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The fiillmvino- is nn nf tlif mnl Inup hiitcr! v
beautiful things we have ever read. The whole
icetie is one of exquisite tenderness, and its
beamy lies in its entire truthfulness. There is
no attempt, no effort to make grief what is
written, is written because it was felt because
the heart was full, and was relieved by utter-.
ance. It is real, not invented. None can
doubt this is ihe language of a husband, and a
father, with a spirit stricken by the loss of one
fondly loved as a wife, and as the mother of
his precious ones. How full of nature is the
third verse ! how like what we would look for
and how beautiful the fourlhl
You're weary, precious ones! your eyes
Are wandering far and wide ;
Think ye of her, who know so well
Your lender thoughts to guide;
"Who could to Wisdom's sacred love
Your fixed attention claim? t
Ah never from your heart's erase
That blessed mother's name I
vris time to say your evening hymn,
My youngest infant dove !
Come press thy velvet cheek to mine,
And learn the lay of love;
My sheltering arms can clasp you all,
My poor descried throng!
Cling as you used to cling to her
Who sings the angel's song.
Begin, sweet birds the accustomed strain,
Come warble loud and clear;
Ala! alas! you're weeping ail,
Your sobbing in my ear,
Good night! Go say the prayer she taught
BeMde your little bed
The lips that used to bless you there
Are silent with the dead !
A father's hand your course may guide
Amid the thorns of life;
His care protect these shrinking plants,
That dread the storms of strife :
But who upon your infant hearts
Shall like that mother write ?
Who touch the strings that rule ihe soul ?
Dear, smitten flock ! Good night.
Matrimony.
The following curious adertisement lately
appeared in the New Snorting Marazmer "A
i i o c? -" ;
gentleman, residing in one of the principal hun-1
Hug counties, of middle age and sporlsmau-like ,
manner, is desirous of uniting himself to a lady!
.... - : r t ii . t-
piivsesNuig a passion ior neiu sports, rorlunr
or beauty are not the object of the advertiser
ibe former, if any, may be settled upon the la- Lincoln ; ' 1 am not the advocate of any such ' groom Mary Otis and youn Williams, attend
dv; and as io the latter, though not an objection, equality as that, by any means. On the con- ! ed by her cousin Lorenzo and a young female
it nevertheless is not a primary object. Goodjtrary, 1 wish to see what passes for the ' firt J.associale, stepped inio a carriage, in readiness
"humour, a small foot, and easy on horseback, , society' among us, purged ol its impurities, and i at the door, and hastened io wait upon the min
are the. principal qualifications required. As ihe worthy mechanic assume the rank he de- J ister of the parish, residing at the village, about
iIin ihe advertisement of a fox, and not a for-' serves in the world. I would have the frown eight miles distant. In the mean lime a' small
iime-hunier, i' i hoped that no one will answer of ihe virtuous and good fore'ver fixed upon the ! party of friends, Mrs. Lincoln among the rest
i" inn ui iui cunosny. r. o. none wim reu ,
hairci.eed apply,
An Ittiercslingr Case.
A car was recently tried before ihe Hon.
TIh
mus fl. Bell, of Chester county. Pa. char-
ginga man with keeping a public house of en
iiaiutiipn', without a license. By the evi
dence it apppared 'hai he was in the habit of
pasturing eajtle, and selling to drovers, hay and
oats for ihnr stock, but it was not proven that
lie was in the habit of receiving pay for lodg
ing and eiiHTtainiug Jraver. The court de-
ided that ihe farmer had a right to sell Inn pro
dui e as near his own door an he can, but that
h- has no right tn entertain traveller for pay.
The verdict of the jury was " Not gmlty."
India rubber horse .shoes are manufactured in
England A sample has been submitted to ihe
Hore Guards, and approved of. It is intended
'uie&t immediately us capability and durability.
Froin the Washington Capitol.
"Ail's WeSltliat ends Well."
11 V" HORATIO KING.
" Honor and fame from no condition rise ;
Act well your part, there all the honor lies."
4 Say whal you will, Mrs. Lincoln, my daugh
ter shall never marry a mechanic that point
is settled beyond question. What right has a
mechanic to seek her hand ? Sho moves now
in the first society, and 1 intend she shall not
unite herself in marriage with any one who is
not her equal, at least, in rank.'
' Well, thev do saw' renlied Mrs. Lincoln.
' that Geore Hamblen has actually offered
self to her, or is on the point of doiti" so: and
if such be the fact, and if my advice were ask
ed in the matter, I should say, let Mary accept
him by all means ; she can never do better, and
may do much worse. As io your remark about
rank, if you intend to intimate that his rank is
not equal to that of your daughter, f inuat be al
Jowed, frankly, io differ Irom you. True,
George is a mechanic ; but 1 have yel to learn
that a well educated and accomplished young
man, like him, is any the less a gentleman, or
!,he less eniiiled to be considered of the
'first
soctetv, lor iietng a mechanic.
' Oh, now, you needn't talk so lo me,' said
Mrs Otis ; you'JI never make me believe a me
chanic is a gentleman, in the true acceptation
of the word. There may be some who are tol
erably well educated, and know how to appear
quite respectable when thrown into company;
but there is something io my mind so vulgar in
the idea of a mechanic, that I can never con
sent to any arrangement which would lend to
introduce them into the first society. Last of
all, shall any one, with my permission, ever sa
lute me as his moiher-in-law. Pshaw ! Mrs.
Lincoln, the thing is preposterous.'
' It doubtless appears so to you, Mrs. Otis;!
hut your news on this subject arc all
You cannot have examined it in its true light
and reflected properly upon it. Pray, whom do
you consider as the only persons who should
compose whal you call the 'first society?"
4 Why professional men, of course ; such as
lawvers. doctors, minister. iize.. as will as o-pn-
tlemen of pleasure, retired merchants, and I GUU u,cni saw u, very cucuniu-
others who are living upon their money, with-' !r crtcvj"r m the favorable opinion expressed
out any particular employment 1 do not wish of Dr- Williams-r-addmg, however, that there
to be understood as saying that mechanics, far-! were raany mechanics fully equal to him m ex
mers, and the like, are not respectable in their lent of knowledge, readiness of communication,
places, Mrs. Lincoln; all I ask is that they I an,i Pollsh of address-
move in their proper sphere and not intrude! Ius Prol)Br 10 remark here' ,hat A"SU9l.&
themselves where ihry do not belono.' I 0u'- Es(l" lhc ,,"s,,ad of lady Otis, was a geji'r
Yes, I understand ; you prefer, as an asso-' ,,eman ol 8real Suod henSR and a ,awyer ()f d,s
ciate for yourself and daughter, the 'polished : nngmshed ability. Himself ihe son of a worthy
gentleman of leisure to an honest, intelligent ' mechanic, he was never heard to speak of me
and industrious mechanic. And who are many . chamcs " any oS,,er ,l,a ter,ns of ihe greatest
of these gentlemen of leisure, who arc admitted ! aspect. Moreover, had he been present, there
into, and caressed bv vour 'first society ?' Bank-1 ls' 1,11,8 !lsk 111 5a-vlr, Mrs- Lincoll) w01,ld have
rupts in property, mo'ral principles, and every ifonnd him "eab" concurring with her in sup
thing else, except brass and bristles ; creatures,' Porl cans(;'
who would pass currently for puppies every! Doctor Williams soon became intimate at the
where, (except in the 'first society') though but luu,se of 'Mr- 0tis' u'ho w5,h his ladv spared
for their loquacity, some might be taken for m) Pal,ls 10 makc his visi,s ageable to him.
goats in breeches, or outaug outangs from thej11 was a!?0 l"i,e aPParenl 'al Mary contribu
AWiic Islands! Against your lawyers, d )c-. ,cd lier Parl oward.i the same end with the
tors, and divines, I have nothing to sav ; in your j samK Perfccl cheerfulness and good will,
language, 1 respect them all ' in their places.' . As ,ho wrUer is uot at liberty to disclose fur
But as distinct classes in societv, neither is a: ,ner whal lraslred he innocent and friend
whit belter, or more respnctable,' jIihu the hardy j in'rrcourse between Mary and the young
mechanics and yeomamy of our country gene-1' doc,or al tn,s Pn,
' ' ' ' o
rally. II theie be any distinction, ihe produ- j
cing classes are certainly entitled in the high
est consideration '
'Well, Mrs. Lincoln, if you don't beat all!
Whv vour doctrine, carried mil. would rlntmv
all distinctions in society. Only think of
fashionable assembly, composed of gentlemen
of the different lea'rned nrofessions. farmers!
mechanics, merchant, traders, snecnhihir.
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gamblers, and what not, each and all with their i
female associates, congregated on terms of per- j
feci equality! Wouldn't n present a beauulul '
picture V j
But you are a little too fast,' replied Mrs.
unprincipieu anu uissoiuie, wnaiever tiieir oc-;
cupatiou in
either with
lilt
External accomplishments,
or wnnoui weaitn. hiiouiu nerer
serve as a passport to a polluted heart into the
bosom of respectable society. While hones!
industry should ever be regarded with the smile
of commendation, and us auiagonist, indolence,
should find no faror whatever.'
' Well, it is all folly to talk to me. My mind
is made up. Mary is not going to have George
Hamblen, or any other mechanic. She shall
live and die an old maid first.'
' Very well ; ii is no particular concern o(
mine,' said Mrs. Lincoln ; but we shall soon see
w heiher Mary herself is disposed to regard hi
advances with favor. Indeed, 1 have already
een enough to satisfy me that George has iu
ihing lo fear, so far as she is concerned. It i
no) long niuce I chanced io observe them verv
closely engaged in converatitn by themselves.
It was on ihe occasion of Mary's laxl vu to
her aunt.
Leaning wiil clasped hands
upon
his aim, she was looking up into his face with
an earnestness of expression that at once con
vinced me of her devotedness to him. But
here she comes ; let us hear whal she has to
say for herself.'
Mary has now just relumed from a short
walk. Well knowing the prejudice of her mo
ther against mechanics, she resolutely insisted
ihatMrs. Lincoln must have mistaken her cous
in Lorenzo for Air. Hamblen, as the person
with whom she was promenading whilst at her
aunts.
At this moment the door hell rang, and a gen-
him-!,Icman w:,s immediately conducted into ihe
I room wIl0m Mary recognized and iniroduced
as Mr. Williams, a young pliystcian rrom a
neighboring village. Mary had met him at a
recent party; ami he had called, in passing,
just to present his compliments to her, and see
that slfe suffered no inconvenience from her
exposure to the damp air on the night of the
party.
His age w3ns about twenty-two his slaiure
a little abore the medium height complexion
light eyes and nose prominent and his ex
pression altogether agreeable.
After a half hour of pleasant conversation, he
took his leave, not, however, without receiving
and accepting a very pressing invitation front
Mrs. On, in which her daughter, of course,
modestly joined, to call again.
He had no sooner left the house than Mrs.
Otis embraced the occasion to draw a lively
comparison between him, as of one of the learn
ed professions and mechanics. With an air of
self-satisfaction, she said
' Show me your mechanic, Mrs. Lincoln,
who is able to converse with Dr. Williams.
Did you not observe the variety and extent of
his knowledge, his happy faculty of communi
cation and polish of manners. Talk not to me
iC vnnr muntiurilrc I Tn rw-itri! tf nvnnr lliinrT
ttrii i - r-
jjicaoani emu agiccauic ,,aJi cieii idiunuic ill
a gentleman, 1 will place Dr. Williams, little
as I have seen of him, against any dozen me
chanics you can produce.'
Mrs. Lincoln not disposed to continue the
controversy further, and ever willing io acknowl-
- :. ...l ..i. . :. i r..i
here thought meets thought, ere from the lip it
starts,
And each warm wish springs mutual from the
heart."
Leaving this part io the imagination of the read-
a'r' we come dircl,.V l"e fact that all parlies
J".v,uliy assuming, the fians were duly publish
-'d a"d he day of marriage agreed on
AT It .
luary neer looKeU more hcautllul than
on
. . fi i
"iorntng ol her marriage day a
bright
mtmmig ,fl '2y
"Heaven wa
was in her eve.
ln evei7 gesture dignity and love."
At the appointed lime the bride and bride-
assembled ai the house of 'Mr. Olis to offer
their congratulation to ihe happy couple upon
their return, and tender ihe usual civilities of
all such joyous occasions.
Conducting them at once inio the presence
of the company assembled in ihe drawing room,
'Allow me, ladies and gentlemen,' said Mrs.
Lincoln, 'to introduce you to doctor. Williams,
belter known as Mr.4George Hamblen, Jjhe me
chanic editor, primer and publisher of the
" Village Chronicle," and his lady, hitherto the
accomplished Miss Otis.'
All eyes were fixed on Mrs. Otis, who stood
half amazed, in doubt whether io credit what
she had just heard as a sober reality, or wheth
er the occasion had been seized on by Mrs.
Lincoln to play off an innocent hoax at her ex
expense. She was soon, however, convinced,
that the gentleman,, now her son-in-law, whom
she had known and so highly esteemed as
"Doeior Williams," was, indeed, none olher
ihan plain Mr. Hambhn, ihe mechanic.
Collecting herself, ajid resolving to make the
best of the somewhat awkward position in
which she found herself placed,
'I perceive,' said she, taking by the hand
and addressing Mr. Hamblen, ' that I have,
though I trust not without your approbation,
been deceived both in your name anjl occupa
tion. Be it so. Had 1 regreis to express, this
is no place for them it is now too late. With
mechanics, I had associated the idea of igno
rance and want of gentlemanly accomplish
ments. Hence my unfavorable opinion of them
as a class. But in you I observed no deficien
cy of education ; 1 liked your apparent sinceri
ry ; I was pleased with ottr deportment yes,
more, 1 entertained the most enure confidence
in your honesty and purity of your moral prin
ciples. Why, then, should 1 hesitate ? The
liule deceplion which I am well awarr, has
been practised at the instance of her who is
now your wife borne on by friends, not ex
cepting her own father, in whom she confided
and 1 can most cheerfully forgive and forget
what has passed. Take my daughter, it is your
choice it is hers.
'To you, my daughter, now just entering
upon new and important relations in life, in the
language of another, let me advise you that ihe
good wife is one who is strictly and conscien
tiously virtuous ; she is humble and modest
from reason and conviction, submissive from
choice, and obedient from inclination. What
she acquires by love.'she preserves by pru
dence. She makes it her delight to please her
husband, being confident that every thing that
promotes his happiness, must, in the end con
tribute" to her own. She always rejoices in his
prosperity and by her tenderness and good hu
mor, lessens his cares and afflictions. Go
and may Heaven bless you both.'
Young Hamblen, as may well be supposed,
was not free from embarrassment on this occa
sion. Addressing Mrs. Otis :
' You are correct,' said he, 'in the opinion
that I yielded ; with great reluctance, to the lit
tle artifice which has been employed. I finally
assented onlv on the strongest assurance, from
' those- whom I knew to be your best friends,
that I should be held blameless m the matter.
If I have sailed into port under false colors, ii
was not from mv own inclination, but in obe-
i dience to a commanding signal from the very
prize l nave captured.
Capitol Hill, D. C.
Iowa Territory
The Buffalo Gazette .says: Illinois, Indiana,
Pennsylvania, and Ohio seem to be pouring in
their population inio Iowa, pariicularly on the
Iowa and Desmomns rivers. It is estimated
lhal two thousand families have seiiled on the
new purchase from ihe Indians on ihe Des
moiries river laud which has not yet come'inio
market. It is said to be a fine country, the
prairies and timber being well interspersed, and
very fertile. It is also said to be a very fine
wool growing country, and vast numberaof
sheep have been driven in the past year, prin
cipally from Ohio and Indiana, sometimes as
many as 2000 in a single drove; carding ma
chines and fulling mills have been erected in
several places in ihe territory, and preparations
are making for the erection of a woollen factory
on the Desmoines river. Many excollent flour
ing mills have been erecied, and many more
are in the course of erection, and ihe water
power of the country is very fine.
Fnrmiiis at Cape Cod.
The farming interests on Cape Cod, appears
tp be on a rather more precarious footing than
any where else, where agriculture is pursued
lo any extent. A couple of acres of land, plan
ted with corn by Mr. Harvey Hawes, ai Den
nis, was blown away by the wind, a few days
since, to such a depth that it was impossible
to tell which pari remained planted, and w hich
did not. We have heard strange stories of
Cape Cod farming before how they foddered
their cows upon codfish, and weaned the calves
upon pickled herring, and all that; but ihis bu
siness of having their freehold taken off bodily
by a nor'-wester, is a calamity that is qttito
new to us. Why don't ihe Cape Codmen Kel
lock their corn fields as they do their mackerel
boats, or tie up their potatoe patches lo a tree,
when they see a squall coming?
A Child to Boast off.
A farmer's wife, in speaking of the smart
ness, aptness, and intelligence of her son, a lad
six years old, to a lady acquainiance, said
" He can read iltiently in any part of ihe Bi
ble, repeal the whole catechism, and weed on
ions as well as his father."
"Yes, mother," added ihe young hopeful,
"and yesterday 1 licked Ned Rawson, ihrowed
the cat in the well, and stole old Hinckley's
gimblei.
Mosquitoes- Good iff True.
Parley's Magazine coniains the following:
"To "el rid of these tormentors, take a few hot
coals on a shovel or chafing dish, and burn
upon thetn some brown sugar, in your bedrooms
and parlors, and you effectually banish or de-
iroy every mosquito for the niglii,
More Eiscovcii'..
Torpoii of thk Human System A Si.ue'p
of Ages.
An American travelling in Europe, writes.ih.
following communication io the Baton Unu
Gageite. We give ii as weafiud it, lor the bri
ers of the wonderful: ' '
Professor Van .Gru.sselbach, of Stockholm
has very lately brought to a slate of per feni-m
ihe art of producing a torpor in the whole -Vs-tem,
by the appliraiion of cold of degree ofiii
teusiiy, proceeding from a lesser lo a gr:ter.
so as to cause the human body to become per
fectly torpid, wiihoul permanent injmy io any
organ or tissue of the frame. In th they, mav
remain one hundred or a thousand veaf. hiu
again, after a sleep of ages, be awakened to ex
istence, as fresh and blooming as ihey were
when they first sunk inio this frtgonfie slum
ber. The attention of the learned Professor was
first led lo the snlijecl by finding a lo'id en
closed in a M)Iid fragment of calcareous rock,
ten feel hi diameter, which, when taken out.
showed unequivocal signs of life hut n is mi;
posed ihat the coucushoii caused by blasting
the rock Occasioned lis death in a few bourn
after. The opinion of Baron Gruitbizen, who
is at present Geologist to the King of Sweden,
was that it must have been in that situation for
at least seven thousand years and his caleu?
lalions were drawn from the different layers or
strata by which it was surrounded From this
hint ihe Professor proceeded to make experi
ments, and afier a painful and laborious courso
of experiments for the last twenty-nine years
of his life, he at last succeeded in perfecting
the great discovery. Not less than sixty thous
and reptiles, shell fish, ic. were experimented
on before he tried the human subject. The
process is not laid entirely before the public as
yet, but I had the honor, in company with a
friend, of visiting the Professor.
1 shall give a slight description of one of ihe
outer rooms containing- some of his prepara
tions. Previous to entering we were furnished
with an Indian rubber bag to which was at
tached a mask with glass eyes. This was put
on to prevent the lemperaiure of the room from
being raised the slighest degree by our breath
ing. It was a circular room lighted from tho
lop by the sun's rays, from-which the heat was
entirely disengaged by its passage through
glass, &c, colored by the oxide of copper, (;i
late discovery and very valuable to the Profes
sor.) The room is shelved all round, and con
tains nearly one thousand specimens of animals.
One was a Swedish girl, aged, from appearan
ce, aboul 19 years she was consigned to iho
Professor by order of ihe government lo exper
iment upon, having been guihy of murdering;
her child. With ihe exception of slight pale
ness, she appears as if asleep, although sho
has been in a state of complete torpor lor two
years. Ho intends to resuscitate her in five
more years, and convince the world of the.
soundness of Jiis wonderful discovery. The
Professor, io gratify us, took a small snake out
of his cabinet inio another room, and although
it appeared to us to bo perfectly dead and rigid
as marble, by the application of a mixture of
cayenne pepper and brandy it showed immedi
ate signs of life, and was apparently as active
as ever it was, in a minute, although the Pro
fessor assured us it had been ih a stale of tor
por for six years.
Animal Electricity.
Mr. Glover has published the following me
thod of receiving the electrical shock from a
cat. Place ihe left hand under tho ihroat, with
the middle finger and the thumb slightly pres
sing the bones of (he animal's shoulder, then
gently pressing the right hand along the back,
sensible electrical shocks will be felt in the
left hand. Very distinct discharges may b
obtained too, by touching the tips of the ears
after applying friction io the back of the cah
It will hardly bo necessary, we suppose, to
hint how requisite that a good understanding
should exist between the experimenter and ihe
apparatus, lest shocks might be elicited more
eleciric than were to be wished. . ;ih
Mr. Dallas and the U. S. Bank.
Governor ComviN,in a recent speech ai Day
ion Ohio, gave the following reminiscences, of
ihe candidate who, a day or two afterwards,
was nominated by the locos for the Vice Pres
idency. "In 1832, a hill to re-charter the
Bank was introduced into the Senate by George
M. Dallas, of Pennsylvania, one of the leading
friends of Gen. Jackson in that body. Tho
bill passed both Houses and was presented tr
the President for his signaiure. After it hud
been in ihe President's hands for several days,
Governor Corwin said ho met Mr. Dallas late
one night, for ihe House was then frequently
in session till a late hour, and expressed to him
his fears lhat General Jackson intended tn veto
the Bank Bill. Mr. Dallas replied " General
Jackson dare not veto it." But the very next
morning the veto was sent in, and in one week
afterwards ihe same Mr. Dallas was in Phila
delphia denouncing he United Stales Bank Hi
warmly na he had over advocated ii