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All Letters and Communications addressed to the Editor by mail must be post-paid, or they will not ho attended to TIDE GARLAND -b•e -yam 4wl = 2 23r - 7 , •,‘ ewcetet•t flower•enrich'il , From various gardetiecull'd with care." Promt he Temperance Recorder. ``Johnathasils independence. TL' Yankee Doodle. 'Jays Jonathan, sip he, "To day I ivii/ he independent, And so my grog I'll throw away, And that shall bs the end on't, Clear the house, the tarnol stuff 'Thant be here so handy ; Wife has given the winds her snuff, tto now hear goes my brandy I Cuonus—Clear the house, &c. •"Our fathers, though a sturdy (ilk. %Vero sometimes rather skittish; And so they would't wear the yoke Brought over by the British. Yonder, on old Bunker's head, From their necks they shook it; They 6re.i off th-ir had, And then they had to hook it. Cnones—Yonder, on, &c. ..But though they fit and run away . They vvarn't a bit or cowards; They lived to fight another day ; When lookin Gcn'ral Howe-wards. What could then the Gen'rel do For his own naivatb , h Why, he , cuased and quit' the a. nivereal Yankee nation. Cnonue—What could then, arc, .The tyrant that our father. smoked Lay skulking in a tea-pat ; There's now •a wormier' to bu chocked, In hottlo, jug or wee pot ; Often in a glass he shows What he calla his 'body ; And often willies up to his nose, In a bowl of toddy. CaOrtllll—Often in a glass, &c. "Sometimes ho creeps up, through the slim Stem of e very fine pipe; And sometimes plunges for a swim, All over in a wine-pipe; But, he's tickled, most of all, When he hears the summons Down his favorite pipes to cruwl— The wine-pipe of the rum-uns. Cnoens—But he's tickled, &c. „ And he greet the ur nor This tyrant. base and scurvy_ He stripes man of h , uso . and land, .And turns him topey-turvy. Neck and heels he binds him fast, And says that ho is hien; But lets him have, rent free, at last, A poor-house or a prison. Cantina—Neck and heels, &c, •'And nnw" says Jonathan,otowards Rum I'm desp'rate unforgivin' ; Tlie . tyrant, never more. shall come Into •the house I live in.' Kindred spirits, too shall in- to outer darknems go forth; Whiskey, Toddy, Julep, Gin, Brandy, Beer, and so forth, (Imm:is—Kindred spirits, dre. 44Whils this cnLn WATER 6113 my cup, Duns dare not assail me , ISherifrti shall nut lock me up, Nor my neighbors bail me; Lawyers will I never let '(.hose rim as defendant;. ' Till to death I pay my debt, WILL II INDEPENDENT." Cuenrs—Lowyers will I never let. The Lost Child tThe following interesting ninl pathetic narra• tive is token from the , New Brunswick Btanklard of September 4th, 1837.] Adverse HA we are to the practice nisei. ging on any local incident, yet we occasion gtilY hear or occurrenctia so touching and pathetic in their venire av to iiwOcen our Sympathies •and interest us in their tame lion. ()fetich ft nature is that which we now preKet:t to the reader. Mr. Charles Bearghan left the northeast part of the province a short time ago, and took whet is called the upper road to Fred edeliton and St. Stephens, on his way to the United States. On the . 25th August, he passed the thriving village at Hares Mills, on the Rushqgonis, very tinily in the morning, end expected to reach Trew's vcrn, at the Piskehagan by night.' Proper ly equipped fur the %roods, furnished with suituble provisions,his blanket,his axe slum behind, dr, his gun on his ehoulder.he trudg ed gaily along until he arrived at Shin Cteek, which is unhridged, and etas at that time much swollen with late rains. A wood roan seldom hesitates at such obstacles: he proceeded up to the bank of the stream,and set about felling a tree across it, to serve as a temporary bridge; it swung aside in fat hog, mid launching into deep water, it mo ved away majestically down the stream.— Our traveller • looked and looked, and west not what to do." He was not inclined to resume the axe; and therefore resolved to proceed up stream in hopes of finding a fa vorable place for crossing. At length he arrived at one of those placid-lookit.g pools which form deep stretches in our rivers,and are generally termed still water places.— Here he made a kind of ran sufficient to bear up his ch ales and gun, and keep them drv,while he swam over and drew them tit ter hnn. He was soon busily engaged in reha biting his limbs, and refreshing himself +sitlt a bit of biscuit, sewed on the flwer% margin of a natural meadow, which extend ed along the banks i.fthe stream, when lie was startled by a whining noise. resembling the sounds fiequemly uttered by yi um; bents. He instantly seized his gun, exam/ ned lime pritnelg, and rept imed—then dap pling a bull into the barrel “With looks intent, And eye and car attentive bent,” he stole cautiously t..wards the spot,whence the sound issued. They were no longer ut lered, hut he now and then heard a crack ling noise among the underlaush, and per ceived a twitching motion of the twig and spray, but could not discover what caused them. Convinced, however, that he had spine animal to encounter, his gun was at his shoulder, end his finger at the trigger. Hu then silently reasoned with hirma If, whether or nut he shook] lire at randion,but experience cautioned him against so rash an action,for no animal is more furious than wounded bear. As thus he mused, his eyes became suddenly dilated, les heart throbbed violently, he raised himself erect and let the butt of his gun drip qoickly to the ground I What did he see? What did he gaze at? Behold! among the ravbert) hushes—many twinkling leaves of dews green—behold! he seven beautiful intaniih arm fitfully stretched out, and little taper fingers plucking the rich, ripe, crimson fruit. After ho had experienced the first flu..:. of tie nengled emotions of surprise at the extraordinary sight horror et the bare idea of his gun and his intended net, and of plea sure in the expectioicn of meeting society in these deep and sole rim solitudes, our tra veller advanced, and beheld a little girl a bout seven years old, sedulously en , raged in pulling and eating of t he abundant wild ber ries which were spread in great variety n• ver that naturally rich arid verdant She appeared to be an interesting child; her clothes had a respectable look, - albeit they were most wilfully tent and worn ; her hair played in disordered ringlets over her cheek, which wee begrimnied and pale, and her soft blue eyes were red with weeping. She burst out into wild nod hysteric wail ings, which sunk suddenly into convulsive subs. The traveller wls lost in a• mazenient, And HEMMED ALOUD to attract the child's attention. Alarmed in her turn ; at his appearance, half habited as he was, she screamed, fled a feei steps. fell, end co vered her face with her bands. lie was quickly by her side, and used the kindest nod most soothing expressions to gain her confidence and calm her fears. She had fallen more from bodily weakness,than.from fear, although she had been greatly alarm et) at the onexpeeted appearance of the stranger. At length she ventured to look up, and, with a sweet but languid said, "0 now, I am sure you won't hurt me; 0 1 am very sure you will not kill me "Kill you, God forbid," was the full hearted reply. "0 lam very tired; I've been ve ry, very hungry, but I got plenty of rasp berries here; I only eat the goody ones; I never take them as have the spider on 'em; mother bid me not to." "Where is your mother, my dear child?" eagerly inquired the traveller; and he was answered, with the greatest simplicity, t . she's at home, sir, I guess; but math don't know where I be; 1 can't find out the way home ever so long." "What I my child have ycu strayed, and are you list? Come to that flowery knoll with me. God has sent me to preserse your life. Come, and I will give you some nice biscuit, and a bit of meta. Yea are weak and worn,but I will take care of yeti." The poor innocent's soul burst forth in a flood of grateful tears, not attended with that hysteric affection which she bad lateiv suffered. She dented great relief from weeping, and prepared to Bellow her new be nefactor, but the excitement which she had just experienced, acting on her sensitive,de Ream, and exhausted frame, had shaken ev• my nerve, and completely. prostrated her strength. She was unable to walk, hut the kin I and generous flearghati carried her to the bank of the river where he had left his little store, and judiciously regaled her with spare and graduated portions of food. "As soon as she was moderately refresh ed, her artless ansaers to his inquiries in formed him that her name was Lydia liar; par; her parents lived near Hart's Mill; she hod been sent with dinner to her father, who was making shingles'A little way iii the woods, but missed the right track=got be wildered arid wandered astray. 'When I knew I was lest,' she said, 'O, I was very frightened; I screeched and ran about, and threw away father's dinner.' It appears' that she walked the first night until she sunk down nearly stupified with fatigue,— ROBERT PeIXTOI4; EDITOR 4.11 . 1) PROPRIETOR. Old ttitiqraLLlVPLitaa teuraawavr avaleate st), The traveller asked her if she was not afraid when it grew dark, as she was nil alone and I,ist in the woods ; to which she replied . , 'I was a kind of frightened all the time, but when I laid dawn I said my prayerg, that main learnt me, and then I wan't friahten ed,' 'Do you remember the prayer?' 0 does, sir, it is: I will lay me down ihromier;, and take my rest; for to it is thou, Lord,om ly that !tidiest me to dwell in safety ; and into thy hands I commend my am, my soul, and my body ; for thou bast redeemed me, 0 Lord, thou Giid of truth! Amen.' Mr B•arghan next ben to consider how the child was to be brought along Its WEN sixteen miles past her father's, and his busmn as would not allow him to return ; he waa about twelve miles from Trew'sand no house between. The child was unable to walk ; he rigged out a contrivance by invittis of hiv b:knikut, and carried her fur- ward on his kirk. The delightful censer ousness of performing action buoyed up his spirits, and nerved hie frame, and he beguiled the rigerir of hits laborious task by the profile of his little foundling, who bad now become more sprightly and free. As he j mrneyed along, he inquired if she had seen any will beasts in the wounds; and she answered. -.No, 1 &nit-0111V OliCe two dogs were coming to me; they were not Mr. Burpe's rb.us ; hey iit"pi, and one roam upon his hind fi et ; they did"rit hark, bat marred awov agora Our travel ler ett►iled or the child's simplicity, while she err/lint:en to hay : 6.0, sir, list night. when I rn+•rike in thin middle of the MA'', 0 how glad I way! I thought I was close to hon.e,tar I heard the cattle tramp:in. , about we, I sen nnthtr.now- of them had lorll4,and when I called ,tar and Bra hi. they lay still; 0 I was _Lvl. and my heart was heating mad ir•-•atint , ; I lay very still no, in listen end so 1 . 0,4 drop away a sleep agate. Waient it a pity. they were all gone in the morning." "Providence seisms to have defended you in an especial manner, my child. against hi Iden dangers and death," said t he travellcr. Having carried his helpless charv^ until day light was gor., his fatigue was increas ed by the difficulty of wn!kincr on on almost t in( k less read to t I e dark, and the ruarm d:d net rise until near 10 o'clock. At length he arrived nt n deserted log hut, within two riles of Trew'e; and exheuete t, he determined to make a short ideppre:t :o re teen. Here he thought to leave the child, wrapped in his blanket, whilst he should !.er re un, and send back immediate lie struck a light, partook of some refresh .tent, but found great difficulty in getting tier to consent tadremain behind. After he had prepared a pretty conifortaUe hred for her. aud placed her si itgly. in it, he sat (loan to iv,:tch iedil she shredd fall as:cep. The amen had just risen, and beture fleeter led lie gently approached the child. in find if the were perfectly composed; he held the light towards her; she ripened her blue eyes full upon him, aver fed her head and sobbed. .•No!" exclaimed :he traveller, ''hy all that's sorted, I wear I will net lease you ht•hind I" Fir forthwith slung his axe and his sun, resumed his former equipment. rai sed little Lsdni from her lonely couch, and vilified her safely to the hell! loked-for house of entertainment. • Although it was quite late, Capt. Josiah Trew was coed/ reused to admit the toil worn traveller and' his little companion, who now stood beside him at the ihrestihold; for something told him that it was more seemly that she should walk than to be carried into the house. He had also tied a handkerchiefunder her chin, in the fashion of a gipsv head dresw They were soon placed by a comfortable file in a good house well stored, and blessed with a hearty and hcspitable landlord. The females, us it is the custom of the country, were speedily afoot, and busy preparing the required repast. We fancy we can •lee the mirth•lit countenance of facetious Jidda!) beaming with downright exultation, ;Is he issued his miraculous orders fur eve ry viand the house could affird to comfort the wearied travellers. We can also fancy that we see his lemur es o'er-clouded and his eye glistening with genuine feeling as he related that the whole country side had been tip and in search of a child 'lost ir. the woods; that parties had gene in all direc tons, but unhappily without Nieces, and that one of the people deeply distressed on the occasion, was now in the house. Our traveller immediately exclaimed that Pros , idence had made him the happy instrument of recovering that lost child, who now sat before them. Every one flew round the lit tle girl, examined and fondled her. and yen ted exclamations of amaze and satisfaction. ()erne , this sudden bustle, a person from the tiej , ,ining chamber rushed wildly in among the company, snatched the band of little Lydia. gazed on her for a moment, then clasped her to his bosom. It was her fatti er ! What n 'keno was hore! what an over ft swing of the finest feelings which adorn humanity l what a gratifying rnterchan,.e of tho:.e pure affections which spring from sin verity and truth 1 but what tongue can tell. what pen portray the varied emotions which fleeted in rapid succession through the, minds of that' Painfully happy group. The hall frantic joy and gratitude of the parent. the wandering fits of delight of the enfeebled InCe sufferer, the conscious self satisfaction' of the deliverer, the officious but' sincere grutiOnt ions of the excited inmates, must all he estimated by (ho susceptibility of the The beautiful train of cirrnmstanee.s which Priwalenee employed in this arPct ing story - is worthy.of serials consideration. if the traveller had pa•aed Hart's Mills when people were mirring abroad; if Shin Creek had been bridged if the tree bed la -FEARLESS AND FREE.. Innen across; if lie had tio gun when he thought a bear was In'; if these filers had happened, the child might have perished. SNAKES AND SNAKE CHARMERS. It is cd% on visifing,dt, residing for a time ►n India, that one can become t fToroughlv -en.ible of the Ifni - n(4lSe benefit eon fervd by St. Patrick, noon . treLond, when he preach ed his tat mous Among which we may rervionably include . 4naltes of rill kinds and dearees. To new comers in Hindustan, and particularly to ihnse of nervous temperament, these cren turei constitute a sr:lase of perpetual alarm. Their nurnlees are immense and nn place is sacred from their visitations. Just lance the agreahte surprise resulting from such title occurences as the following, which are far from being rare. You get up in a morning, Mier a feverish night perhaps ; languidly you reach your boots, and upon pulling On one, feel eemeteing soft before emir toed, and on turning it upside down, and giving it a shake, nut pops a small snake of the carpet tribe (as they are call ed, probably from their domestic propensi flea, )wandering whut can be the cause of hie hieing thus u udely ejected from nis nights enarteie. Or euppes i, at any time during the day, you ritual be musically inc'inod ; you take vein flute from its resting place end proceed to screw it together,-but find, on makieg an attempt to play, that 601110' thing is the matter, and on peepilig into it, iliacever diet a little serpentine gent lomat) l'has there sought arid found a snug helge ment. Perhaps your endeavours to give it breath wi:h your mouth [mikes Mr. Snake feel his habitation in the instrument un• comfnrtably cold, and, ere you are aware of this presence he is out, and wriggling a mong your. fingers. Such instances as these cause rather un. pleasant .efsrie to those who ale new to n in &Annie )Batters, Otput' the natives of the land, or pepons aho had been long resident in it, interli(Only smile at the new - comers imensineee; mid tell hint dint these little in• . i linden; erteperft , ,ctly harmless. But even Iwith the airsurance of this fact, it is long ere i most Eurepeans can tolerate the sight and 1 , presence of these snakes, much less feel frond . ..re - ad under their cool touch. Resi -1 des. it is but too well konwn that all these creatures are not innriNioue. Well do I re member the fright that one poor fellow got in the barracks at Madras. He had been eeasibli, indulging ton I reely over night ; at least, when he arose in the morning in ques.ien, he felt thirsty in the extreme. YHlCattr; Inr..st vCikatileally, he made up to one of the room windows, where stood a large venter bottle (-trier, one of those long necked clay things in which they usually keep fluids in the east. Upon taking this olivine- , vessel into his hands, he observed that there seemed to he but little water in it, yet enough, ns he thouelit, to cool his par ches throat ; and he lied just applied it to his lips, when aturiething touched them— ceriaiiily no water, whatever else it might I be. He beefily withdrew the vessel Iron) his mouth, though still retaining it Iti his' kends, when, to his amazement and horror, a regular eehra, the most deadly and dan gerous of all the coe,mon serpents of India, reared its hideously distended and spectacled head from the jar, not a foot from its dis ember's nose.—"Oh, murder!" cried the poor fellow, who was a Soft of Erin ; and as he uttered the exclamation he dashed hot• tle, snake and all ei the ground, and took to his heels. nor stopped until! he was a full hundred yards from the spot, Here lie toted his story in safety, add the intrnder was in good time time got rid of by the cautious use of firearms. Very different from the conduct of this fellow was that of one of his comrades in the same barracks, who was exposed to an al most unprecedented trial from a similar cause. In the vicinity of the barracks as signed to the European soldiers in India, there is usually a number of little solitary budding* , or cells, where the more disorder. ly members of the corps are confined for longer or shorter terms, by order of the commanding Officer. In one of these, on a certain occasion, was locked up poor Jock Hall, a Seatchman belonging to Edinburg or Leith.—Jock had got intoxicated, and being foiled in that condition at the hour of drill, was sentenced to eight days so:itary inipris onment. Soldiers in India havetheir bed ding partly furnished by the Honorable Com pauv, and find the remainder for themselves. About this part of It use furnishiug, howev er, Jock Hall troubled himself very little, being one of those hardy reckless beings on whom privation and suffering seemed to make no impression. A hard filer was as good as a down.bed to Jock and therefore, as he never scrupled to sell what he got, it may be supposed that his sleeping !tinnier° was none of the most abundant or select. Such as it was, he was strecthed upon and under it one night in his cell,during his term of penance, and possibly was reflecting on the impropriety of in future putting "an ens my into his month to steal Away his brains," when, lo I he thought he heard a rustling in the cell, cloee.by him.—At this moment he reccollected that he had not, as be ought to 'nave done, stripped up an air hole, which en. feted the cell on a level with the floor, and ilso with the rock, externally, on which the building waiplanted. A strong suspicion of what had happened, or was abOut to hap- Jen, came aver Hall's mind, but ho knew it was prnhaly to late to do any good, could he even find the hole in the darkness, and get it closed. fitd therefore lay still,. and in a From Chambers's Edinburg Journal "snrmin, Thnt gnve the frogs and tondo a twist, And ham.Thed all the varentn." minute or two heard another rustle close to him, which was followed by the cold and slimy touch of a snake upon his bare foot I ‘V hit in such a situation would not of ..ta Ned and howled for help I Jock did neither Ire lay stone still, and held his peace, know ing that his cries would most probably have b• en unheard by the distant guard. fled his bed cl ithes been more plentiful he might have endeavoured to protect hirwell by wrapping them closely around him. but this their scantiness forbid,•. accorditialy. being aware that, olitirmA a motion or to will provoke snakes to bite. they will not gen••rally do it widowt such imitemont Jock held himself as still as if he had been a log. Meanwhile, his horrible,bed fellow, crept over his feet legs, and body, and, last ly, over his very face. Nothing but the most astonishing firmness of nerve, and the consciousness that the movirg ofn muscle would have signed las death warrant, could have enabled this poor follow to undergo this dreadful trial. For a whole hour did the reptile crawl backwards and forwards over Jock's body and face, as it satisfying itself, seemingly that it had nothing to fear from the recumbent object on its own part At length it took UP a position somewhere about his dead, and went to rest in apparent security. Theiioor soldier's trial was not over, Till daylight, he remained in the same,posture, flat on li;s buck, without da• ring to stirs limb,from the fear of disturbing his dangerous con, panioo. Never perhaps, was dawn so anxiously longed fir by mor tel man. When it did come, Joclt cau tiously looked shout him, arose miselershe and moved over to the corner of his cell, where there was a pretty large stone. This he seized, and looped about for tltt• intruder. Not seeing the snake, lie became assured that it was under his pillow. He then raised the end of this sufficiently to gets peep of the creature's crest. Jock then pressed his knee firmly on the pillow, but allowed the snake to wriggle out its head which he battered to pieces with the stone. This done the courageous fellow for the first time breathed fieely. When the hour fin breakfast came, Jock who thought little about the matter after it was fiiirly over. took the oppertimity of the I ! opening of the door to throw the snake out. when the officer, whose duty it was to visit the cells for the day, was going his rounds he perceiVed a crowd around the cell door examining the reptile, which was described by the natives as of the most venomous character, its bite being invariably and rapidly mortal. The officer, on being told that it had been killed by a man m the ad joining cell went in and inqUired intd the matter, "When did you first know that there was a snake in the cell with yeti ?"said 'About nine o'clock last night,' was Jock's reply. "Why did'nt you call the guard I" asked the officer. th-ught the guard wadna hear me, and I was feared I might tram" oast, se I just lay still." "BUt you might have been hit ; did you know that you would have died instantly If' I kept that very weal," said Jock, but they say that snakes winna meddle with %nu, if you (liana meddle with them I file I just let it crawl o. ver me as it likes." "Well, my lad, Ibe hey° you did what was best alter all, but it was what not one man in a thousand could have done" When the story was told , end the snake shown to the commanding officer he thought the same, and Jock, for his extra• ordinary nerve and courage, got n remission of his punishment. For some time, at. least he took cure how he again got into such a situation as to expose him to the chance of passing another night with suds a bed• fellow. THE MORA LS OF HANGING. We do not know from what work the following terrible passages is extracted• We find it in the Albany Daily advertiser. It beats harder against punishment by death than a whole acre of homily : The Hangman and the Judge.—" Did your lordship ever attend a killing time at the Old Bailey If not, pray favor me with your company; not on the gallows, but staying in the ►tteets amid a crowd that always assemble when I am at iv , )rk for you and the sheriff: Perhaps it wilt add to the zest if you, come when I have a young' woman to stiffen, supplied by your self. Will the fluttering of the petticoats, as she swings in the wind, produce a pleas ant sound on your ears my l armed master Fail not to watch the people; the men W( men and children—good bad and Indifferent who hare gathered to behold the sacred majesty of the law. You shall see such flashing of the eyes and grinding of teeth,- you will hear sighs and groans, and words of rage and hatred, with fierce curses on yourselfand me; and the laughter, such as is of an unnatural kind that will make you start-jest on the dead that they will make you sick. You will feel—no— why should you feel any more than your faithful journeymen: We shall go to our breakfast with good appetites and a firm conviction that every hanging bout changes many sneaking pilferers into saving robbers, fit for murder. • "A 'few years ago T was called out of town to hang a little boy who had been con victed of killing with malice aforethought. lf guilty, he must have been in the habit rt going to executions Ten thousand carat to dabble in the poor young creatures blond. That was the'youngeet fellow creature 1 ev er handled in the way of business; and a beautiful child ho was to, as you seen by tht papers ,with a straight nose,large blue °yet and golden hair—l have no heart, no feel. ing ; who has in our calling? But those Who came to see me strangle that tender youngster, have hearts and feelings as we Once had. ilittil—no4.—bed fn.( what DiVHOLIM i 0: 489. they saw was 6i to twilit; Mew your servant or his unliter. They saw that stripling lifted, fainting, o n to the gallows; cheek of the color of wood ashes—his little limbs ,and his boa. om hea vim/ sigh alter sigh, tin if the body and soul were parting with, ait iny help. This was downriaht murder; her there WIN retiree', any life to take out or him.— When I began to poll the cap over his ba by fitee,he pressed his small hands together, (his arms, vim know, were corded fist to his hedy.) and he gave me a beseeching look, jest es a calf will lick a butcher's hand.--- But cattle do not speak; the ereature mut. tered,"Praymir,dont hurt me." "My dear," answered I, "you sheet(' have spoken to my master; I'm only the journeyman,und must do as bid. "'Chia made him cry,which :teemed to relieve him, 4.lde think I should hare cried myself if 1 had not heard shouts from the crowd—" Poor mu rder !"- "Quick," said the Sheriff "Rea. dy," said 1. The Reverend gentleman gave tne the winkdne drop fill ; one kick ; h he swayed to and fro, dead as the feeling of tlie Christian people of England. The crowd dispersed; some swearing, same weeping with passionate exclama-, bons; some swearing as - if hell had broke loose ; and some laughing while they crack ed blackguard jokes on you and me and the parson and the danglingcorpse. They had et ins fir the sight : they would have come to see on angel murdered. They had comet to get drunk with strong excitement ; they went back, same in.a fever ot rage, some burning with hate, some hardened in heart like me or you ; all sunk in their own tee. pert, ready to make light of pain and blood corrupted by the indecent ahow,and more fit than ever to make work for us, the judge and the hangman. 0 wise luw•miikers 1 who think to soften the hearts of the people; to make them gentle and gone; to give them a feeling of respect for themselves and others, by show. ing them a sight like this. A negro servant having one day received a reprimand from her mistress for rime tri fling tptrenco. wee no much Irritated that &ho went directly nut, kneeled down and made the following prayer. "Oh good mat na Lord I come take me rate out din• won! din hery npinit—if you can no come your. self sonde debbul or any body else r A person cam) out lately from England. who advertises to givo lectures on botany.— tie says he was sent out (or seven years to Botany Bay, on an exploring expedition, at the expense of the British goverment, and that he is therefore fully conversant with the subject. Give us the Ne'v Hampshire Argus for esprit dueorps—there is no mistake . about it---here is a oomph. :-- “The man who will strap his razor on his Bible and wipe it on hie newspaper is neith: er a christinn nor a patriot and deserves to be &rung up without benefit of clergy, or the sympathy of the corps editerial4--yet we have seen an individual do that same who made pretensions to both godliness and patriotism. -••••••• • 41M.... A cabin boy on board a man•of war was called to be flogged for some misdemeanor, little Jack went trembling and crying con fessed hitt fault and then said "Won't you wait till I say my prayers before you whip nit? "Yes," watt the reply. "Well, then," replied Jack, looking up and smiling trium phantly.— -17/ never say eta ! It is said a woman in Northampton, hey called lieechild 4 .llorirs Multicaudis.' She probably is anxious to get into the business and intends raising her own stock. AN IIaLT CetiTODNR. A. marine rarity—but by no means a delicacy—was harpooned in Provincetown harbor list week. According to the Boston Transcript; n bodythirty feet long—a brace of fine each five and a half feet in length—. fl ikes six feet by four—seven hundred teeth one hundred teeth in a row, in the lower j.,w, and six hundred, do. do., in the upper jaw—with a cavern of a mouth of about tour feet diameter when agape—from some of the "little peculiarity" of this long low, pi. rat - feel . looking denizen of the seas, which is a large specimen of the Elephant Shark (squalus Elephaso the most formidable is appearance of all the shark tribe. INFORMATION WANTED. Adam Wisner formerly of Northumber• land in Pennsylvania who was in the Revo lutionary War, as a minute man under Ge neral Putter, and Col. James Murry and whose papers have all been destroyed by the burning of his house in which his all was consumed, wishes to know if there are now living any witnesses to his having been in that war., as without such witneesea hq cannot obtain a pension to whichhe is entitled and which he is very turicious to obtain, in consequence of poverty brought; upon hint by unpropitious providence.— hould this meet the eye of any individe. al .who can tentif: to th'ese points respecting nis revolutidnary services which the law re. quires in order to give him. pension they skfuld coder a favor upon an tainted old reyolulintutry maldler, by ;communicating. the fact, stating the namtivand rr i deate of .411 ch witness, to the We. Ghee 'arbeta,or• Dette'cu Abraham Harrison, of EnsitGlres t vii. iand, Livingston county stareatiNstteMsrit. • .Publishere of weekly Joulmallt.lif she Plaited States are requested for tba,aaijotaf ,i l un i a r) 4 to glebt . thb above i 1.11101410111111 In 'Wt. pep.etti. • CAROZ MYR%
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