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Notices lYeatlm, iii which invitations are - exiendrd to the mods and relato es (if I be ch reased, to a uctitl the fu neral Will tie charged as advent:it:metal' PUTTS 11.f.1: si 1111 TE. /1114: IVinier. pe...stuit of this uw4itittitni c0in ..t.?5,11i, and will MI:ilri1112 IA lit e weeks exclusive of the vacation. It i‘ arneafly requested that all having wards or elol. area to. cuter, will do at lilt: ellititlielIC.:1111311 tic SflNstioll, as much ul i lie slll-11,14 111 111 t. pals depend 14.•011 a prompt ai] jutheimia Aim]. No allowance will lierealier he inade aIi,LUCe CX , :t.pd In eaaei. of protracted ; sick niss. T E IC:11 S ; PIA Ifl EntrlislA branches, 4 00 lli her I; Oil (lassies H 011 Stationary. • 25 W.%PITM AN, A. 13: Principal, N. B. Books will be furiiir•lied to the filipire. a fir c,istuinary prices when requested jiy the pat non er 31, 25—tf TETTEIt rcit 2 . 11y1 LEI D Y S CELEDIL ATM) TETTET AND Frcir , t Wasik:NT is doily becoming more popular. Itailc du numerous individuals slop and innwr thi• iirmiri . emr of its great success in rutedving' and curing the 'l'etter,and , Itch. Numerous testinnminis might be mililtsfied of es utlieacy , but fur the eche:, ey i IIIP itidivitt oats II lying their names published in 1•011111 . Cii./fl ' ' O.ll 11501111! and di,41Urf•1:0111! Util'lll/1111s. It rimy be used will' perfact safely by young hut old, even upon Intents, eoutatttilw no ineren rI, or other initieral' Pilbst slice% Ur. N. It iireii,tres tt liamseir, and knowing Its colitis's!. must cuntbiently reeommettes it as superior__ n. any oilier !innerly for thc r Tiliti;i• and I:.2.11. Prepared and . sold al Dr. Leidy's Ilrlllth Eitipo ( •Iff II rir the t;.tldbit Eagle and Serprets,) Nt)ii hhl SEktt/ND Street, betttw Vtite. • .11.1.! 41,.. WI Ll.l 1.1 T. EPTI WS, I): ag St ..re. I'. it, 2:i Cott:, a box. J „ ;ill .1' Hit )1i A gentleman tielottvipu to one lie inost,anctent and is c.rlthi ',lndies sit tills r •i. it 11.1 - 11111S0111 11.12;1 knOWII to a l1 ( 11 11111111: / .111 ) 2: cities' the year 18114 no to recently been best ols several y ears contiiiett to his lid, t i er been re - stored to good bellth haa reg.:111,4.d 111,11 erect 1 103C/on—and It q pitied -hoe car now walks with ease !! We bellese Slits l• own debt! TIM!. as / ear on poses -in‘tiliert• is iiiist-xatzgeration In It. We' will _we I.spon•rs his add - can, unittioubt Aso his bilicatie r• el will excuse the liberty ; that any One flot///////2. Gunn (here raCIS 1111/U2ll he requests h,s t a s j,.• 1.•11 111.1 a! , war in print. A mol l y. will, ..onvi:lr ,: n res.„ Nis_ James t; Iteviiiilds, I II Chnst ie strict his he. n restored. and will gibe personal at - sn a nek- , i Ina. 114 is or case. Roth wit.e rip i-i.trartud cords and 111n1.11V . S. /lOW has II:,s Lei n 11"1111.. --liv the Indian Vi7:l•lahl, Hir , r inter n.lll% And Aerre aia7 Bow emer.• lerald. Jan. 2t 1841. • Mnd may C 4- '0.71 N1,1 , 1..0. Line, Ity IY. T. Ewing Clenienn ti Par% t .11)41 5 C'. Martin. bruggists, Pousville, Schtl3lk/11 rmlitty . I.ooli 1:1::i+ .1 re , ci.ed andll.lo. , te, n r 7 ....1 1 1 .1. d %len il.,olted Muck ul new F'dli• dud NA tulrt C.111.:141 irl:7 of Pry Goods tit rrrry dcsdriptroy. Ihocerics rf ah teryiPm•vv. Far. ( . I,,dir,n;yl-11tior Noll ( Ands. and .Nll4llB, - rantukgfus, rrnxf r, Nall , PosA. Whieli will he sold url 1.11 . 1! hl Very low i r iliCPE or in far CaarilrV rratillee,fiir araNr wilt be p:a d ii_l.ll Li EL II Alt l'Z. Nn • COM t.; AiU SEE: Pousville, would Irmo re ' .. 1 ....11c1iN111 the Merchant.. of the vdirees. that he hag returned to the low/ and evensice 11/11.desale Dry (;..0.1 II (:".. No. 74 Market St , SOW • de. between 2d anil :141:11illmielphia, %viler.. he will ~ , l eased to exliMo to any trint may call. a lar:e .1 A,lleridlti assortment Of FOrel , 2ll anti •UOtztestic lay i ...Ills. at the usual tettem and juices.. \ 1 ....II 12. 11-3 m EXCILVNGE CENTRE STEET, rorm% ILL.I LAMA oen.),ITE THE: TO% HALL. DM!) CLARK I.? V." , TECTrIi LI. Y iittortn , his ffiends and the -"L - tra vetting etintittiiiiity in general, that lie „,, • has la k , iii the above tvell'knowii tt.ktalt• .;; Lr i '..4 lit.iinientklett fi.ted it iii t. with ...hew Nl:'' wroth/N.- 4 11:141 in the beat t.ty le,' for A , • the aLcrinittindation tit al! thohe . who ow, tity•tr hint vvtili, tin Ir pair iiiii sge. The rLove , •udbitnuitt, is loitisted -1,, the cl_ntre a bit,t -.•,,, Thiry ts an - 4,llliiiblis lini , .ts the litrn;:ec-v -t .t day tar the Rail road thp.ll in time fur tree - I:11 , .. 10 t:itie the Car's for l'ltilutioliont.t. < P. S. Liuod htoblu.g.attutlied, with aliu t lye 0 . April 16 16—u DMIN INTIM OWS r 1 ' ) 'LUE is herelit giteit that Letters Te-tu . metitary have 1...A.11 granted by the Regime'? •: , -1111) lhlll county, to'tne sub criber-, residing Bratieh Townvlim. tivhoylkill county, of the - , .de of Chariot itobsoil,. Lite of Branch Town. All perralns indebted to satti estate ure-liere_ • rwi , Jebitil to MOW immediate payment, and Di-rmnis having 'claims or .demands against ~tau., are reqlested to wake the sante ;mown . . , :thett &Ily, to WI LL A M ROBSON, 'MAU Y ROBSON; Ad oi'rx. April 30. • - 18-6• Ri'. DEN PIPE, HYDRANTS, Se.—The sub J scriber bastdr sale Leaden Pipe of various thick 1i . b>1 . 4, suitable for condor:v..% water to houses, an other purposes. A lso. Hydlauts, Stop cOcks, Cocks anal Ferrules. of the ?post approved kinds., Jost re- . Le,,ed and fur sale cheap by - 33. BA.N.NAN. April IG - c 16-- 11101PFIL lIAI% DINGS & BO it DEM.— & The sttbscriber has received his Spring Patterns of elegant Balland Parlor Paper, which he Will sell cheaper than ever. Among the assortment are sett• eral new and splendid patterns. B. BANN AN. \ prd 16 16— 1 1 lliladelphuz Rascality CAUTION EXTRAORDINARY.' SOME six or seven of the Philadelphia Druggists havedeseended to the meanness to try to sell the imitation or counterfeit Balm of Columbia, to stay, leans° or restore the hair, and Hay's Liniment, a cure for Piles, and all external sores and swellings. All Druggists and Country' Merchants arc hereby Harried not to buy either of these articles in Yhila- Celphia; as they would be wholly unsalable. All u ki.ts of these articles are warned never to buy any by thes e names, without the signature of Comstock & o on the wrapjmr.4 l -take this notice with you to 0.1 by it, or you will-be. cheated. Send to us by let r. at New York, and we will deliver them ritPhlla '.,:iphts, Baltimore, or any Of the large cities. free of freight-charges. - COAIS'EOCK & (X):' I,ole proprietors, At-wholesale Dru4psts, 3 71 Maiden Lane. New York. ' And by John S. C. Martin...Wilfiam T. Epting. and r ielnent.ez Pan-in, Druggists, 'Pottsville. May 'I. lIRINTERS' INK In 12 and 2516. kegs ? at l'hiLdelpbta prices, fo r laic by I,l?.Ttli 19,12 -- 13. BANNAISI m_ I I 1 . , I , 4 .1 WILL TEACH TOO To Flirt.cE TOE FOWFJA OF TOE Ai.VP /UMW OUT FROM THE CAY*SNS Of EIC I UNTAIN 5, META L S Will " WILL GIV E sTazziont TO 017.1,1. BANDS AND SUBJECT ALL NATii/IS TO OWL USE AND Fl..x&Fujoi JOHNSON VOL XVIII To -•••••••••••• • • Passion in Woman Oh 'tie a frarful gill, that stirs A raging al& within:the soul of her, wtose home of life is gentleness: Hast thou seen The proud lip curl in inward scorn—the Durk eye flash with portentous. brilliancy, And the slight form swell with the curse Of ,mantioods Strong existence? It doth strain Her heart's endurance up to such a pitch As racks her very neing..— Passion in AVninan !--what!— The trusting heart that heat erewlide, With all the kind and tender feelinga 'her Young nature knew, leaping against lla eil! , 0114/11 :IS a ea-getl tiger. And the soft eye Tinit melts in loving (111/41111 tllllll4 l g In reve:ir..li exeneinent wail ? a• a t a Ilut on Cat! ! one! Thy young spirit rsl,.'er was made to bend 6.ef.re - dread a tyrant. • What limit thou, With the dot klstorms of feeling 1 what With tile blig,liting word and scorning look— The strife of black emotions, or the Bitterness of wrath'? Thy element' is hive— Thy lioinc-,its peaceful refuge. kneeling And weeping—'its to thee, to bomi thy head Ilefore the storm, and brave it mit. 111 anger. Vii there is air angel beauty In humility, arid in subatission, dwells A hiving rulltiMicr, that hinds us to thee Stronger. . Proud and high, and stern, Let Manhood 'Oar: arid then though passion Rules his soul, and wrathful light, Ilia aka from his haughty eve-;—foer not' Thy power is greater ! Lt Mild and gentle word,' A luring wh,so. r, cellos the twohled soul, And soups the chords of Ito v. Ile will At that low voice as supple reed b. tore thee, Arid thy 'bean will harp to know, Thai I:ertileheias is strength ; and that the veriest, '41.1%4 .4 111 life, are they who yield 1.0 W. From the Latlie:i' Gar laud THE DEW—DIAMONDS; OR, TUE WWI. I. T U. I No It ‘• II , lie Llt•sam_s of the All ill:, the garden yields& Flocks tltai %violet' all the plain. Vol low atom so .a .4 . .10m - A l'loods !hat : drop Ilicttlatttoonu dr tra. bons that goonal warmth datiSO, All i he filetily stimMerlpour a, A ututun's rich o'erliowtrig clores— A to Titt:k 0 God! rke owe, FoIIRCE. whence all ou't blessings flow • Are not these lienutiful lines, mantma,' said fil th. I :Itarlotte Field, after having read aloud front a hook of poetry which her father had lately pre sented* lie/ on reaching her tieventh birth day, the lines above quoted ; “how sweetly the lines flow. mid how zzLee they thyme' There is a deeper eurrentheneath the smooth Ilow of the ‘erse', dear Arty,' said her mother, sailing,,and looking affectionately upon her beautiful, merry eyed daughter. as she stood her, with her soft blue eyes full of love. What is it, mammal' said - little Arty, coin ing near ht and looking up in her face to be in structed—for she knew that her mother drew knowledge from every source, avid loved to com- Inmanatr it to her. he deeper meaning conveyell,in these-lines, toy child, is the idea of Goitruling, threcting,and tde.,ing the creation lie has made. They teach us that Ile is the author of all our blessings,; that Tie sends the rain, mulimlies the herds and flecks, brings the harvest, and rolls round the season's each in Its tarn for our good. Th - ey teach us, itoo, that we owe lion praise and gratitude as the source of all that we enj 4_ in this life. Poetry is only us ful when it conveys instruetium and then it is more impressive than_prose: Ady reflected a few moments, and then said with a slight blush of ingemousins— • Ma, Would you believe it, I read thosewithout regatiling the meaning of them. I thought them pretty because they read prettily. I will never read poetry again w ithom trying to underatand it. I thought;that prose was written to instruct us, and poetry only to please!' It is because your taste has not yet been culti vated. Poetry bite music, must be studied to be understood and loved, Yuu are old enough now, and I satin shad give you lessons in poetry.' Do, oh do, mamma,' cried Arty, now, I; have only been pleased with the casket ; you Will now open it and show me the treasures it contains. Indeed, mamma, 1 ought to he crateful to God who has given me a mother so willing and capable of kaching me all I ought to know.' lam pleascii to hear you say so, Arly. But y;,.0 ure743,) .apt to ha dissatisfied with things a round yule, as God orders them, and I am glad to hear yotruoireniardy manifest a thanklul and con letited disposition with your own lot: • NVlty ma!' exclaunvd Arly, as if surprised at -itch a charge, and disposed to question its truth. •This is your only fault. any dear! You are always wishing things ism': dillertmt from what (lacy are.' But ei klieg are no harm, ma!' Not in themselves--but they Indic:at!, a dissat, letiod spirit, anti question the goodnesi ut (Jas's Providence.' Nt hen did I , Aish, mit, any thing was differ ent from what God has ordered v asked Arly, startled, and loAing dit•tresaeti at the idea. • This moiiiing when you were going into your girden to, water your plants, you vii,hed it would rain so that it might suve.you the trouble--: But, rtia, every body wishes about the weath- But hear me, dear?. Three hours afterwards, a shower. hastng falleir. you wet your feet coming from school, and I heard you say petulantly, • I wish it wouldn't rain and make it so wet.' A rly hung her bead in conscious silence. Her !bather proetedcd with her sewing, end at length ;tidy broke silence iind said, frankly— • Weil, ma, I confess it was very foolialt to wish as I did both in one day, making my own convenience the measure and guide of God's pro• vidence. I prumi•enever to do-so - again. .I trust you will not,' deny Arly; fur it is .1101 only a foolish but a wicked habit ; foolish because futile, end wicked because it would dictate and eroverrywhere God Moue i 4 the Ruler and Director. ilesidis, as we often wish what, if granted, would be injurious if not fatal to as, we should often bring upon ourselves pain rind perplexity, Whore Provillencs designed peace rind happiness.' • . • • - • • rr. • A few morning's alms this conversation, Arty was in het garden. , The sun was yising'icr all the Mellow glory;' of Spring, and the dew hung in thick clusters upon spray, foliage and flawer. His beams were, reflected froM the millions of dear drops which flashed and sparkled like diamonds in •their radiance, but consumed a moment afterwards in the splendor which enkindled thim. . . 'Alas; said Arly, tor she- turned disappointed from a mass rose tree that grew near . awarboi AND POTTSVILL WEEKLY BY BENJAMIN:BANNAN, POTTSVILLE, SCHUYKILL COUNTY, PA. which she ,wt, and which she had been admiring as Wham to the load of diamonds of dew, which, while she gazed, melted from her sight ; mlas, that gems so beautiful should be so transient! Hod 1 the wish 1 would crystallize every dew drop asit stands on the flowers, leaves, raid blades of grass, and make the whole world so . beautiful ! why does riot God do it • God does nothing but what conduces to .he good of his creatures, and is worthy of his own glory,' said an aced Ilion, in a long white beard with a staff in his hand, whom she beheld, to het: surprise, standing in the dour of the arbor, and gazing upon her with benignant looks. • But this would make us all happy,' said the maiden, quickly ; • fur it would cause every body to be so rich, and make thaields and trees, and the whole earth so bright and beautiful; besides,' conttnudd the maiden, who seemed no louger to 'be surpitsed at seeing him, or alarmed at his sud den presence.; besides, it would be worthy of His glory as proving His power.' ' His power, child,' said the old man, calmly. but sevt rely, •is displayed as Wonderlully in lend ing the diamond's brilliancy to a drop of water as. iu communicating it to a stone. His potter, too, is shown in the stars, and in we sea, and In every dower that decks the green earth. God hath manifested himself to all his creation by his visible works. Lo around you! Are not the thousand hues and varied forma of the flo vers that enrich your garden proofs of His powet, wisdom and love 3' Vet think if God could, Ho would love to mike all the dew drops teal gems ! They look so pretty while they last, that I am pure they would always look beautiful. There would then be no poor people, as diamonds would be so plenty, and every body would be perfectly happy. 7 Thus perseveringly did A rly expres2 her desire beforOlhe old man, who, though she knew it not, was the GENIUS or WISHES, which she might have discovered by on empty bag which was slung on his bark,. and a large osier basket with out a button, which hung on his left arm. She looked up for a reply to her words and found her self alone. The ensuing morning, early as the sun himself, Arly, as her custom was, was again in her garden. The rays of the rifting sun wore dazzlingly roller ting trout a myriad 14 dew drops that clung to ev er:. 11..twer,lear, and spray. It was a resplendent scene—a glorious spedacle ! r Oh,' wished Arly, involuntarily, r oh, that all the dew drops would suddenly become diamonds !' , scarcely had she given utterance to the wish, when en every side she heard a crackling, rust ling sound, and beheld the plants and flowers ev ery where sinking heavily toward the earth ; some she saw suddenly break short off; thousands of buds and roses, with the dew crystalized upon them, snapped from their stems and strewed the walks; while the trees in the garden and wood swayed and bowed themselves; and many, borne down by the unusual weight of dazzling gems, fell prostrate to the earth! Arly stood iransked a few moments, then real izing th.i whole, instead of mumittns of j ty, terror alone filled her breast, and she tled with amaze ment and wild •alarm. The garden walks, were strewn with crystalized limbs of treis, the pointed 'thetrionds clustering uu the twigs Bud leaves of which, caught and rent her garments ! Sue then altempto to fly across the lawn, but the sharp points of the diamonds, which hung on every blade of grass, cut her tender feet end her way was warted with drops of blood ! Alas, alas,' cried she, as she at length reached the house, .what evil have I done In wishing what I have!' , After recovering, in some measure, from her fear and surprise, she ascended to the cupahi of the villa, and beheld the whole country deling with gems, which, as the sun rose higher, shone so that she could not look upon them, and she' descended to her chamber, nearly blinded with the sight. The whole earth was now covered with dia maids as with miming dew ! but the cattle per ished for want of the grass which the gems with which it was encrusted prevented their eating ; 'the flowers wilted in the gardens ; the fruit with ered in its blossom; and the green leaf upon the li% lug tree died before its tithe ! The ploughman could no longer cut the crystalized soil with his iron ploughshare, and seed time and harvest ceas ed ! The birds of the air perished op the wing, and the face of nature became parched, and its vegetation burned up by the fiery brilliancy which was reflected at noon day train the myriad of dia monds that covered the earth ! At length men began to die—for clouds, unfed by vapor from the earth, no longer formed, and floated in the hot and arid atmosphere, and the springs had dried up. Those who yet longer survived walked the gem-strewn ground vainly crying for food, and laying themselves doWn on beds of diamonds, miserably perished, cursing God! A green leaf —a water cress—a wild berry, was now of more vhlue than the most dorzling gem that e'er decked a monarch's crown. Arly lived, and suffered, and saw all this. At length she humbled herself and became' broken hearted, and besought God's forgiveness for ques tioning his goodness and mercy ant' love ; and with tears wrung from the deep foUntains of her contrite heart she implored Heaven's mercy fur man ; lest, for her guilt, he should utterly pcnsh from off the face of the earth, which had once been so L:autiful with its green fields, its,waving trees, fragrant flowers, singing birds and happy homes. While she prayed she heard a voice addressing her and looking up she beheld beside hir the old man who had before visited her. • Art thou now content, ainful child, that God should govern ho asked, in a tone of stern te• • proof. _ ' Any could only lay her hands upon her forehead, and her 'forehead in thedust at his feet, which she, bathed in tears of penitence. God, who reads the heart when , the ,tongue :is silent, knew what she would have answered; and by the mouth of the aged man., who was his appointed minister of good to her; bade her rise and look around her ! She obeyed,'and lo !she .saw the earth clothed in verdant beauty ; the green foliage waved in the morning breeze?. the birds sang joyously amid their :branches ; the roses bloomed, and flowers fi lled the air - with fragrance; while on petal. leaf and spray. ; dew-drops in myriads hung glittering and dancing ; in Abe sunlight ! Arly gazed only long enough to be assured that all was real, and tin gave utterance to. wild cry ofjqy. which surpriseand-gratitude breed trolls tier heed.. • SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 4, 1842 1:!1M:::=:='.:'il /She found ; herself seated in the very - spot where the recollected uttering the guilty wish, 'and in her hand a jessamine which she remembered to have then. plucked. The dew was still fresh upon its leaves, and she then know that she bad dreamed. But she had been taught wisdom and hu:nility, and from that time she we never ; known to ex press a wish that any thing had been otherwise than God, in his providence, had ordered it. • Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did ho io Heaven and - From the New York Mirror: Adventures of a Qutet Man In the midst of a dark and gloomy thicket I one day came suddenly upon three coarse-lookin g men, who eyed inc suspiciously, and then asked me the nearest way to Southampton. I believe I trembled from head to foot, whilst I gave a civil but incoherant reply. They allowed me to p ass ,. and then, though they had previously appeared on the most friendly and confidential , terms, they spoke loudly and with vehement gestures, and one of them, to my horror, quitted his compan ions, and coming to my side, thus most cour teously addressed me : I am quite sure that I am addressing a gentle.. man.' I made no reply, but I thought my last hour was approaching. I am certain,' he continued, 'that one who is evidently accustomed to the usages of the best society will not suffer me to want a friend on the most important occasion of my life.' • A friend; sir !' said 4. Yes, a friend ; friendship, in its general ae .ceptation, is not to he kindled in an hour, but in the sense in which now use the word friend, you eon: and I feel quite sure you will assist me; nay, sir, you must.' 1 took a long breath and thought I should have fainted. • Excuse me for my vehemence,' he added, for I am a desperate than, and it is in your power to prevent the commission of - murder.' Murder V Yes, murder; for to fight duels without se conds is decided murder.' Duels!' Yes,—to be 'brief—that gentleman you see there in the sadden jacket and trousers-' • Gentleman!' Yes. sir, gentleman Do you presume to suppose, sir, that had he been any thing else I should have done him thelinnor and pleasure of accepting his challenge? Are you not aware, sir, that the lords and gentlemen of the latch Club wear that costume ?' .1 beg your pardon,' I murmured. Pardon, sir ! —never ; that is, never unless you accede to my proposal.' . Any thing !—name it!' • That gentleman•has brought his second with him, mine has disappointed me—you must take his. place.' • I take his place !' • Yes—l have already said that you must do so, and I will hear of no refusal. Are you well acquainted with this part of the forest ?' Y I stammered. Are we near any road at present?' Not very far,' Then lezid us to an unfrequented spot, where even the report of pistols would be unheard. Do you refuse !' cried my new friend furiously. Gh dear no,' I answered ; and, more dead than alive, I led the way. He gavd a signal to his opponent, who with his second followed us. I silently led them to a very remote sequestered spot, and intimated that I obeyed orders merely by standing stock-still. •Are you certain that we are not likely to be interrupted ?' Quite,' I relined. • Then here we will remain until the others join us.' . They soon came up, and then the gentleman in 'the blue jacket whose fare and manners were even rougher that' his dress, said, 'Well, you sir, are you cock-sure nobody will come upon us?' • Certain, sir,' I replied. This is a a very out of the way place, is it said his second; • Uncommonly so,' I answered. • They can't even hear the pop of a pistol, hey, from the road 1 ' inquired my friend. • Impossible,' I responded. Then,' continued he, 'you chicken-hearted son of a Tom-Tit, give us your watch and your mo ney, or we'll blow your brains out.' They all vociferously surrounded me, taking from me every farthing I possessed, my watch and seals, and a valuablo guard-chain, (what a Luis nomer,) a diamiond ring, a turquoise pin, my coat and waistcoat, and my hat. They then wished me a good morning; my friend,ihe moment my hack was turned, gave me a violent kick, and as I ran as fast as my legs could carry me through the forest I heard their loud laughter wafted on the breeze. Epitaphs. The difficulty, of excelling in this department of literatuie, has caused it to be neglected by most of our American writers. Indeed, few authors. have had the courage even to squint towards this line, since DJCIOf Johnson brought-one of his great guns to bear upon the subject; lur it is pretty no torious that this, literary artillerist battered down the reputation of every Epitaph maker who had preceded him, or was so presumptuous as to have the misfortune to be his contemporary. Thus much by way of a preface to 'the following Epitaph. hith erto unpublished; which a friend of ours profess es to have copied froth a grave -stone in Scotia nd, al beit his memory does not point him to the Church Yard or neighborhood in which repose the bones of the berioc defunct, whose name and fame is embalmed in thevewords: 7 lV:Y. Ameriedn. Here, lies the body of Alexander McPherson 'Who was a very extraordinaiy person; He waellwx yards hikti in his smelting feet, And 'kept his accoutrements very clean and neat: He wasi slew At the battle of Waterloo; He wasp shot by a bullet • Plump through the gullet; • It wetitin at his throat, Anti Conic out the back of his neck ! Viking of Epitaphs, reminds us of the follow. ing touching inscription, found on a grave stone in the north I d England: Here lies john trollops ' Who caused these ere stoneSto'ioll up And when the Lord took his soul up -_ left Ibis body to fill this era hole up. Mad enother: . • The Lord now owns Jerriniiib Jones:.. • ' ' Whose old drybones l Lie upl.et these donee; OIVRNkL, AL ADVERTISER 1111 Sweet May has come—the blue•eyed maid! To glad the length'ing hours,' in light and airy dress arntY'd. Festooned with butts and dowers. Her lovely brow with vines is crown'd, With blossoms through them blushing; Around her waist a zone is bound Of buds with fragrance gushing: The while she walks the joyous earth. . She from her lap is thr.awing Sweet dowers to give to others birth, And scent the wind's soft blowing. The birds that were through winter chill Within her bosom nestling. Fly from it now with gladdep'd will Oa wings that need no Beading! Let now each noble youth with brow Pale Irma the toils of study, A nirmaideu young with lovely Rim, Bright eyes and cheeks so ruddy. Who nature loves or health, at dawn Leave couch and pleasant dreaming All brush with dancing feet the lawn With dew-drops bightly beaming! Salt-water Bubbles. BY 11,AWSICEL MARTINGALB CUT'FING OUT WORK FOR ALL: HANDS. It was five o'clock in the afternoon. The good ship Wisp; bound from Boston to Amsterdam, was rushing rapidly through the wa ter, towards her destined ports. The wind was a couple of points abaft the beam, from about North North West, and it blew a strong breeze. The royals. flying jib, and wizen and fore-top-gallant sails were furled, the weather clue of the mainsail was hauled up; and as the staunch ship dashed through the water, deeply ladju as she was, her timbers and bulk-heads croaked and sung like mul titudinous frogs in a pond—tbetwater under her bows roared like the cataract of Niagara—and she left a wake behind her,as broad and as foamy as that of a huge Dutch galliott. A fair weather sea would now and . tht.ri, when she broached a little toot her course, gently cotiiii over the weather bulwarks, and electrify those of the watch who happened to be an the way, and while the helmsman labored.at the wheel, exerting all his strength, and all his skill, the chief mate, Mr. Holloway, kept ono eye on the sails and spars aloft, and the other to wind ward, watching the appearance of the clouds; and the watch on deck were speculating on the proba bility of having noon to take a trouble reef in the topsails. At this interesting moment, Captain Cornelius Grampus made his appearance on deck. Captain Grampus was a man, who, although he command. ed a Temperance Ship, was nevfi a member of a Temperance Society. He went on the principle that tempertiace was a good thing for those who could not keep sober, and carefully obeyed the or. dere of his worthy owners, in excluding all kinds of liquors from the furecastk and had even often been heard in port haranguing his crew on the fol ly and impropriety of getting drunk. But as he always knew when be had enough, and, as he said he never gut drunk himself, he considered it unnecessary to pledge Women to temperance, or even to abstain from the free use of intoxicating drinks, either ataea or on shore. Captain Cornelius Grampus came on the deck of the Will-u'-the-Wisp. lie was a plethoric looking man, of rather abort stature, with a face as round and as full as a Thanksgiving pumpkin, and with a complexion as ruddy as the gills of the noisy monarch of the barn-yard. Indeed, with his hugo eyes, apparently starting from his head, his peculiar and ungainly figure, and his inflamed visage, he would forcibly remind one of a huge jack-lobster after he had been immersed in the boil ing pot. And this comparison reminds me of a nother, that may be found in the pages of Butler's Hudibras, a work which is full of humor and gen uine wit.—Describing:the approach of day, the en raptured poet exclaims w.th much pathos and sen timent; " And now, like lobster boiled, the mom From black to red, began to turn," Captain Cornelius Grampus came on deck. Ho luoked aloft, and his eyes seemed lighted up with anger—he cast a savage glance at his mate as if he wished to annihilate him on the spot—ho walk ed several times fore and aft the quarter deck—he then stopped ahrubtly, directly opposite Mr. Hal. loway, and after grinding his teeth together, ad dressed him fiercely as follows : • Mr. Hanoway, hugs fast Joss the ship go, now Eight knots and a half, sir,' replied Mr. Hal loway, with a conciliatory suule—for he knew the Captain's • custom of an afternoon,' and 'feared that a storm was about to burst forth. 'Eight knots and • half Only eight loots and a half ! What is the meaning of this, sir This ship ought to go at least ten knots with this breeze. You must be mistakenly sir, or it isiligh time to make more sail. Heave the log, Hal- Is way: The log was hove, and the result was given by the mate, as follows: She takes nine knots off the reel, sir. The wind seems to increase. 'tis only a good whole sail breeze, and when the wind is fair we must improve it. She must go len knuts.—We must crack on more sail, and try her speed fur once.—ant the fine and miz eu-top-gallant sails, Mr. HalloWay.' •It blows very hard in flaws, eir !' exclaimed the mate, with a deprecatory look. • Well, let it blow ! ' thundered out Captain Grampus, • I want it to blow. Call all hands, and get more sail on the ship I Do you think 1 don't know what I'm about! I'll show you how to car- ry sail, my good fellow.' Remonstrance, of course, was useless—all hands were called, and were on deck in a trice—for the watch beloii, bad, ever since eight bells, been in momentary expectation of being roused up to re duce sail, and, as the wind bad increased, the! were somewhat astonished that they were wanted for a purpose entirely different: However,, it is Jack's duty to obey orders, without questioning their propriety . . If the ship should be capsized, or dismasted, dr swamped, through the folly, or obstinacy, or fool-hardiness of any of her officer., the.. fault is not his, and he washes his hands of all responsibility. • Up there, men, and loose the . farii' and wizen. top.gallent sails ! ' shouted Mr. Holloway. The top-gallant sails were loosed, and after much shivering and slatting, they were sheeted home. Captain Grampus paced the quarter-deck, looking, and doubtless feeling, as proud and imprirtatit as a turkey-cock in all his glory. The ship steered badly, and whenever a. heavier flaw struck her, aid she came th of her COlllllO, the, masts would bend, the yordamould bcfckle, and a loud craotring and snapping' amongst the rigging, seemed to ad monish the skipper to beinident, that the o'46e-wisp was not to be trifled with. Al such times, oil Giampus would optn 'his lower' deck, Sweet May I ports, and pour out tremendous broadsides °loathe and abUse upon Blue-Water-Jack, the helmsmsn, and upon Mr. Cat-Harping, the second mate, who was standing by the wheel. cunning, end occasion ally assisting Blue-water-Jack in heaving up the wheel. • IV,,w throw the log, Mr. Ha exclaimed Crampus, with a grim smile of satisfaction, as a heavy flaw struck the ship, careeued her same half a dozen streaks, and made all crack again. • Aye, aye, Sir ! replied the mate in a tone which indicated disgust rather than satisfaction. • Hold the reel ' Tho log was accordingly thrown, and Mr. lTal low9y reported that the ship at,ta walking off at the unprecedented rate of nine knot* and a half, an hour ! Nine knots and a half! ' shouted Ca pt. Gram pus-- Only nine knots mid a half I She must go faster than that. We must sot the fore-top mast studding-sail.' Mr. Holloway stared, but he knew that as Cap tain Grampus was in full flailing trim, wits a good cargo of cognioe and Madeira on board, it would be useless to try to convince him of his folly,' and the men were ordered aloft to rig out the fore top mast studding-sail-boom it requires great care n setting this sail, to prevent its being; split in pieces. But , Mr. Holloway was a good &atom and a sober man into the bargain, and after • pret ty tough siege, he succeeded 'in setting the sail. The' wind kept gradually increasing and the old ship seemed to leap madly along, etraining, like a well trained race-horse, to reach the goal, and looking for almost every point of the compass but the right one. The boom, too, buckled like a whip. stick, and the crew expected every moment to see it broken short off, and the sail rent into ribbons. Capt. Grampus noticed the bending of the btiom. Mr. Holloway ' said he, • that fore topmast stud ding sail boom, like a fresh water dandy, cocks up`• its nose rather too much. Clap on the lower studding-sail to keep all straight, and let the good old ship go ahead.' • Get along the lower studdingeail there, men ! Cleor the boom and reeve the gear,' exclaimed the mate. .Aye, aye, Sir,' replied Ebenezer Oakum, a hearty told salt, at