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THE GARLAND.
—" With sweetest flowers enricted
From •arious gardens culi'd with care."
AMERICA. I LOVN THE STILL
America, I love thee still,
There's glory in thy . name, _
There'■ brightness beaming from thy birth,
Anil honor from thy fame.
There's beauty in thy naked soil,
• Bespeaking smiles of love,
Thy rooks and blooming wilds proclaim
Protection from above.
America, I love the still,
Beneath thy valleys rest
The Pilgrims of a tyrant power,
Bright emblems of the blest.
And round them, clothed In silence, Ile
The mouldering patriot's frame.
Raba!mod in sacred memory's Are.
Immortal honors claim.
America, I love tho still.
Though traitors dare disown
Thy holy rights and ornaments,
Endeared to freedottes home.
Though misty clouds ceerspread the light,
And fears together bland.
Hope's cheering rays foretel thy pride
Of glory, to ascend.
America, I love the still, .
Thou art my native land,
Thy joys so pure, con neer be found,
Upon a foreign strand.
Though pleuure's path and fortunes smiles
in other climes seem fair,
The brightest of their hopes or joys,
Oen nought with thee compere.
America, I love thee still,
Resplendent glories gleam
Through all thy deeds. Thy 11110111 ii rights
Shall ever be my theme. '
Pure from the realms of victory's sky,
The crown was given to thee.
'Midst Marry lights, eternal stands '
The orb of liberty !
DWI :O(i:IMIEL6I6`I2(DIJC3o
From the Ladies' Companion for September.
. -
THE RIVALS.
'Good morning, madam,' said Arthur
Heartbright, as he entered the parlor and
advanced to Mlliss Wieland, who was seat •
ed in . a handsomo damask chair, in trifling
conversation with a young gentleman,' who,
at tho appearance of Arthur, seemed 'stir.
prised, and in return, coldly 'acknowledged
a similar salutation.
'Good morning,' responded Miss Wie•
laid.
have called to have the pleasure , of
waiting upon you to the exhibition. I per=
calve, by the journals of the day it will close
to morrow.'
Miss Wieland cast a look ofconfusion at
the gentleman with whom she had been in
converse at the entrance of Arthur, and
the young gentlemen looked suspiciously at
each other. A dead paus,e ensued.
'Shall I have the pleasure of your socie
ty, Miss Wielende asked Arthur.
'Why really, Mr. fleartbright;' unswer•
ed Miss Wieland, 'it had completely esca
ped my memory, and I have just promised
Mr. Douglas, here, to accompany him to
the Floral exhibition. The gentlemen
glanced nt each other sulkily, which, Miss
Wieland observing,' continued, 'Oh! 1 beg
.pardon; it has also escaped me that you
were unacquainted. Mr. Douglas, Mr.
Heartbright—Mr. Ileartbright, Mr. Doti
gills: and she elegantly swung herself into
her chair, and cast her eyes over the pages
.of a volume. The young gentlemen ad
anced towards each other, and exchanged
the cold and formal grasp nt introduction.
sin sorry that Miss Wieland's memory
should have been so treacherous.' said Ar•
thur, 'but perhaps' Mr. Douglas will waive
his invitation to my prior claim, and join
us in our visit to the academy?
A frown settled on the brow of Douglas,
while, in a proud tone he replied, 'that de
pends; sir, solely on the pleasure of Miss
%V ieland.'
•Exantly 9n,' nnywered Arthur, 'and
. by
her derision I am willing to abide.'
The young lady was puzzled; she knew
not how to answer; prevarication could not
avail her; she had given her promise to
each of them, and she could not reply with
out offending one• or both. At length alter
a pause she stammered out, 'Settle it be
tween yourselves gentlemen.' •
The rivals were nonplussed at —ibis diplo
matic answer, and feeling it n point of hon•
or and pride that neither should yield, each
took his station by the fire place, while a
breathless silence reigned in the apartment,
broken only by the monotonous sound
caused by Miss Weiland in her rocking
chair.
How long the parties might have continu
ed so, it is difficult •to tell, hod not Hannah,
Nfiss Wieland's waiting woman, entered in
to inform her mistress that Mr. Fitzfaddle
waited to convey her in his carriage on a
short country excursion.
The announcement acted like a shock
of electricity on Dougias and Heartbright.
The former seized his hat, which, in his
confuSion, he dropped, and stooping to re
cover it, brought his head in contact with
the corner of the piano. Arthur wished
her the adieus of the morning, and much
enjoyment from her excursion, end gniting
the room, was followed by 13, uglas, in not
the moat placid humor, suffering as he did
from chagrin and the pain arising from his
contusion.
The two crest-fallen swains, on reaching
the door beheld the elegant equipage of
Francis Fitzladdle, Esq., in waiting for
Miss Wieland, with the effeminate owner
reclining in one corner of the carriage, from
whose person a 'thousand perfumes exhaled
to the contamination of the bland breezes
of a beautiful June morning, at tho same
moment Hannah affectedly told the servant
that her mistress would bo with Mr. t itz•
straddle immediately.
Heartbright and - Douglas looked at each
other; and burst into an immediate fit of
laughter, and descending to the pavement,
Arthur parodying the lines of Pope repeat
ed es follows:
.. Wealth makes the man, th• went of It the
fellow,
The rest is but all loather and prunella"—
and together they proceeded up the crowd
ed pathway of Broadway.
'Confound that piano,' exclaimed Doug
las, 'it has given me something to remem
ber her for this month to come.'
'Better to remember her for. n month
than to have her for a life time,' said Ar•
thur, gaily, 'but your brow shows tokens of
diecolorment, and luckily here is my resi
dence; will you do me "the favor to enter?'
Douglas felt his pride, at this generons
offer, humbled, and all animosity to Arthur
to vanish. It is singular how calamity
makes acquaintance; how the heart clings
toe brother in misfortune. It is a beauti•
ful principle implanted in our natures by the
all-wise Creator, to make us know the help
testiness of our condition, by showing how
truly dependent we are upon one another.
Douglas bowed and thanked him kindly,
and entering the dwelling, in a few min
utes our two heroes were snugly seated
together.
A miniature case lay upon the table, part
ly open, and ns Douglas seated himself, he
recognized the limned features of Miss
Weiland, which, Ileartbright perceiving,
remnrked, 'you see I have a copy of your
lady love. I hope you are not offended;'
and he placed the miniature in the hands
of Douglas.
'By no means,' replied Douglas, placing
it upon the table, as if it had scorched his
fingers, 'by no means; I most willingly
concede to you the preference. Pray when
do you hope to possess the original?'
'When there is not another woman to be
had in the world.'
At that moment a loud crash, followed
by the scream of n female, burst upon their
ear. They rushed to the window, and
behold a lady and gentleman tumbled from
a carriage by the breakage of the axle, and
completely covered with the thick black
mud of Broadway.
'Heavens!' cried Douglas, 'it is Miss
Wieland.'
'And Mr. Fitzfaddle also,' added Heart
bright, laughing, and they raised the win•
dow and looked exultingly upon the scene,
as it was apparent that fright was the only
suffering which the lady experienced.
As there was no store in the neighbor.
hood, the coachman knocked at the door
of Ileartbright, and requested permission
for his master and Miss Wieland to enter.
Fitzfaddle and our heroine know not it was
the residence of Arthur, and it may easily
be imagined that the feelings of the un
lucky pair wero not soothed when they
were received by him at the door. He ex
pressed his regret at the accident,' and
hoped they would soon be able to pro-
Ceed on their 'country excursion;' and con
ducting the lady to an apartment, he was
followed BY Fitzfaddle, minus his hat end .
part of his coat, and entirely covered with
the delectable mud of Broadway. Dou
glas, who had ;met the unfortunate couple
at the door with. Arthur, folloWed, enjoying
th•:r calamity, and almost unable to re
strain his merriment from breaking forth
into a buist of laughter, but 'neither Fitz
(addle nor Miss Wieland had, as vet, Oe
eeived him, and it was only when they
reached the apartment, that the lady, al.
most nglutst, in n voice of shame and•con•
fosion faintingly exclaimed,. 'Oh ! ' Mr.
Douglas!' an she looked 'unutterable
things.
Lie bowed politely, and Arthur having
again extended to them the hospitality of
the house, took the arm of Douglas, sayiiig,
G. I,I7.LOn.INGTOIT 'BOWEN, MIDITOR & PP.OPRIETO7..
.6 The liberty to know, to utter, and to argue, freely, Si above all other liberties.”—MlLTon
eamp-elrazuratoo 41 , 4/09 wupream)Qart ovwcoatalza asidasi
'Como Douglas, shall we proceed to the
exhibition?' Douglas bowed assent, and
they quitted the sufferers. A fresh car
riage was soon procured, and the lady and
gentleman were conveyed to their respec
tive dwellings.
Fifieen years after this, two splendid
mansions rose in Broadway, not far from
the scene of Fitzfaddle's disaster. On
their doors were inscribed the names of
Douglas and . ileartbright: they were the
mansions of our young friends, who, singu
lir to relate, had, on that very day which
we have chosen for the time of our story,
nt the exhibition, become acquainted with
two beautiful and wealthy sisters. Love
soon followed, and marriage was the sequel.
A young and lovely family had blessed
their unions; happiness and contentment
reigned in their bosoms, and our two rivals
were now not only in name, but in affec
tion, brothers.
Miss Wieland still lives in single blessed
ness, but suitors, like angel's visits, are few
and for between, while poor Fitzstraddle,
as the pert Hannah once denominated him,
from reverses of fortune, is residing in a
plain but comfortable residence in the sit
burbs of the city, enjoying like Miss w ie.
hind the lonely delights of celibacy.
A PRINCELY ESTATE IN MAESACIIUSETT9.
—There is probably not so splendid a coun
try estate in America, as that described in
the following article from Isaac Hill's
Farmer's Visiter. It is situated at Water
town, 7 miles from Boston, and belongs . to
J. P. Cushing.
"Mr. Cushing's garden is n most enchan
ting and delightful spot; it is the same spot,
two and a half miles south of %Vest Cam
bridge centre upoa,the heights of Water
town, which halt a century ago, was the
farm and residence of the late Col. Bond.
All the varieties of Vegetable cultivation,
shrubs, trees, fruits and flowers of all the
various climates, mad here be found.—
Tropical trees and fruits, oranges and
lemons, figs and dates, pine apples, the
cone() and tea plant, the cinnamon and the
alspice—indeed, many more than we know
how to name, much less to describe—may
be found here. The establishment of this
garden alone must be kept up at an annual
cost appaling to the purse of the most
wealthy men of the country; thrown upon
the hands of the man with en income of ten
thousand a year, the cost of such an estab
lishment na the garden would make him
shrink from the idea of fixing it among the
permanent amusements of his life.
The farm of Mr. C. including the walk.
and lawns and splendid woodlands, together
with the garden, covers about sixty acres;
independent of the garden, the whole is in
a high state of cultivation. The quantity
of hay upon the acre is immense. Fifteen
hands were employed hard at hay making
on the day of our visit; ten hands is the
minimum number employed at all seasons
upon the farm; and five men, the most if
not all of them trained European gardeners,
are kept constantly employed in the gard-
en. Such of these as have .families find'
their durnicil in a brick house of many
apartments, forming the rear part of the
wall which surrounds the, garden. The
garden consists of two or more acres, and
in its centre is a splendid fountain and vase,
from which we preburno the whole may by
watered at all times. The sides of the
close brick walls upon either hand, as well
as the latticed fences on the margins of the
various walla were decorated with fruit
trees,.apricots, peaches, pears, dm. which
had been taught to grow in the shape of an
open•' fan, with the branches extended in
those directions which would compel all
the limbs to stand as the side nl a pannel,
and thus enable the light and the sun to
strike both the tree and its fruits directly
upon the side of the wall. Although this
position of the tree did not leave Ahem to
the freedom of nature, yet the gardeners
informed us that these trees bore hotter and
more fruit than when left in a natural posi
tion. Clusters of ripe grapes were hang
inn in this garden on the 12th of July;
these wore forced by means of artificial
heat, but there were many early fruits,
such as peaches and pears that were nearly
ripe.
Mr. C. is erecting near the front of the
garden, a brick dwelling house, which will
vie in expense and interior and exterior
elegance and convenience, with any ether
house probably in the country. This house
has already been three years in building
and preparation; the work exhibits a per
fection in material and arrangement grea•
ter than any structure we have ever before
seen, it is supposed one if not two years
more will be necessary to complete it.
Every thing is done on Mr. Cushing's
farm to gratify the taste—not hing is done
with a view, to making money. Mr. C.
will consume every thing raised upon his
farm if he can. To - make manure he keeps
some hundred and fifty hogs; finding no
other practical use for the meat of these,
his overseer was obliged as we are informed,
to send to the Boston market some eighteen
or twenty fat hogs last fall. Mr. C. intro.
duced from Europe the finest breeds of cat
tle, and,with his characteristic benevolence,
presents and •phices some of the best in
positions most likely to propagate them.—
In his garden the workmen were employed
in throwing from a hand engine a liquid
preparation calculated to destroy the insects
which were upon them, engaged in the
work of destruction. A field of hay was
curing on his 'premises, not by drying the
article in the sun, but by being made up
into large cocks, over each of which was
=l=
throWn an artihcinl covering, calculated and
intended to shut out the rain, which the at
mosphere then threatened, and which actu•
ally fell that same evening.
To do the farming and gardening jus
tice, wo ought to have spent a week to
viewing the processes by which giant
vegetation was procured, and the kind of
treatment which every variety of thing
coming from earth required. Our stop
was short; we went into several of the en
finished apartments of his splendid house—
we had a full view of the Boston State
[louse and city trom the balustrade in front;
and we left the enchanting scene with the
reflection that a man of immense wealth,
might make a worse use of his money than
Dlr. C. was doing at this point. The in
telligent neighborhood of farmers around
him will profit by every Introduction of use
ful breeds of animals, and by every value-' '
blo experiment which he makes, at the
same time, tew of them will envy his supe
rior ability to farm and garden on an aston
ishing sr.ale; and none of them will ever
undertake to be his competitors In produ
cing the rarities and curiosities of nature
merely to gratify taste, and will) no view
to replenish the purse."
....4e 011P'-
AN EXTRAORDINARY GIRL.-A letter
from Marietta, (0.) in the Cincinnati
Chronicle of the Ilth inst, gives the follow•
ing account of a remarkable young female
artist in the vicmitv of that town
AN OnroINAL ENIU9. - It was a pleas
ant evening, on the day previous to the
commencement, when a friend took me up
the Muskingum some miles, to see a lady
whom
.he deemed -worthy of notice. She
was the daughter of a Frenchman, who had
been a teacher of that tongue till he pur
chased a small farm near this place, and
turned his thoughts from the fields of the
mind to the fields of corn. It seems that
his daughter had seen, about two years
since, a new fashioned dress at a ball.
On her return, she took a piece of charcoal
and drew the dress accurately on the white
walls of her room. Her mother seeing it
was surprised, and said that she had best
paint the rest of the room: Upon this hint,
she went on and actually painted the wails
of her room with historical drawings,
which verb literally "charcoal sketches.'
From charcoal she proceeded untutored
to oil paintings, and when I was there, had
covered the walls of the hall and parlor
with most curious end unique works of
genius. On the one side of the hall, oppo
site the parlor door, she had drawn anoth •
er door, half open; and from the opening,
herself, large us life, peeping into the hall.
Looking through the room door at this
piece, the figure seemed actually alive. On
another side she had painted the interior of
a room, and, seated at a supper table, a
gentleman, his wile and little child--the
father holding out his hand to watch the
laughing infant. In another place was
painted tho Elopement. In this she repro
sented the window and part of the room of
a lady's apartment. She had agreed to
elope, but when her lover arrived had re.
pented. She stood, with one foot on the
window sill, hesitating. He stood outside,
looking in, with a pistol to his head,
threatening to annihilate himself instantly
if she did not go. This had the artist's
fancy run wild in the pursuit of images,
alike suitable for the pencil of poet or of
painter. In such a scene, were genius,
vivified, breaks the clods of nature to soar
on its wings, in solitude, we may realize
that Gray's lines, so often repeated, is not
merely a beautiful idea, but a truth—that
..—Many a gem of purest ray serene,
Tho dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear;
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on tho desert air."
It is not literally true, however, that
Miss Merlin is "unseen," and there are
those here who take an interest in her
progress.
THE ENCHANTED MOUNTAIN IN TEX-
As.—This singular mountain or hill is situ
ated on the head waters of the Sandy—a
small tributary of the Colorado, about eight
miles from Basthrop, in a north-westerly
direction. It Is about three hundred feet
high, end appears to be an enormous ovul
rock partly imbedded in the earth. VY hen
the sun shines, the light is reflected from
its polished surface as from an immense
mirror, and the whole mountain glows with
R dazzling radiance, that the beholder who
views it even from the distance of four or
five miles, is unable to gaze upon ii with
out experiencing a painful sensation, simi
lar to that which is felt when looking upon
the rising sun. The ascent of the hill is so
gradual, that persons can easily walk up to
the top, but the rock is so smooth and slip
pery, that those who make the attempt are
compelled to wear moccasins or stockings
instead of shoes- This fact, together with
the name of the place, Holy Mountain, re
minds the visitant very forcibly of the com
mand made to Moses at Mount Horeb, 'Put
I off thy shoes from off thy feet,' &c. The
Camtnanches regard this hill with religious
veneration,' and Indian pilgrims frequently
assemble from the remotest borders of this
tribe, to perform their Paynim rights upon
its summit.
"What are you doing there all alone in
that large house," said a gentleman to un
Irishman, the sole occupant of a delapida•
ted budding in street. "Sure, and
its an officer I am, your honer," said Pot.
"An officer—how sot" "Why you •s"n
the others are all gone, and I'm a left•
tenant."
Snot? PEGS. -A paper established nt
Meredith, N. H., called the Selknnp Coun
ty. Gazette, describes a manufactory of
Shoe'Pegs in that place, as follows:
We found it in full operation, and were
gratified to see its wonderful simplicity,
and astonishing rapidity with which wood
is converted into pegs. The logs of birch
wood, from six to twelve or fifteen inches
in diameter, ere taken into the irjll and
cut off by a. circular saw, for the length of '
the peg for which they were intender).—
the blocks then go through a ',kilning pro
cess by which they are made perfectly
smooth—they are then creased or marked
off for the size of the peg to correspond with
its length—the blocks then go-through the
splitting operation by which they are cowl
verted into pegs of any desirable size—the
pegs then undergo the drying process; in'
summer by sun, in winter_ or wet weather
by the use of a furnace— they are then put
into a revolving cylinder, where they are
.turned over and over for the purpose of
polishing, and finally come gut into a box
like a miller's meal trough, from which
they are packed into sacks containing from
half to n bushel er two or three bushels
each, arid being marked and numbered, are
ready for market. These pegs are a
source of revenue to our community, draw
ing a profit from our forests, of which we
had no conception until wo witnessed the
operation. It is not uncommon to see. ma•
ev big teams loaded with pegs from the
Meredith Bridge Manufactory. The price
of these pegs varies according to their
size and quality, averaging, perhaps, a lit
tle mono than two dollars to the bushel.
From the Now Orleans Picayune.
THE UNATTENDED HEARPE.--A mong
the many scenes to he now daily witnessed
in this city, which excite our sympathy,
awaken our commissariat:on, or enlist our
pity, an unattended hearse, as it bears its
lifeless burthen to the grave, calls up moat
quickly from the recesses Of the heart,
thoughts shrouded in sorrow feelings robed
in regret.
W hen we see that one-horse sombre
vehicle driven by —when we observe that
indifference wall. which the black driver
hurries along to the grave vard with his
pulseless passenger—is hen we behold not
a soul followit ° r after, to perform the last
sad rites o'er departed friendship; or to
place even the most simple mark of recog.
nition over the deceased's grave, we feel
that the inhabitant of that rough, unorna
mented collie died a desolate stranger!
• But, we know not how he lived whether
his journey, oven from the - cradle to the
grave, was one continued pilgrimage of
privation--whether ho was once the inheri
tor of wealth—the possessor of consequence,
surrounded by butterfly friends, who deser
ted him when the summer of his prosperity
passed away—or,--whether some loving
wife, affectionate mother, or kind-hearted
sister is not anticipating his return to a
home long deserted, to friends long estran
ged, at the very time when his dust is being
committed to dust, by a strange hand, in
the swamps of New Orleans.
We never see an unattended funeral but
we teel that we float through life on the
ocean of uncertainty ourselves; and at such
a time we pray heaven to avert from us a
death so distasteful--a grave so gloomy—
we pray, if it should not be vouchsafed to
us to die among our kindred, that wo may
at least be permitted to breathe our last
whore we are known—amo g our friends.
Dxxxo !Ital.—The follow ng lines from
the United States Gazette, have the elo
quence of truth to recommend thein:
"An active business man is a rational
man, and a great blessing to the count-mini
ty. He keeps in gratifying exercise the
talents which God has given him, which,
of itself, is a blessing to him. Ho gives
employment to the hand of industry,
which is far better than giving alms to the
unemployed. These are the legitimate
and rational end of active business pursuits
and wealthy•getting—the gratification of
the active powers and the promotion of
industry. But their desire of growing
rich, merely to die rich, is one of the most
foolish intentions that ever entered the
heart of foolish man. Experience has
fully and emphatically taught the lesson,
that much wealth to heirs, is eight times
out of ten, not a blessing but a curse. Its
expectation beguiles and spoils all the manly
powers—its possession leads to inisjudg
ment, excess and finally, exhaustion and
ruin. The time will yet come, when men
of wealth will be wise enough to make a
gradual disposition of their property while
living—not prospective, but operative—
thereby have an eye to the use which is
made of it, and participate in the greatest
enjoyment that wealth is capable of giving,
that of seeing it do good to others. They
will dismiss the foolish aspiration of "dying
rich,' which the almost certain reflection
that their heir, sooner or later, will die
rich."
VALUABLE REMEDY FOR DROPAY.
following important remedy hiund in "Ray
mond's copy of Gunn's Domestic Medicine,"
R 9 we nre informed, cured some of the most
inveterate cases of Dropsy in our city with
in u few months.—Lou. Gaz.
"Take two finndfulls of the green or
inner kirk of tho white or common elder,
steep them in two quarts of Lisbon wine
twenty four hours. If this wine can not ho
had, Tenerifla or Madeira will nniwer, take
a gill every morning fasting or more it it
can be borne ou the stomach."
V'lffiVarß algbo 430420
Boons.—According to Professor Park,
the total number of the different books
printed, down to the present date, is esti
' mated at 1,000,000 volumes in thu Ger.
man language, 800,000 in French, 600,-
000 in English, (including twenty.five
thousand American) and 600,000 in all
other languagesmaking a total of 3,000,-
000 different volumes, or say 2,000,000
different works. Allowing• only 1200
copies of each work • to have been printed,
and supposing all the volumes to be an
average si. e, they
,would fo . rrn a solid Pile,
larger than the largest Egyptian pyramid,
although it is 500 feet high and- 690 feet
square at the base; covering 11 acres of
ground. The annual number of new pub.•
, lientions in Germany is said to be 7000—
in Franco it is probably 5000—in Great
Britian 3,ooo—and in 'the United States
about 500 works or 700 volumes, of which
about three fifths are original American
productions.
TUE PAINTIIII.—Mony men, who have
acquired great fame and celebrity in the
world, began their career as Printers.—
Sir William Blackstone, the learned corn.
mentator on Laws, was a Printer by trade.
King George 111. learned the art, and fre
quently sit type after he ascended the
throne of England. We scarcely need
mention Franklin, for it is well known to
all who are familiar with his name, that ho
was a Printer. Alevander Campbell, the
greatest Theologian that ever lived, is a
Printer. Gentlemen of the 'Craft,' these
are gratifying facts; but let us not be con
tent that they , alone be held up to the pro
fession—let us honor ourselves, and do all
we can to keep up, and elevate still higher,
the character of our bountiful art.
Tho franking privilege has led to mush
that was ludicrous, and nobody is likely to
forget the story that a member of Congress
once franked home his dirty shirts to be
washed in a "family way" by his wife; but
the correspondent of a dismissed loco foco
Post muster at Columbia South Carolina,
has lately exhibited an extremely novel
mode of franking. The gentleman recent.
ly appointed to the Post Office of that town,
received a few days since, a packet direct
ed to "The Post Master," and upon open
ing it found—a pair of Cock Gal lest,—
They wore undoubtedly intended for the
Post Nlasthr's predecessor, who had proba
bly been in the habit of receiving such com
munications through the United States Mail
and for aught weknow fighting cocks them
solves with corn enough to teed them on
during the transit We recollect that when
this same loco foco Postmaster was re
moved to give place to a bettor man, there
was a most distressing outcry made about
it. Why, if the fellow had been suffered
to remain much longer ho would have car
ted home his corn fodder in Uncle Sam's
vehicles, and as likely as not have cram
med his potato.crop into the mail bags.
N. Y Cour.
tk young lady recently went into a dry
goods store, and asked to see some silk
stockings. On looking at them she inqui
red how high they came, (meaning the
price,) to which the clerk—a lad just from
the country—replied, don't exactly know,
but I guess they come up to the kneel'
"W hat's that horse out of?' said a fellow,
with a view to quiz a farmer's boy, who
was riding an old horse which showed more
bone than blood. '.Out .of?" "Yes, what's
he out of—do yeu know?" '•Yes 1 do."
~ W ell, what?" "Out of oats."
Themietocles, the great Athenian gene
ral, being asked whether he would change
to marry his daughter to an indigent man
of merit, or to a worthless man of great
estate, replied, that he should prefer a man
without an estate, to an estate without a
man.
Mr. Stoltz, the celebrated London Tai
lor, has contributed the sum of 55601.'
together with a large plot of ground, for
the erection of a comfortable and perma
nent building for thirty•three pensioners
(with their wives) Of the institution "tor
the relief of aged and decayed journeymen
tailors."
THE Durum; Gnosr.—The Dublin pa.
pers are busy with a marvelous ghost story.
One John Fortune, a porter on the Rings
town Railway, has appeared to his sister,
a servant, after his own death, and dul3 in
structed her to pay some small debts, the
memory of which prevents his repose.—
One of ,these , was 3d, for some cherries
which he bought of a stall woman near the
station; and the largest 3s. for drink on
sundry occasions. It is said that these
are all found to have been correctly stated
by the late Mr Fortune, though in some
instances the creditors had forgotten the
matter. In one case the ghost, by divers
knocks, manifested a decided objection to
one Mrs Marshall's be:ng paid a claim for
more than was justly duo to her-9s. in
etead.of 25.; the creditor ultimately found
that she was mistaken, and not "old True
' penny."
A good criterion by which to judgelho
disposition of a man, is to watch him when
he passes by some boys playing marbles.
A kind man will step out of the way and
let the littlo fellows have thiqr sport 'out,
while a crabbed one will push thro.tp{►
the 'ring,' knocking 'taw' arid marble. to
the douse.