TERMS OP TI1K " A!)li:itICAi."
H. B. MA8PRR,
JOSEPH EISEI.Y.
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NOT MAHRIKD V K T.
A PorrtAii Sono F.Y Oto. P. Morris.
I'm single yet I'm single- yet !
And years have flown since I canio out ;
la vain I nigh in vain I fret !
Ye gods ! what are the men about ?
I vow I'm twenty oli, ye powers !
A spinster's lot is hard to bear
On earth aone to pass her hours.
And afterwards lead apes down there.
No offer yet no offer yet !
I'm puzzled qtiite to make it out ;
For every beau my cap I set,
What, what, what are the men about ?
They don't propose they won't propose,
For fear, perhaps, I'd not say "yes!"'
Just let them try for heaven knows
I'm tired of s inglc-blesscdness. .
Not married yet not married yet
The. deuce is in the men. 1 fear !
I'm like n something to he let.
And to be I t atnnt that's clear :
They say ''she's pretty but no chink
And love without it inns in debt!"'
It agitates my nerves to think
That I have had no offer vet !
CiymnaatlFH F.iiMtrr llir eknry
InUklon of IMnilnl l.nliur.
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The mind ol a man, stiil more of a child, is is knocking at the door ! For heaven's sake .lip
incapable of long pcrrcvi ranee in mental ever- ; into that chest," showing him a double apart
tkiii. This is generally acknowledged truth ; incut, "and lie there until I see what may be
to which I shall add one more to the game pur- ' done Meanwhile I will hide your clothes
pnse, which is less known. Young men, and I somewhere or other, as well as I am able. Ilea
those who are not advanced in)ears, if healthy . von knows I fear more for yo'ir holy person
and of warm constitutions, are never gieatly than I do for my own lite !" The unfortunate
inclined to mental exertion til! their bodies ' wretch, seeing himself reduced to such a pass,
are to a certain degree fatigued, I do not say j did as the lady desired ; w hile the husband, pre
wholly exhausted. Till this fatigue is pro- ! sently coming in, retired to rest with his wife,
duced their body has a preponderance over who had firr locked the friar in the chest. The
the. mind; ami in this case it is a truly natural poor prisoner uttered sundry involuntary noises
want, which cannot easily be silenced. Each ' "i the course of the night, and was in the direst
niu-cle requires exertion, and the whole ma- i terror at the inquiries: w hich they awakened on
chine strives to employ its powers. This is ! the part of the husband.
vulgarly called, to have no sit-flesh ; if the fa- j Daylight at length came, and the church bell
tigtie lie once brought on, the call for bodily ex- began to ring for prayers which greatly annoy
erton is stilled, the mind is no longer disturb- ' cd the captive, who was to preach at the cathe
cd by it, and all its labors are facilitated. Our ; dral. The husband having risen, ordered two
common mode of education pays in regard to servants to carry the chest to the church and
this. Youths appear in school lobe strengthen- ' place it in the middle, saying they were order
ed by sleep and fisul, ami too frequently, alas ! ed to do so by the preacher ; and that unlock
thrown into unnatural heat i.nd commotion ing the chest without raising the lid, they should
How is it possible to fix ihe attention under leave it there; all which the fellows did neat
such circumstances ! The ImmIv requires ac- ly. F.very body stared, and wondered what all
tion; if this be not allowed, it will obtain it in this could mean ; some said one thing and some
silence, it will act upon the passions, and above j another. At last the bell huving ceased to ring
all the fiery temperament of youth will inflame '. and no one appearing in the pulpit, or any part
the imagination. Thus attention slumbers. of the church, a young man roe and said
e are barbarous when we uttempt to awaken "'Really, the good triar makes us wait too loiijj ;
it. with the rod ; we require from innocent child- "y let us see what he has ordered to be brot'
Ten wliHt is unnatural ; we inflict pain on the i in this chest. Having said this much, he he
body to prevent its action ; yet activity was he- j hue all the congregation lifted up the lid, and
stowed on it by its Creator, and nature reno- I looking in, beheld the friar in his shirt, pale,
vates this activity every ui Vit. The mind is almost frightened todeath, and certainly appear-
soon carried nway by the whirlwind of corpore
al energies and Io.t in the realm of chimeras.
A Cnrlnna Srrinnn,
An English paper contains the following cu
rious discourse, said to have been lately deliver
ed by an eccentric preacher in Oxford:
'I am none of your fashionable, fine spoken,
tnealy mouthed preachers, I tell you the plain
truth. What are your pastimes Cards and
dice, fiddling and dancing, guzzling and glut
ting! Can you be saved by dice ! No. Will
the four knaves give yon a passport to Heaven !
Mo ! Can you fiddle yourself into a good berth
among the sheep ! No! You will dance your
selves to damnation among the goats ! You
may guzzle wine here, but you'll want a drop
of water to cool your parched tongue hereafter.
Will the prophets rant and swear, and shuffle
and cut with you 1 No. They are no shuf
flers. You will be cut in a way you little ex
pect. Lucifer will come with his reapers, and
sickles, aiid forks ; and you will be cut down
and bound, and carted, and pitched into hell !
I will nut oil my lips with lies to please you !
I tell you the plain truth. Profane wretches!
I have Been you wrangle, and bawl, and heurd
you tell one another 'I'll see you d d fiMl
but I tell you the day w ill come when )ou will
pray to Belzebub to escape his clutches. And
what do you think will be his answer. 'I'll see
you d d first. '
Grammar Annecuoth. A Hudent in Gram
mar not considered the smartest, was asked by
a lawyer, who wanted joke, to tell the dit
ference betwen the words alio end like wit e t
' why, eaya the lad, yonr neighbor (naming him)
is a lawyer and likewise an honest man ; also
you are a lawyer, but not likewise. The que
rist not liking tucb an illustration of the gram
matical distinction, sheered off.
S. UJN
Absolute acquiescence in the deciaions of the
By manner &. finely.
Ail Ingenious Friar.
The corruptions of the twelfth century are
well illustrated by a very ainusing anecdote of
a "handsome Itnlinn friar, term nliiir, rot undid,
about thirty, and extremely bold and eloquent ;
doubtless one of that class so folicitiousty limn
ed by Thompson :
"A little round, fat, oily man of God
Was one I chiefly mm ked among the fry';
lie had a roguish twinkle in his eye
And shone aa'flittcring with ungodly dew,
If a lighl damsel chanced totrippen by ;
Which when observed he shrunk into histnew
And straight would recollect his piety anew."
One day at a remote confcs-ssional of the
church he declared an unholy and forbidden pas
sinn to A young nnd beautiful married lady,
whom he had long 'followed with bin eyes,"
anil bogged permission to visit her at her resi
dence. Struck with surprise at this new reve
lation of his character, she evaded reply, being
secretly minded to inform her husband, when
she returned home, which she did, word for
I word. He told his wife to contrive to let the
friar come, alone and in secret, the next even
ing, which chanced to bt that of Siturday, and
the night before the Sunday of Saint Jjuarus,
on which occasion the friar was to preach. The
appointment was made ; the friar came true to
; the late hour which had been designated ; was
i received at the door and shown tnto the lady's
, bedroom by a servant, who informed him that
j she had desired hirn to retire to rest, and to sBy
i that "she would be with him straight." The
! friar prepared to comply with the direction, and
was about stepping into bed, w hen the door o.
poiied suddenly, and the lady entered in gieat
apparent trepidation, exclaiming: "My husband
ing more dead than alive, and as if buried in the
chest. Finding himself discovered, however,
he collected his mind as well as he could, and
stood upright, to the great astonishment of all
present ; and having taken his text from the
Sunday of Lazarus, he thus addressed his con
gregation, "My dear hrethern : I am not at all
astonished at your surprise in seeing me brought
before you in this chest, or rather at my order
ing myself to be brought thus ; ye know that
this is the way in which our holy church com
niomoratcs thj wonderful miracle our Lord per
formed on the person of Lazarus, in raising him
from the dead w ho had been I urii d four days.
I was desirous in your favor to present myself
to you as it were in tho form of this man, in or
der that seeing me in the chest, which is no o
ther than an emblem of the sepulchre wherein
he had been burried, you might be moved more
effectually to the consideration of what perisha
ble thinga are ; and that seeing me stripped of
all worldly decorations, thus in my shirt, you
muy be convinced of the vanity of the things of
this world, the which, if only duly considered,
may tend greatly to the amending of your lives.
Will you believe that since yesterday night
have been a thousand times dead, and revived
as 1-azarus was; and considerii g my dreadful
situation, remember (as it were with the memo
ry of a similar penance iu your hearts) that we
rnubt all die, and trust to Him who can bestow
life eternal ; but first ye must die to sin, to ava
rice, to rapine, to lust, and all those einful deeds
to which our nature prompt us." In snch lan
guage, and in such manner, did the friar con
tinue his sermon. The husband astonished at
the rxtrordinary presence of mind which lie
displayed, laughed heartily at his success; and
in consideration of the adroitneas of the culprit,
did not attempt any further revenge ; "but,"
it ia added, "he took very good care to shut his
door in future against all such double faced hypocrite."
BUM Y AMERICAN.
AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL.
majority, the vital principle of Republics, from which
Sunbury, IVortliumberland Co.
From the Acu Orleans Picayune.
SCESK IS A 8AKCTVM.
Tho edilor is at his table, his eye in a fine
phrenzy rolling, seemingly engaged upon a most
minute and curious examination of a spider's
web in the corner of the ceiling. Suddenly
the editor dashes his pen into tho ink stand,
drops his eyes to the paper, flirts the extra ink
from his pen into the eye of a bust of Byron be
hind him, and commences scratching away
with great energy.
Even so dropped into oblivion tho changing
shadows of evening. Fold after fold of the
golden, tinted clouds pass from before the vision
and while in ecstatic revery, the. mind soars a
way into heavenly conceptions'-
'Please Sir, is tho editor in 1' says an excel
lent daughter of Hibernia, with an innocent
preliminary arrangement of the next genera
tion in her arms.
'There he is behind the curtain,' says one of
the clerka.
'It's thcro he is, is it!'
Yes.'
'And can I go in there !'
Yes, yes !'
Hush whisper is he decent !'
'Is he what P
'The editor gintlemcn he's not dangerous V
'Perfectly ferocious,'
'Now, is he attrocious, and no charity for a
lone woman !'.
'O, try him, try him don't bother me.'
'Good morning, Sir,' says the woman, cross
ing herself inside of the little green baize door.
The editor bends low over the paper, and
scratches away harder than ever:
While the soul gently yields itself to those
sacred emotions only to be known w hen the
calm and peace and starry loveliness is near.'
'l'lese, Sir, may I have a word wiih you !'
'Good woman, what do you want !' exclaims
the editor, dashing his pen on tho floor, and
running his ten 'pickers and steelcra' furiously
through the hair.
'Hut! tut! now, don't be attrociotis, there's
a honey !'
'What do you want P
'Wi ll, thin, troth it's not much, and I can
tell you, if you'll not give way to your limper,
and be attrociotis with me, as the Joung man
trhlit m n
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'ld give five dimes for the privilege of
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swearing five minutes at the woman,' mutters
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tho editor between his teeth, as he pokes his
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head under the table in search of his pen.
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So thin, I II not detain your attention long ;
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,wi ii. nit, mm f.,,i iTiitmii lor jr( iiu ueiier
business mutst be troubling Ihe like of yuV
The woman lays her little bundle of mortal
animation upon the table, and deliberately takes
possession of a chair, drawing in a contideutitl
and mysterious mannei toward the editor.
'Well.iroon ; what do you want !'
'Plase, Sir, I am from Ireland.'
Good gracious, madam, you need'nt tell me
that.'
'Whisht, now, lie aisy ! Pin Irom Ireland
and it's an honest livinp I'd be pettinir. and
that's jist what brings me to yourself, and true i to 0,1 "Pf-irance as they were when plucked
it is, that I'm tellin' you, the Lord preserve us J'" t,,e vinc Mmn flle nr ' '"'"" before."
all for that same !' ' ne "'"de preparing them, is to pick when of
'Brimstone and ' you want a place!' j l,ie Pr,,P''r size for eating, hell, no. I carefully
The blessings r Sl Dennis be upon you. 'Wj n vM' I,,e '""t' A" ,,,e r ,re ne
aud mav the son ever . mil noon tl.n lit... of ""'. Pvont their moulding; this done
ye'-.'
What are you prayLig about !
want a place 1'
1 eiy, do you
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And what for shouldn't I pray, to be sure ! '
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and slandhiir it is, by the sime token, for the.
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youth Rt the books there, tho' he may be your :
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son, for he looks enough like you and it a ,
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handsome he is, at that slandhur it is, S r, to
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say your attrocious, wh. n no one could be kind -
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or to a lone woman, and I
'Razors and red ink !
!
how shall I get rid of j
this wo.nan ! James, foy heaven's sake, take
this woman out of here and attend lo her. It's
the old story slie wmt's lo advertise for a
place, and she's got no money lo pi; y fur it
and she ha i just buried her grand mother and
there ; do every thing the wauls take l.er
away.'
The woman goes to the clerk's desk, and
the editor resumes his writing
'Then it is thai rosy joy seems to dance
laughingly before us ulon the primrose path
of happiness, and
Here the editor stops scratches '' hem), and
commences another visual exploration of tho
cobweb in the corner, while tho woman con'
tiuues distracting his thought by talking to the
clerk out aide.
Yis, Sir, it's a maid servant, sure, or a nurse
for children, or anything ; and sure enough the
gentleman is altrocious man and the Lord us
sist him I suppose its politics thaU dementing
him.'
The editor resolutely scratches away upon
the paper again:
Absorbed in a sweet culm of the spirit, we
glow with gratitude for the rapture of breathing
life the scrtnity of twilight awaken every
there is no appeal but to force, the vital principle
Pa, Saturday, June i, 1841.
faculty to the preceptiona of blisn, and the che
rub Hope'
Ba-a-ba ! ha-a-ha 1 bva bn-ha-ha '
'Ten thousand thunders ! with a quantity of
lightning to match ! Who brought a baby
here! You, woman ! you t take this child
off my table, or I'll five it the inkstand for a
pap-cup I'
The woman runs in and runn off with her
child, the editor stamps and swears, and teara
up his manuscript, the devil comes down for
copy, and upon a fino tableau here the curtain
falls. This is a genuine sketch from real life,
that every editor in the land will recognize as
a true picture, though out of a thousand other
like vexations, this makes but one scene in a
sanctum.
The OjirnlnK lYnlri-ln,
The place where we were directed lo exe
cute llii.i formation, chanced to he particularly
favorable for obtaining a view over the whole
field of battle, as well as the over-night poti
(ions of the two armies. And never have these
yes of mine rested on a more imm-ing scene
than for n brief space was spread out before them.
As Tar as tho eye could reach, I beheld endless
columns of the French, the inlantry in front,
interlaced as it were, wilh artillery ; while in
the rear, were masses of cavalry, in comparison
with which, as far as numbers go, we appear
ed as nothing. Then, again, on our side, I be
held f.orse, foot, and guns, all in admirable or
der, hidden in some degree from the enemy by
the swell of the ground, all, us their attitudes
denoted, thoroughly on the alert; while both
on our side and that of the French, staff officers
in groups, 0nd orderlies, one by one, wero gal
loping hither and thither, as if they had been
tho veritab'e messengers of fate. Hut the vi
sion was like that which the sleeper obtains
when, for a moment, the pntes of fairy-land
are opened befi.re him. From the hundreds
of cannon which sent forth death on each side,
such a cloud of smoke arose as soon rendered
objects indistinct; and when the musketry be
gan to play, every living and dead thing on
the earth's surface was shrouded under a ca
nopy of gray mist. It were idle in or.e filling
the humble situation which I did, to attempt
anything like a description of a great bittle,
I especially such a battle as that of Waterloo
I from the instant that the firing becamo uene-
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a" w" lo me dark and obscure, bevond the
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1 distance of a tew hundred yard from the snot
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i winch I stood; indeed, it was only by the
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! ceaseless roar, or the whiMluvj of shot and
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i shell around me, that I knew at times that I
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and thosH near me were playing a part in the
grave game of denth. Fur the cavalry, unlike
the infantry, came into play only by fits ;md
starts; ami they hv patiently to sust'itii tli
i f'ory of a canouade, to which thev cm t.fl'.r no
resistance, and out of the range of which they
are not permuted to move. The Light Dra
goon. tirttii I'rni In Wliitrr.
The editor of the Main Cultivator says h
saw not long since, "green peas as succulent
I they will he fine and sweet. Menus may be
i preserved iu the same way, and with perfect
' success. If in addition, a stock of gteen corn
nn.u v nir inn,.,-, iinn-. no u iniiv i-jsoy
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" by scal.lmg on the rob whi n fit for riMstinnr
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or iKiiling, nun Iheu ciili.ii' or kl.elluig the com
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from the cob, and carefully drvng in the sun,
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fe recti peas, or heun", or our lavori'e surt niokji,
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"'") be had the whole y-.ir. I lioe who have
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never trii d it, rji iv be assured that i dish ! ihe
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,u.,vi, i tfaiiiiuijr til ..Kin ii, i luxury,
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I'raeli Trem.
Mr. Lewis Sanders, oflJriisi. IMIs, Kentucky,
in a communication to tho l.i-ui-nlle Jo irna',
suys he has found great benefit in protecting
peach trees Irom tho worm by the use of wiskl
u-hes. H" scoops out the earth from shout the
root of the tree to the d ptii of or U inches,
and lil to Ml inches Iron, the tree. Tin is
done about the fust of September, and is lift so
lill about the !irst of December, when the cavi
ty is filled with leached ashes. Uuleacheil
anhes, we suppose, is on Id answer the same pur
(vise, iu less quantity. Mr. Sander says "by
exposing the roots to Ihe sun and air, tht-propagation
ofthe worm is checked, it gives tho
birds (a particular kind of wood pecker,) a
chance to pick them out."
Hints to Fahmkks It is said that spirits
of turpentine is a deadly enemy of all the in
sect tribes, and, consequently, will destroy the
bug or worm which ia found to prey on wheat
and other grain. With a watering pot, finely
perforated in the spout, a person may sprinkle
field of ten acre without using more than
two or three gallons. The experiment on
small scale may racily betritd.
and immediate parent of defoliant. Jarr aao.
Vol. l--Xo. 3G--Wliole Wo, 192.
A Lira Yankee,
Entering an tntanquilla, or shop licensed to
sell cigars, we met two or three faces bo de
cidedly Anglo-Saxon in complexion and fea
tore that wn at once accosted them in English
and we were answerved by one of tho party
with a drawl and twang so peculiarly "Down
East," that Marble, llacket, or Yankee Hill
might havu taken lessons from him. We soon
ascertained that they belonged to the American
circus company then performing at San Luis,
and on telling them who we were, they at once
invited us to their wie.ton to supper. The first
speaker, who proved to be a regular Vermont
er, was not a little surprised to see us without
a guard, and asked if we had received permis
sion to that effect. His astonishment was re
moved when we told him that we were allow
ed to leave our qiwters on parole.
In five minutes after our arrival at the hotel
ofthe equestriuns, I found that our Vermont ae
qiinntance was one of tho quaintest specimens
ol the Yankee race I had ever seen, and not a
few examples had I met previous to my encoun
ter with hirn. lie had a droll impediment in
his speech w hich gave to his actions Bnd gea
tures a turn irresistibly comic, and then ho told
an excellent story, played the trombone, trian-
tjp, and bass viol, spoke Spanish well, drove
one of the circus wagons, translated the bills,
turned an occasional somerset in the ring,
cracked jokes in Spanish with the Mexican
clown, took tickets at the entrance with one
hand, while with the other he beat an accompa
niement to the orchestra inside on the bass drum,
and, in short, made himself "generally useful."
After partaking of an excellent supper, we spent
un agreeable hour in his room, listening to sto
ry after story of his adventures. He came to
Mexico, to use his own words, by way of Chihu
ahua, accompanying traders from Jonesborough,
on Red River, in the first and only expedition
across the immense prairies. They were some
six or eight months on the road, and suffered
incredible hardships for want of water and pro
visions. Our Yankee was a stout man when
we saw him, but hu told us that he wns a per
fect transparency w hen h first arrived at the
Mexican settlements so poor, in fact, that ac
cording to his own account, "a person might
have read the New England Primer through
him without specs."
When 10 o'clock came we rose to depart;
but the droll genius insisted that we should first
partake t a glass of egg-nog with him, and
then help him to ring "Old Hundred," in re
membrance of old times. There are few per
sons in the New England States who cannot go
through this ancient and well known psalm
tune after sonio fishion; and although neither
time nor place wis exactly befitting, we all
happened to be from that quarter, and could not
re-ist complying wiih his comico-serious re.
quest He really had a good voice, and, for
aiipht I know, may have led the singing in his
nntive church. After humming a little appar
ent ly to get the right pilch, he started off with
a full, rich tone ; but suddenly checking him
self in the middle ofthe firstJme, said that the
thing was not yet complete. Taking a double
bi.s from iu resting place in one corner ofthe
room, he sooii had the instrument tuned, and
then recommenced with this accomplishment.
Never have I heard a performance so strangely
minling the grave and the comic. It was odd
en.niph to see one of his vocation in a strange
land thus eng-iged; and the solemnity and
..a! with which he sawed and sang away
were perfectly irresistible. I did not laugh;
but thoughts aro-e in my mind very little ac
cordant wt!i the interest and devotional spirit
with which our strange companion Went
through his share ofthe performance. This
curious s.-eiio over, a scene which is probably
w tlioiit pir.ille! in the his'ory of San Luis
I'otosi, we took b'liveofour singular acquaint
ance, who p-niiiised to call at l:n; convent early
next morning, ami to d.i every thing in Ins
po.ivr to ussit tlio-e among the Tex.tiis who
wore tiie most destitute.
Imu fiiioir.iiAM CoitKixTEu A writer in
the ewOrU-ans Trop e has addressed a let
tor to Lird lirou;;lmiri, in answer to the re
mark, he made in Parliament, on the subject of
a ilei i.-ion by ihe Criminal Court of Umisi
ana, coiuleiiniiiijf an imiiviilua! to death for
hiving aided in the cacajie of a slave. The
writer take the liberty A' informing hi Lrd
ship, that the case alluded to did not occur in
Lmitiiana, but in South Carolina, and that the
law under which the sentence was pronounced
was not an American but a llritish law, pass- !
ed under the administration and by the an- :
thority of a British Uoyal Governor, in 17fl,
and sanctioned by the signature ofthe then
British Sovereign, George II; and that this
law, by some ov r.-iglit, remained unrepealed
oil the statute book of South Carol nin, ( simi
lar had been repealed in almost all the other
Stale,) and wa forgotten, until draggej to
I'jjlit by the prosecuting attorney in the a
bove case, and i n the conviction of tho ac
cused, the court of course had no alternative
but to pas sentence ol death on him ; but he
was promptly paruened, and told "to go aixl cm
no more."
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A Word to Husbands.
IOok, ye husband, a moment, anil remember
what your wife w as when you took her, not
from compulsion, but from your own choice, a
choice based, probably, on what you then con
sidered her superiority to all others. She was
young perhaps the idol of a happy home ; she
was gay and blithe as the lark, and her brothers
and sisters at her father's fire side, cherished
her as an object of the endearment. Yet she
left all, to join her destiny with yours ; to make
your home happy, and to do all that woman'
love can prompt, and woman's ingenuity devise,
to meet your wishes, and lighten tho burthens
that bear upon you on your pilgrimage. She,
of course, had her expectations, too. She could
not entertain feelings, that promised so much,
without forming some idea of reciprocation on
your part, and she did expect you would after
marriage perform those kind offices, of which
you were so lavish in the days of your betroth
ment. She became your wife; left her own home
for yours ; burst asunder as it were, from the
hand of love that had bound her to her father's
fireside and sought no other boon fhan your af
fections ; left it may be, tho ease and delicacy
of a home of indulgence ; and now, what must
be her feelings if she gradually awakens to the
consciousness that you love her less than be
fore ; that your evenings are spent abroad, ihat
you only come, if at all, to satisfy the demands
of hunger, and to find a resting place for your
head, w hen weary, or a nurse for yonr sick
chamber when diseased ! Why did she leave
the bright hearth of her youthful daya ! Why
did you ask her to give up her enjoyments of
happy home ! Was it simply to darn your
stockings, mend your clothes, take care of yonr
children, and watch over your sick bed ? Was
it only to conduce to your own comfort ! Or,
was there some understanding that she was
to be happy in her connection with the man
she had dared to love.
Nor is it sufficient that you reply that you
give help; you would do it for an indifferent
housekeeper. She is your wife, and unless
you attendto her wants and in some way an
swer the reasonable expectations you raised by
your attention before marriage, you need not
wonder if she bo dejected and her heart sinks
into insensibility; but ir this be so, think well
who is the cause of it.
We repeat it, very few women make indif.
ferent wives, whose feelings have not met with
some outward shock by the indifference, or
thoughtlessness of their husbands. It is our
candid opision, that in a large majority ef in
stances of domestic misery, the man is the ag
gressor. A London Cab Urlrcr'a Chat.
At last the vehicle went on, and the driver,
with the air of a man who had done some
thing smart, hitched himself straight in his seat
and threw his great-coat tails over his knees.
'A raw night, sir,' said he addressing Mr. Bur
ton. 'Go along, you old Tory !' he continued
in the same breath, addressing his horse. 'Do
you see that fellow there, goin into Drury-Lanp,
s;r ! That man was tried last year for robbing'
a house, and I dare say he is plotting some,
thing now. Go along, Billy ! Macready
plays to-nbjht at Ihe Garden, and there's t bo
a new hoppery at the lane. Cot along, olu
horse ! There to be a frantic debate to-mor-row
in the'ouse of Commons; a regular free
and easy. I hear talk of putting down tho 'bus
ses ; but thai aint true. Pitch it into the wood,
pavement, old Ilerod, the Tetrach (whack,
whack, whack !) That's a regular o!d-eftab-lished
'orse, that is, and has been a pretty con
siderable time in this wale of tears; you aee, ha
know the short cu.'s as weil as a Chrii-tian, '
and takes as much care ol himself as if he had
a wife and a fimdv. Push nl. Ill IT f f.lhn,. Ir
j b .
whack !) do you think I . stole you ! No !
(whack, whack, whack !) I should have sto
len a livelier 'orse ; yet the old tulip has pices
when he likes to put them out ; but bethinks
within himself. He once ran down a wid.ly
woman, that horse did. Rowl away, old chap ;
never say skin me ! That 'ere little boy has
plenty of brother and sisters, or he never would
have run under the 'orse' head that way. sfy
little boy, this niornin.' sty to me, n is (nly
rising seven. Father, says he, I want a pair of
top bxits. iiow,'(beniling sideways towards Mr.
Birton, and striking the horse's flanks 'that'
what I call the inarch of intellect.' Well,' fit
ting erect again,) 'this ia a regular slimy night ;
and we are t have a sto.m, I can see Ihat. I
have to take a gentleman down to the Harry,
adno, a Scotch steamer, at nine o'clock ; she
wa to have sailed iu the inorniu', but she hurt
her windpipe somehow. I wish him joy of hit
voyage ; atxhow I shall have had two fares out
of it. Trip away, my dairy! ( hack, whack,
whack!) My eye! aint the wind getting up t
there will ba heavy crop ofchimney-op. Un
blessed night , and mv gentleman as piiei, by
t.-'e Hariyadne, wou't he be able lo write a set
oy letter to his iiii.--im, if he ever g t s-e i,
l-ith ! There' im khd of ileitn iliatto
more a..'Hinst my grain than that 'ere tfrnumo '
Ir.l, Iji) ! iti a na-ty thing to be einolhercd
with colJ waler !' The Grave-digger.