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Fan THE MlNEtts'
lionle.
had left thee,my home' for R distant land
I lid fled the fair scenes of my youth.
dwelt far 3 way where the stranger's fare,
Only hroughtito my heart the sad truth—
That I moored 'my barlOn a desert chore,
Where I :•nehor.'d ttfr from thee:
And felt that the frientis I had known beFore,
%Vere the only friendsf for me.
The hird•like jny that rrty At 11 heart knew ;
As I roamed o'er the `iinntintain track;
Rr the murmur:n..2 rill Where the red-berries grew
Ali drat in gay visions back ;
And the lovely Brett where we used to rest,
When. the joy and the frolic was o'er;
Alt brin:z to the vanderer'..fait hful breast;
Bright tnetnones of yore.
(me day, 1 remember the time full well,
We hrd stray'd away far from home;
Mir the rugged path 'tieath the tin -kv dell
. .
Where naught hut the wild dm r roam;
And night with her sable curtain swept
Across our gloomy path ;
And well I remember how each child wept,
For fear of its parent's wrath.
Ned the lowering hroiv e,ith the heart felt kiss,
They gave to :heir etr:yibg fiwn ; .
Alltell to the . ..heart wltb gashing bliss,
As I loiter o'er moments gone.
And once againl am with thee, my home,
I am changed since I saw thee last;
Vet IfrirrY bright memories over me come,
To s* (41 the re , iew of the past.
Rot those halcyon days are by and none;
Where no are the friends of my youth?
Time's erho replies to my. heart sad and Inne
They have passed !and I feel the dark !nub.
E LI.A
F.lll. TII F: M I :V ER. ' .1011 ; ll :V AL
A Page hi my Elatary
:I'was still, calm, Juidnight., I had just re,
tutued to my native village from Whence I had
emit• forth eight long years before, ii wanderer,
full in life and hope.' Long arid lonely, had been
Mat pilgrimage, far and wide, its extent - I had
ta'en the habitants of faireigr, climes-1 had dwelt
aiming them and associated with their great—l
bad hi-dent - A to all languages, and inquired into
all religions ; and now returned to nv home,
'inged in all, but one blighted feeling, which,
like the curse'of the Israelite, had gone with me
and clung, to me; and from whose influence I
ml id timer free my soul. Ile, who Can de scribe
the mingled feelings of joy, hope, and fear, which .,
rowdy upon the wanderer's heart as he returns
to the place of his nativity ; can paint the sensa
tions which, moved me, as I entered the birth
place Cf my early associations. 'Stopping at the
first, well known, hotel in the Village, I saw th e
nolle animal which bo'rd me snugly stalled and
wall atteuded to, and.entcring the*house, register
ed myself on the banks of the hotel by a strange
name. The tavern' had changed its keeper, and
the present host was a stranger to me. -Having
or veered sortie Yew questions concerning my stay,
,[ withdrew into a retired part of the roam, and
drawing trey hat down over my brow, endeavored
a. recognise, without being recognised, the fiwes
c I those passing and repassing ane. All were
Changed, and I wits about giving up the under
taking as fruitless, -When one, who had been My
most intimate friend 'and bosom companion of my
eilh, entered. As his careless ghance fell upon
311.`, he stopped, and gdzedifor an 4`istant as if a
thought of recognition had come over: him, but
nron examining the register and seeing there the
name, he went out cons inced that his suspicions,
be had any, were incorrect, and that I was a.
=TIM
'T was now midnight, the quiet hour I always
I “b-hen all heaven and earth are still," I
strode forth thrihigh the noiseless, deserted streets,-
to commune in silence with my own thoughts, a
alone among the many, with feelings and
ilt-sires, different from all. I had learnt a new
lesson front the book of life, and was so altered
from the joyous light hearted youth I ,as,.when
I left my holue,•that it was a,mystery and a,won
aer even to me. I had walked forth thus for sonic
time, sadly and thoughtfully, tincom , eious whither .
my steps were tetaling ; hen 'some e,.ternal oh
t drew sense ftem the alisotling condition the
rr sews of the mind had thrown it in, and gazing
round awakened from this temporary abstraction,
I started tnfind that I had ; unv.ittingly stopped'
t-t tiire the h,rase that once held all that was dear
• to me, and albthat I 'once thtiught life worth Icy ,
mg for: Oh! there is As a' fearful commotion of
the spirit within nit', sni hiAls , s'ho say the spirit
carnet fr el, err madly, wildly, in their doctrine.
Then the strange ' , belling thoughts of other
years, came rushing like a tempest o'er my soul.
'weeping all other thoughts away. I gazed upon
a until my vision tartly ached, and in that whirl
rc of feeling, commenced Ea re:iew of the long
Hid torturing past, the unslttlitied present, and
!he vague uncertain 4;ture. ( i Then the hours of
onth and of youthful folly,,i-ame upon me, and
m those joyoini hours, when all was heyday and .
'Aapj•int`ts to my voting heart, let it suffice to say,
loved. I had alwayS, 'a ,headlong, impetuous .
hqicisition, continually erring from passion, - not
hem prinCiple, with a temper like the hurricane,
often hurried me into actions and words,
t. brr h sober reason afterwards condemned. An&
ith suell ? a temperament, this feeling was a per : !
fi rt Irma:7r. It, had - grown upon me rapidly runt!
Curiously. I met her often, and admired and
wondered at her beauty, until admiration deepen
.d, thn ugh all the stages poets tell of,. into that
one absorbing feeling. none can express.
She was beautiful, although to analyze her face,
not one single feature would excite admiration.
Rather, above than 'below the common hcightj
'twos a countenance in which the charm lay—on'
hers tnit could read the inmost feelings of her
heart, and see in all its silent workings, the quick
pulses which heat with hope and fear, and the
gentle ones that Move in a more quiet course of
patience - and resignation. 'Twas a hopeless,pas
sion, and I left my home with the strong antici
pation that time and travel would eradicate the
feeling. :I had seen and paid empty.worship to
the high proud beauties of other lands ; and, fool
like, endeavoring to school my heart in forgetful
ness. poured ruin their ears, that universal 11111-
g uaze, the hurning•wordsbf passion—unavailing
- was the effort ;'I returned, weary and toil-worn ;
changed in every thing but love for her.
I had stood thus for nearly an hour, intently
• • watching the room I kneW she once used to oc-
MI) ITS
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cupy, and wrapped in contemplation and reverie,
had not noticed until nearly upon me, the ap
proach,of ti,o persons running from the direction
in which I was gazing.- I shrunk back in the
dark, and as they brushed by me, the taller of the
two muttered between his .closed teeth, •ilf that
don't silence hint, we'll try the knife,"—a vague
and undefined suspicion flashed .upon me that all
was nut right, and following the impulse such a
thought created. I hurried aft•ir them quietly, yet
swiftly. Scarcely had I gained a hundred yards,
before my progress was arrested for an instant by
the shadow of a bright light upon the wall of the
house before me—turning to see from whence it
sprung, I saw the house I had just hen contem
plating on fire in about twenty places. The .
whole truth loot° upon me at once, and gliding.
forward just as the scoundrel gave utterance to a
low. chuckling, sprung-upon him, and
grappled him by the throat ; in tin instant we
were on the ground engaged in deadly conflict.
The villirtn who accompanied him fled, and left
his companion writhing and shrugging fearfully,
with one whose resolution was capture, or death.
The whole fawn, by this time, was illuminated
by the light of the fire. The man struggled hard
for escape, but my hold on his throat was fixed
and firm; we were down, and with my knee on
his breasi and my -hand on his throat, I was fast_
hurrying him to str ingulation. Suddenly a
thought seemed to flash over him, and ere I could
prevent it, a knife, large and glittering, flashed
before my eyes, and with the energy of fast fad
ing strength, was buried deep in my shoulder
'Twas his last effort, and in an instant after I rose
from- his lifeless body, exhausted with the exer
tion, yet still with an unquenched desire for strife
raging in my heart.
Leaving hint lying. T unconsciously turned my
steps toward the burning house ; by this time, the
whole town was in an uproar— bells ringing, and
persons Item all directions hurrying to the scene
of desolation. An immense crowd had aftvady
gathered around it, and .with the shouting of the
bystanders—the ineffectual endeavors of the fire
inen—tlir roaring and cracking of the flames--
and the thundering of the falling timber, it was
such a scene of wildness and confuiVon, as rarely
falls to the lot of man to witness, and when once
seen is clever forgotten. Now was lin my ele
ment, and heedless of consequence, r forced my
scab through the mote until I stood the foremost
of the scnturous crowd nearest the fire; and here
let me digress for a Imi:tient—l have often fried
since that eventful night to analyt..2 my feelings
at that time, and every efiiart has proved unSuc
cessful. It seems to me,,noiv, that every thought.
every remembrance, welt swalowed up in the en_
trancing, all absorbing excitement of the moment.
I could feel my eye dilate, and my heart swell,
and Lc. uld have shouted in perfect phrenzy at
the scene as I stood there (apparently,) the only
calm and immoveable soul present. 'Twas a glo
rious pastime for my spirit, and I fairly laughed,
to sec the ineffectual attempt 4 of the bystanders to
to arrest the flames, and the affright and horror of
all around me.
I hail watched the affrighted inmates, all fares
bintliar to me,.as they hurried from the building;
and nosc remembered that me was not among the
number. A horrible sickly feeling came over me,
riddling ray very blood—pulsation actually ceased,
the ter'overy however mans instant--calmly and
coolly (It was the calmness of desperate resolu
tion) I walked towel.: the townies; door-way, and
as, collectreg teyielf for ax instant, I rushed
through the smoke and flames of the hall, I could
distinctly hear the mob yell, and shout, in amaze
meet and anxicty . at my rashness and danger.—
Half st filed and tuffrotted with the smoke and
fire, I hurried along, the well known corridor—up
the staircase, the timber t iring way and crashing
at ahnost,every lest), and then along the second
passage until I arrived at the door of what I -con
jrretUred to - bo her apartment. Here I hesitated—
a thought of its sacredness—the idea of nfy intro
sion--rven'at that crisis, for an instant withheld
me. - Iler danger—the furious progress t f the de
vouring clement around me, imMediately broke
the stultifying spell—bounding fern aid, I tried
the door and found it fastened; swiping hack, with
the fury of a maniac I threw myself bodily uplan
it, it hurst in and staggering after it, I was in the
apartment The room was clouded with smoke,
and for a moment a sinking sen-ation at my heart
whispered the h trritile thomilit that I hail mistak
en the spar:mem ; a bright II .me from the open
door may, however, immediately lit up the intent
or—and then, oh, God ! what a sight met my
straining scorched gsze ! There, on her knees in
the centre of the room," knelt the olject of n y
search; and even in that scum of &isolation and
despair, was rffering up her pure and innocent
ant als to•the Giver of all good, The floor was
giving t-ay, and it were death to pause. I could
herd her • tourtnoring, sobbing voice, and could re
strain myself no longer—screaming the name, I
Lnever before dared to utter, and stretching forth my
arms, I tottered forward With a wild shriek of
Idtope„she sprang to her feet and rushing towards
„fp r, • qrew herself iota my arms; betiding my head
dos n ever her countenance, with n yell of disap-
Aindicnti hurled her from me—Fiends of Ter
ditidn !—I embraced a NzonEss.
Twee eleven o'clock at night—on the floor of
his sanctum, alongside of a glowing, red hot "Kis
terbock"lay his lordship, your humble servant,
writhing and kicking, in all, the delightful evolu
ti•ms, of a real genuine. Simon Pure, nightmare:—
Raising his lobster colored profile, to witness the
awful conflagration he had just passed thygi , *
his watery eyes met those of that worthy 4-griite
ry of the establishment—the office devil, who was
grinning with delight at the unique, gymnastic ex
hibition, he had just been contemplating. And
now, gentle reader, listen to the moral—we 'be
seech of you never to eat flannel cakes for supper.
Il H A BOD.
There are people who think that no article can
be good for any thing unless it be an imported one.
Such portions ore the enemies to the towns in
which they live. They do what they can to re
tard progress and discourage its citizens. It is
wholly wrong, unjuft and foolish. ,Every real
friend to the place in which he lives, should'do all
he can to encourage its mechanics; and he who
has n just conception of the duties of a. good
neighbor and a true American citizen, will ever
take pride in doing so, and not run after every
thing, thinking that by so do l ing It renders him a
man of the fon, by such an act of injustice to his
fellow citizens.—.E.r. Pape": • -
A little !earning is a dangerous ihing, es the
selionlbny blubbered when he received severe cnr•
pOre4 punishment for inattention to his lesson.
AND POT
WEEJ(LY BY BENJAMIN BANNAN, POTT`VILLE, SCHUYKILL COUNTY, PA.
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Forest' Worship.
BY FBNE,ELLIOT, TI CORN I.l* POET OF ENGLAND
Within the sun-lit forest,
Our roof the bright blue sky,
• Where fountains How-and wild flowers blow,
We lilt our hearts•on high :
Beneath the frown of wicked men
Our country's strength is bowing,
But thanks to God ! they can't prevent
The lone wild flower from blowing.
Hark ! high above the tree toph
The lark is soaring free,
Where streams the light through broken clouds,
His speckled breasti see.
Beneath the rnig ht of wicked men,
The poor man's worth is thing;
Bit thank' , to God !in spite of them,
The lark still warbles, flying,
The preacher prate.'Lord, bless us!'
• Lord, bless us r echo cries,
Amen!' the breezrs murmur row,
' Amen !' the rill replies;
The ceasless toil of wo-worn hearts,
The proud with pangs are paying;
But Here—O! God of earth and beaten,
The humble heart is praying!
softly, in the pauses
Of song, re-echoed wide,
The aioshat's coo—the linnet's lay,
' O'er rill and river elide!
With evil deeds oread•men,
The affrighted land is ringing;
But still, 0! Lord, the pious heart -
And soul-tun'd voice are singing.
Rush ! flush !—the preacher preacheth,
• Woe to the oppressor, no!'
But sudden gloo,n o'ercast the sun„.
Nod sadden'd iloW'rs below. '
So frowns the Lord! but, tyrants, ye
Deride his indignation,
And see not, in his gtither'd brow,
Your day of tribulation.
Speak low, thou heavn paid teacher!
I'h9 tempests burkt ato.ve ;
(hod whispers in the thunder—hear
The terrors of his love!
On useful hands, and honest hearts„
The base their wrath are wreaking:
thank'd be God! they can't prevent
The storm of heaven from speaking.
In the Senate ef the United States on Mr. Clay's
resolutions, has some of the best and strong,st
hits and iilustrationa that we have seen for a
long time.
Calhour.'s mode of explaining it:
Thi•i - euggestion of the honorable. Senator (rum
New Hampshire brings to my mind an illustra
tion of the doctrine of nullification, presented to
me by a distinguished Scruitor who.is supposed to
be ro oster 1 f the subject ; and I have his authori
ty In rep , atimr, it. He sly s his doctrine is, that
a State, if it thinks general law is unconstitution
al or oppressive, has a right to cog the wheels and
stop the machine of Government: This was his
first mode of illustration, but this morning I am
told it is, that the Senate has a right to uncog and.
throw flue wheels out of gear. This, according to
my understanding, has the same effect.
Such n mode of explaining his theory to me
does credit to the honorable Senator's discernment
and taste. He knew I was acquainted with the
operation of machinery, and that he could, in this
mode make me comprehend his doctrine;-and he
has also discovered that I .do not perplex myself
with mereabstract theories. In this be was right;
and I think I can discover that his doctrine, Illus
trated either way, is destructive if put in practice, to
the entire machinery of our system of Government.
'lilts I could easily sh,w, I think, mechanically;
but as the other Senators may not be 08 familiar
with the perations of wheels and tearing as I am,.
I will take another mods of Plustraiing this doc
trine. The doctrine is, that any individual-State
tins a right to place an obstruction on the railway.
and throw the engine aid cars off the track, and
down the bank, tl there happens to he one, when
ever the individual thinks the cars are travelling
at greeter speed than suits kis taste or notions of
safety. This may be a peactfal remedy in theo
ry, but in practice it would not lie very satisfacto
ry to any who travel and hare nicks to break !
Our next quotation is a refutation of some of
Mr. Calhoun's superfine theories, (ridiculous these
seem to us if they were not mischievous !) reaper
tiog the alleged unequal operation of dutierin the
South and North :
It is affirmed 'that the South sulTer from the
mode of imposing the duties upon unpoits, because
it imposes an undue proportion o'f the burdens up
on them ; and also Iv the unequal distribution of
the disbursements of the Government, which fol
lows from it. '
This last point was elaborately argued the last
summer by the honorable Senator from South
Car . ,lina, (Mr. Calhoun,) who attempted to prove
that the dv , trilmtivc administration oldie mone)s
of this government was unequal and oppressive,
and unto/ he so; and that this inequality might be
carried so far as to ruin the South. This was il
lustrated by supposing that two neighboring coun
ties, Loudon and Fairfax, should unite and form a
Republic under a form of .government like ours;
that Loudon had 100,000 people, and Fairfield
tin more, FO fIF to give it a majority; that their
annual profits were three , hundred thousand dol
lars each, making an aggregate of six hundred
thousand, and the disbursements two hundred
thousand a year—each alike contributing one hun
dred thousand ; that Fairfax, from its majority of
ten should expend the whole sum contributed in
that county; the result, he said; would be, that, at
the end of the year, Fairfax wo l uld haie four,
and Loudon two, of the six hundred thousand
dollars; and by repeating thta for three years,
Fairfax wcrold have the whole currency.
C::::::i
When he had,cencluded, a friend who sits near
me remarked, that's very clear.' The honorat le
Senator has token another methed to illustrate it,
and shorter one. A committee of nine, five sit
ting en one side of the table, and four on the oth
er—they each take five wafers representing the
wealth of.tho community ; one•wafer each to be
the annual contribution. The five on One side of
the table, out-voting the other four, order this con
iribution to be laid out among themselves, for the
expenses of the Government., To continue this
for five years, would transfer the whole wealth a
mong the five. ' Each mode of stating the process
he il.ou;ht conclusively proved the correctness of
his therry.
Ali this may ho very good abstract theory; but
in practice there Is no soundness in it. As a
practical matter, its error IP, in suppdsing that itleso
minorities do nothing, while the majority earn the
public looney. by employment en the public works
or iri public (Area.
In.the case put by the Senator, of the two coun
ties of Virginia, the profits would depend upon
which class of citizens was employed at the beet
wages, or in the most productive labor ; thoso of
Fairfax by the Government, on public works and
in the offices, or those of Loudon, in raising pro-
visions and producing other' upplieefer their sub
aistence.
It is plain, if all other things were equal, and
the people of the two counties deal' with each
Mr. Slairnon's L^peeell,
SATURDAY MORNING' MAY 7, 1842
other, as those of these States do, hat it would
make very little difTerence, in pnt of w ea l t h ,
-e
which county ' had the public
inllom loyment ; but
c i
take account the dependent a bnii.s.ion, and
at the same time the extravagant %habits of both
body and mind-, that gradually unr.rmine those
who feed at the public crib, and the \ condition of
the people of Loudon, who raise the corn and po
tatoes for those of Fairfax to animist 'Von, while
at work for the public, is greatly to be preferred for
its independence and eventual ascendancy in
wealth.
(Here the Senator from South Cm!lila inter
posed and said o `The honorable Senator states
my argument very fairly, bid he does rot take the
same view of it that I took. I stated that such-a
course would draw all the money into Fairfax ;
they would command the currency.")
Mr. Simmons resumed. lam glad I have sta
ted the Senator's argument correctly. I did net
mean to take the same view of it which he took,
but was trying to show the correct one, in prac
tire. Anil I thought it was made out pretty clear
ly that it depended upon which of the two closes
of citizens, if eizually industrious, was best paid
for thrir,eervires.
The Currency next comes up for a capital ales
' tration
I regard a good currency as thetools of trade,'
and a good tariff as furnishing the people with.
employment. It is a haVd case to have to do a
j.ib with poor tools ; but it is still hair to have
no work to do. The people n ant both, to pros
per. Hut these free-trade folks of the late admin
istration, by their tampering with the currency,
have been dulling the tools of trade Io years,
and its friends t ow pr , pose tree-trade, to take a
way the work from our people and dive it to for
rivers so that hereafter labor in this country is
to have neither work nor tools !
Upon this subject of employment, I am glad the
honorable senator has such correct vies,, 1-I. e
says it is more valuable than money ; and I agree
with hits.—His argument iawithott practical
s 'until-less when applied, as he applies it, to a pen.
pie who interchange labor, and when the aggre-
gate employment is enjoyed by them alone. It i s
then a question merely as to which made, public
or private employment, is most profitable; hut
when it is connected with the subject now before
us . ; it is a good argument for the protection of our
labor against the cheap tabor of Europ;; for to buy
of nations who will not, or do not, buy of you, no
scatter how cheap you buy, will eventually bring
us to the condition which he tried to bring the
people of Loudon into; by loosing the offices and
work, too, we shall lose all, and foreigners will
get all the wealth. . This is 'Understood by those
who teach free trade in' England, if it be not by
their friends who advocate it here. They put that
doctrine forth for tia to follow, but have too much
good sense to pillow it themselves.
AMERICAN FEMALE La non.—We are happy
to express our concurrence in the views taken, in
a well written article in the New. Bedford Bullet
in of Monday last, on the subject of-granting pro
tection to Female labor. The imperatively low
price at which women ere required to perform la
bor, in many instances as tedious and severe as
that performed by laborers of the other sex, is cer
taii.ly an evil that demands redress. We offer
the following extract from the Bulletin :
There are in the United States scone eight
millions of women, a great proportion of whom
are dependent upon their daily labor fur their daily
bread. They form v largo proportion at the in
dustrial-community, and as such they are worthy
of all protection. They are the mothers and
datighters of the land, exercising the most incal
culable influence upon the morals, the fortunes,
the destinies and. the happiness el the republic.
As such; should not every effort he made to
swi'eten their daily toil, and to afford them an
adequate compensation for their daily labor? ff
they aro forced by misfortune or poverty to a
dependence upon their own industry, should we
not stretch out for them a helping hand? Forced
as they are to an utter reliance upon our gen
erosity, should we not be careful how ne tamper
with the sacred trust confided to us
The wages of female laborers are, generally
speaking, miserably. low. They afford nothing
like an adequate compensation for the work per
formed, and it is always supposed that a
wo
man must do identical tasks cheaper than man.
Why this is so, we cannot conceive; there is no
good beacon for it-- none at all. Women are for
ced. to work constantly for a miserable pittance,
hardly sufficient to support life, w'th no pros.
pegt beyond, save the dark one of beggary ant:
starvation• The terriblo consequences of this
stole of things are too well known.
A portion of the reform in ibis matter must com
mence with woman herself. If those whom Prov
idence has
p essed with affluence see fit, merely
to gratify ra silly vaidty or a depraved taste, to
wear only articles of foreign manufacture, they
have their part to take in,the responsibility that
follow. Foreign dresses ! it makes us sick to
think of the sums lavished to pander to this mis
erable mistake, that en article cannot be valua
ble, fashionable, wearable, or decent, unless it
*has crossed the Atlantic. Women of New Eng
-I;nd ! If you would see your sisters elevated
-and your sex respected, for the sake of humanity
and justice, give up this silly idea that a thing
is excellent because it iskoseign. is a duty you
owe to yourselves, yeah country and your sisters.
Wear American fabrics, employ American nee
dle-women, do not be ashamed to wear American
bonnets; deem it an offence against great moral
laws, to squander money on a Parfsion cloak or
a Parisian cap, while thousands of your country
women are driven to beggary and worse than beg
gary for want of employment."
MATOTMONT ADD BLOOD.- We copy the fol
lowing from the La Grange (Tenn.) Gatherer :
Oo Thursday evening last, a horrible transac
tion took place nine or ten Tufea.from this place,
which resulted . in the death of David Jarnegan,
Esq., end the wounding of several other persons.
It appears that a Mr. Morgan bageirranged a mat
rimonial elopement with a daughter of the deceas
ed, which, with the aid of friends, was' accom
plished eo Thursday; the parties having repair
ed to a home in the neighborhood where the mar
riage ceremony was legally performer'. Upon
learnitig the fact of the elopement, Jarnegan be
came very indignant and determined to go in pur
suit. Taking a few friends he reached the house
where the marriage party was 'assembled. He
forced the door end entered, when an attack com
menced, in which the deceased received sundry
wounds : which produced his dcatit yesterday morn
ing. Some others were wounded; among th em
Mr. J. F.• Simmons, who is seriously, if not dan
gerously injured.
J I URA AL,
ADVERTISER,
wiTn TO 017 R: BANDS A : D SUBJECT ALL NATURE TO OUR USE AND PLEASURE -70-ILNSON
From the London New id onthly hirgarane for Deer.
A Tole of Terror..—by the Editor.
The following story I I had from the lips of a
well known Aeronaut„ and nearly in the same
words :
It was on one of my ascents from Vauxhall,
and a gentleman by the name of Mayor had en
gaged himself as a companion in my aetial excur
sion. But when the dine Fame his nerves failed
him, and I looked vainly round for the person who
was to occupy the vacant seat in the car. Hay.
ing waited for him till -the last possible moment,
and the crowd in the garden becoming impatient,
I prepared to ascend slime ; and the last cord that
a.tached me to the earth was about to he cast offi,
when suddenly a strange gentleman pushed for
ward, and volunteered to go pp with me into the
clouds. We pressed the request with an much
earnestness, that, having satisfied myself, by a few
questions, of his respectability, and received his
promise to submit in every point to my directions,
I consented to receive hitt. in lieu of the absentee;
whereupon he stepped with evident eagerness and
alacrity into the machine. In another minute we
were rising above the trees, and in justice to my
companion, I must say; that in all my experience,
no person at a first assent bad ever shown such
perfect coolness and self-possession. The sudden
rise of the machine, the novelty of the situation,
the real and exaggeray dangers of the voyage,
and the cheering of the spectators, are apt to cause
some trepidation, or at any rate excitement in the
boldest individuals; whereas the stronger was as
composed and comfortable, as if he had been quite
at home in his own litUary chair. A bird could
not have seemed more It ease, or more in its ele
ment, and yet he soleutnly assured me upon his
honor, that he had never been up. before in his
life. Instead of exhibiting any alarm at our great
height from the earth, he evinced tho liveliest
pleasure whenever I emptied ono Cif my bags of
sand, and even once or twice urged me to part
with more of the ballast. In the meantime, the
wind, which was very light, carried us gently on
in a north-east direction, and the day being panic
ulai ly bright and clear, we enjoyed a delightful
birds eye view of the great metropolis, and the
surrounding country. My companion listened
with great interest, while I pointed out to hint the
various objects over which we passed, till I observ
ed:that the Saloon must be directly over Brixton.
My fellow-traveller then for the first time helm) ed
same uneasiness, and anxiously inquired whether
I thought he could be recognized at our then dis
tance from the eaith. It was, I told him, quite
.impossible. Nevertheless he continued very Un
easy, frequently repeating, el hope they don't
see," and entreating me earnestly to discharge
more ballast. It then ifiashed upon me for the
first time, that his offer' to ascend with me had
been a whim of the moment, and that he feared
the being seen at that perilous elevation by any
member of his own family. I therefore asked
him if he resided at lloxton, to which he replied
in the affirmative; urging again, and with great
vehemence, the emptying of the remaining saud
bags.
This, however, was out of the question. consid-
ering the altitude of the balloon, the coursemf the
wind, the proximity of the sea-coast. But my
comrade was deaf to these reasons—he insisted oil
going higher, and'on my refusal todischarge more
ballast, deliberately pulled off and threw his bat,
coat, and waistcoat overboard.
i•Hurrah, that lightexwd her !" he shouted, ••but
it's not enough yet," and he began unloosing his
cravat
..Nonsense," said 1, "rny good fellow, nobody
can recognise you at ibis distance, even with a
telescope."
o Don't be too sure of that," he retorted, rather
sharply; "they have shlirp eyes at . Miles's."
"At where?"
"At Ml4's Madhouse !"
Gracious Heaven !—Athe truth flashed upon me
in an instant. I was sitting in*the frail car of a
balloon, at least u mile above the earth, with a
Lunatic ! The horrors of the situation for a min
ute, seemed to deprive me of my own senses. A
sudden freak of a distempered fancy—a transient
fury—the slightest struggle, might send us both, at
a moment's notice, into eternity; In the meantime,
the Maniac, still repeating his insane cry of 'high
er, higher, higher,' divested himself, successively,
of every remaining article of clothing, throwing
each portion. as sson as taken off to the winds.—
The inutility of remonstrance, or rather the prob.
ability of iteproducind a fatal irritation, kept me
silent during these operations; but judge of my
terror, when having thrown his stockings over
board, I heard him say, a We aro not yet high e
nough by ten thousand miles—one of us must
throw out the other."
To describe my feelings at this speech is impos.
Bible. Not only the :awfulness of my position,
but its novelty, conspired to bewilder me—for cer
tainly no flight of imagination—no, not the wild
est night mare dream,, had ever placed me in so
desperate and forlorn a situation. It was horrible
—horrible! Words, pleadings, remonstrances
were useless, and resistance would be certain de
struction. I had better have been unarmed, in an
American wilderness,' et the, mercy of a savage
Indian ! And now, without daring lb stir a hand
in opposition, I saw the Lunatic deliberately heave
first one, and the other bag of ballast from the car,
the balloon of course rising with proportionate ra
pidity. tip, up,.it soared—to en altitude I had
never even dared to contemplate—the earth lost
to my eyes, and nothing but the bugs clouds roll.
ed beneath us ! Thei world was gone I felt forev 7 .
ell The Maniac, however, was still dissatisfied
with our ascent, and again began to mutter.
" Have you a wile and children he asked,
abruptly.
•
Prompted by a natural instinct, and with a .par
donable deviation horn the truth, I replied that I
Was married, and bad fourteen young ones who
depended on mo for their bread !"
" Ha! ha! ha !" laughed the maniac, with a
sparkling of his eyes that chilled my very marrow.
a I have three hundred wives, and five thousand
children ; and if the balloon had not bean so heavy
by carrying double, t should have been home to
them by this time." r ,
s And where do they live !" I asked, anxious
to gain. time by any luestion that first occurred to
me.
4 . In the moon," replied the manilla ; ""and when
I have lightened the ,c.ur,-I shall be there in no
time."
I heard no more, fir suddenly approaching me,
and throwing his arnis round wet body--..
A man in Kenituilry smoked so long and so
hard.that he beasmrd hot, and did not
r disiciiiir
rhe.faat till he hisse in,an Wein' ,to eme - to.
rate.
Foreign Item
THE PrIONIECIED EARTHQYA 111 LONDov.
—The papers of o the tireat Metropolis " state
that the alarm which many credulous persons en
tertain of an impending earthquake which will
bring destruction to all London, is found e d on t h e
ancient prophecies one professing to he pronoun.
ced in the year 1203, the other by Dr. Dee, the
astrologer, in 1598. There is nothing particular.
ly alarming in the coincidence of the assigned pe
riod of the earthquake, for the knowledge of the
preceding prophecy would, of course, Corn the
foundation of the second :
In eighteen hundred and forty-two
'Four thing'. the Pun shall view :
London's rich and famnoP town
Hungry earth stall swallow down ;
Strom and rain in France shall be,
Till every river rune a pee ;
Spam shall be rent in twain,
And famice waste the land again ;
So say I, the Monk of Dee,
In the twelve hundreth veer and three
•
(Har!einn Collection (Britis4 Museum,) 8 00S,
folio 319.
The Lotd have mercy on von all,
Prepare yonraelvea for dreadful till
Of house and land and human soul—
The measure of your sin is lull.
In the year one eight and forty-two,
Of the year that is so new,
In the third month, of that sixteen,
It may be a day or two betaeen.
Perhaps you'll soon be stiff end cold,
Dear Christian, be not stout and hold ;
The mighty kingly proud will see
This comes to pass, as my name's Dee.
(1598. MS. in the British Museum.
There were no fewer than forty steamers eng--
ged on the Thames on Monday, in conveying'•is.
kers to Greenwich Easter Fair, and the business
done by the railway was immense. It is estima
ted that at five o'clock there were 200,000 visitors
in the- town, and of three two-thirds were from
The-late Mar q uis of Hertford, it is said, notwith
standing his en rums wealth,. lived in constant
° apprehension 1' coming to !avory. A similar
fear is said to haunt a vcly rich man in Liverpool.
London
A number of people were playing at Judge and
Jury' in the county of Fermanagh a week or two
ago—and having found one of their number guil
ty; they proceeded to perform what they intend
ed to be a•sham execution, but, alas! the poor
fellow whom they had 'tucked up' in sport, was
hanged is earnest, and taken down dead.
According to a calculation recently made, there
are 180 canals in Great Britain, extending :.GB2
miles. formed at the expense of £ :10,000,000.
The Emperor Nicholas, after a struggle of a
whole year against his councillors and moat influ
ential ministers, has decided on the construction
of the railway from St. Petershurgh to Moscow, at
the cost of the State.
It has been calculated that, since 1830, the Eu
ropean Governments have expended in the organ
ization of (felts and armies, upwards of twenty
two thousand millions of francs.
In Belgium, during ten months of the veer
- JOS, from the very low fares, upwards rf 2 000,-
000 persons"travelled on the railways, the whole
population of the kingdom not exceeding 4,000,-
000.
The Rev. Dr. Fletcher, of Stepney, at a recent
public meeting in aid of the funds ut the Religious
Tract Society, slated that nearly seventy thous
and publications were daily issueiLfrom the depot
of the society.
A women died the ocher day in the Centel,
Fronde, et the age of 110. The day before slip
died, the old lady was beating her daughter, aged
72, with a stick!
The statue bor k, to the present minute, con
tains an unrepealed ordinance of the 10th Ed
ward 111, sec. 3, commanding thnt no man ►ball be
served at the dinner or supper with more than tyro
courses, except on great holidays, (those specified,)
at which he may be served with three.
The Academy of Sciences, at St. Petersburgh.
has formed the project of exploring the northeto
part of Siberia, which has hitherto remained almost
an unknown country.
Vita ANOUS.—It may remembered that Ja ties I
Reeside of Philadelphia recently recovered a vet ,
'diet against the United States for-$190.000. lle
had in, his employ a man of the name of John
Gray, whom he employed to cast up his accounts
and.prepare his papers for the trial, who managed
to get out of turn about $3OOO in cash for his ser
vices. Not content with fleecing him to this tune,
Gray got hold of all his papers, keeps them and
refuses to give them up. The Admiral took out a
writ on Tuesday from the Supreme Court, and
held Gray to bail in the sum of $200,000. Gray
was arrested and lodged in jail. It is said that
this same Gray has fraudulently tricked Mr. Res.
side out of an absolute powir of attorney, or an
assignment of the whole claim of $ 190,000, and
has been endeavoring to get the money into his
hands. A Bill of Equity has been presented to
the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, di•
reeled to Gray to reoluire him to produce and can
cel any such power of attorney or transfer, or show
cause what he ever paid for it. Reeside has been
ill for nearly six months, and it seems Gray took
the advantage of his ill healil to get 'rations bonds,
notes, and other papers signed by him, What
has become of them is the question to be tried.—
N. Y. Tribune.
A LESSON FOR tiCOLDINO WIVES. • And I
dare say you have scolded your wife very often,
Newman,' said I, once. Old Newman looked
down, and the wife took up the reply. • Never to
signify—end if he has, I deserved It.' • And I
dare say, if the truth were told, you have scolded
him . guite as often.' Nay,' said the old woman,
with a beauty of kindness which all the poetry in
the world cannot excel, how can a wife scald her
good man, who has been working for her and her
little ones all the day I_ It may be for a man to be
peevish, for it is he who bears the crosses of the
world ; but who should make him forget them
but his own wife I And she bad best, for her
own sake—for nobody can scold much when the
scolding is all on one tide.'—[Bulwer's Student.
Judge Humphrey, President of the Judicial
Circuit north of us, to a law Temperance speech
at Ravenna said : ~O f some seventy individuals
sentenced by him to the' t eisitenfiary since' he
had been appointed on the, Circuit, now five
years, about silty were known to.bje addicted to
the intemperate use of alcoholic drinks."— Ohio
Re übliean.
Low ExoAlm—Flour %vas selling, at qinein
matt on the 15th jest. at $3 81.
aiIOP., , APTTin is an ertlCle always in domande '
and tit 131rsemons of the year will command a good .
pried, it yiy-le it Met, so little,:Ottention is Paid
to the rdenitir of making ,Mote,thstiltalf the, ,
butter sent t 4 ms4te; is absolutely until to be set,.
before an Esquiiiiiiikt.• The public Wind, hooray %
or. appears to be difected to this, subject., At e.
late agrtcultoral meeting held at Boated:, Aft. Put:.
nam stated that it is a general role,orhenir the;
quantity of milk required fora given ittiantity or,
butter is largo, the butter is better, The mode of
milking is of much consequence. operation
should be performed quickly atufgeiniy, Among .
the bays, the second Crop, or after math, and fine,
cloier, are the beat for milk. 0r the , rcioto i pots., .
toes uncooked will produce
,rt large quontjty c [l!4
the quality is poor; :then cooked, the quality et.
the milk is better, but it is leas in qUantity. Car-.
ruts make rich milk. tlugar-beeto make a largq.!
quantity of good qual i ty. huts- b ags, increase!
the milk, hut generally giv,es an , unpleasant flavor
to milk and butter. • This may be .romedird by,
pursing a half pint of boiling water .o cacti gallon.
of milk. immediately after it to dto!ra from the,
The great cause of had butter lai l ha pollute
to work out ,the buttermilk. The ilifTerepp!, fr
tween the worth of good •nd bad butter is so rifest
that our diary-women ought, if possible, todo (:!et
ter than is usual with them.
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EIM
Mr. Dodge agreed with the fer;arks in Welkin
to the worth of-corn fodder. Ho sowed half an .
acre in May, upon sward land. ft was small .
kind, and the drought hurt it. But kg fpl, well
twelve cows and some young stock, from t,hi i a,fiy•
cry night for five weeks. The effects wens very
good ; his cows did npt fall off in their nitlit like
his neighbors'• They were carried well through
the dry season, and did better through the whole
autumn for this summer (ceding. 'Pile labor of
growing the half ecru is not greet;
Mr. Buckminister agreed that cows should me
milked rapidly—has aseeitained, by exprrienee,_
that it makes a great difference. If the milk be
not taken„away last when it begins to flow freilly
into the bag, it seems to be drawl; bark again. In
making butter, the imp/tont point is to seperato
the buttermilk thoroughly. some insist that
washing with water hurts the butter, but he deems
this the result of prejudice. He puts water_ into
the churn as soon as the [utter bee come, and
keeps drawing off, adding and churning until the
water ceases to be white. You may make good
butter from sear cream if the butter is properly
worked over. It a gocil , ,platt to dry the salt—
then it helps to absorb the moisture.
Mr. Dodge finds tkie Women in
,his neighborhood
fall Into the belief that wafer hurts the butter.—
He has been laughed at for asking to have it tri
ed—believes that where an opinion among practi
cal dairy-women is universal, that there is some
good foundation for the opinion,
Mr. Putnam says the wishing of butter iv done
in Esser: county. l'ineh that has obtained pre
miums there has been washed, but it is worked o
ver by hand afterward.
Mr. Roles stated that in his vicinity it is
thought important to have the cram sweet. If
water is put upon the butter after it has been set
away and, become cool, the effects are bail. Some
dairy women aro particular about the kind of salt
used. Rock salt ground is much better than
common salt.
Mr. Cole, when he gives salt to cows feeding
upon turnips, and feeds the cows after milking,
finds no unpleasant taste to the milk. Cornstalks •
are the cheapest fodder we can raise. A gentle
man of Worcester county obtained 40 tuns per
acre of the Chinese tree-corn. Io Pennsylvanig,
the dairy•houses usually have a stream of water
running through them. and the vessels are set in
water. This keeps the milk cool, while the room
is well ventilated—prefers stone-ware to any oth
er for dairy purposes. The kind of salt is impor
tant. The rock salt is best. Doubts whether it
is well to put water to butter—thinki it may 10 7
jure the flavor. Butter should not he worked by
the hands ; this makes it soft and greasy.
Mr. Thayer said cows must be kept clean and
sweet. He washed his butter. You cannot get
out all the buttermilk witl.out washing. Carrots
are the very hest food.
Mr. Merrian °Feigned five' causes of had butter;
viz: sour vessels, buttermilk left in, bad salt, bad
firkins, and artificial substances to give it color.—
It is difficult to make cows give much milk is
winter--one cause is that they do not drink freely.
It is well to give them some warm water eftor
they have taken as much as they 'vill of cold.
Mr. French, of Braintree, thinks'tbat ho is de
riving much advantage from having water all
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time immediately before his stock, where Al
stand in the born. The water runs in a small
trough, fJur or fl‘e inches square, immediately be.
fore the feet of each animal, and the stock drink
better there than at the trough in the yard or s,t
the sprtng.
Tut MIRIIOII be COIIIIUPTION.—UiIder this
title and on a .. blood sheet," are printed the an
nual cost of Royalty.; the cost of the Queen's
istf3ra ; the expenses of the Queen i beaii cook ;
- the cost of law, the army, navy, chtttrat,itcC..,Ac.
From this penny trifle we learn that in the civil
list, coachmen, postillions and footmen, are charged
to the public at 12,563 per annum. Thus it
appears that a few ignorant jockles received dou
ble as much fur guiding the heads of a stud of
over-fed horses, as the President of America for
governing with justice and equity nrwardp ofsev
eoteen millions of people. We have also £ $,301,
charged on account of seven ladies,eighf i Inside
of honor,' and eight bed chambq woinen, which
exceeds the A mencen President's pay by .f, 2,301.
—Whether the nestling places of royal Persons
ges are of a wildly different nature to our own;
we know not; we are certain, however, that if ell
these bed chamber attendants are necessary for the
fulfilment of . unmentionable offices," there is some
mystery in the afraiwwo cannot reveal. Then
ogitin we have charged £ 5,800 fur officers ttho
take charge of the royal furniture, only £ Igt . fese
than the American President ! But esßeyeity
is thus dear to u., who would sigh for repp?.?ly:tip•
g overnment.? -
Tus rows A ASTER.--1 planted it with my
own band,' said my little aisttr, holding up the
withered China Aster, plucked . up by the roots
.1 covered it from the sun, I watered it night and
morning—after sll (wiping .her eyes with the
corner nf 'her frock.) after all ; it is dead.'
Alas ! how many are the occurrences in life,
thought,l, which resemble Mary's flower. - pit
easily believing what we wish, we adopt pcime
pretty trifle, and laying it, as it Were, in ottrb;-
som, love it as a daughter—fancy. paints kings"
colors—increasing in beauty, we see its yaves es,
pand, and trace its progress with anstoil solici
tude, from the swelling bud to the full blown;
and then, when we are fondly expecting,to enjoy
it, reality tells us,--after all, it is deadl
An old lady living on the hoe of a- railroad in
Michigan, loot her pigs and tattle; their beiog
run over. She de manded payment jhe direct.:
ors for the loss of her property ; this they reluse.l
to mute. In revenge she greased the tragit .fs:v
some distance, which at once pot en end to ell
locomotion, and it wee only by ittee use of sand
on the rails that the trafn cot ti Piocted. She con
tinued this daily for some time. when the direr,.
tors were glad .to comptomiee Ole
_Ofairliy, paying
her the amount of daMager claimed.: He
.. aelio
w w
contend. with ade mined omsit.: wit{ alien"
in theetuf,come off second
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otterfly, by a tragspositipa:- , ,.. Asit!la,64
comas a fiutterby—perk
~7niin.
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