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ti:iuis or tiu; ameiucax."
II. H. MAtiSER,
JOSEPH EISELY.
? Pdrlirrkiik Attn
S PfmritltTORS,
It. W.n.fB, Editor.
Office in Centre Alley, in the rear of If. ti. Mas
tcr't Store.
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Manufacturers of
UBBRELIAS, PARASOLS, and SIS SHADES,
Nn. W-l Market Sired,
P It I I ii (1 e I p Ii I a,
5NVITE the attention of Merchants, Mnnufnc
turcrs, &c, .Vc, to their vury extensive, cle
fz:int, new stork, prepared with (treat enro, and of
fered at the lowest p. risible prices for cash.
The principle on which litis concern is establish
ed, is to consult the mutual inlriest nf their custo
mers and themselves, by m inufufturing a good nr
lic e, selliiifr it at ihu luwiat price for rash, and
realizing i heir own remuneration, in the amount of
Irs and quick returns.
Possessing inexhaustible facilities for manufac
ture, ihey ure prepared to supply orders to any ex
tent, and respectfully solicit ihe patronage of Mer
chants, Manufacturer and Dealers.
A large assortment of the New Style Cur
.sin Parasols.
Philade lphia, .lone 1. 1814 ly
HERE'S HOTEL,
Fomimiw tiioio.vt notsi:,
Ao. lltt C'licKiiut Street,
PHILADELPHIA,
a. rPHB MJUSCHIIIEIJ, recently of
S'vSyijj Heading, I'.i., would inform the pub
!;. lie that he has fitted up the above cspa-
...i ' . ..' I
fcsScious and convenient stiiblislunent. and
tv ill alvvars be r adv lo enter! .in visitors. His es.
ahlishe.l reputation in the liue.it is hoped, will ,
iflonl full assurance, that his curst s will be sup-
iff
ilied wi'h every roinfirt
and accommodation
vbilst bis house will lie conduced under such nr- i
snjiemci.ts as will HTure a rh.rieter for the first i
eiipoiisibility, and satisfactory entertainment for in
rividual and families.
Charge for hoarding f I penl.y.
DANIEL II C K K.
Philadi-lphia. May 2.r). 1811ly
To Country Jli-rthaiil.
joots, Slides, I?oiiiiets. Leghorn and
li!.n Lt-iif Hats.
(1. AY. & L. II. TAYLOll,
it the S. 11. corner of Mnrl.i t and Fifth Sis.,
FHILADr.IiFIIIA,
fFFER for sa'e an xtenie r.t;oriinrnt of the
-'above ar'iclia, all of v. huh they fell at unusual
y low piice, and particul.iily invile tlie attention
f buvers visiting the citv, to nn lamination of
heir slock. (J. V. & L. U. TAYLOR.
I'biladelphin, May '-25, 1814. ly
nj.1ll.ir roit S.f ,'.- The small f..rni,
j containing about 1(10 acres, about S miles
trove Niirthuin'eil.iiid, mlj in in c latnls if J.sse C.
lorlon. John I.eghou an. I otheis, will be sold
h' ap, if applieaiion i- made s ou to the subscriber,
utlbury. Ant?. 31. II. II. M ASSi:tt.
FllX SI2t:i The highest price will be
given for Flax teed, bv
Aug 31. 1P-14. II. n. MASSElt.
"Mi'iTAn'R' m iiLi:s.Five iWfw, r t c0t
' l:ice Hihle, the i beapi st book ever pubhdlieil,
'iintrcning the l omnu'iiiarv on ihe Old and JS'ew
l't stanient. ju-t reeeivid rind fir alc, for six doll irs.
iy June lft. H. 11. MASEEH.
RSHOVAt",
DOCTOR .1. . MASS Kit.
RESPECTFl'LLY informs the cit-
J iens ol .unl'urv ami its vicinity, thai
n, ii if. ,t nn'.rti iii niiiLi if iiiv
liuilding ill Ma'ket Squmr, east of Ira
T. merit's toic. and inmnd atclv upposiie Ihe
ot ollice, where he wip. I happy to receive CdIN
ii the line of hin pro'ision
Suiihuiv, Mav 4 1 h. 114.
i) i d" i; v XxIT'
latent Fire ami Tiiicf I'voof Iron
('hosts, Slate lined Refrigerators,
with Fillers attached when
recuired.
3T.1TS ft. WATGOIT,
o. 70 S')iithlltird St., oppoxitr lit Kxehuugr,
irg.J;".. M AMFACI'LltF.
and
AiSflOTr Wpf'Mr sale IHviii Kv
, . 1
Mler anil I rovi.
$P&$f ,V;ion C oler..
iiSlWl ; h mhini Fire an
Mini Patent Pre.
niiurnFire and Tbiel Proof I. (
)St:lf:;m1 r" r,' )"fr'-rvi',K !
iArJl-wrill'Hiks, PaK?r. Deeds, Jew el v,
?:4a?5jM. Wlver, &c, &c, made ;
f Doib r Iron, (and not ovi r Plank aa nmeiy.five
f Doib r Irmi, (and not ovi r Plank aa nmety.five
ut of every one hundred now in ue and for sale
re made.) w ph first rate t.ockf and David Lvaiis
a.en. Kevhole Cove,., similar lo Ihe one exhil.il- !
d al the Philadelphia Kxchance. for three mouths '
1 the mininer of H12, when all Ihe Key weie at J
ibertv to be uard, and the Chest not oiieued. al-
, ., . .11 .1 ., r., '
Iiough the expenrmnl was tried ly al least 1500 :
ersnus. One of the same Lock was tiled by i
lohliers, at the Delaware Coal Olfiee, in Walnut ,
itreel, above 'J'lnrd. lull did not sueced.
Hoist ing Machines, Iron Doors, superior
l.orkh, aiai all kinds nf Iron liaihuca, ieal and Co-
l ying Presses, and .Nmithwork gem rally, on band 1 king 1HH1 etiarts. The pert wine, madeira, whis
or manufactured at the shortest nolice. Uy mnch , nm ,,,,,,, (liulltbtlir;
fXj t:AUTIOI do hereby caution all per- fo nol large In cliampaigno I have been ex
eons sg .in.l maki tr using, s'llirig, or cauung lo ! treniely moderate, an I find from my bills that
I sold, any Keyhole Cove,, for Fire Proof Chests, j , ,av(, -j f(jr r,;, k,ls jn ,)e laBt ;)
or Doors, of any kind similar in piim iple to my I ; ' '
Patent, of 10th July, INI I, and also agaiimi Lining shout one bottle a week, and this is
Hefiieerators wub Siate, lor v.h.ch my 1'aleni is ' not all cousu lied by p,ie. When we take into
dated Sfith March. 1M1, as any infringement will j .,, a.c,)llnt .11 ver.etahlea in addition, snrh
be ilealt wi ll according lu law.
DAYID EVANS.
Philadelphia, April 13, 1H11. ly
FOREST VILLE
lilt ass i:ii;iit I iV LOI HK.
riH 15 ubsrriti-r has jtwt leceived, for sale, a few
L of the above celebrated Eight Day Clocks,
which will be sold at very reduced prices, for caxh.
Also, superior 30 hour Clocks, of Ihe Um make
and quality, which will be sold fur cash, al f 1 60.
Also, superior Urasa 'JO hour C4rka,at f . Oil.
Dec. 8, 1M3. II. 11. MAKSF.lt.
(5 TO X E W A K E for sale.
22 ft t-tone Jugs, from I quart la 3 gallons,
6tl Hione Jars, foMii S to 6 aallons. For sale,
cheap, by Oct. 1 1 II. 11. M ABSEIL
STTJNBUffiY AMERICAN.
AND SIIAMOKIN JOURNAL:
Absolute acquiescence In the decisions of the
Ily Masscr & i:icly.
Hurrah for the Printers.
The following excellent song, written by Charles
Soran, Ksq., was snnsl by Mr. Ceo. R. Apple
by, accompanied on the Cuitnr by Mr. Wm.
T. Nimrno, on the occasion of the late Anni
versary Supper of the Tialtimore Typographi
cal Society. It is very pretty, and does cre
dit to the author. llaltimtrre Sun.
You ask for a sonir, that is not out of place,
Then I'll sine of hord casrt that work at thec7jr,
Like a sons of dear woman or Fourth of July,
Ifg a glorious theme mid will never be dry.
Hurrah for the Printers, hurrah for the Printers
Hurrah for the Triiiters, hurrah and hurrah.
Old Faut was their father you very well know,
Who learnt from the devil the art long ago,
And all his successors you see by their print,
Have raised the Old lioy with the world ever since
Hurrah for the Printers, &e.
From King-dom they've knocked down most all
of his props,
old Cralt-dom they've changed to the Craft of the
,
shops,
For Labor now rules and mankind will he freed,
liy the handmaid ol Freedom, the Press, it's de
creed. Hurrah for the Printers, c.
Religion and Science and Art are its brothers,
For it is the Art that preserves all the others;
The Historian and Toet O! where 'd be their
fame,
Weie it not for the Tress their great deeds to pio
claim. Hurrah for the Printers, fce.
The weapon of truth and the champion of worth,
'Tis a 1 i ;Vit to mankind as the Sun is to earth,
It reflects, it produces, it nourishes, blesses,
Then shout for the heroes that work at thr- Presses
Hurrah for the Printers, fcc.
Rut tl mujih Darkness they've banished, they're
(till in the nidt
Of the secret that gives them their glory and
might,
Which ie, though I own Pat can strike a good lick,
'Tis they '-are the devils for handling the 7r7r."
Hurrah for the Printers. &c.
It was that same stick did such wondrous things,
The setting ufi subjects and knocking ilown K ings,
lsy blessing and raising mankind every way,
So Cod bless the Printers, hurrah and hurrah.
Hurrah for the Tl inters, :c.
Hurrah for the Printers exelaitneth the Preacher,
The Writer, the Workman, the People, the
Teacher,
And Libeity smilinc benignantly o'er ns,
From heaven looks down ami joins in the chorus.
Hurrah for the Printers. oVc.
Now I've told you plain truths that you all knew
before,
Rut will quit, though the theme would afford ma
ny more,
With a wih, in a summary way, that no Winter
May ever congeal the fond hopes of the Printer.
Hurrah for the Printers, &c.
Ct Rioi s Cauti.atio.v Soino sinjrulnr go.
tiius has perpetrated ihe following calculations I
which are amusing :
1 have been married T12 years, (hiring which
time I linvp rpfpived from thn Imnrl .if mt u'il.i
- ... ...j .....
..c i. . t
iiur-w uoi-'s v'l 1.1'iji r miiii liovi iwii Ml llie lliorri- 1
' J
log and one at night, making about ,.),(! Ill cups '
of half a pint each, or nenrly '30 barrels, if lilt ',
pallonseoch. we.-l,i,? 17.5J0 .,1.1,., or near- !
, 7 ...... .
'V nine tons weight. et trotn that period I
have scarcely varieU myself in weight from 1
rH,urXlK t W1 U.erefore be seen that I Im
, , . . .
llrunk ,n C''l" 2 " '"X own weig
have scarcely varied myself in weight from ltk)
have
ll.t.
I am not much of a meat eater, yet I presume
iave consumed aU)tit eight ounces a dav,
, , , r.,fi , 1 . .
winch 1 nukes pounds, or atniut ten oxen.
'
W "our i have consumed, lit 32 years, about ,Vt
barrels.
For '20 years ofthis time, up to I have
drank two wine ghn-sea ot brandy each day, inn-
aa luiauiez, jiluc, ufiiui:iu3 eiia ovrr ierj, unur-
ries, apples, pears, peaches, raisins, &c, thea
mount com 11 nied by an individual is most enor
mous. Now, my body has been renewed more
than four times in &! years ; and taking it for
granted that tho water, of which I have drunk
much, acts merely as a diluent, yet all taken to
gether, I conclude that I have consumed in
years aU utthe weight of J100 men of 1(50
pounds each. I'urix Fajier.
Small things often decide a man's destiny,
as the rudder of a th:p directs her course.
majority, the vital principle of Republics, from which
giinbiiiy, lYoiiliiiniberlaml Co.
We take the following article upon fultpninjr
animal, with a table of the proportions of Ikidi
oml fat lorminrr fiualitirs ol several kind of
food, from the tlcnncssco Farmer, livery lar
iner ought to read it.
FATTEXI.VU AXi.MAI.B.
Ifa person ten years ago had said anything
about futtcninjr oniinnla scientifically, ho would
have been very much ridiculed. Still there in
such a thing aa applying science to making pot k
or beef.
It has long been known that certain kinds of
food would tiiako nn animal fatten very fast,
while others would only keep them thrifty.
The analysis of the various gains and articles of
(iiml used shows the reason, and demonstrates
fully the importance ol a knowledge of the c
lnments it contain.
To enable the readers of the American to
judge for thcint-clves I havo prepared a table
compiled from various books and papers, hIiovv
ing the Flesh forming principle, and the Fat
forming principle, in some of the leading arti
cles used for animal food.
Contents of Flesh-forminc Fat-forming
100 pounds principle. principle.
Peas 2! 151
..lieans, .11 ,v
Oats 10$ fis
liarley, 14 OS
Hay,.. 8 f,s
Turnips 1 n
Potatoes,... 2 21 j
Carrots, 2 jo
K. J!eets,... 1 J
In. Corn,... j 77
Ily ill is table it appears that there is a great
difference in the capacity if the diflerent kinds
oflbodto form (lctli or lat. Peas, for instance,
contains the most of the flesh-forming principle,
and corn the let. While on the other hand,
corn possesses Ihe largeht amount of t'at-lorining
principle of any grain grown. Corn contains
9 per cent, of oil.
In this instance the analysis of the chemist
agrees with the experience of the former. For
we all know that any animal will grow rapidly
upon pulse, oats and barley, hut that they will
fatten much faster upon corn. Ily mixing the
food, and fomenting, so that it will bo in the
best possible state to assimilate itselt in the
stomach, the fanner can apply his feed to the
best advantage. If he wish to promote the
growth, feed less of coin and iKittitnos ; if lie
wish to (atten fast, give a greater proportion
of corn.
Put we lenrn another important fact, viz:
the fattening principle is in proportion to the
oil contained in the article ted. 'Phis we know
u!h by an experience, for hogs which feed up
on nuts, especially beech nuts, become very fat.
and the nuts contain n large probation of oil.
Hence it is in the power of the liirnirr by raising
I and feeding seed that contain a large quantity
i of oil, to fatten his animal much faster than by
j the old )rjeess. Sunflower seeds contain, it is
, sai.l, Ill per cent, of oil. Ily mixing ami grind
; ing H small quantity of these seeds Willi oilier
food, it would materially hu.-teli the fattening
J procesr.
All food fed should he Cooked, it por-sihle, and
i fermented. Ftoiu my own experience, I am
satisfied, full one quarter is saved by that menus.
1). I., in the last number, says that the wa
ter in which potatoes are cooked should be
thrown away, lest some of the doletf riotis pro-
eities(if the potatoo should injure the animals.
This is theory against fact, iinj shows how loiig
a inioohir irrnr mav on U!irootrMiIiettl viIiimi
-r- - j t. - - ,
,i... . ...... ; . .1., .1.. i...t:.... .... r i.- 1
mi ii mt m.u is n.iiiy nt.iio; u. i iiiie ivii uoie
J
urcds ot bushel ot boiled vitalues to bugs, and
always mashed them up in the water in which
I cooked them, and never yet saw any
leeth.
bad et-
Finally, observe the following rules
lot. Keep your animals warm and quiet.
2. I'repnrc the lood to that it will eusily
digei-t.
y. .Mix the food, ami remember that the more
oil in the IimhI, the faster the animal ill bit
ten, though too much might make the ino.it
soli ; and much time and money will be caved.
Tallow Mam fati i hc. A corresoui!eiit
of the Springlield Republican gives the follow
ing description of out-- of the "mauuluctoriea" 111
the West :
"There is 0110 establishment in Lafayette,
Indiana, which, from its novelty, must not bo
overlooked. It isa steam t'actoiy of Tullnwaod
Ird. The whole process is this A lot of cat
tle are purchased and butchered, the hides cured
and the carcasses cut up and thrown into im
mense cauldrons, into which tho strain from a
large boiler is conducted, by which means the
i ful is rapidly extracted and drawn oil'; then the
lean is dealt out to a lot of hogs, which, to a
considerable extet.t, are fattened on this refuse
of the carcasses of tho cattle. The hogs are
served the same way, and after tho lurd is ex
tracted the carcases are used for the siur.o pur
Ibises of those of the cattle. This project, thoue.li
yet an experiment, promises success. lIHKI
hogs are expected to bo kept in this way. IV..
lie in abundance fattened on the piuines, may
be hud for o to 10 dollufc each."
there is no appeal but to force, the vital principle
Saturday, Ict 31, IS I I.
TIIK YAXKKK IX ITALY.
now to n un mi'tfsiA.
One tiny ns I was walking along a crowded
street of Leghorn, my cltention wna arrested by
a singular figure ensconced in the doorway of a
fashionable man. It was a lank, sharp featured
tnaji, clad in a linsey woolsey, w ith a white felt
hat on his bend, and an enormous twisted stick
io his hand. He was looking about hint with
a shrewd gaze, in which inquisitiveness and
contempt were strangely mingled. The mo
ment I came oppote to him, he drew a very
large silver watch from his fob. and after in
specting it a moment with an impudent air, ex
claimed 'I say, stranger, what time (In they dine in
these parts V
'At this house dinner hour is about five.
'Five! why, I am half stnrved, and its only
twelve. I can't stand it later than two. 1 say
I guess you are from tho JStatcs V
Yes.'
May-he yon come tube cored of dyspepsia. !'
Not exactly.
'Well, I'm glad of it, for it's a plnguey waste
of money. I just arrived from New Orleans,
and there was a man on board who made the
trip all on account of i!yprpsin. I as good as
(old him he was a fool for his pains, I know n
thing or two, I guess. You see that slick!
Well, with thnt stick I've killed six aliigalor !
There's one thing that is a certain cure lor dys
pepsia.' 'And what's thatV
For a moment the stranger made no reply,
but twisted his stick, and gave a glance from
his keen grey eyes, with the air of a man w ho
can keep his own counsel.
'You wsnt to know what will cure dyspepsia V
'Vcs.'
'Woll then Speculation.''
After this announcement, the hucc stick wns
planted very sturdily and the spectral fi oure
drawn up to its utmost tension as if challenging
contradiction. Apparently satisfied with my
tacit acceptance of the proposition, the man of
alligators grew more complacent.
'I'll tell you how I found out the secret. I
was ti schoolmaster in the State ol Maine, and
it wus as much as I could do to make both ends
meet. What w ith floooing the hoys, lending
the choir Sundays, l.vitig in n leaky school
boiir-e, and dm. king hard cider, I git w as linn
ns a rail, and had to cull 00 a travelling doctor.
After he had looked into mo and on my case,
'Mii-tor,' says he there's only one thing for you
lo do yoti must spi culate.' I had n k lid of 1.0
tiou nf what be meant, for ell winter, thn folk
bad been talking about the Pastern bind specu
la t ion ; so sr.ys I '1'octnr, 1 hsvon't got n cent
to begin with.' So much the loiter, r-"iys he
a man who has money is 11 fool to spoeuljte ;
you've got nothing to lof-o, so begin the r'h'
way.' 1 suM out all my tiling", hut one suit of
clothes, and 11 neighbor giue iko ii in his wa
gon as tar ns I'.ihor. I took loggings, al llie
crack hotel, and by keeping my ear.' open at the
table and in the bar-room, mhhi bail all toes 1111'
e.f i-pociihilioii by heart, mid, having the gilt of
gab, by the third day oiil-tiiiked all the bonnlcts
iiIhhiI 'lots,' 'water pri demos' Site-,' Hiid'deoils.'
One morning I found an old gentleman fining
111 the parlor liailiing very glum. 'Ah,' says I,
great bargain that of lones, two hundred acres,
including the main street as far as the railroad
depot that is where they're to lie when Jones
v:lle is built. 'Sunto people have all the luck,'
said the old r''iitteinan. There i-'ii't a better
tract in all Maine than mine, but I can't grtan
1 fl'er. 'I I's because you don't talk up,' stys I.
'Well,' says he, 'you seem to understand the bu
siness. Here's my bond all you i:nn gel over
three thousand dollars, you may have.' I set
right to work, got the editor to mention it an a
rare chance, whispered nlaiut in all corners tint
the hind had been surveyed Inr a uiaimfictiiiuio
town, and had 11 splendid map diawii ivi'h a co
lored border, six mei tine; honsr. ti livemn,
blocks ol Mono, liny sealos, a Slate prison, ntul
a rural cemetery, w ith (ienylown in large b i
ters at the bottom, and then hinio ,t U, ll(
ha'l.
Jlefiire the week was out, I sold the land lor
cash to a company for tweniv thoiisiiiil dollars,
gave the old gentleman his three tnousaiid, and
have been speculating ever since. I own Iwo
tlnrds ol a granite quarry in New Hampshire,
half a coal mine in Peniisv ! nuia. ami a iii nn
in I llinot!., besides lots ot' bmk stor k, halt 11 ca
nal, and u whole India inUier factory. I'.e
been in New Orleans buying cotton, and came
here to si-v; atxiut the silk business, ami uieun In
dip in the marble hue a little. Fie never had
Ihe dyspepsia since I begnn lo speculate. It
exercises all the organs, and keeps a man a go
ing like h ttcainlHMtl.'
Just then a bell -aiis heard from within, and
the stranger thinking it was the signil for din
ner, precipitately withdrew. UruhaiuM Mu
tfuzinn. '1 blush deeply under the bent of .utr
pacsion," ui the lubetu m:d lo. ti.C boil, 11
wuicr.
and immediate parent of despotism. Jkfmrso.
ol. 5 .o. 13 W hole o, 331.
From tho National Intelligencer.
A Unit Story W ell Told.
'I was once acceptable. I can very well re
member the first step which led me to what I
atn now. It wns on a Sunday niijit yes on n
Sunday night for what law of God and man
will not ho, who is beginning to yield to the
power of temptation, tnnko subordinate to the j
liw of his appetites 1 It wns on Sunday ni'ht
that I was decoyed into a tavern, and there,
first, when 1 was at the tender age of fifteen,
with intellectual promise ns fair as ever made
a parent's heart bound with joy, my friend, who
was the most detested enemy I ever had, though
'but dust' now, han.le'J me the cup. I remember
the light anil joyous sensations which bounded
through my brain. I felt a delicious delirium
wns pleased with every body around me felt
brave enough to march to the cannon's mouth.
All this, however, passed olf with the first sleep,
and would never have been thought of again,
hut lor the dreadful fact that then and there I
got a Inste for that Circean cup which has all
but poisoned me lo death and will soon finish
mo. That was the first step in a series of steps
dowuwnid. I went home every night with i
ileas, and when in 1I13 morning I arose, it soon
became iieeesiry, after a kind of waking giddy
doze through the forenoon, to go to the side
lioard. This ninrnied my mother and sisters.
They thought it strange and remonstrated, but
I despised the idea ot being a tipler, and was
ancry because they expressed their fears, aller
they had tern mo do it a few times, that I would
form the habit of drinking.
Ilnd I been just to those fears then, I should
not be what Into now. I-t he young man
who is just acquiring the tnstc not disregard
these gentle admonitions, they are the suggest
ions of guardian angels, which, if obeyed, will
open to them the path of pence, health, content
ment and honor. If disobeyed, he is destined
to trouhlo, discontent, disgrace, sickness and
dentb. I eon Id go now and call for my glnss,
treat ntul be treat"d. It was called gentleman
ly, and why must not I be gentleman ! I wns
getting up in life ami must be able to master a
glnss of brandy, gin or whatever tho fashiona
ble drink was.
When at length 1 began to be somewhat a
Inrined nt this surprising progress in ili ipntion,
1 1 evolved to abstain tor n limited period. Then
tnv ambition would kindle tip, tor I wished nr
r.entlv to hi n.ne a great man; and studied
earnestly for a time the science of law and po
lities ; lint w hen the allotted period expired, for
ward I would ru.-li again into the old channel.
like a current that having been dammed up
bnokscver the find birneis with fiet-h impetu
osity. 1 got married for woman, nfTectionate wo
man, will not In :tr of fauli.t in him she loves.
'He wiilsooii reform, lie lines me too well to
make toe unhappy lie knows I shall not like
n. lie promises t i abstain-' Ah, deceived
woman! Love 111:1) It: stronger than death,
but the power of thn cup is stronger than both.
What', a drinking man h man thatcan drink
live gl.i-t,esol brandy, w .th pleasure, is not far
from that point w'len he will sacrifice health,
wealth, pride, patriotism, reputation, love, life,
everything for that damnable thirst. I loved
my wife an uuu li as man could love ; and was
a - sensitive to honor and reputation as any ; hut
I could., wh.'ti the habit of drinking; was formed,
have sacrificed anything. I have often come
home and found my wi'e weeping in silence
a silence that at first used to gore my soul but
liquor sivu hardened anything that looked like
tenderness. She has told me the children
wanted clothes, but, 'curse the children, said
I. '1 want my drink, and will have it.V One
nijht I staved till J o'clock nt the tavern p'av
ing rariN, and w ho should Come in at that drenil
hour of the night, but my w.'o with her infant
111 her arm! (This i .1 fact.) My God! if
my IiIokI ilio'tit 11111 cold and crudle at my hetirt!
Is lb. n woman ! is tins my wile! I exclaimed
Ni er b 'lorit did 1 realize thn full power of fe
male virtue. My profane companions and my-si-lf
were comple'elv abashed. I eur.-ed her,
and t . Id her with severe threats to go home. I
No, thi.t I vvl! not,' Fain she, rising ill the dig
nity of injured ii'iioceiiee, though with a trepi.
j lint on tint shook her w hele frame I ko an aspen
i and holding her treinbliie,' infant out to me,
i this invoiir child, tniii I will not st;rone step,
from this spot till you lake it and go home with
me.' She then turned to my companion", and
upbraided them as my destroyers, in a strain of
invective that undo them feel like so many dis
covered Hii.l disarmed ar-snssiiH before Ihe mes
senger of retributive justice. We separated, a
shnined of eneh othei, and our deeds of dark
mss, mid almost sobered by this strange and as
tounding apparition.
I obe) cd implicitly ; for nothing makes ti man
iiinro menu spirited than the habit of drinking.
We went home and retired to ret; but waking
up in the night w ith a horrible thus!, I tottered
to the bottle and drank; went to sleep again,
slept till 0 o'elork ; and I. en nto-e, tlt
d,.;'.V uild bew lldt ied, wtttilied and haple..-.
iiiin;s oi' Aivi:nTisic;.
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Yearly Advertisements: one Column, S5 j half
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onrt square, 5. Half-yearly i one column, f II ;
half column, $12 ; three squares, r ; two squama,
f rt one sqiinre, $:) fin.
Advertisements left without directions M In I ho
length of lime Ihey are to bn published, will I a,
continued until ordered out, and charged accord
ingly. C"T8'''tr'" hues make a square.
And so my days are passing. Give tip the prac
tice 1 will ro' I cannot live without it. I havo
now no character ta lose no mind to study
no business to employ me no ambition to in
spireno 1: ve, except fur brandy, whiskey, rum
anything which will supply, while it conti
nually inllsmes more and more this dreadful
thirst. Having sacrificed all that is worth hav
ing here it matters little what I do. I would
cross a mine that had a kindled match applie j
to it. 1 would march before on expl ding can
non to get at the bottle I would menfice my
soul for it. And oil this is the result ol'one fa
tal taste. This is the end of the 6ociu) glut.'
Such m the melancholy tnle of one who has
drawn a picture to which, ula ! there are too
ninny originals.
It the interests of o ir country shall ever hi
committed to such men, well may we despair
of the Republic. C.
The Gnr.r.x Treh. 'I am like a green olive
tree in the house of God,' said King Iljvid
when be described his faith and trust. This
emblem of the green tree hath more in it than
we are apt to think. A single green tree, right
ly considered, is n mercy to mankind. Yet, so
multiplied are these mercies, that like the de
scending light and tho balmy nir, we consider
them not. We count not what we linvc, hut
what we have not.
The green tree ! See in how nmny unre
iiicmbcud ways it administers to our happiness.
Go to the room of tin invalid, where the win
dow oppns on a solitary tree. Its soft green
relieves his wearied ryes, and ns the grnllft
breeze bends its limbs and Pirn? up its Vt.vps,
the world seems to lose itsnoi-y monotony, and
a glimpse opens of a brighter and bettor pla.-e.
Go again to the tainting traveller on tho sanl
of Africa thirsty, exhausted, despairing, ho
catches at last the sight of a palm, who-egrera
foliage spreads like a heaven before his rejoic
ing soul. He reaches its shade and is happy.
He drinks of the spring at its foot, is renewed,
nod goeson his way in the vigor of strength.
Look on the bruaJ branching cedar on tha
mountain of Judea. Its evergreen fuliagij i
like the eternal hope in the bosom ot its ancient
inhabitants, that again, its glory restored, Ju
dea shall become the home of the Jew and Gc;i
tile. I,ook on the lolly oak 0! our western p'.uin,
the deep cypress, which waves its ancient trunk
over the ruins of .Mexico, and the tall pine,
which lip s its deep green head ndove the liccky
Mountains ; all, everywhere, seem to aspire a
l.'ovn the dross of earth, to raise their brows to-
ware, the slues, anil bailie tl.nr lr?e limbs tn a
P'ircr air.
There is a nobleness, in the majestic oak, and
n beauty in the lovely ncacin, which we e mtio:
lo.-k upon w ithout mini ration. There :s no
temple of enrtii more splendid than the full
grown forest, yet we have never loved the clus
tered ttees so much ns we have when wehavM
seen a single pine, or a sol.tary oak present it
self in the lonely glory, streirj'h and beauty of
its natural conformation, showing i:i all its parts
I bow perfect was the wisdom of its Creator,
and how admirable his handiwuik. Cincinnati
Chronicle.
Logic m Patriotism. The New York
Knickerbocker furnishes the fellow ing goo.l
things among a number of others We copy thu
one for its logic, tho other f.-r its amusing ab
surdity :
"The philosophical argument, cited idsowhcro
by Professor Rush, touching the change which
the human body underlines every seven Years,
was turned to a good account the other day by
nu Irishman, who was endeavoring to prove M
a 'Native American' thit the po.-tulute of h.s
doctrine was iilti gi ther erroneous. 'Look,'
said ho, 'see now, it is a well known p!ii!o-M-plucal
f ict, that we have .1 new b aly eery se
ven years. 1 came here n in j years a re, an I
rishsuan, hut Fie got a. new body now, 'made en
the soil,' mm : un.l I'm as oood a Native Ame
rican ns yourself:' Tue argument was a clinch
er. Appropos of this : our cotempor.iry of th
'Commercial Advertiser' d uly journi!, lament-
I ed the other da V toe fervid inlero-t tulon in IS
j - ...
Vexed iiitious of politics by the juvenile rd
ihe meliojolis. A friend has just mentioned
to us a striking il'iistiat'oii of this too preva
lent fpiiit. 'What were you doing 1 ut 1 0 !tM
lastniuht!' said an Irish nn ciiiniie to his roe,
one morning during tin fate excitements. 'I
was a-w a! km in the Whi j precession,' replir. i
the lad. Well, III walk into yen, it I catch
you doin' such a thmg ag iin now mind Itell
you.' Scarcely a w eek afterwards, he comn. t
ted the frame oU'one again. The father was r
good as Ins word, a 11J 'hasted' the lad foimv!! ..
The son did not keep the fact to himself, hot
told it to his compmioiis ; adding, 'It is br' 1 -iinugh
lobe whipped any way, but to bo w h p.' t
Ly a 1 for, inner is out rngeens !' Theboy
had tln advantage of his father, it: having
born 011 this soil."
Fo-ivnre sa d (he l'oter to the flay,
biitnt it I do, utmAmd the oiiu-r.
I'll bj