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THE Subscribers offer for sale that valu.
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PUBLIC NOTICES
The Fashionable Hats, etc
and Bonnets.
trat. fl 7 Pa?;lon,
AS now nn hand a very rge assort•
ment of
SEIA,TS, CAPS deECINNETS
at his old stand in Chambersbura Street,
two doors from, the Court House.
CONSititTlNil_ AS FOLLOWS
Men ' s Castor II A TS,
" ,Iteir a m do.
An‘riish body do.
44 Silk do.
Plan, Russia do.
~Youth's Fur do.
Old Men's Broad Brims do.
Low Crown do.
Also Second hand HATS.
Ladies FUR BONNETS,
" SILK do.
Also—A GOOD ASSORTMENT OF
Ii Utt C S oldifibrent kinds:
SEAL CA P S for MEN
and BOYS.
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wholesale and retail—for Cash and Country
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liCrCall and juthle for yourselves
November 17, 1'437
CO-PARTNERSHIP.
DAVID IEIEEAGIr
AND
DANIEL TRIM= LI,
HAVE ifh Is day entered into Partnership
in the busines•of
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IN ALL ITS VARIOUS mt.A.NettEs:
which they will carry on at the Old Stand
of David fleagy, in Chambersburg Street.
Where they will keep constantly on hand
for sale, at the lowest prices,
Bureaus, Tables, Bedsteads,
and all other articles In the line of their
business.
KrThey will also make corri.vs
on the shortest notice—and•have a HEARSE
with which they will attend Funerals when
required.
Thev,hope for a share of, public patron.
age, and will endeavor to deserve it.
DAVID HEM:Y,
DANIEL TRIMMER.
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lately occupied by Nlaj:George Myers, and
has opened
A NEW AND SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF
&reewoA
—CONSISTING OF
Cloths, Cassimeres, Cassi
nettes, Silks, Calicoes, Ginghams, a fine
assor~ment of Shawls and Dress Handker
chiefs bleached and unbleached Nluslins;
Flannels, of all colars; Laces, &c. &e.
WITII A FIRST-RATE A9ElOlll'3l ENT OF
Groceries, Vineeus-Ware,,
au a. liar (1-W are,.
Oz :7 - A inure splendid or extensive assort.
went of Goods was never beano opened in
this place—all of which will ne disposed of
on the most reasonable terms. Call and
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taker: at a fair price in exchange for Goods.
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March 8,...1,Q39. tf-49
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GROCERS & COMMISSION
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BALTIMORE,
O FFER to the Country trade for Cash
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TO WIT:
50 fits. S. 11. Molasses
20 Mids. West India & N. Orleans ditto
200 bags Rio Cotrce, (part strong scentod)
100 " Laguira do.
100 " Havana do.
5d hhds. N. Orleans & Porto Rico Sugar
10 pipes and half pipes Champagne and
Rochelle Brandy
5 " Gin
50 tierces Honey
200 boxes Raisins
100 quarto do.
150 eighth do. Fresh importation.
50 ksgs do.
• TOGETHER WITH
Cinnamon, Cloves, Pepper, Teas in chests,
half chests and bores, 4.c. 4.c.
Baltimore, Nov. 17, 1837. tf-33
ziwacuat. part. tpwzaalbQtEr. cd zp, T,2 2t a, as. aoaac.
(litZßUtiP
• —"With sweetest flowers enricli'd,
•
Fmn:i various gardens cull'd with care•"
THE IVEISSIONAHY.
A HOUSEHOLD band bath knelt in earnest prayer
Around the social altar, 'tis the last,
/..tist time, they all shall kneel together there—
For one among them, the most cherished one,
Will leave her native land, her early borne,
iler friends, her kindred. all once held most dear,
To sail to dark Liberia's distant shore:
Though strong the ties by which her heart is bound
To those she loves on earth, yet stronger still]
The love of God; and she will offer up
Iler time, her talents, and her all to him.
And there they kneel-while one with low dear voice
Breathes forth a farewell prayer,
Though now a solemn stillness reigns around,
—Tis as a calm precedes the corning storm—
They rose from that last prayer with her they loved
And heart wrung sobs burst forth. Oh such a scene
Might well unnurve 'he strongest female heart;
Yet in the power of Love Divine, she strove
To check her own heart's agony, and speak
A last farewell—
_i
t
"Father! I take thy band,
And all thy long enduring kindness, seems
Fresh in my memory now; and in my dreams
In that tar land, •
Thy •nice will come and soothe my visions wild—
To thee farewell'—thy blessings oa thy child.
Oh mother! weep not now;
When for thy child,thou called's' rich blessing's down
Would thou have wept to see an earthly crown
Upon her brow?
Then gaze not oo me with such fixed despair,
I go to win a crown of glory there.
Sisters! what shall I Say
To you who cling SO closely round my heart;
Oh break it not with weeping; let us part
With :lopes bright ray.
Gilding with pure and steady light the gloom.,
And pointing to a world beyond the tomb.
Come brother' to my arms
And Li me press once more thy polished brow;
Iligh earthly hopes are bright before thee now;
And many charms
Bath life, young life, and pleasant sunny hours,
But thorns still lurk among the fairest flowers.
Brother! whereer I roam,
My prayer shall rise, not that the path of life
Thou lung may'st tread, unknowing care or strife
For these must Come;
But that our Father, in temptation's boar,
May guard thee with hiP own Im t v power.
Weep ye no more for me;
Not for earth's brightest dowers, or loveliest spot!
Would I exchange my own bean chosenlet
Beyond the sea;
Farewell—Farewell'—vre meet no more below,
My heart is with the heathen—let me go.
4 0 A'A L•3:-A2.9-Jdtb.'l)T,',T.
FROM T.IE LAOS% ROOK_
ALTHEAVERNON;
THE EMBROIDERED HANDKERCHIEF
[COIXTINTED FROM OUR LAST.]
Next morning our heroine wrapped the
handkerchief in India paper, put it into her
reticule, and set out to restore it to Miss
Fitzgerald, at Mrs. [l:instead's boarding
house,in Broadway. There,on seeing Mrs.
Ilanstead,she found that Mr. Fitzgerald and
his daughter had departed at an early hour
On the northern tour, as it is called; design.
ma to visit Saratoga, Niagara, and Quebec,
and to reyurn through New Hampshire and
Massachusetts.
"1 thought; said Althea, `they were not
going till next week."
"That was their intention," replied Mrs.
Ransteud, "but after they came home, lust
night, they were persuaded V) join a very
pleasant party from my house, that had de
cided on sering out this morning."
When Althea went home, she consulted
her mother on the expediency of sending
the handkerchief after Miss Fitzgerald.—
But Mrs. Vernon, (aware of the risk of its
not reaching the place of destination. as the
movements of Miss Fitzgerald and her par
ty were uncertain,) recommended that Al
thea should take care of it till the return of
the owner, adding, "if it were a plain cam
bric, it would be well to have it washed be
fore restoring it to her."
"Oh! mamma," said Althea, "these ex
quisitely delicate handkerchiefs should be
washed as seldom as possible. No art can
ever make washed lace look as well as new,
and this is quilled on so elegantly—indeed,
as none but a Frenchwoman can quill. It
had best remain as it is. I cannot take the
responsibility of having any thing done to it
that may in the slightest degree impair its
freshness and beauty. Besides, as these
superb handkerchiefs are never in reality
used, they will bear a great many carryings
in new white gloves before they begin to look
in the least soiled or rumpled. There is an
art in managing them, as there is an art in
wearing an India shawl. See—this hand
kerchief looks as nicely now as if it had just
come out of the store."
Althea," said her mother, "Mrs. Dims
dale and Julia have been here, while you
were out. On Monday they go to Rocka
way, for a week or two, and they are very
pressing that you and I shall join their fami
ly party on this excursion. But I declined,
as you know we shall next week be expect
ed at your uncle Waltham'b."
"Oh! dear mamma," exclaimed Althea,
"I had much rather go to Rockaway then
to New Manchester. I have been repeated•
ly at New Manchester, and never once at
Rockaway: which is certainly very strange,
considering that it is but twenty miles from
theeit-3‹ lam really ashamed to acknowl
TDE GARLAND.
BY BIBS. M. 57. 1.. 1.01:10
cum-r En. u.
edge that I have never yet seen the open
ocean. And as to these New Manchester
visits, I must say that I have now very little
pleasure in them. They are always exactly
the same thing. Uncle Waltham has ex
plained to me so often the machinery of his
cotton mills, and of all other cotton mills—
present, past, and to come, that he only con
fuses, instead of enlightening me; and the
more he explains the less I understand. I
supposed I had quite lost his favour, during
our last visit, when, after he had been talk
ing to me two or three hours about old
fashioned and new fashioned machinery, I
'thought to give him a proof of what he calls
an enquiring mind, by asking if the Jennies
were the women-spinners, and the Billies
the men,and if they all rode to the factories
on mules. I hoped,afler this, that he would
no longer attempt to combat my ignorance,
but next day he returned to the charge all
the same, and my silly head was again set
in a whirl with flyers,nnd rollers,and double•
speeders; all which 40 gravely assured me
were no laughing matters, as, without them,
I should not have a gown to my back."
"I am sorry your good uncle has taken so
much pains to so little purpose," observed
Mrs. Vernon.
"Dear mamma," proceeded Althea, "do
not try to look so serious. You know he is
no farther my uncle than that his first wife
was pap's half sister."
"Still," said Mrs. Vernon, "as a kind and
excellent man, and an old connection of the
family, he is entitled to your regard and rea-
pect."
"Inded,mamma,l regard and respect him
with all my heart. Yet it is so hard to be a
utilitarian before 1 am out of my teens.—
Mais lcbon temps viendra, and Idate say at
five-aad-twenty I shall quite enjoy New Man
chester, and be fully capable of taking a dis.
tinguished part in all the improving cot.ver.
sa:ion that is continually progressing be
tween my uncle and his neighbours. For
instance,that of Mr. Stratum, the geologil,
who comes every afternoon arid talks alio&
the old red sand-stone,and the new red sand
stone: and Mr. Grading, who bolts in just
after breakfast, with his hands full of news.
papers,saying.delightedly, "There's another
rail road out, this morning."
"For shame," said her mother, "to laugh
at these valuable men. You know not how
much may be learnt by listening to every
one on their favourite topics."
"Very true, mamma, but it is so fatigu.
mg to be kept always on the improve. As
to Aunt Waltham, she has no fault but that
of expecting every one to be as faultless as
herself, and trying to make them so by per
petual admonitions and exhortations. Then
her bocks are all so exceedingly instructive,
that I rall asleep with them in my hands,
and am at a loss how to answer when she
catechises me about their contents. I know
it is very wicked in me to say so, but when
I was last at aunt ‘Valtham's I absolutely
hated Miss Hannah More. Therefore,dear
mamma, do let me go to Rockaway."
To be brief, Mrs Vernon was finally pre
vailed on to consent, for the first time, to a
separation from her giddy daughter; per.
mining Althea to accompany the Ihoisdales
to the seashore, while she herself made the
promised visit to New Manchester.
While Althea was finishing her prepara•
lions for the excursion, her eye fell upon
Miss Fitzgerald's handkerchief, as it lay
smoothly folded in one of her drawers. She
took it up, looked at it again, and wished it
hers. "I ought not," thought she, "to trust
this handkerchief out of my own possession
till I can restore it to Miss Fitzgerald in per
son. *The house may be robbed, in our ab
sence, in spite of Caesar's vigilance. Some
body may slip in that has false keys. Mrs.
Milford's set of emeralds was taken oat of
her dressing-room bureau, in ‘Vaverley
Place, when she had the key with her in
Canada. And therefore, "to make assurance
doubly - sure," this "superb_article" shall ac
company me to Rockaway." So saying,
she placed it in her trunk, beneath a pile of
her own pocket handkerchiefs.
CHAPTER 111.
On Monday, precisely at the appointed
hour, Mr. and Mrs. Ditnsdale, with their
daughter Julia, stopped at Mrs. Vernon's
door, to convey Althea to Rockaway. It
being their first separation, (Mrs. Vernon
was to go..the following day to New Man.
chester,) itie eyes of both mother and daugh
ter overflowed with tears as they bade each
other adieu.
The carriage had crossed the Brooklyn
Ferry,and proceeded several miles into Long
Island, before our young heroine could rally
her spirits so as to bestow due admiration
on the beauties of the road; notwithstanding
that Mr. Dimsdale assiduously directed her
notice to various white frame mansions whose
architecture savoured of the Gothic, with a
touch of the Grecian. He also endervoured
to interest her fancy, by pointing out the
picturesque scenery of the numerous mar•
ket-grounds; descanting upon the thick lux
uriance of the green and leathery carrot tops;
the &road beet-loaves veined and stalked
with red; and the immense purple fruit of
the dusky melangina plant; also, the fine
clusters of Lima beans, hanging round their
lofty poles; and the glossy tufts of vegetable
silk bursting from the green sheaths of the
Indian corn. By degrees, however, Althea
brightened up, =hewed a great disposition to
be enlightened on the subject ofsummer and
winter squashes; made of herself,s ►me perti
nent remarks on tomatas; and accura'ely de
scribed the difference between cauliflowers
and broccoli. To speak seriously, there is,
undoubtedly. much real abstract beauty in
the aspect of a fine plantation of culinary
vegetables; independent of their connection
with the enjoyments of the table.
When our little party stopped to rest their
orses at the village' of Jamaica, they found
there the first detachment of an itinerant
menagerie,encamped in an open field on the
road•side; nnd, grazing on the green, were
two very polite elephants, who at times with
their trunks handed to each other select tufts
of grass.
While her friends went into the soi.dimant
hotel, and seated themselves In one of tho
parlours, our heroine, the moment sheluit
ted the carriage ran off, with girlish curiosi
ty, to take a close view of the elephants,one
of which was much larger than the other.
Almost at the same instant a tilbury drove
up to the door, and two young gftntlemen a•
lighted, in ono of whom Mr. Dtmsdale re•
cognized hie nephew, Templeton Lansing;
and the other was introduced by Lansing as
his friend M r. Selfridge,lately returned from
Canton. They had been passing a day or
two at Rockaway, and were now on their
way back to New York.
"Where is Althea Vernon?" enquired
Mrs. Dimsdale.
"Ohl iniimma!" replied Julia,looking out
at the, window, "yonder she is,close to those
tremendous elephants, and actually stooping
down to examine the ends of their trunks,
which they are winding and waving about
in the most frightful manner."
"I see," said Mr. Dimsdale, smiling,
"that curiosity, in women, is even stronger
than fear."
"Oh!" exclaimed Mrs. Dtmsdale; "do,
somebody, run cut and bring Miss Vernon
away. It terrifies me to see her so near
those monstrous creatures. Mr. Dimsdale,
you• must not go. I meant the young gen•
tlemen."
"There is no danger, my dear," observed
Sir. Dimsdale. "the elephants are perfectly
docile."
"Perhaps so," replied his wife,laying her
hand on his arm; •'but the head of a family
cannot be too safe."
Wyndham Selfridge, at the first intima
tion, had set off to rescue the young lady,
followed by his companion, whose . speed he
rapidly out stripped, as Lansing stopped a
few moments to give some directions to the
ostler. When Selfridge reached the spat,
Althea was still bending down, intent on the
manner io which the elephants plucked up
the grass with their trunks and conveyed it
to their mouths; and it was not till he ad-
dressed her by name, that she wail aware of
his presence. Althea started, and hastily
raised her head: her bonnet falling back
gave him a full view of oue of the pretties
faces he had ever seen, and at that moment
he became a convert to the belief in love at
firs; eight. Selfridge was a very handsome
your g man, and Althea blushed beneath his
gaze as she eagerly adjusted her bonnet.
"Excuse me, Miss Vernon," said Selfridge,
"I am commissioned by Mrs. Dimsdale to
rescue you from all•possihility of danger, by
bringing you away from the vicinity of these
animals, whose enormous size and immense
power are almost enough to shake the confi
dente of rtyounglady in the placidity of their
disposit lons."
At this moment,Templeton Lansing came
up,and introduced Miss Vernon to Mr. Se!.
fridge. Then, pursing her arm within his
own, he conducted her towards the inn, his
friend walking on her other side.
""Were you not afraid, Miss Vernon,"
said Lansing, to approach so near those sta.
)endous creatures?"
"Not in the least," replied Althea, "or
should not have done so. The elephant,
believe is one of the most amiable, as well as
th- mostightelligent of quadrupeds, seeming
perfectly aware that though "it is excellent
to have a giant's strength, it is villainous to
use it as a "
"A tine girl!" thought Selfridge. "Sense
—energy--knowledge of Shakspeare; and,
withal, so extremely beautiful."
By the time they entered the parlour,
whore the Di,nsdales were awaiting them,
Selfridge regretted exceedingly that he was
on his way to the city,and had serious tho'ts
of proposing to his companion to turn back
and accompany the party to Rockaway.—
His eyes sparkli d when this was actually
suggested by Mrs. Dimsdale: her husband
reminding Lansing that it was now the dull
season in Pearl street, and that his partner
was fully competent to superintend business.
As to Selfridge, he was, just now, quite at
leisure, not having ) et determined, since his
recent return from China,whether he should
establish himself in New York, or in his
native place, Boston. Finally, it wag ar
ranged that the two young men should go
back to Rockaway.
Having partaken of a little collation, and
rested the horses, the ladies and Mr. Dims
, dale resumed their seats in the carriage, the
young gentlemen preceding them in the til
bury, where Selfridge was unusually silent
and abstracted,not hearing the half that was
addressed to him by his companion,and giv.
ing vague and unconnected replies.
"See that squirrel running along the fence,"
said Lansing, pointing with his whip.
"Is she intimate with your cousin, Miss
Dimsdale?" enquired Selfridge.
"I suppose you are talking of Miss Ver.
non," replied Lansing. "Yes, I believe so
—I think they were school-mates. I have
met Miss Vernon several times at my aunt
Dimsdale's, and I have an.indiatinct recol
lection of having danced with her some
where."
"Insensible fellow!" exclaimed Selfridge,
"to have any doubts on such a subject."
"Are you going to fall in love with Miss
Vernon'?" asked Lansing.
"Yes-1 have begun already."
"Let me counsel you," resumed Lansing,
"to keep your love to yourself, till you have
had time to become well acquainted with
the lady. Do not—by a bovi+h precipitan
cy, unworthy a man of six and-twenty—in.
volve yourself in an engagement with a
young girl whom you may afterwards find
incompetent to ensure your happiness in mar
ried life. confego that appearances are
[VOL. 9--NO. 2.
highly in favour of Miss Vernon; but still she
may be in reality as frivolous and heartless
a. little Rosa Fielding, who,after tantalizing
me a whole yenr,married - tho fine house awl
fine equipage of old Gumblednn, who is fat,
gouty,deaf,and aged sixty.five. Then there
was my first love,the elegant Eugenia Beau
mont, whom I thought the most refined and
the most intellectual of her sex: did she not
jilt me for a rich vulgarian, that told her he
never saw nobody half so good looking, and
promised to take her on the grand tower,
and give her plenty of diamonds, and have
her represented (as he called it) at all the
courts in Europe. Depend upon it,Selfridge,
every womn is a paradox. All my experi
ence of them goes to prove that they are on.
ly consistent in inconsistency."
"So are men," replied Selfridge; "hut let
us change : Ate subject. Do you see that flock
of white cranes, rising together from yonder
salt• marsh?"
In the mean time, the travellers in the
carriage proceeded on their way; and Althea
Vernon, who had beard much of the distin
guishing features of the sea-coact expected
to find the face of the country wild, arid,and
rocky, with no vegetation but a little coarse
and scanty grass, and a few bent and stunt
ed pines. But in this part of Long Island
the land was very productive, and in grind
cultivation; and the trees numerous. tall,and
of such variettes as denoted a fertile soil.—
At length they were apprized of the vicini
ty of the ocean by the appearance of a dis
tant vessel, beyond an opening in the woods;
and soon a mast, a sail, and a flag, glancing
behind the trees, were objects of frequent
recurrence: Still the vegetation continued
fine, and the ground level, with not a stone
to 'le seen; and Mr. Dimsdale facetiously In
formed Althea that • the place was called
Rockaway because all the rocks were away
from it.
The twilight was now gathering round
them; the sea-air blew fresh and chilly,and
the ladies d►ew down their veils, and wrap.
pod their shawls more closely. The lights
in the returning fishing-boats gleamed upon
the dark expanse of the ocean, and the roar
of the surf was distinctly heard. They pass
ed a few small white houses, whose windows
were bright with their cheerful evening fires:
and in a few minutes our heroine and her
friends arrived at the lofty portico of the
Marine [hotel, where Lansing and Selfridge
were waiting to receive them.
[TO BC CONTINUED.]
The Gentleman at Church.
a :l4laq be known by the following marks:
1. Comes in good season, so as neither to in
terrupt the pastor or the congregation by a late ar
rival.
2. Does not stop upon the steps or in the portico,
either to gaze at the ladies, Mute friends, or die
play his -col loquisl powers,
3. Opens and shuts the door gently, and ROW
deliberately and lightly up the aisle or gallery stairs
and gets his seat as quietly, and by making as few
people remove as possible.
4: Takes his place either in the back part of the
seat,or steps out into the aisle when any one wishes
to pass in and never Clinks of such • thing a•
making people crowd past him while keeping his
place in the seat.
5. Is always attentive to strangers, and gives up
Lis seat to such; seeking another for himself.
6. Never thinks of defiling the house of God
with tobacco spittle,or annoying those who sit near
him by chewing that nauseous weed in church.
7. Never, unless in case of illness, gets up or
goes out during the time of service. But if neces
sity compels him to do so, goes so quickly that hie
very manner is an apology for the act.
8. Does not engage in conversation before the
commencement of service.
9. Does not whisper, or laugh, or eat fruit li
the house of God, or lounge in that holy place.
10. Does not rush out the church like a tramp
ling horse, the moment the benediction is pro
nounced, but retires slowly in a noiseless, quiet
manner.
11. Does all he can by precept and example, to
promote decorum in others, and is ever ready to
lend his aid to discountenance all indecorum in the
house of Clod.
ALWAYS HAPPY.—An Italian Bishop
struggled through great difficulties without
repining; and met with much opposition in
his Episcopal functions without betraying
the least impatience. One of his Intimate
friends, who highly admired those virtues
which he thought it impossible to imitate,
once asked the prelate if he could impart the
secret of being always easy. "Yes," replied
the old man, "1 can teach you my secret,
and with great facility; it consists making a
a right use of my eves." Ils . friend begged
him to explain himself. "Most willingly,"
returned the bishop. "In whatever state I
am, I first look up to heaven, and remem•
ber that my principal business here is to get
there. I then look down upon the earth,and
call to mind how small a space I shall occupy
in it when I come to be interred; I then look
around into the world, and observe what
multitudes there are who are' in all respects
more unhappy than myself. Thus I learn
where true happiness is placed-:-whera all
our cares must end, and what little reason I
have to repine or complain."
Grin. Scorr.--1t is stated in the-New
Ydrk Express that Gen. Scott hie beim
ordered to the Cherokee country, to take
command of the forces, consisting of six
regiments ofregulars,that are to be stationed
there to -ensure the removal of the lalans
without disturbance.
The window glass for the new eustotis
House in New York, we see, is to be all of
the first quality plate glass. There are tie
be about 1200 panes, of various sizes from
15 by 22 inches to 99 by 42 inches,tbe email
ar panes to be a quarter of as inch tbiak,
and the larger ones half an in eh rh(ek.