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_ CONDITIONS |
TWO DOILAU 4mnOTS.
PM .INAT *. If.
Taxable half yearly; but Two Poutai i
* **• received a* payment in full, if paid
entirely in advance. Whenever payment is
<lcferret! bevonJ the expiration of the year,
iutcreal will be charged.
ADVERTISING.
The terms of advertising, are : For a square
or lea*, frl, for three insertions —larger ones
in the same proportion. Each continuance,
“5 cents per square.
<£?■ All advertisements not ordered for a
specific time, will be continued until forbid,
end eksigtd accordingly.
R* S. Blackburn, alt. 0.
HA^ ING located himself, for the practice '
of lus profession, respectfully offers his J
services to his fellow-citizens. ||c may be
found at FAIR VIEW, the residence of his
uncle, Mr. IVm. Z. Sixclaib.
June 13, i*33.—4t.
I FOR RENT,
A comfortable du elling House,
a near the Presbyterian Church in!
ITT has a large and fine garden attached —
8 It will he rented until the first uf April
next, and possession given immediately. Fur
further particulars, apply to
AUltAUAM Ii>LEK. j
June 13, 1333.
Lumber Yard in Shep
herd stolen.
U XII IF. subscriber begs leave to inform tbc
public, that in couueclton with his store,
be has opened an extensive
LUMBER YARD,
and it now prepared to supply all demands
for seasoned M kite and YtUow Pint W-iVf,
either I loch, I roch, 1 inch, li inch. II inch. I
V or 3 inch—«ls<>, 1 inch and t inch Poplar
Plank. Fencing Boards, Shingles, white am)
yellow piuc, oak and poplar Joist, with a va
riety of other lumber usually kept in lumber
yards.
Having ’aid in at present a supply of 300,-1
000 FEET, piled with stirks, in addition
to arrangements made for the future, he can
assure the public that a general stock of Luin
ker will be kept up at his yard, where they
can bs furnished on the most reasonable terms. ^
J. F. HAMTRAMCK.
Shepherds town, June IB), 1833.
THE co-partnership heretofore existing
under the firm of Rupert &. k'ownsiar,.
was dissolved by mutual conseut on the ljt
Inst. All persons indebted, are requested to
come forward and settle their respective dues 1
with U. 11 Rupert, upon whom it has dc
’ solved to close the concern.
j U. II. RUPERT,
K. kOWNSLAK.
May 30, 1S33.—6t.
O. H. HXTFZSRT
RESPECTFULLY informs bis friends and
the public, that be has just received,
at tbc old stand, a supply of
J%>w Good*,
which makes his assortment good. He it1
determined to sell cheap; and hopes by strict 1
attention tomeriba share of public patronage.
Smilhfteld, May 30. 1»33.
MMl**oiutloH of Copartner
_ *hip.
fW^HE partnership heretofore existing un
8. der the name of Smith fc Farnsworth j
was this day dissolved by mutual consent—
All persons indebted to the said firm will
nlfllia In coma t.irmrnrA m>br otttsmrnl. 1
as the subscribers are desirous of settling up
their business ns speedily possible.
JOHN F. SMITH,
HENRY S. FARNSWORTH.
Smith held, June 90, 1*33.
effort .Vftr Good*!
THE subscriber would respectfully inform
I be public that he has made his second .
visit this season to Baltimore, and returned '
with a handsome assortment of
OHBAT MEW 000138,
all bought since the great decline in priees,
which enables him to otter them much lower
than heretofore.
B. T. TOWNER.
Shepherdstown, June 13, 1333.
rtnn.
Barrels No. 1, Bounty
Her rings, (first run,)
18 bbls. Susquebannah Shad,
trimmed and tmtriinmed.
8 bbls. North Carolina Shad, trimmed and
untrimmed, 10 bbls. No. 1 and 9 Mackerel,
just received and for sale by
J. F. HAMTRAMCK.
Shepherdslnwn. Mar 30, |<U.
Ilf*. 4* N. JV. Ancle non
OW have their supply of strut o
OOOZ38 and in addition to Um stock
usually kept by them, hare a general supply
of Carpenters' Tools, and Blacksmiths' Files, :
Pterew rlet«»s, Re. Also, a general assortment
of Iron—Cast, Shear, American end English
Blister STEEL—Wheel Buses, Cruu Cut
Raws, k«. Re.
Harpers-Ferry, May 9, 1*33.
HUMPHREY KEYES m now receiving
end opening, his
Spring Good*,
furthufd since the depression la the prices
of many articles.
Charlestown, May 9, 1333.
Bmcon mnd JLmrd.
fpilf subscribers hare for sate, about )&.• ■
» pound* prime RAOOH, »od a
large quantity of LAUD.
W k ft. B ANDERSON.
Harpers-ferry, March I*, 1*33.
Lemma mnd Ornnge*
JUST received by
ff KEYES.
C&arlestown, Jane 13, 1633
48
GLOBE TAVERN,
•ST IL1RPERS-FF.RRY, F.f.
( On S/trtmiiui*uh-St )
IS prepared to accommodate, in the most
agreeable manner, company travelling to
ind from this place. The House is spacious,
and has recently undergone various repairs,
adding to ita convenience and agreeableness
The public generally shall receive the most
satisfactory accommodations, and a generous
support is confidently cspected by their hutu
bie servant, JOHN FITZSIMMONS.
May Iti, IS33—tf.
N. B.—Private families, travelling, ran be
accommodated. J. F.
COACH .ItAKiX'G.
TIIF. subscriber tenders his grateful thanks
to his friends and the publio for the li
beral patronage heretofore received, and is j
determined, If prices to suit the tiroes, and ;
strict attention to business, are any in
ducements, to merit further favors from a
generous public. Having selected a first-rate
stock of materials, and experienced workmen
in his employ, be feels confident in stating
to those who may favor him with their cus
tom, that they may depend on having their
w ork well executed, lie has attached to his
establishment a Coach Smith Shop, and is
therefore enabled to make and repair Steel
Springs of all sorts; and furnish work with
puncuality, and at a lower price than for
merly.
Carryalls of all sorts on hand suitable for
any purpose.
Old Carriages, Gigs, kc. kc. takon in ex
change for better ones. All sorts of work
in his line repaired at any notice, and at fair
prices.
Silver and Brass Mounting kept on hand ;
and if Kirk haint got 'em, he’ll git 'em.
His Shop is two doors east of the Stage
i if’,.'.' at i' k irn.'
Shephcrdstnwn, May 30, 1833.
N. B—Three Apprentices will be taken to
the above business, if immediate application
be made. Boys from 14 to 16 years of age
will meet with a tolerable chance.
Coarh •'fianu factory.
THOMAS SHBPAED
( Huuhilir, Londoun street, < /etc daart .Yarik
•/ Ikt f’mlley Bank,)
RESPECTFULLY informs bis friends and •
the public generally, that he has just
returned from the Northern cities, at which
places he purchased a general assortment of
materials, among which are all sorts ef Brass
Mounting. He feels assured that he can fur
nish his work at as low prices as can be had
of the same quality in this or any other place.
He is now prepared to make, at the shortest
notice, any description of C.1RRI.1UE8 ; and
when novelty is required he will prepare a
drawing to suit the ideas of persons wishing it.
Hepairs of every description, in his line,
done in the best manner and on the most ac
commodating terms. Old work painted with
the same can as new, and with despatch_
He has several second-hand Carriages, Ba
rouches and (Jigs, which lie will sell low_
Order* from a distance executed with punc
tuality.
All kinds of silver and brass plating done
at his establishment^! the best and cheapest
manner.
April 11, 1833—ly.
NOTICE TO ITOOSKOLDSBI.
FIMIK ft took holder* of the “ftmiihfield, j
a ^pinniuwn, am inrprn-rrnj i um
pikc Company," are respectfully notified, that
the following instalments are required to be
paid to Humphrey Keyes, Esq. Treasurer of
the Company, upon those subscriptions the
whole of which hare not heretofore been
called in, to wit: An Instalment of ii per
share on the 1st days respectively of each oL
the months of June, July, August, September, j
October, November, and December, ensuing. '
By order of the Board,
ANDUr.W HUNTER, Bet's.
April S3, IKK. _
jyOTMCK.
AM. persons indebted to the estate of
Hamilton Jefferson, der’d, and to the l
estate of Smith Slaughter, dec'd, are hereby
informed that the said estate* have baen com
mitted to me, a* administrator 4* iiwii urn,
and that all debts due te the said estates must
be paid to me.
RICHARD WILLIAMS,
Sktr*Jf if Jrjjtrum <. un/y.
April 1«, 1SW—If.
TVn.Yi.Yv7
THF public are repeetfutly informed that
all kinds of TURNING, In Wood. Brass,
Iron, and Steel —also, Turning Lathes, Screw
Plates, Stocks, Tans and Dies, Bench Screws
of wood or iron. Mill Serews, fee k«v, ran he 1
dona in the best manner, and at the shortest.
notice, at the establishment on the Island of
Virximos, near Harpera-Earry.
May 2, 1*03—if.
B \RRKLS prime old WHISKEY,
that will ba sold cheap by
WM. CLEVELAND k Co.
June 20, 1*33
□ Herrin**.
BSRRr.lJt prime No I lIF.RltlNO*
for sale by
WM- CLEVELAND k Co.
June jO. 1*23._______
Milk ttmlu.
I SOUR cases rerr elegant blnck and white
Satin Bearar Hats, just re. c.ved sod for
sale by J Y. H AMTRAMt'K.
Shepards town, May JO, 1*JJ.
-1* wi imu nj UK* OH]
Ki.pIi sli poet SniiUT, n»i tin? >k-alh of Charlct |.
I be plot i<-« of onr mortal mmi-,
A*'*’ *Mo* *, turf siiltManlial tilings;
1 l*tv ia no aniMM- a^alnat f»t.*;
Lh-utii la. a In. ir, ImihI -mi Linp:
M«*«-p*iv? Mini ernk u
Mua luuthk: iluan,
AimI in IIk* iluat Ik fs|iial nui<l<
" »bt- poor nookcii ar. tin.- ami ipaili'. 1
I
Some met, aa i»u .word. ms* nilp j |
Ami pUi.i Iriali launle wbov tf*-y kill; il
lhit tln u .tim.p m nes a« laat muat jivlil; (|
I lny tmiic but one* auoUu r Mill;
li»rly or !;.t.
Tin. atiM»p to f:ife,
At>«] most pii'iip ilu-ir tniirniiiMi.g Imuili, i
" **«-•» tiny, |kJc i-iipliii a. im p t0 ■U-atli.
1 Im- pnUn.li wither on yiair brow :
•*hii» bait on iu<>rv r.wr lui^bt\
L |hhi lUutb'a luiqite *lur now.
See when* the- net or rirtira bio d»!
\ mir tuuat «-<>nn- . 1
l ii tlx roM toiuli—
Only the •M-tioua of tin- ju*t
Smell liist, mix! hlotaoin ill (lie il'iat.
mmmmmmmmmmm——. 1
_• TlisccUancoHM.
THE LONESOME POST-OAK.
About seven miles north of this town 1
is a very remarkable spot; a solitary1
post-oak stands in tho barrens, in the 1 •
torks of the toads, and has obtained ,
universally the name of “the solitary
post-oak.** In the earlv settlement of
this country, .bout thirty-five years
ago, this waa the only tree to be seen
fur many miles round, (whence its
na,n*‘). It was then tall, green, and,
nourishing; it is now, however, a leaf- 1
less, branchless, thuuder-riven, shat
tered, trunk; sending up its shaft as
straight as the mainmast of a ship of
war. Superstition has heretofore and
alii! guards the spot; the tree is looked
upon with something like the tame ve-.
Deration with which the Egyptian re
gards his pyrtmids, those grim senti* ;
Dels ot eternity. The place is remark* i
able fur a very severe battle fought by
Big llarpe and Davis. The big llarpe j
and little llarpe, hit brother, were the
terror of the surrounding country, in
those early times. Two more execra- j
bis monsters never disgraced humani
ty. They lived with two women as bad
as thein»elt e«, in a cave about twenty '
mile* from litis tree. Blood anil mas
sacre were their delight. It was their
custom to salljr forth, anil without anyi
reason, to murder without distinction
all the meo, women, and children, they i
could find. As the country filled up,
the people ‘could no longer submit to
(heir horrid depredatioos. Meo aotl
dogs collected and took the pursuit.—
They cauie on the two Ilarpe* in a nar*
row valley, at about two miles from
this tree. They immeniatcly mounted
their horses, and dashed oQ‘ in the ill- i
rection ot tire cave. In going about |
five miles, Davis, whose horse was very
fleet,had left his compaoionsand caught
up with the big Ilarpe, he having pre
viously separated with his brother, the
little ilarpe.
Here were two powerful men, arm
ed with rifles, butcher-knives, toma
hawks, by themselves, far from help,
and bent on death. Davit well knew '
that if overpowered he would certainly
be kilted j and Harpe determined to
die rather than to be taken alive.—
They pasted and rc-paseed each other,
frequently making blows without eflect,
each dreaded to fire for fear of missing,
and thereby placing himself at thn mer
cy of hi* adversary. Finally the horse
of big Ilarpe fell with and threw his
rider, and then rose and galloped olt
Ilarpe apraog to hi* feet and fired at
Davis’s horse, which reared and fall.—
iney were not now more than ru yards
apart. Ilarpe, whose sagacity was
equal to his courage anil villainy, kept
dodging and jumping from side to side,
approaching Davis, however, by imper
ceptibledegrees. Davis discovering he J
would soon loose the benefit of the gun,1
now fired in his taro, but without ef
fect. Kach man now drew itis knife,
and they closed in mortal struggle.— '
Very aoon they fell side by aide, but
at this juncture a large wolf-dog of
Dat is'cametohisassistance,anil seized
Ilarpe, by the throat. This produced
a diversion in favor of Davie, who im-1
mediately recovered himself and slab-'
bed Ilarpe to the heart. Tha hideous
yell which the wretch sent up ig said
to be still heard on dark nights ring-',
ing wildly along the heath. Some of
l)at is* friends soon joined him—They !
dug a Holt, and buried Ilarpe at the
foot of the Lonesome Post-Oak.
| I
Little Ilarpe escaped, went down i
the Mississippi, and joined the eel-bra
ted Mason and hit gang at Stack Island, '
Soon after Ilarpe joioad him. Mason
attacked a flat boat from Cincinnati, I
aod killed all tha hands. For this a ^
large reward was offered for Maaon,
to obtain which little Ilarpe decoyed <
him to Natchez, and there informed 11
against him and betrayed his friend.— !
On Mason's trial, Ilarpe himself was
recognized, was tried, and found guil- ji
ty ; aod on the same day that Mason
was hung, he also eipialed his crimes
on tha gallows, This Mason was a
very remarkable and aitraordmary
man. lie was distinguished by a strong
disable row of under and upper teeth,
that clinched together with the energy
of a steel trap. F.
Jfoj'kuurillf, Kentucky.
r < inr jpcwcwo i mfiler.
MRS. MOHHK1J/S NARRATIVE.
Narrative of a Voyage to the Ethiopia anti I
Suuth Atlantic Ocean. Indian Ocean, Chinese |
«ea, and North and Auuth Pacific Ocean, in
he years 1S2S, *30, and 31, by Abby Jane
Morrell, who accompanied her husband,
"apt Benjamin Morrell, Jr. of the aebr. An
arctic; small octavo. New York, J. It J.
Harper. A pretty purade of Seaa and Ocean*
hear to have been visited by a lady before
ter twenty-tiflh year, and to quote from the
•tie-pane,
'* Ur foudnes* rather than by prodt-nrr led. **
This volume i* dedicated by the author***
o her country women, who* will doubtless
velcnme it a* every thiug coming from a la
ly should be. A pretty portrait of a rather
•retty female accompanies the volume. This
»f course i* the author?.*.
Me extract a description of the
i* a specimen of the work :
‘•Turning from a look at (lie moun
ting, anil extending your gaze over
:he ocean, a sea-bird of equal size and
arger wing may every day be teen.—
l*he Albatross it remarkable in his
isbita at well at in size, lie it a web
noted bird, reoetubling in tome de
cree the domestic goose. The bill it
nore hooked than that of the goose.—
I’he great length of wing givet the al
latrots superior swiftness in it* flight
o alt other tea-birds; and, large as he
a, he skims with the fleetnes* of a
• wallow over the water.catching every
thing that comet in hit way. lie is a
;reat feeder, and sometimes acts the
glutton to tuch an extent at to be easi
ly taken while retting on the smooth
turface of the tea. It it amusing to
watch his flight after the flying full,
ie poises, scale*, and turns to adroitly.
Vhe albatross appears to have no regu
lar home, but courses over half a world
for his food at different seasons of the
fear ; he is not only found at the Cape
if Good Hope and on the North-West
Uoast, but also at times in the Austral
leas. He flies so easily that he clears
limself of a storm by rising above it,
ind keenimr himself them until the
whirlwind has passed away. The al
batross is lame, but not courageous,
for he is often beaten to death by small
er birds, and makes but a feeble resist
ince. The extent of their wings,when
ipread, is ten or twelve fact in general,
but they grow to a much larger aixe.
They are never taken fur food, even
by the Indiana ; they are too coarse and
oily for food for any thing. The alba
troaa ia seldom killed by American or
European sailors; they have mms su
perstition that it betides ill-luck to kill
them. Perbsps this insy aris* from
the fact that this bird has often visited
vessels farther from land than any
athers, and, as ths sailors say, has
taken more pains to board them than
all the rest of the feathered tribe.—
Some of the largest of these birds have
been killed.and brought to this country;
but in general their lives are spared,
for it requires a very brave man to op
pose e superstition entertained among
the mariners, as all the misfortunes of
the voyage ere alwaye charged upon
any violence done to a settled preju
dice. Ignorant men wilt more readily
do violence to a positive command of
their Maker than to a fixed error of the
imagination. Coleridge, the poet, has,
made much ose of this superstition in
his poem called the ‘Kitneof the An
cient Mariner.'"
A GALLANT EXPLOIT.
Xapoleou's famous expedition into
Italy was laid out with reference to
the actual existence of a communica
tion between Prance and Lombardy,
by the Simplon, and in May, 1800,
(ien. Bethcncourt set out at the head
of eighteen hundred men and eight
pieces of cannon, to seek a new route
over the Alps. The adventures of this
forlorn hope of the Simplon are detail
ed by Disjonvil, second in command
of the expedition, in e despatch to
Berliner; and never was a story moro
French or more interesting. At one
rdace. in the midst nf Ihc mountains.
they found that tho rude bridge over
which they had to pass had been swept
iway by an avalanche. The chatm w**
lixty feet broad, with perpendicular
• idea, and a torrent roaring at the bot
tom ; but Cian. Be theocourt only re
marked to tha men that they were
vrdered to,Croat, and crota they mutt.1
\ volunteer speedily pretented himtelf,
alio, clambering to the bottom of (he
precipice, eyed deliberately the gloomy
(ulf before him. In vain " the angry
ipirit of the water* shrieked,*' for tha
re term—a mountaineer, pes Itaps,him
ielf—saw that tha foundations of the
wi<lge, which were nothing more than
voles in the bed of tha torrent to re
:rive the extremities of tha poles,
which had supported a transverse pole
ibova, were still left, and aot many
Vet under the surface, lie called to
vis companions to fasten the end of a
:ord t« tho precipice above, and (ling
Jown the rest of the coil to himi with
this burden un hie shoulders, ho then
itepped boldlv,but cautiously, into tha
water, fixing his legs in the foundation
vole* of tho bridge. As ho sunk deep
*r and deeper in his progress through
[he roaring stream, bending up against
[he current, and teeming to grapple
with it at a human enemy, it may be
magined that the spectacle was view-]
ed with intense interest bj his com
rades above. Sometimes the holes
were far apart, and striding from one
to the other, it seemed a miracle that
be was not swept away; sometimes
they were too shallow to afford sufli
cient purchase, and, as he stood sway-1
ingand tottering for a moment, a smo |
thered cry barst from the hearts of the
spectators, converted into a shout of
triumph and applause, as he suddenly
sprung forward another step, plunged
his body into a deeper crevice, and re
mained steady. .Sometime* the holes1
were too deep, a still greater danger ;j
and once or twice there was nothing!
visible of the adventurer above the
surface but his arms and his head, his i
wild eyes glaring like those of a n-1
ter demon amidst the spray, and hi*
teeth seen firmly clenched through thc|
dripping and disorderly mustachio.—
The wind, in the mean time, increased
every moment as it swept moaning
through the cavern; whenever it struck
the water, the black water rose with a
burst and a shriek. The spirit of human
daring at last conquered, and the sol- i
dier stood panting on the opposite pre '
c*pjce. What was gained by the ex-;
ploit ? I he rope stretched across the
chasm and fastened firmly at cither
side, was as good as Waterloo bridge
to the gal hint Frenchmen. General
llethencourt himself was the first to
follow the volunteer, and after him a
thousand men, knapsacked, armed and
accoutred, swung themselves one by
uije across the abyss, a slender cord
their only support, and an Alpine tor
rent their only footing. The terror of
the Austrian post may be conceived,
when they saw a thousand men rushing
down upon them from the Alps by pas
sages which nature herself had fortified
with seemingly inaccessible ramparts!
The famous battle of Marengo took
place immediately afier; and the con-1
atruction of the military road over the
Simplon shortened the* distance from
Paris to Milan by nearly fitly leagues.
[/I tUh't lHcUtrempte JhmmaL
Krtnn thr J*orthifitl. tihrrtierr.
YANKEE MANAGEMENT.
Our Southern brethren are perplexed
to know how it is, that they, with rich
land, a warm sun, and staple produc
i lions giving an ineome of from four to
.twenty per cent., aro becoming poor
and cashless, while we Yankees are
becoming rich, and are having money,
if not in abundance, at least as much
as is necessary. If they would cornel
among us, an J study our economy, the
answer would soon strike them. One
little instance is no bad example of that
Yankee economy and skill that turns
all things, even the worst to advantage.
| It may not be generally known that
; many parts of our State, our school
masters arc not only ‘boarded round,’!
[ so as to aare the drawing of the pay
of the school master’s board from the
.school fund—-that is, the shoolmaster
i is boarded a week here, and three days
there, according to the number of chil
dren—but that ihe schoolmaster is of
I ten * bid oft ’ or * put up at auction,’
as are our paupers—snd the lowest
.bidder in the district takes him, as the
; highest bidder takes an article at a
| regular auction.
j The writer of thisArticle, when pre
paring to be a college boy, being short
of funds, and with no other means of
getting money than by keeping school,
hired out as schoolmaster lor ten dol
lars a month. This was all the school
district could afford to givr, as their
fund was small; and even with this
.small sum given, it was necessary to
board the schoolmaster as cheap as
possible. The school committee,there
fore called the district together into a
new, neat, convenient and comfortable|
school house, and in lus presence, a
scene of this sort took place.
•Auctioneer.—* What will you take
him lor?’
1st IlidJer.— ‘One dollar and twenty
five cents a week.*
Auctioneer. — -One dollar twenty
five, one dollar twenty five.*
2d Mdder.—% One dollar twelve cents1
and a half. *
3d /adder. — * One dollar.*
Auctioneer.—‘One dollar, who’ll,
take him for less than one dollar r One !
dollar, Vne dollar, any body less t—
Who *f>eaks ?*
4th /tidder.—* Seventy five rents.*
3th /Udder. — * Mevanty cents.*
Anil thus the bids went on, the sue-I
tihneer evrlsimmg as usual in the mean •
time, till the schoolmaster was but off
at forty cent* per week! Yes, the
lowest bidder took him on board for i
forty cente per week. On going home 1
with this bidder, a sociable, happy
man, whose house had mnro comforts
snd luxuries than nine tenths of the
house* of the rich planters in ihe iota
tior of the Mouther* fount r v.«nd whose
table was as good as many sit down at,
paying fourteen dollars a week for
board, the writer held the following
dialogue:
llow on earth ca* you afford to board
•• for forty cente a wrrkr*
Ant.—* I make money by it, and
have your company in the bargain.*
* lf»»w SO ?*
* \' hy you will bond with tnc tour
1 h« whole pay for Dnartl
Hill t>« gj M>. Mr taxes are a tattler
over aix dollars. Now. | have bread
enough, meat enough. p«*.,!iry enough,
cider enoogh—in short, enough am*
more thao enough of every thing nerec
aary to eat and drink. 1 have ennui.1.
thing but money. All I u •.*
ol money is to pay mv taxes. But,
in order to raise these six dollars, it f
do not get a town order for your boau!r
I mutt make a journey to Portland ui
Hath, vviih three times the produce rmt
will eat, and from all this 1 find it dif
ficult to raise aix dollars in rath._
1 hcrcfoie I make tnouey by keeping
you to eat ihie produce, and have tour
company these long winter evening*
in the batgam. I hus you tee I am
interested in boarding you even at lor
ty cents a week.'
No\r, we give this to all our South
ern brethren, as a specimen of tho
manner ir. which we Yankees li*«
and thiive. Let them do likewise,
and their country will be the richest
and happiest on the globe. Here wo
are shivering in nummer, with corn
but three laches high to the most,
while they are enjoying the blessing*
ol mid summer, sod have corn almost
ready for harvest.
—
I.VTH \OR|j|\ \kY DISCOVERY.
have met with a singular article ire
a late number of the Journal <U Smnrne, re
ceived at the office of tbe Halt more Cia
zalta. It states that a me»t interesting
discovery has recently been nude in Mol
davia. rthieh consists in extinguishing eve
ry kind of tire or conflagration, by throw
ing chopped stratr upon it. The Agricultu
ral Society of Bruno, on the 27th January
last, made sevcial experiments to lest tho
truth of tbe diveorery, w hich were attend
ed with complete success. It was found,
that on pouring into a lire, giease, pitch,
or spirits of wme, already burning in jars,
and afterward* throwing chopped straw
upon the whole,the tire was almost imme
diately extinguished. The Society also
caused a large lire to be made with atraw.
billets of wood, faggot*, paper and sheafs
ol wheat, and, when the whole waa well
kindled, the lire was extinguished in a mo
ment by the same means before. It ie
somewhat remarkable that tbe chopped
atraw used in these experiments, so far
from being consumed by tha fire, waa
found, on the contrary, almost untouched,
and could he used a second time for tha
same purpose. A bor of iroo heated red
hot, and thrust into a basket filled with
chopped straw, not only failed to aet tho
straw on fire, but became tensibly cool.—
A last trial eooaisted in putting into a heap
ofebonped atraw. some inches in depth, a
bag or wheat, upon which waa spread a
quantity of gun powder covered wilh
sheets oi paper, and then covering the
heap with bundles of straw, which worn
set oa fire in different places—after the
straw wes entirely consumed and the ashes
swe|»t aw ay,the chopped straw underneath
was found untouched, and the hag, vsith
tho powder and paper,was withdrawn from
tbe heap without having keen in the slight
est degree affected by the fire.
It it to be remaikeii that it ta necessary
to throw the chopped straw with some
force upon the flames, and to stir it after
wards, if |>osti hie.
VJijor Jm k Ikivtiinj give* the following ac
eouni nl'the mhutraphr of ihr bridge at N. York.
•• I spurn you will are by the papers how wa
, all like to got iliow m d yesterday going aero**
[ .v httle bridge between the castle and O>o
' garden.
“ H was a pc»ky narrow %|ueak for me and
the Prevalent, lie w*< ruling over *x a great
tine h"»», and I w:»» walking along by tho
»i«lc of hini am! try ing t<> clear the way a lit
tle, for they crowded upon ti* so, there was
uo getting along, and hardly a chain* to
breathe. H hen we go* under the areh wo
*t°lVd * little bit fur the crowd to clear a *
way, when all at once I thought I heard
something rrurk Hay* I, firneral, yon bet
ter go ahead, fm afraid there's mischief bru
•nS here. At that he gave hi* ho** a In k and
pud.ed through llw crowd, but we h td’nt got
more thiin a rod, before «ra*h went tin
bridge hi hind u* all down in a heap, ami
two loll hou«r* on top of it, jud as many as a
howl red folk* «pla*lw-d into the water, all
mixed up together, one top of tothrr. THo
President lo.d.rd ovrr hi* shoulder. and wr
|; 4 I »l* salr In hind him, called out for Mr.
t an Pnrert, and isked me to run and if |,e
was hurt. I told him he had f'»rgot himself,
for Mr. tan Ruren was'nt in the i ompany;
hul Mr Woodbury and Mr Ca*s were in for
it, fur I could see them floundering about w
the water now. Him, Major, said tha Presi
dent. run a-.d give them * hit. Taka Mr.
t\ <h I bury hrst, you know I can't spare hie.,.
• H*», there was a parcil of n* took hold
and want to haulms* of Vm out of tl'e wat<r
like so many drvw.wd rats Hat w« got 'em
sll out alire tiesjit a few young thn /* they
railed dandies, they hxihr j v, after the* got
wet all over that we eould'nt mvln out wbe
ther they wrre alirr or deaj. j*o we Jaat
'em up to dry and left Vm , at.d I w«nt on to
balp the President re• ,c«* thr troop on tha
battery as tiny call it , and a grand place it
is tu."
£n<*r -On the lt»th last., tha f.'rrca .Vm*.
Iil.ii, iirir Randolph, V sriiwnt, were rku*
• »fh snow The cold w »* so sever* thvt larga
flr«« w*r* neeamary for msnfort It i* tho't
that fl>e vegetation ).«» not been much injur
ed inoogk u* pt ogress will hr tome a hit
retarded
' Southern papar *ay*~•' M a Inara by a
i*ftrr from Nome that ftoctor l.nglpswi i* bu
•dy rogaged m wrMiag. at the reHoest of Car
■Jrnal H eld. a rrtttgaf exp! mat ion of the ret*
mon», „f (ha f hutch IK* work
will pi >bshly he printed ta Rome, and after
ward* reprif.ted <n Ammea.”
T*.e e*lu» of tha orosiwerts in gold and
Silser, bntoogmg to the ehurrhe* in Mexico,
*• ( -uupuud at thirty tiotiv j1 d'diag*.