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s niOst. blazon'd :of nil; •
Mine is the goodliest -
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traV banner 's6 wide as the pall,
• .•'''Nor'Seeptl'e so fear'd as the spade." .
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.•.I'ltis'iS'the lay tif,thd sexton gray—_ •
King' of the churebyardlie--:.
''..While the mournful knell of the tolling bell
• - Chimes in with his burden of glee.
ne dons ti doublet of sober•hrowii
And it lint of slouching felt;' ^
~I lie mattock is over his . shoulder-throvn,
; The beavy keys clank at belt. • •
the.dark damp fault now echoes hitt tread,
• While his song rings . merrily out;
With-a cob Web canopy over his head,
• ilia foot may crush the full4ed worms,
" Hisltand may grastra sl&ciud,
•
'His gaze may, rest on skeleton forms, . .
•
Yet his tones are'light and loud.
110 tligi the gi;iive, and his amunt will ftreak
. As lie gains a fathom deep--; .
"Whoever lies in the bed 1 make
I warrant. iltsoutigy Meep."
He piles the soil, he raises the stone,--
He clips the cypress tree , .
whnte'er his task, stone--
No fellowa.lllP
,For the seitton GrayisAt scaring lone—
"rf - His inhne is 1in1: 7 41 with death.
• SI he children at play, should tesross their :way,
pause with fluttering breath.-
Thcy lici.dTrilf•aher';'ttrrighteit'd host;
. And .whisper with 1418.811 white—
'See, see kis lie, that sends the ghost
• To Wa lk the 3vgrlil at -•
The "oldriticif idark - liim;•with - focriirtli - eirey - e; -
'At his labour 'mid smile and dust;
They hear likinehantit 4 mug die,:
• But we knovt the aged must.".- ' • • •
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The richwill , frown, as his ditty goes on--- !
--- "Though broad year land may, be, --
Six-narrow rettio the beggan; 1 mete,
• .And.the
. same•shall 9 erve ye."•, '
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The.eid• of, the strong shall turn from his song,
And Beauty's cheek will intti3,• • '
cry_tht•y.;" what Cyia4l•c§yould:plV,
T
o. list thy croaking - 7 "
-- , Oh! the,sextoogray is a inortal-vf - dPead - ;
- None liko to Sde - hirir eothe near;
"The orplitin thinti on ttrather dead,
'.. -The widow wiliek a tear. •
'All shudder to year hie•hright axe chick,
• Upturning the hollow. lmne ; •
-- No - mate will share - his toil or his fareirn -
Fie works ; he carouses alone.
By night,-orhy•day, this, this is lils_inv
"Mine is the"goodliest trade •
Never-was Wooer so 'wide as the pall,
Nor sceptre - so fenedtis the spade."
SELECT TALE.
The Five Franc Piece.
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' It was past midnight, and the bride ',had
long'been in her bridal ehamber, , when:the
=_yoUng'bridagroordeseaped from hiS friends'
and' found hiS way to a private staircase
Where a confidential maid awaited his corn
ing, on a landing place near the door that
was open for him above-, ." le," said
.Anna, in a lon , whisper, " my. lady is
- waiting foryou."-- The inishandof an hour.
tapped at the door, opened it, and threw
himself at the feu of 'a beautiful woman.
She was.seated near the fire, in the elegant
/undress of a rich widow, to whom a se
cond marriage had given rise to new hopes
. and feats. ".I beg you will rise,", said
her-hand. no,. my
. de6r, madam," said the young man, grasp-
. _
• •ing her extended hand in his, and carrying
it to hiS lips. "No, let me remain at your
feet, and do not, do not withdraw this little
hand, for I tear you
,will, vanish and leave
me; I fear it is all a cream; it .appeare• to
me tant - thc -- hero — of - a - fairy - tahrsitch - as - 1
remember in 'MY childhood, and that at• the
moment - of possessing all the world I wish,
;he deceitful fairy; will fly atvay with my
happiness, to laugh with her companions at
my - regret Mid: despair,"- -" Banish your
fears, my dear Frederick; yesterday I was
the "widow -of Lord Melvil ; to-day I am
Madanie de la Tour, your • wife,. dismiss
from your_ imagination this fairy image of
your,childhood, fur. there is no fairy tale,
to relate;,but a trmstory," • : • -
Frederick de la 'Four had every.reason to
believe - that a supernal:llra' being had taken
his fortunes into keeping ; for, during the,,
last month, 'either by
,accident, chance, or
deOnY,anjnexplipabla success had made
'hint' rich 'and happy:Ybeii - iitr his most saii
. •
(Mite -wisbes..: Tie was *ourp, not more.
t tan twenty-five, alone ,in the world, and'
liv`in'g' with the''Most,ielf-tlenying and rigid
economy, 'when' one day, as he 'was walk
ing in the streets of St. tlonOre, a splendid
equipage was stiddenly...drawin up_opposite
to him, an elegant woleaft, leaning out OU
coach' and seemingly • onielk
pgiiate; called, out to him,, -,—;
stopped.'... The, footman deseend
'ed from his btation, leidown the steps, and
~wiClf,`his planted - hat' in
.'his hand; respeet..
ti o astonished: Frederick . to
enter the carriage. lie 'did sit, and thus,
ty_magic, found himself seated next a
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...'woman :limb young apd-'-beatitiful,, and
:dressed with great 'elegance.and..richness—
Ie hay hardly time, to loOk arotind,. ; before
, the horses *ere . again at full ' Speed. "Aly
dear sir, (said the. lady . _ who r was' ru nning
way. with hirn,iti
. and - the .sweetest tope
trnigtnahle,) I hive 'regeivcil;Yonr note; bnt I
natty i(listanding, your. refuial, I hope I shall
:..'see yen again 41. My ; litt le, soiree to-morrow
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;ty ill ; to rgi ire the .
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A FAMILY - Nr4WSPAP.EII:--DEVOTED-1 4 0 'NEWS, POLITICS
do no less, than hand Lady-Melvil (rim het
carriage.: , • -
:Naw,Lady Melvil, as we have said be
fore, was handsome, and 'not one of 'those
Ais.agieeablp red
.eheeked, hpaity stepping-,
immensaEnglish women, will° when they
smile, open their .pale lips affectedly, ‘ and .
shoW you -- thirty-tWo frightfully, big - leeth.
No,. sha , -.w.aa,' a ,Frengh woman, and her
beautiful: black hair , contrasted with her
brilliant pomplexion, and. her coral lips per
mitted an occasional glimpse of the whitest.
teeth in' the world:. .Frederick de la Tout,
-dazzled as:he might.well 'be by- an_ many
difarma; - h - ail. no difficulty-inlbelieving that
Lady Melvil had mistaken him for" some
less happYmOrtal, and lie thanked his stare
for it, as it enabled him to know.my lady;
whose-obliging-and.- very - flattering invita
tions he eagerly accepted, and,_strange to
tell, soon became .a marked favorite r aud
'among the - most constant and . welcome
guests at her table. The rich widow was
surrounded . by suitors who were dismissed
one-by one s -ant) it-was somewhat .brotight
ahotit,that before'llie end of a fortnight-the
yoimg clerk hail an interview:by .her lady
ship's own appointment... Marriage was
propoSed by. her, and ',of course accepted
by..- - hipz, 'hi a .delirium of - lOve and astonish-
meni. _
I - Froderi4 -tle Is 'four . . stood • before :the
Omall,glasS_in_his:_modestYlurnished-attic,--
and looked at himself from head : tofoot.—
He wasnot certainly an ugly man-, but he
could nocenSidei-hirilielf-handsomel-his
dress
.was:suches became a- clerk with La ;
„salary of as many &Hari only there are
days in the year,_ and he could not there:
fore attribute his good fortune to: his tailor.
lie.concluded he-must - he loved-for tin elf
alone,r,kelseTtlletjet/y,MelViLwas-uniler,
same strange -and - ;tinnatural. delusion,-
-When the marriage day arrived, and when
tlielotureliusbenti:was - - - in7fireeetiCe - tsllfiez•
Notary, his astonishment. was redoubled.
: HO : would worth-millions,---Ile-wauld
have,s(said tire marriage contract) a country
seat in BtrgundY,‘a_domailvin - NorMand)
a house in the street or St. Honorein,Pa,
-ris; - and'iadous other. goods- and chattels
of whieVuntil:that day he had.never heard .
a, syllable. I.ad),Mclvil had riches across
the channel also, mines in Wales, and
grazing lands in; Devonshire. It Was to .
the young man a golden dream from which
he dreaded to, awake. The Mayor had
sanctioned and the Priest haildtiggpipAg..
ME
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the laws to aid his reason, the feeling that
it was all asplendid dream, would-not leave
him even at tlie r feet-of his lawful-wife
. . .. ...
-the: bridal chamber---he-pressed her. hand
to his_ lips„he grasped convulsively the
embroidered right dress, in his fear that
all would vanish.
Rise,. my
,dear Frederick," again said
his wife, "draw'. that easy chair Close, to
mioo, and let me tall{to Sr On " The young
man did so, but without releasing the hand
of his wife, and Madame de la Tour began
thus: • '"There was °nee:upon a
" crood . Heavens," cried Frederick, "Fm
not wrong then, it is a faiiy . tale." - "Lis
ten, my dear sir,—there lived once a young.
girl whose family had been rich, but tvhen
their daughter was'but fifteen, they had no
other means of support than the daily labor
of her father: They lived at Lyons, and!
I know not !what hope of- bettering their
condition : made them remove to Paris,
len fortunes, and again filling the place in
''.`beioty-,..and moving in -the -circle-that we"
hive been obliged to give up. The father
of this poor girl experiencetLit, for, after
struggling-four-long yeah -with-poverty and
neglect, he died in a. hospital. ' Her mo
dices- death soon followed; and the young
girl.retnaincd albite in a cheerless garret - ,,a
long arretir of rent-unpaid, and • with 'the
chilling presence of-the two miserable un
tenanted beds, to itiereaSe her sense•of-tie
solation. If there was to be a fairy in my
story. she shOuld, without doubt, at,--this
a
moment aPpeir, but there was not sha...!
dow of one: The young girl was unknown
in-" - Paris, without money; with no friendS:
cher►sl► her a
she asked in vain 'from strangers_thaLcin.•
p optient 'Which makes the riches of the
pootv guilty pleasure, it is Artie,. extended
its arms to allure - her, -but there are minds
so, lopped as instinctively to - lutae virtue,
and : to detest vice, and her's was happily
of this stamp-but=-she-must -eat, -ind- the
hunger.of the day! was:increased bye sleep
less. night, bringing second •day`t without
food: :Non, Frederick, Itive.just.left a 4. 7 ,
We:groaning under-the weight of luxuries;
where the.rieh wines hive nianded in the
glass, .and, iltheugh!,yott Were Made -rich
but-yesterday; yet-you have- no.conception
of the deep misery oflwltiCh,Ltipeakoand
you, may well lie,! - be, in the
midst.of_the magnifiCenCe- which Surrounds
ttS,, ind Opted
.as weJae „in' those imple .
'cliiirs,,:etribroidereti, with silk , and:, gold;.
that . ; I -cad' conjure , up,sitch a scene ; ---abut
liken, . •: , • , •
, .
'Hunger compelled this peer girl. to beg;
she• shrouded Tier head in a veil, once her
.mothees;' , and her only fnheritanie;' she
bent her body to appfar infirm and old; end
went derrit-Trorn her garret into thestreiit:
There. , she externhid her siippliant hand,
obi s ! 'hol la nd , wits.: White 'anilqdelieti t telY
formed,' and 'there,. would '-be' •dan'ger. in
showing it,. but 'she bountl the coarse veil
around it as if it were too, hideous to'• be
seen';', , , ttr She, took her, station inear•thik"en
.Iranoe , ocourt.Yard, far distant front the
ti
luglp o,fmny, , J
.. r ranc, attd.whati, there, passed
1, , Y,...0e11g,:a appYttgirl, (alas!, far happier
- than he r - el Ta)fe — held (out. her . :Rand ..aild
isiked lin ay..o._set!),oite sett to btty,ti 'little
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-.lqd et ,anti I.'llo ished , for the,.Proprietorl
'RugumatoaDavc 4Uuswawl:all
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bread; but it evening iri‘Paris, yotinggirls
are thinking of other things than giving a
way sous. If she saw an old: Man ap
proach,.she ;ventured .to Inaphire' his aid;
but .old.'age is often hard-hearfid
serly, and the okt matt Would turn his head
from her - and pass oil. • 'The evening had
been .cold and rainy,. it was growing fate,
and'the various *atchers• wore - going their .
rounds,. when the young fran
tic:With liunger, and . disappointment, held
out once more herhand; it was ton young
man, Who stopped; &OW from 'his pocket
apieceo f ney,_w_hie h_.he.4dropped ,i
her harid as if he.fenred to. touch so much”
• -
misery.
A policeman, 'who. no tloubt . had
_been
watching the poor gia,:iiiddenly appeared,
and seizing - her rudely by the arm, Ah !
L.have caught you,' said he; 'so you are.
begging in the. stree( ;
.to
_the Watch.house
my old lady," The young man itnnie
diately. interfered, taking her part with the
greatest warmth; he, drew to . his side the
- arm, - of - the 'whoni heliad just:fear
ed- tolouch - .with his gloved hand;:at the
sanie time saying to the policeman—'This
woman is not a beggar;* it is a mistake; 'I
am__acquainted with her.' 'But ; sir,' said'
the enforcer of- the. law against street \ beg=
.
ging-4:401 you,! said' the. young Man,
sternly, I - know. her, and shall prOteet.
-her.' My — good -- ivoman - f — saidlre;Evilii
pering in the,.ear of -the young girl,, whom
he Supposed to be an .old woniantake
isiFivE FRANc' me,lea d
you .the 'next street, "that. you may ,e 6-.
cape from - Ttlfis . fellow . who is . watching
you:" The five franc piece slipped from .
your hand, into. mine, and as we passed
under a_lami which until then I lig(' taken_
care to , avoid,-I—sawyourfrice,"---------'7
• "My. face," exclaimed
,Frederick.
. - ."Yel',.mi.dearXretlerick, your fate: it
was - you who thus preserved my honor and
my life - ; Yeti gave- ftvelistics in charity to
ladylielvi I 00 - y - env ture "Foie; '
said-. Frederick- "young,' beautiful, .and
rielirTyou-s beggar r Y c s, , ' said Ma
dame do la Tour, " once I-was indebted to
charity, once only, and- it was- to you.--. 1
The morning after 'this day - of misery,
which I now. regard - as the most fortunate
of my life, a kind-hearted old woman took
pity on me, -- and she hai'ili - ad cause to bless
the hour she did so, and found me a place
as seamstress in the establishment of a'rich .
ii9lllgmaniniNNv i iie t nlyllt4titylrEilPlititt
myself, and I soon became the bbsoM friend
of the respectable hotise-keel6r. One day,
Lord Melvil came into my little room, as I
was - at *.work, - and seated -- himself - by - my
side. He was a man of about sixty, tall,
thin, 'and in inansers celd . and.reserv.ed.— :
`Young'woman,' said he, `I know the story
of your life; will you marry. me?' Mary
you?' I exclaimed. `Yes,' me,' said he..
'Tam cich;3nd am determined my riches
shall, not go t i e my unworthy nephews. I
am a martyr to the gout, and would rather
he taken care of by a wife than -by merce
nary servants: If I. may l'ielieVe : .what I
have • heard respecting you, yout;..possess
'correct...principles—it is in-yoitt. po*er,to
become-Lady to- prove to - the
world that youpre. - as wOrthY of good for
tune as -you, have, been praisetvorti4 -in.
struggling with adversity.' . I loved you,
Frederick;': continued the bride,- and . el-
though I had seen you but a -niqui - eite,CYet
-I-could,:notbanish-your-image-t-and-some-'
thing - .whispered - to Me from the inmost,
recesses of ..my heart, ; that our lives were:.
to be passed togetliet.-..!
_When I - looked at
Lord . Melvil, and obierved his . serious,
nielancholyfacp,bis_eyes bright andPiere-J
ing. with an expression of successful cun- 1
ping,. ,coulit not help thinking that the
strange step he meditate 4 was. but to grat
ify a faelincof.revenge; and I was unwil-
ling- to be his instrument;. and thus, altho'
the. noble ford did ;not. receive a refusal,
yet he.saw my hesitancy and agitation f and
like most persons who meet with ,unex
pected, obstacles, he_became-more eager,
and pressed his suit unwonted ardor.
Thoi6 with whom I lived, and
. ev,ery body
- 7sav?;',advised - rntrt - oftt - by - this - frea
of arf..aglio.lllur
of whose,fortupe at "emt, -in the event of
my troing - so, must soon' be. mine. As:for
myself, I thought •of you ; my. gratitude
lent a, thousand graces to your person....l
recalled.continually,the: kind tone .of . ,your
.vojc.'ealthough_heard_but_for_aminstant,
You. had .never even- looked, in my . face - ,..,
and sr . I was near this dream •
of the: imagination my good fortune and
youct:own,..but I had.thkett Alessou in the
I*ff:rig's of a life of .poyerty
,and.suffering
too severe, to sufferthewromantic - feelings
to overpOwer.iny,better judgment." Your
image was reluetantly : thrust'aside by, the,
sewing girl, antl.4. became ;lady;Mel
vii.
',lt - Wasi - tudeeti; my deo; Frederick, 11, -
(wyTale , ,.Vet..i i a poor, dtlatitele l .friend-:
'lees orplinn, : shouldbecome-the'wife.ofone
P(tlierich4t ofiT.nglaud's:Feere: l . ,that I;
a modern Oinderella, i*Myiplendid.coach,,
' Witliservauts in.-heraldic. liveries; 'theta&
drive through the street in Which, buts few.
short menthe bifere, I had Stood. a beggar;:
arid4hat , ll,;( l lethed-,in. silks and radiant with
jewel.loihottld lookqrom my high' estate e 't
pperi - ,t4e I : had tremlding-.
ly ex:itided.tuy; hand:for Charity... 3 ,
a:tara 6rfigitotWif , wl t eelltorp: incredibleifor.
helief•An'tryth - a.TairyClit‘it-40t the fairies
of,thlayrprgig*rt,lPY : tlear , :Fretleriek,,
the .PaSsiere :
q0. , .ipu10.. enrich: y04.1,' jl•
liappy, . 1 . said ame
do la'rfsitill "an& tlie'ovphi iiioViditka(thig
wairfaiet‘i ic tlfd':lli9rlcl'looitil
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• TS AN,D SCIENCES, , :AgitICULTUIO - 4 - AgITSE,IIIEN . &C. &C.
a; r;
iitii*Aiiii** g a c id
difkluir-thiii-i,..1. , Setts I
,4iiii4Oi*4!beitia's lie))
' iti"•:'*atiti4.:' but 'beyond
Hit fMulthnevei manage
i mitt luid tlierefore . no
eli; •aeciiinulate.-L-He
:.helnight.trust in the
ife‘'- who•'..oWed every
limier 'did : he' for one'
ay . hik , h.ad . . married a'
reposed 'on • my part,
onfidence in Lin:il Mel
ions-in=theAlispositton-
with' sincerity and ten
ktertiers-NTiariek erWtreelining years.
Ile•died leaving e the whole Of. his it*.
.. .
mense riches, . an -therk - inwardly. - vOwM.
to marry 1w othe than the. man'
. who .had
relieved me in in greatest need—but how
silent younre,"_ id Madame Ale la Tour,
pressing, the han of the husband:she had
enriched and wot d love her with such de
votion ; " and yo never went into society
or to the ..play, r.tO.correerts; ah I-if I
had but,known yur mime." While she
thus playfully re roached • her :'astonished
hUsband,.she to• from•around her neck,
a chain'of itibies:Aa which was suspended
a diminutive silk purse.; from the latter
she drew a Five Franc Piece in a little
frame of gold. ..; - . - .• - . , •„
---- "Ills - thesamelone, --said she,puttng
ItAnto.Fretlerick i ‘ s hands... •The
.'siglii; of
this_cherished-pkce--of--iiilyer,gave--me-'n
r-,supperand-a-mot-tolahelteiThie, 'until the
next 'day,'whin - it my earnest request it
-was-so arranied - tbat I : cotild -keep your'
fortunate gifti'itlae never for
_a. moment
• left me. Alt !lioivs(ltappy : I _was, wheal first - sa* yoifinthe street_of_St.:llonore ;
• -with-whatjoyltrderekrnfenaclimati-tO
stop ;, - .1. was neatly frantia : ,with agitation
land. delig lit; .a nd I iin Media tel y ,adop ted_the_
-Only pretext I coald - so=suddenly. think - .of,
to . get you into tke catrige:. .1 had'but one
1- fear• you Wo uld married ; liad thatbeen
I die Case you never have heard 'this.
- -
story.. Ludy Melvil would have been your
good genius,. she_ would haye secretly•-en
ricked you beyond theAreams of avarice,'
but the unhappy lady iiibuld have sought
' out alionfe in 'another land, there- to end
• her days 'solitary and •alone." Frederick
dropped th_eqband-of his wife, he let fall.
' the muslin robe, and
...........
........_ piece of
money. in bOth his hands, he carried it to
rfilty l ." -.- Ton'.seb; --- sara - ma - 6nne tfe la
Vour, "that I ,am no fairy, but on the con
! trary from you :came the fairygift,.antl it
has indeed proved a Talisman,!'
a fottw on' ia
conduct to be regi
bid thing he dotdi
not only beyond
even his ,wisheS.
to spend his inco
need 'of endeaVO
rightly ,helieved t
attachment' of, a
thing to him, an
moment repent'.l
French woman.'
perfect andontire
vil_as. to._any_prov
of his fortune, am
FATE OF THE APOSTLES
.
St. Matthew .—This Apostle and Evan
gelist is supposed to have suffered martyr:.
!dont or was slain ‘i"ith a 'sword at the city
of Ethiopa.
St. Mark.—This Evangelist :was drag
ged through the streets of . Alexandria, in
Egypt, until he expired.`
St. Luke.—This Evangelist was-hanged
upon an Olive Tree in Greece.
St. Jolnt—'Phis Aptistlc and Evangel
ist was put into a caldron of boiling oil, at
-Roine, and escaped death. , lie afterwards
died .
_a natural death: at',..Ephesus, in Asia.
St. Peter:—Thrt, Apostle . '''''''''' crucified
at, Rome, with his head downiiards, by
[his own request thinking himself unwor
thy to'llie in the same position and manner
St. James the great.—=This Apostle 'bas
beheaded at Jerusalem.
_ •St.-James the less.—This Apostle. was.
.thrown, from a i ; pineaele, or wing - of the
Temple,-and-then-beaten to ;death 'with- a
fuller7s club:
.
. St. Philip.—Thjs -Apostle was Viged
up against , a pillar.' at Ilieriapolis, a city of
Phrygia. o-,
'St. Bartholomew This. Apostle was
flayed :slive 4 thi3-commid of a .harbar
ous kitit. .•• . '
St. Andrew.—This' Apostle was bound
to - a - pioss, -, whence - hepreached to thepeo- - .
ple.until he expired. . . . .
St. Thotrias . ..This Apostle was - run
.
through' the body' wflli .a 1 _
TriTtideriiilb — e -- 7EaTif3iiilßT.
'.:St.: - Juderhis. Apostle - was shOt to
death with arrows.
" Simeon— r Zealot:---,This Apostle was:
crucified at Parsia.
St • Mathias.Thii Apoitle was ,first
stoiieil and then-•beheuded:
.
• St. Barnabas.—This Apostle of tlie'Gen
was
tiles - sOtied to death by..the:Jews, at
Salonis. • • - • -
. ~ .. -,--,_ ..
.:-.. St: Papl.--;This AtHiatle was belielfdea
at itome,.t.yltie %tyrant .Nero:-1-Pre.aerio
.. ..
-,
.•
GrieatAfatekoli an dr.ab'P'oree to pei'7:
form 400 mites ` in five days. -:-The above
extraordinary match took place on the 27th:
of 'July last, at the Station, yg Bangalore, :
under the Madras prasidency,lt ts , rack
' oned one of din greateit feats-in. Wiseman
ahip that has -ever tbeett - pi4formed.., . The
animal Was the, . property. of CaPtain
of the Wlndlas artillery, :who ;,backed shim`
to.do.the tasklur a Wager. of , 5,000 rupees.
(8500: The dds . ' oat , starting.
4 6 . 111 .8',t0 hand aftCrwar44 to 1, againav
the .ridpr. ' , Vile,horso won Orgrand, style
On. 'ranching the- winning post, Captain
• Horne'S. troop of horse artillery; (natives
. 1 141); otr,bial:horse
hiin. in, a decorated with
Sowers, they carried him
,to the tem : amidst
triumphant cheering. , - f captain Wane name
PeAPO'fTeOlio in,gd•bn Pcio4o4 , 441
IA w as, ont.visitint armind iiition,on a
panY,olll,ei#tliog Pi, mile, th e preceding
, .
Se n• *PA* 61 Carlisle • flonibtrjaltd County ra.^
. _
DEE
=—"r*’*~* - A: ‘ ',‘_ -‘-. w « >4. "3;; {1539:
mmm~goflaa<nowg
Pennsylvania '..)Legislaturey
:• SENA'I 4 E, ' , -•
, .
;--1, City.-;-Frederick Fra r
' • Henry' Spackman.- •,`
• 2.. • Philadelphia, Coun'y.---Betijamin o
Crispin, -IVlichael-Snyder, - Charles
•;Browit: : • •
3. Montgomery ; Chester & Dela Ware..
.• .--.*AERAHAM BROWNER, !JOHN T.
HnurrycsoN; -- Natkanie/ 'Brocke.
4. BUCkS:I 7 -*SAMUEL. A. SHAUL: -
5. Berke.- 7 -*Samuel Fagely; • •
6. Lancaster and York.-r-*Wm.mtnt
HEISTER, *Thomas E.COchran,
. John 'Strohm. . •
7;--Dauphin and Lebanon.-:-John Hi/-
. linger, • •
8. Huntingdon, Perty,..Nifflin, •Juniati;
. and Union.—Robert P. Machtg,
, • *JAMES MATHEWS: -
9.
• .
Schuylkill-and 'Columbia.-, 7 *Samuel
,!: . • F. I3eadl
10. Lehigh aild Northampton.,—*John
S. Gibbons.
11. Luzerne, Monroe,. Wayne and-Pike,
- • ~ ,-Ebenezer KingSbury. ' •
12: Lycortiing, Centre and Northum;
- • berland.--Robert
"13. Bradford and Stis4iieliaiMa.—Bliku
Case. 2' .
--lit - Fraiikiiir - Ctimberland--and Adams:.
.
. . Charle,9,..B...Penrose; Thonias C.<
••• • • •
.. •
16. Bradford and Somerset. , --Samtte/
M. Barclay. -- , - . • ,
. 16. . _W. e:stmor4and.—John-C.-Pluwer.--- 1
.17._Washington.-7--JOhn H. Busing. •:1
- 182 Fayette - and - Greetie:;==William -
Coplan. .
Allegheny anti
*Charles C. Sullivan:-
20: Beaver-and .11,1ercer.—John-J:PeOr
•• eon.
21. :0 raii , for6- and Erie.-- , -Josepk_ .
- Sterrett. .. V
22: J effersmi r McKeaM_ Potter,' Tioga,
Venango,. and Warrett.—Samuel
23. •Lidiana, Arniitiong, Cambria 'and
Clearfield.—Findlay Patterson.
.marked with an asterisk,,
are newly elected members;" those in Ssl.(m.
CAPS arc
DOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES:
' Adams.—Daniel M. Smyser,9eoroe .
L. Fangs. - - - - ". .
Allegheny.—William Dilworth Otte
Darsie, Isaac Lightner , Daniel NI lurdy.
Armstrong,.--W: .B. Johnson.
Beaver.—Matlfew T; Kennedy, James
Sprott.. '
.! •," '
Bedford. 7 -Daniel Washabaugh, Richard
Bard. . • , ~ .. .
. ~
Bucks.—Seruch. Titus,. .
Butler:--Isaac S. Pearson.
- Somerset and Carnbria.--Joshua F. Cox . ,
John Hanna. ". • .
- , Chester.-- 7 -John. D. Sfeele, William N.
Korroy, John C. Christman, Robert Fu
they.' . . .
Dauphin.---Samuel 11. Clark, Benjamin
Musser.'
:- . Delavi , are.—.TOslini P. Eyre. . -,
.
Erie.—Stephen Sltintier, James D. Dun=
fiiiililln.--, -Tildi a eit , & - lively-, James
Pommy. .. ... .
Huntingdon.---Joseph Higgins, John C.
.
Miles.. . . ..
.Tuniala r Union: and Miffiim—Ner
• Mid-
Ale"swardi,; Jan Funk, .Tosqiiili A. Bell:
• .Laneaster.--Bertjainin.. Pennell, Joseph
McClure, _ Philip _Neida - , Christian
Meaner, Jacob-Foreinart, Hugh Andrews
Lebnuon.---Jacub. Bruner.'
Mercer.--James Banks,. James Mont 7
gunnery.
Edward E. Law, - lsaae . Myer; 'Benjamin
M.. Hindman, G. Rush Smith,
.Jacob
Tnhn Rnsh. s
!3"ashington.---Jonathan. LetherMan,
Samuel Livingston, Adam Kerr.
/3erk.,.-,-D. B. Kinr; HS FlannervoSsin
uel Moore, R. M.. Barr. :
Pierce:-
Bticks.--,John Applg, Isaac Vanhorn. ;
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
Joseph
: ` -
john -
-Oro
BM
Snyilei: •
~Clinton, Clearfield and ?Lycoining.
James S. Gamble, Gebrge Leidy... •
.Fayette.- 7 1!,.-FCFlenniken, J. Fuller.
.fikKean.—.4ailles. Lc - •
..Lehigh.-I.lBenjarnin Fogel,-Peterlifras:
~,Zuzerne.,-Heudricirß. Wright, Antlpw'
Cartwright. ,c) •
. ,
. • Perry.!--.Williarn B. Andeitioa, •
Philadelphia COunly.---E. - Pariiii.•
Jab* fernier, Wilkinson
Thomas.;. M. ~.,Sciott; Tim ma 3 • MoC
William lionsalli,Lewis J r alia
Pike and .kraitne4o, troitdlieint;
Seggyehanzta;a-Fizincie - rjuslt. ,,,, ,::!.
, IClqrsoft and firifiogo:--klairailer Hole
>f • . •
tßatpuitetaiii!,,l-!Bntau(.l',olliJ
; - - . , ,._.....11.::40:1,tx - t.i.c:it- : 14,----'-- - .
19.
Indiana.-- 7 John Cum-minEi.
Manigkmery.---William lialin,lYll-•
tin') Bear!, 'Ephraim Fenton: •
. Northampton:girl: Monroe==R Bibad
mach John Fjeck;loaejili
Berton,'
•'• 'Yark.-- , Isaag Garrpoon t Jobil May;
Adam Ebaugh. o
' ..1 4 • • . <. ~
sTliin gentleman' a conser vative;
electerin oppositiou 46 a federal loco."
From theßotrion,:atkie.
THE SUB _.TREASURY MUST : • ICE
'REPEALED._
The Presidential. Election:has„.deeided
beyond dispute that an overwhelming 'ma
-
jority of the People of Irthe -United States
disapproie of the-Sub-TreasurY.• A ma-'
jority_of_the__Congresional—Distriets—a
majerity. of State Legislatures hive spoken
in decided, cindemnation of this scheme.
It . is to be hoped,. therefore, .that the pre
sent Congress, if indeed the Loanfocos do
pay any deference to the.fight of instruc
tion :they profeks so tnualttoyegard, will
repeal - at - once wiaii% so repu gnant to the
feelings and wishes of the American reo:
ple. — •. •
The next Congress will, in both. branch
es,-contain
a majority of members opposed
to the Sub-treasury bill, and the.bill, if not
repealed during the present; will he during'
the first_session of the:next CoOgrees..
Such being the fact, why should the gc:i
3r : ern - Men!, incur the expense of 'preying in
to execution a law ,whiclie ? Cannot stand - en
the statute book for more than:l2 mend-lid..
• The cost of filling up the various' sub-,
treasuries in fire-proof buildings, with iron
safes, andl the other paraphernalia - of . this .
ral hundred thousand dollars, exclusive *of
the :salaries of the officers.- Should this
expense be incurred to seta scherne.nuToot
for metre months?'" -- We hope the voice:"
of the people and theiriterests of.the conti;
illliulneclthe - meinbersof:the'presetit'
Congress . to repeal this • obnoxious and in;
jariouS-measure:. • -'- • - ••••- •
SOme of our - Lobfocoirie.iids.haV_e!said,
that, now the, sub treasury Ims . .beceine a
laW,--the Should-give it-a-fair trial.:
Prom Ithid opinion we stronly . ..dissent.—
:We -are OPpoed-to.- - 2cxperiments upon 'the
currency in general, and.this bill - in partic
ular._ .It' never should have
,been- passed.
It became - the law
.of 016 land in spite - of
the will ofthe people,4nd at the, expense
rights of a sovereign state; and it
cannot be.repealed too'epeedily. • .•
Under these - circumstances we are glad
to 42 1% m o r m l O p its gi b a elczl ,T y been
We trust that the Legislatures or,odier
states. will follow the matter up in the same
spirit, and the Senators misrepresenting
the states of Maine, Connecticut, N. York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania,• Virginia, IVli
chigan, Ohio, Louisiana, and' Tennessee
will be. severally instructed to repeal this
odious and abominable law.
The following resolutions were intro
duced into the Georgia. Legislature by Mr.
Flonrnoy,; of-Washington c in--referenen-to
a passage' in. the Governor's message in
favor of.the sub treasury: -
.
Mr: Flournoy, of Whshington, laid on
The table the 'following frearfible-and reso
lutionS: • -
In the message submitted,to the General
Assenibly. of the State of Georgia, by his
Excellency, Charlei J. McDonald ; the
odibus principles of the Sub 'Treasury or
Independent Treasury, are advocated; and
whereas, Georgia Has, on arecent occasion,'
by - a very • large ;majority- of her citizens,
spoken. in language. not to. ba
condMinatiiin of that
measure'',
le becomes the representaliVes of
The people, in .our Legislative capacity, to
make known our, views of the'bil l alluded
to by his Excellency. TIVe see :notkiitiii
the princiPles . :or - practicaVoperatiOns of the
law.known as the independent Treasury,
that.'deeerves either our confidence - or, sup
port; but, on the other. hawk the'
,people,
after a full investigation fif the subject, have
arisen iii.thek majesty, and 'prononneodits
Resolved, Therefore, 4.c. That the In
dependent Treasury Billis anti-republican
and . oppiesi3ive. '
Resolved, That -our Senators in Coil:
gross be instructed to 'use, all honorable.
mean: m Lecumplish7a—speedy—repeal-0-
-their sense of dutyrto vote. for tlttepeati
that they resign, that the voice of a large,
majority oldie people Of Georgia may' be
heard, and - her - decigiori felt in . the Con.;
grese of the. Vsited States,
That-our-Representatives at -out -Representatives.-in-
Congress-Ge requested to use their best,ci
ertioas fot....the repealof-0d bill, '•
Re,solved, That- tv.e.labli.lorward to the.
'Oection gf Cigneral,..l - larrison:ai time period
of the comMencement'ol- a long and :gin-.
tious.def -of prosperity -to. the people 'of
this country, and -for' aptactical operatic - 0'
of..lllgee.p,rinciples _which: all true
. I.Yemo,
grats haVe ever supported: .
Ind
.Resolved, That a.copy oftitese" resolu
•tions be furnished to each of-our Senators
and tepresentatites in Congress froin this
_
,GEN. HARRISON IN FRANREOIiT,
ThO Frankfort Cot:ninon wezilth of Ote 24th
Jays :--"Generat-lilarrison arrived hr. our'
Omit on We - diteaday ()Veiling. last, His
visit, has been'one of a, private nature; slur
during ills! stay' has been an' inmate' of
'the. fappily Sharli and 'her'ionors.;
I blo -0-r
-.rscott—fiis' earliest,:tibit tried and ;
nibest
beloVed•friend.' 7 ',Tbe'eitiakfis 'of rr9nfirtior;
and, Feankliti:t s otrittf, -- tuts.oSiiti - 4,0 -they w ere
oftpiiseif-of:fiiii:alirivid',.lendeied,,to bird=
.
public dinkier ilifiiiatioir tlieir
regard for Mtn; whichhiC um h
lttv:beia 9 :: "?
tatiotti'eliseMieW Theold,Thailfes
sitapi ammerna lAtai 41 0 —m izta egc„ _
• kod
1 11 4 laic Lands- - Enugr • •
Prior to the year)B3s, the sales, of pub
lic lands had . nett ai'eraged more than three,
millions per annum. --- In the - year 1836,
holvever, ip consequence of the speeuta»i'
tien mania Of that period, the sales of a
single. year amounted to 'about ifftetin mitt ,
lion_ send formed one of the princitial items
•In - 1837, they were' suddenl reduced to..
about the the usual amount.
So vast-however, is, the public domain,-
so great the emigration, both - foreign and
dothestic, and so very fertile and tempting
the broad plains of Illinois, Indiana, lowa,
and Missouri, that the permanent average
amount of public land sales is now very •
much increased.
It appears that in' the year 1838, die'
ni ber -- ofncres - soldwas - 374.1 - 4;907: -- Tirez - ,
purchase money, 04;305'564: During the.
three first quarters of the year 1839, the •
returns Showed the following results :
. Acres.sold, 3,771,994, „
Purch-,lse tironey, • $4,706,851
- Averaging the 4th quarter, we -have re
ceipts for .1839—55,958,565.
. The year 1839 was not deemed' a pros=
perona yea-r,-and yet in that year, we hare
the large amonnt.of about six milliMis Of
,dollars received into
.the treasury on ,ae
dotint of.public lands. This may be deem
hitt dike--the future - mtrage - - •
ceipts &Om this source .of revenue:
if we suppose 160 acres to he the average
quantity bOuglit - by each person t (and_ w,e
suppose.r.it_is 'very r_it,). ther6_minst _
about. 24,000-persons,buy-public lands each -
year. Thismumber, as heads of families,.
represent 110,000 persons. -Of this aggfew:
gate, about 70,000 are foreign emigrants,
and the residue dornesticluipulation, cilan tr o.-
ing "residence. ' •
• This retilt corresponds vet* nearlyn k Ato'
.believe, with the' aettial filet. • Such' a fietr•
as - this shows - how rapidly our 'population
is changing, and With 'what gigautic`strides
the vast waves of the people move over tact
face of 'our country. Li ten years; Morel
Ilkann million of people tiave moved from. •
1:111e shores otAf„CiTtalson,
-and-Abo,--bolawarei_or,the_slilfmmin_distant-4
lands of England, freland and Germany,.
to settle . on the plains' of the West."' And
in 'tenyears. More, this million'.add from •
Spree, to 'four hundred thousand to their
number, by natural increase;', and . dins
Greiftlrestorn - EmOre'e464lding• . ite,,
liMits and Multililying its numbers
constantly increasing proportiou.---Chreiti--
nati Chrot- .
AN iNCIDiNT.—WiIeII 0 ddli I~oti'iiiafr `'
was addressing the AVltigs• af4loston. on- p
the 10th S'..eptentber, speaking of - the ett• •
eouraging prospects, and of the inalorities
for Gen, Ilarrison , which' were . promised,
by the delegations•frean the several . States,,
''and What say you?' Men of 'Mussuchn?.
added "Aow - ,greut n'tojOrity
tan you give in the old 114:Stater '!Te4l -1
thousand;:' ansUfere'd 'some; one in:the
eiowd. ."Ten thonsand,"' says Ilotritatinr.
"is'that alle 1 have a• gond' Wind •,;
the part of an iiuctioneret.2 4- tkties no' one - •:
sa'Y more'that! ten":thoitstindt!;
thousand," cried nnother.'-',..Agiftepti -
sand,fifteentit s 4 ;+ . .,:tl.iv ice ''unq going.
'Who says morel l, ':"Tweilty thatientid 11' ~ 4
responded a third. Wrwenti 'ttradisinftl
- ; that fight,7ll3kl be; A.put Massa.
elitist:os down, - Itt,ifwentYWOSO:" :EP!:
, trayslarlt - RB,44nt - 00tUliktjtift.1thoOght• bY ,
Att. pvii ttSta tiles kAert,
ftilfi and ft 41001: 1: 1 elfJ, 7
o,llleitil teturns obOW..
- 11 a rri Son, Mee teri;iiiiifeilinf 1 1. 00:
0,.492: ff of ceaier. Sjiy:
• •
non, .however,.•annotieced'in'the.surrotind
int country that the' Preisident al the' People
was in our.. . midst, 'lnvitatione' have %Weil
pouring upon him frnitir* arterri
manifesting to him that= heis:deeply•Seated
'the affections of the peoPle'rilKentucky
Notwitlititanding thafthe General was dorhi . l
"pelled.to decline, the• - publia• • manite - staticrni -
- of regard which were tendered to yet
he lina s ennply gratified our •.eommunity
accepting of. the ;private hoispitalities of the..
- citizens. • Thiring)iis sojourn, be heti beck
_waltecron by .a._vast_number_of_persono.-ar
both political parties and all express them
•selves. as highly pleased with, his frank:,
Manners and interesting conversatibni. He
leaves rrankfort , on this day for, I 4 e±inv
ton, by the way-pf Versailles, and will re ,
turn by this
. place on • his, homeward jour-•
ney: he is in excellent health., .
The. PoiiiitarAroke
The following table exhibits' the rioputao
voie, : ia the several states, as :rains
ficialletprnii have been receitetl
• Harrison. Van Harm,
IVlarylod, . 33,59.9- 28,754
Pennsylvania 144,018 143,670'
Rhode Island, ' 5,213 '9,203 :
N. Hampshire; 26,158 42,761
: Contrieticut, "31,598'
148,141 124,161,
New York, • - 225,812 ' 212,510''
-Delaware, - 5,1107 4;57:1
4404 eh,
Vermont, •
IGlassaciivaßiCs, -
sentucky, , •
2445
72,913
58,48 R
46,612
Maine, •
Nelk-Jorqey,
Indiana, .
-65,270 : 51,695
,
Harrison s v0te,'0•439,811 889,809
V:Bureri'a rote; 839;17'09
, thrri§oti'A '11:1j... 130,061 in 15 Stathsi
El
In
~"',‘z
4. ‘
18,011V] ,
32A-0