THE STAR OF THE NORTH. B. W. Weaver Proprietor.] VOLUME 3. we> TUB STAR OF TUB NORTIi Is published every Thursday Morning, by R. W. WEAVER. OFFICE— Up st iirs in the Kew Prick building on the south side of Mim street, third square below Market. TERM* —TWO Dollar* per annt-.m, jf p R j<| Within six months from the tit,to of subscri bin?/, two dollars and fifty cents if not paid within the year. No si'.'oscription received for a less period thttn six months: no discon tinuance permitted until all arrearages are paid, unless fit the option of the editors. ADVERTISEMENTS not exceeding one square, -will be Vhserted three times for one dollar, and ■twenty-five cents for each additional insertion A liberal discount will be wade to those who ad vertise by the year. MY COTTAGE HOME. As Sung by Dr. Elliott. 1 dreamed a dream the other night When all around was stiil. I thw.ghtT saw my cottage Upon yon flowry hill:' " The grass-plot green Before the door, I The porch with vine's o'ergrown, Were lovely as they were before. t When that cottage was mv own. CHORDS— Oh ! ruinseller that home, that homo of thine, That pleasant home, that happy home, That cottage home was mine. The garden walk so wide and straight j With flower hanks on pach side, i— That led down lo'tlie wicket gate, Where W i 11i used to ride : The locust o'er that bank that grew, The willow houghs that swayed, All told me with a tale most true That there my Mary played. The si'ver lake so calm and clear. Along whose banks I've strayed So often with mv I.ucv, dear. To catch the sun-light fade ; The pearly stream that sweetly ran That garden's foot along, And murmuring fount as bright as then, All isng te mournful song. The window towards die garden gate, Thr.t lmked out a' die West, When ti nt young heingit'ed to wait, That made my home *n Met. . Was Insed ; the somhre enr'ains hung, And no loved fare was thpre, Nor voice the evening nng that sung, Or breathed the morning prayer. Silorco lincg round that hnonv home, Where once so light and fre". My laughing children nspd to come, And dance npcui mv knop; And she who wn ihat home's dear light, In con-tnnl heantv shone. Around the cheprhd honrihstone bright, Now all was till and lone. Yes, thnt loved wife has gone to rest, | In death the heart is bound, r sJer hahos are sleeping on hnr breast, Beneath von grassy mound. L And I'm wandering lone and strange, j No mv will. Mv hnmrAfcv hanpv home is changed ! To a buroehirid the still. Too Willing by Half. BY TIIK VOL' N Q 'I'M. Many of our readers will recognise the point of the following joke, which we heard related "long time ago," but which we nev er saw in print. It is a "good 'un" and will bear re-telling. When Gen. Jackson was President nf the United States, he was tormented day after day by importunate visitors, (as Most Chief Magistrates of this great country are.) whom he did not care to see—and in conse quence, he gave strict directions to the mes senger at Ii is door to admit only certain per sons, on a particular day when he was more busy with State affairs than usual. In spite of this peremptory order, howev er, the attendant bolted into his apartment, during the forenoon, and informed the Gen era! that a person was outside who claimed te see him orders or no orders. "I won't submit to this annoyance. Who \ iait?" "Don't know, sir." I'on'tknow? What's his name V' "His name 1 Beg pardon, sir, it's a wo-' man." 'A woman ! Show her iu James, show tor in," said the "resident, wiping his face j next moment there entered the Gen eral's apartment, a neatly clad female of ipast the "middle age," who advanced cour teously towards the old man, and accented the chair he proffered her. •Beseated, madam,' he said. 'Thank you,' responded the lady, throw ing tside her veih and reveulling a hand some face to her entertainer. 'My mission hiiher, to-day. General, continued the fair speaker, 'is a novel one, and you cannot aid me, perhaps.' 'Madam,' said die General, 'command me.' 'You are very kind sir, lam a poor wo -man General—' 'Poverty i no crime, Madam'. 'No sir. But 1 have a little family to care for—l am a widow, sir; and a clerk cm play ed in one of the departments of your sdminisiration is indebted to me lor board to a considerable amount which I cannot collect. I peed the money nt.d 1 come to ask it a portion of his pay cannot be slopped.'from time to tims until this claim of mine—an honest one, General, of which he had the full value—shall be can celled.' '1 realty—Madnm—that is, I have ho con trol in that way—how much is the bill ? 'Seventy dollars, eir; here it i.' 'Exactly ; I see. And his salary, Mad am V t 'lt is said to be 91,200 a year.' 'And not pay bis board bill V BLOOMS BURG, COLUMBIA COUNT Y.FPA* "THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 185 L 'Asyou see, sir—this has been standing five nionlns,.unpaid. Three days henca he will draw his monthly pay : and I thought if you would be kind enough to—'J 'Yes I have it. Go to him again, and gel his note at thirty days.' 'His note, sir! It wonhl'nt bo worth the paper on which it was written, he pays no one a dollar voluntarily. 'But Ire will give you his note, will he not. Madam V 'Oh, yes—he would be glad to have a re spite in that way for a month, no doubt.' 'That's right,then. Go to him obtain his note, at thirty days from to-day, give him a receipt in full; and come to me this eve lung.' The lady departed, called upon the young lark, dunned him lor the amount—at which he only smiled—and finally asked him to give her his note for it.' 'To be sure,' said lie, 'give a note—sart'n. And much good may it do you, mum.' 'You'll pay it when it fulls due, won't you sir—thirty days hence.' 'O; yes—sart'n, of course,l will; I always pay my notes, mum, I do!" and as lire lady departed, the knowing young gent believed he had accomplished a very neat trick, once more. 'I wonder what the duce she'll do with; that note ? I'd like to settle some of the other accounts in the same way. Hope she'll havo a good time getting the money on that bit of paper. John Smith is rather too well known nor that I' And he turned ! with a chuckle, to his book, again. The poor boarding house keeper called i again upon the General a few hours after wards. 'Did you get the note Madam ?' 'Yes, sir—here it is.' The President quickly turned it over and ( with a dash of his pen, wrote tho name of Andrew Jackson upon tho back of it. 'lake this to the bank to morrow morn ing. Madam, and you can get the money (or it, 'he said hurriedly. Tt.o lady acted accordingly, and found no difficulty in obtaining the cash for it nl sight- A week In: Tore that month's termination' Mr. John Smith received a notice to the fol lowing effect. BANK OF WASHINGTON, , 1832. Sir: Your note for seventy dollars, is due on the 27th inst, at litis Batik ami you aro requested to cull ami pay the same, 'lla, ha!' screamed John, upon reading this brief note. 'A capital joke that that.— Can't come it. mum—can't, now B„w ; Scarce-crow—loft for collection—l under- I stand—won't do—no go !' and John very soon forgot it. . But pay day came round again—and John took his monthly stipend once more, SIOO. from the Cashier of the department, as usu al. As he passed down the Avenue, the unpaid board bill suddenly entered his head. I 'Who the duco, now has been fool enough to help tlie.'oman, in this business, I won der I' said John to himself. -I'll go and see. It's all a hum, I know ; but I'd like to know if she has really tooled any body with that bit 'o paper;' and entering the Bank, he asked for the note'left there for collection against him.' 'lt was discounted,' said the teller 'Discounted ! why who in this world will discount my note V asked John amazed. 'Anybdtly, with such a baeker as you have got on this.' 'Backer! Me-—backer, who?' 'Here'syour note; you can see,' said the teller, handing him the document—on which John instantly recognized the bold signature of the then President nf the United States. 'Sold,' —exclaimed John drawing forth the monev with a hysteric grasp: for Ire saw through the management at a glance. The note was paid, of course, and justice awarded to the spendthrift. On the next morning he found upon his desk a note which contained the following entertaining bit of personal intelligence. To JOHN SMITH Esq,: Snt: —A change having been made in your office, lam directed by the Presiderif to inform you, your services will no longc r be required by this department. Your's, Secretary. John Smith retired to private life at once, and thenceforward found it convenient to live on a much smaller yearly allowance than twelve hundred a year! TV Kisses — Tho ladies of Troy have i introduced a new feaiure at their Fairs, from j which they realize a much hai dsomei -tun | limit from lotteries. All the best looking ! girls wear placards, "Kisses one shilling ! each" ami others of less charms six cents. ! Gentlemen are expected to go according to I |he weight of their purses. It is stated that ! at a late Fair one rosy-lipped, brigfit-eyeil | girl realised sixty-two dollars in n single j night; and another nitre and a half. One gen tleman purchased eleven dollars' worth of ; sweetness. J A PAIU OF SIAMESE TWINS.— The Pittsburg ] Postal Friday, slates that a woman living iu j Shurpsburg, gave birth, on Wednesday pre vious, to twir. children, which were united together alter tho manner of the Siamese twins. They were at the latest accounts in a thriving condition hW~This ends tho column A Woman ol fashion. A PARODY, BY SOLOMON THIt YOUNGER. Proverhs i Chap, XXXl—Verses 10—31. 10. Wito shall describe a woman of fash ion ? Her value is only in her jewels. 11. Her husband would fain place trust in her; but sne maketh his property her spoil. 12. She will do him more evil than good all the days of her life. 13. She seeketh powder and paint, and vith her hands willingly maketh cosmetics. 14. She bringeth food and rnimem from a far, that it may bo more costly ; nothing homely, or cheaply purchased, pleaseth her. 15. She risetli at noon, and scoldeth her maidens; the rest of the day she ideth un profitably. 16. She considereth a piece of china and buyeth it, and squandereth her husband's money in vanity. 17. She girdeth not her body with mode.-t raiment; her apparel is loose and iud vlicnte. 18. She maketh her house the resort of gamblers ; her caudles burn and give light to evil doings. , 19. She layeth her hands on tho cards; — yea, eagerly shutßeth the pack. 20. She stretchelh ont her hands in the idle dance ; her knee beudeth not in the house of prayer. 2). She fcareth not slander; for her house hold are clad in gori eous liveries of cloth and gold. 22 She maketh herself coverings of net; her draperies are transparent gauze. 23. Her husband is known at tho Tombs, where he is seen conversing with the law yers. 24. She maketh card parties, and deliver eth tickets of invita'. ion for balls and revel ry. 25 Flowers and feathers are her orna ments; for she delighteth in vanity. 26. Sheopeneth Iter mouth to utter evil words; her tongue retaileth scandal. 27. She iooketh not to the ways of her household; they riot iu waste and idleness. 28. Her children nro nurtured by a stran ger, and respect her not. Her husband, too, despiselh her. 29. Many women do foolishly; but she is more blatneable than alt. 30. Fortune and beauty might have raised her above all others ; but she is the child of Folly. 31. Her conduct, therefore, should have been a pattern for all women, arid her works would have praised her in the gates. THE I. AST noon sTott* In Paris is told at the expense of a very handsome and rich widow of most exem plary character, who has a small and ele gant retreat at Versailles, in addition to her town residence. At this pretty rurality she was pasinga week, at the close of the Au tumn, having, for her guest, a lad in his teens, who was a distant relative, and who was thus passing his vacation from school Madam's nousu keeper and cook was a re spectable female, who, however, had an ad mirer. a trumpeter, a stationed in the bar ranks near by, and the stolen pleasure of whom was in come in and dine stealthily on the remainder dishes of the mistress's lux urious table. Madame and her boy relative having started after dinner for a walk, the trumpet er took advantage of tho absence, but un luckily prolonged his meal a few minutes too long. In his hurry to conceal himself, when taken by surprise he became oscou ced under the bed of the lady of the- house, thinking tn escape while she the evening in her drawing room aT usual. Madame was tired with her walk, however, and proceeded |o retire for tl e night, imme diately on her return. The trumpeter, in full uniform, and with his brazen instrument beside him, was of course in a position of ennsi rerable dismay. As he lav racking his brain, the door snd. denly opened, and in walked the echoolboy, who, to the astonishment of the lady, f ellon his knees, and made a tumultuous declara tion of love ! 'ln the name of heaven,' cried tho aston ished object of his passion, 'rise, and leave the room immediately! What would be thought of nre if you were seen in this in discrete situation and posture! Rise, this moment, and retire !' 'No!'firmly persisted tho academical, 'I live but to love you ! No power on earth shall teaC me fro, B 'h' s spot—no—not even if the trump of the last day ' At this moment, the trumpeter, whose lip was at the edge of his instrument, blew a blast, inio which was poured the over whelming torrent of his previous impatience "Trrrrr—la la ta ta la tu"—a thunder-blast to which the walls of the little cottage trembled to their foundations. Tire mom was vacated by dame and lover in n trice, and the trumpeter made his es cape—but the story got wind, and, without name or place was tedd all over Paris. It was being narrated one evening by a gav man. in a small circle, when the narra tor remarked, "I would have given anything in the world to have *eoi< the face of the lady at the moment of that trumpet's sound ing.' "The face of the boy on his knees was much better worth seeing, I assure you I' ex claimed, in a tone of pique, a lady among the listeners—ungua:dedly revealing, by this hasty comment, that she was, herself, the heroine of the story ' Truth and Right—God and our Country. The Man who t onldii't *ny ''.\o. M - Paul Trailer was a man who was every body's 'riend but his own. His course in life seemed to he directed by the maxim of doing for everybody what everybody asked him to do, even to the extent of impossibili ties, but in which of course lie failed. Whether it was that his heart beat respon sive to every other heart, or that he did not like to give offence, or that he "could not he bother-d" to re-ist importunity, we could never precisely ascertain; but certain it is, that he was rarely or never asked to sign a requisition, to promise a vote, to lend mon ey, or to endorse a bill that he y|id not at once comply. He couldn't say "no;" and there were many, who knetv trim well, who said he had not the con rags to do so. I knew him when a mere boy. He was then the scape gnat of the school.—Every mad cap trick which came t* the master's was lathered on I'il il idfl'lu rlgjs "a gross caricature of the master, drawn with chalk on the black boar.l, met his eyes on entering the school rooin when least exact ed. "Wltose trash is this ? Is it yours, sir rah?" bellowed .the algebraic Triton, turn ing to a quaking youth, with chalky fingers, suspiciously near the black board. "No !'. was (heboid answer, and he looked in the direction of little Paul. "Then, it was you, scoundrel!" Paul could not say "no of course he was thrashed as usual—for there was little mercy strewn iu that school, as in most other schools in our yourger days. Anottier time, when some of the boys, among them Paul, were out at their usual' forenoon interval, the master's big dog catne bounding into the school roam with a great '.in-pan lied to its tail, and flaw along the passage between the forms, where the mas ter was flourishing his cane over the heads of his trembling infantry ; the dog caught him under the legs, and canted taiga-over in at instant, his heavy body falling between the dog and the pan. You may couceive the howling of 'he dog, the consternation of the pupils, and the tremendous indignation of the lallen pe I agog no. Of course, the mischief was fathered on poor Paul, as ho couldn't say "no," or, at least, said it as if it were unnatural whim, or untrue, he suffer cd as usual. I Any idle truant who wanted a companion, and asked Paul to accompany him, was sure of his acquiescence. He was on all imagi nable errands; to a bookseller, to u>k if he had a copy of "The History of Adam's Grand father;" to a grocer, for a penny worth ol "dove's milk or to a saddler, for some ail, ' urh&te Hvouintly u. warming. Ho would he presented with an egg, which on being deposited for a safely in his breeches-pocket, his temper would "squash" forthwith by a blow, and then Paul had to dig the remains from amidst penknives, wbipchord, and marbles. Once, a doctor's boy tempted him to rub his cheeks with eamharides plaster, to "make the hair grow ;" but alter a night's smarting which Paul suffered patiently, in hope of the re sults, w hat was his surprise, on contempla ting himself in the glass next morning, to find a crop, not of whiskers, but blisters! But ho grew out of jackets and buttons, . and left school to enter the world', where consequences arising from saying 1 yes" and "no" are more serious than at school. Paul's infirmity accompanied him. He was im portuned—as who is not ?—to do this, that, and tho other thing, for the advantage or the pleasure of others. He had not the heart to refuse, A party of pleasure was proposed— Paul could never say "no" to this. "Shill we have a gluss of something short this cold evening?" Paul was unanimous with the proposer; and, on these occasions, Paul's habit of acquiescence not un frequently led jto his being selec'ed as the paymaster. Of ten he promised what he could not perform, —for instance, to be in two places at the j same time, for he could say "no" to neither solicitation ; add he began to havo a bad iiaino : his friends said they could not rely upou him—he was not a man of hi* promise lie promised too much ; lie promised to lend money before he had earned it; he promised to go io the theatre with one party, and to join an evening party elsewhere on the same night. He refused nothing—couldn't say "no" to any solicitation. His father left a snug little fortune, and he was at once beset by persons wanting a share of it. Now was the time to say "no," if he could ; hut he couldn't. His habit of yielding had been formed ; ho did not like to be bored; could not bear to refuse; could I . noi stand importunity; ami almost invaria bly yielded to the demands made upon Iris purse. At one lime it was a baby linen pro viding society, at another time an associa tion for tho prosecution of crimes; now, a subscription for a monument to some decea sed railwayman, or some great stump-oraior (no matter what his politics :) and again a joint-stock company, for tho supply of swoot milk for the metropolis; or it was a new theatre, or a temperance hall, or a chapel, or a charity ball for the Poles; Intd it been a gin palace, be sure you would have seen Paul Trotter's name in the list of patrons and subscribers. ' """ While Iris money lasted, he had no end of friends Ho was a universal referee—every body's bondman. "Just sign me this litde bit of paper," was a request often made to him bj particular friends. "What is it he would mildly ask, —not for the purpose of raising any objection, far from it, but simply for information—for satisfaction ; for with all his simplicity, the honest creature some- times prided himself on his caution ! "One must not sign every bit of paper presented to him," he would observe on these occa sions. And ye' he never refused—not he. "0! it is all right; one cannot refu-e such little favors to a friend ;" and he signed. Three months after, a bill (or a rather heavy amount would fall duo, and who should be called on to make it good but everybody's friend —foolish Paul Trot er! Many a time he thus burnt his fingers, but never learned wisdom from his losses. At last, a maltster, for whom he was bond sman—a person with whom he had only a nodding acquaintance—suddenly came to a stand in hi* business, ruined by henvy spec ulations in funds and shares, and Pad was called upon to make good the heavy du ies due to the crown. It was a heavy stroke for Paul, and made him a poor man. But he never grew wise. He was a post, against . winch cvary aii'ily fstlew cytme and rubbed himself; "n tap, from whigh every thirsty soul conlJ drink; a flitch. at which every hungry dog had a pull; an ass, on which ev ery mischievous urchin must have his ride ; a mill, that ground everybody's corn but his own: in short, a good hearted fellow, who couldn't, tor the life of him, say "no." In his better days, Paul was a borough vo ter. An election happened, and one day a smirking agent, accompanied by a cattdiJate fot Paul's suffrage, marched i.ito his office —"I have the honor to introduce you to Sir Ralph Wheezlepiper, Baronet, a candidate for the representation of this ancient borough in Parliament." A low bow from Paul, and ditto from the is a friend,to all good measures, of all largo and beneficial | plans ol reform, and an enemy to nil abu ! ses and corruptions in Church and Slate. ■Knowing your opinion, I have no doubt we shall have the honor of your support at the aproachmg election."—Paul rubbed his hands—"l SIHIII have the greatest pleasure —1 am quite in favor of the principles which you have just stated, and shall be glad to ! have the honor of recording my vote in fa vor of Sir Ralph." A hearty shake of the hands, a few commonplaces from Sir Ralph, an entry made in tiro little agent's canvass ing book, and the worthy pair marched nut, with loud huzzaing from the attendant parti ; sa-'s. 1 But Paul's trial was tn comn Scarcely ; had the first candidate left, but the second I made his appearance. He was tho chief banker of the town, and Paul did bn.ine-s l at his hou-o. Paul's unresisting compliance j with his friends' request* had rendered his irircunp-tanees less ea-y now than i hoy had ncen,—rniCT Ufifl IISOS Trot ttllT'.V urns' gwnl n thi g it is to "stand well with one's banker," and hare a friend in him ? This candidate was difficult to refuse, and Paul, iu his heart wished that he had come first. He profess ed hinii-elf to be a friend to "our glorious ' constitution i i Church a id State ; iti favor of all measures calculated to promote the good i of the country, and opposed to the destruct ive principles now afloat, and which threat ened ruin to our most cherished institutions." i Paul, after cordially agreeing in the sound- I ness of these views, was solicited for his j vote, and—lie could not refuse I Who would Ito their banker ? Besides, Paul quite appro j ved of the views summarily expressed by I him. Thus he was pledged io vote for boih ! candidates, smply because he could say "no" to neither. This election was a terrible trial to Paul. He was beset by the friends of both catidi i dales, and so entreated and canvased, so argued and expostulated with, that he found himself under the neees-ily of making a short summer tnur until the election was 0.- ! ver. and when he returned, found that he had been burnt in effigy by both sides. Paul came to a sorry end. He breathed his last in the workhouse. The many friends jto whom he never could say "no," did not ' look near him. They who had beggared him had scarcely their compassion to give. "Ah ! it has just happened as we thought fi would ; he was never done throwing away his money : why couldn't he havo refused to sign that malster's bond ?" This was all '.heir sympathy. It is of great importance tn a man's peace and well being that he should be able to -say "no" at the right time. Many are ruined because they cannot, or do r.ot say it. Vice often gains a tooling within us, because we will not summon up the courage to say- no.'' We offer ourselves too often as willing sac rifices to the'ashion of tho world, because we have not the honesty to pronounce tho ! little word. The dullist dare not say "r.0," for he would bo "cut." The beauty hesi , lutes to say it, when a rich block head offers her his hand, because she has set her ambi tion upon an establishment. The courtier will not say it, for Ire must smile and prom ise to all. When pleasure temps with its seductions, have the courage to say -'no" at once. The little monitor within will approve the decis ion; and you will feel virtue grown stronger by the act. When dissipation invites you, and offer* its secret pleasures, bid. !y say "no;" if you do not, if you acquiesce and succumb, yon will find.virtue lias gnno out from you, and youi self-reliance w ill have received a fa'al shook. Tho first time may pequire an effotl; but you will find jour strength grow with use. It is the only way of meeting temptations to idlenoss, to self indulgence, to folly, to bad ouslnm, to meet it at once wuh an indignant 'no.' There indeed, great virtnein a "no,,' when pro nounced t the right time Important Invention—Automaton Stmp> ■tress. Mr. Allen B. Wilson, of Pittsfield, Mass., says the New York Sun, has recently invent ed a patent for a machine, by which sewing of all descriptions is executed in a very rap id manner, and in fineness and strength su perior to handwork. The simplicity of tho mechanism, its diminutiveness, and the amount of work which it accomplishes, are truly astonishing. A single machine occu pies so little space that it can be put iu-ide a man s hat, and yet by t .o turning of a small ciarik, the instrument will sew tsn times faster than any sempstress. Sewing machines have been invented and in use in this country lor three or four years past, but none of tliom have been of very much benefit, since they could only be used for coarse work, and were otherwise so in convenient as to be only partially able to compete with hunt labor. The invention we are now describing, ob" via'es sill these difficulties, for it can be used for any kind of sewing, line or coarse, or for embroidery. Every part of a man's dress, coat, vest and pantaloons, button holes ex cepled—can be made by this machine, also ladies dresses, shirt bosoms, caps, collars &c. In fact, there is searee a single branch of needle work to which this instrument can tot be applied, sowing ten times faster, finer, and stronger than by hand. The curious may see this invention in opera'ion, at No. 128 Fulton street, up stairs. It is well wor thy of inspection. To embroidery upon silk, or whatever fabric, in colors or without, it is admirably adapted, and will be c,xtet)s;yeiy used. So easy in its movements as to bo operated by a child, and not liable to derang merit, the invention will doubtless become as indispensable to the female as are now the scissors or the thimble. To tho pour seam stress, and all who depend upon their nee dles for support, the introduction of this in vention seenru fraught with direct imschiel. Doing away with their present occupations, as it inevitably will, it threatens them with utter loss of employment, and ennsequent starvation. Dealers in clothing, who now give employment to thousands of poor ppo pie— at starvation prices, it is true, but still, i employment—will have no further need ol hand labor, but use thu.-e machines, uno of which is equal to ten pair of hands. Fami lies who now employ poor seamstresses, will apparently have no further use for their ser vice, since those automatons will step in I One machine would do all tho sewing of a 1 family of sixteen persons or even more. What ireed, then, of seamstresses any (ong i er. . But such is not the operation of this inven ! don, nor of labor-saving machines generally, ' "° r <>f anything which permanently does j away with the necessity for lahor in anygiv oilfield. For every field of employment 1 thus removed, or rather saved, two new du j ties open, a greater demand for labor conse quently springs up, and the poor are thereby j greatly benefitted. The printing business is :an illustration. Previous to tho invention of ! steam presses, printing was done by hand. Does any doubt that there ar now a thousand I limes more people employed in the printing ! business, than there would be if no steam i presses were used ? Every sensible person ! answers no And this will bo the operation jo! tho sewing machine, h takes the needle j from the seamstresses' hand, hut replaces it } with a crank, and gives her a far easier em ployment, and better remunera'ion, than 6he j now receives. I PRECEPT VS PRACTICE.— SeveraI times du | ring the present season a colored girl, about i ten yeats ot age, scantily clad and filthy for the want of proper care, has been picked up ! in the streets, by some benevolent lady, and J given shelter for the night, n breakfast in the j morning, and sent away with some articles iof clo She was found one cold night ■ after nino o'clock, shivering with cold and j crying, saying that sho had been sent from I home to seek a shelter where she might. Hot under clothing was almost as black by | dirt as her skin by nature. Subsequently ' she appeared at a house in Pleasant street' i clad as before mentioned and suffering with ! a raging louth ache. The lady of tho house whose heart is always touched at the suffer ings of oilers, took her in, had her tooth ex j traded, and provided for comfortably until j the little girls case was made known to tho | public authorities. Tho father of the child • is able to clothe her decently, for children by a second wife arc not only clothed comforts ! bly but tafcfully. Now we understand that j this man has great compassion for the poor j slave, and makes it a matter of conscience to j show his sympathy for the bomlrnau at the I polls. So zealous was he in behalf of free soil, that he chided soino of his colored ' brethren lor voting the Whig ticket If acts of greater cruelly are perpetrated by South j em slave masters, we think they are rare. f?' An English paper says of tho voice i of Catalina "Such wns tfie torient of sound , she emitted at ono moment, thnt the glass globules, pendant from the cenUal chatulel ' ier, were powerfully agitated and struck a -1 gainst each other. | There is some little talk of the Crys- ] j tal Palace for tho World's Exhibition being I lighted by the electric light, which would , certainly, if found effective, be an arrange ment appropriate to that novel structure | Iy The San Francisco papers advertise a ball—admission 925 ; gentleman accompanied , by Inches firm t [Two Dollars jer Annum. NUMBER 1. -Cri.il Kavifilit-Sj In the t. S' St*nate o 1 Monday week, Mr. Douglas, presented a memorial from our townsman, Mr. John Wise, thearonau!. Mr. D. Haiti— | The memorialist slates thai ha has devoted .sixteen years of his life ntu.lionsly to tlio I scieneo of eronaulios; that during that pe j riod ho has made about one hundred atrial voyages successfully and with safety. Ho states nlso that he h?s written a work upon this science in which he has given a histo ry of it and an account of the developo ments of its principles, which has been re ceived a ith great fuvor by the scientific world. He also states that he has demon- " strated to his own satisfaction, and is pre ! I mrcd t0 demonstrate to the satisfaction of the world, his power to make this science : useful and practicable for the transmission of mails ami the transportation of passengers, I and especially in the art of war as well as in pence. He also states that ho is prepared now to construct a balloon 100 feet in diam eter; which shall have the power of eleva ting 10 tons; that he is prepared to elevato that balloon over the Capitol, or President's House, or Navy Yard or any other point 1 which may bj designated, above the reach i of gun shot, and then to discharge imitation missies of a destructive quality, which would show his capacity to destroy any fleet, fort, or army which may bo boneath it. He also i proposes, when he shall have done that, and shall have satisfied both Houscsof Congress, and every body who will attend his oxperi i ment, that it is entirely practicable and with ■ in his control to take that balloon to the city ot St. Louis, and mako a voyage from thenoe ;to the city of N. York. At New York he j proposes to take in six other passengers who have aheady volunteered, and a life boat, 1 and proceed to Eiighr.il, where he will report ;to the British Government. He expresses ! entire confidence in Ids ability to do this with perfect safety ; and furthermore, that ho can make a quicker voyage around tho world with his balloon than in any other way ; that his experiments have shown that at a certain elevation there is a current of air fiom West to East, in which he ran sail with perfect safety, and witn more expedition and ■ velocity than by anv other mode of convey ance. He desires tlio opportunity of testing this, and of satisfying the world of tlffe truth and theory. He says that ho can mako these experiments from St. Louis to New Y'orkand from New Y'ork to Europe for tho sum of twenty thousand dollars. Ho thinks that 1 this will enable him to folly demonstrate tho practicability of this science, and its applica ; briny to the puraase. to which ho proposes to devote it. He tilt uiles to the fact that we aro making very largo appropria'tonn for objects of much less utility ; and, inasmuch as ho , devoted his lifo to this business, has made so many successful voyages, has written a ; book demonstrating tho practicability of this science, and only needs this small pittance to carry his scientific discoveries into practi cal effect, he says we ought to give him that amount to allow him to mako tho trial, ami enable hiiri to be the first man that evet sail ed around tho world in a bailo-n. I Tho memorial referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. | Reception of Chaplin the Slave Stealer.— lVm I L Chaplin who was the chief actor in the j attempted abduction of two slaves, belonging to Hon. Messrs. Toombs and Stevens, last. ! spring, met with an enthusiastic reception !at Syracuse on Monday last. The cougre- I ga'ional church in that city, is represented as having been crowded in every part, while | several hundred were unable to gain admit- I tance. Mi. C. addressed the audicuce lor J mora than an hour, giving a sketch of his recent adventures in the District of Colum bia and Mart land, and attempted a justifi cation ot his recent adventutes in the Ds trict of Columbia and Maryland, and at tempted a justification of his course. Lehigh and Tamaqua Railroad. —The Com mi;teo appoiu'ed by the late Railroad Con vention to solicit stock to the proposed route , along the river Lehigh to Tamaqna have met with very good success the Lehigh Register I says. The amount of stock subscribed in 1 Lehigh county will reach at least 930.000. | The road will certainly bo built, and that part of the same will be put under contract I before May next. !•?' An English paper says, "Owing to the vast improvements which have lately ' been made in ship-building, it is expectod ed that arrangements will shortly bo entered into between the leuding propiietors of the mercantile marine navy of this country and tho United States lot a race round the world'. 1 I fir" Ilenry II Paine, at Worcester, has ' received, by the last steamer from England, '■ his letters patent, which secure to him .and his asi ociate tho benefits to be dcrivod for his grand discovery by tho people ol Great Britain. IV" The poor people in Limerick are flocking in shoals towards Waterford, on their way to America. In Waterford the influx ul people from all the surrogtlding counties, en route to the land of the far West, is very great. 17* Kanny Ellsler is now in Moscow, Ru sia. She has recently sold nearly all of her diamonds for tha sum of 99,000 thalers— a boat $75,000.
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