From the Journal of Health. - DKATH FROM TIGHT LACINO. I have seen and am much pinned with your pi per, miJ doubt not it will do much good. I hope for it an extensive circulation. In on of the l.ito number you call fur facia, whi titer communrca'ed in elegant language or not. I havj leocntly learn cd one to which I gave all possible pub'lrily, ami have told it in almoal every elide of the yung in which I have eince found myself. Two week inp, while on visit to the bouse of a resfiectablr, long experienced physician in one of the Southern boun dary towns in New Hampshire he gave me in eub atanco the following account, at near aa I can re- collect. llo was called a week or two previous tit vUlt Jpung f male, I thiak, over twenty yeara of age, who wai distreaaingly ill of a complaint of the lung, laboring under great difficulty of breathing, which lii discrimination led him at once to impute to a long continued practice of tight lacing practice 'Which ia Jay mg tta thousands and lena of thousands in our enlightened land. There waa, in hia opinion, n -adhesion of the hinge to rhe cheat, and a conse quent irfltmrtion which had proceeded to audi a height that death waa inevitable. Little or noth ing could be done. Tho poor gir after a few ilaya of cute Buffering, fell victim to (what .hull I My 1 I am unwilling to wound the fe. tings of her friends,) hrr own fully and vanity. It could not be tuieide, because no auch reault was contemplated, though the deed was done by her own hand. We can call it by no softer name than $clf-slaughter, for auch even an external examination of the body prooved it to have been. The shouldor blades were found to be litterally lapped one over the other ; the filae ribi had been 00 compressed that the apace of only about an inch nd half remained between tbtms and ao great waa the curvature of the spine which had been, girdd in by the cords of death, th it after the corpse war laid out for interment, two pillows weie put under the arch thereby formed, wh lo the should. is rested on the board. She woe a large hi althy pei on, and waa ignnranlly led by the desire to plrtee, to sacifiee her life at the shrine of fashion, and the prevailing false ideas of beauty of form. She was of amiable disposition and correct moral h hits, otherwise. My own mind was ao impressed with the recital of this story , that I could hardly forbear weeping over t'.ie folly, and weakness, and ignoranre, and wickedness of my sex. I inward'y wished for the Mlity to ring this case of suffering and death in 4b t ars of every female in our land, until tl.eir voluntarily-assumed "alrait-jacketa," that indicate no thing hc:tcr than mental aberration in the wearers, boulJ bo voluntarily thrown aside. F mm the Journal of Health. SLEEPI.-VO APARTMENTS. It must not be forgotten," r marks Hufeland, 41 that vie spend a considerable poition of our live in the bed clumber, arid consequently that its health.. .ies or unhealthinesa cannot fad of having a very Important influence upon our physical well-being." A bed chamber should be dive-ted of all unneces sary farniture, and unless of con-idcralde six'.shou d never contain more than one bed.' There cannot be a more pernicious custom than th.it pursued in many families, of causing the children more essici Hy, to sleep in small aparmeiits, with two or lime I) .Is crowded into the same room. It is scarcely necessary to obaerve, tint cleanli ness in the most extensive signification of the term, , if possible, even more necessary, in ref. rence to the bed chamber, than lo almoat any other apart ment. The practice of sleeping in an apartment which is occupied during the day, is extremely improper. Perfect clcanlineas and sufficient free ventilation cannot, under such circumstances, le preserved, es pecially during cold weather; hence, the atmosphere becomes constautly mote vitiated and altogether unfitted for respiration. Wliilo too great a degree of caution cannot be observed lo avoid sleeping in damp rooms, beds, or clothing, the tcmi erature of the led chamber should, if possible, never be augmented, under the ordinary circumstances of health, by artificial means. Aa this apartment is to be reamed aolely for repose, a fire is never necessary, unless, perhaps, during un commonly arvere weather: and even then the tem perature ought not lo exceed 50 degrcea. liold Experiment The Great Western ateam ahip company are now building at Bristol, England, an immen e iron ecamer, lo tun between that port and New York, which, if it succeeds, aa it moat probably will, will change entirely the system of steam navigation. It ia constructed with iron of an inch thick, lightly joined togithcr with rivets and with til, and keel of cast iron. It ia divided into small compartments, ao thai, should hole be knocked into any part of it, which seems impossible, only one compartment would fill, and the boat could never sh.k. But what ia the most extraordinary about the construc tion of tbia immense boat, ia the manner of profi ling h. It ia to wotk by a screw placed behind, on the principle of sculling, which ia to turn around under water at the stern, thereby eating the use of pauille boxes. In case this succeeds, it will be of great utility in armed ateamships, as llsan, having no wheels on tbe aide.shot would not injure or im pede the manner of propelling them aa it would now. The eel, which i. the largest yet made by that company, will be finished in the spring of 1842, and is calculated to he the fasUMt on the line. X Y. Sun. Shocking Accident. On Thursday of last week, as Mr. E. Mil'er, of Cuaaris, was passing threshing mat bine hi full operation, he carleasly threw in a tuft of straw the teeth caught the ripe of hia glove, and drew in the area to within two inches of tbe elbow, absolute ly grinding it to powder, The arm waa amputated by Die. YV items and Hilwman, above the elbow, eejd the patient ia now doing well. JicaJirg Journal. Another Iren1titl Mrmiilxmt Ac cltlent. Th stenmh ai Express, Captain Maguire, which left Mobile on Sunday evening, the 14th instant, when within five miles of St, Stephens, on Sunday oboul 3 P. M. l u at her boileia, killing and wound ing fourteen prr-on. A barge was In tow along side at the lime, into which one 6f the boilers was b'own. wouniling one if not more of the hands t the other bi.iler, it is said, was Mown overborn d. Tho following ia an extract from letter, written by a gentleman who I. ft Mobile in the steambjat Odd Fellow, shuitly after the Eipicss. 8t. 8Tr.rrt. ? Sunday night, half pait 10 o'clock. 5 It ia with f. elings of pain and regret that I record one of the most m. Ian -holy and horiible scenes that has ever fal'eii lo my lot to witness. About half pa-t 3 this evening, the ate.tmboat Expnas burt bit boil, rs, about ten in ilea below this place. She hud stopped at a little place called Jackson, to rep.iir some of her 111. chinery, and aa soon as they aaw our boat coming, they commenced firing up, evi dently with the intention of pining us. I was standing it the stern of the boat, leaning against tlie ung SUIT, and watching the movements of the crazy old craft, when suklenly I aaw tjic ateam is sue foilh from the head of tho boilers, and in a second afterwards, the most tremendous report fol lowed that I evi r h.-ard. For a moment nothing could be seen but the frogmonli of the but njing in every direction and indeed so naar was she to our bint, that I was apprehensive we should leccive some injury from the filling piece. The scene thai (olio si ed wna truly awful. Some of the po.r crea tures were blown some dist.ince in the river, and their piteous shiicks for help a-ahey were contend ing with the enrren', was enough to overcome a heart of sterner stuff than mine. We immediately aent our small boat to stva those in the river from drowning, and backed the Odd Fellow to the wieek to a.ive the remainder if the crew and passengers, togeth r with what freight etc. lh.it was left on her. Oh, such a scene lo sec mnny of the poor creatures burnt and scalded ao b.dly that it was impossible lo tell whethey they were human beings or not. Several were scidded ao badly thnt they were perfectly rw f.om head to foot, Six or seven weie instantly kill d, and the aame numb, r ao seriously injured th it I believe soma of them cannot possibly survive th' night. I have acted as suigeon, nurse and physician until within a few moments ago, when we succo.d. d in conveying them up to town, when I left Ihein in the care of a more ri,ciiciic d pr.ctiton r. list or sirrt.Hi.ns. D.owntd. Moses Kelhcrlon, Bargeman : Win, Johnson, deck hand ; Win. Bosworth, do. Dead J lui Laugdon, Firsmau; John (French boy) cabin-boy. ouaiff vijurca. jnmct owe.ny, .J liogi- neer; W. M. Oagby, 2 J Pilot; Luke McGuire, paanker. Injured ('apt J. C McGuire, Edward Ander a n, Mate ; E. K. Weaver, Steward ; Deck baud, (name unknown ) Erom the tf. Y, Sun. Extraordinary Case Of Abduction of White Girl from thit eilt, A very painful rumor has reached us in telution to the kidnapping of a iiue fifteen or twenty young white worn, n from this city, and of their capl v ty among their native chiefs on the alive eoisl of Africa. For the last two yeara several vessels h ivr left this poit whose appearance was anything lut mercantile, and geneiul rumor called them pirates, some came nearer the truth, end rightly called them slavers. It is said that one nf those veis.'ls attuned the character of a pirsenger packet, bound to New Orleana and II ivana, and the dipt tin, by the aid of a person well known in this city, went to the Pointa, and also to the other i iftvtrd di-triets of our city, and addrra-ing themselves to tho best look ing girls, tendered Ihem a fiee passage and even went ao far as to give them new dresses, tiinkels, &c. The poor gir!s were taken on bjard in the stream, in detachments, and every thing was g'ven them to render their position conifoitubli1, and com mitted lo the care of a mation, who assumed the character of the captain's wife. Thus freighted, the veaael left our watera and reached Havana in a few days. There the unauscting gtls were informed that they rould not then l.ind, becnuse the authori ties of tbe island had ordered the vessel to be quar antined at Mantanxis. In a few dsys she a.il.d ap parently bound for Mantjims, but in truth her sails were spread for the coast of Africa on a slaving expedition. The length of the voyage creited ome uneasiness, which, however, was q iieted by the good usage and continued frolic of the whole party. On their reaching the coast, preparati 11 a having been made for ibeir arrival, they were sent on shore, and, aa the painful rumor aaya, they were changed by these) abducto a with the chiefs, fir alavce, and one y vuug white woman was exclungi d for fifty piioie negroes. The whole paity waa thus instJH'ty aent into the interior of Afiiea as the slave of the chiefs, perhaps never lo bear from their own land again. 'I hia account is said to have reached this city by the rapture of one of the war parties, in which two of the white girls were, who were owned by the chief, and who gave a letter lo be aent lo the coast, aanatiug the manner of their abdu ition and captivity. Ws trust that this latter mey turn out a fabrication, because we would hope that the accursed love of gold has not driven any of ur Bailors to such an infamous and diabolical traffic as that of poor unfortunate women. At the lime these vessels were leaving, rumor of the kind waa afloat, but it was thought lather idle, and ws sinceieJy trust that this whole nutter way be only ot sf Madam Humor's brood. Marrlugckw A gontleman in Philadelphia, who, the Inquirer ays, is particularly fond of noticing the signs of the times, has discovered that there ia already an in eica in the list of marriages. This he cou-Uders a m cauvti uf j w4 crity. Sa da we anj at th same time recommend to the young bachelors of Baltimore who have been ao long wedded to poll, tica, lo look around them, an I see if thry cannot become, at leael weddod lo female socic'y. There is no knowing what may happen if they can see their way clear, and have good businras prospects, let Ihem strike at once. The Indies have been too much neglected of late ; while thn men hae hr-en attending polilcil moetinas, huxx.ing and throwing and throwing up Iheir hate, "all solitary ani a'one" have the gentler set pissed the evening hours, ('omc. gentlemen, th is will not dohruh up, and nt ike the m irrnwe department of our pnper worth reading, Bait. Ocean. THE AMERICAN. Saturday, Uttrwbtr 5, 1840. ltrmoeratie Candidate for Governor, lie 11. H.iVIW II. I'OKTint. The l'nsidi nt'is Llcrtion. EL.EC i'OKA!, VOTE.. H . V. B Coxsxcticct, 8 Ohio, y Misnivn, 10 Khoki l-i.iin, 4 Nw llr-Hiar, 7 N,.W JtUSIT, H New York, 4 (iKOSIIIl, I I Maivk, id prsxstltamii, .1(1 Msa'scHrsEr rs, 14 Imiiais, 9 Kkmti'ckt, t3 Mieiuiiss, 3 ViaiiiMii, 23 1)KLW4NK, 3 Vrbmujit, 7 Tmsi.sHii, 15 l.ui 1X111, 5 North ('auolika, Ij Ahkaxbas, 3 Mil Utikl, 4 Missiasirri, 4 !Siii-rii Caiioli5a, II Alabama, 7 Illinois, 5 U31 CO We refer our reuleis to an cieellent article on our first pnge entitled the " Conquest of Illinois which is paitof an addresa delivered by the Kev. J. M. Pick, originally published in ti e ' Louisville I. terjry News Letter. We have copied from Haz ard's Heg'sler, and should have prefjeel the article, by stating that Gen. George U.idgi ra Clark, who conducted the expi.lition, was one of the most dar ing and patriotic o filer ra nf Itir Kevolut on iry War, He was oiio of the early settlers of Kentucky, ond the fi si who planned and rxicutcd an expe dition to dislodge the British from theii military prists on th.? Western Waters. The Br.tish Gover nor, Henry Hamilton, then resided at Detroit, and had opened a market for the purchase of Ameiiean aealps, hence he was called by Clark, the Hair buyer General. The Coal Trad. The Coal Trade from this region, so far as shi. merits ate concerned, has nearly ceased. It was Ltn in the season whi n tbe operator commenced. The dcinmd loo, in the early pail of the sc .1011 was ve ry limited. For the last few months, h .wever, the operators found it impoasil le to fill the numerous otdere they received. From three lo four trains are dai'y carried over the road tj this place, averaging about 8'l tons perwek. 'I he Shamrk 11 coal, where it has been fuiily tested, has always been ea gerly sought afier. Being entirely fiee front slate and all other impuiities, it i easily igni ed, bums freely, and ia as easily managed as tl.e b.-st hicko y fire. The amount shipped from this place up the North and West branches, Harrisburg, Columbia, Havre de Giace, Jt., ia about 1A.0UU Ions. The Msuch Chunk Couiier givea the following as the icsull of the 1-high Coal Trade, for tl e last three yesrs u conipurcd with the presi nt vear: In 1-37, S3S:)7Tons. 183H, ... 214,211 18:19, - 2 i I, Hot) " 1810, to Nov. i8. . 22U title) The shipp.ng atavon is not yet ended. The ,hipiuei.ts f l the w,tk past au.ounled lo upwaids uf lfj.OUO tons. The amjuut of coal rhippeJ from the S huylkill Coal region, up to the 2d h ult., 433,000 tons. From tho La.ksWdtia region, 143 000 ton'. I. S. Srnators. The Hon. VV'm. R. Kine, of Alabama, was ic elected United States Senator for that state, The vote on joint ballot of the two houses was a party 0110, and sto d thus: Wm. R.Xing, Dem. 72 John Gavle. Wh a. 55 In the North Carolina Legislature, the Hon. Wil lie P. Mangum waa eleeteil for C years, and the II n. W. A. Graham for two years from the 4th of March next, to fill the unexpired terms if Mis-r Brown and fctiane, re-igned. A Hard Case to TUXTivroaa bbloxo thb sroii. We know of a kmi master in a neighboring coun ty, who faithfully p. iforina the duties of his ollice, by getting out of warm bed every nigh', several hours after midnight, at salary amounting to a bout forty dollars per annum, who, it is said, will tie removed from office, in order to rewaid one of the aucceaaful parly. Nolhii g ran be alleged against him, excepting that he cannot read or write. This olfaction, however, amounts lo nothing, as his faith ful apouse is always l hia side, retdy lo spell out the superscriptions uf the varioua parce's that p ihiough Li hand.. Thus clearfy proving that a lilth learning, if dangerous, is at least useful thing. This is but one of the numerous political reverses that await the followers of our worthy Pic si.len'. Oh, how wtetehed Is that poor man who h .ngs on prince' favors I The United State Gazette, in commenting on 'the measures of the next sdministrution," holds the following langu ige t The people demmd restoration of that state or tilings which they enjojed twelve year since, They have a Sub-treasury it increases their ilifTn cullies. i hey had tiet llnnks they promoted e- vils. The protective, tariff has lieen removed, and foreign debt Increases in amount. If the adrniniilialion of Gen. Harrison ia to re store things as thry stood twelve years a'nee, we shull expect, its a matter of course, a irpeal of the SulMieasury law, and a national bank substituted in its pbice. Whether that bank will be a rc-organi-x.tion of the present United St.tea Bank, under a new charter from the general government, or an en titely new and aeparate institution, the measure of the next administration will soon determine. The United State Bank in it pre nt crippled condi lion, I little liet cr ihnn a dead weight upon the community. If the friends of Gen. Hjirisoti have determined upon establishing another United Stales Bank, we trust it will m t be a new one, but a re sua citation nf the olj insti tition. By thia means we wi'Ul.l nt least rial ourselves of the presi nthank, and the whig parly effect their object without increasing the present enormous banking cnpil:d. In relation to a ni id. rate protective taiilT, we be lieve a large mjj iity of the people of the United Nia'cs would he in favor of such a measure. The Inr IT w e never regarded in the light of a party ques tion. The mechun'cs and m.nufaetuisrs of this c untry are of I o:h par ies, or rather, we should say, of nil partie, and are all equally inten sted in the encouragement and protect! n ol home indu-try. ron tub am ibica v. A COMMENT. In all nges since the daye of Homer, theie has liem a class among the literati, denominated critics. Some are wise, and their lucubrations have been hem fieial to the world ; others, making pretensions to hainii'g, by their sophisdy and preposterous a buse, have repressed the ardour of genius, and ban ished the highest order nf tulents to an unmerited cb curity. Too often either the tomahawk of un just erit'eixm haa immediately felled the writer; or sei tional feeling and pirty pnjudice have r.jected productions of unquestionable excellence. Milton's ' P.iradtce lut' was oltnot tot.d y unknown until the publication tf the Spectator. And now there are woiks unknown to the woild, which never had a fair trial at the tribunal of public taste. There is one which I will venture to draw fiom tho rubbish of by-gone agea, and preaenting it to the public eye, solicit attention to its unromm m beauties. It has been bi.cly banished from our li'imri.-s, and shame fu'ly neglected, perhaps at the instigation of a pre judiced ciitic, so that iis existence ia known but to a few, who hve by chance stumbled on it in their ant'quaiijn rcseaiches. The work to which I al lude, ia a poem. Il is the pr-duction of a mighty mind, which gathered up a, iu encrg'ea for the task. Such a condensation nf ideas, and at the aame time ao lucid, is unparal'cled ; for within the abort space of four linea he expresses a world of wisdom. But tie anth. r who, and where is he! Alas, the fate of ccniu ! He, like the inventor of that invaluable utensil the plough, is unknown. Peihaps, deciicd and pur.-ued by the "bloodhound of literature," 'yclept critics, he fled to his misera ble ah xle n a gvret, where he perished from want of lh t necessaries nf life. Il may be, like the dying swan, he enpircd in the composition of his swettest melody. But, kind render, it i aU-urd, like the Athenians who erected an altar to the unknown god, to vent your sympathy for a poet whose works you have never aeen, and of whom you have never heard. Therefore, I will now spread before you the epic in full : Peter said unto Paul, There is Tobacco for u- all. Paul ssid unto Peter, I am no Tobacco eater." In this elegant rlfusion, the sentiments are plain ly, grammatically, puritanically, and beau'ifully ex ptessed. 1'he medical harmony appeals delight fully to the ear, while an inuginary demand ia m ide for the exercise of tho olfactories themselves. The subject of the poem is that odoriferous weed railed Tobacco. It is unnecessary to enter npon an flaWite argument t-i prove the subj ct of the poem lo be one of taste. No one, p wsvssing the fue senses and a aounJ intellect, ran dispute the assumed position. At the same lime, the author desciibod a thrilling incident in the livea of Peter and Paul, Who this Peter and this Paul were, we are s. mew hat al a l"ss to specify. Though il is eerta:n, they rould not be the re-peetable woithies of eld, of the same name. For mankind, anterior to thn days of Christophi r Colum' us was ignorant of the del gh'ful accomplishment of tobacco chew ing. W of this civi ized and retried day, cannot but wonder how they who lived in the dark agea could possibly enjoy their existence, since they weie icnorant of ao many of the pleasures of taste. Cer tain it is, that the Peter and Paul here intended, flourished subsequent to H r Walter Haleigh, who first smoked a tobacco pipe in England. An an cient commentator makea the following sagacious remaik : "Peter appear lo have been a gentleman of liberal principles, as aie all whi key drinkers and tobacco slobberers." Carefully perusing tbe poem, we infer that there waa assembled a company ol boon companions. Doubt had arisen as to ihe quantity of weed on hand being sufficient to meet the demand. Peter, the elegant and liberal Peter, with his cheek distended by a quid of an ounce weight, and bis teeth and lips tinged by the yellow narcotic, casta glance of benignity over llu aur rounding gentlemen, an I then filing hia eje upon Paul, (who I think had just been introduced,) drawa forth piece of cavendish, or roll of plug, or ladira twist, and givea utterance to the second Ima of this aweel poem r "Truro ia Tobacco for u all." Ti ler appear to h' r uej the word "all" un der the impression that Paul, who I imagine was a stranger, had also attained the accomplishment. We can all Imagine the confusion of poor Paul, hen ho found himself In the mldrt of such elegant grntlem n, while he waa compelled to confess his ignoranre and stupidity. "Birds of a feather flock together," and doubtless the common Paul "took up Ihe line of march" fir s.M-iety of inferior attainment. I am aware that there are a number of persona in the community, who are behind the age. They have a fondness fr the gooJ, old, cleanly hab.ts, which were prevalent prior to the discovery of A mcrira. These people are alarmed at the improve ments and innovationa induced by the tapid ma ch of mind. These refinements of taste, they pro- nounco disgusting, and would if thry could, muster the nations of the earth, and lieat a retreat to origl nal birbarity. Such persons will say "that Peter was a filthy, a linking fellow, but Paul was a nice young man." They tell ua that the bca.-U of the field, aye, the swine of the mire would not touch the abominable stuff. But these antiquited folk do not rcmemlier that man ia the lord of creation; a highly intellectual, moral, and accountable being. It is but proper, that an intelligent free agent should a-sert his auperiority to the grovelling awine, by accusb m'ng his palate to an article which i so ex tremely offensive lo the inferior creature. By a parity of lens ming they might condemn Ihe good old fashioned mince pie. If you should place the "mince pie of twenty ingredients," swimming in brandy, btfore a po.ker, I doubt if he would cat. He might deign to place his nasal organ to it. But that is nil. He would turn away shaking hi twisted tuil, and give vent to his sentiments in a pe culiar grunt, as much ns to say, "this is the food of him who hath dominion over the fidi of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that inuve h upon the earth." But what does all this prove 1 only, that the hog i fool mough to obey the intliticts of hi nature, and that he never know when Christmas comes. No, Peter, thou wast a clever fedow. Thou hast numerous follow ers, who, despitu the upturned nose of the antique and faslidi us, move in society with distended diet k, yellow It, s and odoriferous habiliment-'. Tho ex pend. c, d, utitvcisally, will pronounce Pcti r to luve been a gel ileiimn of foiesiijht, who was anxious to make all the advancement po.-i.ible in the few days bllotti d lo man. He knew that tobacco chew nig was a stepping atone to the drinking of grog, a atdl higher and nobler accomplishment. Indeed, Pttirwasn whole touted fellow." He was cer tainly in a fair wuy to go the "entire animal." The elevated iudepi ndenee of this geiit'enun is truly admirable. He disrcgaided the senseless inlreaties of friends, and scorned lo ciinge to the ipxc dixit uf any one. He was aware that the fairer portion of ere iiion wtte aguinst him, but he knew tout they were also the softer portion. It Puer ivei perpe trated matrimony, he could never have len so iu consLteul, as to '-strain at a griat slid swi.l ox a saw-mill," by ami ying hia wife with his discover lies of slices, blcmuhcs, &c., in his food, '1'he fact that Paid was such a plain, common, cleanly youth, so ob-rquiou to he opinions of utlieia, forbids any exercise if fancy on his case. Though, il ia not impiobable, that he committed himself so far as to place hi name on a Temperance pb dge ; and per il ipsdiid an abolitionist, to the last affirming his ateady adherence lo wb it is called "the goo J old way. Tito author, in his incomp .r.ihle wotk, has setec tid ;wo characlci the very antipodes of each other. In the most expressive style he hi given u their sentiment in thtir i wn langusgo. From their ex prissioii we are enabled to fuim correct cstimatia uf their characters ; anj though the poem is biief, describing but a single incident, yet the event is so reinaikably striking, that wc are i.t but little lose to infer their after fortunes. The Peter of ibis day will doubtless admire tl.e noble independence ol' the accomplish. d biro of the poem. And there is a clas nf considerable repectubility, who will bestow due ti.coiinu ii 011 Paul. that third is some thing in the poem to please all parlies. It is to be hopid, that, thouith in a duiker age unjust criticism has consigned this excellent production to the h. ape of olIVa-1 li erature, the journals of K 11 rope, a well as of America, will now come forward and support it obvious merits. LO.N'Gl.NT'S. roil TBE AUCUICAV. Mr. Editor .- I observed an article in one of your la'e number signed L'picurut," which by ome ha been deemed inimical lo temperance reform. I do not. however, pretend to aay that auch we ihe writer' d. aign; nor that there waa any impropriety i l giv ing publicity to an article of that character. It can not be exfiected lh.it an object of auch deep and vi tal importance 10 the co nmuni'y us the r't forma tion of mankind from that great m nal pestilence. Intemperance, can be accomplished without much opposition. It is but right that such suljects should he thoroughly discussed and properly understood; and if Temperance Reform, as I sli.dl cuntend, is baaed upon correct principle, i's friend can have nothing 1 1 fear from the most thorough eiposuie of theoe principle. A a fiien.l to the great cause, I shall always most will ngly listen to any objections that may be urged against Temraiice IS cieties, or the great principle of Tempi ranee Reform, when discussed in a pr 'per lone and manner. Tie idea of dispensing with brandy in the article of mince p es, seems lo have weighed heavily upon the mind of Epicurus, hence the inuincrable diffi culties, specfes aid hobg blins that have been conjured up in hia terrific imagination. He evi dently set out with the position that go.nl mine piea cannot be made without the use of brandy, and that lo ilisjienae with it, we must of necen ty be deprived uf one of the greatest luxuries of the table. Upon thia sandy foundation he then pro ceed to build up hi list of grievance, and grivt y asks if mince pit can be made without brandy. Now, to prove the allirmative of thia qura:ion, ia, I presume, all lh it is necessary to overturn Ihe argu ments aa well as the sophistry of Epicurus , and as thia will probably be the ahorteal and most decisive way, 1 will proceed to snvti Kpirurua, by trtalmg that regular-built" mince pie have been made for many yeara past without the use of brandy, and that many epicure of the most exquisite and ic fined taste in the science of gastronomy, prefer them without il. To prove this fact more fully, I might refer lo several excellent treatise on the art of cookery. The ancients, who carried the culi nary art to a greater degree of perfection than has ever !een attained by modern epicures, knew n -thing of brandy, and, of course, never used thearti cto in the almost innumerable exquisite dishes, which were erved up ao sumptuously at the table of the great. Yet, according to our modern epi cures, we presume, they would be contidered a set of gormandizers, simply because their table were not graced with mince pier saturated with brandy. I might, if necessary, diate upon the evil tendency in using an article in any form, to the t .te of which, by friquenl use, we become ao ad iictcd that il oftentimes requires tho utmost efforts to abstain ffon ANTI-EPICURUS. . dJ" We copy thtf following excellent Vvnight from the United Sistea Gazette, which, the edito says, he haa translated from the French, - for th. bem fit of those who are ever sighing ,fier what they have not, and neglecting the means of happi ne-s which they possess." They contain mam useful lessons, from which almost every rcadn may uerive tome bem fit. cote:tmet. A there is no absolute point of happinras fo man, he can jodge of hnppine only by compari n' Those who hive an excis of what he mot desires, appears to him most h .ppy ; hut he is great ly deceived. One claf of men is just a happy, or if it will suit belter, just a unhappy as another, then i no difference. A man who ha no tvmpcrenci is sicker than the ick. A rich man who has m curb upon hi cupidity, i poorct than the poor. Add to all this relative happiness, w hich dazzlei us, and renders the psssion more craving. Alex under wished ano her world to conquer, and the Treasurer dcsiies a piece of goid ; and though thr pieces of go!d which he has should outnumber the sands of the sea, yet that piece of gold which th poor man d.-sires would not bo among them. On leaf of a rose folded in the couch of Smindcride, thr sjbarite, is more annoying to him lh tn a thorn U Epcctitus, or a burning coal lo Guatemoien Cneius si tiered perhap more privation than Tris tan l'llcrmi c. There is no:h ng so odious as envy, nnd nothinp o stupid, ' Who would not wish to be the ad mirat on of the wise, like Platol ' Yet I'liti d-irei not show himself in tho city ; the children ridiculei him in the street, bt c u.i he was too broad houl dered;and I am much deeeivid if we know thi philosopher hy any other name thin the nicknamr given him by the mob. Who w. u'd not wish to give laws lo a nalior like Lycurgu ! Yet Lycurgua was onr-eyed. in r country where corporeal beauty passed before ev ery thing else, and ho hung hia head upon hit breast that he m g'lt not he recogn zej. Who would not wish to take possession of tin new w uld deaired by Alexander, and to dispose o it like Fernan lo drt. z 1 Yet Fernand Cortez who conquered o many kingdoms, scarcely escjpei dying of hunger in the street. Who wou'd not be rich and happy like a King ? This Is a foolish expression of the vulgar; for, not lo go beyond the history of France, we will uppos, t is King Charlr VI, to whom they allowed 1 clean shirt once in three months. Would it b Charh VII, who could not obtain credit of a shot maker of Bourges, and who had to give up the boots which he h id upon his legs for want of money u pay for ihem ! Or should it I like Louis XI, who had new sleeves put to his ol I doublet, and who, as well as Gregory XIII, sent his three year old b eeches t j bt mended ! Or should it be like Chaile the VIII, who lefi tl.e piineip.il oncers of his in pawn, an.l Philip de Comminea with them, to a meichant of Lyons for mean to make a voyage to Naples, whose crown he was going t. unite with hi own f (I should lie curious to know what would U preached in thee! duys over Phillip de Corn mines.) Should il he like Hen-y IV, who wrote to Sully bef lie Amiena: " I desire lo inform you of the sit uation to which I am reduced. I am neat the ene my's line, with aearcely a horse upon which I ran ride, and no armor to put on my tuck ; my ehirfa are torn to rags, and my doubl.-t out at the t lb iw ; my camp kettle is half the time bottom upward; for the last two day I have taken my meal just where I could catch an invitntiun, and my purvey ors have no means of furnishing my table, a they have not recjived a dollar the- aix montha." Wou'd it le like Louis XIV himclf, who not uiifrrquenily culfo cd aevere hungor in his om cha teau of (St. Germain, audperh.p wouid have dieJ of hungei but f r tlw pious devotion of an id J do mestic t Do you believe th it these people have enJured misery with more painful impatience thin Diogcnc the cynic, ot Irua the beggar ! A a to the kings of genius, all history bear testi mony of Ihem It i Homer driven out fiuut Cumeslikua vagibond. It ia S ipboclea, ruoutej al in Athens iike an idiot It is "j'Bsao, fettered in a dungeon or langu :hing hoapiial. It U Rou ru.copv i g music 10 earn his bread. Alas! for grea'jiesa M J foi furluue alia 1 for glory. The happy man if uth. one is to be found. which, by th way, I do not venture to assert it the luan who take bfe a il goea, who doeo not ex po. 1 impossib. lilies, aud ia content with hi hu. lion. .St ccKss or Col. Moau'i Eirxoirioa. The HoU'ton Star contains the following ; We learn by letter frmu Austin, received by last night' mail, tint on ihe 2 1st ult., the troop under the command of Col. Moore rame in sight of a large Camanch emampment, on lha head water of the t'ooiado n
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