Whig Republican. [volume], November 19, 1840, Image 1

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poetiiy:
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FOR THE WHIG REPCBL1CAX.
Fill high, fill'oigli the goblet fair, -
And crown its brim with flowers;
We'll soothe w ith wine the frowns of care,
And driuk lo happier hours.
. -" -
Do joys go thick around us rise, - .. 4
To cheer us here below, , - . ;,
That we can such delights despise ;- ..
" As from the goblet' flow.
The voice that slept in Me oior'o h& shrine, .-
To morning's beam alone, -"
Would wake its melody divine
And breathe its richest tone. ' . ;
And thus there sleeps in all cur hearts ;.
: joine feeling bright but cold,
Warm'd by the ray . the wine imparts
Will all its sweets unfold.
Then like the bird wiiiVfn??yt4a!e9
Aught that by earth is given,
Cut sighs till evening's spicy galea
Bring dews distilled from heaven, .
We'll shun the cold delights of earth, .
And pat8 its pleasures by,
To win the emile of careless mirth
From wis3 cups flowing high. Yorick
StLECTLD FOR THE WHIG REPUBLICAN.
S O II .
Beauty sat tracing with sportive finger .
Names onle ocean's sand one day;
Watching howVo each wave would linger,
E'er it had washVJ-ke- print away. :"'"'.
First Hope, cue stretchedfv wave just kis
sed it,
Then sank to ocean's breast agaiu V '
As half regretful to have missed it; Xi.'
So with the maid let Hope remain.
Next, Friendship's name, so fond, -yet fleet
ing, ;
Beauty on ths sand enshrined;
The wave flnw'd on, but soon retreating,.
No trace of Friendship left behind. . -
'Nxt Love's appeared; 'twas deeply 'graven
OaVaii ;:a52 by Beauty'.? h-ind .
The wave flow'd on; ah! silly maiden,
-oe'8 vows were ever writ in sand.
When one by one each name had perished,
Beau' "rew wearied of her play;
Fimling tnat all most prized and cherished
Some passing wave will sweep away".
Meeting of the Ships. e ;
BV MRS. IIKMANS. . :
'We take each other by the hand, and "we
exchange a few words and looks of kindnrgs,
and we rejoice together Tor a Jew moments :
and then dayp, month?, years intervene- and
we see and know nothing of each other." .
Two barks mot on the deep mid sea,
Whencalms had stilled the tide;
A few bright days cf calm and glee
There found them side by side.
And voices of the fair and brave
Rose mingling thence in mirth;
And sweetly floated o'er the wave
The melodies of earth. - - . -
MiKjulight on that lone Indian main " -.
Cloudless and lovely slept; ;
While dancing step and festive strain
Jiacii deck in triumph swepi. ' -
; , v .
A$& hands were link'J, and answeringyei
.With kindly meaning shone; : ,
Oli! brief and passing sympathies, -Like
leaves together blown! ,.
A little while fuci joy was cast
-. Overlie deep'ai repose, - '
Till ths Itd singing. winds ct hst
Like trumpet music rose. -
iS?ud proudly, freely on their way ,
The parting vessels bore; r ' . . .. ;
In calm or stcrmi by rock or bay, -.
To meet Oh! never more! .
Never to blend in victory s cheer,- .
To aid in hours of woe;.: -And
thus bright spirits mingle here,.
Such tie? are formed below! . '
J. V. sClevenger, the distinguished .young
ulptor of Cincinnatisailed fronr New York
the ship Sully, on- her last trip to Havre,
arence.is his destination. Kdward Everett,
eenough, Powers, and R. II. -.Wilde,, (for-
rly member of Congress from Georgia) are
v residing in that beautiful city . " ; :
Longevity. The Postampton G azette , ; ot
, (,- nri.fmxf nt" ft ' A Pfl 1 P 1 T1 sk I T SI J MB !ln li,1
ained her 157th year. ' V hen 12 o she mar
i IJi'er fifth- husband. All her-, Alliance
tie been prosperous and happy. rsht is etm
poseessua cf all her usc:.tal faculties.
MISCELLANEOUS
Tit Screw P.bnellor.
, The Jouhal of Comlrce publishes
n leter Xrom;Londondatcacptembcr 18,
which contains the followin? , relaiive-to
tlie highly iWortantinvcntioi the 'screw
propellor.' The . letter says:
"The Aruiimides Steamer whih is pro
1
pelled by a fccrew, is likely to xi your
good city ofi Gotham. The patent and
proprietor oi the screw-propeller tlvery
desirous of having an opportunity ofcfos-
sing the Atlantic, it he can get his.'Sssel
chartered for the voyage. - This g& tle
mam Mr. F. P. Smith, in reply to a ra-
I graph th'ajv ! las insinuated that the W
-I voyage the Archinrides took to;Hollad
I had aficcted her works." writes tqa-pioA-
utgpzpfrWl 4th thus: "The -dr-i
des has run a.UOO miles without
est derangement to her machm
kindofrnaterial repairs- aiicU'
1 y ready to start to New Tl
mdrning, should any pern i
gage her for such an exct I
has offered to run her for 41 f
t-
-y
,t-
tw
3.
against any paddle steamerH
i
ta
lis V-
k
?-
saiid pounds. The Caledoimvi
nnrnrrinnipntinri-!?hnvvpd her t
ers m:CZrS. ui A, rA
in sixteen 'ahtjW.
bia, the fourth and the lasT'of t3
Ila.iiax and Liverpool line,- waM
on me morning oi the Ualedonii
lrom. Greenock. She is descril
Us a
beautiful model."
"A Curious Fact
.'I'iio. statement of-Mr." Wise.: til &
naut, if it be a fact, is a curious onel ?l ls
well known that almost everyone oi00"
ingdown lrom a great heiglit feel aictecl
with vertigor-gid"diness of the head-anc
a sensation of sickening insecurity.Vut
he avers, from repeated experience, Vat
this ionly occurs, when the individual 1S
sitting'or staudinjr' upon somethinsr ct1:
nected with the p-round, even if it be oil
by a rope, or any other slight commuiy
cation with the earth. But that entirely isl
lateairom me eartn, no such, ieehnp; c
sensation can be experienced.
I. Phil l'dii'V'
10 cup of life,!'
A Newspaper, like the
is filled .with sweet and bitter drep;s. each
conducive to the final health, intelligence
ana gooa ot its patrons.. For by it, mind
is called into action, and imigmation sent
up its magic' night tnrough the deep sea
and high heaven; the broiid future, to fan
cy f raises its thick; curtains; the dim or
murky" past, as it may he marked in its va
rious stages by the hnger of recollection,
is also crowding upon us to stamp its re
cord upon the passing sheet of to-davi
iiiu wauio luuuuii piustmis io nim, WtlO
looks steadfastly at it, a diorama interest-
mg ot itselt, ana no less so lor itsvarietv
nil,.',,! l ' j t -. i
ji iitr uuau uiu uumeu, ana ine marriao-e
vOw recorded -the goinsfdown ot the shin
and its tenantry, and the safe arrival of
.tie son to the mother, the husband to his
home, duly registered. Exchange.
. Steam Fire Kna:ine. ' r I :
' The lechatlics' Institute, New- York-
during the prevalence of incendiarism
last winter,' passed a resolution awardino
a gold medal for the best plan of a steam
fire engine." The medal was last wppk-
presented to Capt. J. Errickson for his
plan, ou t of four submitted. . The success
ful an is that of an engine weighing less
than two and a., half tons, ana that with
the lowest estimated speed has a power of
luvmenAiu win throw 3,U00 lbs. of wa
ter peinVe to a height ot" 105 feet, thro'
a .'nozzleVVe, .and a .half inches in diame
ter. : By; increasing the speed to the great
est limit easily and safely attainable, the
quantity of water.thrown' may. be much
augmenteu- : .. , :
. -The Tattler says the' machine is the
most simple m construction" ever moddel
led." The absence of any rotary, motion
relieyea:the:necessity 'of the apparatus pe
culiar to steam engines." The motion of
Ue, wheels' in going to; a fire communi-
car; motion to the bellows which gives
anartificial draught so that, in ten minutes
from the time 'the torch is applied to the
fuelr tlie steam is ; up, and the engine reai
ay tor work. . ' , .
;i The Female Eye; -
A modern, writer, . gives the followin o
euumerationJof the Expressions of a female:
; . ;The glare, the stare, the sneer, the in
vitatioii, tile tlefiauce. the denial, the con
sent, the glance of love, the flash of
the sparkling of hope, the' lanniishin of
soilness, tne , squint ot suspicion.- the fire
of jealousy, and the lustre of pleasure."
: Xtraordinary play upon Xes. ; -Charles
X. x .kmc of France", was rtrh-
vaj?an'tlv xtolled. hut is rporli
ted. . - lie xhibited xtraordinary xcelle'nce
in xigency; he was xcmplary jn xternals,
but xtrinsic on xamination;. he was Vatic
in xcitement,
and xtraordiaary in xtemporary xpression
He was -xpalriated for: his xcesses, and to
xpiate his xtravagance, xisted and xpircd
inxilcNEw' Would; " ' '
1 WONT BE A NUNJ OR, THE NAUTICAL
ADVENTURE OF A YOUNG LADY. A l'Omail-
tic affair has just been brought to our no
tice, namely, that of a female sailor having
arrived here some days ago in the ship
Bucephalus. A Ve understand that she is
a very comely interesting girl of eighteen,
the daughter of a British officer, and re
lated to an English nobleman, who, hav
ing the misfortune to lose her mother at
aii'tjarly age. was placed in an English
convent, with the view ultimately of ta-k-intr
the veil. Whilst a boarder in this
place, she. for the sake of her health, visi
ted occasionally some friends in the neigh
borhood, where, in the house of one, she
first met the object of her attachment, now
an officer in one of the native regiments.
Subsequently she was consigued to Ji con
vert in Dublin, to the end that she should
take the veil. Here she remained some
months:' but resisting every argument to
induce her to do so, privation, sunrmg,
and cruel treatment at the hands of the la
dy superior were her lot; she fell sick, and
was conveyed to an nospirai, wnence,
through the connivance of a young En
glish lady, an inmate ot the convent, wno
supplied Iter with the means, she rr.&de her
escape in me aisguise oi a uuy, auu iuuuv
ed the romantic resolution of coming out
mentioned -nrparUd it -would occupy
nit hnr wnn.
orinwere we to l:nTS . nnfl nrnations
Ls'andthe surle'.pnt 'in r d.
U the poor young C, Q gn oun J t fJom-
vours to get Oil boar gJie acC0nnplish d. A
Day. 1 lllS at lasz snin sailed, 'the Strange
ifw nnvf ntfrr th'' i , ' ,
yjuestionea oy ine captain
boy' on being d .provcd t0 be a y0ung
'was humanely allotted to
lady; a cabin 1(i she was treated exactly as
a iaay passer
strange -stranger than f.ction,"
. "TFuth is
i romance in real life that deci-
coul,
rmination and constancy thri is ex-
plified by ihiz case. Bombay Times.
Danger of Female Society .
I cannot look full in a pretty girl's face
: l:.t ii : i "j i
a uasmiig so, u nuvni uu.ug tinueruaz -
and sco'd.. It wakens me unthis
wuaiiiu, aiiu tvinuics aucu a iuide iu
iGart that the blood runs tlirouh it
It as if it had run through a steam-
l ipc. 'And then the all-fired things
VA many sly ways of coming it over
hav with them are crinkum-crankums
a fely , that I dont think much of a fel
ofthf an see their purty mout'is work,
lertfiA nel his own worktoo. If they
ana no i. can't helpsidlin up too if I died
, 1 .. . .... .
;
3
sidle u t. down under 'em as cut grass
I wilt ri, sfieid of a hot summer day.
in -VVeati ' this, and 1 cant, help it no
It's natui '.than Slick.)
how. (J 0f Americ.i by the Danes."
Discovel tairily much reason to sup
There is , Dr.tinent. had been visited
pose that ii nor them nations of EuroDe
by some of A 'i of Columbus, and long
prior to the t
1 of the subject by the
ciety, whose publications
ue looked for with much
yarned men had expres-
such" a circumstance,
j letter to M. De Gebelin
fecians arrived in Amcr
r think it was not by
torm, but in the Course
Koyal Danisl
in relations to
interest: Mai
sed their belief
Dr. Franklin
says: "If any Pi
ica, I should ra
he. accident ot
C adventurous 4 voynges;
- Wdirom Denmark . arid
and that they coll Greenland, and down
Norway over irJ i Coundlaud, Nova Sco-
southward bv 4 ?laud, as the Danes
tia, d:c, to New "did some ges"befofe
y.uiVj,l(CU .
Columbus: ' 11
Viaving seen this pas
1 do not'rethef
sage of Fraklin5
!? iced in contcctioni
d'-- it may - not ' be'
with this, subject
iders ot the ISaiion-
uninteresting to tf I
-Int.'"" -
al Intelligencer.-! .,
Hleston, .SC. . -
msus just- taken,
f29 white inhabi
pver thedast ten
Icolorcd popula
'th.the same time
t to 14,533, be!
Total loss .of
' According to.tr
tants, beinsr au inicra
years of 201 The fV
tion is 1561, beinr a d.
of 5 16. The slaves ami
ingGSl less than in 1?J
population f ince' 1830, 1
, Some Vnnkw hna
ed a machine
its 12 soles xtt
3opcation." .
V
verpool . Mail,
nch, has just
forcing-shoe soles.'- 1
a time, and rapidly repeat
Ji .veteran . indeed '. TLfel
states that the King ' of thVl
conferred the order of the Ml
It.'.- ap-
upon Captain -Piucket of m
es of this of--j
daring the
pears, from the report of the
ficer who is now 81 years of a
iivai;er, tie
late war. when. Jm r.irnmftr,,i
vVi !IUitlUUI
cestroyed '4S vessels ctho !
sived fcur
guas, niajla 500 prisoners.' ail
ana iiere ic.(ales me sayjng 0f the poet.
w ?il A'rstand that lhis yuns lady's llis-
c una cxcjtej cohsiderablelnterest and
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p.fbly the whole ample page of fiction
r
m v
f
wounds.
-The Sabbath ah Extract. , '
"Our religion points out to us' one. periodi
cal season of retired "meditation, when, by the
convention of society, the world sy ill leave us,
if we do not court its presence I refer to the
Sabbath, which; as itself serves to summon
us to thoughtfulness; and which, if men re
frrirded onlv their intellectual improvement,
would be devoted to the scJberejiew; of hu
man life. It is a happy breaks n the galling
chain of, the world's custom. The mind may
-pause, and the heart recover itself. The peace
of Sabbath retirement forms the best part of
the happiest lives. They may be congratula
ted whose pious education has established such
art association of ideas with the day, that it
never returns without bringing with it feelinga,
imaginations and : hopes of a higher than
earthly origin. Let then;. preserve mis saum
ficationVnot so: much of the Sabbath as o
their c wu minds. ; Let them resist tha en
croaching spirit of the world, which would in
vade and grasp this sacred portion of time.
Let them not, beV party to a breach of what,
in allusion to an institution of our ancestors,
ust denominate the trace of God. ' When
we m
gecuIar interPgl8 aHd anxieties come near ti e
Iet them say- asJ the patriarch said to his
rvRt -Abitie ve here, and I will yon-
dor and. worship.' They, need not fe -r super-
i tiTv m-iv
trom worldly minueuness. l acy may
be tol d
that every day is alike holy; hut let them re-
fleet, though this U a plain Christian doc-
trine, it is .rue only in a sense in which some
that are the most forward to assert, are the
flowest to comprehend; foriin the signification,
.1. 1 1 :
w
ra
,hich alone is both rational and pious, it
means.
that the Sabbath should be made a
common day, but that to a mind formed in the
imacre of Him to whose memory the day is de
voted, every day is a Sabbath."
From the Life of Benjamin Franklin.
Divine Providence.
From the bosom of obscurity and poverty,
in which I drew my first breath and spent my
first years, I hav raised myself to a state of
opulence, and to some degree of celebrky in
the world. A constant good fortune has atten
ded mc through every period of my life to my
present advanced age, and my descendants
may be des'rious of learning what were thi!
means of which I made use, and which, thanks
to the assistir.g hand of Providence, have
' proved s0 en-inently succesafu,.
i . r, . v .. . m-. .-..i.
edge, that to Divine Providence, I am indebt-
ed for the feiicity 1 have hitherto enjoyed. It
was that power alone which hai furnishedrae
with the meaus I have employed, and that has
crowned me with succtss. My faith in this
respect leads rne to hope, that I cannot count
upon it. that the Divine goodness will sfilhhe
exercised towards m, either by prolonging the
duration of happiness to the close of my life, I
or by giving me fortitude to support any mel-
tor by g
fanchuh
ly reverse which msy happen 16 me as to
so many others. My fature fortune is known j
but to him in whose hand is our destiny, and '
can make our very afflictions subservient to our
benelit.
.-.I. Social .Intercourse. 5 -. -v-V
BY r. 7E!T15R.
-We thould make it. a principlc to extend the
hand of ff llowship to every man who discharT
ges faithfully his duties, and maintains good
order who manifests a deep interest in the
welfare of general 3ociety-vf h6s deportment
is upright; and Vhosetiiind is intelligent, with
out stopping to ascertain whether lie swino-s a
ha m me r or d ra w s a thread. -There is noth i n
0 distant from' all natural rufc and: natural
claim as the reluctant; backward sympathy--
the forced smile the checked con versa turnip
the hesitatrng' compiianceihV w'ell-orT are too
apt to manifest- to' tiioae a 'little-'down with
whom in comparison of intellect -and princi
ples of yirfbe, they - frequently 'sink into - in
significance.. . ' f . '
' Ulster JIineral Springs.To. thoso afflic
ted with rheumatism orcutanemua disease: we
would " recommend "ihese ' salubrious' ' waters,
which are, unlortunatdy, too-'little known to
the public, having only bcen:discovered' a few
years since. W . have: seen i"an old friend,
who wa3 a martyr to the 'rheumatism and
who, attsr using the waters there For a very
short time, has'entirelyv recovered the use of
aUlis litnbs. We have also heard of several
extraordinary.; cures of cutaneous disorders.
The Springs are about 2 milss from the Ferry '
at Hyde Park where carriages can always be
had to convey passengers. -The "accommoda
tions, are good.'and.a kind, hospitable fxraily.
Mr. Xawrenco is the projirietor. Eve. Star.
"Old Woman, sail .' .Mr. Doxcy, tU
officer employed to take the ecr.sus ( f Kir 's
county, informs us that he met at t!. ? r J:nce
Ot JITS. .Uana.??tllwr fft fJr-vn.-nl
a cclor-
ed woman at'the udvanc" 1 ' '
and thirteen! She r; :?u '
health; eats, dri:.!;?, vr. 1
performs oil her duties a d.
tonishing energy a:,j activity,
enn milk the cjws ; ; r: -iy
cf c
. L-? IP.
i - i h i c
CCt !
it:
rs
hundrcd year
, . Tlie Sundays of Childhood. ,
When children, we. were made to sit - still
and read the Dibla on that day even the ab
struse writings'of St.. Paul. We understood ,
nothing, except it was a good act to. do so, v
and pleased God; how, we did it ve do jt
know, nor did wo think to enquire but in re-
ligious reading, 'we felt that we were doing
ritjSand "that'. was pleasant.' ; At night, after
we were smiling in bed, our mother would
come and seat herself upon the bed side and
one by one we would say cur little - prayers.
au. ilmn isa n hnd' deoart. 1 '
v ' I received impressions at this season which
have never been obliterated. Strange, and
beautiful - thoughts of God, and Heaven,, and ,
my mother, cotre up to me nowthey have .
often in my weary life with a spirit of de
votion I cannot Lccount Con for 1 have always
tried hard to be sceptical.- Pbitoaophera may
account for it, if they can'; but for myself, I
believe, truly, that it is the seeds of goodness .
those iufant prayers and bedside instructions
planted, and over which the dross of the world
has been heaped up, struggling to come to
rrhti and hear the fruit of true religion. y hat
a.calm such hours have!. How placid! how
orattful to an aching heart! I feel like a child
aain, at my mother's side; I see her mild
angelic face I hear her sweet voice, and res
pond to her warm kiss I lay my headt tipon .
the bo3om that nourished me r
- r . ' -r rit Kt fi; tin.
ana weep vcars ui j'Jj. .vv...- ,
manly, weak, if you will but give roe many
fcuch hours'. They are the origin spots in my
life. :They are all that have kept me pure
morally pure when to the world I seemed to
be a blasted tree, without greenness or bran-
. rscw uescnption oi touun. .
A new species of Cottcn has been discov
ered by Mr. L. C. HonisbyVof Covington, La.
He says that the bush grows from 8 to 10 feet
high, branching out in proportion, and pro
ducing from two to t hree thousand, pound to
the acre. -This cotton is of a long etaple, and
very fine texture. Mr. Hornsby things, it is
a no nnlmirir oill- ' lift SITS One, BCed
was louna two years since m a ci-ust oi icj,
imported from China; he planted it, and saved
the seed which was its production,-planted
them, and now offers a few fcr sale. If this
cotron proves as good as represented, wc can
then count upon a new era in the cultivation
of the great staple. We think at least some
attention nho-.ld be paid, to it byour pUpu
S". O. Bulletin.'
, ' A Texiau Tiger..
Thc;Jate Houston Morning Star gives iho
particulars of a desperate rencontre between
a .MrF.- and a large l?ger on the banks
of the La Uacca river, which occurred recent
ly. Mr.. F furnished the editor with
the statement himself. It seems this gentle-
man was- hunting cattle in the "bottoms. and
after forcing -his way fur half a mile through
the thick cane ; in order to strike- across, from
one path to another, he heard a rattling and
cracking of the breaks in a partial opening a
short distn nee before him;-supposing that ho
had come up with the object of his ecarch, ho
hastened forward. ls ho came within ten
feet of the ipot, he saw, crouched upon his bel
ly in the attitude of springing, an enormous
tiger. 1 His eyes were fixed with fiery inten
sity, upon Jiim, his tail was vibrating slowly,
and every moment showed the animal to bs
just ready to sp.-ing. 'Mr.-F -quickly
cocked his rifle and brought it to his sbculder.
The spring and shot were almost simultane
ous. ("As the animal struck the' groniid with a
yell he writhed and rolled, and uttered unearth-
ly yellings for nearly a minute when he seera-
ed exhausted.
Mr. F.-
then
drew, his
Bowie knife, and stealthily approached as the -animal
lay with: hia back towards hiin, and
drove tha steel to the handle in his sido: ' "
sharp yell and pasm,' and be was dead. Tha '
oall had entered the breast, and penetrated in- -to
the region of tha heart.1 This ' was 'one of'
the largest tigers ever killed inTesas.'and waj '
equal 10 almct- rvery. respect, . to the ."Royal
Bengal rigtrhoftlio East.., It ineasuredU -
feet frum tho tipof the nose to" the extremity
or -tlie tau. -. lr. Jt' too!
the skin fronr
the monster, and he-pa i: us a trophy. " -
v- The N. Y, Co'iricrnd Enquirer ecluaia? a
letter atUrced -to le-Governor Gci.cr?! of
Canada, by fome'6ne si-r.icg hims-.If a travel:
ler," corjplainihgthut on the 16th cf Septem
ber,. havirg taken bdgings for hiusulf
family at Chippewa, thehotel w c.rr- ji d
ed Ly a Lcdy of,colored soldiers, tt, p.vowod
tl clr cnermiuition to take the servant's of tho
fctrargcrj firaily. Tho LLeuicr.art dec'a-i
liius, luc fcuiu icrsj wen in a 5tat3
and that i.e could r.ct control t! -
cf i
in.
iry
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II.:
tz.acd to r-,ake hi?
citcr-ie:
r.r.-se in th- vilbrc, l.
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At Lll'tl
ci.t a rn e s ?. ?. ; to a
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app
o occtst:.: i.errecs retired t,---:r
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