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STANZAS.
"T W. B. CAKJIXCI.
To the bilhw-borne pilgrim,
Alone on the reus,
How sweet comes the pcrfums
Of land with the breeze !
'Tis the breath of a summer,
Etcrnnl iii prime
The kindliest fragrance
Of sun-gl.iddcned clime.
Tho?e wanderings of sweetness,
How welcome they aie!
That tell of a country,
Unseen and af. ir :
Like the morning, their advent
Doth uskpr a smile,
And the rover' heart dances
In j'- ' tho wlilo.
To cheer.' , ..".
At midnight, they till
Of meadow and mountain,
Of forest and dell;
'Till his eye o'er tl.o Ocean,
Forgcltclh to ro im,
And he walks in his slumber
Tho fields of his home.
Thus, oft on Life's Billow,
With bark tempest-driven,
Tho voyatjer fancies
Tho breathings of Heaven.
Tho Past and the Present
Kenicmherinfi no more,
Ho nit-els, in bis visions,
The woild that's before.
From the I'iiluthljiiia Spirit of the Timet.
IVew L.ti21aMc for Old Xuascs.
I.
Iley ! diddle, diddle!
The Bank and Biddlc;
nSotliiiii-'a li ft in the dish but tho Fpoon!
All the silver of bite
Have been turned into plate!
And the gold shims away iu tho moon !
II.
Kickcry, Nickeiy, knock!
Li t eo)t save the tuck !
Tho master-stroke,
The bunk is broke !
Kickery, nickerv, knock!
III.
There was an old Hanker who lived in a stew I
ile'd so many slockholdeis ho didu't know what to
do ;
le kept them awhile, with his promises cramm'd,
t'laen kick' J ihcui all soundly, ami Lid theui be
J d!
IV.
Sinir a sopf o' nxprnce.
A pocket full of lies!
And live and thirty millions,
All scattered to the skies !
When the 13 .ink was opened,
There was nothing in to show t
Vui'nvihat a pretty thiu,
1 .r Covvperlhwaito and Co."
roil 'HIE AMEniCAS.
litracts of Readings.
I.v Turkey, the law, which condemns
he murderer to death, permits at the
ame time the nearest relations of the
nurdcred, (one of whom is, on these
tccasions, the executioner,) to grant
iim a pardon.
A Turk, in haste to inherit, had mirr
ored his father, and was condemned,
n the strongest proofs, lo loose his
ead. One of his friends, the compa
ion of his debaucheries, hastened to
lie judge with a large sum of money ;
here he learned that the sentence had
cen already pronounced. Not discou
nted by that, he continued to press the
adi, whom the sight of such a treasure
ad already persuaded. I cannot, said
c to his client, acquit your friend with-
ut a proof of his innocence, stronger
lian the evidence on which he has been
onvictcd. Be bold enough to declare
ourself the murderer of his father, pro
ure two witnesses, and I will con
cmn you to undergo tho punishment
j winch he has been sentenced ; he
, ill be immediately reinstated in all his
ights, and have the power of granting
ou a pardon, l lie undertaking was
crtainly hazardous ; no great confi-
ence could be reposed in u parracidc
Tct the -convicted criminal pardoned
ha nretended murderer, and thisvilla-
v, conducted in tiue form of law, was
omnleiclv buccesslul. fMcmoirs of
Jaron Do Tott.
A cuRiovs anecdote is told respecting
he late inhabitant of (.hononccau, be
jnging to the family of Villeneuve;
vhieh, if any thing can justily suicide
tertain v does. .Monsieur dc t was
ast into prison during the revolution
n common with most ot the otner re
ncctable people of France, at a mo
nent when every person who had the
nisfurtuno to be a nobleman was, if an-
ircherided. led to tho guijlotine. While
n confinement, ho rcllocted that if he
ihared tho fate of many of his fellow
-irisohcrs, his fortune would vc conhs
-ntr.l. and his children become beggars
nit that if ho should destroy himself, as
lis children wero minors, their inheri
tance could not legally bo seized, and
Absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the
lly Masscr & i:iely.
lie only shortened the period of his exis
tence by a few hours. These consi
derations were so powerful in his mind,
that he cflectcd his destruction with a
razor, and thus secured his property to
his children. Williams' Travels thro'
France.
Vivacity seems to be tho common
property of every Frenchman, and ne
ver did it appear more strikim' than in
the following circumstance: Upon an
English surgeon's some years since vi
siting an hospital at Paris, he saw in
one of the wards three Frenchmen who
had received some very severe contu
sions by the fall of a scaffold a few days
before, lying in bed ; upon approach-
i i .i
ing mem nc lounu one ucaa, anotner
dying, and the one in the middle sitting
upright in the bed, fiddling to several
invalids, who were dancing at the foot
of it as well as they were able. Carr's
Travels through Holland, &c.
M. Bounou This eminent surgeon
was one day sent for by the Cardinal du
Bois, prime minister to France, to per
form a very serious operation upon him.
The cardinal, on seeing him enter the
room, said to him, 'you must not expect
sir, to treat me m tne same rousu man
ner as you treat your poor miserable
wretches at your hospital of the Hotel
Jicu. '31 v, lord,' replied iu. Uoudou
with great dignity, 'every one of those
miserable wretches, as vour eminence
s pleased to call them, is a prime min
ister in my eyes.' Supplement to An
ecdotes of distinguished Persons.
Vegetable Diet.
There cannot be a doubt that the diet
of the Irish is highly favorable to viva-
it v and talent. It is stated in the Lode
of
Health, that ''vegetable food has a
iappv influence on the mind, and tends
to
preserve delicacy, a liveliness ol
imagination, and an acutencss of judg
ment, seldom enjoyed by those who
:c principally upon animal food. The
alter is better calculated for those who
abor with the body ; but the celebra
ted Franklin ascertained that a vegeta-
e diet promoted clearness of ideas
and (iiiekncss of thought, and that a
transition from vegetable to animal food
produces injurious effects. A friend
states that he has more than once se
eded from his tenants' children a bo
remarkable for that smartness of inte
ijjence so common in the Irish youth,
while in the capacity of errand boys on
the farm, or helpers in the stables, and
uctore they became pampered with bet
ter lood than their parents cabin allur
ed. 1 he lads were at first lively and
ntclh''ent, and disnlaved a decree ot
shrewdness exceeding what is ?cneral
y met wilh from youths of a more cxal
ted walk of life in Hnirland. But he in
variably found that in proportion as
these boys were better fed, they relaxed
n activity, became dull and stupid ; and
ic is confident the change in disposi
tion sprung from the effect of change in
diet, and was not owing to corruption
of mind from their intercourse with
other servants. In fact, they loose all
that vivacity of manner so inherent in
the Irish boys, whether born in the vast
bog ol Allan, or m the dry and rocky
countries of Mayo and Cahvay. lie
is therefore inclined to think that the
character of the people does not depend
so much upon climato or soil, as upon
ood, for no part ol the globe can diller
more than these parts of that kingdom.
A potatoc diet is found greatly to im
prove the quality of the blood. Hence
roasted potatoes have been successfully
employed as a specific against the sea
scurvy, wncn oilier rcmccies nave iaii
cd. fciir John Sinclair.
Preset! atlou or llaeon.
Mf.ssks. Fditors. As the season is
rapidly approaching when nil good
house-wives feel a natural solicitude for
the preservation of their bacon, permit
me to inform such of your readers as
may not be apprised of the fact, that by
wuitc-wasuing tneir bacon, they can
reserve it, perhaps, more economical
y nnd effectually, than by adopting any
of the various modes which have been
recommended for this punosc. A re
spectablc neighbor ot mine has saved
his bacon in this way lor tho lust twen
ty years, without the loss of a single
piece. Farly in the spring, after his
meat is well cured, he gives his bacon
a good coat of while-wash, with the
common brush, on the fleshy side and
on the ends of the iiocks, sin inkling
small quantity of fine ashes on the moist
whitewash, and hangs it up ogam in
his smokehouse, w hero it is permitted
AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL;
majority, the vital principle of Republics, from which
Suufcury, IVoi tliumbei laud Co.
to remain until it is taken down for use. I
'he process docs not injure the meat
in tne slightest ticgrcc. it owes us
llicacy, obviously, to tho fact that
the hard crust it forms over the ba
con, prevents the fly from deposi
ng its eggs in it. Any other means,
which would exclude tho lly from all
access to the meat, such as burying it
in salt, oats, &c., would, of course be
equally effectual.
JNcvcr wound your meat until you two
it, for the fly will be sure to deposit its
eggs in tho wound. A friend of mine
ost a number ot hams last summer, in
consequence of his wife's thrusting a
nife into them to ascertain their qua-
dv.
To preserve meat well, a smokc-
louse'should be roomy, dry, cool, and
dark, and yet sufficiently open to per
mit a lree circulation ot air, otherwise
your bacon will be soft, damp, and ran-
id. Un this account, wooden smoke-
iouscs are greatly preferable to those
constructed of brick and stone.
It is a great, yet very prevalent er
ror, to smoke bacon in wet damp wea
ther ; for by smoking it at such seasons,
the "sweat" which then collects upon
this meat, and which has a peculiarly
lisgusting taste, is driven into it ami
dried upon it, and impairs its flavor.
omokc only in dry weather. 11 your
meat is well cured, the only use of smo
king in summer time, is to expel the lly
Irom the house.
If any of your readers smack their
ips as heartily as I do over a good old
Virginia ham, that fairly melts in your
mouth, the' w ill not tail to observe these
lam directions for the preservation of
their bacon. Cultivator.
I ho fill Receipt.
ron keei-ixo Apples throcgh the
Wixtkr. Gather them without bruis
ing, and after they have laid a few days
to sweat, barrel them, putting a little
dry straw at the top and bottom and
around the edges in the barrel ; let the
barrels lay in a dry place in the air, till
F unpacked they would freeze, (who
thcr they freeze in the barrel or not I
do not know,) then put the barrels in a
dark cellar to use when you shall think
desirable. I have kept apples in this!
way till in August, and on one occasion
till I gathered winter apples the next
year.
lo kill JiicE ox Lattle. v ecd
them a quantity of sulphur, a small dose
at a time, mixed with cut roots or olhcr
ecd. It will affect the blood and kill
ice.
To cure the Bots is Horses. Pour
down the horse a quarter of a pound of
alum dissolved in a pint ot water, (milk
warm;) in five or ten minutes after pour
down him a pint of Linseed oil or other
mild active purgative; in ten minutes
the horse will rise and cat.
Cure ron. Corns. A subscriber to
your valuable paper told me a few days
since how he had cured several corns,
w hich had compelled him to wear mo-
casins. llo paired them on wim a
sharp knife, bathed them freely with
fpts. 1 urpentinc, and hud upon them a
men cloth w Inch he lrequcnlly wet with
turpentine. In a few days the corns
came out root and branch, to the great
relief of tho sufferer. Tho remedy is
simple, attainable by all, and from its
effectual cure in the case cited, is wor
thy of a trial by such as arc suffering
from these painlul visitants. J 11 b.
10 RELIEVE PLOATKD CATTLE WITIls
out kail. lake about a wine glass lull
of powder, mix it w ith cold hog's lard,
make it into balls and put it down the
creature, and commence driving it a-
bout, and it will very soon relieve the
patient. I have seen the above rcmc-
ly applied lrequently, and have never
known it to fail. Cultivator.
lo relieve choaked Cattle and
Horses. liaise the fore feet to relax
the muscles of the leg; then tie a bit of
w hip chord, drum hue or other strong
string round tho arm just above the
knee ; let go the foot, and if the horse
or cow docs not put it to tho ground, a
quick btrokc with the w hip will make it
do 6o, and the operation is perlormcd,
and the animal relieved. But liow'f
He will bo relieved, 1 tell you, and that
is sufficient. My crude notion is, the
pressure of the hard chord on the nerves
in the arm, create the same sickening
sensation in the animal that a btrokc on
the elbow causes in the man, the nau
sea relaxes the muscles of tho throat,
and the exertion of the animal caused
by tho pain acting at tho same time,
causes it to throw off the substance
with which it is choaked. NusUvilk
Agriculturist.
rv
HQ
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there is no appeal but to force, tho vital principle
la. Saturday, May 13, 1S11.
Cors. Some of tho largest crops of
corn of which we have any account, I
were raised on green sword, and the
seed was plantwl in drills. It is nomc
more work to cultivate corn in drills
than in hills, but the crop w ill be larger,
and this is an important advantage,
where land is dear.
If the rows of corn roll from north to
south, the land w ill be more exposed to
the sun after the plants arc high; this
will ol course bo benehcial to a crop
that requires much heat, as is the case
with corn.
In ploughing, it is necessary that the
sod be turned completely over, and shut
in close, that the gases produced by
fermentation of the vegetable matter
may not escape, but pervade the whole
mass of active soil, and enrich it.
If a part of the manure be coarse
and the other fine, the coarse should be
spread on before ploughing, and turned
under, and the fine put on top, and tlio
roughly mixed with the soil by harrow
ing. Numerous experiments show that
the crop of corn will generally be bet
ter if the manure be spread, than if it be
put in the hill. It is less labor to spread
it, and betlcr for the soil, as it will be
more evenly distributed. Yankee Far
mer. Discovery or the f.fkect of 1 las-
Tuu ox La.no. Professor Lcibeg, of
(.lessen, has discovered that snow and
rain water always contains ammonia ;
hence its presence in the atmosphere
Plaster, (sulphate of lime,) forms this
ammonia in the soil, and keeps it there
to stimulate and feed vegitation, in the
same manner as lime prevents the c
scape of other fertilizing gasscs, from
animal and vegetable nianurc.-oeneca
The Iter. J. Pienuotit gives tho following des
cription of the horrid tyrtauny of tho I3riUth Gir
eminent .
The sanguinary war by vrhk'U Creat Critian
has subjugated the hundrej millions of India, and
stem despotism with which she rules and starves
them, that her merchant princes may roll in sp'.en
Ji.r and lap themselves in voluptou4i)C3, hivo a
votco which the whole thickness of tho globe can
not keep out of our cars. "A more bnntiful coun
try," says a brother clergyman iccently of this city
"than that fromCuddaloue toTanjore (in Madras)
cannot possibly be imuginej. The dritso pojiula
tion and rich soil give their energies to each other,
and ptoduce a scene of surpassing loveliness. But
the taxes and other causes keep Jown the laborers
to stato below our Southern slave." "Turn your
eyes backward," says a speaker of their own, no Ion
ger ago than last September, "turn your eyes back'
ward upon tho scenes oflat year. Go with rue
into the northwest province of tho Bcngil Prosi
ucucy, and I will show you the bleaching skele
tons of live hundred thousand human beings, who
perished for hunger in tho space of a few short
month. Yes; died for hunger in n In this been
uisiiy called mo rranary ol l lie world. 1 be air
tor miles was poUoncJ with tho e(T!ui emitted
from the putrify inj bodies of tho dead. The riers
wcro chuLcd wilh the corpses thrown inlu th.'ir
channels. Mothers ca-jt their little cnos beneeth
the rolling waves, because they would not ece them
draw their last gatp, and feel them sti.Tin in their
arms. JacValli and vultures approached and (at
tt ned upon tho bodies of men, women, and children
before life was extinct. Madness, disease, end dc
pair stalked abroad, no human power present to ar
rcbt their progress. And tht occurred in British In
ihh. in tho rcmn of ictoria the I irt. IN or was
the event extraordinary uuforsecn. Far from it
1835 w itnessed famine in the northern province.
1S33 behelJ one in the eastern. 1822 saw one in
the Dcccan. They have continued to Increase in
fYeriuenry end extent under our sway, for more
than half century." Uuder the Administration of
Lord Clive, a famino in the Bengal provinces swep
utTihiec millions ; anJ at lhat linio the lliitii-h spec
uhlois in India had their granaries filled to nplc
tion w ilh corn. Horrid monopoly of the nteessa
rics of life ! Three millions died, whilo thcie was
food enough, and to ipare, lockcJ up in the tlore
house together. To add tj tho horror with which
ho had been called upon to regard the la.t drcaJiu
famine, (that of the last year,) we mo made uc
quaintcd by the rciurr.s of the cuttoin-houne, wilh
the fact lhat as much grain was exported from tho
lower parts of Bengal, at would haie fed tho hulf
million who ptii-hej, for whote year. Yet thi
awful oppression and theie Jctolsting fiiniues tuust
go on, that England may extort a hundred million
of dollars t vciy j ear, from her hundred millions of
Hindoos ; end poppies um-t grow iru'ciJ of wheat
lhat, at her canuui's mouth, she may force her o-
pium upon the three bundled luillion of the Chi
ce.e, while some one solitary M jr.'.itiuu, perhaps,
U translating tho Biblo v( tho ChrUlians, to bring
these counties millions lo accept the nligion ol"
nutiun that standi ready ul this moment Vj destroy I
one ball of them ly war, that Vwaj dcttioy the
clhei half by oiaon,"(
A ltu 'loHMuun i'A new thin bM eowo
1. I , . I.. M 'l.ul Ik tli.ll IS
... my ucavi Mieiy. - " t - 'Uiuuit,
was the ret Ij.
M
E
AN,
anJ immediate parent of despotism.-
Icrrtnsoi,
Vol. l7io. XXXIV.
Silr ml lit Ernptlon of Volcano.
Wo dro indebted, sa)S the Newark Daily Ad
vertiser, to an olliccr of die Exploring Expedition
for files of the Polynesian, a useful little paper pub
lished at the Sandwich Islands ; and transfer the
following extract from full account of tho late
remarkable fotcano eruption, which was briefly re
ferred to by our correspondent in a hto letter, as
having been witnessed by tho officers of the s;uad
ron :
Several days before the eruption, smoke was seen
by the natives rising from the direction where the
lava afterwards burst out, but it was attributed to
brush on Cre, ml two o'clock on Sunday, the last
day of May, bright light was seen from Ilillo to
ward the ISouih, which spread with great rapidity,
and increased to such an intensity lhat h was im
mediately attributed to a volcano eruption. This
the reports of tho nitives soon confirmed. It was
judged to be thirty miles dtstant, end at night such
tho bi.t'.iancy of the light, that ihe finest print could
be easily read at that distance. Xhia nnon-tide
brighliue converting iiig'ut int'J day, continued for
two weeks, and is repre.-ented by cjo witnesses to
havo been a stiecWc'.o of unsurpassed sublimity.
It was liku the gluto of a firmament on Cre, and was
Been for upwards of a hundred miles at sei. It al
so roso and fpreuJ itself above tho lofty mountain
peuk, ' os to be distinctly visible ou the leeward
sido of tho Llund, where Uio wiud drove Ike smoke
iu deuce masxy cloud..
Tho lava continued flowing towards the sea
which it reached o-.i Thursday, f.iur days from its
first egress. At times it would ruth forward with
a velocity of four or uvo miles per hour, but for a
short di.tunco only, ihrn become very sluggish, and
movo heavily and bluwly on. Its gencrul move
ment was iu immerse semi-circular masses, ow ing
to its great consistency. These would roll on, grad
ually accumulating, until the masa had become too
heavy to hold itself together, while the exterior Was
partially cooled and solidified ; then bursting, the h
ijuid interior Cowing out would join a new stream,
and thus aid in forming another. By these accel
erate progressive movements, tho wave-like ridges
were formsd, which are every where observable on
the older currents. At times, it forced it way un
der the circumjacent soil, presenting the singular
appearance of earth, rocks and trees in motion like
the swell of tho ocean. Mr. C. was standing near
tho stream and watching it progress, when the
land beneath him began to rise, and in few ruin
u'ic he was teu fret above hi coiutauious, who
were but a short distance from him. He had bare
ly time to leave the dangerous situation when the
esrth opened, and lava gushed out. The color of
the w hole stream was of the deepest crimson. On
the windward aide its heat was not so powerful,
but lhat person could approach and plunge sticks
into tho fiery ium and draw forth specimens. So
great was its viscidity, lhat large ro.k wcro seen
floating down Iho current, like cork upon water.
In one night the stream spread from t few rods to
half a ruilo in width.
The ejicctacle when this buinintr mass reached
tho kcs, niut have I -.en awful and sublime in the
highest degree. The conflict I clwccn the two an
tagonist powers, fire and water, wa on scale
which tho eyo of man seldom witnesses. The
heaven wcro lit up in one intense blaze, whilo
streams of fire I ke lightning glanced about in every
direction. Ashes and sand were thrown to a Croat
height into t'uo air, and descended for miles distant
in shower of P.rey r pray. Yolumo of smoke and
steam rolled heavily up, rendering the lurid glare
still more powerful whilo the heavy detonations and
loud reports of exploding gajes, and the roar of the
conflicting elements wcro distinctly heard twenty
five miles off, like discharges of artillery.
Wilh such rapidity and to such a degree man the
water heated that the following day (June bih,)
the fish floated when dead, as fur as Keaau, fifteen
miles distant, where the water was hot lo the touch,
Doctor Green's Cure for Druultrnnrss.
"Whenever you fed sn inclination to drink
pirhoui liquor, (grog,) drink cool fresh water.
This is an effectual cure ; and in a very abort time
you will make a sober man out of the greatest
drunkard. Pruukenness (say the Doctor) is a dis
case of the stamach, and cool water is the remedy
for the goodness of Providence has placed by the
tide of every d c-e its appropriate remedy; and
by Ihe sido of every eil iia appropriate good
Let vis -c thankful Exchange I'ajKr.
Cj Tho above is very good and wo have no
doubt that it viil ptove effectual, but it docs not
seem lo Lo a td.y put in rraclico iu a remedy
which we once heard an old (Quaker recommend
lo a man who was ea:c'.y afllictcd wilh intemperance.
Ho had btencxhoitiiig thetiper ta leave off the per
iikious habit and was akid by him how he could
govern hiunelf. It is just as easy, replied the Qu.v
ker, as lo open ll.y hand. Agtctd then, said 'ua
other now for your prescription. Well fr'.CMd;
said the Quaker, when thou findest a glasj ( or a)y
other intoxicating liqiioi in thy hand, 0jn .nt
band itiuu ha:t it in before it '.cichea ihy routh,
and thou in never ag . ,nbe iucbii-t0j, 'r;uo l0.
Cliilou wa so duiplo and ", obviously feasible,
that the ti'j WM t topci no uite. UaUimort
lltI"o!kaH.
Couasiva Sraisuru or vaatocs MaTtarns.
Bar linn e;ie inch souaie will sustain 7C.40O lbs.
Cast lrou,
Brass, -
An or Elm,
Kope oue iiid ta diameter,
lei,t6U
3o,CU0
ti.000 '
3,150
1'KICCS OF APTI3KXg3Q.
I square 1 insertion, . fo (SO
I ilo 2 do . . 0 75
1 du 8 dj . 1 00
Evry suheqtint inerti, n, . . 0 25
Yearly Advertisement, (wilh the rriviW-eo nl
alteration) one column $25; half column, $18,
three squnrc, f 12; twr tpinre, f j one sijusre,
$5. Without the privilege of alteration a liheiul
discount will be mnde.
Advertisements left without directions a to the
length of lime thcf are to be published, will !h
continued until ordered out, and charged accord
ingly.
CjSixtccn lines make erjuare,
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Can she Kjitu t
This question wae asked by King James lt
when a young girl was presented to him, and tho
person who introduced her, boasted of her proficien
cy in the ancient languages. "I can insure your
Majesty," said he, hut nhe can both apeak and
write Latin, Greek and Hebrew." "Thefeare rare
attainments for a damsel," said James, "but prny,
ti ll me, can she spin 1"
Many of iho young ladies of the present day can
boast of their skill in the fine art and polite ac
complishments, in music, painting, dancing, but
can they spin 1 or what ia perhaps more appropri
ate to the time and the modern improvements in
labor-earing machinery, it may be asked, can they
perform the domestic duties of wife I Da they
understand the ramagerocnt of household affairs T
Are they capable of superintending, in a judicious,
prudent and ccouotnlcal manner, tho concern of a
family t
A young lady may be learned in iho ar.eictit and
modern Icnguacs, may havo made extraordinary
proficiency in eery branch of literature; this is all
very weil, and very creditable, on J, to a certain class
of iho community, who aro not oblig -d, as was Su
Paul, -to labor with their own hands," is all that is
absolulvly requisite, but to a much larger portion
of tho community, it is of far greater conscqueuco
. know wother they can spin ?
It is of more importance to s young mechanic, or
merchant, or ono of any other class of people who
dipend upon their own industry and exertions, if
ho marries a wife, to have oiio who knows how U
spin or to perforin other dcoicctiu duties, than oua
whoso knowledge doe not extend beyond a great
proficiency in literature and line oris.
It has often been suid that the times oro strangely
altered ; and certain it is that tho people are. It
was once thought honoilla to be constantly employ
ed in some useful avocation ; but now-a-dsys it id
thought more houorablo to be idle. People com.
plain of high prices of all the necessaries of life,
and wilh much truth. But if the amount of idle
ness could be calculated accurately throughout tho
community, allowing the drones half price for tho
service which they might perform, and which others
are paid for, might be safo calculation to estimate
it equal lo all that i expended for provisions and
marketing in the United States. So it is not a lit
tle incotibistcnt lo hear parents complain about tho
price of provisions, while they bring up their daugh
ter to walk the streets and expend money !
Lot tho fair daughters of our country imitate tho
industrous of the past The companion of llino
who fought iu the Revolution were inured to hard
ships, and accustomed to necessary toil, and thus
did they educate their daughters. Health, coi.tent-
mcut, and plenty sruik-d aiound tho family alter.
The damsel who understood most Ihorousty and
economically the management of Uomes'.ic afTairs,
and was not afraid to put her hands into tho wa.h
lub, of to 'lsy hold of tho distaff," for fear of des
troying their clauticity, and dimming their snowy
whiteness, was sought by the young men f those
days as f.t companion for iifb, bat in modern
times to learn tho mysteries of tho household was Ul
make our fair ones faii.t away ; and ta labor cou .t:
u.it into tho code of modern gentility.
Industry and frugality will load to chcerfulne, a
and contentment, and a contented w ife tends gre.t I;
to (often tho asperities and smooth the rou;h paii 'i
in man's journey through life. It has been tr.t ';
suid, a pleasant cucciful wifo is a rainbow in t h
sky, when tho husband mind is toasod with slori a
and tempests ; but a dissatisfied and fretful wt ft
in the hour of trouble, is Llo a thubdcrsM. a
charged with electric fluid.
A melancholy instance of the uncertainty of 0 it
cumstantial evidence occurred at Gibraltar last Tt I
ruary. A w ealthy English merchant of lhat pin -
named Jame Boxwell, wca convicted upon tl u
kind of testimony, of the murder of his own dau ,1
ler. On proceeding lo Ihe placo of execution,, h
recognized an Englishman named John Keats, b
had been active in procuring hi conviction, whnr.
ha forgave for hia hostility, a he desired to die ii
peace with alt the world. Keats seemed czucl
a fleeted by this, and just ai the sentence of tW
law wa about lo be executed, cried out. It is I tha
am guilty, and not the convict." A great seamtioi
was produced by this exclamation, when Keat
came forward and ful'y confessed his guilt. Th'
rope was immediately taken from tho neck of hi
victim, anl tho tap from his face, but it was all lo.
tate. The Wrcic.h.cJ father was a corpsehavim
died of grif enj tenor! Kcat wa taken tojxi
amid th'. execrotiou of the multitude, who wcr
wilh d'jiculty restrained from tearing him to piece
Cossistesci. Some person advertised lately
iu the Bun, for a person of gucJ moral charade
as a partner in the Lusinecs of uiak'ng rum, brand;
and gin out of common whitkey, without duliiliii;
TaivtLLixa Gum. A fellow without nione
Laving a considerable distance to travel, fastened
chain and padlock to his legs, and lay down in
field, lie was apprehended on suspicion of beiu
a convict, and convoyed gratis lo a jail in the tow
whidier ho desired to go.
Jix Cuow's Last. One of Jim Crow like
new verse, ou the contemplated expedition, froi
Eugland, to rescue McLeod. lie says -
"Dey talk of sending ten line of battle ahlpe.
Which 1 rather '.peU they'll do,
if But dey betlcr send tea uior f em,
To t'cixh doui coffin loo,"
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