MERICAN 0 II. B. MASSER, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE, MARKET STREET, OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE. SB SI JFamflj) iiciuspapcv DcliotrJj to AJoMus, ZL.tctntuiT, il?ornU!, jfovcffitt nni Domestic ltns, Science nun the 2lvts, Elorfcullurr, -fttJirUets, amusements, Vc. S K SEMES VOL, J, NO. . SUMIUHY. NO.milJMIJEIM.AM) COUNTY. PA., SA'JT'UHAY, NONE Mil Eli I.. 1831. olt semes vol. ia. no. s. R i A 1 TERMS OF THE AMERICAN. TIIK AMKRtCAN in published rverv f:itm!;.,- nt TWu IIOI.I.AUM per iniiiuin In he nl hull' yearly ii advance. .n .uper discontinues! until am. iirreiiri'ii'is nro aaiit. A.'l rMittnnni''iitfit(in or le'lers on lnistii'--s retiltiiig tn ttia afliie, to insure iitlriilroii, must lie PUS'I' TAIL). TO Cl.l'liS. Thru copies tu one aiMrcss, S,-, 00 ven D ll-i i no Fiurrn J),i III 311 III) Kiv. dollars in ntlvmtre will priy fur three yenr'a still t.ripli.m to the AuitTicun. tin. Smiate of 10 lines. 3 times, f I nil ICveii siilm-lieill iiisertion, '2-'t ii. ;(iit.'ire, U inntiLlig, aim u l llis, AMI ue eur, A, hi KitRiut'Ms tiiri'is nt rive linen, pn ronnun, ami M.rfltines runt others, tHlveinsuu I' '!' year, will! lite privilege ol' iite'r1iil! iluTcieiit ailviMtisetnenii weeiilv. I'JOn Br Lurgei AilviirtiHcincnts, us per agreement, A TTO It N H V A T I. A W , gu:iEUHY, rA. IT usineis attended In in I lie Counties of Nor l'VJ.'.V.',"'i"llh liihm, Ia coining nuJ Columbia. Itcfi r tin 1'. & A. K.ivmi.lt, 1 J.owrr t linrri'ii, I ttoincr.i & Siindgrns-s, S 1'htluil. IbyooM.s, M Tailiu.il &. Co., ."!i'rimr, Omul cV Co., SI EIN Q A2. ".) 'SUMMER " CICTHING. f.lVUIiYUODV sho'ibl embrace lliis ouirti-i- niiv to Utv CI.Of'Il.NU for .Men, Youth and I'.ovr. t '!' nrc i 8 bavr "''v'-" '' '" ' ,nowti'i., Citv. at l.'UOIM.B Cll.I.ViS ,"l.l)Tli!.U r.sTAISl.lIl A1'''!', Souih-KtiKt i'oriierof Muikot and Sim-oihI Mtncl", I'liilndol--iliia. rm'.iTa.-ins; cl.oiot1 of thn !'. ""st dtsirii u, and V:iiii'iunMc PP.ESS AND riLOCK COATS. .'Ubit CI.U .'!., J.infH U.illiti'i do., '1'wccJrt, .i.c, l.s-i!-r v. ha ixro.it varioiy of E&yc' C!:t;iir.2. Vvi .ti!: of f;:.ck Cn.iis. IV.lu- .I:ir..U, Mon l.. v J.-.-V. i . t sls nu I Mound .Ir.i-Ucts ni.idp of I'vrf.l, l.'mru Dviilins. lot'i, A!iawa, Kci.i n.le . I'.'i wi-.. P:,i liri'o'i- 1'i'f'ii tiiKfn t iroft;r l'i' nrw tivle fi r Men aiid liuvs' f tmum r ('nuts, l,!it:!omi, Yr-l.-i, t'. c, l" v. liit li lie vvpiild iuitc riial r.tli'' t'i'ii. rns!.t!ii of Sl.irln. Mock. 1 1 aiiillit'rohiriW. Ac; Jl of !. "r.- !;'."vd at tlif ' Vv.'iV o.A 7'iT.jt. ai:l as (linii aiiy odior Cluthing st:p i:i li e I I i "...i . 1 ar-l n',iioi:e Hot Ci.or:iixu arc ear icstly invi'.rd to c unine l!u Sto: I:. Ci'i'.iit.y Sturrl.rri'fi? crut I arcnintnoi!'itrd at ery K:v r-tca. CKO;'.!!!" CCI.l.X. I. r.. Cnrnrr f S;tmi if M-jrkci . 'n.';i. Ajr.il 1'), 1 Sol. If. "7!!! tiiw.'r ilifr tin a roiislrin-'i'.i n l.lfill'!' .M.N. KOI) on true I'liil.is.iir.ifiil prinri le.. bv whi-!i luiililiir."- siii jiliivl will, (I'eni n:r tMi'.le Tit prrf.-rtly cenre it.ti'-l lie i ii'i'ili ! y r.!;'.:ii:r;. '1 !n' i-.-nrMM't". 1:1 and iii-n .-iImi ofl'io ns wclf in; t Eiv (in'i r'iiioa of thi- 'ji.uui'i r.n!. i mi r. n rutin'!;; n.w i'in. m ikinu' a niorr jirr .M't riiri'I'.irVir tliau niiv lit'ret.iro tit usr. Mraincs Imve lit-ci, t.-irii to sriue Ia tiers 'ati'tit fur tin imirou'iiii'iit. IVrsons desiroun of n'riirinir tin ir livrs and rcjirrty from dilriu - i . a a hy liMilniui", ran hae ciuilucloiK put tip Ii) llu'ir l'tiildiuii i:i tlir iinwl rrfrrt and Mj'Mtoulial tiiHiiiier, Vy niplyin.; fi ler T".o:ia''y or liy lr.!rr, to l!ir utidrriurd, t the f.iHowin iiiata-s : 'or 111 ft. uilli a i-o.l ih-rr j.'ati'.l Jioitit J 10,00 or !0 ft. v.llli t?ol:l 'l;.lfd tioiiil, ;'.fi- .t ii. i-.n;i :nl tr:.t" rents for rverv adililii.iial f nit iv, r tv. ' T. r. MACKKY. I'liUnn, f a- t. fi, lS.-i'. ly. TD COUNTP.Y TIEP.CIIANTS. 00 jior rout s.ivi il. Cciintry Merchauts Euyinj iioo TSik siioks ran avp 20 per rent ivy MyJrwe. lllliZ Oil wis. i. xauG-, .Vo. 4fi, S. 2nd .'?., (hdmr Artk west si.le ) '''rlir.l:i rati 1c found n litrqa ns"ortineiit id ' tlic above iKiir.id arlieirs, just rrceivod oil) thr inauiifartiirrrF. Ausu-t lSol. It.'iio. iliica'3 Cou.Icr:cJ Hcporti of Feana- 91"S'l l'lil lisliid, mid for etilo liy tlir nul'Si'ti-lier-the parotid Vtihimr of Al'lt n's Cou UM'd l'l iiiii'vlvaiii i l.ri.ortM, ronlainiiiu tin' t three oliniii of Yeates' Kepoit. mid two j st volumes of ljii.ney'a Kepi) t-. 'i'lie fust vol nr of Allien, rotitainiii;; lJa'h' I'.i'poi'tH, 1 vol- 1 urn; mid Yralrs' UeporN, voluuie I, is nlo on 1 mil, and for Kale, 'i lie ahovc two volunieti ruv ! nipletr within l!K'in.elves, and rout tin nil of alias' Keports, 4 voluinis. and n'l of Yr.ite' 'ports, 4 volumes, hesides the tw.i tirst volumes liinney's Keports. 'J'Iip third volume is ready id will be put to press liiinie h.iSel v. ii. . .MAi-s'i;;:, Asnt Sunliury, Aug. In, ls.il. NATIONAI XIOTSL, SHAM0KIN, Northuiaberland County, Pa, rlll suliserilter respret folly informs hisfriends and the public treuerally , that he has opeii a new Hotel in the town of ISiiamokiu, .or uuihrrl ind rounty, on the corner of Shainokiu id Commerce slirets, nearly opposite to the louse he formerly kept. lie is well prepared to irroinmudiito his guests, and is utso provided villi liuud stalilimr. Jle trusts his rxpeiieiiee, and st i let attention to business, will iiiduee per. cuim isitiug the coal region to continue the lib rrul patronage he has heretofore rrrri.ed. UU.I.IAM WKAVEU. rihiimokin, April 19, 1S50. if. JAMES II. MAOKE AS removed Irani his old bland, Nu. 118 Vine street, to So. 52 Dillteijn St., (bet'n CaThill $ Willow.) where he lias constantly on hand, BROWN STOUT, POSTER, Ale and Cider, FOR HOME CONSUMPTION OR SHirPING. N. D Coloring, Bottling, Wire and Uotllea, Viiircar, ec. For sale as aliove. l'luladelplna, April 12, lti.il. ly. Lycoming Mutual Insurance Company. DU. J. D. MASSER is the local atient for the above Insurance Company, in Northumber land county, and is at all times ready to gfl'ert Insurances' against fire on real or personal pro. fsrly. or rnewin policies forth ssrus. x.h.sf. April . lMl.W. 8j;l;ct poetry. l'roui the M. useholil Wonla. Tlio Orphans' Voyage nomo. The mm roulil hnnlly knep the deck, So liiilnr wtis lh ninhl ; Kot'ii nontiR.iM witiila Bung tluonyli the kIhimhN Thr dock va flinty white ; W'hilt! ovi i Instil lln- trltttfrinu xtiirs 1'ut ioitii l fit' I r points ut liM. On ili'ck, bi'liind tt liitlu nfcooda, To orpliat.s ciiiiifh'il, to clrep ; lint 'iwud no reiki, l lit- youtiL'fst Imy In vain lnoil not to wicp j Tlipy ivuri. i poor, they hail no riyhl Near t'.ilnn ihmis lo cri"t'). Tin! nlilrr kmiiiiI l!io y'llinitrr rnpt 111 I tni;oi'(l final;, To ellllllil hint Irntll till' lll'i'.in slccl, And Mni lit. i o'er Hi. in Inula; : Tir.'ii iltrw hint rinsi'i In In f-hlc. And mjIi ly to hint pjmko : 'Tin- iiiiihl will tioi In' lotio"' h saiil: ' And il llie fold iinU I'lo.i, Vo liall the connor itNirh our Inline, Alld Sl't tin; pi-al lit "low ; lull noiv tlio ftai-j nil' bi'.n.iiliil Ullj do unl In' nihil.' so t ' Cotrii' clnsrr ! l.rp lot or I llis frost 'J liink id tin! iiioiuino ii'd Our f.uhi'f si t it I utir mothi'i "ini Will t..ko tt to tlu ii hod ; And in llu'ir waiin nuns Wf shall tdrrp.'' Ilu know not Ihrv wito drad. Tor thrm no father to tin1 i-liip Shall wilh llto nioinino roinr : For liii'in no tnolln'i's lovinii nnv.n Are cpii'iid lo lake tlii'tn hotne ; Mi'.iiiu In,.' the ii. hin piiS.-i'I'jrr I I ilicam-t ol plt'aiiie mam. At letitri'i lhr otphatu anl; to sleep All nu the liei.uiL' deck '. C!o;e hud lied side to side- cai h arm CI a-p'd i nil ml tin- other' niek, Wit! Iliad lient i loan, they atii'd the j cur, !i V.'ii fiidino to a peek . Tli "I'eraL'e p.iMPi.ser hav all IJeu taken d.nvn helow, And iirotind the c:nve liiey warm tlieit limb I iito a drnw sy a'ow : Ami Mion within t li-n lieiile foigel Th.' iey iud ;iud stimv. Now rinii'iiii davv'i : th- lau.l in sijh, Sunli'rt l" ani nu evt'iy tai't! The palf and (jru'ii'v p t.-,;i'tii'i! li.-Lli'i the d"i'k In pare, Seekliej nloii! I hi tiu-!il elilV Collie virll-knimu -pjl lo ttaee. O dy ill'' iiipli.in do not s'ir. i)t itli I il i l. I Ili'O tioiit t Tie'V KMelii'd ili"i'- A i. 'in tiiin slauy niyli! '. Tllf 'V i'l no! ii aL'aiu ! Th - w ifi'n t.-e.itli j:iiiv...l kii d to tln-tn, A. id ended all lie'ii p.un. But ill 1 1 1 i r d.'i-p and fieozi'i-j sl.'ep, t'l.is',i"d tioi. I In raeh n'luT. In dreams I hey rtji-il, 'Mih hriaht rtioni liM'ulv. Hiiuii'! Home! is heie. my brother! The Auu"l di'iHh ll'is 1'oen onr liiriul We Come '. itear I'.iiher! Mother Select (Talc. I'r.'lil l!w Mi ltiolil .trj.tj;,it. OLD ?.IOSES. Mr. T!. was a itn ii baiit in fJaltmioT and did a wry hetixy Inisiiii'ss, esjietiallv in 'raiii. One niurnin, as be was passing over the vessels that lay ;it (lie wharl' with their various eoniino.iities lur s;il, he step pod npnti the deck ol one, at the btern of which he ww a tnvro man silting, whose dejected countenance slave sure indication ol distresi:, and lie accojteil him wit Ii : "Hey ! my man, what is the matter with yon this inorniifj V 'I'iie iiogrn lilted up his eyes, and look ing at Mr. 15., replied "Ah, iiias.,i, I'v? in oriut tionble." "What ahunl !' "Kaoi" I'm' l icht hi; lu re lo be fold." "Whalbir! What have you been du Inf, ? Have yon been stealing ! or did you run uwjv '. or w hat 1" "Nu, no, masj, tiniK' o'dat ; it's In case I didn't mind de amies." "What kind ol orders ?" "Well, tnassa stranger, I tell von. Mass Wlllnm Weiry sltieU man, and wvirv nice mail l.i'i, and ebry b.idv on de place jjol lo mine bint; and 1 break tivw do rule; tint I didn't leiul to break de ride, doe; I lur out mesel, and out tuo lii-jh." "It is lur gcitini; diiinU then, is it ?' . "( no, sah, not dal n:ilber." "Von are the strangest nero I have seen (or a week. 1 t an ret no salisbtctiuu Iroin yon. Il yon won!d not lik? to be pitched overboard, you had belter tell me what yon did." "Please, mas.;a, don't (row de poor diet ed nL'i't r in de waia." " Ttien ti ll me what you are lo be sold for." "For pray in, pah." "For praying! that is a strange tale in deed. Will your master not permit yon to pray ?" "O yes, sah, he i. t me pray easy ; but I Hollers too loud." "And why did you halloo so louj in your prayer?" "Kase de Sperit comes on me, and I gets happy fore 1 knows it den ; ilea I gone ; can't trol mesef den ; den I knows nothinv boot massa's rule ; den I holler it ole Sat tin hissef come, wid all de rules of de qui sition." 'And do you suppose your master will really sell you for that V "O yes; no help for me now; all de men in de world couldn't help me now ; kase when Mass Willum ay one ting, he no do anoder." "What is your name J" Moses, sah." 'What is your master's name 1" "Massa name Colonel Willum C--." "Wbur rlcs h live V 'Down on lite Kitstin Shoalt." Uess you too, nt.tssa. Moses Metier forit "Is lie a good ttiasttr? Does lie Ireat ubuut he gwine to have all these connno-j-oti Will?' dationers; it make me tink alwut Joseph "Oyes; Massa Willum good ; no better massa in the world." "Slaml up and let tne look at yon." And Moses stood up and presented a robust frame; and as Mr. IS. shipped up his sleeve, his arm pave evidence of unusual muscular slrcnoth. "Where is your master ?" "Yander he is, jis cotnin to de warf."' As Mr. H. started for the shore, he heard Moses give a heavy sigh, lollowed by a deep groan. Moses was not at all pleased with the present phase of nd.iirs. lie was strongly impressed with the idea that Mr. U. was a trader find intended to buy dim, and it was this that made him so unwilling 10 communicate to Mr. U. the desired iti lormatiiin. Mr. H. reached the wharl 'just as Colonel C. did. He introduced himself, and said : "1 understand ynu wish t sell that ne gro man yonder on board the schooner." Colonel C. replied that he did. "What tin you ask lur him V "I expect to get seven hundred dollars." "How old is ho V "About thirty." "Is he healthy V "Wry : he never had any sickness in his life except one or two spells of the ague." "Is he hearty V "les, sir; he will cat as much as any man onht, and il will do -him as much good." "Is he n good hand V "Yes, sir, he is the hist hand on my place, lie is s!i .!y, honest and industri ous. He has been my foreman for the last ten years, and a mo.e trust v mgro 1 never knew." "Why do you wish to sell him?" "Jiecause he disobeyed my orders. As I said, he is my foreman ; and that he might be availaMe at any moment might want him, I built his quarter within a hun dred yards of my own house; and I have never rung the bell at any time inllie night or morninir, that bis horn did not answer in live minutes after. Put two years n'jo he goi teii.iion, and commenced what he terms lamily prayer that i;, prayer in his quarters every niht and morning: and when he began his prayer, it w.n impossi ble to t. when he would stop, especially 11 (as he termed it) he got happy. Then he would sin and pray titul balioo lor an hour or two logi tln r, that you mt.;ht heat hi mi a mile nil. And he would pray for me and tuy wile and children, and all my broth. r and sisters and their children, and our w hole lamily connection to the tlilid genei.ition ; and sometimes, when we would have visitors, Moses' praver would interrupt the conversation find destroy the enjoyment of the whole company. The women would cry, am! the children would civ, and it would sit nu almost frantic; and even after I had retired, it would sometimes be nearly daylight before I could go lo sleep ; for it app-ared to me that I could hear Moses pray lor three bouts after he had finished, hore it as long as I could, and then forliid bis pr.ivinir so loud any more. Mo.,r promised obedience, hut he soon transgressed ; and my rule is never to whip, but whenever a nero proves in corrigible, 1 sell him. This keeps them in heller subjection, and is leu trouble than whipping. 1 paruoned Moses twice lor disoliedi-nce in piayino- so loud, but the third lime 1 knew 1 muttse him ; or eve- ry negro on the farm would soon be per- h'ctly regardless of all my onh rs. "You spoke of Mt!ss' quarter pos,. from that he has a lamily." 1 :up- "Yes, he has a woman and three chil dren or wifi; I suppose he tails her now, lor soon after be got religion, lie asked me il they might be married, and I presume they Were." "Uiiut wt.tyou take lor her and the children !"' I "If you want thetn for your own use, I will lake seven hundred dollars, but I shall ' not sell Muses liol' them to go out of the I Slate." i "I w ish them all for my ow n us , and j will give yon the I'ourti en hundred do!- i lars." " I Mr. tt. and Colonel C. Ilirn went tr tt.'s j store, drew tip the writings, and elosul the sale, filler which they returned to the ves sel; and Mr. II. approaching tit., negro, i who sat with bis eyi s fiwd upon the deck, seemingly wrapped in meditation of the most awful forebodings, said "Well, Moses, J have bought you." "Moses made a very low bow, and every muscle ol his face woiked wit!) emotion as u. replied Is yon, ma-va ? Where is I gwine, Massa ! s I gwine to (Jeorgy V "No," said Mr. H. "I am a merchant here in the tily ; yonder is my store, J want you to attend on the store ; and have purchased your wife and children too, that you may not he separated." lircs God nr i!at ! And, Massa, kin 1 go to ineetin sometimes ?" ( "Yes, Moses, you enn go lo church three times on Sabbath, add every night in the Week ; and you can pray as often as ynu choose, and as loud as you choose, and as long as you choose, and get as happy as you choose ; ana every time you pray, whether it be ut home or in church, I want yon to pray for me, my wife, and all my children, and single handed, too ; for if you are a gooJ man your prayers will do us no harm and we need them very much; and if you wish to you may pray for eve rybody of the name ol B. in (he State of Maryland. It will not injure Ihern." While Mr. B. was dealing out these privileges lo Moses, the negro's eyes dan ced in their sockets, and his full heart laughed right out for gladness, exposing two rows o even clean ivories as any Am can can boast, and b teart's response w-- "Kress ClrJ k. r-.j .it J. ' -. . vim udu, an o ,,-ni ami in de Egypt." Anil after Moses had pour ed a lew blessings on Colonel C, and bid ding him a warm adieu, and requesting him to give his love and farewell lo his mistress, the children and all the servants, he follow, etl Mr. If. to the store, to enter upon the functions of his new otlice. The return of the schooner brought to Moses his wife and children. Early the next spring, as Mr. II. was one day staiidino at the store door, he saw a man leap upon the wharl from the deck of a vessel and walk hurriedly towards the store. He soon recognized him as Colonel C. They exchanged salutations, and, to the Colonel's inquiry alter Moses, Mr. 15. replied that In was up stairs measuring grain, and invited him to walk up and see him. Soon Mr. IV g attention was arrested by a very confused noise above, lie lis tened, and heard an unusual shullling of leet, snine one sobbing violently, and some one talking very hurriedly: and when he reflected upon Colonel C.'s singular move ments and the peculiar expression til his countenance, he became alanm d, and de termined to go up and see what was trans piring. When he reached the head of the stairs, he was startled by seeing Mos.-s in the mid dle ol the floor, down upon one knee, with his arms around the Colonel's waist, and talking most rapidly, while the Colonel stood weeping audibly. So soon as the Colonel could suliicieuti y control his feel ings, be told Mr. H. that he had tiewr been able to free himself from the influ ence ol Moses' prayers, and that during the past year he and his wife and all his chil dren luid been converted to Clod. Moses responded : "I5ress(iod, Massa C, doe I way up hea, I neher forjet you in my prayers; I oilers put de ole massa side de new one. Ihess (io I din make Moses tink about Joseph in tie Ejrvpt a'rain.'' The Colonel (hen slated' to Mr. I?, thai his object in coming to Haltimore was to buy Moses and his lamily back again. Cut Mr. IJ. assured him that that was out nf the question, for he could not part w ill) him : and he intended to manumit Moses and his wife at forty, and his- children at thirty live years ol age. Moses was not far wrong in his refer ence to Joseph. For when Joseph was sold into Egypt, Cod overruled it to his good, and h" obt. lined blessings thai Were far heyon I bis expectation. ; s i w ith Mo ses. Joseph eventually proved the instrn-rti'-nt of saving the liv.-s ol those who fold him. Moses proved the iiisl ruii)tit in Hod's hands ol saving the man's soul w ho I sold him. Old Mos"s is still living, and doing well, lb- long since obtained his freedom, and nt present occupies a enm'or'ahle house of his own : nnd I suppose sings and prays and shouts to his heart's content. a tviri: in Mil Li.r. ' i'lay tell me my deat, what the cause of those tuais ?'' 'Oh si;eh ilisytf.ee V What di-gtaee " Why, I hare opened on" nf jour lotteis suppusiuo it ii.ldiesseil lo niveli' C'eiluialy il looked more like Mi. than Mi." ' Is thai nil ? What haittt can th'-re be in a w ile npenii.o her hnsbaeil'i, loiters V ! ' .No ha i m in i s.-lf. But the content Such a di.iutaee V '-What ha any one dated to wriie mo n letter unlit lo be rea l by my w lie V ' Ul;ie. Ii is couched h the most chaste laiiuii;'!'. l'ul the content- Here the wile buiied her fa CO in bi'l hani'kcif htt'f ;md eoiruueueed sobbine; iilniid when the husband euiietly eaiioht up the lellt'i ;n il coiuiiieui'e.l ii a ling ihf epistle that bad b-en the means of nearly lireiikino bis u iTe's- l.e:ut. It w;i a bill fio;n the Pi inter fur nine yearn ubcrip'ion. VAMii-t: in: ix i.cvpr Tin! barque Slutnboitl, w hich sailed from llostou on iho 2 1 Auotist last, anived ai Alt'X'.mdii a, I'.-'vp' O.t. I"t- with a caijgo 'of M Hi lehus -Us ice sail lo bo the fust .ever bulbil lo that pud fiinii liny pail of j the wo. Id. ' All Alenn.!iia and tho ler-jon I roiled about," says the captain nf lie S'.atti- Lou I, ''I'l.jeked on I'on.l unit it i cm t til her, lo see the 'froz 'ti water.' 'fit I'aeba, the High Admiral, nnd all lite dutmnished olii ceis ol lb (Jiivciiinienl, vi-ile.l the biitie, and i ifpected her crn, and nller these, people, of all dej;ree. Shu wis literally ciowded while a biock of ice remained m her." The rntiir cargo w as purchased by the (loverumriit, and w;:s all disi bailed and stored ashore in forty-eiyht hours alter the veel's arrival. "An. Ft r.stt isChai's." A Itishop, in a senium to his puri-liioiicis repealed the quo lalinii that ' all llesh is rasi." The reason wan Lent, nnd a few days aliei wards, be eucoiuilercil Terence O'Coilitts, w bo appeared to have something on his mind. ' I II') top of the iiioinin' tu your riverence," said Terence, "did I fail ly understand your tiv ereneo to shy 'all llesh is gran,' last Pint day f" "To be sure you did" irplied the Itishop, "and you're a heretic if you doubt it " "Oh ! not a bit do I doubt anything your riveienre say," said thi wily Terence, ' but, if our riverence play.es. I wish K - ... know whether in this Lent time I cjjj 0 oe Utter iiaviiij a iiuin pieee r- . , . of a salad 1"- Shurpc's l'tagasjne. A BaSlirtl. vnunr ladv in Maine hoi. . raalB, ,hsl wiiei, khe cel. married, she : I ..... I means ta take chloro'orrn From the rtinnmn Itenild, Oct. lo. DESTIUCHO OF A WIMI.I..SIIIP DV A M'tllM wiiali-:. ftnihint! nf the Ship Loss cf Tiro Tloalt and Miraculous Escapt nf the Cref.: We have just received the follow inn thril ling account of the tlesttuelioti of the w hale ship Ann Alexander, Cnptaht John S. Deb loin, of New Bedford, by a large sperm whale, from the lips of Iho captain himself who arrived in this city from I'aitu, nu Sun day last, in llie schooner Ptovideuce. A similar circumstance has never been known lo occur but once in tin) w hole history nf w halr-llshino, nnd that was the destruction of the ship Essex, unmet twenty or twenty five years ago, nnd w hich many nl nur rea ders fully iPmrmbcr We pioreed lo the narrative as furnished ns by Captain Ueblois. and which is fully authenticated by nine of the crew in a protest under the seal of lite U. S. Consul, Alex. linden, Jr., at I'aita. The Ship Ann Alexander, Capt. S. Deblois sailed from New Bedford, Mass.. June 1st. loO, for a cruise in the South Pacific for sperm whale. Having taken about 500 bar rels of nil in th Atlantic, the ship pro ceeded on her voyajie to the Pacific. Nothing of minsuai inleiest occurred until when passing Cape Hunt, tine of the men, named Jackson Walker, of New port, N. II. was lost oveiboanl in n storm. Reaching the Pacific, she came up the coast and stop ped at Yaldivia, Coast of Chili, for fresh ptovisious, and on the 31st of Maich last she called at Paita, for tho purpose of ship piuo a man. The vessel pioeeoded on her voyage to the South Pacific. On the 20th of Aecnst last, hr reached what is well known to all whaleis as the OiTShore-(!iiiiitn!. in Int. S ib'ir. SO mm. ou;h. Ion. 102 West. In the morning of that dav. at about o'clock, wh iles were discovered in thr neighborhood, nnd about neon, the ami' day, they succeeded in making fast one. Two boats bad gone after the whales the Inboard and slatboard, the former romiuniidi'd by the first mate, and the latter commanded by Captain Deblois. Tlie whale which they had si ruck, was har pooned by llie lai board boat. After rmtning so. ne tint, llie w bale turned upon the boat, and rnshitiL' at it with tiemendotis violence, lifted open its enormous jaws, ami taking 'be boat it), nelually crushed it into foig. ments as mtuiII as a common-sied chair ! Captain Peblois immediately pulled for the scene of the disaster with the starboard boat nod succeeded airaiuM all expeclations, in tesciii'.ig the hole of the ctew ol the boat nine i:t number ! There weie now eighteen men in the sMilo.iiil boat, con-i.ling of the captain, the liist male, and the ctew of (tie both boats. The frightful disaster had been witnessed from the ship, aud the waist-boat was cal led into readiners and sent to their relief. The distance fiom the ship was about six miles. As soon ns the waist-boat anived, the crews were divided, and it was dp lemoned to prosm; the same whale, anJ make anulhi r altael; upon tin tn. Accoul tugly lliey sepal a ted and piuci-t'ded at some dislauce lium eiu li othei, as is usual on such occasions, after tin whal . luai-boil lime hey came up to him, and piepared to tive linn battle. The waisl-boal. coiuinaiidi'd by die lirst mate, was in advance. As soon us the whale perceived the deimiustiatioii being made upon him. he tinned lus course, suddenly, and making a tii'mendotis dash at :bis boat seized il with hii wide-spread jaws an, I noshed it into atoms, ii'dowing the men bauly time to escape his renoiico. by throwing themselves into the ocean. Cap!. Deblois again seei.ig the petilotis eoudiiioii o! liis men, til tin) lisk of meeting tin- same late, iliiccti d his boat to hasten to 1 1 it-1 r tesciie, and in a short linn) succeeded in saving them all fiom a death little less hmrible than that fiom which they had twice so narrowly c.-caped. Ha then order ed Iho boat to put for the ship ns speedily us posrtbly ; and no sooner bad the order been given than they discovered tin iiiouslei of the deep making towaul them wilh his jaws widely extended. Poi Innately the minister came tip and passed llie.n at u shuil distance. The boat then made her way to iho ship and th.-y id! got on board in safely. Alter teaching the. ship a boat was des patched lor the oars of the demolished bunts. Bud it was determined tu puisne the whale w iih the ship. As soon as the boat returned wilt) tin) oats, fail whs set, and the shin ntoceeded i.fter the w hala In a short lime she eve. look him and a lance was ihiowu into his head. The ship passed on by him, and immediately ufler they discov eied that ihe whale was making for the ship. As ho came up near Iter, they hauled lo I he. wind, and sulieicd Ihe monster to pass her. Allrr he had laiily passed they kepi oil to ovei'ake and attack bull again. When the. chip bad teached within buc lilly rods of him, they discovered ti, t u hula had setlled down deej, helow the sui face of the water, an.', as jt Was near sundown, they conc'iuded t0 jv, up ihe pursuit. ('apt. Deblo',,, was at this lime standing in the liiyh iead on the luiboard bow, with c"!.'i in hand, ready to sliike the monster a deadly blow should he appear, the ship moving about five knots ; when woikiug on the side of the ship, he discovered the whale rushing towards her at the rate nf fifteen knots ! In an instant, the monster struck the ship with tremendous violence, shaking her from stem to stern ! She quiv ered tinder the violent of- tb thdelr, if she had struck upon n rock ! Captain D b lois immediately descended into the fore, caslle, a:ul there, tt) his horror, discovered that the monster had struck the ship about two feet fiom the keel, abreast the formast, knocking a irea! hole entirely through her bottom, through which Ihe water roared and tnsheil impetuously ! Sprittjiing lo the deck he ordered the male tu cut away the an chors and iet the cables ovet board, to keep the ship from sinking, ns she had a large tpiiiiility of pig iron on board. In doing this, the mate succeeded in relieving only one anchor and cable clear, Iho other having been fastened around the foremast. The ship was then sinking rapidly The Captain went to Ihe cabin, whete he found three feel of water ; he, how ever, succeeded in procuring n chronometer, sextant and chart. Ileaching the decks, he ordered the boats to be dented away, mid to net water and pro visions, ns Ihe ship was keeling over. He again descended lo the cabin, but the water was rushing; in so rapidly thut he could procure nothing. He crime upon deck, ordered nil hands into the boats, and was the last himself to leave the ship, which he did by throwing himself into the sea and swimming to the tieiirpst boat ! The ship was on her beams-ends, her topgallant yards under water. They then pushed nfr noirie distance from the ship, expecting her to sink in a very short time. Upon an ex animation of the stores they had been able to save, he discovered that they had only twelve quarts nf waler, nnd not a mouthful of provisions of any kind! The boats con mined eleven men each, wen leaky, and ( iil it coming on, they were obliged lo bail them till night lo keep them fiom sink ing. Next day, at daylight, they returned to ihe ship, no one dating lo venture on boa id but the Captain, their intention beinu to cut away ihe mnRt. and fearful that the moment that lite masts weie cut away Ihe ship would CD down. Wilh a single hatchet, Ihe Captain went on board, cut away the mast, when the ship lighted. The boats then came up, ami the men, by the sole aid of spade, cut away the chain cable fiom around the foremast, which pot the ship neatly on her keel. The men then lied ropes toimd their bodies, got into the sea, and cut a hole through th decks lo get out provisions. They could procure nothing but about live gallons of vinegar and twenty pounds of wel bread. The ship threatened to sink, and they deemed it imprudent to remain by her lunger, sj ihey set sail in boats and left her. On the 22d of August, nt about five o'clock. P M , they bail the indescribable joy of discerning a ship in lbs distance. They made signal, and were soon answered, and in a short time they were reached by ihe pood ship Nantucket, of Nantucket, Mass , Capt tiibhs, who luuk them all on board, clothed and fed them, and extended to thetn in evety wuy llie tiniest possible hospitality. On the stieceding day, Captain Gibbs went lo the wreck ol llie ill-fated Ann Alex ander, lor lite pin pose of trying lo pioetne something from her, but as the sea was rough, and the attempt considcied ilaugei- ou. lie iitiaiuioiipil llie proiecl. 1 ne .van- ket then set sail for Paita, where she iriived on the lSih of September, and whete she lauded Captain Deblois and his men. Captain Deblois was kiud'y and hos pitably received and enter! tiined at Paita, by Caplaiu Hat bur si, nu F.iiglii-h gentleman lesidiug there, and subsequently took pas sage on boa id Ihe schooner rioviitence, Caplaiu Slarbuck, for this pmt, anived heie on Sunday last, the 12ih mslatit. At Paita, Caplaiu Deblois entered his pro test at ihe l S. Consulate, which was au thenticated by the following olttcers and seamen, nu boatd ut the lime of ihe dis aster ; the two officers nnd the rest of the crew having shipped on board other ves sels : Joseph K. (J recti, first mate ; James Smith, thud do. ; John Morg.m, Carpenter : James lltlev. cooper ; James Mi lbibeils, John Smith, William Smith, llemy Ileid, and Charles F. Booth, seamen. t lr you would make a good speech, be on the opposiiion. There is a charm about abuse tha' no olher species of elouuence can even approach. Till Byron took to satire, no one put noticed him. Had Juni us praised the Duke of Grafton, instead of 'lamming' him, his letter would never have pot beyond the newspaper Ihey first appear ed in Orations ate like oysters, th ino;e ihey are cayenned the belter thev are relished. To offset trouble, ul'ny l,ave a large stuck of hope on hand.. This was Macaw ber's plan. The very night he went to jail for debt, he 0 al) architect lo see what it woub', cost io decorate a house with hang- : . . . .i .1. ,.,1 I til!? ge Liens, "ill case any i run n-....v. ...... lip" lhat would warrant iho outlay. How much better was this lhau applying a razor to your jugular, or charcoal futtiea lo jour pulmonary arrangements. Tnr. Place fob Spout The Minnesota Democrat, at St. Paul', says that region of country i full of beais. They are as harm less a hogs. In eleveu days Ihe people up in Benlnn county killed upward of 100. A baud of Sioux Indiana killed, in I wo days, in the neigborliood of Rice Lake, IS miles dis tant, 25 bears. Three were seen near town, within a mile of lhat town. Gist s arc like peaches, the rearerthey re ripe, the mere tbey bhjtdv Death's Fenymen. UT MIS9 ALICat CART. Rnntman, thrice, I've call'd thee o'er, Wailing on life's solemn shore, Tracing in ihH silver sand. Letters till thy boat should lanJ. Piifiinjf out alone wilh thee, Towards the clime I cannot see, Hef.d lo me the strance device Giavcn on thy wand ol ice. Push the curls of golden hue From the eyes of starlit dew, And behold me where I stand, Beckoning thy boat lo land. Where the river mist so pale, Trembles like n bridal veil, O'er yon lonely drooping tree, One that loves me wails for me. Hear, sweet boatman, heat my call ! Last year, with the leaflet's fall, Uesting her pale hand in mine, Crossed she in that boat of thine 1 When the corn shall cease to grow, An I the rye-field's silver flow At Ihe reaper feet is laid, Crossing, spake the lovely maid. Dearest love, another year, Thou shall meet this boatman here The w hite fingers of despair Playing wilh bis golden hair. From this silver sanded shore, Beckon him lo row thee o'er; Where yon solemn shadows be, 1 shall wait thee come and see. There ! the white sails float and flow, One in heaven and one below ; And 1 hear a low voice cry, Ferryman of Dealh am 1. the 'nArpiNcs'' kxtosed. A Mr. Vose, of Boston, has published a de scription of the manner in which what are railed the "Spirit Rappin.s," are produced. He asserts that these mysleriorm sounds are produced by electricity It is his practice to place his hnils flat upon the table, and then strongly will lhat the sounds shall he produ ced, on w hich the raps are distinctly heard in the order and the number he desires. He says that, during the operation, the electri city ran be plainly felt (scaping from the end of the fingets. The faculty of producing these sounds is confined, itccoiding to Mr. Vose, to compara tively few persons, not one out of twenty possessing it. He regards Ihe practice as exceedingly pernicious to health. The whole nervous system is violently excited; the or gans, gland, and tissues sympathize; and, in a short time, llie person becomes thin, pale nervous and consumptive looking. In the young the constitution may be shattered for life. It is courting ill-health, if not re motely inviting; dealh, to practice these rap pings. In cases of persons of strong will, no table is nee.ird tn produce the sounds. Such, by a litlle praciice, cat) throw electricity from llie budy in any direction ihey pleased, and whenerei the expellnd electricity meets a bard substance, the noise follows. By the exercise of the same power, according to Mr. Vose, bibles, chaiis and other ailicles of fuiiiiluio may be made lo move. Some per sons have this hitler lacully, w ho cannot pro duce ihe sounds, and vice veisa. It is not always ihe fingers that produce the sounds, when in contact w i h a table. Mr. Vose de clares that he has frequently performed the expei iuieul w ith his chin. Some time ago it was said, by a medical gentleman who had investigated the subject, lhat the lappings were produced by snupping certain bones in the knee joint. Il is quile possible lhat, in soino instances, ihe sounds may have been produced in this manner, or ihe knee joint, which was felt to move, might have been the point of depaiture for the electricity. The explanation docs not. in anv sense, invalidate this. Mr. Vose has arrived at his opinion, by personal experience, which is always more trust worthy than ob' servalion. Hu bears Ihe reputation, more over, of an intelligent and veracious man. We have always believed that, sooner or later a tational explanation would be discov ered, not only for these sounds, but for the moving of rluirs, tables and other articles at ihe wil! of ihe "medium." The tiicks t( jugglers aie frequently more wonderful, but as we understand how they are produced, w e are not astonished : whereas, in this case, the spectacle has been exhibited of thou sands becoini.ig dopes to female imposters, and beji' ving lhat departed spirits would hold communication with this world by so i-,ude a medium ns knocking. We trust, now that the absurdity is exposed, to hear no more of the "Rochester Rappings." A Nov eu SiuiiT Two large, gracefully proporiioned, spriyhtly-looking deer a doe and a buck passed through Btoadway yes terday afternoon, attached in the usual style in a light wagon, containing two gentlemen. The buck bore his sutlers aloft with true dignity, while hi timed mate was the per sotiilication of meakness and gentleness. They attracted much altenliou. Seu 1 rk Journal of Commerce. Dreams The dream ef closed fist, in indicates that you are about to ask a favor fiom an "universal philanthropist " To spple in a dream belokens a wedding be cause where yoo find apples, you may rea sonably expect to find pears. To dream of soap indicate row wilh your hubaud, in, which you may expect to get lathered. Tnr. most attentive man Its Wines r ever knew, was he who once wrote en hia shop door. "Gone to bury roy wife ; return ii a ba'f ry hoar""
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