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Fravcis II. of France, a prince as
nbecife and insignificant in body as
1 mind, possessed the most beautiful
rinccss of the age, as his consort
lary of Scotland. Fortune delights
. assemble incongruities nature, in
jr combinations, is always systematic,
hat which is unnatural is disgusting,
id that which is disgusting, when its
Kluuance is compulsive, progressively
duces an obliquity of mind in the un
rtunalc subject who suffers it. To
is union may be attributed, with pro
ibility, all the moral delinquencies of
o subsequent part of the unfortunate
.'ary's life.
It is said that Francis was afflicted
ith scorbutic disorders. He was rc
oyed to Dlois for the benefit of air.
was reported there at the time, and
edit was attached to the report in the
;inity of Blois, that the blood of in
its was procured to make him n bath.
similar report had prevailed previ
sly, relative to Louis XI. in his last
less, though upon no veritable foun
tion. Voltaire has depicted the character
Francis II. in this couplet:
'oiblc enfant, qui do Guise adorait 1cs
caprices,
dont on ignorait les vertus ct les
vices." . IIexriade.
Wraxall's Memoirs.
The Dutch settlement in ftatavia, in
s East Indies, exhibits every produc
n that can please the taste: every ap
irancc that can delight the view. It
verdant, fertile, airy, and gay ; ador
1 wijh splendid buildings ; ornnmcnt
with ever-smiling gardens ? full of
the forms most pleasing to the init
iation, and that most associate with
ilth and happiness. But it smiles to
ray ; death and disease lurk beneath
verdure, and its beauty. A youth
t coming from sea, and enraptured
h the beauty of every object he saw
nnd him, but mindful of the danger
re to life, could not help exclaiming,
. rhat an excellent habitation it would
. Vfor imm
(i)n the r
for immortals. Staunton's Embas-
Kim me roau siuc, in pam, crosses ui
,-ood frequently arrest the eve of the
raeller, which are intended to mark
he spot where some unfortunate person
as been murdered by the robber or
i i f . c. - r
ssassin. Jn conlonmty to the ancient
uperstifion, which represented the
iops inhumanta que turba, as excluded
rom the joys of the Elysian -fields until
heir bones arc previously covered, pas
cngers think it a work of piety, to cast
1 stone upon the monumental heap.
Townscnd's Journey.
Powder was not worn in the hair by
he ancients ; and did not come into umj
mtil about the year 1593, in Paris.
The Roman ladies dyed their hair, to
nakc the color more lively, as light co
orcd hair was most in fashion. They
ilso used the artificial aids of perfumes
jnd essences, and sometimes sprinkled
t with gold dust, to make it look more
jrilliant. D'Armay's Private Life of
he Romans.
Before the English became possessed
Df Calcutta, in the East Indies, no hos
pital existed in that populous and sickly
place, for the relief of the indigent na
.ives. An institution of that kind was
Bstablishcd by 'die voluntary contribu
tions vi Europeans; and the chant" "
oi The natives of
a country, whose reli
rioti
ant them to erect hospitals for
dogs, cats, lions, and several other ani
mals but not for man. Tenant's
lnd. Pvec.
Ni misfortunes, however great, no
yuMic calamities, however overwhelm
ing, are capable of repressing the elas
tic spring of French vivacity. It is re
lated by Miss Williams, that even in the
most distracted period of the French
Revolution, the amusements of twenty
four theatres, and of two thousand ball
rooms, were open to a vast concourse
of peopie of every description, from the
highest to tho lowest class. Travels
. inSritzerland, by II. M. Williams.
The solitary Arab, having prepared
hU meal in the midst ot tho desert, uo
foro he presumes iq partake of it, raises
liimself upon the higt iTlaco ho c;
ttiree times -,t, a i(J
nnrl oal 13 Uiree inn nn a IOUQ
11111
in all the sons of tho I liar, he having beat her, and
'irc.hren. tocomcanl' hit fcast,,... nf ,lis hoCl(jB,
TO1
I
Mil
:ht0Ulle aCqUi"Cfnc8 ln tho decWo of Ul majority, the vital principle of Republic., from which
Ilj Masser & EIcl3
although no human beintf is Within a
hundred miles of turn. This custom is
retained by thenl as a form of hospitali
ty. Payne's Geographical Extracts.
In the vicinity of Montserret, in
Spain, and near the village of Cordon,
there is a stupendous mountain; which
is one mass of salt. It is three miles in
circumference, and equal in height to
the Pyrenees, on which it " borders.
They employ this rock salt in Spain as
they do tiie'fluor spar iriEngland, to
make snuffboxes find vases. The dry
ness of the atmosphere in the country
adjacent preserves it from deliques
cence; but when the subtance is erpo"
scd to a moist atmosphere it dissolves.
Townscnd's Journey.
Voltaire generally attended the re
presentation of his own pieces, and on
such occasions manifested as much dis
tress, and shed as Ynany tears, as a girl
present for the first time at a tragedy.
From the K. Y. Ziorit Watchman.
MORMOMS.il.
TESTIMONV OF EIGHTV WITNESSES.
At the close of the book of Mormon
we find what is called "The testimony
of eleven witnesses," who affirm that
they had "seen and hefted'' the plates
from which it is pretended the book was
translated ;' "and also, what is called
"The testimony of three witnesses,"
who affirm that "an angel of God came
down from heaven, and brought and
laid before their eyes the plates and
the engraving thereon."
But we have before shown that these
witnesses are not to be credited, be
cause they arc interested, and no evi
dence whatever can be given besides
their own word, to prove either their
good character for truth, or the exist
ence of any such plates as they speak
01.
In the work called ''Mormonism Un
veiled," before referred to, we find tus
timonies of not less than eighty differ
ent persons, all residents of Wayne and
Ontario counties, N. Y., which prove,
beyond the possibility of doubt or con
tradiction, that neither Joseph Smith, jr
nor cither of his witnesses are to be be
lieved, and that Mormonism, from be
ginning to end, is a base delusion, which
does not leave its originators even the
credit of honesty or good intentions in
its propagation. These witnesses are
disinterested, . respectable citizens of
this state, many of w hom have made
solemn oath to the following facts, ant
their characters are sufficiently vouch
ed for by magistrates of the counties
w here they live. Among many other
tilings which'niight be named to the c
terual dishonor of the authors of the
Mormon delusion, we will notice the
following :
1. That Joseph Smith, Jr. and his
family were, about the time he preten
ded to have discovered the book of
Mormon, known as "fortune tellers"
and "money diggers," and that they
often had recourse to tricks of juggling
for the purpose of finding money, w hich
they said was hid in the earth.
2. That the said Smith, up to that
time, and after, was known as a wicked
man, that ho was a cheat, and a liar,
and used profane language; that he
was intemperate and quarrelsome.
3. That iiis own father-in-law never
had any confidence in him, and he was
knowing to thd manner in which Smith
commc-riced his imposture in getting
0'-;t, what lie called the book of Mor-
i
mon. !
4. That Smith has, himself, confes
sed the cheat, and so has Martin Har
ris, one of his principal witnesses. Har
ris once said, "What if it is a lie ? if you
will lot me alone, I will make money
out of it."
5. That Oliver Cowdrey, another of
the witnesses to Smith's book, was not
a man of good character before he join
ed Smith in the cheat of Mormonism.
(5. That Smith and Martin Harris
were in the habit of meeting together,
often, just be fore the plates were said
to be found, and, were lamiliarly known
in the neighborhood by the name of the
"Gold Bible Company ;" and they were
regarded by the community, generally,
as a lying, indolent set of fellows, "in
whom no confidence could be placed ;
and Joseph Smith, jr's. character for
trutli was so notoriously bad, that he
'could not be, -and was not believed
when under oath.
7. The w ife of Martin Harris testi
fies. that he is both a cruel man and a
turned her
AND . SIIAMOKIN JOURNAL;
Simbuiy, Xorihiiiiibcrland Co.
8. That Smith confessed his obiecl
in pretending to find the plates, was to
make money, saying, "when it is com
pleted, my lamily will be placed on a
level above .the generality of mankind."
Such are some of the facts, which
arc proved beyond the .possibility of
confutationyby then fliday its of respec
table witnesses, persons who were well
acquainted with -Joseph Smith, jr., and
his associates; both before and since the
pretended discovery of his golden plates.
.And, perhaps, we cannot better close
the investigation of this subject, than by
quoting a specimen-of those testimo
nics. . It is numerously signed, as will
be seen, and by persons well acquainted
With the "author and proprietor" of the
book of Mormon :
"Palmvra, Dec. 4, 1833.
"We, the undersigned, have been ac
quainted with the Smith family, for a
number of years, while they resided
near this place, and we have no hesita
tion in saying, that we consider them
destitute of that moral character, w hich
ought to entitle them to the confidence
of any community. They were parti
cularly famous for visionary projects,
spent much of their time in digging for
money, which they pretended was hid
in the earth ; and to this day, large ex
cavations may be seen in the cartTi, not
far from their residence, where they
used to spend their time in digging for
hidden treasures. Joseph Smith, sen.,
and his son Joseph, were, in particular,
considered entirely destitute of moral
character, and addicted to vicious
habits.
"Martin Harris was a man w ho had
acquired a handsome property, and in
matters of business his word was cnn
sidercd good ; but on moral and reli
gious subjects, he was perfectly vision
ary sometimes advocating one senti
ment, and sometimes another. And in
reference to all with whom we were
acquainted, who have embraced Mor
monism, from this neighborhood, we
are compelled to say, were very visio
nary, and most of them destitute of any
moral character, and without influence
in this community, and this may ac
count why they were permitted to go
on with their impositions undisturbed.
"It was not supposed that any of them
were possessed of sufficient character
or influence, to make any one believe
their book or their sentiments, and we
know not of a single individual in the
vicinity, that puts the least confidence
in their pretended revelations."
Ngned by Imftv-ome V itncsses.
Monn or preserving Timt.f.r. The
Civil Engineer and A rchitects's Jour
nal, for January, 1 84 1,. describes a pa
tent lately obtained in the IT. S., for
preserving wood by boiling it m lime
water, l ne cunor oi mat journal re-
marks, however, that wood can he
much hotter preserved from decay, hy
soaking it in a strong solution of lime in
cold water, lloassisns, as a reason
mi . . i'i - 1 . i i
for this, that a much greater ijua nitty of
lime, when fresh burned or calcined, is
soluble in a given quantity of cold thau
of boiling water; and also relates se
veral satisfactory exei iineiits, proving
the great ellicacy of lime, when thus
used, in preserving timber from decay.
The length of time for which the tim
ber should be soaked, depends very
much upon the thickness nnd texture of
the wood; some kinds of timber requi
ring onlv n f':!!:!g!l'-, Slid others three
or lour weeks, and even longer. An
artificial pond, the sides made water
tight, is used for soaking the timber. .
SwArnxo Wivks. A late N. Hamp
shire paper gives tho particulars of a
case of swapping wives, which lately
occurred in that state. Two men mar
ried sisters, and after n lapse of a nhnrt
period of time, one of them proposed to
the other an exchange ot wives, provi
ded the interested ladies made no ob
jections. I hoy made none. fo one
brave husba ml gave the otner a valua
ble horse, carriage and harness "lo
boat." as the expression is. Matters
passed on swimmingly for a few days,
durinu which time he who received tne
"boot" disposed of his horse for the
round sum of nearly 8100 in ready cash.
In a shortjtime after the disposal of his
property, his newly received wife fell in
with n person whom she loved more
than her own husband, and believing it
now her turn to exercise tho glorious
right of "free trade," she quit "her bed
and board," and ran away with her pa
r amour.
The horlicult'jiists in England have surrrcdrd
in grafting any sj ceie of lilac on the common ash.
i FT "TTI n n TT xfNi A r-
T LlI K3 tJ AJ MX H J 1 V 1 fl
there i no appeal butVo few, the vital p'.inriplo and
Va. Saturday, April 3, IS II.
Front the Albany Cultivator. ,
Culture of the Rirawbrrrjri
In my I. si I promised to give you my plan ofctil
tivuling ll.o utittwlirrry," which having mccrr dud
for seven or eight yeare, produiinj A full supply of
fruit with imiih h's l.dmr, l. I conn ive, worthy of
beinrr nndo public. ' The duration of abed cultiva
ted ufu r my plan, is a!m a mutter of great cmise
querirc. ' '
I have never pr-iwn any ol'ihe choice-! virit tics,
except KrciiP,iHrpdliiig, lir Iwve produced fruit t0
lar as J have men rtyuicil nr described, but as to
the amount produced on a given pacc, I thiiik I
can compete with the mo-t fortunate or fkillftd.-
For soil, I chose that between the extremes of
diy and mois, a little gravelly I pnfer, which I
prepare by mixing well-rolled leaves, rotlon wood,
and coiv yard manure in about trpial quantities,
which I hnvc well mixrd with the soil, by spading
or ploughing in deep, if with the plough, sonic two
or thiec times. I tlien' level the ground, but do
not r.iisc il above the walks, fo thai it will receive
and Main all the water which fills upon t
thus prrpnrc my j lat.t ition, ei;lur in auutmn or
spring. 'J'hn firmer is p-eferible, August or !op
(ember, so that the young plants can tikn root
sufficient to endure the winter. In planting I or-
iong" my bed.s about fix fcit wide, putting in the
plants about a foot asunder cic't way. At or near
the epproach the white, I give a tligbt covering of
tan bark, say the first year, the sceoi.d of wet or
rotting leaves, and the third of s imc light mould or
well rotted manure, und so on obernativly. The
tan ot ler.ves are bed the first, as ci her of them
better protect tlio plants. If tlm lantation was
made in autumn, by next Ju'y 01 August 1 1 1 r
wholo surface should be will covered with the
vires, which will spring up through the lop dress
ing without much difficulty ; at which time I pass
through the plantation w ith a p;ide, cutting through
say lengthwise, about one fpit wide, and turning
undir the plants, then having about the same
width, nnd so on alternatively through the whole
bed. Top dress as above for the wilder and next
spring as soon the frost is out of the ground suffi
ciently dry to lejve the earth or soil light or mel
low, I cut through tho bed croswny with tho
spade, in the same manner asbefure.
If tho plintation was ma.le n tho sriin;-, the
first spading should be performed the next spring,
and so on semi-annually from year to year. In an
old bid I take cam to turn under the old plants, so
as alw ays to keep up a succession of new and vig
orous plants I never disturb tho manutcs, and do
not know but the best lime to pciform the second
spa.ling of the season w ould bo immediately aficr
gathering the fruit, so a to ;ive the runners a
light open so I lo take root in. 1'rom the suceevs
I have nu t wi.h by tbia process, I am ii.ilnej t
think that a bed cr platfjrm wi'l la.-l twen'y yers or
perhaps rvin century, I had a bed seven yea s
old, in a garden I ahan.ior.pd, w ithout any care last
spring or even last year after March wnikiii?, which
produced its usual quantity of froit ihU season
During the blooming seuson, unless in wet wea
ther, I ulvioys gixo a slii;t watering fr m a pot
with a rose every evening to set tho fruit. This
must ne vet he omitted if fruit bo on object.
Another circumstai.ee must not be overlooked,
; ,!iat y,:U have i,(.ari5 or ft,rli.0 A IillIt,
u,.aUm or skill nn the pin Jf the cul.ivaior
wi;u.llabc him to distinguish the banen from the
fortiie ,,,,,, from t!ll Ulg0 ho.A CjWl.rs wilh
! i.. ,.,.. ...i ... i.t ..., ,! .' ..r ,., r..
while the laiter are almost destitute nf it im -ns or
anlheis, and the petals of tho flowers are very
small. Il is said lo be necc.-s.iry to plant both kiuJs
together in order to surco. ( If tho truth of this I
have some doubts, but I have not experimented
sulfieiently on the milter to determine.
As to ihe produce, I lieiicve, without difficulty
by my plan of culture I can grow our hunJrcl
unilsixly luthtls nf tis delicious fruit to the acre
per unuiim, or one bushel to every nj.iare r.d. In
deed, i hava by actual ineasuicuiciit g'eatly cx-
cccjc j this, I. dh.i.i:.
A diameter.
The following account nf a remark iWc vill.iu we
find in the Warsaw, Kentucky, I'atiiol:
We understand lhal Willi jiu Bennett, who wis
iie. I lit the late speri.il lei ni of Ua.ll.itiu Ciicuit
Court, fur slabbing Ko'.urt AHoorii, willi intent to
kill, end sentenced to eontii eiimnt in ll.e peniten
tiary for two yetis and four months, in ado his cs
c :pe from tho peneteiitisry the night af:er he w as
put in. He tvas, however, retaken s ou after. Ben-
net is a mm of gri at phi.i( l strength, nf J.ue-devil
til-position, nnd one ef the must desperate characters
we h ie ev. r known. He has broken j tils repea
tedly in this State and ill Indiana, and but few jails
in Ihe country can hold hiui. Il was w.lt) tho ut
most dillieuliy he was kepi in our jail, He broke
all the haudculls and heavy bg ouius that were put
ou Vun to confine hi si, and br.Lo dow n the heavy
iron door of his cell, r.nJ, finally, the only way he
could le kept ww by placing a guaid over hint,
during the excessive cold weather, when the hu
manity of the jailor prompted hint to place fire in
his room, Brunei would set fire to the jail; so that
no fire could sat'uly be left with him. He must
have suffered much in consequence, though he was
well supplied with blankets, &c. He has been a
dttspsrate and dangerous character in society for
several years past, and should have been in the pen
itentiary long ago,
immediate parent ofdcspniism.-JsFrsnso!!.
Vol. I Xo. XXTIII.
John Vanfthan, Ksq. and IlenJ. Franklin.
Mr. Cum nr., in his lile work A Tour through
the United Stales has llie f d'owiog notice of our
venerable townsman, John VioghiN, Esq. Amer.
Sentitul.
Mr. Vaughan is now in his 811 year, and is one
of the mon interesting men in PhiUJi l.hia. He
is s-creuny-lo the American 1'hilnsnphical Boiiety,
and lisca id; their spaitmcuts. Ho was educated
under the mi io s of Uciijauvn Franklin, was his
intimate friend, and, in a long career of public use
fulness nnd private I uicvoli uce, has faithfully walk
ed in his footsie s. lie was one of Dr. Franklin's
suite when he was presented to Mario Antoinette,
oficr Fianro had recognize d the independence of
tho United 8tat( s. Dr. Franklin had oidercd a wig,
nnd intended lo appear in a full court dress; but
when tho wig was sent lilm, it was too small, lln
(old the pcrruquicr lhal he had marred his whole
arrangements by this blunder, and that it was now
loo la o to rectify it. MA moil Dicu, Monsieur,
e'ut ijui voire tclc.crt trap gr.tn.-t,' w as the ready
reply ; and Franklin at once resolved to appear in
his velvet coat of the Quaker cut, with his hair
combed .back ; in short, in his u-uil attire when
dressed for a private party. His fine venerable fi
gurc, in ibis unique ycl becoming apparel, created
quite a sensation in the French couit, nnd what wis
tho result, merely of a barber's blunder, was talked
of as an admirable speriincn of good tasto and re
publ can independence I H i suite wcreull in couit
dress, s: ar.d as Mr. ViUghan had only newly si ri
ve J nt I'a-sy, ho was fitted with clothes hired for
the dny from a fripier.
In the Hall of the American Philosophical Soci
ety there it a portrait of Franklin in I he art of rea
ding. He is drcs;rd in a wig and light b'uo coat.
This portrait, which Mr. Vuughan desciit.es as an
exact rcsemblsr.ee, gives him on expression about
ihe lower part of the face, different from that of any
other portiail which I have seen ; it indicates more
Concentration of mind. The bust of hm, of which
we have casle-i in Edinburgh, is here in marble, and
is a duplicate of the head and shoulders of h's sta
tue erected above the front door c f tho Philadelphia
Library, of which he was founder. Il also is a
faithful representation of him nccotding lo Mr.
Vaughan's testimony. His chair likewise is here,
snd bci?uks bis ing.nious mind. Il is in itself an
old, comfortable, leather-covered onn-chair, on
wheels. Dul tho bottom turns round on a pivot,
and its under side presents s'cp for mounting up to
the shelves of the l.br-iy. The chuir in which
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Inde
pendence is slso preserved here. It is small, circu
lar in form, with arms, ai d a high back ; and a flat
black board is fixed over tho arm, on which Jeffer
son wroic.
Ti e following biography of a noble and chiv
alrous youth, who, bul for the Ijincntaiion event
winch terminated I. is existence, would have be
come an ornament lo the -ervice and his country, is
cxlrseted from Mat kenz'u's I.ifo of Coin. Perry, re
cently publ.shej by tho Hapcr', in lluir Lainlv
i.ibrsry :
Jann s Alexander Perry entered ihe seivicc in
191 1, being then ten v cars oi l, auJ coiitinu d in
ihe flotilla at Newport two years ; afiei which he
accompnned his bio'.hcr to Lake Uiie, escaped un
w ounded ilnoo .h ihe 1 aitlt", Lut with sun.liy bu!
Kls and splinter, through hu b it and chillies, und
aceoinpsiued the expedition up the Thimes. He
was lo havo gone with hi. brother in his flj ing
squadron; but tho peaca culling short lhal expe
dition, he wenl in llie Chippewa to (lie Mediter
ranean in til."). On her departure from the Med
iltirrancaii bo w as Iratitfcrr.d ta the. Ontario, frjm
the Ontario he pastcj to the Java, and on the de
putureof tho Jaa for llie l.'niud Slates, wai trans
ferred lo the Was'iington, in which he rc'urned
home lato in HIT, alter a long and highly improv
ing cruise, lie was u ow m ide lieutenant on board
the Peacock. Pu'is, o iciitly he was sent by his
brother to Fiance lo improve himself, and resi '.ej
a year or Iao at rd.-...y, in the fj nily of a '.earned
l'rote.-taiit clergyman. During tliis time, his im
provement i:i the langiia..' of tlni country, and ill
the geueial culiiviti.m of his mind vas extraordina
ay ; nnd he made such good o e of his tiuia ilut he
came home a very accami'uhed young man, and
his ritia irJinary ami lJ,ii'y and cheerfulness ren
dered him a very j.greealile one, He passed through
the perils of t.isyculii with no oilier di.aster than
the loss of a small prftiou of his chin, in a duel wilb
a midshipman of hi own age, but which did nut
materially injure his good looks ; and, soon after,
went lo ten in the Franklin, aa one of her lieuten
ants. Hhortly after theanivul of the ship at Val
paiiso, he had a night encounter in the streets with
two soldiers, who attempted to rob una. He sue.
ccssfully resisted ihein, securing the sword of ono
of them, w hen they to ;k to their heels. Going one
moiniug with a laige partv of midshipman and a
single seaman, in one of the Franklin's host on
shooting excursion, In attempting ta i"d on the
beach, they got unperceiveq in the rollers, so dan
gerous mi the coast, and w bieh su 'di nly rise be
hind you after long nilliica. The boat was
turned over, and her whole contents precipiialeJ,
with terrible violence, into the mingled sand and
water. Then the treacherous wsve swept b.atk,
carrying with It the boat and its struggling crew,
The most vigorous lecovi red themselves, .seixed u
port an oar or thwart, and commenced swiining
for the shore. Peny, sciive, feailess, and an ex
peti iw'imiuer went ill ub'd of tli psrty, and
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would haro been the first to land, when, hearing
the cries of little Coffin, the youngost of the party,
he put back to the assistance, and, becoming ex-
haimed by the renewed raging of the surf, perished
without accomplishing the object . of his self saui
nice." liost Money Founil.
A small package of inuney was found in one of
the city banks, on Thursday, wlji:h w at lost and
found under the following circunntanecs. The
package contained $C00, and w as sent by a bank in
New Uedford to tho bank in Boston. Its receipt,
however, was nevei acknowledged, and, after cm
sidcrablo correspondence cn the subject, the New
Uedford bank gave up the matter, and concluded
"to pocket the loss." Thus the matter has icst.-d
for three or four years. On Thu s.'ay Iat, the cash
ier or tho bank in Boston lost a piece of India lu'o
Im r behind his de.-k; in attempting lo push it out
with a ruler, he immediately 'discovered llie tost
package of bark bills, safo and sound; and wl.at
is more remarkable, there was no uncurrent note in
tho package ! The money of course, will bepassoj
to the credit of the New DcJforJ lank; wo pro
sumc, with interest added. Dunfar ILll Aurora.
Adrlce to a Bride.
'Hope not for perfect happiness," said Madam
do Maintenon to the princess of Savoy, on the eve
of her marriage with tho Duke of Burgundy, 'there
is no such thing on earth, and though there were,
it does not consist in the posse sion of riches. Great
nrsj is exposed to afflictions often more severe than
ihofO of a private station. Be neither vexed nor
ashamed to depend on your husband. Let him be
your dearest friend, your only confidant. Hope
not for constant harmony in the married state. The
best husbands and wives aic those who bear occa
sionally from each o her sallie s of ill humor with
patient mildness. Be obliging without put ing
gteat value on your favois. Men are lyrants, who
would bo free themselves and have us confined.
You need not be at any pains to examine whether
tlx ir rights be well founded; it is enough that they
are establ shcd. Play Ood to keep you from jeal
ousy. The aftectiuns vf a husband arc never to be
gained by complaints, reproaches, or sullen bt ha
view." Tho following anecdote of iSchla'oeriidoif, who
saved his life by loosing his boots, is curious, and,
we U lievc, new :
'Ono morning the death-cart came for its usual
number of daily victims; and Schlaberndorf's name
was called nut. He immediately, with the greatest
coolness and good humor, prepaicd for departure ;
presence of mind in some shape, a grand stoicism
or mere indifference, were common in thrse terrible
times ; and Si hluberndorf was not ihe man to make
an ungraceful departure, when the una voi labia
must of fate stood sternly In fore birn. lie was
soon dressed, only his boots wero missing; he
sought, and sought, and the g 10'er sought with him
in this corner and in that, but ihey were not to be
found. V.VII,' said t-'clab.-rndorf sharply, 'this is
too bad: tole guillotined without iny boots will
never do. Hark ye, tny good friend, continued ha
with simple good humor to the poalcr, 'take me to
morrow ; er.e d iv makes no difference ; it is tho
iniin thry want, not Tuesday or Wednesday.' The
goaler agreed. Tho wnon, full enough without
that ono head, went o!T to its destination ; Schla
he'ndorf re:naiiied in tho prison. IVext morning,
ht the usual hour, ihu vel.ielo returned, and tho
victim w ho had to strangely escaped on the previous
day was ready, boots and all, wniting the word or
command. Bit behold! his name was not heard
lhal day ; nor the thiid day, inr the fourth ; and
not at all. Thirewos no mytlery in the matter.
It was naturally suppoE'.-d that he had fallen with
the other victims named for the uiiinal Jay ; iu tho
multitude of suffice na one could curiously inquire
for an individual; for tho days that followed there
were enough of victims w ithout him ; and so ho
remained in prisaii till the full of i'obepicrre, when
willi so many others he recavend his liberty. Ho
owed Ibis miraculous escape, not tho least btrangn
in the strange hbstory of the revolution, partly to
the kindness of the gaoler, parity, end mainly to his
good temper. He was a unitcisal f.voiite In tlu
gso!." Foreign Quiuir.'i.
Boot axd Shok I.katiikii. The town of -to-niiiton,
about sevenlc- n miles from BosUn, con.
tains about 2,000 inhabitants. Almost every man,
woman and child are engaged, direcdy or indirect
ly, in attending lo the uniirJanJi! of the pci
pie. During one of the last years, lSO,000 puits of
boots and 54,000 pairs of shoes we.o manufactured
in that town, the value of which exceed f4 57,000 !
If the same number of persons on cny one spot of
tbeUlbe can allow more honorable fiuits of in Jus.
try, why, in the language of the day, we'll "klUHk
under." Vhila. .Irntr.
Thoinis Jefferson ence said, after to had been
President of the United States : The habit of u
siug ardent spill's, by men in public offices, has oc
casioned more injury lo the publio srrvics, an J more
trouble lo me than any other circumslaiice which,
occurred in the internal concerns of the country,
duiing my adaiinistration. And were I to eo:u.
inence my administration again, with the knowledge
which fiom experience I have acquiied, the first
quei:on which I would ark, with regarj lo eve-
carid,.Jte for olliee, should b. "h A addicted t
the ute of piritt J"
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