TII,E WHOLEfAHT. OF-.'ppVERMET pONSJSfS IN THE ART OF BEING II 0 NEST. J EFFERSO N.
VOL. 12.
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X"ullisliqtl Iy Tlieodoro ScUocIt.
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AT. TjlE OFFICE OF THE
.Ttiffcrscmian IS.eimbIica.it.
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From the New York Picayune.
People of Olden Ticsie.
The men ofoiden time' r
Earned their living by hara: labor,
Now, every man eaVns1 ins" a ' '
By swindirrig'frbnrh1svric7ghborl' " '
..': ! .i .' . am tof ' .
The men of-oldenstime -ti ijMts,, . .
Were contcn t .with-iwhatathep got ; . . !
Qur .avaricious .race:. - ii to v?: r
Most certainly are not. v v;T . "
p oil:
The men of olden time . , a
Benignly loved each otherij TM,.
jSow, each man's hand isxaised,
In combat with his brother; ,
rm-'..-.
The men' of olden timer" ''"
Fought at the calls of 'justice
The fiercest fighting now '4'
Is at the "Ha wis of Justice l'J
The youth of oldentime. . .
On the Sabbath . worshipped God
We drive .in frantictandems, -
On the dusty Harlem iroad.
-t -
The 3outh of olden time
Never swore, or drank, or bet:
We; "by "such pleasant 'pastimes,
Run our fathers into debt.
The-wife of -olden time- ' -
WaS'herJchildren's only nurse ; ? -
Our wives lock upthe babies;
And go off lowbleed the .purse."-
The wifetofasidenttimeh' it,J
Held het hus.bandi's memory dear
Our widowdofis her. weeds and. grief
.... And marries-in o year.
The maid of olden time
.11. . I - 4
. - Couldj qftexif sweep andidust
We, all such servije labor,
, To the iitchen girl entrust.
The maid ofoiden time.
5 . -
Sang, as should a simple girlt.:? . .
We must shriek "Ah non gMtnge!".
With' the operatic twirJ. J r
. . . j. ' . -The
raajd.of pjden.time ... -.
"VVore, loag,vfJpwing-hirts : ah, yes:!
Far longer andmorei graceful . - r.
Than the present"Blbomer dress J
Couldn't cnie Eli in.
A good story is told in an eastern pa-
per of the treatment of a druken husband j
by his amiable spouse. After trying va-;
nous cxments. all to cure drunkenness,
she at last bethought herself of iinbther '
1)1 fAr m.L-inr , rnrmml. H.nl'.nri) f
.0 .
leror . ;
xhe engaged a watchman for a stipula-
led reward to carry Philander to the
tn.L ,.:i ;rt n etnf 1
r:-:v:i: x- r..:i. '
juocusiLuuiv, .-uuii -ou- liiiibuii inui u
l;.tii.i.:I .1 t. ..... I,
, -4.fc'f ft , f 1 1 ' j
up about eleven o clock at night and
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this arrangement. Philander waked 0Tje leaning on 'an-Whor' " Poetic vnnn,
i . , I , i ' jnT ,eann on an anchor. . loetic jou.ng
about eleven o clock at night and ,i'-f ' ' - ' -
uri..:u- 7 t,5ji. :' .J uoman u,au
10 una iinriseif lying on a nine' bench in a
Btrange and :dim apattment. Raising
himself on his elhbw he'looked around
tiii nis eyes; rested on a ,nian seatea by a
j?it i . . . , .
stove emoking a cigdr.
Where am IV sif VUindcr.
'In' a .Tn'cdical' coHegaid theci'g'ar
Emokeri"', J' '' r " ' ' ' :' '
wSaUngllieer"-- " " n; slf
'GPfitfg to ?b?cal VS: ' "nU'H
How corns"' that?'
'Why, you died yesterday, " while,"tyou
were drunk and we bought your body,
(to make a 'na'tomy.)
'It's a lie I in not dead!' '
'No matter We bought your carcass
from your wife, who.had a right to sell it
3 w.u!
good
for it's all the good she could'
out of YOU if voii're nor. dftalf.
ever make
not dead,, that's riot
the fauit of the' doctor's" ind' thev'ircut
'You will do 'it, ehrsked the old
sot. ; f
'Aye lo beure weTM difectlyf
was the,olute ansven ;
WelljCan'tyou'l'et us hjaVe a littjc spme
tHing to driVefore vou 'beffih7, '
This last remarsatfsfied' the watch
ttian that 'Philander'was hopeless case:
ua ms reyuru yas cp.iuingent on ULS
fiuccessful treatment of . the patient, be
was not a little- chagrined, at the result;
80, wj&np'genlleTiSng,i3 tumbled j
eolikei bitterbefife;
ecase it has so manyopinjit.;-;., a.
. Aii.eiornin.nif inp.nniiie - our, or rnr
A L.caffi;fi;om our Scrap Book.
Politeness is an air cushion ; there may
be nothing solid in it, but it cases jolts won-derfiiilv.
Uusy not thyself m searching into other
mens' lives; the errors of thine own are more
than thou canst answer for. " It more con -
cerns thee to mend one. fault in. thyself, than
to find out a thousand in others.
Formation dp Opinions. We are men all '
subject to erros. Our opinions are not in our uerland- 441 here-will be time enough, for re
own power: thev are formed and governed Pose in ffrave" said Arnauld toiNicole.
much by circumstances that are often as in -
explicable as they are irresistable.
A Great .Man. A great man commonly
.i:. : i l. i .:r mi
uiouuuumis Liiuu wiiu visit nun xneyarei
on the look out for his thunder and liht-' his PuPn as if nP wPre!, pouring it through a
..?f h sprais .bout coon tthp .IKfe
much like other people; nay, sometimes he ( his paces, and see what, he is able to perform,
maybe seem laughing. Jle proportions his' should, according to Uie .extent of his capar
exertions to his excitements ; havinc beehcy induce him' to taste, ,t6. distinguish, and
accustomed to-convrse with dpep and lofty nothings lor himseif; sometimes op.enr
. . . - ' r-. , 'V the way, at other times leaving it for hi ra
thoughts, it is. not to be expected that he wjll to open ; and by abating or increasing his
rt : j: i
j t 1 1 1- i ii m hi Kit' ill I ) 1 1 1 1 :i rv. riu-rinr i nn
-sees no pebbles glittering at the bottom of the
v -r j w.... v..uu viiu
Atlantic.
Smart .Childken. The great objection to
t , , & , J
smart children is, that when they commence
naving wnisKcrs iney leave on navmg brains, will, render sickness tolerable, solitude pleas
:Boys who: are philqsophers at six years of age 1 anti age venerable, life more dignified and
are generally blockheads at twenty-one. By ' "se,J!' and dealh les3 terrible. i2eu: Sidney
, . . , : Smith.
forcing children you get so much into their i . ,
Heads- that tlicy become cracked in order to
hdld:it. '
Festi vxti es. ITo
. . . . , . . . " ;
tivity with any situation thatls meant to last, l
one bnouia-uefiin a ies-
paticularly that is meant to be a trade, a mode 1
of living.
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r
.j u., l luumicurciiii-ui uiuj
.......
wu ii u on. im, iuiv,li uuu itui t I11V.11 EilUUlU
inspire us m tlie struggle, and support us in :
Jong continued labor. Of all. festivities the
marriage festival seems the most unsuitable ; ;
calmness, humility, and silent hope befit no
ceremony more than this.
Origin of TirK Dance.
at
div
and
self
uiuiujriusiivais; anu me rngans, auer mem, i
PonRprr.T tpl if fn fhnir rlitilnif 100 ATm (l.n '
ti. t i - t , . , , -----r-v, ? " "j m tlie Baltimore Sun, illustrates the prevail-1' , , " ' , , i . , """" -a-" " auS
ine -present day is so much admired as a . thespnnous manufactures consistof the leaves 1 cf, f . '' l the check very coolly and put it into his pock- gestion, a letter was sent to his wife and
ersion, was in its origin a sort of mystery of the beech, elm, horse-chestnut, nlane'fan- c... i ' ' et and walked out; presented it to a-certain in a fe"w days-she arrived. 'Thefcenewas
ceremonv. The Jews, to whom God him-1 nr-nrrL- iiinm ' nnni,, ",,r'i,r' nM.i.0!n i . - f f onuiej , . , , aonnnn,nll in mn onri ?;n deeplv affecting the interview between.
gave laws and ceremonies, introduced it. ' thp. ! tr i.oin'rr- mLt Mnnn 'c ov"'ac: o a vacant house, , obtained .the key, j . , . tue husband and wife. At night, when
, I T . w . "w fa au.t w , cxamined the premises, approved, and agreed ! . . . 11 " " . . " ,i l,onr of t,w B n
; ' I,: ' --jw
passage 0f.U1e.Red Sea, Sioses, and Minam
lus sister,. to return thanks to the Almighty !
for the preservation of the people, and the de-,
feat of the Egyptians drowned in the Red Sea, '
? , U4A,,wv- li44 vuts .
was for he men, and the other for, the wo- provinCes. Tlie leaves were bought up at designed to use. the house for certain illicit
,T fift 7 tT 7tT? I StanCG f i coffee-houses al and a-half pence a pound practices, which shall be napieless. Shocked
the fifteenth chapter of Exodus, and performed I mixed with a solution of gum, re-dried, and at the idea, the honest landlord posted off in
a graceiul ballet. r then coloured with rose-pink and black-lead .to quest of his new tenant, and having found
Pridu REBUKnn.-Jn Philadelphia, where ( ' face" them-a bloom being sometimes also him, pressed an objection to his taking pos
there are no noblesse, the merchants set up a : imparted with a vegetable red mixed with session. The tenant remonstrated, vowed he
dancing assembly; and, desiring to assume , carbonate of lime. The practice still pre-' had been slandered, but could not give a very
rank above the mechanics, they proposed . vails . to some extent, catechu being added for 1 clear account of his nnrnnsp T-lmwrnr nftor
among the rules "that jio mechanics, or me-j
chanics wife; or mechanic's daughter should
be admitted."
Upon this, Franklin remarked '
that such a rule would exclude God Almighty,
" How so I" said the manager.
" Because,"
replicd the philosopher, "he is notoriously the
greatest mechanic in the universe, having, as
lUc scriptures testifies, made all things by
weight and measure." The intended neic ;
'gentlemen, ashamed of their rule, struck it'
out
u s that a pair 0f prelty cyes are thc
best mirror for a man 'to shave by. This is '
, , . b ,bi
ProDau,y uie reason wny so many have been
sh'dvcd bv them.
tvt: w ji- ,
iiiibs r uiuuu iiiit .save, me jirsi Time sue
.....j ' ; . I ...
'KffllKr
? eaning on an anchor. . l oetic jou.ng
,..fn ,i'-f - ' ' ' - i
I uUnian. lliau I
A 1 komise. A promise Bhould be-given
with caution and kept with care. A promise ;
wi'vm'u nitiuv. uy iuv.UVtut. UUU I UUIWIIIUUi&U
,r , , , . .
y .w....u. mum..,,, Mic sale on the 13th of June last. In in other 1
intention, and should be nurtured by recol-( fciod,-Uicro were foundtlittle lumps like the;
lection. A promise and its performances nffliIk.wnrmf, hna hfifin Htntali J
should, like the. scales of a true, balance, al-:
ways present a mutual adjustment. . A prom-'
ise delayed is. justice deferred. A promise
! neglected is an untruth told. A promise at-
tended toisadebtpaid..
Pjsdistiuammj Tliere is no exercise that
opens so many sources of enjoyment, or charms
away sp many cares. Are you tormented
wun uie constaiiuprcdomipan.ee of one idea !
harrassed with an overweight of business?
or- siupmea wiui some grievous and heavy nf-
fliction? our advice to you is, set off and walk; '
no matter where, sq as to be open country
Awiv with von nvpr hill nnrl HtIp nnUi '
"1 h "rr6! "nt!l yU .
Z! J!!,?:"!
iui juui umueuio, JUU n i iiuu um wimiij
of air and scence, the lovely face of nature, that '
natural and divine-appointed medicine, which, !
nnxt tnrelimous trust, is nerhansmost effectual
in soothing human sufferings. Even the tor-!
mcnts of a guilty conscience, as the old phi os-
ophers aid, niay be lulled, if only for awhjle,
cise, anu owe to itra world onen ovmenc most :
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Z.:..l''t li ..: ....J
icyiuus ill. J.lie' lHue,.01irUllI0Il UllU.lJU icbo j
ilgrtf'JV iii'uieieH-pBpeci.Tr-wMjirjiff jmtg. . j
y the potest cliarm pedesl nanism. Ppr.our no such tliing ns genuine green tea of the'eo
lumble part, we have everrbe.en nassionate;adr 1 im,P nnlinnriKr s,rinoo , un imntkii
mirers andn.diligent9Dractitioner.s!o tins exer-1 .: .... . ' . . 1 7 r ? -
STROUDSBURGy . MONilOE COUiNTY,
Inoustky. All exertion is in itstlf delight
ful, and active amusement seldom tires us.
Ilelvetius owns that he could hardly listen to
a concert for two hours; though he could
. P?ay on an instrument all day long. In all
' pursuits, efforts, must it not be forgotten, are
1 as indispensable as desires. The globe is
not t0 ue circumnavigated by one wind. We
should never do nothing. u It is better to
wear out than to rust out," says Bishop Cum-
! In trutI, the proper rest for man is change.of
occupatioh. Richard Sharpe.
' Tuition. A tutor- should not be continu
ally thundering instruction into the' ears of
. .
nn nnpn n f nnmivinit.irn it if ntanrr.tc thn
capacity of his pupil.-jlfohone.
.... uvvuiuiuyuun, mo uici.i;lii.o iu iiiu
J Mental Cultivation. The real object of
education is, to give children resources that
will endure as long as. hie endures; habits that
( wjn ameliorate, not destroy; occupations, that
, Sorry couaforl for Tea Drinkers.
The last investigations of the Lancet with
i .- .1 i ..- n .
reguru 10 uie aauueraiion or articles or con-
f- . . . . -
j as our own dealers are concerned, the results
nhtninmJ firo nnt iincntiKtnrfnrv hnf tlio r v
tent of decent on nrnntifierl in filiinn isliPvnn
... l. , 1 j . l mi -
wnat uiu&i. ucuuibuxu iiruuarea 10 learn, iiic
rM.; -ui i . - 1
only use a vast nu'm-
ber of injurious material8 but also olher
leaves than those of the tea-plant-a system
hIch jms increased since the lrade was
j thrown open, and the inspection of the East
their astringent quality,
1 t.'T.H I i .1 '
nowuver, i.as oeen me most gen,-
' eraKorm of , imposition here; and in 1843,
wherithe nrnhpisueinforr.tnfo,! htr ik ,mJ
lanCe of the Exercise, it 5s supposed.there were !
not less than'eight manufactories for the nur-!
- . . J ...u..u..kvu w. 1.1. iiii-
nose -in Jjonaon alone, besides manv in the t
. t i i i .
its tannin, but it is greatly limited by the pro-'
ceedings of the Excise. Certain mixtures !
lately sold as
tea-improvers.
under the ,
names, of La Veno Beno," and the Chi-
nese Botanical Powder," in packages at 3d
each, have been ascertained to consistof sev-
enty-six per
'of which is
cent, of catechu, the habitual use
calculated to cause serious evils, '
while the rest is sumach leaves or wheat
flour. Out of tliirtv-fivesamnlesnf hlnok-tP.i
tested upon their arrival from China, twenty-1
... . . . . ' J t
mree, consisung or congous and souchongs,
were genuine; while twelve, which consisted
, .,
occmcu anu twmcu cuyur, uuuian,
;or black gun powder, were adulterated. This
adulteration consisted in the leaves havino-
.
beenacGd.maVtn;mnmvnih,,an.,nnnnf '
the" teas- wiUl black Iead an descent
.
i der resembling mica, indigo, and turmeric
L - ti ' p'. .... .. . .
i-ct poI,
.
der resembling mica, indigo, and turmeric ,
-i . P - ' . o I
c- , .
ui onacoarse son. wnicn containpi trairninms
V 1 i i i
.
. t lit t'- ll
over two hundred boxes were disposed at pub-
over twp hundred boxes were disposed at pub-
: The dance, which i Tnrlia Cnmnnrivif.p.nspfl.- Jri ii!nnrlnnfl enmonf-.' . . . ... s , .. a i the firm Ridwav : Brown anil Co TTnnt tnnlf wlm lii: Knnonfnvn.n
bo ou6 of thc irtjcies tlje Chinese send us fof'gofc wind of fclie trouble, and were on their
. xt? a 0H,t,oc en-mioe i,.Q, 1 way to Patorson to secure, if possible,
j1p'v t,' . f f,;n t f . the redemption of the bills in their
, Y ,.., i t , .u ,
irl,uf .
....t , ...w -
nous. Thirty samples were tried, and all were
tnunn tn l,nVn Wn n,lnltnr tnA VW'n '
.. !
found to. have been adulterated
Five con-
1 sisted of what is .commonly called
" lie" tea, 1
.which "xi simply tea-dust and sand
! with rice-water; one was composed
huskand other substances; and
mixture of "lie" tea and spurioi
spurious paes ot
. , rt.. .... .
other plants. .Every one of the .thirty sorts;
n i i i i r
.WaS arUficml,y lazed r. C0l0redL: PrU6S,an ,
1U0' P Oiina day.
uemg me suusiances empioyeu. a curiouos
additional fact was likewise arrived at. In no i
instance amongst all these trials was a single '
lnnf li ...nri V,ir.w
other than that which Was produced by artiH-1
cial means ; and an irresistible inference con-
s.equ.ently - .a;nsesj,that there is most probably
iOL b
' i.j ,
'Tlwn.KnPP.imnnR frnrnvAccim morn rir1-.nn1.
i' - H i
-.---.vr-ij-;.-j''-"" i
uit:3 .weie luuiiu cnuuiu , uut uiuir cuiuur-
PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1S5
was of a yellowish 'dullness, without the j A Scries of Yillniuici Coufctacd !'
slightest tingne of green. The same thing j A Confederate of Monroe ISdwards.-Tlw
was noticed also in a specimen from Java, j San Francisco Herald contains the confession
which was found genuine, except that it was j of Itobinson, one of the three men lately hun
slightly faced, apparently with China clay. at Sacramento by the people, which isanac
Th'e system of fabrication seems to be gener-1 count of a series of successful villninmc . w;,u.
al among the Chinese, and the spurious sorts out a parallel!, in Baltimore, New York, Phil
have their regular market quotations- With jadelphia and other cities. The fallowing
regard to British operations of the same kind,
the skill exercised is described as little infe
rior. In three specimens lately seized, by the
Excise, the materials variously employed were
exhausted tci-lnnvps. Prussian Mtm iirn,nl.;n
China clay, Chinese yellow, soap-stone, indi
go, catechu, and the leaves of the sycamore
and horse-chestnut. As respects thesamples
purchased in London shops, the facts are not
mum uuiuvuTciuiu man misfnt nave been
expected from the' Chinese adulterations; and
the belief is ,warranced that amongst the ven-
ders themselves the practice is not at present
extensive. Out of twenty four samples, of
black tea brought in the metropolis, twentv
Annfrnno nnrl cnnnhAn. II 2
while four, which were of scented descrip-!
uxguuu uiu ouuvHUHg ncm Ull i'UIIUIIie, I
-wc, . genuine,
of scented descrip -
I.: J1..L ....i . i ii .
Liuiia. i:i t: . 1 1 1 u 1 1 1' I ;i 1 1 m i iiiiki nrnnn n 1 1 nntu-
., . u
' . 7 . 7 " rv"""V
ever, in, China, without the. khowledffe of the
dealers. .
Tlio nnnnlnnmn (Vnm nil !v IV. i. 4L.
rriwif hulL" .nf tlio lilnnL-ton tica1 in !
A... wuMuiuo.. .uu.au lu.c mwis lb, umuiIU
o . .
not justified, by the plea of ignorance, in sell -
the'
hend it may not frequently be mixed oh
spot. London Times.
'JDoinjja JLaiacIlord."
There really seems to be no limit in the
art of swindling. The following case ffiven
try, viz.,congou and souchong, is genuine, and l' IUUK 'ouu U,1U mae a aeposit -m : paper wincii bad laiien out of his pocket
tliat-the scented teas the pekdes and capers ' tne name of H- B- & Co- by this means he 1 upon the-whar Pat scanned it riarrow--are-invariably
adulterated. Of green lea, ; ascertained the amount; he idrew another check J ly and after ascertaining that his first
out of twenty samples purchased in London, ' to the amount of 20,000; I presented it: they i surmise Tras correct said td the officers,
all were artificially .wlonrf, gla, or paint-j w it without hesitation; I got there "You needn,t be afther pokine the poor
ed with a mixture ofPrussian b ue, turmeric J "v-,LttWU" Jut LULr wnn ,Ufrttf.u Ar t t
powder, and China clav. Eleven were also ! S1000 W a"d the balance in 9300 bills ; I n ?.ut at fashon Mr' Perlwemen;"
adulterated witb lie"tea, which although it . took it to our room, and my partners "ave me ! fnd raismS th sufferer upon ms dray he
may have been introduced before importation, ! $2,500 of it ; April 4th I met them in Phil-; "l T'JZ L Su? V"'
is still so easy of detection, and also so dan-.. n,i0in;n nf t w i nu . . , dered a good bed, and took his departure
gerous, from the extent to which it is colour aJelpl"a a Jones Hotd m Chesnut strect' for a physician, vf ho was soon lit the bed
ed with Prussian blue, that the dealers are above S,xth street5 after beinS there two days ' side of the sick man. Niht came, and
. j .usti ui ic-uiivu i . i. I li l i.i. .1 r i i j----',ww, ww..wV,Vuvw in i
T m f.n S.:J ..... - 1 fllVlf PI : trot S i Hi Rnnf I (I I fn ,MW v. .vu.vu,. nvumu nv
I iv 1 1 1 1 lilt' i.i iiiiiiiiii ill i:ii. I I'm iMiinru nn 1 i
had t5me t0 move however a pCrSon,metl,
the kmllnnl. nn.l if th. hLn nfkm J lottcr'-
, . . , ,
Rnifi nil it pnn in ron iitr ino Trirmnr nnrn- o
lninr him The landlord said it had and'
ti, ,;,i ,u1uaia ;L:.
Mrt;:r, n,i- t.
some higgling, the man having taken posse-
sion of the kev on hisirlp mnLt,.,l in rnlin
l J ' v iwiw
nuish his rhrht for the sum of fivn Hnllnrs. in
g00d and lawful money then and there naid
over. The bargain was struck, and the mon-
ey paid and the landlord retired with the sat-
isfaction of a moderate premium ; but he had
the further satisfaction to find shortly after
ward, that his tenant and his precious advi
sers were ' con federates in a game which had
?,0St6him Qn theirfhone.s and credulous dupe
t,le dollars aforesaid.
A Banker's Dodge.
A ston is current here, of a little
sharp practice on the part of the Cashier
ot the peoples Bank of Fatcrson, which
. , , , , , - .. ... .
IS to.o good to be lost. The momulg this
poW-,1"3" UT uu u "77"' ' U1U u,e u,uuu,u was lttB,llJr l " " " - A V. , 7
pecting to make arrangements to go bn 1 do ars : Edwards said he desnfsed a check dows-r-lct in the frosh. air. Light, physt-
, 1 , , t , . , fa v"uul'aja AiUWtf!' sum UB ucapi&eu uuctK - o ir j
as usual; but his agent here very proper- th.n mm fimwn fnr tbnn tu-nntflintiRnnd'cal or moral, is not more essential to vU
to , - o money; the .mount was twenty thousand
pecting to make arrangements to go bn do ars : Edwards said he desnfsed a check
1 , , t , . , fa v"uul'aja AiUWtf!' sum UB ucapi&eu uuctK
oa noiinl. hnt lita nrrnnt. horn T?ftMrniAnri. I.i r. i .1 . .1 1 1
,iy remsea io reucem me uuis unless
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6UPPneu ei0,ic wltu tlie 'W wmcU
tvus uuu iui tiiuujiuug, iiuu mo vjuauier
accordingly started on his return to make
preparations fpr closing thc bank. On
arriving at Jersey City he found quite a
number of brokers collected, who had
hwds. The train started, the" hungry;
bill-holders seathd in the cars, and the
ijasmer. wno is l-resiaent oi tne itaiiroaci
t. '
Company,- standingfwith the engineer oil
Aft. ,TA,
the locomotive. After a run 'ofw.n few
miles, the bolt by which the engine drew
t? 1 t- il.: ltr..,-. A a .onnn.ln? ln
, , . .. n ri,:Q n,ccnn r dm Ah.-i
JilVA ClLIUiJ. Kit. Ill.J luguvilMli I- . V V I '
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g"ur pu- ui.uig up u b -.um,!
ind found it at a dead stand in an inter-
made up 1 its burden was quietly with-dnyvnj and i""-v "Ul u,c UV -,,atJ they contrive to Keep barred out. What
of paddy-' tue locomotive carrying thc Qjshier, shot money; we quarled and separated; they 'went WOuld you think of a man coining down
'nnwnrd t.n Pnf.nrsnn. Ifiavin.n- the cars to to Now Orleans, and Pwetit in another di- the river on acraft who would get a ba-
nnnii.nnIv-..wv'...w.w.. n .
ting locaIit wI lhe pl,,,, a ma not-in'te; 7od taTJ
abundant time and opportunity to 'exam-
ine the scenerv and cool their Impatience."
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opportunity to exam-1
When thc train reached Paterson the i
score of brokers ruihed to the bank, but.
found' ifc closed, with art interesting lh-j
ai a ,l"aa 10 u uuul ' T" ,
Journal of Commerce,
C-Don t think ot love till your -up-j
per lip ripens with a moustache; nor of!
ma'lrihiony till'you havep UarvesPeu'oiir
Jr'ilil ,nni d-' T-TndVinrifls' likp win( 'nrrt-nll'
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L.
embracing his operations in Baltimore, isin-
terresting :
November, 1837, I was in Albany. I then
became acquainted with Monroe Edwards, at
the exchange Hotel; he inquired for M.JHuilt;
he said he was very anxious te' find him T
told bun he was at the Howard House, New
' York. I went with him and found him there,
they consulted ..together for some time and
then concluded to make me one of their part -
ners,asl was a very good scribe. I was dress-
(,ed rather 'rough; they expended about S3U0 in
jewels and clothes to make me look genteel,
' nnfl nnt snRnlKmnc- tt,an .n .v,;
I 1
we forged" a check on Hodges, Beals & Co. l&ai DQ' -U3t afc tUat juncture Fat
' . . . . . . b ' "''a a nno. m fcl, j
ii preseniea tne cneck : thev tn m mo thn firm
L nresentflrt thfl nhnrfr ! f hew fnW mo f IT.m.,
!nad not as much money on deposit as the
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1 check called for ; I returned to my partners
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and to ,1 them what hnrl hnnnoniul...
rrwuwu.
, y 1 1 onnn j . i tr, - . ,
, they asked me to write Ridgways name; I
j wtuav till UUI1U UWtllO j
1 wrote on them all, arid out of the number got
one with a perfect signature of Mr. Ptidgway;
t en 1 .u 1 ir mn nnrt t .r ,
I filled the check for 820,000: then Mr. Ed -
wards finished the check by writing Brown
; & Co-, at the end of Ridgway, Which made
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motner, anu wrote 10 ner mat i drew it in a
i Mr. Edwards said we must nut the Balti
i t5mre Ba"k throuh next;onthel6thofMay0f death by the kindness of those who
! we me in Baltimore ; Mr. Edwards- and me 1 found :liim a stranger and took him in.
Hrnttr n r (io L trr vl Fa 111 If 1 ctffnnil u rtio
Coles & Co.; he gave it to me and told me to
get the money for it; I refused to do it ;
says he what are you afraid of; I am afraid
of nothing, but will not take this check there;
by that, says Edwards, I will go into the bank
and get some gold for some paper money ; I
then agreed to go and take the check; he told
me to let him go and get some gold, and when
they ar payin me thc ffoId' yu present the
i chcck; 1 did so ; tho cashicr mcrey IooI:ed at
. - 1 . 1 .1 a f Tl a . t
the check, and told tho teller to nav me? ho'
gave me two thousand dollars in one hundred ' stitutiom. Surely, He will prosper it."
dollar notes, the rest in five hundred dollar! During the day she hcafd the whole
. . j , -i.u t. - j story, and when, at her instance, the
notes; Edwards staid there some time after-; Qfo pafc camV into' her
wards in order to detect any suspicion ; we , preJenco. she rushed to him, threw her
separated, met in Wheeling, Cumberland and ' arm3 around his neck, and with uncon
Cincinnati; we were in Cincinnati in January, ' trollable emotion,, cried out, "God bless
1841 ; remained there about four days, Ed- J youl" A feyr days thereafter they left
wards and myself forged a check on the Gas for their home, and the last words that
Light Company Bank, Belonging to Hodges' fell upon the ears of those who followed
&Co. I signed Hodges, as President, and!tnem io the wharf, was the heartfelt
Edwards signed' Will's name on across the Pray" of the grateful wife. '5 God bless
backof the check, which had to be done be-1 yo" S.W ,of ,Te,mPeren$?w - J,- -
fore the check was good ; Hunt signed the
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, coehiert name; Hunt took the check and drew
i j :
dollars; he either wanted to make a big raise
or none at all.
We then went to Louisville together; Hunt
and Edwards forged a check on Hiram Good-
rich for twenty thousand dollars; Edwards
presented it at an Exchange-office at a heavy
discount for the money, the banker said he!
' did not have that much money in his office;'
(this was alter banking hours' was thereason j
he offered it at a discount, but would take
him to thc casllier of the bi nk it was drau.
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. nn. wfl' wonL 10 ine uasnicrr l nrcsuuiuu u;
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"e l0ltI ,n,ne WOlUU S 10 l 1 reSIGIU. e
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saW him; I presented it, and he ordered it;
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( " 1 IIUV lUlfluu Ullbbiu VII llib ltH s I ILUUi
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and Jiouue iiaiiKs; mey returned to Mff!"'" .w. .
Yor, and forirod a uote herG. u.h:Rh vi would say he was a foo . Are vou any
jus uuiiviutiun , i wua nut iiuuitfstuu in uiu
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Ule ' cnmes; not vlnS 'l,me' ' atn com"
Pe ea . closely confession: inference to
EdWards and Hunt.
On!'the scuffdld, this fellowt made another
confession, implicating ' sohje' ' oTnthe - most
respectable Wn in Californfa infhisc Villain-
resp
ies. IITs Iu'bL cohfcsa'Ion w'eTielieve to be oc-J
c'agipned liy spite, because .those persons did,j
not jnterfere to save him. lir his last confes-.
sion he said his name was .Wm. Benjamin
Heppnrd. . ....
It appears that Robinson was foil mi enlfsted
No 6.
in the mounted 'rifles, on his 'way to Oregon,
which' secms rather strange, after years of
successful' vflu'any- making his thousands.
TIipTravnliuc Card.
One lovely norning in Jufy a boat
touched at. heeling, and the senseless
form of. a in an in the prime of life -was
borne froni its deck and laid upon the
planks of the. warf. The stranger thus
left to- dfe like a dog. was suffering the
tortures of that fever peculiar to our -western
waters and thl delirium was raging
in his brain. ' Fancy carried him back to
his homS where sat his loving wife pray
ing for the: blessings of heaven; upon, her
absent lord. - This memory- as much as
the fever, caused him- to utter a deep-
: groan, whicft, attracted the nbtice of two
police officers who were passing and Tvho
j at once advanced to the spot "where he
' was lying and began turning him over
' with their "slicks t.n fisRP.rrnfn trim h
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' '""J,"-Ui waoaeu, auu
. ODSerVmf til fit thorr ttio tun-
observing that there was fun on hand.
stopped his horse. Pat left his "dray for
amomcntimd advanced towards the man:
as he did so he detected a small piece of
with it two men, who nlirsed him until
1 X -
, deon feJetr amoved hi grasp from the
; J . --6, uu. .u,U) ucu.
, consciousness returned, he gazed round,
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and enquired of his nurse "Where am I!"
She told him- and also of th sif-natf in
' AThich he was- found; but did not inform
entered the chamber and urged the lady
to retire to- rest while they attended to
her husband. At length he arose from
his bed, snatched almost from the jaws
)- Al tt hnchflnrl " eoi.-J ito trt ' tt1
1 are we and what kind of people are these
j amng whom we have come? Every night
' two men hare, teen here aid sent me to
! m0m whlle thc wa5faed ove.r 1
until the nurse or myself came in the
morning. Pray teli me what this
i menns?
j "These," said he, "are my brothers of
the Sons of Temperance.
j "Thank God," said she, while tears of
gratitude streamed from her eyes:
U 'hnnlro hn ta I-JaH rnr ennh o nnn a iw.
-thanks be to hod tor such a noble in-
Fiej.Ii Air. ..v ..
Went omen ana i.aa
dows-r-lct in the frosh.
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Gentlemnn and Ladies, onon vnnr trin.
! sion than air is to health and happine33.
Yet-how careful are most of us to exclude
jtj You close up the windows; nail list
around the doow and aDbear to do all
your pbwer to exclude Heaven's ree gift
4 . "
or fresh air; and the reason why people
are not smothered is, that the air is so
subtle it will work its way through every
little crevice,, sotnnt it is almost impos-
' sbl t0 &Q lt shut out atogether. Jiut,
it peop'e do not get themselves quite
auuuwuuu, nicy wuuuub iu sici. paie.
j stupid, nervous, and heavy-headed for
wrrnt. nf nnro 'nir rliioli sA nnvinna in
: ., ' . , . . .
want of mire air which is so anvmns in
frtrfifi itspr into the;r rfA h t M .
1 CI n nt TM fftl fl TI fl . L fl 1 f. Frl IPPO t A f A lh
himself Avorv dav. when the broad river
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i.00 -r.ntn lvol fnf? Vn
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, above you. and not allow yourself but a
aoove you, ana uoi auow yoursen. nut a
1 few sqUare feet' to be used over and over
ngjiiri -hundreds bf times? I wish every
1 one of-yon knew what a-ennous piece of
machinery your lungs and hearf are, and
how well the atmosphere is adapted tc
our use,. If you areafrnil to. iiavexthev
fresh air blow, uppn'you while you aro a
sleep, brake a pane of glass out of 'the '
top of the window until yen gSt used to
fresh air? and then a stream of it hard
enough to blow the flnilla off the bed
will not Jiurt-Vou,
-?