1X1018 OF TIIIJ " AMKRC'IAX."
H. B. MASSKR, Piumkhshii ab
JOSEPH EISEI.Y. S Paiirairross.
. a. mIMSSEN, Editor,
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Til Coireleu fonplei
Jenny is prwir, unci I am poor,
Yet we will wed no say no more ;
And should the bairns yon mention come,
A few thnt marry hut have some,
No i1milt 1'iit hp:v'n will stnnd our friend,
And lircnd h welt a rhihtren send.
Ho fires the hin. in firmi'r'a vard,
To live alone she fim'ii it h:iri! ;
I'vp kn'iwn her w nry cv'ry cl
In search of rorn nmonct the s'rawr ;
ltnl when in qte t nf nicer fo.l,
Hie clocks nmnneal li-r cliirjiinc liroml ;
With j..y I've seen that self imc hen
Thnt scra'clt'd fur nne. could vrnttrh for Im ;
These are the thoughts which make mo wit
line To take my C'rt without a hiring ; 1
And f.ir the nlf tme eatnte.d'ye see,
Jenny' resolved to marry me.
Itnclicloi-M.
An lone cloud in Autumn evca,
A J tee without in Icivc,
A a t-liirt w.tl.oni t's cctr
fuch are bachelor.
A creature of another sphere,
A thine thnt have no hnsincs hi re,
A ttic in.-i.-ten io-, 'ii clear.
Such are !achi lor.
Vhen lo, a 'tit in fabled bower,
A bt'inrs horn fiir happier hour,
A buttei flies on favored fl.iwer,
Sui It are mnnic.l men.
l'toni the Slrtifirnvilh' Union.
Srlrnllflc.
Mr. William Cock, of Ttrownvillc, Pa., fa
ther of Judge ("nek of this county, has made a
discovery, which is thought to be of great im
portance, partielarly to surveyors. It is des
cribed as follows :
To find the area of a circle or plat of land
by weight and rule of three, draw the plat on
pnstelronrd,on a scale of any number of perches
to the inch, then cut a piece an inch square
out of it, which will be the number of perches
to the inch of the plat, then with gold scales
weigh the inch and find the number of grains,
then cut out the plat and weigh it with the inch
piece in it then say as the number of grains is
to the number of porches in the inch piece, so
is the number of groins in the pint to the area
required.
Or, it may be done by drawing a square
round the pint ami cut it out and weigh it,
then cut nut tin plat and weigli it, and work
it by the rule of three after measuring the
squnre, but the first phn is thought to be the
best, because it will lake the least fifurea
The discoverer was first imtiresserf with the
ido i of calculating areas by weighing from the
following incident :
He was altout selling '2 acres of land in
Ttrownvillc to two men which had fourteen cor
ners to it; and to be divided into two equal
parts to suit them, he drew the plut on paste-
bourd and cut it as near equal as he could, and
afterwards adjusted them in the scales, by cut
ting ftiin the heaviest and placing the piece
in the scale with the light one until finding an
equilibrium in the two parts; and this result
so simply obtained, led him to extend its appli
cation to the metir-urntion of snperfices. lie
has sent to the l'uteut Office to have liis right
ofiliseovery secured.
The Brownsville JVeir, in speaking of this
discovery, says : "We recollect last spring of
seeing a description of an archotypc the paten
ed invention of Mr. Thomas Wood of Smith
field, Jefferson count v, Ohio, for which the
Franklin Institute of Pennsylvania, presented
him with a silver modal, and why is not Mr
Cock entitled to a gold one 1"
Sir Aillt)' Cooper.
fTr" The N. Y. Tribune contains the following
notice of Ihia gre it English f-u'eeen :
"My receipt," says he, "for the first year
was jC'i rs. ; the second JCJO; the third jCil;
the fourth JCIK5 ; the fifth 100 ; the sixth
JL-JOO ; the seventh JCV.M ; the e iglitli JCGIO
the nil th JtlKHI,"
Hut his practice afterwards became more lu
crative than that of any Surgeon that ever liv
ed. In 115 It is professional receipts were
Xil.tKK). Through all his active life he was
in his dissecting room al 0 in the morning, at
8 dressed for the day, and at the service of
gratuitous patients til halt past 0 ; at 10 his
rooms were thronged with paticnb till 1, when
often forced to escape the cruwd by a back door,
he lectured at Cuy'e till 2, then rushed across
the street to deliver his anatomical lecture
at 3 he went again to bis di-sccting room ; at
half past, rode on bis rounds, giving the post,
boy "three pence a mile for bad driving, four
pence for good and sixpence if they would drive
like tha devil." till 7; then be took dinner,
regulating hi diet upon the principle that after
such labor be "could digest any thing but saw
dust" Slept just ten minutes, then lectured
and was on bis visiting till 12 and often till
o'clock. Thr waatho usual industry by which
his whole active life was mirktJ.
Absolute acquiescence in the decision of th majority, the vital principle of Republic, from which
Ily Mnsncr & VAseiy.
history OP r.AOV HAMILTON, rpatched l.ady Hamilton in a fast railing ver
Few heroines of fiction have been the rub- sel to Lord Nelson, with letters and orders re
jects of rnch sinking vicifsittidrs a Emmy I.y- yoking the treaty of capitulation. The Queen
on. Horn of the lowest parentage, her father
unknown, licr birth-place some obscure part of
Wales, rite was reared in alject poverty and
corrupt habits. The first sixteen years of her
life were pilled in an irregular and degraded
f xistence, often in want of bread to niftain Iter,
Yet in these unfavorable circumMancer, he n
grew into maturity, a prodigy of beauty. The
rprightlittesa of her mind and vivacity of Iter
disposition .cem to have equalled her person-
nl charms. 1IT attractions were now of too
high an order to remain concealed. The artists
sought her out, that they might give to the
marble and the canvass the impressions of such I
wonderful loveliness. She became the model
of the goddess Ijjen. The Eticcessof the copy
extended the reputation of the original. The
celebrated painter, Homney, reproduced her as that he could release the English from the ob
Venus, Cleopatra, and as Frinc. Others made ligations which they had contracted by the
if hr-ra Sibvl. a I.edn. a Talia : and some a
penitent Alagdelene.
In the next step of her career, she met with
and captivated Charles Grenville, of the no
ble family of Warw ick. Deranged with pas
... ... , .mi I... I
sion. "( runn wmi ueautv. nesouiriino espouse i
her ; but overwhelmed with debt, and without
the menns of support, it was necessary to reek
the assistance and consent of his uncle. Sir
William Ua.nilton, then minister of (Jreat
Britain, at this court. She was despatched as
the sm,liant to obtain both the one and the o-
ther; the infatunted lover believing thnt her found erudition, distinguished in war, and be
nppearance would be, on bis part, a sufficient loved and respected in peace, was among those
nnoloov for scckini? so extraordinary an union,
The old uncle lost in such raptures as over
whelmed every other consideration. lie paid
the debt of his nephew, and married bis bt'
trot hod.
Being now my lady, and the wife of a minis
tor. a biilliant career opened before her. To
the astonishment of all, she moved in the high
region of society to which she was now entitled
to takes conspicuous part, as if she had been
accustomed to it from early years. The grace
o nature is superior to that of art. Her histo
ry was, of course, the subject of much remark,
and it was not to be expected thai a court, one
of the most exclusive of Europe, should receive
her with more attention than her position im
periously demanded. Queen Caroline, the
daughter of the celebrated Marie Thereto of
Austria, and the sister of the unfortunate Marie
Antoinette of France, met this brilliant "par-I
venue" with coldness and hauteur. But these
were destined to continue but a short time,
Die Queen soon found it necessary to yield to
the fortunes of this extraordinary woman.
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.llllllliri Pl.tjlli; in HIV Ulilllin nno nu' ..ifm-fc-
ed. Iinl Nelson appears, a conquering hero;
his brow bound with the fresh laurels be had
just gathered at Abonkir. lie had blasted the
prospects of Napoleon in the East. He came
to Naples, raw Ijuly Hamilton, and was con
quered, lie had braved the battle and the
breeze-filled Europe with his fame-to strike
hi, n inWio,ts!v to this modern Svren. In
her presence, he was feeble as an infant : spell
hound, he gazed, received the subtle poison;
and stood within the charmed circle, vanquish
ed and a victim,
The conqueror, to whom the veteran diplo
matist and the illustrious warrior had sttrren
dered, was now to rubdue the court.
The ta -
gacious Queen snw that she might exert an
important itiHuence on the fate of Italy, and
perhaps of Europe. The English admiral w as
her slave the English minister was her hus-
band. She soon became the subject of the
most assiduous ami distinguished attentions,
In the theatre, and the public exhibition, she
wasoftcn seated by the side of the Qieen. In
the palace, she was received in its most secret
recesses, entertained as a friend, admitted to
the roval table, an honor in this court reserved
to princess of the blood ; and report said, that
the imperial offspring of Austria, the Queen
of the Two Sicilies, often occupied the same
chamber and laved her limb in the same bath
with her who had been but recently a poor va-
grant, houseless, penny let and unknown.
At the flight of the royal family to Sicily,
upon the approach of Championnet, he ac-
companied tin in, embarked in the same vessel,
shured the sarno adventures, and the same as-
Pylln)i
When the information w as received ly the
court at Palermo that the republican were
conquered, and that Naples hud surrendered lo
Cardinal Undo and the Allied Powers, the plea-
sore ol this news was embittered by the fuel
that terms bad been granted to the vanquished,
A treaty of capitualation bad been made, which
etipulated for the security of their lives, the
protection of their property, and the power of
emigration to those who preferred it. The
King and the Queen believed it degrading to
treat with rebels. Besides, tho power of tak-
ing vengeance on their rebellious subjects was
thus wrested from them, at the moment they
were anticipating ita full grandeur. They de -
UNBUMY AMBMCAN.
AND SIIAMOKIN JOURNAL;
Wmbm-r, Noriliumbcrland Co.
besought her as a friend to we Iter exertion
to persuade 1iril Nelson to cancel the treaty.
She raid, to you, my lady, we shall owe the
dignity rf (be crown go, solicit; may the
wjnd.s and the waver favor yon." She dopart-
ed, and arrived on ltonrd the ship of the admiral
,e was entering the port of Naples. He
cottld not resist the fair amhissadress yielded
to Iter wishes, and sncraficed thnt good name,
to which he had devoted a life of heroism. To
her lie surrendered his own glory, lct rayed the
honor of his country, abandoned the interests
nf humanity, and drew upon himself, th.i cen
cure ond the room of the civilized world
Whatever power the King of the Two Sicilies
my have bad to disavow and annul the actsof
his own commander, it cannot bo pretended
signature of the treaty of capitulation. It was
violated, and doubtless would never have been
so, but for the unfortunate ascendency of Ijidy
Hamilton. Those who laid down thpirarms,
relying upon the faith of treaties, suffered the
ntinthmpnt nf felons.
Many perished by the
h"nl of t1i Tizzaroni. The chief were, for
the most part, bung and thrown into the sea.
Cancciola, the admiral of the fleet, a prince by
birth, endowed by nature with the highest
mialities, which had beencult.vated and adorned
by the most finished education, and most pro-
who suiierco; me penalties oi treason.
After
his execution, fifty pounds weight of iron was
fastened to his feet, and then bis corpse was
committed to the great deep. A few days after
the King arrived in the harbor, when, looking
over the side of bis vessel, be saw a movement
in the water, ond something approaching the
ship. In a few moments he discovered it was
a corpse ; which moved rapidly towards the
vessel, with its bead elevated out of the water,
and the body erect. He exclaimed, "Caracci
ola !" and turned away, horror stricken. Then
as ifconfounded he said, "Why, what wants
the dead V The chaplain, who stood near, re
plied, "One would say that be came to demand
Christian sepultre." "Let him have it, 'said
the King, and retired to bis apartments. It
i . . , . i . .i - -i t.
was taKen up ami interred in me cnurcn oi
Santa Maria on the Santa Lucia
Inly Hamilton had now reacted her re
nith. She was to descend with nearly the
same rapidity. The next year, Sir William
Hamilton was recalled from his mission, and
returned to England. She accompanied him,
and I xrd Nelson followed. In a short time.
her husband died, and Lord Nelson wat killed
at Trafalgar. Site soon expended, in a hie of
dissipation and extravagance, the fortune which
had been given to her by her husband ami par
amour. She wnsa'fiin reduced to want the
necessaries of life, and perished in the deepest
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F ranee. Jjifci A oArfcn.
fXj N. P. Willi, the correspondent of the Na
tional Intelligencer, give the following account of
Count D'Orsty, who i ckitowledteJ to be the
beau ideal of dandy inm;
"D"Ou8ay. There is a report going the
I round nf the papers that Count D'Orsay, the
preat king of dandy-doom, is nltoiit to visit this
country. I do not believe it, for a star more
completely unsphered than D'Orsay would be
jn Vankee-lund can hardly have been seen in
its travels by the lute "enterprising" comet. If
he should come at all it would be to commence
backwoodsman at the start, for he is a man
suited only to extremes of civilization. Press
D'Orsay how you would, he could 'not put his
jnt the street of a city without a crowd
,ct ,in- jL. s an unusally tall man w ith a
herculean bust, but otherwise a'olule symme-
(ry 0f person, and w ith till his look of personal
s;rt.ngth is almost femininely beautiful in lace,
BI i . unoaralelciI crace and style in every
not on jjis cn.spicious personal appearance
nmiie jt jmpuaHble for linn to walk the streets
of lutidon. He was never seen by those out
of doors except in bis cabriolet, and even that
purlial view drew all eyes after bun for half a
mile. But be would make a splendid "trupper,"
and backwoodsman. lk'isthe"aJiniwbleCngh-
ton" ol all mauiy exercise me oen uoxer, i.ie
best fencer, the bet ritlu-hot, the bel liorne-
man, the boldcbt sportsman ut every thing. Aud
for tlw look of thorough bttnhomvue and frank
good fellowship, I never saw his equal. Every
man loves him who sees him. But between
the lavish splendor of the expensive and privi-
leged circles in which he baa always moved,
and the law hssness and wild dangers of a life
in the backwoods, I can imagine no sphere en-
durable by D Orsay, and, intloi-d, no position a
I - ....
chievable. Lucifer, "just come downf" with
bis wings on, would hardly be more a marvel
in Broadway, and hardly more out ol place in
1 New-York society."
there I- no app. al hut to force, the vital principle and
Va. Saturday, April 1.1, is i'3.
The Wlne-rJIooii. .
Who hath woe 1 Who hath sorrow t
Who both contentions! Who
hath wounds without cause !
Who bath redness of eyes ?
They that tarry long at the
wine! TlMfJjat go to
reek mixed wine! Itok
not thoii noon the
w ine when it is red,
when it giveth its
COMU R IN THE
(TP
when it
inoveth itself
aright
At
the lat
it biteth like a
serpent and stingeth like an adder.
Ti Xoi.rmu.
Almut fifteen years ago a woman left Pbila-
delphia and settled ;n Natchez, and commenced
the humble business of n hitxter, by sellinij
apples, candv, Ac., at the comer of the streets,
After a time she obtained a small shop and went
into the retail business, and advanced from step
to step, and now she is supposed lobe worth
(hrrc huixhrd thovsand Mar, ami is doitt?
an extensive wholesale business. She is the
ow nor of about a dozen bouses. She arrived
at Natchez tilone, a poor and friendless woman,
and has accumulated her creat wealth by her
own exertion anil industry. Tho following is
triven asan illustration of her character : About
fi.ur years airo she dime to the determination to
obtain a husband, nnri it seems, she supposed
money was all sufficient to accomplish that de
sirable object. One day asa judge of the court,
who is an old bachelor, was passing her dwel
ling, she called h:in in and informed him that
she wanted him to count some money for her.
The Judge, at her request, stepped into her
. I
counting room, where she had one bnmlred
tbn.ts.nH .loll.irs lvin.r ttnon the table. When
th. I...1.TP Wl finishe,! mnntimr the Inro .;,
rIip infnrtnpil him in fitiitn n business nmnnor.
that he could have the control of it,. he wovht
takc hrr with it.
The decision of tho Judsre in the case, was
that the money was a truly desirable object, bill
the incumbrance too great ; and of course the
lady was nonsuited.
Btt KWASii for Waiix Get a pound of
blue vitriol, and have it powdered. Two quarts
ot lime. J ake six cents worth ot pine, noil it
in a quart of soft water till thnrotijblv dissol-
ved. Put the powdered vitriol into a wooden
bucket, and w hen the oltte water is cold pour
it on the vitriol, and mix and stir it well. When
the vitriol is dissolved in the pine water, stir in
bv degrees the two quarts of lime. Then trv !
the tint of mixture bv dinpinrr a piece of white
paper into it, and when it dries you enn jndcre
if it is the color yon watit. If too pale etir in
a li'tlemore powdered vitriol.
It is well to provide an extra quantity of
these articles, in case a little more of one or
the other should be required on trial of the co
lor. Mi Lrslir'n Minrmine.
A stirs An Pt.rrrR.-
Secure a snmilv of
.te bushels of the former ami one of the-lattpr,
r J 1
fir every acre of corn joit mean to plant, so
that you may be able to put a pill on each hill
of corn. Small as this quantity may appear, it
w-ill make a difference of 25 per cent, in the
vield of vour corn.
To Clkan Win rrwvsii Biii'Murs. Wash off
with cold water the lime from the bristles of
tho brush, and scrub well with a hard senile
bing brush the part where the bristles are fix
ed into the wood. This should be done as soon
as you have finished tho w hitewashing for the
day. It is far better than to let them lie in
soak all night
Tim: Yeh.ow (Ylokimi rou Walls Pro
cure one pound of chrome yellow, and three
pounds nf whilinj. Mix and prind them all
together and then add a quart of water, and
stir the whole vetv hard. If vou find it too
thick, add water till yon get the desired consis
tence. This makes a beautiful yellow approach
ing to a lemon color.
liKxrrtT or orn Manci atorifsj to tus
I'akmim. Te Kochesler Democrat states
that Pie manufacturers of New England lsnt
year used over two hundred thousand barrels of
flour, in making starch and sizing for their
gouU being a Urger quantity of (lour than
was exported lo England in the same time.
The manufacturers of the- single State of Mas
sachusetU, during the same time, consumed
more Western flour than was exported to all
foreign countries ! Is it not clearly the interest
of the farmers of tho Wet to foster manufactu
rers! .V. 1". Tribune.
History tells us of illustrbus villains: but
there never was an illustrious miser In nature.
immediate parent of despotism. Jarraaao.
Vol. 3 o. 29 Whole No, 133.
An t'Rly fuilonifn
"Don't ruroN ko Extras.'' A wager was
made a few days since on boird a steamboat,
between a couple of jokers, one of whom point
ing to an extremely ugly man, bet a bottle ot
wine that an uglier customer could not bo pro
duced. The other, who bad recti one of the
firemen as he passed on board the boat a man
whose face was screwed out of its shape at
once took up the bet and started down etairs for
his man. The joker bad had an impediment
in his speech, but he nevertheless made known
hi business to the fireman, and obtained bis
consent to show himself to decide the wager.
When inside the social hall, the ugly man.
whose nose as on one side of his face and his
eyes on the other, began to screw and work
them about, to give his face a greater degree
of ugliness. "S-s-top," said his backer, "D-o-n t
put on n-n-no extras. St-st-nnd jest as the
I,ord made yon you cni'i be beat .''' The o-
titer acknowledged that he had lost, and paid
the wager. JV. O. Pie.
Rett). We know one Leonard Jones who
pot up a sect of "Live Forevers," and actually
had followers who believed they would never
die. They had an establishment in the lower
P"rt of Kentucky, and were getting along quite
well until an epidemic thinned off the believers,
Jones afterwards tried to form a sect of "Non-
Katers," and got some disciples to this 6chool.
They were to ent less and less every day until
they entirely lived upon nothing. He marie a
bold effort to conform to his own creed, until he
happened to stop at the Gait House, in I-ouia-
ville, two years ago, where a roast turkey so
moved his bowels that be fel. from grace into
the grace of the sauce pan, and subsequently
turned Mormon, and perhaps Millerite since.
X. O. Dec
In China there are but few good roads
" " "
MiiiivAtif C tvt . t f K ia itrvin a li rati .Ha Pmu;a
1 ' 1 '
lo l"psc u,ry Mac" "
I t' -ti. a ii
wmu .8 lavorao.e, maieriQi.y .lua u.utr progre,
I i kf :u. . -h...i , u..
"vmg a,os. muusi :.. ...uu , u.o
plains
Of Sere .ntt, where l-p Chinese drove
With saiN d wind their cany wagon light."
A curious fact is thus told in one of our ex
change papers : "take a string that will reach
iust twice round the neck of a lady let her
yi ,rtl.nn11IP.w, hrr IHli-niiJ ihrn
if U)p nonf(t wi) 8)i ov,.r hcr hf,;ilj , ,he ,,nc)
i )f fhp nrck) jt -w R CPrl.lin indication that she
married or otiolit to be." Now don't stran-
ole your-clvm, young ladies, in testing its
truth.
When Abernethy was consulted by a young
lady, he said, "How con you expect to bo well
when you squeeze your waist to the size of a
quart pot ! Co! go home ! leave offyour stays;
burn them, and here, take this shilling, buy a
skippieg-ropc at the first toy shop you come to,
and use it frequently every day you will then
be able to eat like a tational being.
President Joe Smith, of Nauvoo City, mar
ries the girls and fellows preaches sells tape
and molasses candy writes verses for the
"Times and Seasons," and makes laws for the
Mormons.
A poor scamp left hi wife in a great rage de
claring she'd never see his faco again, till he
was rich enough to cotno back in a carriage.
lie kept his wjrd, for in less than two hours,
he was brought home drunk, on a wheel-barrow.
"Pray, Miss C. (said a gentleman the other
evening) why is it that the ladies are so fond
of oficrrx .'" "Mow stupid ! (replied Miss C.)
is it not perfectly natural and proper that a la
dy should like a good oTi r, air f
Yawningsmny be excited by taking hold of
the long, and opening them several times. Ol
course, those upon whom the trick is practised,
inu-t not be aware of your design.
The Chinese have a saying, thut an unlucky
word dropped from the tongue, cannot be
brought back by a coach and six hordes.
Literakv Cimosirv. It will be observed
that the following line w ill read both ways.
"Lewd did I live &. evil I did dwcL '."
Citiditv is the desire for gold.
CujiiJWy is the desire for love.
Cti-idity is the desire for liquor.
In language, all are spelled alike in life all
are spelled differently. -V. Y. Aurora.
Be slow in choosing a friend, and slower to
change him; courteous to all; intimate with
fe w ; slight no man for his poverty, nor esteem
anyone fbi his wealth.
Woman's love is a beautiful flower that pu
rifies by its sweetest fragrance the tainted air
of man's existence.
Variety is the spice of life," as the printer
exclaimed when he knocked the form into pi.
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Yearly Advertisement! one column, f 25 hlf
column, l 8, three qunrr, fUj two square, f 9 ;
one qure, f 5. Half-yearly J one column, flH i
half column, $13 t three square, ft j two square,
f 5 ; one square, $3 AO.
Advertisement left without direction a to the
lenqth of time they are lo be published, will twi
continued until ordered out, and charged accord
ingly. C3!itcen line make a square.
Debuting Roelety.
"I move that the question bo read." Secre
tary reads "Which is the truest (science, mes
merism or phrenology 1"
"Mr. President : the question has neither
negative nor affirmative."
President "No matter Dr. Jipga for me.
merism Captain Jcwkea for phrenology."
Mr. Stunder "I would ask, Mr. President,
if the question doea not entrench itself against
the constitution ! We are not to discuss re
ligion nor politics in this society ; now, free
knowledge is a sectarian pint, and if we are a
goin' to discuM that, I shall withdraw from this)
society."
President "The word has a different mean
ing in the question, and has alluBion to tho
protuberantie devil-opmcntsof the cranny-uin."
Stnmp "All this is outer order, there aint
no quest ion afore the mcetin'."
President "Dr. Jiggs, will you open !"
Dr. Jigps "Mr. President : I have not en
tered these walls this evening, prepared to
speak on this question; I ttr-rah am ur-rali
in favor of mesmerism, as I understand it:
Mesmerism is a kind of somnolence, and is men
tioned by Tycho Brahe, when he said, 'Blessed
be that man who invented sleep.' Under tha
magnet ic influence of mesmeric sleep, man haa
travelled through the abstruse regions of of
Mr. President the chimerical atmosphere of
the most unbounded metapyaical incongruities;
he has analyzed time and space, and soared
into the mysteries of ease and existence, like
like like anything ! My opponent, will, no
doubt, extend his ferocious mouth against my
argument, but, sir, my argument is based on
the experiments of Collyer, and the philosophy
ofDods! Sir, 1 say, sir ! mcsmcrifem is the
key which oversets the dipnet of time, and dis
closes to human visiology the intricacies of
miraculous interpositions. But phrenology,
sir, "what is it ! the child of gall end bitterness.
It maps out the human skull like a terrestial
globe and its professors, to keep good the re
semblance, have whirled their brains on their
axes, and eqtial-kuocktialized their exuberances
on the oxpital and piratical bones. I reserve
my remaining remarks for the rejoinder."
President "Captain Jowkes."
Jew kos "I aint prepared to say nothin' on
this question at least no--bnt then senc I
hcarn the doctor, I would ray a few words on
the ideas chalked down here on my hat. Phre
nology is the science of tho knowledge box,
and knowledge is free : hence phrenology.
But mesmerism is the science of sleep. It
says that one man can put another to sleep ; so
can opium. It deduces man then to the level
of a pizonotts drug. My antagonist has mado
use of a great many long words, and his speech
would go twice around the world and tie."
Stump "I call the capt'n to order lor per
sonalities." Jcwkes "Didn't the doctor call my moutli
ferocious? Retaliation is the first law of na
ture. He needn't ray nothing about mouth!
Jest look at his, Mr. President; it goes clear
round, and makes the top of his cranny-um, as
he calls it, an island. Mesmerism and its sup
porters are humbugs, sir yes, air, himdics,
sir. They pick out a sleepy-headed fat boy,
who drops asleep of himself, and pretend that
they willed it, when they couldn't a helped it
if they tried. I conclude, air, by moving the
question."
President "Those in favor of mesmerism,
hands up 14. Phrenology, bands up 11; a
tie. Gentlemen, you have decided that one
science is just as true as the other. The socie
ty is 'journed."
It does not cost a man any thing to be civil
to his fellow men. And it is better to have tho
good of even a dog than to provoke "him to acts
of madness. We are always on the safe side,
when we are civil and courteous.
Whoever has nothing more than modesty
and talent, has a slim capital and must burst.
It takes plenty of brass, a good stock of impu
dence, and a thimble full ot brains, to gel
through the world.
Stay at home at night, improve yourself by
reading, or instructive conversation, and retire
to bed early.
It is said that however well young ladies
may be versed in crammer, but very few of
them can decline matrimony.
All men wish to be happier than they can
be ; yet most men might easily be happier than
they really are.
At the working man's house hutiger looks in
but dares not enter ; nor will the bail if! or con
stable enter; fur industry pays debts, but des
pair increaseth them.
Avarice and ambition are the two elements
that enter into the composition of all crimes.
Ambition is boundless, and avarice insatiable.
One cannot associate with a vile person one
hour, w ithout receiving some injury.
Why is a bar-room like a balloon ! .Because
ho who enters it is very apt to get nigh.