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SADDLING. riAHE undersiened respectfully Informs his JL friends and the' public in general, ihat he in tends keeping on hand general assortment of all fa. articles in nis line or ousmess, inn win GSissell a low as can be bought elsewhere, in the upper country, for cash, or lo punctual custo sners on the usual credit. The following articles of produce will be taken In part in exchange for work: Green and Dry Hides, Wheat, Coin, Oats, Flour, Meal, Janes, Linen, Linsty, Beeswax, Sewing Thread, &c , &c. Special attention will be given to all orders". Call nd see. '... r-si.nn in Mr. Chnsman s old store room. Ono ,2onr below 1 oor below R. II. Law's. A. J. WILLIS. Fayette, Jan. Bib, 41 ly. JOB . CLARK, iMJUKW J. IIEKNDUN. Iiw Notice. JOHN B.CLARK AND ANDHEW J. HERN DON, will continue to practice law in part nership, in all the Courts of Howard County, cx ept the Countv Court. All business'entrustcd to Uioni will receive their riled attention. John B. Clark will continue to attend the several Courts as heretofore. . (fcJ-Officc on the public square, -Fayette. , J.HerniIun can at all times bo found at the County Clerk's Office." Fayette, October Slid, 1)!7. 33 0m. jnomvThenry, attokxey at i,.vv, fayette, mo.. WILL attend to any business entrusted to him in the Courts of Howard, and the coun ties adjoining. He may be futind at t lie Receiv er a office, when not auscnt on pruiesiuiui i mmm IPFVPrm. If)V. ULII. lot . ...... Joseph 1. Smith, SURGEON. PHYSICIAN, &c. HAVING located 5 miles East of Fayette, or. the road leading to Petersburg, respectfully offers his services to the citizens of Howard. He may alwnys be found at the residence of Dr. Samuel Crews, except when professionally ab nt. March 18, '48. 2-0in. Doct. Win. Everett, HAVING located permanently in Fayette, of fers his professional services to the citizens mt the place and vicinity. (Residence ad door below the Bank. Fayette, April 10th, 1847. " Doct. A.S. Dinwitldie, GRATEFUL for past patronage, still continues to offerhis.VfijDCAI. SER VICES lo the eitizens of Howard County. 03-Offico on the South East sido of the public square, where he can usually be found in the day; at night at his residenre, 3d door below the Bank. Fayette, April 10th, 147. ". JL. D. Brewer, i rnutvr.v it l.AIV. WILL attend to any business entrusted to him in theSecond Judicial District. REFERENCES. Browning & Boshsel. Quiney, Illinois. A. V. Morrison, Esq ,) payeUe. Col. J. Davis, ' 1 W. Picket, Benton, Miss. Col P. H. Fountain, Ponlotock, Miss. - McCAMrBELL & Coates, Huntsville, Mo. frt-Otfice McC i mtbel's Buildings, H untsville, o7 Randolph co., Dec- 12th, '40. 40-ly lien jam in 11. Twonitoly, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WILL practice In the Courts of Howard. Randolph, Chariton and Carroll counties. KrOfficeon the west side of the Public Square ' Fayette. Howard Co., Mo., iMay 2d, 1847. 8-1 y It. E. TERRY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, FAYETTE, MO., WILL faithfully and promptly attend to all business entrmted to his care, in the Court of Howard, Boone, Cooper, Saline, Chari ton, Randolph and Macon counties. (tV Office west side of the public square. Fayette, October 2d, 1347. . a0 tf James W. Harris, ' CtmmissionJ and Forwarding Merchant, and rroauce ueaier, WATER STREET, GLASGOW, MO. 'T 1BERAL Cash advances made on all ship Li inents of Produce, &c. for the Southern and Eastern markets. Glasgow, January 22, 1948.--40 Cm. Ifledical Card. Pocts. J. C. Paihiisii and A. Patison, Bulanic Phusiciuns, - w' GRATEFUL for past patronage, still continue VJI to Oiler their weuicai our vices iu ins kui - a l Uaui,.i1 ri.nnlv. ...Dr. A. Patison will continue his office at his residence, one quarter ot amiiecasioi nir. vvn . i i -- iir:ii:.m lougnuy Tfiiiiuiii. i,. r r l'orriii, mn be round at his residence. formerly occupied by James Owens, one quarter -Ul K41IIIQ rusi wi t-i iv .. e V 0O-N.B. J. C. Parrish will practice Dental Surgery. , March 4tb. 1818. 'r'2-tf Mniiirliiiisr. Collars, Harness, Back Bands, Blind Bridles, Traces, and the real jeweu riougns. oi vi coil's, where everything can be had, cheap. . Glisgow, mO. - EMANUEL DEROIN, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Druggist and Apothecary, , Ab.48 R Main Street, Ann Corner of Eighth Street and Franklin Avenue. ... w AM U A Mfl ' Wrt$k J)rug$t Medicine, Faints, Oils, Dye-StuJJs PERFUMERY. AND PATENT MEDICINES. i c n cap 'jut iu. Louis, October lfl'h, 147 J2-ly BOON -ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS, WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT TWsrrKusost. Vol. 0. PAYKTTK, MlSSOUKI, SATlltWAV, AI'KII. 29, 1818. " . 8. SIGN THE PLEDGE. Tune Bruce's Address. Sisters, brothers, one and all, Listen to a friendly call, Shun the path where thousands fall. Sign the Temperance Pledge. If from strife you would be free? If happy while on earth you'd be? Or win a bless'd eternity? , Sign the Temperance Pledge. If a tattered garb you cra? If you wish (o be a slave? If you'd fill a drunkard's grave? Cast llie Pledge away. If you long for caie and atrife? If you'd kill your tender wife? If you aeek your children's life? Drink from day to day. If degraded you would be? If you wish for poverty? Or for rbanie and misery? Then you need not sign. If you wish your cares to cease? If in goods you would increast? If you'd live in joy nnd peace? Quickly come and sign. All from youth to hoary age, In this glorious work engage, Come and sign the Temprance Pledge. Come end sign to-day. Now's the time, and here the place, If you lovo the human race, If you'd be a child of grace, Make no more delay. THE MAIDEN. 'Tia (rue thafonce 1 loved to sea A maiden fair and beautiful, With pensive look, or smile of glee, In simple dress or fanciful; Little mattered it to me, If her brow were only fair, Mild her eye and soft her hair, If a blush came o'er her cheek, Whenever she essayed lo speak, If her lip so soft and red, Mellow'd every word she said, I wished that she Might always be So veiy pure and beautiful. So fair to see! But when I found earth's chilling air A blight o'er all her beauty threw, But when I saw that maiden fair, Disappearing like the dew, To see her like I did not care. $ Nay! 'tis sorrow to me now, To look upon a lovely brow; 1 cannot praise a blooming cheek, For it fadeth while I spiak; The sight to me is pitiful, And deeply makes me sigh. For when they grow so beautiful. They always die ! TO THE PUBLIC. The various and conflicting reports which have been in circulation, in regard to my intentions with respect to the next Presi dency, appear to tne to furnish a proper oc casion for a tiill, (rank, and explicit exposi tion of my toolings, wishes and views upon that subject. That, it is nowmy purpose to make. - With a strong di&Iination to the use of my name again in connection wnn mat office, 1 left my residence in December last, under a determination to announce to the public, in some suitable form, my desire not to be thoughtrof as a candidate. During my absence, I frequently expressed to dif ferent centlemen mv unwillingness to be again in that attitude; but no one was au thorized to publish my decision ono way or the other, havins reserved the right to do so exclusively to myself. On reflecting, thought it was due to my friends to consult with them before I took a hnal and deci sive step. Accordingly, in the course ot the last three months, 1 have had many oppor- tunities of conferring fully and Ireely with them. Many of them have addressed to me the strongest appeals and the most earnest entreaties, both verbally and written, to dissuade me from executing my intended purpose. They have represented to me that the withdrawal of my name would be fatal to the success, and perhaps lead to the dissolution, of the party with which I have been associated, especially in the free states, that at no former period did there ever exist so great a probability of my election, it 1 would consent to the use of my name; that the great States of New York and Ohio would, in all human probability, cast tneir votes for me; that New York would more certainly bestow her suffrage upon me, than upon any outer canuiuate, aim mm ismu would give her vote lo no candidate rest ding in the slave States, but lo mc; that there is a better prospect than has Hereto fore at any time existed that Pennsylvania would unite with them; that no candidate con be elected without the concurrence of two of those three States, and none could be defeated upon whom all three of them should be united; that great numbers of our fellow-citizeps, both of native and foreign birth, who were deceived, and therefore voted against me at the last election, are now eager for an opportunity of bestowing their suffrages upon mc: and that, wniist there is a strong and decided preference for me, entertained by th great body of the Whig party throughout the U. States, they (the friends to whom I refer) at the same lime are convinced that I am more available than any candidate that could be presented to the American people. I do not pretend to vouch for the accu racy of all these representations, although I do not entertain a doubt that they have been honestly made, and are sincerely be lieved. It has been moreover urged to me that the great obligations under which I have been hitherto placed, by a largo portion of the people of the United Slates, the full force of which no one can be more sensi ble of than I am, demand that I should not withhold the use of my name, if it be re quired. And I have been reminded of fre quent declarations that I have made that, whilst life and health remain a man is bound to render his best services upon the call of his country. Since my return homo. I have anxiouslv deliberated upon my duty to myself, to my principles, to my tnends, and above all, to my country. The conflict between my un affected desire to continue in private life, as most congenial to my feelings and con dition, and my wish faithfully to perform all my public hitie, has been painful and embarrassing . If I refuse tho use of my name and those injurious consequences should ensue which have been so confident ly predicted by friends, I should justly in cur their reproaches, and the reproaches of my own heart. And, if, on the contrary, I should assent to the use of my name, what ever the result may be, I shall escape both. I have, therefore, finally decided to leave to the national convention, which is to as semble next June, the consideration of my name, in connection with such others as may be presented to it, to make a selection of a suitable candidate for President of the United States, and, whatever may be the is sue of its fair and full deliberations, it will meet with my prompt and cheerful acqui escence. It will be seen from what I have stated that there was reason to anticipate that I would decline giving my consent to the use of my name again as a candidate for the 1'rcsidency of the United States. Owing perhaps, to this, as well as other causes, many of my friends and fellow-citizens have avowed a preference fur, and directed their attention to, the distinguished names of other citizens of the United Slates. I take pleasure in truly declaring that I have no regrets to express, no complaints, no re proaches to make on account of any such preferences, which I am fully pursuaded are generally founded on honest and patriot ic convictions. H. CLAY. Ashland, April 10, 1818. TO THE WHIGS OF MISSOURI. Having been recently nominated as the Whig candidate for Lieut. Governor of Mis- souri, I deem it due to the party, to my per sonal friends, and to myself, briefly lo state the reasons which compel me to decline the nomination: I do ihis after much serious re flection and consultation with many of my truest anti most devoted mends. In the first place, I hold it to be the dutu of a candidate, whether for a county, dis trict, or State, to devote his whole time, en ergies and talents, to secure his election. If there are causes which puts it beyond his power to do this, let him promptly give way and make room for some one who is differ ently situated. One reason, which compels me lo the adoption of this course, will suffice for tho public: there arc many others wholly pri vate. In the first place, it is my intention to go to Philadelphia, as a delegate to the Con vention, which meets on the first Monday in June. The proceedings of this Conven tion, I consider far more important than the mere question, as to who ie to be the Whig candidate for Lieut. Governor of this State. The performance of this duly would necessarily take up a large portion of the time which should be devoted to the zeal ous canvassing of the State. Prior to leav ing for the Last, there are many matters of imperative necessity that will occupy every moment of my time. I ana not willing to believe that there are not many zealous and distinguished Whigs throughout the Slate, able, and willing to do far more justice to the cause than my self. It would be vain forme to attempt to ex press, in proper language, my grateful ac knowledgements to tho gentlemen compos ing tho lsoonville Convention, lor the man ner in which I was nominated. I can best show it by my exertions in tho cause here after. Your obt, serv't, D. D. MITCH ELL. THE BOND OF THE HOUSE. Tho English term " husband" is derived from the Anglo-Saxon words hus and band which signify the "bond of the house;" and it was anciently spelt house-bond, and continued to be spelt in some editions of the English bible, after the introduction of the art of printing. A husband then, is a house bond tho bond of a house that which engirdles the family into the union of strength and the oneness of love. Wile, and children, and "stranger within the gates" all their happiness are encircled in the house-bond 'i embrace, the objects of his protection and of his special care. What a fine picture is this of a husbands duty, and a familys privilege? Mr. James W. Robinson, recently one of the proprietors of the Columbia Globe, has rceived an appointment si Cadet at West Point. LICK TIMES. From the New Orleans Delta, April 6. Tub Court of Liqumr Like a noble lion at bay, worried but not intimidated by the snapping and barking of the canine pack let loose upon him by some royal huntsman, the Commander-in-chief of our army is presented to the twenty millions of his admiring and grateful fellow-citizens, in the attitude of a criminal on trial in the hostile capital captured by his genius and valor. Those who have been instrumental in bringing about such a mortifying specta cle as this, must place a very low estimate upon the character of our people, lo ex pect Ihat it will elicit from them any other sentiments but those of the sternest rebuke, the most scorching, withering, annihilating scorn and indignation. 1 he people s hearts are not yet seared and dried up by tho fires of party passion their perceptions have not become so blunted, or their patriotism cooled down to the zero point, that thev can look on such scenes as are now presented in the city of Mexico and not feel that a gross indignity has been offered to the national glory a stuin cast upon our escutcheon, a dark page J aaueu to our nistoiy, wnicn oniy tne loud and unanimous voice of the people can ex punge and obliterate. 1 he sober second thought of a noble end grateful people will pronounce the trial of W inhx'ld Sucott, under the circumstances, and the dismissal or pre-acquittal of his ac cuser, without a parallel in injustice, in sor did, calculating, cold-hearted ingratitude. It has no redeeming or palliating views; it has not tho shadow of an excuse, reason, or justification. It stands alunc, a solitary case in our history at least, of a successful general being tried for doing his duty, for defending the glory of our army and coun try tried by his junior omccrs, in the verv scene of his noblest exploits and made to stand there, before the world, the target for tho low hate and cunning of intriguants whom his favor had warmed into existence, and whose malice, otherwise impotent, gov ernment patronage has supplied with a string. This attitude is sufficiently humiliating in any view, but when it comes to that point, that Wm. J. Worth can rise before a court martial in the city of Mexico and hurl in the teeth of Winfield Scott the ap proval of his conduct by the Government, and the condemnation of his commander-in-chief, it passes the bounds of human pa tience, and makes us sick at heart. And who is the officer with whom the Government has taken sides against Win field Scott? Is he the same who abandoned his post, on a punctilio, when our army lay under the threatening cannon of the ene my? Is he the same who, whilst in this ci ty, spoke in terms of contempt of the no bio old General by whose magnanimity, with the aid of Persifor F. Smith's skill and generalship, he was enabled to regain his position in the armyf Is lie the same of whom the patriotic Gaines declared in this city, when informed of his resignation, that he looked upon him as a deserter in time of war? Is he the same officer whose conduct at Pucbia was pronounced by Gens. Quitman, Twigs and Smith, highly prejudicial to the honor and safety of our army? Is he the same officer who waked up one morning a staunch Democrat, when he had always been a Whig before, and as suddenly became the friend and ally of an other officer, who, before this, had been the constant theme of his ridicule and abuse? If this is the officer who has been put forward to taunt and insult Winfield Scott, we think the choice is an admirable one. That noble old commander, who, through out the trying scenes of an unequa led cam paign, stood so nobly by the nag ot his country, and devoted himseit with sucn single-niindedness.to the glory of our whole army, is fair game lor those who, in an their deeds, recked not of aught but their own selfish ends and personal aggrandize ment. But still, if the blow was to be struck by such an arm, we would have preferred that another scene, than the city of Mexi co, had been selected for it. We would have preferred other witnesses of such a degradation that the enemies of our coun try; those enemies, who, conquered by the valor and skill ot Winheid ocott, wouia find some solace for their ignominies and misfortunes in a malicious joy over the blow thus aimed by power at tho chief whose strong arm thus prostrated them. They should have ordered acott to W ash ington, and there a court, surrounded by political intriguants, might have conducted Us proceedings to any length, and lo any conclusion, without eliciting much atten tion or resnect from the people. There are some persons who endeavor to prejudice tho position of uen. cott, by dwelling on the warmth of temper dis played by him, who, unable to impeach the truth of the facts alleged and proved by him. strive to weaken their effoct by harp ing upon the testiness of his temper, and the imprudence of his language. This is a desperate resort. The people, however, are not wont to expect great patience and moderation in a gallant ollicer, so badgered and persecuted as uen. fecutt has been. Andrew Jackson, though seldom wrong, was not verv mealy-mouthed in his lan guage towards those who crossed the path of his duty. The people supported and justified him. And so the people, in spite of the nunv elloi is or the partisans, win excuse in Winfield Scott even stronger lan guage than nny he has yet used in designa ting the conduct of thoso who brought up on the country the shameful scene now ex hibited in the capital of Mexico. Always answer tho aged respectfully. No matter how tauntingly they may address you, treat them kindly. TilliM ii: i ii o(.ici;vv FIRST SESSION. Washington, April 17. Senate. Numerous petitions and memo rials were presented. Mr. Allen presented the resolutions adopt ed by the Legislature of the Slate of Ohio, approving Mr. Whitney's project for a rail road to the Pacific which was ordered to be printed. Afier transacting some other business, the Senate proceeded lo the consideration of the special order of the day, viz: the Cali fornia Claim Bill. After spending some time in its consideration, the bill was re committed lo the committee on Military Affairs without instructions. The bill lo exempt ,hB lnAna. nr a,. preme Court from j0jng cjrcui, duties was then taKe" r- Mr. Atchison opposed its passage in a lew remarks. Mr. Allen was likewise opposed to the passage of the bill. He considered it un nnrpssary and improper. Mr. Crittenden supported the bill with his usual shilitv. Mr. Badgf-r ofT.TPd an amendment. Mr. Foot nppnsrd the wholn bill. On motion, the ScnntP adjourned with out taking nnv drfinite action. House of Ilrpresenfnfives. Mr. Cling- man moved to suspend I ho rules in order that he might nfler a resolution calling on tho Prpsidnnt to furnish a rnpv nf all the corrfspondence betwepn Gen. Rcntt and the War Department, which wm adopted. Most of the day was spent in fruitless at tempts to take tip other matters. W.mOTOV. Annl IS. Senntf. Mr. Miller, from the Commit tee on Navnl Affairs, reported a bill for in. creasing the number of surgeons in the ay. Mr. Dix from the Committee on Com merce, reported a hill allowing the stoim rrs plying bptween New Orleans and New i otk to loncn at Havana tor lUc ennvoni ence of pasengprs nnd for carrying mails Mr. Uuk. from the Committpp on Milita ry A (Fairs reported a bill for tho relief of Midshipman Rogers. Mr. Badgpr moved to fafcp up thfi bill giving the adjutant of tho Military Acade my the same pay as other officers of like grade; which was agreed to. A bill was introduced instructing the Committees on Finance to inquire into the expedency of discontinuing the coinage of cents, and of increasing the amount of quarter dollars coined. Mr. Cass, from the Committee on Mili tary Affairs, reported back the bill relating lo the California claims, with some amend ments. On motion, the Senate laid aside the morning business, and proceeded lo the consideration of ihe special order of llie day viz: the Supreme Court bill. Upon this bill quite an animated debate arose, in which Messrs. All'.-n, Butler, Badger, Ashly and Crittenden participated. The bill was then put upon its passage, and decided in the negative. Mr. Badger gave notice that on to-morrow he should move to go into executive session. Home of Representatives. Mr. Giddings moved to suspend the rules, in order that he might move tho appointment of a select committee of seven members, to enquire why 70 persons were cast into prison this morning, and confined on board the schoon er Pearl, at the mouth of the Potomac, f ir attempting to escape. Objection was raised to the reception of the motion, and it was decided in the negative. The speaker then announced that thfl next thing in order would be the reports of the committees on the contested election case, which were read, and tho House adjourned. LONGEVITY. There is nothing in the system of nature, which, in our present slate of knowledge, appears so unintelligible as the scaie of lon gevity. It must be admitted, indeed, that our knowledge, upon this subject is very imperfect, for all ihat is known ot domes tical animals, and the accidental facts which have been preserved concerning others, lends to the strange result, that longevity bears no relation cither to strength, size, complexity or organization, or intellectual power. True it is, that birds, whicii seem to rank higher than beasts in the scale of being, are also much longer lived. Thirty is a great age for a horse; dogs U3uallv live from fourteen to twenty years; but it is Known mat tne goose anu nan k exceeu century. But fish, evidently a lower rank in creation than cither, are longer lived than birds; it ha3 been said of some species, and certain snakes also, that they grow as long as they live, and as far as we know, live tail some accident puts an end to their indtfinite term of life. And the toad, it cannot indeed be said that the toad lives forever, but many of these animals who were rased up at the general deluge. are likely to live till they are baked in their cells at the general conflagration. Homestead Exemption in Michigan: A bill has recently passed both Houses of llie Legislature of Michigan by large majorities exempting certain property from forced sales. The bill exempts forty acres with the dwelling house and appurtenances, not in a recorded town plat, or one lot in a town. iVtc, from forced sale on legal process for any debt contracted after the 3d July. 48. but excepting nny mortgage jointly execu ted by husband and wife. Similar laws have been passed in Georgia, Texas and Con necticut. " Och! the darlin'. how hot its little ful is." as Pat said when he caught the bumble bee. THE SIZE AND AGE OF TREES. Tho traveller Adamsnn discovered in In dia a baobab tree to which the largest oak would be mere saplings, and the stem of which measured from 80 to 120 or 130 feet in girth. As they could not cut a tree down every time they wished lo ascertain its age, ihcy measured it. and thus formed an approximate guess. They thus came to i he conclusion that baobabs existed for fivs thousand years. The celebrated cypres of Mexico was at least as old, if not older til! than these. Il must be remarked that the deluge did not destroy the trees, sines the dove brought lo Noah a branch of tha living olive tree. Records still exist in tho library at Milan, by which it was ascer tained that a cypress which grows in that city wa in existence in the time of Julius Ca?ar. Now that tree is only 20 feet in cir cumference, while ihe Mexican cypress was 120 feet. There was nothing in ihe constitution of trees at present existing to prevent their living on to the end of time, whether measured by hundreds or thou sands ef years. There has been exibited a section of the largest branch of a yew tree which grew at Forthampton, Glouces tershire, it was 0 inchhs in diameter, yet 238 perfect and distinct rings could ba counted in it. Decandolle from an exami nation of a number of yew trees, ascer tained that the average amount of its own growth literally was three twelfths of an inch in a year. The circumference of the whole tree was twenty-seven feet, and henrc its age would be 1370 vears. Thia lands us in the time of the Saxons: and wa lave not the least doubt thai there are vewa still in existrnce which began lo grow long Ix-forP; the Romans marched over Britain. At Fortir.gal. a village among the Gram pians in Scotland, there is a yew tree tho ape of whirh must be more than 2,500 vears. It is evident that, as the vitality ex ists in the liber, the tree can go on constant- pus'iing forth its fresh rings nf wood, when the centro is dead; the vital princi pal is still working, and seems as if it could go on torcvpr. CUSTOMS AND THINGS. In the twelfth and liiirtecnth centuries. irooil manners required that persons of dilKM-ent sexes, wncn invited to parties, should sit down in couples, and each cou ple should have one plate between them. In families, one goblet was deemed suffi cient for all; and St. Bertrand was disin herited bv his father, who was afflicted with the leprosy, for having wiped llie edge of the gohiet before he drank. Bed. now such indipensib!e pieces of furniture, were to the Greeks and Romans articles of great Luxury. When they ex changed the loaves, and skins of beasts, on which their heroic ancestors reposed, for mattiasses and feailier beds, the bedsteads were s"irieiiines ivory, sometimes nf cedar, and sometimes of silver. It would be dif ficult, now-a-days, in the middle ranks of life, to find beds such as our ancestors slept on. not only with their wives and their children, but with their dogs and their frien Is. An invitation to such a couch was then ronidered the strongest proof of afTecti n and confidence that could be giv en. The first mirrors were made of metal. Cicero carries the orignn of them up to Eseulapiiia. Moses, too, makes mention of them. It was in the time of Pompey that the first mirror was made of silver ot Uomn. Plinv mentions a brilliant stone. probably talc, thin slices of which being fixed upon a bright metal reflected objects with great perfection. The Hist mirror of glass appeared in Europs in the latter end of the Crusades. ACTIVE rUUSt'lT THE BEST CURE OF GRIEF. Grief, of whatever measure it may ex ist, will always be most obstinate nnd dan gerous in those unengaged in active pur suits, and who have consequently Icasura to brood over their troubles. Bodily and menial activity, and more especially, when the result of necessity must, by creating fresh trains of association, and diverting the thoughts into new channels, tend lo weaken the poignancy of affliction. Noth ing in truth, serves more effectively to ligh ten ihe calamities of life, than steady and interesting employment. It is, as we con ceive for the reason that females are gen erally csempt from the cares and excite ments of business, and confined at home lo their own relatively tranquil domestic duties, that they so much oftener pine and sicken under wounded affections than our own more activeand busy sex. Dr. Good observes "suicide is frequent in the dis tress of seiges, in ihe first alarm of civil commotions, or where mev nave sunsioea into a state of calmness, nnd the mischiefs they induced are well pondered; but it sel dom takes plr.ee in the activity of a cam paign, w hatever may be the fatigue, the pri vations, or the sufferings endured. On ihe fall of the Roman empire, and throughout the revolution of Fiance, self-destruction was so common at home, as at last to ex cite but liule attention. It does not ap pear, however, to have stained the retreat of the ten thousand under Xonphon, and according lo French annv cow." M Pilr,it una rlre in the during its flight from Mos- A gentleman in New York wishing soma information as la the whereabouts of Chat ham street, addressed bis interrogatories to , . - i . . i u ... , . rk. a tad, with: ".'.jy son. i k j l" vni ham street." "Well, old Buffer," said the boy, "vy tha devil don't you go there?" The following is an old lady'a recipie for indigo: "Sprinkle it in fine powder, on a nan of wnicr, and if it is good it will either sink or swim 1 forget which." A large glass of water, sipped ten drope at a time, in perfect silence, till tho whote bo taken, is a convenient euro for a person in a passion.