From Ihe Delaware Journal.
ThcDlvlnlMg nMl.
The art of discovering water courses under
the surface of the earth ly rnea ns of a green rod
or wand newly cut from pencil, hazel or cherry
tree, has been known in Europe fur several hun
dred years. It is said the discovery was mndn
in Germany, but by whom it is uncertain.
Until a very late period it his been considered
an imposture, and tanked with the arts of ma
gicians and other vain pretenders to mysterious
powers. This opinion of the power oftho "di
vining rod" or "magic wand," a9 it has been
termed, has undoubtedly arisen from this fact,
that in the hands of many persons the action of
the rod is wholly imperceptible, whilst in other
the attraction of the water, especially if it he
near the surface and vein large, is surprisingly
prcat. When the wand is of a brittle nature
the attractive power is so forcible as frequent
ly to break it.
From numerous experiments made in France
since the commencement of the present centu
ry, by Thou vend and other men of science, the
claims of the divining rod are found to rest up
on well known material powers. The art of
finding water by its means is well established
and promises to be of great utility to our coun
try. The theory explaining the phenomena
of the 'magic wand,' supposes that the water
tonus with the earth above it, and the fluids of
the human body, a galvanic circle. This cir
cle is more or less perfect, as the state and con
dition of the body of the operator qualifies it to
be a better or worse conductor of the galvanic
fluid. The human body fsone of the best con
ductors yet discovered, and weakly or debilita
ted persons are said to be better conductors
than persons in sound health, and the attrac
tion is greater wlien the skin is wet, particular
ly the hands and arms. Salt water, or a solu
tion of the muriatic acid are the best fluids fur
moistening the skin. The effect will be increa
sed if the operator be barefooted, his Jbet and
hands having been prevkxisly wetted with
either of the aforesaid fluids, but if he have silk
gloves or silk stockings on, the rod will not be
attracted. If the rod be suspended by an elec
tric, or in immediate contact with an electric,
no attraction will be felt, and the degree of at
traction varies as any BubsUaces lying between
the water and the band of the operator, arc
more or less adapted to conduct the galvanic
lluid.
Such are some of the facts stated by writers
on the subject, but the reality f the jiowers at
tributed to "the divining rod," we need no for
eign authorities to carry conviction to every In
telligent mind. We have in this city several
operators, men of the most unqestionable char
acter, whose powers have beco. tested by the
severest scrutiny, and who have never failed
to convince the roost credulous. Th writer
has known several stout unbelievers thrown in
to the most ludicrous pTcdicatnciit, by suddenly
discovering that they themselves were among
the magic, and had all the powers f the best
water-finders. The powers of 'the magic
wand" being natural powers, it only requires
that the natural means be present in any in
dividual to produce the necessary result.
Any person may discover whether or not he
has the powers of a water finder by the follow
ing experiment. Let him out n branch of a
peach or cherry tree, having a fork with two'
twigs of a length and thickness nearly equal,
and slender enough to be quite flexible. If
formed correctly it will nearly represent a let
ter V. Ix?t him take tire fiiiitll hhIs f he
twig, one in his right hand and one in his left,
and hold it in so that the main brunch, where
the forks begin, shall Ik- uojk rmost and nearly
eriM'iiilicular to the earth, but little inclining
forward. Holding it in this poitrtion, let him
walk slowly and carefully over the ground
where water is to besought fur, and if'iiie bo
dy of the operator be a good galvanic conduc
tor, the wand, when over a vein of water that
is near the surface will be drawn forwards and
downwards with considerable force ; and if the
vein be ISrgc it will point directly down 4otbe
earth. The causes of this phenomenon being
natural, and invariable as the principle of grav
itation, water will always be found nearer the
surface of the earth, when thus indicated by the
divining rod, than in other plae.es. :k:x.
Another Vksmsun wJk Smith. A West
ern editor, speaking of the 'Mormon 1 'rochet,
scouts the idea that he had any hand in the as
sassination offtx Governor Hoggs. He says
that Smith, beyond all question, is a knave.; kit
is too fat and good-natured to deal in blond.
A glance at bis corporal m and reund free, is
sufficient to convince the inut-t skeptical, that
bad as his life may have bee iterctotisro, he
has of late been accustomed to good J K ing.
He is not one of lite 'leau ('asauM kind, w ho
are constantly 'hatching teoason.' It is well
known in that region, that he is a mere pup
pel of men of ten times his liilemsasid imibrisin,
the fool of others. (lisVevelutsms' ami com
mands from heaven are all made at the dicta
tion of his rulers, who are liebiatd the curtain.
Saturday (Umriir.
A Foot Ut of rather a wwcl "cIsXTwrK-r
came ofl'a few evenings since in Charles-street
mall, between Mr. John Sheridan, the well
known proprietor of the (iyuuiasiuiiC in tn
grrss trect, and an aiiKtuer of this city. The
pri.e was a silver cup. Mr. rvlssridan ran fifiy
yards with a man on his back weighing one
hundred and fifty pounds, against one hundred
yards run by hisadterasry; and came in winner.
Time, thirteen second gain on bis opponent,
about four yards. Mr. Sheridan is probably the
fleetest runner in the country. Boston M ail.
Arrival if the Caledonia at Ilnslon.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
The steamer Caledonia arrived at Boston on Fri
day mottling, !out five o'clock, brining London
and Liverpool d itc to the 19th of August, The
news i not of great general importance. Washing
ton Irving had presented his rradenliaU to the Re.
cent of Spdn.and been flatteringly received. Terri
ble rinm have orrurn J in England. Lord Hill hnt
resigned the office of Commander in Chief of the
Briti-h Armies, on account of ill he.dih. He is
snci eeded hy the Duke of Wellington. Common
kndsnf col I on had advanced a quarter penny per
pnmid, hnl the disturbance in the manufacturing
disliicta lintl inlerfered with business. " ft
Messrs. Hamdcn At Co. have a letter from lon
ilon, which state that "the house of Sir Robert
Peel, at Tsmworth, was mi i rounded by a mob on
the night of the I8ih, and burnt. 11 Troop were
sent from Diimingham to quell the riot."
One of the most impnitant items of news to 1e
cnmiiiunicated from this side, is the announcement
Unit the Great Western Steam Ship Company is
shortly to be Wound up. A special meeting of the
Director was hi Id in Biistol, on Tuetu1ay,th) 16th
instant, and ten persona were authorized ta dispose
of the whole concern ta Ihe utmost advantage.
We understand it ban lieen a ruinous speculation.
It is stated in well informeif circles, that the
Queen and Piinee AIIort intend paying a visit bf"
Scotland in the month of September. He Ma
jesty and the Prince will, we believe, go to Scut.
lrd, and return by sea. .Her Majesty will proba
bly make an ricuiaion to the Highland during her
May in Scotland, paying viaita to the K.of Kin-'
noul, Lord Mansfield, Lord Brctt!Uane, and Lord
Willoughhy D'Ercsby. ' It is said that her Majesty
will reside, while in the niiihhoahood of Ediuhurg
t the Palace of D ilkeith. Trie Royal George
Yacht, at Portsmouth, is fitting out with the utmost
expedition, doul.llesa forjtbe purpose of conveying
her Majesty to Scotland.
. The Royal Mill Steamer Acadia arrived hereon
Saturday last, in nine and a half days from Halifax
bringing intelligence lhat the terms of a treaty for
the settlement of the North Eastern Boundary ques
tion bad been agreed upon betwven Lord Aahhur
ton, on the part of Great Britain, snd the A mori
on n government The term on which it is to ne'
ell led. so far a they are at present known, are very
unpopular. The idea of Great Britain paying the
sum t'f three hnndred thousand dollars to the State
of Maine and Maesichuscttes, and then to reim
burse Maine for the expense she hi heen at in de.
fending the territory, is completely scouted. The
universal fueling in ihiicountry is, it' the land in
dispute belong to merios, let her have it ; but if
il realty belong to Great Britain, let her keep it
at any cost. s
The No'tingham, Ipswiih, Southampton, and
Belfast elections have all taken place, and in each
place have the Conservative or Ministerial Mem
tier been returned by large majorities,
A great number of riot occurred in Manchester
and other manufacturing towns, and upwards of
10,000 operatives were assembled in the several
towns demanding increased wages, and destroying
fat'toi les,
Newspapers. A newspnper is a school in
a family of children worth fen dollars a year.
JJveo the most barren paper brings something
new. Children read of he;ir the, couttnts, in
telligence of the artairs of the world, and ac
quire useful knowledge of more importance to
them in life than a piesent of fitly acres of lam).
rarcntsurc not aware of the vast we say with
rmitidence the iwf iuqiurtance of a ncwspaor
in a family of chikfren, We have made the
remark before, and we repeat it, that two fam
ilies of children equally tmiart, and both going
to the same school ; let one of them have the
free use of a newspaper, and let the other be
deprived of the use of it, and it would excite
ustonishineiit to mark the difference bet-veeu
tln'in. Full one half, and an itiiHrtutit half of
education, as it resiects the business of the
world, and the ability to rise and make one's
self respectable in it is derived from newspa-
1ers. What parent would not wish his children
resiH'c'alile ! Who would be willing to have
his 'neighbor's children more intelligent than
hrsTwn ! and yet how trifling a sum a paper
crwts J It is even in these hard times absolute
ly outemptible in amount, and no man ever
felt it, except in its beneficial consequences.
who paid the subset iption regularly once a
year. hxehange ;o;er.
t'ol'RT F.TIQrETTE, OR FlCTION VS. FCT.
At a dinner given by Mr. Webster to the Brit
ish Minister end the Ma8.schusetts and Maine
Commissioners in honor oftho settlement of
the Northeastern Boundary Question, the fol
lowing toast waa given by Mr. W. :
iurrn Yieloiia. Ioug may she continue
to rriirn over a prosperous unit hnjipy prnple,
A single paragraph, brought by the British I
Queen, will serve to Illustrate Ilia truth and
propriety of the sentiment o tie red by the Sec
retary of State :
The distress in the manufacturing districta
continues, and is rather increasing in severity.
In lixls 4,(HHI families are recoiving parochial
relief.' Albany Argus.
MTM.li! l.Kc.n D. Miguel Mtinox has pe
titioned the Mexican guvermuent for the ex
vliiMve riyht of making metallic bjgs, of his in
wnl sm, during th! term of ten )ears. lie rep-
rix'uts them as lar siierKir to any other kind
of artificial legs hitherto invented. With one
of Ibvae legs, be says, a man can wall, or even
dan.re, without the aidof crulelies.
A Nobi Oak. Mr. (Vjlman, of the (Jeuosee
Fanner, says the lurgest tree that ever came
undi'c h viWrvation, is an oh k in the aicadow
of Mr. Wardsworlh, m Cienesoe, being full
eight feet in diameter, standing out in its majes
ty as the cotcmpnrary of other generations, and
the mule historian of departed centuries.
THE AMERICAN.
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(T Pbijitiso urt.n. We have on hand 100
reams of printing pr, which we will sell it root
and carriage, for rash. The sice snd quality is
similar to the sheet uon which this is printed.
Our readers will find the news of this week
of great variety, if not of great importance.
fXj A large Temperance Mas Meeting was
held at Danville on Wednesday last. A number
of our ritie ns sttended the meeting. A suddix
rise in the river prevented many others from attend
ing. dj The river at this place rose vety suddenly
on Tuexlay last. Great fears were entertained for
ihe safely of the lock -pit and other works of the
Sunbury Canal Cntrpany, now in rrngrem. A
Urge numli of hand were employ d during ihe
whole of Tuesday night, in raising the cutTcr dam
t the inlet on the river.
(Ej The amount of Coal brought over the Dan
ville A. Poltsville Rail Koad to this place, for ship
ment, during the last two week was, 740 Ton.
Per last report, 4.7MO
Total,
6,520
fXj" The Collector's Office at Wilkea-Barre, has
been lxilinhed by the Canal Commissioners, and
the Collector instructed to transfer all the Books,
paiers, Ac. to the Collector' office at Berwick.
' Cj The New World of last week contains, in
two extra numbers, "Letter from the Shore of the
Baltic." Price, nine ropie fur ne dollar.
(Ej- The soil of Lycoming county, is prolific in ihe
protluct:cn of military men. The ronrm ltd s of
urrniigr ui nls and invitation for the Encampment
to l held at Williameport on the I8lh inst., are
composed of 5 Generals, 1 1 Colonels, 7 Majois5
Captains, I Lieut., 2 Judges, I Doctor and Ki
Esqui.es. Tbe militaiy always come first in In
coming. The Stiintor.
The conferee lo nominates Democratic candi
date f.rr Sinator in this district, met at Williama
iort on Saturday last, and after thirty inenectual
ballot adjourned over until Monday. On Monday
they balloted foity-two times without making a
nomination, and then agreed to adjourn until Sat
urday, the 17th inst., to give them an opportunity
to consult their constituents, h is unfortunate that
there should I any difficulty about the nomination
at this pellicular time; for it is very prolable that
if the Democratic parly do not elect a Senator in
Ibis district, our opponents will again have the as
cendency in Ihe Senate. If we have lwu or three
candidate in the field, the whig will eb-ct their,
and il is therefore alwolulrly necessary that the
conferee should rome to some agreement. We
understand lhat ihe dispute is not a much about
which of ihe enjnties ia entitled lo the Senator, as
alout which of the ierona recommended shall re
ceive the nomination. We certainly have plenty
of democrats in this district romp, tent to repre.
sent us in the Senate, and if the conferees cannot
agree to nominal either of the gentlemen now be
fore them, it is their duty lo select some other per.
Vn as the candidate. Tbey niu.t not sepaiate
without making a nomina ion. There must be no
disunion among us now. Let ua have conciliation
and baimony. If Ihe eonfene cannot serve their
particular friends, let them not on lhat account re
fuae to serve the party and it principle, and thus
prevent them from legaining the aceudency in the
Senate of the Keystone stale.
The Nnl Ltgislaluir.
From present apfiearaiice. there is every reason
lo believe, that our neit Legislature will he com
posed of a greater portion of new memlieis than
has been in lhat body for some year. An J if we
mistake not, lin y will dilfer very materially in ms-
nv tCMiects from the last legialitare. The Taiilf
Hill has now passed ly ihe unanimous vote of the
Penna. delegation in Congress, notwithstanding the.
instructions got up at Harrisburg laal winter in op
position H that measure. Governor Porter, il is
wcH known, has always been in favor of a Tariff,
and has recommended that policy hi his meca iges.
His cabinet nil. rt sin the same views, i-d sstheae
view are the views of the people, we have no
daal4 ihe (Snvernor will have hut little, if ny, of the
lacliuu opposition be had to encounter last eion
.I'nion rorintjr.
We copy from the Union Times the following
proceeding of the democratic county convention.
It will be seen that Henry C. Eyer, Esq. and Col,
Relier received an almost unanimous vote on the
first ballot. They are both men of high standing,
and are favorably known to the party. Mi. Eyer
ha also been lecommended from Perry county.
Ifi competitor isNer Middleswaith, Esq who ha
heen nominated by the whig snd anttmaa.ins.
The campaign will be warmly and closely con
tested. Mr. Eyer, it is supposed, will run ahead
of the ticket in Union. His friend have every con
fidence of his success.
For Senator.
HENRY C. EVER. 3?
" HENRY YEA RICK, 4
Henry (J. Eyer having received a majority of
votes, was duly nominated. '
For Assembly.
SAMUEL REBER, j .. 58
GEO. DREISBACH, J
J. O. HEROLD, v .-
Jacob Zeibach was alio recommended for As
sembly, but by his request, Mr. Reichley withdrew
his name before balloting.
Samuel Kebt r having received a majority of votes
was duly nominated.
The Convention neit proceeded to appoint Con
ferees, whereuion.
Gen. Abbot Green, J.W.Smith and Thomas
Bower, were apoinled Senatorial Conferees to
meet other Conferees from this Sena'oriol dUtrici
at Mituiutown, (on Tuesday the 6lh day of Sept.
ia the day appointed by the Perry county enliven
tion.) to put in nomination a candidate for Senator :
And, r,.
Capt. Jacob Hummel and Col. Jacob Rittei
were appointed the Representative Conferees to
meet other Conferee of the district at Bi avertown,
(on Tuesday the 13th of Sept.,) to put in nomina
tiou candidates for Assembly.
(Jj Wehsve received s communication, signed
"A Democrat," in relation to Jacob Gearhurt, Esq.
Ihe Democratic candidate for Assembly. We csn
not see Ihst the article would sul'serve any good
purpose, beside, the author has not left with u his
name, which we always requte, before publishing
communication of this character.
rrj- A great number of manufactories that ta ere
shut up, have since the passage of the Tariff Bill,
been oenid.
"We ssy to the people, encourage such estab
lishments if you wish to be true friends of do
mestic industry ; small manufacturing establish
ments suited to the wants of the neighborhotsls,
will conduce more to the benefit of the mass of
the people than lareeestohlishnients, which can
only flourish by Protection from Government,
and" taxes upon the people in the shape of Tar
i ff." Danville In IclligrnctT.
dj" Exactly so, friend Beat. And as an evi
dence of your earnest desire in carrying out such
principles, we would suggest to ynu the propriety
of sdvising the good people of Danville to pull down
ihiir big iron works, r.nd substitute in their places
small furnsce "suitable to the want of the neigh
borhood." If we are not greatly mistaken, Messrs.
Moore & Sluart manufacture more pans, pots and
kettles in one year, than will be w.intid for tbe
'neighborhood" in fifty. This i all wrong, and
according to the free trade principles, should he
bolisbed. Independent of the gre.it sin tun! of la
hor required in manufacturing and sending to mar.
ket the products of the Furnace snd Foundry, ll.e
m ney received in return, is only calculated to cor
rupt the ancient integrity of the pe pie.
On receiving tbe news of the paae of the
TatitV Bill, some of the citizen of Danville celebra
ted the event hy firing ihe cannon at the dilfereul
Iron Work. The Intelligencer adds:
"The rivalry in firing the cannon, induced
the men lo overload and ram down with ncijfC
One of the pieces was consequently bursted,
and one man had his arm severely injured. It
was miraculous that no lives were lost, as frag
ments of the cannon flow about with great
force and violence."
Court Etiquette ti. Candor.
Washington Irwing, in hi adJress lo the Regent
of Spain y :
"In presenting you this letter, I speak the
sentiments of the President, by assuring you
of the respect and of my government for the So
vereignty of this country, ii political institu
tions, and the people."
The Regent returns the compliment after the
following manner : '
"I share the sentiments of the successor of the
illustrious Washington, and feel deeply inter
ested in his glory, and most ardently desire
the consolidation of the liberty and glory of the
United States."
fjj' The following verse of "Flaceua" contain
strong srgumi nta sgainat substituting women for
wine at feasts, as baa been recommended.
No spirit so srdent as woman's-
So sure to intoxicate man:
Her touch i "delirium tremens,"
Thai maddens him mote than the can.
The glance f her eye is "blue ruin."
Her blush is the HimhI of the vine,
Her pout i s punch, in whoe brewing
Tart, sugar and spirit ce in bine.
So sparkling, ao heating, so heady.
No hepe for her victim appears ;
Should her smiles only render him giddy,
Ik 'tl heurely nude drunk by her tears.
Not ihe grape juice of Eden made Adam
. So stupidly inrl'eit his all :
Bui !' sure of his volatile M id sin
' I.eel him lipaily on lo bis fall.
Net the wines of fair Cyprus ihe lover
So sutea it women beguile t
Betier rest whore he i.-baN seas over,
Th in (teer for so fatal an isle.
Oh! then sSun such a teanpter a this ia.
Nor comnier.e so hazardous court:
t bweHil'sik on the waves of her tresses.
Will gm ve tbal he villlured fiom I'ort f
Now York, Jul), ISVi. Fi.tci.
dj The editor of the United Statea Oniette give
the following account of some fine peaches brought
fiom Delaware. Th peach crop in Jersey has
failed this season.
'No. 1 weighed ten ounces, six drachms, and
measures fen inches and three-fourths in cir
cumference. No. 2 weijrhed eleven ounces and a half, and
measured ten inches and seven-eighths in cir
cumference. No. 3 weighed twelve miners and a half, and
measured eleven inches and one-eight in cir
cumference. Total weight, thirty-four ounces six drachma."
.. CjT The English are f.imou blusteres. To bear
them, one would suppose they were the only hon
o table and u plight nation on the Globe. The
Btitt'innia, an English paper, in an article alldding
lo an international copy-right law, furnishes us
with the following modest paiagrsph.
"But we have not the slightest faith in their
jtrartirr. The foreigner has an original taste
f'r knavery in all his dealings with this country.
Jealous of our opulence, and still more jealous
of our honesty, he thinks he is avenging his
country's humiliation when he ia pilfering our
purse. As for Jonathan, he is a 'free and inde
pendent' personage, entitled by his 'glorious
constitution' to make money of every thing, and
by every way. We shall never get any good
of either him or his laws."
Our Whig friends are certainly entitf d, par
nreUenet. to the appellation of the poetical paty.
The mu'Ci are lugged into every political contest.
We clip the following stanza from one of their lat
songs, as a sample :
"John Tyler, sir, my Jo John,
The higher monk tea go.
The more they show tbeir tails, John,
You know it's alwavs so ;
Then get ye out tbe While House, John,
And homeward do you go,
Ami make ihe people happy, John,
Jolin Tyler, ail, my Jo."
(JjThe Wh'g ay they are chargeable with two
blunders, which will lake sometime to stone for
the defeat of John Quincy Adam iu 1824, &. the
election of John Tyler in 1810.
In Adams' fall.
We sinned all !
In Tyler' lise,
We sinned likewise !
JIISCELLAXY.
Krllrnrlal, Coinlrli.ed anil ftelreferl.
We have a ear tree in our garden, now in
bloom the second time this year. ".
The Rolling Mill and Nail work at Htrrisburg
were destroyed by fire on the 1st inst. Los about
fso.ooo.
A miner, named Thomas Fulton wa crushed to
death by a large mas of coul, in the Block Valley
mines, near Minersville.
A hale and hearty young man out of employ
ment, was committed to prison at bia own request,
in Philadelphia.
The Tariff i received with great ;itifaclion eve
ry where in Pennsylvania.
The duty on coal under Ihe new tariff is, $ I 75
per ton, on Pig don f'J per ton.
The people of this neighlmrhood are blessed with
every thing in abundance, except money.
The Lancaster B. inks resumed scic payments
on the 1st inst.
The Millerites have again postponed the end of
the world for 20 days.
By the last arrival, the Bank of England had a-
bout 45 millions of dollars of gold and silver in it
faults, si .
The late vorerablc Nicholas Brows, of Piovi-
di'tice, R. I., at hia death bequeathed the sum of
f 30,000 for the erection of an Insane Hufpital,
Lightning- Il is l ei eved tbal nnl le.s than 30
4isoiis have been killed Ly lightning in the United
Slate wi'hin the last three monihs. A slill grea
ter number of barn and other buildings have lcn
burned, in consequence of being set on fire by
lightning.
Another Veteran (.'one. General Lafayette's
aid-de-camp in our revolution, Gen. John K. Smith,
died at Portland, Maine, on the 7lb inst., aged 69
years.
The Newburyport Herald says, we hsve been
old the Iste Joseph Hurd, of Portsmouth, has left
s fortune of $ 700,000 to be equally divided among
even childten.
A Mormon Legislator. William Smith, the
Brother of Joe, the Mormon Prophet, has been e-
lecled a member of the" Illinois Legialutuie.
Lord Asbburlon is having a carriage built in
Philadelphia, to be sent to him in England as a spe
cimen of the skill of our artisans.
Oldest of All Joseph Jsckson, now Por-tmas-trr
at Rockaway, N. J , waa appointed Oct., 1791.
An exchange paer says, the ladies out wed
have iei-oved not to marry a man who does not
lake a nrwspar.
ATtasTie Stsm Nviotios. The Br. stea
mer Britannia, on her late peage fVnm England
to Halifax, run on the first full day out, 126 milt a ;
2nd, 105 ; 3rd, 160 ; 4th, IHU ; ftth, 212 ; 6th,
200 ; 7th. 222 ; 8th. 212 ; 9th, 190 ; tOlh, 220,
1 1 th. 24H ; 12th, 264.
A CimhI YieU.K farmer in Mifflin township,
Allegheny county, Pa., sowed Isst fill four bushel
of yellow -bearded w heal, from which be realised
this season one hundred and eighty. four bushels.
The Post Office Department haa now on hand
fi fiH.000 worth of mail b igs more than it has occa
sion for.
I hetollowitrg question was lately oVst-usr-ed way
down in Maine, 'where the wind comes in si,' aud
decided in the sflirroalive ; VV hich is the mother
of the chicken lite hen that laid ihe rgg or tbe
ben lhat ban hej it V
All wine stains ia talk ear rotten can b instantly
removed by the application of couiaoa table salt.
The society of Odd Fellow in Great Biitain,
baa wilhin the past year, il is said, distributed over
tutlft hunted thousand doltars.
John Consn, after his term of service on a charge
of bigamy hd(epired, confessed to having married
twenty seven wives in 13 years, seventeen of whom
were then living.
Silk. A convention of silk growers will be held
st Notthsmpton, Mass., on the 2Sth September,
lo collect and embody facts in relation to the busi
liens, to be presented to Congress st the next ses
sion, Springfield Armory. From two to three hun
dred workmen have been dicharged mostly he.
ing In arrears of pay, three or fourth months.
There is a divinity that doth 'shape our tnds'
as the young lady said st her toilet ; -hi name
is Bustle.
A colored b irlajr named Thomas Mellon recently
died at Bedford, Pa., having conceited that a snake
wss in his stomach. After death be was opened,
and a pint of cherry stones were found therein.
Disgraceful. No less than seven stesmboats
crowded with persons, left the city of New York
on Monday morning for the scene of a pitched bat
tle between two noted boxers.
Sensible. In a case of horse stealing in Illinois,
st s late session, the jury returned a verdict of 'guil
ty, provided the prisoner is tbe one who took the
horse.'
The Fourth of July was celebrated in the interi
or of Arkansas by bear beats. A novel mode of
celebrating a great national event.
The celebrated and popular N. H. Wild, so fa
mous as the inventor of the 'Indian Candy,' was a
few year ago a poor New England boy. He is
now one of the wealthiest men in Ihe Eastern
States. The secret of his popularity and good for
tune may be summed up in a few words he knew
the value of advertising.
Two men have been arrested, one at Schuylkill
Haven, and the other near Philadelphia, on sus
picion of having been concerned in firing the Rail
road Bridge.
The hemp crop of Kentucky this year, it is said,
will bettwice ss large as ever before realized.
The degree of L ' L. D. ha been confeired on
James Buchsnnsn.
The tsx on every person men, women, snd
children, in Frsnce, is aluut f 12 a year ; in Great
Britain, f 36 : and in the United States $1. Yet
even here we complain.
Mr. Francis Robert Rives, recently eppninted
Secretary of Legation at London, is a son of Mr.
Senator Rives, of Virginia.
Old Miiidn. An exchange paper says there are
529,760 old maids in the United State.
'Ihe following toast was drsnk recently in Now
York city--"The Belles of Broadwiy The lillies
if our land they toil not neither do they spin, yet
Solomon in sll his glory wss not arrayed like one
of ihcse."
One of the Boston papers ssys that t'ie crockery
dealer nfthst city hsve refused, positively, to lend
their dishes any more to the Wahingtnion for
their public dinners. Reason ' ('hey do not breuk
enough to make it an object.
A candidate for office in one of the western atates
claims a triumphant election because he ricfer stole
any of the public money. Il is not every candid. ita
west or south, thst can claim votes on that princi
ple. When martial law was first declared in Rhode
Ialaud, a coir w s shotwhen Marshall law was
dictated against CoL Webb, scalf only waa injur
ed.
"Don't give yourself any trouble it's only a
plug of tobacco, sir," said a man in a crowd, at St.
Louis, lately, on feeling a picpocket twitching at
bis cos' tail.
The mysterious music on the water at West
Pascagoula, i now said to be produced by cafjiah,
A lady "down east" adverties for a "divine, jo
vial, serious, bold, majestic, inoffensive, scientific,
nimble, husband.
An old gentleman in the city of New York, baa
a hat lhat has been lying dormant during eight
reigns, from Henry VIII lo James II. It can, there,
f.iie, boast of a migh'y long nap, though it may
not tie worth much after exposure to so many
reigns.
Ohio, This state Ha ten college and B0 tea
damies and grammar schools, with 5000 students ;
and about 5200 primary and common schools with
about 220.000 pupil.
A writer in the National Intelligencer estimate
thai the new Tariff will produce an annual revenue
of twenty -five millions of dollar.
The Democratic Review slates that Gen. Jack
son has committed all his papers, cVc. to the hands
of Mr. Amos Kendall, who ia to edit snd publish
them with s biography. Meanwhile he has com.
menced s actios of anecdotes in the Review,
We lerrn from Plymouth lhat the cod and mac
kerel fifheruien al lhat place have been unusually
successful thus far in tbe season.
Al Rocheater N. Y. wbest sell, not freely, at
from 81 to fh cents jier bushel, the supply outrun
ning the demand. A I Cteaveland, Ohio, il is quo.
ted at 62 cents.
K Ide iters of si Fine Country.
Bennett, in enumerating the aubsttntial qualities
ef our coiHitry says ; "The great republic is the
garden of E len among the nations. We have in sr
ly twenty millions isf inhabitant one thou-snj
millions of dollais worth of snnual pr.kluce thir
ty or forty religiisis, snd a new one every month
two hundred b'.rken banks eighty millions of spe.
eie two thousand financiers no) yet in the Stale
prisons aisi sny quantity of fine laud, high moun-
tsiiis.spktiJid river, with a sun snd moon, the best
snd brigele..l thai ever look ihe great circle of etcr
nil)." If any individual is dissaiitied with the
country after seeing thi list of advantage, he bad
better emigiate lo some other world immediately.
He cannot be contented here,' and we doubt if he
would not be discoiiU'tiled even in paradise.