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,,ot Ji.,13. MAtSSER, EDITOR AND PHOrKlJiTOll. . ,;.( 7s zsss&
OFFICE, VM AMEX STftfcET, OPPOSITE ITHE POST. OFFICE,
ti.
kEW SERIES VOL. ., NO.,
'' rEnMSOF THE AMERICAN. I
Jjnk AMKRIAN in piil.lilir. rvry fWnmlnr At TWd
TH)MrAKH ppr fihtiiim In he pnitl dull y'-tirh iu iMftiaiickl
VMr diAriintin.iH tintil M.k nrnnnii;i.iireitii.. -lt
All nlmtmiiirlirti or trtti'rw im luiiiti ri:l;itfug tA th
'vftlce, to insure sUuitinn, nuii-l l- I'lT I'All). ' !
; to cum '
Tlirec eopiea to one mldnics ' (tin
l)i Jin SI . , HUM
Vttirm Uo lin - ( 'jiiuu
. FMre dnlbtri in iitlvnnrc will pi.y fiir three yvarulwrii)
111,10 the Amvrici.il. ' i ' '
Vhif! Pqxure nf 1 jim-i, 3 tinna, . ,
verv BHlMfqntMit.tiiiii'rltimf
X lite KUre, a lilillttlia,
nioith, t,
thrfl J-enr,
)luiiH'w Cardu of .Fic lino f n!mm, t
Wt'rt'hmt.F hidI nthem, lnlvctlila by lite
yor4 M ih the ptivil' jt'- ! jiimTii.ifr.l.i
: i'rrtM.t mlverlWeinpi.tif wi-rUly.
IF' Larger Aiirerlinmina; " T Trrmrrtt.
.W
?ITS
. WW
I A T T O II N K Y AT LAW,
BuslneM niieiulcil to in tlie tJountioi oft Nor
htirrUnriniiI, Union, l.ycominit mid Columbia.
Ut'fer t o I 1
" ' t. A. UoTllt'l.T.
'"' "' t.owEit &. Harrow.
yv.'uiaj.
' KUTKOl-rlS, MCf AHLtNII & tO.
'" Srititti, Ooai. & l'o.,
fjKcmfii: J. wkavi-'.k. kdwin n. iiti.kr:
CScoi'sc J. Weaver & Co.,
JROPE MANTTPACTURERS & SHIP
- CHANDLEHS. ,
-A'o. 19 X. Water St., and 11 iV, 7i(ii if5,
' ' ' l'llll.Ain-.l.l'IMA.
HAVE .onrtmillv on IkiinI. ii iri-nrnil nwrlin.nl of
Mil. ..111. Ilniw. Tnrnil lt"i', Ilnliml ll"i'. Ilnlf l!.'e
.hI Twt... Tow lAnrfi. fur .'nni.l H'tn.a. II..W iniil 11.
JiMiM. for rlii. 41e..iinnl rotl"ii Snno Twin. 1,ln-n inirt
O.tton t'..rH't (.'linn., rollon N nrn. Cnnill.' '.i-k. A-.,
'lln.iu H..urn. fji.M'll nnd Cotton, Tnr, rilrh. Itonin. nn.l
Oikiim. Il.'il Coril.. I'lonvli I.imn. llnlHTH, 'rn.-K, .., nil
f wliH-l. tiKy will .linw iw of on rmwinnlih' IcmiH.
KoMHoruny Se or Jlnrrijiiion, Mnile to Or.Wr, nt
' (tltort noticp.
' Plb..-I.liiii, Feb. III. lul!. 1y.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
For tlir s;i!c of l'isli nml rrovisions.
: vb. y J T; 7; 77 IVH. 7R VLS,
' ' ! PHILADELPHIA. ' ''
Mnrkrwl, ! i M.ml Coil nnd Duii Fish, 1
Knlmon, Hrrrins, (.'l.rrsp. 1
I'hiliidrlj.liii,' May 5lh, 1S4U. ly.:
MK11CII ANTS'
Vonrtli Slrrol, I.pIm rrn Ar. h nnil niurkrt,
PHILADELPHIA. '
THE proirirtorsliii nnd iniuinci'inrnt of tl.i
well known hotel, (which in located in tile viry
'fonlre of liUKiiirss,) hnviiii; lhi day pioisrd in-
in th Imiwis oll'41iciilwrrilipni, thrv trtr Iravc to
Krittp'th.it it'irftlifir jHfrnwr to rrndrr it worthy of
'the lilirnil pntxAiuiR' witli which it l.nnK'. h lirrr
firlbro wictninrd, 'nmliiMiw, by uiirciiiittinp; ntli'ii
tii.n, to di'wrve tlio pulrommc of their fricnilx,
who may vinit the city on biminoKS or .h'iiurc.
C. & J. M.;KIi;JI.,
, . Fornirrlv of tlx Kxrlinngi' Hotel, PilteliiirR,
May 5, 181'J. It
I EVEHY MAN HIS OWN PATENT
AGENT.
MfXX & (V. )inlJisherii of the "SCIENTI
FIC AMBHICAX," l.ovp CivHiiml ns with
a rhan.phlrt untainiii; the l'ntciit I.nw of the
I;nitcd ttiiti,!tot;ctlK,r with nil thf forn.B norcii
ry fur applying'tW Pntcul, information in regard
to filinR rawirts, with rcninrliK on it uhh, i-U-., a
Inonnt of 11 rvquirrd nt the Putrnt Oilier, and
every othATiiitbrinntionthnt in liccrKwiry to instruct
a' jMTKnh in making his own uppliratioim.
' Prtec l'-i centR tiinslc, or 12 copies for one ilol
Inrs sent rW mail to anv part of the L'tiitrd Statin.
"AddrMW Ml.XX & CO New-York,
'i March 10, IS4U. ' ;
BOARDING. ;
THE mrWrflwr-will comitme torecf'iw and iic
roiniundifte a frw trwMsicnt or wnnni'iit
'BoAiimi,at'hcrffiiiVnrr inSunlmrV. ;Th 1.1
'Vrntion u ti'$ii(Wmand ylonKnnt part' of the
ltown,oimDiurriiiR a lino vi.w of the frn.uehilit
'na, Nl!lMWi1Tlttnd and (Im wene rv adjneont
'IN) prrnnm 4rwii) Hhi- city, who wiii. to iciid u
'few munrlis in tliec.nmlrv ilrf inn tho sumiiirr e.i
ea, IrHoibirry affurrU a dcliirHtlnt retreat '
;.-t - .it . . . A-VN V. MOKKI8.
'Ma rah 10, lr?l!. Cm . .,'
v.' . u - - - '
. REMOVAL.
DK. .1. B. MASSBK hn remnwd his
oilier, to the ollicc formerly, oc
cupied hv Jt. 1). MuxMT.a the printint;
oll'uv of the Siiul.ury Aniericnu, hack
L'J of II. Maer Ktnro.
Mimhurv, Fell. 51, M'X
'ilio i:ns ( iMISH MKItl'MAM'ai
. uml leu!rr itt .Si-.il,
y..3, Arch St. PHILADELPHIA.
Constantly on hand general assortment of
GUO&EIUES, TBA.S WINES, SEEDS,
UUU'OKS, &c. , ,
iTa whieh thej respectfully, invite the attention
. ,. t i i of the public.
. . All klnds of aountry produce taken in exchange
for Groceries or sold on Commission.
, Pbilad. April 1,18 18
'rxr.' BASKET " "
MANUFACTORY,
Ai. 15 South Stcnnd Itrtrt I'unl tide, down ttairt.
PHILADELPHIA.
TWBESPECTFULLY informs his friends and
Mm. the poblia, kbit tie constantly keeps on
Laud a let' asnrtnent of chidrens willow
Coaches, Cbaira, . Cra4lea, market and travel.
Hing baskets, and evary variety of basket work
.manufactured, . 'i : , ,..,!
t .Country Merchant! and otbjirs who wish to
awiehasa such articles, good and cheap, would
Aq well o call nim as they are all. manufac
tured by him Inthe best manner. .., i
, l,iUdelpbi. June 3, J8I8. ly j. t
;:;.;-.ts2c cheap .,
Uruali) Comb and Variety
' ' ' STOHri.--.r-. ..
BOCK1XTS AND BROTHER,--.
BttVHH MArtl'FAtTlRERM.
AND DEALERS IN. COMBS Sf VARIETIES
' Vb 99 Mw(A Third, btluu) Rate St. and Kurtk
KaM tonntr of lliird find Market ttrett,
pnXZ.ASEX.PHIA.
HfHEREthee1 offer (or sale a eenefal tlsott
men! of all kinds of Brushes, Combs ml
varieties which they are determined to sell
Lower than ran be purchased e'sewhere. .
Country Merchants and others Purchasing in
Hit above line will find it to their advantage to
call before purchasing elsewhere as the quality
and pricea will be fully guaranteed tguiubl all
tem petit io ii.
J'hiUilulpbM, June 3, ISlS-ly
4
jrama
,., ,"".', ro .-' .!..,n ,,ir
l.
SELECT POETHY.
, This snlonpid pnetn was Vntlij In'isSi;
on Iho nffirnaoh of the 1'hlilrrn Ymnfllid -inst
tiiward fho Ucslcrri pnrtof Kurrnie.i' Ilia up.
propria lo to iln renewcil npimrition anil wvnt
waril proirrosrs nioutitmctl in recent inn funis
For Vigorous e.vnresiiuii. wiVilinio lliiifisiht,
nnd ltioh pot'licnl finish, Wo linvn splilom tnct
will pm'try t ii.vool tt, nnd we aro sorry that
we cttunoi give ihe nulhor's iiamo. . . . ,
Rrcnthlcsa tho rrmrsc nf Ihc Pale While ltorse,
Ur-aring lhr ghastly form
Kajiid and dark as the apcclrr hark
When it Mvccpa ln-fore the storm !
Unlcfnlly bright thrcnj;h the torrid night
; Ensanguined meteors glare
Fiercely the spire of Volcanic (Ires "'
' Stream on the sulphurous air!
Shades of the slain through the murderer's brain
Flit terrible and drear (
cihndowy and swift the black storm-drift
Doth trample Ihc atmosphere !
llut swifter than all, with a darker poll
Of terror around my path, , , ,
I have arisen from my lamplesh prison
. Mnxe of the high Ciod'a wrath!
...
A deep Voice went from the Firmament,
And it pierced the caves of Earth
Therefore I came on my wings of flame
From the dark place of my birth !
And it in paid : H.'ofrom thcrSouth to the North,
Over yon wondering ball
Pin is the King of the doomed Thing,
.-I ml the sin beguiled must full!"
""Forth from the (late of the tTnrrrate,
From the portals of the Abyss
From the caverns dim where vague formsswim,
And shapclcst. chaos is !
From Haidcs womli from the joyless tuiub .
wf i)i'4irbua aud Old Niht-rv,...
From the unseen deep whaip death and sleep
' lirood In thoir mystic might -
I como I come before me are dumb !
The nations aghnst for dread '-, '
I.o! I have past as the desert Mast - -
And the niillimis of Earth lie doad.
A voice of fear from the llemi-phere
, Trnckcth me where I fly
Eurth weeping nloud for her widowhood
A wild and dennlale cry ! ;
Thrones and dominions benealh my pinions
Cower like meanest thinpn - '
Melt from my presence the pride and the pluas
anec ,
Of pallor stricken kinjrs! .'
Sorrow and mouniing supremely aeoming,'.'
My throne is the boundlcs air
My chosefi ahi-tind is the dark plinnrd cloud
Which the wliirlingl.rce7.es hear!
Wns I not home on the wings of the morn
From the jungles of Jessore,
Over the plain of the purple main
To the far Maiiiiliun shore !
To the isles which sleep on the suubright deep
Of a coral paved sea ;
Where the blue waves welter lieiicath the shcl
" '" ter
Of Heaven's serenity 1 1
From the womb of the waters, a thirst for
slaughtcra, '
t rose that thirst to sate
These jgreen yles arc graves in waste of the
waves, , " ' '
This lieauty is desolate
From the wide Erytcreau the noise of my J's an
Rolled on the southern blast- -Elerhiil'TuintWinuiW
answrrais; chums
- From the glaciers lorn- and vast ? i,
i.
' Did I not pass hi granite mass, r ;
And the rigid Caucasian hill-- -" ' ' """
Over burning sands over'fros-chuined lands,
limne at niv own wild will! ' ' .' '
Then hark to the licat of my hastening feet,
Though shrined in the seii j '
Wbjrre. are tlie-drrains that tlui Ueajt Utuu4S
VVould Iw sal. if unto the.
v.
,.1 t.U .
Awaken! awaken! my wings are sluikrrt J
Athwart the Irouliled sky
'lrc.inis (he nil glnuce of meteor latiee,
( And the glniv of my eager eyo ! ' '
Hearken, oh hearken ! my coming shall darken
The light of thy festal cheer ;
In thy storm-rtK-ked homo on the Northern
foam;
Nursling of Ocean hear!
gi'JJ'i'L "-1I M 1 - 1 ilW"
SI'EEt 11 OF MT UOOUTTLE.
On the bill for the Protection of JJenrroosIs,
Mislur Speaker : I've sot here in ' my
seat and heert'4 the opponents of this great
nashunal measure and expectorate again it,
till I'm putty nih oiwtwl with - indignant
commotions of my larcerated tiensibilities.
Mistur Sneaked, ore' it possible that men
can be so infatuated as to vote again this
bill I Mistur Speaker, allow me to pictur
to your excited and denuded imagination
some oi the heart-rending evils which arise
from the want of protectipn to hen roosts,
in my vicinity, among 'my constituents.
Mistur Speaker, we will suppose it to be
the awful and melancholly hour of mid
nightall natur am h'se(t in d'P rqxwo
the solemn wiud isollly (hioubs through
the 'waving branche of the tree, and
naurrht is heered to break the solemcholly
sUlieSa, 'fctVt jin'occasiojiaj grunt-frorrt the
hog pen, . T will carrv Vou m imagination
to that devoted hen . house. Behold its
peaceful and happy : inmates gently decli
ning in balmy slumbers on their elevated
and majestic roosts! " Look at the aged and
venerable and highly respectable rooster,
as he keeps his silent vieils with' patience
and unmitigated watchfulness over the in
nocent, helpless and virtuous hens and pul
lets ! Just let your eyes glance round and
behold that dignified and matronal hen,
who watches with tender solicitude and
paternal congaulation of those little luv
pile chit kens, who crowd around their cir
cumambient
Now, 1 atk, Miatur
'Movulttn, jrortfflrt tm mmm autos.j Scfn. ifr tht M artcuitrr. SSrfteis, amusements, e,
i" '"" i .SUBURV, N QRTIIUMB ERIj'AN 11 C bUNT Y VA.,' SATURDAY -JUftE i 1840. !..; i i! !,.!:,... t, ' j.,,,. '
-4 . ...
SpenWf, krri there lo'be found a vVetch so
jMt,i.niiil.hlmndohtd, a; will nter tKnl
piuACi fui and Iwppy . abpde, and tear .those
iVtf''nli j'tfU ijiijdic.frpip tlejVasonin
ing and heart-broken parents ? listur
SjK'aker, I answer in thunder toilRs, theVe
awt-6hwenrrty mfTr-so-Tw.nTrTfnn
sneakin j asJfC'Mbbety.-l lo, there are
npt. You may search the wide universe
from tho nutirves iwho. re jxjso- ia solitary
grandeur utid supfrlutivo majesty under the
shaiki of the tall cedars that grow upon the
tops of the Jliiuiualtb, mountains in the val
ley of Josophat, down to the degraded and
barbarous savages who repose in obscurity
in their miserable wigwams on the rocks of
Giberalter in the CJul'f of Mexico, and then
you will be 'so much puzzled to find any
thing so mean, ns you -would to see the
ftirth revolve nround the sun once in twenty-four
hours without the aid of a telescope.
: Mistur Speaker, I feel that I have said
enough on this subject to convince, the
most obstinate member of the unapproacha
ble necessity of a law which shall forever
and everlastingly put a slop to those fowl
proceedings, and 1 propose that every con
victed offender shall suffer the ' penalty of
the' law as follows : " '
For the first oflbnce, shall be obliged to
suck twelve rotten eggs, with no salt on
em.
For the second oflence, he shall be
obliged to set on twenty rotten eggs, until
lie hatches them.
Mistur Speaker, all I want is for every
member to act on this subject according to
his concientiousness. Let him do this, and
he will be remembered everlastingly bv a
greatful posterity. ' Mistur Speaker, I've
done. Where's mv hat '
The eloquent jrentleman, according to
the Jinston Post's report, hero donned bis
seal-cnp aud sat down, apparently much
exhausted.
ax inisn si:mu
1 . . -:i r
From Bernard's Retrospectious'we copy
: following sketch of. an amusing, judi
cious sermon, preached in a little, chapel
near Sligo :
"My dear children You know that I
have been your Father and Comforter,
these six and twenty years next Feast of
Virgin; and you all of you know what
truble I've had in keeping Satan from ta
king hould ot 3rour sowls. Ay, you may
well look glum, but you are mighty sure,
every son of Adam among you, no that I
have worked hard enough. Hut will you
never, lave off votir abominable tricks 1
Will you never grow obedient! What!
you think you may sin as you plase the
whole week long, and come to me at the
end of the week for absolution. ' Then I
tell you what, darlings yon won't get it!
Arrah, now, Mr. Pat Mulooney, why
did you cock your eye on the pulpit, just
then ' I didn't say I meant you ; but now
j'ou'll give me lave to suppose so. 'And
you Mr. Philip O'Shugnessy you are ma
king a great bother with your nose and
throat, as if you had a big cowld; wait a
bit, darling, I'll come to you presently,
and mind if I don't tickle your rotten con
science to some tune.
"Does any one know Judy Ilryant? Oh
fo be sure every body knows poor Judy ;
and yet I dare say some of you will pre
tind to tell me that you never saw or heard
of such a crachur in all your born days.
jNow, couldn't poor Judy hang her blanket
out to dry her ounly blanket, on her oun
palings, but that the devil must put it in to
the heads of certain persons, whom, J at
this moment have jn my eye, to take fancy
to thd same ?; Well, Murtock O'Dou'nel, J
didn't say jt was you did it, although you
do look so fid-rely and flustered: nor vou
Tlarny McSharie: but. Remember I, said I
nad the person in my eve, do you T And
you, Meggy Flanagan, you can't sit asy in
your sate either: yet who would suspect
you- that hnvp ot a comfortable home,- and
your husband Teddy, one of the best cobb
lers in the country '!" He now deepened
his voice, and threw into his tone a very
impresssve solemnity. "Remember what
I have said, try children ! Poor Judy .Bry
ant lost her blanket! I have the big thafe
before me that stowl it; and if it is not re
turned to her before to-morrow morning,
I'll excommunicate him and all that be
longs to him ; and I'll have nothing more
to do with him in this world or the next !"
The terrific yell which was now sent
forth by the "children" drove us forth from
the chapel: but with the impression on
our minds that the man who could thus
combine the duties of the spiritual and the
civil magistrate was deserving, in the high
est degree of the public esteem ; for, how
ever Philosophy might cavil at the means
employed, Justice was benefitted by the
ends he obtained." '
The Hullinmre Clipper tells a story of a
Dutchman who went lo pay his Excellency
the President, a visit, lie happened to call
just as the President uml three others were
sitting down to dine. Tho President asked
him to be seated, and at the same time en
quiring if there was any thing new or slrnugo
in'the country. ' ' ', '
' 'No, 1 dink not) only' one ' of mine cows
hash five calves.' ' ' . ' " ' '
'Ah!' Indeed, and' do tlley all suek at the
same time V ' ' "l' ' " ,J ' '"'
No gar,' replied tho' Dutchman 5 ''four on
em socks while the rudder looked on 'sliust
asldosh!' 1 '' ' " ':''
The hint was so pointed that 's, clean pla'tti
was immediately ordered, aim me uaictmiaii
seated at the table where he partook of a
comfortable diimer'with his Excellency Iho
President, ,.,, , , ,
"Soxc Sr.Nse in being Di'tcu." It is a
fact not unworthy of record, that amongst
the, at least, 33,000 souls who coinpotti our
German populali.nl of Cineiiinalli, Iheto has
been butcoinparulively little thulcM.
.U'.l 1 Ji '"J;l'l! ' ':' "' I
Va'fcnfcSTioNs otf piEAirn.'"" -I:
Chiiilren Bjiouid 0 lauglij to. us tho"! left
hand as Well and n mimh na ll.n rjolif,
Infant sin.iuld.b sp"!yeil:pj tlh cold water j
every day. Infants should bo o.uried into j
the air every -rrny m' thd-'eiison. Infants!
nhotild be nursed nt regular" Intef vhf; Wiee in '
about hrerj hnur. Troni'thVV tiirio'tlier rVro
weitHeh HWtil thoyhnvd pased the 'irst donti
linn, children should bo fed 011 1 biead and
milk, i-d ' ' 1 1 ' ' '
Course bread is better for children than
fine. .. .. , ;
Children should sleep in wparalo hods,
and whero it is practicable in separate looms
am tliuulJ not wear uinhl-eaps. J
, Chiiilren under seven years of ope, should
not be confined over six or seven hours in the
house, and that time should bo Ixiikcu by
frequent recesses. . , :
From tho time of the first that of the second
dentition, children should be denied animal
food. ,
Children and young people must be made
to bold their head np and shoulders back,
while standing, sitting and walking.,,. The
best beds for children uie of hair or in, winter
hair and cotton. , .
At proper limes, nnd in propor places,
children should be indulged in tho free use
of their limbs and lungs. A play-room is a
useful nppendngo to n house.
After the second denitiou is passed, young
people, may eat all kinds of wholestmio food.
Young p'-oplu should drink only water. One
pint of liquid to n person a day, is sufficient
for health : and that should neither bo hut
nor very col.!,' and should neither bo hut nor
very cold, and should be taken nt some in
terval afier eating.
From one to one pound nnd a half of solid
fond is siitiieient for 11 person in tho ordinary
voeationsnf business. Persons in the seden
tary employments should drop One-third of
their food, nnd they will escape dyspepsia.
Young persons should walk at least two
hours a day in the open air.
Young ladies should bo prevented from
bandaging tho chest. The author has known
three cases of insanity, terminating in death
which began in this practice.
Every person, grent nnd small, should
wash nil over in cold water every morning.
Reading aloud is conducive to health.
The more clothing we wear, other things
being equal, the less food we need.
Sleeping rooms should be furnished with
afire place, or some other mode of " ven la
tin:; besides the window.
The proper temperatuie of sleeping looms
is from 3j to CO dcrrrees Fahrenheit.
The temperature of a room warmed by nn
open fire-plaeo is sufficiently hih for health
uud comfort nt 70 deorees Fnh.: but in n
room warmed by an nir-tLdit stove, it needs
lo bo lit 75 degrees. Air-tight stoves are not
guoil for health unless the rouia is plentifully
supplied by cracks and crevices. .
Young people and others cannot read nnd
study much by lamp-light with impunity.
Tho best remedy for eyes weakened by
night use, is a fine stream of cold wuter fre-
quently applied to thent. 4
When eye fail by age, the tud of. speel.t-
eles should be called in, iustteud of brine;
deferred as long as possible. IV. Warren's
1'iuctun Hitdth. . I
:' A RAI T OF MONKEYS. ' 1 '
A singular and almost touching drama was
lntely. witnessed by tuoirmv of Fu'lieh sloop
of war, lately lOturced ffum a. voyage to the
seas of India. A hwu monkeys had been
put 011 board, w here they dejighte-d iho liirs
from morning till night 'with their frolics im'd
. . . ...
gambols. ' Some: however discontented with
tho short space allotted to them, broke loose
their chains, invaded the captain's cabin,
jumped over clmira: and tables,' fepilt the ink
on oiliuial documents, and behaved ill such
an inconsiderate maimer) that their death
was resolved upon and the warrant signed 011
the spot. The order of throwing the poor
innocent victims overboard was received
with general sadness on tho forward deck.
The old sailors, after a loiig consultation,
came to the conclusion that. a raft might bo
built, upon which tho'poor creiitnres might
at least find one chance of salvation. All
hands wero soon at work, and the raft com
pleted, a 'small mast wns mft.il fast to it, a
sail hnistnd ilk iho direction of the current t a
good supply of biscuits and cmekcrs and a
cask of water were put on bouul, uud tho
twelve outlaws were abaudoned to their un
happy fate. We have been ,told and wo
willingly believe that tho old, sailors were
moved even to tears,' and, waving their hats,
remained on "deck, watchiVig with anxious
solicitude, tho frail embarkation until it was
mft of srht, and disappeared towards the
land, where they hoped it might go ushoro
ou some neighboring coast.; ,1
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A Yaxkkr Thick. A young lady in Con.
neetieiit became extravagantly food of a
young lawyer in the neighborhood, who trea.
ted her partiality with great levity.1 Finding
her anil rather .hopeless, and bring fully do.
turminod to enter the statu of. uatriumuy at
some rate. or other, she adopted the folluwitjj
plan : All at' once she was taken ill, and
her malady seemed to threaten death.' .At
this crisis, she sent foi the young (uwyer to
draw hur will, and lo , .is,. astonishment sjie
disposed of mi1 enormous estate, hi letigcies
and endowing public institutions. ' rihe short
ly after, however, recovered to pnjoy her
wealth, and the young lawyer began to fel
something like lovo for her, his addresses be.
came constant, and is attentions marked ;
in fact, in a bhoit lime ihev were married;
but l,ig ! lie iad lo take the icitl loi the d.cii
1"' '' I'MT'i-'i i: -'il t' ! r' it
I THR IIIKW OF T1IK OlltOOS. , 1.,..;
Tho following letter from Capt. Pearson of
the Oregnn; -which has 'been fiirhishcd to the
Commercial Adveftist fj further explains the
statement of Lieut. Kealo. ' ' '
At H A! M. (April l.j ran into the Bay of
SiuiFrhn'rieicd and seeing riiir squadron anchor
ed at Sansolito, I ran in there and had com
municaf'ion with Com.'' Jones, who' advised
me to come 'to anchor there, saying that if I
went to town I should loso nil my men J and
as I knew there were a great many of my
passengers who were disposed to assist the
crew to mil away,' nnd had agreed to hire
them nt high wages if they could get clear of
tho ship, I came to the conclusion to nnchnr
there, under tho guns of the Ohio, and send
my passengers to town. I chartered a bark
that evening for $50(1, nnd in one hours time
had her alongside and began to hoist out the
baggage, when my crew refused to do duty
I immedately slated the case to tho Com
modore, and he took a file of mares, nnd sent
them out of the ship. ( Tho rest of them we
thought wo could rnnnnge ourselves. The
Commodore then sent mo n boat crew to
nssist in getting out the baggage. With one
delay and another night came on, tho bark
hauled oil' from alongside and nothing had
been done. At midnight Captain Forbes came
down from town in his boat bringing a letter
from Mr. Robinson (tho agent) requesting me
to bring the ship to town, which 1 did as soon
as possible, withdrawing the charter of the
bark, which tho owner of her was glad to do,
I soon found to get along at all I must in
crease the pay of my men to something near
Ihc California's Wages, and seeing other pny
ing from S150 to S?200 per mouth for sailors,.
and stokers' pay to S100 per mouth, fire men
$130, nml the boys, cooks, nnd stewards in
proportion. The 111011 confined on board
the Ohio were offered an increase of pay
equal to the others if they would go to their
duties, but they ull refused to a man.
On my arrival at San Francisco, I found
the California detained there, and believing I
ind coal enough to take mo back to San Was
it was determined that I should sail ns soon
as possible.. April 12 I was ready for sea,
and hired three men for lite run to Panama,
paying thorn each; made firemen of two
of my sailors, and with three firemen and
four stokers got under way nt -1 P. M. Ran
down to Sausoluto, took on board my men
from the Ohio, in irons, nud with the assis
tance of a boat from the Ohio, took in 1800
gallons of water. &c, and and at 12 M. got
under way for Monterey.
THE OLDEST MAX IN AMERICA.
(ieorge liuckhart, living in Harlan county,
Ky., is one of the most extraordinary meh of
the age, and is, perhaps, the oldest tnnn
now known to be living. Ho is one hundred
and fourteen years old, was born in tiermati
town, Pennsylvania, and has lived for seve
ral years ii! a hollow sycamore tree, of such
large dimensions 11s to contain his family,
consisii-g of n wife and five or six children,
bed und bedding, cooking utensils, &c. The
exploring agent of tho American Bible So
ciety,' in his travels in Kenthcky, recently,
found him, and also saw several respectable
geiilk'meh who had spent one or more nights
with him in this singular home. He profes
ses to hold the Lutheran faith, being of a
German futiiily, und received the Bible with
peculiar manifestations of gratitude; What
a life for one man to spend ! What a long
train' of events has marked ' this century,
through which he has drawn the thread of
existence. Bible Society Rccoi J, for May.
O'Fi.ahkbtv and tin: Bkks. There hap
pened,' on a certain occasion,' to grow up be
tween Mister O'Flatherty aud a bragging
down-castor, a very fierce contest as to the
comparative size of dilTeieut animals and in
sects, in this nnd the "ould counthry," when
Mr. O'Flatherty declared lhat hi Ireland the
"baas were ns big as a shape.''
"Very well," interrupted .Ichabod, "how
big are the hives V
"As big as yourn, be jabber!"
'Then how does the bees get into their
hives 1"
Paddy scratched his head, and, after a few
moment's reflection, replied : Oh ! that's
their business."
John Hancock's FmN.m'tti:. Here is the
reason why the famous John Hancock Wroto
his signature to the Declaration of Indepen
dence in so largo and bold a hand. It is
known that the Brirish Goveinmunt offered
$3,500 for his headj and according to the
Maine Cultivator, when ho appended his
iiume to the Declination, he did it as though
he wished to dash his whole soul in it, and
rising from his seat, he exclniriiml, "there,
john Bull can read my nanio without apectu.
cles ; he may double his reward, uud I will
sot him ab defiance;'' ' ' .'. 11
I. A Ik
Dr. Wall onoej at o dinner table, very' un.
wisely persisted in playiu with a cork, in
such a manlier as displayed a hand long di.
voreed from the 'savalory.' One guest hnpr
penea to express 11 is surprise, to another,
and, in too loud a whisper, exclaimed,
" 'Dear me, what it dirty hand t' v ' "1
' 'The doctor overheard, and turning sharply
nrvtml, said, ' .-' ' '
'Sir, I will bet you a'guhica there is a dir.
tier one In the company,' ' - j
'Done.' ' '
Tle guineas wpre slaked, and the doctor
showed Ai's nArr md! ' ;
Ho was judged fo have w 011 without a du
dlaClllno vuce.
1
KINDNESS THE BEST PUNISHMENT,
..A quaker-'of most , xnipiry tdiaractea,
in. .Il.i.irlin.t nn.. . tilths . tr-fnotstons around
J , s
nis dwelling; and lie arose iwm his uea, ami.
cautiously opened a back door to reoonnoitre
Close by was an oat-housc and undef 'it
cellar) near a window of which wfts : a ' man
busily engaged in receiving thfl contents of
his pork barrel from another within the eel-!
lar. The old man approached, arid' the man
outside fled. Ho stepped lip to tho cellar
window and received tho pieces of pork from
the thief w ilhin, who, after a little while,
asked his accomplice, in a whisper, '-Shall
we lake it all V The owner of the pork
said softly, "Yes take it all, and the thief in
duatriotisly handed tip the balance through
tho window, nnd then canio up himself.
Imagino his consternation when, instead of
greeting his companion in crime, he was con
fronted by the Quaker. Both wefe aston
ished, for the thief proved to be a near neigh-'
bor of whom none would have expected such
conduct. He plead for mercy, begging the
old man not to expose him, spoke of the ne
cessities of poverty, nnd promised faithfully
never to steal again.
"If thou had'st asked mo for meat," said
the old man, "it would have been given thee,
t pity thy poverty and thy weakness, and es
teem thy family. Thou nrt forgiven."
Tho thief was greatly rejoiced, and was
nhout to depart, when tho old man said,
"Take the pork, neighbor."
"No, no" said tho thief, "1 don't want the
pork."
"Thy necessity was so great that it led
thee to steal. One half of the pork thou must
take with thee."
The thief insisted he could never cat a
morsel of it. The thoughts of tho crime
would make it choke him. Ho begged tho
privilege of letting it alone. But the old nian
was incorrigible, and, furnishing the thief
with a bag, and half tho pork put therein,
aud laying it upon his back sent him home
with it. Ho met his neighbor daily for many
yours afterwards, and their families . visited
together, but tho matter wns kept a secret ':
and though in after time the circumstance
wns mentioned, the tinme of the delinquent
wnnevor known. Tho punishment was se
vens and effectual-. It was probably his
first, and certainly his fast attempt to steal.
Had the man been arrainged before a court
of justice, and imprisoned for tho petty theft,
how different might have been the result.
His family disgraced, their peaeo destroyed,
the man's character ruined, and his spirit bro
ken. Revenge; not penitence, would have
swayed his heart, the scorn of the world
would havo blackened his future, and in all
probability he would havo entered upon a
course of crimo nt which, when the first of
fence was committed, his soul would havo
shuddered. And what would tho owner of
the pork have gained ? Absolutely nothing.
Kindness was the best punishment, for it
saved while it punished.
The following illustration in point is going
the rounds of tho newspapers :
Isaac Hopper, who was a member of the
Friends' Society in Philadelphia, once heard
a colored man, a painter by tho name of
Cain, a hardened wretch, using profane Inn
gunge, and the most horrid oath", while en
gngca in a street hgm; aim supposing per
suasion would have no ' effect ujirtn him,
he took him before a magistrate, who fined
him for blasphemy.' Twenty years after,
Isaac met Cain, while travelling, and ob
served that' his dress was tattered, and his
countenance care-worn. This touched the
Friend's heart, and lie stepped up and shook
hands with, and spoke kindly to the forlorn
being. At first Cain did not recognize him,
when tho Quaker said to him, "Dost thou not
remember me, and how 1 had thee fined for
swearing! '
"Yes, indeed, I do-' said the colored
man.
"Well, did it do thee any good !''
No," said he, very gmfly, "not a bit; it
only made nie mad to havo tny money taken
from me.''
Hopper then invited Cain to reckon up the
interest on the line, and paid him both prin
cipal and interest, and said at the same time,
"1 meant it fot thy good, Cain, and I am sor
ry I did thee any harm." Cain's countenance
changed the tears rolled down bis cheeks
he took the money with many thanks
became a quiet man, and was never after
wards heard to tlso an oath. ' '
Such was tho happy result of kindness.
It did what punishment could not do, '
t 1 1 . . .
Destiny is always of more importance
than origin. When Philip Henry, the father
of the celebrated commentator, sought the
hand of the only daughter and heiress, of
Mr. Matthews in marriage, an objeetkm was
made by the father, who admitted all his ex
oellent quuliliesas' a man and preacher,
but they did nrt knovmteher kt tame from.
" "TruBj'1 said the daughter, "but I know
vkert' kt iVpiteg and I should like to go
with him !" end she did. - '
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' ExTSAOaciHABT ELerMiMT im Maine.
Rev. Daniel L. Quimby, of Lisbon, having
wife and 3 children, who for the last 15 years
has been a circuit preacher of the Methodist
persuasion, and who almost to tho moment
of his departure, had been ' above suspicion,
and had enjoyed the confidence and respect
of a large circle of highly respectable friends
and relatives, has eloped with a Mrs. Law.
rence, his paramour, who has left behind her
3 children, the youngest of whom is a year
and a halt' old.
OLD SERIES 'TC1L. 0, NO.' 37.
TO ALL THE SOLDIERS OF THE WAR
'' ' 1 ' WITH MEXICO. 1
1 MVe are now engaged upon a work, entitled
"Ths Real HrsoHs v ths Mexicah Was."
It is rmr earnest purpose to do justice to eve'
ry soldier, concerned In the campaigns of
Scott and Taylor. In the preparation of this
work, , we will not bq governed by - the dis
play of mcrtj titles 01 names; but will endea
vor to do exact justice to the private soldier,
as well as to the officers. Will the soldiers
ot the War extend their aid fo ust Every
person who participated in the battles of the
war, can with but little trouble, send us an
account of his experience and adventures-
it matters not how brief or how roughly Writ
ten. From materials thus gathered, we Will
bd enabled to Write a true history of thewati
for the perusal of the masses of the American
people. It will be a book which every sol
dier, (whether officer or private,) can be
qnt?ath as an heir-loom to his family and to
posterity. Tho Book will differ in every re
spect, from all other histories. It will pic
ture the deeds of every man who distinguish
ed himself, and not confine itself to a mere
eulogy of those titled persons, whose ' great'
ness too often consists, solely in Iheir rank
and station. Those gentlemen who comply
with this request, will confer a great favor,
by describing in their bwn way the minutest
details of every incident which came within
iheir experience and their knowledge. De
tails with regard to scenery, the' nature of
the ground on which the various battles were
fought-, and the costume of the parties con'
cemed in the war, will be particularly ac
ceptablo. Qimitcr tiltj.
BF.iNo TbO SMART. '
A f;reen 'tin, in the New Y'ork Spirit, gives
the following as his first experience in the
oyster line : 11
'I nevwr seed any of the animals till 1 Went
fo New Orleans. One night a friend said to
me,
Are yoa fond of oysters V
'I ain't notion' else,' said t.
'Reckon,' said he, I can punish more nor
any living man.'
'I can lako the shine out of you, and I'll
anti on that,' Said I.
'Done,' says he, 'we'll bel suppers and get
right out and get them.'
I didn't know what to say, nnd told him t
would take 'em cny way he chose.
'Waiter,' he sung out, 'bring' us a dozen
raw to begin, on, then a stew, and after lhat
a dozen fried !
Putty soon a feller With his shllt tnil hang
ing down before, sot down a plate full of
nasty, slimy-lookin' things; that made me gag
to look at !em. I dassnnt say a word, for
fear at bein' found out, but if I didn't imbibe
tho brandy to keep them oysters to their
place, it's a pity I war in fiir it, as Jonah
said when tho whale he swallered, and had
nothin to do but swaller and gag. My fridnd
seed t looked kinder down in the mouth, and
so he ordered in chUlnpaign, as ho said to
raise my spirits, and it wasn't long afore Jt
did it raised the spirits and the oysters too
-both come np together. How 1 got to bed,
history don't relate, but my friend and 1 had
got the same rcom, and he'd eat and drunk
himself into putty much the same fix as me.
So we spent the night performin the cataract
of Ningary. I played the American side,
and ho played tho opposite shore. The full
performance wns in the small bills we paid
at the bar next morniil. ' '
I've never said 'turkey' about eatin oj-stets
since. All this you see, ' come of bciu too
oriil rmiirf.'
f I RIOt S PHENOMENON".
Speaking of the country in which the Mor
mons have settled in California, tho Liberty
(Mo.) Tribune says that many of the way
streams urd so strongly impregnated with
alkali, that they dare not let their cattle
drink. On the shores of many the crust is
formed an inch thick. They break up this
crust, scrape off the dirt on bottom ami top,
and find it pure saleratusi Strange as this
may seem, it is none the less true, and the
writer Collected in a short time 7ft lbs. A
mountain of pure rock suit has been discov
ed near the Mormon settlement. The Mor
mons have discovered a gold mine 150 miles
southwest from the Sal Lake. The last end
of the Salt Lake, say 200, miles, is attended
with little fatigue, '
At one of our Hotels, a few days since,
Mrs. W inquired of a gentleman silling
next to her, the difference between a fuc
timile and a sick family. After destroying a
huge piece of pie, ho replied as follows.
"A fuo simile, madam, may be a u-tll au
thenticated fact; while a sick family cannot
be regatded us a treff one
At the lale celebration of St. Satrick's day
by jhe Young Friend of Ireland, this toast
was given : "Woman She needs no eulogy :
she speaks for kerself."
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. Satisvactost DnriKiTiotf'.- A little girl
asked her sister, "what was chaos, that rmpa
reads about?" The.elder sjster replied,
"why it is a great 'piece of uolhingj aud no
place tepufjl,',,,,,....,, .-,.,
' A bnrristervobserved to a learned 'brotner
in court a short time since, ' that lh Wearing
of whiskers was unprofessional.' "Right," re
plied the friend, a lawyer cannot be too bare
Mas. Pastington says a great many more)
Hie now of "suggestion" of the brain thai
there used to hen she was s al "