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E..BEA.TTIT, Proprietor.
605.
Da. kx. nartnExarr,
PIZYSICIAN AND SURGEON-7---Office—
Jlfain street, near the Poet Office,. ,'Dart. 11.
will give Ids-particular attention to Surgical
diseases, and diseases of women and children.
Ile will oleo give-his attention every Saturday
morning, in Itts - ofnee, grates, front 11 to 12 o'-
clock, to surgical cases nnioiig `hc poor.
January 22, 1851.
LOOIbZZS,
perform all
4.41 . 11174% overatioas upon the
eeth that are 'requi
red fir their preservation, such as Scaling,Filing,
Plugging . , &e, or will restore the loss of them,
by inserting Artificial loeth, from a single tomb
to a fall , sett. ;KY - Office ott Pitt street, a few
.$ rrs south of the anilrand Hotel. Dr. L. is oh
c u the last ton dove' orevery month.
• --DR.I7. IV/IL.LEEL,
1a OM CEO PATOIC PHYSICIAN SUR•
IGEON, AND ACCOUCHEIJR, having
succeeded Dr. Dip•pe, formerly practising phy
sician of this place, solicits the patronage of the
frkends of hislrre•deccssor, and shall be happy
t. wait mpon all who may favor him with a call.
novl3. Int F. MILLER, M.D.
31,01VEOM 0 1' A. 'PH X C
Practice of ilfedicine, Surgery and Obstetrics
Drs. A, M. Sz J. STAYMAN, respec.lullY
at ounceto the citizens of Carlisle and vicinity
that they have taken the office recently occu
pied by Dr. Sinith, - in Sncidgrass's Row, and
will be happy to atteMl Wall who may fnvur
them with a call in Ails various brunches of
their profession. We are prepared to visit pa
tients in.the country at any. m distance. Charges
moderate. (ap9ll,
Ai. •CILE.D.
. ..
lrikTh. J• W. HENDEL, Surge& Dent's?
11—.1F informs his furmer patrons that lie hes re
dcoat! to Carlisle, and will be glad to attend to
all calls in the line of his profession. ttict3l
II C.&11.115)
BAUGHMAN, informs his friends
end the public, that he will continue to attend
to all profeesionnl calls, as heretofore, (notwith
standing reports to the contrary. OFFICE—
On East High street. [innrs-3m
PMNILOSE,
A T'PORNEY AT LAW, gill practice in
lA. the several Courts of Cumberland county.
OFFICE., in _Main Street, in the room former
y occupied byL. G. Brandebury. Esti.
. .74LIVIRS R. SIVZITEC,
ATTORNEY AT LAW. Has RE- -
[4lO VED his office to Beetem'd - Row, two
oars from Borkholder's Hotel. apr
GEORGE EC-E,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. Or
- FIN?. at Ilia residence, cOrner (A Main street
and the Public Square, oppositkllmltholder's
Hotel. In addition to the dutte'tr of Jurile of
the Peace, \VIII attend 'dull kinds of waiting,
eu tit tie deeds, binds, mortgages, indenture's';
articles of agreement, notes, &e:'
Carlisle', up 8'49.
Fresh Drugs, Medicines, Etc• &.c.
, I have. just received from Philadel
phia and New York very extensive
ditions'to my former stock, enaltra
g mr , cute nearly every article of Medicine
'""=----" now in use, together with Paints,
Oils, Varnishes, Turpentine, Perfumery, Soaps,
--Stet loner t ler y r - -Fish
Brakes of almost Every - description, with an
endless variety of. other articles, which I am de
termined to sell at the V1E:III' LO WI:ST prices.
All Physicians, Country Merchants, Pedlars
and others, are respectfully requested not topass"
the OLD STAND, as tlfey may rest assured
that every article will be sold of a good quality,
and upon reasonable terms. _ _
May 30
Plainfield Classical Academy,
FOUR 111111.F.S WEST OF CANASI.E.
The Tenth Session 10111 commence on .110.1=
DAY, Y 5111: 1 85 1 .
MITTS Institution has been established near
- iftoolii, flB3 ms, during which time such ed
ict render t one
convenient in the State. J •
In retard ro 11.!althfulness it may be men
tioned that no case of serious sickness has oc
curred in the institution since it was founded.—
_ Esmond purity is attested by the fact that
depraved associates, scenes of vice, and resorts
f-sr dissipation have no existence in the neigh--
- borhood, -
The course of instruction comprises all Ile
—__branchra re q tired y_tliamt erohaut,_prZfession
al man or collegian. Also, modern langnages,
vocal and instrumental music, &c.
-It is the determinatiott of the Proprietor that
'the institution shall susinin the reputation it has
already acquired (or imparting thorough in
struCtion, and inctileating and estaldit.h ng vir
. loons principle's in the minds of the youth sub
mitted to lits, charge.
Terme Iper .S'reston Five 11.1inill.$) 550 00.
For catalogu es containing , references, &c.,
address, ,\ • It IC 13 URNS,
Principal and Proprietor,
PloiokeAl l ..o., Cumberland County. I's. •
•A Piil 2;101.
• , 1471,73M15P F HALL - ACADIVrir.
• • • Three miles !Vest of Harrisburg, Pa.
THIS Institution will lid opan for the recep
tion of. Students, on AIONDAY, the 5111 of
May, nest. The course of instruction will
embrace the lotions branches of a thorough
English Education, together wi.h the Latin,
Greek, - French and German - Languages, and
Vocal ana Instrumental Music.
TERMS:.
Boarding, Washing and tuition
in.the English branches per see
-sion (5 months) .
Latin or Greek-.
' Front:liar German
InstruMental Music
For furiheeinformation address
B—DENLINGER,
'march - 5,1y-, Harrisburg, Pa
ACAZPIVEY.
THIS lie open for the recep—
tion of attulente, on :MONDAY; the fnli of
Nay. branches' of a sound English and
I.tiavejeal tneght,tind students
thorougliltitialr entering. ed 'for 'enteng • pny Class in
Collette. er (Int businees , :life. •There will
ho piai, the 'first coinineneing
on.ihe Firatri%londati in May, and the second
tos3ion on , tlita first, Slon.lay Npveinher, of
overy,year; circuars will be furnished on op
plicatipo in person or by letters addressed to the
subscriber qt fitowville.. P. O. Cumberland en.
Pa.'t,tt . W R LINN.
• NOMICE. • .
THE.l'Cominissioners of Cumberland eounty
deem it limper to.,,infortn the Public. that the a tl
eti meetings of the Board of Commissioners swil
be holkon the second'. and fourth ' Mondays of
each month, at which time any perbotis haying
businope with said.:Board, will meet them- at
- •
•
A ttnA ' • 10in2-li,ffY,-di'ic.--
.:ti.VP 'kW= PROPERIV7f
' FOR A TRIFLE!
`..1, persons ‘t ishing to -escort their proper
ty. &ion 'lira witho4t the uid of insurance
ootoonoics, should have •their.roofs quiered w:lii
Blitko'a Ifatort Inflation Slate: or Piro arid
'Valor Pro'V e Paint.. A rPal eoyeted,lvith
this hot rolph :anger Then the roof
ntionotted,, ir,,d will retvier it entirely Fire and
IVater Proor.: Tliis.nriick ensi ho had chep nf
the 1,13r.1 Ware Store of • •
• u t eri!) •,• ••• . JOHN P. 1..Y,NE..
TliEft TA L L--Alsolya fresh. constant , .
112.4'.1y, !cep: on han,l at 141811 A Drpg
S C. [ in AF2II
A,TiNOLDA writing fluid, a very su
i or I nk, for sal) Pt] 'ollAlt I)
11, • frituittl :gtOkilittrti.4.,-:-' , -- ( AttititA'' - hi. ,--3;7ttrittitiz7
AKE TWO THINGS, SAITH LORD BACON; WHICH MAKE A NATION GREAT AND FROkTROUS-v—A FERTILE SOIL, AND BUSY WORKSHOPS,—TO. WHICH LET ME ADD KNOWLEDGE AND FREEROM..—Bishop Hall
. -
Till ni I
'The N. y. Knickerbocker copies the follow
ing beautiful lines, and asks for tho name of
their author. They ha - 4 been attributed. to
Bitliver, whether justly or not we' cannot say:
Into nmy heart a silent - lock
Plashed from thy careless eyes,
And 'what before was shadow, took
The light of summer skies,
' The first born love.was'in that look ;
The Venus rose from out the deep
of those inspiring eyes.
ly life, like some lone solemn spot
A spirit passes o'er,
Grew instinct with a glory not
In,enrth . or heaven before:
Sweet trouble stirred the haunted spot,
----And shook-the leaves:of .eyery_triouglit
Thy presence wandered o'er.
There bloomed beside thee forms as fair,
There murmured tones - as sweet,
But round thee breathed the enchanted air
'Twos life and death to meet;
And henceforth thou alone :wort fair,
And tho - bgh the stars had sung for joy,
They, whispered only sweet.
DEAR Stn—Every thing is in rapid transi
tion here, and is More rapidly evblved than "in
any other portion of the world; butyet, there
is e basis forming, .as in older settled coun
tries—heretofore a community of men, with
out the usual restraints which female society
Ferts,--as - thq - latter multiply,' and ns mew
begin to have more leisure—and tithe for reflec,
tion, the - more sedate and religious habits of
early edudation end custom, come in to aid
in the formation of a becoming and judicimis
basis for permanent and well constructed civ
ilized—society. Hence, we have, nunierous
churches, some with comfortable .edifices in
which to - meet and worship. Here, also, has
been founded quite an interesting and enter
prizing Tract Sopiety, in * which all the various
Protestant denominations zealoqsly and cordi
ally co-operate. Some feW Sabbath evenings
ago a general meeting promotive of this enter
prise was held in the Baptist Church, at which
a collection was taken up, amounting to over
$l5OO. There are also Sunday Schools in
successful operation in all the congregations.
The first Presbyterian Chureh, in s which the
'oy. Mr. William's officiates, is probably the
most creditable building .devoted to the put--
pore of Divine worship in the place. Ido not
the exaot diiiienicalsjir
It must be some 80 feet long, with four rows
of, pews on the ground floor, and a gallery in
the front end, in which' room for 'the choir and
part ,of the congreglition is afforded. This
house is capacious enough, I think, to seat as
many as most of your churches, and it, is
crowded on all occasions.. The choir, in which
I need hardly tell you. I take an humble part,
is quite a good ono,—better, permit me to soy,
in my opinion, than what we used to have at
home; doubtless owing to the fact that it is
made up of Eastern Persons. generally, who,.
is admitted, cultivate' Mmic to a greater ex
roiyitotlii• port of the_sountry.—
It is indCed'iefteshlng 'to heiCr — tliii itblttiroli
going bell," and' ad the tone of the one on this
edifice is much the same as that of yout now
Court house bell, and is tolled in the. manner
yours is to call together tho congregation of
the first Presbyterian Church, it wakens up
endeared recollections, which never fail. to
S. ELLIOTT,
Shin street, Carlisle.
mace a strong impress upon my Iconsibilitics.
If you have been noting the news from Cal
fornia, you cannot be ignorant of the foot,
that we are not without numerous great men'
—at least in their own opinion. In the greet
struggle for U. •S. Senator from this State,
there were no lack of candidates. Another
fact worty of note, ought to be Mentioned, and
that is the modesty of those great men was not
so virluent as to strike in and #// any of them.
During the pendency of the question before
the Legislature and before, believe, all the
would-be Senators, were in attendance at the
seal of Government boring for the appoint
ment. But although over 140 ballots were .
had by the Legislative Convention, no choice
was made, and the'election adjourned over to
the next meeting of the Legislature. T. But
ler King, the•lately appointed Co'looter of this
port, was the principal Whig candidate for this
office. Fremont and licydenfelt were leading
candidates on the Democratic 'side. There is
one feet to be remarked, although California
has repudiated slavery, yet there is among the
numerous: Southern emigrants, a strong bias
for Southern men. This was strongly indica
ted by the vote for the prominent candidates
for U. S. Senator, the loading candidates be
ing all from Southern Statei. Whord this
feeling may terminate is yet to bo seen. I
doubt not the settling down of the people, in
anncquieseenee in the - Compromise measures
of last Congress, may alloy all feeling hero :
lleretoforo,•partylines have not been stout
ly drawn—and•( doubt whether they will be in
portions of the State. for years to come. In
other portions, great. preparations are' snaking
by both the Whigs and Democrats to be Well
drilled and - arrayed for the coining Spring
contest,, which comes off in April. Iti a num
ber of recent cases, where party lines have
been fairly drawn, the Whigs have proved vic
tors. :In this aity,,wheeoludlcious Mon are
'wanted to - manage ear - municfpai-nthars - in : 4
more honest and imenomield manner than, the
Present incumbenta have done, I doubt whetiv.
or a fair test 011.13 be lied at the next contest,
Ono thing•iii certain, that-as fares party lines
°rtite,. by the; loaders, -they will- be draWnt
but doubtless ;access or defeat will timinly,de:
pond on the Materials.of Which -their' tiolc'ete
are 'composed. '
$5O 00
5 00
500
10 on
The Imliens, who are yery'numerous'ln thib .
State, have been vorthostile, in 6),M0 parts,
.for the last ax. month's. Their operations have
kinei . pullyhoeifoontinectio the outskirts of
the mining regions, along the base of the &-
radii; mountninu : I have never doubted, the',
"Viirtrtl.
A GB 111.
Aly' being yearned and crept to thine,
As, if in times of yore,
Thy soul bad been a part of mine
Which claimed it back once more;
Thy Crory self no longer thine,
But merged in that delicious life
Which made us one of yore !
LETTER FROM CALIFORNIA.
Correspondence of the Herald.
CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO. 1
Maith Slot., 1851. f
CARLISLE, PA., WEDNIEDALY, MAY 14, 1851.
bad as they are, they are not wholly without
'excuse. There arc hundreds of whites in Cal
ifornia who hate bitterly the Indians, regard
less, of the tribe to which they beldng. They
consequently mel-treat them whenever they
Come in contact with them. Tt is also a com
mon practice among the whites -to punish in
nocent Indians for the misconduct or crime - of
the gnilty,—thus treating the well-disposed
with undeserved injustice; - The- Indians-of--
California are Acknowledged to be a lower
grade of - beings than those East of the Rocky
mountahM. They appear - to - be - manageable--
and docile, and capable of . civilizatiOn 'to soma
extent. The Catholic Missionaries at one time
had considerable control over large numbers -
of them; whom they insqacted ,in their reli
gion and • a knowledge of the . ..Spanish lan
guage. Yet there are nurnAtt.tus Indians in
various parts of the State, who are quiet,
plodding, inoffensive laborers, aloWthit seeady.
Capt. Suttcr, it is well known, had secured the
confidence and labor of a large number of
them. The Spanish language is more •or less
understood by the roving tribes in the valley
-of -the two_greadrivers—the Sacramento and-
Joaquin ; how much farther I . am unable lo
say. They live_on berries, roots,
t arcons, and
whatever game they can kill with their bows 4
and arrows. Cogernment Commissioners-are ",
here empowered to treat with'them, -and they
are engaged in aleffordto,effect the object of
their mission ; ti e will tell with what que 7 _
•cess. I doubt very much whether any perm-.
nent pacific arrangements can be made. with
them, so long as they come in contact with the:
miners, who, fill every gulch, canyon and
ley along the steppes of the Nevada' Moun
tains, occupying the ground, and all tbo-
ground on which the Indians have heretofore
subsisted and over which they have roved. In
no part of California, where man can subsist,
will the red man find himself unvisited by the
daring,•unterrified seeker After. gold. Conse
quently fetids will arise, outrages will be com
mitted, and the innocent of . each party
suffer—the Indian always the most, until they
are gradually extirpated from among the An
Saxons who drive• out every thing_beforo
them. , .
Great fears were entertained some tithe'
back, that the rainy season would pass over -
without leaving th&ground so i saturated as to
mature vegetation. All fears have been re
moved on.that score, as we have lately been_
and still are, visited with copious . showers.—
The season of -rain having far advanced, must
soon be ever.'" The weather-during the whole
of it (with brief exceptibnq bee been very .
fine. Vegetation has been in.progress all the
time, and ,our markets supplied from the
neighboring gardens with roots and vegeta
bles.
It is supposed this . will be a great year, for
mining, and that very large amounts of gold
dust will, be • secured. This supposition is
founded on the fact that tho streams will ho
auchAnwer,..and..moruNaluabld..bars, workalite
in consequence,' than last year, owing to the
large quantity of Water which remained in the
rivers and creeks the entire season. — This is
not Said to induce any one to come to Califor.
fonds,' as every foot id' promising ground is,
or will be, occupied by miners before others
could-arrive.
Many persons are turning their attention
to the mining of gold bearing quartz rock.—
On this subject I moy communicate to•you
my views and furnish some information, here
after. Very respectfully, &o.
.-,A,PFMIIRE OF DRUNKENNESS.
We bike the followin'g toulthir,_ extracts
from "A Plea for DVunkards, and AglivA
Drunkenness," by the 10v. Dr. Guthrie: "Give
that mother back her son, as i he Was on the
day when ho returned from his father's grave,
and in all the affection of his uncorrupted bop ,
'haul ;walked tote house of with a weep=
log mother loaning on his arm. Give that
grieved man back hia brother, as innocent and
happy as'in those days when the boys twined
in each other's arms,' returned from school,
bent over the same Bible, slept in the same
bed, and never thought that, the day would
come when' brother should Wirth for brother.
Give this weeping •wifo Who - sits before us
wringing her hands in agony, the tears drip
ping through herjeWeled fingers, and the lines
of sorrow prematurely drawn on her beautiful:,
brow—give her back the man she loved, such"
as ( lie was
_When -her young heart was won,
When, they et ood side by side on the nuptianday,,
and, receiving her from, a fond father's hands,
he promised his love,to ono whose hearthelias
broken, and whose once graceful form now
bends with sorrow to the ground. Give ma
back ar i a man, the friends •ei'my youthful
days,whose wrecks now lie thick on times_wreek 7
strewn shore. Give Inc book, as a minister,
the brethren when I have seen dragged from
the pulpit which they adorned, and driven
•om the sweet manses where Wo have elosekin
the happy evening with praise and prayer, to
stand pare and haggard at a public bar. Give
me back, as a pastor, the lambs which I have
.
Jost—give me her who, in the dayeof,unsul-,
lied innocence, waited on our ministry tb be
told of the way to heaven, and warned from
thathelli and whose unblushing forehead wo
now shrink to see as she prowls through the
streets for her prey. Give me back the life
of this youth who died the drtinkard's death—:
and dread his doom—and who now, while his
mothers by the body rocks on her chair in
speechless
~agony, lieu laid_ out in a chamber
Where see datqi not speak. of comfort, but aro
left to weep with those that weep, "dumb, o
pining .net the mouth." Relieve, ns of the
fearS that lio'heavy on _oar hearts, for the char
actor and the souls of some who hold Parley .
With the devilbithi forbidan-tree,..and, aro
floating °tithe edge of that great Gulf Stream
which swoops its . viethns 'onward to'nnot most
woful ride." ' • . •
.Tho Virginia bloolt for the Washiugton
Dion
uindnt is of granite, four feet by ten t und bears
the folloAing inscription: “VlnutNin,, 'who
gave Washington to America, gives thts .
Ito for . his Illotinniont.". • •
A oortaln zOalous old lady IVIS, 01/00 arku
trig strongly for-wonion'a right to preach; nrlien
dome Qa) attempted to put Iter down a
text from St. yank - 3 .Abi" APIA 0, 00 .
a where Pahl and •1 differ."
', :; . -filititfiritt,':e . ; 'illt.ilitii'),i; lAtintiftaz ~ * toitttkYo2i. ink' .., Ilatuttnt-',Anfarittatinit..
How Washing{ was xaado Coraman-
Every post brought ma letters from my
friends, Dr. Winthrop, Dr. Cooper, Gen. Jas.
Warren, and sometimes front: don. Ward and
his aids, and Gen. Heath and Many others,
urging, hi pathetic terms, the impessibility of
keeping their men together,:, without the as
sistance of Congress. I was daily urging 111 . 1
-these-thing.Vbllt Were ' 9MblllTll*(l:Witli
More Dian one-fin - mitt, not-only with the par
ty in favor of "the petition - -6 -the king, and
the party who were jealous of independence,
but a third party, which Was a Southern par
ty against a Northern, and a: jealousy against
I a Now England army undor.the command of a
Now England General.. Whether this jealousy
*as sincere, or whether it was mere pride and
a proud ambition of furnishing asouthern gen
eral to command the northern army (I cannot
say,) but the intention was very.visible to me
that Col. Washington was their object,.and eo
many or our stannchest Men wore in'the plan,
that we could carry nothing without conceding
to it. Another embarrassment, Which
~was
never publicly known, and which was careful
ly concealed by those who knew it, the.Masea
chusetts; and other Now, England delegates
were divided. Mr. Hancock .and Mr. Cush
..
ing hung back ; not 'acme - for=
ward, and wienilr. Samuel - Adams was irres
olute. Mr. liincocit himself had an ambition
to be appointed commander-in:chief. -Wheth
er he thought an election a compliment due to
him; and intendedlo have the 6i:ter ufdeclin
'Mg it, or whether ho would ha : ie accepted it,
I know not. • To the compliment he,had-some
pretensions,, for, at that time, his, exertions,
sacrifices, and-general inerits , in the cause of'
his country, had .been incomparably greeter,
than those of Col. Washington'. But the deli
oacyof his health; and his_entire want of 'ex
perience in actual service, though an excel
lent militia officer, were decisive:objections to
him in-my Mind. In canvassing this subjeeti
out of doors, ifound too that oven among the
delegates of 'Virginia there were ~difficulties.- 7
The aPostolical reasonings among - themselves;
'which should be greatest, were, not less ..ener.•
getio among,the saints of the ancient dominion
than they were among us of New, England. - - I
In several conversations I found more Ulu one
very 'Cool about the appointment of Washing
ton, and particularly Sir. Pendleton was very
clearly and fully against
Full of anxieties conoiirairii thesa confusions,
apprehending daily that we ...!iould hear very
distressing news from Boston, I walked with
Mr. Samuel Adams in the State House' yard,
for a little exercise and fresh 'air before the
hour of Congress,and there represented to him
the various dangers that surrounded us.' Ile
agreed to them all, but said—" What shall we
do P'- I answered him that he know that I
gren.t.pnina to get ourctafteagties to
agree - upon-sotno-plai,that,aremiight_baunan
imous ; but ho knely that they would• pledge
themselves to nothing ; but I was determined
to Mite a step which should compel them and
all the other Members pf Congress to declare
themselves for or against something. "I am
determimd this morning to make a direct tno
'tion. that Congress should adopt the army be
fore Boston, and appoint Col. Washington com
mander of it." Mr. Adams seemed to. think
very seriously of it, but said nothing.
Accordingly, when Congress had assembled,
I rose in my place; and in as short a speech as
the subject would admit, represented the state
of the colonies, 'the uncertainty in the minds of
the people,- their great expectation and anxie
ty, the distresses of the army, the-danger of
Italissolution, the difficulty of collecting anoth
er, and the-03101MT that the British army
would take advanbidel.our delays, march mit
of Boston, and spread desoliiin aa far as they
could go. I-concluded-with ninotion,iu:n;l7,,
that Congress would adopt the army at Cam
bridge, and appoint a general ;
.Ithat . though
GEO. FLEMING
. this was not the proper to nominate a 'general,
yety—asl had reason to believe this was a point
of the greatest difficulty, I had no hesitaiimite
declare that I had _but one gentleman in my
mind for that important command, and that
was a gentleman from Virginia, who woe a
mong us, and very well known to all of us, a
gentleman whose experience as an officer,
whose independent fortune, great talents, and
excellent universal' character, would command
the approbation of all America, and unite the
cordial exertions of all the colonies better than
any other person in the Union. Mr. Washing_
ton, who sat near the door, assoonas he heard
sue allude to him, from his" usual modesty, ho
darted into the lihrary room. Mr. Hancock,
who warourPresident, which gave me an op
portunity to°ebserve hie countenance while 1.
Was speaking on the state of the colonies, the
army, at Cambridge, and this enemy—tertrd me
with visible pleasure ; but when I Came to de
scribe Washington for the commander, I never
=led, snore sudden and striking change --of
couateitance. Mortification and resentment
were . eXpressed as forcibly ns his face could ex
hibit tlient, 111 r; gismuel '4dairts seconded the
mation; and that.ilid not soften the Brasident's
physiognomy at all; The subject eaine. under
debate, and several gentlemen declared them-.
selves - against the niipoinithent of Mr. Wesk
ington, not on account of tiny 'personal °Wee
tiori against hint, but beeause, the army were
all from New England, had a general, of their
011711" appeared to bti 'satisfied Withhim, and had
proved themselves able to iminison the British
army in Boston, which was all thti4oX - pected
or desired at that time.
I, Mr. Poadloton, of Virgiuia, and'Mr. Slier
min of Connecticut', wore very explicit 'in -sle-
Oaring this opinion.' 11.1T 7 . Cushing and 4,0v0•
ral others room faintly- exprossed_thoir oppe.:
sition, and , their foam of discontent in the army
and in Now England. Mr. Paine expressed a
groat opinfon -a f CI en. Ward and a arcing friop d' ,
ship fo'r Min, htiving,beenliii oilmen:late at col
lege, or at toast llia,coatemporaszfbnt"gage
no opinion on the- titiostion. , , The aubject‘ was
postponed ten futurotda,y,, :In!Alke:meantirae,
pains wore taken' out otdo"ois to .obtain.a aim
nithitY,4hd thevetoes were generally so clear
ly in faVor of Washlngton, that the ,diesstitiont
members woro poranadnd, to withdrawthcirioi.,
position; and Mr.,Washington was nominated,
i believe; by Mr.' Tlibs. Johnson, of MarYlatid,
unsnimouily °looted, and tho army adopted.
, Fraar falai' 'Mains' Papers
OUR EARLY IHSTORY..
der-in-Chtif.
A MtTIIENATICAL HERMIT.
-During the earlier half of the last century,
there lived in one of the villages on the out
skirts of the moor on which a singular pile of
rocks on the Corniehnutors called the Cheese
Wring 'stands, a stone-cutter named Daniel.
Gumb. This man was noted among his com
panions for his 4.olturn, oxcentric • eheracter,
and for his attachtlnt to - mathematical stud
ies: - Such leisure time as he had at his, cem,
mend he regularly devoted to - pondering over
some of the problems of Euclid; 'he was al
-ways drawing mysterious- complications•.of an
gles, triangles, and parallelograms. On pieces
of slate, and on the blank leaves. of such few
books as ho possessed. But lie made very
slow progress in,, his studies. Poverty and
hard work increased with the increase of his
family. At list he was obliged to give up his
mathematics altogether. Ile labored early.and
laboied late ; ho hacked and hewed at the
hard material out of which he was doomed to
cut a' livelihood with unremitting diligence;
but want still kept up with him, toil as ho
might to out-strip it, in the career of life. In
- short; - times Went on - so ill with Daniel, thit
in despair of ever finding them better, Ito took
a_sudden resolution of altering his manner of
living, and retreating from the difficulties that
he had not over come. He wont to the hill on
which the dimes° Wring stands, and looked a
bout among--the - rocks until he found some
that had accidently formed themselves into a
sort of rude cavern. He 'Widened this recess ;
he propod up a great wide slab, that made its
roof, at one end where it seemed likely,to sink
without some 'additional support ; ho cut out
in a rock that rose. above this, what die called
Isis bed-room—a more longitudinal slit in the
stone,. the length and breadth of his body, in
to which ho could Toll himself sideways when
lie wanted to enter it: After - he had complet
ed thislest piece of work, he scratched the
date of the year -et-his extraordinary—labors
(1735) ort the rock; and then, ho went and
fetched his wife and family, away- from their
cottage, and lodged them in the cavity ho had
made—never to, return during his life-time, to
the dwellings of men! • •-.
'Here lived and here worked, when he
could get work. paid no rent -now : he .
wanted no furniture: he struggled no longer
to appear to-the world_as_his equals appeitred ;
lie required no more money than would pro
cure for his family and himself the barest no
cessaries of life ; lie sulfered no interimtions
front his fellow workmen, who thought him a .
madman, and kept out of his way; and—most
precious privilege of Lis hours °Lieber, and'
lengthen his hours of stiuly„with
Having no temptations to spend money, - no
hard demands of an inexorable land-lord to an,
ewer, whether he was able or riot, lie could
-toll-at-his problems upon the tops of rocks, un
der the open sky, amid the silence of the great
moor ; he could scratch his lines and angles
upon thousands cf stone tablets freely, offered
'his - life
was greatly achieved.
Henceforth, nothing moved him, nothing
.depressed him. The storms of winter rushed
over his unsheltered dwelling, but failed to
dislodge him. He taught his family to bravo
solitude and cold in the cavern among Die
rocks, as he braved them. In the cell that, he
had scoepod out for his Wife (tlihroof of which
has now fallen in) some of his children died,
and others were. born. They point ouPtho
rock whore be used to sit on calm summer
evenings, absorbed over his tattered copy of.
Euclid. A geometrical : , puizel," traced' by
his hand, still appears • on_the stone. When he
died, what becam&of his family no ono can
tell. Nothing more is known of him than that
he never quitted the wild place of exile ; that
he continued to the. day of his death to live
'contentedly with his wife and children, timid
a civilized age, under such a Aeltor as would
hardly servo the first saysge,tribes of the most
savage cow. 'y. ---to live, starving out poverty
and want on a barre.. vild ; defying both to
follow him among the desert --
forsaking all•things for the sake of Knowledge
which - ho could still nobly follow through trials
and extremities, without enoouragement; of
fame or profit, 'without vantage ground of sta
tion br 'wealth, for its own dear sake. Beyond
this noticing but Conjecture is loft. Tho, cell,
the bed-place, — the lines traced on the rooks,
the inscription of the year in which he hewed
a habitation out of them, are tigthe memorials
that remain of a man whose strange and strik
ing story might worthily adorn the pages of a
tragic yet glorious history which is still' un
written--the history of the martyrs of knowl
edge in humble - life 1 , •
How TO MAKE A IORTRIE.
Take earnest hold of life, as Cammitated
for, and destined for high and, noble . ,purposes,‘
Study closely the mind's bent for profession.
Adopt it early, and pursue
„itsteadily, flav
or looking back to the turned furrow, but
forQrd to, too now ground, that ever remains
•
to ..be - broken.' _Means and ways aro abun
dant, td every, man's encodes, if 'will and, ac,
ton aro rightly adapted to them. For . rioh
Men, and our groat. men, have carved' their
pllthS to fortano and folio by this eternal prin ;
oiple—a principle that cannot fail to reward
its votary, if it-be resolutely pursued.; T 4
sigh or repine over lack of inheritance, is un-.
Manly.. Every, man should Strive to be a'.cre
ator, instead of inheritor. Ile should bequeath
instead' of borrow. The bunion race, in this
respect watits:dignity dnd discipline. It prefers
to W 1.31 tho sword of valorous • forefathore, to
forging its own weapons, this is a moon and
ignoble spirit. -Let over, man .ho aonsolous of.
the God in.him, and the providencemvor ,him;
and fight hie own battles. - with, his own', good
lance..--Lethimfeol, jt , ishotter to earn 4 .
crust; tharr.to inherit coffers of , gold. ',This: -
Spirit of self-nobility, once learnedCand corer) ,
man wilrdiscover hit/molt , under Giqii f
the elements antVcapnoities - of wealth. ,
Will be ridh,lncstiMablYrieh, : inSelf-resources,
and eon' lift his'facii'Proudlyte *Mot' tito •no
blest areong:inen.Nem.
' AlozondepluMri, Was 'discharged from the
Custom /Mush at Edinburgh; fol.. a in rit..prno tie e.
The entryiu the books stands thus;,
was dlseharged for pinking a fats . ° report:"
parliard run for matter 1
ADDRESS TO A BRANDY BOTTLE
You old brandy bottle, I've loved you too long,
You Lave been a bad niessmate to me;
When I met with you first, I was healthy and
strong, ,
And handsome ai.handsomo could be.
I had plenty of cash in my pocket and purse,
And my cheeks were asred as a rose, ,
And the day that I took you for better or worse,
I'd a beautiful aquiline apse!
But now only look l I'm a fright to behold, •p g
- That beauty I boasted has fled ;
You Would think I was nearly a hundredyears
. old,
When I'm raiiing.my-hand to my head,
For it trembles and shakes like the earth when
it quakes.
And I'm constantly spilling my tea:
And whenever I speak I make ariful mistakes,.
Till every one's laughing tit me.
The ladies don't love me, and this I can trace
To the loss of my aquiline nose,
Like= overgrown strawberry stuck on my faco,
Still larger and larger it grows
And I havn't a cent in my pocket or purse,
And my clothes aro all dirty and torn ;
Oh, you old brandy bottle, you've been a sad
curse,
And I wish I 4ad:nQver Veen born
You old brandy bottle, I'll love - you no more i
You have ruined my body and soul;
I'll dash you to pieces, and swear from this
hour,
To give up both you and the bowl,
And I'll go now and sign—l could surely 4o
worse.
On the pledge all my hope I repose,
And l'll get back my money in pocket and
purse '
- .
And perhaps, too, my beautiful nose I
EARLY DAYS OF QUAKERISM.
Hepworth Dickson, in his life of William
Penn, recently , published by the Harpers, gives
the following description of the early days of
the now sect :
" In the ago of anarchy, when men were run
ning
to and fro in search of a revelation, a doc
trine tike this naturally attracted to itself ma
ty_otthe more restless_ andAissatisfied. spirits; _
and as each of these added to its dogmas his
own peculiar, vagaries ambroddities, the follovi
ers,of George Fox, or the Children of Light, as
they called themselves, were for several years
only known to the general religious world by,
the extravagance of their behaviour, en ex
travagance which in many eases_ amounted to
a real balmily. Entering and disturbing
churches and dissenting Congregatioris in the
manner of their master, was the Most innocent
mode of displaying their new-born zeal. This
they considered a sacred duty; and they per
formed it not 'only in England, where their
tenets were understood, but in foreign towns
and Cities, very much at their personal
Divbrs persons kiiiong!them were moved of the
spirit to do things—some fantastical, some in
decent, some monstrous,
"One woman - went into the nous° of Parlia
ment with a tronchard on her. head, to. de
notince the Lord Preteator, e and - before the face
of his government dashed the trenchard into
pieces, saying aloud—" Thus shall.he be bra
kertire-pieses..!!.._Ona_Sarah
about the city in a coat of sackcloth, - her hair
dishevelled, and her;hea : 4` covered with dust,
to testify, as she soli, against pride. James
Naylor gave himself out as the Messiah ; and
a woman named Dorep Eberry made oath be
foro the judges that she had been dead trio
..days, and was raised again to life by this im
postor. GilbertiLatye, a man of jlrbporty and
education, going 'with Lord Oberry into the'
: Queen's private chapel, was moved to standup
on one of the side altars and inveigh against
Popery to the astonished worshippers. Ono
Solomon Eccles went through the streets, nak 7
ed above the waist, Ivitli a chafing dish of °ea%
and burning briruStone, en his head, in which
state ho entered a Popish chapel - and denounc
, ed the Lord's vengnnee against idolaters.'
liam Sympson; says Foxi who never did-these
things himself, was moved to go at several
times for three years, naked and bare-footed,
in markets, courts, torrus i and cities—to priests
Atul_groutiricAlu_b_c_ustcs,umi_siwi thnt
shouhthe titript naked, even as they were stript
naked. Thera seemed. to be a general .rm••'^
slog as+ ' •
-. io who should out strip the rest=and
many persons went about the streets in the
nudity of nature. Most of the zealous, bow-
Vier, kept to the decencies of &sackcloth dross;
and with their faces besmeared with grease
and dirt, they would parade about the parks
and public places, calling to • the people as they
passed that in like manner would all their re
ligions be besmeared. One fellow, who seem
ed to have had more of purpose in his mad
ness than the others, Wont to Westminister
with r} drawn sword in his hand, and as the
representatives came-down• to the House, ho
thrust at and wounded several before he could
be arrested. On being asked by the Speaker
why be had done this, ho replied, that he had
been inspired by the Holy Ghost to kill every
men-who sat in Parliament. No wonder that .
the- prisons—were crowded with Quakers, as
they were with enthusiasts and innovators of
every other kind."
MELANCIfOrei D. I9 AITOLNELIENT.--With a
bound, I cleared the paling of the old park;
with rapid strides I threaded the path thm'
the'Venerablo trots; witirliSpringl mounted
the steps, and steed Once more in , the ancient,
WO of my fathers. Time '94: Reniorseless,
hMi crumbled its Walls,' but tWe lOving , Earth
had 'eat up the green and tender ivy to don
coal the rtiVagoi nett repair. The out= .
lineS of the old mansion 'remained, oath famil
iar room was there, but the soul that once an
imated this lifoless:bOdy had, gone—thefaatily
whichoriOo tenanted these tidnlls, was,scattored
aid gone fermi! •In as agony of grief I orted: ..
"whore aro •yo ? the loved and the lost
Whore aro the friends ef my boyhood—n!heie ?"
Echo answprecl—noh I yen git mit now
I dOn't knowany 'itch pennons !"
8011 NO IN A l3xsoxsictrit's Suor.—[ffariner
boy entOre,„ and‘biaokstnitb gives hap, tho
phain, which has boon l'opaired.], • ,
yulcarivditi 11 toll you how that
thii hired man John and I wore plowit and
wohrCks the chain, and John sliniolone bro
ken link through the other And 'put his fling 4
in for a 'goggle," while I want teaut a stick
for hini, and tho oxen started ahead and• out
his finger off, and , that John', tali, badger nt
makinga fool of himself thou ho,,did abont tlie .
loss of his finger . •,
i• Ry,"4/ 0 , not' I tqngagoingl.to,'4u.;,llin:
mised_Jcbo Wo.ultlagr I,''
MBE
VOLUME N@.37
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
We know'not when n more sing'4r ease.has
beeit presented than the following from ah E . n.
glish paper. ,It shown how likely judges and
jurors are to be mistaken, and hoW often the
innocent have been convicted: .-
A young gentleman, articled to au attorney
h London, was tried on five, indictments for
different acts of theft. A person resembling
the prisoner in size and general appearance
bad called at various shops in the Metropolis,
for the purposb of looking at jewelry, books,
and other articles, with the pretended inten
tion of making purchases, butrmade off with
the property placed before him while the shop
keepers were engaged in looking out the other
articles. In each of these cases the prisoner
was positively identified by several persons,
while in a majority of.thorivan alibi was clear
ly and positively established, and the young
man was proved to.be of orderly habits and ir
reproachable chartoter, and under no tempts-
tion,from l want of money, to resort to acts of
dishonesty. Similar depredations on other
tradesmen had been committed by apersonre- ,
nembling:the prisoner; - and those persons prov
ed that, though there was a considerable re-
semblance to the prisoner, he was not the per
son who had robbed them. The prisoner was
convicted-on one-indietment r but--acquitted "on
all the others ; and the judges and jurors who
tried the throe last cases expressed their .con
viction that the prosecutor liad , beenrobbed by
another person.resembag the prisoner. A
pardon was immediately procured in respect to
that charge on whioh the conviction had taken
place.
Not many months before the last mentioned
case, a respectable young man was 4 tried . for
highway robbery committed in the neighbor
hood of Bethnal Green, in which neighborhood
both he and the prosecutor resided. The pro
secutor swore positively that the prisoner was
the matrwho-robbed--him-of- , his watch. -- The
counsel for the prisoner called a genteel yohng
woman, to whom the . prisoner paid his addres,
see, who gave evidence wilioh, proved a com
plete alibi. The prosecutor was they ordered
out of court, and in the interval anotheryoung
man of the name 'of Greenivood,: who-awaited
his 'trial on a Capital charge of felony, Was in
troduced, and placed by the side of the pris-
CM
The prosecutordwas again placed in the wit
ness box, and addressed thus: "Remember,.
sir, the life of this -young man depends upon
your reply te.the question I am about to put.
Will you swear again that the young man at
the bar is the Person who assaiilta you ?", r -
The witness turned toward the dock, when, Up
holding two men so near alike, he became pet
rified with astonishment, dropped his hat, and
was, speechless for a time, but at length de
clined'swearingtonitlier.- Theyoung man WAS
of course acquitted. 'Greenwood was tried for
another offence and executed; and afew hours__
before his
. _fleath aoknowledge4 that he had
committed - the - robbery - with - - which - the - other
was charged.
CURIOUS PACT.
A young man in the township or Warsaw
Genesee county, New York, was engaged in
cutting wood; and in lanai a tree it became
entangleyn the branches of other trees.—
While en savouring to disentangle the tree and
bring it to the ground, it suddenly fell; and
splitting at the butt, he was caught by the font
and thus suspended with his head downwards..
In this condition lie cried for help, until his
voice was gene and strength well nigh ex
hausted. Ills axe had fallen, and he could
.hardly touch the end of the helve with his fin
ger. Ho layered to reach it, but it was all in
vein. Could ho but get that; ho extri
cate himself. But alas I it was beyond his
reach.. What could ho:do f - He had cried for
help until he could no longer
in the woods three-clip,'
...peak: He was
—.bars of a mile from any
-.wan being. The•weather was extremely
cold, and ho was halting with his head down
wards, suffering extreme pain, not only inthe
oleft of the tree, but also in the head, caueoel
by his unnatural position and the great exer
tion ho had put forth to . make himself hoard.
Death now seemed inevitable, unless ho could
immediately be oitricated. There was nO al
ternative. SonaniOning all his courage, there
fore, he came to the determination to make
the attempt to cut off his log; and should ber
succeed in doing this, there was but a faint
hope that he would thereby save his life, for
there was no surgeon at hand to lake up the
arteries--no kind friend near to bind up the
mangled limb, Itheemed more than probable,.
t 7
therefore, that he i uld Weed to. death. But
what will a Man no do to save his life! He
in his pocko an old dull knife. With this
he out off the higs of his boot , and stocking,
and then unjoined .his own ankle; This
being done; he crawled tolds - rchirner , lmay ,
ket, and binding up - the'stunip 'with a napkin;
which, covered this 'dinner,: , he started.through
the snow for bonte;','When:he .arrived within '
ti few rods of his house ho was: discovered by
somo friends, 41M nip
strength WAS now exlia , tisteel.!:-.llelp had come
and he, fainted.: lie 'was borne to the house
and resUtiefteitocl. * - IfoisrOinneethoouidotififacts;
and I, ill hero 'say that: 'the) "Igaiitleman who
related tho filets to MO was present and went
for the surgOOn . "Elo,",gaid the wounded man,
~g dimmediately'to the W,Oods and out off my
foot, for it is suffering meistOxeruCiatittgpaim"
They did co, and brought the foot to thQhouse.
no 'then 'said it:Was'atild and Wished it put in
to
warm-water,.. , This 'request wits also grant.:
ed. lt was not in the room in'which the un
fortunate man lay, yot as . soon . SO the, foot
"touched the water he, cried out," !inking,' "it
burns me; the water its too hot 1"_ tip:input
flog the hand into %circler it was found oven
so. ' , The iv - nter - was - then - inado cooler, and •he
was satisfied. I will also add thet.a surgeon
was obtained from Batavia; a"distance 'of fif
teen' or eighteen Mika; and thejiteb again'am..
putated--thoi; : man:. recoiered: and became
proaeher, of the gi;speflit'itni .1141at . Churchl
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