VOL. 5--NO. 45.] THE GARLAND --"With sweetest flowers enrich'd. From various gardens cull'd with care." For the Gettysburg Star and Republican-Banner WISH I WERE AT HOME. IO Was mir fehltl mir fehlt Jo attest "Bin so ganz verlassen hier."—.(Swiss. Home.) THE above sentiment the writer of these lines heard froin the dying lips of ono, not long since, who, no doubt,had prepared through a long life of virtue and piety, to remove from this transitory world to that "rest which remaineth for the people of God." She is gone now to dwell there, where unclouded hap. piness is enjoyeeorevermore at the right hand of God. Thus the dying Christian spoke: "I wish I were at home! My faith can pierce the darkened veil— The angels bid me come! I see I must—l must away To thoso bright realms of bliss. Those courts of lasting day, Earth's barren waste and desert shore, For many a year I've trod ; But now my race, my journey's o'er, I must to mine abode. Bid mo not stay—my spirit longs To haste away and sing, With those bright seraphs near the throne, Who praise their heavenly King— Farewell—a long farewell ! Till earth shall pass away— Till the last trumpet's solemn sound— Till that more solemn Day!" • • • • • Her voice was hushed—her spirit fled, Her soul redeemed by Jesus' blood, Rose from the paltry things of earth To the calm presence of her God. January 21, 1834. LOUISA iivEm varrawsmarcao (9,slTeardo ADDRESS Delivered before the Temperance Society of Get tysburg and its vicinity, in the Presbyterian . Church, on the 24th of January, 1835, BY REV. JAMES C. WATSON. IN attempting to address you on the sub ject of TEMPEIZANCE I am met by a consid erable difficulty in the outset. That diffi culty is, to pursue a course in my remarks entirely new. The importance of the sub ject, and the ftequency with which your at tention.has been directed to it, by so many, and such able addresses, have rendered this difficulty insuperable. However, I shall proceed to perform the duty which you have imposed on me, as though no such difficulty existed, and if in the recapitulation of senti ments formerly advanced; I shall succeed in awakening a single individual of this audi ence, to a sense-er-tits'ituty ic y this subject, I shall not consider my weak attempts in addressing you on this occasion, as having been made in vain. In taking a survey of the progress of Tem perance, its friends have the greateSt reason for encouragement. But a short time since, and our prospects were gloomy, snd almost hopeless. The use of Ardent Spirits had . become identified with our doily habits. It had stolen in among the rites of hospitality, and was shielded by its imposing and decep tive association with the claims offriendship and good neighborhood. Every side-board groaned with the vile liquid. Its use reach ed all ages, all conditions, and all sexes.— We drank it with the first spoonful of near isbment in infancy. The nursery—the fire s side—the hall of legislation—the bench of judgment, and even the pulpit itself, were all leagued together in their countenance of ar dent spirits. And the result was, that DRUN- KaNNEss, in all its wretchedness, was then the order of the day: families by scores were robbed of all that they possessed—lieace and comfort fled from many abodes, and' the ruined souls of thousands sunk beneath the withering curse of God to rise no more! tut an enterprize was suggested by mas ter spirits, to stay the ravages of so foul a plague. These men felt as though the time had come, in which to overthrow the do minion of the tyrant; and although he sat entrenched behind the predilections and the prejudices of many, they, nothing daunted, went forth in the might of a most pure and benignant purpose; and, relying on the smiles of Providence, struck their first blow on the heart of this Moloch. They felt as though they had tampered with the vice long enough. They felt as though they had lectured, and preached, and admonished long enough. They felt as though the time had come for action—virtuous, decisive, un -Compromising action. They met the ene my face to face. Their motto was DELIV. ERANCE—their principles would not endure an alternative. They labored for this and for nothing else—and a course of success has followed their manly efforts which has never been surpassed. The liquid fire has been totally abstained from, by more than five hundred tho9sand persons—five thousand drunkards have been permanently reclaimed' —fifteen hundred distilleries have abandon. ed the manufacture„ef spirits—one hundred and fifty innkeepers have discontinued. fur nishing ardent spirits to their guests—four thousand merchants have ceased to 'keep spirituous liquors as an article of traffic— while probably not less than sixty thousand farmers, and as many mechanicks, perform all their labor without ardent spirits furnish ed to their workmen. The reform also has reached the ships which are owned in our different seaports, and which sail from thence to visit every nation and every clime. About four ' hun- dred vessels now depart from our harbors with nriardent spirits on board, except what is in the medicine cheat. And in the army, its use has keen abandoned. The late or. der of the secretary of war has forbidden its use. The sutlers are not permitted to keep it on sale, and the officers and men are al lowed to commute as in the navy. Papers devoted to the particular subject orgiving information on Temperance, are now in extensive and free circulation, and they have an immense influence upon the public mind. Men have suffered the light of truth to enter their minds, and they have yielded to the conviction which truth is al ways designed to bring. Such a reforma tion, being accomplished in so short a time, is certain evidence—and it should ever si lence the cavils ()revery opposer to the cause —that the hand of God is in it—that the light of His countenance is lifted up upon it, and that, being His cause, it must, it will prevail. But although much, very much has been accomplished towards this glut ions reforma tion, it is not yet complete. There is still a great deal to be done,hefore this fell mon ster quits our shores, and haves Ili in the full possession of peace and happiness.— And since the formidable enemy has deter mined not to leave us without a violent strug gle to remain—since he is rallying his forces, and enlisting his advocates, in our own coun ty, as well as elsewhere, it becomes 'the friends of Temperance to he awake—to buckle on their harness, and to be prepared to contend in - earnest for their rights. if we wish to see the glorious dawn of this re formation become full and permanent as mid-day: If we wish to see its benefits diffu sed through every circle in society, and throughout the world, depend upon it, we must act; yes, we must aet as men in earnest , —not by inflicting painsand penalties on the drunkard or on his deluded supporters—not by drawing and wielding the glittering sword—not by exciting and cherishing party influence, but simply by directing public opinion to the subject. This, and this a lone, has done wonders in this cause—this, and this alone, will effectually achieve the whole work. The union of enlightened good - men, men of principle, men of integri ty, men of sound conscience, will accomplish the object. Only let such men come for ward and act with energy, and it is all we need; under the blessing of Heaven, the cause, like the war chamot-will go on con quering and to conquer. On this subject I do not wish to be mis understood. I repeat it, therefore—we ask no aid from force; the great cause for which we are struggling, looks not for success to the nrm ofcivil or military power. It wields neither speer nor sceptre. Enthroned in the affections of the patriot; -the christian, and the philanthropist,and based upon the everlasting toundattons or moral justwe, its hopes of external victory are directed to a higher source. Time, andintelligence, and inquiry, and reflection, and perseverance, and the consequent overwhelming power of public sentament, are the great agents that are working out its glorious triumph; and they will effect it, even amidst the opposi tion and iniprecations of its opposers, and the smirks, and railleries, and slanders of those who profess-to occupy neutral ground. The effects which still result from the use of this liquid poiSon,are enormous. These effects in a single year, present to, the eye of weeping humaaity,an army of three hun dred thousand drunkards, seventy-five thou. sand criminals, two hundred thousand pail per3, arnisnore than six hundred insane per sons—ALL the victims, directly or indirect ty, 'of ardently spirits; while in the same time, at least thirty thousand sink into a drunkard's grave! Beneath its withering tread fields are turned to wastes, homes are deserted, happiness is forever blasted, and hopes are forever crushed! There are scenes of-grovelling dissipation, of frantic riot, of desperate revenge, and of brutal abandon. rnent, still acted, from which the once kind husband, and the father is sent home, trans formed into an infuriated demon, to his trembling wife and famished children, the object alike of terror, ()fame, and of heart rending commisseration. This demon of destruction, still rises on his pedestal of bro. ken hearts, and blasted hopes, and intent on gain,fills the air with moral pestilence,blasts every noble and manly feeling of the aoul,and pours from his poisoned chalice, his fiery streams of agony, and despair, into the once happy and cherished circle of domestic piece and love. And if you wish to know where these cruel scenes are acted, go to the places where the inexcusable traffic in ardent spir its are exhibited—and there you will still see cruel and cold-hearted avarice, for the sake of a few paltry sixpences, dealing out the poison which palsies every healthful pulse of life, and sharpens every pang of death.— There the grim master of the sacrifice him self strikes down every hope that can cheer, and wrings every fibre that can feel, before he gives the final blow that sends the suffer ing victim to eternity! But perhaps you charge mikwith being guilty of empty declamation on this subject —of making sweeping assertions,unworthy of your attention. I deny the charge, for I have witnessed what I say. 1 have seen the victims of Intemperance, hurled from the very pinnacle of happiness, to the very depths of misery! I have seen the drunkard in his most sober moments,without remorse, convert his last day's earnings into the means of intoxication, with the full consci ousness upon him that he had, at his pover ty-stricken home,a meek and suffering wife who —"Dealt her scanty store To friendless babes, and wept to give no more!" I have seen the man of respectable con nections outrage the solemn decency of the funeral ceremony, and insult the departed spirit of a pious brother, by staggering and breathing the pestiferous breath of a drun kard around his grave! I have heard a ter : rifled wife, and her frantic children, euppli• 23'7 ROBERT MIDDLMTOII, laniTOß, 217331d10ZER AND P.ROI-511,ISITOR. "I WISH NO OTHER HERALD, NO OTHER SPEAKER OF MY LIVING ACTIONS ) TO KEEP MINE HONOR FROM CORRUPTION."-SHAMS. IliatW<illatiPL2o 9 Agi t) tevramocirtw o akrazarawavire actadc. —when that time shall come, in which, in looking over the pages of our past history, we shall acknowledge, that there is not a brighter, nor a purer page than that which registers the rise and the progress, the con flicts and the triumphs of the Temperance Reformation—l say, when that time shall come, we certainly will be the very last to pluck a single laurel from the brow of those, who now decry our exertions as mean, con temptible and intriguing. The remedy for the total extinction of the vice of Intemperance has been discovered. It is a remedy so simple that a child may comprehend,and teach,and practice its prin ciples; and yet it is a remedy so efficient, and wonderful in its results, that thrones and principalities have literally desired to learn it at our hands. It is directed to the prevention of the great first cause of drun kenness, Temper ate Drinking. It is founded on the manifest fact, that if none drink tem perately, none will becothe drunkards. It is comprised in the simple social resolution, "/ will wholly avoid arde nt spirits, myself, and exert my influence to induce others to do so too." And the written pledge to total ab stinence, and the voluntary associations to concentrate,and give elect to public opinion, are adopted to carry out this simple princi ple. Such is the remedy we adopt ourselves, and such is the remedy we recommend to others. In its inceptions, it is feeble,local,& unpretending; but it now expands into uni versal action,and bursts the rivets of vice to deliver mankind. It is true, there are those among us who still urge objections to the use of this remedy--objections which have been a hundred times refuted. And where such objectors are sincere, in a government which is emphatiCally one of public opinion, they are entitled to respect, and their objec jeamns should be answered with kindness and consideration. But when we hear of objectors slandering the friends of the cause —when we hear theth talking of not parting with the right to do what they please with their own—when we hear them attributing cote for life,and shriek to the passing stran ger for protection from the attacks of an in furiated madman ; and I have seen her sink beneath the savage violence of the drunken wretch, who had solemnly vowed to love her as his own soul ! I have seen the lovely young Female,who had been reared in the arms of parental ten derness—her heart swelling with the delu sive hopes of inexperience --led to the altar with prospects the brightest, the most pro mising, and the most unclouded. But in a little time the fitful melancholy, the fading cheek, and the anxious look, told upon the agonizing suspicions of her heart--they re lented the fearful truth, that she was fetter ed to pollution, and clasped in the arms of living death embodied in a drunken husband! During an unhappy life,she struggled against disappointment and anguish of soul,until dis ease led her from earthly sufferings to a pre mature grave; and her friends poured forth the copious tears of sorrow, as they beheld this innocent victim- of another's guilt, released from the pangs of a broken heart, and consigned to the narrow resting place, where the wicked cease from troubling! I have seen the Young Man,born under the smiles of fortune and parentage—endowed with genius and education and moral sensi bility, rise up and brace himself for the ca reer of emulation, with prospects the most enviable. But by partaking of the hellish poison,he was cast out of his domestic para dise, his flattering hopes were crushed, ho was sunk and degraded to the low level of the drunkard's abasement, and there he lay upon the earth a blasted thing, a living se pulchre of a thousand hopes I 0! my friends, who of you have not seen one or all of these horrid spectacles? Who of you have not seen the affectionate father, the devoted husband, the dutiful son, and even the fond mother, and the interesting daughter, become the victims of this vice, and by its influence converted into so many maniacs? Have you not seen, and do you not wee the families of drunkards victims of, their passions & their violence? They dread the presence of their head—they tremble at the sound of his voice, and they shudder at the glance of his eye; and often,yes often the smothered thought passes through the deep recesses of their souls,"if he were but dead!" And shall we be branded with the infamy of desiring to overthrow the liberty of the republic, because we wish to stay the pro gress of so foul a fiend? 'Are we to be told, that, through ;ntrigue, we wish to rob the termer, and the , masaireaturet'avili-tr... der ofardent spirits of their profits, when, in the light of conscience, and in the light of God's word, we tell them not to engage in a traffic which hurls immortal souls to misery, and everlasting death—and whose blood will certainly be found on their skirts? My friends, the enemies of the cause of Temperance may question our motives, they may publish us to the four winds as under miners of the republic, and with their foul mouthed calumny, they may paint our char acters in shades as dark as hell; yet having the testimony of our own consciences,having the testimony of the most enlightened and patriotic men in the universe, and living un der the smiles of a benignant Providence,we still say, Intemperance in any form, wheth er of confirmed drunkenness,or of moderate drinking,is a curse to the nation. And we will still go on, in the use of every morn means in our power, in urging our fellow men to abandon a course of life so pernici ous to the vital interests of the community. And when that time, which we hope is not far distant, shall come, in which the liquid fire shall be totally banished from the land all this movement to the pernicious designs and influence of the Clergy, and expacia ting largely on the danger of uniting Church and Slate—we nay rest assured, that the true ground on which such objectors stand is in the bottle itself, and their chief difficul ty on the subject is in drawing the cork of that bottle with a clear conscience! Suffer me, before I close, to make a few remarks to a certain elass of persons who give us their best wishes in this cause, but who do not feel at liberty to join with us by - signing the temperance pledge. This class is composed of MOD of respectability, and, I may say, of piety, whose feelings we would be the very last to hurt, and whose influence and co.operatton we need. While we respect their feelings, therefore. we are desir ous to call their attention to some considerations which, in our estimation, have no little influence in settling the question. The reasoning of these brethren is this; —"We have no need of entering intotheengagenient con templated—we are temperate moe—we abstain' Ilona christian principles, and from conscientious conviction—and we do not like to bind ourselves, by signing our names to any thing that our con. sciences, and our duty to God, voluntarily lay us under an imperative obligation to do without it." Now,with respect to this argument, we have sev eral remarks to make. lat. The temperance pledge imposes no obliga tions of which this reasoning doe, not allow.— There is no new obligations formed, and conso quer.tly nil violence is done to conscience. If a man be temperate on principle, he is the very ono who can best afford to give his name to the pledge —for it only gives a rosin to an obligation already felt—ton purpose already formed. 2d. The man of principle derives himself great advantages in signing the pledge. The solemnity given by the signature,to a duty already acknow. lodgod,grcatly strengthens hie purpose. It gives prominence and importance to the. subject, - and keeps watchfulness always alive. We can very easily conceive a case—nay, the case has s aetti. ally occurred, of a good man's being in circnm. stances of temptation, when his convictions of tub street duty may not, for the time, be clear, and he may reason,"l do not violate any pledge. I trans. grees no engagements. I may take a little;" and in this way he may commence a sad departure from the path of sobriety and duty. 'But if he has signed a pledge, he has a barrier to overleep be fore, in any. temptation, he can go astray. And although this ie no infallible ground of safety, still it wonderfully strengthens a •man's position.— Every obierver of society knows that solemn en. memento hold to the path of duty, whore mere convictions alone will not -Another advantage the man who signs the pledge will derive,wili ho a qUickened interest in the advance of temperance. A man may deplore the evils of internperance,he may pray & long for the removal of the giant monster, but the whole history of the temperance reforni chews, that, with both Valise, he will effect little. It is a fact which -evely one knows, who has looked at the subject,thal little or nothing was ever accomplish ed until the work of reform began in the way of signing the.-pledge. The signature proved like - " , •••• , t-v.. 61 - 11 vt:!t. in tp rnilitary.corpsoithere 2 the con nection formed, and um) , of Interval cto.-1:4-40ui proved almost a talisman in exciting to suitable actions. Let every member of a temperance so ciety look back and make the calculation, and he will be astonished to-find how much in the way of quickening interest, deep anxiety, liberal de vising and promp action, is attributed to the sim ple circumstance of his joining a temperance as sociation. 3d. The benefits resulting to others should in duce every good man to give his name to the pledge. We will suppose that a father has all the benefit of strong conviction, and' the, aid of gracious influence to finish his course immacu late, as respects the sin of intemperance; yet what security has he concerning his sons, in all the giddiness and self:sufficiency ofyouth,not rushing into the arms of temptation? Ho has none. But lot that parent take to his aid the written pledge, and let him encourage his sons to follow his snare pie, and his security is great; his hope may well be strong, that they will be a comfort to him.— Yes, if Parents will only act their part in this cause, the whole rising generation will come un der its power. I once heard of a little boy, who, when far from home, was urged by travelling friends to drink at the public houses; but ho re. fused, and persisted in the refusal—giving as his reason, that his father was a member of the tem perance society. And if ell parents will bind themselves as that parent did, their children will feel it—the community will feel it—hell with feel it—and heaven will feel it. And could the young, the hope of the country, be thus brought under its influence, we might leave the world, feeling sure that our invaluable civil and religious privil. ages would be handed down to the latest genera tion. It is 'a fact that no man, however temperate he may be, receives any credit for his abstinence ex mil as connected with a temperance association. We freely acknowledge, that this is very unfair. Yet it is a fact, that those who are unwilling to sign a pledge, are claimed by the drunkard as be ing on his side. Now, in the calculation of social influence, eves,' man has some who look to him, some with whom his name has great power—andi if he should not do it for his own sake, still, by signing . pledge, he carries the benefit of rigid abstinence into the midst of others. The truth is, that thus from him who lends his name to the temperance cause, an influence goes out which is constantly and silently working and scattering benefits, when, and where he little thinks of, and may never know. Theenquiry is common, when calling on men to subscribs‘ where is Mr: —'s name, and Mr. and. it is precisely so in all public conearns; the influence of a name often makes t.ithing succeed. The man, there. fore, who hesAdes to sign the pledge of total ab stinence, should ask himself, whether he is not responsible for those evils, which the sight of his name might prevent? My Christian friends, I ask you, will you not join with us in our attempts to suppress this per nicious vice? I appeal to those of you who are fa thers, is this not a praise worthundertaking,and will you not set the example, & let your sons know that you declare an everlasting war with this ty. rant? And tell me,young men,will you not enlist in this noble cause? If you will,you can be instru mental in bringing about a revolution,as happy in an its attributes, as that by which our national freedom was obtained. Do not say, that as farm ers,you cannot get along without it. The experi ment has been tried with success in your own neighborhood; and the hay and the grain Were stowed away in the barn of your neighbors, with out a drop of the poison. Tell me not,that you will ant find sale for your grain,ifyou abandon the dis tiller. The same God who blesses and prospers his noble cause,will bless and prosper all who pn sage in it. And even should you lose a little of your profits by such a course, 0. methinks, that the thought of being instrumental in saving thirty thpusand persons from sinking into the drunkard's grave every year, will m-we than compensate for aiy temporal loss.however great. Leave off these civlia,then—cease to scorn, and laugh, at those eho exhibit more of the el:tint of patriotism, phi lanthropy and christutnity than you do, and use your influence with theirs in so noble a canse.— Engage in an alliance rendered holy by the prayers and aspirations of the good or , earth—hallowed by the tears of affliction which it has caused to be wiped away,and the tears of joy,and the smiles . of hope and comfort, which its visitations of mercy have excited. One word to the Members of the Society, and I have done. There is much cause for thankfulness on your part, for the success that has heretofore attended your effort,. lem not given to bestow praise on any person, or on any society, where it Is unde serving. It is not my habit to pronounce useless panegyrics—but I believe,and therefore I say,tliat in the State of Pennuivania, there is not to be found a town of its size in which mote morality, and temperance prevail that the one in which God has cast our lots. And Ido think, that, at least, some of the order, decorum and temperance which so happily prevail here,may be traced eith er directly or indirectly to the influence which thidSociety has exerted. Well now,if this be so, what has been done ought to urge us on to still greater efforts, for the 'accomplishment of still grekter objects. And the only way in whioh we can reasonably hope for success in futureos to be steadfast in our principles, to continuo united in our resolution, not to touch, taste nor handle the noxious poison. Then may we expect the snide:. of Providence upon our exertions, and then suc cess, in the fullest acceptation of that term, will attend our effort,. And here permit me to call your attention to a circuinstance,iri the history of this Society,which, to pay the lealt,is painful. But a short time since, one or two resolutions, signed by the Secretary of this Society, found their, way into the papers of the borough. These resolutions were nothing more nor less than a notice to members who wish ed to withdraw from us, of the manner in which they might withdraw. And from them the infer- . enco may be legitimately drawn, that there are those among us who have become tired of the re straint,of a pledge to keep from drinking. Tahsure you, when I road those resolutions, I vdga ready to weep. I was pained,not because the society had passed these resolutions—not because the society had published these resolutions, but because such was the state of things that the pass. ago and publication of them were deemed neces sary. Now I wish it to ho understood, that the individual who has signed the pledge of total ab. stinenco,has performed a serious act. Ho hos per., formed an act which has an importag bearing on his character and , usefulness, and which he can never aflerWards nullify, but at the expense of TRUTH and iNTEGRITY, of HONOR and of REPUTA TION—and by nut living up to the pledge which he has signed, hetivbs the enemies - of the cause an opportunity to triumph; and they will desire no bettor weapon with which to assail the cause. Yes, it is a truth, .that the act of signing the pledge, is an act which involves no small respon sibilty; and when the person signing it fails in his subsequent life to recognize the obligations under which it has placed him, he is guilty of trifling wjth the best of causes,as well as with the dictates of his own conscience. And when it happens that the individual who is found delinquent is not only a member of a Temperance Society,but of a Chris tian Church,. the case is still worse—and not only , the cause of temperance, but the cause of piety leads under-such n.F.apranclk- __lndeed...it is a re proacn to any christian at this day,whether he be. long to a temperance society or not, to allow him self in the use of ardent spirits. Every such per son, whether he intends it or not,is a dead weight upon the cause, and he has reason to fear that he will find himself charged at the last,with the guilt of having been a partaker of other mon's sins to a degree which will cover him with confusion.. Although much remains to be done, enough has already been achieved to inspire us with gra- titude for the past, and joyous hope and resolute activity for the future. Even while our opposers are questioning our motives,and deriding our ac tions, we can Implore forgiveness for their igrio. rance,as did his our blessed Master for his mur derers. And when we survey that dark cloud of Intemperance fraught with.destruction, which so lately enveloped the earth, fast rolling away, and dissipating before the beams of TRUTH—when we see the bright bow of promised reforM already spanning half . the world, shall we not renowedly and solemnly pledge Ourselves before Heaven, which hail so signally smiled upon our cause,that WE WILL NEVER RECEDE, NOR FALTER IN TIM GREAT MORAL WORE, UNTIL ITS FINAL COSSUSIMATION? VARIOUS MATTERS. RATHER A TOUGH STORY.-A correspon• dent in one of the Cincinnati papers, states that a colored woman, aged . 161 years, is now exhibiting at one of their museums.— She is said to have belonged to the father of Washington, and appears to have all her faculties except sight, which she has been deprived of 60 years; before which time, however, she frequently had the pleasure of seeing our beloved Washington. Her memo. ry seems to be acute. She recollects to have joined the Church about 140 years since, and says she has received great happi ness from having done so. It seems that she has had several very interesting visions, the relations of which are extremely inter esting. BRIITIFYING EFFECTS OF INTEIIIPERANCE. —The perusal of details so revolting to hu manity as those which follow, from a Bos ton paper,is eminently calculated to further the good cause of temperance; and with that view, rather than to minister to a taste for the horrible, we give the article* place in our columns:— On the night of the 19th inst. a monster by the name of. John Fitzgerald was dug out of a snowy drift, where he lay dead ' drunk—drunk body and soul—his very hair was drunk and dead. The watchman car ried him to jail, where his suspended anima tion became partially restored in the morn ing. The watch stated that he had been driven from his house a few nights before, by his neighbors, for a series of unexampled outrages upon his family, while under the influence of liquor. On one occasion, when the dead infant was laid out in its coffin, he broke in the lid with his fist, in a paroxysm of drunken fury, and afterwards struck the face of the corpse with such violence as to disiort the countenance, and cause the Wood to settle where the fist came in contact with it; and in the evening of the same day, af ter the funeral of the infant, he almost beat lug wife 'to death, in consequence of which he bras thrust out of the house, and not per mitted to enter it again. He appeared completely stultified while at the bar—vqual. ly insensible to praise or censure. He was [WHOLE NO. 253: , . sentenced as a common drunkard to the House of Correction for 4 months. His I wife has still two young children itriog... Ern , FA:in.—The Boston Atlas givisf it as among the rumored gossip of the day,, at Washington, that "a day or twoefter the celebrated Miss Martineau dined with oar respected Chief Magistrate, she was "Met hi: Mr. Van Buren, and accosted with the pa lire remark, "Well, Miss M. I . bear youths.' a cinated the President to such degree, that there is some danger of his following you to, England." "Oh no," replied the merciless, lady, "he has made up his mind to stay at home, and run for a third term." FIRE, IN LOUISVILLE, KY.'-- , -011 the morning of the 23d ult. as we learn from the Louisville (Ky,) Advertiser, a fire broke out in the drug shop of Mr. L. D. Dunham, nn Fourth,between Main and Market streets, in that city. It soon spread thence to the adjoining buildings destroying Cromie's Irish linen Wareliouis,Edw'd. and Charles Wills' store on the corner of Fourth and Main. J. Silvers' shoe house, and the stores of Messrs. Robert Anderson, Samuel Ewing, and Armstrong, Adams and Co. on Main street. The frame buildings adjoining on Fourth street, occupied by Mr. Thomas, broker,a - nd Mr. Ball, saddler,and Mr. Brom well, wire manufacturer, were also comic!• erably injured. The houses occupied by the Messrs. Worts, and by Armstrong, A dams and Co. are stated to be but slightly dainaged,.While the others are totally con. sumed, except the walls. The whole loss is estimated at 50,000 dollars—of which some ten or fifteen thousand were insured. THE FRENCH TREATY.—The Paris cor respondent of the London ,standard, under date of the 28th December, holds the follow , ing language respecting our treaty: "The question of the twenty-five millions of francs to be paid by France to the United • States of America will soon (in a few days)• come again upon the tapis. Until it shall be decided, Mr. Livingston, the American Minister, keeps hirnselfshut up from French society, and will not allow of any visits to him, nor will he return any. The message of President Jackson will, it is expected, speak out in the most decided terms on this subject, and that speech is Waited for e by the government with great anxiety. ' Bets' are made to a large amount that the Cham- bers of Deputies will again reject the• law project, or at any rate reduce the turn to be voted to twelie or fifteen Vlionte,, HARVARD CoLLEr lit Institution has lately come into the iseation of $44,- 000, for any purposes that may be desirable; left by Gov. Gore; and when certain persons who draw annuities under his will are dead, $BB,OOO more will go to the college. The college heals° within a year received $20,- 000 left by Dr. Fteber of Beverly for a pro fessor ship of natural history, and $20,000 left by J. McLean for a professorship of history:—And also $lOOO left by Dr. Potter for theological purposes:—Making $85,000 of donation received in one year. LEAD.—According. to a writer in a late number of the Galena Advertiser, the total quantity of Lead made at the mines of Mis souri and Illinois, from the 30th Sept. 1833, to the 30th Sept. 1834, was between 5,600,- 000 and 6,000,000 pounds. The mines of Missouri are private property, and hence an accurate estimate cannot be made. FIRE AND NARROW ESCAPE OF LIVESI.- On Wednesday morning last, the dwelling. house of Mr. Frederick. Massenehimer, sit. uated about 6 miles from this place, was burnt down under the following circumstaii ces:—After breakfast, Mr. M. having left. the house, his wife soon after left' it also to go to a neighbor's, and as she had to leave behind her two small children, she locked the door as ghe left the house, to prevent them from running out. Some time after. wards, as a neighboring woman was passing, discovered the house to be on fire. She immediately ran to the door, but finding it locked, raised a 'window, and through it ex. tricated the children from the fames which were rapidly spreading around them. The .> alarm was then given, and a number Of per. sons repaired to the scene of conflagration; but to such an extent had the fire progresse4, - and SO combustible the materials of the budding,that all attempts to save even a part - of the furniture was unsuccessful. It is sup• posed that the children playing with the fire, communicated it to some part' of the house.— Westminster Carrot/lonian. AN AFFAIR OF HexOz.—The schr. Eliza beth Jane, which sailed. from New York, Dec. 30th, for Mobile, had the misfortune to offend a whale on the passage. The,great one of the Ocean determined on such . "per: .• sonal satisfaction" as "is due from one gen. tleman to another." The schooner was carried off the field with a contusion in the shoulder, and has been brought back into port. - • "Why did Adam bite the Appler said a schoolmaster to a country boy. ' ' "Because," replied the boy, "he had aa knife to cut it!" MERE Boor Le.karano.-"A. &sky car.. rying a load of books," said A nwv, Abe cow queror of Egypt, "is as respectable in end;' aml as the perwrn whose head is crammed . with learning that he does not understand."' • P.-, w 7.r ;,~ ~~' ..~
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