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SOLID JOYS.
I quit the world's fantastic joys,
Her honors are but idle toys,
Her bliss an empty shade;
Like meteors in the midnight sky,
That glitter for a while and die,
Her glories flash and fade.
Let fools for riches strive and foil,
Let greedy minds divide the spoil,
Tie all too mean for me;
Above the earth, above the skies,
My bold aspiring wishes rise,
My God, to heaven and thee !
O sourer, of glory, life, and love!
When to thy courts I mount above,
On contemplation's wings,
I look with pity arid disdain
On all the pleasures of the vain,
On all the pomp of kings.
Thy beauties, rising in my sight,
Divinely sweet, divinely bright,
With raptures fill my breast ;
Though robbed of all my earthly store
With thee I never can be poor,
But must be ever blest.
POPULAR TALE.
[SELECTED FOR THE STAR AND DANNER.]
The Proselyte from ghtelttism.
[coscLunEn.]
The alteration in her countenance, since
the time he had seen her, was indeed fully
calculated to awaken sl foliar feelings in one
whose recollections were not half so warm
as his own. The exquisite symmetry of her
features hail given way to lines of care and
anguish, and the roseate tinge of beauty on
her cheek, once delicate and fair, as if im
pressed with an angel's pencil, was turned
into a snow-like paleness, faintly streaked
with carmine,as if the pride of woman's love
liness was unwilling to leave its favorite
throne. Yet still there was a hush of sweet.
ness in the very composure ofthose softened
features, that wakened a finer and more
touching thrill within the heart, than could
the full bloom and radiance of her charms.
Kaunitz saw that the burning blush on his
own cheek, gamd up an answering suffusion
an the wasted features of the lady, but it was
of the purely intellectual emotion with which
earth and its feelings have no community
whatever, and the embarrassed young man
felt himself greatly relieved, when the lady
requested rum to lie seated, and addressed
him in tones which, though weak and feeble,
were of t he sweetest courtesy--"I know not,
sir,under what circumstances you have been
brought here; perhaps they were violent;
but:there never was any human being I de
sired so ardently to see." Kaunitz answer
her withi some confusion, that he would for
give any violence which would make him
the means of rendering her a service. "Ah,"
said she, taking his hand, and fixing her
large dark eyes upon him, with an expres
sion that touched his soul, "you little know
the 'service you shall have to tender me, or
the relationship in which we stand to each
other." The young minister colored again,
and his heart almost stopped within hire, as
he felt a scalding tear drop upon his hand.
She continued, "You do not know me, but
still I venerate you as my deliverer, my in
structor, as my father."
Kaunitz, with new sympathy, deeply 11-
wtikened, begged of her to explain.
"You will not think it strange that I shell) I
use such language when you hear my st or y ;
though you may have, perhaps, seen me in
your church; yet— , start not—l am a Jew.
ish maiden, and was educated in the deepest
abhorence of that Jesus of whom I have of
ten heard von speak in the most delightful
terms. I might have remained so forever,
and been like thousands of my sex and per.
suasion, happy and admired in my ignor
ance. But I had a young and beautiful
friend, to whom, though proscribed by my
relatives as a christian, I was passionately
attached. But in the very pride of her
young beauty, she was stricken by disease
—alas! destined to be mortal. As 1 watch.
ed by her bedside one evening she took' my
hand, and said to me, in a tone which sunk
into my heart, for it was such as I had never
heard her use before, "Zora, will you pro
mise me one thing, and I will die happy?"
I promised her solemnly, for I would have
promised her any thing. "Zora, then,"
said she, "dearest Zorn, will you only en
gage to love my Savior?" The tears gushed
from her eyes as she spoke, and they gus - hed
from mine too; for I was horrified at her
request. But she continued, "Oh, 1 am too
weak to tell you of the happiness, and do.
light von would f'el. But will you go a' nil
hear the minister of whom you have of.
ten heard me speak? He can tell you of the
power of the religion or Jesus better than a
dying girl. Oh, Zora, do tell me, that You
will go?" She looked at the with such nn
earnestness of a g ony in her countenance,
that 1 ,assured her I would do all she asked;
and M`didight she pressed my hand close to
her bosom, for she was ton exhausted to
speak. Ina short time 1 felt her g rasp be
come weak and clammy, and, oh, mercy!
she died even while holding my - hand."
lime the Pars of the beautiful girl choked
her utterance, and Kaumtz, who well Mcr 1.
lected the lamented young lady of whom
she spoke, freely mingled his own, at this
affecting narrative of her last moments.—
The lady seemed deeply touched by his emo•
Lion, and in a short time continued a Larra
live, to . Kennitz now become intensely in
leresting—"That request s'o' earnestly en
treated—and so solemnly registered to the
dead, you may be sure was kept, though it
cost me many a pang of strange and shud
dering reluctance. At length, deeply dis
guised, I lured a close carriage and went
alone, fiat I dared n o t trust another with my
secret to the place she had mentioned. It
was to your chapel. You cannot appreciate
the conflict of my feelings when, alone and
unprotected, I found inys.!lf in a place and
among a people I had always looked upon
w ith abh o r r e nc e and detestation. But I had
not listened to you long before i forgot eve
ry other feeling in a glow of awakened ten
derness. It was of my own and ever dear
))aria you were speaking; and you describ
ed her loveliness, her purity, her resigna.
Lion, in a manner which filled my soul with
the most exquisite emotion; but when you
came to speak other death, and to dilate on
the efficacy of faith in the Redeemer, in the
a wful moments of dissolution, my soul was
touched with Wonder. "And is this" said I,
"the Jesus I have heard reviled?" My very
heart sunk within me at the reflection, and
I thought God himself must forever condemn
Me for my impiety. I was ill liict wretched
in my mind, until as it were you opened the
portals of heaven, and pointed out my de
parted friend, robed as an angel, singing the
praises of her Sc vier in an eternal paradise;
and declared, that transcendent bliss would
be the lot of all, who, like her, would take
that Savior for their portion; then, oh, then
—my soul seemed to have changed its resi
41enee—so new, so delicious were the hopes
and the feelings awakened in me; and I vow
ed that night, if I were not too great an out
cast for mercy, I would live so as to join my
lost and loved companion in her bright a
bode. That evening I purchased a New
'Testament, and words would be insufficient
to tell the delight, the rapture with which I
perused the wondrous story of Redeeming
:love. In a short time I found my chief de
light consisted in attending your ministry,
land in reading over the precious record of
salvation. In spite of doubt and darkness I
soon experienced the sweet serenity of being
reconciled with God; and I sometimes fan
cied my beloved Muria was hovering near
me on her wings of light, to cheer me in my
path and to assure me of reward. Alas!
my hopes were early overcast. Hitherto
conscious of the irreconcileable enmity of'
my friends, I had kept to my own bosom the
fearful secret of my altered opinions. But
whether from observation or suspicion, they
soon viewed me with a jealous eye; and
great was my horror one night on leaving
y‘uir chapel, to find that ttoa ,E• arrua go which
had hitherto conveyed me was gone. In
the midst of my embarrassment, my father
and my brother drove up, and I was con
veyed home more dead than alive between
terror and alarm. Since that time, oh,
could you know what I have suffered; . every
comfort was removed, and the roost syste
matic and relentless persecution adopted.—
Once discovered, I well knew the iron op
position of my friends never could he soften
ed; and I besought of the Jesus I had dared
to love, to give me strength for the terrible
conflict. Oh, my dear sir, how glad would
I have often been, in the -gloomy hours of
solitude and privation I had to encounter, to
have seerryou—to have heard your lips ex,
plain once more those delicious truths tit
once my comfort and my bane. My re- .
peated solicitations to that effect, were, how
ever of no avail; and it was at last only when
in the tremor of weakness, they ha i l extor
ted from me a terrible promise, that niy re
latives consented you should be brought. I
cannot express the joy your presence has
inspired. Oh, do tell me," she continued,
while she clasped her hands, and her coun
tenance assumed an'expression of the deep
est earnestness, "is there any hope of hea
ven for one so long an unbeliever? Can an
outcast such as 1 am, enjoy any portion of'
that Savior's love, so long but unconscious.
ly despised?"
As she . was speaking, her beautiful but
wasted features,would at times light up with
an expression that seemed to the intensely
interested minister, to glow like the prophets
of old, with a halo of inspiration; and again
be veiled in an imploring dejection, as if her
very heart was withering within. When
she finished a narration that melted the
softened minister to tears, the exertion
seemed too much for a frame so debili
tated, and she sank back exhausted upon the
sofa. Kaunitz, with unreflecting impulse,
caught her in his arms. All consciousness
seemed to be suspended—her thrilling eyes
were veiled in their long dark lashes—and
as her motionless and yielding form was
pressed to his, the gentle pulses of her bosom
seemed to be at rest, and life itself to have
fled. Yet there was a holiness in the saint
like composure of that reposing form, he felt
it would be protitnation to disturb, and the
deep silence' of the place, broken only by the
audible throbbings of his own heart, had
something en snored in its very stillness,that
he felt his existence could have resolved in,
to the kindred state of the lovely inanition in
his arms, before his slightest breath would
have recalled to life, by invoking infidel as
sistance, a spirit so purely and unequivocal.
ly destined for the skies. The warm tears,
however , in which his agonized feelings had
found vent, gushing unrestrained upon her
features, brought back her hovering soul
once more to earth. She opened .her eves,
and her glance on the speaking tenderness
Of Kaunitz's gaze, beamed with an instant
and joyous recognition. Her first words
were of her melancholy but ever constant
theme. "Oh, toll me,"said she, "can I hope
foe pardon?" • . . .
The overpowered clergyman relinquish
ed his hold, ahl aftcted with inexpressible
SY ROBERT WRITE IZMDIAMTON, EDITOR, PtrIBLICIZER AND PROPRIETOR.
"I WISH NO OTHER HERALD, NO OTHER SPEAKER., OP MY LIVING ACTIONS, TO KEEP MINE HONOR FROM GORRUPTION."-SHARE.
ekewereaznome 9 tnnemoGazie autaialtrzatze so. ans.
' emotion, knelt down beside her, and in an
eloquence of soul he had never felt betme,
besought the throne of Mercy to pour the
full assurance of pardon in her heart. As
he grew more fervid in the power of his
God,he called upon the present Jesus to fin
ish the redemption of a spirit so ripe for
heaven—to remove the awful obduracy of
her relations, and to strengthen that gentle
mind with more than creature firtnness in
thi3 ordeal of (Negev she would have to en
counter. When he had finished, the lovely
convert still remained in an attitude of in
tense devotion ; her fair white hands were
clasped upon her bosom ; her countenance
was upturned to heaven, but the agony of
doubt had departed. Her soul seemed en
tranced in rapture, and her exquisite fea
tures were lit up with a beaming satisfac
' Lion, that partook of the radiance of antici.
pitted immortality. Every trace of anguish
and despair had left her features, for a joy
ous flush of resplendent satisfaction; and the
unutterable charms of the heart's deep and
unearthly delight, shining through the most
perfect lineaments of mortal beauty, gave,in
that exquisite moment, siich an angelic lus
tre to her person, that the first impulse of
the impassioned clergyman was to adore
what seemed to be a revelation of heaven's
own sinless and immortal loveliness. In
that holy time, too, lie felt in the kindred
glow °fills own excited spirit, all those ar
dent feelings of sympathy and admiratior.
with which the casual sight of that fair crea
ture had first inspired him,explained and re
suscitated, but so refined by the redeeming
mug influence of her stateless purity,that not
a tinge of earthly love orgiassion mingled in
his thoughts.
In a short time the lady rose from her
knees,and the celestial animation of her face
was clouded, but only deepened by the tone
ofsolemn and emphatic seriousness in which
she said, while she clasped her hands con
vulsively,"Oh, my God, I feel, I feel now
that thy religion is worth all which I will
have to suffer. Yes, my dear Maria, the
blessed knowledge of thy Jesus,and the cer
tainty of thy glorious eternity,is worth—"
—a cold damp came on her brow—"is
worth, I feel, is worth dying for."
As she spoke the word to which her lips
almost refused to give utterance, Kaunitz
felt a shivering thrill of instinctive dread
steal over his frame—the horrible myste
ries with which his visit was accompanied,
the "terrible promise" she had mentioned,
and her words now—all rushed, with num
berless dark nasne.intinna. into hia frop7in g
mind. He seized her hand,and gazed at her
pale damp features with an unconscious ago
ny. "Lady—, what suffering?--Worth
dying for? Zora, dear Zora, what is it you
mean?"
She returned his look with cold and chill
ing earnestness for an instant. but another
smile of inborn happiness again lit up her
Gist sinking features with all their former
beauty. "Yes," said she, "it is not for me to
know the pleasures ofyour religion and live.
Oh, God, support me! This very night.
---Your arrival is the only mercy I could
obtain. This very night—even in a
few shirt minutes, unless I abjure the reli
gion of Jesus, / will be put to death!
By my own dear father! By my own
relatives, in the presence of the full Sanhe
drin], and with the great solemnities of our
religion, will Ibe stoned to death!" Kau
nitz's eyes grew dim; he stirred not—spoke
not, but every word fell with a dark and
withering distinctness on his heart. "Look
hero," continued the Naples maiden, sum
moning strength to rise, and walking to the
side of the apartment, "look here, and you
will be convinced of my fate!"
She drew aside a curtain. Kaunitz,with
a chill as if his heart was turned to ice, saw
a large heap of stones collected in the re
cess. He had not the power to move. The
room was still as ever. But that ominous
silence and its smothered noises now spake
fearful volumes. The full extent of the ap
palling tragedy flashed in instant compre
hension on his mind. Then, too, he recol
lected, in crowding horror, many a dim tale
of the relentless tortures with which Jews
were said to martyr any of the converted
sect who ever fell into their power; and
when, in the same instantaneous act of mind,
he thought of the spotless innocence and ex
quisite beauty of the delicate victim they
had doomed before him, and, as it were,
made him a very party to the atrocious
deed—his energies seemed.to melt and dis
solve in the weakness of intensest agony.—
But the reaction to that paralysis of terror
was instant. He already fancied he heard
the tread of the murderers—the fearful pre
parations for the sacrifice—the unavailing
shriek of the lovely victim. His blood
seemed turned to fire at the thought, and
his frame to iron. He stepped back, and
he felt his body, as it were, swell beyond
the stature of humanity, as he said, in a tone
that echoed like thunder throughout the
midnight stillness of the vast apartment,
"By the God 1 serve, in whose power, and
whose minister 1 am, this shall never be !"
Instant and gathering noises collected like
an answer on every side. Distinct and dread
commotion was in the house. But this was
no time for the infuriated man to parley with
his fears or his recollections. Maddened
with superhuman excitement, he dashed a
gainst the door witha giant's might. In an
instant crash, like the explosion of artillery,
the whole partition went thundering to the
ground, and a burst of daizling light, from
unnumbered lamps, streamed_like the blaze
of meridian ddy into the room. The very
arcane of their mysteries- 7 -the HOly of Ho-
lies of the Jewish faith, in all its splendour,
was before him, with itaSeraphim and Cho
rithim, and Ark of gold; its curtains of rich
est' purple, its net-work of silver, .and its
Icountless lamps burning with frankincense,
and, glittering with costly gems. The glo
-1 ries of their revealed religion—the enchant
ment of the scene, stopped him not a mo
ment, for in a simultaneous fury, host after
host ofarmed and shouting wretches in their
I national costume, rushed into the room.—
Nerved for the occasion with more than
mortal power—to dash the intervening myr
midons to the earth, and to clasp the intend
ed martyr in his arm, was, with Knunitz,
but the work of a moment. Ere they had
(line to overmaster his roused,,ttnd terrific
energies, he had snatched a dagger which
an assailant had already at his throat, and
na he sprang over his shrinking and shriek. 1
ing foes every brandish of the weapon was
bathed in blood. A huge window, stream
ing with painted story, was before him—
with a tiger's bound he reached the case
ment; the glass shivered with the shock; the
iron network behind yielded like !v - Cobweb
to his Herculean strength. Allfitiffs dark
Ind deep below. Without a thought of
consequences, or quiver as to danger he
clasped his rescued charge, in exultation,
closer to his breast, and sprang into the
vacuum.
it becomes painful to even trace the nar
rative. There is no heart so cold that would
not cntch a • • -,delight in the success
of that tr.: i irt• nor is it in hu
inanity .-• ..tory and not feel the
glow or "1". -t feelings, interested in
the preserite tn of that innocent and lovely
martyr. The gallant attempt of the gener
ous young minister was not, however, at
tended with the success which its reckless
heroism deserved; and the terrible mansion
was too securely adapted for its deeds of
darkness to admit of an escape so easily--
Himself and his charge escaped unscathed
indeed from that host of fiends, hut it was
only to fall again into their meshes with
more certain fatality. A crowd of infuria
ted enemies was soon around him; egress
seemed impracticable; and, weakened by
his vast exertions, the heroic young man
soon fell bleeding and insensible beneath
their blows.
Awful as was the scene and excitement
through which Kaunitz passed, there was a
deeper terror on his mind—a blacker Cloud
upon his feelings—when he recovered his
senses and found himself in his own room,
surrounded by anxious and inquiring friends.
T 6 mysterious messengers had kept their
oath. His wounds were not dangerous, nor
even severe; but his instant perception of the
absence of the lady, left a withering feeling
in his heart, that darkened the future and
extinguished hope.
His harrowing narrative caused an imme
diate and vivid commotion throughout Vien
na. By the orders of administration—the
officers of Justice, commenced a vigorous
and extensive scrutiny—public opinion was
fearfully excited—a cloud of accumulating
suspicion seemed to gather over one of the
richest banking houses in the city. One of
the wealthiest Jews was arrested on the un-
equivocal testimony of the minister; but the
financial embarrassment of the government,
after the'protracted war in which the empire
had been involved, afforded the ample solu
tion of state policy to the termination of the
proceedings. Further official inquiry was
dropped—the contractor was released—
and, in a short time, the terrible narrative
of the Proselyte ceased to be The topic , of
conversation. Kaunitz, however, was nev
er after seen to smile. His pulpit was de
serted, and he at length totally disappeared.
Whether the threat consequent upon dis
closure was fulfilled—or whether to hide the
anguish of his spirit, he had removed to a
foreign country, could not be ascertained.
Let us drop the curtain on this tragic
story. The mind cannot presume to pene
trate the undeveloped mystery of that un
fortunate's fate, without recoiling on itself,
and it is fitter for the honor of humanity,that
that black transaction should repose forever
in the darkness which all the authorities of
the time could not remove, than that curiosi
ty or research should throw the light of cer
tainty upon awful doings, of which the bare
surmise gives a shudder to the heart, and
which the fine.,t sympathies of our nature
would prefer shrouding in appropriate and
impenetrable obscurity. ORCATIUS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
SUNDAY 90800 LS.
It is strange that any one should be op
posed to Sunday schools. It is strange that
any parent should neglect to send all his
children to such schools. We know that
idle objections are solemnly adduced against
them, and political fears are felt or affected
at their extent. Nonsense! Will our coun
try ever suffer because her sons are intelli
gent? Will she ever have reason to regret
that they are pious? These unostentatious
schools may be the instruments of her sal
vation. Give us light—and liberty is safe.
A nation of men ignorant, vicious and in
temperate—cannot long be otherwise than
a nation of slaves.
The influence of Sunday schools are not
appreciated. The river which rolls majes.
finally through the land may excite the
greatest admiration—but it is the humble
rivulet stealing through the meadow—its
course only shown by the greenness of the
vegetation —that does the most good: Sun
day schools are doing incalculable benefit to
this country. They are dispensing from ten
thousand points the savidg influence of truth
and virtue. Let them be cherished.
TED MOTHER'S Hopm.
Is there, when the winds arc singing
In the happy summer time—
When the raptured air is ringing
With Earth's music heavenward springing,
Forest chirp, and village chime?
Is there, of the sounds that float
Minglingly, a single note
Hulf - so sweet, and clear, and wild,
As the laughter of a child?
Listen! and be now delighted;
Morn bath touched her golden strings,
Earth and sky their vows have plighted;
Life and light are re-united,
Amid countless carollings:
Yet, delicious as they are,
There's a sound that's atveeter far—
Onc that makes the heart rejoice
More than all,—the human voice.
Organ finer, deeper; clearer,
Though it be a stranger's tone,
Than the winds or waters dearer,
More enchanting to the hearer,
For it answereth his own.
Rut, of all its witching words,
Sweeter than the songs of birds,
Those are sweetest, bubbling wild
Through the laughter of the child.
Harmonics from time touched towers,
Haunted strains from rivulets,
Hum of bees amongst the flowers,
Rustling leaves, and silver showers—
These, ere long., the car forgets,
Rut in mine there is a sound,
Ringing 'on the whole year round—
Heart-deep laughter that I heard
Ere my child could speak a word.
Ah 'twits heard by ear far purer,
Fondlier formed to catch the strain—
Ear of one whose love is surer—
Hers, the mother, the endurer
Of the deepest share of pain;
Hers the deepest bliss, to treasure
Memories of that cry of pleasure ;
Hers to hoard, a lifetime atter,
Echoes of that infant laughter.
Yes—a mother's large affection
Hears with a mysterious sense—
Breathings that evade detection,
Whisper faint, and fine inflexion,
Thrill in her with power intense.
Childhood's honied tones untaught
Liveth she in loving thought—
Tones that never thence depart, •
For she listens—with her heart.
LIVING PEACEABLY.
Better is a dry morsel and quietness there
with than a house full ofsacrifices with strife.
How delicious that 'conversation is,which is
accompanied with mutual confidence, free
dom, courtesy and complacency; how calm
the mind, how composed the affe•tions, how
serene the countenance, how melodious th•
voice, how sweet the sleep, how contentful
the whole life is of him that neither devises
mischief against others, nor suspects any to
be contrived against himself; and contrari
wise, how ungrateful and loathsome a thing
it is, to abide in a state of enmity, wrath and
dissension; having the thoughts distracted
with solicitous care, anxious suspicion, envi
ous regret; the heart boiling with dholer,the
face overclouded with discontent, the tongue
1 jarring and out of tune, the ears filled with
discordant noises of contradiction, clamor,
and reproach, the whole frame of body 'and
soul distempered and disturbed with the
worst of passions. How much more. com
fortable it is to walk in smooth and even
paths, than to wander in rugged ways over
grown with briars, obstructed with-shrubs,
and beset with snares; to sail steadily in a
quiet, than to be tossed in a tempestuous sea;
to behold the lovely face of heaven smiling
with a cheerful serenity, than to see it frown
ing with clouds or raging with storms; to
hear harmonious concerts, than dissonant
janglings, to • see objects corrissponding in
graceful symmetry, than lying disorderly in
confused heaps; to be in health, and have the
natural humors constant and moderate, than
(as it happens in diseases) agitated with tu
multuous commotions. How all the senses
and faculties of man unanimously rejoice in
these emblems of peace, order; harmony and
proportion; yea, how nature universally de
lights in a quiet stability, or undisturbed
progress of motion; the beauty strength and
vigor of every thing requires a concurrence
of force, cooperation and contribution of
health; all things thrive and flourish by com
municating reciprocal aid, and the world
subsists by a friendly conspiracy of its parts;
and especially that political society of man,
chiefly aims at peace as its end, depends on
it as its cause, relies on it as its support.
How like a paradise the world would be,
flourishing in joy and rest, if men would
cheerfully conspire in affection,and helpfully
contribute to each other's content, and how
like a savage wilderness now It is, when like
wild beasts, they vex and persecute, worry
and devour, each other. Not only philoso
phy has placed the supreme pitch of happi
ness in a calmness of mind and tranquility
of life, void of care and trouble, of irregular
passions and perturbations, but. holy Scrip
ture itself, in that one term of peace, most
usually comprehends all joy and content, all
felicity and prosperity so that the heavenly
consort of angels, when they agree most
kindly to bless, and to Wish the greatest hap
piness•to mankindi could not better express
their sense, than by saying—"Be on earth
peace and good will among men."
VARIOUS MATTERS.
Laivrence, the maniac assassin, still con
tinues in his cell, and refuses to have any
intercourse with the world. He says that
he is "a king, every inch a king," and de
mands the reins of the government of the
United States. The poor fellow is as mud
as any madman need be. •
On the sth.inst. two fires occurred about
the some time, in the City of New York,
which destroyed property to the amount of
about $lOO,OOO.
C. A. Harris; Esq. of Tennessee, has been
appointed Chief Clerk of the War Depart.
ment.
The Philadelphia Sentinel: rebukes the
Globe for its vile insinuations; that the late
insane attempt on the life of the Pr i`iiat
[WHOLE NO. 255.
was to be attributed to the conduct. of any
public man or political party. The Senti.
nel is a Jackson paper, and its honorablii
course is a credit to its party.
A GRACELESS SET.—The present Lees:
laturo of Now York, have dispensed with the
custornartt services of a chaplain. There
has not been an Assembly in that State for
twenty years which has needed to be prayed
for as much as this very Legislature!
It is understood that the Postmaster Gen.:
eral has appointed Dr. RICHARD C. MAsoN;
of Virginia, the Troastsrer and Chief Clerk
of the Post Office Department, in the rootti
of the Rev. 0. B. Brown, resigned:—Globe4
New York has succeeded in reeking fief
Penitentiaries productive. The income of
the two State' Prisons at Auburn and at
Mount Pleasint, over their ordinary expen
ses, exclusive of the support of the female
convicts, was $28,892 42, for the last fiscal
year, and over all expenses, six thousand
seven hundred and sixteen dollars.
At a large and respectable meeting of the
Anti-Masens of Mercer county, held at the
Court House, on the 22d ult. John McLean,
of Ohio, was recommended as a suitable
candidate for the Presidency. A number
of re9ectable prints in this State, Jackson
Whig and Anti.Masonic,advocate the claims
of Judge McLean.
A resolution was adopted on the 21st Sari.
in the House of Representatives of Ohio, for
the appointment of a joint ccirnmittee to in.;
quiro into the expediency of eflecting a pur ,
chase by the State of-Ohio from the United
States of all the lands belonging" to the U.l
States Within the boundary of that state.
16 ,
The bill to-arnend the act to incorporate
the Pennsylriaaia and Ohio Canal COnspa n ,
ny has passed through the House of Rspre.
sentatives of Ohio, by a decided majority. tit
The Baltimore Athemeum waa insured td
the amount 0fe20,000. It cost about 840,-
000.
Mr. Crockett said, we wore now withirt
three weeks of the close of the session, and
what had we done? Nothing. A great nurn
ber of bill 9 had been made special orders;
and among them one of great interest to his
constituents, but they could not be reached
on account of the long speeches. Last ses
sion seven months were spent in talking,and
two months more this session. He had
therefore come to the conclusion that this
was a better place to manufacture orators
than to despatch buisiness;
A white man named Godfrey —,aged
40, walked into the porter house 205 South
street, in the city of New York, on Satur-
day night, and after drinking to eitessi unz
dertook, for a waget, to drink off a pint of_
brandy at a draught. Ho accomplished the
object—won the wager—and dropped dead
on the spot. Verdict Infetaperance!!!
WHO SAYS THAT WOODEN bioCH% WONT
co?—A man residing at Cincinnati has ac.
cuniulatedone hundred and twenty thousand
dollars in three years, by the peddling of
wooden clocks throughout the southwestera
country.
STONE PAlNT:—Professor Hitchcock In
his "Geology," speaking of the useful and
ornamental minerals in this state, mentiond
the sulphate of baryta as a valuable paint:
It is found in immense quantities, and'of a
superior quality, at Hatfield, about two roiled
west of the village, with lead ore imbedded.
It is white, son, and may be ground likd
plaster of Paris.[ Northampton (Mass.) Gat:
The widow of Napoleon is having con.;
etructed at London a most beautiful and
splendid state coach.
There is already confined in the jail of
this_c,ounty, for trial at the next April Court,
a white man charged with having stabbed
another man to death; a colored man for at
tdmping to shoot another colored man; and
two young men detected in drawing money .
on forged memorandums of the delivery of
Straw, at the Straw Papet Mill in this place;
Franklin Repository.
tOIINTERFEIT GOLD.—Large quantities
of five dollar gold pieces are in circulation:
A friend of ours took two yesterday, neither
of which would be observed from their gen.
eral appearance. To us they had every ap
pearance of the real gold coin.[N. Y. Adti:
The New York Transcript, somewhat
given to jocoseness, relates the following:
A CURLY-TAILED Doo, AND A CURLY.
HAIRED MAN.—In a mixed company of
gentlemen and ladies, at a boarding-hedge
table the other day, one of the former relit.;
ted a very large story of a very little dog he
had seen, whose tail he represented as curl.:
ing so Very strenuously as absolutely. to Itfi
his hind legs from the ground. A frixt.led
haired young man, who sat so far off that he
merely heard something said about curling,
and supposing of course that it related to,
hair, exclaimed, "That's just the way mine
always does." The ladies tittered and the
gentlemen laughed, at hearing which the
curly-haired young man looked very much
out of countenance, though he could not
vine the cause of it, nor so much as sorput
that he had compared his own head tort dog's
tail.