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From the Louisville Journal.
MELOHI A.
1 met onee, in my girii.-di hours,
A creoturo a ifl nnd warm
Her co'.la4 bonnet filled with fl iwcm
Hung svinang on her arm;
AND SIIAMOKIN JOUKNAL.
Absolute arquiescfiica in the decisions of the major! y, the vital principl of Republica, from which there I- no app, al tut to force, the vital p.imiple and immedia'e parent of dc.p .tism. JarrEntov.
lly .Hasscr & KIscIj.
Suiibury, Xortluimbciland Co. Ia. Snlurdaj, February 2T, IS-ll.
Tot. I o. XXIII.
Her voice was sweet a the voice of l ive,
An J her t- cth were a pure aa pc.irla,
While her fnrchca 1 lay like a Know wlii e dote
In a i - of nu'-brown curls j
She mi a thini? unknown to f imc
Mede.dia waa her strange sweet name.
I never iw an eye net bright
Anil yet so a ft an herV;
It sometimes swum in li(uid I'ghr,
Ami sometime swam in Irtu;
ltseemel a beauty set apjrt
For softness and for sighs.
But oh! MfLditt'b' m. lung hrart
Wan sof o: ihan tier i vr ;
For they were oi.1v formed to sproij
The softnea from h. r spirit shed.
I've gi7.M on many a brighter face,
But ne'er o.i oi.e for years,
Where beauty left so fi a trace
As it had lift on he's ;
Hut who cm paint ilvi ppo'l that wiro
A br .ghtness round the whole 1
'J' would take nn angel from hbovo
To paint tho immortal h ml
To trace the lisc'.t. th unborn grace,
The spirit sparkling o'er her face
Her bosom w t a soil rrtro it
For love, and love nlone,
And ycl her heart had never brat
To love's delicious tone;
It dwelt wi'hin thn c:rcle free
From lender th iug its like here,
Wailing the litilc drily
As the Id issoiii wait l!in breeze,
Ijefore it throws i's b avi s opart
AnJ trembles like llie lovi-louclicd heart.
She was a creature strange a fair,
First mounful and then wild.
Now laughing on the ctear bright air
As rmrry as n child.
Then melting down as soft ns even,
Iloni'rlh some new contiol.
She'd throw her li. tel ryes to Heaven,
And sing with all ber fou1,
In tones as rich as come young bird's,
Warl ling iSer own ile'igluful words.
jWelodia! oh how soft thy darts,
II aw uenlle and how sweet 1
Thy song eiickai.-eJ a th iu.and heirla
And drew them to thy feet ;
And as thy bright lips sang they caught
Ko be nit fill a iny,
That, as I K"zed. I aj.nsst thought
The spirit of the Iny
Had left while meliing on the air
Its sweet ixpiessiou puutcd t1i re.
tweel vision of that atarry even i
Thy virgin's I eaitty yet,
Next to the blessed hope of Heaven,
I in my pir is set ;
Ji in a smi'thing shriiiud apart
A light from memory hed.
To 'live until th s tender heri
I On wh'ch rl live it dead,
Remind ng me of brighter hours;;
Of summer eyes., and aum.nei flower.
Amllia,
Xcw l'4rk Tifly 1'cars a
The IJn. Philip Hone, a distinguish
d merchant of iev York, in :i recent
jcture before the iMcrcantilu Library
ssocialion, remarked:
It is amusing to look buck upon the
tate of the trade of A'ew York, and the
,'iodes of conducting business within a
n ief period of Jess than fifty years, and
ontrast them with the present coni'.i
ion of things. I have no ambition to
laim your respect or revcren.ca as a
age of antiquity. On tlio CopArary, I
ear I may have jivn yo'i occasion this
vening to remark that 1 am young
nough to learn a gret dgal? but njy
.onnectioa with b'jsinoss commenced
o early in t'.,at I can describe these
natters vith tojicrable accuracy, I
vps a lad the retail drygoods tUw
shop v-e called it then) of my Lrother
n Wiijiam street. Coods were impor
"i prineipally from London. The ships
louiy two or three in numUer) made
;vo voyages in a year; and when they
ii rived, and the pucka ss were opened
!n the warehouses of Messrs, Y udjin- j
Ion, Howlett &c Corp, or Douglass & I
Shaw, notix;e was sent to the shopkeep
ers, who went down to 1'earl street, and
each selecting the articles he wanted,
the whole importation was bought ut;
And a bill of live hundred doilns would
have brought down upon the purchaser
the jealousy of bis neighbors, and occa
sioned serious alarm to the importer.
It is a fact dillkult to realize, that at
the time! am speaking of, French dry.
roods were unknown in New York.
f distincly recollect tlie first jiackage
of French kid gloves, and for several
years after the jeace. English lute
LtriiiTa were the onlv silks in use. The
ladies w ill find it dillkult to imagine
such a state of destitution, and may, ur
haps, thank their stars that they were
not born in so dark an age.wlienlhc
possession f a silk gown was a luxury
.hat few arrived at, and its advent in tlie
imily au event of sullicitut importance
i be cronicled with the birth of a child,
r the setting out of husband on a
'.oyage to Albany. , u
Those were the days of frugality
and carefulness: and as we arc now in
a gossiping humor, I will relate an an
ccdotc to prove it. A relation of mine,
a merchant in the Dutch trade, w ho had
then been a resident of New York fif
teen or twenty years, had in his posses
sion a silk umbrella of uncommon large
proportions, which attracted the notice
of a friend in company, who said to him
in jest, "I should not be surprised to
hear that you had brought out that um
brella with you from Holland." "Yon
have guessed right," he replied, "I did
bring it when 1 came to this country,
and hrtve had it in constant uo ever
since ; but I sent it once during the lime
to Holland to be newly covered." Now
this gentleman was liberal and charita.
ble, but he took good care of hi u:ii
brelia, and died worth a million of dol
la rs.
In the days of which we have been
speaking, there was but one bank in the
city, the Bank of New York, in Pearl
street, then Hanover Square, of which
Mr. Win. JScton was cashier, and Mr,
Charles Wilkes was first teller. Those
were the blessed days of specie curren
cy; and if you will indulge me, and
laugh at me instead of frowning at me,
I will describe how pleasantly it work
ed. The few notes which were given
out by the merchants and fchop keepers,
(and the sequel will show how few they
most have been,) were collected of
course through the Lank. Midi ad
lioyle, the rnnner, (how delightfully do
his jocund laugh and pleasant counte
nance mix up wilh the recollections of
my earlier years !) called several days
before the time, w ith a notice that the
note would be due on such a day, and
payment expected three days thereaf
ter. When the day arrived, the same per
son called again with a canvass bag,
counted the money in half dollars, quar
ters, a ed sixpences, (ihose abominable
disturbers of the people's peace, bank
notes, were scarcely known in those
days.) carried it to the bank, and then
sallied out to another debtor; and so
all the notes were collected in this great
cwmnicrcial city, and in such a circum
scribed t-ircledid its operations revolve.
Well do I remember Michael 1'ovie,
running round from Peat! street to Mai
den Luiuj, Hroadway, and William
strcuit, (the business limits of which
district, hujtpily for him, did not extend
north of the present Fulton street,) pan
ting under thy load of a hag of silver,
a sort of locomotive sub-treasurer, or
the embodiment of a specie circular.
h I 1 k .
1 nt few persons arc aware of the
value of the importations of silk into
this country. The Journal of the Amc
;iean Society, s.tys that the importation
of siJ inU, the United Slates, during the
ytar ending yoth September, Ib'J'J, a
mounted to nearly twenty-three mil
lions of dollars. Compared with other
articles imported, that of silk is one
fourth nvre than tta amount of any
other. The amount of manufactures
of cotton imported w as 812,5'J2,:J'J7 ;
of iron, SI 2,051 ,073 i of doth and cas
simjeres, 87,078,y0ti; worsted stulTs,
7,025,fc!)R other manufactures of
wool, 3.57,IBI ; one half the total
value of silks and worsted stuffs, 1,1(5!)
012; total woolen goods, 81,N83,tl0.
The importations of sugar amounted to
!.921.G:J2; lijien, 8,7:M7a. S.itlnt
the importation of silk nearly equals
that of woolens and linen together, and
is equal to one-haifof the other fabrics
combined.
There is in Danvers, Mass., a manu
factory of carpeting, cslaLluhod tcrne
two years ago, which turns out annu
ally 70,000 yards of this article. It
consumes (SOit'KiO pound of weol, 800
gallons of ohvc oil. 20,000 pounds ol
worsted yarn, besides large quantities
tiyc slutls.
Dm ability or Leather. Visitors
to the Hospital of S'.. Cross, near Win
chester, are miowii in the hall two lea
ther stoups, or black jacks, fur sale,
which are, upon pretty good authority,
stated to be tlnx'e hundred years old.
lVvMps a nKfe striking proof could
hardly be advanced that there really U
for durability, "nothing like leather."
JXTEHF.STING TO IiLACKSMITIifi. A
Iilacksmith of Millan has disco vr-rcd
that.bv susriending a length oft-hain to
biie ofthe corners of the anvil liy means
of a ring, tho noise of the hammer niay
be almost entirely deadened.
Ilapld Growth or Swliic-OI-i?iod:
ol rccctlitg.
We give the system of feeding swine
as practised with success by one who
has much experience, has made many
experiments, and is among the most in
telligcnt on this subject. We do not
suppose that this mode of feeding is
well suited to the farmer, who can feed
with less expense on apples, pumpkins,
and a larger proportion of roots, but it
shows a method of using grain to ad
vantage, which will be interesting to
every one.
As to the growth in this case, it was
not ascertained with precision, except
ing in one instance. A pig was weigh
ed at 85 lbs., and in four and a half
days he was weighed again on the same
balance, and in the samo state as to
fulness, and his weight was US lbs. It
was supposed that other pigs in the
herd gained as much, if not more than
this one, which was the subject of par
ticular experiment.
There were CO pigs in the herd, all
in a thriving condition, and weighing
on an average about "5 lbs. each, The)'
were fed twice a day on scalded corn
meal, with a little raw corn thrown to
them at each time. Iioiling water was
fioured upon the meal, and thoroughly
mixed to scald it ; this cooked jt in some
measure, and in a short time cold water
was added, so as to make it sullicieutly
cool, and in this way three pecks of
meal made about a barrel of food.
About half a bushel of raw sugar
beets was given tlifec times a day.
With the meal was a small quantity of
salt fish which was put into the water as
it was heating. This was for season
ing. Deevcs' liver were also given.
This lot of pigs usually cat about the
following quantities per day ; 1 1-2 bu
shels meal; 5 to 8 lbs, oi cheap salt
fish ; 1 1-2 bushejs beets, and 25 livers.
The above food would be verv cheap,
excepting the livers, the price of which
we do not know, and in making excel
lent pork we should choose to dispense
with them. The hog is doubtless par-,
tiah'y carni vermis, and will thrive bet
ter for having some animal food, but it
does not produce pork so jialalabio as
that made from vegetable lood,
1 1-2 bushels meal, 73 cts. SI ,05
Salt fish, old and cheap, 10
1 1-2 bushels sugar beets, 25
81,10
This is two cents a day for each pig,
besides the liver. Yankee Farmer.
I.lme your Orc hard,
The effect of lime cm grounds in
which fruit trees are planted, is stated
to ue very neneiiaai ; it improves tneir
health and promotes their growth, and
is said to improve the quality of the
i - a TL. 1 . I S
iru.i. i ne loon or pasiute oi me wees
in iniimnEn. 1 1 nnanlilv nnn i mi r .rri von '
in ((tjality by the application, and it is
doubtless an important agent in de
stroying the grubs and worms which
are so destructive to fruit trees, by the
wound which they inflict, as well on the
tender absorbent fibres of the roots, as
on tho branches and trunk.
CixjfAstos. Cinnamon is tlie inner
lie ii i i .
narh oi a Rinan laurei tree, growing in
ll.Sh l.'flC-l l.wliO fll 1.0.-L' t.-ltill-t 11 (U
in v. j.niiv.?, ii. v ..u. n, ....i ... i ri. a n.)t ut.tter-t ino. tsinith cnrr.ej Ins g ammer
trees, is first freed from its external , ht hfai)f ,,, ,n.,irg , ml,in ,i:zi!l8 ,be:
greenish cast; it is then cut lengthwise, t,,ntr(.Cl.f . ,!:J .hfn 011c(. Le k3i ioa!n,j ,Uir
str.pid from the trees and dried in I lllf.aiii nn;I fUueXx,t ,ie iaet . MI iy fl)f6e, it.
send, wlicre it becomes ol a reddisljRl i.;.rb,, ,h ., demunata.
yellow color, and curls up into quills or
A New Tomato. The botanist of
tha Exploring iSfjuadson iliscajveied at
the Tijis a new species of the Tomato,
lis flavor is said to be much superior to
that growing here, being very palata
ble when cattail raw. and it promises to
become a valuable addition lo our list
of vegetables. Jt will be introduced
here,
Wandrifnl Kticovevy,
Mr. Ircnt i fcibi-rt, ot.e of the firm of I.. if CI. W.
SiUerl, I. on Masters, in this e'.unty, has lately dis
cover.d a Meuutain of Iron On, near tho works
owned by the fi ra. The ive c.ivera the inonntain
for arverai rulei, projecting on every aide like huge
racks pu'Ung forth from the body of the i-arth, and,
upon actual experiment, prove te be very valuable,
yielding 70 per cent, after being fuwd. The Moun
tain alluded to has gane ic-elofire by the name of
Pad ly Mountain. 4c learned the above particu
lar from a gentlernsn of undoubted veracity and
srar relative of the foitunate disfoveier. It ia our
impretsion that not only lit I mountain, hut all the
muunlains of the Valley are full of iion ore or c,.nj
Yr jo'u-e with the discoverer sforenierilianrd at the
advsutsges sexuidd to him by so noble a dl rovery
s that he L msJe W'oo4s:w kf Va. Sentinel.
A Scotch Ion .Tumi.
FniTB Wivm MfiiriKio.ii A Srrivrt Mo
Tiir.a ATt7tn urn ow Ciotn, Ac. Never, prr.
tint s, tince tlio lime of Lord Dyron, Irts n li.insomcr
fucc Ircen seen lli:iu that r f ir (i, WnUrfort. Hi
full thik ryes, liil' niKiiihivo forel,ci ', ami his
rrn.il! nuj gnilleaianly hanJ, tlisiinKui.lii J liim a
inoi;g ull t!.e l.iJiis of this part of the cum.try. N
th ng wiis so dangerous to tin ir p-'neo i f rmnJ at
Ms cnnvt rsaiiun, mid nothing so sei'u live nj l.ta
litilc (1 tlrrirs. In short, ho turned nil tlirir heads.
Hut Sit Cliarlrs hid a ruinous i-p, which I lighlrd
every thing, lie was g.imhVr. He hid rsjious'id
rich and nolile Indies, whoso dairies should luva
made him a rich mm; for he had fuijr ivcs, wh
weic nil dea I, and felq.t foipicr in tin same londi.
To day Sir Charles Waterfort appeared b Tiro a
ju y, in company with a Dr. ltl.it k, chargej will
having attempted the diath of his wife, I.aJy
Uetry Rip, by starvation. At the c immenccmcnt
(f tlie present year this l.idy, mnlr.iry to lha i-!.es
of hi r family, married Sir Chailes, aheady four times
widower. She hud lurg l ived him, and it was in
vain that her family remonhlrntej with her a'-.d
poinlid out the mvMciioLS fate cf the four diccaacd
nives. The moniagi; nai rchbiutid nnl I.idy
Detsey in due time- presented the worthy B ironol
with an heir to his title. Her I idyship otic day
reeling tlighily iiiditprscd, Dr. Clack wascalhd in.
Hp felt the puhe ol li s patient, examined ber tong ie,
ond pn scribed a diet, Tlio ditt was continued,
and the unfortunate l.idy was almost mad. r'.':lir
ing but liijuids was alk.yyd he; not a particlu of
In ad mu-l enter her lip.
In a fit uf del rium hi n.atchej up . i infan',
and stetind in the vtry act of devouring :'. ' reiis
fy the cr.nir of n.itu'e, when 'ho p'eroii:; i ri s of
the child brought llii) fa her into lha Mom, who
couIJ not tear the tin uyht of lo.ir.g the child, al
though he had planed the dihtructi in of the mothi r.
To mve the ch IJ he ofdtrcd fond lobe given t
the parent, and thus to a sort of paternal instinct,
ng.iiiiM which the hardened heart of Sir Charles
i as not quite proof, her ladyship oped her preser
vation. Sir Charles Watrtf.irt was fmther charged with
havii g, by the assista ico of l'r. Lil it k, ciukcJ the
death of his four fi st wive.i by ti e s uns means, i i
order to gi-t their foilunes, fir tlio purptpto of liqui
dating the dt-Us nLtcti hi gambl.ng projieus t es
were continun ly incurring. 'J'ho noble prosecutrix
timply s'ated the fact that she huJ been s a v,d, as
above stated, l ut tniJ she hud nothing more to s.iy
agninvt the prisoner. 1'vvciitv-one Witnesses were
examined in pioof cf the facts of the cae, consist
ii.g ol lhc si rvants and tenantry of the accused 13 iro
nel. Hull prisiiners were f ,mi I guilty, and C!lUnc
ed to twenty jests trjn-p.iit.itinn.
A II 11 ml tioy in College.
The l ist i.nnii il report of (iiu .M ichuett A
yluui f r tlio Uliud, at lioslon, bus tho fulioing
notice of a pi.pi' who his cuteicd Harvard L'nivcr
sity at Ciiii.br.dgi:
One of the pupils, Joseph It, S i.ith, blii.d fro 11
hia ciadel, wa piesen'eJ list Com:ii"iiremcnt for
ajiius i n al aiiihrjde I niveibiy, (iafstil a situ-
f..U;rv ,.a,iaii1, and has thus far uiuii.Une.l a
j rI,ct.,u;,ie rank in lil class. U li.m no favor
! k!u)Wll ,u, ,,iU1 ...X0UB,j fioa nd stuJos
I
. 0 ai.,.i)111. f ,,u Hin.hu.it bat is able to gr.ij pie
with ai.d nnsl-'r ull ofthrin. He is !ikr isc orgi
tiUt nl the rhap'd. Ilii is 17; nr J, a v. jtlnutt
any extisordinnry natural abil ty, hn I. as b.tn rna
Ued Ii neqtiirc the attainment-! jirce-si'V f.-r tri ii
irg College, and in aeq-iaintanir wit'; in.v y c I'l.it
enl suVjecM Lffii'i!!, his ea-e m iv sevn n an en-
c iur gement 10 ony oung l linJ era ni wh ) may
desire to eu'tiv.ite their intellect.
He gets h:s !e.or;s by help of his chum, who
reai! them over to linn canluliy, ari l eeKs out in
,ho LvXICJ,m ,i, meaning of these words which he
I . ....
j .",,'., uJ e,;J fitr. hUeye Kpm l!ic n ; or-
ICI IU l'li'.'Ui r ill . ' " a
lore hit mind's eve, atil ly s rng cd' rt f)xe it
tbe.uijn il the ilern"iistra'i m i pctfee'ly ci 'ar.
J'hcte are 6? bjmd persrs in th." asvlum, of
wlmm 3? are born fi -inries of M a-s .chuicf.',
Woii i s. I" u cis I- of I'.aiue was ihe flit mat..
S'ch who introduced !ad;es at hia cau t. He said
in a stylo of true gallantly, that a dr.wn g-room
wi hout ladiis ss I ke the year wuhuut piinj ; or
rathei hko the p.'Jg wabuui fla.virs.
At i.o t.i.13 f life ah iutd a man give tip tb u' g'a
oftrijoying th" society of wotneo, 'ln youth,''
says loi.d Bac.ui, '.women are our mis'-rcss-, at
a lipej gt our coiiipanioiie, in o J age ou. ij..i s,
and jy lil sg.eour 'i .jn Jo.M
Punteuclle Ufii'g on day kcd by a loid in
waiting, at Versailles who! waa uVa d.Uerenc.i le-
a clock and a woman, i.itl intly r-pli. d " clock
serves to mMiii out the hours, and a woman to
nuke us fnrgtl theu ,"
Mel.Eoo We have ronvaised with a gentleman
from the region of I.ockport w ho u well erej in
the Caroline mlter-oie ho was in Canuda the
dsy aftrr the murder of Purfee and knows who
boasted of having lieen engaged in that affiir whi
stitislhal the conviction of Mcl.eod ia certain if
unimpeachable testimony against him b ny ,nr
fluencs with the jury. it . Republican.
The F.TjilorlnR Expedition.
Mctmni orTwn oftiik t-rictR nr Ciirints.
I.c Iteri sti.l pipers from the Sandwich I-lands to
the 24lh Oetnber have been received al New Yoik.
The I.ipl ring Uxpediti in had arrived there.
Tho p.iperj contain the partleuhiM f the murder
on the 21 h of July last of l.ieut. J. A. Underwood,
and Midshipman Wi'k'a Henry, a nephew of Cap
tain Wilkes, in tlie most treacherous manner, by tho
nnlivesof Malolo, one of the F j.i a, )UP- The.o
unfortunate officers h.ivjng g'ne ashore with but
few men, were attacked and killel abno.l itit-tantly,
t.u; nrt until they had shot four af their assailants,
who wire the very men that but o few nrnulcs be
Cue they had employed in tra king b ata over the
reef. 'J'ho tnen with thcin te e wounded, but cs
cap d.
Tbi Squadron's boa's bilng near, immediately
puilod in a:id eomtn need a we I directed fi e upm
the sivagcs, under cover of which, l.ieut. Al-'""
landed and bro.iglr. njT the bodies, whlcli were en
tirely stripped. Hid not tho natives been fully oc
cupied in cairying off their own deal, the bidies
would have I ecu taken away ond devoured. Cup-,
V. immediately mado piajiaialions for attneking
thir -own and fort, which the aivages consiJe c I
impregn ibb1. The seamen were landed and afire
wai opened up n it, but without much efTe. t, until
a rocket, or' flinj spirit," as thiy cilled it, set fire
to ihoir town, and created great consternat'on. It
a fimlly carried by sfsmlt. Tho natives f. uht
well, and even st m.l a chnrgo of biyonet, but were
finally beaten nt i ll points. Seventy or more were
l.i'led, tho firt end to.vn burnt, their lat.tations de
strove 1, and the island laid atc. Thca islau'cr
have alwavs been nn'c.l for their ferocity and ticai h
c ry, ind cauniba'iim, charac!critics wbicU it tcemi
they fully retain.
A lettrr to the Xcw York Commotc:aJ sayt:--"Lieut.
Uiiderwo.id and W'ilkea IJcnry were killed
ns they were endeavoring to secure the retreat of
the nun, in which ihey succeeded, but at the cost
of their own lives. They were buried una small
uninhabited islm l of Underwood's Gioup, wbjcb
wai named Henry 'a island, in memory of that g .I
lant and il!-f tied yi ung officer. Tho whole island,
on which ihe ms-acrc t iok place, was severely pun-
iahud two ds a afterwards when tlie brig and fc.'ioo
nei arrived. Nothing wss sparr d but the women
and c'liUhrn, and the', I am sor.y to say, ate by
this time slaves to some chief of the neighboring
group."
The letters state the iquandron wou'd not return
before 1P41.
A chief was captured and tiken on boird the Vin
eenncs, who seven years rincc killed ten of the crew
of an American vessel.
Tl.o I'orp ise visi:cd one of the I.ejec I !aiid to
pnvect or tuke away, as occasion might require, a
fa.fu.ily of Weslevan misi inaries settled there, whose
lives were supposed lo l endangered by the siva
gcs. Hut they preferred remiiuit g, having bc?n
promiacd pro'.eclion by the old king.
The Mint ami Its nrnticliss.
On Mondiy the President cf the United S sti s
Iratsi.i'ted t Congress a report of the operations
of the Mint for IS 40. fictu which it appears that
th-re weio coined at P; il.id. l,ihia, ?i,';GJ,CG7 at
New Orleans fOl.VG.lO, at Charlotte, JIST.CSS
a: D h! .i o,ji i:)3 310, t jt.il J3, 120,032- The
num'e r o'" jii cea c .in d at ! hil ;.!e!phi i wai 7,053,
071, ot New Oile.m :t,l lG.9i)0, at Charlotte, 31,
e2S, at Dahloneg a 2G.82I, total num'.ier ofpi.ee.,
1O,0jS,62O. 'J'ho d 'poailcsin go'd i i I'hil id. l,i!n i,
dur.ng th.' ye.r. we c f I,3i)l,!)U3, of which f 17C.
7C6 were derived from mill-sin the UniU'd ?5 a;e.
It is'utcd io the Mcsige that oppl.cati ns Live
bc-n f-cq'i-'iil'y in -da at the lli it for copies of in.
da! v ted at ditT r 'lit times by Cotisres tj o.Ti era
who have di-linguUhed tlie sue Ives it) the war of
tlie IScvolalion, and in the late war, the dies of
which ate there dep iri cd ; and it is suggested by
tho President ih-U authority s iall be giyen lo the
Saperii)teiiJcul oftha A', .nt to bliuc off C- ies of
t!i, s in, dais in 1 roi re, or other metal, to supply the
p. rs tu iii .kiu 4 app le iliona for th:oi, at a d't-l not
to exceed the ueiual upeiifC of t-trikiuj then off
'i'ius au hority will ur.doui ledly Id granted.
ra:lud. UaiuLrd.
M. Sju'O i, thn j yblic t xccutioio'r, di d recently
.. ..r. . I' ll
in I am. 11 was tin iair. in icjjio liii.i i. iuk
XVI. an I 'ay U' head on the gjillo ine. ljo w.is
the th id of the same lia i.o who has filled the tame
fu'Ctiom. lie was a 1114)1) of son)' property, well
informed, fond of the aft, and passed the most pf
his loi uie time at tbepin.o.
Gigb. Tho gmtfcr plant is a nativa of the
Eistlndien, and rises in round sta'ks about four fett
Li ili; it with"rs about ihe c.o of tho yea ; and the
. . .,11. . . 1 .1-,,
00 s, wu cn are lue oniy vaiuano v
dus up, acapeJ and dried with treat care, sud pk
td i:i bajs for eport.uon. It is rased iu the West
tod.ra.
Kw rui'.-A Va masvii ru wiiuur
in the valley of the MisUippi by aelliug putely
v jdabU pills for tlie cure of fcer and ague and
other diseases. The piH a.e J'cai aoakoJ ia a ao-
lutjou oi liquorice I
- 0 the country," says an ni,lih editor, it is
coiuidered the hrigtt 0 forty for a man toet drunk
and U acroae railroad with the idt uf obuiniug
rcpsae." Tbaieopinian cUwna to eoitairable
extent in Amri;-a.
AN IMIimXT,
A very bsaut ful young Udy on tho Point, nul
lor.g sinrp. signed her name lo atcmpcrnnca pledge,
one article of which prnliiliited her receiving thn
tifft-etiunnlt attention of any young gntleman whq
was in any way given I o intemperance. It happen
ed that the tender hear;ed damsel had, al lha very
timo she put her nam? to the paper, a beau wilt)
whom she was well pleased, but who, unfortunate
ly, (according to rep rt) took occasionally "a feet e
too much." The maiden was therefore under the
painful nece-sity of addressing her "fondly lovcrj
onu"a pol.te note, stating her situation, the riatura
oftha pledge she hid tako i, and the impassibility
of her ever after receiving his attent'or) as a lover,
"I love you as pur.ly astveV'wasihe lamuage cf
the note, but my word has g me forth, and honor
bids me respond to your k cd icsio.dy in thelijhtof
a friend." The young man f aund himself cimi
ple'ly subdued- The words ' I love you as pme'y
as ever,' were teo pqtelit. Determined not to forfeit
such devoted uffection, he apujbt th earliest oppor
tunity to become a temprrnnco advocate himaclf,
signed thn pledge and is now a member of the Wash
ing'on Tcmperapce Sooictv. Young love's c'rearu
witli thtm ha aheady bngh etjcj into eng igement,
and is, wo undeistand .shortly to be consumated in
mstrimony. Powerful i.4 beautiful M thy inflaence(
oh woman I
Bzploslon of an Infernal Maehlae.n
Sum: lin e las' suovner, a common soap box, di
rected to ' Peter Weed, V,l'es Dirkte, cart of Mrt
Kr.tscy, Birm:nnm " Oakland County, was Joft,
by some unknown pt rs n, at llu E g'e Tavern, it
this city. It hits remained unrlaiuicd, and almc3t
unno iced, ia the bazgage room evtr since. Oft
Saturday niuht, ho.vevei, Mr. 1,-iwson, the keeper
of the la itel, having occasion to be in the bsggsjo
room, tossed the box ovi r wish his foot, wIkb an
explosion ensued, win h knocked t ie aiding off
the room tore away tlio partitions broke in lha
siahesof tix or eight windows torp up tha 3or
several of the jo a s and sev. rely injured Mr. J..
particu'arly in hit hands, from which he will loe.
one or two of hia fingers.
An examination of the fragmnts, re-ul;ei in tha
di'covety of what bad cons;itutc J a very strong o ik:
en box, capable of boi ling two or three piunJ cf
powder, which had been f islcntd wgcther with twq
strong irot) lands. Attached to this box was a
steel spring, to which oppeured lohavo been aUach
id a etnall hammer, which was doubtless construct,
ed to stiike upon a pcrcuion cap, the explosion of
which would communicate with the oaken deposit
of powder j tho whole doubtless designed to Cf;
(lode upon tha opsuin cf the box which encnit
cd i'.
The explosion waa ai destructive as would bays
been the explosion of a ke .of powder. Jt a a uiirar
clo th it Mr. L. was not killed upon the sport. Moa
sures will d ubllets be nt once lkcii t ) solve the
mystery which no.v attaches to the affiir j and if
murder vva desi jucd, 1 1 br in j Iho wretches to pull;
i.h:ncat. l)ctro'.t Advocate.
.iiisitcrxiiT, How to manage crying chij.
drcn lat t'oe'ii cry.
How lo uian.i e a scolding wifo lick ber.
Jiow to ovoid ilotnest c troubles never mirry.
How 10 aive being dnnn d never run iu debt.
To prevent cel. in; h p.ped don't fight.
To s'.aud high with tho ladies never visit thcrn.
When you liacl, don't carry much money if
looks ostenia'iou.
Never write a note to a young lady yoy might
commit yourself.
Never visit a-bool girls it destroys the ohjeat Oef
their goin; to school.
When you go gunning, elways load befare
shoot you are ten limes as apt to kill.
Always visit upon a general invitation it givca
the one inviting an p,rceah!e urpiise.
If you are a man, i.ver go out vkithout f rf letr
tir.g your anxious nio her know it.
Cir-aaTti. An elderly gentleman traveling it) a
stagecoach, wn amused by the enntant flrecar
words kept up by two ladies.. One of them at iiU
ki idlf eajquircd, if their confirmation did sot make
his head a he when h ans.vcred with a C'eat ie;.
of nah ete, 'No madam, I have been tnsnritd feei;
ty-'$ht years'
Hint's A Cancx The foUowiag advertise
tarnt under the bead gf W Ja Wai.txd, if ia thji
Dittswile (Ark ) New:
'Any gl wtai't got a bed, Caiicj itet; Cuffa
pat mi I skiddt, knows Lo to make a bu.ulin' slrt
and kuowiiiow to tike p ieof ihildera,caob4TW
services till death parts holb on us."
There is a great deal of point in Deanjj
liiua on the ileatb of a child t
'.' Pasier regrets that G.id baa girao,
To bis poor child a lift. so short 1
Cons d.r, Peter, he's in Heaven
'I la wull la h&vaJ fiiend at court.
Contrast thai with Coleridge's beaut.ful iry4
on lha death S an infant, and you have a ky 4$
the dilTeient characters of the m.0 :
"Ere sin could blight or sorrow tale,
leu! cime. wiib friendly ex-,
T4 opuur.g bud to Heaven eonve'
And bad it tloMom the."