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Sunbury, li'orlliiinibcrlniid Co. I'u. Saturday, May 13, is 13.
Vol. .J Ao. 33 Whole No. 137.
From the ft. Y. Tribune.
MAY.
KT WILLIAM H. BCaiF.inH,
The aweet voluptuous May
Is here at length through all ita sunny hour,
Over the grateful enrth to sprinkle uowcrs
In beautiful arr y ;
And clothe with deeper verdure hill and plain,
And give the wood their glory hack again.
No bird who dwelling throat
Quiver with trine, or whose extended wing
Fan the mift air, hut cherilier doth aing
And on the hteeie float
Odor fiom blossom which the Sun' caress
Hath woke to life in field and wilderness.
The fthimmering sunlight fall
On mount and valley with a softer sheen
And lo! the orchard, newly clothed in geen,
Lift tip their coronal
Of flower britihi-hiied or, shaken by the breeze,
Rain fragrant blossom from a thousand ticci.
The green and tetidet maize
Tii'rre the moistened mould ; and from the air.
And from the sunshine gather erength to dare
The sultry summer days
With care the furmer tenil the fragile (hoot,
And, hoefut, dusts the future to h s fruit.
Out underneath the sky
Where the free wind m iy toss their sunny curls,
Frolic the hapiy children boy and girls
In sinles revelry ;
White rolure smiles, approving, on their play,
And lamb and bird with I he in keep holiday !
All penile thine rejoice
In the calm loveliness around them spread.
Green earth brnenth the blue vky overhead
And with cxult-int voice
Pour their thanksgivings to the Lord of all,
Who marks an Empire's or a sparrow' fall.
Then welcome, bonny May,
Wiih thy oft sunshine and thy fragrant flowers,
Thy balmy breme and thy laughing hours
The glad year's holvdiy !
With grateful heart thy presence will we hie,
And in thy gift rejoice with thankfulness!
ACROSTIC WBITTESC 1ST A!f ALBUM.
A thing of glitter, gleam and gold
I. oose thoughts, loose verse, unmeaning, old
B ig word that sound a thousand fold
U nfmished scrap, conceit and cant
M ad st.im.is, and world of rant.
Parsnips as Food for Pigs.
Whilst staying in the Isle of Guernsey fur a
couple of months, in the summer of 1841, 1 was
much pleased with the peculiarly fine flavor of
the pork, being sweet, juicy, firm, beautifully
white, at a season of the year when that unclenn
animal is thought not to be in the highest per
fection. This superiority in flavor and appear
ance is attributed to the plentiful supply of raw
parsnips with which the animal is fed. In con
firmation of a universally admitted fact, I beg
to send you the following extract from a late
ly published history of the inland and its pro
ducts :
Hogs prefer raw parsnips to all other roots,
and make excellent pork when fed upon them;
out Hie tailing of the root renders llie bacon
flabby. Jty this food the animal can be fatted
in six weeks. Too much cannot be said in
praise of the beef and pork fatted on parsnips.
At tli i.i time (July 17, 18-10,) there is in t tie
Guernsey market, a hog 22 months old, weigh
ing net 7-j0 lbs. English, which has never eaten
any thing but raw parsnips and sour milk ; fi
ner meat never was seen. In the use of pars
nips, one caution was obuolutcly necessary
they are never to be washed, but to be given
as they are taken tip from the ground. Used
in that way they arcfo'ino not to surfeit the
ho;r and cattle, and to fatten them better and
quicker than they otherwise would. If washed
they are apt to satiate and as the farmer say,
will never thoroughly futten them. An ox will
eat 120 lbs. per day exclusive of hay. London
flardner't Vhron.
EovrriAN Cons. It will be recollected that
about two years since, a small quantity of Egyp
tian Corn was sent for distribution, by William
II. Maxwell, Esq., to the President of the A
merican Institute. These seeds were obtained
from Africa, by Mr., M.'a nephew, passed Mid
shipman in the naval service of the United
States. The season was so late when they ar
rived, that, although extensively distributed, a
mail part came to perfection. Somo ot the
seeds which were matured came into the hands
of Mr. David O. Van Winkle, of Bergen, Ncv
Jersey, and were sowed in a small space in his
garden. From accurate calculation the produce
was at the rate of seventy bushels per acre.
Mr. Van W. intends to raise, the coming sea
eon, a quantity for grinding and flouring.
lie thinks it will make excellent bread. It
is the same kind which is mentioned in the
Old Testament, which Joseph went down to
procure. A few small parcels are now at
the repository ot the Institute in the 1'ark,
and it will be distributed gratuitously to those
w ho will bring specimens to the fair.
jV. Y. Evening Post.
Slavery A Fact. Mra. Ellis, in her new
work, "The Wives of England," says : "The
worst of all slavery, is fear of husband."
Quere -Whether beneath that deep, there
is not a lower depth of slavery car oai wife.
COMMODORE PORTER, I-. S. K.
This gallant officer, one of the bright lumi
naries that lend to the American History a lus
tre that reflects at once their country's glory
and their own, was born in Boston. lie was
the son of 'North-Endcr,' and sprang from that
hardy stock whence emanated the 'Liberty
Boys,' the 'Tea Tarty,' the 'Minute Men' of
the earliest revolutionary times. 'The Sailor's
Home' is the name of a tavern, which now
stands on the spot, near Hancock'a Wharf,
where the future CommoJortj f.rrt iraw breath.
The name of Porter first appears conspicu
ously in the history of the American Navy, in
the year 1SW, when, a midshipman on board
the 'Experiment, under the gallant Stewart,
he signalized himself in the memorable action
with the French frigate L'Insurgente. His
station in that engagement was in the Torctop,
and such was his conduct that the lack of in
fluential friends alone is said to have prevented
his preferment. This, however, was not long
in coming. Merit liko li is could not be disre
garded in that infant day of our gallant Navy.
Upon our Commodore Baron's coining into the
command of the 'Constellation,' Porter was
made lieutenant, and was appointed to the
'Experiment,' under Captain Maley, on the
West India station. On this station he sig
nalized himself by many exploits of cool bravery
and gallantry. Receiving from Captain Tal
bot the command of the 'Amphitrite.'a prize
schooner, with five guns and fifteen men, he
captured a French privateer, heavily manned
and armed, with much loss to the enemy, and
not any whatever to himself. This gave him a
name and a station in the Navy, which he has
never lost, but which, in the rapid progress of
advancement, identified him with the most gal
lant spirits in that service.
At the period of the declaration of wara
gainst Great Britain, in 1812, we find Porter a
captain, in command of the 'Essex frigate, 32
guns. After the glorious capture of the 'Gucr
rierc.'by 'Old Ironsides,' Captain Bainbridge
(Captain Hull desiring to be relieved from that
command) was appointed lo the latter, and a
squadron was placed under his command, con
sisting of the 'Essex,' Porter, and the 'Hornet,'
Lawrence. This was in September, 1612.
Bainbridge issued orders for the cruise, pre
scribing to Porter a certain course, at the end
of which, not meeting with the squadron at a
specified point, he was to act at discretion.
Thus directed, Porter sailed from the Dela
ware on the 27th of October, 1S12, and com
menced one of the most glorious cruises re
corded in our Navy's chronicles.
Under the letter of his instructions, he pro
ceeded from the Delaware to the Brazil coast,
capturing by the way an English packet, which
yielded a large amount in prize money. The
vessel wns sent to the United States. He then
scoured the coast to the La Plata, arid thence
for the Pacific, arriving at Valparaiso, after a
lonp succession of bad weather, on the 1 Ith of
March, 1613. Thence he went to the Chilian
and Peruvian coasts, encountered a Peruvian
corsair, which he took, and among whose prison
ers he found twenty-four Americans, the crews
aftwo whaling vessels taken on the coast of
Chili. Porter threw the pirate's guns and
atninttnit'on overlioard, and freed the prisoners.
He also recovered one of the ship taken by the
pirate, as she was going into Lima.
He ihen pursued his meteor-like course in
the Pacific, doing immense injury to the British
commerce in that ocean, capturing many valu
able cargoes, sending some of his prizes to the
United States, and fitting out others as consorts
in his gallant cruise. With the Stripes and
Stars at his mast head, he carried his little
squadron into action, and became a perfect
scourge to the enemy in those seas, by the rapid
and daring devastation committed upon their
commerce there. 'A single frigate,' says a
recent writer, 'was lording it over the Pacific,
roving about the ocean in saucy defiance of a
thousand English ehips, revelling in the spoils
of boundless wealth, and almost banishing the
British flag from those regions, where it had
so long waved proudly predominant.'
In vain were vessels after vessels sent forth
in pursuit of hitn. His mannerof cruising baf
fled all their attempts. No traces of his where
abouts did he leave, as, now shooting into the
open sea, and now lurking among the islands,
keeping clear of the coast, he kept all research
of the foe at bay, and went on all the time with
his brilliant exploits. He took possession ofan
island in the Pacific, called it Madison's, (after
the then President.) fought with the natives,
reduced them, repaired his ship, and having
quite refined and restored her, sailed for the
Chilian coast, in December, 1613. Thence
he went to Valparaiso, and there fell in with
the British Commodore Hillyar, with two ships.
As he went into the harbor, one of these ves
sels fell foul of the 'Essex,' and was at the mer
cy erf Porter. The port was a neutral one, and
he did not avail himself of this advantage. He
was as magnanimous as brave, and this con
duct earned him the warm acknowledgement
of the British commander. While in port, the
most social and friendly relations subsisted be
tween them and their crews.
The English Commodore put out of port,
keeping his ships together, to avoid a separate
action, and regularly blockading Porter at
Valparaiso. In vain did the latter try toget a
fight out of cither of his foes singly. Hillyar
kept them snug, determined to give his enemy
no advantage. At length, the gallant Yankee
'put out ;' the foe bore down upon him, ai d
n 1 . . .
mucr.mon ocspora.. f(;0 Dpningta fnr
superior force, his gallant frigate, so long the
terror and scourge of tho British Lion, was
captured. His loss was tremndous. Nowhere
in the wholehistory of naval warfare is there
any record ofan action more sanguinary, gal
lant, and obstinate. The battle was seen from
the heights of Valparaiso, and all the sympathy
of the spectators were enlisted in the cause of
the brave commander and crew of the gallant
little frigate defending herself so bravely a
gainst a greatly tuperior foe.
No battle ever fought upon the land or o
cean more strongly and satisfactorily illustrated
the true courage which is innate in the Ameri
can character, than this same contest ofthe'Es
sex' with the 'Phebe' and 'Cherub.' At its
termination Porter was liberated on his parole,
and rctnrnrd, with the remnant of his devoted
crew to the United States, in the 'Kssex Juni
or.' Before he could come into the port of New
York, another British vessel overhauled him,
and took him prisoner, thus violating the terms
of the parole. Being then at liberty to act as
he should find occasion, the intrepid Porter
found means to escape, landed on Itng Island,
and was received by his fellow citizens with
enthusiastic and grateful warmth. He was a
hero in their eyes, his exploits tor the last year
having filled all minds with the highest admira
tion of his bravery and gallantry.
The subsequent career of Commodore Tor
ter is familiar to all our readers. Peace being
ratified, the life of the most gallant of our navy
was thenceforth to derive its lustre by the re
flection from the past. The hero of 'the Saucy
Essex' had gathered a harvest of laurels, upon
which his fume could safely repose for all
time, and while ho ever stood ready to vindi
cate anew the high name his country had ac
quired in arms, if need should be, he yet needed
no new occasion to signalize his claim to the
remembrance of posterity, as one of her most
gallant defenders.
Being appointed by his Government to a di
plomatic stutioti, at Constantinople, he had re
sided near that capital for several years, during
which time he had discharged all the duties of
his position acceptably, when, on Friday, the
3d of last month, precisely at meridian, he
breathed his Inst, in a land of strangers, but not
without warm and attached friends around him,
lo receive his last requests, and to perform for
him the last sad offices. His disease was pleu
risy, and for some !)'? prior to his decease, lie
had felt sure that that event was not distant,
letters from Constantinople, dated on the day
of his death, inform us that it was his last will
that his body should be buried at the foot of
the American flag-stafT. How like the last re
quest of his compeer, the gallant Lawrence,
that that flag should be his shroud !
A deep grave was accordingly prepared be
neath the waving of the banner of his country ;
the diplomatic corps resident at the Turkish
capital, with all the Americans in that port,
followed the remains thither, and the earth now
covers them. But will they be permitted to
remain there ! No ! The grateful country,
for which the brave Captain fought so long and
so well, will never permit his bones to lie in
a foreign soil. The remains of the gallant
dead lielong to the land that has so much rea
son to be proud of the deeds of the living heio ;
and the period, we feel assured, is not far dis
tant, when that country will reclaim them, and
lay them to rest, until the last trumpet shall
sound, within the green and peaceful bosom of
that free home, which his youth and manhood
so gal'antly defended.
His splendid achievement shull long siring the
nerve.
Of all who the blessings of Freedom iohetit ;
And his be the honors such meiil deserves.
And dear lo each bosom his dealh-d iring spirit !
The pii's high strain shall sui h rm in'rie main
tain, And a dec 'ion embalm them to Time's latest reign;
Whi'e, rou-ed hy the st'-ry, our sons hi aspire
To rival such deed, to glow with ueh fire !
TV. Y. Frpress.
Eabiv Potatoes. It is known that the eye
end of a poUtoe will yield a crop earlier by
some days than tho root end. This appears lo
be owing simply lo the earlier growth of the
sprouts from the eye end. Earlmes will be
greatly increased by placing the seed potatoes
in a box of moist sand early in the spring, in a
warm place in the house; and then planting
thcin when the shoots are about two inches
long, taking care not to break them off.
Steam. Before the age of steam, the motto
was, "Time and tide wail for no man," at tho
present, no man waits for time or tide.
The rtrlgnnd Wife.
One incident is relatl to us, which is not
calculated to show their domestic relations in a
very favorable light, in spite of the usual ro
mantic ideas of the eternal fidelity ol a brigand's
bride. The chief of a hmd which infested this
province, had a young wife, very much attach
ed to him, who followed hitn in all his perilous
wanderings, and presented him with a son and
heir, worthy, she hoped, of imitating the glori
ous exnlnits of hia aim Ti.i : . ,:
1 . ...a uiiiiri mini iu ni-
tle bambino, however, so disturbed the peace
of the brigand's tent, with its infantine cries,
that he threatened more than once, to put an
end to its wailing ; and one night, when return
ing, savago and disappointed, from on unsuc
cessful expedition, he was again provoked by
its squalls ; rising suddenly in a fury, he put
his threat into execution before the eyes of the
terrified mother.
From that moment, love gave place in her
heart to hatred and the desire of vengeance ;
whilst her husband, enraged at her continually
regretting the child, and perhaps suspecting
some vindictive intentions on her part, resolved,
alter some domestic squabbles, upon putting
her also to death. One night having confided
his prr ject to his nephew, whom he had left at
the head of the camp of brigands, he told him
not to give the alarm if he heard the report of
a gun, as it would merely be himself giving a
quietus to la Gitiditta ; and with this warning,
he departed to his own tent, a little distance
from the others. Now, it so happened that his
lovinrj spouse had fixed upon this very evening
for the performance of her long-nursed schemes
of revenge; and having deferred her own ftite
by her more than usually amiable demeanor,
and artfully got her victim to sleep, she dis
charged the contents of a rifle into his body, and
cutting off his head, escaped with it to Regcio,
where she claimed and obtained a reward from
the authorities for his tlrstruction.-The nephew
heard the report of the rifle and lieing forewarn
ed, merely muttered to himself " 'o zioch am
mazzin la Gitiditta," and turned quickly round
to sleep again. Strtttl't Tour in Calabtia.
Fine Arts In fvr Vnrh.
The annual exhibition of the Notional acade
my of arts in New York is now open. The ex
cellent and agreenble correspondent of the
National Intelligencer has the annexed few
words about two of the works of the exhibition.
'In one of the rooms is a marble bust of the
'Bride of Abydos, recently sent over from
Italy by Crawford the American sculptor.
defy a mnn to see it and no', be haunted by it
for days afterwards. It is a conception of fe
male beauty, which, as far as my observation
goes, is unexcelled in modern art J ideal and
spiritualised enough for the most poetical tan
fy, but at the same time sensuous, endearing,
bewitching enough fnr the weekday love of a
gentleman. Mr. Crawford knows what an
admirable woman should he, and he has breath
ed into the upper lip of this sweet bust alone
love enough to set up all the 'finishing schools'
of a metropolis. I understand thai the group
ordered from Crawford by the Boston Athene
um is daily expected to arrive, and that it is a
mtsterpieee of the art. After seeing his 'Bride
of Abydos. one would look eagerly for other
works from his hand.
The same writer remarks also as follows, re'
sporting a picture of our townsman, Leutze.
"The great pride of the Gallery this year,
however, is leutze's picture of the 'Return of
Columbus in chains,' which lately gained the
first prize at the exhibition in Brussels. It is
a master piece of color and drawing, though
there is, to my eye, a feebleness in part of the
foreground. It is bought by the Apollo Asso
ciation, and to be engraved for the subscribers.
Iutze will hold hereafter a high place among
American artists."
Ilortlenlt wral KiiM-dltlon to China.
China bus long been known to possess many
rare and valuable trees, shrubs, fruits and flow
ers, which have not yet found their way to
Europe. From thenco come our beautiful
Azeleas, Cummillias, and Wistaria (Glycine)
Sinenses. Taking the advantage of the open
ing of the Chinese ports by the late treat)-, the
Horticultural Society of Iindon has resolved
to send a person well qualified for the under
taking, lo bring home all he finds worthy of in
tnsluction into England. Among tho fruits
there, the Pekin peach is said to weigh two
pounds, and nothing is more melting and rle.
liciou. Our own Government of the United
States has it in contemplation to fit out an em
bassy on a liberal scale to China ; and we hope
among other important matters, thut the sub
ject of agriculture will not be forgotten. In
the meanwhile, wet-hall call the attention of
the officers of our merchant ehipa about to sail
on their annual voyages, to these matters, and
see what we can do in our humble private way.
American Agriculturist.
The mod Polish thing in (he world is said
to be to bow lo the rich till you are unable to
stand erect in the presence of an honest man.
TEA.
About the year KVK), the East India compa
ny received from B.irntain two canisters con
toining 113 pounds of tes, and this is believed
to have been tho first importation of this arti
cle. The introduction of the use of itas a beve
rage was very gradual asappears by the follow
ing curious memorandum in the diary of Mr,
Pebys, Secretary of the admiralty : "Sf pt. 2T,
1001, 1 sent for a case of tea, a Chinese drink
' wliicl) I novpr drunk."
In Great Britain, the duties on ten, and the
importation of it, were inconsiderable till 1G90,
by which time the E. I. Company first thought
the article worth their attention as a branch of
trade. In a few years, the arranged importa
tion amounted toG0,00() pounds per annum, the
average price being ltja. In 1721, the quanti
ty of tea imported exceeded a million of pounds;
and from that period the importation and con
sumption of tea in that country rapidly increa
sed. But few persons are probably aware of the
immense amount of money now paid every year
to the Chinese for tea. The quantity of this
leaf consumed in Great Britain is truly enor
mous and although it is freely used by all clas
ses it cannot be classed among the necessaries
of life it contains little or no nutriment and
is undoubtedly injurious te some constitutions.
We are told by the "Fanqui in China," that the
number of shopkeepers who in 1S32, took out
licenses lo sell this article by retail, in the U-
nited Kingdom, was one hundred and one thou
sand six hundred and eighty seven ; and wc
may supose that the amount has rather increa
scd than diminished since that period. To sup
ply them the East India Company-, during the
last three or four years belore the expiration of
their charter, imported no less than thirty-one
million five hundred thousand pounds of tea an
nually, in which the proportion of green to
black w-as one to five. Since tho opening of
the free trade, a still greater quantity has been
brought over; so that in 1931 no fewer than
one hundred and fifty British vessels of eighty
two thousand four hundred and seventy tons re
gister, resorted to Whamboa, and took away
with them the enormous quantity of fnrty-thrce
million six hundred and forty-one thousand two
hundred pounds of tea. Since this period the
amount has rather diminished, the losses sus
tained having somewhat cooled the ardor of the
speculutor8 J but still it has exceeded the aver
age quantity imported by the E l. Company. The
exports from Canton from 1st of Oct., 1S30, to
10th of April, 1837, being thirty-th'ee million
two hundred and eleven thousand three hun
dred anil thirty-two pounds, of which the green
bore the proportion of one to about three and a
half of the black kinds. Hoston Journal.
A Savaoe CoMPAntsos. Two natives of the
Marquesas Islands have been carried lo France
probably on speculation. One is a man, six
feet hit'li and agile as a young deer the other
a woman, young graceful, and jsissessed of the
scantiest wardrobe. Both are tatooed, all over
their bodies in the highest style of the art. The
story runs that on the voyage one of their fel
low passengers asked them which they liked
best, the French or the English. "The Eng--lisli,"
answered the man, smacking his lip ;
"they are the fattest" "And a great deal more
tender," chimed in the woman, With a grin that
exhibited two rows of pointed teeth, as sharp as
a crocodile's.
A ftERtorS MOVEMENT TO THE GENTLEMEN Of
tub Bah. Mr. Judson, ot Racine, has presen
ted a petition from thecitizens of Hit county, to
the Wisconsin legislature, praying that a law
may be passed that would protect the people of
Wisconsin, from the impositions of lawyers
extending to those who seek for justice, through
our couits, the light of appearing in iheir own
behalf, and by some plain, brief, and easy pro
cess in pleadings, doing away the necessity of
employing a lawjer.
The two Rosks. Being with my friend in
a garden we gathered each of us a rose. He
handled his tenderly, smelt of it seldom and
sparingiy. I always kept mine tu my nooe, or
squrezt-d it in my hand, whereby in a very short
time it lost its color and sweetness, but his still
remained as aweet and a fragrcnt as if it had
been growing nn its root,
The roses, said 1 are the true emblems of the
best and sweetest enjoyments in the world,
which being moderately and cautiously used
and enjoyed, may for a long time yield sweet
ly to the possessor of them, but if once the af
fections seize too greedily upon thesi and
squeeze them too hard, they quickly wither in
our hands, and we lose the comfort of litem.
It la a point ofexcellent wisdom to keep the
golden bridge of moderation upon the alToc
tions. Flavtl.
Force or Habit. A schoolmaster out west,
while the marriage ceremony being per
formed between him and his affianced, sound
ly caned the ministei for pronouncing a word
incorrectly. He thought he was in school with
his boys.
A Hard CasKi
At a temperance meeting recently held irt
Alabama, Col. Ixhmanotisky, who had been tot
twenty tlirto years soldier in the armies of
Napoleon Bonipartc, addressed the Wcctlngt
He arose before tho audience, tall, creel and
vigorous, with the glow of health In his facet
and kabl 1 "You aetf before you a man seventy
years old. t have fought 20fj battle, havo
fourteen wotindson my body, haVo lived thirty
days on horse-flesh, with the bark of trees for
my bread, snow ami ice UZ? ESS"?
py of heaven for my covering, without stocri
ings or shoes nn my feet, and with only a few"
rags for my clothing. In the deserts of Eepyt,
t have marched for days with a burning sun
Upon my naked head, feet blistered in the
seorchinff randj and with eyes, nostrils and
mouth filled with dust, and with a thirst ftrt tor
Inenting that! tore open the veins of my arms
and sucked my own blood ) Do you ask how
Could t survive all these horrors t t answer
that, next to the kind providence of God, I owd
my preservation, my health and igor to thia
Tact, that 1 nerrr drank n drop of npirituottl
liquors- in tny life ; and,' he continued, "Ba
ron Larry, Chief of the Medical Staff of tho
French army, has stated It as a Tact, that tho
0000 survivors who safely returned from EgypN
were all men who abstained from the use of
ardent spirits.''
CoSfIoeSce. there is something Very win
ningand endearing in confidence. Who could
takeaway the life cf a bird that fled to his bo
som from the pounce of the hawk 1 Of, who
Would take advantage of having him in his hand,
to deprive the little trembler even of his libcf
ty ! Nothing is ever lost by tfusting to tho
generous and noble-minded j they always feel a
responsibility to repay the confidence reposed
in them. What, then, may we not expect front
the God cf all conifortt Jay
A Mr. Blindmnn, pilot on a fiat boat on the
Ohio, recently saw a most wonderful sight irt
the heaveha. He was watching eagerly, tho
comet's tad, when all at once, he saw the tail
curl up, and form in big letters, the word.
PAY
He didn't pay much attention to it; but in a
few minutes he looked round again, and saw
distinctly in the same place, the word
THE
Astonished at this, he ran below to inform the
captain, and when he got back, and looked Up
at the tail, he found that it had changed again
and had formed the word
PRINTER-.
Whereupon he and the captain marvelled
greatly, and did resolve instantly to heed the
admonitioh, and as soon as they got home to
pay the printer. We wish a good many could
see that sight and profit by it.
The Comet. We are not scientific astrorto
mers, and cannot direct Telescopicus to the ex
act spot ; but we understand from the Jargon
i.sts that its nucleus is somewhat in a tjatin con
stellation, and that the tail passes thfuagh a
Greek starj goes over an Arabian one, undef a
Hebrew one, then squeezes between two Dan
ish ones, just brushes a Sweedish onct wrig
gles through a High Dutch cluster, and termi
nates amidst a small fry of Chinese nebulas
Others report that the Comet has beer) postpo
tied to allow time for the astrologers to predict
it ; and there is a very general impression that
if the phenomenon comes sky-larking too neat
us, it is to be apprehended as an "eccentric bo
dy," TAo. Hood.
In China the long depending queue, which
the natives cherish as so honorable a part of
their persons, and the cutting off of which eon
stitutes the last and worst civil degradation.
Would seem also to be converted, upon occasion,
to very Curious purposes. When several cri
minals are arrested at once they fasten them to
gether by these tails, and then the apprehension
of an injury to these sacred appendages serve
to prevent all effort at escape.
The TiMta. The cobbler declares the titnei
want "mending." The watchmakers say "theif
Watches don't go. Even the undertakers com
plain that tho trade is "dead." The wine mcr
chant declares he is "wrecked in sight of port.'
The hackney coachman says his Vocation is)
at a "stand." And thus it is with every calling
and profession. The want of money Is undouht
edly Universal, and the smallest change would
be acceptable
Wiiol.te Sotts Vs. Hole SoLes. There U
much truth in the following pleasant little sera;
which we find In an exchange i 'It often hap
petia in this wofld thut those Who go U'hide
sohd, have less soul than those who go hole.
olt ds having sold their souls iuhty to keep
their stdes whole.'
He, or she, who judges a man by hit coaf, (a
a fool, for many a dangerous quagmire is hid
den under a fair and even surface.
He who laughs most at the peculiarities of a
nother, if generally most assailable bimstdf.