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From the National Intelligencer.
A Touching Memorial.
Few of our readers but will read, with deep and
even tender interest the following. copy of verses,
written by Mr. Adams on the day preceding his
fatal attack of illness and designed to accompany
his autograph signature, which had been requested
bv a female friend:
Written for Miss C L. Edicards of Massachusetts,
on the day prccecding his attack.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS,
Quincy, Massachusetts.
In days of yore, the poet's pen .
From wing of bird was plundered.
Perhaps of goose, but, now and then,
From Jove's own Eagle sundered.
But, now, metallic pens disclose.
Alone the poet's numbers ; -In
iron inspiration glows,
Or with the minstrel slumbers.
Fair Damsel ! could my pen impart
In prose or lofty rhyme,
The pure emotions of my heart,-
To speed the flight of time;
"What metal from the womb of earth
Could worth intrinsic bear
To stamp with corresponding worth
The blessings thou shouldst share ?
Ten Years Ago- To 51 y Wife..
BY GEO. V. DEWEY.
Come, draw thy chair beside me, love
The present cares beguile ;
What though the Winter croons aroundj
There's Summer in thy smile !
Let all thy smiles beam on me now,-
And o'er the Future thiow
The radiance of the joy we shared,-
This day, ten years ago !
Ay, lean upon me lovingly,- .
And with those eyes of thine
Gaze, fondly, down the pictured Past,
As I do now with mine : ' ' -And
may the golden light, which shone
Upon Hope's rosy glass, - ; : -Illumine
all the mirror's disk '
Whereon the visions pass.
How like the mirror on the wall- . v
Obscured by mists awhile,
Reflecting still the image there
When sunshine spreads a smile
Is now the inward glass we search
For faded scenes of yore,
Which, warming m the light of love,
Will every tint restore.
Entwine thine arms around me', love",' :
' " T A '
Recalling bygone hours,
The Present, to the Past, shall bo
A rosary of flowers :
And as we reckon up the buds -Some
withered ere the bloom 1
if;
A tear shall mark the vacant spot -Of
one within the tomb.
A cherished one, whose voice rung put,,;7
With music of the spheres, .
Where now, in anthem melody,
A vocal part she bears. ' ' .
Ah ! vividly the glass restores - ,
That rosy face of glee. !
Which, though a semblance of myself,
An imago was of thee.
We would not -wish her here again,5 "
For now we ever see
A cherub in the child wc lost
A sacred memory :
And, had she lived a thing pf earth,
To yield us earthly love, . ; ,
We. now would have no eatfhlv, guide
To lead, our thoughts .above !
Injury, economy and . jntegrlead,;
wealth.
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From the Delaware Blue Herts Chicken.
Romance in Real Life Iff is. Gained.
As ihe case of this extraordinary woman has
for a long lime past excited the inieresi of ihe
people of this country, we think it will not be
uninteresting to give our readers a slight sketch
of her early life. Myra Clark, (now Mrs.
Gaines.) who is well known to our ciiizens,
having in early life resided here, was born in
New-Orleans, her father, Daniel Clark, (well
known in the political and commercial history
of Louisiana,) being a partner of Col. Davis, of
'his county. Her father died, and when only
a few months old, she was adopted by Colonel
Davis, and brought up as his own child.- A
man by the name of Relph destroyed her fath
er's will, and obtained possession of ihe whole
of the immense properly of her father, consist
ing of nearly ihe whole of the new part of New
Orleans, (at that time won hfive millions of dol
lars, and now worth much more.) She lived
in entire ignorance of her parentage for & long
time. The first idea she had of her parentage,
was being taunted by a girl ai school with the
fact that Col. Davis was not her father. After
wards she discovered it from some jiapers which
alio found, while looking for some documents
which she was to send to the Colonel at Har
risburg, they al lhat time living in Pennsylva
nia. Some time afterwards she visited the Sul
phur Springs, Virginia, and while there, on
account of her carriage breaking, she became
acquainted with a young man named Wm.
Whitney, a son bFG.en. Whitney, of New-York.
Soon afterwards he visited her in Philadelphia,
but the Colonel not approving of the match, he
was forbid the house. Col. Davis soon after
moved to Delamore place near Wilmington,
and Miss Clark not being permitted to see her
lover she corresponded with him.
To prevent detection, her letters were direct-
led, to. Miss Mary Ann Williamson, (now the
wne oi ivev. oury iiuuiucis, ui una
daughter of our late' Mayor and Postmaster,
she carefully keeping the secret, and punctual
ly delivering the letters into the hands of Miss
Clark, and sending hers to Mr. Whitney in re
lurn. Miss Clark was by this time fully ac
quainted wiiH her parentage and the. immense
estate of her faiher. At last she received a
letter from Mr. Whitney, urging her by all she
held true and the love she bore him, :o elope
with him. The plan was laid and the time
fixed. Mr. Whunev was to be al New Castle,'
where she was to join him. None was let into
the secret but .Mis9 Williamson. To prevent
detection, Miss Clatk called all the dogs to
gether about Col. Davis's place that evening,
put them in one of the outbuildings, and locked
it up., a1 me nigm came, ana a ternoie
one it was too ; the wind howled, the rain
poured in torrents, and the darkness was only
now and then illuminated by fearful flashes of
lightning. Undaunted by the raging elements,
Miss Clark stepped from her bed room on the
balcony, and by means of a pillar of the balco
ny or a rope, managed to reach the ground in
safeiy, and immediately ran as fast as she could
to Wilmington. It was a fearful night for a
girl so small, so young and delicate, to venture
abroad alone, and unattended. On her way, if
possible, the rain became heavier, and ihe flash
es of lightning more vivid.
At last she reached the residence of Mr.
Williamson, drenched with rain, and the 'op of
her bandbox beaten in by the storm. Miss
Williamson was waiting alone in the passage
to receive her ; the low knock at the door was
gjven, the key softly turned, the door opened,
and Miss Clark, pulling off her little kid slppcrs,
which were wet through, softly ascended the
Mairn, so as not to alarm the rest of the family.
The ladies employed themselves until morning
in drying, as well as they were able, Miss
Claik's clothes. At the first dawn of morning
ihjpy stepped ou', and a hack being procured,
she departed foi New-Castle. Miss William
von. gave her all the money hhe had, $5 as
at the tune she left Colonel Davis's she had
not a dollar.
At New Catle, Miss Clark'met her lover
and they Btartrd for Baltimore, where they
were met by Miss Williamson, who acted as
bridesmaid on the occasion of their marriage.
rmmediatolv after her marriage, Miss Ciark,
H wbonT wV!fihall now call Mrs. Whitney, hot
- w
about hunting up Tacts in relation to her birth
Threats were used, and :eyery obstacle made
Use of to prevent her. Her first care was to
find her mother, and after a long search, she
was, at last discovered, we believe, in the Island
of Jamaica. She almost immediately recog
nized her daughter, and gave the marriage cer
tificate of her husband, Daniel Clark," from
whom she had Ijeen separated some time be
fore his death. Proceedings were immediately
commenced, but for a short while with a small
prospect of success. Threats were not only
made against herself and husband, but against
any one who should advocate their cause. It
was wilh difficulty a lawyer itould be procured
to plead her cause ; even the very judges on
the bench were the feed counsel of the .other
side, and generally supposed to bo under ihe
influence of bribery.
Finally, her husband was Thrown in prison,
during the prevalence of the fever, and after
wards she was imprisoned ' with him with a
small child at her breast. Whitney soon died ;
not, however, without strong suspicion .of foul
play. She afterwards was released, and though
a widow, still prosecuted her suit with deter
mined resolution. So glaringly was the par
tiality of the judges once- displayed, that the
crowd in court could hardly contain their in
dignation. Her life was (wo or three times at
tempted. Her rirst acquaintance wilh Gen.
Gaines was when she was fired at, and part of
her dress shoi away. General Gaines came
and offered her his protection, and she soon af
terwards married him. H-cf opponents dared
not use ihe same means wHi a Qeneral in the
United States army as they had already done
with her first husband, a private indifidual.
After going through so many courts, we now
learn that the suit has beenilecided in her fa-
vor
The value of her property is'how nearly
twenty millions of dollars. Mrs. Gaines is how
about 40lyear3 of age, about five feet high,' has
a sweet expression of-countenance, of lather a
French cast. She has at the same lime, an
indomitable resolution; as every cifcu'mstahce
of her life has show n. She is very charitable
and warm hearted, and never fcjrgets old friends.
She,. even now, remembers wilh . gratitude the
services of her early friend, (formerly Miss
Williamson.) now Mrs. Chamber?, and assures
her when she comes into possession of her es
tate, she will remunerate her for h'er former
kindness.
The SScsi foot Foremost.
Dr. H J was one of the ablest,
talented, and eccentric surgeons of the last cen
tury. His practice embraced a large circuit
and his fame extended to every part of the
Stale of Massachusetts. The Dr , was one
morning silting in his office poring over some
medical woi k fresh from the mother country,
via Bostrjn, when a loud rap at the door aroused
him. " Come in ?" t.aid the Doctor, and ah
old lady hobbled into ihe apartment, w ho seemed
the very ombodiment of dirt and negligence.
,; Doctor I've got a desperate sore foot can't
you help it ?" 44 1 will try ; let me see it."
The old crone proceeded to divest her under
standing of the apology for a hose with which
it was covered, and displayed, to the astonished
doctor a fool and such a foot " My G d !"
exclaimed ihe Dr., throwing up both hands in
amazement 44 what a duly foot V " La, doc
tor ! ye needn't be in such a. wonderment about
it there's dirtier feet than that in the world
I'se warrant aye, and a dirtier foot than that
in your own house, as proud as the young la
dies your daughters are for all that ;" and the
old hag cackled forth her pleasure at the Dr.'s
astonishment.
44 Woman ! if you can find a dirtier fool than
ihat in my house, I will give you a guinea and
cure your foot foT nothing.'
44 Pon honor V said the beldame. 44 Pon
honor !" cried the doctor. The old woman
stripped off the other stocking, and displaying
a foot ihat beggared all description, grinned in
ihe face of the astonished doctor, exclaiming,
44 Gi'e me the guinea ! I know'd it i I wash'd
t'other foro I came here !"
A lady reading that a man fiad been sen
tenced to six months hard labor for dog stealing,
observed to a friend, wvh a shudder. 44 Gra
cious I my love? what would cerain ones ol
our sex have to endure for rappt n g puppies
A Gentle lieproof."
One day as Zachariah Hodgson was going
to his daily avocations after breakfast, he pur
chased a fine laige codfish, and sent it Home,
wilh directions to his wife to have it cooked for
dinner. As no particular mode of cooking it
wa? prescribed,' the goodi woman ,well knew
that, whether she boiled it or made ii into a
chowder her husband would scold her when
he came home. Bui she resolved to please him
once, if possible, and therefor cooked portions
of it in several different ways. She also, with
some difficulty, procured an amphibious animal
from a brook back of the house,' and plumped
it into the pol. In due time her husband came
home ; some covered dishes were placed on
the table, and with a frowmngjauli-finding look,
the moody man commenced the conversation :
44 Well, wife, did. yon get ihe fish I bought?"
44 Yes, my dear.".
44 I should like to know how you have cooked
it. I will bet anything that vou have snoiled
u for my eating. (Taking off the cover.) 1
. l . l-. k' i. . .: i .
moiigui so. v uai in creation possesseu you
to fry it 1 I would as lief eat a boiled frog."
44 Why, my dear-, I thought you loved it best
fried." .
4 You did'nt think any such thing. You t
knew better I never liked fried fish why
did'ni you boil it ?"
44 My dear, ihe last time we had freah fish,
jTou know I boiled it, and you said you liked it
best fried. But I have boiled some also."
So saying she-lifted a cover,' and Io ! the
shoulders of the cod nicely boiled, were neatly
deposited in a dish, a sight of which would
have made an epicure rejoice,' but which only
added to the ill nature of her husband.
A pretty dUli, this," exclaimed he. 44 Boiled
fish, chips and porridge ! If you had hot been
one oi tne most stupia ol womankind, you
would have made it into a chowder !"
His patient wife; virha smile, immediately
placed a tureen before him containing an excel
lent chowder.
4 My dear," said she, 44 I was resolved to
please you there is -your favorite dish."
' Fai'orite dish, indeed," g'fumbled the dis
comfitted husband. I dare Say it is ah unpal
atable, wishy-washy mess. I would rather
have a boiled frog than the whole of it."
This was a common expression of his, and
had been anticipated by his wife, who, as soon
as the preference was expressed, uncovered a
large dtsh near her husband, and there was a
large bull-frog, of portentous dimension's,' and
pugnacious aspect, stretched out a't fulf length !
Z'achariah sprung from his chair noi a little
frightened al the unexpected apparition.
44 My dear," said his wife, in a kind entreat
ing tone, 44 1 hope you will at length' be able
to make a dinner."
Zachariah could not stand this. His surly
V
mood was finally overcome, and he burst into a
hearty laugh. He acknowledged that his wife
was right, and that he was wrong; and declared
that she should never again have occasion lo
read him such another lesson ; and he was as
nnnrl as his word.
' Leaden Pipcsr.
A correspondent writes There Is a para
graph in several of the papers, copied from the
4 Christian Citizen,' m which1 the editor of that
journal attributes the cause of a s'evere illness
to the use of w;ater pumped through a leaden
pipe. It may bojnteresting to' your City read,
ers to understand the action of leaden pipes on
water contained therein'.. 1 havo therefore ex
tracted the following from Dr. Christison's
treatise on poisons 4 Rain or soft water cannot
be preserved with safety in leaden cisterns
owing to the rapid formation of a white hydra
ted oxide at thai line where the metal is ex
posed to both air and water j rho oxide formed I
is soluble in pure VLet and highly poisonous.
Bui a minute trace of any sulphate or ehlor
idc in the water which spring and water usu
ally contain, arreais the corrosion of the lead
by converting the oxide of lead into an insolu
ble sail, and pceveni.s the contamination of the
water.' The Schvylkill water is found to con
tain sufficient of these sally to render the oxide
of lead insoluble, and I litis-our leadon pipes fur
n'tRh a perfectly fjfe medium for the. convey
ance for wa'efr '
From the Cincinnati Adoertiser.
iaboulaIi ; or, Jewish License '
Those who buy meat m our city markets jiiay
have noticed at certain' stalls, pieces of beef
with cabalistic marks resembling the Chinese"
characters on a lea-chest, and doubtless won
dered what they meant. .
These are Hebrew characters, expressing
the word Koshur, signifying good, or approved,
and.are equivalent to the inspection rriark( or
brands, by which we Grentiles buy our fljiirv
porK," fie. , .
..All animals which under the Mosaic Law ate1
allowed to be eaten by the Jews, are prepared
for usa by a shochat, or butcher one o'f them
selves, who is set apart by license, for ihu
purpose. The license, which is termed the
Kaboulafi, is given by the Rabbi. A copy of it
concludes this article. It is lakeh from 44 The"
Votes of Jacob," a periodical of this people.
The meat before it can go on the table of a
conscientious Jew, undergoes three drainings
or. purifications, by which the blood i.4 dis
charged from the flesh vessels. One of thesO
is performed by the shokat in preparing the an
imal for the stall the second is by an officef
calletkthe Forger, who cuts out the stagnant
blood that may be left, when ihe meat is divi
ded into the exact size and shape required by
the purchaser, and the final draining is per-;
formed at home by the application of water and
table salt, several hours before use. Among
ihe Jews no meat cari be eaten which has befiii
killed more than three days.
I make no apology for these details. What
ever relates to the customs of six thousand in
dividuals, adults and children, residing in our
midst, .must possess sufficient interest for th'e
reader's hOtice.
44 In the name of God, Amen: I, the under
written,' do lestify for the young man, Rabbi1
Joseph Solomon, son of Rabbi Emphraim Oito
lenghe, whom the Lord by h'is Spirit haih movet!
to draw near to the work, even the work of
God, td exercise his hands in killing of fowls
and he inclined to learn his mind before hie
the rites of killing, till he knew ihem perfecilyv
and particularly in ihe sense of feeling, the
knife lie feels-all irm defcoto or .flaws, of-ihe'
knife, though ever so small ; and also he hath
killed before me, many times fowls' of various
sorts, both great, and small, till F give hun li
cense to kill boih for himself and others, (even
though he did it alone by himself,) so that alt
Israel may lawfully eat of his killing. And, as
ai this time he is about lo take a Journey into
a far country, I will not refuse to do him jus
tice; but will, under mv hand, testify for hrmf
according to truth and justice, and will be ad
vocate for him, of his being in ihe fear of thd
Lord from his youth to this very time. And ,
therefore, it shall bo lawful for him to kill i
every place where he shall go, and lawful for
all Israel to eai what he kills only with this,
condition that he will continue to study thelites,
of killing, atleasi four times .a year that tie
may be certain of them, and may always
ihe fear of the Lord before his face, and tse verv
cautious as to any doubts thai may ari'se about
his killing. . . 3-;
44 Oasdl. This is the Statute of the Law irr
the .year of the Creation,- 5402, Sampson
Eleazer, in the name of the Rev. Doctor, my
Lord and Father, our Teacher.
Kabbl jVLeir Bahi,
All "for lUc jSel.
Blessed are they that, are blind ; for they
shall see no ghosts.
Blessed are they that are deaf; for-they never
need to" lend mo-nay, nor listen to tedious stories.
Blessed are Aey that are afraid of thunder ;
for they shall hesitate about getting married
and keep away from political meetings.
Blessad are they that are lean ; for here is a
chance to grow fat.
Blessed are they that get no office under
government ; for five hundred and fifty-two
reasons not given on account of the shortness
of the days.-
Blessed are they that are- ignorant ; for tftey
are happy n thinking that they know eVfiry
thing.
Riossed is ho that is ugly in form and fea
tures : for the sirla shanTr mofesuhim.
Blessed is she that would get inarrird,' hd
can'l j for the consolations of lhf5gospeI aro
hers. - " ' &r-
Blessed are the orphan children for.'t hey. have
no mothers to spank them.
The Egyptians believe the world ur be. rest
ing on the horn of a bull, and when the bull
tires on one horn, it pitches the world on .the
other, and thus causes an earthquake. '
The, weather is said to be so cold. in. Fran
conia,,N. H., that tho natives lather jheir, face
and run out oi door, when the wind cms their
beard off.