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THE GARLAND.
'•With sweetest flowers cnrich'd
From various gardens cull'd with care."
TED] MOTHERS OF THE WEST.
IFT WILLIAM D. OALLAGIIZB.
The Mothers of our Forest Land!
Stout hearted dames wore they;
With nerve to wield the battle-brand,
And join tho border-fray.
Our rough land had no braver,
In its days of blood and strife—..
Aye ready for severest toil, • •
Ayo free to peril life.
The Mothers of our Forest Land!
On old Ken-tuc•koo's soil,
Bow e h arnd they, with each dauntless band,
War's tempest and Life's toil!
They shraek not from tho roman—
They quailed not in the fight—
But chimed their husbands through the day,
And soothed them through the night.
Tho Mothors of our Forest Land!
Their bosoms pillowed men!
And proud were they by such to stand,
In hammock, fort, or glen.
To load the sure old rifle—
To run the leaden ball—
To watch a bottling husband's place..
And fill it should he fall:
The Mothers of our Forest Lend!
Such wore their daily deeds.
Their monument!—where does it stand!
Their epitsph!—who reads?
No braver dames had Sparta,
No nobler matrons Rome—
Yet who lauds or honors them,
Ev'n in their own green home!
The Mothers of our Fdrest Land!
They sleep in unknown graves:
And had they borne and nursed a band
Of ingrates, or of slaves,
They had not been more neglected!
But their graves shall yet be found,
And their monuments dot here and there
“The Dark and Bloody Ground."
xtuntax. OF THE BE1.111:1THIna.
Where shall the dead, and the beautiful sleep?
Its the vale where the willow and cypress weep;
Where the wind of the west breathes itssoftest sigh,
Where the silvery stream is flowing nigh,
And the pure, clear drops of the rising sprays,
Glitter like gems in the bright moon's rays—
Where the sun's warm smile may never dispel
Night tears o'er the form we loved so well—
In the vale whore tho sparkling waters flow;
Where the fairest, earliest violets grow;
Where the sky and the earth are softly fair,
Bury her there—bury her there!
Where shall the dead and the beautiful sleep?
Where wild flowers bloom in the valley deep;
Whore the sweet robes of spring may softly rest
In purity, over the sleeper's breast;
Where heard the voice of the sinless dove,
Where no column proud in the sun may. glow;
To mock tho heart that is resting below;
Where pare hearts aro sleeping. forever blest;
Where wandering Peri love to rest;
Where the sky and the earth arc softly fair,
Bury her there—bury her there.
EIIIC3OOIIIII/DMIII ( DWOo
Extract from the Journal of
an Odd Fellow.
I do abominate laughing. There is
nothing that jars upon my feelings so much
as one of your genuine borse.ploughs. It
is like the rasping of a saw, or a sleigh
running over . bare ground. Yet people
have got a most villanous habit of laugh
ing when I speak, why, I know not, unless
it is that I never laugh myself. I hnd I
am getting the character of a wit. if the
name is fairly fixed upon me, I should be
most sadly tempted to shoot myself. I
fear I have said some amazingly silly
things. I will be more circumspect for
the future. My conversation is too light . —
I shalt take care to pot- more lead in it
horeafter. Heigh ho! heaven knows one's
words may be light when one's heart is
heavy.
Made an exrrirmnt the other .night to
ascertain whether people laugh at me, or
what I ought happen to say. Jack Would
pewit perpetrated a pan some time since
emile--comprini 'grim ae death—
sack looked black.
"I'll wager a bottle of champaign, Jtick,
that I'll rehearse that still-born effusion
ofyours to-morrow night at Madame—'s
party with unbounded applause?" _
"Done!" said Jack.
And it was done—raised a tremendous
laugh—was stamped as a genuine coin of
current wit—had the good fortune "virum
volitare per ora," got into the newspapers,
and the last 1 saw of it was travelling about
the country, every body, by the way,claim
ing it for their own.
"What say you to that, Jack?"
"True, true, but then you've got such a
—comical way with you."
Here then is the fault—it must be mend•
ed—l shall look to it.
There is one thing which I hold in spe
cial abhorrence, and that is being dragged
into an argument on any subject, or on any
occasion. I look upon that man who lays
down some litigated opinion and calls upon
me either to confute or to assent to it, as I
would upon a person who should knock me
down in the street to ascertain whether I
had strength enough to redress myself; and
I have thought that it was a great pity the
police could not be called upon in the one
case as welras in the other. It may well
be conceived that my soreness upon this
point constitutes one of the chief miseries
of my life. The world is full of these wor
dy martialists. One can scarcely meet a
man who does not carry a whole park of
logical artillery in his pocket, all double
allotted with solid syllogisms, erithyme
mes, propositions, conditional and disijunc
tive,and ready to let drive at any one "shows
fight." There is your lawyer, with his
everlasting sequitur and non sequitur; the.
theologian who raps one's pate across with a
knotty volume of the fathers; the politician
who Will do the same with his cane if you
refuse to agree with him; tne colonization•
ist and anti-colonizationist; the temperance
man and the anti-temperance man; "hold,
hold, for mercy sake, do have compassion
on my ears, and I will submit to any thing
---,.anything except hearing you called a
wise man, or myself a wit."
There is another thing which I never
could brook, a needless interruption in the
solemn business of eating. lam a reason
-able man. and think that Archimedes was a
foul to lose life, rather than leave a geome
trical problem unfinished. But had he
been discussing a dinner, breakfast, lunch
eon, or any such matter, instead of a point
in' mathematics, there I confess I could
have sympathized with him. And surely
the Greek must have been a most scanda
lous barbarian, who had broken in as ruth
lessly upon the grave tenor and quiet phil
osophy of such an operation.
"It is my candid belief," said Mr. Shirt
collar, starting up from the table where I
had just-sat down, "that there is no mattri•
al difference betwixt a monkey and a ne
gro Don't you think so, Mr. Graved"
Now this fashionable gentleman of whis
kers and mustaches was very fond of para
doxes, which he supported as well as a
man might with a empty head and a clat
tering tongue. It was not the first offence
which he has committed against my peace,
and I determined to give him a lesson.
I dropped my knife and fork and answer
ed him very deliberately. "Negroes are
always black,"—he nodded—"but mon
keys," and I eyed him very significantly
from head to foot, "I should be inclined to
think, are not invariably so." 1 resumed
my meal.
There was a titter among the ladies, but
Mr. S. did not "take," and my shalt fell
hurtless.
"Look'e, sir," said he, in a louder tone,
"have the negroes over done any thing
great—was there ever a great black man
—tell me that?"
Interrupted again! my blood boiled, and
I resolved that I would do my beat to "ex
fiunctify" the animal at once.
"Mr. Shine°llar," said I, with great gra
vity, "you will certainly grant that the
Guinead is the noblest epic that was ever
produced, always excepting Newton's Prin.
cipia, and Crabbe's Syncny mes."
This was somewhat out of the gentle.
tnau's depth,and he looked rather block; but
the company began to laugh, and I looked
very solemn, and hesitation was death.
"Oh, yes, I presume there is no question
aboutthat," said he, very unsuspectingly.
"And yet you must be aware that it was
written by a negrol" This was a poser.
"Well, well—yes—l'll allow, but"—and
the whole table burst Into a roar.
"Oh, demme, you're a quizzing!" cried
the titsoomfitted controversialist, and made
off with himself, leaving me to finish my
meal without further molestation. But I
found my dinner was spoiled. Heard a con
versation in the adjoining room, which did
not tend to improve mY appetite.
"He—he—hel what a funny man!" said a .
female voice.
"Yes—yes—a great wit—a great will
ha, hal" was the reply,
Left my dinner and slunk ofr to my room,
wishing that I had let Shirtcollar alone.
Went to a party with a solemn determi•
nation to establish a new character—Made
out "a _ long list of serious subjectlf—decth—
the grave—parson —'s last sermon,
for conversation; arid 'resolved that if people
would exercise - their risiblesi it should not
be on my account.
Remarked to Miss very gravely,and'
with a sigh, as was beboming, "Alas, wd
must all diel" thought she would have died
a laughing. Deuced strange this! he'd an
idea of getting mad about It; but if" people
feel inclined they will laugh, so I stared and
G. 77.1enarciroil MraTOZt er. PP.O2SAMTOrt.
"The ltbirty to knout, to utter, and to argue, freely, to above all other libertteaoP—Mivron.
amurifexazawlzus. tiiilnfienbefilr crttpalr cßa asekacb
said nothing,but resolved to hold my tongue
for the remainder of the evening.
Looked at Harry Blunt; the fellow burst
into a laugh.
"What the d--1 are you laughing 0.4"
said 1, fiercely.
Worse yet; feared he would go into hy
sterics.
Me—he--her,said he at length, "you
look just as if you were meditating some
thing, funny ! "
Saw a tittering young lady pointing me
out le another, and heard
. her whisper, "a
great wit." Couldn't stand tt any longer.
Sneaked off. Swore to my.wrath to cut all
my acquaintance. Used no reason in
laughing, but made it a point to laugh at ev
ery thing I said, whether it had any point
in it or not. 'There is no chance here,"
thought 1, "to get a new character. They
are all predetermined to consider me a wit."
I made a resolution to change my boarding
place, and cut every soul of them.
We - nt in search of a new boarding-house.
Found one that suited me exactly. Fine
rooms, pleasantly situated, landlady looked
as though ehe wouldn't laugh at trifles, and
every thing had a laughter-rebuking air.
Delighted with my good fortune,l was abant
to accept her terms, when a little urchin
rushed into tho house, crying and bawling—
"Ma! my nose, my.nose,Johnny. hit it a
blow; boo-o; Johuny's a bad boy."
"That's true, my little fellow," said I.
"Tell Johnny to blow his own nose, haled
no right to blow yours."
1 had scarcely uttered these half-uncon
scious words, when 1 heard a titter from a,
young lady on the, opposite side of the room.
Immediately I recollected to my dismay,
that I had . said something which might be
twisted into a lion.
"Ha, ha, ha!" roared a gentleman behind
me, as if the, joke had dawned very gradu
ally upon his mind. "Pretty good! pretty
good!"
"The gentleman is quite a wit!" dime
ringing upon my ear.
"D-7-1" 1 muttered between my teeth,
and rushed . into the streets like a madman.
"What a cursed slip!"' thought I, as 1 hur
ried along, dashing against the passengers,
until at length I came in contact with an old
woman with a basket of chips upon her
head, and away she went into the gutter.
"Is she drunk, eh?" asked a gentleman
who was passing.
"Merely a little top-heavy." said I.
"He, he, he! you seem to be a wit. , " was
the reply.
lam not an irascible man. Nay, I flat
ter myself 1 have even an unusual share
of the milk of human kindness—of that
charity which teaches us to bear and for
bear—of mercy which "descends like the
gentle dews.of heaven," and "blesseth him
that gives and him that takes."
But oh, how 1 did want to knock that
man down! Went home—packed up my
moveables, and started for the country.
MENTAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN
AND WOMEN.—The difference of mental
power between the sexes is probably just
sufficient to make them divide the duties of
life beneficially. It may ho good reason
for not exacting of women the same mental
exertions as from men, but a very bad one
for not cultivating the powers they have.
There has been a good deal of fanciful the
ory upon this subject. Sometimes it was
prutended,that the whole difference between
the minds of the two sexes was the conse
quence of education: at other times it has
been'contended that though there was a nut.
ural difference, it was only dissimilarity; the
males being just as deficient in some respects
us the females are in others; but that she
ought not on that account to be held inferi•
or. Rousseau maintained that the mind
of man was distinn b uished by the sole posses
sion of genius, of which the mind of woman
was absolutely destitute in every degree.
Johnson thought there was a natural want
of precisimi iipwornanes ideas. An eminent
man, lately dead, tried the capacities of his
daughters to ascertain the fact; and came to
the conclusion that the minds of both sexes
were equal, except in respect to patience.
Many other fanciful views might be elm
' merated were it worth the trouble. The
simple truth seems to be, that every. facul
ty in the minds of the two sexes is tho ,
same, except that there is less general vig-
Or in those of woman. There is no mental
exercise in which men have excelled, that
women have not also succeeded in,extreme.
ly well,up to a certain point. But svhenev
er the greatest efforts are required, wether
of' judgment;imagination, attention, perse
.
verance, or any other power, the supetior
vigor of the masculine mind becomes evi
dent. Hence as the greater part of human
life does not require the . utmost exertion of
even ordinary ability, it is only in the more
arduous pursuits that the constitutional su
periority of the 'masculine mind appears in
variably. In low stages of cwilization it
occasionally happens that the advantage is
obseri cid to be on the side of the women; for
any circumstance in their habits that' imp
sea upon them the necessity of greater ex
ercise and obserVation and jadgment, turns
the balance in their favor. But in - the
complicated and laborious offices of civil
ized societies, no'education would give gen
eral superiority or even - equality to the fa
male sex; the demand for laborious investi
gation and the highest power of combination
and invention is ton constant both in profes
sions and science.= Woman's Rights and
Duties. ' - -
A rogue, in picking a dandy's pocket, the
other day, obtained a balf burnt cigar, and
a roll of pornatum.
TUB OPIUM SNORER IN eirs IREAvErt.--
One of the objects I had the curiosity to
visit, (at Chusan) was the opium smoker is
heaven; and certainly it is a moat fearful
sight, although perhaps not so degrading to
the eye as the drunkard from spirits, lower.
ed to the level of the brute,and wallowing in
filth. The idiot smile and death-hke stupor,
however, of the opium dohauchee, has
something far more awful to the gaze than
the bestiality of the other. Pity, if possi
ble, takes the place of other feelings, as we
watch the faded, dull, sluggard look of the
being abandoned to the power of the drug,
while disgust is uppermost at -the sight of
the human creature levelled to the beast by
intoxication. Ono of the streets in the cen
tre of the town (Singapore) is wholly dm-,
ted to ehops for the sale of opium; and here
may be seen, in the evening, after the la•
bore of the day are over, crowds of Chi
nese who seek these places to satisfy their
depraved appetites. The rooms in*which
they sit and smoke aro surrounded by wood
couches, with places for the head, to rest
upon, and generally a aide room• is devoted
to gambling. The pipe is a reed of übout
an inch in diameter, and the aperture in the
bowl for the admission of the opium is not
larger than a pin's head. The drug is pre
pared with some kind of conserve, and a
very small portion is sufficient to charge it,
one or two whiffs being the utmost that can
be inhaled from one pipe, and the smoke is
taken into the lungs as from the hookah in
India.
On a beginner, one or two pipes will have .
an effect, but an old stager will continue
smoking for hours.' At the head of each
couch is placed a small lamp, as fire must
be held to the drug during the process of
inhaling; and from the difficulty of filling
and probably lighting the ptpe,there is gen
erally a person who waits upon the smoker
to perform the office. A few days of this
fearful luxury, when taken to excess, will
give a pallid and haggard look to the face,
and in a few months, or even weeks, will
change the strong and healthy man into
little better than an idiot skeleton. The
pain they suffer when deprived of the drug'
after a long habit, no language can explain,
and it is only when to a certain degree un
der its influence that their faculties are alivis.
In the houses devoted to their ruin, these
infatuated people may be seen, at 9 o'clock
in the evening, in all the different stages.
Some entering half distracted to feed the
craving appetite they had been obliged to
subdue during the day; others laughing and
talking Wildly under the effects of a first
pipe; whilst the couches around ere filled
with the different occupatits,who lie languid,
with an idiot smile upon their countenance,
too much under the influence of tho drug to
care for passing events, and fast merging to
the wished for consummation. The last'
scene in this tragic play is generally a room
in the rear of the building, a species of
dead house, where lie stretched those who
have passed into the state of bliss, the opi
um-smoker madly seeks—an emblemn of
the long sleep to which he is blindly hur
rying.---Six Months - with the Chinese Ex
pedition.
DELIGHTS OF A MARRIED MAN'S LITZ
Behold him! all the while he is busied
about his daily occupation, his thoughts are
wandering towards the time for going'horne'
in the evening, after the toils and fatigues
of. the day. lie knows that, on his return,
he shall find an affectionate face to welcome
him—a warm snug room—a bright fire—
a clean hearth—the tea things laid—the
sofa wheeled round on the rug—and, in a
few minutes after his entrance, his wile sit
ting by his side, consoling Rim in his vexa•
tions, aiding him in his plans for the future,
or participating in his joye,and smiling upon
him for the good news he may have brought
home, his children climbing on the cushion
at his feet, leaning over his knees to see his
face with joyous eagerness, that they may
coaxingly win him. This is the acme of
happiness.
Miseries of a Bachelor's Life.—Poor
fellow! ho returns to his lodgings; share
may be every thing he can desire, in the
shape of mere external comforts, provided
for him by the official zeal of his housekee
per; but still the room has art air ofchilling
vacancy; the very atmosphere of the apart-
ment has a dim uninhabited oppearanee—
the chairs, set round with provoking neat
ness, look reproachfully useless and unoc
cupied—and the tables and other furniture
shine with impertinent and futile brightness.
All is dreary and repelling. . No gentle
face welcomes his arrival —no loving band
meets his—no kind looks answer the listless
gaze he throws round the apartment as he
enters. Ile sits to a book—alone; there is
no one by his side to enjoy with him the
favourite passage—the apt - remark—the
just criticism; no eyes in which to read his
own feline; his own tastes are unapprecia
ted and unreflected; he has no recourse but
himself—no one to look up to but himself;
all his enjoyments, all his happiness, must
emanate from himself. He flings down the
volume in despair; buries his face in his
hands, and sighs aloud, 0/ ma miserum!
THE Frain Nawsrmwn.--It ig stated
in a foreign periodical that the first printed
newspaper, of which any trace can be found,
was printed in 1455, and gave intelligence
of the peace of Karaman-with the King of
Cyprus, and the conquest of Servia by the
Turks in 1454. This statement is made by
E. Grochei, of .Brussels, from a marginal
note in the' handwriting of Adrian de - But,
a Dutch monkish writer of the fifteenth
century.
..TnEy."—A great many excellent peo
ple have had their worldly prospects en•
tirely destroyed and hundreds, nay thou
sands have had their hearts
,wrung in an,
guish in consequence of slanders of the
family of 'They. If a man repents a slan
der in the street, and he is asked who told
him so, his answer is, 'They' said so.—
' 7 hey' ought to be hooted out of society,
'They' have done more mischief in the
domestic and social circles than any other
family under heaven. An example .by
way of illustration. A friend meets anoth
er in the street, and asks it he had seen
Mr. Q. that morning. His answer is no,
that he had been gambling all night. The
response is—lt is impossible, for he drank
tea with me last evening, and did not leave
until 10 o'clock, who told you so? 'They'
told me so, is the answer, and as ho desired
a favor of me today, I shalt not grant it
until I know the truth of the business, for
1 don't intend to assist gamblers. So poor
' Mr. Q. who had always borne a gocal char.
actor—who drank tea with his neighbor,
and who on his return to hie residence, re
tired to , rest—and, withal never saw a
ga
ming table in my life, is branded with the
title of gambler,because, 'They' said po.
A slander is like dust; it finds its own
way into the most remJte recesses, and
spreads like the clouds over the heavens.—
We close this little essay by advising our
readers to place very little or no confidence
in any story whose propagator is '?hey.'
'They' should never be believed in reli
gion, morals, politics, or in auy matter per.
tainiug to social life.—South Argus.
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A SLIM-MILKED QUEUE WITU A V.
°RANCE.— Up at the west end of the eity,
there is a gootl-natuted, fun-making negio,
named 'Panda,' who hovers round the gro
cery stores in that neighborhood rather
more than is desirable. Like many other
gentlemen of color Se p,ridehimself upon
the thickness of his skull, and he is always
for a bet upon his butting powers; and well
he may be, for his head is bard enough for
a battering ram. The other day he made
a - bet in a store that he could butt in the
head of a flour karrel, and he succeeded.—
He then took up a bet to ,drive it through a
very large cheese, which was to be covered
with a crash cloth, to keep his wool clear
of cheese crumbs. The cheese, thud (nivel
oped, was placed in a proper position, and
Persia, starting off like a locomotive, buried
his head up to the ears in the inviting tar
get. Parsis oow began to feel himself irre
sistible, and talked up 'putty considerable.'
A plan, however was soon contrived to
take the conceit out of him. There being
some grindstones to the store for sale, one
of them was privately taken up,and wrapped
up in the same manner as the cheese had
been, and looked precisely as if it were a
second cheese, and Persia readily took an
other bet for a ninelience, that he would butt
his head through it as easy as he sent it
through the first. The interest of the spec
tators in the operation became intense.—
Every thing was carefully aejusted, and
upon the word being given, Parana darted
off* like an arrow at the ambushed grind.
stone; he struck it fair in the centre, and
the next instant lay sprawling in the middle
of the floor, upon which he recoiled. For
some minutes be laid speechless, and then
he raised himself slowly upon his knees, and
scratching his head, said with a squirming
face-'Dam bard cheese, dat, masse. Dey
skim de milk, too much altogedder before
dey make him; dat's a fac."—Pieayune.
•-•»~«--
FAN= NAKE:8 ! •••- It is something to be
noticed as unusual, that there is , but one
member of the name of Smith in each
house of Congress. Senator Oliver H.
Smith of Indiana, and Freemen Smith,
representative from Connecticut, John
Smith was a candidate in Vermont but
was not elected. The Browns and the
William's are the most numerous families
in the present Congress. There are five
of each in the House of Representativeg,and
one William more in the Senate, making
six of that name in Congress. There aro
three of the name of Campbell, three of the
name of Butler, and three of the name of
White,in the House of Representatives,and
another White in the Senate. Tennessee pre.
saute the curious coincidence ofsendingthree
pairs of names, viz: two Campbells, two
Williams, and two Browns. brother names
their are numerous duplicates in Congress
—two Hastings, two Youngs, two McClel.
lens, two Masous,two Dawsons,two Floyds,
two Jones, 'two Goodell, two Andrews.—
Mobile Jour. •
A QUEER Sronv.—The Rochester Do•
mocrat states on the authority of passengers
from Buffalo by the canal, that as the pick
et boat passed Field's tavern, about mid
way on the Tonanwanda Creek, 'a large
collecticn of people was observed, who.had
come from all directions to listen to a sin• 1
gular phenomenon at that place. Every
day, between the hours of 41, and 7 P. M. is
distinctly heard in the canal, (or creek,
which is here used for the canal,) groans,
as pinion is deep distreas. A physician
of Lockport was one of a party 'who had
chartered a boat and paid a visit to the spot.
lie assured the Democrat's informant that
the sounds wore'there, and that the cause
remained a mystery. Some = trick i ', of
course. , •
Lend, never ask to be xepaid; make p ro .
gents, give treats, bear and forbear, do 431.
ery body a good turn, hold your peace, suf
for yourself to be cheated, and let every
body tread. on yourimiuyand you will be
universally beloved.
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DISTInns9 IN gNGLAND.--ln une...nuOrur
of a recent speech in• the Ilouse'cif ICOIII
- Mr. Duncombe, alluding to the
tress that existed in certain parts of Eng'
land, cited the parish of Mary-le bone, net
far distant from the , centre of fashionovealth
and splendor.- Ho said that -the numberet
houses visited by the committee charged
with the subject,. was 315; number or fem.
dies inhabiting them, 915;_ number of frank
Ike in which , there were children,. 578;
number of children. 1,575. Out of die 078
families with children, 308 have hut orie
room; 140 families have but-two, and there
are 790 children who sleep in' the same
room as their parents. In Calmel buildings,
Marylebone, are 26 houses; average num
ber of rooms in each house is, nearly 9;
number of inhabitants, 852—consisting of
163 married couples, with 345 children;
65, widowers or widows, with 94 children;
21 single males; 30 single females; in all ,
280 families (in 20 houses); the average size,
of rooms, 11 feet Bby 10 feet 6. In 156
of these families the parents sleep. in the
same room with the children, and in ,122
families the youths and 'children of both
sexes and all ages, sleep together in one
room. •
These, he added, were not solitary instan
ces. Of such wretches as these, he contin•
ued, there are millions at. home, and it is
impossible to excite feeliogsTavourable to
them in Parliament.
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Tux Gnowzn OF CiTIEL--Philadelphia,
in 1830, had a population of 182,749, itt
1840, had a population of 258,832, and
1850 will have a population of 362,364.-4'
The, increase of population on 362,065,
according to the rate of the last ten yeats,
will be 103,553, which will add to Phtladel
phia more than the whole present populaii:
tion of the splendid city of Baltimore.--;
What wilt be the length and breadtliof
lade.phia when we shall have erected houses
sufficient, in ad4ition to our present buil•
dings to contatn the present population of
Baltimore? And yet such an increase wilL
take place betiveen this year Ond 1850.-.;
The present population of Baltimore is
101,378. The increase on the present
population of Philadelphia, at-40 per centii'
will amount to 103,883. in 1850. We ,have :
made this comparison with our sister city
of Baltimore, that the mind may be able to
comprehend the more readily the. rapid ad-'
vance of cities. Baltimore herself ad.
vaucing with a gtant's stride. •In 1850
that city will have a population of 160,000.
souls!—Seutinel. ' - •
SOCIETY IN MONTE Vozo.—The New
York Tribune 'publishes an extract 'of. tt :
letter from a gentleman resident at Monte'
Video, in which after mentioning the escaper
of Gen. Rome from death by an infernal ;
machine, ,he says: "It would make yOur
blood frieze to hear of enormities Mit haus'
been committed in this city within thalaet
22 months. Hundreds beim bt 'their
throats cut; houses have been entered in
open day, the crockery deetroyed, the fut.!-
niture broken and 'thrown into the street";
the female inmates barbarouily whipped; '
atc. &c. Numbers have been taken front
their bowies and shot by the soldigrs,wttlibut
the least form of trial. 'ln thee
provinces these things are even now' c -
Yet we are Republics! ' Are we '.notf
Have we not GOvernbr& firesi,! , :mts, Sena
tors, Representatives, end all that? Scarce.
ly a month passes that there ii not seativc4
Lenox, so called, in one of the4a misguided'
province& When will the end be?"
A RELtc.--Tbere was leftat - our - officer
s .
on Monday, a curious and interesticg relic
of the Revolutionary war. It-;is a large
Powder Horn,founcl lasi week, two or i tbreb
feet under ground, in excavating a grayaiii
the burying ground attached to the tit*,
Lutheran Church, of thia place:
horn is of latge size, and bas engraved uOtt
it, very neatly, a' number of - interesting
historical devices, in a singular stabitt
preservation. For instance, We find iti§ .
frillowing—"Ebenezer Gray, his
made at Cambridge, 1775." Then, Mime.'
diately under; within a seperate ,horder,
there is thisr—oMade by Willjaria ;11ovey;
Qf Mansfield." Beside, there is a' map
comprising Boston, CharlestoWn; Bunker..
Hill, Roxbury, Arc.; including the British
shipping in the harbor, the several forte
Bunker t sllill and neighttorhooci of Boetorf,
numbered and designated, drc. The ;whole
forming a curious end
,striking relic orono
of
,the most exciting and,impertant , periedii
in American history. We have no &MIS
but that the , horn was either - lost
Battle of Germantown, or was bided witk
its patriotic owner - who perished: trlhat .
sanguinary struggle.— Germar4ourn, Tek.-
was a warm but delight
ful day.—The beautiful Helen was ; seated
at an open window.. The impassioned, !Tufo,
shone full upon her face, while the amerctte . _
zephyrs wantonlyfiliyed on her cluster - um
ringlets. Charles Augustus, her .devot4
lover, gallantly offered to close the 1404
'No, no, dear Pharles, she .-languishingl7
repponded, o l ha42rather.have e little Mt
than no AIR at 4,--6.• there 1 . .;
Moon Le" nui Lzerie if7t7lolll.—Thei
tiprome Court-oi Ohio, eittin,Viit
noti - recently deviled thatAvbeiVir titan;
ofit ' honse - stiptilatee , bin !wise, though
inithout tett', ; 10 - pety!iffilv foe the qf
hie lease; he"swili.bovrimpellorl 10rtyi..41161
withstanding the Limits ,iiiieirtroyed.tor iket,
trole*wa‘Clasuio;io - iuseted itn they teeirl:Ait
etopting him in each case.