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March Slst. 1840 Sin.
a "tS A RB. "
TO THR CIVIMZK11 WORLD!!
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cnlv aulhor.ie.ll? t.l f.r 'l e fi'n.i
ca," io t e?iil ol l'h.i ulelphia, New oik.
Boston and UahimJi.', of wl.icb pub ic no'ice i
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Mircb 14. IS1G.
,VIsKXAXI)l:U L. IIICKin.
TRUNK MA"SE,
Xo. ISO ( lirKsiut Street,
rHILADELPHIA. ,
""7'HEKE all kimls uf ir,.l er trui.ks vabaeaand
carpet baas, nf eveiy style and pattern are
inanuf ictucl. m the h t manner and frjin the best
nix'eruU, and sold at the lowest r.le.
Phdad lp' i, July IMth. 18IS. ly.
fTiiiT(;"i5U'i"s pA'i'Kvr
VAai-iIlTG- 1ACHI1TE.
rpillS Machine h .a n w luen tested by more
X than thirty famdica in this neighborhood, and
his Rien entire satisfuction. It ia so simple in its
c i struclii n. that it cannot pet out of order. It
contains no iron to iu-i, and no piintsor roll, rs to
get out of icpiir. It will do twice aa much waah
ing, with le-a than ball the wi ar and tear of an) of
the I'tie inventions and wlvil is of greater in por
tance.it costs but lit le 'over half 'ja much aa otliur
Wahtn( niacbines.
The tftihscriher has ihe eiclutve f iphl for Nor
thumbeilarwl, Lnion, LtcomiiiR. Columbia, Lu
lerne and Clinton comities. Price of single mi
rhiuefSff. II. B. M ASS E It.
The following certificate fiom a few of those
who have the nwchinea in use.
' Suiibmy. Aug. 24, 184 L
Wc, the subscribers, reriify thai we have now
In u- in our fjniili.s, 'Shugert's Patent Wssh-
I.IB illMtllllir, n. , '.'..---- ----
'snd do eol hesitate aivlng thvl it is
a most rxcellct invention. That, In Waging,
a niosi f xcciieiji invention. ua.t in .. n-.i.i.g,
it will avemore than one bill ths usU labor.
That it doe. n .t requi.e more than one third tue
usua. q.,,,..y ,.,.-.. . , -
t M;. ...I. ....I a.mw.nilAniltf Iltt1 (If tin WMT
ing or I. arm . I'hU it knocks i lf no buttons, aud
that ihe finest cloih.s, such as collars, luces, tucks,
fril's, &c, may be washed in a very short time
Without li e least injury, and in fact without any
appareni wear and tea', vh itevfr. We therefor-
cherif.illy recommend it to our friends and lo the
liuhlic, as a most useful and Uh..r saving machine.
cu VULES W. HEGINS,
A. JORDAN,
CILS. WEAVER.
Gideon MMtSf:
Hon. GEO. ti. WELKER,
BEXJ. HENDRICKS,
!tlEON LKISENRINH.
Hs.a'a H.Tst. (f..m..rly Tremont Hobs, No.
110 Chrsnut alieei,) Philadelphia, BspteaiDer
'
21st, ISS
I have used rMiugerl's Patent Washing Machine
in my hou-e upwards of eight months, and do not
hesitate to iay that 1 deem il one of the mo4 use
ful and valuable labor-aaving machines svsr inven.
led. I formerly kept two women continually oc
cupied in washing, who now do aa much in two
days aa they then did in one week. There is no
wear or tear in washing, and it requires not mors
Ihsn one-third the usual quantity ot eoap. I ha
bad s number of othei irwehinea ia my family, but
thia ia so decidedly superb to every thing else, and
so little liable lo get out of lepair, that I would not
do without one if they should coat len times the
uric lh are Si ddfor. DANIEL HERR.
7IXAYS iEEi Ths highest pries will U
given for Flsx Beed, st lha siore or
Aug. 9, 1845 HENRY MASSER.
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Abaoluta acquiescence in the decisions of tba majority, the vital principle of Repubtice, from which
" By Manner & ElBrfjr.
one to rot. t7 ni nt A.
' The following beautiful tong is fitrnlaherl for
the Saturday Courier by n esteemed correspon
dent, who eaya he cut it from Hit Irish paper
printed at the close of the Americnn revolution,
sixty years ago.' ''''''
; Columbin'a liorM r wild tnd wide,
Columbia's billa are high,
And rudely planted aide by'aide, '
Iler fore ata meet the eye
Yet narrow mut those shores be made,
And low Columbia's hills, ; .
And low her ancient forests 'aid,
P.re Freedom leaves her fields,
Tor 'tis the spot where rude and wild,
She played her gambols when a child.
The breeze that waves the mountain pine,
Is frasrrant and aerene.
And never clearer sun did shine,
Than lights her valiea preen ;
Yet putrid must those breer.es blow,
That sun must set in gore,
I're footsteps of a foreign foe
Imprint Columbia's shore.
For oh, Celiii?bia's sons are free,
Their hearts beat high with liberty.
Though deep and wide her streams that flow
Impetuous to the tide.
And thick and green her hurels grow
every river's aide,
Yet should some transatlantic host
Polute her waters fair,
We'll meet them on their rocky coast,
And gather laurels there.
Foroh, Columbia's sons are brave,
And freeas oceans' wildest wave.
For arming boldest cuirassier,
We've minds of sterling worth,
For sword and buckler, spur and spear,
Emboweled in the earth,
And ere Columbia's sons resign
That boon their fathers won.
The polished ore from every mine
Shatl glitter in the sun.
For bright the blade and sharp the spear,
Which Freedoms'f sons to battle bear.
Let P.ritain boast the deeds she's done,
Display her tropbiea bright.
And count her laurels bravely won,
In well contested fight.
Columbia can array a band
To wrest that laurel wreath,
With keener eye and steadier hand
To strike the blow of death.
For whether on the land or sea,
Columbia's fls:ht is victory. t
Let France in blood throtlgh F.urope wade,
And in her frantic mood.
In civil discord draw the blade,
To drink her children 'a blood.
Too dear their akill in arms ia bought,
Where kindred life blood flows,
Columbia's sons are only taught,.
To triumph o'er their foes,
And then to comfort soothe and save,
The feelings of a conquered brave.
Then let Columbia's eagle soar,
And bear her banner high,
With thunder in her dexter power,
And lightning in her eye.
And when she sees from realms above,
The stoi mi ol war have spent,
Decending like a meek eyed dove,
The olive branch present.
Then shall beauty's hand divine,
11 The never-withering wreath entwine.
This Poem was written in ISM, by F.dward
Chapman, I'sq. .
We have Been the original in a manuscript
l.-.l
I book of the author , wmcu was uue.y in r--
i -
! 0f his niece Mis. A. L. Foster of this
f , - , - -
... Trott of Wilkes Carre, sister
, of the author, now has the book, winch contains
j many other. excellent productiona of Mr. Chap,
; n(M Qarbun C'i. Uazfitc
.
JIorrimik. The trial of Peres Hitchcock, for
at e GwM (S y )
" . . ..
i Circuit, week before last, disclosed some horrid
effects of drunkenness. We see it staled that it
i appeired in evidence before the court that when
! t -'i- ,o ,he hor
j der, they found the wife ol the deceased sitting
intoxicated by the body of her dead husband,
j pvnng her fingers into his eyes, almost if not
, , ,hn from their sockets, exclaim-
i
i: I : I il.ut it u-us ins
ing. with horrid oaths, that it was just what he
deservedand he ought to have been killed long
since. . . , .
MaTa'aiar. roa New States. California will
make forty-five States, each the size of New Jer
sey ; and New Mexico is equal to twenty-five
New Jerseys.
' Paevmsr. For. Capt. Elliott, the celebrated
man witk ths white hat," has been appointed
Governor of the Island of Jamaica in place of
Lord Elgin, promoted as Governor General of
Canada." Captain Elliott certainly earned his
1 reward by a series ol unparalleled intrigues ia
Teias.
BTLtRY AMERICAN.
' -AND 'SHAMOKJN1' JOURNAL, '
Sunburjr, JVortlinmberland Co.
?'h following letter from Mr. Tlutrilt the j
learni'd blnckemitb, to called now in England,
containa .natter lor reflection
An Hoar with Mature ami the Nailers.
I was suddenly diverted
from my contemplation of this magnificent sce
nery by fall of heavy rain drop, as prelude
of an impending e!it,wer". . Srcinfj a irate open.
nd hearing a familiar cli'-rtinjr bfhind a hedge
I tenped throiiffli into a littt blacksmith shop
abottt aa large a an American pmokehmise for
curing bacon. The first object l.w rny fye
rested upon was a full grown man, nine years
of arre,and nearly three fcrt high, perched upon j
a stone of half that height, to raise t. is breast to f
the level of his father1 anvil, at which he was I
at work, with all the vigor of his little liori
arms, making nails. I say .tfull grown man,
for I fear he can never prow any larger, physi
cally or mentally. . As 1 put my hand on his
ehotildcr in a lamilior way to oiake myself at
home with him, and to remove the timidity with
which my sudden appearance aeemotl to It:.
spire him. by a pleasant word or two ol greet-
ing, his flcrdi felt case hardened into all the in
duration of lo.ling manhood, and as unsnseepti-1
hie of growth as his anvil block. Fixed man
hood had set in upon him in the greenness of
his youth, awl there he was by his father's side
a ttinted, premature mnn ; with his childhood
cut of? ; with no space to prow in between the
crndtc and the anvil block; chased, aa form as
he cmld stand on his little legs, from the hearth j
stone to the forge-stone, by iron necessity, that j
would not let him stop long enough to pit k up :
a letter ofthe Knglish alphabet on the way. O, r
Lord Jol n Kusse'l ! think of it ! Of this E"g- ;
lirhmon's son, placed by his mother, scarce- wra- j
ned, on a liioh, co'd atone, bare'o te.l, before the
anvil; Here lo harden, sear, and blister its .
young hands by heating Bnd hammering rag-
god nailrode, Tor the sustenance her breast cm j
no longer supply I Lord Jnhii ! look al those ;
nails, as 'hey lie hissing ou the block.- Know 1
you their meaning, uae, and language! I'iease
your, lordship, let me tell you I have made
nails before now thttf ore iron exclamation
point, which this unlettered, dwaifinh boy is I
uncon ciously arraying against you, against
the British government, and the misery of Bri
tish literature, for cutting him off without a
letter of the English alphabet, when printing is
done by steiml for incsreerating him, for no .
sin on his or his parent's si le hut poverty, inTo i
a dark, si.x-by-eight prison of hard lubor, a youth- j
leti being think of il ! an infant hardened, al- '
moat in its mother's arms, into a man; by toil
that bows the sturdiest of the world's luborer
who come to manhood though intervening years
of childhood ! ' " '
The bny's father was at woik with his back ' and India, and Ireland and other places in F.og.
towards me when I entered. . At my first word . hind. IX B.
of salutation to the lad, he turned around and ' -
accosted me a little bashfully, as if unaccusto-j A correspondent of llm St. I .on is llepol.h
med to the sight of a etranger in that place, or ! can, writing from Camp l'otterfon, near Boritn,
reluctant to let them into the scene and secret
of poverty. . I eat down upon ono end of this
nail bench, and told him I was an American
black-smith by trade, and that I hud come in to
ace now no got on in me worm t wi.eu.er ue
waa earning pretty good wages at his business,
so that he could live comU-rtably, and send Ms
children to school. As i said tine, I gianceii
inquiringly toward the boy, who was looking
steadily at me from his stone stool by the an
vil. Two or three little c rmk fuced girls, from
two to five years of age, bad stulen in timidly,
and a couple of young, frightened eyes were
peeping over the diKir sill at me. They all
looked as if some task wrre daily allotted them
in the soot and cinders of their fathers f rge,-ve;i
to the sharp-eyed baby at the door. The poor
Englishman he was much an Englishman as
the Duke of Wellington looked at his busy-
, j j l i I i i i A ' I iil
headed, borelooted children, anil said soltly,
I meioncnmy siianeoi ine ih-.ii, .".v
' i""" were rainer nnru w,..i nun. u .n...o,.
I.ta heart, and many hours id the night he ha.l
been kept awake by the thought of it, that bo
cruld not send his children to school, nor teach j
them himself to read. They were good child en, j
he said, with a maist yearning in his eyes; !
they were all tho weahli he had, and he love I
them the more, the harder he had to work for
them. The poorest part of the poverty that
was on him, was that he could tut give his
children the letters. They were good children,
for all the crock of the shop was on their luces,
and their fitigeis were bent like eagloa' claws
with handing nails, lie had been a poor man
all his days, and he knew his children would
ho poor all their days, and poorer than he, if the
nail business should continue to grow worse.
If liu could only give them the letters, or the
alphabet aa they called it, il would make them
the like of rich ; for then they could read the
Testament. He could read the Testament a
little, for he had learned the letters by fire light
It is a good book, was the Testsment ; never
saw any other book heard tell of some In rich
people's houaee , but It mattered but little with
him. The Testament, he was sure it was made
for nailere and auch like. It helped him won
derfully when the loal waa small on the table.
there la no appeal but to force, the vital principle
Pa. SntuTday, Oct. IT, 146.
lie had but little time to read it when the aim
was up, end it took Lim Inn a In end a little, for
lie l-arned the letters when lie waa,o!d. , But.
he laid it beside his dish at dinner time and fed
liis heart with it, vvllik hi children were rul
ing the bred that fell to li' aliarn, , And when
lie had spelt out a line of I he ahorteet word, he
read them aloud, and his eldest hoy, the one
on the block there could say several whole ver
ses lie had learned in thie way.
It was a preat comfort to him to think that
Jeemes could take into his heart so many ver
ses of the Testament which he could not read.
He intended toteneh all his children in this way.
It was all he emild do for thntn ; and this he
hod to do as all the other hours he had to be at
thr rivil. The nailing business was growing
old, and his fai.""v Inrge. llr hod lo work
from four o'clock in the morning ti'l trn o'
clock at night In ram e!gklern pence. Mis wa
pes averaged oi:ly ahout srirn thillinp a
tcerk; and thero were five of thetn in the I'ami-
My t0 live on what they could earn. It was
, UrJ l0 make p th n!,B Bn iMmr ,.,,
of their hands, however little, could te spared,
J.-mmy was going on nine years nf ape, and a
lielplnl lad he was; and the poor man locked
at him doatingly. Jemmy cmiM work off a
thousand nails a day, of the smallest size. The
rent of their little simp, tenement and garden,
was five pounds a year, and a lew pennies ear
ned by the yonhget nf them was of great ac
connt.
. put. continued the father, speaking cheerily,
Btn not the one to complain. Many is the
,),, i)(1(1 , harder hit ol it than I, among
ihe poilors along these hills and tn the valley,
,jy neighbor in the next door could te. I you
f(imcthing gbotil laln.r yi u may never have
heard the like nf in your country. He is an
(1ilcr man tijan I, and there are seven of them
in family ; and, for all that, he has no boy
like Jemmy larra to ludp him. Someot bis
littlu g rls ar sickly, and (heir mother is not
over strong, and it all comes on him. lie is
an oldish man, as I was saying, yet he not only
works eighteen hours every day at his forge
but every Friday in the year he works all night
long, and never lays off his clothes till late of
Saturday night. A good neighbor is John Stub
bins, and the only man just In our neighborhiNid
who can read Ihe newspaper. U is not often
lie gets a newspaper ; for it is not the like of us
that can have newspapers and tin'iid, too, in our
houses at the same lim. Hut now and then lie
begs an old one, partly torn, at the baker'?, and
' reads it tons of a Sunday night. So once, in
, two or three weeks we hir something of what
' is going on in the world something about cnrn
! laws and the Duke of Wellington, and Oregon,
mentions the following incident:
A murmur of indignation was running
through our lines to-day, in cniiM-queuce of a
scene nf unusual interest which triiuepircd here
; hi- nu)ri,ilC A d fkJUiiWi fri ,,,.
j m).n f LlJa ,iani.t ii1kiu1 ,w0 !,., b. h.w
; M on ,je riv(.r canit , l0 , Tl X ,
. ,,,- ...j ...n-red for sain two Simnih
girls, Irnm thirteen toli;te ii years old. They
were dreadfully rmuciuted, and n linnet desti
tute of a single garment of clothing. The
Totalis seized the girls and squaws, and carri
ed them immediately to head counters, where,
uiNin examination, it wua ascertained that thu
I puis had murdered a wholn family, the pa
rents and brothers of the IwogirU, in the vicini
y of Ihe IJio (Sr.inde, stolen ull their 'property,
and led the girls into captivity ; there they h id
treated them with ex'remo er-i-lty, and nearly
'
. Msrv,., , , , dl.a(lt , W).rt, ow 0UVr,n
., fur -The girls readily pointed out
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j
vci-tigulioii by the order of (leneral Wool.'
CniK8K Dinner. An i.fficer ofthe L. S.
ship Vincennes, now on the coast of China, was
invited with oiher lo a formal riini.er at Canton.
The c urses were 'SMn number, and lie thus
describes them ;
1, bird's uei.1 soup; 2, pork fat, fried with
potatoes; 3, hogs' Iwds; 1, mushroom, slewed
., bird's ncel salad; 0, gihlet soup; 7, kitten
hath ; 8, fried Irish potatoes; Q, rat hash; 10,
tea,' 11, shatks ruts; r.', tmu micas; m, nog
stew; 11, slewed chickens; 15, ham stew;
IG, pork it w; 17, fried encumbers', 18, pate
of rats ,-10, Icline ragout ; iiO, ham stewed with
pork; 21, sucking pig ; snail pate; 2:1,
snail soup. I lasted the first dish, and became
so difgusted that I could not proceed. They
were brought on, one dish at a time, in exqui
sitely beautiful china bowls, with a top very
much resembling a saucer, which fitted ' into
the former-ll the time the tables were cover
ed wi'.h a variety of sweetmeats, of which wa
termelon teed, teemed to be the greatest favorite.
;
anj immediate parent 6f despotism. Jirrsmio-.
Vol. 7'-Xo. 4Wliole No. 816
From the St. Louia Reveille
A Vattltee lis Coal Serasn,
DT OK Mlt.t.t R, ill. ( . .
In order to Uiad Iho coal boats on Ihe Le
liith canal, a short but strep inclined plane of
nhont one hundred and fifty feet in length, is
made nl the chute which runs from a station
hou--e on Ihe side of of the mountain, to a Urge
circular revolving screen. Tu tho loadtd car
is attached a rope which draws up an empty
car, and, arrived at the screen, the lower end
of the car is suddenly unbolted; and the coal is
r-hot with great velocity into a hopper; this con
veys it directly into Ihe screen, which has three
large chambers, through which coal of as many
sizes is riildled nut, and shot, by scuppers, into
jiixt as ninny boats, wailing for different des
criptions nf the article.
A few months since, a Yankee of the genu
ine breed, quite inquisitive, but more verdant
than a Yankee should be, gained the station
house, and gnzed with wonder at the contri
vances, lie peculiarly snmired the swiftness
w ith wh.ch the loaded car descended and cmp-
lirfd its load and the velocity with which it re
turned to give jntiee to another.
Shortly his attention was attracted by see
ing a laborer mount one of the full cars about
to make the descent.
fining: to elide 1' inquired he.
Yes, going to ehvte ; won't yoti go .'
'VYbI, I guess I'll stop a bit, and see you do
it.
The car swiftly drrrended, and, ere it reach-
hr i.sssenerr iumned off safely.
I),, vh, do that often!' inquired he of one of
,he laborers in the station house.
Oh, yes, continually.' was the wnggi.h an- !
know n,st all the boatmen are sin- I
gle men, and as they often have orders for '
wiiyroir,' we always ser.d down a married
man with every car of that kind, to let 'em
know,'
'Wal n iw, du tll,' uttered the eastern man.
The more the Yankee looked at tho appara
tus, the more did he become convinced that it
would be a great thing b go down the steep in
that way something thai he coukl tell to
hum.'
Plucking up courage, he approached the su
perintendent. .
That beats sledden down hill, don't it!'
Vpneo it does.'
You couldn't let a feller go down, could
you
'Why, do you think you can jump off in
t me!'
Oh, yes, I'm reckoned conxiderable of a
jumper juinpiii dors me good ; I once jumped
itl a I vy mow thirty fi ll high, and it made me
m tuple I ho I I'm give in to bo tho best dancer
in tl.e Imli lowm-hip.'
Well, gi t on, and take care of yourself
Suddenly thecar moved nil, and our friend
fun ml the speed so fi-aru!, and the declivity so
gnni, that he was forced tn sloop down and
graiip the sides of his vehicle for support. The
plice hero the luborer h id leapt off was rea
ched, but the Yankee was nut in the position tu
jump ; lie hud tu hold i n, and, running down
a descent three times ss steep aa that which he
hid none, a tudden click shot the bolt, and,
with n violent force, tut went the contents,
Yankee included, into the hopper.
Murder! pel me out! stop the consirn.''
sl.o ited our hero, as he ti It himself sliding down
the hopper to the c)!ir.der. 'Murder ! stop tho
consirn I'll bo killad !' Rut the motive pow
er id 'the coiixaru was water, which had no
sympathy with those who pursue knowledge
under difficulties, and those who saw were too
dirl.int and too much convulsed with laughter
to yield OMiiat ince. Into tho screen he slid,
landing on the top, and as he felt himself re
volvin,' with the coal, he grasped the wires in
desporalion, to prevent himself from being rol
led to the bottom around the wheel he went,
and our friend's sensibilities were touched up
by s plentiful tdiower of fine coal dust riddled
through froni all the chambeis. He msisged
.i get rue eye open, and saw with delight that
the cylinder was only about fifteen 'feet in
length, and he forced his way forward to tho
iineninrr with cYtwration. but it was not alto-
geih.-r successful; another revolution of the j tuously. it was the practice ot the young o;..
wheel had yet to bo borne, ond the next time cers to si p down and exchange coats with th.-:r
he rendu d the bottom he wss shot out ofthe companions below, who would inarch up an I
scunner into the boat ber.eath. To ihe screams
of la'ighter with which his advent was hailed,
nor hero said not a word, but, getting out an
old handkerchief, rubbed tho dust out id his ryes
and surveying his torn apparel and bruised, bat- j
tend.icratclird and cut limbs, he 'raised his PtiiLANTiinoriiv. There are raseson reronl
vein, to know as whst quality of anthracite he 1 in tho offie- "f the Hritish Judge Advocate,
had been delivered when, smashing his rem- ! wherein delinquent soldiers have been senten
nsnt of a bat over liia yeS ho Humped off, ced to receive three thousand latlut !
muttering 'broktn end Kieened, by thunder.'
Philadelphia, September, 18-W.
Tea A private In the army, writing to a
friend from Cetralvo, near Montery, says, that
he hss drunk real China tea, grown on that swil,
reatly equal to any impoited from the Celestial
V.uj.rs.
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Advertisements left without direetions aa to lbs
length of time tltey are lo be published, will be.
continued until ordered out, and charged accord
ingly. !-'.-!," ' ' '
CjrSixtoen lines or (ess make a square.
DcoATTt, The first time I had the plea
sure of soeing this iiJustrioui man, was in tho
West Indies, during our differences with the
French Republic, lie wa then a Lieutenant
on board one of our largest frigates, whose nfl
ctrs had been selected from among tho mo t
promising in the Navy, and were, on the occu
ei'jn to which I allude, generally on the quar
ter deck, grouped, as is the custom, in different
places, conversing on the various subjects cf
their profession. I was introduced to many of
them they were pleasing, genteel men: lis
ving the characteristic look and air of sailors
but in Decatur, I was strack with a peculiarity
of manner and appearance, calculated lo riv t
the eye and engross) the attention. I had oMe.i
pictured to myself the form and look of a hero
such ns my favorite IFotner had delineated
here, I thought, it was emlmdied ! On being
released from a kind of Fpell, by which ho- lis.d
rivetted my attention, 1 turned to tho gentle
man to whom I was indebted for the introduc
tion, and inquired the character of Decatur
the inquiry was made of a person, to whoso
long experience and knowledge of human na
ture, the inward man seemed to be unfolded.
'Sir, said he, 'Decatur, is an officer of uncom
mon character of rare promise-a man of an
age ono, perhaps, not equalled in a million .'
'A man overboard was now buzzed through the
ship,' 2d. cutter's away 3d cutter's away,'
were passed from deck lodeck I observed De
catur to spring into the mizen chains I ran to
the stern in a few moments saw a youth, up
held above the surging wave, by a buoyant and
vigorous , firmer, and thus Mista.nnl. until re.
, the boats-life l.ad nearly fled-but
it was not extinct-it returncd-.t was the 1, e
of one who has since bad celebr.ty. and l:vrd
to see his preserver the pride and glory of his
country.
It was under mich circumstance, I first aaw
the generous and chivalric Decatur, a manmorfi
unique, more highly endowed, than any other I
ever knew to whom, perhaps, the country ia
mnre indebted for that naval renown, which id
the admiration or the world a renown, so as
sociated with the name of frecat ur, as to render
hem indissoluble.
IniursniNO in Rei.vtiom to tub Jews. '
The London Jewish Chronicle, of June 12th,
publishes the contents of an interesting letter,
from Jerusalem. The brethetn of the fei
trihes, it seems, are to be hunted out, and for
this purpose the Jews in England intend to ex
ert a hearty cooperation with those settled in
other lands. On the 10th of May, a letter ar
rived in Iiondon from the synn;ntipiio authori
ties of Saphelh, snyinj that in consequence of
important information hiving reached them a
tn the country where the brethern of the ten
tribes are tn be found, a resolution was immedi
ately passed to elect from their congregation a
man ready and capable for a mission to that
country. They appeal to the Jerusalem Jewa
for co-op.'rat'on, end also to select in Jerusalem
one from the Sephardim (Portuguese) Jews,
and one from the Ashkenasim (German and
Polish) Jews, and tn send the three messengers
together, who will have to trsvel for several
months through enormous deserts.
It la said that these ten trihes eons'itute an
empire of their own, have their own King, and
possess great quantities nf aminuoition. They
are of high stature, and have altogether an ath
letic appearanea They are generally occupied
with the Kabila, areatriclly religious, and ve
ry wealthy, being in possession of many gold
mines. They do not permit a foreigner to set.
tie among them; even the s journ of a few
days can b obtained only by the payment of an
enormous tax, with the exception ol Israelites,
who are received as friends, permitted to resido
smong them, and are altogether recognized ss
their own Irethern. The synagogue outhori
ties of Jensalem huve consented to the mission,
though they will have to incur a heavy expend
which so long a journey requires. Huston
Transcript.
On the trip nut to Point Isabel, on one of t'i
boats th.V volunteers rfficersocupied the calr i
the men the lower deck. After dining sump-
dine at the cabin table with great sang iroiu.
The steward never could detect the trick, but
was amazingly puzzled at the multiplication of
: dicers.
Last iso 'Worst. 'So, Sam, Santa Anfisj
has gone to Mexico to fioht us.' Not t bit f
it he's going a courting ' iGonfl a eonrini.',
ay you 1 How C.. -you ,ul wt 1' Easy
enough. .t (he pipe,, wy k haa gone U
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