TIUHS OP THE -"AMERICA.'' HENRY B. MA88ER, 3 rcturni tas asd JOSEPH EWELY. $ Paor-amroaa. . . B. .WrfWKH, KtUtor, orrici I MimT itkiit, vim tr.m. THE" AMBRIUAN"7pubiiiiheJ eery8lur day lit TWO UOLLAK8 per annum to So pjiJ half yearly in-advance. No paper dracfttilin- ..I : 1 1 . - - - i AN. ritici:s or AiriKTisf xc. I sqiare 1 imeriioti, ft) SO 1 do 2 do . . . . 0 75 1 do 3 d. , 1 00 Ev.ry siihscqui'tit lnertb n, 0 8S Yarly Advertisement, (with tha prWilsge ot Iteration one column $25 t half column, $18, AND SHAMOK'IN JOURNAL. three anuarea, $13 ; two squares, ft ; one r'quate. J5. Without the prmloge oi aue reuow uuerai discount will b made. uihj iiti'ALt. arrrnmgea are paiu. No subscription received' for a 1pm period than n mi)sti. All rominunicnlioiiH or letter on businea relating to the office, to insure attention, must tie-POST PAH). Absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital jirinclple of Republics, from which there i no appeal mil to fare-, the vital prin l,.le and immediate parent of despotism. JcrrsRo. Advertisements left without directions at to tha length of timo they are to be puhlihl, will be continued until ordered Out, and charged accord Bnnbttry, Sort taumberlaml t?o. Pa. Sulut day, February 17, 184 3. Vol. IIXo. XX. ingly. Cjff-'uteen Tnake qn"Te. From the Allany Northern Liht, Tim vHnxi, bi c. M nuns. Oh ! Jiink not from I hut 'pafkling howl, However pleaxant to thn inxtf, Iia poisoned vapnra taint theaoul. Ami lay its fairest blouaoinn urastr. Ten ihmimiiil plagues an) curses ili re Afec1uterwg rnutiil that fnuntain'a drink, VAnd'Gnd his seal of Tciig. fnl i-e lias set upon' the monster drink. Beware, poor maniac ! thecup of tvo lias thrown cantagioti over earth, An J demons from the shades below, Laugh at the revelry of mirth ; 'But here the hard must full to tell The miseries of the drunkird's'lot, Whose conscience makes life his hell, The next ah, no; we judge him not. Cm man whom reason's lump should Rindc. Wi h all his natal dignity, l"er drain Hie e;oU!ets, foaming tide, That doath-tirauglil of inrrjuvty ; And thus while hejdlong swept woy On passion's madn'ninc torrent wreck'd. Bedim each blight and lovelv rny Th;it gilds the skies of intellect '? 'Inebriate p.iuse VhnM thy wife vUent dnwn to einh hy grif end dire, 'Unfit to 'trwait -the stormy strife. And teritl her'little prattling fair ; And if thou hart uiiurich'tl within, One spatk of umilYrelrftiial fue, Shake cirthe lethargy of sin.; To lioMtr aims he ticrfuiilt a.-pire. 'Or if thou woudst indulge thre now, Fird im e that ptoslratc xiciim there, Tirtt stony look that haggard brow, 'And rye-lull l".ed m wild dcpiiir. The heavens are weeping at the sight Oh ! take the guilty wielrh away, Ahd hide the horrors of hia plight, 'They shame the countenance of-(lay. Lcl midnight spread her leaden shroud, And with its thick and sible fold, S'eiiuei'tcr from the gazing crowd, A scene so shocking to behold .; Yea, guilt should seek some hiding plnco Some cavern in the ocean's womb, Where light nor sun may never trace Its charnel-house of death and gloom. 'Oh ! mm J deluded erring men, Vk hy boast'thec of a form sublime, 'While in the little hour we wan And endlefle calftlopfiirt of prime ? "J'hen dash aside the hanrfiil glu, Tho crowned with many a wreath, The dregs of death lie hid ala ! Its blushing rororiet I't iiealli. Machine Poetry. " I'was once r.n e.iy thing to write, When'l lived aione and could spend (he night With the siimkiiig ln'e of thp good long nun', And perchance a glass of rosy wine, a.ike Ihe Ihitchmai.-H c.4V. thoughts poured thick And sweet to the taste, and 1 p. lined tliem quick ; 'But those were ihe davs of auldrlang syne. JSow I've a wife, bim) the cares of Kl Against my muse make constant stiife.; 'A man. I think, can always write, If he'll set hiuwell doggedly about it" roJohn-in jid, and1! thought him right, Till sad experience hade me doubt it. 'I dip my pen again and again. And begin to wiite, perhaps but then, My dear the lire is getting low. And the kindling stuiris out, you know ; .'Do leave for a minute that s'-iiiJdk, And dofTyour smoking cap grotreque ; Pray quit your bachelor tmlutti 'vile. And act like other folka, once in a while." This talk unkind so (ours my mind. That lo write as of yoie l am bwiucliiied. And "thus i atudy a.iaspplrrd, With' witching woman at my side ; iJenpite my wish, dei-pite my paini, II quU lhe task waUuiiy biaiiM." bout on I'aper. Tkvxsvlv-ania 'Statistics. By the j ireturns made to the National C-Jovern-1 merit, vac Icarn that 'there are HO pow I ler mill in this state, manufacturing' about l.'JOO.OOO pounds annually, j Drug Dnrt medicines to an amount cx- i cceded two millions of dollars, are .innnutacturod. There are 2 glass wurks, 182 potteries, "JO sugar Tofmer-ics-, 27 paper manufactories, employing about 800 men .'JO rope walks, 73U floar.tHg mills, gritl mills, 5350 !kuw iiuilk, US .oil mills, 340 fulling unillvl'afj woollen factories, lOGcottoa factories, 030 people cijiloyed in rais cng tobacco, 1170 tarmeTies, 1010 dis ttillerks, "87 breweries, 16,328 gallons of wine made, 213 furnaces, 615,1 27 ihorscs, l,767.fiC&, neat cattle, 1,707, 4520 -ftheep, 1,503,064 swine, HJ&men 'engaged in mining operations, 13,213, 77 boshels of wheat, 100,000 bushels more than raised in New York. U, S. 12artle, Pink Root. It is said this article has yiel ded to tho country of Jackson, Illinois, in the wsuhrefl ye ts, about $20,000, but that they have icntuely exhausted it Where it wu ,nost abundant,, they hav ploughed it up, and a tier affd planted be ground in corn or wheat. Hereafter very bmallmmnt ities can be c.poctl tow tliifi rjuartcr. t. Loui BuDolin. Stnmtkla Furnace. Tho friends of American industry generally, and of the great staples of Pennsylvania, par ticularly, will be gratified at the commence inant of every enterprise which hns for iU ob jcet the development of the almost inexhausti ble resources w hich our Statu possesses in her mines and minerals. At the piesent time, dis ci m racing in so many respects 'to an invest ment in'thc manufacture of iron, looking to the operation of the tarifl after the 30tli of next June; it requires coiibiueialHe resolution to cniburk a large capital in an enterprise that hits heretofore been attended with so I'ttle profit. To tho(e who feel an interest in our iiomv 'MAftvPAcrvRKM, a brief desctption of the fur I nacc lately erected hy the 3 h amok in (ai. j -and Iko.n Companv, may not prove tinttitercst j iog. This furnace lias been erected on the property if the Company nt the village ofSha- mokin, in Nortliuuiberland county, twenty miles from' Sunbtiry, to wliich ipoirit the Dnn i ville end Tottsville Railway is completed, on i'the contennjilated route to the latter place. ! The furnace is now in lull hltiiit, under the charge of Win. Fritnstone, turning out Pig ! metal of (lie tery best quality, containing much "! ' .iHluilllljj 111 1 1 a IIULIUIQ lilt glllj open grain, so desirable in foundry iron, for fine and delicate tiiutiUlmurs. The machinery performs admirably in all its part, and the company have spared neither pains nor expense to secure the best talents and practical skill in its cunstrttctioti and management. It is contemplated at-ome future time to extend the present improvements by the erection of ad ditional works. Already the IbrcJt 'has given place to the march of civilization, and the wil dome! Iras been mndo to bloom and blossom as the rose. The village of Hhamdkin, whieh has started into . existence within the Inst four years, alrwidy coritains morcthan mx iu-mirkii inhabitants, nenr three hundred of wimm arc rcholurs in the Sunday school, and it is destined at no distant period to heroine a large and flour ishing town, with a sober, hardy and industri ous, population (if the bone and sinew of the country. Tew places possess greater advan tages for prosecuting the cool and iron business. During H.c past year about ir,000 tons of coal and 5,0(Krtons of iron ore, besides other fi eight 'belonging to this Company alone, worexarned upon their railway ; Htid'thoy :posscss facilities tor increasing this brunch of their business to ony required extent. The route to market is from 'Himbury, by the Ponirsyl.ntnia, and Sus quehanna and Tide Water Cuual.s to Havre de'Clrace. It lliun has the choice of the 'Phi ladelphia, Baltimore orrt'lier markets. The Furnace is 3S feet square, base, built up 11 feet'higjh plumb, then buttered 'JJ inches ' to the foot, to the top of the stack, which is j j7, fc,.t ,,j h fronl , cencm 0f (hc j buse. "r'oimdtftion under (he whole, 5 feet deep I and 12 feet square. The tunnel her.tl built on I the top is 1?J feet liigh, witli thrce charging : doors ; cat-l irn frames an ) xliutes to .eacli j door. U'he arches lor tuyrs are 10 feet wide ; j tempt arch l." feet wide ; 'hciu-th 5 feet high ; 1 rout the surface, in order to give sufficient fell ! for iron and ciinlnr intooastinghotiec 'floor. The ! furnace hearth is (. feet high from the bottom j to the bobbing ; the hearth -3 feet square at bot i torn, and 4 feet at top , the tuytn 21-3 feet ' high from the bottom ; the bosh inclines Ik j inches 'to the foot from top'if hearth tollie top i of bosh, which is 32 lVt MPross, 1'he -interior I of the slack is linod with fire brick callod bull j hcud, 16 inches long. The spnee between the ' main stndk and lining is filled with small broken stone. The furnace is braced whh'bars of iron .entirely through, w ith large washers arid keys, four feet apit?'u "Engines lHJhoTtw power. Blowing cylenders 22 inches diame ter, 0 feet stroke, w iilitwo Ily wheels, 16J feet tliotiidter. Vortical engines. The steam and blowing cylinders arc worked 'by large 'cast iron lever beams, ca;h weighing lour tons, which rest upon n stone pier in the centre ; largC'COiiflenser, with large -copper exhausting pipe. Ten boilers, each '30 leet long and SO inches calibre. Engine house 00 feet long and !K) feet w ide. Dotler hoise ttfl'feetby 45. Hoi ler Rtaclc 0 feet high. Casting house 4;i feet long, 4S feet wide, and 20 high to the sqtiure. 1 here are two sets of heating ovens, with the necessary pip.-s for two furnaces. The en gines are tho same whioh wore for a short time at Farrandaville, and arc pronounced of very superior tvorlcmanship. Vorth American. Vlie joTlowmg play upon words ecenrrcd in the Attorney Cleneral's argument, in a late capital trial-: She 'Came to atisiR to astMr HER. IIoRirtn !--Same mud cap of a girl perpetra ted the following lines on hearing a lady praise a certain reverend gentleman's eyes Iran not praise ihe IWi.tSi eyes ; I never saw bra (rl.irre divine , Foi WlMtn fee pnys he ilbiila brseyes, And When be preaches be shtl'-s nOBs"! Thai's my iinrtnwn, aa 1m friutcr said r.hcn he ki-btj tlie m gi.l. From ihe Minrrt' Journal. Blnllstles Of the Con! TrnQa tjf SohnylUIII 'County. Value of ihe real estate and personal property of the Coal District of Schuylkill county, and the coat of improremeul dependent opiW the 'CuM opera lions. W milfs incorporate fiail loa.l, f fioO 00(1 10 do individual do O.flUO 40 do underground, "411,000 2,400 Rail Road Cars, 180,(100 1,500 Drift' Can;, 46,000 17 Collieries bflow irater Invl with Steam Enginea, Pumpa, &r 218,000 9 Steam Engines for Other purposes 11,000 100 Collieries above water level, 150,000 1S0 'Landing, 160,000 850 Boats, '415,000 900 Doal Horses, cVc. 51,000 80.000 He. of Coal land at $ 40 pet A., 3,0),00t) Working 'Capital, S00.0OO Towns, &c , m ihe Coal Region, S,500.HOO Schuylkill Cunal, 3,900.0000 Keiding Kail Koad, Cars, Arc, t ,000.000 Danville and Pottsvillc Rail Koad, 800,000 l!i!rrgale, 1 7,526,000 Staij!ics nfiho Coal operations of Schuy kill county for 1911. Number of tons of Coal shipped, . 000,315 Consumed' in the Region, 20,000 Total Ttns, fi'0.345 Popula'iou of tha Coil Region, 16.0(V). In ad dition to thii there are 2,400 .pi-tsona engaged in trai fponn g Cod on Ibo tanal, only about one third of vhom vie rstimated in the al'ove number, making the population Ofilie Coal region and ihusr engaged m batti.g, etc., entirely deprudJiit on the Coal tiadi', 1 ViOO souls. Numtrof lliirarccmpioyeu'iii Posting and in ihe Coal Region, 2,100. A (i K I ( I ' L I ' I' R A I . P K O P V T C ( J S L' M E 0 rl8,000 buhhi U Wheat at $125 $110,000 163,800 do Corn and Rye, 60 102,440 52,000 do Oils, 40 40,208 3,160 Tons lljy, 17 00 53,550 40,000 Hundles Straw, 1UJ 5,000 2,718,000 pounds Beef & Pok, 6 163 080 35,200 bushrls Potatoes, 45 15,810 Poultry, H.O'iO 10,500 pounds Hotter, 12 12,600 4,576 do Lurd, 9 4,119 Milk, ' 27.45G 50,000 dot. Eges, 10 5,000 V geta'.vle, nu b as A .Kn, IVachre, Turnips, Cal bjEe.'OnionB, A 45,200 $ 588,572 MERCHANDIZE 00"NS1:MED. 'iroceries. Foreign Merchandize, Domestic 'Dry 'ioods, BiMta and Shoes, Diugs, Glass &. Dye Stuffs, II JU : Capa, Saddlciy, fii Ions Nulls cV Spikes, 130 tons Bir Iron, 125 tons Rail Road 'Iron. 100 Ions Stone & Hollow- ware, 'Confecfionsry, Jewelrry, $ 395.000 250.000 115,000 50,500 15,000 '15.000 ,000 9,075 $ 90 1 CO 7P 11,700 12,500 7.000 5,000 4,550 A part df'the above lUeichandito is exchanged for ptot'ore from adjoining counties. KicarnrtATio?!. Cnpiial invetmrnl in (he Coul Business, $17,526,- 000 Pr.Klure consumed snnually, $5fiS,57t Merchandize h.dd ann., 918.326 $1,506 90 T The above quantity of Meet i equal to b,7'JS H 'gs, 200 Ilia, each, and 8,397 Head of Cattle, at XU0 Ilia. each. It nvry ahto be remaiked that the market created in the Coal Region for the- produce of the Fannei hs mine than doubled ihe value of the Farms in the county of Schuyiktll, and ma'aiially enhanced the vvioo of some portions in 'the adjoining 'Coun ties. Oil. Included in Groceries, is the sum of $48,460, 'for Oil used in tha mines anfl oiling wag. gone, and $35,000 for Oil foi houses anil machi nery, muking a total of $78,400 for the one item of oil alone consumed in the Region. Toaacco, included in Ihe Groceries, 'i the sum of $8,4 00 for tha item of Tobacco. The quantity of Timber ued ricluaivt'ly at the Mines, induprndent of buildin a, rs estimated to be worth $37,000 per annum. Stum Mills. There are three Steam VtiKt in the Coal Kegien which mantrfacture anrretlly a. bout -6000 Barrels of Flirtir. Slalntict of Iron Horkt in Tfiihylkill Co. 4 Blast Furnaces produced 1at yem 2135 lous Pig Inm and 100 tons tastings. Thret of lhe Furnaces were only limit of the time in Ojra and are now staodmg idle when in fuM eiirrjiion .hey r euptfkra of producing annually 6 575 Una Pig Wofc. flera are 0 Foigea, 3 f them ia npesalion proOuced lust year ilUVwn Utr lrn- Tlie eihars Mood idle Ihe whole ytar. The Viola are C 'iable of praducing Th liar Jimi per aniium. I Helling MtU Mhkh ha stoed kite the Ij-I jrir. t Foun.loliis which'proJiiceJ'laatyeur 50 t ins ('astings. 2 Extensive Machine Shops, which marVufettu- r.'d last year 15 Steam Engines, rated in the aggre gate -at 640 horre pown. Population deprnlrnt on be nti if a 'Furnaces and Forge in operation, 167 fainaliua, 5 loaiainily t?:t5. Capital rmployed'i'i the k!ve wotka, vir. : In ill. in opi'isiiou, $217,000 " Statidmg idle, '120,000 $j:.'7,00 Joint Jnoob Astor. The ew Yr.rk Toll ler gives tha follow trg rather amusing sketch of John Jacob Astor. Mr. Astor id now at the' Wrong aids of eigh ty , and rmturat'y begim to feci tho hand of timo preaa heavily tih hi constitution ; b-.it still he enjoys himself, cracks his joke, empties his bottlo(fbr though no inebriate, he is far from being u teetotaller,) smoke.", and interests him self in 'the rise and decline of slock. In fict, though old, there is noifiing of tho dotage, i!iy second chHdhoo.i of old go about him. His mind, on the contrary is oh soo'id as a bell, and bis head as- clear us when he used to be shoveling in Spanish dollars by'the eliip load. Mr. A.-.tor says that it coat him more labor and genius to make bin first thousand dollars, than the millions that followed ; ar.d that now, were he a young'rtmn, he would rather under take, at tho hazard of lnosing his life, the' task of making a hundred thousnnd dollars on the foundation of one thousand, than one thousand out of nothing. The -labors-of Mr. Astor'sday.at the. present writing, ure dividud fomowhrtt ns follows : He riRts early, dresses witlv.tit a valet, arul smokes hulf a pipe of lolmcco. Ha then breakfast sometimes on milk, but 'mostly on the most fragrailt description of Moeha coffee. Another attack on the pipe follows. The papers then are called for, when his still keen eye falls foul of lh? money article but afterwards he goes through the editorials and chit chat of the duy, and is mightily tickled when he finds any thing better thun usual. Pipe again. Then, when he'nabli3,n tsiuritcr nbmil and a crack with the neighbors concerning stock or the Weather, Next, a two hour's sictte, and then to tlinneri whereat John does groit excedtion, for he is a wonderful hond nt the trencher for an old mm. The 'pipe, chit chut, and a mild glass follow, end then the time is spent until 9 o'clock, wl-en h? ttlls for his chamber lamp, and takes up his line of march for Blanket Alley. Mi. Astor hes been reputed ignorant, but th;s is n libel, for he is in part, and ahvsys hns been, a great reader, rsprci..l!y of lifht literature. 'Likewise he is a very libera 'patron oflitcrary men, as is partially evidenced by the fart of hie warm attachment to Washington Irving, and Ins choice ofFit2 Greene Haileck, for hhi right hand man. Another libel is the chirgo brought ngninst Mr. Astor, of Atheism, his inclinations never lying that way. On the whole J"o!m Jacob Aktor isrthera gooil old man than ' otherwise, hns no parttcu-lar-fie about him hul'hia Morrey.lo rJistihgUish him from the rest of us. Wc wroto this sketch, thinking it might grotifythe 'reader to ream something of the habits, manners, &c. of an 'old gon'tleman whrmo daily income is four thousand arid odd dollars. i'ha OIU Times. We take from the History of Soca and Bid dlelbrd, by George Folsom, the substance of t few of the many cm urns fuels with which that Volume abounds; Description of 'Xcw Cng'and i.y theji'it 'Lit coverer. The first discoverer of New Englnr.d Whs Bartholomew GosooKI. lle landed ra l3 00, on what lio uftorward named Tuisabeth Island, near the r.outh of Bozwrd'a Biy, and Which name it bears to li.is day. llrre hebuill a storehouse ard f. n. the letnins r which. Eelknap Miys, m- b!ifl seen. Several fcl" tho adventurers ptiblmlicj tlovv in ' decriptions of the fertility and dtlihiful aspect; of liee northern shores. "I'romtrra !slati, says rne rif ihcm, we V,u,iCr ;n n- w.yw. wrercwesoi a while, us rallied at ihe Wie M.d debca- ty of tho awectiiw-i, beWes .hvers cleare . t., ...... .. , i .unGB w .,.-,.. t r,.,r i... in.., mm lt.. ...i e ... ... ,i very largo a nu niu oi green grasses. i ney i i- ,i i- ii nr, affiriii thathey sweil weed whi'h in"M day spMg p '8 Tfiches," and fiund "ground nuts s ig us -nggs, as good as potat'ies, and 0 on siring, nut two inches nndvr gronn I." Public Wurthiy uni Crtxnd Jur. An attendant-eon public worship was rig .rous Jy enforced at this period by the civil authori ties. Tra veiling on the S.blath was punished by a fine of 10 shillings including the officer's lees. None were x-cepted from the operation of these laws, liven under the jurisdict on of tlie Kintf'a commissioners, we find Mrs. Bridget Iillipa gubjectc o a preentment by the grand jury Hoc absence from publrc worship. 'At a latterdate, "we nreFent,? say the jurymen, "'Arthur Deal, for travelling from his own Housf? upon the Sabbath day, about a mile to speak Job Young to go to sea the next week. Alark Red about the s,unn time was fined 10s "for breach of tho Sabbath for going to sea out of the hnrlor on the Lord's day where the min istry was." John W udloigh was presented for a "cotniron sleeper on tho Lord's day t the publicuto meeting." The offender waa dis charged with an admonition, paying Ss. 6d. to the recorder. Io 1607 Juliana Clyse, wife to John, was presented form tale-bearess from house to house, setting differences between neighbors. One of the citizens wa presented for iJImes. and the toWn of Scarboro' for uot havirg a minister. Tcrtipcraiico Lecture. BV IROF. SILllMaN. The Exchange Saloon was crowded to excess to hear the Temperance Lec ture of Professor Silxiuan before the Washington Society. Tlie learned Professor gave a chemical andiysis of iilcohol, ami performed some beautiful and interesting experiments with some of its elements. He showed that alco hol was an indispensable agent in sci ence and tlie arts, but no more adapted to the wants or condition of the human stomach than most of the powerful a-t-ids used in a chimical laboratory. The Professor held in his hand a vial of "' ! hiahlv concentrated alcohol some that j (J m,u himself, and he said t!iet if ; a man were to orink about f.a'f cf it, ; (i,uout two gilU.) lie probably would j 0 aLe t0 yet out of the room alive. j j wiiie-cluss lull of it, he said, would probably vary soon destroy the lile ol cither tit the voting lads oetore iiim. The Professor relcted several interest ing and humorous anecdotes, full of in struction upon this important topic. He took nrso the position that alcohol in any form tiid not promote digestion; but thrft it disturbed the process, and prevented the healthy action of the sto mach. He said -it provoked appetite, anfj caused more food to be swallowed than was necessary for nourishing the svatem. He then save a brief account 'of some, of the vonHerful expeiimpnts of Dr. Beaumont with Alexis M. Ajar tin, a young Cannrfian, who was woun ded by the discharge of n musket in 1 Svl'-i. The charge tore away a portion ff his loft side, lacerating the lungs and perforating 'flie "toniach. The wound healed, 'but the orifice never became elossd. Tin perforation into the stu m ich was two and a half inches in cir cumference. Through this orifice a pieco of meet tied to a string could be let down into the stomflfh and ptil'ed out again at any time ; and in this man ner the precise length of time required for the digestion ot nny Kind ot food could be ascertained. The gastric juice, which is'the great agent of -digestion, would 'pour into the stomach when anv food or other substance was placed there. This juice, the Professor stated, was easily taken from 'the man's sto mach, fend he -had a bottle of it now at the College. The liquid was at the preentlime apparently as pure as 'it w-as ten "years ago. It had the peculiar property f sli-preservation, or of re sisting ptitnfaction. It would, if war med to 'blood heat, dissolve meat in a wine glass. He said he had never come to any satisfactory conclusions ns to its character from his attempts at analyzing it ; and he had sent a portion of it to one of the most learned and skill ful chemists of Europe, but he was a i ble to throw but very little hght upon j the subject. This I know, said Prof. S-. lhat t ''" affinity with alcohol, '' it ilwy at e in ibf rr rature and attributes totally diverse, or possess Corrrntoractiii;: qualities. A very 'little drink of any liquid is be.'ter f-r her.l'hv digestion than a lar ger 0w)titv, ns the rrastrrc jnice may he so weake red bv dilution as to lose, & n)Uch of power but no d ,hh, j, ,akM ,nt0 the rto, ninr.h i r. nftrnirimw to the natural and . . . ' . . i'healihv oferatlon ft the g.-.stric juu-e, i . j as nlcohol. In tegsrd to wines, hc said trut it was nlmot impossible "Jo rbtain them in this ooimtryin a pnte Re. They were chin'fly mule from ale?nho or whmky. and druggtd and colored, and so mixcol w ith wirre, or the lees cf wirre, I as to he isst-d off under a false name j fur the gfnuiufi fruilnf the vine. Prt-f. Silliman gave the brr.ndy due tots a fair hit; he was glad to believe, however, that tha medical 1";iculiy gen rally were growing more and move opposed to prescribing alcohol in any form lor medicine, except in extreme cases. He cautioned his hearers to be ware of the various tinctures or spirit ous solutions of medicinal substances. They induced excitement, and invalids, through the deceitful -influence of the alcohol, often thought they felt better, and continued to use the poison until they were enticed to their destruction. The Profecsor concluded this most interesting'Lccture with some friendly cautions in regard to the use opium and tobacco. If an individual, addicted to the habit of using either of those narco tics, would break away from their trammels, he could then know some thing of the real enjoyments of a true temperance nran. N. H. Palladium. Anecdotes of Avarice. My Lord Hardwick, the late Ldrii Chanreiior, who is said to be worth 600,009, sets the same value on half a crown now, as he did when hs was only worth Ju0. That great captain, the Duke of Marlborough, w hen he w as in the last stageof life, and very infiriti-, would walk from the public room in Hath to hi3 lodgings, in a cold dark night, to sacs sixpence on'rihair hire. If "the duke, who left at his death more than a million and a half sterling, could have foreseen thai all his 'wealth and honors were to be inherited liy a grand son of my Lord Trevdr's. who had been one ofTiis enemies, would he have been so careful to save sixpence for ihe sake of his heir? Not for the sake of his heir; but he wonld always have saved sixpence. Sir James Lowthcr, after changing n piece of silver in 'George's C ffeehouse, and paying two-pence lot his dijlrof -cofl'ee, was helped into his chariot, (for he was then lan e and in firm.) and went home; 'some time after-, he returned to the same coffee-house-, fch purpose to acquaint the woman who kept it that she Ir.id given him a bad half-penny, and demanded nriolher in exchange for it. Sir James had about 40,000 per annum, and was at a loss whom to appoint as his heir. 1 knew one Thomas Colby, who 'lived at Ken sington, and was, 1 think, a commission er In the VTictual!ingOffice; he killed, himself by rising in the middle of the ntnt, when he was in a very profuse j sweat, the efierft of a medicine which i he had taken for that purpose, an& walking down stairs to look for the key of his cella r, w hich he had inadvertent ly left on m table in his parlor : he was apprehensive thnt his servants might seize 'the key and rib him of 'a 'bottle of port uine. This man died intestatev nnrf hit more than 1,500,000 in tb funds, w hir-h was shared among fivet)t -fix. day-laborers, v ho were his nearest relations. Sir William Smvth, of Bed fordshire, w ho w as toy kinsman, wheft he was near seventy, was wholly de--prived of his sight ; he was persuade! to be couched by Taylor, the occulist who, by agreement, was to have sixty guineas if he restored his patient to-atvy degree of sight. Taylor succeeded rft his operating, and Sir William wa3 bl6 to read and write without the Use? spectacles during the rest of his life? but as soon as the operation was per formed, and Sir William seeing thd good effects of it, instead of being over joyed as many other persons would have been, he began to lament the loss (as he called i') of his sixty guineas 1 lis contrivance, therefore, now was how to cheat the occults! : he pretended that he had only a glimmering, anA ould see nothing perfectly ; for that reason the bandage on his eye was con timied a month longer than the usual time. By this means he obliged Tay lor to compound the bargaiD, and ac cept of 20 guineas ; for a covetous mart thinks no method dishonest which he may legally practice to save his mo ttev Dr. King's Anecdotes of his ow Time. Akmtotsacy or 1660. It appears -aW at that time (in IfitlOl great respect was paid A to dignitaries, inasmuch as the elders of tha church took upon thenwelvcs to seat the merti bers of tSe congregation according lo rank ani degree. There is a tradition among the inhabi tsnls ot'lBiddefi rd. where one Maj. jflilirp. great iimn in thoc dayp, then lived, that CiM 2mor t'lctnwn tvas finefl for t-aying "Majei iPhilUpv, hor-e is a lean a an In lian's dog," A young clergyman when acewtod in tne following manner by u illiterate preacbeh, who I'espiKed education. Sir, you hnr bt'fea to college, ! suppono,' '', sir;' Wits il,e n piy-. I am thankful." rejoined tiio former, 'that ihe LotA has opened my tuoiith to preach wi'Boul ary le ini ivr A ' r v n V A n tatter, Munk place ..l n.il'.Wl i.li.r, a..C. t.'.,l.A arc of rjrc occurrcucc at tlie present day
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