Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, January 27, 1844, Image 1

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II. R. MASS Kit,
JOSEPH EIStil.Y.
PnorniRTOBi.
. It. .n.lSSKH, Alitor.
OJJiet in Ctntrt ,1lle, in the rtur'of 11. tt. Mas
ner'n Store.
TH E AM HUH) A ." in nublishrJ rvrrv Salur
day nt TWO UOI.I.AKS per annum In be I
paid half yearly in advance. No paper disconlin-
ued till all aircnragcs aio paid, j
No subscription received for a less period ihnn
nix momtiih. All communications or letters 1111
husincsa relation to tho office, to insure attention, '
muni he POST PAID. !
Frnw Ornfmm' Mnnzine.
THE PtlltS SI ST Kit.
11V .11 I.OR ()M! 1,
Think nut the troo.1.
The (leiitle ileeds of merry thou luist done
Shall die forgotten ;ill. Uow
Why. what's the world hut n wild chnrnel house ?
It dead, if not renewed, would swell the irlolie ;
Ilevond the irr.isp of tlmn it.-and rotrelhe sjVhf re
StrMasliiia in ma.y masses, into chaos.
lVnth is onr life-, we live nnd live apiin.
l!iin upon our dust, Alas' that fife
Knows hut one parent d.-ath r"r.all we are
And a II we hop . spi inj; from the isiave. The Past
"I'ln- wizard aiant slulVui! "mid tin' tombs
( 'I ccutiii i.-s. points but to dust. And if
All nature muuldci s thus, viult 1 the heel
Can press no dust that is not of its kind.
Why what is lite ? It jrivcii for eaith alonf.
fiftter Hot fiivell. l!e!ie i- it li.it '. "nine w 1 1 1 lie
I'lito death's chosen temple. Misery keeps
His skeloloii oi'.-ies hne. Com h answers com
l( '
Willi the death-rattle. lVil despaii elm-s (
To the cold l.i east that knows no other friend. .
And vt the h.Mxen.wii.Mlhoi.e that mocks at ill,
Is hul. ler hei- than ilia palace. See
The -j. nlh' si-t'i of a penile s it !
A lot in would craze a l'hid'.as. and a lace
lVmhtcr than dieam-sick lanev limns, in lo e,
And y t a km elei hv a la.n eouch !
1 it an alible ' A v. lor 1 h av i n can lliiej
( )'ei the jmie h art that h'n h makes cai th a hey-
en;
J'hirk.- peails from Tile's daik depths, and from tli"
lave
Wins smiles as from a s ttin j summer sun.
l'or crief is hut a shaded joy. and life.
Without it. were a ill eainlesss leep. What bliss
1 Tii tli more ol li a en than that which thrills tin
1m -. i t
ll"tli:tt n:ile iiit.-r' Ml V t -i.tct . I he sc. nr.
. ., , -ii- i ii . t- i.i i '
She knelt hesule Ins concli. 1 ler lair, slijrht hands ;
AVere clasjv.l iiion her breast ; and tioui her Ii)
jailer spirit s p layer l.ioke nieriuui ins;, lh r eyes.
J.;.ip'. dark, and treuihlin in their liipiid lii;ht,
AVere turned to heaven, in tear ; and through her
flame
The panic of a In. mi -nt chilly ran.
"Twas hut a moment : and aja:n sic lose
And bent 1 1 - -1 form a bin e the h 1 oftoitur",
Like the uiei-k ( 1 1 - o'er the 1 1 ouhled w , e.
1 1 r eve w as hi i'jht. r. and her eye move calm.
As. with imti-iiihliu-i hand, but pallid . heck.
Sic min':-1"i ' unto him. fie nv; itiin.
The p stileiien had smitten him : and h-.
Like to a par. hill 'lit shr'n el led ill th llame.
itheved and shrunk h Death it 1 lis fair hiow
t o eu ld.ir k on. I Ida-t'd: and h-ie smiles had
played.
1 Ion or. ilesiair and auonv at tin one V
IH- 1 1 a'li'
kllott '
if
villi
.iy an unsielitly
and his soul
, and how I- and
lump.
W1H112 with 111 m- 1 1 1 Ii I v toitnres:
Strie.'L'l. d with .1 ath. in shriek"
Cllises.
Men veiled their eyes an I lied
there,
Still sweetly calm and imiippaflc
Yet nfir stood
he stood.
Her soil hand smothered his t.titiire-wr'mkled
brow.
And held the pool draught to his fevered lips.
Her swpct Voice blessed him : and his soul jri'W
calm.
JVnth was iipou him. black and hideous d ath.
Ited niiej; his x it.il with a band of llame.
And w rem bine nerves, and knitting sinews up
With iron finders : yet his soul i cw calm,
And while her Voice inmcicl accents spoke,
Jxose, with In T prayers to heav en ! One look she
"live :
lie laid 11 blackening. I011I and hideous poi p-e !
With sickening heart, the pure on" tinned away :
To bend ler. (aim iie, o'er another couch.
Who would not j;ivea life a life made rich
PyaU that fancy nave to w in the thoiejhts,
1'y seraphs fauied, which Waked that nij;ht the
riiiilo
That. 011 let pillow, told she dream d ol 1 le en !
Ninb Ui'i.kh io nt: oiisi:itvi:o tv l'u -i ir w.
J.ii-k. The following rub s were "iveu by Ml.
.Lffcraon, in u letter of advice to his namesake,
Thomas Jefferson Smith, in :
1. Never put otl'Ull to-morruw wlwl you can
Co to day.
'2. Never trouble others for w hat you can do
yourself.
'.I. Never spend your money before you have
' ' ' '
it
1. Never buy w hut you do not want because
. . , '
it is cheap.
' .
r.. Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst
011,1 co1,1-
(J. We never repent eating too little.
7. Nothing w troublesome that wedo will-
ingly.
How much pains thuge evils coet us which
never happened.
!. When angry, count ten before you speak ;
if very anry, a bundled.
SUNBUMY AMERICAN.
AND SII AMOK1N JOURNAL:
Absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the mnjoriiy, the vilnl principle of Republic, from which there Is no appeal but 10 force, tho vital principle and immediate parent of despotism. Jr.rrr.ns .
lly MusNcr & last ly.
(tr .Some lime-since our render wore fa vored J
witti the sncccsslul courtslirpof Major Jones, .
wo below give the proceedings f hia marringo.
Mnjnr .lour' MnrrlnRe.
! Dkar Sin : I am Imppy nnd no mistake
; tho twenty-second of February is over, nnd the
i consummntion m devoutly wished fhr, is tuck
I plnee. In other words I'so a mnrried mnn ! I
, mn in no situnlinn to tell you all how tho thing
I tuck plncr, nothy no menus, nnd if it wasn't my
I pcomisi I lidn't believe Icmild keep nway from
i my wile long enough to write yon a letter.
1 Moss her little sole, 1 did'nt think I loved her
hull' ns good us I do. Dut to tell the rate truth.
I do believe I'm heen out of mv senses ever
sense wite before (nst. Iit must he short this
time, while the gnls is pluguiu' Mary in t'other
room. They are so bnd.
j I had the license got mor'n a week ngo, and
Jd Mr. Kstnian lirotight home my WTdditrsuit
in time. Mother would make mc let cou
sin Pete wait on me, and Miss Kesinh was
' liriilfsniaid. Mo her nnd eld Mi.ss Stnnley hod
I every thing tanged in A inle style long afore
' the t ime nrriv, nnd mother was wanton but your
company to make every thing complete1.
Well, 'bout sundown cousin Pete cum roun
to my room, whnr we rigged out for the 'casiou,
1 1 "elieve I ever snw lnm look so good,
'' I"'''' H took oil" tlioui 'bominnblc grate
'"? s-'rr,'l whi.-kers of his, he'd hn.ked a iiion.
strous site better. I put on my yajler breeches,
and blue ckh c. .to, and white satin jacket, nnd
my new heaver hat, and then we ilrnv roun to
om .-pure uoger.-es nn.i lorn nun into tl,e car-
11 L' .'... I . ... -.. I
I rini-e, nnd nwny wc went to old Miss Stanley's
; plantation. Wli.n we got thur, thar was n
most everlastin' githerin' thar waitin'to seethe
I .-erremunny, nfore tliey nto supper. Kverybo
, dy looked glad, nnd old Miss Stanley wns flying
, about like she didn't know which end she stood
1 on.
'('nine in, Joseph,' ses she, 'the gals int 'other
room.'
j Hut I couldn't hein to git in t'other room
lor the fellers all ptillui' nnd hauliii' and shakiu'
the life out of me to tell mc how glad they
was.
'Howdy, Major, Howdy,' ses old Mr. Reers.'l
g've you joy yer gwine to innrry the (lower
of the country, ns I always sed. She's a mon
strous nine gal, Major.'
Tlml's n fact,' ss Mr. N mines, 'and I hope
you'll be n good husband to her, Joseph ; and
that you'll have g""d hiek with your little- '
Thank ye, th ink ye, n-ontlcnien cum nlong
cousin l'eie,' ses Insipixkas I could gel n
wnv from them. ,
The ihii.r r.un was ope noil nml in we weni.
: I never was so struck nil up in a heap nlijre
there sot M iry with three or four other gals,
' henuliftil ns nil cncel, nnd hhlshin' like n rose.
When she seed nie.slie kind o'sinih-d and said '
'iTood evenin'.' 1 couhrnt my n word for my '
life, for in. .re nor n minute. Th.-.r s..t the dear'
eal of toy hart, nnd 1 couhl'nt help hut think to '
myself w h it an in'ernal cits a man must be who ;
can 1,1 ,rry her and then make her unhappy by
treatin'her mean; nnd I determined in my sole
to stand Hi ween hemnd t!ie storms oflhe world,
i.t 1 ..1 I. 1 1
ami io i..ve tier, nnu i.mko care 01 ner, ami nius
her happy, n.i long ns 1 lived. If you could jest
sen her as she w ns diessed then, nnd if vou
i.-fii, 1. . i.n ..iil.l.. Lln I...I a... I
1. mi t .1 1. ..ill. 111 ii...... foil iimii 111 ni.ij. .i vit-
vy my lutl; uftcr nil the trouble I's had to get
her. She wns dressed jest to my likin, in a
w bite muslin frock, with ,-hort sleeves and white
satin slippers, w ilh her hair all hanguf o;er
h cr snow white neck nm! thouhlers in licnutiful
curls, without n tingle hieas'pin or nny jewel-
ry, cejit a little while satin bow on the top her
he id. lly uud by Miss ('irulmecuin into the
room.
'Cum, sis, they're nil ready,' ses she, and thnr
was prate biir tents in her eyes, and she went
Hid irive Miss Mary a kiss in her uiouf, and
hugeed her a time or two.
Wo nll,ot up to go. Mary trembled rnon-
strous, nud I felt a sort of f'.iinty myself; but I
didn't feel notliiti' like cry in'.
When we !"n'. into the room whnr the compa
ny tins old Squire I'oL'ers stepped up rite in
the rviihlle of the ll.mr nnd uel us for the li
cense. Cousin I'cte handed 'em to i.t 11 and he
read out loud to tho people who was still as
ilcth. Af.er talking a little he went on
'Ifenny h'dy'n got enny thing lo say why
this couple thould'nt be united in the holy bands
of wedlock,' ecs he, 'let 'cm now speak, or nl
ways afterwards hold their peace '
Oh my Lord ! oh my darling daughter! oh
: ' - , . , ,
dear, laws 0 massy :' says old Miss Stanley, as
I Imiil m: tin. rtii1l cm mil a rl rttii it ttor It a ml ,4 mill
1 ' 11
cryen and shouten like she was at a camp
1 , ,
mettiu .
.Tnumler ni;(1 life,htnil, thinIu
Mother yearth quake.' Hut held on to Mary,
nnj Wtt!j 'tarmined that nothin' short of a real
( bust up ot all crtulion bhould ever get her from
,,,c'
'Co nheud, Sijuire,' said cousin Pete, 'it amt
nothin.
Mary blushed dreadful, and seemed like she
, ouid dronou the (lot.
tt
Suiibiiry, JYortliumbciluii-1 t o.
Miss Caroline cum nnd whispered somcthin
to hor, and mother nnd two or three other wim- 1
mrn got old Miss Stanley to go in (other room,
' M'!. fc! t i .i.-i i ...
j lie cipnre weni inrounn tno oninnce ot me i niitiiicipnm r.iupnrer:
business in a hurry and Mary nnd mc was n.ndo j .Siccks.mon of UovKnNons. Thoinns Miff
flesh of one bone nnd bono of one flesh before j , ) ycnr8) Thonius McKenn 1, Simon Snyder
the old woman got over the highstericks. j)( William Findlay S, Joseph lleietcr !t, J. An
When she got better she cum tr. me and hug-' ,irvv shuU (i) r,mT Wolf fi, Joseph Ritner
ged ma and kissed mens hard ns sho cotiM 1 )., v;,j ii I'orter (J yenrs, (in Is U )
ritenfore them all, while tho old codgers in the Th0 flowinff is a comnnrntivo view of the
room wns snlutin the bride aslhey cnlled it. I '
.l:.l'.. i:i. .i. . e .i ..ii '
i ",UMl ,mc """I"""1 "erruiiiuiiiiy oiuii,
niu. wnnieu to ctinngc wim em monstrous mo; ;
tu i rccKon i make up tor it sense.
After the mnrryin wns over we nil tuck sup
per, nnd the wny old Stanley's table wns kivc
red with ovi'id things wns astonishin. After
piny in nml trolickin till nbout ten o'clocki tlws '
bride' cake whs cut and sich a cake wns never J
baked in (ieorgia before. The Stanley's loiii ,
Wnwhingtoninns, thar wasn't no wirre, but the j
cake waif t had . tnke jest so Ik ml twelve o'- '
clock the company begun to cut mt home U
of cm jest as tuber as when they cum. I had
to shnke hands with 'cm all and tell 'email
good night.
'Ciood nipht, cousin Mary,' ses Pete, 'good
night Major,' ses he 'I sposo you aiut gwine
back to town to-night,' and then bust rite out
in n big lungh and nway lie went.
Tint's jest the wny with Pete, he's a good ';
feller rnnir, lint he nint got no better keno. 1
Mary ses she's sorry she could'nt send yon
no more cake, but it's all Mr. Montgomery's
.addhdmn- would hold. Don't forc-t to nut our
marriage in the papers.
No more from your friend till ileth.
JOS. JONES.
Itorim mid (lie Kit) nmtrr.
One Andrew Homer, n resident in Curlis'e, '
went to tilasgow to publish a volume of poems,
much admiied by himscK Oddly enough, on
his wny homo, lie strayetl out of the direct mad
into Ayr, where he met with Hums at u public
house, nnd soon boon Companions ect the poet
errant, nnd the 'poet resident (whoso fame was
then nnninde) to try their strength in a tnntch
of versc-nmkinnr. An ctvirram was the subject
chosen, because, ns Andrew internally argued,
'it is the shortest of nil ki. iiis." In compli
ment to him the company resolved that disown
merits should supply the theme. lie com- j
nieneed, I
"In seventeen hnii. ler thr. -tty nine"
nnd he paused. lie then said, "Ye sec I was
born in 17H!t, (the real date was some years
earlier.) so I nuk thai the comnienceme:i'."
lie then took pen in hand, folded his paper with
n conscientious mr of nulhorship, stpmred him
self to the table like one who considered it no
trifle oxen to wnU n letter, nnd slowly put
'own, in giKid round hand, ns if he had been
mnking nut a bill of pi reels, the line,
"In seventeen Inui. ler thretty-nine ,"
tmt l7 artl,r ri.1Cill0,l nM,.mpt) ,c Was
U,.,,;,: t(1 (Vani-e. Tlic second line was the
l',,..,,, CM , 11K!S M lnrt w.
An,Ire.v tt,....,. r-illP,.llti- dm,it,.,l that l
was not quite in the vein, the pen, ink, nnd pa-
t per were handed to his nntn-ronist. Itv him
j l0y wcrc r,.j,.c,0d, for he instantly gav the
followin', 1 in ritre :
' 111 seVeteeil blinder tlll'ett V-llillP.
The lleil eat stull'to 111.1k' a swine,
And pit it in a nn n.-r ;
V.ut. shortly after, changed hi plan.
Made it to sorii. tliiiiL' like a man.
And called it Andrew llornei f"
The subject of this stinging stanza had thegood
s.'iise mil to be offended with its sntirc, cheerful-
ly paid the wnger, set to for a iiiyht's revelry
' with his new Iriends, and thrust his poems be-
j tween the bars of the grate, when "the mint'
j hours" came on to four in the mnruiii". As his
, isetio rival then kindly rolled 1111 the hearth
' ruir in a on iet corner of I he room, to servo as a
pillow for the vanquished rhymer, then, literal-
ly, a rurnl kniuht, the old man, better prophet
than poet, exclaimed, 'Hoot, 111011, hut ye'll be a
! yreat (met jet." Aiunitoi Ill's Mugaiinr.
j A fioon I!lM The celebrated lr. Aber
u ilhy once said: "I tell you, honestly, what I
! think is the whole cause ofthe complicated
! maladies ofthe human frame. It is their for-
inaudi.ing, ami shilling, and stimulating the di
1 epstive nrenns to excess, thereby creating irn
It.tion. The state of their minds is another
grand causc-tho fidgeting nud discontenting
themselves about that which cannot ho helped
passions of all kinds; malignnnt passions and
world's cares pressing on the mind, disturb the
central actiun, and doa gr en ideal of harm."
Dam inu. Tho following is the way they
call out a figure of a reel" in (Ieorgia :
"Ha ncc to the gal with the yellow shawl on
now down outside and up the middle turn
to your partner laac Smith and now to thai
entire 6trangcr sachca to the light and left
ra, do dan, da, da, do now to Peter Switch-
cll' daughter turn to your partner every one
set to the ual w ith tlio (hiring frill balance
one and spin about to the gal with a hole lu the
heel of livl blocking."
ln. Saturday, Jan. is 1 1.
Political fttatlttlc.
Wo copy tho following useful article, con
taining facts worth remembering, from the
tu ... . . .
lv,T,l,,at wtcs ,.!,,,;., for (;Vernor of
' '
the Cominonwenlih, trom the udoption of the
Constitution in HitO, to
Total No
of Votes
polled
J 1. ' -' '
2,f
"lurality
or ma
jority. Year.
1 ;!()
liididnTes,
I'hos Mullin.
A St. Chiir,
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an. .'.mi
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V. A. Muhlenberg.
Thos. Mi til m
F. A .Miilileuher:,
Tho M' K.sin,
.tallies 15. s,
'I'hos. l ICenn.
James Ko.-s,
Thus tlk'iMIl
Simon Snx .I. i ,
tT'.'ii
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1
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Simon So vd.-r,
.lames Koss.
John Spsiyd.
Simon Snyder,
Win. Til:l.m..ii.
Simon Snyder,
Isaac Wayne,
Win. Vindlay,
.1 Heister,
.T lliester.
Win. rindlav,
J Shull,
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J Kitnei,
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lT! Ceo Wolf.
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Kitu -i ,
f.nt'i
ls.'l.'i .1 Kitmr.
lieo. Wolf.
II A Muhl.nher
2S I
H 1! Torter,
J. Kitnei ,
'. J'.e'i
I vll IV K Porter.
John I'.auks,
J.'ill.l 111
V'i.Oll.l
l".xclisi I- of Scattering otes.
Mlicial. The ii. tii.il majority , iuchidiu ct
rejected, was T.'i.'l lor Poller.
Ihisii Wrr u Himoh The poverty of th
Irish is not cxnger ited neithi r is their wit
"or their jroo I hiiinor nor their whimsical ah
surd it v nor their courage. Wit 1 envt1
fellow a shilling on some occasion whensi.V'
, pence was the fee! Ueinember, you owe me
sixpence, Pat !" "May your honor live till I
pay you !" There wns Courtney ns well as art
in this, nrul nil the clothes on Put's Illicit Would
have been dearly lumlit by the sum 111 quest ion.
Hi moii There is perpetual kindness in the I
risli cabin ; buttermilk, potatoes ', 11 stool is ol
lered, or a stone is rolled, thut your honor may
; sit down and be out ofthe smoke, and those who
beg every w hen1 else, seem desirous tocMercise
free lio-iuliilit v in their own bouses. Their
I . ,,,,:.,. : ,. . , .,, ,,,, ,M
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piuess; w hile Scotchman is thinking about
the term day, or, if easy on that subject, about
hell in the next world, while an Knglishinan is
making a little hell in the present, because his
1 muffin is nut well rousted. Pat's mind is always,
1 turned lo fun ami ridicule. They are terribly
! excitable lo be sure, mid will murder you on
j eIiht tuspiciou, ami find out next day thnt it
was all u mistake, nnd that it was not yourself
j u,t.y meant to kill ul all ul all. The (it 11111$
j UJ M iui of Sir W alter Scutt.
i
J A law in Scotland, passed K'VNi, gave the
girls the right tu chooce nhoui thty pleaded
tor husbands.
Vol. I.o. l--1Vliole o, 11 1.
rirli. .tnrksnn lit Hnyliontl.
In passing through Anderson district, some
yenrs since, I heard Mrs. Stephenson, a vene
rable matron, who had heen the youthful nc
(pinintnncc of Oen. Andrew Jackson during the
revolutionary war. I was induced by curiosi
ty. ns well ns respect for the chnractcr of this
estimable old lady, to visit one who had been
the companion of our illustrious Kx-President,
in the days of his boyhood snd obscurity. I
found Mrs. Stephenson all that she had been
represented to be nn intelligent, kind heart
ed and fine looking old matron full of conversa
tion nnd anecdotes of the "old war." She was
horn in the neighborhood of the Wnxsaws, in
Iioieester district S. C. and there grew up with
the future "hero of New Orleant." The mo
ther ot Andrew Jackson, and her three sons,
were well known to Mrs. Stephenson. Andrew
wns the youngest, and about her own ngc.
They were sent to the same school, and their
parents lived very near toench other. Thcfa-
ther of Gen. Jackson died before Mrs. Stephen-
sons recollection, j:id shortly after his settle
ment in South Carolina. He and his wife wcrc
mth from Ireland. At the commencement of
the revolutionary struggle in South Carolina,
Andrew was going to grammar school, kept in
the meeting house of Wnxsaw neighborhood,
As the contest grew warm the school was tlisi-
oiiimued, and the meeting house burnt down
11 the mean time, one of Andrew's brothers
lied, and the other entered the services of his
country. I luring the war this other brother
also died with the small pox.
The axsaw neighborhood, at one period of
the revolution, wns the sent of war in the South-
r it country, and wad laid iilmost entirely deso
late, and lei! without inhabitants. It was du
ruiy this distressing period thnt Andrew him
self, then a youth of 1 1 or !." yenrs of age,
j lined the army. The pnrticulnrs of his ser
vices were unknown to Mrs. Stephenson. She
understood, however, thnt he wns taken priso
ner by the Rritish, nnd heard thnt he hud re
ceived a blow from nn oflicer with his sword,
t'or not performing some menial office during
his imprisonment. There wcte two cousins of
Amltew'g in the army with him. One of them
wns killed and the other tnken prisoner.
Whilst a prisoner of war in Charleston he was
taken sick, nnd his aunt, Mrs. Jnckson lost her
life in nttcinpting to visit him. She fell a vic
t m to the climate and sorrow, and her nephew
soon followed. This left Andrew without a re
lation on this side of the Atlantic a boy and
utmost n stranger in a new country. The lit
tle property which his family possessed had
hern plundered nnd destroyed.
When the country was restored to pence, he
found himself in no very ngreenble situation
destitute ot a home, relations, friends and mo
ney, l.'mlcr these circumstances, he made the
hou-e of a Mr. White bis home. White was
the uncle of Mrs. Stephenson, and n saddler by
trade. Andrew remained with him twelve or
eighteen months, and during that lime assisted
him in working at Ins trade. What progress
thr future President ofthe United States made
in his humble but respectable occupation, is
not known. B'lt the fact of his bein-" thus en
ggid for that length of time, is well known lo
Mrs. Stephenson. Becoming tired ofthe busi
ness of making saddles, and finding an opportu
nity of doing better, he left Mr. White's nnd
went to North Carolina, where lie afterward
commenced the Btudy of law, and was admit
ted to tho bar.
The old Russian custom of the bride on the
evening ofthe wedding day, taking oil' her hus
band's boot, in pledge of obedience, is still re
tiined hi some parts ot that country, as also
that of the huiband depositing in one boot a sum
of money, and in the other a small w hip. If
the young wite happens to hit first iihiii that
containing the money, sho keeps it if not, her
husband gives hef two or three light cuts with
the whip.
There is much truth in the following maxim,
by one ofthe ancient sages "A small neglect
often breeds great mischief tor want of u nail,
the shoe is lost for Want of a shoe, the horse
is loi tor want of a horse the rider is lost.'
Never trust a married man with a secret,
w ho loves his wil, for he will tell her, nml she
will tell her sister, and her sister will tell any
body and everybody.
The letter ' enters into the composition of
mminu's title in all the relations nt reifi', widow,
rrirgin and icixen. An iuix.r t;iut letter, that ir.
Tho pnfh Hint leads lo fortune t- often pas
ses through ihe narrow defiles of meanness,
which a. man of an eaalted spirit cannot stoop
to triad.
Ot a certain singer, the I.tnlon Satirist says
It luth had uny power o'er voice,
miht of pleasing tone rejoice,
1'i.r whether solo i rilo. tlo,
Hv'd uUays hate a inwtilne ..' t,
ritici:s or aiitertisi..
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The Mule Coqaettf,
There is nothing on earth more despicable:
than your ncknowledged mnlc coquette. He ia
nn anomaly in the human character, a mon
ster in tho world. He plays a part for which,
nature never designed him the Joan d'Arc of
civil life. Coquetry, with a female is pnrdon-
ublo for it is nnturnl. We believe till the sex
nrc ntore or less inclined to it. It. is not con
fined to one country nor one religion: It is per
ceptible in the tawny Indtnn girl and the dark
faced African. It flaunts in the atmosphere of
fashionahb extravagance, and looks out from a
pair of roguish eyes, beneath the drab bonnett
of tho Quakeress. It is a pnrt ot the femnle)
chnractcr, -and, with some restrictions, a very
excellent part. It promotes personal neatness
and decorum ol habit it bends every faculty of
the mind to the desire of pleasing it devclopes
every Intent charm of intellect. It is that which
renders the conversation of women, even of or
dinary talents, frequently far more agreeable
than thnt ot a man, whose mind has been highly
cultivated, and whose powers of fancy are bril
liant and superior. Woman's wit is seldom ex
erted for tho mcro purpose of shining in con
versationit is rather called forth by a pre
dominant desire to please, and this is co
quetry in its legitimate sense, in its proper
spere. The idea ot La Rochefoucauld "ic
f mnu pciivenl moinc surmnnlrr Irvr oujurl
leirr, que hum passions," is not true, at least
so far as our observation has extended. Co
quetry and passion arc almost always united in
the femnle heart. They hold a natural anil salu
tary check over eachother. And it is well that
they do so. They prevent alike premature and.
disgusting fondness, and cold-hearted vanity
nud self-love.
Hut your man coquette (Heaven forfend m
from him)- he is undeserving ofthe least cha
rity. With him the words ofthe Treacher are
verified, "Vanity, vanity all is vanity." It in
a cold and selfish purpose a hallow hearted
love of triumph a brutal carclcssnessof wrong
ed and outraged feeling a morbid desire 0! in
teresting in himself, hearts, of whose pangs and,
struggles ho recks not whose affection ho
would call forth, that the multitude may envy
him its possession, not to meet its full flow of
confiding tenderness, by the sympathy of his
own colli and indurated bosom. It is nn un
profitable monopoly ot that attention from tho
other sex, w hich he scorns to repay with hon
orable love.
lUxnm HtMsr.i.F. A rather peevish sort of
a wife, nested herself at her husband's side,
and asked why he was like a crazy man. llo
gave it up, and she answered,"! am your other
self so you arc battle yourstlf." "Not tho
more so now," said he, "for if I had not been
beside myself while a bachelor, I should never
have been placed in this situation."
A person aske 1 Zeno, the philosopher, if v. o '
men ever fell in love. "His answer was;' It
wise men do not fill in love, beautifiil w.imeii
must be very unfortunate."
A New Vrmtos. Hawthorne y the old
spirit-stirring app 'nl to 'fi.'lit for your heirths,
hns become obsolete. It is now fight for your
stores.
I'l.Mst v Distppoivrru. A foolish young fel
low came dancing, whistling, and singing, into,
a room where old Colly Cibber sat coughing,
nnd spitting, nnd cutting a caper triumphantly
exclaimed, "There you old putt, what would
you give to be as young a I am !" "Why,
thith, young man," replied he, "I would be al
most as foolish."
A beggar boy having asked alms of a gen
tleman, was told that he would give him some
thing when he came back. The boy replied
that the gentleman would be surprised if ho
knew how much he lost by giving credit that
way.
A farmer who occasionally accommodated a
neighbor with a tlitch of bucou al a killing sea
son, being applied to, as usual, replied : "liaunu
yet made up my mind whether 1 shall kill my
scT this yenr, or take a side of my leyther."
A naval surgeon who used to prescribe salt
water for his patients in all disorders, happen
ed to be drowned one evening. Next duy tliei
captain, coining on board, i in pi i red for the doc
tor, and was coolly told by sailor thnt he wan
drowned lns.t night, in the tnetJicint thr$l"
A butcher boy in New York says that he has
often heard of th fort quarters of the glole,
hut never henrli any persow say anything -hunt
the AlV'. quartets.
(Vi'.a ins. ' What are the of IVovi
deiiCv !" mid a Sunday school teacher to M
boy iu m .lus, other day.
"Uttlrutd lo UUm, and bteau.Uil U .icW
Yoik'unswcicd the urchiu,