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BY JAS. CLARK.
'PERSEVERANCE, AND
,TRIUMPH
OF GENIUS.
• There 13 at present in England'an American
Who went to that country to endeavor to inter
est the capitalists in a kW bridge which he has
constructed. His name is Risiihovosr, and he
Asa nr;.tive of Virginia. . An account of his pro
gress is given by himself, in a letter to the late
Diion H. Lewis, and is published in Hunt's
Merchant's Magazine.
Vhen he arrived in England, in Jan
nary, 184.7, he was without money and
spent the first five months in vainly
looking for somebody with enterprise
enough to encourage his plan, living all
the time on less than three pence per
day. He slept upon straw, for which he
paid a half penny per night. His limbs
became distorted with rheumatism, and
he was literally covered with rags and
vermin, consorting as he had to do, with
the lowest beggars in London. Still he
did not despair. The incidents of the
succeeding three months he does not re
late. His sufferings were so great that
his head turned gray. He had to pay
to usurers £lO to obtain a shilling for
admittance to the Royal Zoological Oar
ens, where he succeeded after much
gnortifiention, in getting the ghost of al
model made of the bridge. The model,
although a bad one, astonished every
body. Every engineer of celebrity in
London was called in to decide whether
it Was practicable to throw it across the
lake. Four or five of them, at the final
decision, declared that the model before
them was passing strange, but that it
could not be carried to a much greater
length than the length of the model.—
This was the point of life or death with
the inventor. He says •
I was standing amidst men of the
supposed greatest talent as civil engi•
ncers that the world could produce, and
the point decided against the. This one
time alone were my whole energies ever
aroused. I never talked before—l WAS
haggard and faint for want of food—
my spirits sunk in sorrow in view of
my mournful prospects=elothes I had
none-Lyet, standing over this model, did
I battle with those men. Every word I.
uttered came from my Inmost soul, and
wos big with truth—every argument
_carried conviction. The effect on these
men was like magic—indeed, they must
have been devils not to have believed
under the circumstances. I succeeded.
My agreement with the proprietor was,
that I should superintend the construc
tion of the bridge without any pay
whatever, but diiring the time of the
building I might sleep in the Gardens,
anti if the bridge should succeed, it
should be called " Remington's Bridge,"
I lodged in an old lion's edge, not strong
enough for a lion, but by putting some
straw on the floor, held me very well ;
and indeed was a greater luxury than I
had for many months. The carpenters
that worked on the bridge sometimes
gave me part of their dinner. On this
I lived and was comparatively happy.—
It was a little novel, however, to see a
man in rags directing gentlemanly look-
ing head carpenters. The bridge tri•
=plied, and the cost was £B, and was
the greatest hit ever made in London.—
The money made by it was astonishing
ly great, thousands and tens of thou
sands crossing it, paying toll, besides
being the great attraction to the Gar
dens. Not a publication in London but
what has written largely upon it, al
though 1 have never received a penny,
nor ever will for building the bridge.
The success of his invention gave
him however, celebrity, and he says it
also gave him credit with a tailor.
3 got a suit of clothes and some shirts
—a clean shirt. Any shirt was great,
but a clean shirt-0 God, what a luxu
ry ! Thousands of cards were left for
me at the Gardens, and men came to see
the bridge front all pnrts of the king
dom. 1 first built the mill, which is the
most popular patent ever taken in Eng
land. The call° pot and many other
small patents, take exceedingly weli.—
The drainage of Tix-all-Meadows is the ]
greatest triumph I have yet had in Eng
land. The carriage bridge for Earl Tal
bot is a most majestic and wonderfully
beautiful thing, Dukes, marquesses,
eerie, lords, &c , and their ladies, are
coming to see it from all parts. I have
now more orders for bridges from the
aristocracy than I can execute in ten
years, if I would do them. Indeed, I
have been so much among the aristoc•
racy of late, that what with high living,
being so sudden a transition from star
ving, I have been compelled to go
through a course of medicine, and sin
iist now convalescent. Of course, any
thing once built precludes the possibil
ity of taking a patent in Englund, but
its merits and value are beyond all cal
culation. A permanent, beautiful and
steady bridge may be thrown across a
river half a mile wide out of the reach
of floods, and without anfiliing touch
ing the voter, at a most inconsiderable
expense. The American patent is well
secured at home I know. I shall con- ARISTOCRACC
tinue to build a few more bridges of lar- There are men—we blush to call them
ger and longer spans, and one of themmen—whol
, urn up their noses nt the me
n railroad bridge, in order to perfect my. annie and humble laborer. Being lib
self in them so as to commence fair I orally educated ns it is called--they
when I reach America. I have a great I look down with a sort of contempt on
many more accounts of my exploits those, who in some cases have contrib
since I came to Stafford; but must defer uted to their support. « You need not
sending them until next time. I beg you despise a spinning wheel," said an old
will write me, for now, since a corres- lady to her pompous son, one day, " fox'
. .
pondence is opened, I shall be able to
tell you something about England. I
know it well. I have dined with earls,
and from that down—down—down to
where the knives, fork; and plates are
chained to the table for fear they should
be stolen."
A NOBLE REPLY.
The Archduke John, now Vicar• General of
the new German Empire, made the following
reply to Mr. Donelson's speech, on presenting
his credentials as Envoy Extraordinary of the
United States to that new Power. It is remark
ably well conceived, and contains sentiments
that every American, in reading them, must
feel a glow of national pride. We hope that his
Administration of the affairs belonging to the
new position which he now occupies, will prove
to be in consonance with the just and liberal
views which the terms here uttered by him
would justify us in believing he really enter
tains :
THE ARCIIDITKE'S REPLY.-“ It gives
me sincere joy to see an Envoy from
the United States of America, accredit
ed to the German Central Power ; and
my thankful acknowledgments are due
for the friendly advances your govern
ment has made in this respect. These
advances will serve to make the bond
of fellowship and good understanding
between the United States and Germa
ny more durable. The high value I set
upon this bond needs no assurance from
me. My belief in its strength is increa
sed by the conviction that the interests
of the two countries, political, spiritual
and material, are of a kind to guarantee
the accomplishment of my hopes. Ma
ny people of German origin have found
n second home in hospitable America,
and have been received there with be.
nevolence. This is a tie to make still
more certain the friendship of the two
nations.
May the remembrance of your great
Washington, and the blessed legacy of
his wisdom { his rare virtues, and his
disinterested patriotism have bequeathed
to America, never cease to live among
your people. I carry in my heart a sin
cere veneration for him, and regard him
as an exalted Model of all the virtues.
Like him would I seek my highest fame
in this, that the trust which Germany,
has reposed in me may be justified by
my cordial and Constant endeavors to
found legal order, and to secure to my
beloved father-land undisturbed peace
from within and without. But
. these,
my ellbrts, must be assisted by the
friendship of foreign powers, and par
ticularly by your noble American nation.
I rely upon this friendship, and Will do
all I can to merit it.
In this respect it is a good omen,
Mr. Minister, that you are chosen to
represent your government near me.—
Your trustworthy character, your matu
red judgment, your affection for the
German people, are already known and
give you universal esteem in my father
land. I derive from this source a satis
factory assurance that all will be done
to give effect to the mutual wishes of
our governments.
"I bid you welcome, from my heart,
welcome !"
A Fact.
The ready wit of a true born Irish
: man, however humble, is exceeded only
by his gallantry.—A few days since,
says an exchange paper, we observed n
case in point. A sudden gust of wind
took a parasol front the hand of its own
er, and before one had a chance to rec
collect whether it would be his etiquette
to catch the parasol of a lady to whom
he had never been intrduced, a lively
Erneralder dropped his hod of bricks
caught the parachute in the midst of
Ellsler gyrations, and presented it to
the looser, with a low bow which re
minded us of poor Power. "Faith mad
am,' said he as 'he did so, " if you were
as strong as you are handsome, it
would'nt have got away from you."
" Which shall I thank you for first, the
service or the compliment " asked the
lady smilingly. " Froth, madam," said
Pat, again touching the place where
once stood the brim of what was a bea
ver, " that look of your beautiful eye
thanked me for both.' —L..llercury.
A PRINCIPLE...--- 4 ‘ I hold," says a Wes
tern editor with dignified emphasis, "I .
hold it us a self-evident principle, that
no man should take a newspaper three
consecutive years, without making an
apology to the editor for hot paying for
it."
HUNTINGDON, PA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1848
. .
many a night have 1 worked at it to get
money to send you to school." There
are women, too, who will not touch a
needle with their delicate hands, who
laugh at the poor and industrious, who
learn trades, or work in factories, for a
living. " La! how unrefined they are,"
she says, with a scornful smile, as she
lounges on the sofa, reading the last
pink novel. We once knew a lady--
shall we call her a lady I—of this com
plexion. She was loudly belaboring a
poor, hard working girl, calling her low
and unrefined. " Who," said she, "her
father was nothing but a low mechanic."
" Yes," remarked a woman present,
" her father was a mechanic. I knew
him well, for he lived in the same neigh
borhood with your mother, when she
went out a washing." There, reader,
if you had been present, you would have
seen a strange confusion of face, and
heard a vain attempt to utter something
too•prickly to come out. It stuck in her
throat. When we hear men or women
speak lightly of the industrious part of
the community, we feel just like tracing
back their genealogy. We have done
so in several instances, and you would
be surprised at what we learned. The
most aristocratic man of our acquaint
ance is the grandson of a fiddler; the
proudest woman, the daughter of a wash
woman. It betrays a lack of good sense
to condemn or look with contempt on
any virtuous person, however poor he
or she may be. The wise and good re
spect and love goodness wherever it is
found.
Music
Every womanlWOhas an aptitude
for music or .singing, should bless God
for. the gift, and cultivate it with dili
gence; not that she may dazzle strangers
but that she may bring gladness to her
own fireside. The influence of music
in strengthening the affections is far
from being perceived by many of its ad
•mirers : a sweet melody brings all hearts
together, as it were with a golden cord :
it makes the pulse beat in unison and all
hearts thrill with sympathy. But the
music of the fireside must be simple and
unpretending; it does not r equire bril
liancy of execution, but tenderness of
feeling—a merry tune for the young, a
more subdued strain for the aged, but
none of the noisy claptrap which is so
popular in public. It is a mistake to
suppose that to enjoy music reqttires
great cultivation ; the degree of enjoy
ment will, of course, vary with our pow
er of appreciation; it is able •to attract
even the ignorant; and this is what the
poets taught when they made Orpheus
and his brethren the civilizers of the
earth. In cases where musical instru
ments are not within reach we may mod
ulate our voices and make them give
forth sweet sounds.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—There fell un
der our observation yesterday—says the
Kingston (N. Y.) Journal, the most
singular case we have ever witnessed.
The subject is a man named
i Snyder, a
ged about 35 years, residing n the town
of Nvawarsing,, in Ulster county. Four
months ago he had an attack of sickness,
but recovered, and was to all appearance ,
entirely healed. About a fortnight after
his recovery he was seized with drowsi
ness, and for some time after slept near
ly two thirds of the day. The disease
continued to increase, until he would
sleep two or three days without waking.
When we saw him yesterday he was
continuing an uninterrupted sleep of
five days.—His pulse is regular, though
not very full; his respiration is easy
and natural, and his skin moist and cool.
If food or drink be placed in his mouth
he swallows it, and he walks when led
by the hand and slightly supported. On
Thursday last he awoke from a sleep of
two days, spoke a few words and struck
a lady who was in the room violently
with a chair, and almost immediately
after sunk into his present slumber. He
ma on his way to the New York Hospi
tal.
ANECDOTE OF TOM THUMB.-At Cin•
cinnati, Ohio, when Tom Thumb was
selling his pamphlet, and greeting the
ladies with a kiss, a negro woman
bought one and puckered up her month
for n salute. Toni drew back—
" Ah, ah," said he, "go away, color
ed woman, dis child ain't gwine to 'mai
gamete."
" Well, please de lor," exclaimed the
negro woman in astonishment, " if he
wasn't no bigger den a mouse, he'd be
sure to have aufEn agin de colored pop
'lntion."
Thrilling Incident at the Menege-
Noble Gallantry of the Lion.—On
Thursday of last week, during the heavy
storm of wind and rain, while the ex
tensive collection of wild beasts in the
Menegerie of Messrs. Raymond and
Warring were in the village of Norwalk,
a feature was introduced in the exhibi
tion not previously mentioned in the
bills. About four o'clock in the after
noon a violent gust of wind blew down
the canvass which forms the large pa
villion,-completely enveloped the spec
tators and cages of the animals in one
common mass of confusion.
The accident happened at the time
when Miss Adelina, the Lion Queen as
she is styled, was performing in the den
of wild beasts, and as the fright ofthe
animals rendered them seemingly un- 1
controllable, great fears were entertain
ed for the safety of that interesting
young lady. At this moment a scene
of indescribable terror and confusion
presented itself. The roaring of the
terrified beasts,' the screams of women
and children, and the " peltinirs of the e i
pittiless storm" without, rendered the
scene truly appalling. The panic, how
ever, was but momentary, as the prompt
and energetic measures taken by the 1
managers soon cleared the wreck, no
person having received the slightest in-1
jury.
I - 3ut the most interesting incident re
mains to be told. The uproar among
the lions, tigers and leopards in the per
forming cage, gave 'rise to a report that
they were devouring Miss Adelina. In
the next instant the canvass was strip
ped from the cage, when a tableaux pre
sented itself such as would defy either
poet, painter or sculptor to portray with
accuracy. In the centre of the den a
young and beautiful lion, (the same re
cently presented to Gen. Cass, by the
Emperor of Morocco,) in a rampant po
sition, forming the strong feature of the
picture ;.beneath one of his hind feet
lay stretched the dead body of a leop
ard, and struggling within the invinci
ble grasp of his fore paws were the ti
ger and surviving leopard.
In the opposite end of the cage, trans
fixed as a marble statue, with dauntless
eye and majestic attitude, the same as
when she commands the wild beasts to
crouch at her feet, stood the Lion Queen
Miss Adelina. The young lady states
that the two leopards and the tiger made
a simultaneous spring for her, at the
moment the canvass was blown down,
and were repulsed by the noble gallant
ry
of the lion, who bounded between
them, and protected her in the manner
described. The presence of the keep
er, Mr. Pierce, soon reduced the savage
group to subjection, and the Lion Queen
was happily relieved front a further par
ticipation in the extra performance.—N.
Y. Evening Pose.
A Wedding Spoiled.
A curious affair came ofl'on Sunday
night, in the upper part of the city, and
ns the matter may come legally before
the authorities, we for the present for
bear to mention any names. It ap
pears that a clerk in an importing house
was to have been married on Sunday
night to a young lady, the daughter of a
respectable mechanic. A select party
was in attendance to witness the nup
tial ceremonies; and all were gay and
joyous, until the ceremony was about
proceeding, when the mirth was checked
by the sudden entrance of a female, with
a child in her arms, Who rushed up to
the intended bridegroom and claimed
him ns the father of the child. For a
few minutes all was consternation. The
young man denied that he had seen the
woman before, and said she was deran
ged. The father was indignant, and for
a time did not know which to believe,
when the affair was ended by the female
pulling out a Dagnerrotype likeness of
the nice young man, and, exhibiting it
to him, said, " You dont know me ; you
did'nt give me this in Newburg, when
you said you'd marry me." By this
time the young lady, who had nearly
been made the victim of a scoundrel, was
taken from the room insensible.
The father was about sending for
the police, when, upon looking round
he found that the fellow had left. The
matter ended for that night, and the
next day the female whom he had ruin
ed, made complaint before the authori
ties to compel the fellow to take care of
her Y. Globe.
0 .. 7- When Sir Nicholas lincon, n Judge
in- the reign of Elizabeth, was on the
bench, he was strongly importuned by
a criminal to save his life on the score
of relationship. " Why so'!" inquired
the Judge. "Why," replied the culprit,
"my name is Hogg, and yours is Ba
con, and hog and Bacon are so near akin,
that they cannot be separated.' "Aye,"
said Nicholas, " but you and I cannot
be related unless you arc hanged, for
hog is not bacon till it is well hanged."
4iv
-_ l ioon tt r
r.
lie had her there.
A very respectable looking lady step•
ped into a store in Washington street, a
few days ago, to buy a steel reticule;
the clerk handed out a great variety of
sorts, sizes and pricer, all of which the
lady deliberately viewed., handled and
commented upon; until at length liav•
ing made her selection of a small one,
at $2,50, she gave the clerk a ten dol
lar note to deduct the amount; the clerk
went to the desk, and returning, gave
the lady her change.
" Why, here's but two dollars and a
half!" says she.
"Exactly madam," replies the clerk.
" Well, but I gave you a ten dollar
bill, sir!"
"Precisely, madam," says the polite
clerk.
" This bag is two and a half, is it natl."
says the lady, holding forth the purchase
ed reticule.
"Two dollars and a half is the price
madam."
"'Then why do you take out seVen
dollars and a half, sift"
" Why, madam, this reticule is two
dollars and a' half—"
" Very well, sir," says the lady.
"And that one attached to your dress
beneath your cardinal, h fire dollera
more I" said the complaisant clerk, rais
ing up the lady's cardinal and display
ing a very handsome steel bead reticule
there secreted. The lady became quite
agitated, but the humane clerk assured
her it was all perfectly right—
" You dont for a moment suppose sir"
—said time lady in a low and husky voice
"that I intended—"
" 0 ! certainly not, madam !" said the
clerk.
.0, It's all right, madam perfectly
correct," continued the clerk.
• " Good morning sir said the lady, bow
ing and grinning a ghastly smile.
"Good morning," responded the
gentlemanly clerk, bowing the lady safe
ly off out of the premises. No fancy
sketch this—Boston .31ai .
LIVE FOR SOMETRlNG.—Thousands
, breathe, move and live—pass off the stage
of life and are heard of no more. %% by 1
They did not a particle of good in the
world ; none were blest by them; none
could point to them as the instrument of
their redemption ; not a line they wrote
—not a word they spoke could be recall
ed, and so they perished, their light went
out in darkness, And they were not re
memberd more than the insect of yester
day. Will you thus live and die, 0 man
immortal 1 Live for something. Do
good and leave behind you a monument
of virtue that the storms of time can
never destroy. Write your name in
kindness, love and mercy, on the hearts
of ten thousands you come in contact
with year by year, and you will never be
forgotton. No, your name—your deeds
—will be ns legible on the hearts you
leave behind, as the stars on the brow
of evening. Good deeds will shipe as
brightly on the earth as the stars in
Heaven.
GENEROUS, THOUGII FRUGAL.—Some
ladies, collecting for a charitable insti
tution, waited on a rich financier to so
licit a donation. Overhearing him find
ing fault with a clerk who had thrown
away a pen which, might have been ser
viceable, "Our visit is in vain," said one
of the ladies, in a low voice; "there is
nothing to be expected for the poor from
a man who is so stingy about an old
pen." They were, however, astonished
when the financier most graciously gave
them a large sum of money. They could
not resist telling him what their appre
hentions were in respect to the pen, when
he answered them :" Ladies it is by in
troducing the strictest economy in the
arrangements of my house, that 1 amass
that which enables me to contribute to
the very charitable institutions for
which you are collecting."
Something from a Wit.
A droll fellow was asked by an old
lady to read the newspaper, and taking
it up he began as follows :
"Last night yesterday morning about
two o'clock in the afternoon before break-
fast, a hungry boy about forty years old
nought a lip custard fora levy, and threw
it through a brick stone wall made out
of logs nine feet thick, and jumping over
under it broke his ankle oft' right above
the knee, fell into a dry pond and was
drowned.—About forty years afterwards
on the same day, an old cat had nine
turkey gobblers, a dead horse kicked a
blind man's eye out, a hurricane came
down like a zephyr and blew Yankee
Doodle on the frying pan, and knocked
down Bill's boots off the kitchen shelf
and killed an old pig and nine dead sows
at Besting where a deaf and dumb man
was talking French to his aunt Peter."
The old lady taking a long breath, ex•
claimed, " did he live 1 . Du tell !"
VOL, XIII, NO. 48,
The lower Class--Who are Ihey.f
The toiling millions, the laboring man
and woman, the farmer, the mechanic,
the artisan, the inventor,- the producer 1
Far from it !—These are natures nobil
ity—God's favorites—the salt of the
earth. No matter whether high or low
in station, rich or poor in pelf, conspic
uous or humble in position, they are
surely the "tipper circles" in the order
of nature, whatever Inc lieticious dis
tinctions of society, fashionable or un
fashionable, decree. It is not is
the duty, privilege,- and pleasure, for the
great man and the whole sou led woman,
to earn what they possess, to work their
own way through life, to be the archi
tect of their own fortunes.—Some may
rank the classes we have alluded to as
only relatively low, and in fact the mid
dling classes. ‘1 e insist they are ab
solutely the very highest.—lf there is a
class of human beings on earth ; who
may prorrly be denominated low, it is
those who spend without. earning, who
consume without producing, who disi
pate the earnings of their fathers or rel
atives, without doing any thing iu aid
of themselves.
Falling from Grater,
&deli iah Broadhead, was a man some
what less of stature than Goliah of
Gath, though posses Sing perhaps as
much physical strength. So the village'
Wrestlers thought, when out of sport,
he took up d *hole handful of them and
dashed them on the ground. During a
religious revival, Zedekiah was convert ,
ed and joined the Methodist Church.
One evening, while on his way from
his class meeting { he Was assailed by
half a dozen of his former companions,
shouting :
" Now Zed has become a christian
and cannot fight : let's give him a thresh
ing.
"Hold a moment," interposed Zed,
putting forth an arm as long as a rail ;
1 4 I know a Christian cannot light ; but I
belong to a denomination Who believe
in falling front grace—and," continued
the convert, planting his foot more firm•
ly on the earth, and offering up like a
giant in the moon-light, his arms falling
back to an angle of forty-five degrees,
"If 1 should fall from grace," here he
lowered his voice to a tone of (minions
solemnity, and advanced three paces to
wards his retreated assailants—" If I
snottid fall from grace, wo be to your
The scamps overawed by a doubt of
the saint's perseverance, decamped with
precaution, leaving Zed as Apollyon left
Christian, to go on his way rejoicing.
re A western jury sitting on a trial
for stealing a jug of whiskey, renderd
the following verdict: * 4 We, the jury
find the defendent not guilty, and rec
ommend him to mercy—the Sheriff to
treat the jury—the attorney to pay the
costs, and the Judge to fill the jug which
the defendant drank out of, and which
the jury have emptied during the trial.
An Enworthy Shepherd.
Rev. Isaac W. Wallace has been cut
tong up queer shines in the Grand Riv
er country, Missouri. The chronicle
says he claimed to be an authorized
' preacher of the Christian church—rep•
resenting himself to be a widower—fell
in love with a girl just turned into wo
manhood—and then they thought of en
quiring what mariner of man he was. It
turned out that he had a wife and chil
dren near Spencer, la., whom he had de
serted. When this information was re
ceived in a letter from the Post Master
of that town, Parson Wallace put out,
end when last seen he was between
Cox's Mill and Linetus, going it with the
speed of the locomotive.—St. Louis Re.
publican.
IMPROVED CIDER MILL. -At Madison
New Jersey, there is a cider mill which
consumes about twelve hundred bushels
of apples per day. The apples are not
ground or broken by squeezing between
the nuts, as in the common cider mill,
but they are cut into very thin slices by
verp thin knives, around two revolving
cylenderv, and then pressed in a ma
chine, from which the juice comes out
entirely free from the pulp and other
things which are found in new cider at
the old mills, the cider retaining its
sweetness n much longer time.
The price of apples was perhaps nev
er lower than this year. The farmers
bring them by the wagon load ten or
fifteen miles, and sell them at the mill
for five cents a busbel.—Jour. Com.
WORKING ROTH WAYS I—A geltleman,
being forced to sell a pair of It iT oxen to
pay his servant his wages, told his ser.
vans he could keep him no longer, not
knowing how to pay him the next year.
The servant answered him, he would
serve him for more of his cattle. " But
what shall 1 do," said the master, "when
all my cattle are gonel" The servant
replied, "You shall then serve me, and
so you will get your cattle again."