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ED. A. BUEHLER, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
VOL. XVI.-51.
ORIGINAL,
For the "Star and Danner.''
The CUrme.
"Cursed be the ground fur thy sake. lathe sweat
" of thy brow shalt thota eat thy bread."
The curse! the curse! I read it now•,
As when the first man felt its breath.
Lo! starting from my erimsonel brow
The emblems of man's sin and death
It haunts us still! Heaven's malison
Upon a ruined god-like race:
Nor food is gained, nor goal is won,
Save sweat-drops bathe the human face
The slave, beneath the Tropic's glare,
The northmah, in his polar clime,
'rho helot and the king declare
The clinging curse of man's first crime!
THASMA
Far the "Star and Banner."
Songs to L " * • *.
GE=
"Farwell . 1 what drathkabovt the heatt
This doubting of the future brings
[Louise A. SIMES
I'm rudely tossed on fate's dark waves;
I grope through gloom_without the light ;
No...gleam of hope illumes the grave '
Where love was darkly quenched in night.
I came-1 saw thee : from that hour,
My heart has throbbed no other love,—
Has.neverthrilled et beauty's pots - a!,
Dior'kindled at Q. thought above—
That on some future distant (lay,
-I'd see. thee happy—know thee blest;
Then weep my hopeless life away,
And sink in gloom to Earth's last rest
I would not darken thy bright spirit
With the deep pail that shrouds my own;
Not for the wealth that kings inheitt,—
The splendors of an empire's throne t
I would not bare my naked Emil; .
For thou wouldst startle at the NVOCi
I've borne on passion's raging goal—
And shudder, if I would disclose
Those mysteries of agony,
That wring from out my heart, hot tears
Of blood { like lava,—all for thee! •
Thus fate my constancy ret cres !
L" * I close this pensive strain!
41s my crushed heart's last minstrelsy—
The last deep flow of joy or'pain,
Its strings will ever harp to thee !
And it must ever sigh and weep :
Alas! in life's warm springs Fvo sown
I'o love, and even now I reap
Despair. Farewell! I'm sad and lone.
I met
, thee with a trusting heart
'That knew naught else beneath high heaven
But love ;—and, now, oh ! must I part
In bitterness ? With heartstrings) riven
By quick despair? Affections crushed?
Love's last wild hope forever o'er?
The soul's fond music coldly. hushed
To throbs that bleed, but feel no more ?
'Tis even so for passion's band,
Beyond the power of thought's control,
Has torn my heart, and like a brand,
Has scared the tablet of my soul.
What boon can life then bring to me?
What can earth's adulations prove I
Not e'en that curse of destiny—
The doom of dal:Mess, hopelcass lure !
For, though my heart has oft-times shed .
Tear, as of liquid fire, for thee;
Though long it iclt, and throbbed, and bled,
In doubt, in fear, and agony:—
That spell is past : n darker doom
Than thnt of unrequited feeling,
Now broods, like night, in starless gloom,
Upon my shrouded soul,—revealing
"But mockeries of the past atone - -
Of life, and earth, of heaven and truth;
Of all, e'en now, that is to come,
And all I prized in earl}• youth.
This too may pass.--but ne'er the pain,
Of thought without the power to feel:
MeMory will feed the searing flame,
When heart !and soul are stern as steel !
A last farewell I still regret thee,
Tho' fate has doomed that we must sever !
And though I never can forget thee,
My burning love is quenched forever!
HARP OF THE MOUNTAIN.
Pennsylvania College, Feb. IS Ili.
AUSCELLANEOLTS,
A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE
The anhexed heart-breathing sketch—which so
truthfully depicts the result of the maternal intlu•
ence over the infant mind is from an Italian nov•
el, "The Lady of .Alilan." •
"A mother teaching her child to pray, is
an object at once the most sublimeandten
der that the imagination can conceive. 'El
evated above earthly things, she seems
like one, of those guardian angels, the. com
panions of our earthly pilgrimage, through
whose : ministrations we are incline(' to
good and restrained from evil. The image
of the mother becomes associated in his
inflint mind with the invocation she. taught
him to his "Father who is in Heaven."
Whet' the seductions of the world assails
his youthful mind, that well remembered
prayei to his' , Father who is in Heaven,"
Will strengthen hiM to/resist evil. When,
in riper years he - mingles with mankind,
and encounters fraud under the mask of
honesty ; when he sees confiding goodness
betrayed, generosity ridiculed as weakness,
unbridled hatred, and the coolness of inter
ested friendship, he may, indeed, be tempt
ed to despise his fellow men, but he will
remember his "Father who is in Heaven."
"Should be, on the contrary, abandon
himself to the world, and allow the seeds
of Self-love to spring up and flourish in his
head, he will, notwithstanding, sometimes
hear a warning voice in the depths of his
soul, severely tender as those maternal
lips which instructed him to pray to his
"Father who is in Heaven." But when
the trials of life arc over, and lie may be
extended on the bed of death ; with no oth
er consolation than the peace of an appro
ved' conscience, he will recall the scenes
I of his infancy, the image of his mother,
and with tranquil confidence, will resign
his soul to his "Father who is in Heaven."
The accomplished editor of the U. S. Gazette,
after copying the above extract, remarks :
. _
"Such an idea is beautifully:old effective
ly suggestive, and awakens reminiscences
of melancholy delight. At no time, per
haps, is the mind more disposed to !evert
to the experience of childhood, than when
we arc placed in some position directly
connected with incidents like them. Iu the
twilight quiet of the day, and when the
din of business is hushed, and outward ob
jects are no longer obtrusive, then "in the
heart's deep silence, and the depth of na
ture's silence," we examine what report is
sent to the chancery - above . ; on the day'i
conduet. We go back far beyond, and
bring full upon the eye, the time when,
kneeling, with hands folded on a mother's
knee, a widowed mother, perchance, we
looked upward into her face, to catch the
dictation of words that conveyed up
wards the simple desire of a childish heart,
for the will to be subdued, the bread broken
in 'season, and of trespasses yet unconceiv
ed, or not fully comprehended, all to be for
forgiven ; that temptations—the young
heart, the infant mind, has its tempations 7 —
might be avoided,falling to be raised and
to be delivered. This scene, with the
amens and the blessings, come all crowding
downward, through half a century, to re
mind us of what we have lost,'and to pre
pare us for what we may attain. At such
a season the holy influence of maternal pi
ety is recognized, and faith and works, en
durance, constancy and succ,esSAare all
..re
ferredlittek to suoh - moirritnis b N,ben the
buds of virtue were, planted in the bosom,
softened by filial love and awed by the in
definablesense of the presence into which
it seemed, by the humility of position, the
devotion of the will and the sanctity of
words, to be more immediately brought.
Perhaps, we suggest with deference, the
special teaching of the mother derives some
effect from the manner, and the circum
stances in which they are given. It is not
in the crowd, not in the garish light of the
world, that deep and lasting inipressions
arc made. - In solitude Moses bared his
foot to listen. In the quiet of the cave's
mouth, Elijah recognized the presence by
the small still voice. In darkness and in
rest Samuel answered to the call. And so
the sanctity of theitime, the quiet of the
place, and the solemnity that mingles with
the mother's affectionate tnonitions, will
give depth to their impression, and effica
cy tolheir truth ; and such quiets, such so
lemn musings, may recall them, with all
their potency, to lull, to sooth, to amend."
MATERNAL INFLUENCE
Timothy Dwight and Aaron Burr were
first count's, their mothers being daughters
of the elder Jonathan Edwards. The
mother of Dwight lived to educate and
train her son and to enjoy the rich fruits of
her watchful care ; the mother of the lat
ter, together with his father, an excellent
and exemplary man, died while he was
young. Thus early bereft of parental
guidance, Burr, with his high intellectual
capacities, entered upon a course which
has made his name a terror,.both in the so
cial and political world. Few men, per-
Imps, — ever attained to his enormity of
crime; fewer still have experienced more
fully the miseries which are the inevitable
result of a career of sensuality and lust.
" Relt of his sire, too young such loss to know;
Lord of himself, that heritage of woe,"
his evil propensities early acquired' the
mastery over his moral powers, and he fell, j
even in the meridian of his days, a wreck,
a moral ruin, over which were shed 'a na-
Lion's tears, and oveAvhosc memory, with
ered though it be by the pestilence of migh
ty vices, Christianity will long mourn,
"As o'er the grave of one whom God endowed
With Powers noble and for noble ends?
But.who, in sin, *conceived a mighty crime.
And fell—no more to rise."
As a contrast to the fate of Burr, we
may present that of Dwight. In the lan
guage of a terse and beautiful writer: "Ile
became eminently successful in:'extending
the beauties of learning and religion, which
heloved, and left behind him a noble mon
ument of piety and genius in his written
works. Who can but say bt that if Mrs.
1. 1 / 4\
Burr had lived to watch over an pray with
her son, those highly gifted you Is might
:have purstied the same narrow path, and
they might have been equally useful on
the earth,, and - equally happy in the hea
vens!
The Grand Jury of Cayuga has found
truebills against Hiram RathbUn, Princi
pal Keeper of the Auburn State Prison,
and Melanethon W. Cary, the Assistant
Keeper, for manslaughter in the case of
the whipped convict,
GETTYSBURG, PA., FRIDAY E
A FRAGMENT. AN OBLIGING ROOM MATE.
BY MRS. MARIA LOCITSA. CIIII,TI. I KEEP A JounNAL.---It is an invaluable
An anecdote has recently been related aid in the education of children to in-
With whizz and glare the rocket rushed to us of the celebrated Vincent De Camp, sist upon their always writing something
upward, proclaiuting to all men, ' , Le, .1 well known throughout the South-west as daily— if it be but a line to say another
am coming ! Look at me!" Gracefully the most polite nn of the day, and a very day is wasted--in some kind of a diary.
it bent in the air, and sprinkled itself in sill- correct actor. On one - occasion he had A teacher,' remarkably successful in the
NV
ning t
out fragments
in the; hut the gem-like sparks been driving hard from morning till night developements of his pupils' capabilities,
the round was all that ell darkness, and a stick o
remained of the n over the rough roads in the neighborhood attributed much of this gratifying result to
g i of Columbia, S. C. and alighted at the on- , the rule be adopted of making a diary. of
rocket.
llv comfortable inn in the place, very bun- every scholar's writing book; In their
High above the horizon a radiant star ,
, inking the
shone et ale- gry
.
and tired: ''" Sticking his eye glass to own words and way each one was required
i- -j ' -
oi quiet glory, making the night
time beautiful. Men knew not when it
rose ; for it went up in the stillness.
In a rich man's garden stands a paga
do. The noise of the hammers told of its
progress, and all men knew how much was
added to it day by day. It was a pretty
toy, with curious carvilig.and gilded bells.
But it remained as skill had fashioned it,
and'grew not, nor cast seed into the future.
An oak noiselessly dropped an acorn
near by, and two leaves sprang from the ;
ground, and became a fair young tree. The
gardener said to the hawthorn ; "When did
the oak go above you ?" The hawthorn
answered, "I do not know ; for it passed
quietly by in the night."
Thus does mere talent whizz and lam
mer, to produce the transient forms of
things while genius unconsciously evolves
thegreat and the beautiful; and "castslt si
lently into everlasting time'
THE VOICE OF CREATION
Go out beneath the arched . Heavens
night's-pkofoyin - d gleiml"" and Say,. if you
can, "Tiiereis no God!" Pronounce that
dreadful blaspheMy, and each star above
you will reproach your unbroken darkness
of intellect; every voice that floats upon
the night winds, will bewail your utter I
hopelessness and despair! Is there no
God ? Who, then, unrolled the blue scroll
and threw upon its high frontispiece the
legible gleanings of immortality'? Who
fashioned the green earth, with its perpetu
-1 rolling its wide expanse of
islands and amain ? 'Who'settled the foun
dations of the mountains ? Who paved the
heaVens With clouds, and attuned, amid The
clamors of storms, the voice of . thunders,
and unchained lightnings that linger, and
hark, and- flash in their gloom ? WhO gave
to the eagle a safe eyrie where the tem
pests dwell and beat the strongest, and to
the dove a tranquil abode amid the forests,
and•echo to the minstrelsy of licr moan?
Who made thee, U man! . Withthy-per
fected elegance of intellect and form? Who
made the light pleasant to thee, and 'Alm
darkness a covering, and a herald to the
first beautiful flashes of the morning? Who
'gave thee that matchless sinew of symme-,
try and lip? That regular flowing passion •
of ambition and of love ! • No God! And
yet the thunder of heaven and the waters
of the earth are calm !. Is there no light
aimg that heaven is not avenged? Are there
no floods, that man is not swept under a
deluge ?
THE SECRET OF. HAPPINESS.
Go search the ponderous tomes of hu
man learning ; explore the works of Con
fucius ; examine the precepts of, Seneca,
and all the writings of Socrates. Collect
' all the excellencies of the ancient and mo
dern moralists, and point to a sentence
-equal to the simple prayer of our Savior,
"FATHER, FORGIVE THEM !" Reviled and
insulted ; suffering the grossest indignities ;
crowned with thorns, andled away to die,'
no annihilating curse breaks from his lips.
Sweet and placid as the aspirings of a
mother for the nursling, ascends the pray
er of mercy for his enemies, "Father, for
give them !" 011, it is worthy of its ori
gin, proving incontestibly- that his mission
was from Heaven'!
Acquaintances, have you ever quarrel
ed ? Friends, have you ever differed ? If
He, who was pure and perfect, - forgave his
bitterest enemies, do you well to cherish
anger ? Brother, to you the precept is im
pei-ative ; you should forgive, not seven
times, but "seventy times seven."
Husbands and wives, you have no right
to expect perfection in each other. To
err is human. Illness will sometimes
make you petulant, and disappointment will
ruffle the smoothest tamper. Guard, theft,
with unremitting
. vigilance, your.passions ;
controlled, they are the general warmth
that cheers us along the way of life—ungov
erned, they arc consuming fires.. Let your
life be one of respectful attention and con
ciliatory conduct. Cultivate with care the
kind and gentle affections. Plant not, but
eradicate, the thorn in your partner's path.
Above all, let no feeling of revenge ever
find harbor in your breast. A kind word,
an obliging action, even be it a trilling one,
has a power superior to the harp of David,
in calming the billows of the soul. '
A ROYAL BANQUET.—A correspondent
of the Boston Advertiser says, in reference
to the grand ball recently given by Louis
Philippe :—"The ball, at which I believe
all the Americans in ,Paris were gueSts,
was—as royalty may claim to be, an excep
tion to all general rules of economy. In'
the splendid halls of the "Tnilleries, in a
light - beyond that of
. day, surrounded by
its gorgeous furniture, Statuarx and pie-!
tures—with the Music of nore than one! EcuesE.—on the 25th of April there
hundred performers, divided into several' will be a partial" eclipse of the sun. The
bands, the royal family received upwards degree of obscuration will be about five
of fonr thousand ladies and gentlemen, digits in Illinein,s,nearly Seven in Boston,
eluding the entire corpse diplomatique and and eleven in Florida,grallually increasing
great :dicers of the State; and entertained Ntl,Appronch the Island of Quba, near
them at two hundred suppertablcs on.a ser- thesffiiddle of - which it will-hKeentral'and
vice of gold, silver • and • chrystal, loaded i total. This will he the laitVrige. eclipse
with nil the luxuries ()revery cliniate in the of the sun that Will be visits to,...us : Aktil
world." • -• 11 May 26th, 185.1. •
a
"FEARLESS AND FREE."
his eye, he demanded a hot roast fowl,
sonic gond brandy and a comfortable room
for the night. The landlord was excee&
ingly sorry, but he could not give him a
comfortable room ; the only place he could
sleep would be in a double-bedded room
with another gentleman. "Very well,"
said D.. "Let's have the best you've got."
After discussing his supper he turncd in,
and was soon sound asleep. His slumbers
were doomed to be of short, duration, for
before )(mg. he was awakened by cries of
"Sir! sir! sir !" from the other bed.
"Bless my soul !" cried D. thrusting his
glass to his eyes, and endeavoring to peer
through the dark ; "What's the matter, my
dear fellow? Is tke house on lire, or. are
there bugs in your bed !"
"Neither, sir ; but, sir, you snore so ter
ribly that I can't steep, sir—terrific, sir."
"Bless my soul!" repeated D., very much
shocked, "that ever I should be so rude as
to snore in a gentleman's presence! I real
!ly ask your pardon, sir, and beg . you'll
Verld.ok' t ; it wasn't intentional, • I aSsure i
you. ,,
The - 'apology was accepted, a "good
night" was exchanged,• and both parties'
went to sleep again. Soon, however, a ,
rumbling sound was heard in D.'s bed', ev
ery- moment growing louder, until at last it
resembled threatrical thunder.
The other lodger, driven almost, to mad-
ness, started up and exclaimed, - •
"Ry gracious !• this is too much—i can't'
stand it. Sir! sirs sir ! Wake up, sir!""
"BlesS my soul! What's• the matter
now?" cried D., 'starting up in the, bed;
you seem to - be very restless, sir."
"Restless, sir? 1 believe you," said the
disturbed, one, "you've been snoring again
sir, and I - cannot get to sic*"
"You don't say so !" said D., "have I
been repeating my rudeness to you, sir?
I am really extremely sorry, my, dear sir,
but Lwaa really asleep. Good night—
very serry ;" and he went again, and
began snoring as loudly as ever, and was a
gain awakened by his room mate's com
plaints.
"Snoring .again, have I, sir!" .said D.,.
"Nell the fact is, I have had a hard day's
journey and eaten a hearty supper, and it
I snore I can't help it, I have apologized
twice, and it is sufficient. I am now a
bout to go to sleep again, but allow me to
inform you, sir, that if you awake me up
again, snoring or not snoring I'll just get
up and give you the worst thrashing that
you over had in the whole course of your
life! Good night, sir." His slumbers
were undisturbed.- 7 N. 0.: Picayune.
A JAMMU AT FAULT.—Every body in
Philadelphia, and out of Philadelphia, we
believe (says the Germantown Telegraph,)
knows or has heard ocGotlieb Sheerer, a
talli robust, well-formed .German, with a
small twinkling eye, and a look that tells .
you, quite as distinctly as language, that
he "knows a thing or two." Being call,
ed upon the stand as a witness on One oc
casion, he was catechised rather severe
ly, (as the story goes,) by Mr. Dallas, who
expected to make out a strong point by e.;
liciting something something from the fol
lowing questions
“Were you at Harrisburg, Mr. Sheerer,
in December?”
~ A t Harrisburg in December, did you
say, Mr. Dalla ?"
"Yes, sir, 1. said at Harrisburg in s I)e7
cember."
Putting his head down thoughtfully for
a moment,-he replied:
"No, sir, I w•as not."
"Were you at Harrisburg in January,
Mr. Sheerer ?"
„ At Harrisburg in January, did you say,
Mr. Dallas ?”-
"Yes, sir, I said at Harrisburg in Janu
ary."
Relapsing into a thoughtful mood for a
moment:
"No, sir, I was not at I-larrisbusg in Jan
uary ?" •
“Well, Mr. Sheerer, were you at Har
risburg in .February?”
"Did you. say at Harrisburg in Februa
ry, Mr. Dallas?"
"Yes, sir --,answer me if you please-4'
said at Harrisburg in February."
Studying for a moment or two as before
"No, sir, I was not at Harrisburg in
February."
Getting somewhat out of patience with
him, Mr . D., elevating his tone, demanded:
"At what time, then, Sir, were you at
Harrisburg?"
"At Harrisburg? At Harrisburg, Mr.
Dallas ?-=l/eas never at Harrisburg in
my life, sir."
Of course the Court adjourned instanter.
ENING, MARCH 6, 1846.
to record at the foot of the page some notice
of the day's business.. Thus they learned
to write > to spell, to correct their style, to
think, and to express their thoughts direct
ly and simply, and not one of them but has
since borne testimony of the value and ef
ficiency of this apparently trifling portion
of their school routine. In throwing out
these hints for the consideration of parents
and tcaehers,,,we also remind persons al
ready engaged in the active duties of life,
of the value, for future reference, of such a'
neat, portable record of the striking inci
dents of each day, as can be conveniently
set down in a pocket diary. People arc
constantly trying to recollect, but vainly,
the date of certain incidents, as a clue of
ten to.other important affairs, which could
be turned to With perfect certainty, if the
use of a diary ivere habitual. The prac
tice has so many advantages in face that
few who have for any time tried the effect,
ever give up the habit of keeping a . rep,
lar Journal.. It is the anchor of a- IMsiliess
Sidi.
COSTLINESS OF Themotos.—Christians,
in this land of civil and religious freedoin,
where every one can do as is right in his
own eyes, sometimes complain of the calla
upon their purse for the Support of reli
gious worship at home, and the diffusion
of its blessings abroad ; but CluiatianitY,
compared with any of the nunner - obs forms
of heathenism, is a cheap religion, apart
from its healthfulinfienee upon all the so
cial and domestiC , interests of man. Let
any one who doubts this, read Rev. Mr.
Kincaid's description of the pagodas in
Birnah, found in the “Missionary Memo
rial," from-which the following is an ex
tract :
"It was near evening when we came before Men
goon. the largest pagoda, or temple, in the empire.
The grandiather of the present reigning monarch
of 13irmalt reared this vast pile. In the centre of
the enormous structure, (covering malty acres,).
in a room twenty cubits square, are placed images
of each member. of the royal family, made of Pure
gold ; and the amount of gold in each iniage is
equal in weight to the individual lbr whom it
was made ; and alio images of each nobleman in
the empire, of, pure white silver, and the silver
weighed against each man. Every_ thing about
this pagoda is on a scale of vastness almost over,
powering. Asa specimen, the two lions that
guard the stairs leading from the' river up to the
enclosure, though in a couchant posture; are nine
ty feet high."
THE Btn is PuEctous.—SOrne men neg
lect the Bible as other§ neglect a 'valuable
picture. It is thrown by and buried a
mongst. the dust and rubbish. But when
examined, it will prove to be a cost
ly original, done by a Supreme Hand : a
greater than Rubens, Raphael, or, Michael.
Angelo. While - neglected and sullied, it
seemed worthless ; it appears now of ex
traordinary value. Its curious lines ap
pear, the strokes of a Great MaSter's hand
are seen, more and more admirable linea
ments are discovered, and the soul 'is at
least enamored at the contemplation. • •
TUE HAPPY GIRL.-Ay, she is a happy
girl—we know it by her fresh looks and
buoyant spirits. Day in and day out, she
has something to do, and she takes hold of
work as if she did not fear to soil her
hands, or dirty her apron. Such girls we
love and respect wherever we find them—
in a palace or in a hovel. Always plea
sant and always kind, they never turn .up
their noses before your face or slander
you behind your back. They have more
good sense and better employment.—
.What are flirts and bustle-bound girls in
comparison with these .? Good for no
thing but to look at; and that is rather dis
gusting. Give us the industrious and hap
py girl, and we care not who worships fash
ionable and idle simpletons.
WISDOM AND VIRTIJE.--Ainber attracts
a straw ; so does beauty adthiration; which
only lasts while the warmth Continues ; but
virtue, goodness, and real worth, like the
loadstone, never lose tlMir pOwer. They
are the true graces—linked and tied hand in
hand ; it is by their influences that human
hearts are so firmly united to each' other.
INFLUENCE.—Every person has more
Or less influence. The greater the talent,
the larger the wealth, the higher the office,
the wider will be .the influence. Remem
ber this, and so live that your good deeds
and daily example may lead to truth and
virtue.
DEATIA, lly LIGHTNINCL , ---M iss Caroline
Goodman, an interesting }feting lady of a
bontsixteen years of age, daughter of Duke
W. Good Mani Esq., was killed by light
ning on last Saturday night week, at Mo
bile, Alabama, whilst lying in bed • asleep.
Her mother and child were in the same bed
but escaped without injury.
GREAT SNOW bairrs.—The Brooklyn
Star reports the snow drifts in many places,
between that. city and, the narrows, to be
twenty feet in depth !
A. Stam.E. , --Did iteveroceur toyou that
the eatly - notes of the birds may bo, like
the prayers of children, an offering ofgrat,
de 11r protecuOu daring the night ?,
TERMSTVVO DOLLAR" PIM IL!IitIPI,3
WHOLE NO. 831
A CAPITAL "GOOfille STORT.-4 coins's:A:lent
of the New York Spirit of the Tiniest, tam, the
folioed:le—which is very good:— . ~ , , ~,
Away down in the "smart ; village" , "uf
Cincinnati, there vegetates a certain ,hotel
keeper, who, for cuteness, is, "Solite," Ypu
.., • . ~
I%
i •ty depend. Having been frequetOym2 7
po ed upon while supplying his bountiful' *
lar pr with the article of geese, bythe Wiltle,
aWake "Buckeye" biaters, he deerhp4 i At
high time to .try if cheating ivaiitill.a . game
that two could play at. , So, ono mottling
bright and early, he presents - himself i bi)..
fore one of the numerous firmer's Wagops
surrounding the market Squares;4lth a—
"I s-s-say, f7r-fr-friend-g-rgOt any g-g.-
geese?" [The poor fellow hai Charles
Lainb's defect of Speech.]
"Yes, sir, fine lOt---"
~
Vie k-gtr-got, up tO.•.iny
h-h-house, the all-f-firefiredest set 'of h-b r
boys for ig-g-geese, you ever imp;
and I want to h-h-head 'em °fro fetis,.wit4
some t-t-tough ones; e-e 7 calet .yOu , p-p
-pick me out a few old :t-t-tough h-11-h,-ho
fellers ?".',
"Well, I don't know, biltlgliess I might
find one or two," and so turning over his
pile of poultry, he collects on one ,side .of
the wagon some eight Or tengeese, whose
claim to the title of"old he fellers" needed
no corroborative proof of "Nootka Sound
Convention," or."Treaty,of Florida," hut
might justly be pronounced "eleai.and.un
.
gpospopahle,"
.Mine host" eyed the process ofacgro‘
gation with evident satisfaction.
"Are 1-t-thOse all . the . t4=tough ones
you've g-g-got?".
"Yes, sir, and I vote I didn't know I had
so many."
“Well,” was the reply,
I'll t-t-t-take the other 1-1-lot !"
TILE BEADLE AND THII - COUNTRT*AWINw
A short time 'since one of the beadlti: of
N—,- took --a quantity of butter .froin
countryman because it. was'> deficient, in ,
weight ; and meeting him a Pe* days after
in a public houie, said to him== • •
a you are the man took' - the twenty- 4
pounds of butter from the other day." •
"No, :I bean't," replied Bodge:
am sure you are," say* the behdle. '
'I tell you I bean't," replied 'the toun
tryman,-"and if you likes, Ilt lay tube
o'unea on't." .
"Done I." replied thdbeadle, and itlinincw
ney was quickly posted.
"Now," said the couptiyman,"thou did
take lumps of butter from the; butif'lhey
had been tWeiny poundt, you'd ha s'e .
right to take 'em ; and , this.' .continuedle,
very coolly pocketing 'the moneY, , iwilljust
pay me for the loss of the butter."
SONO OF THE SHIRT,- , A- _EH E
kh ` ,at
Cambridge. Mass., has invented a lidding
machine which will render, the ialios
this song more apiireptiatiilian eier, `ll,
is very compact not occupying a space of_
more than about six inches each way,.
runs with so, much ease that. we shonld,'
suppose one person might - easilii ,
°Pirate ,
tiventy.or thirty of client, and ~the work is
done in a most thorottgli and perfect'
ner. Both sides of the seams look 'alit e,
appearing hi be beautifully stitched, and the
seam is closer and more uniform;han.when
sewed by hand. It Will sew stiaight". Or
curved seahis with equal facilitY;'aria sci
rapidly that it 'takes but two mintit6i to
sew the whole length Of, the outiide'
of a pair of men's pantaloons. It Sets 400
stitches a minute with pertec &Sae, and
the proprietor thinks difficulty
in setting I'oo in a 'minute. 'lle thraid
less worn by this processand conseq4ent
ly retains more of its strengtii.,. The ,sitn'4..
plicity of the' construction Of
and the accuracy, rapidity and perfacliqii
of its operation, will place it in the , same
rank with the card machine, the dtraW braid
er, the pm niachine,ancl the coach 1.44 (l`torri
—machines, which never 'fait to coniniand ,
the admiration of every
GROWTH AND PROSPERITY OF THE WEST. •
—An interesting article in. The : National
Magazine Contains, some striking fact con.
cerning the growth and, prospects , of ithat
wonderful region. , The prochictiVe 'indus ! ;!
try of the • nine: States -hindering , on: th‘•
Western waters is thus set forth r—Agriml
culture, $194,684,805; 'manufactures, , 31341'
227,785;, commerce, 28,322,413;; the' far. 4 , ,,
est, 3,370,794 ;
. mines, .8,008,378 v . , .
eries, 1'1,717—t0ta1, , .5270,521,932:-I! Add,
yet the entire . populatiori, according-to the
last census, of these nine statesisless than
five and a hay millions of people:
gle individual in Cincinnati has.,negotiatet
drafts through 'the hanks to thei annual -'itU
mount of from $20,000 , to 25,000illittihe'.
proceeds of eggs shipped from that Aity to! ,
New Orleans. ,
. ,
RESUMPTION 07 STATE FArTI; KUM.
r.min.—A bill was presented in the Airy.
land Legislature, on Tueiday, introdicnd
by Mr. Johnson, for theTundinglofdie,g;
rears of interest on the Stat; doelip,to the,
first of July next and the rbsuniptiiiii:Of,.
payment of interest accruing tinyff#tnik,
the Ist of OCtober ensuing. Ti1f,,EF,,V41 1 ,.
Of interest funded are to be at Mtn ger
per annum. This is truly the most `iri.
portant bill of the. session. ~• :
DEATH Fitom INTEMPERANthre-;4' Irak
named Peter Robey, was recently
dead near Upper Marlboto.Md.', , Hiphilf, ,
been..drinking too freelY , of eprrittionadnit;
uors and, got foundred in a, NUM- ilottni• ititt: A
his w ay halitie• ;t , TC:7;! .C 4.4
. ,
The lens notic e we-take -of the% . . 1
injoriertbst ate dun. nn, - thelatetS'il
.qujim,-ntotit •
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