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—"With sweetest flowers enrich'd
From various gardens cull'd with care."
From the February Knickerbocker
A SONO OP THEI
BY H. W iIOOKWELL.
A bold brave crew, and an ocean blue,
And a ship that loves the blast,
With a good wind piping merrily
In the gallant mast;
Hal ha! my boys,
These are the joys
Of tbe noble and the brave,
Who love a life,
In the tempest's strife,
And a home in the mountain wave!
When the driving rain of the hurricane
• Pute the light of the light-house out,
And the growling thunder sounds its gong
On the whirl wind's battlo•rout,
Ha! ha! do you think
That the valiant shrink?
No! not—we are bold and brave!
And we love to fight,
In the wild midnight.
With the storm of the mountain wave!
Breezes that die where the green woods sigh
To the landmen sweet may be,
But give to the brave the broad backed wave,
And the tempest's midnight glee!
Ha! ha! the blast,
And the rocking most.
And the sea wind brisk and cold,
And the thunder's jar
On the seas afar,
Are the things that suit the bold!
The timbers creak, the seabirds shriek,
There's lightning in your blast!
Hard to the leeward! mariners,
For the storm is gathering fast!
lia! ha! tonight,
Boys, we must fight;
But the winds which , o'er us yell
Shall never scare
The mariner
In this winged citadel!
atilo Olti aa&SVII , DO C 3 0
WHAT IS GENTILITY. — Every body can
distinguish what they call a gentleman,
from a man whom they do not consider to
be one. It is true, however that every body
has not the same standing for gentility, and
what one might consider to be genteel anoth
er might consider to be very far from it.
It is therefore impossible to give such a defi
nition tagentility as would accord with the
ideas of every one; or, if such a definition
could be given there would be a wide dd.
erenco of opinion as to the rules that might
be laid down for carrying it out. If we
were to venture an opinion on the subject
we would say that gentility is that deport
ment whether at home, in society, or in
the street,which is the result of a desire t 9
avoid saying or doing any thing that could
give offence to others. A strict observance
of this law would undoubtedly secure for
its observer the respect of all with
whom he would be brought into contact,
and in carrying it into practice, if he aims
at the highest standard ofgentility, he must
consult the taste of the most refined and
even the most fastidious or else he may full
short of his object, and ho considered as
genteel by one set of persons and vulgar by
another. A man who should nct up to the
following standard could hardly fail to be
considered by many as rather too much of,
(Inc
Is it not genteel to wear.
Is it not genteel to indulge in licentious
conversation.
Is it not genteel to talk loud in comps.
ay.
It is not genteel to laugh loud.
It is not genteel to interrupt others in
conversation.
It is not genteel to be quick aild abrupt
in talking.
It is not genteel to advance your opin.
ions in a dogtnatical and positive manner.
It is not genteel to attempt to give force
toyour assertions by hammerine on the table
or by any extrnordinary gesticulations, as if
you were infallible.
It is not genteel at an evening part)
where refreshments are served to fill a lady's
plate with terrapins, or oysters, or chicken
as if she had eaten no diciner.
It is not genteel to put yonr mouth so
close to the face °file person yon are talk.
ing to so as to incommode him with your
breath even though you may fancy it to
have the odour of a nosegay.
It is not genteel to slam a door in gOing
in or out of a room where there aro other
persons.
It is not genteel to take the wall of a lady
in the street, whether you be a white or a
black 'gentleman.'
It is not genteel to carry with you into
company the fumes of segar smoke.
It is not genteel to chew tobacco in com
pany, or to spit tobacco juice upon a carpet
or into a n:ce fire place.
It is not genteel to smoke cigars in the
street, as some respectable 'looking strangers
are often seen to do.
It is not genteel for tweedledum to turn
up his nose at tweedkdee in company.
It is not genteel to talk at concerts or
lectures so as to prevent others from hear
ing.
It is not genteel to whisper in company.
It is not genteel at a table to begin be•
fore the rest of the company are helped.
It is not genteel to eat fast, or to put a
large quantity into your mouth at once.
It is not genteel to finish a meal until
others have had time to make some progress
with theirs.
It is not genteel to eat so slow as to ea
after tho others are done.
It is not genteel when you are invited
to a party to meet a stranger, to go away
before the stranger.
It is not genteel if you be that et ranger
to wait an unreasonable time before you
take your leave.
It is not genteel to salute a gentleman
whilst walking in the street with a lady,
with a nod of the head.
It is not genteel to contradict ethers.
It is not genteel to lean back in a chair
in company.
It is not genteel to rub your head whilst
seated on a sofa, against the newly papered
wall of a parlour in which you area visitor.
It is not genteel to stand befere a fire
place and intercept the heat from others
who are as cold as yourself.
It is not genteel in company to comb
your hair with your fingers.
It is not genteel to talk in company more
than your full share.
It is not genteel at the Institute, or any
other public place, to stick your feet upon a
chair or on a table.
It is not genteel to whistle or hum a tune
in presence of stranger° or ladies.
It is not genteel to say or do any thing in
presence of others, which ifsaid or done by
them would offend your feelings or sense of
propriety.
These are no sketches of fancy. They
are pictures drawn from real life, and per•
haps there is hardly a man that will not find
one or more of the hints that will fit hiecase.
TIIE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRI•
Tam— We earnestly congratulate our rea•
dere on the information, concerning the re.
lotions between the United States and Great
Britain, which they will find exactly stated
in the report of yesterday's Senate Procee•
dings. Considering the rumors that have
been in circulation, nothing could be more
interesting to the whole country at the pre
sent moment than these disclosures in the
Senate, unless perhaps it be the chart of the
principles of the new Administration which
may be expected in the Inaugural Address
of the President Elect.
We learn from the statement of Mr.
BuctrANAN that, in regard to the Bounda
ry Question, the Governments of Great
Britain and the United States have agreed
upon the main points of a Convention for
the final adjustment of that question; and
that, in the opinion of the Executive, there
is every reason to look with entire confi
dence to a prompt and satisfactory termina
tion of the long negotiation upon this ques
tion.
We learn, further, with great pleasure,
that there is no foundation for the rumor
that an angry correspondence has recently
taken place between Mr. Fox and Mr. For
syth, or any correspondence, the character
of which would justify a call for its publics.
ty.
The remarks of Mr. CLAY, whose wis
.dom and experience in our Foreign Rela
tions stamp every thing he says on that sub.
ject with a more than common impress, are
no loss important than acceptable. Happy
must it be accounted that upon this very
interesting and important matter, the lean.
era of the party coming into power and of
that which is about retiring, entertain °pin
ions upon it between which there is hardly
a discernible shade of difference.
The statement of the Chairman of the
Senate's Committee on Foreign Relations,
the reader cannot fail to perceive, has all
the effect of a counterblast to the martial
appeal made the other day by the distin
guit.hed Chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Relationb in the other House. The
fleet, mark! We do not say the intention,
as we are not in the counsels of the honor- i
able Senator from Pennsylvania or of the
Administration whose confidence he enjoys.
—Nat. /id.
—.woe •
From the Arkansas Star Feb. 14th
A MOBTN/LLIANOVB AFFAIR.—On yes
terday one of the most villianous transac
tions was brought to light which has ever,
within our knowledge disgraced our city.
It appears that two individuals, by the
name of Bishop and Heely, brought to this
place a certain amount of furniture and dry
goods in co. partnership, for the purpose of
speculation. Of the existence of the leo-
G. WACHINGTOLT SOWEN, MINTOR & imornamTon
di The liberty to know, to utter, and to argue, freely, is above all other liberties."-51n.Tos
eadatwirenaunes e cid c/ a owereamanr. ator/UlO2Lt alg a aa4.la.
partnership there was no legal evidence
bmween them, which Heelv look advantage
of, and for which cause Bishop published
him.
Bishop held in his possession certain doc
uments which Heely was anxious to g et pos
session of, and far this purpose ap plied to
three individuals, (Myers, Minor, and we
believe, Holzman,) and stated to them, that
if they would knock Bishop down and take
from him the documents, they should have
therefor the sum of $2OO, which they
agreed to accept; but instead of proceeding
as Heely had directed, told Bishop of what
had passed, who gave them copies of the
documents, which they took too Heely, who
being intoxicated at the time, 'received the
copies, thinking them the originals, and
immediately paid down the sum agreed
upon. But the villany of Heely did not stop
here. Fearing that Bishop might hereaf
ter stand in his way and put him to some
trouble, he made the second application to
the thiee individuals, and with a more
tempting bribe, to go still deeper into villa.
ny, even to the steeping of their hands in
the blood of their fellow man. Herly pro
posed to them that if they would assassi
nate, Bishop he would pay for the service
$3OO. This also was accepted by them,
and, as in the first instance, they informed
Bishop of the proposition, who confined
himself to his room for a day or twe. In
order to secure the pay, and, as it was ne-
cessary to show some sign of having done
the deed, the trio, on Monday night last,
repaired to the room of Heely, bearing
with them all the "horrible paraphernalia
of the midnight assassin," such as bloody
bands and daggers, clothes spotted with
blood, & c.
Some doubt seemed, to rest on the mind
of Heely as to whether the murder had re.
ally been committed, but they were soon
removed by Minor who had rubbed tobac•
co juice in his eyes in order that he might
shed copious tears of repentance, and show
great compunctions of conscience for the
part he had acted in the horrible affair; and
after the others had made a few oaths that
the deed was committed, and that they were
willing to take him to the spot whore the
body was interred, Heely gave into the
hands of Myers a check upon one of our
banks for $3OO.
In this affair the old adage, "honesty
among rogues," was broken. Myers pre•
seined the check to the bank, upon which
payment was made, who instead of dividing
the money, share and share alike, as was
agreed upon, represented to his compan
ions that he had drawn.only half the amount,
giving to each $5O, and soon after, fearing
the consequences of his rascality, left the
city.
The astonishment of Heely can bettor
be imagined than described, when on going
up town on Wednesday morning, among
thefirst persons he met was Bishop, who
he thought had been assassinated. Had
the ghosts of all those who slumber in their
graves sprung up before him, he could not
have shown greater horror, than was de.
picted on his countenance. But his hor
ror soon changed to wrath. He who was
so obnoxious still lived, but his money was
gone. Although a villain, yet, luckily for
society, he had not wisdom, nnd, as fools
are always garrulous, forthwith he told of
the manner in which he had been duped.—
Prosecution has been commenced, in the
name of the State, against Heely, for the
crime of conspiracy against the life of
Bishop; and also against Bishop for gaining ,
money from Heely fraudulently.
We hope the matter may be pushed to
the utmost rigor of the laws, and all the
parties concerned made to sutler as they
deserve.
1
Correspondence of the Courier and Enquirer.
Washington, Feb. 27, 1841.
For some days past Kendall and Blair,
as I am informed, have been employed in
the War office, overhauling records, exam
ining letters, &c. Rumor assigns various
reasons for this extraordinary movement;
none of them calculated to increase the
reputation of these redoubtable knights.—
All that can be said at present, is, that it is
a mysterious affair, and will probably ever
remain so. Mr. Kendall will be prepared
no doubt, with a plausible explanation of the
mystery. That the most gigantic frands
have been committed in this department is
known to the whole country. That no
steps calculated to awaken suspicion were
necessary,is equally known. Why then per
mit Kendall and Blair to be housed amidst
the records of the Office, for days, if not
weeks, at a moment when suspicion, and
distrust, and doubt stalks throughout the
land. Surely no ordinary circumstance
could have prompted these men,at this junc.
Lure, to expose themselves to the animadver
sions which must inevitably follow a devel
opement of their secret mission. Let it be
repeated and remembered—all that can be
said at present is, that it is a mysterious
affair.
Before taking leave of Mr. Kendall, 1
have something to say as to the Post Office
affairs. Mr. Niles, the present Postmaster
General should not be responsible for the
embifrassments under which the depart
iridit is now laboring. They were brought
In through the ignorance of Amos Kendall.
A-more accomplished impostor, when pre.
tending to be a man of business, never dis.
graced a public station. Niles is a low.
bred vulgar man, and was the dupe of Ken.
dall. There is no doubt • he feels, most
sorely, that he has been used as the monkey
used the cat's paw.
In January, 18:39, 1 unmasked the Post.
master General. and pressed him so closely
that he undertook to defend himself; but so
feeble was his defence, that it was evident
to the most superficial observer, the char.
Ages against him wore well founded. It was
contended at the time, that he had exagger
ated the deficit arising under Mr. Barry's
, administration of the department, while he
misrepresented the savings during his own
administration. Mark the following quo
tation; and compare it with a state of facts
—admitted facts, as they at present exist in
the department.
Mr. Kendall in his report 0f1837, says:
"In 1835 the department was laboring un.
der an extraordinary debt of six hundred
thousand dollars. In 1837, it has a surplus
of eight hundred thousand dollars." He
adds, ‘‘for some time to come the mail trans
portation will be nearly stationary. The
post offices will increase. The revenue
will rapidly advance," &c. Now both the
statements, as to 1835 and 1837 were be
lieved to be erroneous, and so pronounced.
In my letter of the 29th January 1839,
referring to Mr. Kendall's report, I say—
" The 800,900 dollars of surplus is gone in
a single year, the Increase revenue of 100,.
000 dollars is also gone. Heaven only knows
where, and the department is at this moment
on the verge of complete bankruptcy, from
which it can only escape by reducing exis
ling facilities."
At the time, the accuracy of such rep
resentations was stoutly denied. W ell, the
day of reckoning is at hand. kis true,
nominally, Kendall has shifted the respon
sibility from his own shoulders. He has
made Niles the scapegoat. Mr. Granger,
like every other head of a Department, will
enter upon the discharge of his official du
ties, as Poet Master General, amidst bank
ruptcy, desolation and ruin. Ho will have
to contend with strong prejudices, excited
by an overbearing influence, and a vulgar
deportment on the part of Kendall; but Mr.
Granger is a gentleman of great courtesy
and urbane manners, and will soon soften
the asperities thus created.
The Post Office department, in reference
to its pecuniary situation, is in a deplorable
state. There are contractors,hore in seach
of money, but as well might they attempt
to "call spirits from the vasty deep." It is
generally believed by those who are best
informed, that the department is in arrears
more than is due about three months, or
nearly one million of dollars. If this be
rue, and his statement in 1837,that he had
a surplus of $BOO,OOO be true, it follows
that he hae exponded,yearly and every year,
four hundred and fifty thousand dollars
more than the receipts, of the office.—
Throughout every department of the Gov.
ernment, such has been the economy of the
Jackson Van 81 , ren dynasty.
THE SPY IN WASHINGTON.'
CATHOLIC Bumora.—The Catholic Her
ald says:--'‘We have heard trim a source
entitled to credit, that the Papal Bulls have
been received, appointing the Rev. Mr.
Richard Whelan to be Bishop of Richmond,
Virginia, and the Rev. Dr. John J. Chance,
President of St. Mary's College; Baltimore,
to be first Bitihop of the newly created See
of Natchez, Mississippi."
A COMFORTABLE STATE.-TllO follow
ing gratifying view of the financial condi
tion of the State of Connecticut, is from an
authentic source:
"Tho ordinary annual , expenses of the
State government aro about $BO,OOO
To meet this expenditure the State
has a revenue from bank divi
s3o,ooo
dends,
Tax on non-resident Bank
Stock sales at auction,
escheats, fines, &c. 15,000
ne cent State tax on grand
list,
35,000
---880,000
"Our State is free from debt and all lia.
ities.
"Our internal improvements are made by
private associations.
"Our school fund is now over two millions
of dollars, and nearly all productive. We
shall the present year pay out to schools
one hundred and twelve thousand dollars;
and in addition to this, one half of the inter•
est arising on the deposit° fund received
from the United States is appropriated for
the support of common schools."—Albany
Argus.
A SLAVER CONDEMNED.—Tho Spanish
brig Jesus Maria, whose capture was an.
nounced a few dabs since, arrived.at Hava
na previous o the 13th ult. with 245 ne
groes, prize to H. B. M. ship Ringdove,
taken between St. Thomas and St. Croix
She has been condemned by the Court of
mixed commission, and the negroes are to
be sent to Trinidad. It is said that the
boats of the Rover sloop of war were beat
off by a Spanish brig while landing negrocs
on the coast, the brig having a long pivot
gun, which alt tha best vessels now carry.
U. B. BA.m..—According to a late re
port of the U. 8. Bunk, to the legislature
of Pennsylvania. the following are the num•
ber and location of the stockholders in that
institution: Number of stockholders in
Pennsylvania, 1481. In other States of the
Union, 1659. In Europe, principally in
England, 1390. Total number of stock
holders, 4529.
The stock in the bank is bald as follows:
Number of persons holding not exceeding
5 shares, 184. Ditto not exceeding 10
shores, 661. Not exceeding 20 shares,
734. Not exceeding 50 shares, 994. Not
exceeding 100, 568. Not exceeding 800
614. Over 500.80.
FIRE AND Loss OF man DOW
ed Conrad was recently arrested and corn
mitted to the jail of Mason county, (Ky.)
on the charge of having stolen a small sum
of money from a fellow passenger on board
a steamboat which had arrived at Mays
ville, from Cincinnati on the previous even
ing. The man exhibited deep mortification
at his exposiire, and after an unavailing
effort to escape from those who had him in
charge, declarec/that he would not be found
in the jail, in the morning. In the course
of the night there was an alarm of fire. It
was found to proceed from the jail. And
the fire had progressed so far. when discov
ered, that the prisoner could not be libera
ted—he perished in the flames, as is be
lieved, of his own kindling; but, nt least,
whether with or without his own consent,
could not be ascertained.
CANADIAN Foncn.—The Detroit Adver
tiser states that there are 20,000 regulars
in Canada, and that in addition, each regi
ment of militia is required to have two flank
companies in constant readiness. As there
are 113 regiments in the Upper Province,
this will give 16,000 men. A force of 36,-
000 would thus be called into the field at a
moment's notice.
BEQUEST —The late Wm. Bartlett, Esq.
of . Newbury port. Mass., has bequeathed
fifty thousand dollars to the Thenlogisal
Seminary at Andover, making more than
two hundred thousand dollars as the to.
tal amount of his donations to that intik;
tution.
FINE CATTLE.—We saw yesterday theer
remarkably fine oxen, raised by Mr. HERR,
of Lancaster County, Penn., which do great
credit both to their skilful owner and to the
fertile region from which they came. Mr.
Herr designs to take these beautiful spec
imens of Pennsylvania husbandrY, to be
viewed by the large numbers now asseni
bling at Washington, after which a still
better opportunity will be afrorded of teat
ing their quality, as they will be slaught
ered and served up at the Inauguration
Festival. The two largest are supposed to
weigh from 2900 to 3000 pounds and the
other about 2500.—Bait. Amer.
It is something not a little remarkable
in the political career of South Carolina,
that on two striking occasions when the
safety of our country depended upon the
success of the Jefferson Republican party,
South Carolina, sided with the Federalists.
She cast her vote for Aaron Burr against
Thames Jefferson in 1801—and for Mar
tin Van Buren ag,ainst Wm. Henry Harri
son in 1840. Nor is the coincidence the
loss singular, that she and New Hampshire
are the.only two States (both voted for Burr) 1
which after lapse of forty years, have
again met upon the same old principles, but
in a new dressl—Corumbia (S. C.) Chron.
STATE OF DAOOTAR.-..The St. Lou!
Gazette mentions the probability that some
time within the next fifteen years, another
star will be added to our constellation,with
the title of the State of llAccri . H: It will
extend, according to that paper, over the
Prairie region north of lowa,- stretching
probably from the Missouri to the Missis
sippi river, embracing the country watered
by the St. Peters, the Sioux and Jaques
rivers and include a part of the Coteau de
Prairie. Its latitude will be the same as
Michigan, northern New York, Vermont
and New Hampshire, with a soil far superi
or to the average of these states taken to
gether.
DISCOVERY OF A NUMEROUS GANG OF
THIEVES.—The Wayne, N. Y. Standard
brings Intelligence of the recent discovery of
a gang of thieves in the town of Manches
ter, Ontario county, which for a long time
had been committing depredations upon the
people of the adjacent country to an enor
mous extent, and shielded themselves from
justice by visiting every one who made an
attempt to expose them, with some signal
vengeance. Fourteen of them were arrest-
ed at one haul, large amounts of stolen
property found, and arrests were still made
of people before unsuspected.
AnoritEE OITIMAGE. —The editor of the
Salem Observer has been• favored with a
perusal of a letter written at sea,- on board
of brig Cherokee, Capt. Webb, of that port,
dated Dec. 27, 1840, which states that a
few days before they reached the Cape, the
brig was overhauled by. her Britannic Ma
jesty's brig k of war Curlei, and after a full
examination of the Cherokee's papers, her
hatches were torn open, under pretence of
searching for slaves!
The National Intelligencer states that
the Senate on Thursday ratified the late
Treaty made at the Forks of the Wabash
river in the State of Indiana, with the Mi
ami Indians, with some slight amendments.
This ; was most an important measure to
the Btate, as well as to the Indians, as by it
the title to the remaining lands of those In
diens lying in that State, being about 500,-
000 acres, has been extinguished, and the
removal of the Indians at an early day to
the lands set apart for them beyond the
Mississippi river has been secured.
...ND • ......
THE WAGES OF SIN.-=k white man
named Emanuel Jones, was murdered last
week, near Economy, Beaver county, by
a negro man named James Suttle. The
murderer was tracked and pursued so close.
ly that he drowned himself in the Alleghe
oy river. near Pittsburg.
Imatlaim GYPc - o4 szva.
Temperance Department.
From the Epircopal T.cconl r.
=WIPER ATM
'Pis but a drop,' the fether said;
And gave it to his son;
But little did ho think a work
* Of death was then begun.
The 'drop' than lured, when the babe
' Scarce lisp'd his father's name,
Planted a fatal appetite
Deep in his infant flame.
'Till but a drop,' the comrades cried,
In truant school boy'tone;
'lt did not hurt us in our robes—
It will not now we're grown.'
And so they drank the mixture up,
That reeling youthful band;
For each had learn'd to love the taste,
From his own father's hand.
''Tin but a drop,' the husband said,
While his poor wife stood by,
In famine, grief and loneliness,
And raised th' implorinircry.
''Tis but a drop—l'll drink it still— A
'Twill never injure me:
I always drank—so, madam, hush!
We never can agree.'
She Wept in vain—in vain she plead
The hunger of her child,
And her own tatter') dress—the wretch -
}fu
Vmournful ivorde reviled,
Ho took the cup with fiend-like air,
And deep and long he drank;
Then dashed it down, and on the earth;
Insensible he sank.
"'Tis but a drop—l need it now,'
The staggering drunkard said;
It was my food in infancy—
My meat, and drink, and bread,
A drop—a drop—oh, let me have,
'Twill so refresh my soul!
He took it—trembled—drank—and died,
Grasping the fatal bowl.
From the Baltimore Clipper..
"THE MAN WITH A POKER."
rho horrible disease called mania a potu,
caused by a too free use of ardent Bpi' its,
is thus jocosely corrupted by the poode
about town, and whenever,a poor miserable
wretch is seen with glazed eyes and shiv
ering limbs, staggering along talking Wild
ly on everything that comes uppermost in
his innagination, it is said that the "man
with a poker" is after him.
A few nights since an unfortunate victim
to this dreadful complaint staggered from a
low tippling shop, where he had in vain en
deavored to persuade the bar-keeper to giie
him a glass of raw rum, in order 'that his
system might be restored, as he said, to its
"natural equilibrium," end placed himself
against a lamp-post, the only friend he could
Claim at that silent hour ofthe night. Here
he stood crying piteously;his half distracted
imagination conjuring up a thousand strange
fantasies which seemed to beckon him to the
charnel house..
"There's two of us," said he, "the cat
'and me—the cat's as black as hell, and she
keeps her claw fastened in,my neck. Ha!
ha! it makes me laugh, that follow said just
now the man with a poker was after me—
and if he'd only give me one glass, it would
have driven him away. Ile did'nt say any
thing about the black cat—it's been follow
ing me ever since six o'clock this morning,
and now its got hold of me. There used to
be two cats, but one killed the other, and
if I only had a gun, 1 think I could kill the
black cat. I mean to go into the Texan
service, they are all honest men there—but
here the streets are filled with thieves and
murderers; there aro lizards and scorpions
crawling up my panterloons , now—burnt
brandy won't save me, for there's that tall
dark man with a Spanish knife again; he's
going to stick me, and there are now police
officers hear. Watch! watch!
The cry of the miserable being brought
the watchman to his side, and, pointing to a
pump on the opposite side, he continued:
"Do you see, watch?—that man has been
dogging my steps for a week pastOie is de•
termined to have my bloodcan't you ar.
rest him?—l will appear against him."
"Pshaw!" said tho watchman, "that's'the
man with , a poker. There is only ono per
eon that can arrest him, and that is death."
"How savage he looked—and his lung
black arm with his clenched list at the end
of it."
"Go over to him, friend,"said the watch,
"make friends with him—it is true he may
throw cold water on your hopes, but he is
beloved by the temperate and shunned by
suckers."
"He will murder me!"
" , Perhaps not. He is one of nature's
doctors; desperate cases he treats with sev
erity."
"Will he take off the cat, the lizards and
he scorpions."
"Yes—he will drive them all away."
"If I knew that, I would go and shake
hands with him. I wonder if he'll treat ma
to a glass of , whiskey?" '
"Not exactly. Have you any home?"
"None--but the market house, and there
are snakes there with two heada.?."
"Well—you bad better go with me; you
shall have good warm lodgings."
Here the humane guardian of the night
took the poor fellow by tho arm, and 11
occasionally humoring his Cunreits, gut him
o the watch house, where he wa; takes
care offer the night.
0:7 - The Wet Utiles Department eat.d
to be in debt about one million of rtollora
In 1837, Amoe Kendal reported that ha bed
a surplus- of esoo,oont