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Kut.burj-, Northumberland Co. Pa. .Saturday, March 2t, 1841.
Tol. I 2Vo. XXVII.
TERMS Or Ttlti "AJrlEItlCAtt."
TRVE LOVE,
m i. r. willi.
They may talk of lovo in a collars
And bower of the Irelliscd vine.
Or Nature bewilchingly simple,
And milk-maid half divine;
They may talk of Ihe pleasure! of sleeping,
'iStath the shade of s spreading tree,
Of a walk with a nymph in Ihe morning
Who tripsTviih a footstep free.
But give me a sly flirtation
Uy the light of a chandelier,
W'itb mu-ie, to play in the pauses,
And nobody over near;
Or eive me a scat on the sofa.
With a glass of especial wine,
And mamma too blind lo discover
The small white hand in mine.
Tour love in a cottage grows hungry,
Your vine is a nest far flies,
Simplicity cuts the gisces,
And milk-maids talk of pies,
You sink lo your shady ulumlxr,
And wake with a bug in your ear.
And your nymph that walks in Ihe morning,
Is shod like a mountaineer.
True Love is at home on a carpet.
And mightily likes his ease,
True Love has an eye for a capen,
And would starve mid your shady trees;
His wing is the fan of a lady,
His foot's an invisible thing.
His arrow is tipped wilh a jrwel,
And shot from a bilver siring.
COM HI EXT.
IT tik no, n. II. WILD.
You may talk of your sly flirtation,
By the light of a chandelier,
With ihe music to play in the pauses,
And nobody over near;
Or boatt of your seat on the sofa,
With a glass of especial w ine,
And mamma too blind to discover,
The small white hand in thine.
Cut the green sward give me, and the river,
The soul shrine of love-lit eyes,
V breeze and the aspen leaf's quiver,
A sun-set and Georgian skies.
3r give me ihe moon lor an astral,
The stars for a chandelier,
And a maiden to warble a pastoral,
With a musical voice on my car.
four vision wilh wine being doubled.
You take twice the liberties due,
tnd eatly next morning are troubled.
With ' Parson or Pistols for two:"
Jnfil for this world or ihe other,
You're forced lo be married or killed:
"he Isdy you choof e, or her brother.
And a grave, or a paragraph's filled.
"rue Love is at home among flowers,
And if he would dine at his ease,
v V; c.ipcu's as good in his bowers
As in rooms healeJ ninety degrees!
( Vr siuh's intermingled, he hoveis,
lie foots it as light as he flies,
I Jia dreams, the glances of lovers,
Are shot to the hcurt from the kies.
p. ,
TOn TUT. AMERICA.
Extracts of Rcndinrs.
he thought he saw him running at al
most full speed up Maiden Lane. This
Struck him ns linirirr rnriniis nnrl it nl
so reminded him of another curious fact, Maupcriuis, the astronomer, gives
(at least curious as taken in connection a areary description ot tne cold oi Lap.
with tins ftiirlilcn flicht.i nnmn v. that lanCl.
hor is overbalanced by the necessity of
employing a multiplicity of hands.
tenant's Ind. Itec, vol. II, p. 02.
The Cardinal of Lorrain, brother of
the Duke of Guise, is said to have adop
- --- ' v i ... t i .1 ii I vji liu, is nuiu iu iia vu uuuu
when Mr. Pc sin? had tirst rlanccd nt "In December the snow continually . ' , , - . . .. ,L
the face of the corpse he started, and foiling, or ready to fall, for the most par govcrnmcilt of lmporluimle peii.ioncs.
turned deadly pale. Mr. M. then pro- hid tho sun the few moments it might An edict was published, under the sane,
cecded to his boarding houscand thence have appeared at mid-day. In the tion of , ' f F ; n com.
one
I,:. I 1, 4V. u... montltnf Jannarv tlirrnltl inrrr.i!rr. lo '
iu Hi9 awn, iv iwn ivi ins iui iuui , uuu j - 1 manuinT every
lie was to be lound at neither; nor did .' "" opcii-u co,,rl wllo liac,- any boon to as!t 0
he return that night; nor the next; nor "'e door of a warm room, the external kin , uruier the nenal tvofbeii in su
1 all the vapor dctj on a gibbet, which was erecle
to abandon the
of the
ng suspen-
erected for
. . O . - - - I -..l . I
the next : and two months nassed awav vapor msianuy convened an me vapor is nn ;v,i..
without bringing any intelligence of i it into snow, whirling it round in lnat purpose, on the public square. This
him, during which time Mr. Mowitt white vortexes. If we went abroad, cdict' w'as wor(, of ,,lC of U)C
- .. . .. ... . r.J. :r .1.- : . " "i n-v "K-
had lullymadc up bis mind that there ih as u ui air was icarmg our massaCreof Saint Bartholomew.
was some mysterious connection be- orcasis in pieces, yinu ine cracKiing
tween his friend and the man that was f the wood, of which the houses arc
found drowned, and that, in consc- built, as if split by the violence of the
quence thereof, Mr. Pulsing had in all frost, continually alarmed us with the
probability made away with himself. apprehension of increasing cold. In
Well, so matters rested until a ccr- "s country persons arc ircqucnuy seen
tain day in last June, when a lady cal- who have lost an arm or leg by the
led at Mr. Mowitt's store, and asked for frost. The cold, which is always very
Mr. Telsing. She was told the parti- great, sometimes increases uy sucn vio
enlars of the storv. "And bas'nt be lent and sudden tits, as arc almost in
been here since." she inouhed. "Not fallibly fatal to those who arc exposed
since," replied Mr. Mowitt, "I know he to it; and sometimes sudden tempests
has "said the adv. 'He has not. I 01 snow arise, wnicn arc sun more can
Wraxall, Mem. Kings of France,
vol I, page 30.
Theorists have attempted to estab
lish a standard of taste; but the per
ception of beauty appears to depend
upon custom and association, and not
upon any immutable and inherent qua
lilies. The native Javanese consider
jet black teeth as the most beautiful;
and if nature has contrary to their wish,
given them remarkable white tcclh,
"u" .t ... 1 . . .1
assure vou. at least lo mv InnwIorW" fferous-thc winds seem to blow from T '"V' V" 1 " "-m
. --v o-' ll , ,
answered ilr. Mowitt. "liut I am po
7 From the Sew Yjrk Sun.
Koniaiit-c of Real Lire.
We have, aforetime, recorded many
nantic and affecting incidents which
;-e become history through the medi
i of the inquisitions held by the Coro
r of this city ; and perhaps a majority
those investigations, if they could be
'.cd to the bottom, would develope
nnected circumstances out of the dul
i, page iii.
"""M ll .. :.i. .i... r .l .
all quarters at once, and drive about u" " J 1 'V ! VA 1 ' mi " 1 V."
sitivc," said tho lady. "What proof c snow wun sucn lury, inai an mci ,.,.. t.i
. . n . . t . 1 ,1 ,. I.. . . , 1 . I U'NU 1-U I. 1 UllUUlUll 0 UlUUUdll vi.
h.ivi vnii rl it f" innnirM tho k inrmn. I I uuus i i in a iiiuinuiii iuiiuui co luvis - .
ker. "The best in the world." returned ble. Dreadful is the situation of a per
the stranjrer. "for I am here, and I and son surprized in the fields by such a
Mr. Telsing are one and the same per- storm his knowledge ol the country,
. T . . 1 I .1 I. I .. t '
son." ynd strange as it may appear, U,1U "inv m.iy nau iiimii
such was the actual fact. by the trees, cannot avail him. He is
Well, the question then w as, w hether blinded by the snow, and if he attempts
Mr. Telsing was a gentleman or a ladv, to f'nd lls way home, is generally lost."
and it turned out that she was a lady, I raync s ucograpincai extracts.
and more than that, her name was'nt
John Pelsintr at all. but Charlotte Con- lNicbuhr relates several instances of
1'iopok.td UrlUge or Tnnntl fivm tlovcr to
Calais.
A Havre journal gives ihe following arrnmit of
a project snnounrej initial tonn. An English
man, Jofctiliing himcclf to he sn rnginccr recently
arrived nt lljvte, his hcen to Tsris to pr.iposc Ihe
plan ofa passage by lunj f.om Dover tJ Cnlais.
The inventor has given tho following account of
Aveilce Oatnltted.
The case of John Eyre, nq., who though worih
upwards of 30,000., was convicted it tho OIJ
Udiley, and rcntcnccd to traritporUtin, for stealing
eleven uires of common witling paprt, was ren
dered mote memorable, ly Ihe opportunity which it
Rive Junius to impeach tho integrity of Lord Mans
field, who was supposed to have erred in admitting
him to hail. An anecdote was related of Mr. Eyre.
which shows in a striking mmncr tho depravity of
the human hciirt, and may lulp to account fur tho
mennticss of ihe crimo of which ho tood convict
ed. An unrlo of his, a genilcman of considerable
property, made his will in favor of a clergyman,
who was his particular friend, and committed it,
unknown lo Iho re-t of tho family, to the custody of
Ihe divine. However, not lung before his death,
having ulieicd his mind with regard to the dispo
sal of hi, weahh, he made another will in which he
left ihe clergyman only SCO., leaving tho bulk ef
his large fortune to g to his ncphsw and heir at
law, Mr. Eyre,
Soon nfter iho old gentleman's death, Mr. Eyre
mma;ing of hi-t drawers, foil'id this list will, and
perceiving the legacy of H00L in it the clergy
man, wiihuut any hesitation or scruples of con
science, put it in the fire, and toi.k posses-ion of the
whole i IT. etc, in consequence of his uncle's being
uppocd an iulestiie. The clergyman coming
to town soon sficr, and enquiring iit his old
Mind's dca h, ai-krd if he had made any will before
he died! On leing onswcicd by Mr. Eyer in lh.
negative, the clcrsymnn very coolly put his hand
in his pocket, and pulled out the former will, which
had Icen committed to his carr, in which Mr. Eyre
had bcquealhtd him the whole n( liia fortune, a
mourning to several thousand pounds, excepting a
legacy of 500 to his nephew. Eng. Paper.
tl.c Straits, which aro to bo laid at tho bottom of
the sen. Theso aro intended to form tho founda
tion of a monstrous bii.lgo 7 lcocoes in long h.
A I'Un of ibia has brcn engraved in London, and
will be publicly exhibited Paris. According to Iho
inventor's account, he gives the HounJings of ihe
hi. riiTnniir nl-in to manv of the inhabitants of
o '.. .1., g. . . i .o 1
roy, and furthermore, that she was the tne ignorance oi me natives ot Jgypt Umc. m. w, Coppitt (the inventor) proposes
widow of the man that had been found n subjectsof Natural Science, that form to place twenty thousand sand piers of none cro(s
drowned. She then stated that her a striking contrast with their lormer
husband, w ho was a shoemaker in Phi- character, as the inventors of gcomc
ladelnhia.and to whom she had been tncal calculations and figures:
married for about two vcars. bad trca- "A Turkish merchant," says he "ob
ted her verv badlv, the consequence of serving me direct my instrument to-
uihSfli vi"tKnt t"l,n r.;rLH im his trade Wards the city, bad the cuiiOMty IO look
DV Stealth, and W hen SllC thought site l u"u '"'l'"'"' ,u "- Mratts with great exactness, ami tne various ueptns
vvno eiiitiMfntlir nrrlfrf. rnnirnpd her- laiuwui iuii.u 11 isiut n of the sea aions this extensive line. 1 lie estimated
self in men's clothes, and ran oil' to this mediately spread a report, that 1 was cxprnse of this bridge i not to exceed l.soo mil
city to be the more safclv OUt of the COmC to overturn the city. It was (ions of fiancs. Though the plan of caries or piera
rn.irh of lior lord and master. Here, mentioned to the Governor; and my ;n imhation cf t!ic d.ke ot Chrriun mav oppcir
.. , it...
as we have seen, she got into the cm- Janissary vouiu no longer wniiv out rr jicil()UBi m .W.Corpiti ison ingenious man, and
plovmcnt. and remained in the confi- with me, w hen J proposed carrying uiy i,-,,, determination icing that England sh-ll ba u
rlonon est Mr Afntviit until thf timo nf instrument Witti me. Acar a village oi
the coroner's inquest, immediately after the Delta, an honest peasant paid great
which she proceeded to rhiladclplna, attention to mv upuiunuus. , u i uj i...
where she learned that her husband "'g uiiicn.ni ..u-n-r.. u m ......
n somethin2 curious. I made him iok
hn,l n I m h .,t r,f tnrno frnn. cot r.l it llirOUmi II1U SU I11U Ulil MS. IIUHUSUlui.
for New York about a week before, to ly alarmed to see the village to which
lnnl- f..r hrr l.nf uhr-r,. in:tvi,1 r.f nn l)C bclonfZCd, Standing UpsillC dOWII.
injured wife, he found a watery grave, servant mio. mm, mat government
Tho nnshot of lis rnmnnl c nfTn r were onentieu wnu uuu milium, .um
thnt Mr. AWiit rnncstnH Mrs. i had sent n.c to destroy it. lie instant
to make his home her homo: and afler ly intrcatcd mo to wait but a few mo
n Tvhilrt h fn.inet thnt hr liLorl Uor vpt mcnts, that he might have time to save
hnttor no AT rj f ihnn ATr lVkinrr I)1S W lio and Ills COW. lie tllCnran ill
d ordinary course of every day life
it eases of loafers found floating in that by virtue thereof, he proposed a re- great haslc towards his house, and I
r UOCKS. nave HcneiailV inure Ul nn.i nr iho r toi-m nt nnr ners nn. n"i "r1"" uu,,,u vuui.
iTiistintr that of tho romantic iUi lnt INicbutir's 1 ravels, vol. 1, p.
D .3 . . , . I 1 1115 UV.1.' I'lU Wlia. urn a. ,
mpositions. 1 he case w inch lorms Tnrsdnv week Mr. Mowitt and the ate
e burthen of the following veritable m, j (:hn Pdsinrr became man and
nited with the Continent, ho h .s another projex!
to elTtet it. His plan, nil utter 2, is this: It is not
to travel above (lie sutface of ihe water, but under
nralh it, nevertheless on dry and firm ground. In
Older to accomplish this, M. W. I'rppiu propots
lo fix a series of tunnils made of cast iron, thiee
fert In thickness, and eighlirn feet diiniidr in-i.!e.
The first of (here tunnels, which is to sere as i s
entrance, is to be pl .ccj at Dover, and the last lo
terminate at Calais, after following the undulalions
of the submarine ground. M. W. Coppitt thinks
th .1 his melal tunnel from Dover to Calais woulJ
noteott more than I, COO niiilion of franc-; half
ef which he proposes s'lould bo conlitljutcd by
Franco and the other half by England.
rrativc of facts, however, is a stri
ng exception to that general rule.
wile.
He story became know n to i'ne Sunday on record, wherein
This is the first instance, we believe,
In tho Island of New Amsterdam, se
veral remarkable springs of hot water
exist iii the sides of a funnel or cove,
performed and in an interrupted causeway, scpa-
Agiicullurul !t(xUttlcs
According to the rciurns of the Marsha!-, by
whom the late census was taken the Slnte of New
Vo.k 'n behind Pi nnsvlvauij in the production of
wheal, to ilia umount of i.OOO.UCQ bu-hcU unnual-
ly; while itexceedi rennsylvanu iu Iho production
ews, ana is ioiu '.7, melollowingman- the ofTice of the coroner s juryman on raung the cove trom tne main ocean. of ryeovei 3,000.000, bushel-, nfindiancom2,500.
Tin thtj ',ast number of that journal, the body of her own husband, or where- Fahrenheit's thermometer, which stood 000 bushels, of oats over s.ooo.noo bi,t.hels, of
"Married, on Tuesday, by the Rev. jn a y0Ung man was married to his own in the air at W, being immersed into i,ui.kwhcat 300.W10 bushel, i.f bailey 2,300,0011. or
William Ash. Thomas Mow itt to Chap. mnet(,P. The ladv. bv the wnv. is ve- one of the hot springs, ascended immc-. notatoes 2 1 .ooox.oo bu.h. U. oolnc rlv 1,000,000
tte Con roy, both of this city."
The above marriage was consumma- s ift nf tliii lv.
;(i in mis cny nil last iucjunv
y food looking, and still on the safe diatcly to one hundred and ninety-six ,,unjs bay marly 2,000,000 tons, suar ov.r 8,-
degrees in another to 204. And on n(Hl nn n11I1,u. ,nJ rojuc., 0r ,he dairy ocr Ss,
l .1 I II . f .1 al ' 1
applying Hie UUlOOl llicilicrmomuierio 000(j00 inlleriroJ(1clion of wheat, Ohio exceeds
Pennsylvania about 3,000.000 bushel-, wl.ili) ' ir
ginia is but about 1 1-2 million bushels behind New
Yoik in ihat ar'iele! In Indian eon, 'iYtii.csrc
hikes the hJ of all the KlatcJ, lodi.cing 42 1-2
millions of but-l.eU ycnily, North Carolina 311-2
millions of buhcU, Viig'.nia about 31 mil l ns of
nl thorf'hv lianT a talc which mav Permit mo arain to trouble vou with a crevice from which issued a small
; worth the attention of the lovers of the following receipt for making Tem- stream, in less than a minute it rose to
ic marvellous. Mr. Mowitt is a re peraxce Cake, which will no doubt the boiling point, "ihe bason, says
lcctable boss shoemaker, who keeps meet with the approbation of every one Staunton, "abounded with tench, bream
jveral men employed, and among the possessing a well regulated taste, viz : and perch, and the same person, w ho
2st was one named John l'clsing, w ho Take two pounds of wheat flour, three with a hook and line had caught some of
ad ingratiated himself so much in his fourths of a pound of fresh lard or but these fish in the cold w ater of the bason, lluUe ,llinoi, s Miuut, Michigan 22 millions.
Alabama 19 million-, Miss url 15 im'l.ons, IVnn
ylvaiiia 13 1-2 millions, and New Yoik 10 mil
lions. Of n at caiilo, New Voik poeses 2,012 -438,
Pennsylvania llG.llS, Ohio 1.00S.313. Of
khcep, New Voik has .1.381,22 Pennsylvania 3,.
30C, 431, Ohio l,06t,9')7,Vrmoiit 1,333,420, Vir
ginia l,tS0,736.
In Ihe products of ihe otchiid, New Yoik and
Vermont lead the other states nearly two to one
ivor bv his faithfulness, industry and ter. one pound of powdered white su might with the same motion of his hand
. . . . . t I . . ,- ., I . .-. i . . .i.i.. : 1
'ihr etv. that he look mm in parmersmp car. one nutmer? crratcd. Alter tne et them tirop into tne noi pnnnn u
hout three vears since, and had no flour and butter have been incornora- ioining. where, in fact, they were boiled
ause. to renret his kindness. From ted. lav the sucrar in. and nour upon it a in the space of fifteen minutes, and fit
hat neriod Mr. Mowitt and Mr. Tel- small teasnoonful of sala?ratus. prcvi- for eating. A regale of this kind was
. . . . . . . . . i . ..... ... i . i .
ing were constant lncnds and compa- ously dissolved in a large tcaspoonlul much relished by some oi me genue-
. ,i i- i .i. i .ft Ti! i it ' r . .1. . i : I ii:j
nons, anu uoarucu in ui buuiw uuusc oi ooiung wnier ; nave wen ueaten six i men irom tne jjioii uuu ihhuosiuh.
jntil about twelve months since, when eggs, and with a spoon incorporate Embassy to China, vol 1, page 100
)no day they were subpocned lor a co- them an wen togeiner, till it can bo ; ; . .
...u:u v , t i.n I .-..l.i.i i,n Un.1,. ,i.: I Tli rtrnluniiiieal law forbids its fol
w mv, a ..,.,., V....W,, u auuuv w ...uuiu, .u ,v i. .11, - - - ,t, .,..,,. 1.732.357. tho
.r l. wl I -.. ...111. n Inm i r nrwl li-iLo in n r.., i1ver O PVPITIKO IlllI OUC MiUCICS 111 - '
iciu kjii u uuu y ui i an hull i mi 1 i;uv witii 1 u"'w""t "" 11. 11 tvw .....v. - w 1 .1. . , , ,
. J . . . . . . . . . , ., . . .1 . ,.r !. cM.inrrt; L.itrr. tl.tl U.3S7. Ill cotton. MissiksiI'I'I boors Iho
mnr. toL'An it r t ni An irtrhi . n n.nPL' nvrn u 1 in it turn 1 f 11 k ? 1.1 1-1 ti.tr. 11 111.1 iz 111 iuul ffu en- - - .
.un-it wu. v 1IIU iuuiui.li i,uuv 1 iiiiuu.ta II. M iMI w.v.., ....v.,, lutti- ....... - j ,
Jock. The deceased had all the ap jng.
iiearancq of having been a regular dock I can recommend these cakes as par
oafer, and it was the opinion of all pre- ticularly dilicious, when eaten with tho
sent mat no nau lanun uuu inu bun uuu tree use oi .,hm, , i.n.
in a state of intoxication ; but the ver-'
diet, which was given in a few mi
nutes, was merely "found drowned."
The jury being dismissed, Mr. M.
turned round to look for his friend and
fellow juror, who had been at his side
till that moment, but ho was gone ; and
IT. S. Gazette.
Suirriat Tm,s. The Boston Post eaya Ihat
Digby fell down the olhu slippery morniiiR. As
he set on the ground ho muttered, "1 have ho desire
to see the city burnt down, but devoutly wish the
streets were laid in 4uKet.
tion, Europeans have to employ an al- pal.T, producing yea.iy 8u9.rS4.sib pounds, Al
most incredible number of servants to bama,S40.3i'J,CG9, pound. Hou Uaroluu, 148.
U07.860, pounls, Oeorgia, 13 1,322,. pounu.
Loui.Un. 87,C10,IS5 pound, Virginia, 10,767,-
The British Porlinment hss, in the sess'on just
commenced, taken the first step towarJs bring nj
the great lines of railway in that country under le
gislative control. It is difiicidt, by any snalrgy
supplied by our railways, for an American to esti
mate tho conditions under which these great arte
rics of DritL-h intercourse are formed and maintain
ed in operation. Tho cnpiial invested in the first
construction, tho floating copilol necessary to work
them, the quantity of trufHi. transported over them,
and ihe speed w ith which that lunipoil is effected.
are severally elements, ao d ffvrent from what we
are accistomcd to contemplate, that the mere state
ment cf a few of them raukt excite both interest and
surprite.
The railway connecting Liverpool and Manches
ter involved an outlay of cap til umounting lo about
six millions cf dollaia. It is thir:y-otie miles in
length, and cost therefore al tho rale of ubovc two
hund ed thousand dollars icr mile. The current
liaffic cn this l.no is very neatly cs fj!lo.;s : Of
nassenzer trains there are twenty daily, and from
fifteen to twenty trains of mcichandisc. The ve
rsgn nuniltcr of passei.g.'is carried dai;y from tor
minus lo terminus, is 1030, ami iho number of tons
of merchsndizo djily is ubout lUCO. To afford
npi:e and time fur the p itserger tr.iins, most of the
mere hind ise is cuiied at night. 1'ho fisiest pas
at'iig' r trains have recently nudo the trip in th
avcr.ige time of ccvenly minutes, including a stop
p8e of about fur ininules holt' way. The rale
when moving on lect part of ll.o line, is geneibl y
above thirty n.iVsan L.ojr.
The railway leiwitn I.ne.p .ol and London is
ulioul 210 mile in Icng'h, and exelu.ive of the
atopp.ige I'.aif way, at lluiniiigluin, thu trip is pi r
forined Ly the first class pjscnjer trjins iu ten hours.
'I his inch des a vat number of slopiages at inter
mediate stations j not less, probably, than twenty
five in the above journey. The pecd when mo
ving is genctaily about thirty miles un hour.
The railwsy lictwccn Uitminsl.am and London
is net vet completed, though the rails are all laid,
and tho lino throughout has been for some time at
woik. It is computed Ihat this line, when ihe de
pots Lavo been committed, will cost about thirty
millions of dollars, and iU total length bring 1 12
miles, the cost will be nearly 250,000 dollais per
mile. I I ho Ja lv receipts for Ir llic al present upon
t:; line, amount to above 10,000 dollars. The de
pat of this lineal London is not yet competed, but
it estimated cast was above a million of dol'ar.
The raiUvny connecting London with, Bristol is
not yet completed. The e xpenditure of capital u-
pur. it aheady has been so lau-h. and the me.hod
of road stiucluro have been subjected to such capit-
cious changes, that it is difficult lo say what will be
its ultimate cost, lis length i about the same a
that leading to Birmingham, au.1 its eot per mile
wdl probably Ite mut h inure. Tho width of the
rails on litis lino i st-ven fit,tlie common standard
being four foci chilli inches. This augmented
giuge ncccsrarily infir a piojtorlionally increase!
tcaloin all the works, and a proportionably incies-
sed expose.
Tho numerous aecidenU an J Brest loss of life
which occur 011 tho English railways, are owing to
Ihe v st amount of ihe traffic ear ritd on upmt'oem,
into another. When this occurs, '.he most terrifie
consequences ensue, tho carriages Iteing generally
smashed lo piece, and their unfortunate occupier
maimed or killed.
One of the most curious and intcrcsing rcsullsof
the establishment of railways in Euiope, is tho enor
mous increase of intcrro-irao ih-y have produced, as
compared with th: intercourse which was previously
maintained between the samo places on common
10 ids. This increaso has been never less thin
threo fold, and has, in some eacs, been seven of
eight fold. In some Irvslitics, tho intercourse hae
attained an amount which borders on tho incredible.
Since the completion ol tho railway between Paris
and Si. Germ tin, the "daily intercourse between
theso plnces is said lo amount to above 3000 person
per day; and it appears, by evidunce given before
the House of Commons, that tho Intercourse be
tween the city of Dublin (population under 30,000)
and tho town of Kingstown, amount to 3500
daily lrtulad. Gaselle.
The great iron steam ship now being buill at
Bristol, will probably enmbint) a greater number
and variety of untried principles than wero ever be
fore united in any one enterprise of the samo msg-
nituJo end importance. Tho vessel herself her
enormous ningnilude (about 3G03 tons it is tid)
her material (piste iron) hor engines, resrly
twelvo hundrfd horsa nominal power cylinder
one hundred and twenty in lies in diameter! no
pitlmroda ! no bcamt.' the connecting rod lay.
ing hold immediately 01 t'le piston and a moveable
hoilow casing playing through a stuffing box in lb
Inp of the pis tm 10 give play to tho said connecting
rod ! an unlimited application of tho expansive
principle ! and 10 crown ull, no paddie wheels, no
paddle boxes projecting from her vast side I no
apparent propelling power, put an ur.secu agon!
levolving under her keel and enabling her la
Walk tho water like a thing of l.fe.
Verily, veiily, wo live in an age of wonderland
if the mechanical genius of tho era give aafu biilll
to this cieatu e of iu conception, and foster it into
vigorous matuiiiy, it will be difficult honceforlh to
set any bounds to locomotion over the wateis of
the deep. Ball. Amer.
L'licommou Punctuality.
Mr. Bancroft, the present Collector of the port of
Boston, will retire from bis office March 3 1st, that
is, at the close of the present quarter. It is re
markable fad, that while Mr. Uarcroft has collect
ed more than ton millions of dollars of revenne,
cveiy bond which has been taken by him and ha
fallen due, is discharged. There is not now a
single instance of default on tho part of sny mer
chant during his official term. Such a result, it is
believed, has never occurred for any other period
if ihs samo length of lime. It is most honorable
testimony t the character of th? Boston merchant
now on the stage.
Female I abor in Arabia.
I rsrv several fermles hrie literal y performing
tho duties tf lulloek-, thit is, in plain Cng'ih,
they wero yokeJ tn the plough. O.10 was a very
comely Us-, and she answered my inq lirira laugh
i' g'y, tl.al they hired thems. Ives fr ihe purpose,
ihe iemuner.vi. n being a smnll quantity ol" grain.
The men, al iho same time, wero strmain; looking
un. with spinnets in their bands. An odd Ir.nslVr
ot duties this ! Tborailer may recoil. ct thai Sir
Thomas Monr.tc relates, as n reason why an Indian
should be exempted from paying hi taxes, that ha
pleaded ihe late lo?a of hi wif. who did as much
woik as iwo bullocks. WeUztcd'i City of tin
Caliphs.
There never was a wiser mixim t'aan that of
Franklin. "NouYng is cheap which yo'J dj not
want." Yet bow petfcciiy ir.sano many people aro
on the subject of buying c'icap things. "Do t !1 ta
why you have bonlit th .t co.'l off door platel"
a-ked the hui'oand of one of these notable bargiiners.
"Desr mi'," rep'ied tho wif.', "you know it i al
ways my plan to liy up things again! time of
need; who knows lut you may die, and I may
marry a mon wilh the tume name as that on As
rfoor plate?''
Scrvuadlng.
Some sentimental young gendomen lately sere
nidi da house in New Oi leans, with the belief
that there wis a young lady in it. After they had
surg and played for sonic time, a black wench
looked out of the window end t.-co.tej them thtm
"Look hea, gemmen, taint no use to be foolin
way your time fi.und hers, kase dar aint nobody
in dis house 'cep Des, and dat, tne. 1 aint not
ji'dion to you play in "Jimri'ong-Jowy," "Coony in
do Holler,"' ot any tin; dai'a fashionable and rice,
but dem'l.lian and clhtr faolish tunes you' per
formin louud he.e aint no account Go way, white;
folks.
perform domestic uses, which iu I'.u-
rope would lie accomplished by one-
twentietli part ol their number. A pri
vate family in Calcutta, without parade
or ostentation, is compelled to have a-
bout 100 servants, w hose w ages, upon I
an avarace, amount to near seven bun
dred rupees a year. In this manner
the cheapness of provisions and of la-
461, pounds. Of tobacco, Maryland produces 19,
000,000 pound. Viiginia 1 1,000,000, Ohia 0,000,
000 pounds, Tennessee 26,700,000 pounds, Mis
aouii 8,500,000 pounds, and Indiana near 5,000,
CC0 pouuds.
Tor this interesting sbslact we are under obliga
tions so the New York Sun.
Ingrulou Excuse of at Rrhool Dojr.
A countiy Kchool-masiei once having the aois.
fortune to l.iavo hi school-huse burnt down, wa
obliged 10 remove to a new one, when he repiU
ntin 'm.l .tim a( l.ta Viva m'li mi . u.tt.. I nilrnK.
and ihe enormous speed a! which it is transported. . ' ... ' ,.
. . . of wvids, by telbng him ho did not spill as well
j nese aeeuienis 00 no. .... r.r,.,u.. ... . . . . . . . u w ,.
engines, or from any other cause immediately con
nected with steam power, but er diie, almost tx
clusivtlv, to 'ha collision of trains. The railways
being all, without exceplior, double lii.es, trains nev.
rr mote in ccnlroiy directions on t ie same rails, and
consequently, collisirirt newer recura from trains
unexpectedly meeting t ,ch other. Such accidenU
alwsysar ficm "n jstn ovedxking and runBing
thome how er other,', said lha uichin with at mi'k
"I cau'l ethackly git th Max of thith thkooU
bouib.
Timx Ilosioaru. It is stated lha'. in an olJ be
roniele castle, near Canteibury, EngbjiJ, the eur
few bell has been rung nightly sjtK thj days of
William th eooqueror.