TKUMS OF THE " AMERICA.'
1IENUY I). MASSKR,? PcaLisiiKns and
JOfEPH EISELY. J Paoenirroas.
It. II. n.issfitt, Editor.
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jtnnnrti.
kt wonsnwniiTn,
Wilton ! thou shou'dt bp livine al thi hour;
I'ncl.mil halh need of ihrr; she i a fen
rif Maenant water; attn. .word and pen,
Firrsi.lc, ll'p berete wealth of ball ami hnwrr,
Have forfeited their ancient Rne'i.b dower
Of inward happiness. Vp are rlfi-h men ;
Oh raie us up, return In tin aeain j
A"d e:vp n manner, virtup. freedom, pnwpr.
Thy tnul uvt Lkta alar, nntf dii'rff apart i
Tbnu liadt a voir whop sound n like the sea,
Purr n the naked heaven, niaje.'ie, foe.
So ilid-l thn travel on lifp'a rommnn w ay,
In rliprtfnl co,llinr; and y 1 tbv heart
TIip lowliest dutip on herself did lay.
Orent men have born among ua; hand hap pen
ncd And tongue lb.it uttered widom. better nnc:
The lMet Sidnev, Marvel, Ilarrine'n",
Yotinu Varip and other who rr.llrd Milton fiicnd.
Thc.e m imlist p 'lild art d rnmnrrhetid :
Tbev knew bow Pennine tlorv was pin en j
T oichl ns bow lie'itfnl'v a nation abor.p
In splendor i wh it strength wa that wmiU tint
bond
Tint in mannn'm us met kncs. Franrp ',i atranee.
Had bronal't f. th no anrh ann' n wp bad then.
IVrpptnal emptinr ! unreain rhance !
.inc'p volnmp psrnrrvni't, nn rode.
Tin ma'cr spirit, no dcfprmiii' d road;
13 ut eqti illy a want of hunks and men!
Hxl ar If from Isnnc Wntlnn'n Comp'cte Anglrr.
The Mllli-Malifa SonR.
Corr.p bp vvit'n mp. ind I'P rry lovp,
A ! p ill nil li p i!r .a i in pr " r.
That val'i'V. pr ivr, O' bill or fi I I,
Or wo nl", or UPPf y mountain irt.l .
VI p-p wp w I I 'it npn (Iip r -cl; .
And .t thf hpphi'id fi'nl nut fl cks,
H v j'uillnw ritor. to nb"sp fills,
Mil 'dious bird t,';ni madiig-il.
And I will rmkP thfP brds of rop.
And thru a th.mitid fmcrant poii',
A nip of fl.iwpr and a kirtlp,
riuliroidrrid all wild b ave of myrtle.
A C"wn n a 'c of the fmp-t word.
W'liirh fr m our prrtiv I 'mli wp pn!l ;
Slipper lin'd rhiiiceiy fr the .-old,
W ittt I'urklri of thp iuri't Rold.
A belt of 'mw and iv bil l",
With coral rl:ip and ambpr lnd
And if llipe pleasure may tbcp mnvp,
(Vidp live wiih me, and be my lovp.
Tbv i'vrr i!ihra fur thy meal,
A prpeimi aa the pud do rat,
Mia'l on nn ivorv inb'e bo
Pippaipil each day furtltee and me.
The shepherd awain ball darrp nnd in(t,
For thy (le'inbt each May ninrrinu ;
If i'ii'-p deliu'iK tliy in nil n ay movp,
(-'onje live Willi ine, and be niv l ve.
Honor.
'ITnnii'a a anried lie. thr law ofkine.
The no' le mind's di-ti' gids' pd perfection,
That aid- and sTem'thcim vutne when it n c ts hrr,
And imi'aie hrr anion wheie he is lint :
It ouht not to lie sported w ith." Cato.
The IlifslK llnr.r.
"That lerse of the C.pt.on , 1 om. may I inquire
Whether vou r ill him :,!' because he Hands
f,,,. t '
Vv s r. to I e orP, he sranra firp like a Wptprnn,
Uul wo nnme.l hint An Lnt ut en there hrn'l a bet
ter one !"
I'Viiinu I)i:i i'Men. Piscator defends his re
creation in the following quaint language:
You know gentlemen, it is an easy thing
to scoff at any art of recreation ; a little wit
mixt with ill nature, rorifidence and malice,
will do it ; but though they often venture
boldly, vet they are often caught even in their
own trat, according to I.ucian, the father ol
the family of scoffers:
I.ucian, well skilled in spofhiip, this hvh wri'.
Fri. nd. la's vonr f.llv which you tbok your wit.
This vou v. nt i.fi, voi I both of wit and bar,
M.di.ing another when yocr.. If ou jeer.
If to tins you add what Solomon said of scof-
fer, that they are an abomination to mankind,
let him that thinks f.t scull on, and be a hcof-
fir still, bull aceontit them an enemy to ni
and all that love virtue and angling.
Tun Din eiu v r A gentleman riding o j ,mt jimt 1(M happy to convince j day, Mr. Wooley bent to the house ot th Rev.
very sorry horse, iisl.id a negro whom he met, j ,i(m nt)i, ,in, )p hn( .n,,r , onco wrjte t,e i Marcus I)'Arcy Irvine, to request that gentle
bow far it was to a neighboring tow n, w i. ither I i,.,tpr) Hm ,'K,V. W(,i,!( w alk tog. ther w ith it to man to perforin the ceremony on the eiisiiing
he was going. The negro, looking at the a;v , . iwhichthe lady resided. This I morning. The Kev. gept leiinin w as, how ever
imiil under the nd.-r, with a broad grin of eon-
tempt upon his countenance, replied, "WY Jut
nr boss, miisa. Us nt to teen nihes. v i a
pi d chntick oh a boss, seven miles; but if you
jis had .V.ism Jiiuiny's boss! you're Jure
now .'"
If the tottering, roolb ss w alls of the Tower
of Jndon could speak, what historical names
would they utter! Do you give it up U'uf
7'-.'. r, Will Unfit.
Why do 's this present year resemble the
vear before Inst ! C" si la mtme rlmse . Be-
cse the year before last was WO, and Ui.s
Ufi-hUeu hundred and forty no.
"They make liglit of us now," says one Cin-
cintiati porker tn another.
'Alid, a liurr.itp shaim.' it i," responded the
0tf
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Absolute eqnierpnre in the derision of the nmjori'y, the !! prinriple of Rppnhlira, ffom liirh
lly MaNsrr & l:isrly.
From the London Times.
TIIK WIT AND MISCIIIRK OK" WOMAN.
Hristol has been the pcene of onrt of the most
romnntic incitlrnls in real life which linn ever
occurred, nnd of which n highly rc.pect(tblc
merchant, of the city Ims been unfortunately
mode the tlnpe.
ThiaafTuir has been made pnhlic in conse
quence of the gentleman (Mr. Wooley) having
been charged before the mapistrato with hav
ing conspired to defraud a goldsmith of a lady's
gold watch nnd chain.
We therefore subjoin an accurate account
of the fiicti of this most extraordinary con
spiracy, of which a most refpcctublc man has
been made the dupe.
Mr. Wooley has been, it appears, for the
last five years a widower, and Miss Bryers,
who is now about years of age, and whom
he has brought up and educated from the ear
ly npp of right years, resided with hi.n in
New Cut. Aboiitsix months since, Miss Bry
crs intimated to him that a lady whom she
hncw, and wtioe properly was worth 1 ,(HKV. i
had accidentally seen him, and had on the in-
Mailt loll in love with him ; that she had striven (
long to conquer her passion, hut in vain ; that'
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her declinintr healtli bore testimony to the in-
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tetisitv of the striicifli! ; and that, as a last re-I
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source, she had communicated her pnssion to i
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her, (M Brvers,) w ith a view to her sounding !
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her brother-in-law as to the state of hi heart. !
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and with much more, Hiifficientiy nonsensical i
j
and absurd. Hearing this tale Mr. Woolev, i
ot course being most anxious to know who the '
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nry wus. pressed .n- lirvers to inlorn Imn
v. I o the fur inau or ita might ho, and was at
'ength told by her that she was Miss- ,a
lady of the first fumily ami respectability. Mr.
W.Kiley, who had never seen the lady whose j
tinme was menuone,. toinni, omiiy enough a-
greed to reciprocate tl.e alleged afl. ction, and
pressed anx .usly for nn interview. To tins
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entirely our oi mc question, ior snniiiu trie re
lations of the Inly arrive at the knowledge that
such an acquaintance existed, they would im
mediately have her iemoved, her pence of
mind would then he ruined forever, anil Mr.
Ui , i 4iu.or iii i
oolev s chance ol the 4tXwl. would be de-
st roved.
To mitigate the rigor of his sentence, how
ever, a tender correspondence was fabricated
and carried on in this lady's name (who was all
the while unconscious of even Mr. Wooley's
existence) through Mis Tlryer, nnd in an
swer to one of these tender billets, Mr. Wooley
pledged his honor not to seek an interview
with this ladv until it could he safelv "ranted.
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I ho matter hiiv,nT fnwn ment n ineil to fiiime
confidential friend by Mr. Wooley, it wa.
I suggested to him that he ought to he better rs
j Biired of the truth of the iillair, and that it
I might he a hoax. This insinuation was, how-
ever, indignantly met by Mr. Wooley, with
the reply, "cou'.d they suppose that she whom
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! 1,0 lia,i ,,rf'"SI,t "P ns 1,18 cl,lM frf"n 'ar!-v
I age of eight vears, whom he had ever treated
in the most kind and indulgent manner, would
attempt to be a party to the p'aymg till of any
trick upon him who might be considered as
hcrfuthet!" Ilis friend still remaining in
credulous, Mr. Wooley said he would write a
letter to Mis.s ; which should betaken
by Miss Rryer, and that to satis'y himself of
her truth, a female, the wife of n person in his
employment, should see wheher phe went to
the boose where the lady resided wi'h it. This
was done, nnd Miss Rryers va watched by the
female to the door of Miss V hotie.
Shortly afterwards some circumstances
i transpired, from wliirh tie was again leu to
. think that a trick was being played him, and
determined to make assurance douh'y sure, he
j mrnti0ned his suspicions to Miss Rryers, wrote
j exrr to Miss , and proponed himself
. !o nrcompany Miss Rryers to the door of the
: ia1vfs Iidmo, fiiu to wait ri)tr-icTe ft.r nn nnsi-.v-r.
Miss Rivers, nothing daunted, reproached him
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, apc.,r(jli,lv (jnP( n, reaching the
. Unlf(,t )hjt iry,.rs knocked at the door, and
having a'cr rtiiitied that the lady was nt home
writ in her card, (I" th personally w holly na
know tO and desired Mr. Wooley to wait for
her. She then with unpnralelled effrontery
i'ltrrv'iieed her-elf to the presence of the lady.
Being r que-ted to be seated, she npologis-ed
for he r intrusion, but that being informed tlint
M iss was very kind in administering
relief and religious consolation to the poor, she
had presumed to solicit her to v sit a poor wo
man nt a place in Cathay, which she named, tn
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administer semereliet to her inmu. i rat u,e
I Pll"r ""ln '' not need pecuniary n-sistai Xe,
I as she (Miss Rryers) hud procured for I er every-
th ng which was necessary. The lady replied,
that it was true shewn ever most loippv to
contribute to the relief of the suflVring poor as
fur a possible, but that with rtspcet to ril-pionB
URY AMI
AND SHAjMOKIN JOURNAL.
Sunlnirs, Aorlltuiiibcrhtml Co.
conaxdatron, she thought the clergyman of the
pnrisli was the proper party to be applied tn.
Miss Rryers immediately acknowledged that
this was the ptoper course and having apolo
gised for troubling Miss , requested to
bo allowed to wri'.c a note to the Rev. gentle
man soliciting hia aid. This wasof course,
acceded to, and Miss Pryer sat down to write
the note, but instead of writing to the clergy
man, she penned an amorous answer to Mr.
Wooley V letter, in the name of the lady in
whose house nnd presence she u as committing
this wanton fraud. Having finished, and used
a wafer instead of a seal, shu wished the lady
good morning, and having rejoined Mr. Wool
ey in the street, she triumphantly produced the
note, still wet, told him Miss, wns iniieh
annoyed at his suspicions, and. in fart, com
pletely' convinced the too credulous Mr. Wooley
tlint thinps were progressing rightly for his
marriage with the lady. The correspondence
continued uninterrupted between the parties,
and at length Miss Bryers producing a. very
Imndsomn ring with the initials of the lady
engraved upon it, told him she hud sent it with
tliC request that he would wear it for her sa.ko.
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J lungs being in this state, it was arranged
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on tins semi-fictitious correspondence, that 20,-
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(oKl. ol the lailv s propertv should he settled on
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hiTselt, while the other portion should beat
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her hi'sband n disposal. A ree.nest was also
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made, tlint tliev sliouhl exchange watches, and
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Miss Bryern produced a neat ladv s gold watch
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and chain, which the public reports show that
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together w ith the ring, she hail proeuri'J trom
Mr. Jones. Mr. Wmdey was of course delight
ed, nnd immediately I anded Miss Biyersa very
valuable gold watch, &c, which he Wore. Mr.
Wno't v then beciine most noxious lor the ladv
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l 1in ,, ,,,;,,. IIinrrir(t M ,,p ,,,,,, N.Pn n
Uvi(i(,w,T fl,r ,. tj,Pi lp ,Q rpflirnj!il
0,.ran p,,,,,,,,,'!,,, K,lhP , , Mv;e bt.f,inT
the reception of a la,' v.
At this period this artful young lady, in or
der to still further blind her too credulous rela
tive to her inaeliinnt ions, requesting him to uc
company her to make a morning call upon the
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lu.i, ,.i uii-,ri in,- 1 1 1 r-. in-ni niiij at hit resi-
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oeiHK mi. iiiioii, alio loin Hill) lliar tills i.iuy
was most intimate with Mis , nnd would
no doubt induce her to immediately name the
day.
Mr. Wooley, accordingly accompanied Ipt
1 in the carnage to Cli:ton to the house of Mrs
j . When they arrived there, Miss Rryers
' persuaded him not to enter the house, but lo re-
) main in the carriage while she went in nnd
I spoke to Mrs
1
- iqion the subject, as th
1 ""l of nl"e .reeiy . ,s pr. .
sence. .jiss nrvers trien went into tne house
and on being introduced to Mrs. , w hoin
she had not nt all kr.own previously, informed
her that she had been taken suddenly ill at her
door, &c. It is needless to say, that the lady.
f course, sympathised with her for her illness
and persuaded her to take n glass of w ine
which might recover her. Tlieartful girl di.
so, and look care to spill a portion of the wine
on her cambric hankerchief ; she then assure
the lady of the house that she felt better, anc
having returned to the carriage, told Mr. Woo
ley that she was sorry to have detained him so
long, but that Mrs had promised to go iiu
mediately to Miss , and that she wouli
tniike her have a glass of wine, and "bless
me," added she, "I declare I have spilt on ol
the wine over my handkerchief." If any doubt
whatever had remained in Mr. Wooley' mind
he must have been more incredulous thun the
generality of men, if he had any longer enter
tained the slightest suspicion, and according
ly he procured the liceiibe fur their marriage in
KatrliU'church.
Rrid.il dresses nnd presents were prepared,
bride cake ordered, and very airniigeineiit in;:de
lor the performance of t lie ceremony ; on the
';' preceding wlucti, however, a strange series
! of events took place. In the afternoon of that
, gone out to a dinner party, und Mr WiKih y,
the anxious bridegroom, sent again and again
(i o'clock, ul S o'clock, and at 10 o'clock at
night, before Mr. Irvine retimed home, who
then stated that he would perforin the ceremo
ny in the morning but that it wns. a strung
tune of night to come to a clergyman about such
an iitlair.
In the meantime, the confectioner, who bad
ordeis to make the bride, cake, happening to
see one of thebrother of Miss , the cir
cumstance was mentioned, to the utter aston
ishment ol' the ft iitleman, who imniediatelv
eomiiiuti:cated the intelligence to his brother
land Miss ; and a w as tn he expected,
1 f.iiding t' a1 h.-r si I'M i :n! m v-r ei n Mr. Wns
lev, knew iii tlt,.' the in. Iter, t1 ey determi
ned ll.it a r et.ib'e mail I ke Mr. Wooley
should not len uiielhe victim of so cruel a
hohx. Thy, in lr ivtnir et th wiae day,
there no apn al but to forr , the vi- il p in ipl" an
Fa. .Saturday, r.ov. 2G, IM'i,
went to liia house, sent tn their rird, and desi.
red to sneak with him. Mr Wooley was at
home, but, lie'ng per'uaded by M'ss rtryerthat
they found it out, and were onlv come tn stop
the marriage, ho had himself denied, and would
r.ot see them. These oent!einn, tmdo other
attempts to nndecciye him, and wrote him two
notes, desiring to see him at their counting
house on business of the utmot imrfirtsnre, a'
the earliest hour in the morning, and bef.rehe
went any where else. These notes, however,
together ith their rail, nnd the apa'ver nr the
Hev. Mr. Irvine, otd'.' strengthened him in the,
inion that their nleoct was to prevent the
marriage, nnd nt the persuasion n'Mi-'Hrvers
le felt convince,: that they should he inlorrnn-
ted il tliev alten-.ii'ed to iret imrr'ed mt St. M i-
ry RadchfTCliurch.and that they had bet'er get
mairied near London. With th' view the ss-
ter-in-law was despatched to Mif- , tn
inform her of this alteration, and make the ne-
eessary nrrnngements. I his being done, Mis
Rryers in the most artful manner, informed Mr.
Wooley the next d.,v, that in consequence of
the brothers having found it out, there had been
a grrat disturbance, nnd that Miss had
left her home, and vns then in the honsp,
where she would "-emain until the day of their
starting for London, but that no fine must see
her except Miss Rryers, not eve n the servant.
as her cl.urai ter would he compromised if it
sliouhl ever become known that she Imd hern
in his (Mr. Wooley 's) house btfure they were
married.
In order to f nor this deception, Mi-s Rryers
had procured the daughter of neighbor who
wa kept up st.-.irs by her, and requested fre
quency to walk aliout. "There," said Mis Rry
ers, "don't you hejr her oer head, walking a
iMiut ; how agitated she must he, poor thing !"
Mr. WfMiley pre.-Fcd very hard to bo allowed to
see her, but this was still refused, and tender
billets passed by the hand ol Miss Rryers up
stairs nnd down, almost every half hour; and
at length, in compliance with his tender entrea
ties the lady agreed that on his retiring to
rest at night, he might tempi to force his way
into the room. Accordingly, on going to bed
ut ti'i'ht. a hand was put nut through the door.
and tenderly kissed by him, which hand it now
tun s out wastl nt ofhissister-in-hiw , Miss Rry
ir.i, On iho Mirth u ortiing it was arranged
that llry sh' uldst.-rt tor 1. oil' on, and the sup
I osi d Ms I'esd ia' ii to the C.irriigi
thii l.lv vrtli it, t: I'd .iC "on pan :ed ley .Mr. Uihi
ey. They proceeded to R ,tli, w here they d :
red at a hotel. V Rryi rnnd the Inly in
( lie rii'tti, and Mr. Weo'ey and his ipa e friend
in an ther.
T'ie ma'e freed 'hen returned to Rr'to'.
nnd the other parties proceeded to Iindoo,
where a license wa procured, nnd iiMer thir
teen i'avs had trapsp red, w hich bv lawt'rv
were coppellee! to renin in, 'hey mnrrcd. Mis
Rryers idTcin'ing ns bridesmaid. After the
marrinpe they drove to the country, and visite I
the Is'e of Wjeb, Fi iitl nmet' n. t$ c . 'r i""
rvrrv w h re w i'h four bores. aed !;v;ng in
firt rate sty'e to pa away ihr In n mm",
and on Monday last Mr. Woo' y a id hi hr.'e
returned tn Bristol.
On the dav nf'ter their arriy il at hoTe, ri Ine'
had Cilled, a is usual, tooff.-r their eon nto
lation. Aniong-t them was Mr. , u ho, in
seeing the lady, said "Why, my dear Wooley,
! thought von had married Mis of ,
sister to the Messrs. .A'V;can merchant"
"So I have," replied Mr. W.m'ey. "T' V la
dy !" exclaimed the friend, "she is no more M!-
than I am." The fi 'end then ,1 nrf.
and Wooley immediately c'nrged fi- w '
w hat 1,P bad said "It.df o,l." sa'd the fn.'v
convince vou and all the world ' tw 'ivn'"! '.
that I was , for yn"r si r-in-'a w
and mvf'lf will goto mv brother and bring a
wnv deeds of my prop, rtv, .V c.
f'jwin hearing tlr, Mr Wis'ey was rens-'tired,
and i very thing passed oil well until the morn
ing, when the bride and .Mis Rryers went out
for the purpose as stated by her the preceding
evening. It is needless to say that they ab
sconded, and have not since been heard of; and
Mr. Wooh y discovered, that instead ofhaxiog
married the Miss with jC 17.000, hesi.'e
expt ctar.eii s, he was, through the contrivance
of Miss Rryers, married to a person, hearing
indeed the sumo name, but not worth 47 pence.
How the affair will end w-e know t ot; hot it
w ill doubtless furnish n! undanl ncruiiatifiii 'n
I lie gentlemen of the long robe. Supposing the
wife to be a party to the fraud, we should sup
pose 1 1 1 "it a rnnrrnge unner sum circuniswmi-i
would not he valid. Whnt were the reasons
inducing Miss Rryers tn p'nv her brother-in-law
such a trick remains a profound secret. It is
right to state that the lady, whose name was
unwarrantably made use of to deceive Mr.
Wooley. not only knew nothing of the transac
tion, but is a perV ct sdtan-jcr to both Mr. Woo
I ley and Miss Brycri.
A man's own good breeding i the bett secu
rity sgnir.el t'lht i pep!' ill WilHil'lik.
l ioi nedi e parent desp iti n. Inrrtnt .
1 ol. 3--o. '. 113.
Hot on Amrrlra,
f;T" Prob-ihly the most interest..' art'r'.-e
in Mr. Illrken-' new wink, ismi aeeniint i .f
his vi.-it to I ,ow ell, the ine ,trsi n"ii i;f fi uriiifr
town in America. The e tr t vi h the
Ei.lt!1'! sy-teni h highly f.'V ralil tut hii conn
"y. T' ''"1 "''"! ' ,''r" ' :
'"I happened to arrive at the fir' f ictory ju
as the dinner I. our was over, an I t he i ii I w ere
returning to their work ; indeet.t'ie stairs of
the mill were thronged wih them as I n-c n -ed.
Tliev were ill well (lre-p,l, hut not, to
my think'n?, almve their condition; for I like
to nee the hniiibl. r classi s ot society careful of
t'eir dress ni:d app.aranee. aid even, if tbey
pleiise, decor iletl w ilh Mirh little trmkols as
come wrhiu the coineiiss ol thi'ir tie mi. Nup-
pos'tig it confined within reasonable limit-1
would nUv ,ys imcourage this kind of nrido, as a
worthy element of self-respect. ;n any person !
employed, nnd should no more bo eh terre.l
from doing so, because some wretched temn'e
referred her fall to a love f dress, than 1 would
allow my construction of the real inter! and
meanitig of the Siihhiith to be iiilliietur d by my
warning to the well disposed, tont de i i n his
backsliding on that particular day, which
might emanate from the rather doubtful au
thority of a murderer in New gate.
"These girls, as 1 have said, were all well
dressed, and that phrase necessarily includes
extreme cleanliness. They had serviceable
bonnets, good warm cloaks, and shawls; and
were not ahoye clogs and paiten3. Moreover,
there were places in the mill in which they
could deposit these things without injury, and
there were conveniences for washing. They
were healthy in appearance, many of them re
markably so, and had the manners and depart
ment of young women ; not of degraded brutes
of burden. If I had seen one of those girls (but
I did not, though I looked for something of
this kind with a sharp eye) the most lisping,
mincing, affected and ridiculous young crea
ture that tny imagination could suggest, I
should have thought of the careless, moping,
sluttertily, degraded, dull, reverse. (I htve eeen
that.) and should have been still well pleased
to look upon In r.
"The rooms in which they worked were as
well ordered as themselves. In the windows
nc seme there were green plants, which were
trained to .hade the glas ; in nil there was as
touch fre h air, cleanliness, and comfort, as the
nature rftl.e oreop ,t;on would possibly admit
of. Out ofsolirge a number of females, many
fif w h, m were j'i-t nn'v then verging upon wo
inaiih' o :. it n iy be re.isnn:ii 'y S' ppost'l that
some were ,!el,e:,te and fragile in appearance,
no doubt there were. R.it I solemnly declare,
tbnt from a'l the crowd I saw in the difTeren'
factories that day, 1 cannot recal a separate
ore young fire that gave me a painful impres
sion ; not one young girl whom, assuming it to
be mutter of necessity that she should gain her
daily bread by the lahor of her linn, Is, 1 wou'd
hiyo removed from those works if I had had
(nwer.
'Tney resi le in virion !oard'07 houses near
t h ind. The owm-rs o' the mills nre p irtlCU
I 1 1 V e ire'h' to allow im n roi to enter up m
' he p, -es-n ,n et heo hoo-.es, w h. -e character
have not nn ler ri no thrt
..t sear long and ;
thorough inquiry. ,nv coovilai 't that is made j
again-t them bv the hotrder-. or bv anv oi j
ele, is fully iiiVHt gited ; hikI it gool gr.nint
of rioipNiut be idiovvn to exi-t agian-t them,
iley are removed, and their orcipiti M is
limled oyer to Mime nnfo lei rv ng pO'S-ni-."
A t r st itn,g tin- astounding ic t. ilia' in J -
t ! Iy. 1 11. nine hundred nnd svventv . ight o'
' 1 ! t es girls were depositors m the IiAell Si v.
i, gs Punk, to the amount jicid'y 100.000
(!o'lrs,f.r 20.000, (i- it possibb !; Mr. Dick
ens irne onto sav
"I am now going to state three ficts, wh ch
w ll stnrtlo a large class of reader on this side
of the Atlantic very much.
"I'lr-'ly, there is a joint-stock piano in a
great iTinv ot the boarding houses. Secondly
noai 'v a I these young laibes sob-criSe to Cir
nil .ting lihriri. s. Thirdly, they have got up
among them-eives, a period c I Ca I' d TK
Low ml Oma.iv;, 'A r.poMtiry of original
liit.eles.written exclusively by f' males active
ly employed in the mills,' wh ili is duly pnnt-
ed, piililished and sold ; and wh. r'of I bnng'it , ji,., P0 mh,.red was nit let returned to h
away from Lowell four huncred g.asi oh, J lflfi() (l(iPi Bn(, wr,ltinjr,Mj i!ir,hp0hk' r ver ca'e
pages, which I have read f i on. beginning to , fli;,V) wjjen l!ie f0;l,)Win; conversalmn took
end. nluce :
The large class of readers, s'as'led by these
fact, w ill ex' liiim with one vo i 'llovv very
preposterous V On my deferentially inquiring
why, they will answer, 'These things are a
bove their station.' In reply to that objection,
1 would beg to ask what their station is !
It ia their station to work, and they do
work. They la'oor in these mills, upon an
average, twelve hours a day, which is unqnes-
tionab'y work, and pretty tight work too. Per
haps it is alxive their station to indulge in ich
amusements, on any terms. Are we q iite
tur Ihitl wu to Lueland bave nut funned our
vix icks or AnvrnTisiivo.
I square 1 inaertiun, $1) ftfl
I do 9 do . 0 75
1 do 3 d.t 1 on
Kvry snh.pqnent insertion, 0 5
Yearly AdvprtiapiriPhta: nnp column, f tS half
column, J 1 8, three squares, f 12 j two squarrs, f 9 ;
.me quirp. f S. llt'f-yearlv : one column, f IS
half rohimn, $ 1 2 J thrpp quare, f H j twormrra,
f j; on 'Ure, .1 Si),
Adveitisernants left without dirertiona as to tha
leni-th of time thpv s'e to bp eh ihrd, il lj
coni'nue l until ordered out, and chsrjed accord.
onjlv.
"J'-'tn lir.p. make t square.
idea i .f the 'station' of wnvl:i".g ppopl f-om
iieeu-tomi- g ourselves to th" contemplation of
that class as they nre, and not na they n i..;l,t
be ! I ih'tik that if we examine our own f' cl
ing, we shall think that the p;anos, and thfl
rirc.i'.iting I bnrie. and even the I.owdl Of.
'eroi, ''t-'Im ti by their nov.ty, an I not by
their hearing ucon any nhs'raet qie-tion of
ri'bt r wronp.
"For mye'f I V"0W no t.at!oo in wleoh thu
ncrimat'on n'" trvd iy chePrful'v dno, nnd lisj
oeeunitinn of to-morrow cheerfu"v I iked .i,
any on of the" pu'.ni's is not tno-t hotnsn'f
iog nnd landihle. I know on station wh;rh is
rendpred mor endurable to the rirronn in it. e.f
more safe to the neron nut of it, by hav;nr i?.
nonnre fiir its aociate. I know no statirn
which has a Tight to mnnnriolizo the nieaoor
mutual instruction, improvement and ra't'rvna'
entertainment ; or which ha evr continued
to ho a station very long, aOer seeking tn
The description presents an U"f,vor V
contrast, at first s;ght, with the state or thigs
here, but Mr Dickens truly say, that many
of the circumstances whose strong inflaenee
has been nt work in our manufacturing town,
have not arisen at Lowell, where there is in
fact no manufacturing population str ctlv so
called, for the girls come from other St To,
remain a few years in the mills, and then go
home for life.
When the manufacturing interest ofEr
land shall be. released from the shackles of
miserable nnd sordid legislation, we shall se
w hether the moral amelioration of the opera
tives will not go hand in hand with th rn
provement of their physical condition.
TisCaTon's IloniLV aounst Lfwd La
r.fAOE. And now lo your question concern n,'
your host; to speak truly, he is not to me a
good companion, for mcst of his conceits were)
either scripture jests or lascivious jesta ; for
which 1 count no man witty, for the devil will
help a man that way inclined to the first, and
his own corrupt nature which he always carriea
with him to the latter ; bat a companion that
feasts the company with wit and mirth, and
leaves out the sin which is usually mixed with
them, he is a man; and, indeed such a compan.
ion should have his charges borke, and to such
a Company I hope to bring you this night ; fof
at Tront-hnll, not far from this place, where I
purpose to lodge this night, there is usually an
angler that proves good company : and let m
fell jou, good company and pood discmise are)
the very sinews of virtue. B.it for such di
course ns we heard last night, it infects others J
the very boys will learn to talk and swear at
they heard mine host, and another ot the com
pany that shall be nvnelesi. I am sorry th
ether is a gentleman, for leas religion w ill not
save thoir souls, than a beggar's ; I think mora
will be required at the last groat day. Wellt
you know what example is able to do, and t
know w hat the port sfrys in the like ese, whictt
is worthy to be poted by all f arent and peo
: ie of civili'y.
rrnr a ont
(We- t 1 i o.int y i i r ii :'. n :
A H mi .not er would 'toi gtv crnm,
Mud ' ut hi- li u or le 'i rr uti'.' tvm ,
Till Is reiisiin -nit into verse, ai d Worlbv the
eon ideration ot" a w.re man Ih:t ef this r(t
r v 'li-tjoiigS I lave i ,v,!,n, jit 1 Into se
. i , :, cure : I'll to mv own art, nnd I ili iilt
i ot hut .it yond r tr 'e I fh ih eatcii a chub, arsl
then we'll turo to no l si cleanly lux-less,
that I k iowru'it well, reat ourselve there and
ores it fiir ourdinner.
H"tnely Lyrics, convey m j Homely Trmha.
Ciislom in 1712.
Man to the p'ough,
Wife to the cow ;
Girl to the yarn ;
And yours rents will be netted.
IS 12.
Man tallo-ho;
M ss piano ;
',fe 5?,!k and satin ;
Bov Greek nnd Latin ;
And you'll all tie Gal Ited.
rvr at nit Nt.w Vokk I'o-t Orrtrr.-
Oee hundred and elivin,' exclaimed a vot,
that tcbi at once it's owner's wihanu place f
built The i fficer on duty, finding that he
Officer. 'What do you want 1
Pat. 'Litters, ify . u plate.'
Officer. ' ho sent yoti here V
Pit. 'Twas just myself, sir.'
Officer. What is your name!'
Tut. 'Per mot Hughes, sir.'
Officer. 'Why do you expect topet your let.
ters in this way !'
Put. 'What way ud I expect to pet thim
sir ! ahure, this is the post office 1'
Officer. 'Yes, but w by do you ask for 1111
Tat. 'It's where I live, air one bundrtJ
and elivin Dtluncy street.'