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TO
VOLUME XI.
CADIZ, HARRISON COUNTY, OHIO, DECEMBER 25, 1811.
NUMBER 40.
POETRY
. 0 The following truly sublime and graphic lins
are from the pen of the gifted Lvdia II. Siournet, the
Ameiicah 1'Icmans. We first read them in un Album,
kept by Mr. Hooker, the Guide t Niagara Fulls
Ed. Simtinkl.
N I ACS A It A.
Flow on forever in thy glorious robe
Of terror umt of beauty 3,id h uh set
His r.iinbowon thy (beiietl, and thi cloud
M mtled around thy feet. And he doth give
Thy voice of thunder power to speak of hiiu
Eternally bidiling the lip of m in.
Keep silence, and upon thy rooky altar pour
Incense of awe-struck piaise.
And who can dare
To lift theinsect trump of earthly hope,
Or love, or sorrow 'mid the neal sublime
Of the tremendous hymn? I.ven Ocean shrinks
Back from thy brotherhood, and his wild waves
Retire abashed. For he doth sometimes seem
To Bleep like a spent laborer, and recall
His wearied billows from their vexing piny,
And lull them to a cradle calm ; but thou,
With everlasting, undecaying tide,
Dost rest not night or day.
The morning stars,
When first they sang o'er young creation's birth,
Heard thy deep anthem and those wrecking fires
That wait tho Arct.nnxel's signal todissolva
The solid earth, shall find Jehovah's name
Graven, as with a thousand diamond spenrs,
On thine unfathomed page. Each leafy bough
That lifts itseli within thy proud domain,
Doth gather greenness from thy living spray,
And tremble at the baptism. Lo ! yon birds
Do venture boldly near, bathing their wing
Amid the foam and mist. 'Tis meet for them
To uch thy garment's hem, or lightly stir
The snowy leaflets of thy vapor wreath
Who sport unharmed upon the fleecy cloud,
And listen at the echoing gates of heaven,
Without reproof. But as for us it seems
Scarce lawful with our broken tones to speak
Familiarly of thco. Methinks, to tint
Thy glorious (eatures with our pencil's paint,
Or woo thee to the tablet of a song,
Were profanation.
Thou dost make the soul
A wondering witness of thy majesty;
And while it rushes with delirious joy
To tread thy vestibule, dost chain its step.
And check its rapture, with the humbling view
Of itsown nothingness, bidding it stand
In the dread presence of the Invisible,
Asii to answer to its God through thee.
Hartford, Conn. L. II. S,
IViIH, oh, tSie AiJit lor FIc !
BY J. S. DV SOIJ.F.
I love not the care-footed hours
Of day, though they beautiful be;
For night, with its dew-drinking flowers,
, . . Is lovelier far to mo.
The earth then is hushed in i ts gladness,
And mirth, like a wild bird, goes free;
It hath no room in it for sadness
So night, oh, the night forme!
The sunlight hath too much of brightness!;
Its shadows too deeply arc thrown;
Damp'uing the heart's timid lightness,
And dimming its musical tune.
The day is for toil and for treason,
For wickedncsi wide as the sea;
But night is love's own gifted sea?on,
So night, oh, the night for me !
MISCELLANEOUS.
From Vie JS'cio York Alias.
tiie Life of Aarou iJitrr
A Passuare in
Towards the close of a lovely day in August
.i i i- i it i '. i
in me year m , an mmvmuai uresscu in uie
uniform of a continental oilieer, was seen slowly
wending his way towards a grovo of tices, near
tho village ol il in rsew Jersey. llisdreys
bespoke him an oflioerof rank, although his years
must have been few, us he could scarcely have
reached bis twentieth year. He whs rather un
der the middle size, with a form r.f fitililess
symmetry, and every movement was made wi
grace. Ms features were small and reguln
and but for his eye, perhaps nothing remarkable
would have been observed about h:m. 1 hat tea
tine, however, was of such a poculiar character,
as count not lull ot attract n' attention, Jt was
small, and of a dark li izcl, but with an expression
that cannot he described keen mid pieicmg
yet soft as a gazelle's, now lighted tip with the
fire of animation, no.v s:f.ened with the remem
brance of some lino feelings. , lliseyes were in
deed his characteristic features, and, in after
years, betrayed their prisoner, when so disguised
outwaidly that human eye could not pcnelrale
Jus incognito.
In the above very brief description, any person
familiar with the history of our country during
the times that tried men's souls, may chance to
recognize one, who, in after years, rose to the
proudest eminence, only to fall in the lowest
depths of political turpitude ono who m'ght
have Rdded laurels lo the annals of his country's
lame ono who might lmvo been honored, bolo
ved, trusted one who might have gone to his
long homo, carrying with htm tho tears and sym
pathics of a mourning nation ono who, with
genius, talents, and education, fitted to adorn any
sphere in life, prostituted all to the overwhelming
passion ot ambition.
The subject of tho sketch, Col. Burr, had
reached a spot in tho centre of a small grove of
trees, free from, underbrush or shrubs. Ho pan
sod at tho edge of a small, clear rivulet lhateur
gled through the grove, and throwing himself on
tho grassy bank, was soon lost in thought. He
had been engaged thus perhaps for half an hour
when a slight noiso behind him caused him to
start up, audns a small female ficruie approached
the spot whore he had been Ivintr, he moved
r. -.4 ...j..:. ..iL. i i i i . . i
40,11.111 iui nuiu, miu suizeu ncr nana, excisiineu
in an impassioned manner
" Dear Anna, I foared you would break your
promise to mo.
" You knew I ought not to have made it, Col
Burr, and therefore you thought I would not
keep it,"' she answered, suffering him to draw
her to the spot where ho had been musing, ono
hand still retaining hold of the hand he had ta
ken, tho other passed gently around her delicate
waist.
" Not soj my own sweet girl, not so," ho an
wered, gazing upon her with ono of his own po
culiar fascinating looks. " Not so, my benuii
ful Anna; true love is, always timid; and I fear
you would hesitate lo meet, for tho last time, at
ich a lonely spot, one who was not only known
to love you, and who must soon change tho soft
smiles of beauty for the rough duties of a sol-
ler's hfe. But be seated, dearest, tor 1 have
much lo say to you, ere we say fuiewell pei-
aps forever.
Amu L., the fair girl, who kept her trust with
one to whom she had g'ven her whole heart, was
he only daughter of a respectable firmer, at
whose house Col. B. was quartered, wh le in
command of a sin ill detachtnant of troops, with
which he was slat oned there tt, annoy and hai
rass the British commiudor, then in tho neigh
borhood with a large body of troops. The ditty
of Col. B. beini', for a time, pissive, It's tiuv
liuiig heavily on his hands, and lie sought rcfuy
from li s solitude in tiie c mipiuy of Farmer LV
laughter. Suo w is a young, iiiihcvii, and con
fiding girl, and sue no only thai her fMhe 's gmrs
was young, handsome, accomplished, and uo'el
tor his galhuiiry oil lilt! fii'TJ ot ball In, sun give
her thoughts free current, and drank in greedily
every word he uttered. The conquest of a sim
ple, unless, country girl, was not difficult of'
achievement to one who had already gained an
unenviable notoiiety for his successful gallantries;
and ere many days ot intercourse had passed
over them,, Anna had given her heart, in all its
truth and purity, to one who looked on such a
thing as a woman's heart as only meant for a
plaything, to be thrown aside wheti wearied
with it. But no man could act sincerity more
successfully than Col. B.; and Anna felt secure
in his love and constancy, She loved htm with
ill her heart, and was contented with his ardent
professions in return.
"And when the war is ended, von will return
to her, who loves you too fondly for lier heart's
peace. Uh ! 1 tear, that in the midst ot the gay
scones, which you are so fitted to adorn when
surrounded by those so far my superiors in beau
ty--in accomplishments you will forget your
poor Anna, and then I " and the impassioned
girl threw herself, weeping, on h;s neck.
' lrust nic Anna, why should vou doubt me?
Have not pledged you my faith and what
more have 1 received from you?"
" Oh, but you know not the truth, the faith
the constancy of woman when she loves. Your
love may change mine, never can; and be you
true, or be you false, your imago is too deeply
impressed on my neart, ever to De eilacecl, in
1 I t v.
life."
"Anna, vou must not talk tints I know vou
love me, and that very love will be mv shield
lif misi the smiles of all the world beside."
A gun fired at this moment at a distance from
the lovers, slatted them, and Col. B. rising, said,
" We must patt now, Anna; that is a signal liom
my picket guard I must leave yon now but
promise me ono thing more the moon to-night
is at her full; I shall be free again at eleven
o'clock; say you will meat me here once more,
ind 1 will ask no more, i here is much more
that 1 would say to you, but duty calls me hence
now say you will meet mo then, and 1 will ask
no more."
" Oh ! do not ask tno that I have even now
gone beyond the bounds of prudence and d scio
t;on." "Talk not of prudence and discretion where
love calls, Remember, it may be our last liieet-
ing, i o-rnorrow may hiul me low on (he battle
field, and surely you will lcpont having denied
me a last request.-'
Anna s heart was not proof against this logic,
and having consented to his request, they parted.
Again they niel laithlul to her promise the
'rusting girl came to tho trusting place, and oh
h it her young hoart had never seen that spot.
Oh, that her young heart had never been taught
lo love. Ol
be betrayed.
. f ... . I c.r.. i i i.i
Bat so it was
Anna was no more the l'oht-
hearted, gay, happy, thoughtless Anna. She was
he fond nnd loving, yet betrayed and ruined
gul. Ana lie the cause ol all tins wretched
ness did he remember her, who, trusting too
fondly, loving too blindly, gave her all to h:s hon-
or, and lost it too. Did ho overcast a though
upon her whom he had doomed lo all the pangs
ol remorse and agony. No now scenes, new
beauties met his eye, and in the light of oilier
eyes and oilier sin'les, he forgot that such a girl
as Anna had ever existed. B it memory must
perform her task. Though Col. B irr h id forgot -
ten such a gui us Anna L , siio had not forgotten
him; and though she heard of him frequently as
one bidding fair to rise to such proud eminence
as he afterwards attained, she thought with a sigh
of the happiness that might have been theirs, had
not fate willed it otherwise. Gradually his name
crime less frequently, and at length was heard no
more, or if breathed at all, only to bo accompa-
nicd"by expressions of scorn and detestation, and
fter many years, his name was buried in oblivi
on, and living, ho was dead to all the woild
CH.UTKK SECOND.
Fifty yea is ! how short a time to look upon
how long it seems to look ahead. Hall a cento
ry has elapsed, und who can look upon the won
drous changes effected in men and things in thai
time. It is not my purpose lo digress into a
course of reflections upon this point, and I will,
at once, revert to the personages who were
brought to (he reader's notico in the preceding
chapter. Who is there, would recognize the
gay, gallant Lothario now, in the while haired,
trembling, toothless eld man, who moves about
with tho uncertain step of old ago and debility?
Who would imagine, that the palzied arm, scarce
ablo to perform the necessary duties of life, had
ever clasped the delicate waist of some fonu, de
voted, youthful beauly? Who could conceive,
that his shrivelled lips had ever been pressed, in
ardent fondness, to those of some blushing, glow
ing belle, who had fell but too proud in tho ad
miration of their owner. One feature ulono, re
mains unchanged in him, who was onca the
young, gay, gallant, invincible Col, Burr, the
eye, that beaming orb, with its keen, cold, snake
like expression was there still, and fow there
were, who, even then, could withstand its fixed
and steady gaze. Old age hud enfeebled tbe bo
dy had wrinkled and furrowed tho once noble
face and brow but tho oyo remained unchan
ged, and it could beam with winning softness, or
flash 'with indignant passion, as in days or yore
Business of pressing importance, called Col
Burr to the village of II , a spot which he
had not visited for fifty yoais and upwards, and
as he rolled onward in tho vehicle that bore him,
he seemed wrapped in thought. Ever and anon,
he would pass hts eyes over the faco of tho couti
try, and as his countenance wcg lighted up with
a peculiar smile, he would sink backwards in bis
seat, and resume his self communion. He stop
ped at a small, neat looking tavern, and giving
directions to have his horse cared for the night.
he was soon seated in the best parlor by a com
fortable fire, for it was in the month of Decem
ber. The buiiuess which called him there, could
not receive his attention until an early hour the
following morning, and preparations were made
to make him comfortable for the night. His coin-
) mum w is d.rected to go to the bar room, and
g've some necessary order, in tho prosecution of
wh cli he mentioned the name of Col. Burr.
An elderly femile slandng belli ml the bar,
who h id not befre been noticed, suddenly turn
ed around an 1 asked, quickly, " What Col. Burr?
is it Aa'ou Uirrf-'
Yes," brielly responded the person addres-
1 he female suddenly laid down something
s ae h id hi ner hand, and jatiiig iinrselt, appear
ed terribly evened, '.reinbhng like an aspen leaf.
rsiie leina iio.l sailed lor shvouI minutes, her
eyes fixed on ihe ground, then starting up she
exclaimed
" I must see him I have wished and hoped
lo see Mat mm beloie 1 die bull had hardly
expected that I should ever be gratified," and
turning to the glass, hanging inside ot the bar,
she smoothed tho white hairs that straggled over
her lorehead, and through her tidy cap pressed
nown ner uress wnere it was rumpled, and in a
moment was in the parlor where Col. Burr was
seated, perusing some law p ipers connected with
the business that brought hun thither.
As the female entered the room, the Col. arose,
and, with a grace peculiar to himself motioned
net- to he seated; but she paid no attention to
hun, but stood gazing upon him with a look of
the most fixed earnestness, scanning him from
head to toot, and finally meeting his eye without
quailing.
" When you have sufficiently examined me,
Madam, I shall feel pleased to afiord you any uv
formation you may desire," said the Col. in his
blandest tones, as tho old lady, without uttering
a word, kept her gaze intently fixed upon him,
in snence. lengtn, wnen she had satisfied
herself with looking at him, she took the chair
to which he had motioned her, and as she sank
into it, she exclaimed, loud enough for him to
hear
"What a change has fifty years wrought here,"
and befoie he could find lime to ask if she had
ever met him before, she added: " You are very
much altered, Col. Burr, since you were here"
before."
" Why, yes, Madam, fifty years are apt to dis
place black hair and smooth face, to make way
lor snowy locks, and wiinkled fronts. It is about
fifty years since 1 have been in this neighbor
hood, and I was then quartered "
" At Farmer L's," broke in the old lady.
" Yes I remember all about those times now.
I hud hoped that time and change would have
done (heir work, nnd freed me from the mcmorv
of those days but your presence calls them
hack ngain, with undiminished force. Let tno
see you were about twenty, then, and as fine
md gallant a youth as ever my eyes might look
upon "
" And now I am seventy, and worn out you
may add," chimed in the Col., following up her
good humor. " Yea, I passed many happy hours
at I armor L's. I wonder what has become of
s daughter Anna I had almost forgotten her
-but you mentioned the old firmer, and that re
minds ino (if his daughter, whom I remember,
now, distinctly,"
" You do not suppose you would know her
again do vou?"
" Oh, no," laughingly responded the Col. I
loubt not time has duty by her, as well as my
self, and I should find as much difficulty in recog
nising her, as she doubtless, would lo discover in
mo the yoimg Colonel who used to make love to
iior."
"You hoary headed villain ! vou withered at
omy ! You shrivelled, toothless remnant of hu
manity ! Look at me ! you treacherous villain,
mid see if, in my grsy hairs, in my toothless
gums, in my wiinkled, fin rowed face, you can
discover any resemblance to Anna L.; for she I
am. as snro as you are Aaron Burr."
Col. B. never suffered himself to appear sur
prised. Nothing was ever allowed to disturb his
stoicism his equanimity. Nor was it ruffled
now. Ho gazed for an instant unon the female.
who had arisen up and approached him, and was
about to make a reply when she interrupted him.
"And is it ihns you dare to apeak of one whom
your villainy had doomed to days, and nights,
and weeks, and monlhs, aye, years, of mental
gony f Is it thus that you, with ono foot in the
grave with your hair whitened by the snows ol
many wintcis your heart seared and deadened
to all noble impulses, dare lo speak of your out
rageous villainy. Old man, old man, remember
you are on tho very verge of the grave and oh!
let me, whom you have so deeply, dreadfully in
jured, beg of you lo repont, nnd turn from your
sins while it is called to-day. Your hour must
come, and with all your sins and guilt upon your
head, you mist go down to the grave, unless you
repont and are lbrgiven and my prayor shall bn,
deeply as I have been injured, that you may ob
tain as tree forgiveness horn him, who alono can
pardon, as I now forgive the wrongs done to me."
During tho delivery of theso few words, the
old lady was standing close to tho Col. her bony
hand stretched out towards him, and her eye fix
ed firmly on his own. Not a muscle of his coun
tenance moved not a feature changed but ho
sat looking upon the excited woman, as sho cal
led up the memory of her own deep wrongs,
like a statuo of marble. When ho saw that she
had finished, ho rose, and, bowing to her with
tho most finished graco and ease, remarked
M Advice from such lips cannot bo otherwise
than good. I will reflect upon what you have
said, and perhaps I may see the necessity of pur
suing the course you recommend. For the pre
sent, however, I am fatigued, and must ask to be
shown to my room for tho night."
Tho old lady said nothing, but slowly moved
from the room, and as the door closed upon her
form, he turned to his companion, and with an
air of chagrin remarked
M This coinos from promising marriage," and
in a moment, he was as deeply cnguged in peru
sing his law pipers, as if nothing unusual had
occurred..
Mr. George Hugh, a learned and pious man,
Professor of Hebrew in tho New Yoik City Uni
versity has written a book ta show that the pop
ular Christian belief that thero will he a literal
resurrection of ihe body M tho day of judgment
is a fallacy, . . .
JMesutci-ikiii no IIuuibuK!
Let the disbelievers in Mesmerism or Anima!
Magnetism, read the following interesting article
from the Cleveland Advertiser. This is truly
the beginning of a new era in science.
WHAT OUR EYES HAVE SEEN.
Wonders will never cease ! Last Monday we
witnessed a most difficult suigical operation, per
formed by Professor Acklkv, assisted by Piof.'s
Dklamatek Kiutlvxo, and others, before a class
of students at the Cleveland Medical College.
The Patient was a Dr. Shrieve, from Columbi
ana eoun'y, O , quite mi elderly man. It was an
operation for lu.nor, situated under the lower jaw
and partly in the neck, near the right ear. We
happened in, just as the Professor wjs putting
knife to the skin. He made two or three fright
ful gashes, seemingly cutting the throat, and not
a muscle lit tne old man was observea lomove.
Wo were astonished, nnd wo think the whole
medical class and even the faculty were not less
so than ourself. The secret was, the patient was
in a magnetic sleep ! This fact of course was
known by the Professors, but not by spectatois
generally. There stood, by Ihe bleeding patient
(not sufferer) the magnUizer, who with the magic
of Mesrner h id thrown tiie subject into pleasant
dreams; and now while theknite of the bold sur
geon was dashing away at his vitals, and dripping
with gore al his throat, ho could say to the trem
bling nerves, "be still," and all was quiet!
What a triumph of mind over matter was there !
The will of the Magnetizer, striking dumb even
the living being and making his body the insen
sible subject of dissection ! No agonizing groans
were heard, as is usual from the conscious patient,
to alarm and terrify the operator; but he went
quietly on, without haste, and consequently with
better effect. It lasted some fifteen minutes, du
ring which time there were frequent consulta
tions among the Professors, as it proved to be a
malignant case . It. caused a frightful wound and
a profusion of blood. Tho patient was temoved
to another room, still unconscious of pain and of
the operation; and when we left, he was assuring
the tnagnctizcr that he felt quite happy.
Here is a triumph of Magnetism that will do
to talk about, and lo publish lo the world. Here
in the very citadel of infidelity on this subject;
even at the Cleveland Medical College, and in
tbe midst of its learned Professors, stands this
" new liuht,'" tiied and approved. Its foundation
is experiment, the sure guide to truth. We have
long been a believer in this science, but never
any farther than we nave been warranted by ex
periments. Wo have been " led by sight," and
that reluctantly, so strange were the phenomena
presented by it, and so incomprehensible the
laws which govern it. At present it is a science
which must rest alone on experiment. It opens
a new field for Physiological and Metaphysical
research, and bids fair to revolutionize the old
moulton systems of Philosophy, which have so
long deluded the world; glittering without value
and changing without utility
An Eloquent Compliment to tin Do-
qicotit Preacher.
The editor of the Cincinnati Herald, who re
cenlly visited Philadelphia, thus alludes to one
of our most gifted clergymen and his style of or
atory:
"I spent a Sabhnth in Philadelphia, and had
tiie pleasure oi hearing two discourses by Thos.
H. btockton, one of tho most eloquent men of
this, or any other country. As it. respects nflllu
euco of latigu ige, im igMintion, descriptive pow
er, and grace of delivery, I know not his equal
in the pulpit. His subject, Siinday eveniivr, was
the ascension of Christ. For the space of twen
ty minutes he confined himself lo a clear, me
thodical exposition of his theme, and to an ela
borate selection and exact collocation of various
suggestions or intimations in the Bible, in rela
tion lo the manner and attendant circumstances
of the ascension. In this way the audience was
prepared for what followed--tlie expectant array
of sail ts and angels, the chariots and horses of
lire, the cloud, dark beneath, but reflecting above
the glories ol heaven, the pause of the Siviour,
when the cloud h id received bin, while the ce
lestial hosts stood silent, as he gazed once more
on funiiiar scenes Nazarelii, his birth-place, the
temple in which no bad taught, the desert where
five thousand had been fed, the mountain of pray
er, the grave ot Lazarus, Oethsemiinc and Cal
vary. Then began the ascent, the throng follow
ing, passing worlds upon worlds in their upward
flight, far above all principalities and powers, and
thrones and dominions, till tna gates of the Inter
nal City were reached, when with electric power,
he introduced the sublimo colloquy in the
Psalm, " Lift up your heads, ye everlasting
doors, and lei the King of Glory come in."
J hroiighoiit this grand description, every au
ditor must have trembled at the boldness of the
oiator, lest, after all, the pinions of his imagina
tion might fail or falter at such a dizzy height.
But, there was no feebleness, no faintness. He
seamed to gal her power as he roso into the Hea
ven of Heavens. His tall, slender form, stretch
ed to ils utmost height; his eyes flashed as with
the splendors of eternity. Every stroke of the
pencil brought out a now feature added a richer
every tone becanio more and more raptu
rous, till the ascent wascompletcd, and the eatcs
closed upon the burning throng. I drew a long
hreatti, and kilt as if I should be glad to descend.
But no ! tho preacher paused for a moment, as if
gathering strength for a still bolder flight, and
then called on his audience to go with him to
witness the glories of the coronation. I will not
attempt to give even an idea of this crowning ef
fort. One would almost imagine lhat Milton had
risen from tho dead and in his lofty diction was
revealing tho mysteries of the inner Sanctuary.
Without doubt, btockton surpasses all men 1 have
ever heard, in a rich, bold and well proportioned
imagination, l'or, were it not for its exact pro
portions, it would seem, beyond measure, extra
vagant. But, in his highest soaring, he moves
with such ease, poises himself so dexterously,
that the circle of the heavens seems to be his
natural eloment."
Close of Day in tub East. It lias ofien
been rctnaiked, that in Southern latitudes, tho
twilights are of short duration; but nowhere
have I scan this phenomenon so remarkable
as at Bassora and Bagdad. In India, where the
sun rises or sets, clouds are now and then per
ceptible. This is never tho enso at Bassora.
Daylight diminishes, while the sun still remains
above tho horizon: tho orb is entirely visible, but
assumes a reddish hue. As soon as his last ray
disnppoari night comes on, but not Ihe night of
Europe, where the stais, even after the finest
day, can scarcely break through the hazy atmos
phere; but a night softly illuminated by the fir
mament, and rendered brilliant by stars shooting
across the heavens in all directions. Seated ev
ery evening in our terrace we enjoyed this mag
nificent light while resting afler the fatigue of the
day. Xarrativc of a Elusion to India.
(tii lex for I.aUies.
Marry not a piofone man, because the depra
vity of h s heatt will corrupt your children and
embitter your existence.
M.irry not a gambler, a tippler, or a frequent
er f taverns; because he who has no regard for
hi HiFclf will never have any for his wife.
Mairy not a man who makes premises which
he never pcrfoun's; because you can never trust
him.
Marry not a man whoso actions do not corrcs-J
pond with his sentiments; because the passions
have dethroned reason, uud lie is prepared 10
to commit every crime to which an evil naUire.
uiircstiained can instigate him. The state of
that man who regards not his own ideas of right
and wrong is deplorable, and the less you have
to do with him the better.
Marry not a man who is in the habit of run-
ring after all tho girls in the country; because
his affections are continually waverintr. and
theiefore can never be permanent.
Marry not a man who neglects his business;
f he does so when single, he will do worse
when married.
Rules .vou Gknti,emk?i,- -Marry not a woman
who cannot make a shirt, or cook a meal's v ic
tuals. Such a woman would keep a ru:m poor
all the days of his life.
Marry not a woman who is a lady and proud;
because sho will be eternally scolding if she
does not get every thing she wants.
Marry not a woman who thinks herself better
than any body else; because it shows a want of
sense, and s-'he will have but tew friends.
Marry not a woman who is fond of spinning
street-yarn; because such a woman will not
make a good wife, and will never be contented
at home.
Marry not a woman who is in the daily habit
of slandering her neighbors, and giving car to
all the gossiping she hears. Such women make
the worst of wives.
WAIIIIELOO.
"What do you think of Waterloo? "I ennui
l. 11-I1 V f , ...
eci oi an oiu leiiow I lound one morning digging
in my garden, vvhero ho had been hired to as
sist by the lazy head gardner. "1 think of it,"
said the old crab, stopping and loaning upon his
spade, " I thought it hell upon earth. I was ut
terly deaf with the continued roar of the artil
lery on one side or the other, and the sound of,
Ihe musketry of the men beside me. I could
not see my companion's face for one minute" (as
ho stood next me) for the thick smoke; and the
next I found him choking, retching and vomiting
in the agonies of death, and clutching my very
feet. Sometimes a shot went tearing through
our ranks, and ulmost shaking the part of the
square where I had been for some hours stand
ing, seeming to loosen our files ?.s it knocked
the poor fellows head over heel.-, like ninepins
on a bowling-green; and then we heard the fa
miliar tones of tho old Colonel, to prepare for
cavalry, as these devilish cuirassiers poured upon
us, und we were wedged together into a wall of.
iron to receive them. That's all I ktiow about
my feelings, sir," said the old soldier. "It was
a terrible sight, and awful to look upon. It was
hell upon earth," he muttered, as he resumed
his spade, and commenced digging ivilh energy.
United Service Magazine.
t'osijiia! Maimer of Aeao!;l;iii royalty.
Tiie Paris newspaper, called "La Patrie,"
gives tiieso these particulars of tho Neapolitan
royal family, with which that of I' ranee is about
to be allied by the marriage of the Ducd'Aum ile,
fourth sou of Louis Philppc, to Ilia princess of
Sulci mo.
" One evening, when the queen, Marir Chris
tiana, of viituous momoiy, was about to sit down
at tho card table, her husband, King Ferdinand,
by way of joke, drew back her chair rat the mo
ment she was silting dotvn. and sho fell to the
floor in a position so very indelicate as lo biing
blushes to the cheeks of all in attendance. On
rising, the queen, outraged in her modesty, said
to her loyal husband, with piiUifi.tble indignation,
'I thought I had mariied a king, but perceive 1
have nuly given my hand to a hzzaroni.' The
words were hardly uttered before a violent box
on the ear from her royal consult followed.
Tho queen, then far advanced in pregnancy, left
the apartment in tears, and from blooding over
this brutality, and liom the ellec's of tho fall
she had scarcely given birth to a child before her
strength gave way und sho died.
Another prince of this house of which kind
ness towards wives is uy no means characteristic
the Prince of Salermo, future fnthcr-in law of
the Ducd'Aum ile, and ono of tho most enlight
ened princes of lialy, ill-treated his young wife
so shamefully, soon after their marriage, that the
Emperor Francis, of Austria, sent to demand
'how it was that a litilo picaninny prince of Na
ples could presume to lay his hands upon an arch
dutchess of Austiia?' These facts are notorious
throughout Italy, and sufficiently explain the joy
which the young Princess Caroline, of Salermo,
manifested tin hearing that her hand had been
asked in marriage by a French Prince. The
French have tho reputation, throughout Europe,
of being very amiable towards women and Ihe
sons of Louis Philippe, especially, nro acknowl
edged to bo of excellent character."
The MiciiroAN koouhach. Tho infamous
forgery of tho Bimey Garland Letter, has been
traced no farther than the Ohio Stale Journal, Il
was published, us i! from on extra of tho Genesee
Mich. Democrat, at Columbus, on theSUth; at
Mt. Vernon, on the 28lh ; at Cleveland on the 30;
and mado its first appearance at Detroit Michi
gan, on tho 31st of Oct. Thcso facts strongly
indicate the tolunious origin ot tho letter. Ma
ny, very many suppose it was manufactured by
tho Whig Slate Central committee. It was cer
tainly published with their sanction. Others
suppose that tho Slate Committee was imposed
on by the Journal folks. The Stato Committee
and the Journal folks owe it to themselves to
clear up this matter fully. How say you gentle
men Guilty or not jjiiilljit Cin. IleralL
Nalhajiiel Hood, of Kirgs county, Va., lately
deceased, left by his will, nearly ail his slaves
Tree, amounting to some two or ihreo hundred,
with ample provision to carry them to Liberia,
AGRICULTURAL.
THE FARMER'S LIFE.
I love tho Farmer's quiet life
His peaceful home devoid of strife,
With gay contentment bless'd.
Hove the virtues of his heart,
Which peace, and joy and love impart
Around his tranquil rest. .
Hove the bloomy hills and dales,
Their healthful winds, their odorous gales,
Untainted with disease :
I love die tales and legends old, '
By white-haired sires at twilight told,
'Mid scenes of shadowy ease.
I love the labor and tho toil
Which clothe with beauty Freedom's soil,
Where tyrant never trod!
And when each task and turmoil free,
Great Uod, is sanctified by Thee,
And consecrates the sod.
I love the labor and tho toil,
Which brighten 'round his evening hearth,
With joy unmix'd replete ;
Where Friendship's smile, and Love's sly leer,
Are seen through Joy's transparent tear,
And true friends only meet.
I love whata'erlhe season brings
The flowers lhat blush the birds that sin J
Eve's low iEoliau breeze.
The vernal smiles the summer's charms
The autumn's fuits and winter's storms,
All charm in their degree.
FATTENING HOGS.
On tiie first day of December, four shoats of
the same breed, nearly of a size, and as much
alike in every respect as could be selected from
a herd of ninety odd hogs, weie made choice
of; each carefully weighod, and placed in a sin
gle stye where their food could exactly be regu
lated. 1 ney weighed between bl pounds and
100. The two whose weights together made
1S5 pounds, were fed on one gallon of shelled
Indian corn weighing seven pounds to each, Co
every 21 hours and as much water as they waa
ted. This quantity of food was a plenty for
them; generally they about consumed it. Soma
five or six different days between the firm of De
cember and 4th of January, the lime the experi
ment was going on, they did not eat their whole
allowance.
For ihe two shoats, whose weights together
mndo 173 pounds, seven pounds of good Indian
coin meal, by measure ten pints, were made in
to good musli, or hasty pudding, and divided be
tween them for every twenty-four hours. That
is, these two had allowed them exaclly half the
weight of meal which the olhcrs had of raw
com. i fie seven pounds -ot meaf were daily
mixed with scalding water, and then well boiled;
the whole process of cooking was dono on au
average in li hours. They were all fed twice
a duy nnd at the snme time. The evening feed
of the shoats fed on mush was generally warm
the morning food, having stood all night, was
jrenoraiiy cold. I ne seven pounds, or ton pints
of meal, when cooked, weighed an average of
mty pounds, and measured an average of
three gallons. There was a difference of nine
pounos. in the weight of the Inner pair the
smallest had the least appetite, and his allowance
of fifteen pounds of mush was just as much as
he appeared to want or would eat up clear; the
other was greedy, nnd always sharp set, des
patched his mess quickly, nnd wanted more.
Before the experiment had progressed a fort
night, there was a very perceptible difference in
he appearance of these p;gs. Those fed on
mush assumed a more thrifty, healthy, iresh ap
pearance, particularly of their hair, and this ap
pearance became more striking as the experiment
advanced.
On tho 4th of January, while preparations
wore making for killing and dressing, they were
again weighed on tho hoof. One of those then
whose daily allowance had been seven pounds
f corn each, hud increased lit) pounds in the HI
days: tho other, which had an equal allowance
of corn, had increased only 5 pouuds. I could -not
account for the difference by any thing I
could discover, either before or after killing; the
appetites of these two were much more aliko
than of the others; and iheir health was appa
rency equally good.
Of the pair fed on mush, whose daily allow
ance had been three and a half pounds of meal
each, 'die greedy one had gained 23 pounds and
the other 21 pounds.
Those are nil the material facts in these ex
periments, except that a vety small portion of
salt was put in each mess of rnnsh and thero is
no miracle in them. Tho hogs allowed three
and a half pounds of meal each, gained less
than three-fourths of a pound each daily, nnd
this surely they might havo gained from the
meal; but they gained more than those fed on
double that quantity of corn. Tho saving of
o.ie-half the immense quantity of corn consu
med in raising and fattening hogs in Maryland,
would be well worth the offer of a pieinium to
Invo theso experiments accurately repeated and
tosted by diflercut persons. Martfd Ag. llep.
SEED CORN.
Mr. Holmes Much is said and written of late
on tho choice ot seed com some Dreferrinr
eight, some ten, and twelve rowed some a large
and some a small cob. When I select my gocd
corn, I attend but little to tho number of" rows,'
or tho size of the cob, but to what the cob con-
tains. ,
When we peel the trees of the forest where
the baik is the principal object, we choose the
largest trees because the baik is the thickest,
the trees the longest, and still if small trees
havo as thick a bark as large ones, it is evident
that we obtain more bark in proportion to the
bulk of tinibor, than wo should from large trees.
So with corn the bark or coaling being the
sole object, it behooves us to obtain those cars
that aro best coiled. When 1 select my seed
corn, whether taken from tho field or the heap,
( take the largest, ripest, and best filled to ap
pearance. but when I come to shelling, which
1 always do fcy hand, it is subject io a more mi
nute selection. When I have shelled about
one-fourth part from tho top end of the ear,
which part I always exclude from my seed, I
can judge whether it is well coated or not, or
whether tho kernels are deep and of good
length and well set, and if I find the coating
thin or shallow, I at once exclude il without any
regard to tho number of rows or size of the cob.
Maine Farmer.
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