;'When'the time- come fur•ine to. speak
. wri'y heart clici,l I rose
,ernbar,
nosed and dismayed land stammered in
opening my canse. went on from ba Ito
`.worse, and felt as. if I 'was. going: do m.
-=Just then,' the 'public, prosecutor, a man of
'.lt§lents,litit somewhat rough in his pramice,
' tnadea - sarcastic remark on, something I_
' ,. .-toitraid. :It was' an electric spark, and
"-ran tingling-through ever•ki . '7eiiiiirmytody:
In an instant my was..gone.—
' My whole "spirit was in arms.' Fanswer 7
ed..with promptness, fill felt... the cruelty
of such an attack upon' notice in
Tne.pOblie prosecutor ' made a kind
OrapoiOgy. "Phis for a man:of his.:re-
.dtiiilildbrelninrers,' was - a lint;
!ieile iv _ in' 1_ a rTuni e fearful
L: 2 g eiAir 1 ;:zarielLt h ttiump,
Man 'was' acquitted. ,
was • tile 'Making'. of me. Every
body . .was• curious to khow who this new
•• 11iV-erwis" that had suddenly risen
. among.
tfietncand bearded the Attorney General in
k.the'Very outset. The story of my dehsi.
• , "at. the inn on - the
. preceding evening, when
1. knocked down a bully, and kicked hirr,i,
out of doors,, for striking an old man; was
•• cireulateil with' faVorable ex aff era tio• n ,,:_:.
Wgven •-my .beardlesS chin and juvenile
cormtenance•waa, - my . favori4:or the •peo•
pie gave me far more 'credit than I•de.served.•
. The chance business ivhielt-preurs at our
courts came thrOnging in upon me. -I was
, repeatedly employed in 'other.
,causes, and
Saarday night, when the •cotirt'closed,
Lfound myself' with a •hundred and fifty
dollar's in silver, three hundred dollars in
- notes, .and-6 horse-that I afterwards sold for
two hundred dollars more:' •
Never did a miser gl.tfl more on hismoney
-and with more delight. -I iock - ed•the'door
orTriy- , ;-rouni,-tiiled. the.- money :in a• heap
upthi Thu table, walked .around-it •with my
elbow on the tattle, and my-chin-upon my
hands and gazed upoit it. Was I thinking
Of My, monyyl• . No—l was thinking of
niy hide wile and home.:
• . Another sleepless niglit'enued,'bUt.What
II golden Ilan cics,sand:LSp.lemlid,wiy,„
e 11 - ;
• mounted the. 'borrowed lit r irseyol(w Melt
had
,Come, to court, aml, led ; the 'Other•Whielf-
JI received asia fee. , All the 'waritWas,:de
lighting Myself with - tire ,:thoughts 'of stir
'pride I *slo' re for My.. ; for boil'
7- 7 - orns. ex pee:W . 4ll sjit nd all the money
had borrowed, -and return in debt. • ,
*-% Our meethig wits jiiy'ous as you may
' suppoie,: - but ITlayed the part of the Th
. "diait hunter, who, when he returnS,„ from
the chase, never for a time speaks of his
success. • She had_prepared ii. rdstic meal
, for me, and .while
,it was getting.. ready, I
seated myself at an old fashioneddesk in
Salle eiyiter, and - began 'to, -- count- over my
Me
• before Iliad liui h 1, and- asked me
_whir
- collectedrihe•money-for-?-:- ..
" For myself ,to he Sure," .replied I with
-affected coolness; "I made it at court."
;',She looked at me fora moment incredu.
:•lottsly. I tried to keep my countenance
andiday the Ihdian, but it would not do.
My•muscles began to twitch, my feelings,
all at once gave way, I caught her in My
arms, laughed, cried, and danced about the
• room like a crazy man. From that time
...forward we. never wanted money.
The . Cr;' for Bread
"" Working-Man has -addressed
.a
'series Of' letters to the Queen of England
-through' the • London Morning: Chronicle,
which have excited ..much atte•ilion. In
-One of his latest we find this startling para-,
'4grapli •
' 4l I t is net.unkuown to you, Madam, that
amongit large bodies of my fellow-subjects
'there . prevails an, ill-defined, but - strong
.%9pinion;'tbat'Whigs and i Tories.are alike
::their natural 'enotnies;Ahay . in feet all - the.
, :middle and upper classes are iu one grand
,
conspiracy to trampleupon and °press them..
an attempt be made to pass through the
fearful approaching -winter without some
.gland legislative etfort.made to relieve the
-itAustry of the country, and the spirit' of
__'.Chartismay, and •something
once more raise its head, and neither church
es nott-yeornaury, Neither bayonets nor sa-
Alres,..-will put it down. We haVe had Jack,
%Cades'and• %Vat Tylers in -England, and
those. have been put down ; we • have had
igreat gatherings in. Birmingham ; riots at
MristOl, Luddism, o Radicalism, and physical
`=force :Chartism - T. —and all thesi3itave been
.
'appeased or subdued'. -But.we.have yet to
another.Oectaele, Whicircomes as sure-
ly as ilt&suir rises to.morrow, should the
corn laws be In the midst of
"a run_for gold" and the fear of a national
bankniptcy, thousUrids upon thousands of
• startling men,risiit 'up like grim and ap
.•,paling shadows—men •hungerworn, with
savage Hatred in their hearts; demanding
.not bread alone, but their rights, and tramp
.ling alike upon pulilie credit; national honor,
-"and general safety. Oh, let not good easy
souls perStiadelou. that iM:England -such a
:litieg is -impossible. 'The- materials for
;lamb &frightful - catastrophe ere ready ; the
strain is laid, and wants but lightning's
slash to set it on fire. kngland is, strong
in that national spirit-Which regards order
as." Heaven's first law ;'•' but when hun-
~g er: and hatred are combined, and these
.poncentrated in mass, the public opinion
~ W hieh respects • the laws fulls powerless be
,fore them. Are these, we ask,. vain fore-
THE REV,
:St. - Louis Era states that a census was taken
-.during •the last attempt to negotiate o ta treaty
With thelndian tribe of the Sacs an bb es,
'• d-the whole numbei of souls Viras tou d,
..{to be moo.' But a few years ago the tot 1
',.itninber was between .7000 and 15000, and
..<.the.gentleman , who. gives us this informs
- 4-..1i0n, says that he hai seen , 1800 Warriors
PAW the field at one time, mounted atid , ready
rfarbattlp, lißnce then the: whites have been
them---;the laWs intended to
-prohibit:: the - introduction: -of whiSkty a
_ -Incitittt , thent. have been disregarded' and
.4a4lied .ati bird, drunkenness, erinie and
vin
a Ihsytt . .triado sAd 'inroads upon' their
Tht *few , wars in. they
havn : 'Ogaged,willi , other tribes could
had nu effect in,diminutting.their strength,
I;itione in the cause-Al - 1W)
ve assigned , fpr the decay of this
, ' , 3l:llOwe,rtid ,11 tun - drau a au, of Indians.
'reom , Blacklickidfqr Octabo;
•
. ••
.-it tt* ChristenAti eve .tif'the'Yettt-1443,
and the 'night . had set fit black •and'starlesst
the- llour was'growing Wei 'and within - the:
walle,Of - Berlin few personeviere stirring,
and'few lights visible, ecepting the mea
gre& yastillatinglithne - orthe lam ps' hie!'
here. and thcre . •twiAled : through the old
fasiiioned casdinUnls of the houses in the
wont-platz. #.lu the monastery of the Mack
Friars, liOwevcr e coMmonly called the
•IYintlttart'r, the 'refectnry . Was brilliantly
'MultiMate& The .windoWs, also, of the
which communicated on one
side with the monastery
. and ou the•other
sine with the electoral palace, by me'ans of.
a o
n nkett:,gallery, refleked on 'red light,
whit!lt seemed ` to proeeet rom t tree
tion orthe altrirT 7 Diirk- , :figures -44- monks.
were passing• to andlle in the gallery, and
it was evident that something unusual-was
gong on in the oionasteryrblitivhat it was.
impoSsible to learn, forthe ponderous No
bOund doors remained shirt and • strongly
.barred. -
The cold itas . hitter,:an I the. Snow
crack
led under the feet of the F.lector's guards,
akihey-pated• up aml down 13i-re the pa
lace windows. Their. heavy steel armor
was covered .With large cloaks of-,a thick
woollen stuff, while the hoods of the same
materiel protected their heads from the icy.
chillness of the casette.
is y, all
— :'"What.can the black brutherhbod be a
bout to-uiglit". said one of the soldiers.—
"There is as , much Stir iritheir old bar
raeks, as in. a hi.ve at swarming , '-
"God ktiOws what they are doing per
haps eetting their - Jiigh Olaf for the
midnight mass. They' always.celebrate
Christmas with great pomp and bravery:"
.
•"I would advise them-to be cautious, and
not'make too much show ivith their-mum
mery. •The-elector has not forgotten - their
iloings last year, •vhen . the insolent Ber
liners thought proper to - mutiny because
they -7tverc!-,P.0P.-e,ll.eti o_. task- work the,
building of. tbe,casile. that occasion
the d g.:*..'et rpws AAW,{
gave a,W ay - gtca 4t9re - iitbee (7:M(1:
• bee r to theitiSurgents,•;:a -,0640
-they wiShed to enM
co'age thent iWtheir,re
hellion' against our goof sovereign;: - bl!t his
grace so, squeezed tlieir overgrown
. p.autt- r .
ches with- his-ironT-tect-hi-tirat-:metftinks
they, would - hardly • like . to play thesame
would gladly know 'why-his grace,
the Elector,' is called Frederick 'with- the.
Iron Teeth? - - flis teeth'. are like those of
ether men;'• I markeillhein well a' feW days
back at a hunting breakfastatAngeriminde.'
is easy to see that you have not been
long, in the body .guard, 'Frederick's iroii
ledlAg - ,YP41.4a 1 K044,...nre.-.99- 0 00,11 1 .11 1
ourselves—his - hiensat-arms, - cO - vered with
steel from crown to' stile. -They - do, tell a,
talc- thzrt-,--when-:the-elector Was -a-child. oG
-
thirteen- or fnurteen, lie -one
,day, at the
house of his Polish bride lied wige, tore a
nail from -the Wall With his eeth; but, un
less I had . -iwitnessed the feat myself, I
should be very loath to believe
"Hush! look there! who are those com
ing from the mail] street, and hastening to
wards the monastery? Go• and see what
yon eiV6-fdlows are about." .
• The elder of the Life-Guardsmen passed
round the church, and concealing himself
behind a• projection of-the wall, was enit
bled, unobservedi to•watch the Movements
of the• new-comers. The men , were ap
parently masons, judging froth their leathern
apron's and . the tools They had, in their hands.
They carried between , them a trough filled
with-inortar.
,When tliey arrived at the date of the
Monastery, - one of. the men struck three
blows. with'the heavy inin knocker, and
speedily' a wicket protected by a thick
grating was opened.
"Is it you, Meister Gramper" enquired
thelay brother whO acted as porter.
"Certainly; it is me: am I too late?"
"Not so; but the reverend father abbot
has already demandertwiCe if every thing
was ready in the 'vaults."
"There is but littleteft do;_ the main
work was done Idst night."
The Masons were- nAtitted ; the heavy
door slammed to after them; the bolts shut,
and all became once 'more silent , as the
grave.'
The life-guardsman.returned.to his ,post;
but before.- he had linislidd , relating to his
comrade the incident lie had just•witnessed,
a corporal came up to him and said, .
" Matthew Storl(ow, the margrave of
AnSpaoh.'has sent for you.. You are re
lieved .from guard.".
Storkow was . ^comlucted by the corporal
to a room in 'the palace, and7there..found
the•margrave.Albert, who bade the soldier
follow him.
The monks °film Domkloster were as
semblecrin their sanctuary, each oe'theni
with a-White scapulary over his black ha
bit, and a long slender:taper in his hand,—
Kneeling on the'steps of the altar; and co
vered with the penitential dress di the'o--
der, was a young monk' . whose intellectual
and noble features betokened a mind of the
highest order, While the' prowd , beavinf of
his whole person contrasted strangely with
a habit which 'could be worn-by , no other
than a criminal.
The simple but impositg . , thiserere re
sounded solemnly under:.: the . loft' - arch - Of
the dome, which assumed there colossal
dimensions when seen by the pale and
quivering.light of the was tapers.' After
thefibbot, who officiated in . ..stole 'and cing
uhtiri, had offered up certain prayers, which
the . 'brotherhood accompanied by devOut
signs Of the:craSs,. mass was said, a4then
the monks arranged
,themselves two. by
two, and prepared to leave ill& Church. At .
their head -walked ithe abbot, attended by
chorristers ahaunting • responses to .the li
,tenies of the-saints'; - then camelhe 'young
mook,-.whose hands,'hound with a rope
. of
- willow bark, were concealed by the 'ample
eleetFes of hitriebe; ' , The last of the.monka
hed.traVersed"thegallerrivhiebled to the.
claieter, and the. porter, ,, who. had-respect
fully opened the - refeetOry deor,.was,fibout
to close 'it, when his purppee.watffitistrated
by the . arrival ;eittwo ;men of lofty:Stature,
-who 'brought uplhe . - rear,of the precession.'
They Were: both muffled le arnpleifehutks;
and had hoods, thrown' oi , er:theirlteads;4-•
but tlte heavy ringing'Step of :the one be....
,
ME
::.r, 4)'ir -1,_ , .,,(i....:r I : 11 #4 . :4 ' . ,Witr: a, 0 T,-,p A ittli Wile #.4).14 i ioi x':.c
trOyedjhe-man-at-arMS,..ivbilst from, below
tijd mantle 'of the other, the point 446 lOng
6.woroJnight beleen.o _ •
God's name arid hiS saints, noble
sirs, what would, ye ?. and who May. you
be that, thus intrude, into-nvr Tioirs-thonas
tery during the hour:of. prayer ? Return
to, the plate whence , you came, Ter here yOu
cannot Tnter.' 7 -
By no sinefine; •we would 'eee 06 -s
es here this'iligl , 4: fhe work :is good we
windti fain issistf.':
,
Thalxirter• Made a movement as though
to run after the procession, but yas•inime
,diately clutched-iti .the irodgrasp of, one of
the strangers.
— .A - Remain- here, good brother porter, or
thotryilt cone pel .so: to: dathage thy jaw
-bone . with -my-gauntlet,-as-to conderndthee,
to a perpetual fast.' •
--- .; - -The - rwo men, guided by the' chanting of,
themonks, strode hastily after the proees-,
;sion-,--.whielt-they . overtook as it had:de
scentled'a - narrow 'winding staircase, and .
•wre entering a large vault whose high arch
•ed.:roof
. and damp
,mouldering walls were
lighted up by •pine . wood torches. -At. the
lower end of. the subrerraidan' room was as
niche in the wall, beside which were stand—
ing a mason and his apprentice, ready with
stones and tootter to chin up 'the fourth'
. side of the narrow cell, so soon as it would'
havt; received . the - wretched tenant for
whom, it had been prepared.
The mournful sound of the iniserere
ceased, the 111.0111iS • *ilea themselves• iii_ a
semicircle round the niche, and . the abbot,
had.began to ave . the last benediction; when'
one -of- the strangers ''stepped forwaa and
confronted-him:_:_. .
means all this, Sir-Abhot,t de
thatided he in a tone of menace, 'and *Willi
are ye about to *all •up in •yender upright
ei:rth n I'
. • Who dares.•to' interrupt us in the per
formance-of our official duties ?.
Brother Guardian !. Find out . who these
straugers are, and what their purpose.'."
""pieneedless trouble; •Sir'Abb - OR My
jurtne:is- . Alberf; ;J;ern. of-An's-•
f iVOnt:tO
: thorized, qiiestiens. .grace, the.eMetti'r
Frederick,. has - sent use hither to . 'bid you
set at liberty the monk Aeselmtis, and to
t6ll4on_thatiyou have- no---longer jurisdic—
tion over him. Obey him you Must; by be
prepfired to feel the gripe of his iron teeth:•
.No murmurs r . fint — release — your prisdner;
Be not so quick ad. sudden in your
wrath most noble margraye,' replied the
crafty , im penitgt;siiiner - has
been - deliGeralely judged ancreorlilenined
by a`sae'red.iribunal. Bear me- ctimpany .
to my cell, end- you shall See , the . evidetice
of his-crimes..'
I— "TiruselesslinterruptedAho:margrave,
I know it all. Ile . 'gives too
,good exaM
ple -of a holy life o and Makes his broffier
monks blush To s ? their iniquities and their
ignorance.'
'But ye know net, Sir margrave,' h: slily
rejoined the abbot, that he' is a rebel to
the authority of the church, and a disbe
liitverin the canon law. Has he : not,studi 7
ed,•too,--- those dangerous and forbidden
tongues,-the Greek and fiebreW ?• Did we
not discover in his cell the wotrks of that
arch•heretic• and,:bldipliemerJohn Huss ;
and, .woise•than all,-a latin version of that
`perilous•and forbidden book called the :New
Testament, which abounds so much in poi
sonous_heresies that but little of it can be
safely read in the churches ?'
At these words the young monk, throw
ing oil by a-strong effort the langor caused
by compulsOry. fasting and long confine
ment,-turned upon his accusor-.- •
' • What have' I said,' •he began in hn
•passionmhand thrilling tones, 'that was not
founded on the wards of scripture, and
prompted by a just horror at the growing
corruptions of-this-most holy- brotherhood?
Well you' know, Sir Abbot ! that I am no.
rebel to the church, but a scholar seeking
the truth, and ever ready to,,give a reason
for. the faith within me. If I have said or
done evil, prove me guilty before the noble
margrave, !Mt if I have spoken truth, why
UM I condemned to a death too horrible for
the worst Of criminals ?' '
Enough!' exclaimed the margrave.—'
Stepping suddenly forward he seized the
captive by the.
,arm, and bidding the tall
guardstuati cover his retreat, he hastened
op to the narrow staircase , with his prize.
• Sacrilege! sacrilege!' exclaimed the
enraged..-abbot, and the nionke:rushed for- .
ward to the.rescue t. but Storkbw-, who had
firmly planted himself on the lowest step,
made such . good use of his steel covered
fists, that he kept his assailants at bay-until
he thought the two fugitives-had made good
'their retreat, tend then succeeded in effect
ing his own escape. .
Unhappily for the-many who suffered for
conscience sake, there 'vas' no
.appeal.in
those days of superstition,' from the spiritu
al and temporal power so unsparingly ex
ercised by. the' Pope and his subordinates,
the • immense priesthood. of all classes
throughout Europe. . The high rank, and
great personal energies of the iron fanged.
Elector, and his cousin the Margrave, suf . -
fired-for their own protection,
,but were
I 'powerless in behalf-of-the; persecuted An
selmus. His patrons thereforeAreknow
ing the plots- and perils he "would lie . . ex-
I posed to intietinany, advised hire to ehange
his name, to substitute the helmet for the
cowl, and; to depart Withotiti loss of. time
for Swethm,k , wherelite 'soon after. arrived,.
witherecommendations of such potency as
to procure -him immediate rank in the
Swedish military service. Determined
AO:assert his christian.liherty,,.and convinc
etinf•the guilt and folly Of.monastie vows,'
zhe-renounced them -forever;-and married:a
S . Oedish.ladY of rank. and merit. Hier.de
icendants distinguished themselves !in arms
under the heroic 'Gustavus Adolphus, and
their posterity still maintain an .honorable
place:in the aristocracy of Sweden.
'Suicide by an ladian.—A, Menominee
Indlan,'confined on a charge_ of murder in
the Jail attlreett Bay, hung himself recent
ly,to avoid the shame of , a public execution ,
which he feared he Would be dootried to.—r•
He, is the third 'Menominee Indian who has
ended his career in the same way, and in
the same cells—itid all, too, dieading a
public executieu.
GREAT4IO.ItrAIN AS SilE mo
ther ofttattonslelaithS tohaVe heep, in ex
iStetice triore - Vitm Ithotisand-yefit's. Her
vast dominions Cover - nearly three million
square miles. he possesses portions of
each continent and - a multitude of the islands
of the ocean., , The number of her subjects '
is Over two hundre&inillidne. -Almost
third of'all the inhabitants of the earth bow
- to tier sway, and' are' controlled by her po.:
'Hey,- The greatness, of her-wealth : it
'impossible 'to 'coMpute. Twenty-three'
thousand. ships enter.her ports - during the
year; which-are laden*: with - foil!. and-a half
million tons ;Of the wealth of distant climes.
TwetiV thousand carry forth during the
'same time three and e' half,' million tons of
her stores.., Nearly one hundred and. fifty thotiSan&vessels _enter.and clear-fro m her
ports during the year, - Which : are engaged
in her coasting trade. Thc..stores of wealth
hoarded in her bosom are not known,; nei
therhave' we eitiMate.of the bounties of
her soil.. noble's and learned men are
among -the 'grezik,m'ett;of the earth.-- She'
has long been 's claerdepository of the
'only-principles of troth .anti virtue known
among : men. In a time-of uhttal peace she
-commissions for her wavy mfatly three bun-.
Ared - vessels, which-could form a battery of
four 'thousand six, hundred and. ninety-six
guns. At' the same time she employs an
army or,.nitfety-ffilie n re g iments-pf foot .sbl;
Biers, tweoty4our 'regiments - of tlragowns,
besides foUrtear-otherAifferent regiments.
What' her strength would he'jo. the hour of
trouble, has never yet been fully shown.
If 'any' empire has evo — existed on earth
which' cOtild a 'pee-eminence over
-this-, no reeords-of-it-have-come-down- to-
Os.--Journal of Commerce.
, .
The • -Monument, on Bunlter._flill, _has
become an impnsing object. ' It has risen'','
to the•height of one hundred and sixty-five
feet, - aull may be seen from various points I
at the distance of Many miles. To a spec ! ;
tator in its . iminediate vicinity, the effect . of ,
this Simple,•unembeiliSlied•Coltomia'gran , i
Vi s p:4l4o
i'siiWejjl l :o3,,`C!tit - I) 6 ar ;
lfg'thi's ( e':n a 'l(l4' at t{ie =- To . piticiiite tes6,l,:
ink l iCaive and veneration::
believe,- is now, suspended; for the Season,
-to .- - . be - renewetl - agititticrtlie sprint, - and pros
ecuted witlivigor to jCs completion. The;
buililer,:Mr. Savage, is - byconOita, tille - W.;-,1
eel till October 1843, 'to complete it; but, l
from, the rapidity 'with phith he wrought
the present season,' we • have no doubt he
will be`able to acconiplish his labor in the
course.. of the next 'Rummer., 'Nventy.'or I
twenty-one courses-of.stone only - are yet to
be laid.--Boston Courier. `
•
RON.,;-AT e see br.the annual statement
Of the Secretary of the Treasury, that- six
millions lime c_htualied.flod ninety : scow
thousand, three hundred and Benoit ! ) dol
lars'- worth of bar iron alone; was imported
into the 'United St:Ade during the last year,
besides articles manufactured of iron, a
mounting to one million,
„twelve thousand
three hundie&and twelve dollars, making
in the aggregate seven millions, four hunt
Bred and nine thousand seven hundred 'and
'eighty-two dollars., Here is, between sev
en and eight , millions of dollars exported io
one year to pay for an article of which we
have at home an inexaustible supply. We
need no stronger argument in favor of a pro
tective tariff than this fact alone. In our
mountains are found inexhaustible bodies of
coal, lime and iron .ore, lying in close con
tiguity, and all that is needed for their du.'
velopement is the fostering aid of the gov-•
ernment: Give us a protective tariff, and
we will' - 'soon find, the• hills and Valleys of
Pennsylvania ringiog with the busy din of
the manufacturer, and the valley of the Sus-•
quehanna smoking with numerous furnaces
daily pouring out the mineral wealth of
Montour's Ridge. • We, hope to see the at
tention of our manufacturers' and mechanics
drawn' to this.subjectit is, one of vital im 7
portance to their interests as well as to ev
ery'friend of American industry:. We hope
that the_presslhroughout the country will
speak out upon theisubjeetlet those who
doubt our ability to manufacture a sufficient
supply of iron 'for our `own consumption,
visit Columbia- County, where they will
find sufficient iron imbedded in Montour's
Ridge to supply the United States for ages.
.(Pa) Democrat.
I)EAT.II AMONG - PRESBYTERIAN MINIS
TERS.-lii ,no prec'eeding 'period -in the
history of our church, have we been . .called
in so short a space, to witness the death of
so many . ..useful ministers. Since April last
tpn have,. fallen. Sevefi - these were of
the Southern part of the Church,
Messrs.. Baxter, Jones," Holman,: Phelps,
Brackenridie,
.Sloss, and .Winchester; tivo
were .from Pennsylvania, viz: ; - Messrs.
Tait and. Terry, and .tie - Mr. Linn from
Ohio. Messrs. Sloss and Winchester were
both members of the : last General Aseem
bly. This is .6 mournful .memento. We
stand still and reverently sicknowledge the
hand of God and at the same,time plead
with him,'to spare.his ohurch, withhold his
-hand, 'andl-send down 'hie most`-precious
blessings.--4Yesbyterian.•'
REGARD FOR TILE SABFAVIL-A petition
has been Circulated and extensively signed
by the inhabitants of the midland counties
of+Virginia, praying . the - Peneral Assembly
to change
,the time of commencing- the
County Courts from Monday to Wednes
day, as, " under the - present Arrangement,
a large number of the ,citizens of the Slate,.
'whose business calls them to the wrts; are
compelledrto devote a portion '-ot the-Sab
bath for.preparationa for court, or in travel
ling to the court-houseW 4 • -
-Amongst the deaths occasioned at St.
'Augustine;Florida; by--'the ; - prevailing fever
there, of which intelligence has just reach
. .
ed usove regret to notice that of Jacob
Brown' Esti., son of the late gallant. Major
General , BroWn... ;We ' observe that, it is
erroneously stated. that this.2gentleman was
a'Peyrnaster in the army., ',fie was only
temporarily employed'io • pay-_militia
volunteers, and there is no necessity _, for - a
new appointment to supply his place.—
Madisontan.
--
..totirvlilil,...i . '..o.tiii . .., •
We copy-from . tit'eeley's "New York
Tribune," the folloy_iiig—notice the Ad.:
dress delivered last. week before the Ame
ricUirinffitute; Ne'w York, on',the subject
of ,Agriculture, by the Rev.' Dr...Chimles;
of that city. • • -• •
•IVI r . Phonies enchained„the audience for
an hour and a half by an exeellent-Addiess,
full-of practical. information, aßtl enriched .
by bursts of . ..gamine eloquence... After're
-tharking_that.ciur Country is a term of wide
and endearing' import, he 'proceeded to a
warm and glowing 'enlogium'on the char
acter of our people, the political and reli
gious institutions of our dotintry; the bouptl
less enterprise to which they have
. given
rise,- and its fruits 'exhibited. on •Uvery" side
in our • thousands Of •ships, thou
' sand_
rail-rOads, our gigantic strides
townris affluence and 'greatness, and the
general happiness - of: our peOphi.-77Tliiiie
characteris,tics are attracting to din' country
the gaze of the millions of Europe as.:,to
the light-houZ of the world--.theY lead.
thousands annually to_ seek„ our shoresoind
,
the millions who remaim - th gaze across the
Atlantic as_to, the' home of departed friends
!
whom they .are . . eager to rejoinlike the
bird whose *ing is hrokenat.the,seasorypf
but which continues' to gaze
learnestly,!'anxiouslyafter these Who •have
• -left' itifehind 'them.
Mr.. Choules Vindicated him - Self as a
. 'public teacher of Christianity in-appearing
a speaker on this occasion. Hei, main
talifed that , there , is an intimate connection
I..betWee_nphysicarand moral culture, and
inskance.d_tlie ad vantages_whieh_have arisen
from theinitive exertions of- clergymen in
behalf of agricultural improvement. ' The
itowri of Worcester, Massachusetts, has
been beautified with trees by. -trite efforts of
a single minister. Four ministers jounded
•
the Agricultural Society of dial county.—
jli 11 ()Hand; itis ii• teen rement of the church
. that ,evety 'skudent. for ,the ministry'shall
ot
f": 2
7 Mt i : .• Clio - ides • Proceeded'.. ko'• 0' - glowing
eulogium on :_the • study- Of' owe :Ist
centive to and means' of ..religious and-in
tteileitual • improvement. Nature :,never
changes ; never grows
.old ; she 'speaks to
1-the obsemer the same language
-now as-she
did thousand's of years ago, and in hbr
grandest forms and meanest insects alike
roclaims the existenee, the:•majestY, 'find
I
goodness of the Creator.
•• Mr. C. gave a, rapid , Sketch of Agricul
' ture since the days of Adani, to the present.
The book of Culture as a science 'was
published in'Englandin-the sixteenth . Cell'
tury. The first reward for an essay on
agriculture was given by that true. patriot
glorious era from which all 'the triumphs
of agriculture no* date„ is 1793, when,
under the auspices of Pitt and Sinclair, an
Agricultural,Survey of En g land was order
ed, and public attention directed•to this im
portant subject. Peers placed their sons
with practical farmers fpr instruction;
Chemistry was. soon called to the aid: of
Production, and-Agriculture took its proper
rank as the first and noblest science.
In I'7Bo, 150,000,000 bushels were the
entire wheat 'production of Great Britain ;
in . 1840,1t' bad-increased to 410,000,000.
The entire.grain product Of,England is now
seven hundred millicus - of bushels per an
num, and it is believed by scientific atitho
ri,ties, that-this•vast amount: may in a •few,
years be' doubled., - ••• •
:Agriculture is die first of useful arts:-'. 7
Without it, all others must languisb, and
decay. —Without it, We• could have no Fine
Arts—no commerce.; Let us look at our
own state, with a territory larger than En
gland and Walesl, 'kir population has ra
pidly increased to two millions and
,a half.
Our western .half'-was-forty years ago a
wilderness—it is now a ganten. In that
time seventeen- millions of acres. of forest
have been subdued and brought into culti
vation. • •
The -revival of agriculture. commenced
in Flanders some - seven hundred-years 11 . -
go. Its soil was then. a'white sand—it is
now the most fertile country of Europe.—
There the farmer does not lumberhe does
tutfleh—lfe . does not speculutA-4e does
not seek offi ce :.,It the maxim that the
'master's foot is the best manure. I have
been considerably acquainted with our
Western farmers, and I believe they would
be benefitted if one half of 'their landevere
taken from them. • In my judgment, a farm
should resemble, as nearly .as may be, a
well cultivated-garden. If the same pro
duet can be realized from ten.acyes as from
thirty; the advantages are invaluable. In
our own state; under the ..auspices of our
agricultural societies, great progress in'this
reepect has been •rhade. The annual
pro
duct of -Many - farms - has been increased
from 18 to 30' bUshels of wheat, and of all
other grain in proportion. And my eye
now.rests upon individuals who'have her
vested 53 bushels of wheat per.acre, and
750 bushels of potatoes:
Mr. C. noticed some gross errors - which
prevaiV in ourcities, especially with respect
to agriculture. :It ha's been overlooked and
'undervalued in , arr insane struggle for sutl
'den-Wealtli. Speculation has been the tini
veiial passion. •In one year we , lnereased
the valuation of Ourcity property mink) ,. '
millions of dollars.. The whole commu
nity seemed' to -.unite In one general con
spiracy against 'the • itnmtitable law Of
.00
condition., `.` In
. the . sweat of thy `brow
shalt thou eat bread." Our youth= have
been . drawAnto this madness by.the faults
of their :parents.- ' Our ~ h ardy farmers 'en
.deavor • to• place • their ~ children in some
sphere as Unlike' their own as
'Under a mistaken - idea of the talents 'and
genies . of their sons, theylcrowd - thein into
colleges and into . professibns, where they
soon find their level. BUCthe best car- .
Renter to a country village is a more dia-.
unguishedman than an' ordinary.lawyek
The great 691 t. of these' parents,coniiitts in
not discerning that Ogriculttire'antlthe'.urie,
ful arts afford scope for the ttilents,.and . op-
portuoities for • distinction,' equal to .any
other pursuits , 'whatever... They ; afford
facilitteti,•if rightly improved, for in-
. .
tellectual itripiovcnOnt; and even for. per
spin& • ,
. . .
. .
MKlT.'slier'Wed that 'Agriculture affords
the / most tempting as well as ,surest oppor
tuntiies for investment, .even in a mere
cOrnmercial .view. Land is very cheap .
hete;..atO rail-roads'are bringing it 'to , the
rlobri - Of 'Otir cities. Alriciet every than
'might hrtrie; mall Karen -if, hp. pleased:,
I, wish I- Could indirce , OUr farmers (said
Mr. C.) to think more highly of 'their oWn
profession.' I have regretted to. see our
young men taught to' regard' the 'dirties of
the• farm as irksome' drudgery. . I:. have
never witnessed Or realized greater enjoy=.
ment,then in a farm 'house, and even n log
cabin. 'How have I been delighted . throtigh
'au evening spent 'in' chemical ex,Perirnents
fore usefel purposesby -a farmer's -fireside !
I Oece 'knew 'a farmer who derrie&-two
Berkr;hire hogs to his own section of cOun:
try. The neighbors'all:bred hegs-L-of the
real' land pike and alligator breed•---all•
i itt but .the_tail......Thericrowdedjround -
to see the' new arriVal; and unanimously
agreed that one hun.drild and twenty-five
dollars- fOrtwo pigs was a. most ridiculous
price. 'Yet that farmer has realized . ajar&
*fit on 'bit; purchase, and now that
.sec
tion is well stocked with Berkshires, and
largely benefitted, by them.
Mr. C. dilated on the great benefits, rea
lized - from -the :eircUlation. of agriculttn'al
. periodicals. :tie once undertook to tell, in
passing through a town, what:farmers took
agtidulterid papeis, from 'the appearance of
their fattrts;:and'ntissed but once in thirteen
times. The whole country, is etiricitedbv
these papers. •I almost envy the chum's of
Judge:Buel on national. gratitude.
1 was lately in the company of the son of
' Benk President—a young man accOm
plishod in his way—who inquired -what
neat tattle meant, and how• Many years it
took 'wheat to - come tomaturity. I earnest
ly-believe that •Jgrividtural papers, generally
circulated . in-our cities, wbuld.be produc
tive of the greatest. benefit. -
I wish that ive cfbuiil
; :cri-Ute'e - . - getteta
Passion..for . 'Gai:dentAgHUnd °Ord cnit ez—;
r1 4 T 11 040!0.4:10 1 k01.
of ou h d h Thienifrfee'd r •
future years.. Lett our Ilwellings-liebeatt 7
tified..with plant& and flmterthe. Flowers --
. are. i-n the language of a late Cultivator,
the plagthings of. childhood and:the orna-
Ments of the gravet- 7 -they raise smiling'
inoksgo Man and gratenl ones; to God."
'Mr. U. discussed generally the merits of
different breeds of cattle, contending .that
our country hogs do' not need - Thrther
im
portation from abroad ; that'our best cattle
, are-now equal to any .others, und:that our,
horns arc - . superior - -to those or England.
Mt. B. Sllen,'who: has just returned
frotwatragricultur'6l tour. in England, con
siders our climate superior, and our horses
generally better. They are inquired for
Land-talked afloat abroad, and some ere 'high ,
ly prized in England. The Penrisylvaniai .
draft horse is betr than the English; - our
roadsters are esteemed there, and . 1311 r racers
are not inferior.
In sheep, the South Down of England
is superior to any-of our breeds. . Those
brought out by Mr. Allen weigh over 200
pounds each, and their fleeces are beautiful
and ample. _
In• hogs, Mr. Allen regards our Berk-
Shire!s'equal to any breed m the world. •
Agriculture is now the universal passion
in England. At the late Exhibition at Li
verpool, 2,500 subscribers at $5 each join
ed the Agricultural Society.' Noblemen in
heb-nailedshpes,Rnd with turned up 'cuffs,
were seen' handling the ahimals and guid
ing the plough. The young men hi afflu
ence are there abandoning their former pur
suits and dissipations, and engaged ardent
ly in their 'proper duty of. promoting 'the
agricultural improveMent, and, by :conSe
quenceohe happiness ofili4eople. Shall
not their example be imitated on this side
of tlielAtlanticl:—lVlr—C.truwed that a very
large accession of members before the next
anniversary would evince the interest felt
by our citizens in-tleAmble seience'of ag
riculture.
l'elisperance Department
' A Illmnsellerls.fjonassion.
The following confession is given in the
Boston Morning Stet', as a true ttarrafive.
" Sixteen years ago,, I was the owner or
a distillery, and was' doing a large biiiiness
in the way of_ destruction and • deatiwand
although the , business' was at that time
comparatively respectable, Lmust acknow
ledge
that there •-was - seldom a time when
I did not feel, in a-greater or less degree, a,
sense of wrong-doing. -In Proportion
,•as
this feeling increased; my interest-1n the
business declined, and the consequence was
a failure; which brought me into reduced
cireumstances. • I then commenced the re-'
tail grocery trade, including liquors of all
scrts,,Mid continued in this for some time,
but could never get.rid of a feeling of.apean-
Imes, which seemed to me to attack itself
to a biisiness which I knew to be the cause
of poverty and misery: .
"It-happened on one occasion,•late at
eight, in winter, a neighbor 'whom I knew
to be very.•,intemperate, called 'as, usual
with his jug, for a quart of poison. After
'it was filled and paid for,' te asked me in
an imploring way, if I would trust him for
a loaf of bread. [ replied in the negative,
but told him that I would take back the
rum in exchange fora loaf. This, hoWev
•vri he Dromptly•refused to dii,..and seen left
the 'store.. •
• " My .sympathy -was awakened; and
thinking his family might be in distress, I
went lnto the:' house
,and, succeeded in. in,.
diming my wife to. go to their , Miserable,
hovel and ascertain the condition of the fern
ily.' •'She• s'oOn returned - With the, saa.tele
Of their.inisery. -The .drunken- busbandlay
stretehed and tienseles,tipoo•a heap of dit
ty straw .in a - corner of the' hovel,: while the
wife was bending over a•sieglacoal of fire,,
the remnant of their last stick of ,woo&and
Ittrivfitete-quellike cries • of their half fro , .; ,
.tin.andthalf starved children.. The..storm
howled fearfully without, and 'I thought of
their 'miserable • condition,and•, felt that I
Was the,catiSe of all. It was enough.
eyes were opened,:.tuni'Linade an enerlast-
ing•vovi that 'wouldtetierAtattaste'in
other drop.'' Thatiks:•to God;--;who-has•en.-
abled-me to keep that vow inviolate to this
,44.1„
_I now- feel it' my dtiar-to use all th'e '
influence - I
- May ever have, , to promote the •
glorious cause of ternpefamie, and,• if pos. .
sible; to• make restitution. for some of the
misery I.have caused. But this lean only, •
hope_ to do in part; and must look to God
for forgiveness."
• What an .example Is-thiat --Would that •
every runaseller 'might exhibit the•:same
'Magnanimity of purpose,. and yield to the
same' unavoidable. conviction of -,truth,-be
fore' Colfs'aiefied"Slialt Natteltistlier
or the fire. be extinguished' upo.n.illealtar. •
TEMPERANCE_ IN THE
.ARIVISr.
Wewere highly gratified to.iearn a few
days Since of the progress of Temperance
in Captain Ringgold's company 4CLight
Artillery stationed arEort McHenry,. Ile;•
eently one,third. of the whole conipaiV
have joined their Temperance society, and
among them,'we are delighted' to' learn, .
-wasthe-first Sergeant Mr.. R
. . was. formed in the company;siittie
time in August last, and now numbers' •51
members,. The wholescompatiy contains,
we believe,, somewhere about 60'individu
als.' The advantages aperuing :to their) •
from their reformatioh, may be estimated
in part, when it is told, that the amount itf
drink formerly used averaged to each man-,
an expense of 121. cents per. day. They
drank 'Something like 2.bbis. of wine, 10 or
12 kegs of beer, and porter according,_ every
week.. .
The society is gotten up after the recent
models- r —the members•give . in their experi-.
mice, and' thei r prate: tetotal. Each one•
pays Nets upon joining, and 25 cts
rrionttt
lv thereafter. The. officers are Mi. J. H:
()arson, 8d Sergeant President; Mr. J Tyler, •
'Viee'President, and Mr. :A. M. Manning,
Secretary,
Ai another evidence of the good effects
of "this voluntary reform, - there - his been
of late a iebaling society- formed ' among •
'then . ), of .. whichSet:g!t . orrap is the . ,presi- ... .„
4aers-ancl: men take :
it
:ticepg,lary44lipliisyo4o
1. - ricon - rage thein. = Atd: Temp: 'Herald,
- Our leause
Since our last paper went .to -press, ive
liavo -had- soMe of-,the-most-interesting tem- .
perance meetings ever held in this city; and •
probably-not•surpassed in interest by any ,
held ,in 411 tithe west of the Alleghenies..- 7 ;••
Last Tueiday evening was a to be
remembered in thii cause.-- Our old friends,
Mcssrri Fessenden — and Storer . tvere upon
the platform -ainongliers, and the way the
subscriptions to the pledge were put down
was a caution, to all dram-sellers and coffo- '•
lionie_keepers...:•The drinking.. men came--
forward by dozens at a
,iime., amid the, :
Cheers of a house crowded to overflowing,
and.declared theiradhesion to-the-cold-watcr_
army as new recruits. They had sert:led
under the black banner of old King Alen-
hol long enough, and to-night was'the night<
of their detiertion. Over fifty :signed the I .
pledge, and many of theke were among the
most interesting and influential drinking
Men we have in this, city. Our other meet
ings have been attended with similar suc
cess. •
Considerable numbers. through the day,
too, have signed the pledge. . :We have but
just begun, and ourcaUse has all the fresh
ness of a newbeginning. 'The temperance
interest is rising higher and higher all over
the city, and' nothing short 'of a meeting
every night •will satisfy the. desires of the
nubile mind. This is wonderful. We can
not but acknowledge with /gratitude —the.
'hand of Gad in this unparalelled movement.
Every friend •of, humanity is called up to
labor. • Let every member of our great
Washington' Society be at his post, doing
what he can, and 'a brighter page, than/will
be written, never fits been written of
Queen, city,- 7 -IYestern Temp. Jour,.
MORE Poisdri.--A man of the name of,
William Wilson was found dead on Friday
week morning on the walk in front ofi the
Associate Reformed church in tlie borough
of Erie, Pa. • The deceased was seen the
previously imoxicated,, and is sup
posed, to have died injury sustained
by falling andexposure ;during the uight.
•N0te::.... , .
`Estate - of Francis Herro4,. deed. •
ETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION on the
JA estate Of Francis Herron, late ofk the borough
of Shippensbum, deed., have been grktuted to the
subscriber residiniiii said boroughs NOTICE is
hereby . given to all persons indebted to st ud estate to
make immediate payment, and those ha :ing claims
to present them forsettlement.
VI , M. MeLAINE, Adren
Nov. 3, 180:-6t
• . PUBLIC SVILE. .\
1/ 7 i lvt. l ;et sf
e'i l • d iZ u ti b g l ;ii'hl s i a n le o a u t
tow nship, Curnberland county ) on Saturday the 27th
clay of November inst., at 1 o'clock in the afternoon
in lots drfrom 10 to 15 acres. About
•
170 Acres of Valuable Chesnut
Timber Land,.
•
late the
.property of John McClure, deed. The.
principal part of this land iti convenient for hauling
from, and advantageously located on the foot; sold
north side of the Sonth , mountain. Adjoining len&
of Glyin's heirs,•Robert Given and others, portionti
of it are heavily timbered with young and thriving,
chesnut. A plot of the whole tract as divided, can
be .seen at Mr. M'Laughlins,' who will show ills
property to any person wishing to purchase. --
The terms will be made knows on eay of sale by
, ANDREW BLAIR.
. SAMUEL BENBURN.
Executors of John McClure, deofil.
• • Carlisle, Nov. - 3, I • , •
•
•
.
. Primate Sale. '• •
..
The subscriber, int e nding-to 'remove from Carlisle, - ..
offers at private .sale the new two story . .
' mUCK ROUSE —'•.
• ~'.4,
'. - • . •
' lir I . • ' And half Lot of (hound
) .
--- -
r 7-
- „ . ..
..- .“- ~ where lie now resides, situate on the , •
south side of West High street, in the boroygls , ol ,
Carlisle. ii,lbirdoors west of blacfarlan's Hotel.
The building is -larxe and.coramodiens;well.calcu- ..
hated for any, kind of business, measuring in front 50,
feet snit extendidg back4o feet, with a eery. ettirifor ••
table back building.. Thereis a Stable on the South . •
end of the lot, and other necessify.put houses; the
pro'p'erty is in complete order. , ' . .
Persons wishing to; purchase, are invited ; to call
and examine fo'r themselves,
... ... . .
~, • ,
If tick sold on or.before the 11th day of December Ak .
next,: it will then be rooted . . „..
• ; '';Apply to
QIIARILES W. * WHAVart.
Cid.lisle, Nov. 1,1841:70t,
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