TERMS OF THE "AMERICAN."
HENRY B. MA8SER,
JOSEPH EI3ELY.
PcniltKtlH ABO
PnormttTom,
It. It. JUJISSEH, Editor. , T
orrict in xirket stnttT, mar tun.
THE AMERICAN" in published every Satur
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lo subscriptions received for a leaa period than
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nuet be POST PAID.
From the If. Y. Zion'i Watchman.
M O II Jl O I S M .
Mormon Una Exposed and Refuted.
Messrs. Piercy and Heed, No. 7 The
.tre Alley, have just issued from the
ress on 18 mo. volume of about 54 pa
es, with this title. It is for sale at the
ook stores, and may be had at this
Ifice, at S8 per hundred, and twelve
nd a half cents single.
This book comprizes the articles
hich have appeared in the Watchman
i this subject within a few weeks past,
mong other testimonies to the necces
y of something of this kind, wc give
e following. Dr. II. Cowdry, in a
ter to the editor, dated Acton, Mass.,
arch 8, 1838, says :
"You have done the church and the
srld a good service in your delinea
n of Mormonism, of more value than
y I have ever seen."
From the Maine W. Journal.
M o r in o n I s ui .
I have been much pleased, Mr. Edi
, with a number of articles published
Zion's Watchman, showing in a
'.)ng light the gross absurdities and
(Tably contemptible pretensions of
rmonism. I conceive Mr. Suther
d has rendered an essential service
Jic cause of truth and righteousness,
nust have been to him a thankless
1 wearisome task ; but having seen
book of Mormon, I am prepared to
, he has performed it faithfully. You
e published one or two of the num
s in the Journal. It would please
if the whole review could be spread
j re our people through the same me
ti. The Mormons have entered this
te, and in some instances made con
's to their impious assumptions.
y deserve rebuke and the effort of
S. in giving it, though ungrateful
limself, will, I am persuaded, be of
.tantial benefit to the public. It
I trust it will, be instrumental in
iverting some from theerror of their
s in saving souls from death, and
;ring a multitude of sins."
ingor, March, 1838. J. D. II.
'e are aware that some of our rea
may have thought we were devo
more attention to this subject than
ally deserved. Rut we are confi-
. they Would not have thought SO
u hey known as much of the mischief
c hthis barefaced delusion is doing
m anv parts oi our countrv, as
IlUS I
j to our knowledcre.
It people, every wncre, Knew wnai
ormonism is, incj wou.u Manu in in-
UJ"U U1 .v.j.
vocates. Uut before those who
uld do so, have an opportunity or the
ans of demonstrating its falsity, in
y place, where one of its pretended
:phcts and miracle works has made
onset upon the people, numbers of
:11 meaning persons may be caught
the snare, and then every effort to
:laim them is denounced as persccu
n.
Itcad the lollowmg letters. It is a
ct, that the Mr. Pratt referred to be
0iir. l rati reierred to ue
we learn, baptized quite a
ndiyiduals in this city, the
w, has, as
imber of ind
si wimcr, anu nc is still practising his
a II .Ml a.' a
i in oi ncr places, we are loiu.
11 Will UC seen that tllC lollOWing ICl-
r is from a man who was himself a
ll.
OrmonitC, and a "hlSll priCSl among
. ... . ... I
cm, and was Joseph Smith, Jr's. pri
tie secretary.
Kirtland, Ohio, March (J, 183S.
o tub Editor or Zion's Watchman :
Dear Sir, I learn from your valua
e and highly interesting periodical,
hich has casually fallen into my hands,
at vou are lavins before thc public a
ief and (I believe thus far) a correct
r-tAKir sf t l-i a r rirmrtn r 1 . 1 1 K wills'!. 1
r..;r. r,.. .k
iblic that they are justly entitled to, as
e abominations, evil designs, and prac-1
ces of their leaders need only to be
nown arid investigated, to explode their
3cp rooted system of heresy, whose
ible shades are hovering around the
iental horizon of thousands, and is cal-
dated to impair in thc minds of the
redulous and unsuspecting, the lair
. s .
rm of virtue and religion.
If lean render you any assistance in
awarding this laudable enterprize, by
ivino- vou a statement of facts that
rm of virtue and religion.
ave fallen under my own observation,
Shall consider that 1 am discharging a mate acquaintance OI JOS. Dlllim jr. notuing mote nor less man carrying inweneci incorporBt,j , corps of reserve, liable to be cal
Uty that I owe to God and my fellow and Sidney Kigdon, the modern proph- Smith and Rigdon'. las revelation that they had i,lt0.cviv. wrvke; by thia means tha nation
reatures. 1 understand that 1. I.
ratt. one ol the twelve modern apos-
... .
'es. an intimate acquaintance of mine,
-.
i HOW holding forth in your city 5 and
have thought that a letter written by
limself, to Joseph Smith, Jr., Containing
statement of facts in relation to the
onduct of said Smith, un4 b Kigdon,
. t
Abaolute acquleaecr.ee in the declaiona of the
By Itlnsscr & Elscly.
might be of service to the lovers of
truth; especially to the inhabitants of
your city. I he following is a true co
py of the original : W. Pabrish.
"Kirtland, May 23, 1837.
"Pres. J. Smith, Jr.
"Dear Brother, As it is difficult to
obtain a personal interview with you at
all times, by reason of the multitude of
business in which you are engaged, you
will excuse my saying in writing what
I would otherwise say by word of
mouth.
"Ilavinc long pondered the path in
which we as a people, have been led in
regard to our temporal management, I
have at length become fully convinced
that the whole scheme of speculation in
winch we have been engaged, is of the
devil. I allude to the covetous, extra
ordinary speculating spirit which has
reigned in this place for the last season :
which has given rise to lying, deceiving,
and taking advantage of one's neighbor,
and in short, every evil work.
"And being as fully convinced that
you, ana I'resident Kigdon, both by
a a I
precept and example, have been the
principal means in icauing mis people
astray, in these particulars, and having
myscit been led astray, and caught m
me same snare by your example, and
b' false prophesying and preachins,
from your mouths, yea, having done
many things wrong, and plunged my-
self and family, and others, well nish
into destruction; I have awoke to an
awful sense of my situation, and now
resolve to retrace my steps, and cet out
of the snare, and make restitution as
lar as I can.
"And now, dear brother, if vou arc
still determined to pursue this wicked
course, until yourself and the Church
shall sink down to hell, I beseech vou
at least to have mercy on me and my
... i
iamuy, ana oincrs wno are bound wun
me for those three lots which vou sold
to me at the extortionary price of 82000,
which never cost you 8100. For if it
stands acainst me it will ruin me and
my helpless family, as well as those
bound with me : for veslerdav president
Kisdon came to me and intormed me.
that you had drawn the money from the
bank, on the obligations which vou
hoM inst mC) affd that had -,eft
-t tQ t, mCf , of lhe h and couU
not hc, whafever course thev mi ,lt
4 n 1- haIU- 4 a a ni...!t l.,.in .l !n Ka I
most sacred promises on your part, that
, shou,d nQt b(J jnju red b Uiose wrU
t nfrcril him the ihrPft lot fr.r
tne writinrs. but he wanted my house
and home also.
Now, dear brother, w ill vou take
those lots and cive me up the writings,
and pay me the 875 which I paid you
on the same ? Or will you take the ad-
vantage of your neighbor because he is
in your power If you will receive this
mlmnnilinn of nrw hr lrvn vnnr enul
. . . ' l
tution. vou have mv fellowship and es-
teemf as far as jt rcsr,ects our dealings
between ourselves.
iut if , , smube under thc pa;n.
fu, neccssitv of preferrinc charges a-
gainst vou for extortion, covetousncss,
, 4oi.- .,l.ni., ,,r Ir..il..
UIJU lllMlljl UMIUIttUV ' 1 .Ui UlWHILt I
I l.ir fir, iinrliiA mlirrinliu inllimtmn
For
. Mil UU . V. 1 1 I" U .!J.1U- 1 1 . V.
. . . . .- , f :nnuonce u.l.:cl. Iej us
to make this kind of trades in this socie-
ty. Such as saying it was the will of
God that lands should bear with such a
price ; and many otner propnesvings,
. .1 .
preachings and statements ot a like na
ture. 1 ours with respect,
P. P. Pratt.'
Accompanying the above, Mr. Par,
ri.l, l,!ia m iw th frdUwincr Pttrr
which first appeared in thc Painesville
(0hl) Republican :
Kirtland, Feb. 5, 1838
Sir, I have taken the liberty to send
I you a synopsis of some of tho leading
features of tho characters of Joseph
omith. jr. and Sidney Kigdon, who are
styled leaders of the Mormon Church,
and it you are disposed, and think ,t
1 tlf . a a.
woum te oi service to the public, you
are a liberty to publish it. I have for
are ai uoeny 10 publish it. I havo for
several years past been a member of the
Church of latter day Saints, commonly
called Mormons, belonging to the quo-
quo-
rum 01 seventy nign priests, anu an mli-
etS, anu nave liaa ail opportunity OI as-
I ... . . . .1
certainmg to as great an extent, me re-
I a . - .
al characters of these men, as any oth-
er individual. 1 have been Smith's
private secretary, Called to fill tlllS high
1 and responsible Station by revelation
I which I wrote myself as it dropped
la aa. . " .
I trom tne lips ot the prophet, and allho
AND SHAMOKIN JOUHNAL.
majority, the vitaf principle of Republic., from which
Sunbury, Norf liumbci land Co.
1 !
contrary to my natural inclinations, I
submitted to it, fearing to disobey or
treat lightly the commands of the Al
mighty. I have kept his journal, and
like Barak, the ancient scribe, had the
honor of writing the history of one of
the prophets. 1 have attended him in
ms private councils, in his secret Cham-
Uers ana in Ins public exhibitions. 1
nave penormed a pilsnmasc with him.
not to Mecca, but" to Missouri, a dis-
ume ui iuw mites, lor me rcaemrmon
OI lon.in company With at)OUt tWO him-
e n . . . . '.
area oincrs, canea tne camp ol Israel,
When WC arrived in Clay county, ad-
joining Jackson county. Mo., in Wllich
aiuu wm iucuicu oy revelation, ana
from w hich our brethren had been dri
ven, we were informed through the
prophet that Cod had revealed to us
that we need not cross over and fight
as we expected, but that God had ac
cepteu our sacrillCC as lie UIU mat Ot
i-i.i. -t
Abraham, ours being equal to his When
DC Olierea lip niS SOU. inerelore WC
were sealed up unto eternal life in the
name oi jesus .iirisi, as a reward tor
- C 1 I a 11
our suuenngs and obedience. 1 have
oy ms muu ana penncu down me
translation of the Egyptian Ilicrogly-
pmcs as ne claimed to receive it bv ui
reci inspiration irom iieavcn. l have
listened to hjm with feelings of no ordi
navy kind, when he declared that the
audible voice of God instructed him to
establish a Banking-AntUBankins in
stitution, which like Aaron's rod should
swallow up all other Banks, (the Bank
of Monroe excepted,) and crow and
flourish and spread from the rivers to
the ends of the earth, and survive when
all others should be laid in ruins. I have
been astonished to hear him declare that
wo had 60.000 dollars in specie in our
vaults, and 8000,000 at our command.
i .... . - .
wnen we nau not to exceed G,000, and
couiu noi commana any more ; also
that we had but about ten thousand
dollars of our bills in circulation, when
he, as cashier ot the institution, knew
that there was at least 8150,000.
Knowing their extreme poverty when
they commenced in the Mormon specu
lauon, i nave ueen noi a nine surnrisea
to hear them assert that they were
worth from 3 to 400,000 dollars each,
and in ,css ,han ninct ja oftcrf be,
camc illsoivcnt xvithout any chan c in
their business affairs. But such has
ItPOri tlia H I 1 1 1 1 ! ' rf t lirC-r l-i -! w Kins
rncmcrs, lliat they have assumed the
aulhority to cursc or t0 blcss to damn
or to save, not onlv this church, but this
entire generation, and that they hold
their destinies in this world and that
which is to come. And such has been
their influence over this church in this
place, that they have filched their mo
nics trom their pockets, and obtained
their earthly substance for the pur-
pose of establishing a bank and various
other wild Rnocul.itinns. in nr.lnr that
. . .
they might aggrandize themselves and
families, until thev have reduced their
followers to wretchedness and want.
For the year past their lives have been
one continued scene of lying, deception
and fraud, and too, in the name of God.
But this I can account for in my own
mind, having a knowledge of their own
nrii-:itf elmrnplPH nn.t cnnllmitnl, . I
believe them to be confirmed infidels,
l- .JW..II11IV.II.J .
w,0 ,ave not the fear of God before
their eyes, notwithstanding their high
pretentions to holiness, and frequent
correspondence with tiie Angels of Ilea-
VCIl 5 and the revelations of Jesus Lllllst
by the power of the Holy Ghost. What
avails thC Claim Of SUCh men to holiness
of heart, when their examples do vio
len " no system ot morality, to say
nowiing aooui religion ! iiat more
favorable idea can one entertain, who
has heard them say that man has no
more agency than a wheelbarrow, and
consequently is not accountable, and
in the final end of all things no such
principle will exist as sin.
Uon D,,6,', 'mod' ,uch J"P,,eU
Dguung iuur P.tcueu 0.u u...cU ., wnin .our
. I .a..l I a I . iL I
w" OWH """"'
hil twihei-m-law, one wun i-.ua iuir, and one
011 womei-ireiaw. one
"h a baptist priest, speak. '
agomeut in this place, has red
pl'i '. '' he recent 01
volume.. 1 heir man-
educed society to a com-
P"" "reca. J ne receui ouiragc. ub.c, v.. '
l . .1.-
oia piuiungeiauinmeum uaveuououu
oelore Uaey took inei- leave of this place between
I . . . ... . - ...
two u.y. m uct th. tying, fighting, teaimg,
si.
running uway.tc that have been carried on among
I w, is only reducing their theory to practice, and in
I some instances they bav not only taught Iba theo-
ry, but lava act the riample themselves. And I
" fully convinced thai their precepts end nam
. I
I awples both in public and in priva'e, ait cahuUu-d
there i. no appeal but to fore.., the vital principle
Ia. Saturday, aiareli 20, 1S41.
t
to corrupt tho morala of their votirii a, and cast a
ahade over their character, which like a twilight of
evening w ill goon sittle into the gloom of midnight
darkness; and hud it net been arret, d in its mad
career, would have traiismitltd to succeeding gene
ration, a r-yplcm of hereditary tyranny, and spirb
despotism, unparalleled in the annul of Chris
Mian church, Iho church of Rome not excepted.
Hut they have fled in the night s "ihcy love dark
ncssralicr th un liaht. brcauaa tin. if deeds nri) evil
the w.-cked flee when no man puraucth." Th
nr mine- emi,ii.hm..ni. hwu i.in.i.-r.. Ar. f.
' ' "
merly the property of Smith end Rigdon ; it had
been .old the day previou. to it. Wing et on fire,
by vir ue cf two exicutions obtained against them
of one thousand dollar, each, for issuing b.nkinii
paper contrary to law. The establishment had
fallen into the hands of those who have of lu'e re
inonatrated against the wickedness of the above
named individuals j and had it not been saoificed
upon the si ar of reckless fanaticism, it would no
doubt at th time been sprnk;ng the truth aa an
atonement for an ill-upt nt life; a well jtrounded
conviction of this fact waseviVntly one reason why
Smith end Rigdon obtained a revelation to abscond;
and that the Pre. must not t .n hazard i .of.
fered to be put in requihition against them, ulso that
God would destroy this i.l ace by lire, for ita wicked
nEsinst bis prnrhots, ond that hU servants are
swift messenger, of destruction, by whose hand.
he avrngra himself upon bin enemies : this accounts
for the outrage. This is but a preface to the cata
logue of their inanities that might be enumerated.
Out the most astonishing thing after ail is, that men
of common sense and common abili'ies should be
so completely blinded as to dispense entiri ly wilh
the evidence of their senses, and tamely submit to
l led by such men, and to countenance such gla
ring inconsistencies, and at the same time be made
to believe, that they had God for their author, and
the happines. and well being of mankind for their
end an aim. But the magic charm i. broken at
last; superstition and bigotry hae begun to loose
their influence and unclench their iion g aiu from
this devoted people, who have "bceu lid like the
lamb, to the slaughter, and as a sh ep i. dumb be
fore her shearers" so have we not dured to open our
mouth. However, justice seems to be in pursuit of
the workers of iniquity ; and sooner or luter will
uvtilaKe ttirm ; thry will rasp a jul and sure retri
bution for their folly. This then is the conclusion
of the whole mailer; they lie by revelation, awix-
ii li by revelation, chcit and deprai'd by revela
tion, bis Awn by revelation; and if they do not
mend their ways, I fear they will at lal he damned
by revel.uon.
lhi. tocr..r? -that
1 J I
W. PARKISH.
we are personally acquain-
nutt) and Rigdon, and that
the above is a statement of facts, scorling to out
best recollection.
I.i-ke JnHnv, Two of tfit twelve
Johs F. Hovtiis, S A port Ira.
Si lv ester Smith, ? Formerly Presidents
Leoxard Kicd, cf the teventttt.
A inn lean ArtUts Abroad.
The Parisian correspondent of lhe Couii rond
inquirer, in noticing the success of Mr. Ilcaly, an
Am':';n a no- in Pi- , auy that at the re
qu vi ui uove.;: lias taken a portrait of
Marshal Soult, which is .aid to be superior in point
r cen.blaiice and hcuihiii, lu any among lhe
"nea oi ine iact aes.tcj usceti.e aru,t ana ms
Pic,ure' uJ w" ordi.1Biy introduced to Hi.
Majesty by the General, and was most favorably re
cUd-bm hi. good fortnne did not terminate
The Kinc consented to .it to him f. r . Por
lrail tot unn Cas! and is .o much phased with
the uiocress of the work.thil he has ordered a co
YJ of it for himself. Tho American citizens tesi-
T I "
dnt in Paris have resolvej to employ Mr. Healy
to paint a pormit of.Mr.Ouuot, Minister for For
eign Affairs, whoso literary connexion with the
name of Washington they propose thus acknowl
edging. When fiui-hcd, the picture will be sent
home (to the U.S.) tube placed in a suiublcsitu-
ation in Ntw Yoik or Washington
The Kremlin.
Th'. ancient palace of the Cxirs, at Moscow,
is f aid to be rising magnificenty from the ruin into
whieb it fell during the lire of Moscow on the French
invasion. The plan will unite grandeur and coin
fort with the peculiarities of the barbarous Tartar
,c "" ,u" winter
00 ,he Ru ian ''" bv one "" ". tons ruct-
IVM ill tun uaanriiiciii. mJi y t uiu niiif.ii rv tuuri
conve, th. hot air to .11 noint. of .be ed.K.e. Por
,h. UM of the heir app.ieni and hi. yu.g consort,
UUjle f(ecleJlll Mi uear
The .,anjillg ,rm, of p,,nce j, td , k(.p, at
600,000 men, wboae duration of a. rvice is to ba
sitfhl viar.. but one half of thern. aftet havi.ia .erved
four yearg W,1 be allowed leave of aie.ue, and be
iill uve about half the eiiiica of ruaitainina ao
I - - , - - m
M . force.
I""
I A Unprofitable luinu$. Tit Paymaster Gen
eral ol the Mi.soun militia ha made a report, in
1 which it appeals, that what he call, the Mormon
- 1 War, cost lhe state of Misaouri out hundred and
!'y n.iia dvllurt.
I ....
and immediate parent of desp.tism.-J.FrEa.o.
Vol. Io. XXVI.
A Runaway Railroad Train.
Duiing the gale on Sa'unl iy ufternonn, a tender
and passenger c ir, whicli1 were atauding on the
track of the Long Unud Hail road, at Ilickiville,
were suddenly art in ino'ion by the force of the
rind, mid moved ofT in donble q'ji k limo toward
Jamaica. Tin ir progress wat n it arrested till they
reached the wooJ ou the New York idi of the
villugn above name I. Some etiinnte may pc form
ed of the force nt' the wind from the fact that the
distance travelled over by lhe c ir. was fifteen miles,
and that the tiinj in which it wis accompl'sid wa
SO minutes an avarase of a mile in two minut. .
The cir was part of a funeral train, and con'aiu-
ed the corpse. A locomotive was immediately dts
pitched after it, but did not overtake it until it.
piugrtst bsd Wen partially stopped by a thick pic.ee
of woods, which broke the foice of tie gile.
Improvtmrntiln the Daguerreotype.
Mr. Datigvrre has author. nd M. Arago to an
nounce to the Academie dts Science, that he ha
discovered the means of catching a complete image
of any nvveing object in less than a second. The
New Dcdlord Register announces an improvement,
etTicted by Mr. J. Dixon, of Tauton, in this State,
which etcerds in utility any other yet made. Hith
erto the operation of this ins'rument has been con
fined to the production ofpictui. on silver plate
properly prepared, but Mr. Dixon has succeeded in
producing the etT ct upon liihographic st ne, and.
in such a manner, that copies of the picture may
be multiplied with as much ed e and cert duty as
liilii graphic work, produced in the uual way.
Boston rest.
Singular Fishing.
On Wednesday the 30:h ult., a Newfoundland
dog, belmging to Mr. I'amrton, Tontine Hotel,
Prcblcs, captured a fine salmon in the Tweed, in
the following singular manner. (Hector, for such
is the dog', name) U exceedingly fond of the water;
ao much .o, that whenever he gets loose from bis
chain, he is off to the river, and with the greatest
industry brings to land all the drift wo J, dec. fl at
ing down the stream. On Wednesday the 30th
ult. while thus employed, he was observed by some
boy. to dive suddenly under the water, where he
remained entirely out of eight for about half a min
ute. When he arose again to the surface ke had
a salmon in his mouih, which wai struggling to es
cape; but he held it fast in his capacious jw, and
brought it safe to land, tnd would on no account
quit his prize, until he cairicd it safe home to his
master. The fish was of the real salmon tribe, and
weighed about four pounds. ScAchman.
How to Cure a Husband.
A woman, whom her husband used fiequcnt'y to
sco'.d, went to a cunning man to inquiie how she
might cure him of his barbarity. The sagacious
soothsayer heard her complaint; and after pronounc
ing s me laid words, and uing various gcsticula
lioi s, while he fill' d a vial with colored liquid, de
sired her, whenever her husband was in a passion,
to lake a mouthful of the liquor and keep it in her
mouth for five minute. The woman, quite over
joyed at so simple a remedy, stnc ly followed the
counsel which was given her, and by her silence
escaped the usual annoyance. The contents of the
bottle bf ing at lat expended, she returned to the
cunnir.g man and anxiously begged to have anotb
er possessed of the came virtue. "Daughter," .aid
tha man, "there was noting in lhe bo'llu but brown
sugar and water. W hen your husband is in a pas
sion, hold your tongue, and, my life on it, he will
not scold you in future."
A lloaoiu aVult.
A female in Baltimore w as suspected recently by
a storekeeier of secreting in hei buijin a skein of
worsted, und he insisted upan searchin her, to
which she objected far some time, but being threat
ened wilh exposure, she consented. lie found con
cealed in her bosom the wo-sted, two ihawts, a pair
of stockings, and to his astonishment, a pair of
tkakt.
A Illval fot J. Q. Aitaius ncnaarkable
fuse.
Mr. Casey, of Illinois, is sa;d to be the most at
tentive member of Coiigresi more faithful in at
tendance to his legislative duties even than Mr. A
dams. During the tiyht years that he ba been a
member of the House, he has been abroad only a
day and a half, and h is voted on every question (?)
taken, with that exception.
The Express mention one person who will re
meiub. r Iuauguia'ion Day a. long a. ha lives. It
was a garr son officer of the Navy, who went to
the While House, intoxicated. The President an
swered hi greeting with "Sir, I am sorry to see
you or any person in your condition, here." This
sobeied Liin we gue.-s but it isn't eveiy man
who ha the honor to be rebuked by the chief mag
istrate of the nation. The man ha that to com fori
him at any imW.Amer. Sentinel.
Spark Catcher A new contrivance, for tha put
pose of locomotive spark-catching, ha been inven
ted by Mr. D. Matthew., of Schenectady, N. V.
In addition to relieving tha passenger from tha in
convenience now experienced by his optica, all dan
ger of fire to b appreheuded fiom tha machine ia
entirely dona away wilh. On a recent occasion
tha inventor placed a pound of powder on the top
of ll.e car next to the locomotive, and made thc
run from Schenectady to Utica and back, a distance)
of 15C mile, without igniting it.
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Deatli in the Hall Room.
"As the first d nice at tlio Dall la-t evening," riy.
lhe Portland Argus of the 5th instant, " wis about
commencing, the company was shocked by the in
stantaneous deatli of one of their number Mr.
Win. Pucker who fell dead just a. Le had lei hi.
partner to the floor. Ho was liken directly to tha
office of Dr. Wood, in the Exchange builJing, but
all lifs had departed."
The London Times relates the loliowing occur
rence which lately happen' d in tha great metropolis,
" Mr. Stroud having occion for a housekeeper
to superintend h'l domotic arrangements, adv ar
liscd for 1 a willow, or a widow and her daugh
let, to lake charge of the upper part if a tradesman's
house, and to cotk for him.' Th" w age w: re sta
ted to be JC30 per annu n, with c a's, undies, A.C ,
and oppl cat on was d r.clcd to be made between
eleven and thrco o'clock on Tuesday, at No. 69
Tower Sheet. Before the click Mrucli eleven lite
widows began to arrive, and soon the street was render-
J impassible by the number of fair ones crow- -
ding '. 'wards lhe bouse, and in a few minu'e Mr.
Stroud'.; sh ip and porlor were filled with woin. n
struggling to gain the attention of the advertiser,
and clamorously setting faith their qualifications for
the situation.
A report soon got wind that Mr. Stroud had ad
vertised fot a wife, and people flocked fiom all quar
ter, to see lhe ladies in search of a husband. Tho
widows, young, middle-aged, the thin and stut,
the daik and the fair, somu in their weeds, other,
gaily a'tired, and many pjorly but d.ceul'y clad,
eon i'iued to ariive, and were greeted with laugh
ter and shou's by the mob, who gave fiee vent to
their j.,kes and ribaldry as the widiwa arrived and
departed. At length the confusion and n auc be
came so great, that a pos e of the city po'ieo wcro
ei:t for, who pieserved a little better order, and af
forded free ingrc.-s, f.r the applicants."
Miraculous. On Friday last a small boy by tha
name of Battle?, playing near Smith & Peacock'.
saw mi!!. Rochester, fell over the precipice, a dis
tance of 70 f. et. He landed in a snow diift, and
the only injury he sustained was the d.alocation of
hi. ankle! Rochester Democrat.
Mysterious Professions.
' Now Tom," said the pi inter of a country news
paper, in giving directions to his appren'ico, "put
the 'foreign le.ideis' into thi galley, nnd lucfc 'em
up let 'Napoleon' remains' bavu a lugcr head
distribute the 'army in the E 1,1' tako up a line
and finiah the 'Ornish Minister' make 'the young
Princes.' to run on wilh 'the Duchess of Kent'
move 'the Keiry hunt' out of the chase gel your
stick and coi:cIuie 'the horrid murder' that Joe be
gan last night wash your hand and come i i to
dinner, and then see that all the pie is cleared up.'
Some printer, are devils and 110 mistake.
The following toast was recently given alOJens.
burg, IVew York;
"Woax. A mother, she cherishes and correct,
us ; a sister, she consults and counsels us; a sweet
heart, she co ts 1 jii conquers us ; a wife, she cjai
fori, aiid co.,uos us; without u r whit would be
come of us 1"
EMC5DAT109 ar Ba.cur.Loa.
A mother, .he scolds and spanks us ; a sister, aha
led. of and pinches us ; sweetheart, .he coquets
and jilt, us ; a wife, she frown., pouts, fri ts, cries,
and toiments us ; without her, wlul would there ba
to trouble us Buffalo Jlrpub.
Fisbiso. Wo learn from the London Quarter
ly Review, thai Chaulrcy, the celebrated English
sculptor, is an inveterate angler troui-caiching I.
bis favorite amusenvnu When Mad nn Mai. bran
first visited the great sculptor in his studies, she ad
dressed him, from her frank feeding and good heart,
with "How happy you must be in the midst of thia
your b autiful creation. To which he, with equal
sincerity, though a little to her surprise, replied,
"I'd rather be a fishing I"
A lady of Tarrytown being out in the evening,
was accoced by a gentleman w ho offered to escort
her home, to which she anaweied, "Cot out y m
brute!" He lagged her pardon, when she imrue.
diuUly leplied, "Ah, air ! I a.-k y'iur pardon, f r in
a stale of uieutul absence, I thought it was my hus
band." Reciift roa tub isDiss. Cream may b fro
zen by simply putting it into a glass vessel, and
then placing the whole in an old tsciiilar'. bo
som. The New York Planet has th folio a Ing t "Bill,
tbat'a a capital cigar." " Yet, Ned, ao it is; but it
will alTord you very little interest, I ant afraiJ, a. it
i. solitary and a loan."
Hoaoa vs. raoriT. The Circuit Judge in Il
linois are so poorly paid that they are compelled, it
is stated, t swap hore?a and gamble in order to
support theit families.
A 8mosb. "You look." sail a German-mind
rd and imaginative friend to a pale, haggard smoker,
"you look a if you had, got out of your grave to
light your cigar, and eould'nt Cad your way back
again 1"
Paooarstio. V. learn to eliiub by keeping
our eyes un tha mountain, thai riso befota u , an it
not on th billa that li bshLid.