•e**Ot ..$ .'.l;:t.*ololttAtt'..iltia4stt: BY nonmnr: WHIT m minDtivromi A DVERTISEMENTS. ADAMS COUNTY TEMPERANCE CONVENTION, A T the County Temperance Convention held AT in this place in March last, the following re solutions were unanimously adopted:— Resolued, That it is expedient that the several Temperance Societies of this County meet, by n delegation of six members from each society, ni Gettysburgh, on the First Saturday of Mareh,an nually, with a view to our mutual improvement, and that in co-operation for the promotion of Tem perance, there may be concord. Resolved, That to said Convention each Society shall report the number of members received the past year—how many (if any) have been expelled ns disorderly—and how many have withdrawn with the permission of the society—and the whole number in connection with the society. It was also left to the "Temperance Society of Gettysburgh and its vicinty" to select the place of the next meeting of the Convention. At a meeting of said Society, held on the 26th ult. the following resolutions were passed— Resolved, That the annual meeting of the Tem perance Societies of Adams County be held in the ' Methodist Episcopal Church, in the Borough of Gettysburgh, at 10 o'clock A. sr. on Saturday the 4th of •IFlarch next. Resolved, That the Secretary cause notice to 1) given in time, so that all the Temperance Sock ties in the county may he represented in said Con vention. Resolved, That the Editors of the different pa pers be requested to give publicity to said notice. ROBERT W. MIDDLETON, S. ec'ry. Gettysburgh. January 2, 1837. trii--4 PRIVATE SALE. HE Subscriber intending to go to farm. T ing in the spring, will offer his House & Lot II • :•:; for sale, in Middletown, Freder ;: ick County, Md. The House is a two story Brick Building, well finished and there is also a log building on the same lot, now occupied as a hatter shop, also a small barn, together with a Stable, Corn House, &c. 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Its superior qualities have gained for it a high reputation, and a most decided preference over any preparatio n or the kind ever offered to the Public. It is Warranted not to contain AN ACID, or any other corrosive ingredient. For sale at the. Drug Store of Dr. J. GILBERT, Gettysburg. April 4, 1838 rf--1 BLANK For Sale at the N Office 4:DEEDS -0 the Star drßanner VE:3 (Ba.1:30m0,) "With sweetest flowers enrich% From various gardens cull'd with care." FROM TIM ALBANY EVENING JOURNAL. I'VE THROWN THE BOWL ASIDE! I've thrown the bowl aside, r‘ For me no more shall flow Its ruddy stream or sparkling tide, How bright soe'cr it glow; I've seen extending wide Its devastating sway, Seen Reason yield its power to guide,— I've cast the bowl away! O ne'er tempt me again To drain the cup of sin; For ruin dire, disease and pain, Taint all that foams within; Neglected duties rise In fearful, sad array, Up to its brim. I will be wise,— east.the bowl way! I've seen the pride of all— The wise, the good, the great— Like summer leaves, all timeless fall, And veil their high estate. I've seen fair woman give,— Her very charm away,— Embrace the demon vile, and I've cast the howl away! My days of revelry 0 gladly I give apt' They're but the masks of misery, Which still jurks in the cup; While Indolence and Want And Poverty display Themselves in every drunkard's haunt, I've cast the bowl away! A drunkard's gloomy grave Shall ne'er be made tlir me; . 0 rather let the rushing wave Engulph Inc in the sea! And may it be my lot To die 'neatli Reason's ray! Remembered by the friends or not, I've cast the bowl away! My path henceforth is plain, In honesty to live— To shun Intemperance and its train, By Industry to thrive; No duty to forget, And live to bless the day When I was led without regret, To cast the howl away! vtaat L2T®oaufbbv. The Widow's Ordeal; OR, A JUDICIAL TRIAL BY COMBAT. [BY WASHINGTON HIVING.] The world is daily growing old and wise. Its institutions vary with its years, and mark its grow ing wisdom; and none more so than its modes of investigating truth, and ascertaining guilt or inno cence. In its nonage, when man was yet a falli ble being, and doubted the accuracy of his own intellect, appeals were made to heaven in dark and doubtful cases of atrocious accusation. The accused was required to plunge his band in boiling oil or walk across read-hot ploughshares, or to maintain his innocence hi armed flight and listed field, in person or by champion. If he pass ed these ordeals unscathed, he stood acquitted, and the result was regarded as a verdict from on hi7h. • It is somewhat remarkable that, in the gallant age of chivalry, the gentle sex should have been most frequently the subjects of these rude trials and perilous ordeals; and that too, when assailed in their more delicate and vulnerable part—their honor. . In the present very old and enlightened age of the world, when the human intellect is perfect ly competent to the management of its own con cerns, and needs no special interposition of heaven in its affairs, the trial by jury has superceded those superhuman ordeals; and the unanimity of twelve discordant minds is necessary to constitute a ver dict. Such a unanimity would at first sight, ap pear also to require u miracle from heaven; but it is produced by a simple device of human ingcn•tity. The twelve jurors are looked up in their box, there to fast until abstinence shall have so clarified their intellects that the whole jarring parcel can discern the truth, and concur in a unanimous decision. One point is certain, that truth is ono and is im mutable—until the jurors all agree, they cannot all he right. It is not our intention, however, to discuss this great judicial point, or to question the avowed su periority of the mode of investigating truth, adop ted in this antiquated and very sagacious era._ It is our object merely to exhibit to the curious reader, one of the most memorable cases Of judi cious combat we find in the annals of Spain. It occurred at the bright commencement of the reign, and in the youthful, and, as yet, glorious days of Roderick the (Jodi; who subsequently tarnished his fume at home by his misdeeds, and, finally lost his kingdom and his life on the banks of the Gnu. dalete, in that disastrous battle, which gave up Spain a conquest to the Moors. The following is the story. There was once upon a time, a certain duke of Lorraine, who was acknowledged throughout his domains to be one of the wisest princes that ever lived. In fact, them was not any one measure that ho adopted that did not astonish all his privy counsellors and gentlemen in attendance; and ho said so many witty things, and made such sen sible speeches, that his high chamberlain had his jaws dislocated from laughing with delight at the one, and gaping with wonder nt the other. This very witty and exceedingly wise potentate lived for half a century in single blessedness, when his courtiers began to think it a•great pity so wise and wealthy a prince should not have a child after his own likeness, to inherit his talents and domin ions; so they urged him most respectfully to marry, for the good of his estate, and the welfare of his subjects. He turned their advice over in his mind some four or five years, & then sending emissaries to all parts, he summoned to his court all the beautiful maidens in the land who were ambitious of shar ing a ducal crown. The court was soon crowded with beauties of all atyles and complexions, from among whom he chose one in the earliest budding of her charms, and acknowledged by all the gen tlSmen to ho imparalelled for grace and loveliness. "I WISH NO OTHER HERALD, NO OTHER SPEAKER OF MIT LIVING ACTIONS, TO KEEP MINE HONOR PROM CORRUPTION."-SHAKE (11I8WWIVZIWZOCOldit o zpa.. aztwfluArixo 22).war4aart au. acwv. Having made his will, the good duke died and was buried. Scarcely was he in his tomb, when his nephew came to take possession, thinking, as his uncle had died without issue, that the domain would be devised to him of course. He was in a furious passion, however, when the will was pro- i duced, and the young widow was declared inheri tor of the dukedom. As he was a violent high minded man, and one of the sturdiest knights in the land, fears were entertained that he might at tempt to seize on the territories by force. He had however, two bachelor uncles for bosom counsel lors. These were two swaggering rakehelly old cavaliers, who, having led loose and riotous lives. prided themselves upon knowing the world, and being deeply experienced in human nature. They took their nephew aside. "Prithee man," said they, "be of good cheer. The duchess is a young and buxom widow. She has just buried our broth er, who, God rest his soul! was somewhat, too much given to praying and fasting, and keeping his pretty wife always tied to his girdle. She is now like a bird from a cage. Think you she will keep her vow? Impossible! Take our words for it—we know mankind, and above all, womankind. She cannot hold out for such O length of time, it is not in widowhood—we know it,and that's enough. Keep a sharp look-out upon the widow, therefore, and within the twelvemonth you watch her trip ping—and then the dukedom is your own." The nephew was pleased with his counsel, and immediately placed spies round the duchess and bribed several of her servants to keep a watch upon her, so that she could not take a single step, even from one apartment of her palace to another, without being observed. Never was a young and beautiful widow exposed to so terrible an ordeal. The duchess was aware of the watch thus kept upon her. Though confident of her own recti tude,she knew that it was not enough for a woman to be virtuous—she must be above the reach of slander. For the whole term of her probation, therefore, she proclaimed a strict nonintercourse with the other sex. She had females for cabinet ministers and the chamberlains, through whom she transacted all her public and private concerns; and ' it is said, that never were the affairs of dukedom so adroitly administered, All males were rigorously excluded from the palace; she never went out of its precincts, and whenever she moved about its courts and gardens, she surrounded herself with a body-guard of mai dens of honor, commanded by dames renowned for discretion. She slop in a bed without curtains, placed in the centre of a room illuminated by innu merable wax tapers. Four ancient spinsters, vir tuous as Virginia, perfect dragons of watchfulness, who only slept during the day time, kept vigils throughout the night, seated in the four corners of the room on stools without backs or arms, and with seats cut in checkers of the hardest wood, to keep them from dozing. Thus wisely and 'warily did the young duchess conduct herself for twelve long months, and slan der almost bit their tongue off in despair at find ing no room even for a surmise. Never was or deal more burdensome, or more enduringly sus tained. The year passed away. The last, old day ar rived, and a long, long day 'it Was. It was the twenty-first of June, the longest day in the year. It seemed as if it would never come to an end. A thousand times did the duchess and her ladies watch the sun from the windows of tho palace, as he slow ly climbed the vault of heaven, and seemed still More slowly to roll down. • They could not help expressing their wonder, now and then, why the duke should have tagged this aupernumery day to • The courtiers extolled the Duke to the skies for making such a choice, and considered it another proof of his great wisdom. "The Duke," said they, "is waxing a little too old: the damsel, on the other hand, is a little too young: if ono is lack ing in years, the other has a superabundance; thus a want on one side is ballanced by an excess on the other, and the result is a well assorted mar- The Duke, as is often the case with wise men, who marry rather late, and take damsels rather youthful to their bosoms, became dotingly fond of his wife, and endulgcd her in all things. He was considered, and by the ladies in particular, as a pattern for husbands; and, in the end, from the wonderful docility with which he submitted to be reined and checked, acquired the amiable and enviable appellation of duke Phillibert, the wife ridden. There was only one thing that disturbed the conjugal felicity of this paragon of husbands; though a considerable time elapsed after his mar riage, he still remained without any prospect of an heir. The good duke left no means untried to propitiate heaven; he made vows and pilgri mages, he fasted and he prayed, but all to no pur_ pose. The courtiers were all astonished at the circumstance. They could not account for it.— While the meanest peasant in the country had sturdy brats by dozens, without putting up n prayer, the duke wore himself to skin and bone with penances and footings, yet seemed farther oil from his object than ever. At length the worthy prince fell dangerously ill, and felt his cad approaching. He looked with sorrowful eyes upon his young and tender spouse, who hung over him with tears & sobbings, •Alas!" said he, "tears are soon dried from youthful hearts: In a little while I shall he no more, and in the arms of - another husband thou will forget him who has loved thee so tenderly." "Never! never!• cried the duchess. "Never will I cleave to another! Alas, that my lord should think me capable of such inconsistency!" The worthy and wife-ridden duke was soothed by her assurance; for he could not endure the thoughts of giving her up even after he should be dead. Still he wished to have some pledge of her enduring constancy. "Far be it from me, my dearest wife," said he, "to control thee through a kin g life. A year and a day of strict fidelity will appease my troubled spi rit. Promise me to remain faithful to my memory for a year and a day. and I will die in peace." The duchess made a solemn vow to that effect. The uxorious feelings of the duke were not yet satisfied. "Safe bind, safe find," thought he; so he made a will, in which he bequeathed to her all his domains, on condition of her remaining true to him for a year and day after his decease,but should it appear that, within that time,she had in any wise lapsed from her fidelity, the inheritance should go to his nephew, the lord of a neighboring terri tory the end of the year, as if three hundred and sixty -five days were not sufficient to try and task the fidelity of any woman. It is the last grain that turns the scale—the last drop that overflows the goblet—andthe last moment of delay that exhausts ! the patience. By the time the sun sunkbelow the horizon the duchess was in a fidget that passed all bounds, and, though several hours wore yet to pass before the day regularly expired,she could not have remained those hours in duranre to gain a royal crown, much less a ducal coronet. So she gave her orders, and her palfrey, magnificiently capari soned was, brought into the court-yard of the cas tle, with palfreys for all her ladies in attendance. In this way she sallied forth just as the sun had gone down. It was a mission of piety—a liilgrim cavalcade to a convent at the foot of a neighboring mountain, to return thanks to the blessed Vir gin for Irving sustained her through this fearful ordeal. The - orisons performed, the duchess and her la dies returned, ambling gently along the border of the forest. It was about that mellow hour of twi light when night and day arc mingled and all ob jects indistinct. Suddenly some monstrous animal sprang from out of a thicket,with fearful howlings. The whole female body guard was thrown into con fusion, and fled different ways. It was some time before they rtcorcred from their panic, and gath ered once more together; but the duchess was not to be found. The greatest anxiety was felt for her 4afety. The hazy mist of twilight had prevented their distinguishing perfectly the animal which hail affrighted them. Some thought it a wolf, others a bear, others the wild man of the woods. For upwards of an hour did they beleaguer the forest, without daring to venture in,and were on the point of giving up the duchess as torn to pieces and de voured, when to their great joy, they beheld her' advancing in the gloom supported by a stately cavalier. He was a stranger knight whom nobody knew. [t was impossible to distinguish his countenance n the dark; but all the ladies agreed that he was of a noble presence and captivating address. He hnd rescued the duchess from the very fangs of the monster, which, he assured the ladies, was neither a wolf nor a hear nor yet a wild man of the woods, lint a veritable fiery dragon, n species of monster peculiarly hostile to beautiful females in the days of chivalry, and which all the efforts of knight er rantry had not been able to extirpate. The ladies crossed themselves when they heard of the dangers from which they had escaped, and could not enough admire the gallantry of the cav alier. , The duchess would fain have prevailed on her deliverer to accompany her to her court; but he had no time to spare, being a knight-errant, who had many adventures oft 'hand and many dis tressed damsels and afflicted widows to rescue and relieve in various parts of the country. Taking a respectable leave, therefore, ho pursued his way [faring, nad the duches and her train returned to the palace. Throughout the whole way,the ladies were noweariea in chanting the praises of the stranger knight; nay, many of them would will ingly have incurred the danger of the dragon to have enjoyed the happy deliverance of the duchess. As to the latter, she rode pensively along, but said nothing. No sooner was the adventure of the wood made public than a whirlwind was raised about the ears of the beautiful duchess. The blustering nephew of the deceased duke went about armed to the teeth, with a swaggering uncle at each shoulder, ready to buck him, and swore the duchess had for feited her domain. It was in vain that alto called. all the saints and angels, and her ladies in atten dance into the bargain, to witness that she had passed a year and a day of immaculate fidelity.— One fatal hour remained to be accounted for—and in the space of one little hour sins enough may he conjured up by evil tongues, to blast the fame of a whole life of virtue. 'rho two graceless uncles, who had seen the world,were ever ready to bolster the matter through, and, as they wore brawny, broad-shouldered war riors, and veterans in brawl as well as debauch, they had great sway with the multitude. If any one pretended to assert the innocence of the duch ess, they interrupted him with a loud ha! ha' of derision. "A pretty story, truly," would they cry, "about wolf and a dragon, and a young widow rescued in the dark by a sturdy varlet, who dares not show his face in the daylight. You may tell that to those who do not know human nature; for our parts, we know the sex, and that's enough." If, however, the other repeated his assertion, they would suddenly knit their brows, swell, look big, rid put their hands upon their swords. As few people like to fight in a cause that does not touch their own interests, the nephew and uncles were suffered to have their way, and swagger tut contradicted. The matter was at length referred to a tribunal composed of all the dignitaries of the dukedom, and many repeated consultations were held. The character of the duchess throughout the year, was as bright and spotless as the moon in a cloudless night; ono fatal hour of darkness alone intervened to eclipse its brightness. Finding human sagaci ty incapable of dispelling the mystery, it was de termined to leave the question to heaven; or, in other words to decide it by the ordeal of the sword —a sage tribunal in the age of chivalry. The ne phew and two bully uncles were to maintain their accusation in listed combat, and six months were allowed to the duchess to provide herself with three champions, to meet them in the field. Should she fail in this, or should-her champions be vanquish ed, her honor would be considered as stained, her fidelity as forfeited, and her dukedom would go to the nephew as a matter of right. With this determination the duchess was fain to comply. Proclamations were accordingly made, and heralds sent to various parts; but , day after day, week after week, and month after month j elapsed without any champion appearing to assert her loyalty throughout that dark-hour. The fair widow was reduced to despair, when tidings reach. ed her of a grand tournament to be held at Tole- do, in celebration of the nuptials of Don-Roderick, the last of the Gothic kings, with,the Morisco Prin. cess Exilona. As a last resort, the duchess repair ed to the Spainiah court, to implore the gallantry of the assembled chivalry. The ancient city of . Toledo was a scene of gorgeous revelry on the event of the royal nuptials. The young king, brave, ardent, and magnificent, and his lovely bride, beaming with all the radiant beauty of the cast, were hailed with shouts and acclamations whenever they appeared. Their nobles vied with each other in the luxury of their attire, their splendid retinues and prancing steeds —and the haughty dames of the court appeared in a blaie of jewels. In the midst of all this pageantry, the beautiful, but afflicted ducl.eas of Loraine made her approach to the throne. She_ was dressed in black, and closely veiled: four (Neiman of the most staid and severe aspect, and six beautiful demoiselles, formed her female attendants. She was guarded by several very ancient, withered, and gray-headed cavaliers: and her train was borne by one of the most deformed and diminutive dwarfs in exis dace. • Advancing to the foot of the throne, she knelt down, and thrOwing up her veil, revealed a coun tenance so beautiful that half the courtiers present were ready to renounce their wives and mi tresses, and devote themselves to her service; but when she made known that she came in quest of cham pions to defend her fatne every cavalier pressed forward to offer his arm and sword, without in quiring into the merits of the case; for it seemed clear that so beauteous a lady could have done nothing but what was right: and that, at any rate, she ought to be championed in following the bent of her humors, whether right or wrong. Encouraged by such gallant zeal, the duchess suffered herself to be raised from the ground and related the whole story of her distress. When she concluded, the king remained for some time silent, charmed by the music of her voice. At length: "As I hope for salvation, most beautiful duchess," said he, "wore I not a sovereign king, and bound in duty to my kingdom, I, myself would put lance in rest to vindicate your cause: as it is, I here give my Cull permission to my knights, and .promise lists and a fair field, and that the contest shall take place b , fore the walls of Toledo, in pres ence of my assembled court. As soon as the pleasure of the king was known, there was a strife among the cavaliers present for the honor of the contest. It was decided by lot, and the successful candidate were objects of great envy, for every one was ambitious of finding a fa vor in the eyes of the beautiful widow. Missives were sent, summoning the nephew and his own uncles do Toledo, to maintain their accu sation,.and a day was appointed for the combat. When the day arrived, all Toledo was in comma,- tion at an early hour. The lists had been prepared in the usual place, just without the walls, at the foot of the rugged rocks on which the city ie built, and on that beautiful meadow along the Tagus, known by the name of the king's garden. The populace had already assembled, each one eager to secure a favorable place. The balconies were soon filled with the ladies of the court, clad in the rich est attire and bands of youthful knights, splendid. ly armed and de-orated with their ladies' devices, were menacing their superbly caparisoned steeds about the field. The king, at length came forth in state, accompained by the queen Exilona.— They took their seats in a raised balcony, under a canopy of rich damask; and at sight of them the people rent the air with acclamation. The nephew and his uncles now rode into the field, armed cap-apie, and followed by a train of cavaliers of their own rovstering cast, great swearers and carousers, arrant swashbucklers, that went about with clanking armor and jingling spurs. When the people of Toledo beheld the vaunting and discourteous appearance of these knights, they were more anxious than over for the success ef the gentle duchess, hut nt the same time, the sturdy and stalwart frames of these warriors, showed that whoever won the victory from them, must do it at the cost of many a bitter bloiv. • As the nephew and his riotous crew rode in at one side of the field, the fair widow appeared at the other, with her suit of grave gray-headed cour tiers, her ancient duennas and daisy demoiselles, and the little dwarf toiling along under the weight of her train. Every one made way for her as she passed, and blessed her beautiful face, and prayed for success to her cause. She took her seat in a lower balcony, not far from the sovereigns; and her pale face, set on' by her mourning weed, was as the moon shining forth from among the clouds of night. Thu trumpets sounded for the combat. The warriors were just entering the lists, when a stran ger knight, armed in panoply, and followed 'by two pages and esquire, came galloping into the field, and riding up to the royal balcony, claimed the combat as a matter of right. .In me," cried he,.hehold the cavalier who had the happiness to rescue the beautiful duchess from the peril of the forest, and the misfortune to bring on her this grievous calumny. It was but recent ly in the course of my errantry., that tidings of her wrongs have reached my ears, and I have urged hither at all speed, to stand forth in her vindica. tion " No sooner did the duchess hear the accents of the knight, than she recognized his voice, and join ed her prayers with his that he might enter the lists. The difficulty was to determine which of the three companions already appointed shotild yield his place, each insisting on the honor of the combat. The stranger knight would have settled the point by taking the whole contest on himself; but this the other krughts would not permit. It was at length determined as before, by lot, and the cavalier who• lost the chance returned mur mu ring and disconsolate The trumpets again sounded—the lists were opened. The arrogant nephew and his two draw- cans uncles appeared so completely cased in stee hat they and their steeds were like moving mss_ Res of iron. When they understood the stranger knight to he the same that had rescued the duch ess from her peril, they greeted him with mos boisterous derision. "0 ho, sir knight of the dragoons!" said they: "you who pretend to champion fair widows in the dark, come on, and vindicate your deeds of dark ness in the open day." The only rely of the cavalier was to put lance in rest ; and brace himself fir the encounter.-- Needless it is to relate the particulars of a battle which was like so many hundred combats that have been said and sung in prose and verse. Who is, there but must first have foreseen the event du contest, where heaven had to decide in the guilt or innocence of the most beautiful and immaculate of widows! The sagacious reader, deeply rend in this kind of judicial combats, can imagine the ,encounter of the graceless nephew and the stranger knight.— He sees their concussion, man to man, and horse to horse, in mid career, and in that Sir Graceless [VOL. 7--NO. 46. hurled to the ground and slain. He will not won der that the assailants of the brawney uncles were less successful in their rude encounter; but he will picture to himself the stout stranger spurring to their rescue in the very• critical momerit,he will see him transfixing one with his lance and cleaving the other to the chime with a back stroke of his sword, thus leaving the trio of accusers dead upon the field, and establishing the immaculate fidelity of the duchess, and her title to the dukedom, be yond the shadow of a doubt. The air rang with acclamations; nothing was" heard but praises of the beauty and virtue of the duchess, and of the prowess of the stranger knight; but the public joy was still more increased when the champion raised his visor, and revealed the countenance of the bravest cavaliers in Spain, re nowned for his gallantry in the service of the sex, who had long been absent in quest of 'similar ad ventures. That worthy knight, however, was severely wounded in the battle, and remained for a long time ill of his wounds. The lovely duchess,grate ful for having twice owed her protection to his arm, attended him daily during his illness. A tender passion grew up between them, and she finally rewarded his gallantry by giving him her hand. The king would fain have had the knight es tablish his title to such high advancement by far ther deeds of arms; but his courtiers declared that he had already merited the lady, by thus .vindicat ing her fame and fortune in a deadly combat to outrance; and the lady herself hinted that she was perfectly satisfied of his prowess in arms, from the proofs she received in his achievement. Their nuptials, were celebrated with great mag nificence. The present husband of the duchess;. did not pray and fast like his predecessor. Philli bed, the wife-ridden; yet he found greater favor in the eyes of heaven, for their union was.blessed with a numerous progeny; the daughters chaste and beauteous as their mother; the sons as stout and valiant as their sire, and all renowned,like for relieving disconsolate damsels and desolate widows. Ax EXPERIMENT.—EIiery one can try the ex periment lately mentioned by the author of Light and Vision; and, as it is a very curious one, and simple, we advise all those who would adissipate dullness and give thew a shove," to try it. aThe thoughts cannot change unless the eye-hall moves," says this writer; if, therefore, we wish to recall any object, such as an apple, a child, a tree, or a river, we cannot, even in thought, lOok from the one to the other, as the eye would in reality when these objects were present, without 'the visible change in the eye. If the eye-ball be held by the thumbs and finger perfectly quiet for a few seconds at a time, we find that we cannot recall to our thoughts the image of any thing, however ready the will may be to assist na. For example, let any ono Fecall to his mem ory a tree full of fruit, and then press his finger against the ball of.the eye, near the nose, and whilst the eye thus for a moment is left still, no imagine of the tree and fruit can be presented to the mind. If we would revive in the mind the relative position and appearance of houses along in a row, as they are joined in a street, we shall find that the eye-ball is obliged to move just as it would if we were actually looking at them. The rationale of these phenomena, hitheito unobserved, appear to be, according to the author of this interesting work, that internal portions of the optic nerve must move or our thoughts cannot move, or that the motion of external . organs is re. quisite for the contemplation internally of any one external object. When there is no eye-ball the optic never must move with every conception of external objects. This, though unnoticed by the writer, may, we think, appear very obvious by observing the eye-balls of the blind during mental operntions and particularly when reel lhng ideas of certain external things.—N: Y. Sun. Monzsr AssunaarcE.—A Scotch thief having been proved in the Glassgow police court, lately; to have stolen a herring barrel from a man in Stockwell street, the principal accuser proceeded to address the magistrate thus:—+•Decd, air, Bairn°, the man at the bar is a great rogue. The stealing of the barrel is naething to some of his tricks.— He stole my sign-brod last week, and what does your honour think he did wi't?" Magistrate--- "That would be hard for me to say," Witness—. "Well, Sir, I'll tell ye. Ho brought it _into my ain Shop, wi' my-ain name on't, and ofibred to sell me't as he said, he thought it would be o' mair use to me than ony body else." Undeniable Reasons for the Choice of a Has band.--.,What in the world could you see in Lord A. to marry himl" "Why I saw a house in town," said the pretty Marchioness, "a box at the opera, and a lover in perspective!" A stranger having entered the apartment, where the emperor Napoleon was shaving himself, when in a little town in Italy, ho said, wagt to see your great Emperor—what are you to.hitur The Emperor replied./ share him!" id do not approve of shades in painting," said Queen Elizabeth to Daniel Myers. ..You must strike off my likeness without shadows." N. B.—Her Majesty, when she spoke thus, was near sixty, and the "shadows," as she humanely called them, were wrinkles, big enough to roll Dutch cheeses in.. A NEW EDITORIAL ERA.-"The Radii," a new paper, inviting an exchange, was laid on our table this morning. In opening this sheet, we were really surprised to find that its Editor and Proprietor is DEAF and Dunn! We shall net attempt to describe the. etl3o• Lions which this incident excited. Such a triumph of philanthropy and education over the severest inflictions of Proaidence, fills the heart with gladness and' gratatude.-- Here we see one of a class whom, bereft of two senses, were but a um years Si4CO show dotted to hopeless ignorance end neglect, now raised to an intellectual equality with their more favored brethren! Blessed-•• thrice blessed, be the lot and ihe memory of the man who sought out the mews iglu. struction for the DEAF and flume...-Alis ny Journal.
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