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The Gentleman--The Christian.
Some twenty eight years bygone, I first
heard of the since far celebrated Lorenzo
Dow. It was in the town of Wheeling, and
the narrator was a gentleman from the vi
cinity of Nashville "in Tennessee. An au
ditory often or a dozen, all as uninformed of
Lorenzo Dow as myself, listened to him.—
He narrated some of Lorenzo's eccentrici
ties, in personal appearance and manner,
and he especially gave the heads of a dis
course he had then recently heard from the
preacher, in which he took, by way of text,
"The Gentleman and the Christian." I
was then a young man, and forcibly impress
ed with much of what was narrated, though
persuaded it was more the sentiment of the
narrator than of the preacher.
About two months afterwards, journeying
from Morgantown, Virginia, to Washing.
ton, Pennsylvania, I learned on the way that
Lorenzo Dow was to preach on the evening
of the day at Washington. I pushed my
horse and made Washington at early candle
light. I was told preaching had commenc
ed, and hastened to the court house. The
ins.ant the preacher's voice struck my ear,
I perceived he was repenting his discourse
upon the text of "The Gentleman and the
Christian." The versimilitude. could not
be mistaken, for the heads of that discourse
as narrated at Wheeling, had sunk deeprinto
my mind. But the matter was tenfold more
impressive coming from the lips of Lorenzo
Dow himself.
He described the gentleman--he belong
ed to no class of society exclusively—he con
stituted one of no exclusive class—his char
acteristics went disregarded of self—respect
for others--ho was no pragmatic babler—
not one whose mouth wits always open, his
ears always closed. He was a man whose
first coh?•iideration was for the comfort of
others—Lmaking himself secondary in every
thing.. He could not be selfish,he was irate
ly generous—he would do, and i lie would
suffer—he never exacted—he never remem
bered he had done a service, for he never
felt that his service' was of .value to be re
membered. His humility was as conspicu
ous as his kindness. But he was not all
things to all men, though he was in all things
and to all men a gentleman. He never
submitted to base compliances, but he never
avoided or refused civilties, that softened
the prejudices or preconceived opinions of
those with whom he was brought into con-
tact. He maintained that men of this de
scription were to be round in all classes and
through every grade •of society, from the
lowest to the most elevated. And this, he
said,was the true character ofthe Christian.
He pursued the parallel in the history of
the Saviour. His conformity to the formali
ties of the Jewish church—his associations
with publicans and sinners—his controver
sies with the doctors of the temple—his as
sociation with poor fishermen—his humilia
tion and death. He continued the parallel
in the character and conduct of St. Paul,and
he concluded by an appeal to the auditory,
if the true gentleman and the true Christian
were not of near kindred, if not one and the
same character, the rule of life of both be
ing, in the main, that of the Saviour's prin.
cipal injunction, "DO 'UNTO OTHERS AS YOU
WOULD THEY SHOULD DO UNTO YOU."
The Hartford Mirror contains a lay ser
mon for the special benefit of the Bachelor's
Club, founded on the following text:—
"And they called Rebecca and said unto
her wilt thou go with this man, and she said
I will go."—Genesis, 25. v. 28.
In those times, ceremony, fortnality,sing
ing, and .sentiment were altogether unknown.
Rebecca was a sensible girl and jumped at
the first good offer.
We would have picked out a better text
to preach before the honorable and venera
ble fraternity, viz:—
"Jacob kissed Rachael."
That is something substantial for bache
lors to say grace over; the other text was for
the benefit of Rebecca altog ether.
"Jacob kissed R uchael,
• - And lifted up his voice and wept."
How pathetic! The fact is, time and the
Inshions make strange inroads upon poor hu
inan nature. Here was Jacob scouring the
country to look for a wife, and on a fine sun
237 11,013M11,7' WHITE IZIEMLETON, EDITOR, Pt7231.1113ZER AND PROPRIETOR:
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THE GARLAND.
-"With sweetest flowers enrich'd,
From various gardens cull'd with care."
THE UNCONSCIOUS ORPHAN.
BY MISS GOULD,
Mother, I have found a tear
In your eye ! how came it here?
More are coming—now they chase
One another down your face.
Now I feel your bosom heave!
What does make you sob and grieve?
Let me wipe your tears away,
Or I cannot go to play. .
Why is father sleeping so? .
Put me down and let Inc go—
Let me go where lean stand
Near enough to reach his hand.
Why! it feels as stiff and cold
As a piece of ice to hold!
Lift me up to kiss his cheek;
Then, perhaps, he'll wake and speak
!Mother, Oh ! it is'nt he,
For he will not look at me !
Father had'itt cheeks so white.
See ! the lips are fastened tight.
Father always spake and smiled,
Calling Inc his "darling child;"
lie would give and ask a kiss
When I came—but who is this?
If 'tis father has he done
Speaking to his little one !
Will he never, never more
Know and love nic as before?
Could he hear what we have said?
Tell me what is being dead?
Oh ! he does'nt breathe a breath!
Mother, what's the cause of death?
THE REPOSITORY.
Sermon for Bachelors.
amaelrauirzap 9 2PQace o amoocazr. QUIPIII22) aciadQ
ny day, in the valley of Pandenaram, he
saw her at a distance, drawing water from a
well, being barefooted; and without ceremo
ny ho run towards her, and in the language
of the good book, "Kissed her, and lifted up
his voice and wept." We have no account
that Rachael boxed his ears for his rudeness,
as in these days of simplicity and innocence
would have been the case.
Sailors.—Paint indeed is the idea which
landsmen are able to form of the toils, hard
ships, perils and hair-breadth 'scspes, which
that useful and hardy, class of men whose
"Path is o'er the mountain wave,
Whose home is on the deep,"
undergo in pursuing their avocation. The
following is but one of the thousand cases of
sufFermg that yearly happen, many of which
are perhaps never known to atiy human be
ing but the sufferers themselves.
"Holm:els OF THE SEA.—The brig Caro
line arrived lately at Helford, from Ameri
ca, atter a long and tempestuous passage.--
After having been about a week on her voy
ageohe man at the wheel cried out "a rock
ahead!" The captain ran forward, and dis
covered a boat. It contained six living
men, but in the last stage of wretchedness,
and one mnn dead, lying at the bottom of
the boat, whose blood they had fed on in the
morning! These suffi3rers were the only sur
vivors of a crew of fourteen. They had
been about nine dOys in the boat driving a
bout, suffering what no tongue can describe,
from hunger, and particularly from thirst.
Two that had died could bear the pangs of
thirst no longer, and in bitterness of agony,
drank salt water. The consequence was--
they became deranged, and died. The
first victim had been thrown overboard; the
second remained in the boat, whose mangled
body manifested the irresistible cravings of
the hunger that his barely surviving ship
mates were suffering under.— Welsh pap.
C011,11UNICAT1()N.
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Varieties of the Human Race.
[CONCLUDED FRO3I OUR LAST.]
He intimates that no great ingenuity is
requisite to explain the similarity existing
between the Greenlander and Chinese. But
ingenuity will nut always supply the place
of fact. We know that the cause must be
equiva'ent to the effect. Now, whether the
"effects of cold upon the surface, filthiness,
the oily fumes of lamps_ constantly burning"
in subterranean abodes, added to kindred
origin," be capable of effecting permanent
discolouration of the skin, I leave to the rea
dor to determine. Even admitting that they
would produce a blackening of the unprotec
ted parts, they could not possibly affect those
parts protected by clothing—for the warintli
ofwhich,the Greenlander is remarkable. Or
are we to suppose, that the exposed parts of
the Greenlander, only, are black; and from
that, they have been represented, by travel
lers to be dark? Such a representation would
be a very unfair one. With the same pro
priety might the Asiatic traveller represent
us as a bl a ck variety, merely because the
hands and faces of laborers exposed to the
sun, were dark Coloured.
The writer gravely tells us, that a burn
ing sun has the effect of changing the color
of the skin to a darker hue: This we ad
mit, so far as relates to the individual; and
just with the same gravity informs us, that
cold is one ,f the causer which darken the
skin of the Greenlander! Ho can scarcely
have reference to that purple tint, produced
by cold, by retarding the circuliitiond the
blood in the extreme veins and capillaries.
The fact of the polar animals being of a grey
or white color strongly militates against the
notion that cold has a tendency to darken
the surface. But how do we account for
the diminutive stature of the Greenlander;
whilst the animals inhabiting the polar re
gions are very large—the Patagonian, who
inhabits a latitude not much inferior to that
of the Greenlander is extremely tall? Are
we here obliged to resort to the same argu
ment as in the case of color? or might not
"kindred origin" have some effect?
To the latter we readily yield our appro
bation. It appears to be rather at variance
with the opinions of Melunopililus; yet he
hus' admitted it. If we are determined to
reason philosophically, let us not resort to
sophistry, however ingenious it may be.—
We recognize but one species of philosophy,
whatever may be said about fitlse philosophy.
It is the grossest solecism to connect those
terms, for philosophy- implies truth; any
thing else, however plausible and ingenious
it may be, Is at best entitled merely to the
name of sophistry. "Kindred origin" is,
doubtless, more instrumental in maintaining
similarity of color between the Greenlander
and Chinese, than any other cause.
Melanophilus tells us, that lie is not dis
posed to,controvert our observations upon
the various forms of skulls; but begs leave to
dissent from our deductions.. For our part,
we must confess the difficulty of arriving at
like conclusions from dissimilar premises.
We maintain, that the African in physical
conformation dons approach nearer to the
inferior animals than the European, not only
in the form of the skull and the brain, (which
must consequently partake of the form of
the former,) but also in other physical pecu
liarities which we' shall forbear to particu•
larize at present. He admits that "they
are inferior in civilizatiOn, and a knowledge
of the arts and sciences." In this partici)•
lar we agree. But if he presumes, that the
mind ofthe African is susceptible eras great
a degree of improvement as that of the Eu
ropean, I must beg leave to diffiir. The
superior portions of the brain, (owing to the
retrocession of the forehead,) which is nal
veiSally admitted to bo the seat of intelli
gence, are not so highly developed. The
monkey and elephant, which are amongst
the most remarkable of the inferior animals
for sagacity, have a middling prominent
forehead, whilst tho9e less sagacious have
likewise a corresponding retrocession of the
superior and anterior portion of the skull.
We believe there is a much greater propor
tion among the European variety, whose
minds may be cultivated equal to those of
Baton, Newton, Franklin and Brougham,
than there is to be found among the Afri
can. We cannot assert uniformity of physi
cal drganization over the whole world, be
cause our senses convince us to the contra
ry; equality of mental endowment is scarcely
less admissible.
We need no btronger evidence to estab
lish the inferiority of the African than their
own declarations. The celebrated Mr. Park
informs us, in his "Travels into the Interior
Districts of Africa," that the most intelligent
Negro he met with, after witnessing only
such evidences of European skill and knowl
edge as the English settlement of Pisania
afforded, would sometimes appear pensive,
& exclaim with an involuntary sigh, "Black
men are nothing." To this consciousness
of their own,ipferiority, may very readily be
attributed the submission of the Negroes to
slavery in the European colonies. Were
the case to be reversed, and the white slaves
would exceed six or eight times the number
of their Negro masters, how long would
such a state of things exist?
Melanophilus tells us, that "whales and
elephants have larger brains than man, and
yet their sagacity is not equal to his." We
do not wish to be understood as meaning that
the noblest intellect is connected with the
actually largest brain, but that in the most
prominent forehead we generally find the
most voluminous brain, so far as relates to
the particular species, and a more highly
developed intellect, than in those ofcontrac
ted forehead. The volume of brain in the
whale and elephant is almost infinitely small
er when compared to - the enormous bulk of
body, than the brain of man is to his. Nei
ther do ve observe in them that prominence
of forehead, which is so peculiarly charac
teristic of the European variety of man, the
certain indication of intelligence. It is the
opinion of the most celebrated physiologists
of modern times, flint the animal having the
largest brain is not the most intelligent, nor
is it presumed that the animal having the
greatest volume of brain in proportion to its
weight, (for some actually exceed man in
proportion,) Imit it ie their opinion that the
animal whose brain bears the greatest pro:
portion to the bulk of the nerves, is possess
ed of the highest intellectual endowments,
and that animal has been ascertained to be
man; consequently, the greater the expan
sion of the forehead, the greater is the vo
lume of brain in comparison to the nerves.
Should it be necessary on some futu►e occa
sion, to furnish the names of the authors,
whose works we have quoted,we shall do so,
but for the present we decline. It is said
that Bichat, the-celebrated French Anato
mist, .to whom Anatomical science. is great
ly indebted, and from whom much more was
to be anticipated had he been content to be
a little less tianscendant, for ho died at, 09
age of thirty, a martyr to,intellectual toil,
had the most prominent forehead ever wit
nessed in France—for, according to Cam
per's method of measurement, the facial an
gle was almost a right one. It would be
vain to seek for such prominence of forehead
among the colored tribe, itithough it might
be almost hopeless to search for a .similar
one amongst the white variety, we feel con
fident that we would be able to find a much
greater proportion amongst them, whose ap
proaches would be nearer, than are to be
met with amongst the Africans.
Melanophilus tells us "that the Greeks
did not pretend to be the originators of lit
erature and the arts, but confessed their ob
ligations for letters, commerce, &c. to the
Phenicians, who in turn accorded the meed
of their discoveries to the Egyptians, a peo
ple of Africa." We are not disposed to ad
mit, that the Egyptians,to whom the Greeks
were indebted_ for their literature, &c. were
of the African variety. We are not suffi
ciently eredulous to believe, that Homer,
Lycurgus, Solon, Pythngoras and Plato, re
sorted to Egypt to study the Sciences, Re
ligion, &c. discovered by men with dark
skins, curly hair and receding forehead.—
The skulls of the Egyptian mummies, in
much the largest proportion, are of the Cao
casian o r European variety. From this cir
cumstance we may readily infer, that during
the period of Egyptian greatness and splen
dor, that 'country was inhabited by the Cau
casian variety, and that it was subsequently
overrun by the African tribe; a fate similar
to that which beret Rome and Constantino
ple, by other savage nations. ,
We do maintain that the African is infe
rior in intellect to the European, but 'why
an equal degree of intellect is necessary for
the exercise of mercy, charity and other
good works, I am at a loss to determine.—
But Melanophilus greatly apprehends such
a result from thp indirect tendency of our
reasoning. I know that Melanophilus does
not consider it indispensably/necessary thnt
every individual should be as intelligent as
himself, that he might receive the blessings
of the good; he would not the less readily
extend the hand of charity and brotherly
love to a fellow being, because he was so un
fortunate as to be less intelligent than him
self. And we feel conscious, that he would
not be so uncharitable as to attribute to oth
ers, what he would be unwilling to perform
himself. The unfortunate should be the pe.
culiar objects of sympathy, their misery and
distress should recommend them to our pity
and commisseration. If God, who is the
Father of us all, and so infinitely superior to
us, does not consider equality with Himself
necessary for the distribution of His favors,
why should we, vile worms of the dust, pre
sume that the African must necessarily be
treated with severity, because it is his fate
to be inferior in, knowledge to the Europe.
an 7 He who exercises good works toward
the degraded children of Africa, upon the
principle of their mental inferiority, is much
more entitled to the name of philanthropist,
than ho who vainly endeavors to elevate
them to a station for which Nature never
designed them, and then abandoning them
to their late. We feel assured that the ex
ercise of mercy and benevolence toward the
African, by those_ who are disposed to regard
him as belonging to an inferior variety, has
tended more to ameliorate his condition and
alleviate his sufliiring, than all the fruitless
discussions of the pretended philanthropist,
in endeavoring to a s sign him a station upon
an equal basis with the European. F.
MISCELLANEOUS.
FROM TIIE ADIAEANTH
OBE SURE THAT WE GIRLS NEVER
MEAN HALE' WE SAY. ,
[Ey E. N. H. ELLIS, Esq.]
Slay, stay, dont be angry, I jested.. youlcnow,
'Twas a slip of the tongue that perplexes me so;
But in prating, and laughing, and talking all day,
Be sure that we girls never mean half we say.
I said you were cruel—but see what I meant,
And I'm sure that your heart will as quickly relent,
I fear'd that my love you would not repay,
But you know that we girls never mean half we say.
I said I'l - leer lov'd you, I meant all the while
Just to keep those pert misses from raising a smile,
Yet the glance of my eye,if you'd seen it,would say,
That we laughing girls never mean half We say.
When the dandy gallant, with a smile and n bow,
Calls us seraphs and angels, and more lovely too,
We blush, and look modest as flowers in May,
Yet like him we girls never mean half we say.
But when with a friend and a friend just like thee,
Who bath vow'd that forever that friend he willbe
Whose bosom will never one secret betray,
Oh, 'tis Timm that we girls mean ALL that we say.
From the Philadelphia Post
The Millenium is at Hand!
We .have been favored with a copy of the
•"Book of Life" being the 16th No. of the
Elements of Astrology, by Edward Postloth.
wayt Page, High Priest of Nature—Padre
of the Supreme Church—Reviver of Temple
Worship, and its Sacred Drama—General
issimo of the Crusaders against Spiritual
Babylon of Language and Worship, alike
confused—Grand Master of the Supreme
Mystics (that are to Free-Masons what
Christ was to their tutelary saint, John the
Baptist)--and Emperor of the World.
This book-undertakes to prove by infalla
ble calculations that the great Day ofiudg
ment is to take place next year, (18360 a
midst earthquakes, comets and a general
convulston of nature,and the 1111LLENIUM
will commence!!
The author says, "Did the infatuated
world but know all my calculations, or only
a ten-thousandth part of them—good hea
vens! what processions, and shouting, and
dancing, and ringing of bells, and serenading
with bands of musi3, and firing of cannon,
should usher in the M illenium of 1837. Like
a steamboat under a high pressure of eteam,
the earth would tremble with the joy of its
inhabitants." •
"Plato—a winter of thy year has fled!.
The spring man rises from the grave his bed.
The 'Jew and GentilenoW shall surely wed:.
And Sun, Moon, Earth, their triune will shed
A light on Egypt's triple Calendar, flays Ned.
"When Truth :s triumphant, banks will
become temples ofworship, and their vaults
being empty, gold and silver will adorn or
gans of music, sculpture, and every part of
the sanctuary's interior. Dedicate gold to
God, and happiness is the reward."
Notwithstanding we have.read Mr. Page's
book with some care, we confess ourselves
unable to comprehend the rationale of the
subject. The work contains a vast amount
of figures and mathematical calculations,
which aro so arranged as to appear plausi
ble, but they will convey no distinct idea to
tl-e mind of the uninitiated, and are likely to
remain a mystery to those unacquainted
with "St. Peter's Key," "The Cherubim of
Glory," "The Sun's Magic Compasses" &c.
the secrets of which appear to be fully com
prehended by the learned author. In no
ticing the work therefore we can do no more
than state what the author designs to prove
—whether he has succeeded, the reader
must determine for himself. To furnish
specimens of Mr. Page's poetic style we give
a few unconnected extracts:—
"Nature is the mirror of the invisible
One. She is elder Scripture, written by his
own hand. The gospel of the stars, great
nature's holy writ! The globe terrestial as
a living creature, whose spirit, mind or soul
is the celestial globe, traced in the imagery
of things on earth, as man's occult mind is
pictured in his body. Every planet, in
number equal to all the moments of Eterni.
ty, in a body to a similar spirit heaven.—
The electric fluid of matter, pervades squares
and of mind, their circles. God the Father
reigns omnipotent in active Matter; the Son
omnipreSent in neuter Space; the Comforter
omniscient in passive time:—to which tri
angles, sqbares and circleS allude.
1 command that Matter, Space and Time
be alike regulated according to the metre of
Geometry, and rhythm of Arithmetic.
America—say Ureka!
Saint Peteraf is a merry key!
Then dance with song., and shout with glee!
Welcome, Welcome Jubilee!
'Tis Mexico's famed Century!
"ris Miss Jubilee with her fiddle•pe-dea!
Ti's sweet Jubilee with her twcedle-dum•dec!
She is such a clew when brought into view!
' She is Muntezuma's Century!
Matter is Nature's lamp, Space the wick,
),,t'p4 o t
(WHOLE NO. 201
Time the oil, and God's love !hail' fiatitei
luminat mg the universal Temple or Natairie JE
ROYAL LOVE LETTER.—NapOkon
very fond of Josephine, and his letters to her,:
were written in a spirit of perfect romatite.c'i.%:,
In ono of them he says, "I am very nnettiki;l,4;::
to know how you are. I have been in tins
village of Virgil—on the shores of his lake'.
—bye silvery moonshine,and not a moment
without thinking of Josephine." In afloat. ,
er of those curious amatory elusions to the;, , "'
wife of his bosom, he writes as follows: `
"A thousand kisses, as burning as my. heart,"
—as pure as youl-4 sent by the
he told me that he had seen you, and thilt a &',
you had no commands for him—Oh fie47{ .
naughty, ugly, cruel, tyrannical, pretty lit:;+,r;."';'
tle monster! you laugh at my
s tony. Ahi;. :
you know that if I could put you in my hearti=7'l: .
you should remain there in prison.
USEFUL HINTS TO Mnssioratt 1 0 .8...4
former pastor of the parish of Louie,
guishod for his simplicity of manners
.pened when assistant to the celebrated. Dr: n s
Henry, to meet the Doctor on the . Castle
Hill of Edinburgh, during the French
when the following dialogue took
"What ha'e been doing in the Castle Mesists,'-,
John?" "I've been about my master's mirk,:
converting the poor deluded bodies, the •
French prisoners." "A most orthodox em.
ployment—of course you understand the
language?" "Nu,'ne'er a word of French
can I speak." "Astonishing! how did you
get on?" "To tell the truth doctor, it wee
no easy matter; for the first time, when X.
tried to be serious with them, they jeer'd
and made a rule o' me; but I fell on a better
plan the next day; I ordered a great bowl o' .
punch, and we sat a' round it, and drankio
tune anither; they leugh and I leughl and ye.
ken, doctor, the Lord works his ain wark."
Ursico . 3l:tiolv ENERGY.—Wehad last week'
as a visitor, one of Co:. Crockett's. neigh.„...
hors—a child under 10 years of age, who:
has rode since 22d of December, on horse.,
back, 900 miles—having passed .throtigli".
the Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Creek nations'.
of Indians, and been out during the late, se,
vero weather. The little fellow seemed Jess
fatigued than the gentleman in' whose Corti.-
pony ho came. lie is a child of remark4bla'
sprightliness and intelligence.:
ALL HEN ARE HORN WITHOUT TEETH. 4
NO MAN THEREFORE, IS JUSTIFIABLE.
ING.—The bachelors of Nashville 'have
grown argumentative in their old age,,ai4
taken to the quotation of high authority for
their misdeeds; having lately published thgir
declaration of independence: It commences
by a bold travestie of the nationarstate
per, and draws a most unsavory cofichisiralt
from the premises. "All men," Bay the
old vinegar cruets, "are born unmarried,;'
and therefore, they should always remain
so. A very precious sequitur, this!" :"
THE BORDER WAR.—The Governor or
Ohio has ordered out his whole 'staff and 'ft- .
detachment of troops to escort hinito 4 !the
debateable land," to which the most puisOnt
Governor of Michigan 'has also repaired;.
with a military force to 'resist the forciblek
entry of the former dignitary.
On the 17th ult.,the Supreme' Court of
the United Staten, sitting in the Capitol at .
Washington, after a session of sixty-five
days, (having decided forty-two cases, be
ing all that were ready for trial, with two
or three exceptions) adjourned to the .time
and place appointed by law; leaving forty.
seven eases on the Calendar for next term.
A Frenchman, attending out or cur i os ity
a recent political meeting at London, and
somewhat astonished at the shouts and
asked his friend when they would begin to'
consider the business. "They are,conald.'
ering it now, don't you limner "Oh, nui;' :
said .the Frenchma6, "I do hear--but
foi, I could not tank dat vour cOuntryine4
did consider so very, loud." •
A PIOOASATIT CourunT.--The Mobile
Advertiser says that in Texas, the fever end
ague prevails to a great extent. He says,
"we have beard it said that chickens and
even turkeys in that country have toacheti
of the ague; and at certain seasons of the
year, these gallant and stately birds may be
seen stalking around their domicils in a per
fect state of nakedness, their feathers haying
been shakeri entirely off." •
At a public commencement of the Ur&
versity of Maryland, which took place 01
the 18th ult. the degree of Doctor of Midi±
cine was conferred on fifty gentlemen. < .
"Yankee Doodle," the natidnal - song of %-
America, is an old Italian melody;. obsolete
or forgotten in the old world, till it all.at
once got vogue in the new, where itsittie.
been for many years so popular, that there .
is scarcely a child that cannot hum
We have heard. of the water freeziog-:.'
"down - east" as it issued from the . teailli:6
tles, but this is not even priming
following from the west:
"The Illinois Gazette and lacktonvilk‘ - ‘ti
News says—One of the drivers
to Springfield had one of his eye* 0r4410:4
out. This wa caused by westing 1 410/0 1 q;
wit h eyelF.st holes, by which ths.actim of
wind was concentrated on the eyei5t:4404.. , : , "
stroyed its power of vision." •
Avoid all low company—hi
moaners, aud in meth, '