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1. - - 1 -! - -
The Search after Rtif
When firt the dove, afar and wide.
Skimmed the dirk waters o'er,
To seik beyond the braving tide,
A green and peaceful shore,
No h-ary hough, nor life-like thing,
Rose 'mid the dwelling wain
The bne bird sought, with faltering wing,
The hallowed ark ngiin.
And rvcr thus man' heart ha'h triced
A lone and weary round ;
Cut iic r yet, 'mid earth' dark waste,
A resting place has f und.
The peace fur which bis spirit yearns
Is ever soucht in vain,
'Till like the dovo it homeward turna
And finds its God ng iin.
Method ofColiH-lug ami Preserving Wood.
Sonic time since a report was made, by a
committee appointed fur the pttrpo.-e, to the
Arailrmie ties Sciences in Paris, in relation to
the discovery of Boncheric of a method of pre
serving wood, coloring it of any tint, ond ren
dering it nearly or quite incombustible. The
report of the committee was highly favorable ;
but since then, we have heard nothing further
upon the subject. The discovery seems to bo
of incalculable utility, and well worthy of trial
in this country.
The principle is old and well known, being
nothing nvrc than the capillary attraction
which has been frequently used in freeing fruit
tress from the canker-worm by means of sulphcr
placed in a h.de bored in t!ie trunk of a tree.
But the highest credit is undoubtedly due to
J)r. Boncheric (or his novel and extensive ap
plication of it. I lis process is to bore several
Imles at the foot of a tree, or to saw it half way
through, and to apply the materials to the holes,
or the incision. The sap vessels take up the
liquid, and in a few days it penetrates every fi
bre, except the heart. To render it hard, hea
vy ond ineorrnptihlp, the pyrolignitc of iron is
used on exceedingly cheap substance, and one
vety easily made or obtained. Wood saturated
with this substance will not bo affected by rot
or insects. What an invaluable discovery this
is to the larmer in one thing, the posts for his
fences which require to be renewed every four
years, ond which can only be made advanta
treouslv of certain costly kinds of timber. The
Lombard poplar, which grows with so touch
rapidity, hut which rots so readily, may by this
process In come an exceedingly useful and val
uable tree, in ! cases where durability with
flit strength inn-quired.
To render wood incombustible, ami to in
crease its elasticity, the chloride of calcium is
used ; or salt water will nnswer. Prepared by
the seline solution, wood retains its flexibility
for years, it neither warps nor splits, and burns
with the greatest difficulty.
Wood can also be beautifully colored in this
way. The pyrolignitc of iron gives a gray co
lor ; anil, if afterwards a solution of tannin be
infused, an ink is formed in the fibre of the wood,
and tints of blue black, tind gray can be given
at pleasure. Pyrolignitc of iron, followed by
the prussiate of potassa, produces a Prussian
blue ; ucetate of lead or sugar of lead, followed
by eliminate of pot.i8.--a. produces, a chrome yel
low ; or, by adding all these jn succession, dif
ferent shades ulblue, green, yellow and brown
am produced.
The subject is on exceedingly interesting
one, and we should think it deserves some at
tention and experiment. The advantages that
it proffers must s,trikc every one. Think of
imperishable, ships; durable and incombustible
wooden houses; of eternal Kiplar, willow, and
bass-wood fences; ond of beautiful tinted co
lored cabinet ware ! .V. 1'. Sun.
The Cateri juahs. A writer in the Gos
pel Banner eaya that this is to be a great year
tor calterpillars on fruit trees ; but adds that
they may be destroyed now, thus :
"Make a strong ley, or soap suds strong enough
to bear an egg, and with a brush or piece of
cloth, wash the infested limbs. The ley will
kill every mother's 6on of the eggs, and you will
eee no caterpillar's beds upon them in May or
Juno. Even without regard to calterpillars, it
is on excellent plan, every spring to wash trees
willi strong soup suds. This will kill various
torts of insects in the egg it will cleanse and
renovate the bark, and promoto the health and
fruitful neu ofthe tree. Try it. Bo not afraid
of injuiing the tree, even if the ley is so strong
as to blister your hands. It w ill do no harm if
applied bifure the buds are much swollen ; but
it will kill the young leaf."
TairrTT Kee The Albany Patriot says:
One of our own Methodist Clergymen list Sun
day, remarked that 'if all the world believed
the Second Coming was to take place on the
23d of April, Jb-W, at 3 o'clock, P. M., two
' thirda of them would de'.ay all preparation for
t ti'! half past 2.'
Absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the
lly Masscr & tlsclj.
BITTER MAKING.
Travelling across the Western Reserve, n
year or two since, in company with a penile
man from New York, I was surprised to bear
him state, that 'in the eastern markets, OAio
butter was a by-word, a term synonymous with
dirty butter.
I attempted to defend the character of the
production of our dairies, and we compromised
matters for tho present, by agreeing to rest the
decision upon the samples we should meet with,
on the tables of the public houses in the course
of the journey. In the end, 1 had the mortifi
cation to find, in a majority of instances, either
an oily, rancid, or a ring streaked and spotted
article was set before us that came within the
limits of his description.
This should not be. Hut is one of tho staples
ot northern Ohio, and that which is well made
will in all instances, command a cash prico suf
ficient to compensate the dairyman for the ex
tra labor ho bestows upon it.
My wife nnd myself claim tho merit ofbeing
adepts, or aa political demagogues would say,
'real tcnrkici' in this busins, founded on a
practical experience of near 20 years.
Our method I will detail; first promising it
is perhaps no better than that pursued by many
others, for there is here and there a family that
furnishes a prime article, though a large share
of that which comes into market, is an opposite
character. The publication of our method may
induce others to throw more light on the sub
ject. In our hands it is invariably successful,
but it is liko certain chemical processes, made
up of a scries of manipulations, the omission of
any one of which, nny derange the whole, and
endanger the result. Every part must be care
fully carried on.-
1. Choice nj Cows. -A judicious selection
from the common stock, I deem to be equal if
not superior to any of tho imported. The De
vons and Bakcivelle I have tried, and found
them deficient in the quantity of milk they af
ford. The Durhmns I have not tested. The
Gore breed was introduced into Portage county
soineyears since, by a gentleman, I think, of
the nnnie of Thorndike, from Massachusetts.
A few of the descendants and crosses are to be
met with in the south part of Trumbull county,
and they prove to bo tho best of milkers. The
quantity and quality of the milk, surpass that of
any other breed in our section ofthe country.
2. Change oj Pastures. To insure tho pro
duction ofthe largest quantity of butter, a fre
quent change of pasture is required. A farm
should be so fenced that the cows can be chang
ed into a different lot every four or five days.
!. Stilting. A constant and full supply of
salt should lie before our cows in some secure
nhirrv Thpv will rnt niodpr.-ittd v tvh:il tlmv
, ii r i j .i t
rruti:re. It iinlv orr.iriinna Mv furnished, the-v i
i - - J J
of'en take it in quantities 60 large, as to act
medicinally to their injury.
It corn ets almost any bad quality of the milk
! arising from the eating of oroinotic, or bitter
i herb.-, and also much of the natural animal odor,
! that froqtiriiiiy impairs the cweetuces of but
ter. 1. W'uttr. It is perhaps superfluous to add,
I that without a full and steady supply of this ar
! licle for bis cows, tho hopes of the dairyman
will never be realised. Driving them once or
tw ice a day to a watering place, will not an
swer the purpose.
A largo anil deep excavation can be made in
tlie several prist u re lots.or between two or three
of tiioiii, so ns toanswer the purjiose, except in
very protracted droughts. It should be 60 un
closed that cattle can approach it and drink,
w ithout running into it.
5. Din ing kind treatment. Many a faith
ful ciw has been seriously injured by a earless
boy driving her furiously to and from the pas
tures. All harsh treatment of any kind, ns
scolding, striking, kicking, &c, is also detri
mental. 1 have known many cows rendered
worthless from these causes. The utmost kind
ness and gentleness of inuuner must be shown
on the part of those who manage our block. I
once dismissed a hired man for striking my
cows. Too much cannot be aid on this point.
ti. Milking. This process should be done
systematically, at regular periods of the day.
Sun rise and sun set are perhaps the best pe
riods ; for immediately after the one, and be
fore the other, cow s in hot weather feed to the
bett advantage. They aro so much creatures
of habit, that the milker should be changed as
rarely as possible. A stranger is always re
garded as an unwelcome visitor, by a milch cow.
?. Cleanliness of the Vtcnsd. The puns,
pails, strainers, bowU, churn, and every n iple-
ineut employed in butter making, mukt nut on
ly be well washed, but they must be thorough
ly scalded w ith boiling hut water, and perfect
ly dried afterward, either in the sun or before
the fire. This mubt be repeated every time
they are used. Merely pouring boiling water
upon them when loaded with sour milk or
cream, will only serve to scald in the bad flavor,
iff may use the expression. Wash them al
firbt, and then scald them thoroughly, if yoJ
would have sweet butter.
UNJBUKtY AMERICAN.
AND SHAMOKIN JOUKNAL.
majority, the vital principle of Republics, from which
Suiibury, JVoi tliumbcrlaml Co.
There are certain filthy practices which
slatterns fall into, that should be corrected
such as wetting the cow's teats with milk, and
permitting it to drop into tho pail milking in
the morning without washing tho hands, &c.
8. Milk l.ousis and Buttery. In hot wea
ther a good spring house is necessary for the
making of butter. It tnnst bo constructed of
either brick or stone, and in no instance wood,
as that article never fails, in such a situation
to become mouldy, ond impair the flavor of but
ter. It must be built so that it can bethorongh
ly ventilated. A window should be pluced on
the north, east and west sides, which must be
furnished on the outside with wire gauze
screens, nnd on tho inside with tight shutters.
During the day, tho shutters must be closed, and
at night must bo raised.
A spring may be dispensed with and it is
even problematical whether it does not, upon
tho whole, do as much injury by imparting
dampness, as it dees good by lowering the
temperature. A well constructed house with
out the spring, will answer the purpose. It
should be shaded with trees, or arbors of grape
vines. All mouldy and decayed wood work,
boards, boxes, barrels, &c, must bu kept out of
it also all foreign substances, as meats, fish
and vegetables. The air of my spring-house
was ruined for a week or more, merely by
placing in it a few mackerel.
At the approach of autumn, a cool and well
ventilated buttery, shaded well without, and
krpt clear of all foreign substances that can im
part a bad flavor, is preferable to a spring-house,
as the latter becomes too damp, at that season,
to allow the cream to form w ell.
9. Straining the Milk. This should be at
tended to without delay, after milking. The
new fashioned tin strainer (a tin pail with a
wire gauze strainer) is far preferable to the old
fashioned cloth s'raincr. Either tin pans or
stone crocks may be used for holding the milk ;
I know of no preference, except, the tin is lia
ble to rust in a damp spring-house. Earthen
crocks should never be used, as the lead in glaz
ing may act chemically with tho cream or but
ter, so as to poison it.
10. Shimming the Milk. In hot weather
the milk may be allowed to crudle before this
operation is performed, but if it be delayed any
longer, a thin, watery fluid w ill form between
the milk and the cream, alter which the good
quuiities are inevitably destroyed. It is neces
sary in mid-summer, to skim the milk every
morning and night. This point must receive
the strictest attention. Neglect of it often
gives a streaked or mottled eppearance to butter,
as well as impairs its flavor.
11. Cream. As soon os it is collected it
should be plac d in a stone crock, which should
1
be either hung into a well, or set up to the
brim in the spring within the milk-house.
It has been thought by some that the cream
improves, or matures, by exposure to the air
after it is collected, and that placing it in a
situation as cold as a well, or spring, is unfavor
able for that change. This view may be cor
rect late in autumn, when it becomes some
times necessary to nature it by artificial heat,
but during our hoi and dry 6ummcrs, we be
lieve the course recommended is to be prefer
red.
12- Churning. This operation must bo re
sorted to as soon as a supply of cream is obtain
ed, and in hot weather cannot safely bo delay
cd beyond the third day.
A variety of patent churns have been palm
ed upon tho public, none of which, we believe
is to be preferred to the old fashioned upright
dasher, or tho barrel. We at present employ
the former, and by the aid of a w ell adjusted
spring pole, connected with tho top dasher rod.
can fetch 12 to l.r pounds of butter, in from fif
teen to twenty-five minutes, without any vio
lent efforts. The barrel churn is not as easily
cleansed.
13. IVorAi'itf of Butter. This must he re
peated until every drop of tho buttermilk is
expelled ; twice or three times will be neces
sary, nor must it be delayed too long, till
change berins to take place in the remaining
butter milk, as that will impair the flavor of
the butter, which no subsequent treatment can
restore.
The operation must be done in a bowl, by tht
aid of a wooden spatula, or paddle, and in no
instance should the hand come in contact w ith
the butter, if it can be avoided, as tho warmth
ofthe individual renders tho butter oily and bad
flavored.
Some persons destroy its sweetness and rich
ness by washing out the buttermilk, by means
ofcidd water, a practice always to bo avoided
11 Suiting. The salt should be added ot
the commencement of the firbt working. Much
of our westrrn butter is injured by the cm
ploymeut ofthe common New York salt. The
finest ground article should be used. It can
now be obtained in sacks, of our merchants, at
a reasonable price.
1ft. reserving Butter. That made in the
tpring and tumtner, may be laid down iniemc
there U no spp. al but to force, the vital principle
l'u. ftutiu daj, May G, IS lit.
crocks, and the surface covered with brine of
strength sufficient to bear up an egg. In
winter this will answcriill the purpose of cook
ery, and even for the tnslc will be ew cuter
than much that finds its way there.
J. P. Rl'TLAND.
(trope- Tinrs.
We hope every farmer and every mechanic
who owns as much as six squate feet of land,
will hove at least one grape vine growing on
it a native vine, we mean, not a foreign one
for mero show, but one that will bear fruit
which will ripen without artificial aid.
It is surprising that so few of our young men
take any interest in setting grape vines about
the house. It is not because they relish not
the fruit, for you will see them traversing the
meadows and woods to filch what does not be
long to them ; and to make sure of their prey
they will pluck it before it it fit to eat. How
much less labor would it be to take homo ft
root or a cutting and plnce it where the grapes
might hang on till they were fully ripo.
We have many fine native grapes in our
meadows and by the woodsido which are at
least equal to tho imported kinds. In addition
to the common purple grape, many sorts of
which aro rich and excellent, when they are
permitted to ripen on the vines, we have seveial
kinds of reddish grapes that have not the foxy
tn-te which some dislike in the purple kinds.
Then we have a variety f wild whito grapes.
In our own garden we have two kinds of
white, or rather cream-colored grapes, from
vines that we procured from our own fields.
These ripen in the last of August, a month
sooner than the Isabella grape. And these, to
gether "villi the labclla and tho common pur
ple grape, give us on abundance of grape fruit
during five or six weeks of every season.
The grape is cultivated with less labor than
any other kind of fruit, and it is a constant
bearer. It is less subject to depredation of
worms and insects than most kinds of fruit, and
there is less trouble in having it in one's own
garden than in going a mile to borrow a sup-
ply from a neighbor's meadow.
Young men are informed that grapes can lie
propagated from cuttings ; that is, by burying
a vine cut from a crowing one. The latter
prt of April is a good time to bury the vine.
One end of it must remain above ground and
the other must be kept moist. Ploughman.
Indian Muidrrrrs.
A correspondent of the Galena Gazette, w ri
ting from Priri'j du Chien, pives tho following
extract of a letter from Fort Atkinson, Iowa
Territory, of the date of the 2?th of March.
Iist evening, about 0 o'clock, Mr. Iwry
and his son Sylvanua, came up here, bringing
the news ot the murder ot three whites, living
in Wilcox's Settlement particulars as follows:
Three Winnebagoes, belonging to Little Hill's
Hand, went down on Thursday night or Frid ly
morning after whisky, as they said ; not finding
sufficient quantity on hand, they remained un
til Friday evening at which time one Barrel
arrived ; they pretended to find fault with the
price, &c, so as to get up a quarrel. One of
the Indians then shot a man by the name of At-
well ; they then bound tho other and killed him
with a tomahawk ; his name was Zegardner,
(or T. Gardner.) They then tomahawked three
children, (five nersons beinir all there were in
the house) and supposed that they had killed
them. They then took possession of the whis
ky, then set the house on fire and left. The
eldest boy, aged 12, and a little girl were not
killed one received five stabs, and the other
throe the hoy so far recovered before the
building1 was burnt, as to be able to take bis fa-
th"r'b- watch, overcoat and boots, and fltty do!.
Inrs in fold, and also his little sister, and then
started towards Wilcox's house, which wasone
mile diht.mt. lie was found in the .iwrn insj,
both feet frozen to the ankle. It is supposed
tint he and hisvister will die on.
Captain Sumner, with his u.-ual promptness,
left the F irt with his mounted men, within fol
ly in mules uiur the news readied him, del Tun
ned that wither cold ivr the darkness of the
niu'ht should prevent him from bringing to jus
tice the perpetrators of this horrible deed. Ho
returned this morning about half past 3 o'clock,
with nine Indians as hostages, and al ft o'clock
started again in pursuit of the murderers. Ho
overtook them about four miles south ofthe A
gency, (Winntbafo.) and returned here at 10
o'clock, A. M. with them. Ho released tho
hortages, and put balls and chains on the guil
ty they cannot escape A more prompt move
ment never was made with troops ; they were
out all night, and a very severe night it waa.
Fnoos. It is reported that tho frcga in this
vicinity, owing to iho inclemency of the wea
ther, and the backwardness 6f tho spring, havo
caught severe colds, and are much troubled
with influenza and quinscy, in consequence of
w hich, instead ot musical notes, they utter the
mobt discordant and dolorous sounds imagina
ble! Boston Mercantile Journal.
and immediate parent of despotism. Jirrtnio.t.
Vol. 3--Xo. 8'2Wholo Xo, 130.
From the Reading Gatette.
Bnd Memory.
11 1 hrive such a poor memory." How frequont'y
lo we hear this expression, but we think the re
mark is iltnist invariably untrue. Individu ds are
und -ubtrdly sincere in the lemaik ; but they Ao
not kn-iw the ei'cnt i f this quality of thrir minds
It is sai I that Mr. Hutten diviiled s blank book into
tbiee hundred an.! sifty-ftve Ci-lnrnns, for Ihe pur
pose of recording d d'y an anecdote or incident of
his past life ; snd to his astonishment he succeeded
in hi- plan, fl 11 it g up the above iiumSfr of columns
w th ibtrerent rcminisei nces. I have nodoubi that
many persons wh-i comp'am of their bad memo
ries, might veiy easily accompll-h the experiment
of Mr. Hut'on. We bone the attempt will be
mii'e. And what n s.-iurre of enjoyment would be
such recovered relics of the past !
People have no difficulty in remembeiinn sub.
cs in whi h they take n in'erest. The state of
the ma ke' d -esnot njs te wrnerv of tbe trades
man, the s'n e ef litrn'ure tbe merrorr ofthe p
nnr t'-e newly diseov.-re-l pl.ysicn! phenomeia, the
mcmorv of :he n -tu'al phi'osopl.er. On these sub
jects we d. not hear their s.'mireri ei'i p'ain of
treache'ous memori-s. Bu' l-i them exchange the
topics of iheir attention, and tbey will immediately
murmur.
Pc iliger te'ls us that in his youth, he could re
peal a hundred verses after having; read them but
once. I'ope nas onserveu, mar i.nru uoiinornnr
. . . .1 . V 1 T 1-1 I
could alone, and without books, refer to any psrli
culnr subject in ihem. and write as copiously on it
ss any other man would wiih all bis books slviut
him. Euler, the fr-eal mathematician, could extract
the square root of a hundred figures. At a very
youthful age he became blind. The Etrbk Shep
herd lelates In bis ' Familiar Anecdotes" that he
had written a ballad of eighty-eight star.zas, cn'i led
'Gilman's cltuch," which he recited to Sir Waller
Scott soon after it was composed. Thiee yea's af
ter Sir Waber and Hopg were in company. Sir W.
requested the Etrick Shepherd to sing tho above.
bulbid. He commenced and sung to the ninth
verse, when he stuck in it, and could not get on
with another verse, on which he (Sir Walter) be
gan it again, and recited is every word, from be
ginning to end." Sir Walter never heaid it recited
mere than once. Tbe ballad was never pul-IUbed
Scott, it was well known, possessed powers of peat
retention, but things that he most easily retained
were specimens of his own art. We knew a young
man. who sfer hairing six medical lectures of an
hour each, could write out the whole nearly verba
tim. There are but few persons thit cannot remember
lho-e things in which they tnke a deep interest.
There slmuld be a method in reading and thinking
We ilesi-e the reader to remember ibat desultory
read, rs sr.d thinkers, usublly complain of imperfect
memories. When a person runs from one sulj-ci
tu mother, be can receive nothing but imperfect
an I traiikilury impre-sioiit. II
Texas.
N'umbers of emieranls ore still pouring into
.1... V.,ril, ... lA.uturn (innnlr'AI T'dVnfl
IIIC ol lll'.l II linn i fcu-n-' - -
n the Sa
A gentleman who recently arrives. ;rom me .a-
bine stat-s that he passed several large groups
of emigrants on the road near .Nnc gdoches
and San Augustine. Forty or (l.y fami'ies
from Missouri and lll nns late'y removed to
the settlement in the Cios-i Timbers; and
numbers have also settled in Fannin county.
The Rev. Ira Parker died at Galveston on
tlie 6th iust.
Up t.) the Coth ult., Gov. Butler, LJ. S. Com
missioner, was still at the Waco village, and
would remain there until a treaty should be
concluded with the several tribes in attendance,
among which w ere delegates from the Dela
wares, Shawnces, lones, Anadargoes, Wacocs
and Cuddoes. Other were expected. The
council was to bo holden in about ten days.
The Camanches had sent no representatives to
the council, and it was rtotib-ful whether they
won d assent to a trevy. The Shaw ness who
were srnt to them report that they have asreed
to send in four ehieli, after three inoona have
eliine.l, provided the President will send four
white iiihh to ;heir tribe to remain as hoelages
until ii-ir chi'-fs relum. They aro represen
ted to be watting with the Mexicans, and to
have recently taken two Mexican villages and
captured about :$00 prisoners.
On Cypress Creek, a few miles from Hons
ton, a shrub called Wild Tea is found in great
profusion. The Telegraph stales that the
leaves of this shrub so nearly resemble in taste,
odor and form iho leaves ofthe common Young
Hyson lea, that it would be difficult to diotin
guicJh them IVjiu it.
Kicu. It is said rice was first planted in Ca
rolina in 1GG3; but owing to bad seed it wai
abmdont-d. In the year 1605 a ves0l arrived
from Madogascar, the master of which lurnish
fcd a gentleman with a small quantity, from
which has sprung immense sources of wealth
to the Southern Htates. 'So much for the rem
nant of a sea store left in the bottom oft bag.
yashille Agriculturalist.
'What is a bull!' inquired a schoolmaster of
hia hopeful pupil. 'A llirisli figger of speech,
ras the tcpj.
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$5; one square, $3 fiO.
Advertisements left without directions as to the
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continued until ordered oat, and ohsrged accord
ingly. Cj'Sixtoen lines make a square.
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Drltlsh Rtatesi'ien ot the f.ast Cantor)-.
'There and then groups were to bo mot witft
in all directions, composed ofthe most Celebris
ted mon of the day when F.ngland poHeavori
celebrated men busily conversing on tho pro
ceedings of Parliament tho night before, or
which were fb take place before anothor night
had passed away. Frorrt tlie closo of the A
merican war, these groups were chiefly com
posed ofthe opposit'on; for the unrivalled nsconi
dency of tho greatest minister that England had
ever seen, gave the Whigs the leisure forthosd
conferences which the occupation of public lifo
generally denied to tho Tories, or their reli
ance on their great leader rendered unneccssii
ry. There were to br rrtet, from the hours of
two to four, the elite of the Foxites, mingled 6S
cns:onally with a few oftho leading peers and
country gentlemen, who formed the small neu
trality of Parliament ; there stood Fox, with hia
ponderous figure, good-humored smile, and hea
vy step ; Grey, grim from hia cradle, perpen
dicular and repulsive; Sheridan, with a fuco
purpled o'er with claret the stamp of habitual
exo6ses a stooping form and neglected dress;
but with an eye among the blackest, largest,
and most beaming that ever was set in the bend
of man ; Tiorney, grave sly, and with a look of
inveterate subtlety, that might have established
him as the most crafty of men, even before ho
had uttered one of the cunning syllables :
Whitbread, short, strong and broad-shouldered,
the complete model oftho brewer that ho waa,
even to his pepper-and-salt coat, but with a
countenance of singular manliness, and indica
tive of the John Rnllism of his character;
Wyndhani, w ith the graceful fijure, airy step;
and handsome countenance that seemed made
for courts if the oddity, fantasy, and ill-fortune"
of his career had not left him in a st te osci'la
tion between the Whigs and Torie.-, and, likrj
other pendulump, left him to swing, while the"
hands in front were gaining ground at every
move; Dundas, who feared no one, and had a
lively word for all, sometimes mingling with
the circle for a moment throwing in his easy
jest, and easy bearing its return, doubtless n
mused by tho sense that he was the possessor of
power, while they were but nibblcrs at tho
hook. There, too, was Jenkinson, with tha
profound brow that seemed surcharged with tho
secret ofan empire; silent, if not sullen, and.
returning their salutations as cautiously as if a
bow were a betrayal. There, too, on hia twd
huge legs, was the Duke of Xorfolk, in his gray
coat and black cape. The great Minister whd
alone kept all the Whigs at bay, was the object
of universal assault ; the powerful lance of For;
nillen though feebler missiles of the Greys;
Courtney, Wyndhams, and all the second rank
of opposition ; the sparkling shalts ofSheridan,
as pungent as they were polished ; and all the
lioht arrows of peasantry launched from the1
hundred hands of the more nameless party
all full on him and fell in vain. Ilo wore thai
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armnur w'liicu noiniug cuuu pcueiraie ; nnu.
tvhen retaliated, his sword was ot a temper
'that neither keen nor solid might resist iti
edge.' " Blackwood's Magas'ne.
A Pksciust ron Fichtino. Under this cap
tion, Di'titclmoser, of the Mi'ls Point Herald;
tells a very fair 'yarn.' He was recently tra
velling through Kentucky, when he came to a
small village where a county election was be
ing held, and had his attention drawn towards
a dense crowd on the public square, and soorl
ascertained that a fight was going on. Whilst
ho was at a respectful distance witnessing thi
combat, two strangers rode up, and ono jumped
oft" his nag, pulled of! his coat, and without lo
sing a moment was in the thickest ofthe fight:
But all the combatants immediately fell upon1
him, and in a few moments he came out a bad
ly whipped man. Hie companion, who had all
tho time with perfect astonishment looked art
the scene, now spuke and said: 'Bill, what irl
tho world had you to da with tho fight ain't
you a perfect stranger here V 'I am,' replied
the other, 'titr J thought it was a free thing."
IvrrMrcRANCG. A Scotch woman in Roches
ter, named Wallace, died lately ot excess ivo
drinking, after swilling nearly half a pail of
whiskey. Her husband, with a brulishness that
no living thing but a drunkard could equal, fi
nish the liquor after the death of hia wife. If
any thing could warn the sot, or drive him
from his evil habits, it would be so horrible ad
example as this.
Ciiiim ani C.enak Cicero had nineteen1
villas, and it was iu one of there Ctesar hmiired
him with a morning call, and paid linn the ve.y
high compliment of taking a vomit in ou'er
that he might do justice to his lunch. In ano-"
ther ho delighted to ornament his library willi
Greek paintings and sculptures, which hi1
friend Herodotus AUicua waa collecting for
him.
There is a young lady in this city engaged
to be married, but she won't fix the time uniil
her betrothed gets a mason to put him up i
'patent back.' She says, that aa matters are
now, she couldn't live with him like a chim
ney, he ime'if too much.Crtictnt City.