By ,A.- &ei .H. BUEHLER.
V014.'
TAB BLIND BEGGAR.
aI C. 0. a/STMAN.
Re site by the great high road all day,
The beggar blind and old ;
The locks on his brow are thin and gray,
And his lipa are blue and cold
The life of the beggar is almost spent,
His cheek is pale and his form Is bent,
And he answereth low, and with meek content,
The meets of the rude and bold.
/dl day by the road hath the beggar sat,
Weary and faint and dry ;
In allenee, patiently holding his hat
And turning his sig hilts:, eye,
As with cruel jest and greeting grim.
At his hollow cheek and eye-ball dim,
Tho traveller tortes a cent at him,,
And passeth hastily by.
To himself the blind old man doth burn
A song of his boyhood's day,
And his lean white fingers idly cram
On his thread-bare knee where they lay ;
And oR where tho gay bob.o-link is heard,
The song of the youth-hearted yellow bird,
The jar of life and the traveller's word,
And the noise of children's play.
He starts and grasps with a hurried band
The top of his smooth-worn cane,
And striketh it sturdily into the sand—
Then layeth it down again ;
While his black little spanniel, beautiful Spring,
That he keep. at his button-hole with a miring,
Jumps up, and his bell goes ling-a-ling I
As he yelps at the idle train.
He sits by the great high road all day,
The beggar blind and old,
The locks on his brows are thin and gray,
And his lips are blue and cold ;
Yet he murmurs never, day nor night,
Hut seeing the world by his inner sight,
lie patiently waits with • heart all light,
'l' ill the sum of his life shall he told.
LAST WISHES OF A CHILD
The following beauthil little poem was written
by James T. Fields for the Boston Book for 1860 :
"All the hedges are in a bloom,
And the warm west wind is blowing—
Let us leave this stifled room,
Let me go where flowers are growing
"Look ! my cheek is thin and pale,
And my pulse is very low,
Ere my sight begins to Nil,
Mother dear, you'll let me gal
Was nut that the robin's song
Piping through the casement wide 1
I shall not be listening long.
Take me to the meadow side—
" Bear pie to the willow brook—
Lel me hear the merry mill—
On the orchard I must look,
Ere my beating heart is still.
"Faint 'and fainter crows my hresih=
Bear me quickly down the lane !
Mother dear, thie chill of death—
! shall never speak again !"
kill the hedges are in bloom,
And the warm west wind is blowing ;
we sit in silent gloom
-0 er her grave the gm, is growing.
CHRIST, BY THE WELL OF SYCHAR
IT Icy. 0. W. lILTIIONZ, D. 0.
°My meet is to do the trill of Him that sent me."
Upon the well by Byeliar's gate,
At burning noon the Savior sate,
Athirst and hungry from the way
ilia feet had trod since early rimy.
The twelve had gone to wok for food,
And lef hint in his solitude.
They come,—and spread before him there.
Will faithful haste, the pilgrim fare,
And gently bid him, ••Muster, eat!"
But God had Bent him better meat,
And there I. on his lowly brow
Dior weariness, nor faintness now
For while they sought the market -place,
His word* had won a soul to grace,
And when he set that sinner free
From bonds of guilt and infamy,
Hi. heart grew strong with joy Iliwine.
More than the strength of bread and wine.
So. Christian, when thy faith grows faint,
Amid the toils that throng the saint,
Ask God that thou mayet peace impel
Unto some other human heart ;
And thou thy Master's joy shall Owe,
E'en while his cross thy shoulders bear.
RUSSIAN SPIES
There is scarcely a city in the world, says the
New York Sun, and no Cabinet Conrt, where the
Russian spy does not penetrate, to dog the step,.
and arts of his master's; subjects and servants, and
report them for the vengeance of the Czar. The
enquiring traveller, who has coasted the Black
Sea to the Crimea, and the regions of "frosty Can
caucus," who has entered • government steamer
on the Euzine, and learned from the intelligent
omens of the forts and vessels in that part of the
globe, the horrible histories of Russian tyranny
and torture, ■lone can tell such tales as would
draw down,
' , lron tears from Pluto's cheek."
Let the Czar suspect an officer or subject in any
part of his dominions, and henceforth, Siberia is
.his home. Tern from family and friends, he
=Last boar, or die under the horrors of exile. We
base heard of a man, noble in every respect, thus
Awned, and yearly visited by the Grand Duke
rGmestantine, who, gloating over the helpless sic-
Aim in his cell, took savage joy in saying, "Wretch,
you shall die here !" Yet who shall deny the
right tifahe Czar to be thus merciless, while he
has the might I He holds his empire as a geld of
slaves, and the imperial master may lash them In
bisimiyout ha wills. 'But if his right and might
marina be disputed on his own soil, and over his
own slaves, is there not a humanity in surround•
lot civilised mations to revolt at such savage and
infernal policy I Ought not civilised nations to
gaii'aritaieill have no alliance With a barbarian
and Minsteir who follows .hie nipresentatires with
epics, Wants and exile l
When a young tradesman In Holland or
Germany goes a courting, the first ques
tion the young lady asks him is, "are you
ablisto pay theatergoer. That is tosay
in English. are you' alibi to keep a wife
whetryou have got her? What world
of misery' it would prevent if t h e young
women of all countries would stick to the
wisdom of that question.
'A wedding came off list Frkhly In the
ciway prison of Pittsburg- ~Asyoung,Miiit
now lerviug out a tinse yoarisamtentse;
f 4 4:44 " 8 mal7ii4‘ t 0 tt VtlaiLOQ'S
at liherty. She came to the •prison to JIM..
• • rf.!
Vitsfiersit or Ponn.—A dirtinetirtidd
phyridian , bouts in thus •words whirl the
of tight toeing • ,
ia~i6 ;with comets tight, do pray hive done
k;est fey disease do precipitate your fate r
The 'nyiliek who truiy dem for ',Number I,'
fiboald never seek to look like Nina* "
SINGULAR DEVELOPMENTS.
The New York Tribune has a long ac
count from a committee of citizens of Ro
chester, in relation to certain communica
tions with departed spirits, which it seems
has excited a good deal of attention ►n
some parts of the western portion of New
Y ork, particularly Rochester and Auburn,
where it was investigated by several com
mittees. The whole story is very read
able ; but few, in this age of humbuggery
of all sorts, will yield entire credence to
it. Some, however, may, for there are
many who are never satisfied with any
thing short of the marvellous, and never
so happy and content as when they are
well humbugged. The story is that cer
tain sounds, like raps upon the floor of a
house, have been heard in various places
about Rochester and Auburn, and some
other localities for about two years. This
rapping, alter being continued for a long
time every night, was finally heard in the
day time, and became intelligible after this
wise (t.s related in the Tribune.) though
the locality of the occurrence is not sta
ted :
At length, a little girl [speaking to the
spirit under the floor.] said "Now do as I
do," and snapped her finger three times.
She was answered by three raps. Out re
peating it site found that it invariably re
peated the number she made herself.—
Another person now said. "Now count
ten," anti it was done. "Now count the
age of —," (one of the children.) It
was done correctly. Another was done
with like success. As it began to display
signs of intelligence the family became a
larmed, and the females all left the house
at night. The neighbors were called in
but there Wild no cessation of the sounds.
The excitement became intense, and at
one time, it is said, nearly or quite 300
persons assembled to discover whence the
sounds proceeded. The house was tho
roughly examined from garret to cellar,
but, while the- sounds continued, no one
ever discovered the operator. At length
itytie discovered that every time a question
was put that required an affirmative, a rap
was heard—for a negative, no sound.
The question was put, "Are you a spir
it ?" The answer was by rapping—
three raps. By this means they found that
I it purported to be the spirit of a man.--
Many expedients were resorted to by
which to find out the name of the man
whose spirit was making these manifesta
lions. At length a stranger asked, "If !
will call the alphabet beginng with A. will
you rap when I come to the first letter of
his name ?" The answer was affirmative.
lie then commenced "A. li, C ;" when he
came to C, there was a rap. Again he
went on and it wrapped at 11, and in that
way he spelled out the name of CIIARLEs
RAsmit. As before stated, these sounds
have from that time been heard in various
families in that place and and the cities of
Auburn and Rochester, and various places
in the country. Although confined to
this rapping sound, the mode of commu
nication has gradually improved, so that
many very curious and astonishing sen
tences have been spelled by tne use of the
alphabet. It no longer purports to he the
spirit of one man or person, but when an
individual makes the inquiry "who is it
that wishes to communicate with me ?"
they will generally get the name of some
friend or relative—a mother, father, sister.
or brother, who has passed from visible
existence. Many persons have made the
trial, and have had mines spelled out to
them of their friends, unknown to any per
son present. Strangers have tried the ex
periment, and had their names spelled out
before nny person present knew it or where
they came from.
In each family where the sounds appear,
there seems to be some one or two, whose
presence is necessary to insure communi
cations freely. Generally we find that
these persons are susceptible to magnetic
influences and clairvoyant, altho ugh we
have heard it where there were none that
had ever been magnetized or were known
to be clairvoyant. In the family of Mr.
Granger, of Rochester—a citizen well
known there—the communications could
be had with nny two of the family previ
ous to any of them being placed under the
magnetic influence. but after a daughter was
magnetized and became clairvoyant, no
communication could be had without her
presence. No person had over been mag
netized iu the family where it first ap
peared.
We first became acquainted with these
manifestations about one year since, and
we have taken every opportunity to tliscov
er, if possible, whit it is. We have be
conie convincdd that these three facts there
is no disputing, viz : the sounds,—the in-•
telligence and the absence of any collusion
or deception in the matter.
Some two weeks since, we were in
company with some persons• who were
getting communications from this invisible
communicator, when a message was spel,
led out to us to the import that the matter
should be made more Public—that the
time had arrived for the people to investi r ,
gate the whole aPir—that it was a thing
which will ultimitely become knoWn to
airmen, and that we should immediatalY
take 'Measures to have it investigated.—
The directions were then minutely given
by•these spirits, tui they purport to be, and
which; wean willing to believe, are, until
we haveas munch proof to the contrary as
It required to bring us to this conclusion.
These directions will appear in the follow- ,
ing history, as the were fully apt! strjegy
' The gYeat'idajficti Wiur l id Mitt
inviasslginion 'Wake that° who Width:ea
hearitic it. -, for--the last ..thr6 years , train
The iMplitation °Maud and deeeptlon;
ThOrfoilaviti liestaded , itaainn of
,
Inaeitigationt "of VaritithrOtbutitteett,
'Aces loelureCin.githheSibramthe Added:
‘nd. , :thiraintes < at the committees
which are givers ambito tinny reaped*.
bib and infineadal 'gendsinia 'of that city:
There inveaniOdodi ors, We ,b 4,011
GETTYSBURG, • . PA. FRIDAt
conducted in the presence of two ladies,
whO 'were in the clairvoyant state, and
a number of citizens, and whether in the
Corinthian Hall, the Hall of the Sons of
Temperance, or in private dwellings, the
rapping upon the floor, or upon the wall.
or sometimes upon the door or pavement,
was distinctly heard, and the hand being
placed upon the floor where the noise was
heard, a jar was distinctly felt. In this
way written questions, unknown to any
but the writer, and sometimes mental
questions, were all answered correctly by
the knocking. The different committees
adopted various means to detect fraud in
the matter, such as standing the ladies in
the clairavoyant state upon the pillows,
large plates of glass, &c., but the noise
continued to be heard whenever questions
were asked. Finally a committee of la
dies was appointed to examine the persons
of the young women, to be sure that there
were no fixtures about them that could
produce the sounds. They found nothing,
but heard the sounds distinctly even when
the young women were 'standing upon pil
lows, without shoes and their dresses tied
tightly around their ankles. The investi
gations lasted several days, and all the
committees agree that there was no fraud.
The report concludes :
Thus flair matter stands at present, and
whether it is . only a remarkable plienotn
ena which will pass away with the pres
ent generation. or with the persons who
seem now to be the medium of this extra
ordinary communication ; or whether it
be the commencement of a new era of
spiritual influx into the world ; it is cer
tainly something worthy the attention of
men of candor and philosophy.
E. W. Carson. Auburn.
WILLETB. Rochester.
Rochester, Nov. 22,1840.
A\ IRISH EXPEDIENT—An instance of
ready and available wit occured yesterday,
which is worth recording. A couple of
fresh immigrants from the land of sweet
Erin were travelling to Cambridge, anti
finding as they approached the bridge
that the twain had but one cent between
Wahl, they set themselves at work to con
trive how they should pass the toll-gate
with only 50 per cent. of the requisite
funds. At length it was resolved that
they should part company—one lingering
behind while the other went forward 'to
confer with Mr. Brown, the gate keep
er, and see what could de done with
him in the way of bargain or compromise.
Paddy, on arriving at the gate, with
his politest bow, asked Mr. Brown at what
price he could he allowed to puss over the
bridge. On being told that one cent, and
and no less, was the rate for each foot pas
senger, as sanctioned by the law of the
commonweal th, he after a little hesitation
asked what amount of baggage passengers
were allowed to take with them. He was in
formed that he might take anything, except
a wheelbarrow or hand cart; and without
further pa rly he turned and It ft Mr. Brown
to deal with numerous other passers, who
were accustomed lo pay the stated tax upon
travellers without asking any questions,
though not probably without a secret wish
that the time had come in ,which the bridge
is to be Iree.
In a few miontes Paddy re-appeared,
with his fellow traveller mounted upon
his shoulders in the regular "boot back"
style. Ito gravely deposited the legal toll
for a single passenger, and walked on to
deposit his baggage upon terra firma at the
other end of the bridge,.. which being in
Middlesex, is now free soil. The specta
tors of this interesting scene were quite u
nanimous in the opinion that the travellers
had "come the Paddy" over the tollgather
er, while that worthy dignitary himself
did not hesitate to admit that he was "done
Brown."—Boslon Traveller.
A MEMBER TO LET—AV hen Mr. Thomas
Sheridan, son of Richard Brinaley Sheri
dan, was a candidate (or the representa
tion of a Cronish borrough, he told his fath
er that if ho succeeded, he should place a
label on his forehead with the words "to
let," and aide with the party that made
the best 'offer. "Right. Toil," said the
father, " but don't forget to add the word
'unfurpished.'"
DID YOU EVER?+-Diq you over want
to borrow money of a friend, who itasinot
'..just at that moment lent all be had" to
'somebody else?
Did you ever pus five minutes with a
repreienative in the Legislature, without
his aching to Ist you khow that-he dile&
that office?
Did you ever' see *preacher who thought
he “had* car" from a high" Ttlary to
low oner
Did you enter see a man irbo expected
not to becodie a chrietian before death? 7.
Did yon ow lee acian who in acobpi
ting a4l RifißD vm , pot ...ltufood ,4914 by
a ditlitop i9.00 . 44.bi#449u1s 071, . ,
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tee .t,
isomebods te,tivreg ,Eepeipt ;
'for making
binit
P rel fr ili#A!iitrill , o 4l l4°,R 4 14 1 Pkifl
sad just let her todk at• it. end the !ampoule •
hi done dead.
itf she looks 4wwe l etliattOther domea ol
OAS mete be got immediately.",
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INM)Ve
We copy the following sketch fr om a
late number of:the Democratic R ev iew,
I t i s f rom the pes of Henry Wickoff, Esq.,
and written with his usual graphic power.
and portrays the estimation in which this
country is hold by the true republicans of
France: •
Two American fit milies, who were liv
ing in Paris in February, 1848, becom
ing alarmed at the increasing agitation of
the capital, determined, only at the last
moment, to leave for some quieter neigh
borhood, and on thee very day that the re
volution broke out they took their depar
ture, and made all haste by railroad to
reach Havre. They had not got more
than nine miles froXi Paris when die train
stopped, and they were told by the con
ductor that the bridge ahead of them•was
on fire, and that ptioceeding ful•ther Was
hopeless, and that it was equally impossi
ble for them to runback, for the rails be
hind them had. already been tiken up.—
There was nothing'else to be done than
gut out, and return en foot, at the immi
nent risk of insult and outrage from an in
furiated mob, that alieady lined both sides
of the road, to the extent of thousands.—
'Phis was a situation alarming enough to
fill the stoutest heart with terror, and the
effect may be iniagined in the present,
where there was only one 'man to protect
three or four ladies,, with several children,
to say nothing of femes de chambers, and
small parcels. Their fright was exces
sive, but
,escapi was out the question.—
Nothing could - be .done bukreturn to Paris,
and run the gauntlet that awaited them.— '
They passed along in a drizzling rain,
covered with Mud - Ind borne down with
fatigue. Shouts and imprecations made
the air resound around them, for the very
earth seemed-teeming with armed and sa
vage men. With„shrinking. hearts they
pushed along. dreading every moment to
be waylaid, robbed, and perhaps slain,
when to their infinite joy they reached
Paris, and believed their tribulations over.
Hurrying through the Barreir, they creek
down the filet street that seemed to lead
in the direction of their reridenee, when,
of a sudden to their consternation they
found themselves hemmed in bellied a
vast barricade, am) iu a moment were cur
! rounded and seized by hundreds of fierce
and desperate iiigorgents,
masks, and armed to the teeth, who bran
tlimheil their weapons, anti threatened them
with
"11a, ha!" they shouted in furious tones,
"you vile aristocrats, you have endeavor
ed to escape—but you ore not gone yet.
And we'll take care of you now."
Their situation was really fearful. In•
flamed with drink and passion, these terri
ble men, further exasperated by the com
bat in which they were engaged, were ca
pable of any excess, even to murder.—
The unhappy party, seeing themselves cut
off from every resource, threw themselves
on their knees, snd endeavored to move
their ruthless captors by supplications and
tears. They declared "they were no aris
tocrat—but republicans like themselves—
they were of them in principle and in
sympathy—they were not English but A
mericans." At which shouts of hitter de
rision were returned, accompained by ex
clamations and oaths, full of contumely
and hate. "You think you'll cheat us
that wny, do you, by setting up as repub
licans, and passing yourselves off as A
mericans. No, that won't do, as we'll
soon convince you." The danger increas
ed every moment, and cries of "a base lea
"mori les reches," rose on all
sides, amid frantic yells and demoniac
threats. At this agonizing moment one
of the ladies, whose nerves were strung by
the imminence of the peril, roused herself
to one more heroic 'effort.
"But, what," she said, "if we give you
proof, my friends, that we belong to you
—that we are fellow republicans—that we
are not monarchists, but Americans ?"
"The proof—the proof I" they roared,
in the hoarse tones of the coming tem
pest.
Every eye was bent on her—every up
raised arm refrained; , breathless pause
ensued. At this revolutionary period in
Franc?. scarce a family, reit ideil there but
had deemed it, prudent td provide them-
Belies with Mi Amerioart flag, and'in ur
rying away , from Paris, by a mere chance,
tie .lady in 'lnflation et y lppeld the,banner
6.1 0 staff; and rallesi 4 13 P in a package
she carried • 'with bet 016 de, rite
~ I , l at it 1 4igtlt./? 41 9 eland her
inatoluf. enfolded and: it oinft•—
t la ene t)r ! t, *bqe, ;viltOn W
U
rger 'ed;lottera,ites Stale Thar d4igoterki
ao.-the Btatao dtgittueige.,
Th• v#46ll44i4temelolnsign Plv"
ving norruni L qasstiortle "On of their
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on ,44.„411FisaTusitii4ate.. sob , irettnd,
dieting" Off fleurlhate titutior. 411fSieni ,
ritni e v rfriiie Aerial:4 Vine
'A Oar eau de /a itberts-Am.iong the thi
Atenikileiniti=-404 litoti,` the 4
rl-eirm ebgtoted Cron annuities" rude ,
pro, ‘rildeet oottolitiom W e i"!
on 'ohm' teowttnoee hut; iallant am.
1 1'biry entreated a thousand pardons lot
'„efts unthinitai vVoleao4 . and in their .
frenzy 'fell citetheir thaei, kiedeld 'ha bandit
of the ladies. and would, hut for their earn
eat remonstrances, have carried than' home
in triumphs As it was, they detailed
formidable guard, and following the Amer
ican flag, which was mountbil on a lance,
hey escorted, amid every token of respect
and homage. the grateful objects of their
democratic sympathies, back again to their
longed-for residence.
To confirm in every particular the thril
ling facts I have related, I would be happy
to give in full the names of the parties in
question, whose respectability would be
a sufficientguarantee ; butes they consist
ed chiefly - of ladies, Lfeel a certain hesita
tion in taking such a liberty. I will mere
ly state that 1 received these petticoats
from the heroine of the flag herself,'Mrs.
Y. R. 11. , of the Fifth Avenue, New
York.
WomAx.--The Yankee Blade pertinent
ly asks why it is that editors can never
write on this theme without going into
monies of eloquence.
We love the girls as well .as anybody,
but we don't see why a min need goArazy
on their account. Joel see how the Syra
cuse Reveille man is thrown off his balance
by a thought of the dear creatures :
"When we see a neat pretty girl with a
free, hut innocent air; with cheeka whichwe
can hardly help kissing, and with a pair of
heavenly blue eyes, which seem to repose
in perfect serenity beneath their silken
lashes, we always wish that she were near
a mud-puddle, and that we had to lift
over. Go away,. strawberries., you've
lost your taste."
A FAIR BET FAIRLY WON. said Bill to
Richard the other day. °Did • you ever
hear how tough hided 1' am?" .
°I never did," .replied Dick, °tougher
than common folks?"
reckon'tis a few—why bet pin
a drink, Dick, that yonmaY take a"cimir ,
hide and lay it upon my 'ham akin as IMrtl
and as long as you like, and 1 wont even
inch."
"Dune-111 take that bet. Irl dont
make You squirm like a half skinned eel
the first cut, I'm sadly mistaken." ,
"You take the bet, dim"
••1 do."
"Well wait till I go op 'stairs and bring
down my bear skin, and"—
ho ! your hear skin. No, no,l mean"
"I don't care what you meant, Ws a fair
bet fairly won. My bear skin is my bear
skin and nothing else."
"I'll give in," said Richard, looking
foolish and flabergasted ; "let's adjourn to
the pewter mug, and say no more about
CONNUOIAL COMPLIMENT—OId Squire
B—waa elected Judge of the Inferior
Court of amne county in Georgia. When
he went haino, his.delighted wife exclaim
ed—" Now, my dear, you are Judge, what
am IT"
"The same darned old fool you pliers
was," was the tart reply.
A. romantic youth, promenading up
Chestnut street the other afternoon, picked
up a thimble. He stood awhile medita
ting on the probable beauty of the owner,
when he pressed it to his Itps saying, "Oh,
that it were the fair cheek of the wearer !"
Just as he had finished, n big Wench look
ed out of an upper window and said, "Boss,
dis please to frow dot fimble of mine in de
entry-1 jist now drapt it." The man is
is said to have fainted.'
At a church where was a call for a
minister, two candidates appeared, whine
names were Adam and Low. The latter
preached an elegant discourse from the text:
"Adam, where art thou V'
In the afternoon Adam preached from
these words, "Lo ! here am It"
"Day does say, that way down in
Georgia, they makes poor nigga work
twenty-five hours abbey, tiny,. ;Now,
looke lrea, I'se b•en told that a day hasn't
got no more nor twentpfour hours: an' 1
wants you, Mr. Johnsing, to l iplanify to
dis chile; how they make 'em work twenty
five`boitre.' 4 .
"Golly mighty, what ignoramusses
nigga y.ou is, Soipiti; why wily, down dare,
they make poor rigrt 'hew,
afore, day—,:finesn't that make 'am twenty,
fiver Scipio was convinced.
~ePtOtif . x. ha Kocendy died I
in Aittilglila, proprty:in his bhlia
4ionmpon , conditiontifitheiebeink
coo: Thtre
14 ihit Pi;iitlsor
ishe9t moony, in, Jim nhaatist,lof at
friend. to r givtni, to: bin children'. enlylati=.
Ra nonditinti , of their' being:- Tonle i'sqiht,!'
4ise
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PerPrFP I WON. OINSYeII
,throtti)coltrui.ionithtnieti: 440, 1
.once figured .ini+Newlroik"iii. Oki*
1; 'As eatirlit 14s . triti'utly OttiOhn‘asitton •
Ries intultt came o Altit , it mien lid
read , the Ow ithio 011414415.
they iwosid
torong graves.
to '
Lri+tttuA.... tote folloWing:S* cto tram
leiter 14 '7140 :liftset from, , t/ie, Itov. Mr.
Gurley, forme4Ahs.faithfuf ,agent.of the
Oolonization'lloekcyolint the %eclairs wi
ck:ate of it. objeati'whibit "fhi 4fileun
Republic Was but tbe getlas . of„;itti.ol.*ecouf
is—and who is now CIS a rfait n partly of
an official character to that Coontry—will
be of great interest to many readers:
"President Roberti lives in a tel cont.
modiona brick 'house, futnirhed with tote
and elegance, and the hospitalillus of his
Mansion are set off With a refined good
breediiit Which coltimends hlm Snit the
Republic, over which he mistily preeides;
to the respect and confidence of iisiters
from the whole Civilized world."
Spieling qi the appearance of the town
of Monrovia and the beauty of its orna
mental trees. as well as the great improve
ment which has taken place, Mr. U. says
"The beauty of theie large trees, (the
orange.) loaded with fruit, as well as that
of the heavily laden Codee trees, one of
the handsomest treee Wit you can Imagine;
with the deep green of its retegtOpeut Year,
it would be diirtoult to deriaribe.
•
"When I
shied My filthier
many subiteniitl 'and''convenient - 110AM,
And Mores llfat litiee been ciiiititt4ed:
general aspect of heatih, contentment and
horie;• width thiii .'peOpteixiiiiiit . ; the
great good' order and remind to 'religion'
which prevail's, U than
I ever , wire with' the vim 'llietity Odd' be=
nefieenee ortliedolkipiratlobrbf '
;13141 . 01110.0/ ,711111 t Dacca&ilium...Men
distinguished for , theircinfiriotiettritirie- iti
all ages been' diititiniehed thell''
.No eats than thirteen of the f ty
six signers , of the.Reoleration of. American
Independence lived , to the patriatithaf ago
.
of eightr•tinti-kiid Oilseeds, - •
`Chitties Carioll, of Maryland, 05
Wm. ,Ellery, of Rhode Island. O4
John Atlantis; of Massiclidsotts.' ' ,Di
Samuel - se "'
Robert Treat Paine, 44
Benjamin Franklin, B4,
Win. Williams, of ConneetiMit; '
William Floyd. artotig 87
'Thordai IVl'Re:an, of Pe nutty I van ia; 84'
Thornie ,Idfferstion, of Virgidlef t ' ' 83
George Wythe, " S D
Matthew Thortinin, O'
teWis,'of South ' " *OO
Total', • • Llio
This,is aq average of gib years antlay.ro
months, each, and, the aggregator expires of
the , time-htmored.thittetag tiVer fent trisYre
is just 130 years. Nn dellberatl4o assetn:
bly of °qu i ll magnitude was ever
,more re
markable for the virtue, temperance, aryl
longevity 9f its members than the one
which declared the American colonies free
and indepentlent.—Boaton Jobrnal. '
A Mom. CITY.—Thp city Utica, New
York, does not owe a single'cent of publii
debt, and has money in batik. beildes tax
es due and collectable. , It has an abun
dant supply of water brought into the hou
ses of her citizens, fresh from the moun
tain springs. It is lighted by gas of pure
and excellent quality ; has the best ap
pointed and most effective fire department
of any of its size in America. and is the
only city in the Statehi h I II
W-.C- escap
ed the ravages of the cholera, last summer.
THE ErrecTe or Gist.—An English pa
per, speaking of intemperance. remarks
"Mr. Wakely. M. P.. coroner of the ouutr•
ty of Middlesex, an extellentehemist, and
a physician bf no mean order, says°: , Gin
is the best friend that I baud;'it causes me
to have annually a thousand more inquests
than I should otherwise hold. I have rea
son to believe that 10,000 to 15,000 per
sons die in London every year from the
effects of gin drinking, on whom no in
quests are held.' Capt: Brunton, R. N.,
adds. 'During the late was, almost every
accident I witnessed oft board ships was
owing to drunkenness. I hold spirituous
liquors to be more dangerotti than gun
powder.' Let the loss of the St. George,
Kent, East Indiaman, Ajax, Kolheay Cas
tle, testify to this feet I If war has slain
its thousands, intemperance has swallowed
tip its tens of thousands."
,Snrno.Conninta.-- 7 Amortg the noVelties
introduced by , the profeesora df dancing in
New,'is the 'quoit!. ;" the
beauty of which copyists in, playing lips
with every lady you vwingeornete
One of thernikt,tititettigembless in Soy
.Emneiscadir said *lie. aapaitieli'srpcti*".
She Itits,i!seß,f r Oifree
of g p hl dust es sffite.. ;
,t ..,• •-tg
rr,
Ovate us , bl , llWAlLkeithre r . 4 4-leiratit Veif
ei, 131 44ii 3, 1w 1 4:494.9grike.
new s reme'dY for headaches. He us ie.'
,rnialpre. elite ami- ialq &'A4I li'm i poitioti
cif i infralie Sp
plies, y mean t itl(4i4 pure of. silk.
0141491,Figt,* rOa qc, percha, , ta
lim
tted spots am the. fogehead, cir•othet parts
oithit4tialpi . i!rftere rheMnatieltehtlacho is
It'eitrie iiitilaWiinO'ciuti 'relief. The
tilin i ti‘,sitNeicted.to the, process from half
it,fairfute• to .one and a• half minutes. and
kil l rendered hard' and white. It is good in
erysipelas and diseases of the skin.--S'ei.
sintirrican.
:iittosit.—lt is the great duty to put off
anger. Itindtscor duty. A little jogging
ptits
clock Or watch out of the frame; so'
a little passion the heart,
TWO DOLLARS PER 'SEEM
INEW SERIES--40. 149.
SELECTION OF SEEDS
The winter is a favorable time for farm
ers to look around therm and procure, or
look up anew, improved varieties of seeds,
roots, onions, &c., for future use. In this
way one may, in a very short time, greatly
increase the income of his farm ; for no
fact in vegetable physiology is more strong
ly or incontrovertably established, than
that seedily planted pr cultivated during a
series of many years, will depreciate, or,
in farming technology, .run out.' I am
nett, neither is any one, capable of deter
mining, accurately, by what strange influ
ces this result is effected ; butfrequent ex
perience has convinced me that seed" and
vegetable's brought from a distance, inva
riablysucceed much better than those that
bate become fatiailiarlsea to the soil and
that, consequently, a change, every three
or four years, et farthest, even of the same
varieties, is invariably jndicioua, and pro
thicitive of di .
I the beat results •
• • •
.. n fl y oh 1838, I had syariety of
early palates*, which had ad nearly 'ran
• ' s 4lat 4 l-4wad,--llotatithetanding my de
:sireto-ctintinue their cultivation, conclu
•did to throw them by. A friend, howev
48r, to whom I had presented some of them
a few years antecedently, and whose tee -
Wanes Was some ~ eight or ten miles off,
elitineed to come along, and suggested the
prmety of an exchange. To this pro
pagation, L willingly acceeded, and the re
'still wall a'beautiful crop with both. The
sane takes place with corn, beans, wheat,
rye' oats , barley, pumpkins. and indeed
'nlwal Yoll l o , 4lVet.. r , yen _a change from
[ one dasistiption of soil to, another, on the
,smite farm, is productive of this favorable
retalt.;' of seed a farmer
cabnot be too circeinopect. as he is perpet
ually,liable to be deceived and led into er
*,,bysfrar appearances. Vile 'hum
buggitelyiteirtia Stpresent The order of
I tbe.dayottd we suffer Ourseliva to be
AetAi.dfa 1 94. 'nallied. abouX •bY nverY wind
liffdectloine, our prifits from farming will be
i•liml4 Indent • '•
ood• f ••
when by any
metne , vre,hayesue e obtaining ars!.
table variety, toindestiorm, preserve and
PoPagate . .:ita , delerving qualities. This
may be' eesily aidomplislied by selecting,
everfauNniii;theybestand most perfectly
Aitiscictited,,apettinteis of the crop.. In this
way,: by the • exercise of care and skill in
'eultitieting; we Mat, hi 'A few years, bring
it to satinet 'Any degree of excellencedesi
r armer must. , tiity j l t havenotic ed
that ini.everylLill4:slt erop:Meee, are some
individuals, which. are earlier matured than
othera.' 'Thiree 'Might inviriablyiei be se
tented 'to propagate 'frittn Whatever be
the eharmiter, or.nsiure of the crop,, this
prineiplawystematkrally, adopted and 'pre's
'need,' will, in the•end, produce the bestre
suit. 'The same holds geed in relation to
farm stook.' To select the best, most sym•
etrical,. and, moat waluable• animals for
the marketartOiewhatablem i isnecessarily
to degenerate and tudt4 the breed, where.
as a contrary course Will, in a short period,
produce an improveinent which it is nut
possible in any other way to.produce.=
No judicious and intelligent -breeder will
ever be unmindful of this important prin
ciple, for, by attention to. its dietates, we
shall assuredly.
.be /siege in the end. If
we have become dissatisfied with any par
ticular kind of med, or; by injudicious man
agement, hate so far depreciated it that its
yield, „when carefully cultivated, scarcely
remunerates-0e for the laborand expense
we bestow Upon it, now is the time to
supply itiplace by a more valuable article,
and one that will better reward onttoils.
A farm 'tacked, with the beet animals.
and producing the moat valuable •frniu.
grains and vegetables to be found in this
country, and eultlrmed- on .
, th i e imiket
lightened. sticceistul".elut'sCientilin
.prinei
plea, mould t( hit.ati objectsof •rottifer worth
contemplating. En some periodyfithat lia
turity, 'which to Mitt people is Ito rich in
oblaCtateill e cola
inoP. Ojtpas i.. 4,9lqqpeu in prop
wises.; the pruseett•ar pledge that these pro
mise. shall Ultimately be•fulfilloth
‘''' *iißicar4.
• , erhariiid %lull 'for ell Things;' 'said a
i!e
lletrAtthal•" sinewmed his ,wife in a' sharp
vinesipt. , voioei 4.when yon pay for your
netispeper"' Hit him again, old woman,
Mitneby you:
,
‘ 4l 'ArStotitunt hiwurran.—The Boston
::Bffae relriie; ;hat, Dr. A. P. Ri cu ammx.
of that city, lately relieved a Si, Louie
gentleman,. who came hither for treatmeof,
of a tape Worrn more than 100 feet long!
The gentletrinn, 'whose life had long been
made miserable by the presence of thin ,
monster, returned home in: the enjoyment
of perfect health. •''
In Marriages, formerly, itls47 wSIO
lowed so much per montiv pis mossy.. .0
Gentlemen now spend so muds:pet "NA
ten
MEE
Why a thelnufesaion oh peteenintool
er learnt ibad that of , * doeterf biotin* it
is easier to presets thee to isteetiot
A MAO ui filYakielPhie del e fl eie 4 t
1.0 u m qrJot lon MVO 4 4 000 " WE* l
Allll2O irss Duped, sad ho hailed blow&