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The •Iltagvietle Telegraph.
Along the smooth and slender wires
The sleepless heraids^run, •
Past as the clear and living rapt
•
Go-streaming from the sun : •
. - ISIo peals or dashes heard or seen
Their wonderous flight betray,
And yet their words are quickly felt,
In cities far away. •
=!
/sgor summer's heat nor winter's hail,
Can Cheek their rapid course;
They meet unmoved the fierce wind's rage—
The rough wave'S:sWeeping force :
In the long night of rain and wrath,
As in the blaze of day,
They rush, with news of weal and• woe,
To thousands far away.
But faster skill than tidings borne
On that ett.ctric cord, -
Rise the ptire thoughts of him who loves
• The Christian'slife and Lord—
Of him who, taught in smiles and tears,
With fervent lips.to pray.
'Maintains high converse here on earth
With bright worlds. far away:
Ave !
though no outward wish is breathed,
Nor outward answers given,
The sighing of that humble heart.
Is known and felt in heaven:
Those bug frail wires may bend and break,
Those viewless heralds stay,
- But Faith's last word - shall reach the throne,
Of God, though far away.
Visit to _Mount Vesuvius.
I shall omit the description of other excursions,
and describe my visit at-midnight to the summit of
Mount Vesuvius. 'Stepping into one of the numer
ous liaeres on the stand, at six o'clock the last
evening I was at... Naples, I .was on my WaY akiiii
for Resina, at tSt , foot-of the 4onntain, five miles
from the city. The tide along the shores, through
the prettsuburl.k., with the. setting sun on the wa
ters of t bay. the approach of darkness, and the c
developin tit of the red stream of lava clown the
mountain was a rare sight. In an hour I was seat
ed on, a pony. attended by amide, also mounted,
and hating a large torch. These guides and ani
mals are at the station always ready, and there is
a tariff of prices for theta. They are wader the di:.
section of the police, who maintain a strict -watch
along the route half way up the ascent. The
.route to the hetinitage is a circuitous one, and re.
queer] nearly dime hours. From thence a beauti.
ful view is had of the .13ay and City .of Naples, and
the lava stream and belching of cinders, red-hut
istones, and lava every few minutes from the cra
ter.
The str?am, which a few days since,lid se
veral branches, now merged together, was about-a
mile long and three or four rods, wide, and lost its
self in a - level space on the mountain side, where
it collected and cooled. The crater, which is a re
gular cone, on the top of the mountain, was sprin
kled with myriads of red-hot pieces from the belch
lugs, which short up from the crater, in nearly a
pe'rpendicular kite, to a areat height, then falling
upon the edge of the crater and rolling down the
rides. •
Having :ascended a few minutes above the her
mitage, at the termination of the path, and as far
as it is practicable fora horse to go, our animals
were tired, and then came the most difficult ascent
I ever made: The whole mountain, rising steep
abovehs fora nide, was a mass of- volcanic mat
ter, thrown up ty . different eruptions, and compos
t ed of heilsof rocks, lava, ark cinders,. and beside
and betwOn these beds noliCißg bet ashes, which
is of..a coarse black sandy substance. It is impos
-bible to wend over the rugged beds of rocks, and
equalW .4o to go up over the sand, where you can
not' kali) your-foothold. The way is to go along
the edge of lava, keeping you'r foot-hold in the sand
as -much s _possible, by holding on to the rocky
glare; burthen we slipped at every step, and lost
neatly half we gained. Toiling in this• manner,
and stumbling in the'uncertain light, stopping every
few moments to recruit our exhausted strength and
recever breath, .we arrived, at elet•c?r o'clock, at
the summit. lhave forgot to mention that there
ire two attendants at the beginning of the ascent to
assist, by ropes,-the ,elltausted traveller; but, I re
' !used their ()treys, not wishing to be outdone by a
Ilesting a few moments, and wetting -oar
dry throats, we stalled - for the loot of the crater,
andi . gcoping our way over and among the im
mense masses of lava, in. less than hall an hour we
were within the reach of the red pieces of lava
mhielt rolled down the crater. Hero we tarried to
s l ew the showers above, which feerned as though
they would descend on our heads. It was a fear
ful sight,. and at every eruption the rumbling and
concussion within the crater added much to the
scene. in retooling we passed over beds of lava
yet quite hot, which had been ejected from the et.a.
ter only four days previous. Harting arrived at the
brink, the descent was over abed of sand and ash.
es, unincumbered with a single stone ; and, it was,
noveLand rapid One ; fur, what with step and
slide ; every snide was equal to six feet, and they
were so rapid, from the impetus forward, that it
waive ealy matter to keep - our equilibrium. Ten
minutes brought us to where we left our herses t
tud in distance, and which had Luken an hour of
j - 50 tfauch/labor to overcome.
Remounting our nags;' we were in due time at
The station, where, having paid the score; I took
in, scat in the fiacre vehich had waited my return,
, and in the solitude (Atha early morning was rapid
ly whirled along ttie road toNapine ) with stiff joints
and aching limb 3, glad I had been, and not wish
ing to go again.
or A DOLLAR:-11 you would learn the
vatic pi a dollar, go and lalor two days in the burn
'nig still as a hod carrier. This is an excellent idea,
and if many of. our young getulenten had to earn
'their dollar! in that way, how much less dis?ipa
atid crime woola we a it , iess every day.
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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY, AT. TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. O'MEARA GOOD ICI.
The Pirate's Wife.
Why did she love hits Carious Ng! be Still—
bi human love the growth of human Kill ?
To her be alight be gentleness—n
Late in the year 1826 I was lying in the harbor
of Charleston, advertised to sail for Havana.' The
day before clearing a handsome young Spaniard
came on board, and introduced himself as Senor de
Soto, asked me in English, when I was to sail, and
if I could take another passenger.
"I sail to-morrow and can accommodate two or
more passengers," I replied.
" I think Captain," Said he after a pause, "that I
will take passage with you. I have been lately in
command of a Florida wrecker, and by one lucky
chance have made doubloons enough to stand one
winter's frolic in the liavanas. It is not often that
an honest wrecker meets with a windfall," he ad
ded with a laugh.
And pray what was it, Signor?" I asked:
"Oh, rare good fortune," he returned promptly,
I was out about six weeks ago, when one morn
ing after a dreadful storm. I discovered a ship on
the reef, in a most dangerous situation. Her deck
was crowded with men, and I saw at a glance that
the vessel could not hold together four hours. I
ran under her stem and made a bargain with the
poor wrecker to take them off."
'' Made a bargain!" I exclaimed with horror
I: made a bargain to save the lireS of your fellow
men!"
"To be sure, why not he returned with a
reckless laugh, "I was a pooNwrecker. It was
all in, the way of tr e acle. The vessel was from New
York, and I saved the live,s, of her crew and pas
sengers at a round price a' head. So much money
in my pocket disgusted me with the wrecker's life:
I abandoned it, and hare been enpying myself be
tween New Orleans and this since. Now go
to Havana, ask my father's blessing, and see what
ruck I shall haiir at the gambling table during the
• winter." • -•
All this was said in a Manlier, which not less
than the word?, betokened the heartlessness of my
new acquaintance, who, as J subse, i quently learned,
was the sollof a rich meiehant of Havana, by whom
he had been discarded Young De Soto paid his
passage, and the next day we sailed,
I had six other passengers, two of whom, a
wealthy Cuba lady and her daughter, were return
ing from - a summer's visit to the States. T)re
daughter was one of the most beautiful creoles I
ever saw. She conlirnot have been sixteen years
of age. Her figure wasslight and graceful, the tea
times of her.conntenance were regular and syste
matical. while her eyes told eloquently of a gentle,
confiding and affectionate soul. De Soto an i her
mother had met before, and ere we had been twen.
ty-four lion7s at sea, the young lady and myself
?were walking the quarter deck., chattering away in
Spanish with delightful farhiliarity, as thought they,
had been acquainted -with each other for years.—
Before we reached llavana they were lovers; be
fore I sailed from that port they were inaEried.—
Young De Soto had made his peace with his fath
er, by feigning repentance, and the two families
had in consultation decided that it would be best to
let the young people have their way. I visited .
them several times and like all young married folks
they seemed and were really happy. For the gen
tle young wife's sake I prayed that her influence
might prove strong enough to subdue the bold, reck
less, venturous spirit of her husband.
Nine ) ears after the period alluded to, thirteen
Spaniards were • tried at Boston, for piracy in rob- ,
' bing the brigMexicar, from Salem, confining the
crew below, and firing the • vessel. Happily they
were rescued by a ra.ssing ship; the piratei %rime
apprehended on the coast of Africa six months after
by an English cruiser, and sent to Boston, where
eight of them were coneenined. Only six howev
er. suffered
_ilea h on The scaffold. The seventh
committed suicide in prison, the eighth, the mate
of the vessel, was respited. I had read the ac
count of the trial of the pirates, but thesubject exci
ted but little of my attention. .
In the month of June, 1836, I was passing along
Chestnut street, Philadelphia, when hearing my
Hanle called, I turned and sap gazing at me a lady
dressed in the deepest mourning.' Her face was.
ghastly pale, and the skin seemed to be drawn
tightly over the bones—flesh there seemed to be
BIM
" Captain --- 1 " she said in broken English
and with a trembling • oice--" Captain yon do not
remember me! I am Mrs. De Soto, your pas
senger from Charleston for Havana, ten years or so
7
ago
In an instant the whole truth flashed upon my
, mind. The name of the respited pirate was De
ISoto, the bold wrecker, her husband. I entered
I into conversation with her, and learned from her
own lips the effort to save her husband's life. She
had travelled from N. 'Orleans to, Bbston in search
of theipersoluf whom her husband bad, saved, jar
money, from death on the Florida -zeds. By ad.
inrtising in the papers, she found many of these
persons, and exciting their sympathies in her be.
half, they certified „that they owed their lives to her
husband's brattsexy--carefully • concealing the Bin
Abut before he threw them - the rope, 'he had been
itrerinsed a large amount of money for every man
he rescued. With these certificates she basted* to
"Washington, and asked of Gen. Jackson the life of
her husband. heart of the stern old ihieftiari
was moved by' the wife's prayer, and his gladly
availed himself of the only giound for intelnsitioa
—the sqpposed services rendered by De Soto to
American- citizens in distress—and the pirate re.
ceived a pardliii.
Two years ago I was in Havana, and met De
Soto in a coffee house. He was in command of a
steamboat running between that'port and Matan
zas. I asked for his wife.
"She's been dead these three years," he rep .
ed, with indifference, as he picked up a'-eue and
challenged an acquaintance to a game of billiards.
Convict:ow is the effect of our own divot:sip
:lie reasoning.
'C itsciAaDuus DZKUNCUTIQX 3110,14 ialhaTZIP."
Adventures with a Panther
The following particulars of an encounter with,
one of these animals are &Om the pen of a gentle
man who witnessed it:—l was at Jaffna, at the
northern extremity of the Island of Ceylon, in the
beginning of The year 1819, when, one - Morning
'my servant called me an hour-er two
,before my
usual time, with it Master, muster I people sent for
master's dogs—tiger in the town !" Now, my dogs
chanced to be some very degenerate specimens of
a fine species,, called the Poligar dog, which I
should designate as a sort of wiry-haired grey
hound, without scent. I kept them to hunt jackals;
but tigers are very different things. By the way,.
there are no real tigers in Ceylon; but leopards and
panthers are always called so, and by ourselves as
well as -by the natives. This turned out to be a
panther. My gun chanced not to be put together;
and, while my servant was doing it, the collector
and two medical- men, who bad recently arrived,
in consequence of the cholera merlins having just
then reached Ceylon from the Continent, came to
my door, the former armed with a fowling-piece,
and the two latter with remarkably blunt hog-spears.
They insisted upon setting off, without waiting for
my gun—a proceeding not much to my taste. The
tiger (1 Must continue to call him so) had taken re
fuge in a hut the roof of which, like those of Cey
lon hots in general, spread to the ground like an
umbrella; the only aperture into it was a small
-door, about four feet high. The collector wanted
to get the tiger out at once. I begged him to wait
for my gm ; but no—the fowling-piece (loaded
[
with ball, of course) and the two hog-spears, were
quite •enough. I got a hedge-stake, and awaited my
fate, from very shame. At this moment, to my
great delight, there arrived from the fort an Eng
lish officer, two artillery-men, and a Malay capt.:
and a pretty figure we should have cut without
them, as the- event will show. I was now quite
ready to attack, and my gun came a minute after-.
wards. The whole scene which follows took plat
within an enclosure, about twenty Teet square, form
ed, on three sides, by a strong fence of palinyra
leaves, and on the fourth by the hut. At the door
' of this, the two artillery-men planted themselves;;
and the Malay captain got at the top, to frighten
the tiger out,- by worrying it—an easy operation, as
the hut!: there are covered with -cocoa-nut leaves.—
Ore of the artillery-men wanted to go in to the ti
ger, but we would not suffer it. At last the beast
sprang, This man received him on his bayonet,
which he thrust apparently down his throat, firing
his piece at the same moment. The bayonet broke
off short, leaving less than three inches on the mus
ket ; the rest remained in the animal, but was in
visible to as. The shot probably went through his
cheek, For it certainly did not seriously injure him,
as he instantly ree upon his legs, with a loud roar,
and placed his paws upon the soldier's breast. At
this moment the animal appeared to me to about
reach the centre of the man's face ; but I had sem=ce
ly time to observe this, when the tiger, stooping his
head, seized the soldier's arm in his mouth, turned
him half round staggering., threw him over on his
back, and fell upon hint. Our dread now was, that,
if we fired upon the tiger, we might kill the man.
For a moment there was a pantie, when his com
rade attacked the beast exactly in the same manner
as the gallant fellow himself had done. jle struck
his bayonet into his head ; the tiger rose at him ;
he fired,' and this time the ball tea: effect ; and in
the bead. The animalstaggered back Wards, and
l it
we all poured in our fi . lo still kicked and
writhed ; when the eentl an with -the hog-spears
advanced, and fixed him, w ile he was finished by
some natives beating him o the dead with hedge
stakes. The brave artillery- an was, after all, but
slightly hurt ;' he claimed the kin, which was very
cheerfully given to him. T re was, however, a
cry among the natives, that th head should 6e cut
ofl ; it was ; and, in so doing, the knife came di
rectly across the bayonet. The animal measured
little less than four feet, from the root of the tail to
the myzzle. There was no tradition of a tiger bay
ing been in Jaffna before, Indeed, this must have
either come a distauce of almost twenty miles, or
have swam across an arm of the sea nearly two in
. breadth ; for Jaffnastands on a peninsula, on which
there is no jungle ofrany magnitude.”—[From Po
pular Natural History, recently published in Leaden.
Smarr or ItrurloN.—Christ re-established the
unity of human nature. fie taught us the princi
ples of eternal justice, and the grand seeret of alt
harmony and happines •. s l on earth as'in heaven—
love. Till we arrive tethat point of his system, we
are unacquainted with Christianity, and are igno
rant of-our natures and our destinies. The dogmas
and the mysteries that even the very highest
pies have wrapped around this glorious sun of the
Christian system his eh-embracing sentiment of
unive* love, have only obscured its light from us,
and screened from us its !Ad warmth. The gips
pet does not consist in doctrines ail ,serernonies,
loin love: •
" But to love We must knew who are worthy of
our love; and here vain the rovelafibri of Christ'
embraced the infinite ," Thou shalt leViihy
bores thyself." And thenittame the envelop—T.
" Who is my neighbor:" And the sneerer; tikpretr•
and in ari immortal story was, "Every': Die who
need's thy help." • '
VALVE
s of . Newsesrtes,—The obligations
owite - neWSParteis are Inetsloo;j 141ultilief pi'Mg
be iiettlY undoil . stcodio'. be fr61431114-PPre4o4" ♦
The newspaper is the wonderful:collector ot mem,
Oat of these. bets—collected with infinite pains, art=
sparing labor, and great discrimination-41story ill
gradually shaped by more patient hands, is the
statue is slowly wrought by the sculptor from the
rough blozk. •
A PECtLIAII WORD.,•--HelrOinei ' is perhaps as °pe
culiar a word as any is rim Language. find
two letters of it are male, the_ #rst.three ferriere; the
first four a brava man, and the whole w9rdisineve
woman. It rum= thus—he, her, hero, heroine.
The tatetedium el the Seri
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RI E. C. COGSWELL -0
' Ip simplicity and purity of style,' and in originali
ty of sentiment, the Bible stands unrivalled. Its
purity and eloquence are- ansurpasss by any pro
ductions, ancient pr modem. Its material for the
exercise of deep theueit, for cultivating the taste,
for invigorating the imagination, and for eliciting
the best feelings of •the soul, is rich and exhaust
less. Its weighty doctrines, the hopes it enkindles,
the fears it allays, alike prove its divine original.
No human composition is so exquisite as always
to please. Itsstoresof wisdom are quickly exhaust
ed; the eye soon peiveives the end of created per.
fection but the beauties of the Bible me none the
less lovely, though the charm of novelty may have
passed away.
He who can mad the inspired narration of Mo
ses with diminished interest, can have no beauty
in his own soul. Cold must be 'that heart which
does not kindle at his eloquence, and melt at his
pathos!
Moses's account of the Creation is uniqne. It is
abrupt, simple, sublime. The volume of destiny
is suddenly thrown open ; time is proclaimed ;
enistiim arises; and a new race of intelligences
appear on the scene. The Alm4;hty voice is ad
dressed to Chaos: "Confusion hears it, and wild
Cproar stands ruled." The waters subside ; the
verdant landscape is seen ; songs burst from every
grove and stars, bright rolling, silent beaming, are
burled forth from the Almighty's band. .
The style of Moses as an historian is the best
model, both in'the vigorous and the sublime, the
pleasing and the tender. Ills history is clothed
with the grace of eloquence, the charms of poetry,
and the fascination of fiction.
The Bible is replete with poetry. The Hebrew
poets rouse, *arm, and transport the mind, instrains
the sweetest and boldest that bard ever sung—in
hers the loftiest that imagination ever iliztated.
ry extant ego: Is that which comes to us
from the rapt patriarch of ldumea, and the inspired
prophets of Salem ; from the school of Bethel and
Jericho. The Bible is the prototype, the unrivalled
model and inspirer of all that is elevated in poetry.
It has been a fiauntain, from which later poets have
drawn their richest thoughts, their boldest figurer,
their grandest imagery.
The Psalms of David are an elegant specimen of
poetic literature. The character of their diction and
expression is vivid, the thoughts animated, pa.ssion•
ate. They communicate truths, which philosophy
could never investigate, in a style which uniuspir
ed poetry can never equal. The Hebre4 literature
itself contains nothing more lovely.
Among the prophetic writers, Isaiah stands unri
valled. His language possesses surprising beau
ties. his triumphal song upon the fall of the4la
bylonish monarch is replete with imagery, diversi
fied and sublime.. The can( option is bold, !the
characters are introduced with wonderful art. No
thing is wanting to defend its claims to perfect
beauty. In every excellence of composition, it is
unequalled by any specimen of Greek or Roman
porurY.
The strains of Ezekiel break forth like the gush:
inf. , of a mighty fountain. ile'As deep, vehement,
tragical.: fie rouses every energy of the soul ; over
whelms the mind by his bolt) figures, abrupt transi
tions, feivid expressions. But he who astonishes
us by his graphic images, possesses, at the same
time, the loveliness of the sweetest poet. For in
vigorating the imagination, for giving energy of
thought and tioldness of expression, the writings of
Ezekiel are unequalled.
Such is the Literature of the Scriptures. Written
by its numerous authors, during the• space of fifteen
hundred years, in the sands of Arabia, in'the de
serts of Judah, in the rustic schools of the prophe's,
in the sumptuous palaces of Babylon, in the bosom
of pantheism and its sad philosophy, the Bible
comes to us the olde•rt offspring of sanctified intel
lect, the highest effort of genius, the effusions of
truth and nature, the overflowing of genuine feel
ink the utterance of undisguised sentiments. It is
essential truth, the thoughts of heaven. This vol
ume was conceived in the councils of eternal met
cy. It contains the wondrous story of redeeming
love. It Wales with the lustre of Jehovah's groty.
It is calculated to soften the heart ; to sanctify the
affections; to elevate the soul. It is adapted to
pour the balm of heaven into the wounded head ;
to cheer the dying hour; and to shed the -light of
immortality mien the darkness of the tomb;,• The
force•ot its truth compelled the highly- - giftedbut
Mel Syron to testify that--.
Within this awful voltarte bey
Tho ifiyitery tuystetieg.
0 happiest they of human Me.
To whom ougfiod bath given grade.
To bear. to read. to tear. to pray.
To lilt the latch. and force the way ;
Uut hepier had they newer bean bore,
Who read to doubt, or read 10 Wein.
ARlLizins` ‘y_fiTENGjet* from Mt.
Pleasant, Ark., pnhlished in - the Syieenee Star,
gives the ingredients of a wedding cake; in that
country ofbertopd batillbetC...." Mr: P. is ow ot:
dittoed, a
i rticntrse alt . iiitt to many. Re,
witi k a°r " 9t i a P mclf 11 ./ttlimPlY *ended a. wedding
thiairweir, and Wong& Ittanweonte wedding cake.
wirivituideorptuinded•eewriteari the ashes of
sOtalni,insrigii# ll o 4l e ll 4 raisins; this
wAll,FeL 44 i l 4 "Wate ' A t* ' ; 1 110 M husk!
# the shape of an: hourialasp mad boiled; ente.
&oast - fa - boiled ht , gnmsrliiocatitti iaten with 'a
PPNt I P44 9 . fO r i n a1 3 .0 .51 6 5 ,,4 0 7 1 * ~!,o # l lo WPM -
Pk 5591 6., Alelitiug 5 9 P114.-0F4 4 / 1 4-909-•
hoemdo*imsat, (fresh)isifkiondtheeake I beim
deseribett,' formed a eotsmoi dirmerx—
SMrie do elm high isitalriltfigerin ` l tehietitt! 4-
=1844 eour-slan/W!,4Ciiiiiie."
Goal re 4011; divine earr-7 a llie
worldwe tabst4lßeekiewe hed.lekerigigt tb
*in moat havetccitsiated in tr, came; that mume
mast hrieperstrintelligent; this intelligence Must
flake bie4-0400; ittefy'tattat have been
mweroe ; ana that, which Ila-waYe e,,ap is 44:
retest we know bb *teams ofZedef - ...„
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111INVIre sfiaregereh itlierts manes anal tears:
II *G soraz DOL.. ItZSTICI.
We'vesharedeaeb qtber's smiles sod tears,
• Through years of wedded fife, _
And love has bless'd those, fleeting years.
My own, au cherished wife. •
And, if n; times, the - stior4iirdarlr *rood.
Has tested in the • -;
Love's beaming sun ti l l :m assed die Opud .
And left the rainbow. re. ,
In all'onr hopes, in all Outdreanisi .
Love is forever nigh,!
A blossom in our path it seems,
A sunbeam in otir sky
For all our joys of brightest hits.
Grow brighter io love's smile;
And there!s no grief our hearts e'e; knew,
That love could not beguile.
•
Utstoiy . of Cotton.
_.
'mom A, LECTCILE BEFoRE THEi BobTOY MER CANTILEASS4CIATION.
The cotton plant was known, cultivated and ire
nufactured in India many: centuries ago. Iris a
plant which grows spontaneously all . over the tro
pical regions. The climates so necessary to the
growth and development o( thoafon plant, forbids
the cultivation of wool, while the latter product
flourishes in the cold regions where the cotton will
not grow. The - two products are admirably suited
for the clothing, of the inhabitants of the rayons in
which they respectively .flcurish.
The early - Egyptians do not iapPearto haveknown
the value of cotton, although it is known to have
existed in Egypt 550 pears before Christ fli
mummy clothes are all made oflinen. Iferodottis
is the first Creek writer who speaks of cetton, and
this in a brief reference tot dia. The ROM - OS re.
ceived the cotton manufacturesTrom India. From
this country cotton was introduced - into Upper and
Lower Egypt. The Moors of Spain introduced it
into Europe.
In the fineness and delicacy of the manufacture'
of eotton, the natives of India had the supremacy
for many centuries. These are to be attributed to
the fineness of their climate and the delicacy of
their sense of touch. Many stories are told of the
wonderful texture of their ,cloths, and among them
the following:
A Persian Ambassador is said to have carried
home to his master a cocoa-nut, which on being
broken was found to contain a piece of cotton of
some thirty yards in length and light as gimatner.
On one occasion an Emperor remonstrated with
his daughter upon the inJ.elicacy of her appearance,
she being clothed in they Hindoo cotton. She re
plied that the robe was wrapped nine times round
her body. These tales all Igo to prove that the Ilin
doos were perfect masters of the manufacture of
cotton.
The art of manufacture was held in high esteem,
and cotton weaving stood ;it the head of the me
ebanic arts. The women were all cotton spinets,
and the wearing was clone in the open air.
.pattni tt-a, introduced into China in the sixth
century, and in the tenth century into Spain. In
the thirteenth century a company was incorporated
at Barcelona for the manufacture , of cotton, but it
was only of a coarse kind 'called fustian. In the
sixteenth century it was introduced into England
by a refugee. The Aztecs or ancient Mexicans,
Were acquainted with the manufacture di hotton.
The progress iu the manufacture of cotton was
very slow after its introduction into England. The
thread waseo coarse that it could only be used for
filling., the warp being of linen. The article mann
factored was called calico, taking this Darnel from
Calcutta in the Ewe Indies. Pte , trions to the year
1769; no mills existed in England, and the mann.
facture was carried on by hand power alone. Soon
after the invention of Arkicright, the most rapid
progress . , was made, and the manufacture largely
ly increased. In 1846 the capital invested in En
gland in the cotton manufacture amounted to one
hundred million pounds sterling.. To build and
stock a mill in Great Britian, requires only abbot
two-thirds of the sum necessary in this country. .
The lecturer next proceeded to give some par
ticulars of the life of Richard Arkwright, from which
it appears he was born in the year 1782, in the
county of Lancashire, and was brought np to the
trade of a barber., About the year 1760 he quitted
his trade and traveled about the country as a deal
er in hair. He came in contact with the cotton
Spinners, low the difficulties under which they
tored j and set himself to work' to intent a . ebtton
spinning machine. _With assistance from si friend,
he went to work andcompleted hismachine irrthe
year 1770, in Noniiigham, aM was moved by Wine,
power. Arkwright's machine greatly improved
the quality of the thread aid linen tarp was no
conger necessary. This distinguished man - was
persecuted in his life lime by envious persetis;' iii
1786 ha , was . made Ifigh, Sheriff of - the comity,
Knighted by Geo. the Third, and died the richest
=Witt Englandin 1T99.
It was not until the year 1801 that power kiwis
werentade to work aareenisfully, t-Now there- are
in England 170,000 power loorruri taming durnintk
blared inillrenTyarati 'clothe; but band Unlit
wdaTing not extinct, est i mated that tb,eto
ale 2215;000handlopme1-weaving, in Great tritian-
In 1700, the - consumption of cotton in Englandwaa
anly 1,200,000 pottudsi now it amounts 4400,090-
000 pounds. two-thirds tot *ileitis the pfikinct of
oat owneotuttry. • :
Manchester ; acid thtl edtitttrp opti it for 4 2t1
nzaqutacCpre,
itia.the agave perrer.OVllle watsys".•: , ..9xst
of nearly one hundred milis visited by the llama
w i hilo-in Great Brit?,e otudy one wits ruivF i d
witer power, 114;1443 1 - Won at ' X•nancics-An..i 3 oti4nd.
This mill appeared tube very judieiously manage
ed • the operativesAveruneet and elettnli 'in their
Perrn; - . end
summer, the feiioeis wear no shuillkimAge,kjugit,
and only the married , lenes eaps—the unmarried
ones
e M cl l h iS*o 4 o l4e t' 4 l7KWA P T ll ff
on half of Altllne!itn Olf tiikttokSof4c Meta .
tives were required to work only, 63 41011111 , 6 Week,
„ , r
10(::
!ti'l
R' It
%Olio those of Lowoll„wp.feilOireatolfov AVOP.f3
The qopetrattesr Manchester:Swab •thelikiles. -
eribeq.: 4 - T4e Jeeteiei fi26l notfeitig -ffieloctura
lien sp 6.1104pp4,4,1e:Wp0d as *..13114141d,:r+
resented. r• •
fie diirnrit ftti'd rifirraetissiOrthoter tinnstiS.
cr . afii! DA 1 - :ifig*is - 414 a 1: 4 1. 1 efat.i.";7 4 1" .
mils are pvvnea mostly' : s.y iWOMillai,L*l44oo
incorporated torit'palri , ielCl Asia , this cettetiyo tier
gill I , y-siert( of CeOrtibMai require* inir
enfOrced i.o'strieter - than the elfieVeki . tit tB4
ease demmiti.ri-Timiaws, of - pashettlelit bearilig ,
es
peciaß trip* the tultneci and nitingtarrif aro
much more stringent -thaq,atiii,,k,e* force tYpou
his operatives. .
Most aft; fetroile rrtot Nrritt, and
all a . i lassigl of , cpqatixei - riFe. gr"*Y - la 3 /0044 111,
aiddlcred to gin, beer unit ix liiskey,4lrinking. In figrao
peculiar braUehes of,trork, thcj.wages sue.as higli ,
as in this country, but the general average, is, cull
about two-thirds of what is paid in American Milts.
, h he,lecturee.said be silioukhuot- atutipptlO.tie4tY
that crime an destitetion existed wafting the opera
tites, ,Init simply to assect that their emalitiop i tias
riot so brul as k had been represerited.,
A PiLicrw it Jose.- - --I =lSt not 'milt; hottiever,
id nitrate a little trick playedlipen der g.allani cap
tain. 'I have stated that the "river was so natio , *
near its source that we 'cone not tisethe toarti; ;and
the gig r:, ' ‘Ctidi Combined the pursuit,' haditibei
haitled through the biislcdi by die boat II tolts. R
tailing to 'where the targt t. boats had been fell
aground, our bowman? who was einployed sheet:
ing the gig along by l'odch ail as the branches of did
trees or ten ras which hung to them aftbrded'hiiii,
stunk hisat-hook- into what appeared' t& be it
.:)
suspended all of moss ; . but he satin disecoherisi
that it was Something more, as it wasti'neet ofhor
nets, which sallied out in great numbers; anti' Tea
stinted the insult to their domicile by attacking the
bowman first, ns the principal aggressor, and Twat
terwards, as parties .concerned:. Now the sting of
a hornet is nti joke; we covered our faces kith env
handkerchiefs, or any thing we could finds and
made a hasty retreat from the spot, pushing thegig
down the strearri till we were clearof their shticks.
In the hurry of our escape we left the , boat book
hanging in the homet'e nest, and not feeling at 111
inclined to go back for it, weliailed -the captains
gig, Which Was following us, and requested very
humbly that they would be pleased to renscend the
stream from the 'want of it. As wedid not men
tion that it was so peculiarly situated, the captain
saw no dbjection, and its they came to where it
hung, his bowman caught hold of the staff, ' and
wrested it from its position ; but this time such force
was used that the tendril gave way, and the nest
itself fell down into the boat, and -the Winded' in-
sects ooureil mit their whole force to revenge this
Secona aggression The inserts after all appeared
to hae a knowledge of the service, ftir therservad
out th it stings in the same prcipartion as the prize
'money is divided—the captain came in for his- full
share]
21/E3IOrANDL FUlt BOIS.--Seveu classes of compsa
ny to be avoided.
1. T.:-.cise who'ridieule their parents or
.disobey
their commands
2. Those who profiulf.b. the Sabb'ah or scoff at
3 Those who use profane and filthy language,
4. Those who are uafaithful, play truant 4n ti
waste their time . tn idleness.
5. Tixose_whoare of a quarrelsome ternpni, and
are apt to get into difficulty with others.
6. Tho4e who are addicted to 'lying and ist6aling
7. ThOse who are of cruel disposition vrbo tAct
pleastire in torturing-and maiming animals and:in
sects, and robbing birds of their young,
Istarocesee.-4nnoceneel is rtserutieet umpire"
has some advantage over the meet dexterous and
practised gbkit. Equivocal appearances may. sea.
dental!) attend it in its progress-through thexteld*
botthervery scrutiny which thete appearances hill
excite, operatMt in tavor ofirutoceneer whit*
the moment it is discovered. brit .guittis
;
r, helpless depenient Mahout theidlit.
epee of - ablvdilig,ent and foetttnate fr a ud it ip inert.
itably undone. if the guilty culpalbe obstinately
silent; his silence forms a deadly preanuiptiort
ailing him: If bespeaks, talking tends toslisco.
very, and his very defence lambdas,- materials to.
yards his-conviction.,
;11.s.1:isc"111r ; a itiver.—The re,tS iti4Tt of
Making :a man
Ti is not alWays by putting the hail& iri the ?Alt
that We remove afflictions; 'there rtiasitiel r oM6.:
thirl, more. There Wiest be adiiesi:Midiabbr i end
activity; we meat bestir odrselitig;leaveMtrarin
chairs, thrtiw - ofrour tlitipera, midi et ibibia, sie'
watzld 'effectually . SerVeifellosiiTiiiieW 1 'Whert
mitiiS - nctiVe ancrefieetiteT, benefolElik 91eittore
pimple aliatici ittiaaprikvow,
and ho4lnitiliiiiitley 64 the kao.i-ber
ever, 'ficisieis Ilifititg 'of - pitgatithivyriFk it
cbite leis lo'giv% a aiiirtett thinla iirtNotti. •
Cu*A.C7PteTa• cicu pa***3l,44amm
not only 140 kOfegtI t Yl.4011% 1 3116
submit to an injury; And athOWX , 4 04k ki naitnAl?
intliTi4 ll l;cr , 4 canunn*rtjt i l t Waßitda*4, o f
Peace/ Rd indePandancPto *kiX4ll l A v at e C r Pf lit
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ir e ikt datelciraiiitit4,4lP - Mtity ;mien wholdai
diaitfora whetailititovi'aredittidertiterteiNibeet
b i rm etzr. , ,
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