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PRINTED AND MJM.ISIIKD EVERT SATURDAY;
BY REED & HOSMER.
BUSINESS DIRETCOKY.
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.
HF.F.I) h. HOSMER.
Book b Job Printers, Maumeo Express
Office,
Wolcott street.
DANIEL F. COOK,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
8. M. KOUNG,
Attorney Sc Counsellor at Law.
NTUATlIBUN.
Attorney and Counselor at Law.
ITF.NlFY REED.
Attornev and Counsellor at Law
Nathan kath bun,
Justice of the Peace.
"HORATIO CONANT,
Justice of the Peace.
WTWILUAM St. CLAIR,
Pkiroirinn k. Sureeon. Erie stroot.
""JUSTUS DVV1GHT ,
Physician and Surgeon, Wolcott street
a a. HAZARD.
Pnrwardinir and Commission Merchant,
Water street.
Smith. HOWE tte, CO,
Fnrwardinfl and Commission Merchants,
Water street.
"FORSYTH b
MACK.
Forwarding and Commission Merchants.
vvator Biruei.
JWOLCOTT
Fnrwardinir nnd Commission Merchant,
Water street.
s M.nniNGTO.V.
Drv Good and Variety Store, Commercial
W. WISVVELL,
Dealer in Hardware, Hollow-ware,
ware and Cutlery, Erie street.
Tin-
nBP.wr.RII. fa. MOORE,
Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries and
Crockery, Erie street.
- ELISHA MACK,
Doaler in Dry Goods Groceries and
Crockery, Frontstreot.
' G. b W. RICHARDSON,
Dealers in Dry Goods.Groceries, be. be.
Erie street.
gThTnItchie b CO.
Dealers in Fancy nna Staple Dry Goods,
Hotel Buildings.
o". b D.WILLIAMS,
Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Crock
ery, &c. Erie street.
ELI KITTS,
Dealer in Drugs, Medicines be.
Erie street.
IRA WHITE,
Dry Goods, Books be. Wolcott street,
CLARK b FARGO.
Wholesale and Retail dealers in Groceries
and Provisions, Commercial Buildings.
C. A.
b A. D. WILLIAMS.
Groceries and Provisions.
WOODWARD b SON,
Dealers in Groceries and Provisions,
Erie street.
J. WOLCOTT.
Doaler in Dry Goods, Groceries, Provi
ions, Stoves, Iron be. Wolcott stree-
"ATXEN b GIBBONS,
Groceries and Provisions, Erie street.
H. K. STEELE
Dealer in Groceries and Provisions.
Erie street.
D. 6 FORSYTH b Co.
Dealers in Dry Goods, Crockery and Hard
a re, corner of Front and Connnt streets.
LATHAM T. TEW,
Coper b Tin Manufacturer, Wolcott
ttrest at the late store of T. W. Crowoll.
CHARLES A. LAMB, .
Cabinet Furniture Manufacturer rear of
Commercial Buildings.
JEFFERSON HOUSE,
Robert Gower, Erie street.
MIAMI HOTEL,
By George Kirkland, near the lower steam
boat landing.
CENTRAL HOUSE,
Elijah Clark. Erie street.
"AMERICAN HOUSE,
By Cyrus Tyrrel, Wolcott streat.
PERRYSBURG.
SPINK b HOSMER,
Attornies and Counsellors at Law.
BENNETT b CAMPBELL,
Attornies and Counsellors at Law.
COFFINBERRY b STETSON,
AttornieB and Counsellors at Law.
EAGLE HOTEL,
Joseph Creps, Louisiana Avenue.
HOLLISTER b CO.
.Forwarding and Commission Merchants.
DOAN & EARL,
Frowardinjr and .Commission Merchants,
GILBERT BEACH.
Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries be. be
CURTIS fc KRIDLER,
Boot, Shoe, b Leather Store, opposite the
Temperance House.
C. D. WOODRUFF,.
Tin and Copper Manufactory.
TOLEDO.
DANIEL O. MORTON,
Attorney, Counsellor and Solicitor.
C. F. b J. G. ABBOTT,
Attornies and Counsellors at Law, and
Solicitors in Chancery. '
PALMER, BUSH b CO.
Forwarding and Commission Merchants,
foot of Erie and Kalamazoo rail road.
TITUS b Co.
Wholesale Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries,
Murnware bc. be. La Urnnge street,
, J. A.TITITS Ik (In.
Dealera in Fancv
Groceries be., corner of Smmit and Locust
streets.
CARPENTER k MVFUS
Forwarding and Commission Merchants,
root m cry? m, naiamazoo railroad.
AMERICAN HOTEL.
N. Lawton, Summit street.
TOLEDO RECESS,
By John L. Smith, next door to the Toledo
House. -
Volume III.--N0. 83.
1830.
AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION CO.
MERCHANDIZE, PassengerB, be.
transported with despatch, via .Rail
.Road Line, Steam Barges, on the Hudson
River, Mohawk and Hudson .Kail .Road to
Shenectady, and by first class line boats to
Buffalo, Steam-boats and vessels on the
lakes, American Transportation Line,
Ohio Canal.
For Freight or Panage apply to
Darker, (l04W.JV.r.
H. Niles b Co. ) Corner of Hudson if
Wm. B. Knox, Qiiay si. Albany,
L. Huro b Co., Schenectady.
H. Wrights b Co., Rochester.
Carpenter b Myers, Toledo.
Atwttwfc Aiiden, BuIl0t
Clark iJobinson, $
Sam'l. P. Carter, Cleveland.
G. S. Hazard, MaumeeCily.
Strong b Mcfteynolds, Detroit.
G. S. Hubbard b Co. Chicago.
July 13. 15.
1839.
TRANSPORTATION.
BUFFALO LINE, Erio Canal.
TIIADDEU8 JOV CO., rroprleton
A UJN IN UC i EU with steam treiglit boats
J and vessels on .alio uric.
The Proprietors and Agenta of this line,
will contract for the transportation of Goods
or Produce at fair rates, and pleura them
selves to those who may entrust Property
to their care for transportation, that the
same shall be forwarded with care and des
patch: and that any damage that may oc
cur to property shipped by the above line,
which the Proprietors may De liable lor,
shall be adjusted in the most prompt an.
liberal manner.
Authorised Agents.
Carpenter b Myers, Toledo,
Hiram Joy, No. 18 South-street, JV. Y.
ThaddcuB Joy b Co., Albany.
Joy b Webster, Buffalo.
Richard Winslow bCo., Cleveland,
Hull & Shcpard, Maisilon.
Priest & Page, Utile Falls, N. Y.
Samuel Adams bCo., Dresden.
B. Comstock b Co., Columbus. '
M. B. Jtossb Co., Portsmouth.
July 13. 15.
BUSINESS LOTS TO LEASE,
fl HE subscriber for the purpose ofafford
L iiiu conveniences tomenof business,
who are desirous to settle in this place, offer
for sale at reasonable prices, or to lease at
moderate rents, the following lots, upon the
principalbusincss streets in this town.
19, 520, ai: north side Uroauway: 78
West side of Canal street; 130 Corner of
William St. 4 in block 1, north sido ot bo
phia st;. Also a largonumberof lots eligi
bly situated tor residences.
r or information and terms apply to
I. D. BEAUGRAND, Maumee City.
15-tf
THE WHOLESALE STORE IN
TOLEDO.
TITUS, TOWNSEND b TITUS, 229
Pearl street, New-York, encouraged
by the share of support their branch at
Toledo received during the past year, will
continue the establishment. Experience
has proved that thov wero not over san
guine when they claimed facilities which
enabled them to sell goods in tact cheaper
than any other house west of AVw- York,
and they speak with confidence when they
promise to offer stronger inducements to pur
chasers than any other Jirm mine irestern
country.
They would respoctiuiiy invite inoir oiu
customers, and the trade in general, Mer
chants, Contractors, Hotel Keepers fyc. to
give their stock an examination. Their as
sortment will consist as usual, principally of
Dnr Goods and Groceries, with many
other such articles as the wantB of the coun
try may require.
As fresh invoices will be shipped from
New-York weekly, through the season, they
will not now attempt 10 give a oeiauou iibi
of their goods.
Store foot oj La Urange it., Lower loieao.
May 10, 1839. TITUS b Co.
RETAIL STORE IN TOLEDO.
TITUS, TOWNSEND b TITUS, 229
Pearl street, New-York, will, in addi
tion to their Wholesale Store, continue the
Retail Branch of their house at Toledo,
under the firm of J. A. Titus b Co. Fresh
supplies of goods will bo received weekly
through the season, and they will continue
their boast of bavin? the handiomest, cheap
est, and best selected Stock ever offered in
Toledo, which will consist 01 Dry Goods,
Groceries, Boots and Shoes, Nails, Oil,
Carpeting be.
Their goods were selected expressly for
this store, and are of the choicest and rich
est description. i erms Cash only.
J. A. TITUS b Co.
Corner of Summit St Locust streets
Lower Toledo, May 10, 1SS9.
AMERICAN HOTEL.
Summit street, near the lower steamboat
landiiicr. Toledo.
T N. LAWTON takes this opportunity
XV. to inform the public that he has taken
the above splendid establishment, and fitted
it up in good style lor the accommodation
ot all who may ravor mm with their cus
torn. Ho intends to try the experiment of
keeping tho best ot every thing, and thus
meriting a substantial reward from the res
ident and travelling public.
March, 16 1839 50tf
NO MISTAKE.
D
R. 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 reasonablesuare ol the public pat
ronage.
March 5, 1839. 49tf
PORK.
100
hog and prime pork, for sals by
October 5. G. S. HAZARD.
REMOVAL, -
SPENCER 4c MOORE have removed to
the store formerly occupied by Messrs.
Morehouse and Brownlee corner of Conant
and Erie street.
Maumee City, May 17th 1839. 7.
TO PRINTERS,
10R
SALE. A font of small Pica
JO - of about two hundred pounds, near
ly new and complete, with Italic and ca
ses atthie office.
MME
TTBUFFALO LEATHER STORE.
JSP Rumhbt b Howard offer, at New
1 ork prices, at their old stand, No. 1!14
Main Bt., directly opposite the City Bank,
and two doors above the Mansion House,
one of the largest and best stocks of Leath
er ever offered in the Western Country, to
wit!
20,000 sides Spanish and slaughter Sole
Leather,
4,000 Upper,
3,000 Harness,
3,000 Kib,
400 dozen Calf Skins.
Also, Skirtiiiff, Scatiner, Patent, Collar,
Bag, Top, and RusBett, Bridle, Horse and
liand Leather.
Morocco's seal colored Linings, alum
dressed, and white do., fancy Morocco,
Chamois skins, cheep, Uoat, and Deer bind
iugs, French Calf skins, Philadelphia do.
lialtimore trait sole Leather, i hrcad and
Silk of all kinds, Lasts, Shoe Findings, Tan
ners and Currier s I oois, Pegs, Lampblack
be. cec.
Also, a largo quant ity of Currier's Oil, ot
the best qualtity, Spanish Hides, African
and Patna do. on hand. As we manufacture
the principal part of our Loather we are en
abled to sell at JYew York 1'nces.
Western Dealers going East, would do
well to call and take prices.
WANTED. 5,000 Slaughter fides for
which Cash will lie paid.
Buffalo, Aug. .1. 18m6.
1839.
DETROIT LINE.
MERCHANDISE, Forwarded to West
ern New-York, Ohio, Michigan, In
diana, Illinois, Missouri and Kentucky, by a
daily line of Steam-boats on Lake Erio.
References.
Barker, Woodward b Co. Troy.
H. Potrio, Rochester.
M. Kingman b Co. Buffalo.
Winch, VVyman b Co. Cleveland.
Carpenter b Myers, Toledo.
Gray, Gallagher b Co. Detroit.
P. S. Veoder, St. Joseph, Mch.
Kenzic, Hunter b Co. Chicago,
A. RlNQE,
Agent, 19 Coenlies
Slip,
15.
JV. Y.
July 13.
NEW DRUG STORE.
E KITTS, on Erie, two doors below
. Conant street, has just, received
ti eencral assortment of Paints, Oils,
Glass, Drugs, Medicines and GnocERiEs.i
which he otters tor sale, and solicits a slr.ire
of patronage.
His medicines will bo always propnred
with the greatest care, and the public are
assured that no caro shall be wanting, to
have every article which may be ordered
from his store, put up in the nicest manner,
and without mistakes. Ho will endeavor
to supply physicians and surgeons with ar
ticles in their line on as reasonable terms as
can be done elsewhere, and warrant Ihem to
be of a good quality. They, and the pub
lic generally, are respectfully invited to
call.
Maumee City, June 13th, 1839. 11
SIDNEY L. ROOD.
Bookseller, Publisher, Stationer and Bin
der, 70 Jefferson Avenue, Detroit.
KEEPS constantly on hand and for sale
at wholesale or retail, Theological,
Law, Medical, Miscellaneous, Classical and
School Books: English, French and Amer
ican Stationery. He also kocps on hand,
and manufactures to order, every descrip
tion of Blank 'Books, required by county
officers and business men. They also pub
lish School Books, which will be sold at eas
tern prices, wholesale or retail:
Davics' Arithmetic, Davics' Lcgcndre's
Geometry, Davics' Algebra, Davies' Sur
veying, Davies' Differential Calculus, Da
vics' Shades and Shadows, Huntington's
Geography, Smith's Geography,
Printing Ink constantly on hand.
Detroit, April 6, 1839. 1
ASSIGNEES NOTICE.
MESSRS. Acker and Kanady, of Mau
meo City, have made an assignment to
the subscriber of all their copartnership pro
perty and effects, for the benefit of the cre
ditors of the same, who will present their
claims under oath or affirmation to the sub
scriber within six months. All persons in
debted to said firm are required to make
immediate payment to the subscriber at his
office in the Commercial Buildings. .
16 THOMAS CLARK, Assignee.
Maumee City, July 20th, A. D. 1839.
HIDES & CALF SKINS
TilE subscribers will pay the highest
price in CsbIi or Goods, for Hides or
Calfskins. G. b W. JJICHABDSON.
July 6th 1839,
PORK. 50 bbs mess, one Hog b prime
pork a first rate article for sain by
G. S. HAZARD
August, 15
M
USTARD & Pepper Sauce for sale
by may Ua CLARK. H 1'AK.uu.
TO TAVERN KEEPERS AND GRO
CERS. The subscribers keep con
stantly on hand at their warehouse, Brandy
and Gin, which they ;are selling exceedingly
low, much lower, in fact, than the same
quality of liquors have over been sold in
this markot.
oct. 19. SMITH, HOWE b Co.
-g f HHDS. St. Croix Sugar,
JLU 20 Sacks Coffee,
5 Hhds. N. Orleans Sugar.
20 ChoBts Young Hyson Tea,
10 do. Imperial, for sale low for
Cash,by CARPENTER & MYERS.
June 29.
OHIO flour for sale by
C. A. b A. D. WILLIAMS.
July 13, 15
A LOT of choice Wine and Liquors on
consignment, low for Cosh, by
CARPENTER MYERS.
June 29.
NOTICE.
ALL persons, are hereby ccutioned
against purchasing a not given to
Henry Yaager for rfciety dollars, dattd
York, May 30, 1839, bearing interest from
date, as the consideration for which said
noto was given is fraudulent, has failed, and
we are determined not to pay the same.
WILLIAM JONES, Jr.
WILLIAM JONES, Sen.
JOHN E. UOYLES.
By Sfink b Hushbr, Atty's.
Octokor 9, 1SSK. S7t4
(yf Pounds Bacon, in prime order,
i)UUU just received and tor sale hy
sept, it.
G. S. HAZARD.
CITY
MAUMEE CITY, OHIO, SATURDAY, NOVEITCBEU 9, 1839.
The Eulinton Tournament. The fol
lowing notice of a tilting match about to
take place at Eglinton castle in England,
gives a vivid picture of tht means to which
the titled possessors of hereditary woalth
and tho victims of ennui are obliged to re,
sort, to pass away time and gain a species
of notoriety. For several months, all Eng
land has rung with the notes of preparation
for this grand event. The works of old
Froisart, Spenser, and i",t Walter Scott
have been ransacked to furnish hints of the
costumes of agos long. gone by, where
with doughty knights and ladies fayre could
bedeck themselves for the occasion; rusty
suits of armor that have hung for ages in
baronial hell have been dragged from the
dominions of dust and cobwebs, to play
their parts in the arena, and horses and car
pet-knights have been put in training pro
per to enable them to bear their parts in the
pageantry of tho day.
How ridiculous are proceedings like
these, in which fortunes ate spent, and tho
only result appears to be tnat tho getters
up are most beautifully laughed at.
The ideas of making a knight of ancient
times out of a modern London exquisite is
o supremely rich in all that is ridiculous,
that it is to be wondered how tho actors in
the farce could look each other in tne face
without laughing, and it is a striking evi
dence of a want of a sense of the ridiculous
in the English that they have been able to
carry on tiia farce without spoiling it all by
buisting out.
The appearance of the descendant of a
Douglas or a Seymour, who, to-day exhi
bits himself at West ond, in corset and quiz
zing gin sb, becoming all at once fired with
the spirit of hnight errantry, and with coat
of Milan plats, heavier than he could lift
when off his back, and a brass pat of forty
pounds weight on his head, mounted on a
steed that he cannot manage, and with a
wholesome fear of either gotting hurt or of
committing man slaughter in his heart tilting
at a similar apparition, is enough to make
one inquire, " what is coming next?"
Tbe conclusion is thut the last papers
bring news of the tournament : it came off in
a rain storm and nobody badly hurt, though
half of England was dreadfully dragged.
THE EGLINTON TILTING MATCH.
A London paper says: "The most
splendid and magnificent specimen of an
cient armor, to be worn r this interesting
occasion, is geneially considered to be that
recently brought from the armory of the ba
ronial hall of Ilylton Castle, near Sunder
land, Durham. The pri Hy and gorgeouB
suit is mad of pure Milan steel, burnished
blue, decorated with gold studs or rivets,
curiously inlaid with the same costly metal,
and elaborately wrought in arabesque.
The casque or helmet alone, weighs nearly
forty pounds, and the bars of the visor are
ofsoiidgold. This warlike specimen of the
olden time is in beautiful preservation, and
is said to have cost one tiiousand guineas,
nearly five hundred years ago, when it was
worn by the thcnjBaronof Hylton at the vic
torious battle of Creasy. The total expense
ofthis grand and chivainic display will, it
is supposed, exceod fifty thousand pounds.
Wo have been informed that the grand
tournament at Eglinton Castle will take
place on the 28th of August, and we under
stand that the list of knights and esquires
exceeds the number originally intended.
The tilting and other chivalrous sports will
occupy three days. Tho procession to the'
lists leaves the castle about noon each day,
and will comprise the knights, their es
quires and retainers, the king of the lists,
and the lord of tho tournament, the queeoJ
of beauty, and the other principal per
sonages who will Ague in the revival of the
glories of other days. The encampments
of the knights, strictly copied from au
thorities, and painted in tho colors, and
decked with the emblazoned banners and
crests of their martial occupants, will be an
interesting sight; and when the gothic gal
lories surrounding the lists are crowded
with the beauty and fashion of the three
kingdoms, and the steel clad champions
ruth to the encounter, we can easily ima
gine the splondor of the spectacle. The
sports will be concluded with banquets,
balls, and masques, given to the assembled
elite by the noble holder of the festival.
Their royal highnesses the duke b duchess
ofCambridge are likewise expected to be
guests of Lord Eglinton during the tour
nament, with many of the mast distinguish
ed of our own foreign nobleness, in tho gor
geous costumes of tho middle ages. The
Ayrshire archers, headed by their captain,
Claude Alexander, Esq., clad in a brilliant
costume, will muster in great force ard add
to the attraction of the spectacle.
The following anecdote will be read with
some interest:.
. Lord Eglinton is descended in a direct
line from Roger de Mundegumbrie, since
changed to Montgomery, who followed
William of Normandy at the time of the
conauest. One of the family afterwards
settled in Franco, early in the reign of
Franeis the First, and his son, John do
Montgomery, better known by the title of
captain of Sorrain, waB renownod for nit
address in all kinds of warlike exercises,
which however, did not prevent his wound
ing with a burning brand, FranciB the First,
in the forehead, during a mock siege, given
for the entertainment of the court at tho
Hotel Saint-Pol.
This gentleman's son, Salnel de Montgo
mery, was also a groat admirer of tourna
ments, and had the misfortune in one given
in the rue St. Antoinc, to wound mortally
king Henry the Second , who was his adver
sary. After a life of great vicissitude,
caused by his involuntary regicide, he was
taken prisoner in 1574 shut up in on ofthe
towers of the Concicrgerie, and had his
head cut off by order of Catharino da Medi
cis, who thus avenged hsr husband's death
twenty four years after. It is singular
enough, that two ages and a half after, his
descendant should again exhibit marks ofthe
same inclination for tournaments.
There is a man in stret, who is so
fond of dealing in calumny that h would
make an excellent iaM-iac,jouly h can't
ili'ite.
EXPEE
From the Nw York Despatch.
A Citt Incident. While the bells wore
on Monday ovening, ringing the firs alarm,
ana tne streets were lull ot crowds and con
fusion, we met a little lad in a great state
of tribulation. A host of boys wero about
him, and to their honor be it spoken, none
of them were insulting, what must have
appeared to them but a ridiculous grief : he
was bewailing the fact that he had lost his
way. "My mother," he said, is dying of
the consumption, or else 1 Bbould not be
here." As ho did uot beg, tho connexion
of his mother's illness with his wandering
could not readily be traced ; nor could he
give such a description of her residence as
would enable any one to find it. The u
rectory was silent upon the subject ; and
just as the littlo chap's case seemed more
dmicult than ever, he said that his enter
lived in Anthony streot, and if he could on
ly be shown that street ho could find her.
Wo called to him to follow and wo would
lead him there, and then, for the first timo
by his groping about, perceived that he was,
as ho afterwards expreasedit, ' a little blind.'
We took his clay-cold, clammy hand in
ours, l' right had stopped the circulation
of his young blood, and it seemed ae-if we
had a dead child by the arm. In a few mi
nutes he became roassured, and a frightful
chill gave place to a burning heat. The
sympathy between human beings let them
be as widely separated as tyrant custom can
dictate, must occasially mako itself felt.
Accident lifts the veil of concealment from
the homes of tho unfriended poor, and those
whom God had blessed with competence and
comfort are taught to appreciate their own
happiness, and to feel lor tlio woo which
seeks concoalment in by-places.
"Sir," said tho lad, "it you will only
show me to Anthony street, lean find the
way." "But I thought you wero blind."
"Oh, only a little just then." Wo let go
Ins hand, and ho stumbled fiist against one
passenger and then against another. Again
we took him by tho arm ; for thore grow a
mystery about him which increased in inte
rest as it increased in perplexing circum
stances. At length wo reached Anthony
strcet,and the indistinct vision ofthe lad ad
vised him ofthe fact. Ho beffged to bs left
to pureuo hie way alone with so much earn
estness that we thought it bost to give the
led a trial, but still kept our eye upon him,
and found, as we feared, that he could not
get on. In a few moments he was near
boing tramples to death, and we found it
necrseary to take him by the a m again. It
was with mingled roluctanceand submission
that he suffered us to resume his guidance.
When he reached what ho supposed was
distance enough, he groped at tho door of
a large house. Wo supposed that his sister
might be there at service, but he pronounced
it not the place. We conducted him to the
next and tho next, with like ill-success. At
length he declared he had found the house
si blind in the panne of the door openod, for
the cautious inmates to look through, and
see who might bo at the portal. It opened,
the lad slunk in without a word, the sister
uttered a graceless expression of thanks,
and ths doir was abruptly closed in our faco.
Here then was an explanation of the poor
lad's unwillingness. Here was an explana
tion of the sentence at which we were at
first puzzled. " If my mother was not sick,
I should not le here," was liis formula of
apology for residing in such a placo, and
being indebted to a charity, of which evon
his uninformed mind could be ashamed.
Poor little fellow ! our heart bled for him.
Terrible terrible is the reflection that
the sin of one can ruin the peace of a wnolc
family. The mother sinking under the de
gradation of the daughter ; the father in hit
grave, to which, perhaps, he had been hur
ried by tho failure of his hopes in his children
the fatherless boy living on the wages of
his sister's sin ; and blushing deep scarlet
at the mention of the name of his benefac
tress Can the faithfulness of tho wildest
impgidation invent horrors greater than
these? Truly,
" Truth is strange, stranger than fiction."
Departure of tub Convicts. Yester
day morning early, 11 male and female con
victs, who received their sentences the pre
sent week and before, left the city prison
under charge of Capt. Knapp and Mr. De
puty Keeper Stewart, for their stata prison
home at Sing Sing, there to drag out a mi
serable existence. Among the number who
thus went, was Smith Davis, convicted of
forgery, in putting into circulation an im
mense quantity of counterfeit money, which
business he has practiced with great succoss
for the last 12 or 15 years. Davis was a
man of genteel appearance and address, and
pleasing and prepossessing manners, and
had an amiable wife and a fine family of six
interesting children who had been well ta
ken care of and educated, as far as their
tender minds wero susceptible of literary in
struction. This care and attention ho had
been enabled to bestow, out of the large
profits accruing from his nefarious trade.
On Tuesday afternoon the wife and child
ren of Davis were admitted into his cell, to
take a final, perhaps, an eternal farewell of
their husband and father. . The scene was
ono of the most painful and affecting that
can well be imagined. The' wife and child
ren of the convict hung upon his nock, and
poured out their sighs and tears, and groans
in his bosom, which mingled, perhapB for
the last time, with the burning drops of a
father and husband, which he shod. For a
while tho whole group wero incapable of ut
terance grief and overwhelming emotion
checked the power of speech. Alter a time,
when affection had fed itself with conjugal
and paternal endearments, and grief had
emptied its fountains of tears, the wife and
children, with screams and convulsive sobs,
departed, and left the convict to his fate.
Yesterday morning early, one of the pri
soner's children, impelled by affection for
Its father, pressod its way into prison again,
and took another painful and affectionate
adien of its father. He wept until his face
and bosom were wet with tears, and finally
took the parting hand of the child, and with
his irons on followed his conductors to the
boat which was to convey him and his com
panions in crime to a living death. Such is
the unhappy fate of the criminal. He sun
ders all tho sweetest and dearest tics of life
for the glittering bauble gain, and consigns
himself to an ignominous prison, secluded
from wife, children and friends, a wretched
outcast from tho world. Let this serve to
teach othcrs,who are now running a carreer
of crime, to pause in their cruel course be
fore it is too late. JV. Y. Sun.
" Why is a newspaper like a tooth brush'
Dy're give it up? Because every body
should bare one of his own, and not borrow
hie neighbor's." Prov. Cow,
Whole No. ISO.
Winter in Russia. In Russia the wea
ther is very cold during the winter. At
Petersburg, persona in tho open airfrcnuent-
ly parish by the severity of the climate.
It is not uncommon to hear two people con.
versing in the following manner, on meet
ing in the street : " I beg leave to acquaint
you that your noso is freezing," to which
tho other probably answerB, " I was just go
ing to observe to you that yours n already
irozen."
On such occasions, both the sufferers
stop, and rub each others nose, either with
a piece of n nnel or with a handful of snow,
in ordor to restore the circulation of the
blood. After this service mutually render
ed, the parties separate with the usual ce
remonial bows and salutations.
Ono day, an Italian arriving at Peters
burg for the first time in tho month of De
cember. He not walked a short distance
from the house before his nose became com
pletely frozen. A eood natursd peasant
soeing his mishap, took up a handful of
snow, and without even saying " by your
leave" instantly commenced rubbing the
stranger s nose in the most liberal manner.
The Italian, far from beintr erateful lor
the peasant's application, mistook his hu
mane but somewhat blunt procedure for an
insult and began to beat him severely. A
crowd soon collected round them, and at
ast the Italian was mads to understand tho
motive of the peasant's operations.
1 he Italian now lamented his hasty seve
nty, and giving the poor nose rubber some
money, they were soon good friends. The
Italian was reiohod at the preservation of
his floso, the loss which would have sub
jected him to some inconvenience. Ho rc-
troated homewards, holding that organ fast
with his hand, and resolved never to expose
it to a similar dangor. The peasant well
repaid for his timely application as welt as
tor tno Dealing winch ho received in conse
quence.
Electioneerino Pictorbs. We clio the
following from the " Advocate," published
at New Philadelphia. It is applicable to
the Vanites in every State of the Union, and
is a perfect "picture" ofthe way they rea
son with the rank and filo men of the "par
ty." They reason with pictures because
they cannot put a good countenance upon
their principles and practices by using sound
arguments. Belmont (O.) Chron.
" Did you ever see an electioneorins pic
ture," said a leading Vanite to a Whig.
"No, I didn't." " Look here then," at the
samo timo showing him a Cadiz Vanocratic
sheet, with a large picture of an eagle, on
which was placed "Bank Reform," "finish
the work," and other catch words. ' Pshaw,'
said the Whig "the people will take that
as nonsonse" " you're mistaken," says the
Vanocrat " that's the way we reason with
our folks." "They will be more tickled with
that picture than with the best of arguments.
Big pictures are before sound principles in
electioneering." Well," says the Whig,
if that be the case, your pictures and your
principles are about one and the same all a
sham." The leader of the faithful grinned,
and poked his paper into his pocket.
The editors of Ohio held a convention,
with a view of creating a more fraternal teel
ing and polite and gentlemanly bearing
among the corps; hpwever thsy never ran
really a-mack of one another till now. One
of them calls another the " Senior editor of
the Stubanville mud machine." The afore
said editor retorted by saying that the other
need not fret himself, as he does not intend
operating on him, as ho's sojillhy that mud
wouldn't faze him; on the contrary, he
thinks a little soft soap, if applied soon,
would materially benefit him and the cause
which he advocates. Again one of them
accuses the other of borrowing a dollar to
pay for his " chicken fixen's," at a time when
he was shook for change. The other retorts
by saying that the dollar, instead of being
of tho hard currency was a bank rag, ami
like tho owner, somewhat tore. That is
what we call hard biting on both sides.
Picayvne.
Tho Glass Works at Sandwich, in Barn
stable county, covers over six acres of
ground, and employs 226 workmen. The
raw materials used pet annum, arc, glass,
500 tons ; red lead, 700,000 lbs. ; pearl ash,
450,000 lbs. : saltpetre, 700,000 lbs. They
consume 1800 cords of wood ; 100,000 bush,
of b'tum'nou9 coal, snd 70 tons of hay and
straw, for packing the glass. The amount
of glassware manufactured is 300,000 per
annum, and by the application of heated
a r, from the steam engino to pans of sea
water, they manufacture about 3000 bush
els ofsalt per annum.
A waggish fellow, somewhat troubled
with an impediment in his speech, whose
quips and quibles have boon heard and re
lished by many of us, whilo on one day sit
ting at a public table, had occasion to use
the popper box. After shaking with all
duo vehemence, and turning it in various
ways, he fouud that the crushed peppercorns
Were ..in nowise inclined to eome forth.
" T-tthi-this p-pepper box," ho exclaimed
with a facetious grin, " is so-somo-some-thing
li-like myself." " Why so ?" interro
gated a neighbor. " P-poo-poor delivery,"
was the reply.
A homicide of rather a singular character
was perpetrated lust Thursday near Syra
cuse Apedlar, bendingunderlhewcight of
his pack, encountered on one or the by roads
of that region a foot pad who demanded his
money. The pedlar handed out his pocket
book. " Is that all V asked the robber.
No," said the pedlar. ' Well, then, fork
ud. and be auick !" The pedlar put his hand
in his bosom, drew out a pistol, and shot
the robber through the heart. The body
was recognized as that of a convict just dis
charged from the Auburn prison.
The hearse is rarely seen in our itroes
now. Steamboats are coming down fast
and ships coming up fast The Levae looks
lively and business-like; people look less
sad, undertakers excepted, wns looks more
grave. YVenowand thes hear ot a person
taken down by the fever, but the cases arc
few and far betwocn. Some two or throe
weeks more and the wheels of business will
roll along on the high pressure principle.
"What, sober at last?" said a friend of
ours yesterday, to a man ho met, whom lie
knew to be in tht habit ot partaking rather
froely of stripumyigtornm. " Yes," said
tht other, "I understand tht marshals are
n the look out for mo, and I am ebiged to
remain sober to disguise myself." .V. O.
Picomme. I
We have received two numbers of a spi
rited " two penny" -paper, hailing from St,
Louis, with the eornomta of The Daily
Pennant." published bv Messrs. H. F. Wil
son b V, Nichols. Its editorials are ting
ed with a spicyness.we liki to tee in penny
papers, and its typographical appearance
is beautiful guess they II get along with it.
We learn from the St, Louis Pennant that
emigrants are pasting into Missouri every
day. Trains ot wagons, Dorset and cattle,
pass daily through St. Louis, and it a tup
posedty the Editor that the number of !-
grants passing in the course of a week would
be enough to populate one of the western
states very respectably. .
There wtra more ladies at the races yes
terday, than have been seen before. It
happenod to leak out that our friend Kend
all, of the Picayune, with whiskers, was to
bo there We can account for it no other
way.
An eastern editor says we have found out
that when a young lady " seta her cap," the
means to eap-tivate and thus cop-ture some)
fellow if she ean. What a cu-ital cap-vr
this is. Wo are not cop-able of. being cap
tured by such cap-nee.
Wo went to church last Sunday, and the)
girls all stared at us so, we thought tho
minister was getting jealous shan t go t
that church again.
Patience, to sit in room and bo annoy
od day after day, by a flute most horribly-
played. If this is not a proper definition
we would Tike to know what was.
Never forsake "old friends for ntw ones.
new friends may deceive you, old ones ne
ver have.
Tho Pittsburg Banks had not suspondodl
last Monday. Cincinnati Rep.
Antiouitt or Shokino. Small tobacco-
pipes of an ancicntformaro frequently found
in Ireland, on digging or ploughing up tho
ground, particularly in tho vicinity of those
circular entrenchments ctllod Danish forts,
winch were most probably the villnrjres or
settlements ofthe native Irish. In thefirst
volumo of the ' Antholocia Hibtrnica,' there-
is a print of one which was found at Bann
ockstoivn, county Kildare, sticking between
tho teeth of a human skull; and it is accom
panied by a pnpor, which on the authority
of Herodotus, Strabo, Pomponius, Mela and
Solinus, goes to prove that the northern na
tions of Europe were acquainteuith tobac
co, or an herb of similar properties, and that
they smoked it through small tubes of
course long before the existence of Amer
ica was known.
The arsumentt in favor of tho antinnitw
of smoking receive additional support from
ma uiscovery oi several small clay pipes in
the hull of n ship found somo years since
when excavating a new sluice-wnv. at tho
upper end of the Fairwater, at Dantzig.
The ship was discovered buried in tho
ground, at the depth of about 20 feot. A
boxot tobacco pipes was found all wholo,
with heads about the size of a thimble, nnd
tubes from 4 to 0 inches in lanrrth. Tt i.
supposed the vessel had been lost in somo
convulsion of nature previous to the founda
tion or the city, which had been built over
tho spot, at least, five hundred years since.
C. B. Parsons the tragedian of whom n
much has been said about his conversion to
religion, and desertion of the stage, has
again returned to the boards. Wn rA ifc
stated in a Cincinnati paper of the 8th inst.
that ne appeared on the stage on tho night
of the 7th, and was to appear on tho 8th in
the play of Caius Siliui, a tra?edv written
expressly for him. The paper says hit re
ception by the audience was truly flatter
ing. Tte Philosopher OuTnnrtu A lan ril
ed philosopher being very busy in his study,
a little girl came to askfbr somo fire. ' But
says tne uoctor, you have nothing to tako
it in:' and as ho was iroimr to f,fh anma.
thing for tho purpose; the Tittle girl stooped
uown 10 mo nrc-piace, and taking somo
cold ashes in ono hand, aha nnf omW-
on them with the other, The astonished
Doctor throw down his books, saying,
with all my learnig, I should never have
found out that expedient.'
A STRONO Haasn. 1 Now Cn.L.J v.
mer wns bragging of the strength of his
horse, when a listener interrupted him bv
saying, your horse is'nt a flea-bito to ono
which myGrand father owned inthe state of
Vermont thore never was a horse since
Sampson, my Grand-dad used to put 2 tons
and a half of hay on a bob-sled, for him to
draw on bare ground, aid he wasso almighty
stout, he had- to hold back going up hill.
Picayune,
The Chartists, At Barneley, the mount
ed constables have scoured the country and
arrested several ofthe Chartist leaders who
had mado their escape ; eight of them have
boon committed to York Castle, to take
thoir trials for sedition. Sheffield Iris.
Souno Advick. We ciip the following
good hit from the Baltimore Clipper:
Let no man find fault with an editor for
writing foolish things, for there are so many
pipers now-a-days, that all the good sense
there is in the world, would not half fill
them.
HrJURKVS RRAPtNn IVfAdlTNt. This m-
chine keeps six binders hard at work, even
wnn tne stoppages that are incidentally re
quired. The patent holds of this instru
ment, who resides in Baltimore, has war
ranted its ability to cut fifteen acres per day,
wuicn is equal 10 tne power oi six craoiers.
Bennrtt would not bt admitted jto see the
Moving Dioramas, lately in New York, un
less he paid double admission fee. The
keeper contended that the obtuse cast of hit
eyes gave him the advantage of taking two
simultaneous views of the pictures, and he
should pay accordingly. Picayune.
Vai.oabls Estate. A Western paper,
speaking of some person's estate, says it It
worthless property, because there it net a
single passable road in it. Now, we think
thai a recommendation: It will not be to
easy (or a spenthrift to go Ihrtugh it.
Phila. Times.
Men and Women. AWoman's head it
always inflicttd by her heart; but a man's
heart is generally influenced by hit head-
Pott.
And his bead, pretty much is this coun
try, by the strength of hit spirits. Phila.
times.
" What do think of galvanism?" eaid one
of our Medicos yasterday,toanothsrofthent
who stands high in the profession. " Think
of it," said Lord Lancet, looking at learned
as an unreadable prescription; " why I do
thiuk'tia a shocking bcautinett."
" Wert you ever in Ireland, or have you
men tht Giant't Cauttway, or the hill of
Howth?" taid an Emeralder, yesterday, to
a native ttvereign. " No, replied the ut
ter, "but I have seen very fine Irish liuen,
and eat tome excellent Jris-h nota'os " --- -