TERMS OF Tier " AMKItlCAN." II. B. MAssnn, JOSEPH EISEJ.V. ? Pcsuasisi a so 5 pRoratETom, OJJlct in Ctntrt Hllcy, tn the rear of It. B. Mas- ner'M Store.) THE" AMBKIUA;" i published every Satur day at TWO DOLLARS per annum to he p-iiil half ycirly in advance. No paper discontin ued till all miMiiigi-s are paid. No subscriptions receive J far a loss period than six months. All coinmunicalions or letters on business rcljtinii to tho office, to injure attcution, must be POST PAID. rxn njoATF.t.tK, FROM THE MM. OF TUB t.ATB Till, IHTIXI.T. ECHO AND THE LOVER. Lovkr. Of what you're made, mid what yi nre - Echo ! mystrriou? nymph, declare, Ellin. . ' Air! Lovcn. 'Mid nirv cliff and pl.trcs high, Sweet rein) ! listening, love, von lie Echo, You Lie. .' Lover. Tlou dust re.-iisr-itsite dead sounds Ilaik how my voire revive, resound! Echo. Zounds .' T.ovEit. I'll qurp'ion thee before I pa Come, an-wer me more apropos! Echo. l'h ! rk .' Lovkr. Tell me, f.iir nymph, if e'er you im So sweet a girl j.-i Phie'.ic Shaw J Echo. l'thtiw ! Lovin. Hiy what will turn lint frisking coney 'Into the toils of Matrimony ? Echo. Monty I l.uTF.n, Hi Pbu he not a heavenly brow 1 Is il not while es pearl as mow t Echo. j ,s no i l.orr.R. Her eves ! Was ever surh a pah ? Are the Mitrs brighter than Ihei tire .? 1 hri; are ' Echo. LllVKIt. J'cuo. Lovi n. I'ciio. Echo, limit licit, but can't d. ceivu me ; Iir c.cs iclijxe the siars, believe me. Jimvc me .' I'm r 'lne. t'-n viurv pert rnmnnrer, V ho i es fair ns PI:tt-'i ? ,mwi r. Ann, sir ! 11 I .V T S, S. c. Young mm put nut of your beds at sunrise, rind walk or ride n unit? or so before breakfast, ifyt.ii would ( -nj.iy iiii'i;!k1 and bodily health. Take IhisjfyrVice to add to your yrms and en jiyinents. Eit p;s nnd read more, nnd thus become Setter citizens. Leave off the habits of tohirco cliewni,' ;i -1 peg'ir smoking, nnd in vest the rpnrv u i.v ti. -t-d tints in T lie purchase ti!' boriks. or in aiding li 'iv -t olj'-e's. E'e. v it'i your iioti.inn l the f?it-wt(." in female f-ociety, by acting less of the mm. key and nmr 'jf ihc m:in. I."isr:i tn think les.sofa ni?w emit, and more of new ides. And we pr.iy the lew of yru suiibdicwr1, to abando'.i the prictice of ft:riiij at I:: .Mo? on tho !!. -t crn- ri, or m thrv piR to -r lr.''ni church. Don't tha.k of mar rjtrv, i:niil curt l ive th mparts pr -vided tor t!. Mlv:l' f'n : Xrvt-r i.'.wr ynur. M'lvi e t:i..t on art h:ii''i! nr n ur;d repotted, lxc.-iii.-o y.r-:i l.tivc h s.i I. .:,..!:! :.,!:;, und are calltd pi'pi itsby n'Hny who think you sre to. Taio th'-.c -..i.i.ii-U i,i v..ut;.-v. i.s such ct V')!l u (Sc.-tirv;; t!t i;l. Vourt I .'. '.ft y nr pirdir), but nn- vrr facral.'n u. ili'i t b'M'i'y u'" f'.'nn or neat fec-t. DiMu.cd lu:ir's, Cum rc.-.u! of pretty wnifta t ud kid i-''!"is worn out d bi'uson,) e.jri hurry fc-!i w ;i'.-i-i ami foot t tho grave. Tho declining ron.-imipi ivc is but poorly con -tolcd, us !ifi f ides .i ivny, with the memory of silly Ciiiiiji'iuirnts p:iid to htr person. If you would improve lh" character of your beaux ele vate them to your own mora! t-tandard, and the 4-omnninity will bh? the ret'irniation you will biinj aboil?. Teach tic youti gentlemen that go-tip and to'dy are not acceptable to you as conversation, es healthful mallets of literature or ecience. Never be aha-ned of not having read the last new novel thin kind of ignorance Fpeaks well of your judgment. Never suffer buoyancy o! t-pirils l tompiomit your digni'y, in male society especially. Remriiiber that the grave is often midway between a ball room or party ; and the residence of a young lady who will altend tho one or the other while in-dii-posed by "a t'.i'.'ht co'd." Court the appro bation of men of murals and judgment, tuther than the empty adulation of empty puppies. Ilsclicw modern I't. lno i. Ahitnloii ill-founded notions about mechanics and reputable trades men. Respect ability nnd worth isre not con fined to the prolbssiiiiib. To bo the wifo of a brawling unsiirccssiul politician, or patientless doctor, or briefllen lawyer, is not the nios-t en iuble situation in the world. Neither is a chare in the decl.ning fortunes of aa exploded merchc.'jt the most ccnifortuble tiling in the u river6e. Better unJerMai.d how to cook and do hemewerk, H ut-, being ign jrant of f' ... or- .wf-t. j t vn thin (th finu v rr il i-. I,.. l. t, ,. - ; r . . a husband. I,k to the - .. ,,,, , "ln r.ner than to , title, profession -ffau)l!y.( "live in .. ;u - . ., ., . rears r- a son oi romance mai ...any ha';;.c..ui lul.fed, and hdf educa- ted chddrd, 8rn to appreciate your infiu p..iee in every pood cause moral, religious, li temry and srientific. Cheri.-h an amiable and uniform temper, for a scolding female is a ter rible matter. Enconrafe the address of none by by an Msoriniion with whom yon be made to suffer ii pnhlie estimation. The prudence and intellect of females are often judged by thii standard. I 'i-card sfT-'Ctutinn ; it mars the fai rest snd most gifted. Be above petty pride and alive to the true dignity of your sex. Discour age expensive parties and ridiculous distinc tions i society Parden eir familiarity. UNIMEX Abolm0 acquicicfnce in the decision of the lly Zinsser & KIsely. J'Vowi Ihe yew York Minor. Ilrcollt'ctloii of Joint nandoliili, OF ROANOKE. 1 observed, one morning, that Mr. Handolph waa examining a very large boxofbool;?, con taining enough to keep him busy reading during n voyage round the world. I asked him why he had brought so many with him .' 'I waul to have them bound in Lugland, sir,' replied he. - 'Hound in England!' exclaimed J, laughing, 'why did you not .'did them to New York or Boston, where you can get them done cheap er ?' 'What, fir,' replied he t-hnrply, 'patronize some of our Vankee ta.-ktnas-tcrs; thoso patri otic gentry who have caused such n heavy du ty to be imposed upon foreign books Never, air ; never ! I will neither wear what they make, nor eat what they nine, so long a my tobacco rrop wiil einble nio to get supplies from old England; and I chilli employ John Hull to bind my bonk tint:! the time arrives when they can be properly done jtohM of Ma. son and Di.rim'x line ." The next day being Friday, wc had codfish for dinner nfterthe soup. 'Mr. Randolph,' said the captain, 'let ir.c help yon to fish.' 'No, sT ; it comes from New England !' was the reply. I was very much amused with the extent of his sectional prejudices. Sometimes 'ho would condemn nil the northern people rti masse; hut at other times, forgetting his antipathies, ho would unconsciously prnise soir. northern man whom he had know n and esteemed. Heu'cd on i-nch occasions, how ever, to wind up his cu legiiim thus ; Mr. , in the cleverest niBn I know norrTi of lh rWmac !' This was always the savinff clause, and his conieneo seemed re lieved when hp uttered it. The siiiremney of Virginia being thus retained, he could then frfnrdtobo generuua to thegreat men of the nor,';. I have mentioned t'"tt Mr. Randolph did not admire tno much familiarity, where lie had tnken no fancy to the person ffering it. In fac, he wns very fasitdinus in this respect ; he had all t'le feelinoa which we generally aitii bute tn the E-igtibh aristocracy on this point ; but where he did tbke a finey, the rank of the person never seemed to we gh with him for a moment. He ndmiied especially those who never pretended to more knowledge than they actually p;-)fc$srd, but 'a ho undeittoud Ihoruugly what they did know. Onuof our Yorkshire passengers was a plin rnatter-of-fdct man, a cloth manufacturer, who was thoroughly ver;ed m all the mysteries of his calling, but who tared neither for litera ture, metaphysics, nor politics, savt and c.ecp'. that he was a good lory by inheritance. His manners were so unpretending, Mr. Randolph sought occasion to eoiivetso with him, and he entered into all the mimttae of his bttdiicss, just ns if he h'xd Purw inkling himself after the Woolen Uade. Oee day I was pretending to read, but was actually listening to the conver sation which was passing between these two and I was quite amused by the animation with which Randolph carried on the conversation. I should mention here, that Randolph's English ' ancestors were fioni Yorkshire, and he was ' giving this piece ol information to Mr. 1)., lor the first time. He then exclaimed, in a fimili- ar, oraticul style J 'Well, sir, say the 'West Riding' fur ever ! i bring Yorkshire-on one tide. 1 go the York shire weavers rgainst the world. To be sure, sir, your poor operatives are not half so well off as our Virginia shuts; but thry ore u7tir, sir, and hence your philanthropists do not feel bound in conscience to look into their misery ; but that's their affair, not mine, sir. So long as John Bull is willing to work for us, and tak our cotton and tobacco in payment, V n or giving iimi a monopoiy of uH the nils of the system, j never want to .t?e our boys and girls, much lessoo.; nie '.i, turned into 'spinning.. jennies p. ere f.,Hchinrs, sir, mero machines. '' ' pvrry nation to its tatte. England C boas'- ,i .... -I., i . a :.. : . . - - r .. e , . . , '.. vr tlip rincn tie rta find npriromiriil ntirsnitrf. i and there should be no jealousy about the more question of exchange. This 'modern balance cf trade,' sir, is puzzling the brains of our would- be statesmen. When I was a boy, sir, the de parture of a 'London trader' (ae we used to rail the ship) from Virginia was an aflairofno small consequence to the community equal to a presidential election now-a-days. In my fa ther's fumily, sir, the whole house-hold was culled together; firrt my mother (God bless her !) put down a list of the articles she want ed from Ismdon ; next, the children, according to their ages; then the oven-err, snd fimlly the domestic slaves, our ntmmy at the head of them, down to the younone who lived a bout the house not a single individual was i milled, sir. Then after the ship w one, the weeks and duys, end finally tho hours were CDunttd until the returntd, and a joyful signal AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL. msjori - y, (he Vital principle of Republics, from which Stmbury, Kortliuinbcrland Co. of her arrival in James rivet was celebrated as a jubilee, sir. Iti those days, how often ha e called England 'my country? when the rumors of war and sepcrntion moved me not. But now, sir, ourEgyptnin taukmualeroonly wish to leave us the recollections of past times, and they in sist upon our purchasing their vile domestic stuffs ; but it won't do, oir j no 'wooden nut megs' for old Virginia. No, sir ice Virgini ans hold fust to the 'West Hiding,' sir, and will still trust to your loons for our domestic supplies, sir.' Speaking of this worthy Yoikshireman (who is now in his grave) Mr. Randolph often said to tnc 'I esteem him much, sir, because what lie rVs know, ho knows thoroughly and what he don't know he leaves to others! .Sir, he is worth a dozen of your modern dendtes, who re peat I.ntin mid fircek quotations and live by ci ther men's w its ! and who eat with a 'i.itei prong'd fork.' If I should visit his native tow n, sir, I i-hall call and cat a Yorkshire pud ding with him, and I am sure ho will give me a welcome !' 11. .C.-,. . : '.1. , n i , t t , i I ui-iuiu iiicviing w iui nir. Jianuoipii, i nail some way or other imbibed the idea that he wa3 a latitudinarian in religious matters; but he very soon undeceived me. The first Sun day alter our departure, he inquired whether we would have any objection to his reading a chapter in tho Bible and part of the church ser ice, and he Fcemed pleased when we an swered in the negative. He read both with great solemnity and opparenl devotion, nnd con tinued to do so, euch succeeding Sunday when not prevented by bad weather of ill health. Once, he made an extemporaneous prayer, and on 'Good Friday,' whilst we were siltinj on drck, he wrote some relicioiM remarks suita ble to the day, winch were admirably expressed in the purest English. In the course, of conversation, h toM me that in early life he had been influenced by the in fidelity which prevailed iimong many of the leading politician in Washington, and his seep, tieism continued, with orca"innal doubting", up to 1S16. In that year, he said duripp a se vere fit of sickness, he had a remarkable vision, which completely dispelled the delusion under which he had previously surrendered hia faith, and ever since he had been a firm believer in the truths (if Christianity. I questioned him aa to the vision, and asked if it was not some imaginary working of the brsin. He said 'nn, it w n a rualiiy,' and to prove this, he showed tne a lciter which he had written from his sick chamber, cdJressed to a bosom friend in Virginia, in w hich la gave a cireumi.tantial dtU.l of his 'conversion.' In tl.lo letter he gave the very norm which were tittered in his tar by his invisible monitor ! 'This letter,' continued he, 'contains nothing but tiic truth, strange as it may appear to you; and il would make mo tniserablo to doubt il !' He uttered this hul sentence with such Fervor, 1 did tic', by cither word or look, give him rea son to suppoic that I doubted the narrative; tor I hold, that a little superstition u vaitly bet ter than an inkling of infidelity ! At Mr. Jefferson's table, unfit) tunutoly, ho did not hear much to strengthen his I'hrixttun faith and being a young man, he felt ashamed 01 l'ing thought tingulsr so that whatever early impressions of piety lie possessed, were juitkly dispelled by the wit and sarcasm of tho chosen few w ho used to delight in calling in (question 'the orthodox faith.' In those days, he said, he had not. the mors' courage to contend against men who ore old enough to be his father, and, h'- degreci, he sucked in the pois-u' if a Wlre J tyJUVi food. Hunir.1, rea?..,r) was held up to him s the un.'.rring ruet hl6 valli,v was fl .sd red by occus-jl)ll(,j nppeals to his opinion, in the pre 8Cr.co of these 'great men' of their day, until at length ho made a complete 'shipwreck of his faith,' and re.r.ainej in mental darkness (us be fore related) for many years. Shortly after hia recovery from sickness in lfelt, he was dining at the houso of a distin guished politician, with a lurged and mixed company. Amongst them, to use hi own words, 'wus a hoary-headed debauchee, whoso vices had completely rhattered his constitution, w hose days seemed to be numbered, and yet, sir, he bad the audacity to call in quest ion the existence of tho Deity, presuming, I suppwe, that there were many kindred spirits present. I happened to sit directly opposite to him, snd felt so disgusted at his impiety, 1 could not a void saying, '1 think, sir.you might better have been silent on that subject, for judgmir from nppiornncfS, you will have in a rery short tune, occulur protf of the jioicer of that (Jod, whose txislr nee you now so bold'y question ! You can sff rd to wait, sir, for the few rert lin ing days of your lih, nnd, in Common Courtesy should not she.ck tlie feelings of other by the exh'bitir.n of your blusphemy !' Hj turned ps.le with anger, and even trembled, but made no rejoinder, and th company soon after sepa rated. We met more than once subsequently, but I never renewed cur acquaintances ; whe- AMERICAN. there i tin pp- al hut to force, the vital principle Pa. Saturday, Oct. IS13. ther l;i:i courage 'braved death,' I cannot in form you !' He always spoke of his mother in the most glowing teims of tiiiitl affection ; he said to tne, 'whatever mental culture 1 posnvn, I owe to her ajsiduoiu tare. She taught my intlmt lips to pray, and never, even when I was lust in the baircn wildsof unbelief, could 1 entirely iiilence that 'small, still voice' of memory, which recalled to me the days of yore, when she used to make tne kneel besido her and repent 'Our Father who art in heaven.' My mother, God bless her ! she towed the seeds which the tares of the enemy never entirely destroyed." .11 r. Roi row. In a if colli number of t lie Revue des Deux Mondes, we find the following nccotmt of the life of Mr. Borrow, the author of the Bih'e in Spain, and the Zinenli. lioston .Jv. 'Mr. Borrow,' says the writer, M. Philarctc Chnsles, 'was originally, I believe, a horse jocliey or something f that kind ; since then, a puritunical devotion having siezed him, he has travelled over the world to spread gospel light among the Greeks, Papists, Ci' tomans, Barbari ans, and Ziucali. To gain souls for Culvin, to conquer horses and infidels, and to wander over plains, mar.-hes mal forests, are his favorite pleasures. A Don Quixote of the lOih centu ry, and an English Don Quixote, he traveled as a colporteur among the Alpujarras, at Cintra, Centra, Meric'a, np.in the hanks of the Gundal. quiver, nnd the Dc urn, with a cargo of Bibles ; some iu Arabic, other" in the Bohemian tongue, not that of Bohemia, but tint ot Hindustan (Zinrali.) Can you think tf any oddity more strange than this ! 'With a vigorous nature, a well tempered soul, an uncommon coutapo, and a burning cu riosity mingled with a lively tuste for udven turesand even for dangers, a polyglot mind with the gift of tongues, Mr. Borrow understands Persian, Arabic! German, Dn'ch, Russian. Po lish, Spanish, Portngo-e, Swedish, Irish, Nor wegian, and the old Scandinavian, not to men tion Gaelic, Kymri, or Welsh, Sanscrit, and Zmcali, the language of the European gypsies He is an athletic rr.in thirty-five or six years old, with a bright black eye, his brow slready covered with a forest of premature white hair, and an olive complexion, as if he belonged ori ginally to that Indian race of whom ho isehron cler snd friend. 'He was born at Norfolk, and found himsplf" no one knows how, an I he does not tell, in the midst of gypsies, blacksmiths, fortune tellers, rope-dancer?, horse j.ikcys, old-clothes mer. chants and beggarj from Egypt, who inhabited this city and its environs. From these honora ble instructors, lie received at an early age his first knowledge ef gibberish, the rudiments of the Zmcali lanouaje, and the hereditury re ceipts relative to the rearing and supjiurt of horses. As he grew up, he went to Edinburg, went through the university course, studied diligently Hebrew, Greek and Latin, and made frequent excursions into tho highlands to loam Gaelic thorough'. What became of him after wards! Noone knows. His fiiciuls say he sow ed his wild oats, or as the French say, il jvtiiit aa giiunnr. Sumc pretend that the lurf and the occupations, . a jockey never had a more r.ealotis servant. He bought nnd sold horses, bet, won, lost, n-.o probably ran at New castle or Derby. portion of hii life lie in the sha.de -f nn n'teruard-i re-appeared, and we '""d ',,im suddenly converted and engaged in (lie service, of tho Bible Society, a company or gani.ed for tho iiropngation of the Bible. He travels ovc too world, and leaves cm his route Bibles bv thousands. When he had seen Asia and Africa, it uppeurs to him that Spain s.nd Portugal, those two old ramparts of Catholicism, are countries new and curious to isit ; he p junees upon them, Calvauistio Bible in hand, is imprisoned, beaten, pursued; he persists, lives in the woc.ls with banditii, in Caverns w ith gypsies, in garrets with picaros, braves the Alcaldes, shows his contempt for curatep, mocks at ministers, leagues himself Willi the Jews, OOUIS 1119 11UI1U lO llil .lltll'?, ItlOlir-l I'tritl ll to death nor hung, which is a miracle, ond a!er haing lived through the most curious n' iiijnie of advcntuies whith could be iuuigined, Ihi.f Don (i'ii.ote wilhotit a sjiiiir, this propa ..I I.!.. I II., t t... ..n.ll.n i .. gandist vviout Idiiaticisii), comes hick to I, Jill- don all while, wrinkled, old and brouz'-d,'' Statistic-SOS I.icuir M'.rtnr.s. One of the witnesses before the Children's Employ ment Cominission, :,n Englatld, stated that hn is a mVftir of Vne boxes for containing lucifer nihtehes and for the American pine wool, of which he makes thrm, he is in the habiluf pay ing the large sum of 1,100 a year. The week ly roniitmntimi of Inciter matehe amounts to 0?,20n.000 or 5.035.0(,0(V yearly. O Ci mim A pa.r of twins, eighty. three vears of ag , residing in Charlesiown, visited thetojiot B inher Hill Monument on Saturday. The Tc-ner.ihle hi.lies claimed to be the revolu tionary soldier", and consequently ateeuded in the sU''f car prstiii Votttm Pott. and immediate parent of dospotism. JrrriiRso. Vol. 4 iu. a Whole Xo, 138. l..l1...IL, llll,l Cinnbrrrles. We copy the follow ing remarks on the culti vation of the eraiibcriy from the Dover (N. H.) Gazette. No doubt they might be cultivated to profit in many places in this Statu : The species of cranberry most commonly found in the United States, has been described as nn indigenious low trailing vine, growing wild in bogs and meadows, and bearing a beau tiful red berry ol an exceedingly sour though a greeable taste, w hich is much used in domestic economy for tarts and sweetmeats. Mr. Ken- drick, of Boston, says the cranberry is a plant of easy culture, and not a doubt exists that meadows which are now barren wastes or yield nothing but eoar.se herbage, might he converted into profitable cranberry fields, with but very lutle exp' iise Ace.-.r.ung to Loudon, an Eng lish writer Sr Jn- ph :'i'is, introduced tho cranberry into that country 'to n America, and ii H31, raised Winchesier bushels on a square 19 leet each way ; w hich i rather more than equal to 400 bushels to the acre. Any meadow, it is said, will answer to their growth. They grow well on sandy bogs after draining. If tho bogs are covered with bushes they should be removed ; but it is not necessary to remove bushes as the strong roots of the cranberry soon overpower them. It would be well, however, if the land could be ploughed previous to plant ing with cranberries, dipt. Henry Hull, of Barnstable, who has cultivated the cranberry mere than CO years, usually spread beach sand en his bogs and digs holes four feet distant each way, the same as for corn, though somewhat deeper. In the holes he plants sods of cranber ry roots, and in the space of three years the whole ground is covered with the vines. The planting is usually performed in Autumn, when the bogs are drier snd can be better dug or ploughed than at any other seasons of the year. A Mr. Haydcn, of Lincoln, Mass., is said to raise 400 bushels of cranberries yearly, which bring him $100, in the Boston Market some times more. An acre of cranberries in full bearing, will often produce 200 bu-hels ; al though a moist soil is best suited to the plant, yet w ith suitable mixtures of bog earth or mud, it will flourish, producing abundant crops, even in a comparatively dry soil." PRoriiseoR Liebio, The popular writer upon Agricultural Chemistry, when in Yorkshire, attending agricultural meetings, is said to have displayed every disposition to communicate in formation to all who asked. He is quite a young man, 32, and has done more than any o- ther person now living, to "make two blades of crass grow where only one grew before." Sir Humphrey Davy, before Liebig was born, lec tired nn Agricultural Chemistry. ButtheGer man had been reduce I to a practical system, what was not much more than a theory with Davy. At Edinburg and Aberdeen, there are now established university professorships of agriculture, as w ell as at Oxford and Cambridge This shows how completely the public are a ware ot the importance of cultivating agricul- ure asa science. Barclay has made a fortune by attending to tho changes ot crops and breed ing of stock. Let ethers take tho hint and do likewise. Vat meet Cabinet. Mam facti're of Steel Pens. In the first place, fljt sections of steel are cut out, of the shape required, by a stamping press ; they are then placed under snother press-, w hich pierces the holes and cuts tho slits : and they are then struck into their convex shape by a third press They hive then to be polished and tempered which is managed in a peculiar aparatus, called emphatically, "The Devil," consisting of a fly wheel nnd e box. in which the pens are placed I and t.- v'rch a motion is given resembling that I exirh ' I in shaking materials together in a l ag. This motion is continued for eight hours, when the pens are found to he completely de prived, by their friction against each other, of anv asperities which might hvo existed on their edge, nd which, Ihocgb invisible to the linked eye, would havo obstructed the free pas stge of tlie r en. Aferthis process, they are tempered iu a box, shaken and brought to a blue color, being cnre'ndly watched, and the heat les sened whenever a shade of fellow is observed on their surface. Tli split is then completed by touching the sides with a pir of pincers. Some idea may ln given of tho greater rapidity With which steel pens r.re made than the quill, when we Mite, that of the latter an expert pen-cutter can only make six huiuhed a day ; w hilst with the recent steel pen machines, as many may be ms.de in a single hour with the greatest rase. The steel of which these pens are made is fie Cjtiently alloyed with some other metal, in order to improve the elni tioity, and in some rases to prevent rust, but tho 6tecl alone employed in this country for making pens, amounts to one hundred and twenty five tons annually, which is equivalent to about three hundred millions of pens! a numbrr emp'oying such an immense amount of labour and ingenuity, as to be scarceiy credible, did not the Parliamentary returns attest the fiact. Aditrton'i Treatise en Vi, I'iV otil Fnper. 1'itict.s or AnvEiiTnrao. I square 1 insertion, fO ft1 l do 3 do - . 0 IS I do S di - -' . . I 0'J Every subsequent insertion, . 0 85 Yearly Advertisements '. one column, fS5 half Column, ft 8, three squares, f 12 two squares, t) ; one square, Half-yearly t one eolumn, fit ; half column, fit three squares, f8 two squares, f5; one square, $1 60. Advertisements left without directions s to th length of time they are to be published, will ha continued until ordered out, and charged accord' ingly. C-ifxtesn lines make a square. Working tow. k Livin. Wo find the fol lowing excellent article in the "Offering," edi trd by the fuctory girls in Lowell : "From whenco originated the idea that it was dercgr.tory to a lady's dignity, or a blot up on female character, to labor, and who was ther first to say, cneering'y, 'Oh ! she works for a living'.' Surely Ruch ideas end expressions ought not to grow on republican soil. The time has been when ladies of the first rank wero accustomed to busy themselves in domes tic employment. Homer tells us of princesses who used to draw water from the springs, and wash with their own hands the finest of the li nen of their respective families. The famous Lircretia used to spin in the tnidet of her at tendants: and tho wifo of Ulysses, after the siege of Troy, employed herself in weaving un til her husband returned from Ilhica." A Capital Story. A good story is told cf Judge Tappan, one of the Ohio Senators in Congress, who is crosj eyed. "A numoar of years ago, he was judgo of a newly organized court, in the cas'ern part of the State. In those dsys of primitive simplici ty, or perhaps poverty, the bar-room of a tavern was used as a Court-room, and the stable as ft jail. One day, during Ihe session of the Courh, the Judgo had occasion to severely reprimand two of the lawyers, who were wrangling. An odd looking old customer, who sat in one cor ner, listening apparently with great satisfac tion to the reproof, and, presuming on old ac quaintance and the judge's well known good humor, cried out, -Give it to 'em old gimlet eyes!' 'Who was thatl' inquired tho Judge-. It was this 'ere old boss," answered the chap raising himself up. 'Sheriff,' obscri-od tha Judge, with great gravity, 'take Histoid Loss and put him in the stable.' Gibbon. The celebrated Gibbon, notwith standing his shortness and rotundity, was very gallant. One day, being tete-a-tete with Mad ame de Cronzas, Gibbon wished lose 19 the fa vorable nument, nnd suddenly dropped on hie knees, he declared hia love in tho most passion ate terms. Madame de Cronzas replied in ft tone likely to prevent a repetition of euch a scene. Gibbon wus thunderstrnck. but still re mained on his knees, though frequently desi red to get up and resume his seat. "Sir," said Madamede Cronzas, "will you have the good ness to rise!" "Alas, madame !" replied th onhaypy lover, 't cannot !" his size preven ted him from rising without assistance. Upon this, Madame de Conzns rawg the boll, say ing t the servant, "lift up Mr. Gibbon." A Sexte.nct. In Flanders, a tiler fell fi?t the top of a house upon a Spaniard, and kill- 1 him, without injuring himself. Upon the i" 6ue of a trial commenced by the next blood r the deceased, the judge decided that "the com plainant should go to the top of the same hon: and fall on the tiler." Wit. Councellor Lamb, when the present Ixsrd Erskine was in the height of his reputa tion, wus a man of timid manners and netvem disposition, and usually prefaced his pleading i w ith an apology to that effect, and on one ccc i sion when opposed in some cause to Erskinc, he happened to remark that, "he felt himself growing more and more timid as he grew c1 der." "N'o wonder," replied the witty but e. Ientle6s barrister, "every one knows the older a Lamb grows the more sheepish he becorrcs.'' Mtt. Price. Mrs. Price before her e'ccoii'I marriage with rii AUI 'rnnn of that name, wai a widow, of large fortune, by th Mine of Rug. on beiiig asked a few i'uyB a"-er her seeon I marriage, how she liked ' O, very w'ell in deed," said 6he, "for I have schl my old Rug $ for a good Price. The fellow v.lu speiiej col!'- KaUghphy beats the whole of them, tor .ie spelled it with out using a single letter of the word. Times, But the ferryman who spells Litily Canon can take t.e cake k N V. Xashville ban.' ncr. That is about equal to tho way the Vermont Justice spelled Jacob Gekcp. AVinrrfc Cat. No plaster can be made strong enough tu draw genuine tears from a hypocrit's eyes mo ney from a miser generosity from Belfishnesj truth from a slanderer honesty from e thief or a prize in the lottery. It iscxld, but only think of making ''real fun1' out of a "funeral" by simply transforming tha letter of tho word. A rugged countenance often conceals tlid warmest heart as the rich pearl sleeps in the roughest shell. To require a few tongues ia a task of a fe vv rears, but to be eloquent in one is the labor of a life. A necessitioua man, who gives costiy din ners, pays large sums to be laughed at.
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