BY G. SA.NDKKSON JB, COIINMAN.]
VOLUME 26, NO 46.
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Atphley Catharine . Mordorf Abraham
Ahn Robert ' Moore William ,
Aughinbaugh Polly Myers William G
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Aftderson James . Miller James
Allen Charles G. Martin Paul
B Mana John
Brenner George Moor David
Beelings Elizabeth Mason Rebaca A •
Bosscrman E • Milmerr Jacob
Beaty Nancy - Miers Jeremiah
Bradley Thomas Myers Moses
Brenner George Mixiel John
Bloser John Miles William
Brindtc George Moore Francous
Brotvn Miss Ann ; . Morrison Margaret
Bifzer Henry Miller David
Boileau Sarah Miller Mary
Baker Jacob McDonald Thomas
Bevins Christian McCartney Catharine
C ' McCartney John
.Clay John C McNeal Daniel 2
Culbertson Jos McLaughlin Peter
Crall Samuel McHoes Peter
Campbell William ? McCord Alexander 2
or Fanny J McMillan Michael i
Cavis Jane N
Craighead John W Neidlch Samuel
Culp Margaret Near Dr L L
Chambers Thos. O'
Clark Jacob O’Conner Francis 2
Ditclbough Samuel Parson Samuel
Dilton David or . ? Patton Maria
Abraham " 5 Parkinson Sarah
Devenney Dennis ' R
Douglass Nancy Ramsey Sarah
E Robbins George W 2
Erben Henry Rcssler Rebecca
Ecker Elizabeth Richardson Mary
Evans William Ressler Sarah'(
Eisesclimild Louis . Rinehart John
Early Martin
Fields Sara
Fishbourn John
Fcrgison John
Fleming Wilson
Fbulk Joseph "
Fisher Milrgaret
FehlJohn
Shuff Jacob or Jacob ?
Joyce 5
Stevens George T
Strann Alfred
Simon George sen
Sannoe Fritrit
Smith Jacob
Stuart Sarah B
Swisher Mary Ann
Grubb William 2, Sampson Mary A
Green Hariet SleenJatnes
Galbraith TM Snowden Dr. J W
Guy Sarah Ann Slo.thawer Peter
Green Benjamin Solander. John
Grier John ' > ’Steh'man Jacob
Gangewer Allen M. Smith — : — Esq
H Steine Eliza
Hoßher Catharine .Spencer Win
Hoover Henry T
Heckman Maria a Turner David. .
Humm'er ; Daniel Thbmpson.David
Hershey Jacob • ■ U
Huffert Johnathan Updegraff Susan -
Hickemell Sarah -Uhler Sarah"
Hartman Christian V
Hiitchins Frederick Vanott Cornelius
Hepwqod Wm W
Havei'stick David Wallace James W
Hoffer Jacob . Welsh Robert
Haskell H F Wallace William H,
I ■■ Wright J P
Irivin’ Armstrong Weaver Jacob
Irvin Henry ‘ Wunderlich Samuel .
■ . Wesfall Jacob
. JbneSr Jehn B V, Wise Henry
Jaekson’Mary A Wolf Adam ’'
Jacobs Abrahain 1. ~ WataohHcvMr
- K , ■ : Wonderly John'
kinsingerGeoi-ge WiseWilliara
KarhsSSrah , ,Y ~
Bute .Benjamin - Yingst George.,
Kauftnan ; Benjamin , YonasJacob
: L- - Yung Marietta^
Leman Jacob .Young John
Long. John ' ;'• ?
Lookus John Zw^l",®® or §?
. f' , B. LAMBERTON. P. M.
h -irOST received and for paler a lot of superfine
O Family F/our. ;; Hamilton V Grier. J
vniitirw
For the Volunteer
The Botanist Benighted.
In a lonely Forest where sweet flowers were
springing.
The wild woods of Mature made gay by birds
singing) ,
In scenes thus enchanting, one day I was roam
ing,
Never markinglhe lime, norfcaringlhe gloam
ing: i.
Flora’s beauties surveying and culling her
charms
With pleasure profound, and unmovM by a-
larms.
I wander’d unheeding and at random did rove,
•Till envelop’d I was in.a green shady grovel
Its beauties with rapture round my heart did
entwine, • »
Until twilight invok'd the remembrance of time,
t now thought of safety, my heart RUM with
sorrow;
Ev'ry effort was vain—no hope till the morrow.
I satme down pensive# amid sylvan grandeur*
My heart gently ciud me **why do you thus
wander?" S »
Solemn stillness prevail'd in the forest nrcuml* -
I breathlessly list'ned but I heard not a sound;
With no lightko guide me, save from yon starry
sky.
To move would *ve~been madn.ess—l resolv'd
not to try,
inftHcse : Toh J efy c tn n z es, myself Urns ensnaring,.
No frtend"there to chter mermy heart-was des-
• pairing.
Grim Death's sevthe most welcome to have en-
ded my pain,. ’
But my soul whisper'd, ,f hope
beam'd again. 4
With dawn of Aurora all terrors were banish'd,
Sweet morning advancing’my ev'ry fear van
ish'd.
Carlisle Barracks, May, 1839.
(EjTn the above lines the writer has endeav
ored to convey a faint outlin«T6f his own situa
tion one night in the wild woods of Georgia.
For the Volunteer,
The Honey Bee.
Mark those insect?, how prudently bent.
They toil when the weather is fair,
I-ct in n thus act with eager Intent,
Like them for the future prepare.
Amid sunshine gay, they ply each' flow'r,
Nectar collecting' pure andswett,
lirsformy tempest or, thundVing showV,
Keep safe In their well storM retreat.
Safely live under royal avor.
Li legal homage well inclin'd,
Industry is their sweethmig savour,
Uniud all, and all combin'd. .
Would them-htlcss m;m such prodvnee cherishl
Take pattern [r m the Honey Bee.-
His woes Irnm want would quit-kly vanish;
His load of caies would from linn flee.
A. G.
Carlisle Barracks f May, 1839.
STRENGTH OF THE DIFFERENT
NAVIES IN THE WORLD,
i The following is a list of the different ves
■ sels held by various nations, either afloat or
in ordinary, at the close of the last year.
■England.
90 Ships of the Line,
93 Frigates,
53 Steam Ships of \Va( - .
France.
49 Ships of the Line,
60 Frigates,
37 Steamers.
Russia.
50 Ships of the Line,
25 Frigates,
8 Steamers.
U\ S. of Amenta.
15 Ships of the Line,
35 FrigateSj Sloops, &c,
• X Steamer.
Egypt.
12 Ships of the Line,
■ 7 Frigates;
Turkey.
15 Ships of the Line,
15 Frigates,
3 Steamers.
— Holland, -
8 Ships of'the Line,
18 Frigates,
4 Steamers. - ' :
Denmark:^
- 6 Ships of the Line.'
Sweden.
, , 10 Ships of the Line,. :
;• 8 Frigates,
~ 2 Steamers.
; Spain.
.3 Ships of the Line.
4 Frigates. r
• , Naples, ,
2 Frigates, , .-.is.--.
1-Steamer.
, --Sardinia, - - • r -- ;
• 6 Frigates, : —'
2Steamers. . •
. In addition to the above,,Holland has 104
gunboats,'4o of which are commission, Den
mark has 67 gunboats; Sweden has 242 gun
boats. and 5 bombs; Norway has 85 gun- ;
boats and 2 bombs, besides;,SO' gunboats
building, each to carry two;6o pounders.
" Theßaltimore Chrpnicle'atatesthat a.large
drove of cattle passed through that pity on
Monday week, the butchers having refused
to purchase them at the prices asked'.' ••
POETRY.
A. G
“NOT BOUND T» SWEAR IN THE WORDS OP ANY MASTER.*’—IIoVIICe.
CARLISLE, Pad THURSDAY, MAY 33, 1839.
The following article, from the; Boston
Morning Post, gives the late transactions in
Maine the aspect they’will wear in history.
President Van Bnren and the IVTaino
Boundary.
“I am bound to express'my gratitude to
the present Chief Magistrate of the Union,
for his temperate ana wise efforts'Tor the
preservation of peace.. He will feel*l. trust,,
that there- is a truer glory in saving a coun
try from war than m winning'a hundred
battles.”— Channinsr.
Wo may now consider the difficulties con
nected with the Maine boundary, Which so
recently seemed big with war, in such a train
of adjustment as to remove all apprehensions
of a collision between the nations. The in
telligence from England by the recent arri
vals, bringing advices since the action, of
Congress was known, and the transfer of
the negotiation from London to Washing-'
ton, give ample assurance that argument,
and not arras, will soon adjust the rights,
and preserve (he honor and .peace, of the
two .countries. The British press evinces a
most honorable-spirit, and-is unqualified in
expressing- the respect President Van Su
ren’s conduct lias inspired.
The quotation at-the ihead-of-'this-article
is a tribute of candor and justice to the Pre
sident from an opponent, even here, in the
city- of Federalism. It reminds us that the
friends of the President have riot sufficient
ly appreciated the debt of gratitude the. coun
try owes him, for the singularly happy com
bination of firmness and moderation which
carried him through this difficult crisis with
unerring wisdom. Nothing but that innate
sense ot uprightness which has marked-our
foreign negotiations, on the sound principle
of asking nothing that is not right, and Sub
mitting to nothing that is jvrong, could have
enabled—Mr. Van Buren to lupre so saga
ciously reconciled all conflicting interests
and feelings at home, and at the same time
prpduccd all the effect desired abroad.
The danger Of the President either going
too far or riot far enough, is now so apparent,
that the sagacity which hit the precise me
dium,in so delicate a matter, may
mand the admiration and gratitude of the
country.
Maine had been grossly insulted, and
through her the nation, by the indignity of
fered to her agent,' Mr. Mclntire, underthe
seeming sanction of the British authorities.
The, Governor of New Brunswick had as
sumed a construction-of tho existing under
standing between the two nations, utterly;
irrecoricilalilF wiflPtlic rights"
the honor of the United States " Tne:Bht
ish Minister had sanctioned this assumption,
and officially pledged his Government' to
back Sir John Harvey. j
The Governor of Maine, whose gallant
bearing in the whole controversy - has been
so honorable to himself andto his State, ap
pealed strongly to the President to meet at
once the contingency of threatened invasion.
The' whole, material, on either side, .was
highly conibustible, and a single match
would have set the dame of war blazing a
long the whole line of the disputed boundary.
How to preserve the rights of the threat
ened State, and .save the rest of the Union
from being involved in the dispute, was a
problem that none but a cool and sagacious
statesman could have solved. .The Presi
dent’s special message met the issue anil
turned‘asidirthe impending evil; and so,
quietly has the storm eloud passed,over us,
and the conflicting elements been restored"
to calmness, that it is difficult now to-real
ize the magnitude of the danger that was :
so prudently averted. . , i
' The well-balanced mind of the President
enabled him, in the midst of the highest ex
citement on both sides, to treat the question
then precisely as all- see, now the crisis is
over, it should have been treated; and ex-
Eerience furnishes nothing that could have
een added to the foresight with which the
difficulty was met at the threshold.
Maine, who waSI justly sensitive for her
honor and her rights, saw'that they would be
firmly guarded by the Executive, of the,na
tion, arid at once magnanimously adopted
the course he . recommended in withdraw
ing her troops;from the threatened conflict;
after the. way had honorably been opened by
the firm stand of Maine and the prelimina
ry, nbgptiationa-atJWashington, under- the
eye of the President. In those negotia
tions-not- a single -point was. given up to
weaken our position, and yet not aii obsta
cle thrown in the way of a prompt adjust
ment bet Ween the two nations.
i That single act, were there no other in the
-public life Of Mr. Van Buren, would place
him at the head of the enlightened statesmen
.of the~age. ■ For the moment, hi* held, two
great nations in 'his hands, and one false;
step would have-dashed them together in a
terrible conflict, that would have crushed
thc-iiopes and jeoparded the prosperity and
happiness of millions. To say that he was
equal to the occasion, and that he carried
the country through this emergency without
a compromise of honor ( tind withuut a threat
of war. is to award to him the highest hon-
Ofsof statesmanship,-and patriotism. • •
•_ The special message shonld-beireadrnowr
the .danger is over, to appreciate, its 'true
merits, ‘when it wns written. In the- harra
tivo of facts. the discussion of the conflicts
ihg claims to'the possession ofthe territory
pending the distinct appro
val. of .the course of clear expo
sition ofthe 'mistaken grounds hastily as
sumed-by the .Governor of .-New Brunswick
—the way opened;': fbr an ’ honorable with
drawal. of each -party, frotn the impending
collision;; and in the firm and frank avowal
■ft., . • - ' ' *
VOL! \TEER.
Lof the duties and determination of the Gov
jenneht upon the emergencies that might de
mand .its action; the message Was sp plain
and explicit,'so sincere and honest, and in.
its . tone and character exhibiting so much
calmness, dignity, moderation, and firmness;
that it may be said, more than any act in
the history of negotiations, to have settled a
rtibst difficult fjoestion, and arrested ah im
pcjiding conflict, at a'single blow—a blow
of reason, too,’and not of force. ”
■At home it satisfied and relieved Maine,
and quieted the fears of . the other twenty-'
five States, who were tremblingly alive to
every word that might impel the two' nations
in to. war- AVhen it reached England it was
at once adopted, as if her'statesmen had
themselves marked out this course for ad
justing the dispute, consistent with the hon
or of bpth nations.
AVe would not detract froth others aught
of just merit in aiding the views of the Pre
sident in bringing about this happy result.
For a time, party was laid aside for country,
even in Congress; and with a confidence in
the'Chief Magistrate never before'hestowcd
upon any citizen, save Washington, Con
gress unanimously placed at the disposal of
Mr'. Van Buren the whole force of the Union
to guard- her territory and preserve her hon
rir. It was the impulse 01 the spepial mes
sage that brought about that vote’, and the
same impulse brought the whole country to
gether, in one mind, upon this important
question.
The President wentdarther than merely
to recommend wisely. He was equallysa
gacious in directing the movements that ef
fected the desired i nd. In Gen. Scott, he
selected a prudent and able agent, who
faithfully carried out-his instructions.
A slight attempt has been made to confer
the honors of the adjustment of this difficul
ty upon Gen’l.. Scott. It would be as just,
and no-less so,, to award'to General Scott’s
sword, and not himself, the- honors of his
victories in the [ast war. He wielded agqod
blade, and gave- it the right directibn:-.and
so did Mr. Van Btireii, in employing Geri’l.
Scott. He had-only to execute orders, not
to-devise, plans; and fur the-faithful ! and
handsome performance of his trust, every
true American will respect him, but not in
the narrow prejudice nt-detracting from Mr.
Van Buren, in order to heap borrowed hon
ors upon' his agent. .IF General Scott-is the
man we take him for, he will scorn this ful
some- eulogium of a portioj)_of the Federal
press, who, now the'danger is over, fear
,41ml; tli» counti-v will dcttrljr- sec to .WllDSt
—
The Democracy have ndw;fully teated-the
man of their choice, to perfect what the pa
triot Jackson began, and they find him equal
to every occasion. -The firmness and deci
sion* tlie intellectual and moral energy with
I which he has encountered the perplexing
| and disheartening trials of his eventful Ad
'-ministration; the panics,of unparalleled fi
| nancial embarrassments and commercial dis
| tress; the perplexities of Indian wars and
border invasions; the treachery of false
friends; the falling off of whole States, in
cluding his own; the predicted dissolution
of the Democratic parly through the treason
of Conservatism; and all these difficulties
aggravated to the utmost, by the open at
tacks,, secret manoeuvres, base misrepresen- '
tations, concentrated wealth arid reckless i
measures of a powerful and unprincipled
Opposition; his confiding reliance on the en
during patriotism, the sobgr secqnd thought
ofthe people, his consumriiate skill in cheer
ing-and-sustaining, the'Democriitic party in
its gloomiest period, v and 'devising lasting
means of relief and prevention', for public
embarrassment, and the interests of private
industry; and now the masterly manner that
the border troubles at which the country
stood aghast have been adjusted—all these
will secure for-Mr. Van Buren, not only the
unbounded confidence and esteem of the
Democratic party, but the respect of the
whole country, and the admiration of al"
who know how to admire a truly great man
successfully sustaining great measures, anti
nchieving-great rind good results.
SPECIAL MISSION TO ENGLAND.
The President: has .determined not to
send aspecial minister to England at pre
sent, and we are permitted to publish the
following-extracts from-the-correspondence
between Lord Faemkrson and Mr. Steven
son as. explanatory of the views.of the two
Governments upon the subjects.— Globe, .
fExTIIACT.] ;
Mr. Stevenson to Lord Palmerston, '
"Lord Palmerston ha’s "probably already
been apprised that; among the proceedings
of th'e Congress of the United States at the
close of its late session; provision was made
for;a special mission to Great Britain, inre
latibh to flm .subject of this controversy,
should it, -in the opinion Of the President,
be deemed advisable to appoint one. In',
virtue Of this provision, the undersigned ha's
now the honor of acquainting his Lordship
that the Presidentof flie-United'States (de
sirous Of Oonformihg to the indicated.wishes
,of Congress) has directed;hirri'to announce
to-her Majeßty’s''Goverhment his willing
ness to institute.such a mission, and-chahge :
the. place'.of negotiation, whichiiad hereto
fore been agreed on,'front Washington to
Lohdon; provided 'it ahOuld.be agreeable to.
her MajeWty’U' CJovernuient to -do ao,and
wouldy in theit opinion. be the; means of
hastening or facilitating the. final adjustment
of the'controversy. ■ •' ; ■
’ In' submitting this' prpposilionof 'the Pre-1
giderit, which he hail riow the; honor pf do
ing, the undersigned 'flatters hifnsblf that
Lord Palmerston will not fail to appreciate
the motives which have influenced the-Pre
sident in. making it, and see in it, not only
an additional proof of his desire to terminate
amicably this.protracted and painful contro
versy, but the earnest solicitude which he
feels, to place the relations Of the two coun
tries beyond the reach of those casualties by
which,* in the present state of- things, they
are so liable to be injured.
To this proposition, the undersigned has
been directed respectfully to urge the early
consideration of.her Majesty’s Government.
The importance and urgency ot bringing,
to a speedy close the pending negotiation,,
and the existing embarrassments, m which
the two countries are now placed; will; the
undersigned persuades.himself, sufficiently
explain the earnestnesss with which W has
pressed the subject upon the consideration
of Lord Palmerston; and, in closing' this
note, he can but indulge the confident hope
that the final determination of her Majesty’s
Government will not -only correspond with
the just expectations which are entertained
by his own Government, but-that it will be
the. means of lending to.such. an adjustment
of dlie whole controversy as may be-compa
tible with the just rights and honor of the
two countriesrand the peaceful nnd-friend>
ly relations, upon the preservation of which'
so essentially depend the prosperity and
happiness of both.
! (Signed) A. STEVENSON.
23 Portland Place, March 30, 1839.
[Extract.]- r
Lord Palmerston la Mr. Stevenson.-
Her Majesty’s Government consider the
communication which Mr. Stevenson 1 has
been instructed to make to the undersigned,
upon the subject of the proposed mission of
a special envoy to England, as a fresh proof
of the-friendly disposition of the President,
and of the frankness which, it is hoped, will
always characterize the intercourse between
the two Governments; and - her Majesty’s
GaycVnu.ventliusten-toriipiyiothiitcommu
.nication in the same spirit "and with the same
frankness, The President is desirous of
knowing whether such a mission would be
agreeable to her Majesty’s Government, and
whether it would; in their opinion, be the
means of hastening or facilitating the final
adjustment of the- controversy. ■ That it
would always be agreeable to her Majesty’s
Government to receive, any person enjoying
the confidence of the President, and sent
hither to treat of matters affecting the into
rests of both countries. tUo undersigned, is
persuaded. that_the_Govermrient ofJheJUni.-.
ted States'-cannot .-possibly doubt;- but her
Majesty’s Government do not'see’that ili
the present state of the negotiation, such a
mission could be likely to hasten or to facil
itate the adjustment of the controversy. It
j was the wish of the British Government in
1831, when the award-,d( the King of Neth
erlands was given, that any further negotia
tion which would be necessary upon’this
subject, should .be carried on in London*—-
■But the Government of the United States
expressed a strong desire that the seat of
negotiation should be in Washington, and
the British Government acquiesced in that
arrangement. ■ •
Now the question at present fo tie consid
ered is whether any advantages would arise
from transferring the negotiation to London.
;-Undoubtedly, if the state of the negotia
tion were- such that the two Governments
were at liberty to arrive'at a final a fid im-1
.mediate settlcmeht of the controversy, by aj
division of the territory in dis-.
pute, her Majesty’s Government would be
of opinion that advantage might arise from
the mission'proposed to be sent "to this coun
try by theUnited'States. But Maine hav
ing refused to agree to a conventional line,
and another reference tff arbitration being in
the present state of the matter outofrthc
question; the only course left open for the
two Governments, with a View-to arrive'at
a solution of the controversy, is to cause a
fresh survey of the territory to be made, for
the purpose.of endeavoring to trace dponthe
ground itself, the line of the treaty.of 1783;
and the undersigned, is sending fpiMr. Fox,
Xof the .consideration of the President^it draft
of a convention for the purpose of regulating
the. proceedings of the commissioners to be
appointed by the two Governments for this
end; and her Majesty’s’ Government hope
that the report Of these commissioners will
either settle the;question at issue, orfurnish'
to the two Governments sUcli information as
may lead directly to a settlement. But this
being the present, Stafp of the matter, .it.rap
pears to her Majesty?s Government that ;a
special envoy-now sent from America, would
not, Upon his arrival • in this cbUntryvfind
any thing to discuss-br tb'settlo in connec
tion with this question;• the discussion or
settlement of which could be of importance
commensurate with the which
such a, mission would naturally excite on
both sides, of the Atlantic;, and that if; in
consequence, thereof, the envoy so sent, -were
fb return to. the '.U. States, .before the two
Governraehts'mad finally settled the whole'
question, ft'disappointment blight thereby, be
cheated, which, however unfouridcd itwould
.be, might, nevertheless produce bad efih'efs
inbhth. countries? • V'“,' T, \'i- :
'’Her Aiajesty’s GnVerhment thus
stated; without resbrve. their ini pression up
on thi? matter, decision of it tb the
President} and fht.prtdersighed has-Only
further. to ‘ assure' Mr. Stevenson, that her
■Maje-'tt’i'Gdtrernment ’are very, sphsibleto
Aft spirit bf friendly cobfideppo; wfptih, hift
dictafftd‘Jdr- Stevensbh’ftC6mftuntdftfipn;:v
, "(Slghett.) : ,;v, VPAI^IEftSTON.
: 'EoßEioit Orncii, “’April’S, '
[AT TWO DOLLARS PKII ANN^AiO t
NEW SERIES—VOt. S, NO. 419
The following extract from a recent Brit
ish publication* shows the unlimited freedom
with which the press tnay treat of private
character, as Well as of political institution:.
CHARACTER OF GEORGE THE
j?OURTH.
The time is almost cone when people will
talk of .that regal reptile, George the Fourth,
as of one who redeemed the faults by hhi
exquisite graces of maaner-rthe time is al
most gone when people will be found to ac -
cedetothe judgment cpntyincdjmthofle very
ahaitrd lines of "a very noble 1 that.hu
was'—
*• —: ’without nllcy of fop or foe,
A finished gentleman from top to tor.**
■ George the Fourth was not, a gentleman
in any sense of the word, except that he wad
born to wear white kid gloves and do noth-,
ing. As to his case of manner, it was noth
ing more than a beautiful and most coo!
assumption of his beine immeas
urably the superior of every brie about him,
and a most implicit belief that they.were all
made to do him pleasure, and to live for his
service.' A man who enterfained this idea,
could hot but be easy and unembarrassed.
Embarrassment arises from-a'-euspicion-of-a
man’sowu inferiority, .and suchu. thought
never occurred for a 'moment to O.eorge.the
Fourth. In every'thingbeybnd'this assunifj
tion of superiority, which no manNvm) i
eternally surrounded by flatterers can avoid
George the Fourth was the meanest and mor
despicable of mankind.- He hud not h -sen
timent of-patriotism*-generosity; or ; virtue
to warm his breast,>he was not? therefore., a
real gentleman. He had not cither, or.i
spark of that honor which forms a very, bail
substitute for these, where these.are wanting,'
and furnishes forth (he conventional gentle
man. He was the most, reckless reprobate,
and the most unprincipled'swindler upon
town. He was the greatest blackguard that
haunted the stews; . There is not ,onc among
the lowest of .the blacklegs that the
metropolis, who'possesses so perfect a ii ce
dom frbmjiny. thing like restraint, either
religious, moral, or honorable,- upon his will,
as GeorgePhe Fourth had. Hd would con
trive the most deliberate schemes of plunder)
he would make a man drunk, and thervehcat
him out of his property, as he did theJlukc
of Devonshire,* • • • No man ever trusted
him as a friend, who was not betrayed; no
man ever associated with him as a compan
ion, who was not ruined.
Our climntcis noted for three -en inent-'
Equalities, extreme heat anil cold, .and the
extreme, suddcncss of change; If a Lady
lids bad teeth, or a bad complexion, she
blaracs-it conveniently upon this climate it
her beauty, like a tender Dourer, fades be
fore noon, it is the climate; if she has a bad
temper Or even a-snub nose, still it is tho
climate. But our climate is active and in
tellectual, especially in winter,-and in all
seasons more pure and transparent than these
inky skies of Europe. It sustains' the in
fancy of beauty, and.why notits maturity?
it spares the bud, and why not the opened
blossom or the ripened fruit? Our negroes
are perfect injteetn, and why not the whites?,
The- chief preservative of beauty, in. any
country- is health,-and -there"is no place iti
which this greatJnterefet id so little attended
to as in America; To be sensible of Ibis
yob must visit Europe. You" must see the
deep'boaomed maids of England upon the
Palace Vendorae,.and the Rue Gasfiliune.— r
There you will, see pinched' and mean
looking shoulders ever-looking the plump
ness and round sufficiency of a Kcuriant ,
tournufc; thenccount is balanced however
gross the amount. As for the French woineu,
a constant attention to the quantity and qual
ity of their food is an article of their faith;
and bathing an exercise as regular as their
meals; When. cluldren, they play abroad
in their gardens] they have their gymnastic
exercises in their schools, am} tlieir dancing
and other social amusement keep-up a health
ful temperament throughout; life; -Besides,
a-young-lady hcre .does hot puthcr waist hi
the -ihqulsitionr—Fashion, usually insane]
and ah enemy to health, has'grown sensible
in this; sheiso, regards a very email wmsf as
a delict, and points to life Fmus'de Medici,
wbo-.stands out boldly'in-thefTulierfesf iii !
Vindication and • testimony of the -human
shapes; and now alhong ladies of good bree
ding a - waist which tannot dispense ,witli
light lacing is. thought-net yVorth th’e squee
zing-; When I left America,-the more a
woman looked like-an hour-glaas. -like- two .
funnels or two extingiiishers cuiivergihg, f l;.c
more she was pretty,-and the waistin'esfeem
by the cockpey curiosity of the town, was
one you would pinch between thumb anil
finger; giving her a withered complexion,
bloated legs, consumptive lurig£, and rickety
Children. -If this is hot reformed, alas the
republic!A French-woipaii’a,beauty, such
as, it is, lasts her lifetime, by the .carc she
takes b( it- Her .Imibs, are ; :vigo.roHsi'hei‘
bosom well developed,' hey;color’s ,health",
'and she has a greatet mojnl and io
a hundred times better fitted to dashing em
terprizes, than the woman otourcitics.
: Sketches of Pari?.: I
• iPeuen<«>—The amount of tolls collected
on the public weeks, from the opening of the
spring navigationt>p tiUUhe'-diHnstgii>M s
weekends' $383,653 ajo ■ increhEa
*peri«V«ff lasts jpar
of 845,r2S 88. -.This mastiwchtdnng iixs
telHgcnce Pennsylvan
ian. 1
PARISIAN LADIES.