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Tjie whole art of Government consists in the art of being honest. Jefferson.
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Eetter from John Adams tohis Wife,
Written on the 5th day of July, 1776.
" Yesterday the greatest question was deci
ded that was ever debated in America, and a
neater, perhaps, never was or will be decided
among men. A resolution was passed without
one dissenting colony, that these United States
are, and of right ought to be, free and inde
pendent States. The day is passed. The
Fourth of July, 1776, will be a memorable
epoch in the history of America. I am apt to
believe it will be celebrated by succeeding gen
erations as the great anniversary festival. It
ought to be commemorated as the day of deliv
erance, by solemn acts of devotion to Almighty
God. It ought to be solemnized with pomp,
shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and
illuminations, from one end of the continent to
the other, from this time forward forever. You
will think me transported with enthusiasm, but 1
am not. I am well aware of the toil and blood
and treasure which it will cost to maintain this
declaration, and support and defend theses
States; yet through all the gloom I can see the
rays of the light and glory; I can seo that the
end is worth more than all the means, and that
: posterity will triumph, although you and 1 may
rue, which I hope we shall not."
From the Boston Mercantile Journal.
Singular Cases of Imposture.
The power which man possesses of deceiv
ing his fellow man, is very great. And when
strong motives have been presented, such as
a loe of gain, or a desire of escaping from dur
ance or death, instances have frequently oc
curred, of the most wary and incredulous hav
ing been deceived by wiles and arts, showing
a depth of dishonesty which would have been
deemed incredible, were they not subsequently
fully exposed. A few illustrations may not be
inappropriate at this time, when wonder seems
4o seize possession of the mind of men and
women too and nothing is too absurd or ridic
ulous for human belief.
It is now about thirty years since a sailor,
named Jack Morris, disgusted with the cruel
treatment which he received on board an Eng
lish frigate in the Mediteranean, commanded
by a dashing, but tyrannical officer, very natur
ally arrived at the conclusion, after due reflec
tion, that ho should be morally justified in quit
ting the service with the earliest opportunity
which offered especially as he did not enter
the service voluntarily, but was a victim to the
abominable system of imprisonment. He ac
cordingly resolved to desert and, with some
others, whose views on this subject coincided
with his own, swam ashore one dark and stormy
night, while the ship was laying at anchor in
the Bay of Gibraltar. Hut the poor fellows
were discovered by the sentries, soon after they
reached the shore, and on the following day,
were sent back to the ship; where they, of
course, were terribly flogged, for the heinous
crime of which they had been guilty!
Morris bore his flogging without flinching
but inwardly determined to contrive some plan,
by which he could deceive his tyrannical mas
ters, and obtain his discharge. And the plan
which ho adopted, was one which required a
degree of perseverance, of fortitude and fixed
ness of purpose, and power of deception, which
has seldom been surpassed, even by the most
renowned charlatans and impostors of the pre
sent day and that is saying a great deal.
He threw his body and limbs into a position
as if he had been the victim of a paralytic af-
lection. His body was bent nearly double, his 1
legs and arms were drawn up in a singular and
unnatural manner, as if under the influence of
some powerful, but unknown agent. He re
gained his senses perfectly, but declared bis in
ability to move his limbs in the smallest degree
and appeared to be entirely deprived of the
faculty of locomotion. The singularity of his
case attracted much attention and the officers
of the ship to which he belonged, strongly sus
pected that it was a case of imposture and he
was accordingly examined by a board of sur
geons, appointed for that purpose. They felt
his pulse, inquired into the symptoms of his
complaint, examined his limbs, and attempted,
by main force, to restore them to their original
position. But the poor fellow made such hor
rible outcries, and seemed in such dreadful ag
ony when they tried to straighten his arms or
lews, that they soon relinquished the undertak
ing The Board finally declared that there
was no imposture that the seaman was in an
unnatural condition but they acknowledged
that they were unable to discover the true char
acter of his disease!
Jack Morris accordingly remained in his
hammock for some months longer. The sur
geon of the ship exerted all his skill to cure
him, but without effect. Jack took his medi
cines without any opposition or remonstrance;
but applications, internally or externally, seem
ed to possess no virtue in this case. Day and
night, sleeping or walking, his limbs and his
body obstinately refused to become straighten
ed. By remaining in this unnatural position
so long, and using no exercise whatever, Jack's
frame soon became emaciated, and his whole
physical powers seemed weakened and de
stroyed. His muscles were relaxed, and his
cheeks were sunken and of a deadly pallor.
His case was prounced by the surgeon a hope
less one, and in spite of tho remonstrance of
the first Lieutenant, who declared all the time
that the fellow was only "shamming Abraham,"
and that a cat-d' nint-lails would soon restore
him to health, he was sent home to England
with a number of invalids, for a final examina
tion and a discharge.
Jack Morris was placed in Haslar Hospital,
and his case, from its singular character, at
tracted much attention. He was examined by
the medical men attached to the Hospital, who
were also acquainted with the fact, that he was
thought by some of practising deception. This
idea, however, was scouted by all, excepting
one or two individuals, and pronounced impos
sible and several ingenious theories to account
for the character of his disease were broached
and defended with much learning and ingenuity.
There were one or two physicians, however,
who were not fully convinced that all was right;
and although they subjected themselves to rid
icule and ill-matured remarks from their more
credulous associates, they tried several exper
iments to ascertain the real facts of the case
such as causing a pistol to be fired close to his
head; pricking him unexpectedly in his limbs;
raising the alarm of fire in the dead of night,
and leaving him, apparently, to perish in the
flames, or escapes by means of his own loco
motive power; but Jack was guarded at all
points, and they could elicit nothing which ten
ded to confirm their suspicions of imposture.
At length the day arrived when Jack Mor
ris, with some other invalids, was to be dis
charged from "His Gracious Majesty's service."
This was a day which Jack looked forward to
as to the consummation of all his wishes. Be
fore the discharge was made out, however, one
of the surgeons of the Hospital obtained per
mission to make one further attempt to discov
er imposture in the case. Jack was taken
from his bed, and placed a on pallet in the
centre of the room; while some of the surgeons
were conversing with him with great apparent
kindness, and professing sympathy for his pro
tracted sufferings, several men approached from
behind each bearing a large bucket filled with
water from the pump, and at a given signal,
the buckets wero simultaneously emptied on
the head of the unfortunate deceiver.
The event was so unexpected, and the shock
which his system received, was so great, that,
while almost suffocated, he was thrown off his
guard and he involuntarily threw himsplf into
a position nearly erect! This was only for an
instant horror-struck at the idea of the con
sequences of his imprudence, he immediately,
and as it were, spasmodically, resumed his for
mer crippled position. But it was too late-
keen eyes had been watching him and his
mental agony may be convinced, when the
Chief Surgeon, in a stem voice, called out, "It
won't do, my fine fellow you are found out at
last and shall be rewarded for your ingenui
ty." And he spoke the truth. Jack Morris was
in a day or two, taken on board the flag-ship at
Spithead. A Court Martial was held upon
him, and in addition to the dreadful sufferings
and deprivations which he had voluntarily sub
mitted to, within tho previous eight or nine
months, he was sentenced to be fogged through
the fleet, as an example to others, who were in
clined to practiso imposture, for the purpose of
escaping from an Lnglish Man of War.
The case of Jack Morris will servo to illus
trate two things first, the horrid injustice and
oppression of the impressment system, which
subjects man to a slavery, more odious and de
grading than elsewhere exists on the face of
the earth, and secondly, the extent to which a
person, ahrewed, intelligent and determined,
may deceive even learned and professional men,
provided he calls into action all his energies to
awaken their credulity, and put their reasoning
powers to sleep. Many illustrations of a sim
lar nature might be quoted if it were necessa
ry, without looking into the annals of Animal
Magnetism.
"I bow at beauty's shrine," as the;girl said
when she curtseyed. to the looking-glass.
Butter.
The summer is the best time for the makers
or the purchasers of butler to lay in their stock
for the year. It is the best time, because it is
usually the cheapest, because it is the sweetest
and richest, and because, if put down sweet
and in good condition, it will remain good
through the season. It is useless to deny that
there is a vast deal of wretched butter consumed
in this country, when it would bo quite as easy;
and more for the profit of tho makers, to pro
duce a superior article. We have good pas
tures, good cows, and there can be no good rea
son given why good butier should not be the
result. In the first place, every thing connect
ed with the making of butter should be perfect
ly sweet and clean. No smoke, dust, or disa
greeable smells should ever exist in the milk
house or dairy. Every thing of this kind has
its effect on the cream, and leaves its taint on
the butter. The milk should be skimmed, and
the cream churned, at the proper time and the
proper temperature. The buttermilk should be
promptly separated; and in salting, none but salt
of the finest, purest kind is admissible. Next
to leaving milk in the butter to putrefy, the use
of bad salt has the most influence in making
this article worthless. Many recommend wash
ing butter in clear cold water to free it from the
milk, and this mode is practiced in some of the
best butter districts of Europe or the United
States. If the milk is thoroughly separated,
however, the particular method is of very little
consequence; and perhaps a machine for work
ing the buttermilk out, such as has been figured
in the Cultivator, or some.similar contrivance,
will be found as effectual as any thing. The
butter, if made ever so perfectly, will not keep
well unless it is also packed well. Total ex
clusion from the air seems necessary, and when
this is combined with a low temperature, butter
can be kept an indefinite period of time. It is
the adventitious circumstances only that make
poor butter, for as it is a pure animal oil, if freed
from those things that have a tendency to spoil
it, it would keep as long and with as little trou
ble as tallow or lard. It is the difficulty of free
ing butter from the substances connected with
it, that have a constant tendency to putrefac
tion, that renders the packing of butter of so
much consequence to its preservation. Stone
jars we have found superior to any thing else
for packing butter. They are sweet, cool, im
pervious to air, and from their shape leave but
a small surface to be exposed, or covered with
brine. The butter, whether packed in jars or
firkins, must be beat solid, and the vessel what
ever it may be, should be filled at once. The
difficulty attending firkins, is, that all wood con
tains more or less acid, and this, decomposing
the salt, imparts an unpleasant taste and flavor
to the butter in the cask. This is partly reme
died by filling the firkins with strong brine, and
allowing them to stand a few days before using,
but the cause is never entirely removed. Ex
periments made in Scotland proved that the
wood of tho linden or basswood contained the
least acid, and this is supported by the fact that
in the Tyrolese salt-works, where water is
brought to the point of saturation by percolating
through bundles of twigs, or faggots, those of
the basswood are always preferred to any other.
In this country, firkins of heart-ash are prefer
red, and perhaps are as good as any that can
be used. We have known a firkin of butter
properly headed, thrown into a well where the
water was of a temperature of about 50 or 55,
and when taken out, after a submersion of a
year, was as sweet as when put in. Perhaps,
where circumstances admit, butter might be ad
vantageously kept in this way in vats filled with
running spring water of the proper temperature.
Jars or firkins when filled with butter, should
have some pure strong brine poured on the top
of the butter, and kept thore for the purpose of
excluding the air until the article is wanted for
use. Instead of the brine some uso salt, and
others prefer a linen cloth saturated in brine,
for this purpose. But whatever is used, tho
top of the jar or firkin should be carefully cov
ered with a board, or what is much bettor, a
clean flat stone. They should stand on flat
stones, in a cool place in the cellar, and may be
occasionally looked to, to see that the surface
is properly secured, and the air excluded. Al
bany Cultivator.
Scat Jor preventing Sleeping in Church. Por
haps the most curious thing about St. Phillip's
Chapel, Winchester, is the ancient stall seats
now affixed to the wall of the ante chapel.
These have their seats so affixed upon hinges,
that those who sit in them can only maintain
their position by balancing themselves with care,
and resting ihoir elbow on iho seat arms: so
thai if the monks who used them dropped asleep
during divine service, the seats came forward
and pitched them headlong upon the floor; nay,
if they only dozed, and nodded the least in the
world, the hard oaken seat clapped against the
hard oaken back, and made a noise loud enough
to attract the attention of tho whole audience.
Nothing was more cleverly contrived to keep
people awake at church.
" Much remains unsung," as the tom-cat re
marked to the brickbat, when it abruptly cut
short his serenade.
tetter of William Peiaia.
Copy of a document in the Land Office of Penn
sylvania, kindly furnished us, says the Eas
ton Argus, by a Member of our Legislature
last winter. It is like all the writings of the
great founder of Pennsylvania, full of love,
kindness, and honesty, and embodies in it
sentiments that we seldom see now adays.
"TO THE EMPEROR OF CANADA.
"The great God that made thee and me, and
all the world, incline our hearts to love, peace,
and justice, that we may live friendly together
as becomes the workmanship of the great God.
The King of England, who is a great Prince,
hath for divers reasons, granted to me a large
country in America, which however, I am wil
ling to enjoy upon friendly terms with thee.
And this I will say, that the people who come
with me are a just, plain and honest people,
that neither make war upon others, nor fear war
from otherB, because they will be just. I have
set up a society of Traders in my province to
traffic with thee and thy people for your com
modities, that you may be furnished with that
which is good at reasonable rates. And that
Society hath ordered their President to treat
with thee about a future trade, and have joined
with me to send this messenger to thee with
certain presents from us, to testify our willing
ness to have a fair correspondence with thee;
and what this agent shall do in our name we
will agree unto. I hope thou wilt kindly re
ceive him, and comply with his desires on our
behalf, both with respect to land and trade.
"The great God be with thee. Amen.
Philip Theodore Lennman, Sec'ry.
"London, the 21st day of the Fourth Mo'nth,
called June, 1682. WM. PENN."
Remedy FdR a LIghtning Shock. As this
is the season when all are more or lss liable
to experience a shock from nature's battery, the
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser suggests that
any person struck down by lightning, no matter
if apparently dead, ought to be laid immediate
ly extended on the damp ground; and if it do
not rain upon him, water should be thrown on
freely, which in mo3t cases will conduct off the
electric fluid without serious injury. Many a
one has lost his life, when a knowledge of
these facts, on the part of friends or bystanders,
would have preserved it.
The Tariff.
Extract from a speech of JOHN BANKS in
Congress'.
"I occupy my place here as an avowed friend
of Domestic and American Industry. I am
prepared to go, in legislation, every just and
reasonable length to protect the labor of our
citizens against the labor of foreigners, and the
influence of foreign government." Pennsyl
vania, the state from which I come, and which
I have the honor to represent, in part, on this
floor, has at all times been the firm and steady
friend of the Protecting Policy. That State
looks upon this policy as being essential to her
prosperity and welfare. It is to that policy
that she is mainly indebted for her present high
ly improved condition. That policy has con
tributed largely to bestow upon the people of
that State the many blessings and rich advan
tages which they now so eminently enjoy.
That policy is well suited to the industrious
habits of tho people of that State. Her local
advantages are great; her agricultural wealth is
not inferior to that of any State in the Union.
That policy brings into requisition all the ener
gies of her industrious people. It draws large
ly upon all the advantages and resources; inso
much that they cannot fail to impart to the peo
ple comfort, wealth and independence, in a high
degree.''
The burning of the world.. It is not a little
remarkable that the predicted conflagration of
the earth and the circumstances attending, as
it is foretold in the ancient scriptures, arc both
natural and have a strict coincidence with sci
entific probability. None but tho ignorant
would concludo that becauso the earth had
whirled round the sun in safety for some thous
ands of years, that thereforo, it must forever go
on undisturbed. There are principles in tho
atmosphere which engirds the globe, of suffi
cient potency if properly proportioned, to feed
a combustion that would liquify tho rocks and
evaporate the seas. Tho two gases which feed
the intense flame of the compound blow pipe,
are compotent parts of the air we breathe. Be
sides tho combustibility of the atmosphere, the
earth may have central fires, that her mountain
ribs may not be always able to imprison. Aro
not the. ancient Volcanoes tho great arteries
which led down to his heart of lire?
It is computed by tho French astronomers
that moro than fifteen hundred fixed stars havo
disappeared within three centuries past. La
Place says that one of these stars situated in
tho northern hemisphere, gave the most indis
putable evidence of having burned, It was bo
bright as to bo visible to the naked eye at mid
day, "first of a dazzling white, then reddish
yellow, and lately of an ashy pale color." The
conflagration lasted and was visible 16 months
when the star forever disappeared. Free Trader,
Affecting Sncidesit at the removal of
the Jfccmains of CJesieral llarrish.
The correspondent of the Baltimore SutiV
speaking of the removal of the late President's
remains, relates the following incident:
"Approaching the brow of the hill near to
what was once the private residence of the im
mortal Washington, I beheld a little iri advance
of me a solitary individual, gazing intently Onf
the flying pageant, as it wheeled along the wind
ing track far distant in the vale below. He was
above the ordinary height, dressed in black,
with his hat pressed down over his brows his
back toward me, as I halted within a few feet
behind him I felt that this solitary stranger's
heart beat somewhat in unison with my own.
And I stood still, as. if by impulse, not wishing
to disturb his seeming quiet. As the train of
cars diminished in the increasing distance, and
entered the gorge of the hills almost out o("view
the stranger raised his hand towards heaven,
and in a voice tremulous with agitation, hejer
vently exclaimed "farewell thou hero and pa
triot thou poor man's friend farewell." And
turning abruptly on his heel, he saw me,- and
dropping his head, with partial bow or saluta
tion, passed with a quick and hurried step by
me. But I saw that the fountains of his sou I
were broken. The big tears were coursing
down his manly cheeks, and glistening in his
deep dark eye. I wept also as he walked
away, and loved him for his secret sorrow. . It
was General Murphy, of Ohio, the early and
ardent friend of General Harrison, whose elo
quence had shaken the Western country, and
had gained him the title of the Patrick Henry
of tho West-"
The Mechaiiics Wife;
A working man needs a working wife; but to
the qualities of the mind, manners, and morals,
she cannot run too high in the scale. There is
an error prevalent concerning this. Giles says,
"I do not want a wife with too much sense."
Why not? Perhaps Giles will not answer, but
the shrug of his shoulders answers. "Becauso
I am afraid she will be an over match for me."
Giles talks like a simpleton. The unfortunate
men who have their tyrants at home, are never
married to women of sense. Genuine eleva
tion of mind cannot prompt any one, male or fe
male, to go out of their proper sphere. No man
ever suffered from an overplus of intelligence,
whether in his own head, or in his wife's.
A proper self respect would teach every no
ble hearted American, of whatever class, that
he cannot set too high a value on the conjugal
relation. Wo may judge of the welfare and
honor of the community by its wives and moth
ers. Opportunities for acquiring knowledge,
and accomplishments, are happily open to eve
ry class above the lowest; and the wise mechan
ic will not fail to choose such a companion as
may not shame his sons and daughters in that
coming age, when an ignorant American'shall
be as obsolete as a fossil fish.
Away with flouncing, giggling, dancing,
squandering, peevish, fashion hunting wives!
The woman of this stamp is a poor comforter,
when the husband is sick, or bankrupt, to .her
Adam:
For nothing lovelier can be found
In woman, than to study household good,
And good works in her husband to promote.
I have such a mechanic's wife in my mind's
eye; gentle as the antelope; untiring as a bee;
joyous as a linnet, neat, punctual, modest and
confiding. She is patient, but resolute; aiding
in counsel; reviving in troubles; ever pointing
out tho brightest side, and concealing nothing
but her own sorrows.
Snake Story. The following incident oc
curred in the dwelling of Mrs. Elizabeth Jones,
at Bridgevillc, on Thursday last in the absenco
of her husband: She was silting in tho front
room of her house while her infant slept in a
cradle in front of, and at a little distance from
her. Suddenly she heard a rustling sound, and
tho next instant she perceived a large snake
enter the door and make directly for the cradle.
For a moment all her energies seemed paralyzed
by fear; but in the next instant, true to the ma
ternal instinct, she sprang to the cradle seized
the infant by tho arm and fled, uttering shriek
upon shriek, just as the serpent, having entered
the cradle, was rapidly approaching the head of
the child. Several of her neighbors, alarmed
by her cries, hurried to the house, and 'after
somo search, the snake was found ceiled under
the bed, apparently prepared to act upon tho
defensive Having been killed with a broad
hoc, it proved to be a black snake, of the rac-r
specios, 5 1-2 feet in length. Belvidere Apulh.
Politics " Say, Bill, whas ' all dat em
muss, Mr. Adams are mnkin'?"
"Why, Cucumbershins, I tell you. IP ;
child cry for the moon de fader haint no right
to give it to him, cause he can't. At de same
lime ho no right to tell the child he wont'hea
it cry, cause dat would bo interfering wid uV
right of petition "
" Dat are's do ground is it? Well, I guesH
they can't drive old Boss Adams ofFof it. Ncm
Bill, what's ibis physical agent?" - ' .
"De agent for selling Mofiatt's Pills. jh.y
don't you read de papers, niggarst" - '
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