- ™ - Vol XXXV.—Whole \o. 1811{, Rates of Advertising. One square, 18 lines, 2 squares, 6 mos. 4.5.00 (l 1 time 50 " i year 8.00 - times 75 A column, 3 inos. G.OO 3 " 1.00 " 6 10.00 3 i. ? m °" - " ? year 15.00 3 " 2.50 1 column, 3 mos. 10.00 1 a .. , 6 " 4.00 " 6 " 15.00 ' year 6.00 " 1 year2s.oo squares, 3 times 2.00 Notices before mar " 3 mos. 3.50 riages, &c. §l2. Communications recommending persons for office, must be paid iu advance at the rate of 2j cents per square. jKOotcc gjytrgtfrah THE BLIND GIRL. 1 hev say the world is beautiful, More fair than thoughts of love ; And nightly comes an angel hand, That writes in gold above ; But, ah, 'tis viewless all to me As the softly breathing wind ; I cannot see those beauteous scenes, For I am blind—l'm blind. I never saw the bird that sings So sweetly to mine ear, Nor snowy shroud that winter weaves Around the dying year. All nature is a sealed book, Whose clasp 1 cannot find ; „ 'Twas never meant for me to read, For I am blind—l'm blind. But, ah ! they tell me far away, ~u In bright eternity, There is a land o'erspread with flowers, Which every eye can see ; Where skies are ever soft and blue, And silver streamlets wind ; Oh ! when I reach that holy shore, I shall no more be blind. The Ruling Passion Strong in Death. It is said by one of the Physicians who at tended the celebrated scenic equestrian, James Buckiy, in his last hours, that his mind was intently fixed upon the scenes of his past life. Ihe last words he uttered, the last sounds he made, were to his horse; and his manner in dicated, that he fancied himself again in the ring, performing those wild, yet graceful feats of horsmanship, for which he was so renown ed. What impressions one's occupation makes upon the immortal soul! how tenaciously do the habits cling to it! It the old warrior, in his dying hour, fancies himself amid all the strife of the battlefield, hears about him the clash and din of arms, and is rushing, with enthusiastic heart to storm the deadly bat 4,ary—if the thundering sound of the ocean's .r breaks upon the ear of the dying sailor— . visions of gold float before fclie filmy eyes of ..e dying miser—if to the equestrian, as he leaves time's shores, appears the mad, wild excitement of the ring—if to all, in their last moments, the past with vivid distinctness, -ihes upon the brain, how careful should all He to spend lifeso that memory would painton lv scenes of joy upon the mind.— Vincetines (/a ) (iu:. MARRIAGE. In too many cases of marriage one party s apt to expect to find the other perfect.— The husband looks for traits in tits wife which he has long since despaired of ever discovering in himself; and the wife cal ces on finding a model in the character !'er husband which is morally inconsist e- with human nature. Much of the tor tun of the disappointment met with on b' sides might be removed, if the thou s- . and one disguises, not to call them deceits, which are practiced with so fatal a success by both parties before matrirno r" were all torn away. If two persons not use their practical common sense ieir acquaintance with each other be marriage, 'hey must expect to find a A rough experience in store for them -t . consummation. If parties who de *oin their fortunes for life have any sense, they ought to employ it ma g 'discoveries with reference to each o tier's disposition. More than half the little bickerings tiiil constantly arise between husband and .'.fe under the infirmities of human nature would ail die out of themselves or dry up like thin grass before the genial warmth of natural affection, if they were not stu diously, but in a moat mistaken manner, paraded before the attention of others.— We know that a bruised spirit needs sym pathy and consolation. I his is natural.— But what sort of sympathy is that which mere busv-bodies show one who take ad vantage of the confidence reposed in them only to widen the breach they have dis covered, and to swell the torrent of passion they know they could never diminish ! '1 hose who are least interested in the mat ter—those who create and report scandal fir their own gra'ificatiori —busy-bodies and fast-talkers who insinuate themselves where they should never be allowed to go these are the ones who, in too many instances, help on the misunderstanding and trilling disaffection between married parties, and their triumph is only complete when the rupture has become notorious and final. If such persons could have less to do with lbe family matters of others, there is but little doubt those mailers would take much better care of themselves. The Source of Hapfineis. You may wear a crown, but a guilty conscience would line it with thorns; \ou laioii'. roll m wealth, but an accusing con fcieiics would haunt you like a demon; you tiiay launch forth into the world, but conscience will register every deed and fireiel! a day of reckoning. Milton has nit t!,e 'l epest philosophy into the month of the arch fiend when he exclaims —' Ihe oi'uiti s 1,, jifl own place, and in itself, MBBaiflßP Agg) wwmsmm est orairaaa jßs^ss2Sj®isas a can make a hell of heaven—a heaven of hell.' We all seem rather to inhabit ourselves, than dwell anywhere else. The world ■ within is our home and constant abode.— ' Our thoughts are our mansion, our food, our wealth, our inheritance. Every thing is viewed through the medium of thought. Here the present world, the world to come, ourselves, our foes, and even the Deity, are reflected, surveyed and contemplated : and hence, to have peace within, is heaven. When all is tranquil around, the mind may be like the troubled sea ; and on the con trary-, the last thunder may roar, the earth quake, and the heavens dissolve and melt with fervent heat, and yet the soul, far from feeling the least alarm, may exult and sing. Nor need we wait for happi ness till death has unlocked the portals of bliss. To walk by faith, and serve our generation according to the will of God, will enable us to realize no small amount of blessedness. Itf f£CfII3UCOUO For the Gazette. MR. EDITOR: The enclosed lines written by a gentleman, a native of Lewistown, residing in the " far west," may not be unacceptable to some of your readers, who are his old school mates and acquaintances. fs. THE PEOPLE. BV JOHN BROWN. In Haslitt's "Characters of Shakespeare's Plays" this sentence occurs: " The cause of the people is indeed but ill calculated as a sub ject of poetry." To this had we the power we would reply in a voice to wake the dead. Child of the book aud pen ! Come forth to human life, Come, mingle ye with free-born men, And join their noble strife. The closet's gloom desert— Step out in open day— And wonder why content thou wcrt To dream thy life away. No " subject" for thy pen ! Hark to the bold acclaim, That o'er the mount and through the glen, Bears Liberty's loved name ! Ilast ne'er the anthem heard Of Alleghenia's throng— Whose every glowing line and word, To each a deathless song ? What epic more sublime, Was e'er from genius won, Than swells in that heroic time, The day of Washington? Though ne'er embodied yet, By poet's generous art; 'Twill live till earth's last sun shall set, 'Graved on the human heart. See old and cherished thoughts, In freedom's light grow dim ; While cities proud, and rural cots, Are vocal with her hymn. See labor's head up-raised In native dignity ; While crumbling thrones to earth arc razed By millions who are free. Behold the triumph hour. Of long oppress'd mankind— When bonds are rent with awful power, By earth's awakened mind. Behold enfranchised Gaul, Thalia's sunny plains, Wallachia's hills, free-peopled all, Hungaria's riven chains. What deeds of monarch crowned, Who ruled a servile land, E'er " subjects" gave like those arc found In Kossuth and his band. Where—where's the man of thought, So 'reft of living fire, That in his soul these things shall not Some noble pulse inspire ? Dost say no spirit lives, Though dormant 'twere too long, That to each patriot minstrel gives, A heaven inspired song? Wake Haslitt! from thy sleep, The people's glory sec, A chaunt divine o'er earth doth sweep— The hymn of Liberty. Our readers will notice on our first page the spirited poem—from their acquaintance " John lirown." Nothing finer has appeared lately on the great subject of human progress. —N't Louis lUrtille. OUTDOOR ETIQUETTE. A gentleman meeting or passing a lady on the side-walk should always pass on the outside. One gentleman meeting unother should always pass to the right. A lady, as a general rule, should not take a gentleman's arm in the street in the day time. However, it is not improper when the couple are strangers in the city, or when the walk is thronged with stran gers. A gentleman meeting or passing a gen tleman and a lady should pass on the gen tleman's side. A lady should pass on the lady's side. A gentleman should never fail to salute a lady of his acquaintance when within a proper distance, unless she wear u veil, it. which case it would be highly uncivil to recognise her. When passing a dwelling, as a general rule, it is not polite to look into tho win dow, but when a pretty woman is sitting by it. fin I lie ostensible purpose ol being looked at, you may be considered uncivil und ungenerous, if you do not cast an ad miring glance. POSTURE DURING I'KAYEU. — The Pres bytery of Philadelphia having requested the Presbyterian General Assembly, recently in session at Pittsburgh,'toadopt measures for arresting or abating the growing evil ol silting iu public prayer,' the committee to whom the matter was referred, recommend ed the following action : That, while the posture ol standing in SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1819. public prayer, and that of kneeling in pri vate prayer, are indicated by examples in ! Scripture, and the general practice of the ancient Christian Church, the posture of sitting in public prayer is nowhere men tioned, and by no usage allowed ; baton the contrary, was universally regarded by the early church as heathenish and irrever ent ; and is still, even in the customs of modern und western nations, an attitude obviously wanting in due expression of reverence ; therefore this General Assem bly resolve : That the practice in question be considered grievously improper, when ever the infirmities of the worshipper do not render it necessary ; and that ministers be requited to reprove it, with earnest and persevering admonition. The recommen dation was adopted. THE MAN WHO HAD THE SMALL-POX IN TERNALLY. The following case of hypochondria has never appeared in print. It occurred in the private practice of Dr. Todd, the first physician to the Retroat of the Insane, in Hartford, Connecticut : The subject of it was a robust, hard laboring man, hv trado a mason, lie had as he believed, been exposed to the conta gion of the smallpox. Under the impres sion that a spare diet would essentially mitigate the virulence of the disease, from ' a full diet, in which animal food formed a large share, he restricted himself to one entirely vegetable, and this in so limited a a quantity as was hardly sufficient to sus- \ tain life. This change in his mode of 1 iv- j ing, combined with the depressing influ- • ence of fear, from anticipation of a fatal and loathsome disease, soon reduced his once athletic frame, and involved him in I all the horrors of hypochondria. The time j soon arrived when according to his calcu- ' lations, the small pox ought to make its i appearance; but not a pock or pimple, could he find upon him. A new cause of apprehension now took entire possession of his mind, viz : that he had the disease internally, that it was preying upon and de- j strovtng his system. Under this impres- ! sion he consulted a physician, who, after listening to the history of the case and making a careful examination, assured him that his apprehensions were entirely ground- j less, and existed only in his imagination- j This conclusion was fir from being sat- j isfactory to the hypochondriac. lie was \ not thus easily to be reasoned out of his j senses. The physician was dismissed as 1 one wanting in skill to discover and under- j stand the nature of his complaint. A sec- ! ond and third was called, and both concur red in the decision of the first. But the patieni, as is common in such casrs. would j sooner believe the whole fraternity at fault i than himself the subject of mental hallu cination, rejected nil medical advice, con fined himself to his room, and resigned himself to his fate. In the meantime his , robust form had become attenuated al- j most to skin and bone. His friends now ' became seriously alarmed at his condition, j The reputation of Dr. Todd, then residing at Fannington, although in early life, had spread into the neighboring towns, and his peculiar talent for the management of : mental diseases, which so eminently qua!i- ! fied him to take charge of the Retreat of Insane, had in numerous instances been manifested. A brother of the patient caller! on Dr. Todd, and staled his case, and assured him that his confidence in the faculty was gone, , and that it was without his knowledge that ha was consulted. A plan was soon ; arranged by which the doctor should hap- j pen to pass the house of the patient, and he called in as if by accident. The next day Dr. Todd was seen driving al his usual rapid rate through the street where the pa tient lived; he was hailed by the messen ger, and in a tone of voice overheard by the patient, requested to cull and see his brother, who had for some time suffered from ill-health. The doctor alighted, and was soon introduced to his patient, but was received without any recognition or act ! of civility, nor even raising his eyes to look at him; nor could he by any kind of at tention or enquiries elicit a word from his sullen and despairing patient. With a tact peculiar to the doctor, he | commenced a very minute and careful ex- j animation of the patient; first looking' carefully into his ears, his nosu and eyes, j then rising hastily from his seat, commen- j ced walking the room as if in the utmost astonishment, and could hardly credit his senses, at the same time ejaculating in an under tune. 'ls it possible! Who could ever have thought it! Can it be !' Then resuming his place by the side of his patient, he went thro' an examina tion still more minute. Again leaving his seat, he continued his soliloquy. 'lt's a fact! There can bo no mistake and yet the like is not to be found iu tho records ol medicine.' By this the patient's attention was a roused, and breaking over Ins taciturnity, he exclaimed : 'What! what! what is it Dr. Todd ?' 'What?' was the reply, 'Sure enough !' 'But what?' reiterated the patient. 'Why, sir, something very singular in your case; hut as I am not under any obligations to you for the discovery, I will keep it to myself. More than that, it is j as much as a physician's reputation is worth J to advance such an opinion.' ♦Doctor,' said the patient, 'I must know, j I will do anything in rny power you ask of \ ine, to know.' : 'Why, sir,' said the doctor, 'if I (ell you, it must bo a profound secret between ourselves.' To this the patient readilv as sented. ' 1 hen, sir, continued the doctor,'you must know that you have the smallpox internally /' In an instant, with all the strength he could command, the patient sprang from the chair, seized the Doctor by the hand, and exclaimed, 'You are the doctor for me ! This is just what I have been telling the doctors, but none of them would believe a word of it. Now, is there any remedy ? Is there any hope in my case?' '1 think there is,'said the doctor ; 'but mark, all d< pends upon closely adhering to rny direction. There arc three ways by which this disease may he eradicated; one is by insensible perspiration; another bv internal remedies, the third by bringing it out upon the suiface in the form of an eruption.' 'Let it bo the last,' was the quick re sponse of the patient. ,Let me have ocu lar proof of the fact, arid I shall be satisfied.' 1 bo patient was then put upon a nutri tious diet, by which he rapidly regained his health and strength, at the same tune taking some harmless medicinal prepara tion, which the doctor assured him would iri due season bring forth the eruption.— When the specified time arrived, the doc tor directed the housekeeper to strew his ; bed with cowage, an article known to most j persons, as producing an eruption, accom- j panied with an intolerable itching, when applied to the skin. His bed was thus | prepared, he retired on the night in which 1 the doctor's skill was to be put to the test, lie had not beri long in bed, when, to his great satisfaction, tiie itching commenced; hut, wishing to be fully assured that all was right ; he called for a light, and found the surface of his bo ly an entire blotch.— Satisfied with the proof, he endured the suf fering patiently until morning. Soon af ter, he resumed his business, and was never troubled again with the small-pox internal ly-—Hartford Chronicle. Gallery of Curiosities. 'I he following curiosities have been for warded to California, for the purpose of establishing a National Museum there: A book found in the school of fish. The leg of an interest table, broken into vulgar fractions. A plank taken from tho floor ola mush room. The leg of a toad stool. A button taken from a set of mahogany drawers. Some wax from an ear of corn. The handle of a nulk punch. A hinge taken from the gate at which a steam engine goes. The great toe from the foot of a moun tain. A copy of the speech rr.ade at the meet ing of tiie waters. A hoop taken from a rifle barrel. A few candles made of the fat of the land. A few loose hairs from the heads of a discourse. A I ill le water from the pale ofa church. Some extracts from a volume of smoke. The seat that the sun set in. Some bread made from the flower of the family. The tail of the l6t catastrophe. The tail of the celebrated Moscow, with the Bony-part for a handle. A pieco of soap that washed a man overboard. Some of the screws that were loose be fore the Inst Presidential election. The rope with which the last piece of music was executed. A plant from the 'hot bed of Vice.' One hair Irom the fore lock of Time, also the key attached to the lock. An arrow from a rain-tow. A sword used in tho'good fight.' A sprout from the root of all evil. A feather out the wing of tho 'Flying Dutchman.' A leaf from (he 'hook of fate.' Two or three quarts from a peck of trouble. A sinew from tho 'arm of law.' One of'the ends of justice.' A pane of glass from the 'windows of heaven.' A report from a ' shooting star.' A cup of water from the 'fountain of health.' A leaf of the 'tree of life.' A lock of hair oil one of the'lions of the town.' A piece of a broken heart. The rudder of the 'ship of state.' A few notes front a nasal organ, The height of impudence. One drop front the 'milky way.' A feather nfi'a 'State piisou bird.' A little light from the 'honey moon.' A chip oflf the 'staff of life.' The hat belonging to the man in the moon. Some of the change that was left out oi the ht s t quarter of tho moon. Some of the spoons that were used when 'all hands went to the mush pot.' A few shreds from a potato pitfc/t. A chip from the bureau of war. CONUNDRUMS. Why is the price cunent like a young lady's hack ? Because it shows the rise of cotton. ; Why should ladies he punctual ? Be cause when they ore little behind they make it up in a bustle. Why should a tippler never have 3 wife ? Because he will be sure to licker. Why should a chicken hatched by the Eccalobeion be closely watched ? Be cause his mother don't know that he's out. Why is the profession of a parson soon er learnt than that of a doctor ? Because it is easier to preach than to practice. F OREI 0 N E \V S. Further Extracts from Papers revived by the F.uropa. IRELAND. Parting Address of the State Prison ers. —Previous to the departure of the leaders of the late insurrection, they pluced in the hands of a mutual friend the follow ing address to their fellow-countrymen : 'Fellow-countrymen —lf your efforts to procure a mitigation of the penalties to which we are about to be subjected, had been as successful as you desired, we could not have offered to you more sincere and grateful acknowledgments than those which we now tender, for the sympathy and so licitude which you have displayed in our behalf. 'At this moment, whilst we are bidding our last farewell to our native land, the re flection that our fellow-countrymen have not witnessed with indifference our remov al from amongst them, is a sweet source of consolation, and be assured, thai this re membrance will hereafter be a soothing alleviation to whatever sufferings it may ! be our lot to endure. 'Knowing that we address many who do not concur with us in political opinions, we do not feel ourselves at liberty to offer any observations upon the policy by which this country is governed—upon the policy which gave occasion to our resistance to British power —upon the policy which now consigns us to exile. We are com pelled to repress even the emotions which we feel in reflecting upon the awful condi tion in which we leave the land that we deeply loved ; nor is this a fitting occasion to point out the means by which its dis asters may be repaired; but we cannot re frain from the expression of a hope that you will not despair of your country ; and we may be permitted to oflfer to our fellow countrymen a parting exhortation, that they will lay aside those unhappy dissen sions which have so long paralized the intrinsic strength of the Irish nation, and hencelorth learn to love and confiuo in each other. ' We feel that it is not necessary to say anything to you in vindication of our mo tives. Even those who most condemn our conduct knew that we have not been ani mated by consideration of a personal nature in hazarding all that was dear to us for the sake of our native land ; but wc owe it to our feelings to declare that, whatever may be the sacrifices we incur by devotion to its interests, our latest aspiration will be a prayer for the prosperity, the honor, and independence of Ireland. 4 WILLIAM S. O'BRIEN, 'THOMAS FRANCIS MEAGHER, 'TEKUENCE BELLEW M'MANCS, ' PATRICK O'DONOHOE. 4 Richmond Prison,' The New York papers of Saturday con tain their usual one day's later news, re ceived by Electric Telegraph from Lon don to Liverpool just previous to the sail ing of the steamer. We take the follow ing items from the Courier : There are accounts from Rome to the j Bth instant. The city had not yet been restored to its usual order. Crowds of the j disbanded Roman soldiers were wandeiing 1 about the streets iu the greatest disorder j and destitution. The French authorities, 1 who were establishing themselves, with as j little regard to the Romans as if Rome j were actually a part of France, were busv i disarming the men, aud establishing the government of their own. Letters from Rome of tho 7th, which, ' amongst other things, stale, that the 1 French troops were well received in the ! towU9 of the neighborhood, where they i are in cantonments, particularly at Victer bo, where the municipal and the respect able inhabitants went out to meet them. Advices from Berlin to the 11th June state that the negotiations for a peace, ; which have been so long pending between tho Prussian and Danish plenipotentiaries, were concluded yesterday. Tho general conditions were drawn up on Saturday, tho 7th, and the initials of the contracting parties affixed to the several paragraphs, but, in its complete form, the treaty was not definitely signed till last evening— The terms are honorable to both parties. From communications from Copenhagen there is no doubt the conditions will bo ratified by the Danish Government. An armistice, and formal suspension of hos tilities, is to be established within eight days from the date of signature ; a period I\ew Sierics-Vol. 8-Wo. 41. ! °f twenty Hays is allowed for the two ar mies to take up the positions appointed them by the treaty. The negotiations were by M. De Reedits on the part of Denmark and by M. Scheinitz for Prussia, j and their having been brought to a con ; elusion, and so soon, is to he attributed to the mediation of tie English ambassa dors and the Earl of Westmoreland. FROM CALIFORNIA. The steamer Crescent City, Capt. Stod : dard, from Cliagres, July 16, arrived at | New York on Friday night. She brings ! San Francisco dates to the 20th June. The whole amount of specie on board • the Crescent City is $231,994. The steamship Panama left San Fran ! Cisco on the 20th of June, with about 100 ; passengers and about $500,000 in gold ! dust and specie. She arrived at Panama on the night of the 11th of July and would | leave again for San Francisco on the Ist | of August. j There seems to be but one opinion a ; mong tho passengers with regard to the | abundance of gold in California—it is still : found in great quantities, but it is only tho hard working chaps that can stand the ! fatigues digging for it. There was no sicknc?9 at the mine, j and everything was going ou quietly.— I The number of persons at the mines is es : timated at between 20,000 and 30,000 — : about one half foreigners. Business at San Francisco was very dull, and dry goods and provisions were selling below their original cost. Lumber was still in great demand, sel ling for three hundred and fitly dollars per •VI. feet. Rents were enormously high and rath er on the increase. There were about 100 Americans nt San Bias, waiting a passage up. Among them was tho Reading Co. of Pa., all well. The Alta California, of the 14th June', contains a proclamation by General Riley, warning the settlers not to countenance 'The Legislative Assembly of the District of San Francisco,' either *by paying taxes or by supporting or abetting the officers' of that 'illegal and unauthorised body,' and calls upon all good citizens to assist in 're storing to their lawful keeper,' the Pub lic Records of the District of San Francis co, which were 'forcibly taken' from the custody of the First Alcade of said district. The same paper contains a proclama tion by Gen. Riley, in which he states that he, 'in accordance with instructions from the Secretary of War, has assumed the administration of the Civil afFairs in California, not as a Military Governor, but as the Executive of the existing Civil Gov ernment.' He then proceeds to call at tention to the means which he deems best calculated to avoid the embarrassments of the present position of California—Con- I gress having failed to legislate for it—and 1 suggests the mode of electing such officers ! as are tecognized by the laws now gov erning the Territory, among which are a Territorial Legislature ; a Superior Court, consisting of four Judges and a Fiscal, a Prefect and Sub-Prefect in each district, Alcades,