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From thesKniekerbocker for Nov
QTlic ItfameScss Grave.
BY MISS M. A. BROWNE.
'Tisutfa-fragment of a tomb-, U,
Spared when the rest was cleared away ;
lis Sculpture gone ; the name of whom
It coveredaperishedin decay ; jF"'
But though irbears no name'nor date,
I have wild fancies of my own,
And well I l6ve to contemplate
That old and shattered stone I .
.1 wander near it when the dew;" --i4,f ii
Of morn is dripping from 'Uie eaves:
And the church window glistens tnrough
its curtain green of ivy leaves.
The marbles shines, when o'er its whitej
Smooth surface Is the sunlight thrown ;
But oh ! I love, though not so bright,
. ..That old and shattered stone !
I love-to think, "Perchance some head
ur peeness oeauty mere may rest ;
That monument perhaps was laid
upon a fair and lovely bieast I
And even while I gaze, perchanco
-hi .
.a
Soms spotless spirit looketh downva.,b
And casts its pure celestial glance . j
Upon the old gray stone !"
If such things be, what vanity
This earth and all therein must seem
To'thosewho dtvell in bUss on high,;
. Whosemame on earth is but a dreamy!.
jAnd while we strive with care and pains
i To leave a name ;when we 'are gotief ,
May we remember what remains' --misp''
Of tharsephlbltral "stone.
7 TP"-- --5fiB&
From die Southern Literary.- f W
BY PARK BENJAMIN!
Trfe Norhern sky is filled with fires
But not of lurid glow ;
"White in the air like icy spires
That shoot from banks of snow;'
The rays from piled-up clouds ascend
And pour a silver light, . '.
"Tiere Heaven's eternal arches bend
Above the halls of Night-
In vain have mortals loiled. to scale-
Those high and brilliant hills ;
Sealed are the fountains,
Of all their frozentriUa
No eagle's wing can soar so far?
No sun can m elt'uve'chain ,
Xet down in links from starato star
To bind them to tne mainjfc
Mysterious, solemrCcold.anrelear, .
Their sliapes majestic risei
Like barriersund this earthly sphcrer
Like gates of paradise)
And, when, at times, a glory streams -
Along the shrouded land, ' .
Like Eden's flaming sword it seenis '
Waved by an angel's hand.
Ye wonderdus firesjf-that seldom give -
Yourteplendbrtfo our clime, "
Butiripur Arctic religion live
Through all revolving time
"Well may Imagination faint
r 13 eforfi your sacred blaze, r
And baffled Science fail to paint
The source of Ileaven-lit rays !
T
Method -is not less necessary in or
dinary conversation than m writing,
provided a man would talk to make
himsslf understood
Common .people find it easier to be
lieve, tiian to judge; and content
themselves with what is usual never
- examining whether it be good or no.
There is not any benefit so glori
ous in itself, but it may yet be ox-oeed-kigiy
sweetened and improved by
ithe manner of conferring it.
4 Djcds.k law was passed at the last "Ses
i jjipn, requiring all Deeds of conveyance of.'land
jo b recorded wh'hin 2 years after execution,
: Un hfirialfv of bein.1 adjudged vofd against &ub-
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STROXJDSBtfRCMONROE COUNTY, PA WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1841.
-m..um f i i 'in i i n urn i' mil a i ihuj ii.ji i i.tttb
The following historjele sketch is frgruhe
Ecleclicvjeview. There is nothing ortrearih
more terrific than a fearful pestilence. To see
men dying daily and iiourly, struck down by an
unseen power; while the breeze seems as gen
tle ,& as healthful; the shy as blight and clearjand
the earth as teeming and fruitful afc ever, marks,
most emphatically the hand of Omnipotence.
Plague and Fire Iia JLcnclots. 16SG.
" In the month of June, the heat became ex
cessive, and the deaths reported as from the
plague were 27C for the last week. In the
middle of July, it began Jo make alarming pro
gress among the suburban parishes northward.
With the approach or September, the eastern
ones shared the same fate; so that the dark
cloud, having thus moved round the whole cir
cumference of the city, began to shed its disas
trous influences over the trembling myriads
who still clung to i; as their home. From June
Vo September the weekly reports of deaths con
tinued to increase in various degrees until
th'ey "rose to 8297. But the terror and confu
sion (5f thai time were such as to render it im
possible that complete returns should be made,
and we safely believe that the scene of horror
was much "reater than even tht lnroestnf thnso
rrv-f o o
numucrs woum lr.uicate. According to the best
authority ve possess, the weekly mortality dur
ing the early part of September was not less
than .12,000, third part bf which amount were
supposed to have died in the course of one fea-
ful night! 1 he bills for the year report the to
tal 68,596: which fails probably by one-third
to exhibit the real extent of tlie calamity, Ma
ny died of fright, in the case of others, lunacy,
brought on by the same cause, preceded disso
lution; the instances of females dying in a state
of pregnancy increased more than lendfold; and
the new born seemed to live only to become
capable of dying. The symptoms of the disease
varied considerably in different constitutions.
In some cases there was no appearance of
swellings; and the infected person flattered
himself that his more partial and moderate
symptoms were only those of ordinary indispo
tion; until the chest was found to exhibit a num
ber, of purple spots, which warned the victim
and his friends that life would be extinct in a
few hours at the utmost. These spots were
called the tokens, and were present before the
imagination of the people as the messengers of
death. The person in whom the disease took
ihls shape died with comparatively little suffer -Ing;
but when carbuncles appeared, ttie inter
nal functions retained much of thoijMstrength,
and a high slate of fever comrhohlv ensued.
Many in their paroxysm broke aay from the
beds in which they were fastened, and raved
upon passengers in the streGlsTrom the wind
ows of their apartmenis; some laicLviolenl hands
upon themselves; whilst others gave utterance
to their misery in loud and bitter lamentations,
or forcing t h e i ft wa Yatb road, lied, with little or
nothing to cover thcmTfrom street to street, shout
ing forth. themost phrenzied language. Some
ofjheso unhappy creatures threw themselves
into the Thames; o'liers sank in sudden ex
haustion and expired; even the officers, so great
was the fear of infection, commonly forbearing
to put any restraint upon them. Of those who
were visited with disease in this form, few died
in less than twenty-four hours, some lived thro'
twenty days, but the average limit was five or
si days. In July and August the majority of
the infected perished; m September and Octo
ber, the recoveries are believed to have been in
the proportion of three to five.
41 The means employed to counteract this aw
ful calamity sometimes aggravated its violence.
Thus on one occasion the Lord Mayor ordered
sea-coal fires to be kindled in the streets, amidst
which the pestilence stalked with increased
de'solation; until enormous falls of rain happen
ed to extinguish (hem. Cornels and unusual
meteors diffused horror and dismay all around;
whilst soothsayers, astrologers, quacks and oth
er Imposters, reaped a detestable harvest from
the fears of their fellow creatures. London
emptied herself of all who had the. meanspf
removal. Not less than ten iJiou'SalitPfioiises
were deserted in the city anUlsojacent "par
ishes; so that grass grew in ilie most frequented
thoroughfares; all abodes reported by the local
authorities, as containing infected persons, were
immediately shut up, whilst on the door a large,
red cross was painted with the words written
over ii, "The Lord have mercy upon us."
Watchmen, with halberds in their hands, pre
vented all ingress or egress; trade was wholly
suspended, and lvo general pest-houses wore
opened. The following is a graphic picture, to
be read almost with ters.
" When those who ventured abroad met, they
might be seen keepiug at the most cautious dis
tance from each other; and the man who passed
a house with the fatal mark upon it, commonly
glanced indirectly at it, and mufHing his cloak
about him, made his way a timid and hurried
step along the forsaken footpath on the oppo
site side. Men feared even the fragrance of
(lowers, lest they should inhale the sickness
from them, andcalk'd for antidotes rue,
mvrrth, and zedoary. Ai the deaths mtihiph
.. ' . t ' . r : ii :.!
e
th
d, all the usual expressions oi sympauiy wnu
o departed, such as lolling the parish Knell,
wearing inoUiUlliK uufiuucia ihwsjiwuji "-f
jy 1 ,1 C,rrlvn nrnxnOv'tmie Clin-
denly ceased. Men were employed to go
through the infected districts, in the dead of
night, to collect and inter the bodies of those
who expired in the course of the day. The
"distant tinkling of a bcli,.and the glare of torch
es announced the approach of the dead cart,and
as it came near the houses with thoVeross upon
themjjthe men attending it uttercdCalternately
thewell known cry Bring ou?jour dead'."
To IhisfcalJ, the response of ihejitmaies was
often' a .wail of sorrow as they -baJnghl their
dead toulm door, sometimes barely1&ovjred, but
commonly wrapped up like mu&imiesMn the
bed linen on which they had breathed their
last. Thobodies thus obtained were lodged
one upon another in the vehicle, and being con
veyed to lheedge of a broad deep pit prepared
to receive them, the board at the end of the
cart was removed, and they were made to fall
as they mighljfiiUo their places. This done,
the workmencuvered them immediately with
a layer of earthftipou which others in their turn
were thrown in the same manner, until the
dreaded receptacjc became full to within a few
feet of the surface.
"The menta!' sufferings of persons, whose
imaginations followed the objects of their af
fections lo suclia scene must have been great.
It is well knownthat grief and excitement not
uufrequently obtained a visible mastery over the
understanding. The unwonted course of things
about them fille'dtho minds of many with ideas
of the supernatural. They saw spirits walking
the earth, and could trace out fearful sights in
the heavens: and'there were those who believed
themselves commissioned to announce the wrath
of the Almighty! One man took opon him the
mission of Jonah. Another, naked, except a
slight coveringaround his waist, and sometimes
with a VesseloiCburning coals raised above his
head, traversed the city day and night, without
appearing;lO tire or rest exclaiming, "Oh! the
great, the ureadful God!" But the cause which
served to push religion to ihe extreme of fanat
icism in some, seemed to expel all sense of it
from others. In theJanguage of these, life was
shprt: its probable end to-morrow; the future
was a dream; and the fcol onlv could suffer the
fleeting movements that might remain to pass
jhi wailing rather than in pleasure. Thus the
darkest hour of calamity became marked by the
utmost license in crime. Oath and impreca
tions in one quarter, mingled with the adora
ations and prayers which ascended from ano
"ther; the song of the drunkard blending with
the hymn of the devout; one class eagerly bent
on riot and sensuality, converting the tavern
and brolhel into a species of pandemonium ;
whilst another and happily a much larger one,
manifested a new solicitude to diffuse the ben
fits of piety and charily, which the horrors
around them had done much to purify and exalt.
Within a few months afterwards came ano
ther vial of wrath in the form of fire upon our
then as now most guilty metropolis. It broke
out on the second of Sepf'ember, 16G6, after an
unusually hot and sultry August, on the premi
ses of a baker in Pudding Lane, near London
Bridge. The habitations about it were unhap
pily, biiili of wood, much crowded together,
with the roofs and partitions of them covered
wi'.h pilch as a protection against bad weather,
and being in ihe centre of enormous stores in
which tar, hemp, other naval materials, oils,
wines, coals, rosin, and foreign spirits weie de
posited. Sir Thoma Bludworth having lo act
as chief magistrate, proved quite unequal to his
functions. The sailors urged an explosion of
those HoHses through gunpowder; which lay in
the path of the conllagation; a step, which had
it been taken in time, might have prevented
much mischief. Little or nothing effectual
was done, and the fiery deluge spread. Street
after street became pyramids of flames, and
then heaps of smouldering ruins. By night the
whole slope of the city towards ihe river from
the Three Cranes in the Vintry to more.lhun a
mile westward, "was an arch of fire; steeples,
churches, public edifices, sinking one after ano
ther out of sight, amid clouds ofgsmoke, the
glare of flames, and an incredible noise produ
ced by ihe violence of the wind, the rush of
the conflagration and the frequent crash of
roofs, as tln'y tumbled successively towards the
ground. The, element which thus raged on
earth seemed also to have taken possession of
the heavens, which glowed with a changeful
and terrific brightness, so. that the lurid efl'ect
was observed at the distance of forty or fifty
miles. Evelyn, who was an eye-witness ex
claimed, "God gram 1 hat I may never behold
the like. 1 saw leu thousand -abodes in one
flare? the noise, and crackling, and thunder of
the impetuous blaze the shrieking of women
and children the hurry of people fall of tow
ers and churches it was like a hideous storm;
and the air all about so hot and inflamed, that
at-last, one Was. not able to approach it, so that
all seemed forced to stand still, and to let the
flumes burn on, which they did for nearly two
miles in length and, one, in breadih." The
melted lead ran in stroums along the htreets;
and when at last the destrm'tmri paused, out of
nearly .a hundred churches, and more than thir
teen thousand houses, besidus public buildings,
scarcely. a fragment, remained erect iQAVl the
evolofeV'--'' ,!a 1
Gmi. JESiirrisoia, Poisoned ! J
Wc have learned from private sources that
when the body of Gen. Harrison was disinter
red, previous to its removal to North Bend, on
opening the coffiins in which it was enclosed,
the head had swollen so large as to burst the
glass case fitted around it. It vva examined
by medical men, and others, and the conclusion
to which they came, left room for the horrible
suspicion that he had been poisoned to death.
Of ihe faci, a3 we now stale it, there can be
no doubt, for we have the most positive proof,
and il only seems strange to us that no further
investigations were made at ihe lime, to satis
fy the mind in regard 10 any other evidece of
murder having been committed. There is one
established fact, however, which strongly fa
vors the idea that such might have been ihe
case, and that is, nothing but poison could have
produced such an effect upon the head, and
cause it to swell in such a manner. And if
there bo anv disease which might induce such
a swelling, still, the disease of which it was
generally thought and alledged he died, could
not possibly be the cause.
The opinion thai General Harrison was mur
dered, is becoming prevalent among the people
of Washington.jaud the above is the reason
which 1 hey assign for such a belief. And yet
in thinking over the matter, we can hardly con
vince ourself that we are dealing with facts
hut such is the case. The mystery is full of
horror, and yet it is no phantom, no chimera of
the brafff, but a real, tangible, fearful reality.
The truth is not known may never be known
save only Him whose eye. is upon all things
searching out even the thoughts of men, as well
as being cognizant of iheir deeds. Whai deeds
of horror Eternity will bring to light, which
Time has only served to cloak with the obliv
ion of secrecy and silence. N. E. Review.
Preserving Pork. The follotving hints res
pecting the preservation of pork, are from a
correspondent of the New Gennessee Farmer.
"It is generally the practice of farmers I be
lieve, to scald their old brine before putting it
upon their pork: and so absolutely necessary it
is supposed to be, by most people, that nothing
shori 01 ihe price ot their pork, would induce
them to use their old brine before scalding it.
Now allow me confidently to say that the
idea is erroneous, and the practice entirely
useless. If your old brine is sweet and good,
and has kept your old pork good, depend upon
it, it will keep the new. For what possible
reason is there to suppose that brine which
will keep old pork will nol keep new also? It
may Uo said thai the brine is full of matter
which il has received from the old pork. True
it is, and therefore it cannot extract the best
juices of ihe new. For eight successive years
assisted in putting down pork, and pouring
upon it the same brine, without being once
scalded: and the older the brine, the sweeter
and belter was the pork. The brine was al
ways sweet, and had plenty of salt at the bot
tom. The pork was laid down in the usual
manner, wiih salt and the old brine poured back
upon it. The advantages are having better
porkj besides a saving of labour and trouble."
The Jew and his Poundof Flesh. Some days
ago a gen'.leman from Mobile came to this city
(New Orleans) and was here arrested for debt
at the instance of a citizen of this place. Bail
was found, bin the inexorable creditor refused
to lei the stranger return to his family, though
he pleaded hard for the immunity, fearing lest
he might fall a prey it) ihe pestilence.
In a day or two after the unfortunate debior
was seized with a fever, and on Sunday ere
ning was carried to his grave.
We have merely given the outline of this
heartless transaction ; Bui it is enough to damn
forever the Shylock who could thus delight in
the death of -a man who chanced to owe him a
few paltry doHars. N. O. Observer.
Thin Shocs.--A summer bird lhalhas lingered
late into the autumn, leaving its timid foot print
in the first fall of snow, ever reminds ono of
that delicate fair one, in light thin slippers, on
a cold ice pavement. The bird, however,
can escape to a warmer clime, and in the
spring it cau re-appear, but the lady is on that
journey from which there is no return. The
music of the bird may again gladden its native
irec, but her voice will not again cheer the
heal th of her home. The badges of sorrrnV and
the slowly returning hearse will soon tell what
the slipper has done".
Frozen Potatoes. When Potatoes are frozen,
soak them for three hours in cold'waler before
cooking them. If they are frozen very hard,
dissolve a quarter of an ounbo of saltpetre lo
every peck,-aud add 11 to the water. By Un
method they may be -rendered nearly as
as ever.
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A young man of Marlborough (N. II.) com
mitiedsuicide some weeks ago, after having
written a notice of his dealh and seni it to ihe
printer.
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r ettersreceivod in ftby trmjCreatejlern;
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Preaching. Le Pere Arrilis Said vheirtcl3o
Perc Bardalou preached at Rouen, the trades
men forsook the workshops, the lawyers .their
clients, the physicians their sick, but when
preached ihere the following year, I set all
things right everv man minded his own busi
hess. 'You blundering scoundrel,' snid tho ovner
of a crockery, store to .one. of his" assistants,
yesterda), what did you knock over that Gjhrn 1
set for- You have broken at least fifty- doHars
worth of dishes.' . , ,
Blessed are the piece makers,-' said the boy,
lha"ts the only excuse I've got'
'Give the rascal a doller for his wit,' said.ihe
man, smiling and 'let him get a pa i no f tight el
shoes for his clumsy feet at my expense !'
"Job Printing!" exclaimed ah old woman,
the other day as she peeped over her- specks
at the advertising page of a country ptiper:
"Poor Job! they've kept him printing week af
ter week, ever since I first learned to read and
if he was'nt the most patient man'that ever was,
he never could have slooc lt so long, nohow."
Curious Fact. Fish ii is said ncer bite itt
tho waters of Connecticut on Sundays. In tho
"good old colony times," a law was passed a
gainst their violating the Puritan rules, and it
has never been repealed, and the fish like well
behaved gentlemen", never presume to violatd
the statute.
New method of getting a Iwhig
Tom, my son, said a father to his
wild and wayward boy what do you
intend to do for a living? I don't
know father: but I rather think I
shall enlist in the last war.
There are four things that look very awk
ward in a woman, viz: to see her undertake to
whistle to throw a stone at a hog 10 smdko
a cigar and to climb a garden fence.
There is in Pittsburg, a child aged 7 years
weighing 170 pounds. The productions out
West are enormous.
Take a pint of linseed oil, with half a pound
of mutton suet, six or eight ounces of beeowax,
and a small piece of rosin, boil these together,
and let the mixture cool till milk warm. Then
with a brush put on boots or shoes, when tho
leather is dry, and it will render ihem imper
vious 10 water.
Philadelphia City and County contains a
population of 255,037 persons white males
11 1,887, white females 126.317, colored males
8,316 colored females 11,515 slaves 2,
The city proper contains 93,665 Souihwark
27,548 Northern Liberties 34,474 Spring
Garden 27,849 Kensington 22,314 Moya
mensing 14,573. The Pennsylvania Inquirer
furnishes tlie above statement.
The Two Banks of Circleville, Ohio.
Those whose dealings are unconnected with
bankers and broker, and whose money busi
ness 13 limited will find the following intelli
gence useful. The recent failure of one of
these Banks, generally called the new brio,
chartered in 1818, renders it necessary, for the
public, to state that the notes of lho broken
bank are variously signed by S. G. Renick, E.
Brown, and J. Darst, as President; and by H.
H. Warren, J. A. Scoville and W. McCulloch,
Cashier; and that those df tho sound and specie-paying
old Bank, arc signed only by Jos.
Olds, President, and H. Lawrence, Cashier:
Original Anecdote. When Dick Aimsfirsf
crossed into York state from the Canada sido
he took lip lodgings at an inn in Canaudaigua.
A waiting maid sat at table with them, and Dick
spoke of her ris" the servant, 10 the no small
scandal of mine host, who told him that in his
house, servants were called help. Very Well :
next morning the whole house was alarmed by
a loud shouting from Dick of Help ! help"!
water ! water ! help 1' In an instant! overy
person in the inn equal to tho task, rushed into
Dick's room with a pail of water. Pm much
obleeged to ye, to be sure,' said Dick, 'but here
is more than I wani to shave oUh P 'Shave
with ! quolh mine host,' v-u cauej lejp , and
water ! and we thought jh'e house was on fire,'
'Yo-told me to- cal'4 the servant help, and do vo
think I wo.u cry water when I mearr fire?1
Give it up,' said the landlord, as-he led off tho
line of buckcis.
Bullion. Upon the death of Mr. Samuel
E. Wall, an old and respectable gentlman, near
Pittsburg, Pa., who had resided there from the
time of its first settlement, his Executors found
among other specie in his possession, and kept
in tho drawer of a common desk in his dwell
ing, a lump uf gold, valued at $3,000. Ii is
supposed 10 have been in his possession for
many years uouo.of his family knov,ingfcwben
no roceiyeu it. iioielt much otherinaAauu