TIUIMS OF TIII2 "AMIUtlC'AX."
HENRY" B. MASSCK, 3 Pd.lirhkkh an
JOsErH EI8E1.V. $PnomiKrin..
H, it. .n.lSSElt. Editor
' ht TRtkT, hear .
TH E A M ErFu A'VphcJ vPry Balur.
lay at TWO DOLLARS per annum re b
ail half yearly in advance. .No paper disconliii.
led till all arrearages are paiA.
iosuiMcriplion rereired for a leu period than
nx months. All communications of Ictrors on
usincss relating to (he office, td insure alti-niron,
oust be POST PAID,
POLITUWT. 1IARMOMIC.
A change ha come over tho spirit of pnlilicnl
rtry no doubt produced by the 'great commo
in motion,' which has resulted in the bullish
ent of the hard-cider Parnassi.los to the colony,
the head of tide-water, on Salt River. From
,
bat draught their successors dorive inspiration- j
dclhcr from llie waters of Helicon, or that which
mes out of a narrow mouthed bot'le, either too
ach at once or none at all we cannot sny : lei
?ir harmonics spe .k for that. The following is
J latest and be.l. (Seriously, what Whig will
t jjin us in a laugh at this most harmonious pro
clion ?)
From the Uh'io Patriul.
'Times is'nt now ns lxy ud to was."
lite Coon't return to the din-iltd Lug Cabin.
Sec the lonely hearth,
And the il nop ll.ior ul' earth
Now in vie' ;
Look again die dour
A'ow bai uion the floor,
All askew.'
See the birr.l there,
Kmply ns the sir,
Of its drink;
Not a fuck to ho found
In (he Imiik; or on the grnund
Only lli.nk !
See the "coon skin too,
lljiiiiU H lo vie
On the null ;
The hair is et 1 1 11 ij short,
And t!ie u:uU are coining out
It will lull
Oh ! 'tis a (treat sin
Tbut the 'Illti'li-nUilj;'. in"
Just mm ;
Td like to have a suck
Of some bard rider tiuck,
As how."
How timrs it changed,
Cilice tho lnus lirt ranged
About here ;
Dundy and cat'in boy
Uoth spun the same toy,
And all f.iir;
IV nt a dandy in the land
Will now rxiend his band
Mure lo me ;
The' re shy ss a 1st
Ufa big torn cit,
And alt flee.
Even "Tom, the wigoii boy,"
Is now of the cabin coy
Asa mouse.
And the "old sail bilrr"
Ii) "bending Captain Tyler,"
At the While Hou-e.
Old Tippecanoe,
And Cupisin Tyler too,
Have gone ;
And willi them all ibo rest,
(JulkI, licttci urul 11-1,
In a throng.
Thry've gut the ..lliee. fleece,
"And i wish I was a gu.se
All follolll,
'Cause tliry e it grass in (irare,
And Vumulite much grease,
Ejtin com."
Oh, Lurly, I'm a gourr,
If I don't gel a hui ner
Of cider;
I go fir ciitr therefore,
Without a why or hciiTore,"
For my bihr !
till, I feel llie velo fever,
Like one great lev. r
At the prize ;
Ii hangs on me thi.k ;
Oh ! Whiggie help me quick !
Or I dies.' Olu 'Coos.
c following lines in reply to the Hon. John
dams' Poem on the "Wunis of Man," uru by
CaRULLA IlrAl'INTIIK DkJXtT,
lis Miis Corolla Hyaeinthe, we opine, is not
rtcer born to bluth unseen," or lo vtsle ber
nest upon l!it desert air."
iux CjeiNcr Aiiams. This 'old msn elo
' is llie most wuiulnl'ul man of the a,e. His
,'ech, on the M. l.roJ ra e, conl iin. more
, and indicates more in.ir.il cour ige, l'an all
res put together. On llie verge ..f bU, he is a
i philosoplicr, u til. small, with all hi. youth
o it and fire. He is not only rlntpn nl and
; himself, but lie i the cause of fine poetry in
i yea, even ill young lad e." licet Signum,
..din Lis be.ut.ful Poem on "The V.,,t. uf
Am by tsaen HtAci-ia Utmut, I
IIOHid.U. au.m,,
of Arlington I(oUr L. I.
Your toanti, dear sir, will seem but small,
When they'i compared with Dime (
My single want outweighs thorn all
want a tuul List thine .'
l"ui Atll the vant that you may find,
And yet ten thousand inure,
Can never sali.f mind
bo filled Willi wisiiolu's stoie.
I want a kotil that in a span
Can grasp the oibson hilii
The only essence of the man
Thut is not doomed to die.
1 want place in yonder sky,
Where you and I miy meet
' l'e stiig tko praise of Ood on h gh,
And worship l his ft el.
You d.i not "want tho voice of usise ;"
It follows you. I'ehind
You will Ixj thought in future days,
The fiiend of human kind,
s,nd after ages, as they rise,
KiuhiiiE Will proclaim.
;,i horal union to the skies,
i'hr:r bitstins on your nsnie.
SUNBUMY AMERICAN.
AND SHAM0K1N JOURNAL.
Absolute acquiescence in the dccisi
one of the
iiy Zinsser & i:is(ly.
A YAXKEB IX ItlSSlA.
We copy tho following from one of Mrs.
Child's "Letters to a friend," now publishing
in the A. S. Standard.
The following in the substance of the story,
as told dy Air. Pal.as.ata public dinner given
him at Philadelphia, on his return from Russia,
in 1S:5H.
Olio day a lud. nnnarciitlv abntit nineteen.
. ii -
presented himself before our ambassador at St,
- . v wtus, U JIIIIV DpLl I. Mill Ul II. ,T
gcni.s Yankee ; with sleeves too short for his
I ctersburff. lie was a mire specimen of the
bony arms, trowsers half way up his knees,
and hands playing w ith coppers and ten-penny
nails in his pocket, lie introduced himself,
by saying, 'I've just come out hero to trude
with a few Yankee notions, and I want to get
sight of the emperor.'
'Why do you wish to see him V
I've brought him a present, all the way
from Amcriky. I respect him considerable,
and I want to get at him, to give it to him with
my own hands.'
Mr. Dalhis smiled, as he answered, It is
sueli a common thing, my lad, to make cro vn
cd heads a present, expecting something hand
some in return, that I am afraid the emperor
will consider this only a Yuukec trick. What
have you brought !'
'An acorn.'
'An acorn I what tinder the sun induces
you to bring the emperor of Russia an neom !'
Why, jest before I sailed, mother and I
went on to Washington to see about a pension;
and when we was there, we thought we'd jest
stjp over to Mount Vernon. I picked up this
neom there; audi thought to myself, I'd
bring it to tho emperor. Thinks says I, he
imibt have heard coMilerablo deal about Gen
eral Washington, and I expect he must admire
our institutions. So now. vou see. I've brou"ht
- o
it, and I want to get at hint.
'My lad, it is not an easy matter fiira strang
er to approach the emperor ; and I am afraid
he will take no notice of your present. You
had better keep it.
'I tell you I want to have a talk with him.
I expect I can tell him a thing or two about
Amerilty. I guess he'd like mighty well lo
hear about our rail-roads and our free schools,
and what a big swell our steamer cut. And
when lie hears how well our people are get
ting on, may be it will put hiin to doing some
thing. The long and the short on't is, I shunt
be easy until I get a talk w ith the emperor ;
and I should like to see his wife and children.
1 want to see how such folks bring up a fami
ly.' 'Well sir, since you are so determined upon
it, I will do what I can fur yo'i ; but you must
expect to be disapHiinted. Though it will be
rather an unusual pricecding, I would ad
vise you to call on the vice-chancelh.r, and
state your wi.-hes ; he may possibly assist you.'
'Hell, that's all 1 want of you. I will call
Hi:ain, and let you know how lot on.'
In two or three days, he again appenred,
and said. 'H ell I've seen tho emperor, and
had a talk with him. He's a real gentleiiiun,
I can tell you. H'licu I give- him the acorn,
he said he should set a great store by it ; that
there was no character in ancient or modern
history he admired so much as he did our
H';ishington ; lie said he'd plant it in his
palace garden witii his own hand ; and he did
it for I see him with my own eyes. He
wanted to osk me so much about our schools
and rail ro'ids, and one thing or another, that
he inviti-d me to come again, and see his
daughters ; for he said his wife could speak
better Unolish than he could, So I went a
gttin, yesterday ; and the' a fine, knowing
woman, 1 tell you ; and liu daughters ate nice
gaU'
ll'lint did the empress say to you V
( Hi, she asked me a sijrhl o' questions, Don't
)ou think, she thought wh had no servants in
Ameriky I told her poor folks did their own
work, hut rich folks h"'l plenty of servants
'Hut then, you don't call 'em servants !' rotd
she ; 'you caH 'em help.' I guess, ma'am,
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c had that book aboard our ship. The em-
pe..or clapped his bands and laughed as if he d
kill himself. 'You're right, sir,' said lie, 'you're,
riyht. We sent for an English copy, and she's
been reading it this very morning :' Then
told him all I knew about our country, b,1(j ho
was mighty pleased. He wattled to 'now low
long I expected to stay in thoF. parta
linn I d sold all the notions , brought over, and
j I guessed I should go. in te Kame h!ir
i diu em goou DyP a riullUi and went
my busine. Ain't I ha.1 a glorious lime 1 I
expert yuu Uid't calculate to see me run such
rig P
No, indcod, I did iKit, my lad. Yim may
well coubider youm-df lucky; lor it a very
uiicoiuinou Uhii!' lor crowned heads to treat
Mlranera with no much dwtiurtion.
A few duys after, he railed again and Mid,
'I pint I hall Hay Ii. re upell longer, I am
j treated to well. 'Toihtr day a fraud officer
majority, the vital principle of Republic, from which
Smibiiry, oilliiiiiiboilaiid to.
came to my room, and told me the emperor had
sent him to show me all thn curiosities ; and I
dressed myself, and ho took mo with him, in a
mighty fine carriage, w ith four horses ; and I've
been to the theatre and the museum ; and I
expect I've seen about all there is to be seen
in St. Petersburg. H'liat do vou think of that
Mr. Dallas V
It seemed so incredible that a poor, ungainly
lad should he thus loaded with attentions, that
the ambassador scarcely knew what to think
or say.
In a short time his strange visitor rc-appearcd.
Well,' said he, 'I made up my mind to go
home ; so I went to thank the emperor, and
bid him good bye. I thought I cou'.d'nt do
less, he'd been so civil, Says lie. 'Is there
any tiling else you'd like to see, before yon
went back to Ameriky V 1 told hiin I hmM
liko to get a peep at Moscow ; for I'd heard
considerable about their settim? fire to the
Kremlin, and I'd read a deal about JeCnl Ro- j
n.'irv.rt I. ul It ...,, 1.1 ...... !.. ..
napart ; but it would cost a sight of money to
go there, and I wanted to carry my earnings
to mother. So 1 bid him good bye, and come
off. Now, what do you guess he did next mor
ning ! I vow he sent me the same man, in
regimentals, to carry me to Moscow, in one of J
hisown carriages, and bring mo back again,
when I've seen all I wunt to see ! And we are
going to-morrow morning, Mr. Dallas. llliat
do you think now !
And sure enough, the next morning the
Yankee boy passed the ambassador's house in a
splendid coach and four, waving his haudker-
cluef.and slioutuig 'good bye ! good bve !'
Mr. Dallas afterwards learned from the einpe- '
ror, that all the particulars related by tins ad-
venturous youth were stri. l!v true Hea-min '
heard. .f him t M,..,.,..,. .. i... "...
" --- w .. , .U,11, tljllll. ll lll-
lie officers, and treated with as much attention
as is usually bestowed upon embassadors
'I I,.. 1,.., ci ' j i .
J tie last tidings of htm, reported that ho was
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travclling in Circassiu, and writing a Journal,
which he intended to publish.
NW who but a Yankee could have done oil
thut !
A Patti:r.n St usritinua. Mrs. Elizabeth
Oakman, of PhoMiixvillc, Pennsylvania, whose
death occurred a few days since, at the ad
vanced nge of 92, has been a subscriber to
Poulson's Daily Advertiser for more than GO
years. H'lien that paper was united to the
North American she still continued her sub
scription ; and what is better than ail the rest,
through this whole period of more than 00
years, her subscription was punctually paid.
She is gone, but her good example remains.
lt'iusKrv Si-iLLKU The llurlington Hawk
eye states that during the late Indian pnyuieut
of the Sacs and Poxes, the dragoons a',! turned
whiskey dealers. They scoured the liable
bushes nml every barrel of the fire waier found
had it head sloe in and the contents poured
upon the ground. The owners sloped of course.
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hor -ii i an u.-1 he iimni.f.cturc of iron is
carried (Hi largely in this city. During the
last year, eight furnaces have cast into stoves, I
millgear, hollowware, fcc, 1000 tons, which, ;
at an average oft)0 per ton, amounts to jsI44,-j
000. The copper, sheet iron and wrought iron I
-
miinufaetories are also extensive. !
Col Tki Min i.i., the distinguished historical
painter, is umv Si years old. Ids mental and
physical vigor are but little iinpiiirmi, -ind his
hand is steady nsever. He 6nvs lie has finished .
live of his hi-tuncul paintinc. an.l if hiliie is
l ... l. : . I . 1 .. i : I . :.
spared, ho will complete the series.
IiOSO IlHAWSOlT," BV KtKAM, A IOP'Jon
paper says, tlmt "one pound of cotton, which
formerly could only be spun into a tiire-.ri of
one hundred nd eight yards long, tan 4iow, ly
the application of steam, prodr.ee thread of
one hundred and sixty-sever ,nj,,s jn i0,,jrth
Theru are four thi'-.g Vnat look v. ry uwk
wardiua woinau, vii : to see her undertak
ing to whitbj. to throw a skne e a Im.' tu
smoke u ci" .ir..aj t0 climb a garden fence.
The Vatrons or Koitors. Baron
Cottn., of Aus'ria, Mr. Reimer, of Ber
lin t and Mr Brockhans, of Lcipzic, arc
wiu tnuai cAicnaito .uun.n;ia in uiu
world. The first employs four hundred
. : ki:..t : .u..
editors and the two last, one hundred
each.
ArravTSiiTK Names. Nairn-st do not uUays
go iy tiMitrjiio. At a Urge tet-totul n f.'linn in
Livuipool. lately, tbu asiaoind'y were s.l.lirs-vl by
a Mr. Driiiktoatet, Mr, AUtoater, Mr. Qjuniter
and Mr. 'atcr$ !
A CoKsimaATt C'liaotM t . . clergyman
said In the boys, in the cdlerrv. I)i.nt mska s.i
j much uois, 0 you ill wake up your jrM.u br-
low,'
At a shop window th.ro appealed th followinf
notirs ;
"Waiiimt, ivn spprrnlicos, ho mil b tn'atfd
i a at of thttsmily
there i no appr.l but to force, the vital principle
Pa. Saturday, okuiIm, is II.
I'wm the Circlerile ( O.) Herald.
A Romantic Tule uf Truth.
TO THE PLUI.IU.
Having recently discovered that my
ancesttal name is" W'altmirc, to obviate
all suspicion of having changed mv
name through design, I submit the fol
lowing brief narrative, accompanied
with the statement of my brother.
1 was born in Switzerland, in the
Canton of Argau, and left that country
about the year 1810, migrating with
my father's family, which consisted of
father, mother, and sven children all
sons. We arrived at Amsterdam, in
Holland, at which we purposed to take
shipping for Norh America. We were
there detained awhile by llie difficulty
of procuring shipping." The vessel in
which we eventually secured a passage
was so much crow' Jed with cmierant
passengers, that previous to our suiting
! .. .. . .
sail, a most dislruc.tivc pestilence broke
out among the crew, to which llie grea
ter portion of the passengers fell vic
tims. Among the dead were my fa
ther, mother, and three brothers ' nlso.
an uncle and his whole family, who had
travelled with us to that place. Thus
four brothers of us, all in our childhood,
left to pursue our journey under those
unhappy circumstances, to a strange
land, without a friend to direct or com
fort us.
After a tedious and distressing pas
sage, we landed at Newcastle in the
,ta,c J -'laware. e then became
SOp' n,,C(l' a,ltl Pl" '" "niong strangers,
Xvl,0l! ,anCn.ce we could neither speak
""r understand, and had no knowledge
'I each other's place of residence.
For about twenty-four years I had no
v-ui i c:i iiii.ii iiiiiinni ot toe existence or
.. ... ,
residence o cither o mv bro hers, cx-
ccpting my brother John, with w hom I
have had some intercourse, and who
was also known by the name of Roof.
As it regards myself, the first years
of my residence in the United States
were spent in tho lower part of Penn
sylvania. From thence 1 went to Fred
erick City, Maryland, where 1 learned
the ftkin dressing and glove business.
After remaing in Frederick about five
years, went to I lagerstown, in the
same Slate, where I exercised my trade
of skindrcssing and gloving for about
four years. While residing in Ha-
I gcrstown I married Miss Christiana
! Criirlow, of Fi ederick.
From HagiMstown 1 removed to the
; Stale of Ohio, liv inn six months in Day
j ton. 1 went from thence to Columbus,
i where I remained three years, during
which time I studied Divinity under
Professor Schmidt, of the Cerinan Se
miliary. In April, iSH I, 1 excepted a
icall from the F.vangelieHl Lutheran
( ongregation m ( nclevtlle, aid took
..u.....,,, .vi,1.r I
,.u rcs;(tC(l
'ux t,e .' 1st d,l' tifho mnmh I
,an knw ItM-e of filler of mv bro
t,crs, excepting JyHin, w hen, to my
siirnri. iirwl i..v ' t. w't. .:....
.1'.' 1 JOSL'IIU II .llllilllt.,
presented and identified himself as mv
hi oilier. I he '.o'.s of my true name has
probably prevented our discovering
each other earlier period. This
change , nun)!! js L.f to conjecture, but
,ve v .......
be accounted for in
. I 1
tb-s manner, the name of mv uncle,
who, with his whole family, died on
board the vessel, as above stated, and
who was my mother's brother, was
R.iof. Those w ho took me and my
brother John into their keeping, on our
arrival in the country, may have seen
that name on the ship's register of pa
pcrs, and may have taken us to be" sur
viving members of that family. Our
extreme youth, and ignorance of the
language, prevented ns from putting
them right; My brother, who is. now
hero, was older, and of sufficic.it age to
preserve his fume. I aho team from
him that lie has discoved and identified
our youngest bro'.'ier.
I have a desire o resume my patcf-
. .
nai name, tj'u t.,te great inconvenience
j which would mi.Mi.l th , Ksnr 5nmi.
ccs me fo retain the name by which I
have Always been known" since I could
nn.'.'ierstand the English language. The
i determination will not be considered
j disrespectful lo the memory of my pa
i rents, tor it is ibe name of one of them.
By the name of Roof I was natural
i.ed, in that name 1 have transacted all
niy business. By that name 1 was mar.
l ied, in that name 1 received my license
to preach the Gospel, in that name I
look charge of the congregation, and
bv that name I hold the title of my pro
perty. To lake another at ibis time.
i would be an extremely awkward bu
. sinews, both for mysif and family, and
and immedioie parent of Jp..imm.JBf rM.
Vol. H--Xo. IX.
my ac(uaintarc.cs. I believe, therefore
that my course in the matter will be ap
proved bv mv friends and the public.
JOSCPil ANTHONY ROOF.
ClKCLKVILLK, Nov. 2, 1811.
State of Ohio, Pickaway Ccrtmty.ss.
I, Joseph Walimire, of lawful aj;e,
of the county of Perry, Ohio, do certify
and say that the foregoing statement
of Joseph A. Roof, so far as it relates to
the circumstances of our emigration to
this country, the loss of our parent and
other friends on the passage, and our
separation on our landing, and our true
name, is within my knowledge and re
collection, and is substantially true. I
further certify that I never obtained any
certain know ledge oHum from the time
of our said separation, until our nice
ting on last Sabbath. Our recollection
of certain incidents of our childhood,
leaves no doubt on my mind that we
are brothers. It nntrht seem a little ex
traordinary that we both have the name
of Joseph. My name was simply Jo
seph. My brother was named Joseph
Anthony, in memory of a cousin of that
name, w ho was killed in Bonaparte'sar
mv, and was called Anthony in our fam
ily. JOSEPH WALTMIRE.
Sworn anil subscribed this 'Jd day
of November, 1811, before me.
CFORGi: C. GFP1IART, J. P.
From the Sangamtin (III.) Journal.
The Dclalicld Debt.
It will be remembered by almost ev
ery one, that our blundering Fund
Commissioners, some two years or
more since, sold to Mr. J. Delafield, of
New York, about five hundred thou
sand dollars of Slate bonds on credit,
and without security. Delafield failed
to perform his contract, and Doctor
Barret, who was appointed Fund Com-
missioner in the winter ot lyj'J 10,
proceeded to New York, lo sec to the
interests of the State there, and, if pos
sible, secure the Delafield debt. His
published correspondence with Dela
field show s that no satisfactory arangc-
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merit couiu oe macie wnn mm, ami tin-
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UV-. U V . I . . ... V ' II I I.V I , 1 III UIJIU .11111 I
against Delafield in behalf of the State,
and notwithstanding all the obstacles
presented, he succeeded against Dela
field, the injunction w as sustained, and
a receiver was appointed. The busi
ness was then in a fair way for beinir
adjusted. Dc'alield was in a situation
to be compe'lotl to disclose the amount
for which I. e sold the State bonds, if be
had sold Uiem, to whom be sold them,
and l.cre the renmitiing bonds were,
if any remained unsold, specifying the
number of the bonds in all cases.
This was driving up Mr. Delafield
into closer quarters than was pleasant.
At this stage of the game, Dr. Barret
was removed from ollice by the ap
Kintmcnt of Mr. Whiteside as the mic
cessor. Delafield, by arrangement w ith
M r. Whiteside, had the injunction dis
missed, the contract,) about which the
Register boasted, was made, and the
end of the chapter is, that Delafield has
assigned his property for the benefit of
his creditors. t.IaeiuL' Illinois in the third
class, which means our State, we am.re-
nend, will get nothing but some few
shares in thc'Quiney House,' in w hich
she can set up keeping tavern. We
know of no counter part to this, except
in the case of the State of Indiana. That
state in liquidation of .ome of the claims
for bonds in New York, came into pos
session of a soap factory.
(('.liu vn. Labor.
i
Of wl.at use is all your studying and
your hooks?' said nn" honest farmer lo
an ingenious artist, 'they don't make the
corn growj nor produce vegetables lor
market. My Son does more good
with his plough in one month, than you
can do with books and papers in one
year.
What plough does your son use?'
said the artist quietly'
Why be uses '- 's pl nigh, to be
sure. He can do nothing with any o
tber. By using this plough, we ave
half llie labor, and raise three times as
much as the old wooden concern.'
Th artist, quietly again turned over
one of his sheets, and showed the far
mer a draw ing of the liiudod plough,
saying, ! am the inventor of your fa
vorile plough, and my name is .'
The astonished farmer shook the ar
tist heartily by the hand, and invited
him to call at the farm lions'? and make
it hia home as loni; as he liked.
Beet Root Sugar. h is stated
that the t.ro.luctioii of Beet Root Sugar
in France ibe present year will amount
to L'O.OOO.OCO pounds.
I'lUCT.S or AIM i:it 1HUV4.
I square I insertion, . . . fO fc
1 do 2 Jit . . . 6 T5
I do 3 ht t . Co
Everysnbseqiientitiseriii.il, . . . g (a
Yearly Advertisements, (with 'the pnvih'fr bl
alteration) one coin inn $25 hslf column, SI6,
three squares, f IS j two equates, f 9 ; one rusrs,
$f. W ithout the privilege of alttiatioa a hLorul
discount Will he mude.
Advertisements letl without directions as to ll.a
length of time they are to be published, Willi
continued antil ordered out, and charged accord
ingly. CO"-siiteen hoes make a square.
Moveineuti anion? tho Magnet!-
Zl'l-M.
l)r. Collycr, tho animnl magnclizer,
is on his way to Baltimore to run an
opposition team against the late obedi
ent subject Sarah, who lias lately mar
ried an ex-editor, na.ned Johnson, who
magnetizes her in public, and makes a
much better living by it, than he did by
quili-driying. The courtship com
menced in Boston, and it was rare sport
to the old'uns, w ho knew how tall oaks
from little acorns grow, to see how cau
tiously the gentleman laid seige to bis
fat charmer's heart. She posesscd
sufficient clairvoyance to discover his
object, and good sense to approve of
it. There are not a few husband
hereabouts who would lead vers !'!'
fercnt lives if their wives possessed Sa
rah's mysterious art of seeing through
! stone walls in her sleep. Boston Post.
Atmoftplii'i-Ic Carriage Sjrlnss.
Wc are infomed bv the Newark Dai
ly Advertiser, that Mr. Levi Bissell,
of that place, has in veined a eon'.riv&nco
to promote the ease and comfort of tra
velling, especially rail road cars. It is
designed to take the place of the ordina
ry car and carriage springs in now u?e,
the elasticity and spring being produced
by atmospheric air condensed in a cyl
ender, somewhat resembling that o'f a
steam engine-, made air tight atone
end, with a piston working at the other..
Four of these springs (the Daily Adv
vertiscr adds) have been in use, in ono
of the cars of the New Jersey rail road,,
fjr some months past the whole
weight of the body being supported by
tne four columns ol condensed air in tho
cylinders and we believe with iiuivct
j sal satisfaction.
I .
The Mails In England are carried
upon nine different rail-ways, at an av
erage price of 90 per mile. Each
company is obliged by law to carry a
mail w henever the Post Master Gener
al requires ii, w hether by day or by
t .i..
nil; MI
On tne London and Liverpool
Railroad, over which the great mail
for Ireland, Scotland and tho Bi n-h
Provinces, as well :is fbrii.e I'l.ilLci
States, are carried, the price j aid per
mile, Pitt's report say.-, uei;$,.00. The
time for running il.c (iis-mco, 21Q
miles, is stipulated at twet.'y-thrcc
miles the hour! These inads leavo
London at half past is o'clock in ihe e
veiling, reach Liverpool the next morn
ing at half past five! running this dis
tance in less than ten hours ! The
speed on the Baltimore railroad and on,
the route between this city and New
York, compared with the despatch or
the London and Liverpool road, is bo
hind the age! They scarcely average,
ten hiilcsnn hour. Vlul. North Amer,
Swiftness or hs. -It is said that
men who are used to it, will outrun
horses, bv holding their speed longer.
A man will also walk down a horse, for
alter he has travelled a few days, tho
! horse w ill be quite tired, but the man
will be as fresh for motion as at the be
The King's messengers
w alk to Ispahan.JIOS miles, in 14 hours,
Hottontots outstrip lions in the chase,
and savage- who hunt tho elk, tire it
down and take it ; they arc said to have
performed a journey of S.tiOQ in ksa
than six w ecks.
To rRi:Eii E Steel from RtST.
Take some melted virgin wax and rub
it over the article to lo preserved.
' When dry, w arm the article again
as to get oil' the w ax, and rub il with a
dry cloth until tho former polisii is re
stored. By this means all the pores
of the metul are filled up without inju
ry to tho oppeanuice, and rust will not
attach to it unless it is very carclcaoly
exposed to Constant humidity.
To keep Skippers f rom Bacon'. It
is stated in the "Plough Boy," un Atji i
rultural paper recently commenced in
South Carolina, that it a small piece of
sulphur is thrown on the fire every day
the bacon js smoking, it w ill effectually
prevent skippers and bug from enter,
inc. We consider this an important
matter, and we are strongly disposed
to believe the remedy a good one. We
should be pleaed to hoar of the bct
pUn.
Solvest for old Pi'ttv. In remo.
ving old glass, spread over the putty,
w ith a small brush, a little nijnc or inu.
riatic acid, and the putty will becotw
,ft.