'with 'an -asvired voice, whieft - stiemed -u
annofflice a certain * . tritlintilL said: , •
. "I require, , yotir decision on a-delicate.
question, but. the rules of the pastime war,
ranyfor . ;koals . o *candid answer: • ton have
seen the-A - filsFican;antl_the English ladies,.
whielt at•e the . faiebst! • .
yoi republican: glanced around
. the circle, was bright with flashing
-eyes,tand the stveetllmiles 'which wreath
. td.-tpdlly have...won a
'less determined patriot from his allegiance:
He did not hesitate, though he bowed \ low
'to,the ladies.as he answered.,
"The . standard of Ceinale..beauty - is, I
believe, allowed to be the power or exci
ting admiration EiaklovL! in our,sex.' Con-
.sectuently those Isdi .s who .Aire..thost ad
• mired• and beloved . and respected by the
"gentlemen, that there is not a . natkin on
'earth where AvontAn -is -so
_truly -beloved,
'adtentleily 'cherished, 'so respectfully treat
:Ad as' in The rep blie of the United "-States.
therefire, the- Anibrican ladies-are . the fair;
eat. he - again; -bowed.
'' ? Tife hill'imi - . whoiiit . now have ., the
R.Eionor expres3hill my vpinion .were in
my enuntry, we.iihould think them Ameri-
cans." • ,
The applause . .was-nthusiastie; after the
mirth:-had Subsided so' as tti allow the Judge
to lre?iteard,'lle directed the crown to the.
Yankee. ".
A SPEECH WORTH HEARING.
. The Quincey. -Whig; contains
the follpWing- report of: a - recent speech in
the Senate of that Site c on the bill for. re
--pealing , iaterml improvement. The rail- 7
• iroad.wirich the •!speaker did not like, is .
• otherwise called a corduroy road, , and con
• Eists , of ,, wooden rails kid across.
.* ; )lr.Bpeaker—l rise", sir; not to make a
---speectr=speechJni4in!"; . is not My. trade-: 7 -
hitt tmtell the friends of . repeal, that 1 inn
-:fornent them, although I hate railroads as
~ .bad:as any_ man. on this yearth, and 1- have
a.good reason-tohate-thein, yet I,shall vote
again repealing 'them „bekase all ,my con
stituents on this side of -the- river bodaci- '
vilely are for them, and a demi lirfny oh
the - other_ side - too. -It -are -a
Speaker„l know very little About railreads, -
Ima guess I -know as much as
s some Adler
~,foiks;4' • AlVe . hive had c'lni
,-:'l:o•Thr;snrcte"-Yeiir's;-ae.roSs bottom there
14-Garlisle . and onc''oti , er.:CroOked •Creek
uhettoin,- Mti - ritin; and-of alfinfernaV road's
for roughness, they bangs the heater. oen
•--tlemen-may-langli,-liut- it's-no-jokel-My
constituents haVtylost, in the single item for
-4 , breakage 4)1.-eggs, sir,-la handsOme-fortnne.
• colt who keeps tavern ht. Carlisle, and
a rale tavern too, not one of . -lour Spring
, fi eld greaseyes; but aright up - chicken fix
'• en-tavern, told inciting no Mortal inan Could
".,tell•the eggs that had been broken, in bring
"'lling•therrt to - tnaiketaertiiis - that Infernal - rail
_ ,_
. !road,. awl:rally _told Arie_the_same_thing..ex
'actly about Crooked Qreek rail road—stone
smashing, 'of eggs. You know Huey, Mr.
;Speaker-?• ,I , wisli you could have !learn
::: , /lifey..caae,..the tinie.iltie carrnige We's Jolt
t-ed op into eternal smash i crossing this same
rail road: [llertli - e - Swlt - er, unable any
longer to control if r . 'able faculties, laugh
• ingly observed, th ientleman m
Yul must con
-e himself to the uestion, and the . ..rules
tit
'.if , ilie.Senate.] Well; sir, as I was a say
ing, he Cost, and he cosi, and-he swore, and
. ". fairly. snorted again, but .still he's for rail
roads: These are my notions, Mr.-Speak
er, and -I could not'sit here without .beleh- .
',ing it out. [[lere the •orator , turned his .
'head -and'in nit audihles.Voice addressed the
..senator to his right—"'Uncle Peter, what's
the name of your - wolf bill ?" butreeeiVing:
no answer, 'he then, straightening• himself
up, he again addressed the Speaker.] . •
As I am up, Mfr. Speaker, I will give you
-tny , oolions on Uncle's -wolf bill: '. [lime
iiite . B3peah'er interrupted hint again, by re
'minding him that the • wolf question was
not •befitre the . Senate, and therefore its
- • inerits - could - not - be - disenssed.] YOtrare
mistaken in your man, Mr. Speaker; 1 ant
not a cussing
. character, and if I was, I
• 4.lrtmld - The ' very far from cussing Uncle
;Peter's 'wolf bill. :No, Sir,4•Want you and
-this Senate„to undersfand that I am no • Ju
p i ter , Isqiricit, on this or any other matter ;
I'm: for-that 'bill 'head amt. ears—no mistake
-.,in shave tail--Igolt, Sir, on . the lota One
„oinorellting, Mr. SPeaker,'and .I'm done—
..the gentleman from Shamrock county-:-I
don't think that's.the_mone exactly either:
•ho. the tow headed gentleman over-there
-said Alie-other day—[iere the speaker as- .
-stoning as lmich.gravity es possible, called
~ t he gendeman lo order, and 'requested him
tolake his seat.] After looking the-Speak, .
~ , ersteattraetly in the eyofor at least twenty
, secomisowith:a wink of askance-he. said—
Arelou in real -3; earnest, : , .N1 r. -Speaker ?-
- -If so be you are into me - about a. feet; I '
s'pose, you • think ; but sir—look 'ouf—l
warn you sir, to' keep a slci7,'il eye for ter
,rapin traps and moccasin tracks.. I have
•rights.sir, iis• the tow headed gentleman
over there [pointing to the gentleman from:
-Hancock] said the other day, that shall not
..be troden on nor treated with discorn.. I'm
Alone, -sir,---- r l would, however.giefore I set
dowti, say , to my friend from Union, not to
look so aserions when he tells his funny
-stories,in his speech, butto give us a sort
;of a-smile, as I 'do, -when he comes, to the
~.,nub, or laughiogpurt i so . that:we may:knOW
-when tolatgh.:too. 1 have' now ,get all I
,was arter, - .lllr. Speakey,..andl..will,cunclude
Alliti 'speech. , •
. .
,- Woman' 8 • . 11dvantage8.,A woman
-rn4y say -4 hat she likes to you, -without the
..risk of getting knocked down• for it. She
,can takea_snooze after* : llinner,_syllile her
'ihusband 'has •to • • She can dress
.Iherseli ip• 'feat andlthly - shoos for a -dollar,
•-which her husband •••bas to-earn - and fork
: v over,to.her. 'She can take 'a- Walk ;• on,
~pleasant day, without the. fear of being isk
,ed , telreat at, every codas house shevasses,,
c'She•can. Rim her face; if too pale,-'or flou .
red..±.lilhe•can:'stay at hom•,Oin thrie
and,med
. again 'if her. husband . .. is.
4`kilt."`: Sheicanivear corsets, if too ' thicli -
~and other .too ..thin.-43tWalo
:Times: ' -
• Non 7 Comrnitttil. , - , 4 grind idate-tor office
An. New Orleans . , on being questioued as to
opinions, replied that he was
.40.:tayor 411ther , pat questions Of the day.
. . From the .New Fork Spirit of the Tine..
AAti'etituies*. eti the .Alkegliitnies,
OR,I 3 IIEASAN'r soooTitw,
•
PENNSYLVANIA.:.:
I'i'ay, Mr. Editor, were you ever in Car
lisle? A ehathning toWn in the central part
of yennsylvania, the seat .of elegant hos.
pitality,• high intelligence, lofty moralsrfair
wornen, and'brave men.' 'Carlisle-reposes
in the bosom of Cumberlandcvalley, girt
'round With - equi-distant -Mountains; • and
without : straining too. hard for a simile, it
may be said to reseinble "tbeauty , sleeping
in the Jai) of -.terror:"
• The very . boys manifest a tremendous
proclivity'lOr hunting there, and can pop a'
'partridge on the ,wingbefore they can de
cline MilaTeir conjugate ratio. I presume
the early Settlers of Old Mother Cumber
land were remote lineal descendants of
. the
Nimrodlamily, and perhaps to this these
„
juvenile predilections stay be. traced.
_Why_,Were•not Audubon and_ WilSon_pati
into our hands, instead hi Differential and
'lntegral Calculus; vhen raDick.inson Col.;
lege ? • Ah had they been, there.would have
been some rare ' , specimens of. scholarship
in certain. branches, and theft ~our learned
would have found it indeed a7"rdelightful
task to' teach theVoung idete hati to shoot:''
On a bright g . eptember evening a very
short lime since, you might have seen Iwo;
keen sportsmen walking carelessly. aloudi
the streets of the aforesaid town, (who 4
sometimes sought relief &Om the langitor
of constant employMent, incident to .their
honorable 'an - d' f u oectipations,) breath
ing ihrentenings and slaughter
: against a
ermgregation 'of 'pheasants that. Ifad their
dwelling place upon the South Mountain.
" Do you think,jo-morrOw will be a clear
ia ?"
CeeUlinlV ; weary sun bath made
a golden set.' Igo by the moon : 'see how
she sits'in her first -quarter-like an Indian
cauoe9n Lake.stiperior, whose waters are
as deep antl clear as the western sky. Her,
positien-is horizontal, and to adbpt the
gar notiom.slie will'hold Water: ' I yield
implicit filth--to her token - nen goodly day",
to-morrow."' , •
• " Two witnesses are better than one in
a doubtful ease, and if ilte, sun and moon
speak.false We will summon •the.. stars - to
ramie their' ir !jury.
,-'•At What hopi.are „we
air inorning„l" •
" FOurpreeiiely„ Good .
. -What is called .the South tllatintain-rises
lip _abruptly like the ttiall of china, six .
- miles - sontit'of - Carlisle The ffallimore
turnpike 'road leads directly An it. Ii is
fourVelock-in the-morning-and all is read
" Are the dogs in the'earriage Ilavp yoti
put up sonte.• cold • hard 'and bread to' bait
with and although last mit least, have yOu
"a drop of the " righteous,'' some 'thirty
years old ; iu your; wallet , .
" All'S right, gO-nhbad."
JoSt as the morning like 'a lobster boil
ed, was turning from grey to' red;" or to
use a more courteous phraseology towards
dome Nadu); just as. the sun° was firing
the prOnktops of the 'Eastern piiie :trees,.
you might have, seen a barotiche whirling
along at a brisk trot, near - the — loot of- the
,inountain, and . suddenly 'stopping at the
Gap Inn." The dugs poked their noses
out from wider the seats of the brooch,
and. the moment their collars were - slipped,
as is usual with good dogs, were intensely
eager to .commence work, and. manifested
toy a thousand frisks and gambols how 'de
-I,ightful was their task.. '
One of the dogs had at times When jovial,
a , peculiar expression•of countenance, join
ed .with a 'singular sinuous contraction of
the back bone, that a phrenologiSt :Would
literally• interpret into a laugh. The other
dog•was more staid in his demeanor, but
Would laugh sixty'yards in his sleeve when
his master made a capitahshet. His hilari
ty bore some resemblance to that of "Leath.;
er Sock Met who rarely laughed 'outright.
" Are you sure you have the flask of
brandy talre - game - bagis - too - mucli expos
ed, and it might meet with accident; trans
fer it to your coat pocket, where it will be
less liable to danger."
A spirited sportsman can well appreciate
.how good a thing it is to he proiided with
a drop of-the "creature," When 'hungry
and tired in the•deep solitude of the moun
tains, beside some gushing.spring he steal-.
lows his- siMple but delicious. Meal, with
hunger for.his sauce, sharing. the contents
of his wallet with his faithful'does slhey
cast a Modest but imploriog look at their.
masten,for More. •
• YOU are just going_ to -say,. Mr. Editor,
we, heard enough about the brandy ;
yon:were,beginning to .shoot.:L-'
But' things of-far kss importance have of
tentimes had their commentary, and why
should not this ym? fTll i e contents of the
'llask , was thd• last precious , remnant of' a
small quantity of transcendent liquor, that
had been incarcerated in • aristocratic vaults
for half a century, a morsel of "which had
fontal its..way into the•cellar . of the stone
house in which. General: Washington hail
his hcad.quarters when in Carlisle during
the revolutionary 'struggle. 'The house is
now. owred and occupied by- the accom
plished" gentleman Who" made one of the
party of this day's hunt.
But let us linger a moment around the
flask containing the precious relict of the
preious remnant of the precious liquor.—
Homer's gods would have reeled the live
, -
long night in Bacchanalian revelry if they
had got their noses.within 3league of liquor
like-this. was old enough to speal for
itself,; -but' although it had often- been -the
cause of - eloquence-and- wit in others, itself
was rimte...—
- It Was old asi,..Methuselah, es strong
as -- Bampson,• and- as Mild ellipse's. - ;It's
venerable age, it's :prodigious strength, and
it's, soil, insinuating• character, might - haim
,sliaken the saintship of Father "Mathew
himself. • And then-it's odor t why, it out
;Vigil:. the ._breeze:that_feris__ the. summer .on
Ceylon's isle. . • •
ytTe are half a - - mile up the mountain.--
See,!bout hot the.daye.are. 'Wo.arc on the
pheasanta. -- Ileed - Point! 'There - is a dead
set.• They burst Rion the wing, their
noise resembling distant thunder, heard re
mote. "our barrekt are in quick
sucassion—eacti volley tellslhat pheasants
cease to- breathe—each shot is death, but
that's not .hard to do_. where bushes are so,i
rare.
- x, 4.ir
~,, g !#; : t,li.j,o4,cs. - **4, . ..4:: ' 0,- a ltp :12))t? IR ci io ti•lti-<,*
. _
_. .
Youriiheasants.make a pretl e yshoW ih.
abrame bagpme-shall - soon be encumbered`;
',jilt tfigm,•but.not po'intich, I should , sup 7 .
Posevas-the• sportstmiti who, ite giving a
detail_of
_a day's hunt in
,India (see." New
Monthly,") says he killed and. " bagged"
.twent . y-four elephants before breakfast. ,
"'1 hat wars not a bad beginning: each
of us killed right and left. I . never like
to he too fortunate at first, for there is in-
variably a' falling OM- My Mind forebodes•
something of the kind to-day." .
" Bali ! you Ace superstitious." -'•
.We aro now. , upoti the Summit of the
Mountain ; was ever Sight so beautiftll.--
Therclies•Carlisle, like a quarter of - a del- i
lar in the crown of your.hat,... If the Sun i
was-shining—brightly you- could—See—the,
dome'of the Capitol at Harrisburg, rising
up like the forejlead of Shakspear. Cum-
Berland valley( like:, the happy 'valley. of
Rasselas, runs east and west as ciiniloth , as
a.. billiard table,.and 060'1er
. farther than
the lturean eye can pierce - ;'• across there,
within a Mile, and . bare•as the lir eni' of a
bachelor, lies wha t is' called " the
. Devil's
race course:" by some it is designated as
, the " rettlesnake• pasture."' It's nothing
but a natural turnpike, consisting Of large
- stones fromliase to snniniit 'Orthe- moon
tam,. where shrill - ) or tree .was never seen,.
and never wilt be.. •DOwn ' There,- within
caminn shot, is the - remnant of an old . boring
'niill, , where *heavy „artillery was. finiShed
'thrriii,g the Revolutionary war; There are
two.spurs , of,'the mountain sheared of their
- iiml',er, as bare a tribe. bad( of - ti•slteep --- oti
the thirty-first. of May, and dim dull coal
Pits emit their lazy. smoke, dotting' the
clearing 'like filack blocks -on a chequer
board. The fringe and - filth:lce • mcn are
clearing- on:. - Listen, with , n , hat, suprising
'diatinctiveness you heur , t he . .woodmaii i k
axe, although at a ehoside,rable distance, a:
it vibrates upon the elastjk mountain..air. .
The leaves-on :the doomed tree first begin
.._.
to quiver,"like the' leaveS upon the aspen,
when the air is Mille j , then the tree cracks,
as the trunk is. severed from r the stump,'
starting the wooden-rivets that centuries
have . forged, then its a nailed 'arins •comc
crushing to: the earth,' like 'fi platoon of
muSquetry, scaring:the wolf in his den, and
tire eagle from . her. _nest. A w B,j , beneath,
..
you hear :a hound.' 6'k:6a:l,v:ie.:Ted fro . m
Captain • tge"s .leenne I :bay-',tjecp-inoutlitid
venireinee as be inStinctivt.lV''pnrsu'os,lhe
gray fox. 1 say gray.; fo,. although he is
t'co miles,olf; for if.hewas ..reel one he
- wouh.l --- haveslroled - Itmgago:. --- A - Way - in - the
valley von. indistinvtly:sen the morning
train ot ears; you _first , detect it' by .the
smoke--seen in the.dini distance. it •-seeins
to -creep.
Weltave looked about. us Iong• enough;
shall•we . traverse Ilonk's bottom, or make
to Ege's 'forge ? Tim latter 'road is the
rougher, but the phyasants 'have untleft the
Bills-so-early in the season„ The latterict
it be ; I would cheerfullycoMpTimuse .for
one hard - fall, for upon- the steep rout, we
have adopted; a m b' CiiiMinepnCt
in his walk. if not 'in his conversation:—.•
We 110 V set in to htintin iood earnest.—_
Tile day was damp, and the leaves wet ; of
course the scent of the dogs 'was tine, and,
our tread - noiseless, but somewhat slippery.
We hunted with various success for about
three hours, when ode counted clown upon
a moss-grown rock eleven pheasants. •
I think-we have• game enough to give
a nice little• supper to our -friends. z-Sup-,
pose we diverge ; take a dog apiece, and
meet two hours-hence at the head of-Ege's
dam ? Our shadows are growing- short,
and r as you perceive, now that the sim 'shines
out a moment, lie is near mieridiap. By
the time wn reach the mill-dam we shall be
hungry :Ina thirsty both. • May the ground
be smootherou here.we -meet. Take care,
there! run . ,against a tree; try and• up
hill—turn a back .sommersetmidlight on
ylitir feet ! catch hold of a twig ! Alkyou
lunch hurt 7" -
L. I belieYeßo bone,s nre brokeil, but Lain .
bruised Considerably." •
.
" Why, your ' Joe Manton rattled a
luring the rorkS , like a pair of. cymbals;- ' 1
another fall , like that, and I shall write your
epitaph. We must proceed more cau
tiously:"
_ I know 'not whether havemvm r wits about
the, considering what tumble I bade got,-
or, indeed, whether I am in another world,
bpt it seems to Ane . as •though the air were
perfumed with odors•too etherial - to belong
to this one. • •
• There must be something in it ;..I almost
doubt the evidence of my own senses,' but
'I never dreamed that a . mint's' olfactories
eould.be the ministers of such intense en
joyment. ".Never linfore did odor such es
this. greet human 'nostril..
"Art thin' not precious odor, sensible
To seeing, us tß.snrelt or art than but
odnt• of tholnind: a false creation.
My nose is made the fool o' the other senses,
• •Or else worth all the rest."
Away- , we started, in different directions on
t our sinuous track, meeting with game oc
casionally, each, discharge of our fowling
pieces multiplying- its report indefinitely
"Miffing the thousand' echoes. that sleep on
that romantic mountain. Two hours have
elapsed since we parted company, the firing
seems to have ceased.. I have hollo'd un-.
til I am hoarbe, and my flirt% is dry-I
hear the echo of your answering shout, but
that is all, and still I think you are nearer
than_bcforewe resemble the assymptotes
of the parabolic curve - that continually
approximate but never meet. I am as thirsty
as Achitophel, although my.tongue is not
so hot. -Ah there is the spring -dam-as clear
'as a diamond, and liereYs the spot to -bait,
~and here is our other dog, his master can
not be Or, and here you are:Yourself.—
;Now for a slice of- cold ham and a droikof
, thesrighteous. Lizarus never had a . keen
er appetite nor Dives . better' liquor: -what
a luxury is thirst when you have theivhere
'withal to quench it; out-with your antede
-Inyiati... .. I fear you arellte.
worse.of your fall I
" .- "l'llunder and Mars! . the brandy flask
is brOlten into ten thousand- pieces in the
litillifeti:iir . .my - pocket 'have:l:hot, cause.td
• , • ;1,
‘‘. Firebrands, arrows ant death ! contra
dict youragy! It cannot, must not be !"
•' It 'fa cam sd; alas I I ne'er endured
calarrifey till now.. Mourning, lamentation
are your synonymes." ;
~4 ,
r;Ott,:!•.what a fall was-that my country-
men!" why 'Yen., not break sour,'leg,.
yout arm, your ribs, your fleek-, your. , any
thing, except thet.bramly , flask I why--41N :
conitntir were fitter 6' kiss: the", - .Stoniadh of
an.entiperor,lium to baptiz4 the barren rock.
You .said this morninohat was super
thitious : do' you say so now Now
ate cause of that delicious perftne„ that
like the offence, of Elanilel's step:father
• smelled to heaven,'-is no.langer a secret.
Whilst that precious brandy was- wasting
Ws fragrance on the desert air, I thought.l
was transported:to • Araby blest.' But
the, voice of repining is, unmusical: stand
as 'still as Lot's wife'llfter shelpoked behind,
her.; (would that our brandy was in as good
a stale of preservation as • she is, although
our.brantlY like, her - salt has lost its savor.)
Peratryenture; a sin, ll remnant of the Ilaslt
may yet be sayedjo the' bo.itOm of 'your
pocket which •contains a thimble 14. Let
WC feel it , gently, - while I hold your coat
stiff for . fear of. over ; setting- it, The
flask is ground . to powder but your.r • mat
.tail - iSAlamji-let roe
TheSe are preciops.dropS! !!
Had I a dozen sons-,".each equal in my
love, the' first human principle I would in-1
stil into them,-would be 46 forsl . retir glass I
bottles on all .shouting expeditions: 11i
plictisants were, on : the t,ioutli Mountain this
day as thick
. : as•aut.
uunaleaves are stro‘vit
iil 7 llattAnUsa's yal4 r
my !
gun agafn.
Let us go home •
Octobey 23, 1841.
. J routthe:ll;rth .71;terican,
The l'ower London.
. .
A. large space., in tlie"Leilidootaiapers (
the Ist, 5.1 d and 3d in.•;tioit—is . oertipictl in
diving the details.of an ii:;tetrsive tire which
occurred in the , Tower of London:on the
of- the 3d t i 00.ober hist. :In order
tti enable our readers generally tti forn.soi9e,
•kiiief;plion of ibis pile of build-.
inge,.We have prepared the follo.w , ing brie'
historical account of this place, Si ititioliife
ly connected ‘vith : the history of lingiand,
having-for a period-of nearly -live
years, prior tothe -reign of Queen Eliza
beth, been at ti ties. the residence of the
roy'alTinily.'', The ill-fated Alin Boleyn,.
.and:tlid-good,'ace.oint.dished and Wise. Lady
,lane amy,- COO viV
and perished . on the IrfocL.4t. is .equally
ntetrioraldb asithe airoo lg a host
of pi hers,' were beheaded Pislrer, Bishop 611
Roglosider, in 1 . 535;
fOrd,in 1536; l'honias CroufWell; in 1640; 1
_ .
QUeen-Catherine Ilowartl, in 1511 ; Sey
mour, Date of •Somerset - ,1iCT542 ;'
ley,' Duke .of Nintlwinberlawl, in 1553,
awl Scutt, du4c . Of Alownonth, 168.5, tvliose
Headless Ivodici were &posited in the
ChUrch- called Vincula, which
was sayed front drstruetion_by., the perse
verance of the garrison and the•firemen.
(The Power standson the north bank-0 . -
01e Thames., at the hitver extremity of tits
St.A.tatharine'S
is supposed to Mire been built by Nl' illiant
Ist, at the-conunenreawut-oF his reign, and I
garrisoned "with. Normans. It is enclosed;
by strong walls, and contains an area of 121
acres and 5 rock. Outside the' walls is a I
wide ditch, 3;156 feet,..in length, which is
semicircular in the rear and parallel On the
flanks. Cannon are mounted at intervals
round the walls, and command every avenue
to the Tower Hill, on part of which the
Tower is situated. •There is a platform
along the ,front of the buildings nit, the
-Thames, tlnd on the south side of the ow,
et is an arch running from the river, called
the Traitor's • Gate, through which state
prisoners. were forme' ly brought in.
The principal entrance -is , on. the -west,
and is wide enough 1,1 athnit a carriage.=
This entrance hits two gates on the outside
of the ditch---..a stone bridge or - entrance.
and h stronglate within. 'These -gates 'ail;
opened and shut with great ceremony, a
yeoman-porter, asergeam, and six. yeomen
-of-the guard -being employed:in rliiriniug
this service daily, and at night the keys
are deposited in the -Governtir's house.—
Near the Tratior's.G ate is the Bloo i dy
Tow
er,- in which Edward the sth and his-broth
er are said to have beep smothered by order
or Itikhard. 3d. ne principal buildings
arc the - White Tower, the Church of St.
Peter, Old Mint, lierord . Office, Horse Ar
mory, the Grand Storehodse; iti which is
the Small Armory, (both destroyed byrthe
late fire,)-the: Lioit'S•Tower or Menagerie,
and the•lleauchamp Tower.-
The Grand Storehouse .was a noble and
imposing edifice, standing north of die
White Tower, 345.. feet in length, by 60 in
breadth, and built of brick and stone ; the
doorway ornamented with four columns, an
entablature and pediment of theporic order.
IvWas begun . by James 2d. and completed
by -William 3d. The upper story was oc
cupied as,the Small Armory,. and contained
frOm 200,000 to 250,000• stand of• small
arms always realty for use:-
The White Tower isji large, irregular
and .massi ye square building, erected in
1070 by' Gainlolph Bishop' of itochester.
The walls are 11 to. 18 . fett ,in • thickness
and .three stories in height.,: Underneath
the building are commodious:vaults." The
'ascent is by a winding- staircase, and :the
top is covered with . flaileads, and provided
with a reservoir for supplying the g,nnison
with water, if tequired. , Prom: its height
and position, the prOspect from this point
is:extensive and very imposing.' Tile' first
comprises two rooms, one. called, the Sea
drmory, containing'• muskets and other.
warlikelniplementS for the sea set vice, the
.other' known as the ~Volunteer
containing arms, &c, for 30,000..
-The-ancient Chapel of St. John-is with
in this tower: It was formerly used by
the Etigliih; . inonarchs. The architecture
la-Saxen, and itis considered One of the
'most perfect speCimons of
: this 'order i;x
_toot: Theformisan , oblong-square, round. :
ed . at the east..en - d i . with five short' round
:
pilleis, surmounted With' five Isquare chpi;
tals, ingeniously sculiitured, and each tar
•minated.., .. cross, Tina :.chapel.. 'now,
forms a part .of the . .Record office. : ,The
Parade, near:this tower, is much frequent
ed on the Sabbath, the entrance to the ,
tower being open to the.publiconihat, day:
South of ~the .W hite Tower is : the Model
room,. in which aro. a ccurate models of 1
Gibraltar and Mbar military pasta,. which
are..ney'er open to the - kinsPeetion....ot .Eitran-
.
The glide of ,Keeper lhellepoeilo,
whieli are.deposited all the rolls froitt the
reign of King John to Richard 111. is orna-:
mented with, a Well curved stone door, way.
In lite IlinicefielJ'Tower, which forms part
of thigAlice, tradition hays Henry VI. Was
murdered:
-The Crown Jewel Office—in Which is
deposited the regiltcor crown, ewels, is ait .
exceedingly&M t Tim. • 'The-Im
perial Crown, Goldeiiorb,Queelt j s Crown,
golden sceptre and cross, golden wine foun
tain, sceptre and dove; corona, or sword
of. mercy. State salt-cellar; 'gold spurs,
armilla or bracelet's, ampulla orplden, ea
kle,-Tgolden spoii, St: . Edward's :staff,
crown_uf
_state,_silverha ptismai - font, and a
large collection of plata are kept in this
huilding.• Also all the jewels used at •tlic
Cimmation. • • .
. „
The horse Sondu is a modern build
ing, erected in 1825,-and 'is '15.0 - feerhi
length by 33 in breadth, It :-,eontains full
lengtltligures, Mounted on horseback, clad
in armor, and arranged in , chronological
.circler, many of the
. suits L. re the identical
ones worn by- the persOnageci . reinesented.
The fil . .svii , Kit er Edward Ist, 1272; lienry
VII.„. 1450 ;.:dward VI., 1465; - lienfy
VII., 1508; I cyr VIII., 1520; Charles
i.,
Brandon, Duke i f - SOUL 1520; Clinton,
Earl of Lincoln, 1535; Edward VI., 1552;
Hastings, En-rh of Iluntingdon„ . lsss; Dud
ley,Earl' of leirester,:ls6o;:Leaonaster -
or the -armory, 1570 ;' Devereux,• Earl of
Essex, 1581 ; • Jaines 1„ 1605; air 11. I
Vere, captain-general„,loo6; Itowaid,,Earl'
of A rutidle,l6oB; Delay . , prince of .V;111'9,
1612; Villiers, puke of ihickingham, 1618;
CharleS, Prince •of Wales, 1620; 'Went.
worth; Earl of Staflord,4 035; 'Chillies - 1.,
1610 ; James II.; 1685..
FORT PITT
The Gaind Store- Honse- , -( ilesiroy.cd
I.by,the late lire)—Contained, in atlilition to
to the arws;a variety of trophies captured
battle—a curious' laliesi," cannon, taken
Ikon, die French, the' shield and carbine of
the Earrof • Mar, and-a great variety of in- .
terestiica thors.and trophies. .' • ,
The or 'QueenElizabeths ..dr
nthry, contains ;
. a variety:Of arms, of ,vari
ions tlesriptionS, used before - the introditc-.
tiriu,of :mini - ; • Siiclr , ai_the - ;BrIl; 4.-11ftive;
ittinsettr,Tartis - ap., 'Piltp . [l4V
herd, two hatoldd Sword •and
Buckler, a Matchlock - Arquebus, a Match
]
lock - Petropel,.. Also,. the arms captured
~ f roin'Tippoo'Saiti and other India princes.
At the end bf one of the rooms is a striking
• mounted on a cream colored charger, held
hy,a page. Sir Walter Raleigh . , among
other prisoners - of state was confine,d in ibis
tower. These appartnienfs arso - contain
various instruments bf: torture, captured
Itoni . , - the • .Armada, stielLits the,
thumb screwy the bilboa or neck yoke, the .
cravat, elt - A.. At the entrance'of this armor.
are twolioures called Gin - anti - -Beer; of the
time of Edward 6th.
• _The; .I . oiQu' Tower, _or, Billwark, _built
ii.,gtrang_bpildin r o_on• the
right of the inner entrance of 'the Tower,
for past years occupied as a•monagerie.
The Beauchamp' Tower is celebrated
for.the many illustrious and ill-fated 'per
sons formerly confined within its
Among them were Anne Boleyn, Lady
Jane Grey, Catharine
memorable letter,to—Henry Bth -Was writ
ten by Anne Boleyn, in a room called the
Mess House,
Such is a brief outline of the Tower of
Lobtlote,•one of the most interesting olijeets
to a stranger, to be found in that great Om
mercial emporium, Londmt. -
"Lbelieve in the law and Ale projils;"
as.the• lawy - er•said:when he pocketed his
Tee.
"I understand," a deacon to one of
his neighbors. "that you are .becoming a
hard-drinker:!---ttTitatlis—a slander;!_re,
plied the neighbor, "for no man can drink
easier."
'Sainbo, do you know dat colored lady?'
Caesar, tink I do., Wind and wed
der permittin', she and dis nigga will be
one flesh before next Christmas." Whey!
Sambo,"den you . will hab a great addition
to your copprosity.' •
The Layfayette Chronicle says there 4s
an old toper in That. place who actually sold
his-wife's "bustle"
.to buy runt—Shocking!
•
. very modest young lady.
in •Richmond got exceedingly offended be
cause a clerk in a dry
__good's store offered
to show her some undresuld Irish linens.
She Went right hoMe and Mid' her ma!
Capital Punishment.—Being kissed , to
death by a pretty girl..
Rhode- Island gives her Governor'S4oo
per year. He is styled "His Exeellency;
Governer,
,Captain ..General . Commander
in-Chief of the State of Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations." Too much' fur
the price.
Why don't your father take a news
paper?" said 'a man to a little boy whom
he caught vilfering his paPer from the door
steK "Coz he srirds me to lake il," an
swered the urchin.
• "That's• what lean a real fi nished ser
mon," remarked 'a maluis • he was coming
out of church. - "Yes, finisheil at last," re
plied his,
.neighbor, " 'though 'I began to
think it never would be."
- A man in Richmond has vinegar so sharp
that he shaves , with-it.
A woman in - England, the other day, ac
tually dislocated • her ' lower t. jaw,. while
. scolding her inisband. He 'compelled
lArtir nod -- affi rination•to - a soleinn 'oath . dint
she ivould'at scold ' again, before he per - -
alined the surgeon 'to mend the dislocation.'
...4'nerflugdnecdqtc..7l.-Twosporting.men,l
discoursing about' a horse that had lost A
race, one of 'Omni; by way of apology, ob-.
served,," that the' cause of it .was an ncei 7
denii his running against a wagon t o
.
which the .. other, who affected not to Under-.
stand . him, archly.replietl, "Why„What else
Was It e. fit, to, run againstF.' . • .
ANininr NAGNETIE4I)7.—The editor of the
Kennebec Jonnial lteeps pig, which, in
liii•opinion, is 11 . : rem - arkiible thriving
one. • Dhenf singuhirproperties iS thus
described by the observing editor:'
"Since -we heard Dr: :Uollyer, (a lee
terermPAnimal Magnetism,) we have marls
-an ii;kporiniehton our pig,-and:findtiotwith
standing he is by tin. theani of a nervous
temperament but rather lymphatic; yet he.
can be easily magnetized: The. experi
ment was tried by. scratching "his back with
a stick. in . ten aecondi the magnetic.fluid
began to optirate upon bin, was evident by
his Closing his eyes and grunting amlibly,
ivjuile his ; slender tail.•eurled around in a
very;periullaritay. -In' tee seconds more,
'he show6d, an:inclination' to repose, by
bcnding down , his back; mid in two minutes
moredie was reclining on the floor of his
pen, in a perfect - soninambulic position.-
1' questions put.to•him 'he invariably
respondeA ugh; Which might:Ebe. traits
hated to mean alMost anything! The . stu
lasted .46 long, as .- the eci•atchhur-timscOntion
ed, difkring this respect from the]Sub
jects of Dr. Colly
er, .who can only be
_waked: by • Ipeklnindcd
yarn after
like
undwinding a ball of y_arn aft& having
wound it up. -
".Those "who" wish *to stye, the •:experi
•ment tried will be good enough tkrall soon
as there is no knowing how soon the sus
ceptibility to inagnetht.itetion . rnity be lost;
or if it Omni(' inervase by practice, as is •
'said - Of the Ilitimi's subjeets,-- we- shall
be const'rai,ned to ,distiontinne the 'experi
ments, least the pork •should, become, too,
ig Itly•tnangetiied." • ,
1 Arli.lcident.7---An iywid6Ot of peculiar
interest, occurred during the • burning of
`thellresbyteriao Church ; in.oswego, New
York. Ilie.snirioner Essex was out--(4-
jiffy). tife - . tlarkneSs of the night, was •troL
Bible to diseoyer 'the light house, and must
-in :tit probability have been lost but for. the
light of ilie..fire, 'which Pointed her tithe
harbor and lighted her-saftly,iii!o port. ... •
,Tringerance lileparlmeiti
PLEDGE .OF T t I Ll-1.: LI NI BintLA&D OW%
T
' EN„.II'EItASCE!SpQ.I.I::II7Y...
•
•
'W. e;' .. IIiL,V.TIDERSIONE,I , ., A'GRE;E,iIIAT WE AYILE..
TILITUSC lICA'PING LIQUOIIS NOR 'TRAFFIC IN
THEM AS A BEVERAGE; , TIIAF WE Wl i.i. NUT PROVIDE
TILED! AS AN. ARTICLE . 6F CNTEITTAINDIENT;:un rot,
PERSONS IN CIVIL EMPLOYMENT; AND 'TIIAT, IN ALL
.SIBFA PLY_WAY.S.._WE-.3V,,I.L_E;suoiYTENANcE.-TmEtt..
TILE COMMUNITY. -
'ea.:—
, Ferilte.gertilel e.tf E.rpositor,
Mr. EDITOR:—«'e have noticed .for
some time, that the Teal perance cause :was
gettiiig some yery good - peptilar poetry - on
its .side, that seems to lie •w a tettnow
is to - apply jt; to • soffit; imptliat •ajßs
tho'followinit's titles will liiii•liaWsti4gesi'tt,.
t lie 'reade r , whe re he - may draw_for. Ills: mu
sic.. IblLE:Asbn.
The - Telaii)era vice Ile' loran..
•
:/!s:/!sswig b:t the Pollard• Total ,)
• - owe Sii:etety;" of
• lyliat-incans—all this- veal -COMlllottotti-ntotigit
'
motion,
The country through ? .
WIIY 'tin the drunkards waking tip . . ,'
1111(1 100,
TO Ille 1111 CW loci t eai p mwee 100,
And to pile cold wetter tliey come, come, come,
leave their 111111
And to clear. cold water they come. •
In Baletmore the reform begun, gun, gun,
to a guog shop-too;
Six drunkards pledged to turn front rum, .
;. - Tolife-attew anti temperature too, _
To life :new and temperance too, •
And to pure cold water they conic, come r come,
And leave their rum,
Aad to ele.u• cold water they come.
Oldßoston next folloWs suit, suit, suit,
• Three tltive t h ousand in a clew ;
'The worst of drunkards all reclaimed
'Co life sinew and temperance too, .
To life anew and- temperance too, • •
And to pure cold water they come, come, come;
And leave - their rum, . .
And to clear Vold- walerlthey come. •
In all the cities south - and east, cast;east,
_ Uuld water hosts youll.vicw,
•An army fifty thoniainl mean , .
.
'Shouting anew for tempermice too,
Shouting :mew for temperance too , '
And to pure cold
. water they come,ome, come,
And leave'their rum.
• And to clear cold water they come,, • • -
Pollard and Wright have rolled the ball, ball, ball,
The Empire StAte quite through, •
And Buffalo has got a call .
To life anew and temperance too,
To life anew and temperimee too,
And to pure cold water- we come, come, come, -
'And leave otirrnm,
And to clear cold water - we come.
•
A little hand are here at work, work, work,
United and true:
Against.Kiug Alcohol they fight .
• For_lifeanew and tempt:ranee too,
For life anew and temperance too,
And to pure cold water they come, come, come,
An:Heave their rum,-
And to (Lem cold water they come,
This noble band werecittcvglitmlupes,dupesolupes,
Of this delusive foe;
Mimi:Nl blindly 'lorWilrli iu his cause, •
Gut awful blue and lik'd it too,
Gut twin blue and lik'd it too,
13ut now to cold water they come, come, come,
And leave their ruck
BM now to cold water they come.
These Pollard boys liavesot the grit, grit, grit,
To dance the lignre througli; . •
They veto Brandy, Giii6tl Wine,
The stun' you brew and Cider too,
The stud' you brew , and Cider too,
And to pure cold water they. come, come ) come,'
And lea ve'their ruin, .
And to clear bold water they come.
Now drtutkard, just a friendly word, word, word,
We wish to sty to you,
Come join with us,nntl one and all
" Will stand by you and temperance too,
Will sta by you and temperance too, •
And to pure cold water we come, come, come,
And leave our rum,
And to clear cold water we'll come.
COme ladies, we implore your help, help, help,
Our reform to Carry through .
- If you will aid us heart and [mud, .
\Ve'll strike` for youand temperance too;
:We'll.strike foe you and temperance - too,
And to pure cold water we'll come; come, come,
And leave our rum, •
And to dear , cop water we'll come.
To all rum-sellers in our land, land, land,
A long titrewell to you . ;
Your poison. Pleaselo Mice yoursavrs,
We're not so `blue to buy it of '3 ou,.
• We're not so, blue .tu buy it of you,
Fpr to ure cold water we've carne, come, come,
And-left your" ruin, .
•
_
F91'..t0 gear odd—Water- Wg',fe. .. •
•
ANOTHER VICTIM
Djed, in Norwich Conn...on the 19th ult..
of deliiitint tremens, Mr .Sylvanus Liver.
mom aged 45 years.
Me feel called upon to' give more than a
..passing'-police to the, meranclibfr death bf
Mr; L His ease is a peculiar one, and we •
ft cl tit liberty in commeMing upon it, . Un.
til his death he :Was,.When free fionfibedb-,
.fluenve til intiixicating, drinks,' an industri;
• ons 'flan; Iciild mid :obliging.=a7aithful•
. husband- and an" affectionatehalve; and
previous to his beComing addicted to heti
its of intent perance, ho sustained a good.
character and isfair'reputatien in society
But in an evil hour he, had fallen,:' made
shipwreck of his • fortune • and. more than
- shipwreck :Of his character,. Mid , • has-lived
for toany•years past the miserable lifetof a.
drunkard. March last, he-ivdver, i'r'e de
, terntined to abandon hio cups anit-intritte
habits:Pl temperance . - This was a happy
day for'himself,-and it enkindled new -hopes
in the bosom of-his. family -and diffused joy,
and gladness in the dotnegtic.circle„ - .An&
'IP this good, resolution *he Strietly adhered
until within ten or twelve!days previous' tp
(, - his' death,- when 'lte - Ohtained a quantity of
rum, Or other spirits, drank to:intoxication,.
.and -eentinued .in 'a state of .. drunketines#
till his death. generally *Cured
Ida liquor at the establishment of Mr. Fran- •
Yeis Bissloutll, our second city sherilf.-•. 7
:Thosc acquainted With the nattfre :61 his
ilistutse,can. faintly imagine the horrible
condition - 'in • which ; he died; to those
unacquainted with it, . not the slightest
coneeption "ctitdd be formed front •any
description of Ours, " tit times,• even to his
latest gasp,
.he wriuld frightful
accentS, ; ."1 1 0 - .BuShne:l. out of Ilser - roond
Put Bushnell out- of the room!." The
poor 111:111 was tormented even to. his dY,
ling moments:by the l'alicied presence of !rim.
who had administered the fatal draniht:-,-
rA virtuous, atni.,ble wife, and several,child
•-reli, are left to mourn the awful death of a.
liusbantl and a ftiber. and the hopes which .
they had indulged, that -he would forsake
the. cup and pursue !Ohs
. of •Siihriety, have
hem) seatu'red.to the winds , •through the
agency of Francis W. Bushnell.
AN EVI..:W,ITNESS. •
!Polar Sbstinent.
A . CALL ON THE LADIES
At the Chestfir Cooniy Temperance port- .
e tion, •
.t why;,pre,w_nbik•ittßi res.blu*
tion Avert: , iinahiefousty' adopted;
-Wbercasi the 'history qi . t.he
that 'women, in gener,ll nevvr espoused -a
tad cause, and that they never embraced a.
good - one - thatolittot-therehysuciceed; -- whiCh - -- -
proves, that in moral'exeelletrce; and ability
to work reformation in •secietv they are
more - than eqoal men:—And whereas
upoira Moderate calculation, more than a
.119 mired thousan . d_feimdes,44lM. last getter- -
:aim) in-thiS scourged and degraded country,
were doomed to' rite torturtng curse of liar-
ing.drunken husbands . , miring their child:.
ren undefthe blasting influence nf.drunken --
6thers, and being thus made th'eAnnocent
victims' "oT a demon whielCinvtides the
sours the ditiposition of its
guardi• u, filtiuts - sensihility, depraves the
taste, - mimes ille-irmUlination, inflames the
ed,,passions„ debases . the 'Social affec,._.
dons, .coniaminates the _lteartextinfibishes
conjugal blots 'out filial attachtnent,
annihilates parental hope, makes Wires .
widows, children orphans, - fathers fiends,
curl all-Of them paupers.andleggars: there
fore,
• Resolved, that the women of our county
he respectfully, but earnestly solicited to
give their aid to the temperance cause, as
an - appropriate' - sphere fur their beneVolent
and nseful lal.ors, .We need the heart-in
spiring zeal and benign, influence of moth
ers, wives, sisters and daughters, not only to
reform the adult, but to save the young and
rising generation; we Jyould invoke them.
by every motive that'can influence a feel
lug - the thousantis of bright and,
happy homes that have been desolated--
by the wrecks of once worthy and respecta
ble families—by the multitudes of grieldesr.
troyed and misery murdered of their oivn
sex , ---hy the sighsof despairing and btioken
hearted mothers—by the tears of anguish,
the days.of trouble and nights af sorrow,•
Of tideless, waveless, ceaseless, slottneleis wo,"
which tens of thousands of wives have been
compelled endure—by the bitter sobs of
the widot ever the dishonored grave of a
drunk: , tushand,bv the unavailing re- .
rnOrs 'Y isters and\laugluers sold to poi.
lution, infamy and death.,,as well as by the
abyss of shame and horroOnto which their
fathers, hubbands and broil ers arc often
plunged: and by every tie. ~ •hich agoniz
ing sympathy; affection and Iwe can sq.:
gest,• and every motive whi :h.. time and
eternity can•present, to tike evv 4 y exertion
in• their power, to ,banish the ~ rutalizing.
poisomfrom the social circle, ant rum the
abodes amen. Let them retuons ',tte with
the runtselling storekeeper, and
oallons. to their entreaties, and so lir
gain as to continue to spread liquid d
tion through the community, let
frown upon such- nuprincipled,trafliceream.•
lwatow their patronage on linen that are
'worthy of it—let then in their travels as far
as poieible encotirage such places of enter
tainment as do not sell intoxicating. drinks;.
let them expostulate With those who are
_iving their aid to the.bosines6 of drunkard
liJ
license?—preventing thereby the.establish..
ment of suitable houses to accommodate
the public. Let them fail not on all suita
ble occasions, to rebuke the modem!) drink
er; as one who'is the Main prop to the vice
of in tem perance—,the greatest impediment
to the temperance reformation, • who•is•on
the same road that the drunkard has trod;
whose• influence is -contint - tally inducing .
others to • embark:on a sea that* is purpled
with human . gore.. 'Let them look with .
pity on the ..poer . .inebriate`and..encourage
him to hope - for, better days—let them do
all in their_ ,po Wer to alleviate hishitherto
tiffieniled 'wretchedness, and spare no
pains to resfore•ltimie his 'own confidence,
and self respect, and to awaken within him •
the moral - power - bra - disenthrelled
, h00d...; And may , . they *.never ; relax their,
generous assistance until 'the coneciencie
of those who are' engaged in ihri..traft,c
this deleterions beverage. shall be, awakened '
and an 'enlightened public .opinion shall
banish it from the.bospitable 'board,' - and
place it where' it Properly belongs, _ the epothecatyle.ehep, - ';
be be
,1 Y of
,„rue-