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i7illal)Ual6l3lMoo .0o
THE BALL-ROOM.
"Corne, come, Peter, it's no use talking;
yeti and Sally must go to the Birth-Night
Ball, there's no two ways about it."
"Why, my dear brother said Peter Scott,
looking at his wife; "I don't suppose it will
kill us to go; but you know we were raised
to think such things wrong, and though
we're neither of us professors of religion
yet, I don't liko to do what the old folks
would not think right, it they were living."
"Well, Sally, what's your vote?" said
Jacob.
"Why, for just this once,"—said Sally,
and stopped.
"What's right once, is right always,"
said Peter.
4, We11, may be 4 is," said his wife; "but
what's the harm of dancing a little of an
evening at tho Bazaar? I vote to go."
"Very good,' we'll go, Jacob, only you
must introduce us to your Mnin street
friends, for 1 don't know a single soul That
will be there." •
"Leave all that to me," replied his broth
et, and left them.
When Peter and his wife came to look
over their wardrobe, and see what clothes
0.4 theirs would answer for such an occa.
Edon . , they found a mournful deficiency;
,there were work day clothes in abundance,
good jeans, and calicoes and satinets; there
were holy day suits too, broadclothes and
uterine; but a dress for a ball room should
,differ from that which became a Methodist
,church, and they both owned that it was a
:sharnifto throw away so much money--but
pew apparel must be had. Peter accord
ingly placed all his cash at his wife's dispo.
sal, slid bidding liei be sparing el it, went
to his shop, and to chairmaking.
Dresses were liought: new pantaloons for
! kith and a silk vest; for her, more articles.
large ao,d small, than any one, save a
lir, could name without counting fingers.
• Sally ? was enamoured, and bought the
che' ;meet pl every thing, but still money
melted as rapidly as . if Signor Blitz bird
been by.
The evening came; the Bazaar Hall,
: then under the old rtgime of Mons. Culbert,
'was filled to overflowing. Thy dancing be.
an, and Mrs. Scott, who was pretty end
apt ightiv, and! had a natural knack of dan
cing, though ignorant of the * figures, was .
quite a belle, and - stood up' to numberless
cotillions, and made numberless acquain
lances. ' • •
The evening passed, and the young wife
went pima flushed'and notating, never
before bad , !ter vanity been so appealed to,
and attention intoxicated her. The next
day passed in reverie; dinner was not well
cooked, nor the table neatly laid. The next
evening passed heavily; and the only relief
was, that Jacob came in and they talked
over the ball, and all who attended it. Ja
cob told them who were genteel-and who
were not; he ridiculed this one and sneered
at a third, who bad been his rival in some
small flirtation. Peter listened .in silence:
he did not like the looks of things, but whaM l
could he do, haying taken the step?
In March the quarterly rent for his shop
was due, but his wife had no cash to return
to him wherewith to pay it. Be called on
one gentlemay who owed him fifty dollars
far a sideboaid, but he was about to give a
dinner party, and needed all be could rake
and scrape; another owed for three bed.
steads, forty five dollars, but be had a note
to pay in the bank, and money was very
scarce; he called on a third, who had for
six months been in his debt for chairs, ta.
blee, etc. to the amount of two hundred and
fifty dollars, but ibis gentleman had unluck
ily just bought a new span of horses, kir
which he must pay, or he could not secure
them. "If you're going by Lippencon'a"
said he to Peter, when he had declined pay
ment, "just call in and see them; they are
beauties, Ido 'assure ye." Peter returned
home penniless.
When rent day came, he told his land
lord the whole story. The worthy man
heard him through, and was sorry, "bu , t,,"
said he, "this shop wily always command
cash rent; I'll give you tan days grace, and
then you must pay or quit." When that
man went home and related the facts to his
wife, he added, "I hear he and his bride
were at the birth-night ball last month; if
he can go there ho must pav his rent prompt.
Iv." "But my dear," said the lady."ifyou
bid him out it may injure his credit, and
ruin him; why not talk with him, and let
him stay and try to save him, if he's grow
ing extravagantl" "I can't help it; if he
is ruined it is his own doings, not mine.—
Business is business; if a man wants help,
you know l'in ready to give, as ready as
any body; but a tenant mist pay up."
"Well," said the good woman, "I don't
know much about it, but it always amass to
me that as if God meant that kindness and
benevolence should be exercised in the
course of our daily business, and Lot by
way of exception. I can't help thinking
that husine.a should he ona and_the-sam
thing with benevolence, and every act of
out door mercantile life, an act of Chris•
tian justice - and Christian charity. Yuu
give to those that want, you say: so you do,
and why not do it in this case? Scott wants
.----what? why, kind advice, cheering up,
and a little time in the payment of his rent.
"Very good, Betsey," answered the old
gentleman, "very good for a woman, but if
Scott don't pay in ten days. be must go;
I'm sorry for him, but he must go."
The ten days passed; Peter could not
pay; and was forced to seek another shop.
"Why do you leave your old stand ;Scott?"
said the first landlord to whom he applied.
Peter hesitated a moment, but truth came
offtriuinphant, and he told the inquirer that
he had been unable to pay promptly. And
did the old puritan say that was his reason
for breaking with you? Now I happen to
know it wan't so; it was because you went
to the ball of the twenty-second that he's
cut yciu."
Scott Smiled; and said mildly that it was
the ball any how that had got him into iron
tile; "But you don't repent going, do you?"
said the other.
"No, not altogether," replied the cabinet
maker. who 'felt that he would bedespised
Who said "yea."
"It's the only way to enjoy lire, my lad,"
said the other taking his arm. "Come
with me, and I'll fit you with room."
"The man to whom Scot had by chance
gone, bad been at the ball, and had seen the
young mechanic's wife, and being on the
instant half inclined to attempt her seduc
tion; for he was one of those soul murders,
who make seduction a pursuit; he now felt
as if his master, the devil, had put the op
portunity within his reach.
Peter was ISJOO in his new shop, and by
the aid of his landlord, thrown into a large
and profitable business. His landlord visi•
ted him too; invited him to his house, for be
was married, and a father; and all seemed
bright.
"The ball was a good beginning," said
Sally.
Weeks, passed, and months passed; for
it is astonishingly bow long and bow pati
ently men labor and wait to accomplish
evil purposes. Months passed; Scotts busi-
ness flourished' and his customers increased
—and, how natural, his expenses increased
too. Visited by such people as now honored
their poor rooms, they must have some
refreshments tor an evening indispensible.
Summer brought ice cream parties,
.arid .
strawberry parties, and Peter could not
resist an invitation to ride up the river
and roll nine pins. From rolling nine pins
out of the
,town the passage was .easy to
playing billiards in town; and billiards made
onp so dry, that Scott, before he was aware
of it, longed for the hour when he could, is
conscience, take a julep.
in June, the quarter's rent was due, and
Peter had religiously laid by a enough to
pay it. The day come he took the sum to
his landlord.
..lisveyint any ironer said the worthy.
1-No."
"Then let it run another quarter, Scott,
and keep this to fit you out for a grand
frolic we wean to have up the Little Mia
mi."
Peter hesitated; but how could he resits
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such kindness? With a heavy heart he
pocketed the money and went home.
The frolic was bud; the money was spent;
the servant of Satan felt his prey sure. It
was a pleasant July morning, and Scott wan
busy at his work•ahop. His landlord told
him he wanted a certain job done before
night—that he might dine at the nearest
hotel, and he would see that his wife was in-
formed why he was absent. Peter said
"very good," and worked on. His kind
friend, having thus secured his absence
from home, went about his work also. It
was not noon when he entered Scott's hum
ble house; it was past three when fie issued
from thence, black with anger and (heap.
pointed passion. Before five, Scott, still
working at the pressing job of his patron.
was arrested fur the amount of his rent,and
after a short examination of his stock coin.
mitted to jail. That night was to his wife
one of the deepest agony. A whole new
rearm of sin and misery, within herself had
beer► revealed to her; and in her humband's
unaccountable absence, her wits wandered
far towards madness.
"The next morning a little boy brought
this note to her door:
"Your husband is in prison; you can re•
lease hire; will you?"
Ignorant of our laws, and knowing a
prison only as a prelude to death or unim•
agined evil, she turned the paper and wrote
thereon, "Any thing."
Noon came—the fiend once more sought
hie victim; he opened the door and behold!
Scott himself was there, having been bailed
from prison. Peter was naturally a mild
man, but the mildest at times yield and
become ungovernable.
No sooner had Scott, whose frame was
seemingly disjointed by the. tale his wife
told him, laid his eye upon the form of his
subtle enemy, than his brain and every mu
scle became filled with blood; his sight
tailed him; seizing a chair he felled the
Wretch to the ground, and then 'leaping
upon himostamped and beat, and bit him,
till the neighborhood rang with his cries of
desperation. A dozen men rushing in at
the sounds; tore Scottfrom the buttered
and bruised form of his perfidious patron,
who was seriously injured: But his wounds
and bruises he rejoiced- in, for they gave
him the means of his revenge. Scutt was
arrested and tried for an assault with an
intent to kill. He was convicted Upon the h
presiunption that thwattack was the result
of preniediated malice caused by the arrest
for debt, and Peter Scott went to the pen
itentiary for three years.
The term of his imprisonment was but
early in 1837. He Caine back to Cincin
nati, an offbeat whom no one would employ,
no one associate wish. His wile, who had
given birth to a child while he lay waiting
his trial and who had afterwards struggled
on, broken hearted, by the help of the
Methodist benevolent society, was dead
when he returned to the world, and
. her
infant was a town charge. His property
was all gone, and he was forgotten. He
inquired for Jacob, Jacob had failed and
gone to Texas, He asked for his landlord;
he was rich and respected—no, not realise.
led, but respectable." He went to the
house where he had lived, it was a green.
ry, and he drank there till his brain swam.
The next day, being wholly destitute and
desperate, he went a board a steamboat
as a deck hand, and has not since visited
our city.
' Was that man ruined by going to one ball
theta No- But he was ruined by doing
one act contrary to his conscience; by that
act he placed himself within the reach of
Satan, and fell his victim. It is an awful
thought, but a true one, that we cannot,
till the last day, measure the consequences
ofa single wrong act. May Uo4l forgive
the countless ones that we commit.
ON THE CHOICE OF A WIT/I.—Go, my
Goo, said the eastern sage to , Ta'more, go
forth to the world; be wise in the pursuit
of knowledge—be wise in the accumulation
of riches—be wise in the choice of friends;
yet little will this avail thee, if thou choo
sest not wisely the wile of thy bosom. -
When the rulers of thy people echo thy
sayings, and the trumpet of fame sounds
thy name abroad among the nations, more
beautifully will the sun of thy glory set, if
one bright cloud reflects its brightness, and
sullied forever will be the splendor f the
rays, iflike a dark spot she crosses its sur.
face.
Consider this, then, my son, and look
well to her ways, whom thou wouldst love;
fur little will all else avail thee if thou choo
seat not wisely the companion of thy bosom.
See yonder, the maidens of Tinge. They
deck themselves with the gems of Golconda
and the rose of Kash mire—themselves more
brilliant and beautiful; but hal take net them
to toy bosom; for the gem will grow dim,
and the rose wither, and nought remain to
thee of all thou didet woo and win.
Neither turn thyself to the proud one
who vaunts herself on having scanned the
pages of Vedas,and fathomed the mysteries
of the holy temple. Woman was not born
to wield the sceptre, or direct the counsel;
to reveal the mandates of Brame, or ex
pound the sacred verses of the Menu.—
Rather be it hers to siippOrt thee in grief
and soothe thee in sickness; to rejoice in
thy proaperity and cling to thee in 'adversi
ty. Reflect, then, my Sou, ere thou choo•
seat, and look to her ways idiom then
wouldst make the wife of thy boaani: ' •
A .witel What a sacred name—what a
responsible office! She must b+ - 1 theimspot
ted sanctuary to which wearied man" may
Bee him the crimes of the world, and feel
that no sin dare enter there. A wife! —She
must he as pure as the spirits around the
Eve'Nesting throne, that man may kneel to
her even in admiration, and feel no , abase
ment.—A wifel—She must be the guardian'
angel of his footeteps, on earth, and guide
them to Heaven;so firm in virtue thatshould
he fur a moment waver, she can yield, him
support, and replay him upon its firm foun
dation; so happy in conceious innocence,
that . when from the perplexities of the world
he turns to hit home, he may never find a
frown were he sought a smile. Such, my
son, thou seekest in a wife; and reflect well
ere thou chooses!.
Open nut thy bosom to the trifler; repose
not ihy head on the breast that nurseth envy
and lolly and vanity. Hope not for obedi
ence where the passions are untamed; and
expect-not honor from her wbo honoreth
not the" God who made her.
Though thy place be next to the throne
of princes and the countenance of royalty
beam upon thee—though thy riches be as
the pearls of Omar, and thy name honored
from the East to the West—little will it
avail thee if darkness and disappointment
and strife be in thine own habitation. There
must be passed thine hours in solitude and
sickness—and there must thou die. Reflect
then, my son ere thou choosest, and look
well to her ways whom thou wouldet love;
for though thou be wise in other things—
little will it avail thee if thou chooseet not
wisely the wife of thy bosom.
From the Charivari
WRITTEN CARICATURES.
Let us continue the consideration of man
in his upper extremities—one word more
on the head dress.
THE HAT.
ddawnraking student wears a napless hat
awn down one ear. The laborious student
vl
ears a similar hat but, decending over
h s brews.. The raw student just imported
f oda the province parades the streets in a
wble, gay, or sky blue hat, tapering to a
poi I, with broad brims, embellished by a
cur in, rope and tassel.
he bootmaker, the butcher, the grocer,
wh full dressed, delights in a silk hat with
ng nap. The lofty, narrrow brimmed.
rt• nap , silk hat is the ornament of the
nday dressed carpenter and mason.
The veteran clerk and the fundholder
ingenuous simplicity, wear the bygone
at ith brim turned up before and behind,
h h should a shower corrielm, They pre
ct row injury by covering it with a check
ered iandkerchief the corners of which are
firml secured between their teeth.
. If ou have any pretensions to philoso
phy wear a low crowned hat with enormous
brim. If your aim be at originality adopt
the sugarloal shape.
HAIM
Copious and unclean loclis which soil the
coat collar, are the growth only of pretend.
ed philosophers and journeyman tailors.—
The self-styled original is shorn as closely
as a Chinese mandarin.
The blunt fellow, the cynic and the old
shoe maker are ill combed, their hair is dir
ty, and sticks up in disorder.
The dancer, the hairdresser, the simple.
ton, and tbe lion, wear their hair carefully
brushed, resplendent with grease, curled all
round the head, and separated in equal or
unequal parts like the waxen figures in a
hair.dresser's-window.
The old soldier, the postilion, and the
actor, have their hair dressed a la Talus.
The barber's apprentice, the student in
his novitiate arrange their locks a la Jeune
France.
Stiff hair is sometimes a sign of °Wine.
ey, sleek locks denote patience, a curly
head is almost always accompanied with wit
and the love of pleasure. Baldness is gen
erally the alga of an active mind, unless, be
it observed, the bald man, brush hie back
hair forward to. cover the front; this is the
mark of a mean and vulgar spirit, or which
is mill worse, unless he wear a wig, in which
case he must unquestionably be classed
among. the snobs.
Premature gray hair denotes misanthro
phy, continued suffering, whether physical
or moral, excessive labor, or nocturnal die
sipations.
With regard to those abundant lucks
which time is powerless to bleach, they are
the badge of an even disposition, and meth.
core intellect.
THOUGHTLESS M AMA° t is un
wise to indulge in any presentiment that we
are born to ill fortune, and that the issue of
our undertakings will be unprosperous
We are most ofus apt to pitch our .expec.
tations too high, and when disappointed we
score the result to any cause but our im- .
prudence. A girl, for example makes an
improvident marriage—she puts her neck
into the noose with her eyes shut, and when
she finds it in as .iron chain instead of
silken cord, she lays the , fault. not upon her
own indiscretion, but upon ber destiny;
while her friends, not more reflective than
herself, console her with the assurance that
marriages are made in heaven. .Leve is
certainly a most delightful feeling, but un•
happily it is not like the , widow cruse of
oil. There may be here and there, a heart
—a female heart—that has an exhaustless
store; but such a treasure is not to be Teck.
oned upon. The tender passion—like ev
ery thing that is tender must be fostered,
and led, and nourished, or its strength will
impetcepttbly fade_ and its energies die
away. Above all, it must be sheltered
from the blight of poverty. Those „who
have been from birth accustomed to struggle
on without rrlOning; and those who have
never known n hat it is to be poor, should
never.by an imprudent marriage, expose
,
themseivea tobecome en. There is a great
difference betsieen
,the necessaries of life,
.and the nedessaries of our condition in .life.
Both parties would do well to consider the
great importance of this distinction before
they enter into that fiwbetter for worse tte;
which'should the cares of. life .overtake
them, will undoubtedly be .anything
true iiver's knot.
THE,BITZR Bxr. —A good story is told
of a chap in North Carolina, who went the ,
entisefigure in the way of marrying all
the girls who would have him, without
waiting for any of them to die off as the
law directs., After having married the.
thirteenth,some of his first lovers came
doWn upon - him and. had him ,lodged in the
jail. But a person so fond of perfect liber
ty, and who could get into Hymen's noose
with such ease, found little difficulty in
getting out, dike "jug," and the next news
of him he was running at large with a heavy
reward offered for his apprehension. He
was shortly recognized by a gentleman,who
anxious to get the reward, invited him to
his house, desired him to sit down, called
his wife to chat with him as an inducement
to detain him there, while he made some
excuse for leaving a few moments, and star.
ted for a constable to arrest the runaway.
What was the poor man's astonishment
on returning with the constable, to find that
the gay L,otharto, taking the advantage of
his short , absence, HAD ABSOONDED WITH
me wind This makes the fellow's stock
on hand fourteen.
Tue D i rIAUTVILLE CASE.—Oar readers
will recollect that for some weeks past,there
has been pending before the Court of Geo.
oral Sessions in Philadelphia a case, in
which a father sued for the possession of
his child. The father is ti Mr. D'Hautville.
a Etiropean—the mother was a Miss Sears,
of Boston. The latter on a European tour
met with the former, and atter a variety of
negociations they were married.. The child
,in question was the fruits of the marriage.
As far as the evidence goes, without any
apparent disagreement
.with her husband,
Mrs. D'H. len Europe and came to this
country, and afterarriving here wrote, back
word to her husband that she never intended
to return.'
,He came in search or her, and
was fora time unsuccessful. At length he
found her, and sued for the possession of
his - child. All the 'mattere pertaining 'to
the courtship, marriage and subsequent
conduct of the parties came out in the course
of the investigation. Tkie flourt after a
full review of the circumstances, through
Judge Barton, decided that "the present cue.
tody of the child should be in hie mother."
Tax Lanzes.—There can be no doubt of
the fact , that the. lovely portion of creation
in these United States will soon exorcise not
only an indirect Sod silent, but palpable and
direct influence over public affairs. Let
the steps be observed and marked, by which
this influenee has increased and is increa.
sing. . Did any of our readers ten yeas since
note any of the indication, of woman's pre.
sence at popular meetings?. Is it. not ano
velty that grave Senators should not merely
receive encouragement from the conscious
ness of their presence, but that they should
be addressed as if blended with the great
political events and parties of the period.—
Is it not a new incident in our countr) that
the gallantry of,grey bearded Statesmen
should be so put to their proof as to require
them to explore the sources of intellectual
delight that must win the smiles of fair au•
clitoral—Among some of these attempts
there was much clumsiness in the handling
of the topics by orators who did not know
hoW to descend from the elevation to which
they have been accustomed, and gracefully
unite the dry themes of politics with those
subjects that ladies feel most acutely and
understand most clearly. Among those
orators, Mr. Weems has shown however
the versatility of hie powers. His. Rich.
mond speech to the ladies of that city is
most beautiful and appropriate.—Southern
Patriot.
rARIINEPB FOR WIRTER.--Most persons
that raise paraneps do not use them till
spring, and then they can have only a fow
messes before they begin to grow if left in
the ground, or become injured if they are
taken up.
A better way is to dig some paraneps
late in the fall and pack them down in a
cask or box with layers of. sand, or any
pure earth, ta k en below the surface, where
there is no manure or impunty, and in this
way they will keep well through the winter.
Yankee Farmer. .
PREVENTING CIDER FROM BECOMING
Soest,—There are several modes adopted
by farmers, to prevent their cider from be
coming sour. One is the putting in of
mustard seed—about a gill to the barrel.
For Some reason or other this prevents the
acetic iormation, and the cider remains free
from that sourness, or hardqess, as it is
sometimes called, which it otherwise would
have. The difibrent modes of refining ci
der, adopted ,by some who follow the busi
ness. depends undoubtedly orkseparatieg all
unnecessary vegetable matter from the !ili
um:, and checking the fermentation: pt.: the
right time.
Farmers, generally have neither time
nor the skill to, follow out all the operations
required to do this t and hence the moat of
theircider becomes hard by the next sum
mar after it is made. .
We have been informed that the addition
ofsattpare, in the proportion of one quar-
ter of a pound to a barrel, would not only
prevent the eider ` (loin beemiltrojr hard - ofW
emir, bui even iradded atter it fisid - ehiong4d,
would restore it !to a plearant r atitteiiirin: -
We cannot vouch fbr, The - pull) ar ink
from any experience which we"hide bad '
'ourself, with a. bufcan see no :good l'esieen
why 61)001416'ot succeed; no d-Can. are - die.
cover any' karm Which' it could do".by any
of the combinations whiCh itimY tivaddird.
—Maine Farmer. -
[lf a pound tf good fat ebalk,• Ind a
pound of fresh beef be' put in' each inirrel
of cider, it will pruveht ferrnenterioii; serve
to feed the ligiior and keep tt - Sareet; 'we
have drank eider wfiich had been thus kept
well several years.t--.Ed...Far„ ear; '
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IMPORTANT unCoVERY.---1 he Hanford
(Ct.,) Congregationalist contains an inter
esting account of the sneceas of Mr. %Villain
Jones of Manchester (Ct., in rearing silk.
worms,from which it appears that the use
of air.slacked lime sprinkled over the shel
ves and lightly over the worms themselves,
once in two or three days during the latter
part of the feeding, produced a very decided
and favorable effect. Mr. J. produced - fifiy
bushels of cocoons from a single crop of
200,000 worms.
"TAPPING' COFFENd.—I t is well known
to thoso engaged in burying the dead, that
when leaden coffins are employed, the ex
pensive. force of the gas, and the consequent
bulging out of the coffin, compels the work-
Men frequently to "tar it that the gas may
•
escape. he "tapping is ; performed by
boring a, hole with a gimblet; a jet ofgas in
stantly passes through the aperture, and
this, when ignited, produces a flame that
lasts from tee minutes , to halt .an hour.--
The men who perform this operation are
perfectly aware of the risk they .encoonter
and they are extremely careful how they
execute it.—G. A. Walker Esq., in Gat.
erings from Grave Yard's. • •
Tu ELECTED TYPE , For this interest
ing and important application of the electre
chenneal powers of the voltaic current, we
are indebted to Mr, Spencer of,Liyerpool.
Th , J great simplicity of the process, the
very trifling outlay,requiryi for apparatus
and materials, together with the singular
beauty and accuraeref its results, cannot
tail to render it an interesting *mince of use
and amusement, if only on-account ,of the
facility it, offeli for tho
_preduciion of dura
ble metallic copies of objects, which from
their fragile nature, could nut be subjected
to the processor casting, or pressure. It
is lint a few,months since the process was
made public; but even in this short time its
practical results have been applied to many
valuable operations, in our arts and inane.
factures, as in copying the cylindrical cop
por rollers of the calico printing engraved
platee.—Polptichnic Journal for October..
Mr. Spencer has just. published a work ea
the subject of his electro•chemical invest'.
pitons, entitled, "Instruction for the Mul
tiplication of. the Works or Art,. in metal,
by Voltaic electricity," illustrated. with
wood-cuts, at the reasonable price of three
shillings. .
MPORTATION OF S&L —The Journal of
tho.Amorican Society states that' the im
portation of silk into the United States, du
ring the year ending 30th of Spptember,
1839, amounted to nearly twenty-three mil
lion of dollars. Compared with other aril=
Iles imported, that of silk is one-fnurth
more than the amount of any other.. The
amount of manufactures of cotton imported
was 814,692,397; of iron, 812,051,668; of
cloth and cassimeros, 87,078,906; worsted
stuffs, $7,025,898; other manufactures of
wool, $3,561,161; one halt 'the value of
silks and worsted stuffs, 81,169 , 042; total
woollen goods, 818,881,90. The importa
tion ofsugar amounted 1°89,924,632; linen,
6,731,278. So that the importation of silk
nearly equals that of woollen and linen to.
get her, and is equal to halt of the other fab
rics combined. -
POST OITICES.—There are more than
12,000 Post Offices in tho United States.
By the law of the land, the annual compen
sation is not to exceed 82,000. In . only 39
offices, does the regular commission or per
coinage allowed to Post Masters amount to
that sum. Of these, seven only are in the
New hngland States; sat in New York;
four. in Pennsylvania; two in Maryland;
two in District of Columbia; three in Vir
ginia; three in Georgia; two in Alabama;
three in Ohio; and une in ouch of the States
of North • Carolina, Louisiana, Tennessee,
Kentucky, Michigan, Indiana, and Missou
ri. In 80 Post Offices, - the compensation
ranges from 81,000 to $2,000. A very large
number of. Post Masters •roceive a compen
sation from 8500 to 81,000.-
REILUNIS NarousoN.-. 7 —Galignant's
Messenger states that four hundred women
are now employed in making the hangings
which are to adorn the church of Invatides,
for the funeratceremony, on thetraiasiation
of the rematna of Napoleon.
O K.—The N. 0. Picayune elys:---aThe
ladies, God bless them, hare decided that
0. K. means Only Eisslng, nothing else in
the world. •
A FEMAIA SsiLen.—A, female, armed
Mary.Perkius, was senter.ced to two months.
in the (louse of Correction at lio , ton last
week for , larceny. • When arrested she was
attired in sailor's habit.. Sbe . reinetsufed
herself to be 20 years of age, and Less
steward six months on board a brig o ut reg .
War trips from Quebec to New-Yolk.
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