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HINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERT BATOBDAT,
nv nrcrcri a-. nnMF.R.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
MAUMEE CITY.
MAUMEE CITY INSURANCE CO.
Commercial Buildings.
" MUTUAL INSURANCE OFFICE,
At the Jefferson House, Wm. Kingsbury
Agent
CUSTOM HOUSE OFFICE.
Canal street.
STATE LAND OFFICE,
Erie street.
REED fc HOSMER,
Book b Job Printers, Maumee Express
Office,
Wolcott street.-
"DANIEL F. COOK,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
T S.M. YOUNG,
Attornies & CounsellorB at Law.
7N7RATHBUN.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
"hf.nrY REED.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law .
"NATHAN UATHUUN,
Justice of the f eace.
HORATIO CON ANT ,
Justice of the Peace.
DR. WILLIAM ST. CLAlll,
Pnv.lciim fa. Sureeon. Erie street.
"JUSTUS DWlUHi,
PhVBician and Surgeon,
G. S. HAZARD,
Forwarding and Commission Merchant,
Water street.
SMITH, HOWE & CO.
Forwarding and Commission Merchants,
Water street.
' FORSYTH b MACK,
Forwarding and Commission Merchants,
Water street. -
J. WOLCOTT.
Forwarding find Commission Merchant,
Water street.
v. P AIRMAN.
Dry Good and Variety Store, Commercial
Dill 111 I
" W. WIS WELL,
Dealers in Hardware, Hollow-ware, Tin-
ware ana vuuery, mm
T...1 : nrw Onods. Groceries and
Crockery, Erie street.
"ELlSHAMACK,
Dealer in Dry Goods Groceries
Crockery, Front street. .
and
' GTb W. RICHARDSON,
Dealers in Dry Goods.Groceriee, be. be,
Erie street.
n H NlTPHIF. fa. CO,
Dealers in Fancy and Staple Dry Goods,
Hotel Buildings,
nh n. WILLIAMS.
n nnn.U Groceries. Hardware-, Crock
ery, &c. Erie street.
IRA WHITE,
Dry Goods, Books be. Wolcott street.
CLARK b FARGO.
Wholesale and Retail dcnlera in Groceries
and Provisions, i;om,, erciai miliums".
C. A. b A. D. WILLIAMS,
Groceries and Provisions.
K7HASTINGS,
Groceries and Provisions.
aTcary,
Rnntii. Shoes. Drv Goods, Groceries
Paints, Oils be. Corner of Broadway and
tonant sis,
nnvN'l'itM h. GANNETT.
Drv Goods. Groceries, Provisions, Hard
ware fee. Front street.
w I. WOLCOTT,
UonW in Drv Goods. Groceries, Provi-
ainnii. Stoves. Iron be. Wolcott street.
GEORGE DOTY, ,
Dealer in Jewelry bu. Erie street.
: J. S. MEACHAM,
Tailor, over the old Post Office, Erie st,
ALLEN b GIBBONS,
Groceries and Provisions, Erie street.
O. H. HARRIS,
Groceries b Provisions, Erie Btreet.
' FORSYTH b HULL,
Dealers in Dry Goods, Crockery and Hard
ware, corner of Front and Conant streets
LATHAM T. TEW,
Coper b Tin Manufacturer on Wolcott st,
at the late store of T. W. Crowell.
CHARLES A. LAMB,
Cabinet Furniture Manufacturer rear of
Commercial Buildings
" JEFFERSON HOUSE,
Robert Gowcr, Erie street.
MIAMI HOTEL.
By George Kirkland, near the lower steam
boat landing. -
AMERICAN HOUSE,
By Tyrrel b Hall, Wolcott street.
. CENTRAL HOUSE,
Elijah Clark. Erie Btreet.
BRICK TAVERN,
By Daniel Hubhell, Port Miami.
PERRYSBURG.
" SPINK b HOSMER,
Attornies and Counsellors at Law,.
BENNETT b CAMPBELL,
Attornies and Counsellors at Law.
COFFINBURY b STETSON,
Attornies and Counsellors at Law.
! EAGLE HOTEL, . "
Joseph Creps, Louisiana Avenue.
HOLLISTER b CO.
Forwarding and Commission Merchants.
DOAN & EARL,
Forwarding and Commission Merchants.
GILBERT BEACH.
Dealer in Dry Goods Groceries he. be.
CURTIS b KRIDLER, .
Boot, Shoe, b Leather Store, opposite the
. Temperance House. - .
C. T. WOODRUFF,
Tin and Copper Manufactory:
TOLEDO.
DANIEL O. MORTON, ,
Attorney, Counsellor and Solicitor.
PALMER. BUSH b CO,
Forwarding and Commission Merchants,
foot of Erie and Kalamazoo rail road.
" TITUS b Co.
'Wholesale Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries,
Hardware be. be La Grange street.
J. A. TITUS b Co,
Dealers in Fancy and Staple Dry Goods,
Groceries be, corner of Smmit and Locust
" streets.
' , CARPENTER, MYERS b Co.
Forwarding and Commission Merchants,
Foot of Erie b Kalamazoo railroad.
AMERICAN HOTEL. ,
R. N. Lawton, Summit street.
TOLEDO RECESS.
. By John L. Smith, next door to th Tolodo
Hoiine.
MAUMEE CITY. EXP EE
Volume IH.--N. 8.
1839.
Perrysburg, Toledo, Maumee City J-
Manhattan.
npHE steam-boat GEN. VANCE, S.
Spink, Master. This splendid lit
tle boat has now taken her place for the
season, and will run regularly between the
above named places, in the followiug order,
to wit: Leave Perrysburg every morning,
at 7 1-2 o'cIock, touching at Mnnmee City,
Oregon and Toledo, in time for the cars go
ing to Adrian, and arrive at Manhattan at 9
o'clock, touching as above, and arrive at
Perrysburg at 12 o'clock. Leave Perrys
burg at half past one o'clock, and Toledo at
4 o'clock, or after the arrival of the cars
from Adrian; running and touching as
above.
For freight or passage, apply to the cap
tain on board, or to
J. HolhBister & Co., Perrysburg.
Smith, Howe b Co., Maumee City.
Carpenter b Co., ) ff Toki0t
Palmer Bush b Co., "
T'tus. I Lower Toledo.
Peckham & Co.,
Cornwell &Fox, Manhattan.
P. 8. Sailin? narties can at all times
depend unon the services of the Gen. Vance,
by giving a few hours notice to the Capt., or
to the above agents.
N. B Cant. Snink will attend prompt
ly to all calls from Capts. of vessels who
may wish to be towed eitner up or uowu
the river.
mO PHYSICIANS AINU FA ilfciVJO
I The Blind Piles, said to be incura
ble byexternal applications. Solomon Hays
warrants the contrary. His Liniment will
cure Blind Piles. Fncts are more stubborn
than theorieB, He solicits all respectable
Physicians to try it upon their patients. It
wilt do them no harm, and it is known that
physicians who had the honesty to make
the trial, have candidly admitted that it haB
succeeded in every case they have known.
Then why not use it? It is tne recipe oi
one of their most respectable members, now
deceased. Why refuse to use it 1 Because
it is sold as a proprietory medicine 1 Is this a
sufficient excuse for suffering their patients
to linger in distress ? We think not.
Phvsicians shall be convinced that there is
no humbug or quackery about this article-
Why then not alleviate human suffering?
If they wont try it before, let them alter all
other prescriptions fail. Physicians are
reanpctfullv reauested to do themselves
ami rintlnnta the iustice to use the article,
It shall be taken from the bottle, and done
up as their prescription, it they desire.
Let them apply the Comstock b Co., at the
Drug Store, No. 2 Fletcher street near Pearl,
New York, and of most respectable drug
gists throughout this country. Also at
O. Williams b Co., Maitmoo City 1
MOLOMOIN MAYKS.
-b-1 1.OIlliNCE. Ala. Sept. 28,18:18. A
P irp.ntleman of the highest standing in
thistowu, who 1ms been dreadfully afflicted
with the Blind Piles for the last 26 years,
called upon me and freely confessed to me
hie aitnntlnn. After describing the severity
of the complaint, he remarked he had not
been so well for 20 years past as he was at
that moment. He has used one bottle only
of Hay's Liniment. To use his own words
ha oirf "the whole human' family, who
were thus afflicted, ought to be made ac
nuainied with this medicine."
1 i T, T Tr ICQ
The originalletter may be seen where the
article is sold, No. 2 Fletcher street New
York. And at nearly all the Apothecaries
in North America. Also at U. u win
liams Maumee City. 1
TO PRINTERS.
FOR SALE. A font of small Pica
of about two hundred pounds, near
ly new and complete, with Italic and ca
ses, atthis omce.
mO THE INCREDULOUS. New York
I Sent. 28th, 18:18. I have been entire
ly bald during 13 years, and have now, By
the use ofthe genuine Balm ofColumbiamy
lead covered with line hair. I shall be
happy tn convince the most incredulous,
who willtake the trouble to call at m . house,
I have bought the article of Comstock b
Co. 2 Fletcher st. For sale at o. u u. w in-
iams Maumee City. 1
, , J P. SCHMIDLING,
47 Attorney st,
AMERICAN HOTEL..
Summit street, near the lower steamboat
landing, Toledo.
RN. LAWTON takes this opportunity
. to inform the public that he haB taken
the above splendid establishment, and fitted
it up in good style lor the accommodation
of all who may favor him with their cus
tom. . He intends to try the experiment of
keeping the best ot every thing, and tnus
meriting a substantial reward from tne res
ident and travelling public;
March, 16 1839 50tf
NO MISTAKE. '
DR. ST. CLAIR would give notice to
the people of Maumee City and vicini
ty, that he has disposed of his interest in
the store of O. Williams b Co., with the
full intention of pursuing the science and
practice of Medicine. Therefore hopes to
merit a reasonable share of the public pat
ronage. ' '..' ,
. March 5, 1889. .. 49tf
REMOVAL
A CARY has removed from Front st
. lo Broadway, corner of Conaut st's,
where he has received in addition tohis
former stock, a large assortment of Boots
and ehoes of a superior quality.. Also, a
good assortment of Dry Goods, all of
which will boisg A
TT OSIEflY, silk; woolen, and cotton
XX for sale by
..''.... G.H.NITCHIEbCo
ian S i ' Brick Hotel
r COKING STOVES of Wilson's and
KJ Eagle patterns. , Also, Franklin, par
lour stoves, for sale by .
nor. 84. BOYNTON b GANNETT.
rTOVES! STOVES II Just received
(3 a lot of Cooking and Parlor Stoves, by
july 8
O.. b D. WILLIAMS.
C! TEEL. itussian , uerman , oweoea ana
OCast,by
a. H. NITCHIE b Co,
jan 6
- Brick Hotel.
SELLING cheap for Cash only, Fall
and Winter Goods, a general aasort
ment, just received and for sale by '
nnv'l7..Mjr). , DJVILLIAMS
1839.
DETROIT & MAUMEE CITY.
TTE new and elegant steam-boat MA
COMB. Ira Davis Master, will run
the ensuing Season, between Detroit and
Maumee Uity, touching at the intermedi
ate ports:
Loaves Detroit for Maumee City, every
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morn
ings, at 9 A. M.
Leaves Maumee City for Detroit, every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings,
at 7. A.-M.
The Macomb has, the past winter, under
gone thorough repairs. Her engine has
been much improved, which, with an addi
tion of a splendid gentleman's cabin, large
and airy, on her hurricane deck, together
with other improvements calculated for the
convenience of passengers, will render her
accommodations far superior to any other
boat of the same tonnage on Lake brie.
For Freight or Passage, apply to tne
Master on board, or to
GILLET fe DESNOYERS, Detroit.
FORSYTH b MACK, Maumee City.
April 8. '
I8S9.
DETROI & MAUMEE CITY.
THE splendid low pressure steamboat
ERIE Capt. A. Eowards, will run du
ring the coming senson between Detroit, and
Maumee City and Perrysburg, touching at
the intermediate port in the following or
der: Leaves Detroit at 9 o'clock A. M. on
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Leaves Maumee City and Perrysburgh on
Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays.
For freight or passage apply to the Cap
tain on board, or to
SMITH, HOWESW. Maumee uy.
HOLLISTER & Co. Perrysburg.
May 4, 1839.
HAVE YOU A COUUM ! ua not neg
lect it! Thousands have met prema
ture death for the want of a little attention
to a common cold. ,
Have vou a couch 1 Rev. Dr. Barthol
omew's Expectorant Syrup, a safe medical
prescription, containing no poisonous drugs,
and used in an extensive pructice for seve
ral years, will most positively afford relief,
and save you from that awful diseat-e pul-
. V-L II,. -,nn.
monnry consumption, which u&uuhj ..r
into the gravo, hundreds of tltt young, the
old, the fair, the lovely and the gay!
Have you a cough ? Be persuaded to
purchase a bottle of this Expectorant Syrup
to day ! ! To morrow may be too lato.
Have you a cough? Bartholomew's Ex
pectorant Syrup is the only remedy you
should take to cure you.
For this plain reaBon: That in no one
for the thousand cases where it has been used
it failed to relievo.
For sale at the drugstore of Comstock
b Co., Fletcher st. near Pearl, and at all
respectable Drug Stores. Also at O. UU.
Williams Maumee City. '
C7THE LATE MAYOR of Philadel
phia has certilied under seal ot the city me
character of several Divines, Physicians,
and gentleman of high standihg who declare
nnmt.ve v under tneir own iumu "
which mav be seen at the Drug Store) that
him nfTnlnmhia is not only a certain
nreservative, but positively a restorative oi
the human hair; also a cure ior wiuium...
Who shall dispute, or go bald? The only
tf0 lift a mtendid steel vlate engraved
nr. with, falls of Niagara, and the
name of Uomsiocx f '". i -
it. For sale at 0. b D. Williams Maumee
City. .
n. Jt. n. WILLIAMS,
WILL continue the business of Mer
chandising at the old stand of O.
Williams b Co., where they will be ready
tn attend to the calls of their customers as
usual. They respectfully solicit the pat
ronage of their old menus, ana tne puuut
in general, a continuance of which they
will endeavor to merit. March 9. .
nrHS. MAN WARING, of Jamaica, L,
il L.haabeen under the hands ol'several
physicans for a year past with an unheala
ble Fever Sore on her ancle, and has been
part of the time quite unable to walk, and
irotno relief till she has now by the use of
two bottles of Hay's Liniment, been entire
ty cured. To this tact Judge Lamberson
.ml r P. Jnnes Eso.. Editor of the Long
Island Farmer, and many other citizens of
that town will teBtny. nay s liniment,
genuine, for sale at No. 2 Fletcher st.neor
Pearl- Also at O. b D. Williams Mau
mee City. 1
Court of Common
Stats op Ohio,
Lucas County ss.
Wash'm T. Bbebee,
Elizur Fairman, Ex
ecutors of Levi Bee
bee, deceased,
Wash'n T. Beebee,
Isaac H. Brohson, b
William Fairman,
vs.
Milton St. John, b
Pleas, M&rch Term,
18H9.
IN PARTITION,
THE Respond
ents will take no
tice, that a petition
has been filed in
this Court by the
Demandants, and is
nowpending.where
in is demanded par
tition of the follow
Sinclair Tousey
ing real estate, to wit: Lot Wo. Id in
Block No. 39, in Hunt's addition to Maumee
City, and that at the next term of said
Court, application will be made by the de
mandants for an order that partition may
be made of said premises. , .
, t S.M.YOUNG,
' j,' ' ' Sol. for DemandantB.
Dated at Maumee City, April 6, 1889.
, l-8w ;
CORN MILIa ' .
rriHE subscribers have placed a run of
I ... c to :n.Ckn.M
scones in tne oiuum aiigiuvuuuji un
Tappan street, where they can now grind
any kind of grain that doeB not require
bolting, at1 short notice,
- WOLCOTT b STEBBINS.
Jan.86. - 43tf '
SPOONS. Plated and German silver tea
and table spoons, for sale by -
G. H. NITCHIE .b Co.,
n S ' ; 1 - Brick Hotel.
CLOTHING, such as coats, jackets, vests
pants., cotton and flannel shirts, flannel,
draws bc for sale by
G. H. NITCHIE b CO.
jan 5. Brick Hotel.
TVTA1LS, wrought and cut, for sale by
JlI . H. INlTCHllS il UO.
n.!L.
MAUMEE CITY, OHIO, SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1839.
MAUMEE CITY EXPRESS.
SATURDAY, MAY 25. 1839.
Our Local Situation. "What a Deau.
tiful country you have here!" we often
hear remarked by strangers visiting this
place. " The situation of the town most
delightful! High, commanding, dry, built
on a fine sweep of the river, presen.
ting with its lofty banks one of the most
graceful natural amphitheatres in the world;
it is beautiful, beautiful indeed."
" True," we answer, "we have said this
a great many times, and in a great variety
of modes, and yet, no one appears to be
lieve, until he is convinced with his own
eyes, and then, like you, he is astonished."
" Well, I admit that I am surprised; I had
been taught to believe that the whole Mau
mee country was one low sunken hole, un
fit for the residence of civilized man, where
the poor inhabitants dragged out a misera
ble life with one end sunk in a bottomless
marsh, and the other shaking with the ague,
till death the only welcome visiter he ev
er received, came and kindly relieved him
of his sufferings. I had a picture, as every
man hat, of a country lie has never Been, and
my mental drawing of this was, I con
fess, any thing but pleasant. Indeed, I
would not have come here could I have
avoided it, and, so strong were my prejudi
ces, that it is very doubtful if I could have
believed, had I not been overpowered with
an irresistible weight of evidence."
Such are the most commonly received ideas
of this section of country. A stranger who
comes here has his eyes continually open to
find something to strengthen his precon
ceived notions. He comes into the harbor;
the land appears low, and a sunken island
or two attract his attention. "Ah!" says
he, "here is the fountain of Miasma, and
the home of fever and aguo. Here the
pale billimis Demon holds his court, and
from hence sends out his frosty edicts to
shake the people ofthe country." A little
further, and he is surprised to find the land
a good deal higher than the water, and to
appearance dry. This astonishes him, but
he stifles his wonder with the wholesome
recollection, that his eyes probably deceive
him. He visits Toledo and Manhattan,
and at both those places he finds (not so bad
as he expected, it is true) some appearance
of low ground and stagnant water. And
now, having seen, as he supposes, the whole
Maumee country, he is ready to pass judg
ment, at once upon it, and declare that it is
the lowest, vilest, most horrid country that
ever a poor Devil got sent to, to die in,
But send him up this way. Let him leave
Toledo, round Eagle point and set hiB face
for the foot of the rapids. The land riBBe
rapidly lofty bold bluffs hang their tower
ing trees high over the water a change
has taken place in the whole scenery high
banks rise on either side the river looks
clean and the water sparkles behind the
wheels, blight as the surges of the lake-
he rounds the point below the town, and a
scene, bright as an eastern vision bursts up
on his view.
After having seen all this, our visiters
generally become sensible men, and lose
their foolish notions about death in the
breeze and malaria floating like a green co
verlet on the water, and having found that,
they did not know it all, are willing to learn
something; so we will talk more with them.
" But, you say, you have some sickness
here?"
"Certainly; we don't deny it."
"What makes it' I can't for life see the
reason. At Toledo, it is true, I could see
stagnated water and low ground enough,
and I don't much wonder at their being
some sickness there; but why is it so
here?"
"Spend an hour' or two with us in the
woods that environ us so closely on all sides
How thickly grow the trees, shutting out
the air and almost the light of heaven
how closely rises the under-growth, spring.
ing from a soil of uparallelled fertility, and
flourishing in almost tropical luxuriance
see the heavy mosses that hang from the
trees, nourished by the dampness of a con
fined atmosphere breathe the air, steeped
as it is in the effluvia of decaying, swelter
ing vegetation, that lies frequently a foot
in thickness upon the soil. See all these,
and then you need not ask what is the cause
of the diseases under which we suffer."
" You have answered, and the cause
seems sufficient; but is not your country
very level?" '
"The land is flat, but not level; it has a
descent of sixty feet in 18 miles, or more
than three feet to the mile sufficient, one
would suppose, to drain it, if the water
courses were kept free from fallen timber."
" Then you hope the health of your place
will improve?" '
, "Certainly we do, and with reason.
When these intrusive forests shall be cut
away and the soil laid open to the rays ofthe
sun when cultivation shall have unlocked
the pores of the now hard earth when the
natural courses shall be freed from obstruc
tion and the surplus water be suffered to
pass off through the ereeks, then our neigh
borhood will be as healthy as any. lection
ofthe state, and we fear, not till then."
, But, why is not this done?" ' '
o You can answer that at well as we."
A oracbliss Editor. Col. Polk, the V.
B. candidate for Governor, has but one
speech, and thatjthe editor of the Nashville
Bannei is publishing, so that people read it
)ni bfnTn C"l, on r"t im wi'h it.
AoitaTK Aoitati Aoitatr. It was
a hot noon of a sultry day. The wilted
herbage turned brown on the sunny slopes;
the clover blossoms shriveled; leaves droop
ed on their stems; and the long green strea
mers of the corn curled up. Birds hid si
lent in the shade. And the locust alone,
with their Bhrill music, rejoiced in the glare
and heat. Meanwhile fruit ripened: far
away the polar snows were melting: and
over wide seas, by unseen processes, the
waters rose into a firmanent. Nature
through her wide circuits moved on, as ever,
with benignant grace.
In a hollow sat watching a meaning but
restlcsB spirit of the air. " The world is ab
solutely dying of suffocation," said he indig
nantly puffing. "Where can Ue careless
rains be? Gone to hide in the ocean, be
cause they are afraid of the heat; faithless
cowards! And the mean little dews! What
sycophants they are! No sooner does this
tyrant of a sun rise, but they quit the flow
ers that need them, and go glittering up
to pay their court. My brother winds, too,
who ought to be more free spirited, have
put on the golden fetters, and leave hi in 'to
scorch up the flowers and grass at his plea
sure. Let the world he glad that 1 am
true hearted, and can feel for its sufferings.
On me depend its destinies. How grand is
my privilege; how arduous my duty. No
time ninst be lost. . I will agitate agitate
agilate. Now for ablow."
The enthusiastic wind rushed out with a
burst of benevolence. So much was to be
done, that he felt he could not blow amiss. He
stirred up the dust on the dry plains, he tos
sed the withered leaves, he ruffled the stag
nant pools and at last getting into a wood he
made such a roar, that he rose in his own es
teem, and shouted with altogetherunwonted
might. Some idler brother winds, who had
nothine better to do, came rushing in to
nee what the matter was, and by their fool
ish ha3tc increased the noise. More and
more widely spread the alarm, and luster
and faster caine the startling breezes. Our
eairer wind beiran to feel his own impor
tance, and e'ated with success, whirled
swifter than ever, screaming, to the full of
his voice. " A erand work, brothers! a glori
ous work! This stupid sun is burning up
the world, and we must interfere to save it.
Come brothers come!" "To do what?
cried they. " Agitate, agitate, agitate, you
lazv fools?" And away he whirled with
such honest zeal, that all the little puSs and
all the big blows too joined him in a grand
circumgyration ot coutageous benevolence,
Surorised at his own emciency, the raptur
ous winds turned too, all alike ignorant of
what was to be done, or how to do it, but
all in great agitation.
All went very well tor awhile; tne now
era nodded: the Eroves Gracefully bowed
the meadows waved: the waters sparkled:
and the world seemed waking up. iut
soon winds of all sorts came rushing in,
crowdine and losthnir, screaming lor uitor-
motion, all willing, for 6ome mischief, and
some for good ends, and some lor excite
ment. and some lor love ot power to "ugi
tate, agitate, agitate." And alas! the poor
honest wind soon found, that the blast
which howled loudest headed the mob.
There wos no stopping now. In vain he
cried "Peace brothers, blow softly, agiiatc
calmly." Madder and madder grew their
frenzy and now too alusl there was noes
cape. He was whirled to and fro utterly
spent, powerless, and horror stricken, at the
ruin fast spreading over the ficUlB he intend
ed in some way or other to benclit. Crash
went the boughs the laden orchards were
stripped the long maize with its heavy
ears fell prostrate the ripened wheat
was strewed to the ground and where the
whirlwind passed, spread a track of desola
tion. As he was swept along amid black
clouds of mingled fragments, the poor wind
thus meditated :
"Ah! I meant well, I meant well; but
what a fool was not to know what I wan
ted to do, before I tried to do it. Had I
been true to my nearest duty, and quietly
refreshed the plants and trees around me,
I wo lid have been useful although humble,
and ready for any higher work to which ua-
ture might call mo. Alas! alas! there was
more ambition than benevolence in my love
ofagitation." W. II. C.
THE PAINTER IN LOVE.
A ROMANCE OF ORELK HISTORY.
Why come not the prisoner, Clit.us?'
'Mylord,tho guard house is at some
distance. But I delivered your commands
and he will be here anon.'
Silence again followed the reply ofClitns,
and nothing occurcd to disturb it until
Appelles was led into the hall. The un
fortunate painter retained his eyes fixed
on the cround as he moved towards the
footstool of the throne on which the king
sat. When at the distance of a few feet,
Appelles knelt down without raising his
eyes. Protogenes followed his example, but
a short distance behind him. Without no
ticing the prisoner's companion, Alexander
turned to. his courtiers, and said in a low
but stern tone, 'What deserves the man
who as stolen the affections of one whom he
knew to be the object of his king and mas
ter's love?' The courtiers were silent, un
til the king repeated with vehemence, ' .Say,
what doth such a man deserve?' 'Death!'
was the reply that passed from lip to lip.
You have spoken well,' said the king, ' and
as I expected from you. The man is now
before you, and has heard the doom you
have pronounced.' Protogenes could bear
this scene no longer; he started forward,
and exclaimed, ' Royal Alexander, do not,
for an involuntary error, tako away the
crown and glory of Grecian art. Appel
les Who art thou?' Interrupted the mon
arch. I, great king, am Protogenes, a painter
of Rhodes.' , '
' 1 have heard of thee,' replied Alexander;
thou, too, speakeat well. But it is in vain
to intercede for this man. His doom is fix
ed! It is right however, that the partner
of his crime should share that doom. Cli
tus, bring hither Campaspe!, Appelles had
not opened his hps to-pray for himself but
he now exclaimed, in accents of agony, 'Oh,
royal, noble sovereign, spare her! She .is
innocent!' Silence, one and all!" was
the king's reply. In a few momenta, Cain
oasoe was led into the hall bv Clvtus. The
king left his throne, and advanced to meet
her. The lady sank at Ins teet. 'Marx
the doom, all you,' cried the king, in a loud
and clear voice, 'which I prot.ounce upon
these two ontortunstos. Let them for dar
ing to love each other, be instant y bound
together tor lite. 'Ana oe tne nanus, in
continued, with a smile, ' the golden ones
which Hymen torges! ,
'Tnfrehcr, Anl!t,'t-' crnlinne AJ'wan-,
Whole No. 113.
der, joining the hands of the painter and
Campaspe, 'and learn that thou servest a
master who loves his friends more than
himself.'
Ankcdote. Original and trueMr.
Franky A ,who was a sontleman of
good parts and infinite humor, used with
much pleasantry to relate the following
anecdote, as having occurred to himself
when a young man. A votuM ludv in the
neigiioornood nan won ins Elections, and
he had commenced paying her his address
es. During the courtship he sometime sup
ped with the lady's family, when he was al
ways regaled with a homely dish of milk
and mush, and being of a serious turn, was
generuny invited to say grace over the
meal. The supper Franky did not take
amiss, as the family of the lair one was in
but moderate circumstances, and being him
self poor, he admired much domestic econo
my; besides, he was satisfied, provided he
could obtain the affections of his dulcina.
1 he course of true love, it is said, ' never
runs smooth,' and Franky chanced to have
a rival who was much richer than himself.
One evening when he was visiting his
charmer, after the board had been spread
with the frugal meal of mush and milk, but
before the fumily had taken their seats at
the table, some one spied Franky's rival
riding up. Immediately 'a change came
o'er the substance of the meal.' As if by
magic, the table was cleared of its load, and
nought remained lo tell the tale, but the
clean white cloth. In the course of a short
time however, the table was again furnish
ed, not as before, but with the suitable ap
pendages for making tea, and with warm
bread, such as is hastily baked, and in com
mon parlance called ' short cake.' When
all was ready as was the custom brother
A was invited to say grace, who
with due solemnity, hands folded, and eyes
closed, pronounced the following impromp
tu benediction:
' The Lord be praised,
How I'm amazed,
To soe how things have mended;
Here's short cake and tea,
For supper I soe,
Where mush and rnilk was intended.'
It is almost unnecessary to add, that after
thisgrace, Franky never returned to woo his
lady love, but left her to the undisturbed
possession of his more fortunate rival. C'o
ciZ Uax.
Marmaok. No vulgar maxim has proved
more detrimental to female happiness than
that a reformed rake makes the best ot hus
bands: In almost every instance the direct
contrary litis happened. For,in thefirstplace,
if the maxim were true, ii is far from cer
tain that matrimony will produce a 'reform.
The vanily of an enamored female may flat
ter her thatjher amiable qualities will effect
arclirmatiun; it must go deeper than that
which is only the momentary effect of an
impetuous passion; it must extend to the
moral principle; tothe whole mode of think
ing. A rake is hut another term foi a sensu
alist, which in itcelf implies the quantity ssl-
nsii; ne nas keen a-.-customeu to saenhce
the best interest of others to personal grati
fication; and there are more ways than one
of trilling with tho happiness "of a fellow
creature. Further, the liberliiie has acquir
ed a despicable opinion of the sex. and we
know lhat matrimonial tyranny usually ori
ginates from a contemptible opinion of the
leruale sex. Lastly, in marrying a rake
there are many chances to one that a woman
marries a druukard or agames'trt and these
are perhaps the only vices that are never to
be reformed. We might add, that without
some notion of religion, morality has but an
uncertain basis i and what rake would be
thought to entertain respect for religion?
MAnwKn. On the 7th ult, by the Rev.
h. uihson, Mr. Hiram Dill, oged 14, to
Miss. Margaret Ann Langley, aged lit, both
of Greenville District, South Carolina.
The affair has put mischief into the heads
ot both our di;vii,s, 1 he youngest, who
about twelve years old, has commenced
chewing taboeco, and put straps on his
pants; the other, abmit sixteen, has got en
tirely above his business, and consumes
much of his timo in making calculations
about the expenses of house keeping.
Aug. Mirror.
Boat Buii.dino. Seven new steam
boats have been turned out from the works
ot Robinson and. Minis in Pittsburgh, since
tho 12th of Jauuary last. The Gazette
says these entorprising builders are con
structing an iron steamboat, which is now
rapidly advancing to completion. The
i'ittsburghers are hard to heal! Clct).
Her.
The Ohio has fallen so as to make re
shipinent of freight for Pittsburgh necessa
ry from the larger boats to Binaller ones at
Wheeling. The Pittsburgh Gazet te of the
lfith, notices a rise of a few inches from
the Alleghany. Clrv. Hir.
Wii.mam L. Stone, Esq,, Editor ofthe
N. Y. Commercial Advertiser is a fortunate
man. Queen Victoria directed Lord Pul
nicrston to send him by the Liverpool a
beautilul portrait ot HerMajestyasa token
of acknowledgment for his Life of Brandt.
-dev. Her.
Pennsylvania Canal Tolls. Penn
sylvania too is gathering a golden harvest
from her Canals and rail roads this season.
The Pittsburgh Advocate of Wednesday
Bays:
'The amount of tolls collected on the
Pennsylvania canals and rail roads for the
six weeks ending on the first of May, was
233,658 dollars 42 cents, exceeding the re
ceipts during the same per.od of last year
by 45,723 dollars 18 cents.'
Pine Timber. A correspondent of the
Medical and Surgical Journal says he is ac
quainted with u lady who, about four years
ago, finding that several of her teeth were
rapidly decaying, filled them with pine wood,
which is now as firmly fixed in the cavities
as ifit had jusc been inserted.!, .'.''
- Good tksTimony In the House of
Lords, on the 26th March, Lord Brougham,
in remaikingonthe late differences respec,
ting the boundary line, observed : "T.iere
was one oonsolatinn on this subject, which
woe that we were undeniably, clearly, and
manifestly in the wrong; and giving up
when we were in the wrong never could
barm us." - .- (,
A poor widow was relating to a neighbor
how fond her husband was of having a good
firs, how busy he would make himself in
fixing it so I hat it would burn, be. 1 All poor
man,' said she, ' I hop he's gone where
Fbos Conctrt. The vecal powers off
frogs, if not appreciated in this country.,,
where they are so plenty, receive due p-.
probation in the east.; Speaking of frog eon-,
certs, in American swamps, a late traveller
says, that one of the Russian Princesses
was io charmed with his published descrip
tion of it, that she had a spacious f rogue
ry built, covering half an acre, end actually
filled it with these musical little animals. .
The colony soon increased, and in a ohort
time her agent was enabled to supply a
J 1. 1 .1 J . - 1 L
idents, who esteemed a dish of frogs above;
any other, , .. . , ;
A buckish young gentleman went into a
barber's shop on Wednesday evening, to
have an operation performed on his chin.
The young barber executed his office most
barbarously, cutting away a piece of skin ,
occasionally, and making several incisions',
that considerably disconcerted the patient.
who exclaimed in a rage, "You rascal, you,
are not fit to shave a dog," "No sir,"
modestly answered the boy, " I am a new ap
prentice, and so my master sets me to pi ac-
tice on puppies ;
ANncnoTR or Chivalry. It is relatcdj-
in Mr. Wharton's History of English Po-
etry, that during the reign of Edward III, a
troop of Knights being drawn up to proceed
on some very gallant and perilous enter
prise, theTJountess ot "Salisbury, one ot the
most accomplished aud oeautjiui mules or
that day, came forth, and, in order to inspire
them with invincible fortitude, kisaed them
every one, in the open street, in the pres
ence of thousands of admiring spectators!
The age of chivalry has past away !
The btatbof a Nrw England State..
Connecticut owes nobody, and has $21,
11(10 in her coffers, besides a school fund of
ft'lWiO.OdO. vicldinp an annual revenuo of
fcUMjOIK). The stale paupers cost $1,700
a year fur their maintainance, but the State
prison earns a nett sum of $'',000 or over. -The
Governor is opposed to a reduction of
the price of the Notional Domain, opposed
to tlie sub-treasury scheme, intemperance,
and all other public evils. ;
The most regular loafer mentioned in tli9
New Testament, was the Prodigal Son.
When he "filled his belly with the husks
the Bwino did eaf," he only lacked a proper
iocation and a suitable concomitant. Ho
ought to have been on the ' neutral ground,''
in New Orleans, resting bis weary bones
on a watery pipe. With what a husky
voice he would have -mid, " Veil,' vot of
it?" A". O. Times.
A green horn from the country stepped
into a menagerie to view the beasts, birds,
and creeping things congregated, among
which an Ourang Outang particularly
struck his attention. Several gentleman
were conversing about tbb animals, one of
whom expressed the opinion that it was a
lower order of the human species. Jona
than did not like this idea, and striding up
to the gentlemen, expressed his contempt
tor it thus: " Pooh, pooh! he's no morehu-.
man species .than I bo!" JV. 0. Times. '
A thick but no Mirlole. Jo. Smith
nnd fellow prisoners in Boon county, have
showed their Missouri captives a trick.,
They were removing them to an adjacent
county fur trial, put up over night at a log
shanty, during which Jo. and Co. raised a
plank from the floor, and evaporated. , They
li.nl not been retaken at the last accounts.
Chv. Oaz.
We were shown a lock of wool, last week,
taken from the back of an imported sheep,,
owned ill Vernon, Conn., which measured
full eighteen inches in length. The breed
we could not ascertain, but our lnfoimant'
said the owner had some stretched upon a
board, which measured Zi inches, and far
ther, that 38 pounds were expected to ba .
cut from the animal at this next shearing!.
Northampton Courier.
The Hamilton (U. C.) Express, says:
" Wo have good authority in stating that
Sir George Arthur has been recalled."
k
The corporation of Lilttle Falls have ro
solved neither to license or ponnit a Binglo
grocery within their limits.
A Souno Nap. An old lady down,
oast, recently slept so sound that when she
awoke in the morning she did'nt know who
sue was.
The Detroit Advertiser ofthe 11th says
that there had not been a death in that place
ior two weeks previous. This says the Edi
tor iB remarkable for a place containing a
population of eleven thousand inhabitants.
An encampment of volunteers, it is stated
in the Detroit Advertiser, is te take plate
on tho battle ground of Tippecanoe on the
7th of June next.
Something New. The Charleston S.
C. Courier ofthe 3d, says, that Eggs have
been imported and sold in that market at a
profit.
The President, we learn, intends visiting
the North; and will it is said spend most of
the warm season in his native Stato.
A dividend of six per cent per annum on
the whole of the capital paid in ofthe South
Carolina Railroad and Bank has been de
clared for the last six months. Clev. Int.
Vkssblb at Nkw Ohlbans. There
were JIB vessels at New Orltane, April
S5th, exclusive of steamboats. Of this
number, 5 were ships, SO barques and 40
brigs; the rest schooners.
Mr. fl,nrl,. (Jrieu.nhl lata tnllnr in tho
Ctimmprrial Ti.-inlint MmirlmiitpT. Mark . hra
absconded with a delicitin his cash account
of 811,000.- The Bank offers a reward of
$500 for his apprehension.
G. T. This is a return frequently made
in the south western states, on the writs in
the hands of the sheriff, and is an abbrevi
ation for " Com to Texas." - '
Is is supposed 'he census of. 1840,
will show a population in the United States
of between 17,000,000 and 18,000,000. ln
1830, it was 12,866,010. - - v
"They say the fish 'ill bite now, father."
Well, well, mind your work then, and
you'll be sure they won't bite you."
- ... -.
The London Age says there are two ve
ry distinct classes society in England; the
no-bility and o-bility. ,
A Rich Caroo. The whale ship Thorn.
bor, with a cargo of 4,800 barrels of oil,
and 40,000 lbs. of whalebone.
The estimated cost of the Internal im
provements, authorised by the laws of Indi
ana, is (21,000,000.
Chauncey, the steam doctor at Philadel
phia, charged with the death of a fi-malo
patient, is ieut,tv,f?d to frv ! in t'-f
i