TERMS OF Till: " AMCltlCAX."
H. B. MASSER,
JOSEPH EKSEI.Y.
PuBLISHUS AMD
S PaoraiiToas.
II. II. .71.1SSKII, MidUor.
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the a it a n ir a v s c a i. i: .
from tht; r.rrtMAN or rrcrrr.n.
A sparrow caui:ht upon a tree,
A fly. so Ait, his tame grow stronpnr ;
Jlis victim, struggling to get fros,
liegu'd but to live a little longer ;
The. murderer answered, "thou must fall,
Tor I am great and thou art small."
A hawk beheld him at his feast.
And in a moment pounced upon him ;
Tin dyimr sparrow wished at least,
To know what injury he had done him ;
The murderer answered '-thou must fall,
For I am trout ;md thou ait small."
Th" eaeV o.n.v ihe hnwk below.
And rpi'eMy on the jormaml s- i..'.
' till, noble kinjt! pray let me go!
M;Try. thou pcrkest ine to pieces."
The murderer answered, ' thou must fall,
For I am tireat and thou art small."'
He feasted, lo ! an arrow (lew
And pierced the eagle's bosom throui;h,
Unto the hunter loud scream'd he,
Oh. tyrant, wherefore murder me?'
"Ah I" said the murderer, "thou must fall.
For 1 am peat and thou art small.''
i:xr iil trn ofJumrs Do I mi.
Fridny, the Kith Feb, between the hours of
(1 mid '2, was the time designated by the Kxe
ntive warrant f r the Execution of Jmnrs and
U igit Dultin convicted last September Term,
ir the murder of Unfits U.Urrr, in a shanty
ear Alliens, on the hist day of Je.ly last. The
vVCUtion of James Dolai) t'mk place at thefnne
ipointed; Briget Do! an having been respited
the Executive, for the lcrui nl'six months-.
Ever since hit .-in;, ncc, he lias mini tested a
irdcneJ iiiililh reiici; to hi approaching fate,
md convert d freely and unconcernedly about
.is execution, anil it was only us his hut rno
ef ills ihw nigh, that he has i xhibiled u sin
jh fading of contrition or repentance.
4'n:i' weniingol -the lfilh, us "lie lest ray
r1" hope wan extinguished i his b:en-t, und it
iccame evident that his hours were, numbered,
ind the hand of Executive clenioncy hud not
eeii extonled to iiim, he evidently became: enn
icrnod r.hont the death ho was -soon 'to die, nnd
elaxrd the liHnjrlitinivs v.'ith which he locked
I'Mw-bna inrrntfnn" fuln.
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At 10 mi'iutes to jg fi ekcK, lie was arrayed i
n the'hahilimnns of the grave. The near np-1
.roach of the hour of execution, -Mid the prep-.-!
atioiia medo, hvl a sc nsible ellect tTon him:; j
-ot he Fhll conduced lii.r-soif with fortitude ;
molting his pip., om! makirt a remark that j
is age w as between 4") and l'i, end risking the j
'lierifTif this is his first exec rt ion. The C.i- '
0' v - it fa
lolic clergy were then ntrodtirvd into the mmit-rr. M'ty-seven. out ot one l,uni!rM and apparent, thhty years aflervvr.ids. How do
om, and rcmrined frhi'.!:"ar. hour, and at 1( j four of his men, -vero cruelly bayonetted on j ij,htf,i must "have been his Fiirprise. Can
.iuutesto , theSheriri'told hi:nthe tnmi Si.id i Twenty were m-ide prisoners, ami j t!,y broad upon iho writers thirj shult find it
iine, tied 1i:s arms, and cimdnclcd him to the j
railold. Dolan turned to his wife, nod while ,
inking hands, said to her, "CJood-bye Dridget, ;
Ion t iret druiiii uriy more. He loilowea toe
lierifi'with a firm f-tep tr iho gallows, which
ie ascended, accompanied by the Sheriff and
Futhers O'lleilly and Fitzinimons. At 7 min
iku to 1, the rojie wns placed about his neck,
vhen on being asked by the sheriff if he had
inylhing to pay, Ire Sjiiko to the bystanders in
lbstante, as fol'owt : 'My wife knew no
liing tif the nuirdrr uf Cero ititil he was dead ;
he had no hand in it. I am guilty of the mur
Trf Gere, but riot of any other. I dfd not
ill him fur his money ; as for his money I
now nothing aluait it. O.ice 1 attempted to
toot my wife, while under tire influence of li
ie,r, and in a fit of jenb.usy. I snapped a pis
! at her, but it missed fire. I have no unkind
clings toward a nv one ; the ctYicers have used
ic like a brother. ,
He w.nthen told he had but five minutes to (
ire. lie olTrrerl up his prayers, through the
iriestswho attended him on the scitl'oid, bud
reined much af.'ecitd. At 1 o'clock the cap
vas draw n oer his eyes. Sheriff "One mi
nite more." The t me expired ; Sheriff Wes
on cut the rope,' and the wretched criminal
Iropped about 3 lect. A few involuntary con
vulsions took place ; his chest heaved ; his neck
and bands became livid ; he struggled slightly
t 3 minutes past 1, and remained quietly un
til 10 minutes past, when the last throb of his
pulse ceased, and the soul of the unfortunate
murderer hud left its earthly tcnament, to try
the realities of the unknown world, lie died
apoplectic, his neck not having U'cn disputed.
His remains after ha;:ig bn ugpended for
40 ininuteb, were ;ot down placed in the
coffin. wCrc i,,, n charge by some ofhis
friends and conveyed the nest day to Friendb-
ville for sepulture. Urudfwd Porter.
Did vou ever know a man who did net think
thathecuulJ poke the the Utter than, you
could ?
SUNBUKY AMEEICAN.
Absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of Republic, from which
lly Masscr & i:icly.
AXIXDOTES OF TIIR UEVOLtTlOX.
IIATTI.K OF nEXSINOTON.
An old fiirmcr in the neighborhood had five
pons in the battle. lie was told tho next day
that one of them hod come to a miserable end.
'What I" cried the fray hnnded patriot, "did
he leave his post! did ho run from the enemy"
"Oh, no, sir ; worFe than that- he fell anronjf
the Blnin, figlitiritr like a hero." "Thi'tt I am
Hntisfied," said the old man j "briii;; him in;
let me look on my noble boy." The corpse was
brought in ; ho wept over it. He then colled
for a bow l of water, and a napkin ; wai-hcd the
blood away with disown trembling hands, and
tin nked (Jod,1hathis son had died for his coun
try. HATTl.E OF MONMOITH.
As pnnn as Washington heard that Clinton
had led Philadelphia, he broke up his rjimrters
at Valley Fn'tre, nnd followed bird after him.
A hot battle was fought on t'ncS-'th, near Mon
mouth Court House. It did not Cer.ie .till the
rvning. Washington slept upon his cloak
under a tree, expect in? more fighting in the
tiirrnii.g; but the liritish marched off in the
night. Six'y of their soldiers werelound dead
on the tattle field, without wound. Fatigue
and the excessive beat had killed them.
In the Vgir.ning ofthis battle, ono Molly
Pitcher was occupied in carrying water from a
spring to a battery, w here her husband was cm
ployed in loading and filing a cannon. lie
was shut dead at last, and she saw him Ml.
An officer rode up, and ordered olTthe cannon,
"It can be of no n.-e," but Molly stepped up
offered her services, and filled her husband's
place, to "the astonitdunfnt of the army. She
fought well, and half pay tor life was given her
by (.Vrgresp. She wore an epaulette, and was
called Captain Molly, ever nfier.
In the midst of the fijht there was a soldier
hose gun-lock was; knocked off by a bullet.
At the same instant a soldier at his side was
killed. lie picked up the dead man's- inu.-ket,
and was preparing to fire, when a bullet enter
I'd the nniz.le ol'tbe gun, and tw i.-ted the bar
rel into the shape of a cork screw. Although
the bullets were flying around him like hail
stones, l.e deliberately knelt down upon the
spot, unscrewed the lock from the musket in
his hand, nii-J fastened it to his. own gun, which
he had thrown rwitv. Ir. e few 'minutes, he
was prepared, and then engaged 'in the deadly
conflict.
ICo othrr great 'battles were fouglft during
the campiign-of i ft. The armies only mo
lested 'each other by sending out small detach-
'""'"'s. T)ne (rray, nulled ''No flint Ciray,"be-
cnn?P iie W"BT" ordo',,, V "oK,i'r8 to wrV
,lu',r fl,,:, '" '!'r fock.ts, and uoe the bay-
only, lay w wait m a barn one night, tor
" nr,,"ih I,nr,V. He set ffuards on tho road,
P " r-sieep.
The rr.emy found out his situation, tukVJ
in uimn W,Tf, n,!tl rprisvcl hirn in profound
' R'w ,,pcnP' "neoi inese nan p:evrn nay i
f'nP, wounds in li.s bxly but lie lived ninny
'far ai'tr rw ard.
a more ok rot., m i xt,
Co?. McLrue, of Lee's famous legton of
troopers, had a narrow escape. lie had plan
ned an attack on a small Dritis.li force stationed
on a turnpike road, eight miles from Philadel
phia, and rode ahead with a single soldicrto
point out the way for his men. It was in the
grey of the moining. His comrade suddenly
shouted, "Colmii I the British!" spurred his
Iwrse and was out of siyht in a moment.
There, indeed, w;re the enemy ail alnsut
him. They had In in in ambuscade, and thus
suddenly came upon him. A dozen blurts were
fired, but his l.orre only wag wounded in the
(lank. This spurred the animal on at mich a
Pirious rate that he dashed through the woods
like a Inw k. The crduuel now came up with
,yinn r.f. i,v (!,0 r,,:,, when a number
r n , - ' ,i,c,.-..,H. I,;.., ns he eassr-d.
Thev thought l.e was on Ins wav to the I3r;li.-ti
army, which v.as directly ahead.
lie d.iehed by, and they soon found cit their
mistake and pursued him. His horse went w.lh
such bpeed, however, over fences and Iklds, asid
every other obstacle, that at last only two men
continued to pursue him. These came up with
him at the ascent of a email hill, the three hors
es being ao exhuasted, that neither could be
forced out of a walk. One of the soldiers cried,
"surrender you rebellious rascal, or we will cut
you to pieces." The coiunel made no reply,
but laid '.is hand on his pistol. The man now
came up ana se.zeu nun y n.u co.iar,
. 1 - J 1 I - U.. -L- II-- ...'.tl.nul
Urawmg ins sworu. i ue coiouei urvw pust J(
1 tl'l. 1 1
from his holster, aimed at th ngl-sUinan'
heart and killed him. Te oly vt nflw .j
him on thc other a fierce struggle ensued.
1 lie colony rectiivtu a i-overe sword gukU in
his left arm , but drew hife second piktol that
moment w ith his right, piaoed it between thu
nnglithiirJu'B ryes, ar.d killed him by a shot in
j t': hud. Cul. .MvLanc tiow blopjicd thc How
AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL:
unbiiry, IVortliumbciiaua Co.
of his own blood, by crawling in a mill jwnd, i his own stationary and little writing table, ge
aud at last reached the Americnn camp. ner 1!y produces a new copy ever) two cr three
j ,yg yL, coll,py wj( ,g reijui.Bt for their pu-
Seasnn.ble Hint to Farmrrs. Ib ication, in order to bI.ow by what simple
Mit,ch A.n Ix-Cait Cow. As this and tho ' means an extraordinary maniac may be harm-
ensuing months bear peculiarly hard upon theso j
noble and u.-elul animals, it iliould be the un
ceasing care of every husbandman to see that
they are well attended to ; that they have ei
ther a good stable or a warm shed facing the
eoutU, to shelter it from the inclemency of tho
weather; that they 1iave ample litter furnish
ed them daily to furnish dry bedding; that the
yard m v Inch iliry nny be confined is dry, that
they receive three good flieuls a day, that a por
tion of their food be of a succulent nature, as il
is unnatural to suppose that a cow, however
good she may be, can be a liberal contributor to !
the pad, and a fiord rich and but'yiaceous milk j
upon dry povender ; that they be sal'ed at least I
twice a wei k, rubbed down, or combed daily, '
end that each of them have a teaspoon rul ol'si- i
rits o! tn r j entitle put in the fir; in the rear ot the '
horns, at h ast once a fortnight to prevent the i
hollow horn. By timely nnd ri"id attention to i
the duties we have pointed out on the pirt of
the mnf tcr, he. w ill have the satisfaction w hen
the spring opens to find by the fine and ere-j
ditable appearance of the cows, that he has not I
expended his labor and devoted cam with rea- j
ping a rich harvest of profit, both in the eondi- I
tionofhis cows, and in the gratification ot those !
humane feelings which should find their home :
in tho bosom f every agriculturist. !
American I'urnirr.
Ptimi i.ints ron Cows Mr. Charher, the!
director of the Veterinary school of Alrici, had
a number of cows which yielded twelve gnllon-s 1
of milk eery day. In his publications on the :
subject, he observer that cows fed in winter
u j" n dry substances, give loss than those whieh
ore kept up-n green diet, and also that their!
milk h ses their qnality. He piihlishes the!
following rivipe, y the lire of v. hieh his Cows 1
tttl'orded him an eipml quantity i-f milk durie";
the winter as during the summer : j
"Take tiLtisneJ r.1 potatoes, break them .liiltt :
raw, place them in a barrel standing tip, put- :
ting in successively a layer of bran, and a smill
quantity of yenst in the middle of the mass,
which is to be left thus to ferment a whole week, i
and when tire vinous taste has pervaded the
mixture, it is then given to the cows who vat j
it greedily."
Smaix TW:aiNS!.G In lOa gentleman
gave a poor woman, in Western New York, a
copy ot roddridge'n Rise and Progress. It be
came the moans of her conversion. This indn
cvd horti Innn it to others, and they ton were
converted. This led to the formation r.f a
church. This church w now prosperous, and
may proi-e n rallying point for th.iusands of eon
verts in coming ger.eratins. This person w ho
gave that volume learned the results already
niter many days.
A pedlar snld a religious honk. Baxter rend
it, and it proved the instrument of bra conver
sion. Doddridge was converted by the writings j
of Baxter. Wilberforce by a work of Itoddrtfgo
Leigh Richmond by WilJei force's Practical
View, and thousands by the Dairyman's Daugh
ter, of Richmond. Tho whole fnbrrc of society
is interwoven with chains of influence. How
litt'.e do we appreciate the guod or harm we
are doing.
Oi?" In the appendix to th report of the O- '
hio Lunatic As-ylitm, by the superintend mt, 1
Dr. Wm. M. Awl, formerly o( this place, we
find a number of amusing cases of the inmates .
j described. We copy the following from the rc- ;
port : '
I "Xumerous inquiries having been made for '
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1 our h gal friend, who appeared in l!ie appendix ;
I to a former report, us orator up ei the fourth of I
t July occasion, we 1 hi v o the ph neuro to relate, j
I Ih'-.t l,.i t.l in in.. i rr,. I luntlti' ln..tlti. fin 1 mi.
pears tohavj renewed his ogi? at least he fue j
cies inai ine s'eeiow in ins. uiai nas eoi,u nacK-
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ward, and he is very cheerful in the enjoyment
ot green and tender years. Conformably
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Il u ndmn llirt link! tniiiiiih l'lit hoiilt vnntt
IlUblL'llf lilt. 'UDk avwuv'ia iihw wi- - J j r
diligent practice of copyhand, with a v;
improvenient in penmanthip. nn
to retrieve the profession
says,
rom neopprobium of
bad writing. He hi" .
. . . . been studiously en-
ged in maki'
'2 c,ites of the following Verses
which h
is an.xioua 'to rake out of the ashes of
ebi;,vion . . . . nuhli(i,ipi, thc len.
. ( flt of n)ankinJi Accorjlng lo atCount, they
are the production of a lute President of one uf
the Laktcrn Colleges, who had been presented
with a portion of the marvellous seed by an el
derly lady, but was 6uperstitiously cautioned a
gainst casting it into the ground. If fcuch bo
the fuct, it is more than probable the ver.es have
been considerably warped in pissing through
hia disordered brain. He takes a deep intete.t
in their f uppotcd. value, and being bupphed with
there is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and
Pa. Saturday, Iffairh 2, IS I I.
lessly intcrto.ned, and gratified, mid a ru uncd,
What scripture says, we must always,
Pay good attention to,
For they're unwise who credit lie,
And count all fable, true.
This bofl contains the last remains,
A thimble full or so,
Of Fennel seed, which should indeed
Have been sown long ago.
A t!ionRnd ways cut short onr days.,
None are exempt from death
Yet we don't rad that Fennel seed
Pre stnp'd a prison's breath.
f ome folks receive, I do believe,
Strange f.mcirs wbieh they hear,
T"or some suppose whoever sows
This seed, wont live a year.
I can't devise were dancer lies
In Fennel seed .Vone;
J'he seed of dill, as well rri'uht kill,
A' any seed that's soun
Though some man's wife departed life.,
After she'd sown ono bed
Others I know have lived to sow
Ten beds, and are not dead.
Adam nnd Fve 1 dont believe,
F.'re heard of Frnnel seed.
Tut yet they died and mere be-ide,
In Genesis tvho read.
Und it not been for Adam's sin,
Life Illicit have been en joye.t;
Not all tie weeds nr Fennel seeds,
L'leeoiild have hie destroy 'd.
Jf I've bad not. ihee words foi !,
On this tree do not feed.
"We lived mi-flit, till heads were white,
In spite r.f Fennel seed.
Should Heaven please to send disease,
Or death approaeh with speed,
1 fioii't think I should sooner die.
For sowin;: Fennel seed.
pcludcd souls that trust inmolfs,
And dreams to puide their lives ;
Women HVethese some men may please
They seldom make pood wives
Ti icks they M ill try, thinking thereby,
The sooner to get wed ;
I've known them baTie a sahrd cake,
To eat when going to bed.
This cake it seem" produces dreams,
As saltness causes thirst ;
And it is said whom they're to wed,
Willhiinjr them water first.
Fortunes they1 II see in dregs of tea,
T!y looking in a dish,
They will r date your fntme sUte,
And tell you what yort w i: h
Il I should mix their si-nis and tricks,
It would inerease rny lines,
To that degree "tii, bst for me
To wnly mention sins
The moon wh"n new. they chance to view
O'er the right shev.U.T first '.-hane.
Though, this feems stiarge, till the next
liood lisck attends them most.
If humble bee in hfuc they bee,
Some frieml is rich tit hand ;
And itching feet lot tells you'll eat
YoHr bread in some strange land.
An itrhieg eye doth siemfy,
The same us bumbl'! hee ;
It plainly shows, as they suppose,
Some fiiend they'll quickly see.
If spider brown, or white, spin down,
Before a person's ryes
If white, they're sa l if bl.u k, they're
U l-cm.I liu k signifies:
I d mi nt ion over a tlnu.,.n,! ni' n.
l!et sim-e tlii e n m n",.-'
la.l.
i ti eas.. suit i;;iiT way, j
only say,
Th v v-all lik
- ..iel e...l.
A Traiv in '
. The Tui
.u.b:
or in Par:
i v .i-hitig to set in t H ireui durtii1;
i,,
j ,. J' '" ,l,ul l'"'' "l '"' H'rmbm:,tc
' "e'f'''n.i.....l. TtnMrsordmary and Mrsnije
I ' vriiand lui received a negativu lr(m M. due
zot, and the answer is said t-.i be a inaster-pteco
ot French foliteness arid palimnil reasoning,
but his Turkish Excelletrey is much vexed at
the fastidiousness id Parisian society.
A Good Reply. When Ethen Allen was a
prisoner in England, sick and comparatively
weak of nerve, with a hulter about his neck,
and thc doom of death hanged over his head, he
wqs offered half the fee of Vermont and a lurd
fchip if he would cuter into thu Uritish service.
And what was his riil,j ! "uur Majesty, heic
gentlemen reminds mo of a certain other M ijes
ly iinniid in Scripture, whooffercd Jesus Christ
all tin) land in tho wurld if he would fill
down and worship bun; when tho felt was
the iook iirvii. did'nt own a single lout if
land on taith to jjivy a ay."
immediate parent of despotism. Jarranaov.
Vol. 1 -o. 23Wholc A'o, n.
The Cat Insurrection.
At the time it became publicly known that
Napoleon, then on boa-d the Bellerophrtn off
Plymouth, was to be sent to St. Helena, a re
pectabte looking man caused a number of
handbills to bo distributed through Chester, in
which he informed the public that a great num
ber of genteel families had embarked at Ply
mouth, and would certainly proceed with the
British regiment appointed to accompany Bona
parte to St. Helena. He added further, that
the inland being dreadfully infested with rats.
h s majesty'a ministers had determined that it
should be forthwith effectually cleared of these
noxious animals. To facilitate this imp irtant
purpo-e, he had been deputed to purchase, in
the course of a week, ns many cats nnd thriving
kittens as could possibly be procured for mnnfy
in that thort spnee of time, nu 1 thererore, h?
publicly offered in his handbills, 16 shilling
for every athletic full-grown tom-cat. 10 shil
linL's for every adult female pus-, and half a
crown for every thriving, vigorous kitten, that
could swill milk, pursue a hall of thread, or fast
en its young fangs in a dying mouse. On the
evening of the third day nfler his advertisement
had been distributed, the people of Chester were
as'onished with an irruption of a multitude of
(dd women, boys and girls, into their streets,
every one of whom carried on their shoulders
cither a bag or a sack, which appeared preg
nant with some restless animal, that seemed
laboring into birth. Every road every lane
was thronged with this comical procession
and tho wondering spectators of the scene were
involuntarily compelled to remember the old
rtiidle about St. Ives
"As I was going to St Ives,
I met fifty old wives,
1'very wife had fitly sacks,
I'.vei y sack had fifty cats,
livery cat had fifty kittens.
Kittens, cats, sacks nnd wives.
How many were going to St. Ives?''
I' fore nightfall, a congregation of nearly
TIKI) cats were collected in Chester. The hap
py hearers of these sweet voiced creatures, pro
ceeded all (as directed by tho advertisement)
towards one street with their delectable bur
dens. Here they became closely wedged to
gether. A vocal concert soon ensued. The
wi men screamed tlie cats squalled the boys
and girra shrieked treble, and the dogs of the
street howled base, so that it soon became diffi
cult for the nicest ear to ascertain whether ca
nine, feline, or the human tones were predomi
nant. Some of tire cat-bearing Indies whose
l spositions were not of the most placid nature,
finding themselves annoyed by the pressure of
therr neighbors, soon cast down their burdens,
and began to box. A battle Toyal ensued.
The cats sounded the war whoop with might
and main. Meanwhile the hoys of the town who
n cmed mightily to relish the sport, were ac
t ve y employed in opening the mouths of the
t'est i ted sacks, and liberating the cats from
tin ir forlorn situation.
Tho e.'iraged animals bounded immediately
ou the shoulders and heads of the combatants,
an, I ran spitting, squalling, and clawing along
the undulating sea of skulls, toward the walls
of the houses of the good people of Chester.
The citizens attracted by the noise, had opened
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ineir winnows 10 gaze ai ine. iuu. into iiese
w iiidows the cats instantaneously sprang, tak',n,r
po-scssion of the rooms bya novel k'.id btorui
or escalade. The cats, in theie su,,i ;n Bgstt,t
m the drawing rooms, and, othc r epartrr.e:its
of theCheuterites, rushed wit;, rapidity of light-niu-
up the pillars, an( t-cto(a the balustrades
and galleries, IV wh'n th0 town Is so famous,
an 1st, slush, das';, through tho open windows
tub) thp 0p, aoartmcnts. Never since
a apartments.
te ......
uf the celebrated Hcgh Luptts,
wiio ibo drawing rconis of Chester filled
'.itii such a crcwd cf unwelcome guests. Now
were heard the crash of the broker, china the
how ling of affrighted lap dogs the cries nfdis-
trc .-svu damsels, who wept their torn faces and j
.!..!v'.'( lied charms and the e roans of fat old'
j .iii.vns rushing and tumbling forward towards A bock was printed daring the time of Crom
.' e '...ironies, bald bare and bleeding. .Ml j we'd with the following title : "Eggs orChsri
; I Lester was soon in arms, and diro were the j ty, laed by the Chickens nf the Covenant, anil
' deeds of vengeance on the feline, race. Il is ! boiled with the water of Divine Love. Take
i needless to recite the various combats that took
i plaeo between the cata and men. Suffice it
I that our correspondent counted 500 dead bodies
floating tho next day on the river Dee, where
they bad been ignominiously thrown by the
two-leggud victors. Tho rest of the invading
host having evacuated tho town, dispersed in
utter confusion, carrying with them, however,
their arnu from tha field of buttle.
A love-sick swain, in order more fully to as
certain the wind of his "lady-love," encWd a
letter w ith the following veise:
If yi ti wete a dog and I was a hog,
A root i it a wav in the yard;
it the old man ibould say, "drive that hog a-
way
Would you worry or lute very hard !
Putnh's Almanack advises the farmers to
sow their P's, keep their L"s warm, hive their
li s, slu.i t their J', feed their '.N's, look after
llitir potutoe'e l', und then take thur V'a.
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Ctreasdan Bcaaf jr.
History, travellers, and romance, have sail
nothing of the beauty of Circassian women,
which is rnt below the truth. Beauty has
been considered an imaginary being, a thit'ff
of invention; and to justify this idea, it is a1
leged that what is beautiful to the eyes of on
people is not to those of another; that a Chi
nese beauty would have no charms in Fran i
or England, and, in like manner, that thu
French or English beauty would havo no t
tractions, in the eyes of a Chinese. But th
beauty of Circassian women is a sufficient i
swer to this reasoning ; since they are acknowl
edged to be beautiful by all nations. Tiief
possess that pleasing union of features that
proportion of all the parts of the body ; that
splendour; those brilliant tints; that whole,
that cannot he defined, hut which exists, atvl
necessarily constitutes beauty, aince all men
do it homage.
It is only in this point of vitw, thtt the in
habitants of Cirenesia (a country between thi
Caspian and Black seas,) deserve tho atten
tion of the observing traveller. It will easily
be conceived, that the nation which consider
ed women as merchandise., can never maka
her a companion, nor consider marriage a sa
cred and indissoluble union. We find accord
ingly, that the Circassians have many wived,
whom they change at pleasure ; hut the first
wife always has a superiority over the others,
which nothing can take away, and which sha
retains till death.
Tho first wife, whu is usually married when
extremely young, is purchased like the rest,'
in tho public markets, where an innumerable
multitude of women are exposed to sale. N't!
inquiry is made with respect to whence the
woman is brought ; and if the names of her pa
rents are asked, it is only to ascertain wheth
er she derives her birth from the slock of pura
and acknowledged beauty.
The usual price of a beautiful Circassian f
male is from eight to ten thousand piaster.
Women being the principal commerce in Cir
cassian every thing in their education nnd ha
bitual lile, has for its object to preserve their
beauty, and facilitate it developments. All do
mestic occupations are abandoned to the slaves ;
women are solely employed with tire arts of
tho toilette and the means of pleasing. They
mukoit a particular study to modulate their
voices in soft melodious tones, and to display
grace and elegance in every motion.
Wit Usefcl to a Commander. La Fny.
ette had a quarrel with a battallion of the Na
tional Guards on the subject of a drill, they con
sidering the manual exercise as an iiifrtng"
mentofthe Rights of Wan. The General b -ingof
a contrary opinion, a. deputation of Ci r
porals, for any thing higher would bo too aris
tocratic, wa ted on him at the charters of In
Staff, in the Place Vcndomo, to demand hi
immediate resijnat'ion. On further inquiry, 1 i
ascertained Hint M the batlnllions, amountm:
to thirty thousand men, were precisely of t'.i
same sentiments. Next morning happened It
have ben appointed for a general review of thi
-ia'.'ional dr.atd. La Fayette appeared on tVi
Vround as Commandant at the head ofhis Staff,
and gnltoping along the line, suddenly alight' . I
firm his horse, and taking a musket on lo
shoulder, to the titter astonishment of evrrf
body, he walked directly into the centre of tie
line, tnd took post in the ranks. Of course all
the field officers flew to know the reaio'i.
Gentlemen," said he, "I am tired of receivi.i
orders as Commander-in-Chief, and that I dm 7
jfVe them, I have become a Private as yon sec."
The announcement was received with a shout
of merriment, and as in France, a pleasar.'.iy
would privilege a man to set fire to a chureu,
the General was cheered on all sides, was ro.
mounted and the citizen army proceeded to
march and manffuivro according to the drill.
Mcmoirtvf a Statesman, in Blackwood.
ye and nut."
Duy lh-MouK. An Irish post-boy having dri
ven a gentleman a long stage during torrents
ofra'.n, the gentleman civilly said to Paddy,
'Are you not very wet V ''Arrant 1 don't car
about being very uitt, butplasc your honor,l'm
very iry."
Why do yon not hold up your head as 1 d j !
enquired on aristocratic lawyer of a laloriM,
farmer. "Sipiiro," replied the farmer, "lo- k
at that field of grain ; all the valuablo hea l
hang down like rain, while thoso that have no
thing in them, stand upright like yours."
"Patrick, I want somebody to kill my hr,t.
do you understand butchering V "Faith, an I
j ji' me that can lend you a hand at the mhi' ;
but it's a Iwss you'll want a long wid im I r
qilt 'on! Iht fur ofi the enly p.ut of the lu
j nem that I uuduelund.'