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- - IXTILEGHT'S
Indian Vegeta le rills.
Of the North American Collegi,of Health. As op
pears by the following circuMetances, are fast su
perseding the use , of allatherrtills as a otilvEaseit.
2tEMEDY, for the purification of the blood, and as a
tonsecluence, the,eradication of DISEASE from the
HUMAN SYSTEit
THOMAS & J AME: BEATTY,
ill AV ING been •tfuly appointed CoMity Agent
AUK for the sale,'n large or small quantities, of the
named article, suggect the follpwing as strong pre
sumptive proof, that the claim of this , medicine to
public confidence, is 'founded Lin unquestionable
slid tae believe, unquetiunablti authority.
Letter from Mr. Oa field, rfravelling Agent for
the United States. .
Messrs. T. &J. BEATTY. •
I herewith enclose for•yot service in the way
of advertising, the notice of S ichter & McKnight,
successors to Keim & Stichter, Reading, who are
agents far Brandreth pid perhaps for others.
You will perceive the force ofttheir language, un
der these circumstances, and my business is to ap
prise you of the testimony which the gentleman to
whom they refer have alrerdy plven,—four of them
prior to the reference, and one, Mr. G. H. Miller,
since the reference. but with* being informed of
it by me, or in any manner alliuding to it . :
STICHTEn & ArKNGiri, aq successors to Keirn
Stichter, Reading.) having peen duly appointed
county agents lot the excellent and superior medi—
cine abcive named, are now prlepared to supply the
demands of former agencies, and will be gratified
by the appointment and a.ippl of new ones, on the
usual liberal terms.
"For. the character of thes
confidence, but without aske
lowing named gentlemen, wh,
enough to- know their true
with any others now in mark
cation.gives every facility to
serves to obtain, either for sa
article.'
To take them in consecutitle order, then Mr. C.
W. Porter, P. M., Maiden Crick, Jan, 26, took of
me on commission, 6 doz. Si ce that tirrieje per.
chased of K. & S. Heading 6 o,,zen, and on the 4th
Inst. took 6 dozen of me, staritig, that he never, had
a medicine which brought,bick so good a report.
nor one , which-had so read y a sale. • As he is Post
Alaster,:any person can easily` and cbeaply ascer
tain whether my veracity car be impeached and at
the same time learn what other pill's ; be sells or has
sold.
Mr. G. H. Miller, late of Ekrickensville, had re
quested me to appoint him an agent for Wonyls
dorf, because he well know e value' of the alticle.
m
April 20th he took of e 4 doer, and on the 24th
inst. he had sold 26 boxes, it being in Womelsdorf,
a new article, and bought 2 dozen more.
This statement is similar t 6 the foregoing.
To Mr. Mlitinty, one dozer were sent at a ven
ture, perhaps in December. an. 25, 1 lett him 2
dozen on commission, aad on he 11th ; iiist. he paid
me for 7 dozen stating, as d. the others, that in,
medicine with which he is a k.uainted has as good
a name and so ready a sale.
Peter Kline, Post Master, ail sold to a man who
has the white swelling, probably near 60, whom I
seen, tend who states, that no other remedy has ren
dered him nny service, but that this has, and now
that he is persuaded to persevere, I am fully persua
ded he will entirely recover.
Samuel Ileckler, Nit Master, sells the other pills,
but states, that lie finds 4 of te j ese equal to 8 or 9 of
them—that tho' he had thes,. less than 4 months,
and the others several years, r -of these he now sells
about,lo boxes where he hask call for one of the
other sort. fie mentioned ONi/omen who has du
ring several yews suffered bY the rheumatism, and
though other remedies :had been invoked, she
has not found any benefit, scive in the use of these
pills. -
I would add much general and particular inlor
mrtiun, but shall defer to a more convenient oppor
tunity an exposition which *nth° interesting to ‘ all
whn are,liable to diseases. To the bowlegs in hand,
the reference, 1 have paidhe attention it seems
' to merit , and . 1 thus leave it t with- the earnest de
sire that tt may be read wit t r candor, and produce
the effect to which truth is always entitled. , -
. , Respectfully,
. CAMFIELD,
Travellin Agt. United States.
Pottsville, May 29 22=-.lf
The;follnwing named g ntlemen comprise the
list of agents for this count 1 and vicinity, sa far as
they are at present received Other names-will be
added as agents shall be appoirLted. '..
T. O. J. &Arm Pottsville.
Daniel Saylor,Schtrylkill Maven, . -
Caleb Wheeler, Pinegrovr,
John Snyder, P. M. Fried - ensburg,
. J. 4 G, Matz, Port Clintrin,
13. K. Miller, McKeansiadrg,
•
Wm'. Taggart, Tainaquial
F. Drcy & Co. Tuscarori, i
Samuel Buyer, Middle PQM
„. 'Seidel & Co. Hamburg,
J: Wiest, Klingerstown,
Aaron MatthewS, M. P.ower Mahantango
Jacob Keel:Nip. i Jpper do
Kau ffm AT t
do do
• F. Elmer, P. M. Nlillerslrdri, (Bethel P.O.}
S. Faindel, Gratztown. ,
Principal Office, 169 pace st. Philadelphia,
WI '1..1.XN1 WRIGHT,
Vice Pr N. A. Col. Health. .
• School
A T 25 ce s ots per 100, a 1.4-2".1 .4-2".
. 4-2 ". QuiIIS, for general us ,
per 100.
Also Steel Pena at 50 ce
ved and for aale by
April 24th
Salmon, Shad
Halifax & Mass. No. 1
No. 1 Salmon,
Mess Shad,
Cod Fish,
Burlington Miring,
thgby do
Bologna Sausages,
Smoked Beef,
S:noked Tongues,
Jersey & Western Ha
Shoulders & Flitch.
Cheese.
Pine Apple Cheese,
Sap Sago do
Fruit, •
Fresh Pickles.
Just recetved and fors
Fl. 9.
May 29 • '
Riding, S,ilike
JUST received a fresh s',
JUST
manufactured
Whips which•will be Sold
Alai, a lot of neat walkin•
switcher.
•,( 80 •.) •
, d out
TUNE There's nae tisk about the house."
And are you sure the news is true,
pills, we refer with
consent, to the fol.
have sold them long
alue in comparison
T. Their relative le
he inquirer who de—
e or use, a first rate
What a heavenly night !
The winds blowing fresh—and the beautiful light
Shedding out such a luminous dampness 'above !
So respectful and still : and the scenery there—
How it moves up and' down in the dim, holy Mr . !
'Tie a midnight of awe--and a Sabbath of love.
0 lift up thine eyes,see the firmanent spreading,
A moveable vault of the deepest of blue—
Rolling on—rolling on—through infinity—shedding
FOrever—itS oceans of lustre and dew.
f, arils,
o a choice assortment 5
from 50 cents to $ 3 7
to per gross, just r
B. BANN AN.
17-
l &
ie by
A..IIENDERSON.
22
. & Whips
1.•
pply orbeautiful and su
• iding Sulkey, and (Gig
cheap byllie.anoscriber.
: and riding whdlebone
B. BANNATi.
"I witlteach you to pierce the bowels of the Earth,and bring oat from the Caverns of hionntaina, Metals which will giveatrength toournandsandsubjectall Natureto onrime and piikaure".—Da.Joitrisort
0
VOL. XVII.
FOR 411 E. Nti*Eltei JOURNAL
TO lON E.
To thee, whose sour is far above
The fleeting thoughts that always.movo
Our hearts toward' frail terrestrial love,
I waft ; my lay,
And that thy spirits lofty tower
May never fail, to that strong power
Who guides us in the trying lour ;
,1 bend and pray
HA who hath seen Its-loveliness,
And felt-thy power and will to bless
His saddened heart iß i distress ;
' Momurs a grateful prayer.
That nought of sorrow e'er should come
Unto that spirit's peaceful dome
To tear its imitate from its home ,
And leave it full of care:
If pure and gushing love can bung
Unto thy hearts fresh blossoming,
A cure for every coming sting,
Oh call that feeling mine
For on my heart blooms one bright spot
Hallowed by every other thought ;
That ndver can be filled by aught,
Than Such'puro love as thine,
lON
TEm PER 'INC E SONG,
And aro you sure he's sigr_d
I can't believe the joyful tale,
And leave my feats behind.
If Jahn has signed and drinks no more,
The happiest wife am I
That ever swept a cottage hearth,
Or sung a lullaby :
For there's nae luck about the house,
There's nae luck at a'
And genes the comfort of the house,
Since he to drink did fa'
Whose eye so kind whose hand so strong,
Whose love so true will shine, -
If he have bent his heart and hand
The total pledge te sign.
But what puts breaking in my head ?
I trust he'll taste no more:
Be still, be still, my beating heart,
Hark ! hark ! Ise's at the door
For 11:ere's nue luck about the house,
There's been nee Ines at
And genes the Comfort - of the house,
Since he to drink did fa' •
And blessings on i lhe helping hands
Teat send him batik tame,
Haste, haste, ye little ones, and run,
Your father's face to see.
And are you sure my John, you've sign'd
And are you Sure" lib past?
Then mine's the happiest, brightest home
On Temp'rance shores-at last.
There's been nab luck shunt the house,
But now 'tis comfort a'
And heaven preserve my in gude man,
That he may never ta'
E LEG ANT EXTRACTS.
EMI
I have thought
A brother's and a sister's love was much.
But the affections of a delicate child
For a fond father, gushing as it does
With the sweet springs of lite, and living on
Through all earths's changes like a principle,
Chastened with reverence, and made more pure
By early discipline of light and shade—
It must be holier !
MEM
ITIECEI
I have thought a hundred times, that if I was an
angel, and hid wings and no specic.l gravity, I would
soar Just so far upward, thatl could see the evening
sun glimmer o'er the edge of, , thii earth, and, while I
new _around with the earth, and at the same time
against its motion on its axis, would hold myself al
ways in such a position, that for a whole year long I
could look into the mild, broad eye of the evening
sun. But at lehgth I would sink down, drunk with
splendor, like a bee o'er fed with honey, in sweet
delirium, on the grass. 4
PAIR . AN4 C•UE
If every pain and care we feel,
CoUld burn upon our brow,
How many hearts would move to heal,
That strive to crush us now.
It is a very pleasant thing to possess the good will
and respect of the world about you--but it is infin
itely better to possess that inward consciousness of
rectitude and honor which can carry the soul through
a furnace seven times heated in the fires of adversi
ty and sorrow.
Why o'er the virtuous dead should mourners weep?
The virtuous never truly die—they alhep.
Life in every form should bo precious to us, for
t.e same reason that the Tutks carefully collect eve
ry scrap of paper that comes in their way, because
the name of God mey be written upon, it. Nothing
is more true than this, yet nothing more neglected!
—[ Prof. Longfellow.
When you hear any one making a noise about
hiniself, his merits and his good qualities, remember
that the poorest wheel of a waggon always creaks
the loudest.
The worthiest people are the most injured by slim
derl as we usually find that to be the best frui
Whitt' the binlithoe been picking at.
True GenerositY is the sunshine of ilre.
NEwsesesne.--+What a benefactor is an editor!
What a treasure ie a newspaper! How well the
poet singe—we love to repeat his lines;
To 'this all readers turn, and they' can look
Pleased on a puma, who abhor a book ;•'
Those who ne'er designed their biblitoyernee
i Would think it bard to be denied theie
Sinners and saints, the wisest and the weak,
Hero Mingle tastes, and one amusement seek`;
This, like the pUblic in, provides a treat,
' Where each promiscuous guest sits flown to oat
And such this mental food as we may call,
Enimething to all men, rue .i to some men 414.
,
AND P
Weekly by Benjamin Bannan, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
[From BritiSh Journals received at this office by the
• Steam Ship Columbia, at Bobton.]
BENEDETTO MARCELLO,
TILE MUSICIAN OF MALAMOCCO.
LEGEND OF VENICE.
" Hope, like the glimmering taper's light,
Adorns and cheers the way ;
And still; as darker,grows the night,
Emits =t brighter ray "—Goldsmith..
It was in•that gay season when the first princes
and potentates, as well as their prime ministers, were
ton happy to throw aside the cars of state, and
as
sume the disguises of less solemn and pleasanter peo
ple, to enjai a few hours for years of service and
vexation—ic was the evening that ushered in the
Carnival of Venice, wben a knot of young nobles
were spending their time merrily enough, I warrant,
after a splerieid supper in one of their palaces, seat
ed picturestfuely on the outskirts of the city. Soon
one of the party was observed to withdraw himself
quietly fronalhe rest; he was seen to support his
head on hie left hand, to hold a rose iu his right,
while he began to sigh like a furnace," fixing his
eyes, like two fire-balls, directly upon the palace on
the opposite ,side of the Laguna. For here was then
being given a rare feast, in honor of the marriage of
Paulo Seranio with the fair Leonora Manfrotti.
A companion, Alberto Leoni, not one of the most
sage and temperate, turning quickly round, reproach
ed Benedetto with ill-humor, adding, that there
were enough of handsome women left in Venice;
that it was foolish to lament over one. Perceiving
his friend still thoughtful, ho took the rose from his
hand, promising to rend it on his part to, the hus
band, and that he had better think of some verses to
accompany the present. Surely, surely, a yr ung
fellow so well qualified ak you, Benedetto, must-not
envy the huSbancl of Leonora, whom in a few hours
you would render the most unhappy man in Venice.'
All the gay, ,iesimpany applauded the idea of Lconi:
Benedetto, being rather sulky, at first refused ; but
at length he good-naturedly gave way to the wishes
of his companions.
The Inver:began the epistle, but his tears blotted
the paper, and Leoni kindly took up the pen and
wrote the following:
BEACTIFUL L ' ADT,—Benedetto sends to you
this rose, and entreats you -to remember that the an
cient custoin is to give the thorns to the husband,
and the flowers to the lover.' Lentil soon reached
the palace, and ascending a little terrace which led
to the sleeplbg-rooms, the windows of which, as usu
al in the warm season,'te , r open, he threw the let
ter as nearly as he could upon the couch, and had
scarcely again reached the gondola when he saw the
company setting out. The companions of the ad
venturous Leoni applauded his bold design, and were
much amused at the idea of the ludicrous consequen
ces that would most likely ensue.
Now, Leonora Manicotti was the beautiful daught
er of a noble patrician just returned from his wealthy
government of the Morea. He had another daught
er, who, owing to some whim of dame Nature, was
so exactly like her sister that only those most inti
mate with them could possibly perceive any differ
ence between them. Of course, when Paulo, the
husband, was aware of the rose's impertinence, to
say nothing of the complimentary letter• about the
thorns, he flew into the greatest rage, and even ac•
cused his bride of having some share in this vile in
jurious transaction. It was in vain she appealed, to
Heaven in support of her • perfect innocence ; the jeal
ous husband soon became the cruel tyrant, and part
passu, it followed as a natural consequence that he
soon brought her, or more truly to speak, tormented
and pinched her, to her grave. The black and blue
spots at first led to the belief that she had been pois
oned ; but it was subsequently the medical opinion
that these were only the effects of the. repeated nips
end pinches which, in his petty malice against the
rose, he inflicted, to show that the thorns were trot
wholly confined to him. She was, nevertheless, in
terred with splendid pomp in the church Dei Fred,
in the vault of the husband's ancestors, where a fu-
IWlLtis.]
neral light was kept continually burning near-her.
Although Benedetto up to that time had lived a
n- mo g the most dissipated youths, he could not help
reproaching himself with causing the death of the
fair lady ; an idea that at length preyed so greatly
[JOHN NEAL.
upon his mind that he wholly lost the poise of hitt
wits, in other words, become distracted, and one day
disappeared from Venice; indeed, it was reported,
that in an excess of folly he had put an end to his
existence.
Eliade Monfretti, the sister of Leonora, was one
of "those bright and almost ethenal beings that
seem to partake more of the celestial than the earthly,
so full of soul, and grace, and love, were her least
movements and expressions, while a subdued fire
and , vivacity beamed from her dark eyes, that gave
lustre to her whole air. It is not surprising that she
should be keenly alive to the charms of music ; and
in certain moods it made a vivid impression on her
impassioned mind. It happened that some musical
compositions by an unknown hand were at that time
greatly admired in Venice. At the funeral of a cer
tain senator that took place in the church Dei Frani,
the music of the unknown author was played : Eli
ade herself assisted in the performance, and was. so
overcome with the effect of the 'sweet harmony' she
helped to raise that she fainted, and from that hour
her sole desire was to discover the unknown musi
cian. She could play nothing but the compositions
of him who had excited such an irresistible curtosi
' ty in her soul, a strange indefinable wish to see him
—the dear author of those divine airs she was daily
and nightly absorbed in lipuring with exquisite ex
pression from her harp or'organ. Her prayers and
efforts were alike useless ; When asleep, she dreamed
of him, yet he came not, she saw him not, and she
mused her lifel away.
One night while she was singing the fragment of
a song that had been sent her, trying it-again and
t
again, to find in what manner it could
c, `best be finish
ed, she startedl'at hearing. some one pleting the
air just es she would have wished it. Bei d with the
idea that it eduld only be he of whom she was in*
search, she told a servant to follow the gondola, who I
afterwards repiarted that it had gone to Malamocco,
whither , he tad not dare to follow it, because the
island Was not inhabited, and more because the wife
-of Faltero. or I rather the wife's ghost, was credibly
reported to haunt the ruins of the deserted building*.
The only idea that occurred to Eliade, however, was.
' how she could contrive to get to this desert isle, and
gain tidings ,
i t rn
respecting the absent musician.
Try to baul • a woman'e curiosity, especially in per•
suit of a' yo g musician who has caught both her,
ear and her fancy, if you can ! She soon found that
tr4( t tt
the fortmda le ghost was only an aged woman. who
had the rep ation of being esteemed a witch ; and
our curio if not love stricken hemline, hid no ob
;victim In utlidol even a little 14itrAtcrall to gratify
917
SATURDAY MORNING. JULY 10. 1841.
lova ,
her incessant longing to see him, eapecially as she
herself had been publicly accused of eiercising no
little witchery with her eyes. So she disguised her
self es a plebianiflower-girl, made her way to the pre
cise spot, fell on the track of the old witch, and tak.
ing for granted that she knew more than she ought
to know, asked her confidently to direct her to the
place where the musical genius resided.
" And what can posseas you," replied the old beld
ame, in a shrill, screeching voice, at the top of her
witchcraft, " to come to me, and to ark to find out
what you ought not to know. 06, woman, woman,
from the beginning ! Father Satan well knew what
he was about—an apple, or a handsome musician,
it is all one. "
tt Is he—is he so handsome " inquired the young
enthusiast, g. as well as so fascinating—so full of
melody—so divine I—but she was out of breath, and
the witch very considerately resumed the word.
Lady ! he'who recieves the applauses of ell Italy
cannot be unworthy to be known."
•• And if he is unhappy," was the rejoinder, • I
should be so glad to partake his unhappiness—to—
to relieve his Burrows."
I see I need not ask if he is then so dear to
youl
~ As dear as my life!" was the wild young girl's
reply
Well, then, my sweet daughter," said the old
woman, dropping her stick, .g as you have told me
your secret, I will tell you mine. I am not the
witch people take me for—l am not that, celebrated
bag who for more than thirty years made so flourish
ing a trade of her oracles. The great Negagonda is
dead ; but I, who succeeded in her place to conceal
my misfortunes, am alive, and assist him who has no
one, not even his cram ri ason, to assist him. I nurs
ed on his corning into this bad world, and I am
nursing hiio again nowakiiis going oaf."
And I em Eliade ?Mrotti," replied her fair vis
itor.
Heaven, then, has sent you to me," said the old
nurse ; " for a strange mystery will make known to
you, that which will call fur all the force and constan
cy of your soul. "
Darkness now began to shroud the earth ; the
light of the houses in the distance, and the half-seen
gondola moving here and there, were all that could
be discerned. The nurse of Benedetto took a light
and invited her companion to follow her. They ad
vanced a good way among the ruins, till they arrived
at a low narrow entrance, through which they pas
sed, and stopped at a door, where, pausing some
time, she turned to her companion : " I repeat to you
my dear, the scene is terrible." She then put out
the light, and they entered what appeared to Eliade
a large vaulted room, in which a funeral lamp hung
from the roof. She entered, and . saw lying near a
coffih a lady of wonderful beauty, at whose feet sat
a young man in deep mourning, absorbed in melan
choly, who frequently ran his hand carelessly over
the keys of an organ which stood near him, and on
which lay several rolls of paper, when suddenly he
ceased, and fixing his eyes on the body before him,
waited as if expec ing a reply. The young lady,
struck no less by hie extreme mildness and symmetry
of features than by his beauty and wildness of imag
ination, so apparent in all his compositions, inferred
that he must have suffered some severe loss, bat she
little conceived that the object of it was her own sis
ter ;—and a greater mystery yet remained to be clear
ed up. He again began to play, and this time sang.
The subject was hie remorse :—in most touching and
beautiful language he besought the pardon of her
whom he had so unn, hilly brought to an early doom,
praying that in some sphere he might yet be united
to her. Then came the fear that the God of justice
would separate the murderer from his victim. It
was then that the aged nurse related bow the poor
gentleman had lost both the lady and his mother,
which together had quite upset his wits—that the la
dy was her sister ; that be had conveyed the body
by night from the church, and sought to restore it
to life by the charms of harmony.
The wit and resources of women are inexhaustible;
Eliade devised an ingenious plan to restore the mu
sician to reason. When Benedetto, the following
day, endeavored to resyre his lady-love to life in
vain with other instruments, he at lenght took up his
harp and sung the fotirth psalm; praying her to arise.
The lady, indeed, op'ened her eyes, and rising from
her couch, she thus addressed the delighted Benedet
to Am 1 she whom you regret Leonora,
forgive me,' was the reply ; my fault was love—do
not be inexorable.'
Death only. is inexorable," was the lady's an
swer, and will not give up its victim. Ask not for
Leonora, but behold her whom you have indeed re
stored to 'life' since , she saw you, and live for her
sake and that of Italy which so much honors you."
The ingenious expedient of the sister of the lamen
ted Leonora was perfectly successful. Henedettore
covered his reason ; and, with the cares of the good
old nurse, and the perfect resemblance of one whom
he soon called, his wife to his first unfortunate love,
was fuUy reconciled to existence. Yet only a foss
brief, but not unhappy years, remained for the fermi
-tutting genies in whom disappointed affection had
awakened a son! of harmony and song seldom com
bined in the most brilliant poets or musicians ; who
left behind him the finest sacred pieces in the world,
and which have rendered his name fainous through
out all belly.
There is some good sense in the following pars
graph, which we extract from the Montreal Herald :
It strikes us as something exceedingly improper
to see three or four gentlemen having to leave a pew
in church, in order to give a lady a seat farthest re
moved from the door. We see this frequently done,
even after the services of the church have commen
ced. This ceremony on the part of the gentlemen
may be gallantry, but it appears to ns exceedingly id
timed and out of place.. Its exhibition is productive
of inconvenience, and disturbs others who are enga
ged in duties far more important than any which re
lates to fashionable etiquette. Oh, reform it alto
gether ; it is a custom more honored in the breach
than the observance."
REMEDY YOB A LIGHTNING Suocir..—As this is the
season when all ere more or less liable to experience
a shock from nature's battery. the Buffalo Comma.
cial Advertiser suggests that any person struck down
by lightning, no matter if apparently dead, ought to
be laid immediately extended on the, damp gib. ,1
and if it do not rain upon him, wider', should be
thrown on freely. which in most cases will conduct
off the electric fluid, without serious injury. Many
a one has lost his life when a knowledge of these
facts on the pen of friends at bystander,
rand*
VEnTIgER.
A lhantrt. Loran.—A Green Mountain boy fell
in love with a very pretty girl and determined to
'court her.' To that end he=dresaed himself in his
'Sunday go-to-meetings,' went to ber farther'a house
and found her alone.
How d'ye du, says Jonathan.
• I'm nicely—take a chili r, Jonathan,' says the
girl.
Jonathan took a chair, and seated himself in the
farther corner of the room, as though the beauty was
a thing to be feared rather than loved.
Amt you cold—bad'ut you bettor ¶it up to the
fire; says Sally, euppposing he would of course, if
be-was going to make lose at all, do so in a proper
manner
No, I thankee, I reckon I'm comfortable,' returns
Jonathan.
•
How is your maim,' said Sally.
Well, she's complainin' a leetle,' said Jonathan.
Here a pause of ten minutes ensued, during which
time Jonathan amused himself brwhitling a stick.
'There's nothing new up youir way, is , there 1' said
Sally, which Jonathan might understand es apply
ing to his present situation, or to his father's domi.
eil. •
, Here 7—oh--yis, you meant to Atm: well no—
that is yis—our spotted cow's got a calf!' said Jon-
athan
Sally would undoubtedly have laughed at this
queer spec of information, only she was too much
vexed at the bashfulness of the speaker. At length,
after another protracted silence, Sally got up a small
edition of a scream, and in a loud voice exclaimed,
Let me alone !,
Why,' says Jonathan, dropping his knife and
stick in astonishment, why I aint a toucliin" on ye.'
Well says Sally, in a voice which might be in
dicative of fear, but sounded very like a request.
Well, aint you goin' fur
Jonathan thought a moment of this equivocal le
ply, and then after placing his knife in his pocket
and blowing his nose, he drew bis chair by the side
of pretty Sally, gently encircled her waist the
next week they were married.
RAILROAD IROI OF Hems PRODIICTION.—We
learn from. a South Wester paper, that the Hiatus
see Rail Road company, in East Tennessee, have
determined to undertake the supplying of iron for that
work from the native mines of that region. The
design is believed to be entirely practicable. The
company have procured two steam engines and ma
chinery for commencing the work. The abundance
of coal in the neighborhood will afford the means of
carrying on operations under the most faiorable cir
cumstances.
'rho iron region of East Tennessee is represented
as being very extensive. We hope that the exam
ple here set of producing railroad iron for domestic
use will be followed in other parts of the county—al
though ib fact unless the policy of the Government
is more decidedly turned towards fostering native in
terests it will probably be a considerable time before
such undertakings can be generally profitable. It is
a strange sight to behold our mountains filled with
iron ore and coal in profuse abundance, end at the
same time to witness the constant importation of
manufactured iron for the construction l of works that
penetrate those very mountains. We neglect the
treasures at our own feet and go across the ocean to
procure a foreigir article of no better quality than
could be had from our domestic material.
The iron manufactures ` of Virginia are about to
hold a convention in that State to take into conside
ration the present condition •of the business. The
facts which they will have it in their powet to lay
betote the country will heire the effect, we hope, of
drawing the public attention more closely to the
state of our p!1 active interests generally as affected
nt present by the policy of the government. When
the nation shall become fully aware of the condition
of thine id this respect there will be d' voice uttered
which no administration will be disposed to dine
gatd.—Baltirnore American.
ItEmstas OF Gill. Ilinnisox.--The Lebano4
Star contains the following extract from tho letter of
a Mend dated North Bend
4. I am at preserit engaged in preparing and putting
in order the meund or burial place for the reception
of the General: It hi a very elevated spot, a short
distance west of the dwelling-battle, and opposite the
mouth of the tun>•el of the Whitewater
Canal.—
We are building a vault on the top of the mound—
clearing off the undergrowth, leaving only a few
scattering trees—fencing it in with ' , a good plain,
though neat and substantial fence harmonizing in
this particular with the life and charaitei el him who
is to repose within its pale. I think it quite likely
theluneral will take place on the 4th of July. or the
day that may be kept as our national anniversary,
for the 9th COMCion Sunday. the time howeier,
the committee will make a pubic announcement. 1
shall expect to see a large number of the citizens of
Warren county present on the °Cannon, - for it is pre
sumed that every Wbig, and many of the opposition
party will be desirous to pay the last tribute of re
spect to the departed hero, patriot-and sage."
Berra HORN'S Ban.—The poor tailor in the follow.
ing sketch from the New Orleans Crescent City,
fared no better on one horn of the dilemma than
the other.
" Will you pay me my bill. sir ?" said a tailor in
Charles street. to a'''"waggish fellow who had got in—
to him about a feet.
Do you owe any'body any thing, sir ?" asked
the wag.
No sir," said the tailor. -
Then you can afford to Wait VI and he walked
of:
A day or two afterwards the thifor called again.*
Our wag was , not at his wit's end yet : so turning
on his creditor. he attys." Are yori in debt to any
body ?" . ,
' , Yes sir," says the tatioi: , I
"Well, why the devil don't you pay ?"
"'Because 1 caret get the money.,'
That's just my ease, sir. tam glad to sea
pin can appreciate my condition—give us your
hand."
a t hold it a religions duty,
' To love and wotebip childsen's beauty. _ ,
They've least the taint of earthly clod—
Theft% freshest from the hand of God."
How, beautiful is childhood! who does not lova
to look 'upon and worship its_ innocence and loveli.
aces. How congaing is the - child, who knows not
of the worlds deceits. Whili others look upon you
•. ith suspicion and distrust , the l dd . thinking all
'others as guileless as itself, in t t sweet innocence
trill meet, yon with the smile of confidence - end gif.
fection. It were enough to breakithe hardest beast,
and bring from the 4one tomb of :ild affection, the
kindly sympathies,thetwee, Ind 02704swogit tire*
innotawr. 1
.
Tun 7111.LAGP. PR . • CHER
Bi CIIIALCS WARE,
---- Go, proud ikdel, search the.ponderous
tomes of heathen learning—explere the precepts oft
Seneca. and the writings of Socrates. -Collect all!
the excellencies of the ancient and modern moral.;
ists, Lind point to a sentence equill to this simplei
prayer of the Saviour. Reviled and insulted—aut.:
tiring the grossest indignities, crowned with thorns t i
and led away to die; no annihilating curse breaks'
from his breast. Sweet. placid as the aspiring of al
mother for her nursling, ascends cprayer of mesh
cy for his enemies. '• Forgive, forgive them." ON
it its worthy of its origin, and stamped with thel
bright seal of truth that hiti mission was from
heaven!
I
n
Acquaintances, have von ever quarrelled ?
Friends bade you eder differed ? II he who is , pure ,
and perfect forgave his biitorest enemies , do you;
well to cherish your anger? Brothers, to you the!,
precept is imperative: you shall forgive not sev:
en times merely, but seventy times seven
Husbands and wives, you have tie right to expect)
: perfection in each other. Tu err is the lot of hn
manity. Illness will sometimes Make you petulan4,
end disanpointmeni ruffles the smoothest temper.—=l
Guard. I beseech you, with 'unremitted
your passions : controlled, they are the genial beat
that warms us along the way of life—ungoverned,i :
they are consuming fires. Let your strife be one
of respectful attentions and conciliatory conduct.
Cultivate, with care, the kind and gentle affections
of the heart. Plant not, but eradicate the thorn they
grows in your partner's path.--Above all, let ne4
feeling of revenge find harbor within your breast
let the son never go down on your anger. A ktnci
word--an obliging actujn—if it be a trifling con -1
cern—has a power superior to the harp of David.'
in calming the billows of the soul.
NO. 28
Revenge is as incompatible with happiness as
hostile to rtligion. Let him whose heart is block'
with malice, and studious of revenge, walk through)
the fields when clothed with verdure or adorned
)I
flowers—to his eyes there is no beauty lb el
flowers to him exhale no fragrance. Dark as his
soul, nature is robed in deepest sable. The smile
of beauty lights not upon his bosom with joy : but;
the furies of hell rage in his breast and render him ,
as miserable as be would wish the object of his;
hate.
But let him lay his hand on his breast and say. ,
"Revenge, Revenge, I cast thee from me ; Father, forgive me{
as I forgive my enemies."- 7 and nature assumes al
new and delightful garnitude. Then, indeed, aro,
meads, verdant and flowers fragrant—then is th 4
music of the groves delightful to the ear, and tlui
smiles of virtuous beauty lovely to his soul.
There was no one charge that tended more to
the overthrow of George Wolf, when governor,therS
that 9f too freely using the pardoning power. He'
however used it but few limes, comparatively spea
king, during his administration. To what has it .
got now ? , ;
Not satisfied with opening the prison doors, and
turning again upon society the pickpocket and the
DETECTED Tnixa—he has knocked off the shackle,*
from those hands which were dyed with tmuli
gore, and let the reckless slaughterer of his own
kind loose again upon society, to spill more blood/
We learn by some of our exchanges, that the w ri
thy friend of the felon has PARDONED NINETEEN 814
VICTED FELONS from the cells of the Eastern Pei 4
tentiary. What was the price of all this insult to
justice and virtue? and whose hands have clutched
the guilty gold 1 Are we mistaken ? • Were they
turned out to form a port of a band of bullies and
blood hounds, who ire to hunt honest men from the
polls at the next election 7
In the name of Justice, and in the defence of 4
virtuous community, we exclaim against such a
diigraceful, aye, and criminal procedure. It can/
not ho otherwise than both disgraceful and crirni:
nal, otherwise the laws are so which established it
sentence too great for crime. We ask every levet
of virtue and righteous Government. if they are veil/
ling to say that a Govprr.or, and he perhaps neithex
too honest, nor too virtuous, shall have the power top'
walk into our prisons, and unloose: the Well &sets/
ed chains of every scoundrel, kniiite and felon : and
• bid him take a passport to riot upon the blood or
treasure of law loving, and law obeying people ?-4
, Hunt i ng d on J ourna l . 1.
GovanzisicsT.—ln the old world, gOvernment itr
viewed as something sacred-something that the seer=
zen must live for, be taxed for, fight for, and, if need'
be, die for. It is something that dispenses titles, ici
glead of justice—armorial bearings, instead of priitee;
ling rights—pensiens and privilegeri instead of semi:
ring to all the fruit of their own earnings. !up
something that rules. i
Here, government ie an agency.' It is past anti
parcel of the people. It has no parteenal office to"
take care of subjects ; it is itself the child which the
people are to watch with ceaseless vigilance. It jig
but an agency; of the citizens. It is bound to pr
tect every one in perdon and property. It confetti
no rights—but only preserves What already exist";
Those who, for the time being, exercise its powers,
should never grant privileges, or injure one man fors
the whole, unless lbsolutely accessary fur the public
good, and then make ample reparation. It is some . -
thing that is ruled.
The Globe, sometime during the past summer, tit
tered a prayer of this sort : , 1
to
For the 'sake of the country at large, we ho j ,,
to see a new infusion of energy into all the pub ic
employments at Washington, *here business h s'
been suffered to stagnate in the same bands for the
tenth part of a century. This can only be imparted'
bytbringing from the country a fresh body of intelli
gent and industrious and zealious democrats, intlo,.
having been reared in the healthy atmosphere ,of
fields and woods, will bring to the discharge of p b-' -'
lie trusts minds and bodies unimpaired by the inf t i
c
lion of city life. This indeed will be wool."
Now that the .. new infusion of energy" is so+.
sated, the Globe howls proscription ! at the top ! of
its voice. It has no relish for the ~ fresh bodylof
intelligent, industrious and 'zealous democrats' .reer
ed in the healthy attiosphere of fields and woo d" i
But as '' this is indeed reform," it is the duty .of'
President Tyler to .. pile on the agony."
Yatruss CiocKs.—lt happens very seldom that
a full blooded Yankee—a lineal descent of the
pilgrim fathers, is found breaking t laws of his
country. But then they do have each queer mart
of getting around them. The sapient lawyers of
Missouri have placed severe reside:dons on the sell
ing of Yankee clocks, so eeere indeed, as to almost
amount :o a prohibition. The Yankees, of confsei
ceased to sell them when the trade becaine unprohte:
We, and they were too conscious to break the la Ws.
But they have found out If new !bode of getting rid'
of the surplus products of their industry. We . Dave
among us two adrninible specimencof the Yen •
who are leasing docks for ninety nine years. T .ey
say that their clocks • are going offlike hot cakes.
Hannibal Journal.
Tas Cuelan Stesissas Awn 'rail Pori Otry!tca
ti
—The London Journal of Comberce. in a late nUis.
her states that the old packet system of sendin the
mails frost Falmouth to Halifax in gun Wigs the
cost to government was shoat 40,01101. A year pin'
the receipt of postage, bit that now then is sibil
ance of :0,0001: to the credit side of the account.
This shows a clear gain to the department oftBo,-
a
0001. or in other words , the ,present s , as comp d to
the late stem, absolutely costs Govenimentnotl
lag,
the atnonnt saved being the same as that pm Mr.
Canard for one year's conveyance of the ma il s. The
Journal urges the propriety of enlarging the co tract
to as to enable Cunard tii.run four, instead o two
vessels, each month daring the summer, end v '
stead of one , during the winter months.
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,
- IS What's that you've got in your hand, my 10ve 1"
said an old lady to her daughter, the other dayk
..It. a billy-dux. rip," lisped Miss Sophroniii,
w Daughter r said the ancient matron, doming
herself up with much dignity; 4. call thews Mugs
William.duzialuttuo‘ I Billy is vulgar." ' ' 1
1
.t Father. forgive !hew:"
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