TLIIMS Or THE "AMKKllAX." II. II. MASKER, TUIIMSHKIH AW JOSEPH ElSF.I.Y. PnopniKToRg. . II. J1.1.S.SVII, Editor. Office in Centre AlTtij, Tnthe rear of II. B. Mas ter's Store . THE" AMERICAN" is published every Satur liny at TWO DOLLARS per annum to be paid half yearly in advance. No paper discontin ued till all arrearages nro paid. No subscriptions received for a less period than six mosths. All communications or letters on business relating to the office, to insure attention, must be POST PAID. H. B. MASSE?, ATTOKNKY AT LAW, SU2TBT7HY, PA. Dusiness attended to in (he Counties of Nor Vhumlerlaud, Union. Lycoming and Columbia. Krfrr tol Thoms Hart tSc Co., Lnwr.n & U A h unjf. Hart, CoMMitos & Haut, S-l'Mlnd. Rk xot.tis, McFahlasii iV Co. S-pF.ni.iio, 'ot St Co., SlIU(i E II l"S PAT ISN'T "WA3EI1TG- MACEI1TE. riHlS Machine bis now been tested by morn JL than thirty fnmilies in this neighborhood, and has gien entire satisfaction. It is so simple in its construction, that it cannot Ret out of order. It contains no iron to rust, nnd no iqirinnsor roller to Get out of repair. It will ilo twice a much wish ing, with less than half the wear and tear of an) of the l ite inventions, nnd what is of greater in per lHnre.it costs but little over half us much as oilier washing midline. The subscriber has the exclusive richl for Nor lliumhcrlntid. Union, Li coming, Columbia, Lu zerne and Clinton counties. Price of simile m i chine f. 3. H. U. M ASEII. The following certificate is from a few of iliose who have these machines in une. Kunhiiry, Aug. 24, 1S41. We, the subscribers, certify timt we have now in ue, in our families, "iSliugett's latent YVnsh ing Machine." nnd do not hisiute aijing thtt il i a most excellent invention. That, in Wa-hing, it will save more than one hall the tiunl labor. That it does not recpiire more than one third the Usual quantity of so. ip and water ; uml that there is no rubbing, and con qiiemly . fttle or no wear in? or tenrinu'. That il knocks off mi buttons, nnd Unit the finest clothes, such ns collar, lares, tucks, trills, &c, may be washed in a vey short time without the. least injuiy, and in fact without any Bjipaient wear and tear, whutevrr. We therefore rlieerfiilly recommend it to our friends and to the public, aa a most useful and l.ihor snvinc machine. CHARLES XV. ELGIN'S, A. .lOliDAN. CHS. WEAVER. CHS. PI.ESANT8, GIDEON MA UK I.E. Hon. CEO. C. WELKER, HENJ. HBNHRICKS, GIDEON LEISENKINfi. H run's IIott.1., (formerly Tremonl House, No. 116 Chrsuut street,) Philadelphia, September 21st, IH14. 1 have used Miugert's Patent Washing Machine in my hout-e upwards of eight months and do not hesitate to mv that I deem il one of thif mo-t use ful and valuable labor-saving machines ever inven ted. I formerly kept two women continually oc cupied in washing, who now do as murh in two days as they then did in one week. There is no wenr or tear in washing, and it requires not more than one-third the usual quantity ot soap. I have had a number of other m ichines in my fain ly, but this is so decidedly superior to every thing else, and so little liable to get out of tep.iir, that I would not do without one if they should cost ten times the price they are sold for. DANIEL HEKH. " UMimUI.l.AS PAItASOLS, cheap ron CASH. J. V. SVAIIT'S Umbrella nnd Parasol Manufactory. Ao. 37 Korth Timil street, two doors heluw the CITY HOTEL, P at i I a 1 c I Ii I a . LWAYS on band, a large slock of I'M UtiELLAS and PARASOLS, including the Intti-l new l le of Pinked Edged Parasols of the Ik tt woikmiuislnp and materials, at prices that will make it an object to Country Meichan'a and other to cull and examine his stock h. litre puuha.-ing elsewhere. Fe 22, 18 Jo. ly SPANISH HIDES r, TANNERS' OIL. ftOOO D y L Plata Hides fir.-l quality. ;50O Dry Li tiuira. do tOOO Dry Salted La Ouira. do MOOO Dry Salt, d l)r zil Hides, do ;$.' Dales Creen Salted I'jtna Kips. a Bales Dry Pa ns Kips. iaO Harrels Tanners' Oil. Tanner' and Curriers' Tools. Forsida lb Country Tutiner at tho lowest prices and upon the best terms. N. U. The bigheat maiket prices piiJ for all kinds ot leather. D. KIRKPATRICK & SONS. No. SI, South Third St. Phil idtlphia. Septemlwr 14, 1H14. ly. tcuutaeim; co.tii"orM, i FO K T :l F. I' l' K K r j DYSPEPSIA. i rWlIIIS Medieme is offered to the public gener- l ally, from a full conviction that il is superior 1 . . . ...... I ii.l.i.. n..iu it. mua dr ttin nun ill . I W. i.sia. Liver Complaint. Nervous Debility or Diidilv We.iliness, A c. Its effects have been tested in a privnte pritrl'ro of neir eit-ht years, arid it is now more extensively cirruliited, at the sulieiiude of manwha have re ceived the moM siunal benefit from the u-e of it. The following is one ainonn a number of c Mili tate received in lelaiiou to the succesi of this me diciuc : Lo'CisTKR Co. March IS. Dh. Gkoboe W. Allkn, Hear Sir.- It is wild ureal pleasure that I In form you of .he sucee,. attending your D)snep.ic Medicine, while employed in niv p stlice. t ruin past exiieiienre, I liroily believe thai in eight esse out of teu, the Dyspeptic, by the use of your inedi- cine, may en..r..y .1,1 n.u.seu o, .m. morn ... ..a,l....u.. t.t l.r.. . ...ilu i.i .ltutuiif in rudea lint in all dries of constipation, and diseases deluding on adibilitated slate of Ihe nervous system, loce ther with a loipid stale of the bowels, will your E lixir be found of inestimable value. Numerous in stance whe.ein Ihe usefulness of the medicine has been realised, may he foiwarded, if required. I wish you great success, and recommend ihe medi cine to the muttering part of mankind. Youis, with great respect, ROBERT Ali.NEVV, M. D. For sale at tho store of H. U. Manser, agent for the proprietor, Sunhury, Pa, October 2tlih, 1844. ly IIjtV" M'.r.l. Tii7Tiighe.t pries will be given for Flax Seed, by Aug. 31, 181-1. 11. D. MASSE U. 'BIIIV-aj Ul .., . .1... UK. J ,., ..j -. -... 1 - Absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the By Manner & tlNrly. srs Prom the Knickerbocker. J A LEO A I. nAUAD, IlY JOHN O. SAXK. An attorney was "taking a turn,"' In shabby habiliments drest ; His coat was shockingly worn, And the rats had invested his vest. His breeches had suffered a breach, His linen and worsted were worse; lie had scarce a who'e crown in his hat, And not half-a-crown in his purse. And thus as he wandered along, A cheerless and comfortless elf, He sought for relief in a song, Or complniningly talked to himself: "Most unfortunate man that I am, .My only client is (Jrief ; The case is, I've no 'case at all, And in brief, I have ne'er bad a 'brief.' " "The profession 's already so full Of lawyers so full of profession, That a modest young man like myself Can't make the smallest impression." "They grant I'm acquainted with 'grants,' Can devise a 'devise" or a plea, Can make a good deed in "fee simple,' P.ut cannot get the simple 'fee.' " "I've waited, and waited in vain. Exporting an 'opening' to find, Where an honest young lawyer might gain Some reward for the toil of bis iniiid." While thus be was wandering along, His eyes accidentally fell On a very deep hole in the ground, And he sighed to himself "It is well.'" To curb his emotions, he sat On the curb-stone the space of a minute, Then cried, "Here's an opening at last !' And in less than a jiffy was in it. Next day twelve citizens came, The 'coroner's 'quest' to attend ; To the end that it might be determined How the man had determined bis end. "The man was a lawyer, it seems,"' Said the foreman, who "opened"' of course; "A lawyer ! alas !" sigh'd another, "He undoubtedly died of remorse !" A third said "he knew tho deeens'd An attorney, well versed in the luws : And as to the cause of his death, 'Twas no doubt for want of a cause." The "crovvners" at length gave a verdict, Which finally settled the mutter ; "That the young man was drown-ded, be cause He could not keep lib head above water.' St. Mhiius (. 17.) Aut, 1811. Sen Monstrr. A correspondent writes us that a nondescript was seen on Tuosdav It"'', in tho covo beyond Little Neck, in Dorchester. Ilu is described by the gentleman, who dietictly saw hint at a dis tance ot some Krty or sixty yardf, ne being about fiiteen feel lung and covered wit!) a spotted coat of hair. He was in very ehonl water, und seem ed tores' on the bottom, with his head elevated two or three feet above the eurface. The head and nrck appeared like a lion's or a bull's, with, out horns, lie moved hia head rapidly fromsldu to side, as ho regarded the spectators on dill'er cut sides ol him. He remained so long in the sl.onl water, that time was allowed to procure a spy glass from a gentleman's house near by, and to take deliberate observations, upon his shape and color. His tail appeared like that ofa large fish, but here all likeness of the finny tribe end- en. lie tr.rneu at length towards tnc Channel, ! and produced great commotion in the water as he moved. It is thought he might bo one of the ! ''irger sea animals of tho Northern Ocean, ha- viug flouted into this latitude on some iceberg. Rut who can tell ! I'oston liable. An Imi'oktant Qckstion. A MHItritc re turned In hi Senses. AMillerite in R aton, engaged in a Inroe miinufuctnring business, at I tho time thn delusion raged the greatest, con ! veyed all his properly to his oldest son, binding 1 him to nav to his other children their nronor- fir h. el " . , , sand dollars, to defray Ins expenses lor the short time tho world had then to endure. The gen- , commenced preaching until tho doctrine I B of Miller exploded, and hia zeal then abated, and he found out his delusion. He tried then to re cover his property, but failing, commenced a suit against his son, his plea being that at tho time ho made the sale he was laboring under a delusion, and was therefore not in a sound state of mind. The case will excite a good deul ot interest. Both Mr. U'cbstcr and Mr. Chonte are engaged as counsel. 'Tommy, my eon, what is longitude V A clothe line, daddy.' 'Prove it iny son.' Re cause it stretches from polo to pole. UNBUffiY AMERICAN. AND SIIAMOKIN JOURNAL; mnjority, the vital principle of Republics, from which gunbury, Northumberland Co. PROCEEDINGS OF TJIE SABBAT1T COMEJTION Held In the First Prrshyterlnn rhiirch of noriiiiiiiii.'iniil, June 20, 1H4.1. Pursuant to public notice published in the different papers of this vicinity, a large number of delegates appeared and took their seats in the Convention at 10J o'clock, A. M. On motion of the Rpv. Mr. Patton, the meeting was organ ized by the appointment of A LEX AN OMR JOU- DAN, Ivq., ofSunbtiry, Chaiwuan. On motion, the meeting opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Patton, after which John W. Milts and Titos. J. Shannon, were chosen Secretaries. On motion of the Rev. Mr. Powell, of Philadelphia, a Committee consisting of the following persons were appointed by the chair, to ascertain the number ot delegates in attendance, viz : J. G. L. Shindcl, Esq., Selinsgrovo ; John Young, Sunhury ; Uev. John Patton, John Youngman and Conrad W'enck, Esq., Northumberland. While the Committee were attending to their duties, the Convention was entertained by somo appropri ate remarks from the Rev. Mr. Powell, after which the following Committee waa appointed by the chair, to select officers for the perma nent organization of the Convention, viz ; Ceo. A. Snyder, Eq., Selinsgrovo ; Peter Pursel, Epq., Sunhury ; John C. (Jrier, Esq., Danville ; John Youngman, Esq, Northumberland ; and Joseph Vank:rk, Esq , of Point township. The said Committee withdrew, and after a short time reported the following gentlemen as officers. I'rrs iJrn t.-A D EX A N J E It JORDAN, Eeq.. of Sunhury. Vi'.r Prcthlvnt. S. Yorks, sr., Danville ; A. C. Rirret, Northumberland; Conrad W'enck, do. Christopher Woods, do. E. P. Shannon, do. Jihn App, Selinsgrove; William M.Cray, Sun hury ; James F. Murray, Chilisquaqtic ; Ceo. Wciser, Esq., Sunhury ; Michael C. Clrier, Danville. Sevretnrirt. John W. Miles, Thos. J. Shan non and Geo. A. Frick, Esq. During the absence of the Committee, the Convention was entertained with an appropri ate address by the Rev. Mr. Powell. Mr. Jor dan, tho Chairmen appointed, addressed the Convention as follow : I fully appreciate the honor done to mo in appointing me President of the Sabbath ( 'Onvemion now in Best-ion, hut owing to some business engagements, I shall not be able to remain during the sitting of the Con vention. I shinihl feel very happy indeed, were it in my power to do so. On Mr. Jordan's motion, Michael C. Grior.of Danville, was unanimously elected President. On motion, a Cotnmitte of seven persons were oppointed to prepare business for the action of thn Convention. Rev. Mr. Williamson, Geo. A. Snyder, Dr. Win. P. Johnson, Rev. John Patton, Rrv. J. W. Pratt, Hon. G. C. Welkcr, and Henry S. Thomas, Ivq. On motion of Miehael C. Grier, Resolved, That when this Convention ciljourn it adjourns to meet at 2 o'clock P. M. Rev. Mr. 1 Inure, addressed the Convent on while the business Committee were out. Adjornrd until 2 o'clock in the tltcraoon. Apt r noon Session Convention met pursuant to adjournment, and opened with pnyer by the Rev. John Rohler. Rev. McKnight Williamson, Chairman of busi ness committer, reported the following resolu tions, which were adopted. Ri -sol red, That as infinite wisdom and good ness are displayed in the institution of the Sab bath, and in adopting it to promote the physical, menial and spiritual welfare of mankind ; both duty and interest require all to keep it holy. Resolution 2. That as di vino revelation nnd the history ot the world prove that the sacred observance of tho Sabbath is indispensable to the perpetuity of pure religion, ft ml civil liberty, connected with gcneial intelligence among the people, tho example of those who secularise or otherwise profane the Sabbath, tends powerful ly to undermine those institutions of religion u:id civil liberty, which as Christian American citizens, wo hold most sacred and dear. Resolution 3d. That we rejoice in the evi dence which tho events of the past year al'ord ofa great nnd extensive change of public senti ment favorable to the Kcrcd observance ot" the Sabbath. Ri solution If.'i. That ns our dependence un der God, is upon an enlightened public senti ment to secure the due oliservance of the Sub bath, tho united and active co-operation of all good men is required in extending right views on the subject. Resolution'uh. That as associated influence is needed in the prosecution of this cause, and ns the Slato Sabbath Convention recommended co-pcration with the Philadelphia Sabbath Association, we will aid in sustaining tho oper ations of that society, Rt solution Vtth. That, as boatmen, collectors, lock tenders, stage drivers, car men, engineers and others similarly circumstanced, have equal ly wilh their fellow citizens an iualu-nuble right to the rest and privileges ol the Sabbath, and as tho laws of tho Common wraith expressly forbid all kind of secular labor, works of necessity and there is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and Fa. Saturday, July 5, 115. charity only excepted, it is highly desirable that nil good citizens should use all suitable moral means to secure to them the enjoyment of their rights in this respect. During tho pasnngo of thn resolutions, the Convention was severally addressed by the Rev. Mr. Williamson, Rev. Daniel Trites, Rev. J. W. Pratt, and Rev. O. S. Powell, when they passed unanimously. Rev. Mr. Williamson, Chairman of business Committee, reported the following Resolutions which were adopted. .Resolved, That Ministers of the Gospel of c vcry denomination, he respectfully requested to preach at their various stations on the sanct idea tion of the Sabbath at least once previous to the first of October next, and to take up collections, tho proceeds of which tobc appropriated in such proportions as may seem desirable to mistnining the operations of tho Philadelphia Sabbnth As sociation, end for procuring Siibhatli tracts ottd documents for gratuitous distribution. Resolved, That it ho recommended to form Sabbath Associations in the various towns and tieighborhtHids in this vicinity, and they be re quested to report their proceedings to a corres ponding cotninitt.ee in Northumberland, as early 89 the first of February next. Resolved, That a Committee of three residing in Northumberland, he appointed to ascertain how far the recommendation ot the two procee ding Resolutions have been carried out nnd re port to the Philadelphia Sabbath Association as early ns the 1 ."it It of February next. Rev. Jno Patton, Christopher Woods and John W. Miles were appointed said Committer. iesolntion No. 2 elicited several remarks from the delegates in attendance, viz: Samuel Yorks, sr., John C drier, Rev. Mr. Pratl, Rev. Mr. Patton, Rev. Mr. Powell, G. A. Snyder, mil the President of tho Convention, nnd was unani mously adopted. Convention adjourned until half past i m the evening. f'vrntng Session. The ('(invention met pursuant to adjournment, and opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Pratt. Owing to the absence of Mr. (Jrier, President of the Convention, on motion of Rev. Mt Put- ton, E. P. Shannon, Esq., was appointed Presi dent. On motion of the Rev. Mr. I lance, Whereas, the lock tenders look for directions from the Supervisors in nil matters connected with their locks, nnd as experiments on the Hudson &. Delaware, on the Delaware division and the Lehioh Canals show the entire practi cability of closing the locks on the Sabbath with out detriment to business Therefore, Resolved, That we respectfully invite the ut tention of the Snporvbors of the two divisions that pass this place, to the propriety of rinsing the locks on their respective divisions on the lord's liiy. (In motion of Rev. Mr. Williamson, Resolved, That as o.viinple is powerful and absolutely essentia! to give force to moral pre cepts, it be rnrnrslly nnd respectfully recom mended to the community of all classes nod oc cupations to abstain Iroiu travel I ing, visiting and iw,rkin" "'eir pleasure on the Sabbath day. Which was adopted. On motion, Resolved, That the thanks of this Convention are tendered to the First Presbyterian Congre gation of this place, for their kindness in open ing their bouse for our accommodation. Rssidvcil, That these proceedings ho nigned by the officers and published in all the papers of the ('ommonweallh friendly to tho cause. The Convention then adjourned utter prayer by the Rev. Mr. 1 1 unco. C Signed hij the ojliccra.J PirAKANT ami Piioiri Aiii.K. A great mini her ot casks ot wine were lauded Uhiii pier No. ", North River, a few days since, which soon get wind among that class of individuals in clas sicul knowledge denominated 'suckers,' and ha. ving provided Uioniseivrs witii straws, a HiSf.e of them immediately applied themselves at tho bung-holes with greut assiduity, until they were compelled to desist from sheer disability to sue! any farther. When exhausted nature would not stand anylh.ng morr, they (ell oil", one by one, dead drunk. Oilierrs Green and Pair cur It got a couple of carts and took something like a dozen of them to the Police oilier, where thev were coui.intted. .Y. 1". (luzrtte. A Dixit atk AiiUAMiiMKvr. Iii China the married women, it is said, lie under a sort of in terdict fiom the presence of their husbands' fathers, who may not speak to them, or enter their rooms except on particular days. The father-in-law retains, however, nn unlimited right of chastising the lady when she does aiy thing which he thinks wrong ; but how is ho to flog, if ho may not approach her 1 An in genious expedient is resorted to; tho old man flogs hi son, who receives the castration with ; oil meekness, duly returns thanks for it, and then goes to make a complete transfer of it to his spouse, b''ing curetul to hit her ju.-t as hard und usulU'U un lie had been hit hmucll'. immediate parent of despotism. Jiirrr.itsott. Vcl. 5--Xo. ll--Wlioie IVo, a 19. OIIKGOX. The United States Gazette of yesterday, com menting on tho foreign news, says : 'The pre sent question is one of territory, thousands of miles from the United States nnd of land in which we have no interest as a nation, and with which there can be little connected to create attachment.' Indeed ! l.ot us sre what this is in which we have 'no interest nsn nation.' Oregon is as inrgo as the old thirteen States, hnving streams that flow into tho Pacific ocean, and navigable to n point not more than four hundred miles west of the United States, through w hich latter Iwnts now pass to New York and New Orleans. From New York to China, round the Capo of Good Hope, is l.",7."0 miles, performed by our sailing vessels in one hundred to two hundred and fiOy days ; via of Columbia river, the dis tance is !l,2tM) miles, nnd with a rail-road to the Pacific and thence to China by steamers, enn be performed in thirty days .' Oregon will be the depo' of that trade which, as in the case of all nations that have ever held it, brings with it the sovereignty of the world. The Asiatic trade has nlwnys followed the course of Empire. Tyre held it, nnd was culled Queen of cities, Jerusa lem possessed it in the time of Solomon ; Alex andria, in the days ofits founder; Rome, in the times ef the Republic ami ot the Empire, Con stantinople succeeded Rome nnd held the trade until the l.")lh century Yenico nnd (Jenoa di verted a portion of it, noil rose rapidly to wealth and power Iturges ami Antwerp also succeed ed in diverting a share the Portuguese dou bled the Cape, established a commercial Empire in India, and became the possessors of wealth the Dutch soon follo vcd, and by their superior skill in trade and greater frugality nnd industry, Holland gnined the trad.;, Portugal declined to its original insignificance, and Amsterdam rose to be the great city of Europe tho English followed the Dutch, and niter many conflicts wrested tho trade from the hands of tiio saving llollandeis Aided by the li-ht of science then 'jursting upon Europe, by an adroit command of talent w herever it could be found, England, 'an Island in the Ocean' founded an Empire in India hitherto unequalled. Wealth and influence fol lowed. Rut her decadence has begun. The course ot Empire is now with her ancient colo nies. And our Oregon, w hich we are told is of 'no intf re.-t to us as a nation,' when settled, will be the avenue through w hich tiie nations of Eu rope will (if wo nro only true to ourselves,) re ceive nt our bauds tho produce of the Indies. X. Y. Sun. Tniv.Mivi Titi:i:s. Now planting is over, says an agricultural journal, su finda little lei- mre to Irmi trees. June is as good a month as any lor this busitii rs when you intend but a slight trimming. Small limbs only should be rut from fruit trees. Il is better to let large ones remain even though they nre too thick to oether, thnn to lop them oil". Wo only hasten the decay of a tree by cutting away the large limb. When the leaf is full, und not before, the sap begins to form new wood. It the wound U pared smooth with n shaip knife it will heal over f Winer than when il is lull rough, us the saw nukes it: Com. Asiiks. We hive used Coal Ashes on a drt, stiji' flu', with the happiest ellects. A stroio.' prepidice exists ngninst them in many parts of this couuiry, with those who have ne ver used them but from our personal experi ence, haviinr tr rd thnn with leachrd ahses, on the same field, side by side, we are prepared to say, that, tim e bu.-hels of coal ashes arc equal to lien nf wood. The property they possess of absorbing am monia, we presume tin y derive from the char coal uml sulphate oj lime (plaster) w hich form portions ol their constituent elements but in dependent of these they contain carbonate of lime, at also tho phosphate of lime and ns twice ill succ.-s:-ton, with a tinn voice, a passage these are always found in the ashes of plants ! of scripture applicable to her siuatiion, the; submitted to analysis, it is but u fair condition i-ame parage which she recited to her daii"li ihat coal ashes, besides acting as an absorbent, ter on perceiving tho spires of Olmutz. Shall do undergo a chemical ehanoe, and give off parts of their own substance, as food to such plants as may grow upon hinds manured w ith tiiein. Aim rict.il I'm i:n r. Puimi tivi:, A correspondent of New York Spirit ot the Times tells about a happy valley in East Tennei-see w here tho people live out all their days undistiirb d by priitics, "and very seldom going out into the world. They are con tented, simple in their taslci-, and ofcourso giv en to wondering at anJ respecting very much those of their neighbors, who have travelled be yond their own narrow bounds. Ono of tho in habitants sometime since returned from a jour ney, when his presence wus announced ut "meeting" on Sunday, by the uged minister, in the billowing imprct-sive words ; 'T-relhreu, there is a man among you w ho has just got back ft mil New Orleans, whcio he euw lu- .AW lU'l 111 Oiiit: .'" nitcr-sor ivrnTi5ixo. I square 1 insertion, . . . fO To t do 2 do i II TS 1 do :t do . ... 1 00 Every subrequeut inerticn, 0 Yearly Adertisements i one column, f 25 ; half column, If 18, three squnres. f12 i two squares, f ft J one square, f 5. Half-yearly ! one column, f IN ; half column, f 12 i three squares, f H ; two squares, 5; one square, f:i fin. Advertisements left without directions ns to the lentith of time they re to be published, will bo continued until ordered out, and charged accord- itiRly. fjjj-Sixtenn lines make a squnro. A Wife Worth Having. All persons in this country understand thn character of the patriotic and departed Lafay ette they comprehend the ardor of his natures and his love of a plain Republic. There nro not so many, however, who know anything of the wife whom he loved as a part of himself, and with whom ho lived for many years in the! happiest connection. From a letter written by the gallant husband after her death, in l-O, and translated from tho last memoirs of Lafay ette, lately published in France, wo extract thn following, by which it would seem that the Gen eral regarded his lady as the younger D'Lrniii in these modern days regards her whom ha proudly ncknowlcdgcs to be his "lust friend nnd. perfect wife." Of fuch a woman ho write.i thus : "During thirty four years ofa union in which her tenderness, her goodness, her elevation, tho generosity of her soul, charmed, embellished, did honor to my life, I was so nccutstomed to all that she was to me, that I did not distinguish her from my own existence. She was fourteen years old and I was sixteen when her heart n mnlgated itself with all which could interest me. I thought 1 loved her, that I could not do without her, but it was only when I had lost her that 1 was able to discover what remained to me, for the close of a life which had been so di versified, and for which nevertheless there re mains no longer cither happiness or even con tent. Though she was attached to me, I may say so, by tho most pashionablo sentiment, I never perceived in her tho lightest shade of au thoritativenessrc.rgejtrr) or discontent; ne ver anything which did not leave mo the en tire freedom in all my undertakings. And if I go back to tho days of our youth, I find in her traitsof an unexampled delicacy und generosi ty, iou taw tier, sociatcd, neari anu soul, ta all my sentiments, my political wishes, enjoy, ing everything which might confer honor oti me ; still more, as she would say, what mado me to be wholly known, and more than all glo rying in those occasions when she eaw me sa crifice glory to a sentiment of goodness. Her aunt, Madame Tessc, said to mo yesterday, 'I never could have imagined that one could bo such a fanatic for your opinions, and yet so free from party spirit.' Indeed her attachment to our doctrines never tor a moment abated her in dulgence, her compassion, her good will for persons of another party. She w as never sour ed by the violent hatred of which was tho ob ject ; tho ill treatment nnd injurious conduct towards mo, were regarded by her as follies indillerent to her, from tho pr-.int from whicli she looked nt them, and where her good opini on chose to place me. H re was a most entire devotion. I in -y say that during thirty-four years, I tn-ver snil'ercd iiir a moment the s'nn, low of rc.-traint, that h I her htibds wer , without tilU'c'.ation, subordi nate to my convenience, timt 1 had tho satisfac tion to see mv ino. t sceptical friends ns con stantly received, ns well beloved, ns much es teemed, and their virtues as completely acknow ledged us it there had been no difference of re ligious opinion, that she never expressed any o ther sentiment than that of hope. Unit in con tinuing to reflect, with the uprightness of heart whirh she knew belonged to me, I should final ly be convinced. Il was with this feeling slio left me her last regards, begging me to read for tho love of her some books, which I shuil certainly examine again with a new interest , ami calling her religion, to make mo love it better, perfect frerdoin. She effort expres.-t I to rue the thought that she should go to Hea ven, and dr.ro 1 add that this idea was not sufli cient to reconcile her to quitting inc. Sh--orten said to in", hie is sii.-r', full of tronV fnay wo meet again in God. Mny we pa- -teruity together. She wished me, she wishe u.i all the peace of the Lord. S.aiieliiiies was heard praying in her bed. One of her last rig hi there was snmethin ' celestial in tho manner in which she recited I speak to you of the pleasure, ever renewed, which nu entire confidence in hrr gave me, which was never exacted, v. hicli was receive J at the rnd ot three inrnths ns nt the first da ", which wns jti-ti:Vl by a di-cretio'i proot n gainst nil things, by nn admirable understat ing of all my fecliiu's, my wonts, and ihe w. -l -rs of my heart. All this was mingled with u sentiment eo trmb-r, and nn opinion so cxul'cv! a worship, if I dared so speak, so sweet and f N icring, tiiero rspeci'illy gratifying, as coming from the i.io.-t perfectly natural and sincere person whoever lived." Purity of heart is of all virtues, the r.sist r.e vuted. A Greek maid being asked w'm fortune site Could bril g her hubaiid, answered, 'I w il! bring '.i u n what is inure valuub.e than any Irva sure, a heart unspoiled, mid virlue withutil it M'uin, which id all thai defended lo uiO liva my parents.
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