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VOLUME XI.
CADIZ, HARRISON COUNTY, OHIO, MAY 2, 1811.
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POETICAL.
"Leaves have their time to fall,
And flowers to wither at the North winds blast
And stars to set but all
Thou hast all seasons for their own, oh, death !'
From the Richmond Enquirer.
The Princeton.
The Princeton sailed ;
'Twas with a joyous crowd:
But, oh ! thnt ship returning,
Was filled with wailing loud.
Toll for the dead!
' The talented and brave !
Who rose up from the banquet
To step into the grave.
.. ' . The laugh went round;
The wins was on the lip;
Another guest was coming
Stern Doath was on the ship.
The cry was, "Now
A gun for Washington !
One to our matchless chieftain !"
And all stood round tho gun.
'Twas fired oh, Goh!
Thick darkness fell on all ;
And' great Jehovah's thunder
Scem'd on the deck to fall.
The gun had burst
In fragments round hnd flown,
And Death, with blood was sated;
It ran in torrents down.
Toll for the dead!.
Crush'd by the whirling brand,
The loved ! the host ! the bravest !
The flow'r of all tho lnnd !
Toll for the dead!
They laid them side by side
And spread the flag above them
For which they lived and died.
Land of tho great,
Hang down thy widow'd head ;
Your Upshur Glihncr Kennon
Were liumber'd with the dead..
Mourn for the lost,
Snatch'd thus from friends away ;
And for tho heart of woman,
So bruis'd that dreadful day.
Bathed with the blood
Of husband, friend and sire;
She's walking through tho furnace,
The seven times heated fire.
Weep, woman ! ween !
But on the lord take hold ;
He'll bring you from the burning
As were the Three ofold.
Pause, nation ! pauee!
And cease your bitter strife;
In death we all are standing,
Though in the midst of life.
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE WIFE.
BY WASHINGTON IRVING.
The treasures of the deep arc not so precious
As arc the concealed comforts of a man
Lock'd up in woman's love. I scent the air
Of blessings, when I come but near the house.
What a delicious breath marriage sends forth
The violet's not sweeter '. Mibuleto.v.
I have often had occasion In remark lite for
titude with which women sustain the most over
whelming reverses of fortitude. Those disasters
which break down tho spirit of a man, and pros
trate him in the dust, soeni to call forth all the
energies of the softer sex, and give such intre
pidity and elevation to their character, that at
times it approaches to sublimity. Nothing can
bo more touching, than to behold a soft and ten
der female, who had been all weakness and dc
pendenee, and alive to every trivial roughness
while treading the prosperous paths of hie, sud
denly rising in mental force to bo the comforter
and supporter of her husband under misfortunes.
and abiding, with unshrinking firmness, tho bitter
est blasts of adversity.
As the vine, which has long twined its grace
ful foliage abont the oak, and been lifted by it
into sunshine, will, when tho hardy giant is rifted
by the thunderbolt, cling round it with ilscaressing
tendrils, and bind up its shattered boughs; so is
it beautifully ordered by Providence, that woma n
who is tho mere dependent and ornament of ma n
in his happier hours, should be Ins stay and so
lace when smitten with sudden calamity; win
ding hersolf into the rugged recesses of his na
ture, tenderly supporting tho drooping head, and
binding up the broken iieart.
I was once congratulating a friend, who had
around him a blooming family, knit together in
the strongest ollection. 'I can wish you no bet
ter lot,' said bo with enthusiasm, 'than to havo a
wife and children. If you are prosperous, there
they are to share your prosperity; if otherwise
ihejf arp fliero to comfort you.' And, indeed, 1
Jiave observed that a married man fulling into
misforluno, is more apt to retrieve his situation
in, the world than a single one; partly, because
he is more stimulated to exertion by tho neces
sities of tho helpless and beloved beings who de
pend upon him for subsistancc; but chiefly, be
pause his spirits are soothed and relieved by do
mestic endearments, and his self-respect kept a
jive by finding, that though all abroad is darkness
and humiliation, yet thoro ia still a little world
of love at home, of which he ia tho monarch.
Whereas, a single man is apt to run to waste and
solf-ncglcct; to fancy himself lonely and abuu
ed, and his heart to fall to ruin, like soma deser
ted mansion, for want of an inhabitant.
Theso observations cull to mind a domestic
Btory, of which I was a witness. My intimate
friend, Leslio, had married a beautiful and ac
complished girl, who had becu brought up in the
midst of fashionable life. She had, it is true, no
fortune, but that of my friend was ample; and he
delighted in the anticipation of indulging her in
every elegant pursuit, and administering to those
delicate tastes and fancies that spread a kind of
witchery about the sex. "Her life,' said he, 'shall'
be life a fairy tale.'
The very difference in their characters prodti-i
ced a harmonious combination; ho was of a ro
mantic, and somewhat serious cast; she was all
life and gladness. I have oftennoticed the mute
rapture with which lie would gazo upon her in
company, of which her sprightly powers made
her the delight; and how, in the midst of applause
her oye would still turn to him, as if there alone
alio sought favor and acceptance. When leaning
on his arm, her slendor form contrasted finely
with his tall and manly person. The fond con
fiding air with which she looked uplo him seem
ed to call forth a flush of triumphant pride &. cher
ishing tenderness, as :f he doated on his lovely
burthen for its very helplessness, never did a
couple set forward on the flowery path of early
and well-suited marnago with a tatrcr prospect
of felicity.
It was tho misfortune of my lnend, however,
to have embarked his property in large specula
tions; and he had not been married many months
when, bv a succession ot sudden disasters it was
swept from him, and ho found himself reduced
to almost penury, ror a time he kept his sit
uation to himself, and went about with a haggard
countenance and a breaking heart. His life was
but a protracted agony; and what rendered it
more insupportable was tho necessity of keeping
up a smile in the presence of his wife ; for he
could not bring himself to overwhelm her with
the news. She saw, however, with the quick
eves of affection, that all was not well with him.
She marked his altered looks and stifled sighs,
and was not to be deceived by his sickly and va
pid attempts at cheerfulness. She tasked all her
sprightly powers and lender blandishment to win
him back to happiness; but she only drove the
arrow deeper into his soul. The more he saw
cause to lovelier, the more torturing was the
thought that he was soon to make her wretched
A little while, thought ho, and the smile will
vanish from those lips--the lustre of those eyes
will be quenched with sorrow and the happy
heart which now beats lightly in that bosom, will
be weighed down, liko mine, by the cares and
miseries of the world.
At length he came to me one day, and related
his whole situation in a tone of the deepest des
pair. When I had heard him through, I inquired
Does your wife know all tins7 At the ques
tion ho burst into an agony of tears. 'For God's
sake!' cried he, 'if you have any pity on mo
don't mention my wife ; it is the thought of her
that drives mo almost to madness!'
'And why not?' said I; 'she must know it soon
er or later: you cannot keep it long lromher, and
the intelligence may break upon her in a more
startling manner than if imparted by yourself;
for tho accents of those we love soften the har
shest tidings. Besides, you are depriving your
self of the comforts of her sympathy; and not on
ly that, but also endangering tho only bond that
can keep hearts together an unreserved corn-
tnuuitv of thought and feeling, alio will soon
perceive that something is secretly preying upon
your mind; and true love will not brook reserve:
it feels undervalued and outraged, when even
the sorrows of those it loves are concealed from
t."
'Oh, but, my friend! to think what a blow I am
to give to all her future prospects how I am to
strike her very soul to the earth, by telling her
that her husband is a beggar: that she is to
forego all tho elegancies of life all tho plea
sures of society to shrink with me into indigence
and obscurity! To tell her that I have dragged
her down from the sphere in which she might
have continued to move m constant brightness-
the light of every eye the admiration of every
heart! How can alio bear poverty f duo lias
been brought up in all the refinements of opu
lence. How can sho bear neglect ? She has
been the idol of society. Oh, it will break her
heart it will break her heart!'
I saw his grief was eloquent, and I lot it have
its flow; for sorrow relieves ilsoll'by wordti. When
his paroxysm had subsided, and ho had relapsed
into moody s:lencc, 1 resumed the subject gently
and urtrod htm to break his situation at once to
!i!s wile. Ilo shook his head mournfully, but
positively. , ,
'But how are you to keep it trom her; it is
necessary she should know it, that you may take
the steps necessary to the alteration ot your cir
cumstances. You must change your stylo of liv
ing nay,' observing a pang pass across his coun
tenance, don': let that afflict you. I am sure you
have never placed your happiness in outward
show you have yet friends, warm friends, who
will not think the worse of you for being loss
splendidly lodged and surely it does not require
a palace to be happy with Mary '1 could b
happy with her,' cried he conclusively, 'in a hov
el! I could go down with her into poverty and
tho dust! I could I could--God bless her!
God bless her!' cried he, bursting into a trans
port of grief and tenderness.
'And believe me, my friend,' said I stepping
up, and graspiughim warmly by the hand, believe
me, sho can be tho samo with you. Ay, more
it will be a source of pride and triumph to her-
it will call forth all tho latent energies and fer
vent sympathies of her nature; for tho will re
joico to prove that sho loves you for yourself.
There is in every truo woman s Iieart a spark of
heavenly fire, which lies dormant in tho broad
daylight of prosperity ; but which kindles up, and
beams and blazes in the dark hour ol adversity
io man knows what tho wito ot Ins bosom is
no man knows what a ministering nngel nils is-
until he has gone with her through the fiery trials
o this world.
There was something in tho earnestness of my
manner, and the figurative stylo of my language
that caught tho excited imagination ot Leslie
knew tho auditor I had to deal with; and follow
ing up tho impression I had made, I finished by
persuading him to go home and unburthen his
sad heart to his wife
I must confess, notwithstanding all I had said
I felt some liltlo solicitude for tho result. Who
can calculate on tho fortitude of one whoso whole
life has boon a round of plcwuro? Her gay spir
its might rovolt at tho dark, downward path of
low humihly, suddenly pointed out before Iter,
and might cling to the sunny regions in which
they had hitherto revelled, Besides, ruin in fash
ionablo life' is accompanied by so many galling
mortifications, to which, In other ranks, it is a
stranger. In short, I could not meet Leslie, the
noxt morning, without ticpi'datiou. Ho had made
tho disclosure. '
'And how did she bear it?'
'Liko an angel! It seemed rather to bo a rc
lief to her mind, for she threw her arms round
my neck, and asked if this was all that, had lately
made me unhappy. But, poor girl,' added he, 'she
cannot realize the change we mnst undergo. She
has no idea of poverty but in the abstract: she lias
only read of it in poetry, where it is allied to
love. She feels as yet no privation; she suffers
no loss of accustomed conveniences nor elegan
ces. When we come practically to experience
its sordid cares, its paltry wants, its petty humil
iations then will be the real trial.'
'But,' said I, 'now that you have got over the
severest task, that of breaking it to her the soon
er you let the world into the secret the better.
The disclosure may be mortifying; but then it is
a single misery, and soon over; whereas you oth
erwise suffer it in anticipation, every hoar in the
day It is not poverty so much as pretence, that
harasses a ruined man the struggle between a
proud mind and an empty purse the keeping up
a hallow show that must soon come to an end.
Have the courage to appear poor, and you disarm
poverty of its sharpest sting.' On this point I
found Leslie perleclfy prepared. He had no
false pride himself, and as to his wife, she was
only anxious to conform to their altered fortunes.
borne days afterwards, he called upon me in the
evening. He had disposed of his dwelling-house,
and taken a small cottage in the country, a few
miles from town. Ilo had been busied all day
in sending out furniture. The new establish
ment required few articles, and those of the sim
plest kind. All the splendid furniture of his late
residence had been sold, excepting his wile's
harp. That, he said, was too closely associated
with the idea of herself; it belongs to the little
story of their loves; for somo of the sweetest mo
ments of their courtship where those when he had
leaned over that instrument, and listen to the
melting tones ofher voice. I could not but smile
at this instance of romantic gallantry in a doating
husband.
He was now going out to tho cottage where his
wife had been all day, superintending its arrange
ment. My feelings had become strongly inter
ested in the progress of this family story, and as
it was a hue evening, I offered to accompany
him.
Ho was wearied with the fatigues of the day
and as we walked out, fell into a fit of gloomy
musing.
Poor Mary r at length broke with a heavy sigh,
from his lips.
'And what of her, asked I, 'has anything hap
pened to hot?'
' What, said he, darting an impatient glance,
' is it nothing to be reduced to this paltry situa
tion-- -to be caged m a miserable cottage to be
obliged to toil almost in tho menial concerns of
her wretched habitation?'
'Has sho then repined at the change?'
' Repined! she has been nothing butsweetness
and good humor. Indeed, she seems in better
spirits than I have over known her; she has been
to mo all love, and tenderness, and comfort!'
'Admirable girl!' exclaimed I. 'You call
yoursolt poor, my iriend; you never were so
rich you never knew the boundless treasures of
excellence you possessed in that woman.
'Oh! but, rny friend, if this first meeting at the
cottage weto over, I think I eould then be com
fortable. But this is her first dav of real experi
ence: she has been introduced into an humble
dwelling she has been employed all day in ar
ranging its miserable equipments she has for
tho first timo known the fatigues of domestic em
ployment she has for the first time looked
around her on a home destitute of every thing
elegant almost every thing convenient; and
may now bn sitting down, exhausted and spirit
less, brooding over a prospect ol futuro povcr
There was a degree of probability in this pic
ture that I could not gainsay, so we walked on in
silence.
After turning from the main road, up a nar
row lane, so thickly shaded by forest trees as to
give it a complete air ot seclusion, we came m
sight of the cottago. It was humble enough in
its appearance for the most pastoral poet ; and yet
it had a pleasing rural look. A wild line had
overrun one end with a profusion of foliage;
a few trees threw their blanches gracefully over
it, and I observed several pots of flowers tasteful
ly disposed about the door, and on the grass plot
in front. A small wicket-gate opened upon a
fool path that wound through somo shrubbery to
the door. Just as we approached, wo heard tho
sound of music Leslie grasped my arm, we
paused and listened. It was Mary's voice, sing
ing, in a style of the most touching simplicity,
a little air of which her husband was peculiarly
fond.
I felt Leslie's hand tremble on my arm. He
stepped forward, to hear more distinctly. His
step mado a noise on the gravel walk. A bright
beautiful face glanced out at tho window, and
vanished a light footstep was heard and Mary
came tripping forth to meet us. Sho was in a
pretty rural, dress of white; a few wild flowers
were twisted in her fine hair; a fresh bloom was
on her cheek; her whole countenance boamed
with smiles I had never seen her look so love
ly. ' My dear George, ' cried she, ' I am so glad
you are come; I havo been watching and watch
ing for you; and running down the lane, and
looking out for you. I've set out a table under
a beautiful tree behind the cottage; and I've
been gathering some of the most delicious
strawberries, lor I know you aro fond of them
and wo havo such excellent cream and every
thing is so still and sweet here. Oh!' said she,
putting her arm within his, and looking up
brightly in his face, ' Oh, we shall bo so happy!'
? l'oor Leslie- was overcome, lie caught her
to his bosom ho folded his arms round her he
kissed hor again and again he could not speak,
but tho tears gushed into his eyes; and he lias
often assured me, that though the world has since
gone prosperously with him, and his life has in
deed been a happy one, yet novcr has ho experi
enced a moment of moro cquisite felicity.
A recent modern philosophor ono who has
evidently thought deeply on tho subjectsays
that it ia rather foolish to seo two young ladies
hating each other on account of a gontlcmaii who
docs not care a fig for either.
Father Matthew. This distinguished apos
llo of temperance will visit tho United Slates in
Juno. Ilo will bo liailod with joy by every phi
lanthropist in tho country, and his mission will
no doubt result in much good to the glorious
cause in which he has becomo so distinguished.
Tho LouiHvillo Journal says that tho trade of
that city is unusually brisk. ...
MlXTO..
MY T. B. MACAl LY.
Milton was like Dante, a statesman and a lov
er; and liko Uantc, he has been unfortunate in
ambition and in love. Ho had survived his
health and his sight, the comforts of his home.
and tho prosperity of his party. Of the great
men, by whom he bad been distinguished at his
entrance into life, some had been taken away
horn the evil to come; some had carried into
foreign climates their unconquerable hatred to
of oppression ; some were pining in dungeons;
and some had poured forth their blood on scaf
folds. That hateful proscription, facetiously
termed the Act of Indemnity and Oblivion, had
set a mark on the poor, blind deserted poet, and
held him up by name to the hatred of a profligate
court and an inconstant people !
Venal and licentious scribblers, with just suffi
cient talent to clothe the thoughts of a pander
in the style of a bellman, wore now tho favorite
writers of the sovereign and the public. It was
a loathesome herd which could be camparcd
to nothing so fitly as to tho rabble of Comus,
grotesque monsters, half beastial, half human,
dropping with wine, bloated with gluttony, and
reeling to obscene dances. Amidst these his
Muse was placed, liko the chasto lady of the
Masque, lofty, spotless, and serene to be chat
ted at, and pointed at, and grinned at, by the
whole raoble of Satyrs and Goblins. It ever
despondency and asperity could be excused in
any man, it might have been excused in Milton.
But the strength of his mind overcame every ca
lamity.
Neither blindness, nor gout, nor age, nor penu
ry, nor domostic afflictions, nor political disap
pointments, nor abuse, nor proscription, nor neg
lect, had power to disturb his sedate and majes
tic patience. His spirits do not seem to have
been high, but they were singularly equable.
His temper was serious, perhaps steruc; but it
was a temper which no sufferings could render
sullen or fretful. Such as it was when, on the
eve of great events, he returned from his travels,
in the prime of health, and manly beauty, loaded
with literary distinctions, and glowing with patri
otic hopes, such it continued to bo when, after
naviug experienced every calamity which is in
cident to our nature, old, poor, sightless, and dis
graced, he retired to his hovel to die!
Hence it was, that though he wrote the Para
dise Lost at a time of life when images of beauty
and tenderness aro in general beginning to fade
even from those minds in which they have not
been ellaccd by anxiety and disappointment, he
adorned it by all that is most lovely and delight
lul in the physical and moral world. JN either
Theocritus nor Ariostd had a finer or a more
healthful sense of tho pleasantness of external
objects, or loved better to luxuriate amidst sun
beams and flowers, tho songs of nightingales, the
juice of summer fruits and the coolness of shady
fountains. His conception ot love unites all the
voluptuousness of the oriental harem, and all the
gallantry of the chivalric tournament, with all the
pure and quiet tillcction ot an Lnglish fireside
His poetry reminds us of the miracles of Alpine
scenery. Nooks and dells beautilul as lairy land
are embosomed in its most rugged and gigantic
elevations. I ho roses and myrtles bloom un
chilled on the verge of the avalanche.
Traces, indeed, of the peculiar character of
Milton maybe found in all his works; but it is
most strongly displayed in the sonnets. Those
remarkable poems have been undervalued by
critics, who havo not understood their nature.
They have no epigrammatic point. There
none of the ingenuity of Filicaji in the thought,
none of the hard and brilliant enamel of Petrarch
in the style. They arc simple but majestic ic-
cords ol the feelings ot tho poet; as little tricked
out for the public eyes as his diary would have
been. A victory, an unexpected attack upon
the city, a momentary fit of depression or exulta
tion, a jest thrown out against one of his books,
a dream, which for a short time restored to him
that beautiful face over which tho world had clo
sed forever, led him to musings which without
eflbrt, shaped themselves into verse. The unity
of sentiment and the severity of style, which
characterize these little pieces, reminds us of
Greek Anthology; or perhaps still more of the
Collects of the English Liturgy the noble poem
on the Massacres of Piedmont is strictly a col
loct inverse.
Tho Sonnets are more or less striking accord
ing as the occasions which gave birth to them
are more or less interesting. But they are al
most without exception, dignified by a sobriety
and greatness of mind to which we know not
where to look for a parallel. It would indeed be
scarcely safe to draw any decided inferences as
to the character of a writer, from passages direct
ly egotistical. But tho qualities which wo have
ascribed to Milton, though perhaps most strongly
marked in those parts of his works which treats
of his personal feelings, arc distinguishable in cv
ery pane, and impart to all his writings, in prose
and poetry, English, Latin, and Italian, a strong
family likeness.
0C73omo ono ingoniously proves that a tailor
instead of being tho ninth part of a man, posses
ses tho qualities of nine men combined, as fol
lows :
I. As an'cconornist ho cuts his garments ac
cording to his cloth.
2. A a garcdner ho is careful of his cab
bago.
y. As a cook- -lie provides himself with a hot
gooso.
4. As a sberilrs ofliccr he doos much at
sponging.
5. As an executioner ho furnishes a great
many gollowscs.
0. As a gentleman he brandishes not a sword
but abaro bodkin.
7. As a sailor he sheers off, when ho thinks
it necessary.
8, As a lawyer ho attends to many suits
9. As a christian and divine it is his chief
aim to form good habits for himself and others,
Personal Courage. Horo aro two or three
sensible remarks on this subject :
" Personal courage in a powerful man scarcely
commands our admiration, not only for its being
so common, and because it seems to bo only a
natural sense of bodily superiority which it costs
httlo to exhibit, but because it might generally be
displayed with safety; but where it is unsupported
by physical strength where it is the triumph of
a gallantspinl over a foeblo lame tho vory dan
gor that accompanies its exortion evinces its
merit, and increases the rcspoct with which wo
contemplate it. Had Grace Darling's intrepid
ity in saving tho lives of tho shipwrecked sail
ors been exhibited by an old mariner, it would
havo excited compantivcly but little attontion
Gentlemen. Moderation, decorum, and neat
ness, distinguish the gentleman; he is at all times
affable, diffident, and studious to please. Intel-
igent and polite, Ins behaviour is pleasant mid
gracoful. When he enters the dwelling of an
inferior, he endeavors to hide, if possible, the
difference between the rank in life, ever willing
to assist those around him, ho is neither unkind.
haughty, nor overbearing. Ia the mansions of
tho great, the correctness of his rnind induces
him to bend to etiquette, but not to stoop to adu-
ation; correct principles cautious him to avoid
the gaming table, inebriety, or any other foible
that could occasion him self-reproach. Pleased
with tho pleasures of ' reflection, he rejoices to
see tho gayest of society, and is fastidious upon
no point of litilo import. -Appear only to be a
gentleman, and its shadow will bring upon you
contempt; be a gentleman, and its honors will
remain alter you are dead.
A PicTuiiB. Burke says that Milton's image
of Lucifer, standing with ono foot upon the earth
and the other foot on the planet Saturn, shaking
his sword at the Almighty, is one of the grandest
metaphors in the language, and by far the sub-
bmest expression in the work of that poet.
A western editor, although he acknowledges Mr,
lsurkc to bo very good authority on the sublime
and beautiful, begs leave to diller very particu
larly as to the figure being ono of the grandest
things in nature for wc havo seen (says he)
something which surpasses it a Act;?. "It was
a mountain goat, standing upon a piece of tim
ber, which stretches itself far over the fall of the
Niagara in the midst of one of the most remarka
ble storms we ever witnessed, shaking his tail at
the deepest tones of the thunder's roar, and the
lurid flashes of lightning snuffing up the vapor
ous mist which arose from tho ' Hell of waters
below, with as much nonchalance as though he
were the monarch of the mighty torrent boiling
ana dialing at ins lect. this was a picture."
A Loxo Kope. One of our manufacturers,
Mr. George J. Weaver, has recently commoted
three ropes for tho State of Pennsylvania, to be
used at tho inclined plains on tho Alleghany Pot
tage railroad one of these ropes is 0072 feet
ong, another 5808 feet, and a third 5000 feet in
length. They are manufactured of Russia hemp
and are composed of continuous yams without
splicing, the longest rope is Hi, and the othe
two,' each 8 inches in diameter. One of them
weighs 19,000, and tho other two 10,000 or 17
000 pounds each.. Philadelphia North Amer
ican.
A Heart. What a curious thing a heart is
ain't it young lady? There is as much differ
once in hearts as in faces. A woman's heart is
a sacred thing and full of purity. How proud
a man ought to bo to have a pretty girl love him,
and tell him sho loves him more than any other
isn't it so ladies.' We might say of the heart as
the old lady d;dof the first rabbit she over saw,-
La! how very funny it is!"
Nations without Fire. It is said that fire
was entirely unknown to many nations of anti
quuy, ana even at ino present day it is unknown
in some parts ot Africa, tho inhabitants ol the
Marian Islands, which were discovered in 1551,
had ne idea of fire, and expressed the greatest
astonishment on lust beholding it believing it
to be some kind ot living animal which fed on
wood. The inhabitants of the Philippine and
Canary islands wore formerly equally ignorant.
Faiuier3 make vol'U own Candles. Tube
two lbs. ofalumn for every ten lbs. of tallow, dis
solve it in water before the tallow is put in, and
then melt the tallow in the allium water with
frequent stirring, and it will clarify and harden
the tallow so as to mako a most beautiful article
for either winter or summer uee, almost ts good
us sperm.
A late English paper says, that a few weeks
ago, Matthew Ferguson, keeper of the managerie
and museum at tho Star Inn, Bolton, was found
in the don ol the male leopard, quite dead, and
dreadfully mangled. He had a whip in his hand,
and it is supposed tint he had ventured into the
It'll for the purposo of training tho animal, a 1
Carter or Van Amburgh.
A grand Tyler State convention has recently
uccn neid in Illinois, lucre were nmo persons
present. three or four gentlemen excused
themselves by letters from attending ono in con
sequence of the sickness of his wife; another,
disinclination to out of door speaking; and a third
i .11 1 i i . ..
nom me ureau ol being in such an 'immense
crowd.'
Tne New York evening Post says: 'A gen
tleman just from Washington informs us that the
rumor there was that Mr. Almonte tho Mexican
Minister had orders to demand his passports as
soon as the beuate should ratify tho Treaty in
regard to lexas. It was generally denied that
ho had been consulted in tho formation of the
Treaty.
Corn Oh.. The St. Louis Republican says
that a gentleman residing near that city has re
cently commenced the manufacture of oil of line
r. t. ...
quamy nom corn. it is said to burn in every
respect equal to sperm or lard oil, without tho
smoke which usually attends vegctablo oils. It
will not congeal in tho coldest weather. .
Mr. Blake, of tho London Medical Society
states that the most obdurate cases of toothache
where it does not proceed from rheumatism.
can bo cured by a rnixturo of two drachms of al
umn reduced to an nnpalpablo powder, and sev
on drachms nitrous spirits ot ether. .
A Hit. A good democrat was asked, a d
or two since, to buy a pamphlet, " entitled. "Fit
ty Kensons why Henry Clay should be elected
President." " 1 will not bnv, it " said our friend
"because I can give fine hundred good reasons
wny no shoum not bo elected, without tho trou
ble ot reading it." Tho seller sloped."
Excepting a poor printer, we know of no one
who Jibs a harder time than old Dan Tucker,
Lvery little urchin that runs tho streets, every
loafer, boat driver, mail carrior. and even some
of tho Miami Indians, tako it upon themselves
to order this old gsutlcinan to "got out of the
unv "
Gove rnor Briggs of Massachusetts, staled in
tomporanco inocling, held at the Boston State
Houso," that in eighty two townships of that Stuto
thirteen thousand drunkards havo been restored
ty sobriety through tho . instrumentality of teni
perance societies. , ; -
Tlicro aro 00,000 English residents in France.
fJATIIEKIXGS AND GOSSIPPIXOS.
"Asnnpperiip of unconsidered trifles." '
Lazy rich girls make rich men poor, while in
dustrious poor girls make poor men rich. Re
member this, ye affected fair ones, whose antip
athy to putting your hands in cold water is al
ways getting your husbands in hot.
An Alien Wife should he Naturalized.
It was decided by Judge Kent, in the Now York
Circuit Court on Saturday, that a wife born a-
broad, and not naturalized, cannot inherit prop
erty devised to her by her husband. -
A late English paper says, "it is again hinted
that the family circle and domestic ties of tho
Queen aro in a fair way of being multiplied."
The Arkansas Intelligencer, published at Van
Bureu, says that it has over four hundred Choc
taws and Chorokccs among its subscribers, many
of whom are not only readers of the paper, but
ilso contributors to its columns. - '
On the recent marriage of one of the Rus
sian princesses to the crown Prince of Denmark,
the Lmpcror presented to tho bride a set of dia
monds valued at $75,000.. ,
An old man as ho walks, looks downwards
and thinks of the past. A young man looks for
ward and thinks ot tho future. A child looks
everyhow and thinks of nothing.
The British minister has broken off the Ore
gon negotiations. He will go no turtuer, it tho
1 exas treaty is pressed, till he hears from his gov-
eminent. - .
Mr. Curtis, the collector of New York, has
been requested to resign, but ho refuses posi
tively to do so. '
A gentleman in Shelby county Kentucky, foil
desperately in love, the other day, with a girl at
the fust sight and attempted to kiss her, where
upon she knocked him down. Ho was first smit
ten with her and then by her.
Two dollars the minute is the interest on the
national debt contracted by the Whigs; instead
of two dollars a day and roast beef. Quite a
difference!
The Arabs melt their butter over a slow fire
which expels the watery particles, it will then
keep without salt; and tho Irish have adopted a
similar mode for exportation to tho East Indies.
"I always thiuk," s.tid a Rev. guest, "that a
certain quantity of wine docs no harm after a
good dinner!"' "Oh, no, Sir, "loplicd the host,
"it is the uncertain quantity that does the mis-
chicl."
A bill has passed the Assembly of New York,
for tho establishment of a Normal school, in that
State, hallows five years for testing tho exnet-
nieiit, and appropriates $ 10,000 for the expenses.
A bellman of a seaport, not one hundred miles
from Whitby, in announcing a teetotal meeting
to be held in Temperance llall at that place, said
that tho Hireling U'omII ha adJio.iood ly in ftf
males, 'who had never spoken before.'
Somo iiiiti-le.npcraiico genius 'the noblest
Ru-u-'t'.N of tliein all we suppose has observod
that as long a-i the ' ardent' is kept in Hogs heads
it does but little damage, but when it gels into
mls s heads it plays the very mischief. -
Maxim. Some ono says; that an old coquetto
is like a rose bush m winter: the llower ana
the leaves' gone and nothing remaining but tho
thorns.
' Tako caro of the paint,' us tho city girls say
,vhcn a follow gees to kiss them.
Bank Rascality. F. Miller, late cashier of
tho Phoenix Bank, Columbus, Georgia, has been
irrestcd at Charleston on a charge of swindling,
connected with the failure of that institution.
CousruRFEiT Half Eaoles havo been offered
in Baltimore. They may bo delected from tho
fact that the period after the words "Five D," is
ontiiPiy oiiiii'eu; the slars aro likewise larger
than on the genuine coin, and its weight some
what deficient.
(r It is said the wficat looks fine throughout
Missouri and Illinois, and that there is a prospect
of a very abundant crop. -
" Sally," said a lover to his intended, " givo
me a kiss, will you, Sally t ' No I shan't said
Sally, "helj) yourself!"
A gentleman upon being asked whether he
was seriously injured when a slcm boiler explo
ded, is said to havo replied, that ho was so used
to being blown up by his wile, that mere steam
had no effect upon him. ,
To weep for fear is childish; to weep for an
ger is womanish; to weep for grief is human; to
weep for compassion is divine; but to weep for
sin is christian.
There is a story told of a man who had a rag
ged coat, that he went to a quaker meeting, be
cause, ' whoio least is said, is soonest mended.'
Shawnixtown Bank Suspended. Wo loarn
that tho Shawncetown Bank suspended specie
payment ou tho 2Sth ult., that is, it declined
paying the prorata which was 20 cents on the
dollar, on jhat day. Cut. Enquirer. , . ;- 4 "
Printers. The Mayors of the following cities
aro printets: London, Edingburgli, Glasgow,
and Washington. Also, the Mayor elect of Now
York is a printer. ' . , . .
Cramp. Two or three spooiisfull of strong
ley mado of oak ashes and mixed with molasses
aro recommended-as a positive euro for cramp.
. Tho birth day of tho Father of our Country
was celebrated with great eclat, by tho Amer
icans in Paris. .
Cotton has experienced a still furtlior doclino
in Liverpool, and holders in New York aro begin
ning to feel an anxiety to get rid of their stock.
Rico is raised in tipper Arkansas by the Creek
Indians. It is equal to tho rice produced in
North Carolina.
A poison observed to his friend who was lear
ning to tako snuff, that it was wrong to teach
one's noso a bad habit, as a man generally lul
lowshis nosol ' '
! Mr. Robert Tyler has removed to Philadelphia.
It is ruinorcd that his dear papa will appoint him
to theoffico of Postmaster in that city.
Tho Picayune says that butchers aro a hart
rending set of fellows.
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