life."
'A : Pear Kiss. A curious t.-ial was
recently held at Middlesex Scssins, in
Lngland. Thomas Saverland, the irro
secutor, stated, that t,n the day after
Christmas, lie was in the tap room
where the defend a" tit, Caroline Newton,
and tier sister, who had come from
Birminghntn, were present. The latter
jokingly observed thai she had promised
her sweetheart that no man should kiss
her w hile absent, h luting holiday lime,
SaverlftTid considered this a challenge,
mid catrght hold -of her and kissed her.
The youii' wotnan look it as a joke,
but hertfisTcr, the defnidant, sard she
would like as litllef Mint kh;dof fun ns
he pleased. Saveil ind told her if she
was n-nqry, be W-.mld ki lier also, he
then tried to do it, and th?v l)th fell to
the ground. (ii rising, the woman
struck him; he again tried to -kiss bcr,
and in the M urtte she bit off his nose,
w hicb slie s'it out of her mouth. The
action was brought to recovrr dama
ges for the loss of tire Dose. The ite
fendant tid he had no business to kiss
. .i. , . 1 I L .. I. .1 -
her, il sue wa men Kissing sue nau a
iHjfbnnd to kiss her, a tetter looking
nm than ewT the prosecutor yat1
The jury without hesitation ncquitted
her; and the chairman said, that if -any
man Mtt rtmted to kiss a w oman against
hrr will, vtkfi had a riffht to Vritit off his
n"sc, if the had" a fcrrry for ro dCTrtgw
-eneraily fla.vk the amaunt ol" tbcit
bills.
That hatters, if at all athwnrted, at
Fu-Kioes fellows.
That watchmakers are bad custom
mere lo the grocers, for they generality
go on TICK.
That printers 'generally make gool
lawyers, from their VreN"tous acquami-
ance with cases.
Tliat barbets always succeed in ma
lving love to vahi women, owing to thtJit
knowledge of soft so.r.
That gunsmiths are the oly honea
mtMi who deal in stocks.
'1 'hat doctors are living paratJox.Tot
though they deal in scbvi-les they bav
no CONSCIENCE.
Kiioram. Thefe is a snmrt epiffram trtkir
by some witonUie circumstance of ard-plajf
ing young 1udy marrying lier gaTdner :
Trunipa ever ruleJ th rharm'nft maid
t-hure all tlie wml.l wflt rdon hrr :
Thodt'kttnirs turned up a apute -She
married John, the gjidener !
Ki'iora. In "Don Juan" there is & grsa
niiuiber of excellent epigrams, bat so mixed uf
are tl.ey w ith tho reflection of the poet, that
seitaration would tiutcrially dull their poifrU
1 iifver fae a kiss, says True,
To naughty man, 'f ir I abhor it :
SSlie nrvrr (kve t ki low,
Hia'll Uka one though and thank yoa f.irfl
Aoosv. Notbing is more 6ublime in nalirr
than a war-how, half frighted lo death, n
a village poet laboring muter a vision. 1 o teel
this in all it. vitfor. one ahould turn poet and b
delivered of soinetH ids,' tike the foilowing rr
rlaiuus, wlK'h e find in some pas
T) SALLY.
V trrllAMAH UTALINav
ti II v l)umlina . re lb gal,
Wl a I bo i i a. Id miri
k' b ' nn rc ht nin 8 .i,
Anl in bvrZe, huih.