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From the Knickerbocker fir OJubcr.
THE PILOT OP THE F.1UE.
One deed of heinism on boatd this boat should
not be left unrecorded. A letter (Venn Buffalo in
torms us that the pilot stood by his post ut the
wheel, keeping the head of the steamboat (o the
ihore, un'il he was burned to death ! Hi namo we
relieve was Auoustis FvLtEit. Alb. Daily Adv.
The lake's broad bosom gently met
And fondly c'npcj its bride,
As fair a bark ns ever jet
Wan wedded to it tide.
Hotv lew of nil tlint ves-el bore
lleeined as they skimmed the waters o'er
And saw the bright son set.
And gazed upon the fading klmre
That they should see the land iio more.
A smnlher'd sound (he pilot heard
Full suddenly it came,
And quuker than his jnxious word
Fo tll llash'd the living 11 line!
A painted ky above him (low 'd,
l'urpte the waves around him llow'd
llehe.ird them call his nuine,
As hovering between fire and IIoihI
The hapless, trembling victims blood:
Turn, pilot! turn uk to the bud'.'
Nor ncedn the pilot more ;
The faithful hark obrjs his hand,
Nor ior himself bis skill I e tried ;
For his nnii sake he nnuhl huve plied,
Like hi compeer, the oar;
1 til for the forms tit it duns; beside
The wieck, with none but him to guide !
The boats h ive left Urn vessel's side
Will he fors.ike it Inn J
The helmsman Uirm d a way in pride,
The bravest til' the crew :
He only heeds the b''i r prycr,
Love's l.t-t embrace in sad .ictpair
These w.ung a lent lull Hue:
Wh:ii agony to pensh here,
With home mid help so very near.
Ye who cm feci for others' woe,
W ho in. n rt i die many list,
t or him shall no sad le.ir-drop flow,
Who perish M at his po-t ?
O Death, these aio thy triumphs; thesa
Attest thy kingly sovereignties:
Thou rul'ht I lie hum. 01 host
Upon ihu l.niJ and on the stas,
Where'er the Into sail wojs the breeze !
I'ut yet there is, which scorns thy ait,
L'ncunciuer'd uiicontiu'd
The purpose ol a n l!e heart
A bravo heroic last n !
Tho;.gh storm- may gather, fears hotel,
An I hope dt p trt. tticre lingers yt
A str. nglli ihou canst not bind:
Which wakes yet li. s our and legtit,
And winch we Level t!.u loi.ct.
he foiloiving paraly on the beautiful lines til
'stiii h, wirj taken 1 1 .mi, the tign of u silk dyir.
.duu.btt.Jly cbUuitil iui him uui.y a f-.ii cu.-
i :
When lowly woman tibs her vat:cer,
And hi.ds loo I .iu lli .1 leu will Uln ;
Wliai evor nutlr u I dy cio.s r !
What uil can wa ll ul! vtlniu uaiit 1
The only urt the s ain to cover
To hide the spot Iioiii i tiy eve;
To wear tin uitsoilej i le. ii'mau Ucf,
1)1 piop. r color, u iu in.
pKiiiy.KfT wirii Con L'l'st. Mr. Wel
f Ips;!i. h, filled gudeu p. Is wi.h fine coal
and pl.iCcJ a tuiiely of plan a ill tln iii, such
talors, onioii!-, tiio. ; in all of winch the vige.
vtas vigorous and luxuiiant. bliawbciriex,
a, aud a variety tf ucclul and on.siniiil.il
lluive extremely well in this material, which
in, neat, inolTciisive, without odor, incapable
boring insects, well sdaptid for in-dour floor-
e, and enduring for a long period. 7' arii-
s of the Hocirty if Arts.
iiso Cohk I. ash..
If vouhave not already t
iho land that you intend lo idant in corn
' 1
I rine, llias, tin; iiiu-miit uiibiilcui. uii iu
' b
e a sullicieiit cpiantr.y to give it a uuse in
.venly-five to fifty bushels to the acie. And
I it not ls iu your power to lime ihe whole
lo so with as many aoaes us you can. Ii is
i f .r yon lo attempt anything bke a perius-
3 ' 7
ninoveineiit of your soil, without the use ol
J
i tome of its forms. Amerieun Farmer.
n Mkmi ikk o IIor.B The American
i furnishis Ihe following; When your hots j
k, i.ukii"W i.ot of wl.ai, give ht in ears'
i, f.isl tltpi ol iu tar, and then rolled in set
'l it ten lo one that arirs'.e the di.-ese, and
s the pig lo Inulih."
Litis or til it us. Katies sttsin a preat
.)ue ia said to have died at Vienna aged 101.
j.tites Ihe age of eagle at 61)0 yesis but giving his name, Oitiwed Wo xl. the judge, sd
lerns conm.ler a century a pi eat ape for this j dre.smg him, said "fray, Mr. Wool, haw dow.u
It of Ihe are. Hawks average SO lo 40 U )nui name The olJ Bentltiuali uplied.
UUckbiid 10 to IS ; Thru.h 8 to 10;
gale 15; Kedbreast 10 to 15, Wiell 8 to
lark 10 lo U0 ; 1,'hairiiich 20 loll ; (iold
3 to 16; Linnet 14 lo 23 ; I', beau 40 to CO ;
i ; biuiling 10 to 12 ; (louse 10 ; Kuvoua,
and I'arrola often over 100; iVacock 12;
n fowl 10: Pkcassnl and Paliid.tt 10 ;
10 , Heidi 0 , &sn UO.
SUWB1
Absolute acquiescence in the decision-, of the
IJy Xasscr &, Elscly.
The M'ays of Marie Antolniiettr.
The queen was suken d tegul irly at eight
o'elet k, ntvl.ich hour l.rr first lady of the bed
eliHiiil er entered the r.iom, m came wi bin the
gilt railing w liich surr uinh'd the b. d, bringing in
one hand a pin cn-h oh, and iu ihr i tlier the bonk
emit lining ( ut erus of nil ihe queen's trc-aes, of
which she had usu dly ihirly-i-ix fir each season,
besides iiiii-lin and other common i'rei-ses. 'i he
Queen tnaiked with pit s the llnco shechoneln
wear in the course of that day; one during the
morning, nnotlier at dinner, and a third in the
evening at a card par'y.a ball, or a theatre. The
book was then delivered to a foo lhan, who carried
it to the l.idy of the wardrobe, iSlio took down
from (he shelves and drawers thr-n dresses and
their trimmings ; while another woman filled a
ba-ket with the linen, etc, which her nisjr'y
would wunt that day. Great wrappers of green
tiillely were thrown over these things, and foot
men carried them to the queen's drensing-room,
Sometime ihe queen took her breaM.ist in bed.
und sointtimi s in her bs'h. Her linen dress was
trimmed with the richest lace; Iter thesstng-gown
wus of white tiflcly : and the ahppeis iu wliich she
stepped to the ball) were of white dimity trimmed
with bee.
Two women were kept for the Side business of
attending to the bath, which was unit ally rolled in
to the ronin upon castors. Tho bathing gown was
n( tine llannel, with collar and ruffs, and lining
throughout ol line linen. The breakfast, of colfee
or chocolate, wss seid on a tray which Monti on
I the cover of the balh. Meantime, one of the la-
dies warmed the bed with a si!er warming pan,
j mid the queen returned to it, silting vp in her white
tallity drisaing-gown, and reading ; or, if any one
j who had permis-ion to visit her at that hour
j w ished to see her, (die lonk up her embroid. rv.
This kind of vistt, ut a iieison's itsing, is t uotoina
j ry uoroad ; aud It hus been so long so at the ('olirl
j of Fiance, thai certain clas-es of p. rsons were un
I ib r-t iod to have t ilgl.l to visit ihe queen at Iho
i hour ol her lev. c, as it was called. These peisons
were ihe phtsiriuns und suigcons of Ihe court;
j any rixssengeia from the king ; ihe queen's sec re-
tiny und others ; so tlist there were often, besides
the ladies iu waiting, ten or a dozen peisons visit
ing the queen as she sal up iu bed, ul woik, or tak
ing her tireakfast.
'The great visiting hour, however, was noon,
when the queen went let.) another room to have
her i.aii i ic.srd. We see iu prints huw the hair
was dressed al thai time tiizzed and powdered,
and piled up with silk cushions and ribbons and
flowers, li'l the wonder was how any head c u!d
letrsurha weight. It took along lui.e lodre-s
a lad)' l.a'rin tho-e days, 'i'lieqti.en sat befire
a most rpb ndid toilelte-tab!c iu the middle or the
loom. Tin lad es who had lien in wailing for
iwei.ty-foci hoi.rs now vtetit out. aud gave place
to t.lh. ts in full drtss, with ro-e-colored I'i.eu.ie
pit itoals, wide hoops and high head die.seg with
lap; cs, and al! the fineiy i f a court. The usher
I.H.k bis p nee beloie lite f. IJ ng doors : great
ihaira si d o"'s ucrc s t ilia circ!e f r such viaits
onus ha I a liht ti-el d n in iho pr. seure . I
rotul.ty. Thus en ered Ihe ladiciof the paljC, the
gov. rn. ss of iho royal childieu, ihe princes of the
rojul family, the s.-cn t.in.s of state, the capt.ius of
ihe gu ir I, end on Tuesdays, the loreign ami's sa
d irs. AiCurd.ng to their lank, tho queen ei her
tiud.l. d Iu t'lt in a- they entered or h ved In r he. id,
or Icjutd I'.iT arm upon the toilet table, as if about
lo iic. This list salutation was only to iho roysl
primes.. t"ho l eter sctunliv iu.e for htr haii
dresscr was po doling her hair.'
The following iinnuiicimion of a vat improve
ment ty a new r.-imhnVali.iii of mechanical power
must wo should think, attract voty generally the
public a'tcntion :
iCIectio Magnctlque Locomotive.
Translated fur the ,utiunal Inttlt gencer frum'jhe
Lc.'io du Mjnde, tuiant .Vu. C03, i'aris, 4,'t
Aug. leH.
A letter lias been received fiom I.eii 7.!2. dated
, , ... , , . , . . s
:.,'; f ,, . , , . ,. , ,
j a meehai.icaii of lliut cilv, has just luiishtd an
... . . . r
t-ltelro Magnetic l.ocomolive Hie creates! n nt of
which -constructed utter Mr. U senet's plan, nd
which has tieeu pnnlia.-id by Ihe Germanic lliel.
This I H'oiinilive is of seven horsepower, and w.ll
draw thiee ears of full nssM-ncers. It costs ubonl
, , ,i . t
i r l.UUO, ins'eaJ of $7, 500, the eot ofa common
: , . ,
i steam locomnlive : lln siiih.I? I.ir ii .ituiiin . in n.a
more ihau CO cents per tlav.
The eipeninenls which have been made with
Mi. htia hrt i's loc 'inotive on the r.,iboad la-ttse. n
l.jxij and Dresden It ft nothing to be desired.
Sationul Litrlliftnctr.
A NsM. The Woods of Lancashire are a dis
liiigui.hed family, for ehaiactrr, wesllh, aud talent.
A laughable riicuniatmre took place atattial in
Lanes-hue, where iho head of ihe family, Mr.
Wood, senior, was i iaiiiinedas a witness, l'.ou
O dtitibleT
I b arbie U
K double I.
li ub t;
Ll.iublg U 1)
I (Mill which the Shlniiishtil Ism giver laid down
bis pen saying it was the most extraordinary nnme
he had t ier met with in his life, and after two or
thiei- alti'tnj'U, detlarrd he was run'.. It to mcrd it
AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL.
msjoiity, iho vital principle of Republics, fiom which
Suiibuiy, Aorthuuibcrland to. Ia.
A Speech worth hearing.
The Quincy (Il.inois) Whig, contains the fol
lowing report ofa recent speech in the Senate of
thai Siate, on the bill for repealing internal im
provements. The Kaiho.-id which iho speaker did not like is
o'.heruise called a corduroy road, and cjitaisls of
wooden rails laid across.
Mr. Speaker. I rise, sir, nnt to make a speech
perch-making is not my trade, but to tell ihu
friends of repeal, that I am foment them nlloouh
I hate railroads as bad us any man on this earth,
and I hato a good reason lo hate them, yot I aball
vote again repealing them bekase all my constitu
ents on this side of the river bodncinusly are for then
and a good many on the other side too It arc a
fact, Mr. Speaker, I know very lillle about railroads,
but I gui'ss I know as much as some other folks
d . We had a railroad in Clinton for some years,
across the bottom there at Carlide and one over
Crooked Creek bottom, in Maiion, and of ail in er
nal roads for roughness, that bangs the bealer
gentlemen may laugh but il'a no joke my con
stitueii's have lost in Ihe single item of b eakage of
eggs a handsome fortune. Sc.tt who keeps ta
vcp! in Carlisle, and a lulu tavern too, not ono of
your Springfield creae-eyes, but a right jam up
chicken fixen tavern, told me that no in rta! man
could tell the eggs that hud been broken, in bring
ing tin in lo nuuket, across that infernal rdlronl,
and Tully told me Ihe same thing exactly about
('rooked Creek railroad snmo smashing ofegjs.
You know H'.iey, Mr. Speaker! I wish you have
beam liuey curse, the lime his cirriago was j died
up into t ie. nil smash, ensdng ibis same raihead.
( Here Ihe Speaker, unable any longer to control
his risi'. !e faculti", laoahingly observed, the gen.
ilcmrtn must ronfiiie himself In the quest'on, and In
the ru!s of ihe Senate.) Well, sir, I wis saying,
he eu-t,und he eii'-t and he swore mid fairly snor
ted again, but Mill he's for railroads, 'l it. so are
my notions, Mr. Speaker, and I could not sit here
without bekhing it out, (Here ihe orator turned his
head, in an audible lone addressed a Senatoi lo his
right I'ncle IVter, what's the name of your wolf
bill but receiving no answer, he then straighten
ing himself up, again addressed the Speiker. )
As I am new up, Mr. Speaker, ! will give you
iny notions on Uncle's wolf bill (Here ihe Speak
er interrupted him aain, by reminding him ag iiu,
that the wulf question was not befjio the Senate,
and theiel.re its merits coulJ not be discussed.)
You ate mistaken in your nun, Mr. Speaker; I
-in not a cussing character, and if I was I should
be veiy far from cut-in Uncle l'cler's wolf bill.
No sir, I want you and this here Sana's to under
stand ill it ! am no Jupiter I-canoi, in this or any
other matter. I'm f.r llu bill head and ears, no
mistake in siuve l td, I g it, sit, on ihe loud :
One umrj thing, Mr. Speaker, and I'm done the
geo'leuiaii tr im Shsin.oek coun'y I don't think
tit n's tho name exactly either but the tuw hea l
ed gculleiuuu over ihu.e sa d the uther d iy (llote
I tic Speakei assuming as mucii gravity as p imi'jlc,
c ill.d the g iillcni'iu to order, and requiv.lej bi n to
lake Ins scut. (Af er lookiitg tho Speak' r s eadfast
ly in the ee f r at hast twenty s onus, with a
wink ..f a-kance, he said) Are you in r.i!e earn-
o.l, Mr. Speaker 1 if o he you are, you're into me
ttboul a fa. t, I s'pose you think, but sir air look
out I warn you, sir, lo keeps skin'd eye for tar
rapin traps mid moecs-iu It acks. I have rights su,
as l ie oil' headed gentleman ovorthe c (pointing
to Iht gentle nan Iioiii li nicotk) said Ihu o.her d iy ,
thits'idl not be Iroi l.'ii on not treated with tlis
com I'm done, ii I Would however, btf.re I
s t down, s .y to my friend lr .n t 'liion, not to look
sisciioua, when he tells his tunny s ones, in his
-pee. li, bin lo give us a sort of .mile, as I do, when
lie co. iu lo the mil, or laughing put, s i I .ul o
miy kno .v when t laugu loo. I hate no g it ah
I was ar.or, Mr. Spoak"i, and I will cout ludu this
sin cell.
Trifles a e not to be despised. Thn neiveofa
toolh, not as large ns the finest cambric needle,
will sometimes tliive a strong man to distraction,
A iiiu-cpjito car: make an elephant absolutely m id.
J'ue c.oa. rock w.ik'Ii caii.es a u ivy lo tounder,
is the woik of woir.is. Tl.o wainor who withstood
ilei'.li in a Ihou- uid t o ins, may be killed by an in
sect. Jvnall ilcasurt s make up tiiu sum of hu
man It ippim.'k. The t!ci- e-l wrt nhediiess oil
coin-.. Itooi a perpetual continuance of pitly pain
A chance look fi.mi ihime wo love, uf.t.i luoduces
. . '
tX'l ii.ile liain or unahojec' pleasure.
4 '
JoNiTIH 1'iltl.r. A Monument of jjranite,
17 f.et high, with a white maiblu U' i, has be.-n
eiected, at it cot of f 500, to tilt mcuury til this
martyr lo a lalso code i t honor.
A Ct Rosrrv. Mv. A. Sparks has
left us a twig fff.n apple tree, contain
ing three app'.es, pnmu the size of dam-
son. and Might',v colored on one si.lc.
with red. Mates that a troo in his
gai;n is filled w ith a similar fruit i be-
mg its ircon.l crop, during the present
vear.- r Kent News J
l l seamed, ins iiair leactietl tne ground
f 1 n eat IViktims OrncE. Thecapi- j when he stood upw right ; and be usu
tal employed in the printing tstablsh- 1 r.llv wore it fastenetl t bis girdle,
ment of Messrs. Clovvers, London, is I The majestic beard of Henry IV., ol
nearly a million and a half of dollars, i France, is well represented in the por-
I hey employ three hundred und bitty
workmen, ami use up live hundred
thousand dollars worth of parr a year.
American.
there is no appeal but to fotce, tho vital piinciple and
Saturday, Aovemljcr 13, is n.
Heard anil Whiskers.
Tho late naval order, which origina
ted willi Mr. Secretary Paulding, com
pelling naval ollioers, &. to shave olT
the hair on their laces, leaving only n
moderate whisker, which gives grace
to a handsome countenance instead of
producing hideousness, has attracted
much aitentioi), and has induced us, for
the edification of ihe sufferers, and our
readers generally, to look into the sub
ject of beards and whiskers; and we
now give the result of our cogitations
and researches.
Beards have been regarded with dif
ferent feelings, by dill'erent nations and
tribes, in all ages. Hy some people
they have been considered an ornament
and cherished with care; by others
they have been regarded a an undesi
rable exereseence, which tin uU be
shaven nil", or extirpated in some other
way. Hoards have alwavs been worn,
or trimmed, according to the prompt
ings of taste or convenience; accord
ingly as a people were elleminate, sa
vage, ferocious, or civilicd and polite.
The ancient Jews wore beards of "-real
length, and the ( !yiiiiio.-:o,hists, or old
Indian sages, looked upon a long beard
as a mark of wisdom, and were there
fore particularly solicitous to have
beards of a venerable length. The an
cient Assyrians and Pcisians also pri
ded themselves on the length of their
beards, and we. are toid that the Kings
of Persia were wont to interweave
gold threads with their boards, which
gave them a brilliant and magnificent
appearance. J
The Mohomedatis have always worn
their beards unmutilated indeed, they
make this an important point in their
religion, for Mahommed never shaved
the hair on his chin, and it is said that
the Tartars once waged a long and
sanguinary war with their neighbors,
the Persians, regarding them as iuiidels,
because they would not cut their
beards after the Tartarian fashion. It
U even now a custom iu the Cast, to
throw sweet-scented water on the
beards of their guests, i:i order to give
them an agreeable perfume; and wives
salute their husbands and children their
fathers, by kissing the beard.
The ancient LI reeks and Romans held
tho beard in great eneration, and we
are informed by Homer, that the beards
of King Priam and the vic Nestor
were of Royal size, and hs white as
snow. Plutarch, however, tell us, that
Alexander the Great compelled his Ma
cedonian soldiers to shave their chins
close, lost their llowing Is.-ards might
give a handle to the eoemy in the day
of brittle. But in the time of Justinian,
long beai d came again into fashion,
and continued until Constantinople wa
captiued by the 1 urks.
In ancient and modern times, the fa
shion of wearing the beard, like all o
ther fashions, has undergone great vi
cissitudes. The Lombards, who inva
ded Italy, were remarkable for the
length of their beards, and hence their
name, I.ongihardi. The Anglo-Sax
ons wore long beards until the Normans
possessed themselves of the country,
when William tho conqueror compelled
them to cut oil' all their beards, "that
thoy might resemble civilh.ed beings."
This w as resisted, and protested against
as an act of tyranny, but in vain. Tho
Russians have ever been
wearing the entire beard
tn lavor ut i
Peter the!
.
(ireat tried to bring about a reform, bt
only partially succeeded nlthoti;ii he
ordered his subjects to cut mf their
beards, or pay a h ivy fn:e. At this
day, tho ptasaiiK, nn l,' indeed, nearly
every person in the rmpire, evcepiing
the soldiPi-.s nn I the sailors, mid nil o
thers '.'I I lit i ie mo. I ' In in ii -ill i vment itf
. 1 . .
g(J' ernmeiit, never shave oil their
! . .. . .. . . ..
, t-eards, and a disgusting, lilthy looking
set they are, too.
Iii the middle ages, a long beard w as
in irreat reoute in some of thn Kurooe-
nn States. It is recorded of King Bo
bert, of I'rance, who reigned in ihe
tenth century, that he was not more
I fatuous for bis w arlike exploits, than
' xslli,u anl. which he suf-
1 01'0'1 l" l'ou " "!1 1,10 ut-itle of his
! -nirak, to encourage his troops in bat-
' !-. Iall' tllt,,l w iien defeated.
! '' ll" a'". 11 ,c!diratc.l pamier ci tne
, 1 Ith ct niurv. was iiicknamcd John the
trails ol that monarch; unci during Ins
! reign, long board were in gi 'cat tie
1 1 ; a ; : 1 . But Louis XIII., who &i;eeeed
immedia.e parent ol deep itisml aVrraiisoi.
Vol. 11--Xit. VII.
i t Bll SSjWstsii ftl
ed him, was a beardless youth the
lashion elianged; and betirds were pro
scribed entirely, or reduced to the insig
nificant size of whiskers. During the
reign of Louis the XIV., w hiskers were
all tho fashion; and were highly pri
zed by lureune, Londe, Colbert txo.
Even the King wore a goodly pair of
whiskers, lis that age cf gaiety and
gallantry, much pains were bestowed
to make the whiskers captivating. In
Portugal the bean! was formerly suf
fered to grow, and a long beard, or a
good pair of bushy whiskers, were re
garded as a treasure! Indeed, it is said
that the famous Juan de Castro once
pledged one ol his w hiskers, as the best t
security ho could give the citizens ol
L.oa, tor the repayment of a sum ol mo-'
ney. which he had borrowed lor the use
of his licet. The people, hewever, re
lying on his honor, requested him to re
tain both the money and the w hiskers.
In these days it is the custom, we
believe, in all parts of Kurope, except
ing Turkey and Russia, to shave ihe
beard. Tho military still wear the
mustache, w hich, as it gives a fierce
ness to the expression, is much prized
by men, who w ish to gain a reputation
for courng?. which it is possible they
may not really deserve. The size and
appearance ot the w hiskers seem to he
hardly under the dominion of fashion ;
they are regulated according to the
taste or whim of the individual ; but a
chevalier who wears immen?e w hiskei s
and mustachios, although he may be ns
harmless as Captain Uobadil, is guie.'al
ly regarded as deficient in taste and re
finement, in tints trying to resemble in
his person the idea generally conceived
of a bully, a brigand, or a pirate.
To sha ve oli'the beard isjusily sup
posed to conduce to clean, me-s ; a. id
we believe that there has been a stand
ing regulation in the army for years,
that no ollicer or soldier should wear
whiskers, excepting of a limited sie ;
and no beard beneath the chin. This
legulatiori has been recently adopted
in the navy; and it soems to be requi
red, as some cf the oll.cers and seamen
evince a strong disposition to cultivate
their beards, w hiskers and must.ichi.is,
to a degree which excites the wonder,
or ridicule, of persur.s it(, tal e a dif
ferent view of the rudder, and gives
them u;i appearance ahroiid, by no
means ercoi.'ni'io t their country cr
piofesion. Boston Journal.
A Ioltli(l;tiis Ciunsut.
When Napoleon escaped from Elba
and letuvncd lo Prance, the Moniteur,
.Vic. announced tlci event as follows:
1st announcement, March, lSlo. Tho
monster has escaped from the place of
his banishment; be has run away from
F.lba. Jd. The Corsicau dragon (l'oger)
has lauded al Caiie Juan. lid. The Ti
ger has shown himself at L!ap; the
troops are advancing on all sides, in or
der to arrest his progress; ho v, ill con
clude his miserable adventure bv be
coming u wamlerer amciig the moun
tains; ho cannot possibly escape. 4th.
The monster has really advanced as far
as (Irtnoble; we know not lo what
treachery to ascribe it. oth. The ty
rant is actually at Lyons. Pear and
terror feized all at his appearance, tiih.
Tho n-tupcr has ventured to approach
the capital within sixty hours' inarch.
v . I ll I . I
ui. liMiapai te is advancing ny lorceil
'.ilarcbcs ; but it is impossible be should
reach Paris. Mb. Napoleon will reach
under the wails of Paris to-morrow.
Ulii. The Kmpeior is at rontainbleau.
loth. Yesterday evening his Majesty,
the Rutpeior, made his public entry,
and arrived at the palace of the Tuiler-
les; iiutiung can exceeu tne universal
A Biiii-Maxt Bedstead. The Em
peror of llussia recently sent to the
Shah of Persia, a bedstead made en
tirely ot i brystal, w oiked in imitation
of large diamonds, incrusted in a solid
frame. On each side there art? spouts
made to eject scented water, which, by
its mui mill ings, invites to sleep. It is
Crow nod bv a laife clinmb lier, W hich
spreads light in such a manner over it- '
self, and the rest of the frame, as to gi e J
to tho whole tho appearance ,.f millions j
of diamonds reflecting their brilliancy
at once. We should think old Mor- J
pIlOUS WOlild find it diiV.Oult to make'.
Ihe Miuh sleep iu a tiling so excessively
I'l-'Ul.
"Sn s ate I ke ri e'es in ihf wa'er w h n a
lie is ll.r.itsn into it, Doe inclines amlh.r
- j w ,en hi g. r was m t''m's Lean, uiutdu i.oi
- i ft oil."-r.iitnr).
inici:s or A.m 1:11111 .
I st'iare 1 insertion, fO CO
I tlo t do - . 0 7ft
1 do 1 d - - I , ,;
Fs.-ry iihscquent iitrn.i n, 0 V.'
Ytarly Advortisfniti.ts. (with lit jrivibgr ol
Iteration) one cohl'uu ; half coluin n, flft,
three squares, $12 j two squares, f'J ; r.ne ,.",
$5. Without Ihe rrivilego of lltiation liU-iai
discount will be made.
AdvcitisemenM lell without direction as to the
length of lirr.o thff are to be pubii-hrd, will las
continued until ordered out, and charged accord
ingly. (Sixteen lines mnko a rp:nrc.
Hie IuSvJIc Press.
According to olliciitl accounts re
cently published, there are more news
papers circulated in the American U
liion than iu any other louiitry on tho
face of the globe. Thus in Great Bri
tain and Ireland, the number of news
papers published 40 ; in ir j nnce 2.r0 ;
in Prussia iisb : and in the U. Ii. 1505
periodicals, l'-'aO of which are newspa
pers. Some of our weeklies circulate
as many as from 10.l00 to 5C,00l) co
pies of each number ; and we believti
that one of the penny j apcrs of iNew
York issues more than 30,oC0 copies
rhiilv. It will ln seen. th-Tcfore.
,al ,,J(. ,3S. , , , , ,1; ;t ULJ,,. rca.l in xhU
coutitrv, lii.-tt millions of human being,!
in; u'ver the ciumns of our public
......i.. :,, tV,..,, ii ,Mt.r
j "
sentiment? ol vice or virtue, i he
di;iymnn at the corners of our streets,
the fish women iu our maikets, tho
match boys and apple girls ho pass
from d ty to day through the various
sections of the city, all, or nearly all,
seem to have some taste for newspaper
literature. The press may indeed be
described as ihe great moral engine of
the country. It penetrates into every
village and harr.lei. The merchant in
his counting room, the professor in bin
study, the mechanic iu his workshop,
all gather from the new spapers some
idea of the progress of public iifi'airs;
some notion of men, morals, manners,
and the great top,-s, of public discus
sion. I low inipji t.ir;t, then, that the
pres r-hould be iu hone-t hands, should
bo directed at least with an eye to th
grcateft gootl i' the greatest number,
and should avoid every thing calculated
lo vitiate and deprave. Gencrlly spea
king, American newspapers, on all pro
per o.'cnsions. inculcate sound lessons
of morality. But there are exceptions,
excei Tion.s in which a vitiicied taste is
Hpie'iled to and y.n ered, and in which
a iU'l;l 'iaie ttToft is made to ucderminu
all that should he held .':irred in society
a tjcl religion. Pi.ilad. Inquirer.
Coal Fiklds in Walls. V"e have
heard it said, the coal folds in Wales
extend over K'l-'O square ties. There
are 'J3 betls .f woil-.ar having
an average ihici.it ' . " t'tet. An
Kngli-h wriit.'.' : 5,.:'. t-i-ch acre will
ie;d It''.:"' it I g al :be rate of
tio.CUO.td'O toiisjer n.he. Deuia ting
say one-half !" r wa-'e, over estirntite,
A:c., there will remain o,)i0.(JU0 tons
per mile. At this iate, ihere is coal
enough to m.j ply till Kitglai.d for l.-1'OO
ears afler ihe Knglbh mi.ics arc ex.
haustud. North Amcr,
'The Brave oi.n Oak." The lar
gest lied Oak Tree in North America,
says a correspondent of the Natchito
ches Herald, can be seen on the planta
tion of W. Smith, Ksq. eighteen miles
frcin Natchitoches, on the road leading
to Opelousas. This i-iaj stic Oak standi
in the midst ofa rich and heavy bottom
on the Bayou St. Barb. Two feet from
the ground it measures 11 feet in cir
ciuiifeieiice : and at six feel. Pri feet.
The trunk appears sound ami healthy,
and its height, to tho Lrauchew, is from
fifty to sixty feet.
R .ma issr i's oiled the rails of the ''iti ln a. J
Amboy ioad last Friday nuht. so ill 0 the tram
was detained to hours, ll was a pery tiiok.
'Ixtitiixm i i.T." A northern psper t. I s a
good'un, the sum and substance nf which are these.
Two gentleman di-putcd ao loudly on the tnh
jerl of hanking that they awoke a biit dog which
had leen sleeiinr on tho hesrth bef 're thetn, nil J
he I a k"d rnosi furlou-ly. An old senl'eman ivrist.
ei t, who had been qoieily sipjiiog his wine while
the dtspu'an'a wirt t dking, gsve tie digs lick,
und exclaimed, "Ho'd your tongue, yon biutt !
Vou know no nio.e ab ut it ihau lli v dt"
ArrrcTlsn, -A gentUman pa.s n? bvt!;ej,:l
of a eeuntry ton head one of t' e pn-onei
through the g Cos of his coll ringing in the a fteat
and ni.ist nn lodious m n, th.t fivorite song
i 'Hm.i.-, sweet H,v ne." lis vmpalhies were vary
,1"on xeiie.l in fv r of the unfo.iu ataienmt
e'n; and opm inquiring ihacanseef
incsicemiof, w .s informed ts.t he was put ia
'v.fnr baunghn wft.K'ua l'mt.
1, n mr Manhonrg lost ll leg at the t. it of
j f,t"p.i,-. Afer be h d a iTe-.d ampoi iti-m wiih
il,,. oi .les' ronr iL'e he t hi- a ivanl rrtimi.tir
in ten 'iiij to c , in ihe corner ul t'i loom.
None of V 'tK hv,. c 'led you i I d"a."
a' M is tn i-ter ; u 1. i w . o.i ar. tin , I if
i ",t ;nj vta. n y one U oi io ilc., i .ud
joiiwo."