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TOW AND A:
Ukbatsbag Manning, 'April 5, 1548.
iltarseillee H 7 et Liberty.
DT •OVST! DZ LIIIILL.
Ys SODS of France, awake to glory!
Hark hark ! what myriads bid you rise
Your children, wives and grandsires . hoary,
- Behold their tears and hear their cries.
%Shall hateful tyrants, mischiefs breeding,
With h;reling hosts, a ruffian band,
Affright and desolate the land,
While Peace and Liberty lie bleeding I
To arms! to arms! ye brave!!
Tb' avenging ssi ord nnsheath:
March on, march, on. all hearts resolved
On victory or death.
Now. now, the dangerous storm is rolling.
Which treacherous kings confederate raise,
The dogs of war, let loose, are howling,
And lo ! our fields and cities blaze,
And shall we basely view the ruin,
While lawless Force, with guilty stride o
Spread desolation far and wide,
With crimes and blood his'hands ißbruing!
To arms! to arms! ye brave, &c.
With luxury and pride surrounded.
The vile insatiate despots dare—
Theft. thirst of power and gold unbounded—
Tb mete and vend the light and air.
Like beasts of burden would they load us, I
Like God, would bid their slaves adore;
But man is man, and who is morel
Then shall they longer lash and goad us 1
TO arms! to "arms ! ye brave &c.
Oh! liberty, man: can resign thee,
Once having te)t thy generous flame
Can dungeons, bolts, and-bar COLIMA thee,
Or whips thy noble spirit tame!
Too long the world has wept bewailing , 4 "7
That calsejtood's dagger tyrants wield;
But freedom is oar sword and shield,
And all their arts are unavailing.
To arms ! to arms! ye brave, ilike.;
trnna Moms and Willis' Home Journal.l
The; licippeads Jack-at-a-Plach.
is is a fact, and no poetic fable.”—Beame.
• About twq o'clock of the-afternoon of the
‘32;'y of May, 1807, four persons were assembled itt
the parlor of a house on the stage-road, ten. or fif
teen miles below Tarrytown. A gentleman of mid
dle age, the master of the house, with his wife , and
a beautiful daughter, were in colloquy lath an in
dividual of a .aignified air, and singularly handsome
countenance, about thirty years of age, who, with
his valise in his hand, and his cloak on his arm,
appeared accoutred toga travelling.
" I am truly sorry, Judge," said the host, " that
we cannot detain you longer."
" We certainly expeeted you to remain asurther
•
night with us;" said the wife.
" At least," aid the danghther, with an engag
will wait until the stage-passes to
-
morrow noon'!"
f , It is difficul!, my kind friends," replied the
stringer, "to resist invitations So pressingly offer
red; and," e 4 he,' turning to the daughter, " it
any thing coal induce me to forego my resolution,
my dear young lady, it would be yoursolicitation
but I have been long absent from home. The cir
cuit halbeen prolonged Ear beyond my expecta
tions; a nd indispensable engagements hurry me
away..' If I recollect right,". continued he, turn
ing to the host, "there is a fishing hut on the river
side, somewhere opposite us; and there was once
a path which led down the mountain to the spot;
be good enough to put me in the way to find it, and
`I will make for the station.
`! It is passable only on foot or on honsebaek,"
said the host, "or I would take you down in
carriage; but there is an opening in the wood, just
yonder, which leads to the path •; and that, once
gained, you cannot go astray."
After many friendly greetings on all sides, the
stranger made his bow and departed. The path
was found; and trudging onward, he soon emerged
from the ravine above the beach, where a group of
fishermen were waiting the proper time of tide, to
resuMe their labors. A couple of skiffs were drawn
up on the shore, near which the congregation was
assembled.
Whose skiffs are these I" asjped the coiner.—
I Want to be put on board one, of those vessels in
sight,
There was a light wind blowing from the north
west: and the white sails of the river craft were
seen far above and below--some nearly opposite,
and some far distant.
' . .This one," responded a &Sherman, r is mir ;
but we can't spare time to put you eru- board, for it
will - soon ho time for a haulf The other belongs
to the person now coming up."
The stranger inquired, as the other cattle near
enough, whether he would accommodate him with
a passage on board.
-
"I can let 'you have the skiff;" heanewered;
"but I am obliged to go up the road. Here, how
ever, are a couple .of idlers, who will 'undoubtedly
row you off, and bring back the boat."
The suggestion was adopted ; the wherry was
• chartered, and the oarsmen engaged for the voyage.
While the men Were getting the boat in proper or
, der, a woman made her appearance, dressed in a
limey-wolsey gown—trot of the finest texture, or of
the newest fashion, and of the cleanest, with
al. The face of this person was cast in the true
Xantippi-mould, with eyes so horribly eskew, that
an operator for strabismus would have coveted her
as a subject for his skill ; and, to crown the pi9ure,
the vissage of the lady was of arch a " vin gar as
pect," as to warrant the beliet that she had fed on
crab-apples for a fottnight. Approaching the men,
who ere nearly ready to shove off, she accosted
mid them thus,
"You're going off to them sloops aren't you
: Jake! I don't care if I go along." •
" I do, Mrs. lEncec--1" said the oarsmen: "There
will be two words. to. that bargain. That man,"
pointing to ,the stranger; who was coming , down,
' "has hired the skiff; and, if he don't like your ug
ly mu; better than I do, you won't get a passage
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The woman scowled in a fearful manner, but
made no reply. -
" You're going," said she addressing the scan
ger, " aboard of them ♦easels. I want td go to
York ; and I can go aboard with you just :as well
as not',"
" Eseetly sof madam" said the stranger ; i‘ step
w o n . .
The skiffs had but three seats—two for the Oars
men, and the stern sheets, built sufficiently broad
to take two persons abreast. The stranger, with his
valise on his knee, took•one side, and the woman,
with a very unsightly bundle in her lap, the other;
and off shot the wherry : into the stream, towards
thiaearest vessel The stranger waved a pocket
haridkerchief as a signal; and the skipper, putting
hislelm down, and hauling up his mainsheet,
bore, up for the skiff But as soon as they got near
enough for a fair scrutiny, he-exclaimed :.
"Up helm, Joe tr-: - Squa away ! Them's no
customer's for me."
" By Jolly, I thought t oP said the oarsmen who
had rebuffed Mcs. Kno*Mis. Erebus, she might
have been better named—as she cast a midnight
glance at the offender. A second vessel was tried
with:no better *ffect—a third with like suopeAs ; at
Zenith a •Tarritowner answered the signal, and
took them on board.
By this time it was near sundown; and, as they
got upon the deck, the skipper addressed the stran
ger thus:
z , I don!t know how I'm to accommodate you
and your woman with berths and bedding; and
I'm afraid you won't fare very well for supper, for
my cook got on a spree ashore, and we were ob.
liged to leave lira. However, the mate and I, who
are all the hands now, will cook us something or
other."
The stranger had walked aft, and the woman
was sitting near the hatchway, when the captain
addressed her in an undertone, which yet -was
heard on the quarterdeck :
' " That 'ere's your man, I take it ?" said he,
pointing over his Shoulder.
"Heaint no such thing!" said the woman, ltd•
ling up: "my man is a Father gum scut of fellow
from him. I only got that 'ere chap to put me on
board:"
The captain now accosted his other passengei :
to Thus ain't your woman, 1 find ?"
"o,ao !" was the reply ; " only a chance pas.
seder."
-" I thought you was queerly yoked, when I first
saw you," said the captain. " I'm thinking I shall
give you the old sail, which is the only thing to
sleep on board, and. let her have the soft - side of the
plank I was going to give you."
"'By no means!" give the poor woman the best
accommodations you can. As for me, I shall do
well enough."
The wind was falling, the tide turned, and the
sloop was brought to an *twits:is—the jib hauled,
down, and the main-sail left standing, skipper fash
ion—when the captain and his adjunct began pre
parations for refection.
" I say, ma'rn," said the captain, "I've a no
tion that you could lend us a lift with the 'em sup
per !"
" I shan't do no such thing," was the reply. "I
expect to pay for my passage; and if you've gat
any supper to get, you may get it yourself."
The captain did not out-do the Niblos and Del-
Mortices of the time; and his beef-steaks, fried in
—the Lord knows what—fell far short of those of
old Baker of the City Tavern in Wall street, io,ten
dermas. Nor was the hyson of the first quality, or
the sugar of the whitest; and abbe' the lady grum
bled, the stranger took every thing kindly.
When it was time to retire, the lady took ponied.
sion of the best berth and the old sail'; while the
stranger, wrapped in hist Cloak, turned in, in the
gite, pis-alley that remaied.
It was past midnight, when, from a horrid dream
that he was undergoing the peine forte et dare,
(so indurate was the soft side of a plank the cap
tain spoke of,) that functionary• - shook him rudely
enough by the shoulder, and awoke him from his
slumber.
" I say, Mister, ain't you a doctor?"
A negative was returned.
" I'm sorry for it," continued he, " Here's my
mate has got the awfulest stomach ache ever man
bad. I was in hopes that you had something in
them saddle-bags which might do him good. Do
see if you can't help him."
The passenger arose; and assuring the captain
►that there was nothing medicinal in his portman
teau, went over to the •mate, who was writhing in
great agony, and groaning heavily.
" Have you gin and peppermint on board I" he
asked.
" Yes," responded the captain. " I've tried that
and it don't help him."
" Have you any pearEashes, then !" he inquired.
"0, yea!" answered the captain, " I always
keep that. With hard-cider, in a morning it is a
capital drink."
" Well, then,7 said the stranger, " bring it ; and
get some hot water, as quick as you can."
"The kettle must have boiled by this time," said
the captain ; " for I put it on some time ago ;" and
going forward to the naboose, he returned with the
necessary ingredients 'for his drench. Putting the
proper quantity of alkali into a pint mug, and pour
in the water upon it--leaving sufficient "sky-light"
for the infusion of due meal re of right scheidam,
sweetening the dose, and qualifying it with pepper
mint—the stranger administered the portion to his
patient, which, in a short time, essentially relieved
him ; and dose number two, half an hour glee,
wards, having been imbibed, the sufferer; who
was entirely prostrated by the pain, fell into a quiet
slumber.
The stranger now again turned in; but he had
scarcely gotten into& dream, as uneasy as the fin*,
before the captain was at his side.
" Mister," said he, " the tide is now high flood,
and there is a smart breeze getting up. I want to
get under good weigh, and Higgins ; here, is too
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sick to help. Now, do just get itp, and haul in the
slack, while I rouse up the anchor—do, that's a
good fellow !"
The passenger was not obdurate ; and, after pro
per application, and the- usual "To ! heave ho n.
at the windlass, the ring of the anchor was hove,
chocked to the house-holds, the jib was hoisted, and
the sloop was tearing down'bethre it.
The passenger amain resumed his berth, where
he remained until the day. had broken, when the
captain once more made his appearance.
" I say, Mister," said he, " the wind has chop
ped about : I want a hand to tend jib sheet—Hig
gins can't do it; to, just yoti bear a hand and help
me, ands few stretches will bring us up with the
dock."
Up got the passenger, and took the station as.
signed him, performing his duty with great alac
rity, receiving the orders, " haul aR !"—"be spry !"
—" pull away !"—" another pull and belay !"—at
every tack; and, by dint of hard labor, on Myriad,
and good steerage - on the part of the captain, they
got into the slip, and let run the halyards.
" Now heave 'in a rope !" shouted the captain.
" Bear a hand !—bear a, hand !—now haul in !
haul in !"
These orders were promptly obeyed; and the
sloop was safe at the deck. While the captam was
stowing the sails, the stranger went belowpand soon
returned in his cloak—valise in hand.
" Well, captain," he asked, "what's to pay."
u Pay !" Paid the skipper; "it there's anything
to pay, I'm the chap that's going to do iu:-so
Mis
ter, just ,tell us what's the damage, and I'll shell oat
directly—and thank you into the bargain. I never
want a better Jack-at-a-pinch than you are. Just
say how much, and here it is r! •
g' Poh ! poh !" said the passenger, u you are
welcome to all I have done; but I must pay you
for my passage. Is this enough I" handing him a
bank, note.
" Why, this here," said the captain, looking at
the note, " is five times as much sal should have
:barged yon, if nothing had happened; but if you
say take it, I will, and thank yob kindly. And
now, Mister, I should like to know where you live,
and what your trade is, if it ain't asking too much
I have been a lawyer, &live hereabouts," said
the stranger."
" Well, one thing more, and I hope you won't
think me too easy : do WI me your name 'I"
"Tompkins," was the reply.
" Where from r'
" Westchester."
"No relation to Squire Caleb Tompkins; up here!"
" Yes," was the answer.
Not very near, I take it," said the captain.
" Only his brother," was the response.
" His brother ! Caleb Tompkins' brother ! said
he captain, aghast. " Why,you can't be Daniel D.!"
The very same," said the granger, smiling.
" Pheuw !" here the captain gave an interjection
al whistle. " Here's a pretty business ! By all the
pipers, you're the new governor.
"So they tell me," said the Governor.
" Why, what an infernal• impudent fellow yon•
will think me ! Here I've been getting you to
physic my mate, and set you to working my old
sloop; and I've been ordering you about, just as if
I'd hired you at eight dollars a month ! You'll ne
ver forgive me, I know, for this; and all I can do
is to ask your pardon !"
i' Nonsense !" said the Governor; "come, let as
shake hands, for I must be otl ;" and he held out his
hand. .
The captain somewhat hesitatingly, seized the
proffered hand in both his, and squezed it quite
hard enough for the comfort of the owner. .
" Well," said he, " I've got one consolation, any
how. I've always voted for you, whenever you
have been up; and, last April; I and five brothers
gave you a plumper for Governor; and if any one
of my kith or kin ever votes foi any body else, as
long as you are going to stand, call me a flunkey !
that's all."
There is no doubt that thaskipper kept his word,
and voted ever after for " the Farmer's Boy;" and
tbure are few who ever held such close commun
ion with Daniel D. Tompkins, that ever bolted.ut
,
an election when he was a candidate.
Cuwaorostst.—Chloroform is composed of two
atoms cf carbon, one atom of hydrogen and three
atoms of chlorine. It is a heavy, sweet fluid, hav
ing a sp. gr. of I. 489 at 60 F. (according to some
experiments,) or 1. 480 u given in books. It boils
at 14 1 F, and is very volatile having a fragrant
odor. It is not combustible when flame is applied
to it, nor is its mixture with the air explosives ind
has a very sweet taste:
in administering it no apparatus is needed be
yond a simple piece of cloth of open texture, a
small conical sponge, or a linen cambric handker
chief. Take the cork from the phial of chloroform
and apply, the cloth to its mouth, and shake the bot
tle, so as to _wet a spot oa the handkerhief (just as
people corilmonly scent a handkerchief with co.
logne water) cover •the mouth and nose with it
lightly, and then let the air be drawn partly through
the cloth. Five or six inspirations generally suffice
to produce momentary insensibility, and a few
more bring on a sound snoring sleep, in which no
pain can be felt, even when the knife or cautery is
applied.
Essons.—The tilde I have seen of the wodd,
says Longfellow, and known of the history of man
kind, teaches me to look upon their errors in'sor
row, not in anger. When I take the history of one
poor heart that has sinned and suffered, and
resent to myself the struggles and temptation ifpas
sed through; the brief pulsation of joy: the tears of
regret ; the feebleness of purpose ; the pressure of
want; the desertion of friends; the mom of . the
world, that has little charity; the desolation of the
soul's ssootuszy sad threatening 'voices within ;
health gone: I would fain leave the erring soul of
my fe.krff man, with . Him from whose hands it
came.
gi smut/mess OF RENUNCIATIOR FROM ANT QUARTER.
Moo the New York !pair of the Visees.l
Hew Ape Ihusidhava Posey 111111, lib
Wig off.
One day Joe Dunklin drove up to a country ta
vern with a very shortllegged pony, which he cull
ed Dick. The animal looked so dumpy as to at
tact the attention of several of the knowing ones,
who ha opened to be out to the abed. Alter
cracking several jokes on the shortness ot the ani
mal's legs, one of the parties said, inquiringly—
" That's a most singular creature, stranger—he's
one of 'erno sartin—but these things happen .fre
quently. You have no doubt -seen various mon
strosities itilhe animal world partaking of the same
general charameristics of this animal."
" Exactly, stranger. I have seen the Si'inese
twins and . the two-legged bear—besides any quan
tity of insects, from a bed. bug to a boa constrictor
—but I never saw one that run himself into that
predicament yet !" replied Joe.
" Yon- don't pretend to say that horse run his ley
off!" said the individual, incredulously.
" I don't pretend to say anything'else;" respond
ed Joe, looking the stranger full in the eye.
“ Well, I declare, Ws the most remarkable in
stance I ever heard of,” said the stranger, scrutini,
zing the pony more intensly than before. .
•' If you'll stand the liquor, I'll tell you all about
it," said Joe. 4
The liquor being brought, Joe mounted a 'mar
hogshead, that he might edify the whole crowd,
and began as fellows
"One day—no matter when, for 1 hav'ut time
to recollect dates—l was riding Dick acmes one of
those infernally broad prairies that seem to have
neither ends nor sides, (lying between Fort Leav
enworth and the Rocky Mountains,) mad thinking
about the probable chances of losing my traps and
scalp in case I met with the Pawnees, ween a low,
rumbling noise fell upon my ear, like the mutter
ing of thunder. I looked up, but there wasn't - a
cloud—the sky was just as bias and quiet as my
wife Polly's eye. So it could lat be thunder. It
might be an earthquake. This wasn't a very pleas
ant reflection, for as I bad lived in New Madrid,
and seen thelround gape some, I expected every
minute to see myself and Dick, beautifully buried
without undertaker or sexton.
"The sound by this time had increased to a pret
ty chunky roar, and as there was no chance of be
ing swallowed up, I thought it only reasonable to
take an observation, for things began to look as
though they would'nt last long. Turning in my
saddle, I saw one of the most interesting spectacles
to a Man situated as I was, that I ever, expect to
look on again. About half a mile behind me,
roaring, snorting, blowing and running as if I*-11
was after them, was one of the mow unrighteous
piles of buffalos ever congregated together. And
they put it down as if each fellow wail striving to
be the first to get a dig at me. I tried to appear
cool, but it was of no use—my hair kept rising, till
it got so stiff each bristle would have balanced a
plate. God ! if they did'ut look fierce, with their
eyes flaming like fire-coals, and their shaggy manes
streaming in the wind !
Si Did'nt you feel awful ?" asked a sympathetic
spectator, appealing to Joe.
" Feel !" responded our hero—" I felt like a stray
pig on a railroad track, with an express locomotive
behind him and a d—d high fence on both sides
of the road. There was no such thing as running
around them, for they were spread across the prai
rie as far as the eyecould reach, and came down
upon me like a great black wave. Time was grow.
Fag precious; every second counted. The only
chance was a. straight race—Dick and I against the
field. In a twinkling I stripped Dick to the bridle,
and myself to the spurs. The buffaloes were now
well up, and doing their nastiest—the pony all of
a tremble to be off. It was a sin to bold him, and,
to tell the truth, I wasn't very anxious to do so. A
Yell did the business, and away we went like a
scared dog:
" On ! on ! on ! prairies, woods and rivers were
. passed with a perfect rush. Still the buffaloes were
humping themselves just at my heels. t knew by
the slackening thunder of their tramp, however,
that the herd was growing thinner—this I could'nt
account for till afterwards. Just about this time
one of Dick's hoofs came off. He limped a litde, -
but would'nt give in an inch. When the second
slipped, the pace became more even. Then the
third went, and in a half a minute more his last
hoof pulled off in a quagmire. But when he got
off his stumps, snails and terrapins how he tore
along. Looking back (for I felt now just as easy
as a hungry hog in Xpotatoe patch) there lay one
of the prettiest strings of buffalo, for about five
miles, that you ever did see ! Gentlemen, we had
run every devil of 'em to death, with the exception
of one old bull, who seemed determined to win or
perish in the attempt. He could'nt quite come it
though —we beat him just at length ! Dick fell at
last—and so did the venerable Eclipse of the prai
ries, just behind him, with his nose well up to the
potty's tail !
" I got off, and looked first at Dick, and then at
the buffalo, and if there wasn't eight of the most
beautifully used up and cround off legs—"
r i The bull's legs were not run off too!" cried an
excited spectator interrupting Joe.
"You'd thought they were, if you'd seem 'em
replied Joe, cooly.
" Did be live!" queried another listener. ~
"He didn't do any thing subsequent when
I maw hina again he hadn't a d---d bit of legs at
all ! He had had another race, I spore, and run 'em
off stna:k up to his body !"
" I guess that put an end to his racing !" said the
last speakerin the crowd.
" Well it didn't !" responded Joe.
" How did he get along, then !"
"Ib relied, genthtmen, jail at nanut as a au
log ones inditinkshint r'—whereupon Joe demand
ed from his hogshead, mounted Dick, and rode'off
amid a shout that would hate done honor to the
lung,s of Stentor,
Siiiai
THE MODE or THE CONOTEECTION or PLANK
feonstructing plank roads, it is neeessi
ry'to have the earth upon which the plink are to
be laid, broken up and made , fine, that they may
touch the earth at every point. This it important
for it any space be left for air under the plank, or
along side the sips, dry rut follows. The sill should
not be perfecdy*ded into the earth, and there
Amnia be broken Dearth under them', care being ta
ken that they shciuld rest firmly on rocks or other
hard snbitances that will not allow them to settle.
All other formations of this nature will settle some
and the sills most be permitted to go Nowt as the
rest of the structure settles, or a space for air would
thus support the plank ; whereai the plank should
rest upon the earth at every point. Nothing is
gained by wide or deep silts, and the whole sup.
port of the road, is the earth that is covered by tho
plank, and the amount is in no wise increased by
wide sits. The chief use of sills is to keep the
road in form until the earth has become settled.
The plank havingabeen laid, the next thing is to
grade a road somejen or twelve feet wide on one
side, and two or three on the other, by taking earth
from the ditches on each side, and bringing it by a
ditch scraper just up to, and even with, the upper
side of the plank, so that if a wheel runs off the
track, it passes upon a smooth surtace of earth.—
The ends of the plank should not be laid even, but
a pmt should project from 2 to 4 inches by the -ge
neral line to prevent a rut being cut along the ends
of the plank. If the ends of the plank are even,
and a small rut is made, the wheel of a loaded wa
gon will scrape eking the ends for some distance
before it will rise up to the top of the plank, unless
the wagon moves in a direction nearly .across the
road; bat if the wheel cannot move two feet for.
ward without corning square against the edge of a
projecting planks the difficulty of getting on the
road is avoided. It is not necessary to pin or spike
the plank to the sills.
The thicknesiol the plank must be decided by
the amount of travel. If it is not sufficient to in.
sure the wearing, out, and not the meting oat of the
timber, four inches *Ake thickness; if that thick
ness t not justified by the travel, then three inches
should be used, but not less. The kind of timber
is, too, a point that must be controlled by ci -
stances. Pine is used at Toronto. Hemlock / on
the Salina road. In some of the western 'Mmes it
is likely that oak might be procured at areasonahle
price. The number of feet (board measure) of lum
ber required for tour inches for one mile, is 14,080.
Plank three inches thick, for a 'single track eight
feet wide, will measure 126,720 feet. The gra
dtng and laying a track, will vary in cost accord
ing to circumstances. When an old road is used,
and hills are not to be cut down, or 'rallies filled
up, it will not ?vary much from fifty cents a rod for
one track.
In those sections of the country where lumber is
cheap, plank roads must go into very general use ;
and in some localities, it is the only mad that can
be made to endure the changes of the climate with
any reasonable outlay of money. Less power is
required to draw loading over them, and they are
superior in every respect to McAdamized roads
while they last.
Tea ItrivEasuror Forrva&—A correspondent
of the Bosnia Courier, writing :from Philadelphia,
of what has been, and what is, in this goodly city,
says
Beftme my window stands . the stuffed hide of the
" monster," stuffed now with Uncle
Sam's revenue parchments. The victor occupies
the house of the slain. It stands a perpetual monu
ment of the fact, that no "monster," however pow
erful, is powerful enough to successfully combat the
" unterrified democracy." More emphatiC Mill
speaks a little sign, the bigness of a man's hand, a
little further down the street, by the side of an unpre
tending stairway leading to a small. dusty room,
which echoes only to the tread of a gray and wan
looking clerk. On this little sign is written, " Of
fice of the Trustees of the' Bank of the United
States." Here, in this deserted room, lies the with
ered heart of the beast whose name was Leviathan.
For all the rest, where is it
The private history• of Mr. after misfor
tune laid its heavy hand upon him, is very sad. I
have no time to enter upon it. He suffered insult,
contumely, and, bitterer than all, neglect from those
who had once basked in the sunshine of his favor,
and called themselves his friends. They heartless
ly mocked him in his calamities. It is beyond a
doubt true that he died with a broken heart.
One other memorial of Philadelphia. Near the
centre of the city, in Walnut street,. are some of the
most splendid residences in the city. Among
them are two, conspicuous for their elegance, and
facing one another. They were built a few years
ago by two young gentleman, brothers, who inhe
rited great wealth, and moved in the gay and fa
shionable circles of life. They were well known,
courted and caressed. One chose his partner from
the stage, a woman of brilliant talents and unques
tionable getting, and at the time of her marriage,
the idolized of thousands—a woman, who, at the
early age of three and tweuty, had run a profess
ional career on both sides of the Atlantic, whose
astonishing brilliancy had attracted the gaze of the
world. The other chose his bride from a mote
private circle.
Time wore on. Estrangemeet, separation, bit
terness and the keenest sorrow, followed in the one
case, to which those who have read " A year of
Consolation" cannot be strangers. And now the
bead of the other, and most magnificent of the two
dwellings, is just brought home on his bier, to his
young widowed wife, from Mexico, whither a Irfe
of laxury and ennui had berried him, in pursuit of
new excitements, new fields of activity for his rest
less spirit. Palled and-satiated with the pleasures
of a city life, the comforts of a luxurious home, the
blandishments of society, abundant wealth, troops
of friends, wife and children, a IninoalY mansion,
horses, carriages and servants, all were am umil'i•
cleat in their attraction to yvitbokt him from plans
ing into the pestilential vapors of Mexico. .
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forti6catie PDag of / 16 11911.10
parently efficient hes been hir. Wilikety-±#:genisa
'ion, that hiss tigette 1 7 tei etoOdettt rol e.
Kveu the Lorniterrote*
Moor eileoetot elreitiejeur 1a610 , -bee4OOM
been commenced, that thee . outbreak wettld-e teed
to increase ,th,,olioortiotthe'aot kri*:4;4d - el4.
Pole the itePedeloOd the °MOW. 4 1 4 fri'
soiling was evidently basal upon the known fact
that nearly two blitedrid thousand trotopewere
tee' tiAhe delti iinge,end
rimy his wilt into eWevt. That he might he more
certain of their
,a,idA an hoc of opted; they we
divided•into threiseparate, independent division
between which aeertain degmer of rivalry way
conmed, thumb ill were taight•tee4y "lifts to
Koi rs
'Tat Itizriaa Alin of Prance la raised brie&
scription-a lottery is which every young man - df
Prance is forced to take his ticket, aml certain
proportion, who draw _ fetal .numbep,, amp or
seven years, or purchase the service of a substitute,
which few have 'the means to (la. 'The ,
levies are first sent to Algeria, where they are well
drilled, often in action, and as ntaniat larw Pete!
there, acquire habits of implicit obedience, 'Theis
they are for one year on garrison der in Patter,
changing their Tamers evry two mouths; in Miler
to prevent fraternization with the popedare. - Am
hundred thousand of these troops were in Pala
and eted in the vicinity, under the emarearsd
of b fkigeaud, whose hatred oriciviliane is
well wan, and who has Fade ,tegant for human
life. lie had at hie command fourteen detached!
fosts,lwhose heavy artillery 'cock' Minor Paris' to
ruin* in a day, as every house is within fire moo
or their pieees—while' the arsenals, isit 1
department and guard houses were alf Oits•
plied with proviihma and munitions of war.
Tea MUNICIPAL Guam is lONIC* force , coeds
ing of musrlY seven thousand picked men / whose*
dieidedinte cavalry and infantry, probably the
moat / serviceable corps in the world. Though
gnat of them .have revved in the army, they amid.
er themselves above the lisle, and ate monflembly
vain. In forever troubles they' have 'beet found
very efficient * mato, and are greenfly married
into families of the working classes. The Prefect
of Police wag their nominal commando, acting
under M. Darbatel, •Ikiiniater of the beerier. He
also eatnmands a battalion of lisyscandroisingas, •
or soldier firemen, consisting of $29 men and offi
cers.
THE I NATIMMLAte enroll eveirmati
lisbed in business or who is I householder; and it
thus a militia, composed of the citizens, who have
an interest at stake. They are well uniformed mild
equipped, as infentry and cavalry, and have-gene
rally been called out about five dayX. in the yeare
as one legion is, in its torn, as guard at the Paseo.
They balks ogee in five yeas for five candidates
for each office, from which the llfinisterseeutmis ,
sion one,, and have thus managed to grit in their
supporters. 'They number about aixtythaisend-in
the city limits, and heenty.fiva thousand inAlits
&inhere or suburbs, commanded by .Grateral,llo
- The annual expenses ihr music, staff
officer., guard houses, kr., is abonrsl2l : ooe, and
the individual expenses for uniforms. sor
Not very soldier like in their deportment, thistisinz
ed band has been a sus xlingbuil of ridicule Withrbe
regular force ; but in'the recent troubles, the King's
policy of keeping them apart seem not to havi
succeeded, ae the troops of die fine have arms.
thiied with them and the people. The tnetniei.
pal guards have resistedswithr valor worthy of abet.
ter cease. -
No Body Guard has existed kt Frame shoe dte
dissolution of the Swiss Corp, in 11130. Vaned
has been . roolutted at the Palace, by detachments
from all three of the above divisions.—Boston 441 as.
A Goon Tasca.—This is a very.difficult thing
to ascertain before-band. Smiles arc easily pat on
for the occasion; arid besides, the howns are, ac.
cording to the lover's whim interpreted into thereon
nary. By '" good temper," Ido not mean an easy
temper, a serenity which nothing disturbs; that
'is a mark of laziness. Salleraana, if you be nix too
blind In perceive it, is a temper, to be avoisled,:try
all maim A sullen man is bad, eupugh: what,
then, must be a sullen woman, and that woman
wife; a constant inmate; a companion day. and
night ! Only think of the 'delight of sitting at the
same table, and occupying the same chamber for a
week, withoutexchanging aword the whole while;
Very bad to be scolding for such a length of time;
but this is far.beuer that " the sulks."
Doren Goon.—How often do sigh for opportuni
ties of doing good, whilst we neglect the openings
of 'providence in little things which - mould frequent
ly lead to the accomplishment of most important
usefulness! lit. Johnson 'used to Seriarllci wYe
waits to do a great deal of good at arteriEwilfturver
do any.' Good is done by degrees., Irowever
small in proportion the benefit which inflows heft.
video: attempts to do good, a gmatdeal may thnsbe
accomplished by perseverance, even In the-midst
of discouragement and disappointment.- , ,
A PAW. Mara;tiutiE.--th4flet fl W ?rak e
gave a masquerade, in which `hitiiieff, 14
court' ere played the part of satyrs, fil refire - inhhhiriticli
they were clothed
with rosin and then mock with offer:
One of the company in a frolic toriebabliant these
satyrs with s lighti.d. truants diti?i l visrerffinielng in
a ring; the consequence a' ihataitthe six mastra
-0f Nitre were instantly enveloped in tilt - Ms; - !inv
or the were binned to 'dead' out the epic end
the King never recoveredthe 'fityht And - distkrfer
occaairmed by the unfortunate
•
Mg 144, bee fntit,, whipb cornea 10 ,Pfrif&fol,
the kindliest soil, tietdesitess . towißds: the UM,
forbearance towards the 'tinkikesuitg, ‘iset:elith of
hearth towards the cold, iltil;itlito4 Wien ° fi; thq
miustthropie.
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