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Vol. 4o. 20--lVhoIc Xo, 182.
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From the Mail'snnian.
ii FOR I.I PR IS Bl'T A TV 1IOIII."
They raise, ami pass, and lull, like waves upon
the sea.
Theminhty and the weak, the good and had
alike ;
Sinner and saint, and nil, plunge in eternity
When twangs the dreadful Song for grim faced
Heath to strike ?
Of all thu countless millions of the written past j
Not one remains and yet how few prepare to
die! I
"Where hours, minutes, so many seconds would
he cast
ITpon the things of wrt'i fen- heverd the
sky ! i
Of late a silted tool tal. one r,f earthly mil: lit, ;
Spoke w ords ol hope and wisdom' '.o a mourn
ina friend.
" "An hour bet hour ere there w'as her long
flight,
"Fur life is but un Amir pi epm e -nii-.r'lc as
cend !"'
And ere the hour pealed, the spet,ke;''s r-ni;ie.
was cold :
Death palel his parted hps, hut iMiiisheil at tlieir
smile, j
tnick'i'.f bright trinu'lelrfndt into the fretied
flu.
A nd, life laee heniv
final mile.
thus marked th-
These words were spoken hv the h,roe,,t,d j " breast to 1 he mshir.ff tide of
I'p-hur. jn-t b-'iore his death, to a friend who 'war: but who tan meet with miniuled teni
h.el hist the paitn. rol his bosom. j p(.r)tjl0 thousand petty ills that life is heir to,
tThe blow which kill.-d the late Secretary of jk iijm whose aim is heaven ?
State, broke the cr still ol his watch, and struck . . , , ,. . ,
the point of the minute hand int.. the lace. Thus l't sublimity like moral sublimity, whe
it stilt remains, mid pel haps w ill lorever. mark- ther we regard the grandeur or permanency of
ins the precise time otthe evplosion ; fourteen , ? y. tMinw ,m) ;ri,
iiiimtes and three quarters past lour o clock. , . . . ,
. : iimphs ofa dying t hristmn, when in the m:dst
A FANCY SKKTCII.
A maiden at her casement stood.
Musins on things long since -zone by ;
JShe wiped away a pearly tear.
And faintly heaved a gentle sish.
The moon pouted torth her silv'ry beums,
And ns the lonely fair one sat,
She raised her sweet melodious voice,
And sans ''Its all around my hat "'
I saw that beauteous fair dice more :
The smile had left her suiinv brow;
She'd ln.-.t her pleasant cheerfulness
Her looks betokened sorrow now. j
Her chttiUeniu-e ""v as pale with jirief;
Her heart was full she eoi.li! not speak ,
.And a-'he'le! r d 1 o".- 'i ink'i d down.
Thtsy (ens'itee the paint licm otl'her cheek '
Vhen once ii.uil 1 s.iw that lorm,
yif. .ves 't hrpc Pi isrht with Hrillini lire ,
'tier ij!iienu'j ii ' anil si ornliil plmce,
AVer.: 'tokens of her xenelcl ire
Jer looks were vibl.her cheeks were flush
ed, With hue more crimson than tiie rose ;
Hie raised Iht Hand end wit'uker fist
sie ,-racked her sister o'er the nose '
Fruin the WiiU's'barre AhocuU
Cure for ihc Itmrrh
Wn.KEsnvuui:, Much w, IS 11.
Mr. Lewis, In your paper of tli is wohk,
Iherc nrc 'sonie remarks on the niject of
'"Heaves in Horses, and its Cure." An appeal
ismr.ile to gentlem. r. of tho aith, where hay
is not madv, whether that disease is there
known. Rcinga South' tner, and happening
to have had rome personal rxjirrit vc, in rc'a
t'ton to that disease, 1 do mo-t cheeriu'iy res
pond to the enquiry : Tile disease calleil the
'Heaves,' is very common at the South, where
Corn Fodder is the only feed. It tiny also bu
useful to add my experience I hid a family
horse, valued for his go.nl qualities, which be
came almost useless, in consequence of that
cotnnhiint. Amom' other thiivfs recommended
as ft SpeCllIC, was l,liuwun r, ns n t:onioio:i
lrink. I tried it with but partial effect. The1
Wie was net cured. Since moving to this
placc,I had a !nrse taken with that disrase 1
believing the disease tn be incurable, it was '
nearly a year before I made an tfibrt fur his re- ,
icf. ITavieg teen whitewashing, it occurred ;
. ... -
to me o m ike trial of lime again. A common
house pail about half full of whilcwash was fil
led at the pump, and put in a corner to settle.
From this pail 1 moistened about two quarts of
corn meal, which 1 gave my horse, morning and
evening ; filling up tho pail with water, occa
sionally. At first, my horse refused, I perse
vered and lu soon becaino reconciled to his
fare. The change for tho better was manifest
in less than a ee!t. I continued to administer
the lime at intervals, until a perfect euro was
effected. About two years afcr, I parted with
him, a sound horse. I ascribe my failure in tho
f.rst instance to the fear lest I should injure by
over liui ing. A CITIZEN.
The " iris ot i'adiguin drink a pint of yeast
before going to bed at niht, to make them msc
early in the morning.
HXTHACT8 OF HKADIXd.
Fori TUB A.UKIIICAN.
RKUGKI.V,
iiy "ra.i:srr i:n r voor.
While wo arc disponed to allow, to their full
extent, the pleasured of literary pursuit, anil
the important advantages ol intellectual illumi
nation, it must he confessed, that man has wants
which nothing; can supply, and woes which no
thing1 can relieve, hut the sanative influence of
religion.
What can moderate linger, resentment, ma
lice, or rcvenoe, like the thought that wo may
ask (iod to toreive our trespasses only as wc for
L'ive' liic trespasses of others ! What can quiet
inurmurings at our lot, like the deep sense of
moral dement which the gospel prcs.--er on the
conscience ! Whatcan cool the burnings di
envy, or allay the passion tor tetiown, like a re
membrance of the transitory liutnre of pII
littman glory !
What can produce resignation to the loss of
frtsrrds.-Jrkc a 'conTaloiit "hpc-of -rwing them
soon in a brighter world 7 What can prompt
'tn d?c;ls ot lienevrrienjv', like lto example ot
Mini, who, though he was rich, for our sakes
uecr.trro poor ! Is there arty thine which can
rive steadiness' to porposs, or stability to char
acter.'iike an unwavering regard to tho will of
tiod I
Onsiiientions of mere worldly policy, or in-
trrcst, furnitdi no steady magnetic influence to i
give one unilorm Oirtctun io nil ineis.i.s anil
actions of l.te. l'atrintism may fire the spirit
with valor to sustain the onset of an invading
of its decaying and crumbling habitation, the
j spirit plumes itself for its lofty flight, and de
j parts in the buoyancy of hope, for the regions
of eternal day 1 These are thegifts of Chris
tianity. ' Hut it is on man, in his social capacities, and
j political relations, that moral principle is desti-
j ncd to exert its mest important influence. It
i is in society that man lias power. It is in soci
j rty, that virtue devrlopes its benevolent ten-
dencies, and that vic scatters fire-brands, ar
t rows, and death. Has the example ot rice
j wrought powerfully 1 so has that of virtue.
Have many been beguiled to their dost ruction
bv the fntieitic ot the sinful 7 multitude? have
I - s-
been allured by the persuasions of the good, tft
' fairer worlds ;in Iii;rh.
KLOUIKXCK itl TIIK I'VI.PIT.
UY mi. r. nvsii.
i The eWi'ienrc of the pulpit is nearly allied to
mti-ic, in r's effects upon tho moral faculty. It
j is true, there can be no permanent change in
: thctomner and i-toral conduct rf a man, tliht is
1 not derived from the understanding and the w ill;
! hut we must remember that thrse two powers
i of the mind are most assailable when they are
j attacked 'thrrinsh the avenue of the passions;
' and these we know, when agitated by the pow-
ers of eloquence, exert a mechanical action up
' on every power of the soul.
Hence we find in every Age and country
where Christianity lias been propagated, the
mofct accomplished orators have generally been
: the most successtul reformers ot mankind.
, There must be a defect of eloquence in a prea-
cher, who, with the resources for oratory w hich
aie contained in thfi Old and New Testaments,
does not produce in every man who hears him,
at least, a temporary love of virtue.
I grant the eloquence of the pulpit alone can
not change men into Christians, but it certain
ly posse -ses the Kjvrr of changing brutes inta
men. Could Ihe eloquence of the stage be pro
perly directed, it is impossible to conceive tho
nvln.,1 .,1' il. Mi.inl . .V . I .
in u un.' iniiitai rm iiinn i.iiirain.
The htiguage and imagery ef Shaks-Var
upon moral nnd religions r.ibjects, poun d r.pou
the r-'dssions and the senses in all the beauty
inn! xarir'y ol" d.-an.atic rcprc-entation ; wha
couhl rr :-ist or df scribe their i ffects
. . -
The .Saiuivhi i. Paris. The Paris corres
pondent of the National Intelligencer writes:
"The revfcl-rout of the mashed ball the Grand
Opera house, which begnn at midnight on Sa
turday last, continued until near'? o'clock on
Sabbath morning. Hpeclators inform me that
the scene was magnificent nnd the music c!ec
trical beyond de-ci iptien. Every Sunday is lu
be hallowed in this way for rme weeks, and
tho Opera is sustained, chiefly, and altogether
ruled by the Government."
WitrnF. ake the rimENOLOcisTS The
London Punch publishes tho follow ing: Wan
teJ by an aged lady of very nervous tempera
ment, a professor w ho will undertake to niesnie-
j nre all the organs in her street.
Pulary o
much per organ.
IltiiiH of Arctdrnt.
Many of the most important discoveries in
the field of science-, hvc boon tho lest.lt of ac
cident. Two little, boys of a spectacle maker
in Holland, while their father was nt dinner,
chanced to look at a distant steeple, through
two ryc-glusses p'accd ono bolero nitcthe'r.
They found tho steeple brought much nearer
the shop windows. They told their father un
his return; and the circumstance led to a
courscof experiments, Which rr.cVtl in the teles
cope. Some shipwrecked snilors on?, collec
ted some seaweeds on the inii, and made 'Pre
to warm their shivering fingers and cook their ;
seamy meal. tien ne lire went o,it they
foud that the alkali et the seaweed had com
bined with the sand and formeii , the ba
sis of out discoveiics jr. ftrrrc.nfttf.y, t.rd cbsa
hitcly necef ,ry to ccr enjoyment.
1p. the days when c.cfy r.rtreloger, T.nd eve-
ry chrr.ist was jkiug aRer the philosopher's , l(-lhn wHn i.i.ul.lor, and Mpi.-r7., u it over the
stone, fflT.c nionks'carelcssly making tip their ! ,(Mptin(? fr0g,-1.-iiif,, ns we in Unro wi-l.t
materials l.y accident invented trun-powder ; FIIICl.lP , rmnn. AlU-r this, a InWal nllow
T.hich has none so irnuth Its diminish the bar- 1 nnCP (,rml p,,ppi,r sl!lkl.n (lVrr ,h(. v,-h-)!e,
bariticsof war. j nu 0(r t,rcnj.11:.t xvr.s rntVt ,1C! opt.r(liins
Sir Isaac Newton's mosl in-.poriarit ,licove- ,,avp (0Pl,riI)P( ,inv;, ,;,, rornp,.tc, in
r;Cf, concerning l.jht and C'.ivitatinn, were ; ,.llrpri(liilj:,y wira inviiwl to fall
the remit ol accident. His theory ahd experi- Io ,)(,t(,rt, ",,, .i,.,., ,,.! 01IP(, but I e.x
mentson f.hl were sug-.-sted by the soap huh- j P1SP(1 lliv.lrl,v. havinr jiVl 0N,u;!JtCa dish
u,. s , L , am. on gm nation, oy ineiau
01 an nppie as ne sai in me orcnaru. Ami it :
was hastily scratching on . stone, a mcnioran- !
diiM of sonic arlicies brought him by a wash-
"""..,, i.n- . u,.: iiim.gr.ipi.y nr: t
presented itself to the mind of ScucfcJ.ii-r.
The Vlnrpnr Itlvrr.
The water of the r.ver of l'usamhio, which pepper, and the letteroess i xtn gall ei mph-te-rises
among the Andes of New (iianad i, South ; ly lu utrali.e l!u ra'.vsu ss ot the meat. Ne i r
America, hash sour taste; and the inhabitants, ! theh'ssl never en-!. I pv.'vtil on myself to er.t
who nre acquainted w ith no other acid than vi- : hearli'y ot the c'toico inorcls."
negar, call the stream Ilia Vinos rr, or Vinrgar
river. The sourness, liowe er arises from the
water being impregnated by sulphuric acid,
which it receives from the interior of a volcano,
where sulphur is abundant, and where the ri
ver has its source. Within the crater of the
volcano, it is said, there is an immense basin (if
.... , , ,
with much violence, and have a suflocating
, . i e - i k i -IM
eniell, being composed of suipiiiirntis acid. Ihe
..... . .. . ,.
water of this basin is covered with a coat ol
, , , e , .
suini ur: ami a crusi oi i ue siime siaisiancc is
r , , , , , , ,
formed on the rocks above it, rising like a. loam
uver me cntuT, uiin.il ir.i ins uie couuuuiiiu- ;
, ... ., ...I . ...
lion Willi Hip nnen nip I he nRtivnn nl tin ii.
.. I
einity nfnrm that the crust has sometimes nc- i
quired a thickness of as much as four feet, in
less than two years. Acidulated by its impreg
nation with this powerful mir.eial, the Rio Yi
nagre, of course, becomes unfit for the support
of animal li!e ; arid even the llio Cauca, into
which the Vinegar river empties, is destitute of
fish I ii ri n the course of twelve miles, on ac
count of the mixture of these sour waters with ;
its own. The lish are aain foetid in Cauca at
the point where it receives Ihe tributaries cf
two other streams. The Viuagro throws it-I
self into the Cauca over three beautiful cas
cades, ihe minute spray from which cause! a
prickling sensation i:i the rye?.
Tin: Pin at f. flahe's real namt is P.rown.
Wc think we have In ard it somewhere before.
Notwithstanding the assertions of Italic to the
contrary, he f.-e'is noi'ogradation in his pesitioo
reiuses to see the g.)d, and glories in the com
pany at:J conversation of the vicious. His great
ambition is to be considered a hero, itiio he in
constantly alluding to his firniurssand run rape
in tho presence of rowdies, pugilists and
gamesters, who are too frequently mhuittcil t
his presence. It is horrible to look iipmi a man
in lull health ar.d tho prime c! lite, w it i o.ie
foot in tho gr.ivo an.l the other crumbling the
earth from the et'e;e of ihe e.vcava'.ion, so cai-huis-hearted
and reckless.
eh-ter, lkibo's areomplicr, it has icen re
j porteil, was found drowne.i. place no eoi;
i lideiice in the re;Tt ; it is iiid'is'riouxlv eircu-
luted to defeat the aie.:s cl';i;-tii e, nnihin more.
A. Y. AllHlifUTI.
History says th.it Ruiajwu'e v. r.i n'.ile tl lie
. - ...i i. :,.,.n an, I , .l
LUrtll, l'l runu un, ., in iv, ...
Rstecp in a
lew minutes
r-..il uccoui.l for their giviej-
him the name of Aei-olea1.!." 'Mocp,, warri
or, sleep !"
A shopkeeper tt Doncaster bed, for his vir
tues obtained the name of the little ra?ril, A
rtranger aaked him why this appellation had
been given him i "To distinguibli me from the
rest of my trade," quoth he, "who ale all greet
rascals."
"Ho yon ire that Frenchman yonder V A
mid ull the harshness of life, dull times, and ci-
rious vicissitudes, ho maintains his temper, and,
without a cent in his pocket, laughs end jokes,
and map his fingers
at the world. He has on-
ly one friend, Bnd that is liis SnujT. He ioc
that friend, and we need not wouder t!.t.
,e '
Kxtrncla fioin Ptlmfa Travtli In Kor
itnl'nu.o A Ko.iHof.w IJhkakfast.
On striving at the appointed hour, I was in
vited to sit down on an nnjareb, covered with
rich carpcts.and a pips and merissa were brought
me ; but I saw no prcpHirtions for breakfast, not
so nifich ks a'fire on thehearth. I Was satisfied
there was no intention to put me off with a pipe
and merrissa ; so, as Iliad riot much time to
sf.sre, I asked my host, without mHch ceremo
ny, where the breakfast "tax He told mo it
would be i'ody directly, and, pointing to a lioi
that was skinfiir! abont. iu ft-oftt (if liie rloor.
lT;( Ke in,onv for my nrrival to have
I il kiT.ed. At a signii from his tiias'icr, a s'nve
; cut oft" th" creature's IieaS wi'.h surprising ra
i pi'.Hly, and "hen, without ever, waiting tn skin
j the animal, tipped open its belly, lor,k Cft its
I stomnch, e'eanco it, and having ctt it in sni.il i
! hirers, laid tiies Oil a wooden di;-h. He then
wol,,,. , wit,, Klimpw rtnmM. ,)
,)at w,( content mys.d t hy look m-r on. 1
,va, l;i?l10,i a-; f,,r r.iy Inshfoluess, and the r.-t
(1r,i. pavtv rvi'entiv enioved the fate set be-
r . ,f In the eo.. 1 trrrmentlv saw this
j dish served up as a favorite delionry, aiel cn
; riosity led me to taste it. The flavor is by no
! means lliB'Teeable. Tho niinr'nney o the
I I limninu: I iiiannv.
The first governor ot'Kordofan. r.ficrtho con
quest, was ihe Deitrrdar, the son-in-law of Me
hornet Ali. "I would have treated the accounts
: I heard of the atrocities of riis rra:i," says l'all
i me, "as r.ieve fables, bad not the tales that w ere
j told to me by the natives been confirmed by
i respectable witnesses in Sennaar, and even bv
, . , . . . ,'
Turkish oflicers w hom I cncrti mcd on the suh-
,
; iect m I.gypt, many of whom bad been prebcnt
; J , , .
'at the scenes they described. He then pro-
i -
Ueeds co relate a few anec lotos cf this ruthless
, ....i.,.. .,
-
rosed, on fue ground of his oppressive govern
1 ' ' '
ment, Mi-hemet Ali, can only m held partially
.. ' ,.' '
responsin'.c lor li'iis man s crimes, jua lew
specimens cVb.is admin's. ration of criminal jus
tier: may not b-j mis-placed lu re.
A peasant who com plai;irl of having been
robbed cf a sheep by a tv.ldier was blown fiom
the r.mu'h ofi cannon for troubling the Ilelter
dar with so insignificant a Complaint ; a servant
who had ilo'.eu a pinch out ol the PoftcVdar's
Miulebox was fl.'irged toileatli ; a man who'.nd
boxed his iir.-ifhhor's ear was Dunished bv Iiumiil' i
tho foil, eufawav fro.., the ;,lntfc cf Iris hands :
j i
and a negro, who having bor.ght some .nil!:, re-
fueed to pay for it, and denied having drunk it,
had his stomach ripped o;irn. to ascertain whe
ther the accusation was well founded. In his
gradon Ihe PeVterd.ir had n tame lion general
ly confined in a cae, but sometimes allowed to
follow his mr.ster r.bo it in his walk'. This an
imal hf.d been taught to fly w ith the utmost ap
parent ferorty at every stringer v. ho appeared,
and the favorite ar.iMvenirr.t of the Defteidar
was t j look en and nriov the lernr cf Lis l
viii'item when suddenly r. flacked by the lion.
On one nr-casioa eighteen of his domestic ser
vants, in paying their riistrnn.iry r S.'oy.oiiw'nU
on tho festival of the r. ier;.r,i, intimated ti.l
they w ere 'il snd.y in M ar,; of shoes'. He told
them that their wAr.ts should be si'ipoli.-il, nr.d j
on the following t'ny actually erdere.l V'e. htcen
pair Cl in n I'.mra s-hr.cs t l -'. iiaiied lo the fei I
of the poor ile;'-n(lenls, who, in this condi;o:i
were 'i'er"d V. '.vpa'r t TlHv SPVet al nveca
li,.n?. Moi li!l it ion (tts i -l almost iio'iiedi 'e
ly w ill. nine ol'thein, v. ho died ainid frightfel
lortuies-. nod thru im; did Ihe ru-'" a'.lOA !. 1
survivors ti bi itu.-iiud, ntiJ con -iced tc the
v".r.? ot a sergeon.
'Several Viili'i-.ies." t"-3 Pe'lifte ; "vvt.tj'.il
be filled if I t ie to tell all 'i'.ie well authenti
cated hcs i f atro-i'y committed by this Inmiaii
t;ger in Kordofan and Sennaar. To bi! kn nvu
to he posses ed of wealth was certain death, tor
a pretext was never wanting for acciixing the
unhappy owners of koine imaginary criiV.e. Vy
proceedings such as these the Hellerdar was
snppo.-ed to have ainacd ieen-e treasure?,
when Mtheutet Ali, wearied at length hy the
incessant complaints raised against his son-in-law,
found means to depo .e him from Lis go
vernoiship by eansiii" tc be ediV.iiiiatc'reJ to
liioi n ihv o of iviison. Since then the foveru
nillt ,rConie soinewhut milder, and some '
check has been placed on the m.trary coil'1
j ,Ik" P"1'."" : i their dii' -lu- fl(,i
lire siai vi i",..eruiiK-nt makes inKvsdilo tlr
' 'Z iiiuHbiUlits to Cuip ,,., f.ftlm n.inihi'iless
I hcI (l'opircsi.ion, (C, wtiich they continue tu bu
j sut'jecicu.
AAOTHKIl LKTTICR FROIT TIIK GKOIl
bilA MA. Mm,
riNEViu.K, Feb. Gth, If II.
Mr. THOrPoN : Dear Sir News! news!
glorious news! Hurra for mcl !
''Let the kettle to the trumpet speak,
The trumpet t6 the cannoneer w ithout,
The eannon to the fceaver.s, Hhe heaven to the
earth,"
For Mary' t got a baby .' .' !
And a monstrous fine boy at that! 1 lie king
of Denmark, you know, wanted 'to ret all 'hea
ven and yos'rth in an uproar, jest because his
excellency was gwino to take a drink of lickcr.
Hut if ever a man did foci like this world wasn't
biir enough o enjoy his happiness in, I think 1
ought on this important occasion. I never had
sicli feehns before. When I was elected Ma
j rof tho Georgia Militia I felt a gnod deal of
pride and gratification, and when I married
Mary, I thocgl.t I was the happy est man in
(ieorgia, but this last bisness has cap'd the cli
max over every thing that has ever happened
f- me in all my hern flays. It would'nt do for
people to git muoh happier in this world than I
am, now mind I tell yon.
I don't want t j brag over other people, and
I know it's an old maxim, that 'every crow
thinks its own young ones the whitest,' but I'll
tell yon wtiat'sa fact mine is one of the sur
prisencst children that ever was seen in these
pnrts. It aint but just four days old this eve
nin, and ils got plenty of hair on its hcnrl, and
the prcttyet little feet snd hnnds, with toes and
fingers, nil jest as natural ns grown people's,
and w hen it opens it eyes it rolls 'ein all round
the room jest like it know'd everything that
wasw ineon. Mother says she really docs
believe the child know'd her the first time
she tvek it in her nrms, nr.d old Miss Stallions
sas all she's afraid of its too smart to live.
The ;ails is almost crazy about it, and sicli an
other pullin and hawlin about it as they do keep!
One want it and 'tothcr wants it, and they
wov't rive the little feller ft chance to sieep for
I.H'kin at il, and showin it to people and talkin
to ii, and its ail the time 'come to its nnty
twi elest little precious baby anty's ittlc sugar
candy, dutripsy diddle,' and every time I take
it they're nil scared todeth for fear I'll hurt it
in some tv By.
Just as I spected, the namin has been more
troublesome than a litt!?. I picked out 'Henry
('lay,' for liis name more'n a month aga, but
,i .. n .. .,i.l , ),,. . ; .,i ,.,.
j '''' V all wanted to have n say in it, and every
one had a name that they liked "best ofanv.
I Mother said she never liked to havcany of her
family named after great political character?,
for she never know'd a lieorgo Washington, or
a Thomas Jefferson that was any matter cf ac-
count in her life, except the first ones, and their
names wouldn't been no better than common
people's if their character was'nt. Old Miss
Stailiona wanted to call him Aberham Stal
lions, canse that was her husband's name, nnd
ris'er Calline wanted liim named Theodcrc A
dolphus, canse they were her favorite novel
names, and sister Kesiah wanted liim named
! n"V Overly, cause ho was ono of the most
int-restinest characters in 'The Children of the
Abbey.' I wantt-d 'em all t5 be satisfied, but it
seemed like there 'was no fixin the bisnessto
any body's l.kin, nntil after they all talked
themselves down tired about it, we all agrocd
to lea vo it to Mary to decide. Poor Mary did'nt
know what lo dj, when they all gathered
routid her beggin her as hard ns they could.
'lieiiieniter your poor old father that's ded
am! r'T.e, child,' said old M.S. Stallions.
'Oh, don't cnll I.im Aberham, that's such an
old time name,' ses the gall.
'Theodore is rd pretty,' ses sister Cariir.e.
Oh, that such an outlar.disli French name,'
pes all of them.
'full Charles Pie1. erly, was cuch a pool din
ner; in the "Children of the Abby,' and '.-omuls
so noble,' ses sister Kesiali.
'No Christian child ought to be named a no
vel came,' ses old Miss Stall'ousr, 'They're all
i:es fr-in cend to coin'.'
Crfll him w hat you've a mind to, dear,' ses
rvllior, for you're his mother, s:id ought to
ph'Mse yourself,'
Mary looked up in my free with her pretty g it iuUi pc.-'., as I thought it Was all over wil'i
blue eyes, and stiiiird so sweet when sister her."
Calline laid the babv in her arms and then ! . , . . , , , ,
- , A ol'c is to.d of alabreque, Cata'ani s Iri i
sho se.l, as the bugged it to her b.isem 'Iome , , , ... , , . ..
.' , . ,, baud, that win n MuaiiiC; coii'plamed too l.un ,t
to its !'it:ibh r, tweet litllelienry ( lav it sill . . . '
i i m'viv .i v -. i " ii c""ctrt " Pt 110 forte was to hi-!i
it Miini no.iui i. .it bii iv t Jii, imiiiiivi i
pweeions littie rmg-dove so it is, and it sail he ;
IVsident tH, when it pits a man, so it nil.' I
'Hurra for Clay,' ses I, 'Ilur '
'lliish h-h-h-h, Joseph,' ses mo''i?r, 'aint you
shamed .i chock Mary's nerves sol'
The fact is, I felt so glad 1 forgot what 1 was
about. Ilut I went rile olT and rit down in tr
latrily u-ciiid :
UrSRY Ct.AV Jom-.
The fir-t ,,f .lost ph and M-iry Jones, was.
born on the id of February , l-ll.'
I've been so mucli iiiistraicn lor mo lasi
week that I hardly kiiow what I'm doing half
the time, nnd I don't spnse I shall find tune to
do mm h else but nurse the baby tor some time
to come, Mar)' t'te picrt, and l.tllo Henry
Clay is makin a monstrous good beginning in
the world. No more from
Your friend til deth.
JOS. JONES.
The TalklitR Mnchlnr.
f he pdet Wilms had (in interview last week
with the talking Machine cxhihited in New
York, which he thus describes in a letter to tha
editors of the National tntelligencer :
"I had a half hour's interview with tho tai.k
ino ta.vcmNE this morning, and found him a
more entertaining android than most of my
wooden acquaintances (the man wlio'itirXs
for him being a very superior person.) 1 must
f.rst give yon a labJmn of the room. A Gerimn
woman takes your half dollar at the door, ami
points yon ton semi-hoxed up Turk, (query:
Why are all automata dressed in turbans?
j a Turk seated in a kind of low pulpit, with a
green shirt, a good Complexion, a very fine)
beard, and a pearl breastpin.
But from under hie shoulder issncs a bunclt
of wooden sticks, arranged like a gamut oC
pump handles, and behind this, ready to pk r
on his Turk, sits Mr. Fabhr, the contriver. -l
immediately suggestel to Mr. P., bythev f y,
that the costume nnd figure had better hf.vu
been female, ns the bustle would have g"iven
a well-placed find ample concealment for all
the machinery now discnchantingly pkeed out
side the performer sitting down naturally
behind and playing on her like a piano.) Ther
Turk was talking to several ladies and gctv
tlet.ion when 1 entered, and my name bc-ng;
mentioned by ono cfthc parly, he said: "?low
do you do, Mr. 1" with perfect distinct
ness. There was t small musical organ in C?ie room,
and oncot the visiters played "Hail Columbia?"
the automaton singing tho words "like a man."
There vas no slighting or slurrrrg r.f dipthong
or vowel, sybillatc or r.spirate. I)uty was dona
by every letter with a legitimate claim to bo
sounded '.he only fault being a strong Germarjt
accent, -'whlih of course will wear off with tr j
vel.) and a few German peculiarities, siic'.i aa
pronouncing v's like w's, gargling the fw.t tcrala
&c, &e.
I nnderstood Mr. Faber to say tte-t he was
seven years contriving the uttevtv.co of tha
vowel e. Mr. F. haw a head and countenance
fit for a speech maker, (maiior of the gift of
speech, mean) a head bf the finest mocV,
and a mouth strongly rr.arl.ed with intelligence;
ami feeling. He is ritriple, naif, arrJ enthusi
astic in his manner. The rude mcsical organ
in the room was his own handiwork, 'and nt
the request of one cf the ladies he sat down tr
j u nm pluycJ a fccautifui 0f his own com
posing. Ho may well be Cnmplctily asorbe l.
as he teems to be, inhis nndroides- Itisayg any
thing, in any language. It cannot ciugh iyt
being liable to bronchitis ; nor laugh being a.
Turk. Hut it'ean sinL', and has s. sweet brca:!i
and a well governed tongue. r. short, it i
what would pass in the worli' Tor "a very f;iu
man."
A Siirpicion has since crossed my mind tli.it
I may here have stumbled on an explanation ot"
the great mystery cf this-, supernatural addition
lotne ligure. thc super natura continuance of
articulation in the female requiring perlnrn
some androidal assistance to the lungs. If so,
it would appear that women like "the churc'i
cannot do without a bishop."
A gcntlew.an called upon a friend, last sti ;i
mcr, who 'nad recently signed the total ahcti
nence pledge, and was asked by his host totak i
a gle.ssof wine with him. "Why," said tii
g'icst, 'I thought that you had signed the plcdg.'.'
"So I have, but then you know all signs fail m
Iry weather," replied the host.
Ix Jr.or arty. A merchant, not remarkably
conversant with geography, picked up a P.ew.-i-ptipe,-
ar.d sit down to read. Ho had njt pr.i
ceeded far, before he came to a pass go stating
that cue of his vessels was in jeopardy. "J(l
patdy ! jeopardy '." said the astonished nn-r-c!..iiit,
who h"d previously heard tViat tho ves
sel was lo.-t ' let me see, that is somewhere m
tho Mediterranean; well, I am glad she h;
' for llr Void
cleaning, of course, in pitch i.
rent lor a cai-jenter to ilwrtin the of Wio
instrument.
'Whit do yo j k for thisarticle t" inquir d
, Ohadiah.o' a young Mi?s. 'Fifteen thillins.'
'Ami you a little dear .' 'Why,' she repUu.!,
o'vishi'r, "all the yonnsf men tell me so."
We love women a littb for what wedokr.o
nf iheni, and a great deal n.ore for what we
not .
lkt.i Tea.
A w itty fellow once w as ssttseJ.
"Pray w heiedrt y'o uko your tea !"
"My friend, where rise di you suppose,
lint lt wf mouth" said he.