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THE MADISONIAN.
VOL. V.- NO. IB | WASHINGTON CITY, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1841. [WHOLE NO. 715
THE MADISONIAN.
THOHAR ALI BR,
Editor *?,; Rroyrle?iJ.
AGENTS
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aJeluiiia.
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George W. Btr" , Buffalo, N. York.
Hyi.vanuh Stivens, New Haven, Cl.
K |>. Fo?TER, Boston, MaM.
Weston F. Bihch, Fayette, Missouri.
Jusun Snow, Detroit, Michigan.
Fowxer ?V Woodward, St. Louis, Mo.
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NAVY SUl't*ljll?8 FOR 1842.
Navy Commissioner's Office,)
September 29, 1841. J
PROPOSALS, sealed and endorsed, will be re
ceived at this office unlil 3 o'clock, P. M. of
Monday, the 1st November next, for furnishing and
delivering al the Navy Yards at Portsmouth, N. 11.,
Charles town, Mass., Brooklyn, N. Y., Philadelphia,
Washington, I). C., Qosporl, Va., and the Baltimore
Naval Siation, respectively, such quantities of the fol
lowing articles, of (be best quality, that may be order
ed or required from the contractors by the tesnective
Commanders or Commanding Officers at said Navy
Yurds and Naval Station, or by the Navy Agents, re
spectively, during the year 1842, for the use of the
Navy of the Unitid Stales, viz.
No. 1. Bolt and Sheet Copper (not rolled)
No. 2. Hound, fiat, and square Iron
No. 3. 8u|>eifiiie Flour
No. 4. Ship Biscuit (made from superfine flour of
the u anufacture of the years 1841 or 184'.)
No. 5. Whiskey
No f>. Butter
No. 7. Sperui Candle#
No. H. Sperm Oil
No. 9. Linseed Oil (in its raw state)
No. 10. Puints (the several article* named in the
pi in ted offers)
No. 11. Molasses, Vinegar, Rice, and White
Beans.
It ia distinctly understood, however, thst per
sons who may offer are not to have any claim oi privi
lege to furnish any greater quantity ot any article
than mav be expiessly ordered.
It is also to be understood that, when peraons reside
at other places than those near which they engage to
furnish articles, they will be required to appoint and
duly authorize some person, resident at or near the
place of delivery, to receive and act upon the requisi
tions or orders which may be made.
And it is also to be understood, that in casethe per
son who contracts, or his ngerrt, sha'l neglect or fail
to comply with the requisitions or orders be may re
ceive for articles under bis contract, in proper time and
of prO|ier quality, the oftici rs or agents of the Navy
?hall be authorized to purchase the same, and the con
tractor shall be liable for any excess of Cost oyer the
contract price.
Separate proposals must be made tor each class of
articles for each Navy Yard and for the Baltimore
Naval Station. The blank offers furnished to indi
viduals must hare all the blanks carefully filed up,
and must be subscribed as directed in the note on the
face of e-ich form, and the offers must he unqualified
and unconditional.
Bonds, with two approved sureties, in one-third the
estimated amounts of the respective contracts, will be
required, and 10 |>er centum in uddition will be withheld
from the amount of each payment to be made, as col
lateral security for the due and faithful performance of
the re*|cctive contracts; which will, on no account,
be paid until the contracts are complied with in all re
spects, unless specially nuthorizii! by the Board of Na
vy Commissioners. After deducting ten per centum,
payment will be made by the United Stales within
thirty day* alter the *aid articles shall have been in
spected and received, and bills for the *ame presenti d
tu the Navy Agent, approved by the Commanders or
Commanding Officers of the respective Navy Yards
and Navul Station aforesaid, according to the terms of
the contracts.
The Board of Navy Commissioners Reserve to them
selves the right to reject all offers from persons who
have heretofore failed to fulfil their contracts.
Blank forms of offers for each denomination of arti
cles will be furnished by the respective Navy Agents
or Commanding Officers, to persons applying for them,
ami upon which all offers should be made strictly con
forming to the directions which they contain. Sam
ples of the biscuit will be lodged with the Command
ing Officers of the respective Navy Yards nnd Naval
Station. 001
U'To lie published in the National Intelligencer,
Madisonian, Army & Navy Chronicle, Alexandria
Gazette, and Globe, in the Distiict of Columbia; Ports- .
mouth Journal, New llain|?hire; Vermont Watch
man and State Journal, and the People's Press, in
Vermont, Boston Daily Advertiser, Boston Atlas,
Boston Courier, and Essex Register, in Massachu
setts; New Yoik Express, and New York Commer
cial Advertiser, in the State of New York; North
American and Daily Advertiser, in Pennsylvania;
Baltimore Patriot, and Baltimore American, in Mary
land; Norfolk and Portsmouth Herald, Richmond
Whig, and Frcdeiicksburg Arena, in the State of Vir
ginia.
POTOMAC BRIDGE?The subscriber will re
ceive proposals until the 25th of October nelt.for
the supply of 446,700 feet of pine timber, the growth
of Virginia or Maryland, 121,000 feet to be delivered
this full. The dimensions of the timber will vary
from 14 by 14 to 12 by 12, and of various lengths,
particular bills of which will be furnished the con
tractor ; it must \ieof the best quality, hewn or sawed
square, and delivered at the bridge, or at such places
in its vicinity as the Engineer may direct, and be sub
ject to his inspection.
Twenty per cent will be retained of the Value of
such portion of th?timber as shall have been deliver
ed, which per centSge shall be paid on the fulfilment
of the contract, or forfeited on a failure of the con
tractors.
Persons offering for the above will address the un
dersigned, endorse their bids "Propossls for Pine Tim
ber. and enclose them to Colonel J. J. Abert, T typo
graphical Bureau, Washington.
Persons desiring to bid tot the abovs Timber will
be furnished with a particular bill of lengths &c. upon
application to the subscriber in person or by letter
(po-t paid) at Georgetown, D. C.
WM TURNBULL,
Major Topographical Engineers.
sept 18 tOct 25.
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
Session 1841 -'42.
rr,IIE Lectures will commence on Monday, the 1st
X of November, and be continued, under the fol
lowing ariangement, to the m ddlo of Match ensuing
Piuctice and theory of Medicine, by Nathaniel
Chapman, M D.
Chemistry, by Robert Hare, M.D.
? Surgery, l>y William Gibson, M D.
Anatomy, by William E Horner, M D.
Institutes ot Medicine, by Samuel Jackson, M D.
Obstetrics find the Diseases of Women and Chil
dleli, bv Hugh L. Hodge, M D
Clinical Lectures on Medicine, by W. W. Gcr
hnril, M. D , nml
(.'limed Lectures on Surgery, by Drs. Gibson and
Horner, will t>e delivered at the Philadelphia Hospital
(Rlockley ) Student* are also admitted to the Clini
cal Instruction ut (lie Pennsylvania Hospital, in the
City.
W. E HORNER,
Dean of the .Mcdicnl faculty,
aug * l,-%.i?t ' iv. 15 2t>3 < iieenut street, t kit.
Head UrohrtHH, Marine Coki>?, )
Waihingtun City, Oct. 4th, 1841. J
SEPARATE Pru|Kitala will bo received at the office
of the Uuarlcrmuslcr ol' the Marine Corp*, in
this city, until lit o'clock, on Wednesday, the lOlti
day of November next, tor furnishing ration* to the
United State* Munnea at the following *tal ions, for
the year IM2:
PorUmoulh, New Hani|*>l)ire;
Charlestowri, Massachusetts ;
Brooklyn, Lon){ l.lund, New York ;
Philadelphia, Pennaylvania ;
Gosport, near Norfolk, Virginia;
Penaacola, Florida; and
Washington City, District of Columbia.
The rationa to conaiat of one pound and a quarter
of freah beef, or three quarters of a pound of meaa
pork, eighteen ounces of bcid or flour, at the option
of the Government', and at the rate of ail pound* of
good clean coffee, twelve pound* of good New Orlean*
*ugar, eight quart* of bean*, four quart* of vinegar,
two quart* of *alt, four pound* of aoap, and one and
a half pounu* of good dipped candle* to each hundred
raliona.
It i* understood that the full aide of beef (neck and
shins excluded) l>e delivered, if required ', if auch
quantity be not required, that the fore and hind quar
tet* be delivered alternately. And the bread or flour
?hall be of auperfine quality. All the article* to be
unexceptionable, and to lie i**ued to the troop* with
out expenae to the United States.
Proposal* to be endorsed " Proposal* for Ration*
for 1842."
AUG. A. NICHOLSON,
Quartermaster.
oct 5?3tawtl0thNov.
The American Sentinel, and Pcnnsylvanian, Phil
adelphia; the Portsmouth Gazette, New Hamp*hire;
the New York Evening Po*t, the New York Herald,
and the New York Enquirer; the Baltimore Republi
can; the Norfolk Beacon; the Norfolk Herald; the
Richmond Enquirer, and Richmond Whig; the Al
exandria Gazette, Alexandria, D. C.; and ihe Penaa
cola Gazelle, will give the above three insertion* each
per week, and tend one copy of the'advertisement to
accompnny the account when forwarded to this office
for payment.
Treasury Department, Oct. 7, 1841.
BOOKS MISSING out ?f the Library of ihe
Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, sup
posed to be loaned, and the borrower* forgttting to
return them, viz.
First volume of H?llam'a Middle A^es.
Fir*t volume of Russell's Modern Europe.
Second volume ol Bjncroll'* History of the Uni
ted State*.
Wheaton on International Law.
oct. 9?3t
CIRCULAR.?The partnership heretofore exit
ing between Messrs POPE li GIBBS, a* At
torney* und Counsellors at Law, and Solicitor* in
Chancery, i* dissolved by consent.
They continue to practice individually in the Coun
ty court* of Coosa alul Autauga Counties?in the
Circuit Court* of Autauga, Coosa, Tallapoosa. Mont
gomery, Dallas, Bibb, Shelby, St Clair and Tallade
ga Counties?io the CHANCERY Courts held for
ttie same Counties?in the SUPREME Court of
ALABAMA?and ihe District Court of the United
State* ul Tu?Caloosn.
[The alnive Circuit embraces the cities of Wetuni|>
ka and Montgomery, the townsot Selma and Cahaw
ba, and many other small tow ns and village*.]
B T. POPE, Wetniupka, Ala.
C. R. GIBBS, Columbian-!, A'a
Messr*. P. it G. renew the lender of their profes
sional services (individually) to those who have here
tofore entrusted husines* to their joint management,
and to the public generally.
Their fees fur collecting will be, a* heretofore, in
common case., viz:
For bringing suit on all liquidated demand*
(as Notes, Bills, Sic.) under ?200. ?10 00
For bringing suit on all liquidated demand*
exceeding $200,. - - - 5 per cent.
For bringing suit on unliquidated demanda.
(as accounts, &.C.) ?10 dollars added to
above fees.
For taking Interrogatories, Depositions, 6ic.
if not more than two page*, - - 5 00
If more than two pages, for every additional
two pages, or les?, - - - 5 00
In all casessued to judgment, and eiecution return
ed " no properly," half the above fees. If there is un
usual litigation and difficulty, or a resort to extraordi
nary measures is necessary to secute a debt, an addi
tional fee, in proportion to the service* required will be
charged.
Persons sending business from abroad requiring
proof, (as accounts, Ac ) to prevent delay, should send,
at the same time, the names and residences of wit
nesses, and the names of two or three lespcct.ible citi
zens in the neighborhood ot the witnesses, to act as
Commishioncrs to take their testimony.
Partners sending husine>-s should also send the in
dividual, as well as joint names of the firm.
References.?Jas. O. Proudlii, E>q. Wall *t. New
York; Messrs. Gilliland, Son & Harwell, Chailesion,
S. C ; Messrs. T.Goddard iV Co , Macon, Ga ; Wai.
Deari.ng, Esq., Athens, Ga.; Messrs. Holt <L Rose,
and linn. E S. Dargan, Mobile, Ala; Hon 11. W.
Milliard, Montgomery, Ala.; Messrs. Crenshaw &.
Bryan, A. Ready, E*q., Messrs. H. B. Bailey & Co,
and Messia James Trimble & Brothers, Wetumpka,
Alabama. oct 9?If
Library of Congress,
. October 11th, 1841.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the Library of Con
gress wdl be closed on Tuesday, the I9lh instant,
for the purpose of cleaning and arranging the books,
ami will not again be opened until Tuesday, ihe 23d
of November,
JOHN S. MEEHAN, Librarian.
Oct. 1- eol in.
PHRENOLOGICAL LECTURES?The^Ii
teiing recep ion that his fir?t Lecture has met
with from ilie members ot the Union Liierary and De
bating Society induces Dr. Hernis to deliver a whole
Course on Phrenology.
The Course will comprise from eight to ten Lec
tures, to be delivered on Monday*, Wednesday!*, and
Fridays, at the Medical College. The first Lecture
will take place on Wednesday evening, 13th instant,
at halt' past seven o'clock, ant! will be illustrated by a
variety of drawings, skulls, casts, etc., in a plain and
pracli. al manner.
At the close of each Lecture Dr H. will innkea pub
lic examination of a gentleman chosen from the au
dience.
To put it within the reach of all who take interest
in the science, Ihe price of admittance is but one dollar
to the whole Course.
ITT ickets at Dr. Hernia's office, nearly opposite
Brown's anil Gadi-by's, and at the Bookstores.
oct 11
CIABINET AND CHAIR FACTORY, 4 doors
) west of 4 1-2 stieet. James William* baa re
ceived by the schooner Allyne, a lot of high and low
back Nurse and Arm Rocking Chair* and Cabinet
Furniture.
Has on hand, and continues to manufacture, by
ex[icricnceil workmen, all kinds of Cabinet Furmluie,
and Cain ami Winsnr Chairs, Hair and Shuck Mat
trasses, China, Glass, ami Liverpool Ware.
Old furniture taken in exchange for new.
Old furniture repaired urd repainted.
Which will lie sold low tor caah, or on time lor good
pa per.
On hand, a good assortment of Mahogany, which
will be sold low for cash. oct 5?iw3w.
REMOVAL!! ? The stihi.cnl?er ba* removed Ins
STATIONERY STORE to Pennsylvania
Atcnue be: Ween 1'2th and 13th streets, where tie of
fer" u comp'ele assortment of Ameiican, English, and
French FANCY and STAPLE STATIONERY
of various qualities, and al the ni"sl reduced price*.
WM F. RAYLEY, Agent for
J. K DERRICK,
Pennsylvania A?., between 12th and 13th streets
' ct *2.
/ 1HEAP PAPERS?Fine Satin Surface Letter
v J I'aper, ruled on three sides, al $2 "25 per ream
Aim Folio Post, Foolscap, Double Cap, and Envel*
ope Paprts at reduced prices.
Rii'.^ta and other low priced Quills, suitable for
schools, for sale by WM. F. BAYLY,
{Agent .for J K llerrirk.)
Pennsylvania Avenue, bet. 12lh and I3lh sis
oct. '2
T AWS OF THE U. S. 1st SESSION 27ih
1 ? CONGRESS, aie published at this office in
pamphlet, by order of the Government, and a few etl
tra copies will l<e for sale to the public 21
iloctfcfll.
From the Knickirbo k*r.
TRUST IN HEAVEN
This woilil ia >11 a fleeting show,
Fur man'a illusion given;
The amilea of joy, the tears of wo,
Deceitful ahinv, deceitful flow?
There'* nothing (rue but Heaven !?Moor*.
Tru?l in Heaven!?when o'er thy path,
Cloude and teiniirata come in wrath ;
When thy grief oppressed! thee,
When obscured thy proapecta he,
When around thee miala are driven,
Heed them not, but truat in Heaven!
Truat in Heaven ! ? when morning lifta
Dp her hvad, and casta her gift*,
Light and dew upun the earih ;
When she brings the blossoms forth,
Till ahall shine the star* of even,
For a safeguard trust in Heaven!
Trust in Heuven !?when there afar
Burnetii many a glorious atai ;
Can'at thou doubt when thus her light
Gleama unahaded through the night
That protection may be given
To thy pillow !?trust in Heaven!
Trust in Heaven!?when one by one
Swill the watea of hope glide ou,
Leaving thee a wreck at last
On the shore whence they passed ;
Though thy heart be rung and riven,
Still forever trust in Heaven!
Truat in Heaven '.? when from its way
Those thou loveat go aalray ;
Sirive, still strive to bring them back
To ita straight and thornleas track ;
And that truth may soon be given
To their spirits, tiuat in Heaven!
Truat in Heaven!?it shall not fail,
When the daikest griefs prevail ;
Ai d when death at length shall come,
When around thee tpreada his gloom,
Pray that thou muy'st be forgiven?
Place thy dearest trust in Heaven!
From the Token for 184S.
HUNTING SONG.
BY ). C. PEHCIVAL.
Oh ! ree how the red-deer boundeth,
As he hears the horn in the morning;
He leaps, as the blast rei-oundeth,
In his flight, the hunter scorning.
And away, away, oh ! away,
He fltela through the forest drear;
'Tia more wild freedom1! play,
Than the hurried speed ot fear.
He leaps, a* the blnat resoundeth,
In his flight, the hunter scorning ;
And away, away he bi.undeth,
Aa he hems the horn in the morning.
Then oho I oho ! oho !
Away to chaae the deer?
Oho! oho! oho'
The free, the free are hero.
And on, through the forest fleeting,
tie hies to the rock-buiit fountain,
And hears but the echo, repeating
To the dells and glena of the mountain.
He rtaiids by the welcome spring,
And looks in the mirror below?
When, hark ! through the green wood ring
The horn and the loud oho!
He leapa, and the blast reaoundeth;
In his flight, the hunter scorning ;
And away, away he boundeth,
Aa he hears the horn in the morning.
Then oho ! oho I oho!
Away to chose the deer?
Oho ! oho ! oho!
The free, the free are here I
jWfsccUanrous.
AMERICAN AUTHORS IN ENGLAND.
From tht N. V. American.
Irving ; Charming ; Cooper ; Bancroft ; ( Tho
mas Campbell;) American Tourists ; 1ft/
lis; Mrs. Sigourney ; Miss Sedgewick ;
Duniel Webster, \c.
My dear C.?You request me to tell you how
the w ritings of Irving. Cooper, Bryant, and Wil
lis are regarded in the Father Land. 1 hardly
dare give you the results ot' my brief and hasty
observations on so delicate a topic. Before
whispering a few words in your friendly ear, tol
erate two or three preliminary observations?
like your loquacious old friend, Deacon B ,
in the ^Massachusetts Legislature, whocomnien
ced his maiden effort with " Mr. Speaker, I
wi?h to say a few words before I he<jinto speak."
You will not expect me to deny that the stand
ard of literary excellence is loftier in Great Bri
tain than in the United States. To dispute ibis
truth with the air and tone of a bragaart, estab
lishes, in theestimation of disinterested and can
did observers, the yefy | ostium it seeks to dis
prove. Such vaporing is too often dignilied by
American editors with the name of patriotism,
when it is the mere puffings and swellings of an
offended national pride; the most offensive form
in which pique and vanity can make themselves
ridiculous. Destitute alike of common sense and !
candor, it is equally removed from high-minded
love of country?the strutting offspring of a nar
row prejudice against every thing not of domes
tic growth. That he may be the wiser who is
yet to learn that the terms, eminent lawyer, elo
quent orator, brilliant poet ripe scholar, profound
philosopher, mean something more in London
than in Lexington. That equal talent and more
knowledge are diffused through our population,
from thp St. John's to the Sabine, than exist be
tween John O'Groat's house and Land's End is
true; but these intellectual treasures are not con
gregated in such heaps (if 1 may so speak) in
America as in England. This is our glory and
her shame; our blessing and her bane. And do
we envy foreigners their curses, even? Know
ledge and talent with us are diffused with sun
shine prodigality?like rights and wealth. Not
so England. They centre in the few. We nre
not only all created equal, but are born quasi
orators, poets, and philosophers. The Univer
sal Yankee Nation has "a gift" that way ; while
nine-tenths of her Majesty's subjects, like hump
backed Richard, enter the world not half made
up ; or, at all even's, leave it in that sorry plight.
Then, in asserting that a prodigious Etigli?h
man abiorbs into himself the intelligence of a
whole parish of poor drivellers, let Us not in the
same breath deny that he is a prodigy.
But, meihinks I hear you say, enough of these
un-American tiuth?: to the point.
Among the mere Es-ayists?the lighter por
lion of the literati?ihosc whowiite much and
prettily, but hever profoundly, Washington Ir
ving, of all other prose authors, carries the Eng
lish palm. But, aVnong the thinking, learned,
original portions of the liter.iry circles. Dr.
(""manning standi unrivalled. Greater numbers
admire Mr. Irving: mere intellect asserts the su
periority of Or. Channing. His reputation is
established with those who*# suffrages cannot be
won by a sentimental tale, however charmingly
told, or a superficial essay, though its every line
be a thread of gold.
Leathtut*Stocking is almost ss great a hero
in Britain as i.n America. A noted barrister,
who is alike conversant with Coke and the
. lassies, said to me, '? Your Cooper is a charm
ing writer?the Walter Sco t of America." He
was a proud, prejudiced Englishman, and per
haps the remark was meant quite as much for
equivocal coniplim' nt to my country, as to praise
the author of the Pioneeis
I think William Culi.en Bryant stands at
the head of the English list of American poets.
I speak with diffidence, however, when I re
member that Halleck, Dana, Piehpont, and
other stars in our beautiful constellation, have
their admiring attrullo^ers in the Old W orld.
When giving Thomas Campbell a hasty extem
pore sketch of some of our poets, as | mention
ed the name of Bryant, he fuddenly interrupted
me, and with great erupharfs said, "Ah. Bry
ant! he is a glorious poet f*
Apropos of Campbell. Be is getting old anu
nervous. I have met him two or three times;
and either he is exceedingly conceited and very
irritable, (the poet's license) or was excited with
wine. Probably all three,?so said his intimate
acquaintances. His person i< short and rather
stout; his eye dark and vivid ; his countenance
downcast and care-worn; and the sparse hair
which covers his well formed head is losing its
black, glossy hue, and showing the silver tints
of declining age. He |,a"l an enthusiastic tri
bute to the talents of Dr. Chtnning, declaring
his productions to oe unsurpassed by any author
in either country. He was very caustic on many
of our poets, and delighted in holding them up
to ridicule. " You Americans," said he, " vvr't^
splendid prose ; but your poetry is d -hie stull.
Campbell is excessively vain , and by nailery
you can inflate his balloon even to bursting.
Tiy it, C., if he ever derides American poets in
your presence; anil my word for it, his ridiculous
antics will give you ample revenge.
The book? of out tourists are read more gene
rally in Great Britain than any other portion ol
our current literature. John Bull, though bless
ed with an enormous orgtin ol self-esteem, is
not exempt from the common frailty of our na
ture?an itching ear to hear all ihat is said about
himself. When we tell unwelcome truths about
the Bull family, John tosses his head, and calls
us the prying, scandal loving Yankees. But
he never gets mad and gores himself. I rue, a
nerve twinges now and then. 1 have in my
a Dublin barrister, who lost his balance and
quite boiled over with rage, when pointing out
to me "a libel on the Irish character,' penned
by one of my countrymen. The leaves ol the book
which he held in his excited hand shivered with
fear, while he poured a Hood of fiery maledic
tion on the head of the author. Though I join
ed issue with him on several of his counts, I
was ready to confess that it required less effron
tery lor an American to quarter hiinsell in a
Duke's castle for a couple of weeks than to re
tail, through the agency of a bookseller, Ills
Grace's night-cap gossip after he got home.
Willis is on every body's table. Portions ol
his Pencilling*. Jottings, &c. have been illustra
ted with splendid folio engravings, and the tra
veller meets them at every turn. His delinea
tions of American scenery, illustrated by beau
tiful plates, are common. Wishing to consult
his " Pencillings," I went into a circulating li
brary in Londo-', and inquired for the work ?
The shopman handed it out, sayingi " A spright
ly book ; but you must not believe more than
half of it." I laughed, and told hiin Willis was ?
my countryman. "Clever??clever?clever wri
ter," said he, " but full of mistakesI smiled
at the Ijiblioihecary's graceful curve.
Mrs. SigoUknev ha* a large bevy of English
admirers. 1 think she is more generally known
than any other of our authoresses. Her poetry
is well esteemed by the religious part of the
literati. A lady whose works have been widely
read in this country, said to me, "I have been
delighted with Mrs". Sigourney's writings. She
is the American Felicia Hemans."
The compilations of Spahk* are read bv a
select few, and Marshall's Washington, the Ora
tions of Governor Everett, and the Forensic
Arguments of Daniel Webster, are often found
in gentlemen's libraries.
Of Webster, in passing. Our great citizen
left a deep impression on English society shall
1 say, deeptr than any other American who ever
visited the land of our sires? The influence
he exerted here was eminently favorable to our
country. His name is quite a household word
in all classes. 1 have been amused, as well as
gratified, a hundred times, in hearing him spoken
of. The lawyer's clerk would describe his im
posing appearance the day he visited ihe Court
of Chancery, attended by Lord Brougham, and
sat beside Chancell >r Cottonham. The phreno
logist would talk enthusiastically ol his ample
forehead, and the painter, of his piercing eye
and eloquent mouih. The agriculturist remem
bered his intelligent remarks, about seeds and
crops, and the coachman on the Dover route
tells of his shrewd criticisms of his blood-team ;
while the cockney, who had heard of Dr. John
son, would talk of Webster'4 great dictionary !
Not merely the circle in which he moved knew
Mr. Webster as the profound and comprehen
sive lawyer and eloquent Senator, but the mass
es heard of " the distinguished American," from
ihe land of prairies and wild Indians.
Though 1 will not stay to speak of the hea
vier class of authors, living and dead?the
Edwards' the Dwights. the Sillimans, the Noah
Websters, et ed genus ovine?I cannot forbear
saying, that our religious literature, current and
past, bears wide sway in Great Biitain, and
that " the American Dictionary of the English
Language," is esteemed the best standard ex
tant, both at Cambridge and Oxford. And 1
know you will rejoice to hear me add, that an
American lawyer, treading the walks ol Lin
coln's Inn, or the Temple, or treading the vene
rable mazes of W csimmsier Hall, will find the
name of Story a ready passport to favors and at
tentions whicli he could not otherwise easily ob
OUR NORTHEASTERN BOUNDARY.
Correspondence of the Portland Advrrti?cr.
Houlton, Sept. 27, 1841.
From Frederickton I took the stage for Wood
stock, a distance of 64 miles. The route is en
tirely upon the banks of the river over a well
constructed road by the Government The banks
of the river now become more hilly, but its bed
is adorned the whole distance with very rich
and productive islands, and in many places
there are wide tracts of intervales bordering the
stream, which aflord tiije crops of grass and
grain. The principal productions upon this ri
ver are bay, potaioes and wheat; not enough
wheat, however, is grown to -upply the inhabi
tants-with bread. A considerable quantity of
flour is import! d from ihe States, and ihe price
being about SI 50 a barrel above that ol our
markets; the duty is 40 cents, I think, a barrel.
Potatoes are wprih from 30 to 60 cents; this
year the average is higher in consequence of
short crops. The quality is superior to that ol
those raised in Maine.
Woodsto lies about 12 miles along the ri
ver, which is h re 300 yards wide. It contains
three villages, a population of 3,1 SO souls, and
four or live houses of worship. 1 wo ol these
are Episcopal, and iherc are societies of < atlio
lics, Methodi-ts, and Presbyterians. The prin
cipal village is situated at ihe mouth ol the Me
duxnekea.', which ri-es in Maine and flows
through Houlton. At its mouih ihere is a fine
lumber and fljur mill, and oih r saw mills U| on
its course. The land in V\ oodsiock is very ex
cellent, abounding in intervales, and possessing
large agricultural facilities, far exceeding tny ex
pectation. The road fo Quebec follows the
bank of the river 70 miles to the G and halls
from Woodstock, and across the I emi-couata
portaie to the St. Lawrence. It i- much tra
velled at hie present tini? . and is the re ort ol
lumbermen, who are now driven as far into the
interior as the Aroostook, Madawaskaand Lake
Temiscoujta, for timber, of which no supplies
of the|ir*t quality are to be found nearer home.
They depend upon that region for the principal
portion of their lumber. 1 his may be one rea
son that the New-Brunswickers are to very te
nacious in their claim to the 'disputed territory
it touches them in the matter of dollars and
cent), which has a strong and direct tendency
to inHame their public ardor. I remember that
no longer ago than last year, the whole province
was in a flame, and public meetings were nu
merously attended, because it was proposed in
England to impose an additional duty of a few
shillings on the ton of timber imported into Great
Britain from the Colonies.
But notwithstanding all ihe loyalty of the pro
vincialisti, I do not think they want a war wiili
the United States. The mass of the people
dread it, and deprecate all hostile movements on
either side of the border. They were fearful
that the election of Go^ ernor Fairfield might iu
I volve the countries in new troubles, and hazard
the peace and happiness of both.
The ride from Woodstock to Houlton, 12
mile?. is very pleasant and over a fine road ; you
cross the boundary line explored by Major Gra
ham, within about a mile of the latter village.?
He has cut a*nv ihe trees for the space of 20
feet, to enable him lo see his stations at distant
points. His line passes east of the old explo
ring line, and contrary to the survey of Bouch
etie in 1817, but corresponding to that of Keath
erstonhaugh and Mudge ; he finds the bed of the
Meduxnekcag where the line crosses it, about
500 feel lower than the land at the monument.
Ilts station is now at Blue Hill, in the neighbor
hood ol Mars Hill, from which he has a clear
view of the station at Houlton, and can there
fore easily and correctly draw his line between
the two points.
There is an admirable view of Mars Hill
from Houlton, apparently !J0 miles distant to the
north. It rises solitary and alone from its level
base, a prominent landmark to all the country
round ; and the country in every direction is
comparatively level, with an occasional detached
elevation rising as that does from its own ba.se,
without any pretension to a chain or range of
mountains or highlands in any quarter. So
manifest was this that an intelligent English
man in my company observed, " that he must
confess that there did not appear to be any chain
of highlands from that poi t."
To the west, a little north, we had a fine view
of Chasses mountain, 40 miles distant, on the
Sebois river, rearing its devated and pointid
summit about 3,000 feet above the level of the
sea, and Ktaadn a little south of west, the prince
of Maine mountains, which presented its bold
and stronjjiy marked front to our t ager observa
tion 50 miles off, rising 2,500 fevt above the sea.
It is the highest land, except Mount Washing
ton, east of the Rocky Mountains.
The barracks at Houlton contain at present
but 200 soldiers ; they are situated on a beautiful
spot, commanding extensive views, particularly
on the north and west; the town lies in a valley
below it, containing two churches and some
pretty houses. The first frame house was built
in the town 34 years ago by Mr. Houlton, a pro
prietor of the tract, who emigrated from Massa
chi setts, and planted himself in this wilderness,
to which there was no access except by the St.
John's river, by which he inttoduced himself and
family into his solitary residence. His children
are now enjoying the fruits of their father's en
terprise and spirit. Mr. Sheppard Cary has a
very comfortable establishment here, and has
recently erected at an expense of some twelve or
fourteen thousand dollars, an extensive flour
mill, which will enable hirn to supply the coun
try around with flour of as good a quality as the
wheat is capable of making.
The ride from Houlton to Bangor, 116 miles,
is not very interesting until you draw near
to the capital of this part of the country.?
The soil confessedly is much inferior to that
upon the St. John, but by the genius, enterprise
and activity of our people it is made to adminis
ter to the wants of a population as attached as
any other to their home, and more increasing
than that to which nature has been more boun
tiful.
Colonel Trumbull.?The following extract
from the forthcoming Autobiography of the dis
tinguished gentleman who has done so much to
illustrate by his pencil our national history, and
especially the pride of our Revolutionary strug
gle, will be read with deep interest:
A \oble Example of Early Times.?About
the year 1776 a cucumstance occurred, which
deserves to be wtillen on adamant. In the
wars of New England with the aborigines, the
Mohegan tribe of Indians early became friends
of the English. Their favorite ground was on
the banks of ihe river (now the Thames,) be
tween New London and Norwich. A small
remnant ol' the Mohegans still exist, and they
are sacredly protected in the possession and en
joyment of their favorite domain on the banks of
the Thames. The government of this tribe
had become hereditary in the family of the cel
ebrated Chief Uneas. During the time of my
father's mercantile prosperity, he had employed
several Indians of this tribe in hunting animals,
whose skins were valuable for their fur. Among
these was one named Zachary, of the ro\al
race, an excellent huuter as ever lived. When
he had somewh.it passed the age of fifty, seve
ral members of the royal family, who stood be
tween Zachary and the throne of his tribe, died,
and he lound himself with only one left between
him and the empire. In this moment his better
genius resumed us sway and he reflected seri
ously. "How can such a drunken wretch as 1
am aspire to be the chief of this honorable
race? Can 1 succeed to the great Uncas? I
will drink no more."
He solemnly resolve ! never again lo taste
any drink but water, and he kept his resolu
tion.
1 had heard this story, and did not entirely
believe it; youn_' as I was, 1 had already par
took m the prevailing contempt for Indians. In
the beginning of May the annual election of the
principal officers of the (then) colony was held
at Hartfoid, the capital.
My father attended officially, and it was cus
tomary for the chief of the Mohegans also to
attend. Zachary had succeeded to the rule of
of his tiibe. My father's liou.se was situated
midway on the road between Mohegan and
Hartford, and the old chief was in the habit of
coming a few days before the election, and di
ning with his brother governor. One day the
mischievous thought stiuck me, tx> try the sin
cerity of the old man's temperance. The fam
ily were seated (at dinner, and there wa< excel
lent home-brewed bet r oil the table. 1 addressi d
the old chief?''Zachary, this beer is excellent;
will you taste it!"
The old man dropped his knife and fork?
leaned forward with stern intensity of expres
sion ; his black eye parking with indignation
was fixed on me "John," said he, "you do not
know wnat you are doing. You are serving the
devil, boy! I tell you that 1 am an Indian! 1
tell you that I am, and that, if I should but taste
your heir, I coula not stop until I got to rum,
and become again the drui.k? n, Contemptible
wretch, your faih r rem? mbers me to have b en.
John, while you live, never tempt any man to
break a good resolution." Socrates never ut
tered a mure valuahl- precept. L)emo?thene?
could not have given it in more solemn tones of
loquence. I was thunder truck. My parents
were deeply affected j th v looked at ? ach other,
at me, and at the venerable old Indian, with
deep feelings of awe and respect. Tin y after
wards frequently reminded me of the sc< ne,
and charged me niver to forgtt it. Zachary
lived to pas* the age of eighty, ami sacredly
kept his resolution. He lies buncd in lhe royal
burial place of hit tribe, uear the beauti:ul tall*
ofihe Yantic, the western luanch ofihe Thaun *,
in Norwich, on land now owed by my friend,
Calvin Goddard, Esq. I visited the grave of
the old chief lately, and repiatcd to myself his
inestimable lesson.
PHILOSOPHICAL FACTS.
Sound travtls at the rate of 111 I fe? t per se
cond in the air, 4 960 in water, 11,000 in ca t
iron, 17,000 in steel, 18,000 in gla s, and fioni
4,630 to 17,01 0 in wood.
Mercury freezes at 38 degrees Fahrenheit,
and becomes a solid mass, malleable uudtr the
hammer.
The greatest height at which the visible
cloud* ever exist does not exceed ten miles.
Air is about 816 limes lighter than water.
The pressure of the atmosphere upon tvery
square foot of the earih amounts to 2,100 lbs.?
An ordinary sized man, supposing his surfaceto
be 14 square feet, sustains the enormous pres
sure of 30,240 pounds.
Heat ratifies air to such an extent that it may
be made to occupy 5 or GOO tunes the space it
did before.
The violence of the expansion of whm
freezing is sufficient to cleave a globe of copper
of such thickness as to require a force,of 28^900
lbs. to produce the same eli'ect.
During the conversion of Ice into water, 110
degrees of heat are absorbed.
H ater, when converted into steam, increases
in bulk 1,800 times.
One hundred pounds of water of the Dead
Sea contain 45 pounds ol salt.
The meau annual depth of Haiti that falls at
the Equator is 96 inches.
Assuming the temperature of the interior of
the earth to uicrea-e uniformly as we descend,
at the rate of oue degree in 46 feet, ai the depth
of 00 miles it will amount to 480,000 d? gri es
Fahrenheit?a degree of heat sufficient to fuse
all known substances.
The explosive force of closely confined Gun
powder is six and a half ions to the >quare inch.
Hailstones sometimes fall with a vtlocity of
113 feet in a second?Haiti 34 feet in a se
cond.
The greatest artificial Cold ever produced h
91 degrees Fahrenheit.
Electricity moves with greater velocity than
light, which traverses 200,000 miles ol space in
a second of lime.
Thunder can be heard at a distance of 30
miles.
Lightning can be seen by reflection, at the
distance of 200 miles.
EXCEHPT8.
Men are so employed about themselves, lhat
they have not leisure to distinguish and pene
trate into others, which is the cause why a griat
merit, joined to a gnat modesty, may be a ong
time before it is discovered.?La Hruyere.
"Wisdom is the result of calm and disinte
rested meditations, proceeding from an observ
ing and penetrating mind ; u is seldom ihat ex
perience ulone can confer it."?Petrarch.
" Sins are like circles in the water, when a
stone is thrown into it, one produces another.
V\ hen anger was in Cain's heart, murder was
not far off."?P. Henry.
"We make laws, but we follow customs."?
Lady Montague.
The love of nature, and the silent apprehen
sion of her btauiy, is a freely besiowtd ui.d lar
spreading gift. It lives in the best cultured
heart, as ihe beautiful wild flower in the unplough.
ed hi ath. It lives often a pleasant, though unper
ceived guest. It spreads the charm of its influ
ence, when its possessors has not even a name
for it, yet it still lives?and they who cannot talk
of it, yet feel its sweeiness and its power.?
Hoxcitt.
Th?re is no saying shocks me so much, as
that which I hear very often, thai a man doe*
not know how to pass hi? time. It would have
been but ill-spoken by Meihu-alali in the nine
hundred and sixty ninth year of his life.?CuW
ley.
" On the pavement lay
The broken moonbeams, l.ke i stiver net
Ma?siveand motionless, arid, if a bird
Sang a half carol a? the monn rose on
And looked into its nest, oi it ihe noto
Of a monotonous in>-ect cuught llie ear,
The silence was but chalhng'd bv ihe sound
And nighl seetn'd stiller after."? Willii.
Kvglith squibs.? A good idea of the way the John
Bull* hit their "fiistmen" may be formed by reading
the following. It seems Lord Lyndhurst ha* lately
wedded a Jewess, whereupon a London papei inserts
an anecdote: ?
" Surely I hear my father's voice,' exclaimed ihe
Lady Chancellor, an she eat at breakfast with her
lord. The bell was rung, and in p>>p|>ed the servant.
' W ho is lhat talking in the hull V inquired Inr lady
ship anxiously. 'Only an old jew, my lady,' repl ad
the servant,'' inquiring if we have any worn out
clothes for sale!' The Chancellor chuckled, and I'm
lady looked abashed."
Here is another: ?
Xut hi in.
Run over, an old woman, yesterday ;
Lord Londonderry was not out, they say.
A clever (emale French wilier says, lhat women
should not ait beside the man thry wish to conquer,
but opposite him. " Attack a heart by lull front, und
not by profile," is h>r expression.
Cool.?We find the following paragraph in the Cin
cinnati Gazette:?
" We are requested to inform the gentleman who
entered the paper tlore of J. Williams, and forced ifio
de?k Jpen, IIijI should he desne to renew his visita
tion he canjind (he key on the top of the dcik, as it is
unpleusanl to have force applied to the desk.
The following parody on the beautiful lines of G Id
smith, were taken from the sign a silk dyer. It un
doubtedly obtained for him m.iny a fair customer
\V hen lovely woman lilts her snuci r,
And finds loo late that t< a will slain ,
What ever made a lady cros er I
What ait can wash all white again 1
The only art ihe stsin to cover?
To hide ihe spot from every eys ;
To wear an unsullied dre s above her,
Ol ptojer color, is?to nvr.
Bonder Poetry.? Somebody down East Iids per
pefaied ihe following :
Sound the loud Clarion from Saco to Quid !y ?
SkoW begun l- IT, and atraul of nobody
Rnonr. liLtND ? 1 he New Constii ill ion adnpti d 1y
the Ithode Island SofTrage Convention, proposes la
rstend the right of suffrage to every white node eni
l< n of lav tul age, who n ay have resided In Ihe Slate
ne year, and in ihe township where lie offers to v. ie
three montlis. Bui in ui y question o| ruling a lux,
or appropriating the | roei eds ol a tax, the vuier ii.n t
po-ses? property, either rial or personal, of the Vuluo
of SISO. I'he Senate to bo composed ol 12 un ?
hers, elected by Di-trn ts, ami th? House of ^0 o i in
tie s, ol wf,oni Froviileto e is to >enti 12 Tlie (_i v
i Mir to have s Vrio (lower, subject to be itveisi d t y
I he ill c sion nl a m* jor ly of I oth housi *
Th> Constitution, ol which the alnne arc some of
the outline-, is designed to take the plan of old
Charier. g<ai ti d hy King Cha i li s 11 ol Eri-I.nd un
?li r wh.ch the go d people i f Ithode l-land I. iVi livid
I i this day ?J ur. qf Com.
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