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THE GARLAND.
—"With sweetest flowers enrieli'd
FrOCCI various gallica' eull'd with caro."
WHO ARE THE FREE?
DT JOON CUITOIILI PIIINCL
We copy, says a lato English paper, the follow
ing verses from 'The Chaplet, a Poetical Offering
for tho Lyceunut Bazaar,' Manchester. The piece
is a worthy gift to the cause of popular education,
by, we believe, an operative:-.,
Who are the Free,
They who have scorned the tyrant and his rod,
And bow'd in worship unto none but God;
They who have made the conqueror's glory dim—
Unchain'd in soul, tho' manacled in limh—
lfilwarp'd by prejudico—unewed by wrong,
Friends to the weak, ned feerless of the strong;
They who could change not with the changing
hour:
Tho self samo men in peril and in power;
True to the law of right, as warmly prone
To grant anuther's as maintain their own;
"Foes of oppression, whereso'er it be—,
Thescare the proudly free!
Who are the Gr"il
They who have boldly ventured to explore
Unsounded sees, and lands unknown before—
Eased on the wings of science, wide and far,
Measured the sun, and weigted each.distant star
Pierced the dark 4140 of ocean and of earth,
And brought uncounted wonders into kirth—
ilepolr4 the pestilence, restrained the storm,
. And given new beauty to the Wean hurt
-1774kmfa the voice Of reason, And unfurled
The ppgo of truthful knowledge to the world:
They who have toil'd and studied for mankind—
Aroused the slumbering virtues of the mind-.
Taught us a thousand blessings to create:—
These ere the nobly groat!
Who are the wise?
They who have govern'd with a self control
Each will and baneful passion of the soul—
Curb'd the strong impulse of all-fierce desires,
But kept alive affection's parer fires:
They who have passed the labyrinth of life,
Without ono hour of weakness or of strife;
Prepared each change of fortune to endure;
Humble the rich, and dignified though poor—
Skill'd in the latent movements of the heart—
Learn'd in the lore which nature oan impart—
Teaching that sweet philosophy aloud,
'Which sees the iwilver lining" of the cloud,
Looking for good in all beneath the akies:
These are the. truly wipe!
Who aro Yhe,hlvati
They who have kept gieir eyinpaiities Awake.
And licottared Joy for wore ,thqul eustom'a sake;
Steadfast and tendey in thp,hroyr of need.
Gentle in thpught-,-benevolent,in deed;
Mow looks have power to inakeinterenelen
Whose unites tub pleasso;it. And FitkOsP wards are
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They who have Jived as harmiees o, s lthe dove,
Teachers of truth and ministers. of love;
Love for all moral power—alt mental grace—
Love for the humblest of the human race—
Love for that tranquil joy that 'lidos brings—
Love for the Giver of all goodly things;
True followers of that soul exalting plan,
Which Christ laid down to bless and govern man.
They who can .calmly linger.at the last,
Survey the future, and recall the past;
And with that hope which triumphs over pain,
Feel well assured they have not lived in vain;
Then wait in peace their hour of final rest:
These are the only blest!
maacioaaaaorDwo.
TEE THREE
.211.1:Drug.
'Do you see,' said the sexton, "throw three
hillocks yonder, side by side?--There sleep
three'brides. whose history lam about to
relate. Look there. Sir; on yonder hill;
you may observe a little isolated house with
p straggling fence in front, and a few stun.
ted apple trees on the ascent behind it. It
;s sadly out of repair now, and the garden
is all overgrown with weeds and brambles,
and the whole place has a desolate appear.
- -vice. If the wind were high now, you
might ,hear the old crazy shutters fl apping
against the sides, and the wind tearing the
grey shingles off thp met: Many' years a
go therg lived in that house tin old men aiid
hi s son, who cultivated the few Recce of al..
able roam! that belong to it..
He was a self taught roan, deeply MEP,
ed in the mysteries of science, and as he
could tell the name of every flower that
blossomed in the wood or grew in the gar
den, and used to set up late at nights at his
books or reading the mystic story of the
starry heavens, mon thought he was crazed
or bewitched and avoided him as the igno.
rant ever shun the gifted and enlightened.
A few there were and among others, the
minister, and lawyer, and physician of the
place, who showed some willingness to affr
ord him countenance but they soon dropped
his aqquaintance, for they found the old
man somewhat reserved and morose, and
moreever their vanity was wounded by dis
covering the extent of his knowledge.
To the minister he would quote the Fa.
there and the Scriptures, in the original
togue, and showed himself well armed with
the weapons of polemic controversy. He
astonished the lawyer with his profound
ancquaintance with jurisprudence; and the .
physician was surprised at the extent of hit!
=dicel knowledge.—So they all deserted
him, and the minister, from whom he dif
fered in some trifling point of doctrine, spoke
very slightly of him; and by and by looked
on the self educated farmer with eyes of a
version. But tie little cared for that, for he
derived his consolation from loftier resour
ces, and in the untreated paths of science
found a pleasnre as in the pathless woods!
He instructed his son in all this lore—the
languages, literature, history, philosophy.
science, were unfolded one by one to the
enthusiastic son of the solitary. Years rol•
led away and the old man died. He died
when a storm convulsed the face of nature
when the wind howled around his shattered
dwelling, and the lightning played -shove
the roof; and though he went to heaven in
faith and purity, the vulgar thought and said
that the Evil One had claimed his own in
the elements. I cannot paint to you the
grief of the son at his bereavement I
He was for a time as one distracted. The
minister cam and muttered a few cold and
hollow phrases in his oar, and afew neigh
bors, impelled by curiosity, to see the inn,.
rior of the old man's dwelling, came to the :
funeral. With a proud and lofty look the
son stood above the dust and the dead in
the midst of the band of hypocritical mour
ners. with a pang at his heart, but serenity
on his brow. Ho thanked his friends for
their kindness, acknowledged their courts.
sy, and then strode away from the grave to
bury his grief in the privacy of his deserted
dwelling. •
He found, at last, the solitude of the
maw,— .1.nr....t llrsourre•fiellwle,
_aril he 1 ,4:4, •
ed the echoing floors tress morning till
night in all the agony ewe and desolation,
vainly importuning heaven for relief. It
came to him first in the guise of poetic in
spiration. He wrote with wonderful ease
and power. Page after page came from
his prolific per., almost without an effort;
and there was a time when he dreamed
(vain fool) of immortality. Some of his
productions came before the world. They
were praised and circulated, and enquiries
set on foot in the hope of discovering the
author. He, wrapped in the veil ofimpene
enable obscurity, listened to the voice of ap
plause, more delicious becauee s it was obta- 1
ined by stealth. From the obscurity of
yonder lone mansion, and from this region,
to send forth lays which astonished the
1 world, was indeed a triumph to the visions.
ry bard.
His thirst for fame was gratified, and he
now began toyeern for the companionship
of some sweet being of the other sex, to
share the laurels he had won, and to whis
per consolation in his ear in moments of
despondency, and to supply the void which
the death of his old father had occasioned.
He would picture to himself the felicity of
a refined intercourse with a highly intellec
tual and beautiful woman; and as he had
chosen for his motto 'whatever hes been
done may still be done,' he did not despair
of success. In this village lived three sis
ters, all beautiful and accomplished. Their
names were Mary, Adelaide and Madeline.
i am far enough past the age of enthasiaem,
but never can I forget the beauty of those
young girls. Mary was the youngest, and
a fairer haired, more laughing damsel nev
er danced upon the green. 'Adelaide, w.'io
was a few years older, was dark haired and
pensive; but of the three, Madeline, the el
dest, posessed the most fire,
_spirit, cultiva
, lion and intellectuality. Their father, ' a
man of taste and educatian, and being some
what above vulgar prejudices, permitted
the visits of the hero of my story. Still
he'id not altogether encourage the affec
tion which he found springing up between
Mary and the poet.—When, however, he
found that her affections were engaged, he
did not withhold his consent from their mar.
riage, and the recluse bore to his solitary
mansion the young bride of his affections.—
Oh, sir, the house,assumed a new appear
ance within and without. 'Roses bloornsd
in the garden, jessamines peeped through
the lattices, and the fields about it smiled
with the effects of careful cultivation.—
Lights were seen in the little parlor in the
evening, and many a time would the passen
ger pause by the garden gale, to listen to
strains of the sweetest music, breathe] by
choral voices from the cottage. -If the
m)stenous student and his wife were neg.
teeter) by the neighbors, what eared they 7-
Their enduring and mutual affection made
the home a little paradise. But death came
to Eden. Mary suddenly fell sick, and
alter a few hours illness, died in the arms of
her husband and her , sister. Madeline. This
was the student's second heavy affliction. ,
Days—months rolled on, and the only
solace of the bereaved was to sit with the
sisters of the deceased and talk of the lost
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one. To Adelaide, at length, he offered
his widowed heart. She came to his lone
house like a dove, bearing the olive branch
of peace and consolation. The bridal was
not one of revelry and mirth, for a sad re
collection brooded over the hour. Yet
they lived happily; the husband again smil
ed, and with .a new spring the roses again
blossomed in their garden. But it seemed
as if a fatality pursued this singular man.
!When the rose withered, and the leaf tell,
in the mellow autumn of the year, Adelaide
too, sickened and died, like her youngest
sister, in the arms of her huehend and of
Madeline.
Perhaps you will think it strange, young
men, that after all, the wretched survivor
stood again at the altar. But he was a mys
terious being, whose ways were inscrutable,
whose thirsting for domestic bliss was doom
ed over to seek and never to find it. His
third bride was Madeline. I well remem
ber her. She was a beauty in the true
sense of the word. It may seem strange to
you to hear the praise of beauty from ouch
lips as mine; but I cannot avoid expatiating
upon hers. She might have sat upon a
throne, and the most loyal subject, the prou•
dest peer, would have sworn the blood in
her veins had descended from a hundred
kings. She was a proud creature, with a
tall, commanding form, and raven tresses,
that floated, dark and cloudlike over her
shoulders. She was a singularly gifted wo
man, and possessed of rare inspirations.—
She loved the widower for his power and
his fame, and'she wedded him. They were
married in that church. It was on a sum
mer afternoon—l recollect it well. Dur
ing the ceremony the blackest cloud I ever
saw overspread the heavens like a pall, and
at the moment when the third bride pro
nounced her vow, a clap of thunder shook
the building to its centre. All the females
shrieked, but the bride herself made the re
sponse with a steady voice, and her eye
glittered with wild fire as she gazed upon
her bridegroom. He remarked a kind of
incoherence ab they rode homeward, which
surprised him at the time. Arrived at his
house she sunk upon the'threshold; but this
was the timidity of a maiden. When
they were alone he elapsed her hand—it
was oold as ice ! He looked into her
face— • ' •
"Madeline," said he, "what means this!
your cheek is as pale asyour wedding gown!"
The bride uttered a frantic shriek.
rMy wedding gown!" exclaimed she,
"no, no,—this is my sister's shroud! The .
h.ur ot . .onfession has arrived. It is God'
that impels me to spenx. To win you I lost
my soul! Yes; yes—l em a murdoressl—
She smiled upon me in the joyous affection
of her young heart,—but I gave her the
fatal drug! Adelaide twined her white
arms about my neck, but I administered
the poison l Take me to your arms; I
have lost my soul for you, and mine you
must het"
She spread her long white arms and stood
like a maniac before him, said the sexton,
rising in the excitement of the moment, and
assuming the attitude he described, "and
then," continued he, in a hollow voice, "at
that moment came,the thunder and the flash,
and the guilty • woman fell dead on the
floor!" The countenance of the narrator
expressed all the horror he felt
"And the bridegroom!" asked I "the
husband of the destroyer and the victims—
what became of him?"
!He stands before you!" was the thrill
ing, answer.
We must be allowed to usurp or aid the
officeeef the Christian Pulpit a little in such
a time as this. In the midst of the deep
and general grief that surrounds us, we
know it will not be ungrateful.
We have bean forcibly struck with the
resemblance between Moses, as the Cap
tain of Israel, and our lamented Harrison,
as the deliverer of the American people,
more especially in the correspondencies of
the two great facts, that as Moses was only
necessary to conduct the hosts of Israel
throligh the wilderness, to the borders of
Canaan, was permitted only to see the pro
mised land and then taken from earth to
heaven, so has it been with our Captain.
"And the children of Israel wept for Moses
in the plains.of Moab thirty days." The
people of this country have decreed mour
ning for' General Harrison, some thirty,
some sixty, and some ninety days.
In the reflections of every religious man
the resemblances in the history of Moses
to that of General Harrison, will be found
impressively remarkable from beginning to
end, and scarcely less so the history of one
people as compared with that of another.
It is unnecessary to particularize them, as
they are.open to the thoughts of all. Be.
,bold the scene, and admire the ways of that
Providence xhich rules over the nations of
the earth! Till now, we bad thought Gen.
eral Harrison necessary for the future. So
might it have been supposed that Moses
was, when the .people arrived at the bor.
ders of Canaan. Not so the thoughts of
God. •
"Joshukhe Axil go before thee. • • •
And Moses Galled unto Joshua, and said un
tune him, in the eight of all 15:13,61,-13e
strong and of good kopragel" ThO - --people
'uf this country ,are already accoUnted with
the dying charge ,of, yen. Harrison to his
successor. "And Joshua; the son of Nun,
was full of the spirit of wisdom. For Mo•
ts3s had laid his bands upon him."
No man, standing in the unexpected po.
sition of President Tyler, could tail to have
some deep sense of the solemnity and re
sponsibility of his charge. It has been im-
THE WAYS OF PROVIDENCE.
'posed by the hand of an afflictive and aw
ful Providence, and ho ascends to his high
place in the midst of a nation in tears.
How strongly will thee scenes bind the peo
ple to him, if he respects their feelings, and
what blessings may yet grow Out of the u•
nion of all hearts under such a painful event!
Since writing the above, the Proclama
tion of the President, in annother column,
for the day of Fasting and Prayer through
out the land, has been handed to us for pub
lication, and it affords us bedroll satisfac
tion, that our present Chief Magistrate so
highly and justly appreciates the religious
sentiments of the American people, as to
have done this thing himself, so exactly in
accordance with what we believe to be the
prOstrate feelings of this whole nation.
- God has stricken us with a sudden and
terrible blow, and it becomes us to be hum
bled under the stroke. As a nation, we
have celebrated the funeral obsequies of a
great and beloved Chief, and decreed a
mourning of many days. It is most suita
ble, that we come not out of this scene,with.
out falling prostrate ask nation before the
throne of Heaven, and saying with one voice
Thy hand is righteous, 0 Lord God, and
grieviously bast thou afflicted us, imploring
his pardon of "our grievious and manifold
offences," and beseeching him to annoint
our present Leader with wisdom and unc
tion from on high, and to inspire people
and rulers with the fear of himselfand the
love of all virtue.—Madisonion.
ANECDOTE or WIMSTZR.—The talent of
the Now Englanders in bargain-making, is
proverbial in America, and the inhabitants
of the little barren island of 'Nantucket, if
we were to judge from the following anec
dote, would seem to carry offthe palrn from
all others in this accomplishmeut. One of
the party at table, alluding to an illustra
tion of this characteristic of the Nantucket
population, which according to Sam Slick
had occurred in the professional practice of
Mr. Webster, asked him whether it was
true. He said it was essentially correct,
and proceeded to state tho real incidents as
follows. A Nantucket client had asked
him to go to that -island to plead a cause for
him. Mr. Webster, after mentioning the
distance, the loss of time, and the interrup
tion to his other practice, said that he could
notgo unless he received a fee of a thousand
dollars. The client objected to paying so
large a sum for pleading-one cause. Mr.
-Webster replied, that the fatigue and loss
eltitrittin travelling to Nantucket, and re
/rainier there probably during the whole
circuit, amounted to 'as great • sacrifice
on his part, as if he pleaded in every cause
on the roll: 'Well, then,' said his client, '
'come, and I will pay you the thousand
dollars, but you shall be at my disposal for
the whole sittings, and I shall let you out,
if I can.'
Mr. Webster went, and was sub let by
his client, who drew the fees to relieve his
own loss. Judge Story, who was present,
remarked, that he had often beard the an
ecdote mentioned, but never before heard it
authenticated. He added, 'the current
edition proceeds to tell that your client let
you out for eleven hundred dollars, saved
his own pocket entirely, and gained ten per
cent. on his speculation. Mr. Webster
stated with great good humor, that, as his
client had not reported the amount of the
aub•teea which he drew, he coald not tell
whether this addition was correct or not.
Sam Slick's report of this occurrence is not
entirely accurate.—George Comb's Notes.
ELOPEMENT AND STEALING..-4 man
named Theodore Allen, arrived at Balti
more on Wednesday week laetaccompanied
by a woman whom he represented as his
wife. They remained at one of the hotels
until. Friday, when another person, named
Abraham Bitzanbergor. a tavernkeeper
near Frederick, made his appearance in
search of a missing wife and 6500 in cash.
Ho soon discovered the whereabouts of hie
wife. and also her gallant, Theodore Allen,
who, while a lounger about his house for
some weeks past, went by the name of G.
E. Wanbaun. A warrant was procured
for the arrest of Allen, and $65 in gold and
silver, some of which was indentified by the
owner, were found upon his person. It
was clearly ascertained, that the real name
of the accused was Grason, a man well
known in the State prison, having been re
leased from the penitentiary a short time
since. Upon these evidences of guilt, the
accused was fully committed. The hus
band seemed very desirous that his wife
should return home—even begged the vil.
lean who decoyed her away, to use his in
fluence to this effect, and finally, through
the persuasion of some friends who accom
panied him in the search, she was prevailed
upon to return.
Tsui Pimma.s.—The Pawnee Indians
number 6,244 —but are entirely unimpro
ved—dress exclusively in skins—manufac
ture no cloths, and have no agricultural
implements. Singular as it is, they are
said to be entirely free from the deletrious
effects of intoxicating liquors. Their reli
gious services are generally connected with
animal gratification. They are extremely
superstitious, and give ready credence to
the impositions of jugglers. Their women
perform alt the labor-el raising vegetables
dressing skins for tents and ropes, building
houses, preparing food—in short, they do
every thing but kill the buffilo.—Bosfon pa.
'Bill, Bill,' said an urchin, 'daddy's fairly
dead. le het well I'm darn'd sorry; but
he'll never lick us again for lathering the
old cat and shaving bor.'
A VOYAGE ON A FLAT BOAT.-A series
of adventures of a men by tho name of Jas.
Clark came to our knowledge the other du!,
which for the marvellous, would not com•
pare ill with the wanderings of Sinbad the
Sailor. About four years ago Clark star
ted on a flat boat with his wife and four
children from the town of Erie, Pa., situa•
ted on the lake of that name,' and by the
route of the Ohio and Erie Canal, reached
the Ohio river. Descending the Ohio end
Mississippi, making a brief stay at our lan
ding on his way, he reached Bayou Lai•
ouche in Louisiana. Leaving the Boyou
by the south.west pass he progressed on his
voyage, until he was blown off, about twelve
miles into the Gulf. A change of wind and
a high tide drove his flat boat back again
and stranded her on a sand bar near Shan
atique. Here he was detained three months
four or five hundred yards from the water,
during which period ho killed a large num
ber of wild bogs, and salted pork enough
to supply his family for 2 years afterwards.
He also erected for his own accommodation
and that of travelers, quite a respectable
dwelling from the drift wreck. wood, thrown
by the waves upon the sliore.—A high tide
at length ensued and the flat boat was once
more upon the waters. Hoisting his sail
he launched forth and reached without ad
venture, the Sabine pass. Crossing Sabine
Bay, (about thirty miles in width) he en
tered the mouth of the Rionatehee, and
thence ascended to the town of Beaumont
in Texas. Here he erected a house fin a
tavern, making use of his flat boat for ma
terial, as far as it would go, in finishing his
edifice. We aro: informed that Mr. Clark
is now flourishing in Texas 'like a green
bay tree,' and appears to be 'spreading his
branches' in the most approved manner,
having been blessed with a couple of ba•
hies and a very promising flock of young
pigs, during his short sojoarn in the land of
refuge and of promise.— Vicksburg Whig.
A young lady in New York, having been
slighted by her swain, determined to end
her miseries and her life together, by
drowning herself: Full of this direful in•
tent, she went to the river side, and having
screwed her courage to the sticking point,
jumped in. The water being, however,
extremely cold, cooled down her temper in
a wondektul manner, so that when sho rose
to the surface, she screamed most lustily
for help, which was fortunately afforded her
by a Watchman who was near.
-4eis—
MAY BE so.--A hog, it is said, was found
under a barn floor lately, in Onondaigua
county, N. Y., whore it had remained,
without eating or drinking, for three months
and three daysl It was a perfect skeleton,
but survived.
MIN ET'S LAST NI OMEN TB. —One day,
previous to the trial, as the Governor was
going his rounds, he entered Emmet's
room rather abruptly; and observing a re
markable expression in his countenanee he
apologized for the interruption. He had a
fork affixed to his little deal table, and ap
pended to it there was a tress of hair. "You
see," said he to the keeper, "how innocent
ly I am employed. This little tress has
long been dear to me, and 1 am plaiting it
to wear on the day of my execution." On
the day of that fatal event, there was found
sketched by hie own hand with a pen and
ink, upon that very table an admirable like
ness of himself, the head severed from the
body which lay near it, surrounded by the
scaffold, the axe, and all the frightful par•
apherna i lm of a high treason execution.
What &strange union of tenderness, erthu•
siasm and fortitude did not the above traits
exhibit. His fortitude, indeed, never for
sook him.
On the night previous to his death, ho
slept soundly as ever; and when the fatal
morning dawned, he arose, knelt down and
prayed, ordered some milk which he drank,
wrote two letters—one to his brother in ..
mance, and the other to the Secretary of
State enclosing it; and then desired the
sheriffto be informed that he was ready.
When they came into his room he said that
he had two requests to make; one that his
arms might be left as loosely as possible,
which was humanely acceded to. "I make
the other," said he, "not under any idea
that it can be granted, but that it may be
held in remembrance that 1 have made it;
it is that may be permitted to die in my
uniform." This of course could not be
granted; and the request seemed to have no
other object than to show that be glorified
in the cause in which he was to suffer. A
remarkable example of his power over him.
self and others occurred at this melancholy
moment. He was passing out, attended by
the sheriff, and preceded by the execu
tioner—in one of the passages stood the
turnkey, who was personally assigned to him
during his confinement; this poor fellow lov
ed him in his heart, and the tears were
streaming from his eyes in torrent e. Em
met paused for a moment; his hands were
not at liberty—he kissed his cheek—and
the man who had been an inmate of a dun
gene, habituated to the scenes of horror,and
hardened against their operation, fell sense•
less at his feet. Before his eyes had open.
ed again upon the •vorld, those of his youth
ful sufferer had closed forever.
•The color of the rebel uniform was green.
There are three things that are unsearch
able: the nature of God, the love of Christ,
and the heart of man.
rim Mowed if 1 do,' As the trumpet said
when stoke to give a tune.
LEPLEtO3.IB e3POo 85'8o
A PALACE BUILT or fae.—ln • the year
1840, the empress Anne of Russia caused a
p..lace of tee to be erected upon the banks
of Neva. This extraordinary edifice was
fifty-two feet in letwth, sixteen in breadth,
and twrnty feet high, and constructed of
large pieces of ice cut in the manner of
free-stone. The wells were three feet
thick. The several apartments were fur
nished with tables. chairs, beds, and all
kinds of household furniture of ice. In
front daub edifice, besides pyramids and
statues, stood six canon, carrying balls of
six pounds' weight, and two mortars, entire•
ly made of ire. Asa trial from one of the
former. an iron ball, with only a quarter of
a pound of powder was fired off, the ball of
which went through a two inch hoard, nt
sixty paces from the mouth of the piece,
which rem imed completely uninjured by
the explosion. The illumination in this
palace at night was astonishingly grand.
Advertising is like a traveling sign. No
business man will hesitate topay twenty
dollars fora elgn, where be • would never
think or paying half the sum for advertising.
The one is a sign only seen by those who
pass the store and can see the goods that
are for sale as well as the sign. The ad
vertisement is a comprehensive sign that
comes under the eye of hundreds who will
never see the sign over the door: yet some
soft heads pretend to argue that because
some men have done a good business with
out advertising. advertising is unnecessary.
-They might as well argue that became
some men have made money without indus
try, industry is unnecessary.
Rouen BACON, A PROPTIET.-1 . 0 the
works of Roger Bacon, who wrote in tht
13th century, may be found an anticipatioir
of the invention of the steamboat, locomo
tive engines on railroads, the diving bell,
the suspension bridge, and, it might almost
be said, of the recent events of. St.
Jean d'Acre. Hie own words are these:
'Men - may construct for the wants of nav
igation such machines that the gresitest
vessels, directed by a single man, shall cut
through the rivers and seas with more ra
pidity than if they were propelled by row.
are; chariots may be constructed which,
without horses, shall run with immeasura
ble speed. .Men may COLlCeive machines
which could bear the diver, without danger,
to the depth of the waters. Men could in
vent a multitude of other engines and i
instruments, such as bridges, that aim -*
the broadest rivers without any intt
ate support. Art has its. thunders
terrible than those of heaven. :101.t1i
quantity of matter produces a herr:l.::
plosion, accompanied by a bright light; and
'his may be repeated so as to destroy a city
it entire battalions.'
COMMERCIAL Errrizararso.—uWe read in
one of our Pittsburgh Exchanges that a
regular trade is kept up between that en
terprising city and the Santa re country.
A merchant there, a Mr. Beeler, ships
goods in a steamboat for Independence,Mis.
souri which are taken thence in wagons to
Santa Fe, a distance of eight hundred and
ninety seven miles by land. Goode are also
consigned to him for, the American Fur
Company, from the Eastern cities, to be
sent on steamboats to .St. Louis, and then
be loaded in steamers to the Yellow Stone
three thousand and bixty miles—there re.
loaded into keel boats, and taken if) the ye.
ry head of the Missouri river, to the Com
pany's fort and store, in the Rocky . Moun
tains, six hundred miles further. The
whole distance to which kern the eastern
cities, is about five thousand six hundred
and forty miles. Such is the spirit of trade
and commerce.—New York Sun. •
WEALTH OF EUROPEAN SOVEREIGNS.*
The three wealthiest sovereigns in Europe
are Louis Phillippe of France, the Elector
of Hesse, and the old King of Holland.
Louis Phillippe is the richest, though the
Elector of Hesse is not far behind him.—
The latter derived his wealth frem the sale
of Hessian soldiers to England for her wars
in America, Ireland and on4he continent.
With part of the proceeds of this unhallow
ed traffic in the blood of his subjects, the
Elector built near Hesse a magnificent
chateau, which is called by the people in
the vicinity 'the Castle of: Blood.' The
personal property of the king of Holland,
the least wealthy of the three, amounts to
nearly fifty millions of defiant.
FAOF:•PAINTING.—Lady Coventry, the
celebrated beauty; killed herselfwith paint
ing. She bedaubed herself with white, so
as to stop the perspiration. Lady Wortley
Montague.was more pudent; stie went often
into the hot bath to scrape off the paint,
which was almost as thick as plaster on a
wall.
RENOVATION Or MILTMSCIIIPT*--The
lowing method is said to be effectual in ren
dering writing visible which has been effa
ced by an acid. ,Take a hair pencil and
waif) the part which has been 'effaced with
a solution of prussiate of patash in water,
and the writing will again appear as if it
had not been destroyed.
orhqmoa— therem too much bustle berol'
4W here,. Por
mean there 19 too much notes—you
must stop it.'
'ls a oois-e it bustle, Pal"
(Yes, child
'G o lly groc i o nst.—then enter Erally'dees
wear the biggest noise yt er ever *ar t Pa.'
—Richmond Slur.