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Printed and publihiieu bvert Saturday,
BY KEKD & HOSMER.
BUSINESS MHECTORY.
MAUiVIEE CITY.
MAUMEE CITY INSURANCE CO.
Commercial Uuildintrs.
' MIII'lJAti l-NSUltANCK Ol'ElCE,
At the Jefferson House, Wm. Kingsbury
Canal street.
STATE LAND OFFICE,
Erie street.
THOMAS CLRK. 2d.,
Agent fur Executors of L. Decbee'a estate;
E. Fairman's estate: and General Land
Agent.
ism I T b D WIG II 1'.
General Land A.'ency. Office, opposite
the Miami Hotel.
REED b Ilii4.ilii.lt,
Book St Job Printers, Maumee Express
Office,
Wolcott street.
DAVID A. WOODWARD,
Portrait Painter, Erie street.
DANIEL F. COOK,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
YoUiNO b WAITE,
Attorniea As Counsellors at Law.
NTR A T i l U U N .
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
HENRY REED,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
fl A I'll AN ilAi'UBUN,
Justice of the Peace.
"HORATIO COXANT,
Justico of the Peace.
DR. WILLIAM ST. CLAIIl,
Physician b Su'crnn. Erie streM.
JUSTUS D.VIUUI',
Physician and Burgeon, W.dcott street.
G. S. HAZARD,
Forwarding and Commission More hant
water street. .
' SMITH. HOWE &TCO.
Forwarding and Commission Merchants,
Water street.
J. WoLCOl'T. "
Forwarding rind Commission Merchant,
Water street.
S. II VRIU.NIH'ON,
Dry Good and Variety Store, Commercial
Buildings.
W.'WISWELL,
Dealer in Htrdware, Hollow-ware, Tin
ware and Cutlery, F.rie sf.rec .
SPUNUEit b M.ioitii.,
Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries and
Crockery, Erie street.
- EL1SI1 MACK,
Dealer in Dry Goods Groceries and
Crockery, Frontstreet.
G. b VV. RIOIKIIDSON,
Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, be. be.
Erie street.
G. H. NiTCIHE b CI.
Dealers in Fancy anil Staple Dry Goods,
Hotel Buildings.
ELI KITTS,
Dealer in Drugs, Medicines be.
Erie street.
IRA WHITE, .
Dry Goods, Hooks be. Wolcott street.
CLARK, b FAIIGO.
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. .
Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Prov
sions. Stoves. Iron be. Wolcott stroe-
ALLEN b GIBBONS,
Groceries and Provisions. Erie street.
H. K. STEELE
Dealerin Groceries and Provisions.
Erie street.
D. C. FORSYTH 'b Co.
Dealers in Dry Goods, Crockery and Hard
ware, corner of Front and Conant Btreets.
LATHAM T. TEW,
Coper b Tin Manufacturer, Wolcott
street at the late store of T. W. Crowell.
CHARLES A. LAMB,
Cabinet Furniture Manufacturer rear of
Commercial Buildings.
JEFFERSON HOUSE,
Robert Gowor, Erie street.
MKMI HOTEL,
By George Kirkland, near the lo-ver steam
boat londing.
CENTRAL HOUSE, ,
Eliiah Clark. Erie street.
"AMERICAN' HOUSE,
By Cyrus Tyriel, Wolcott street.
t PERRYSBURG.
. ..SPINK b HOSMER,
Attornies and Counsellors at Law.
BENNETT b CAMPBELL,
Attornies and Counsellors at Law.
COFFINBERRY b STETSON,
Attornies and Counsellors at Law.
PROTECTION INSURANCE CO.
D. C. Dnan, Agent.
- EAGLE HOTEL,
Joseph CrepB, Louisiana Avenue.
HOLLISTER b CO. ,
Forwarding and Commission Merchants.
DOAN & EARL,
Frowarding and Commission Merchants.
GILBERT BE CH. '
Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries bo. be
, CURTIS b KR1DLER,
Boot, Shoe, b Leather Store, opposite the
V ' Temperance House.
4 C. D. WOODRUFF, -
Tin and Copper Manufactory-
TOLEDO.
DANIEL 0. MORTON,
x ' Attorney, Counsellor and Solicitor.
C.F.kJ.(. ABBOTT,
Attornies and Counsellors at Law, and
Solicitors in Chancery.
TITUS b Co.
Wholesale Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries,
Hardware he. be. La Grange street.
J. A. TITUS fc Co.
Dealers in Fancy and ;8taple Dry Goods.
Groceries be., corner of Smmit and Locust
- streets. -r ..-
- .. CARPENTER b MYERS.
Forwarding and Commission Merchants,
Foot ot brie ax Kalamazoo railroad.
AMERICAN HOTEL. .
R. 'N. Lawton, Summit street.
MAUMEE
Volume HI.--Io. 44.
183i.
AMFItTCAN Tit ANSl'ORTATION CO.
MERCHANDIZE, Passengers, be.
transported with despatch, via .fail
ftoad Line, Steam Barges, on the Hudson
ftivcr, Mohawk and Hudson Tiail 7oad to
Shenoctady, and by first class line boats to
Buffalo, Steam-boats and vessels on the
!nltes, American Transportatation Line,
Ohio Canal.
For Freight or Passage apply to
H. Niles b Co. Corner of Hudson
Wm. U. Knox, S Q"i,yl. Albany.
L. Hiiro b Co., Schenectady.
II. Wrights b Co., Rochester.
Cnrpenter b Myers, Toledo.
Atwaler ft. TJudcn, ,
Clark Jtobinaon, B"al
Sam'l. P. Cnrter, Cleveland.
0. S. 1 lazard, Maumee City.
Ntrong b Mcfeynnlds, Detroit.
G. S. Hubbard b Co. Chicago.
July 18. 15.
1S39.
TRANSPORTATION.
BUFFALO LINK, Erie Cnnnl.
THATHIKUS JOY & CO., Proprietors
CONNECTED with steam freight bouts
and vessels on Z,ake Erie.
The Proprietors and Agents of this line,
will contract tor the transportation of Goods
or Produce at fair rates, and pledge them
selves to those who may entrust Property
to their euro for transportation, that the
same shall be forwarded with care and des
patch; and that nny damage that inny oc
cur to property shipped by the above line,
which the Proprietors may bo name lor,
shall be adjusted in the most prompt an.
liberal manner.
AtiTirnmsED Aoents.
Cnrpenter b Myers, Toledo.
Hiram Jov, No. 18 South-street, jT. Y.
Thaddens Joy b Co., Albany.
. Joy b Webster, Buffalo.
Richard Winslow bCo., Cleveland.
Hull & Shepard, .Mnssiim.
Priest A. Page, Little Falls, .V. Y.
Samuel Adams bCo., Dresden.
B. Conistock b Co., Columbus.
M. B. iioflsb Co., Portsmouth.
July 1.1. 15.
lilJSI.NESS LOTS TO LEA8E.
tl HEsubscribcr for the purpoBenfaftbrd
L ins conveniences toniennf business,
who are desirous to settle in this place, oner
for sale at reasonable prices, or to lenseat
moderate rents, the following lots, upon the
pnncipn I business strcetsin this town.
19, ail, 81; nortli side Uroudway; 7
West side of Canal street; 130 Comer nf
William st. 4 in block 1, nortli side of So
phia st; Also a largo number of lota eligi
bly situated for residences.
For information and terms apply to
I. D. BEAIIGRAND, Mamnee City.
!5-tf
THE WHOLESALE STORE IN
TOLEDO.
TITUS, TOWNSEND b TITUS, 220
Pearl street, New-York, encouraged
by the share of support their buakch at
Toledo received during tne past year, will
continue the establishment. Experience
has proved that they were not over san
euine when they claimed facilities which
enabled them to sell goods in fact cheaper
than any other house west ot JVew-iork,
and they speak with eonfi'lence when they
promise to ojer stronger inducement to pur
chasers than any other firm in the Western
country.
They would respectfully invite-tlieir old
customers, and the trade in ironcral, Mer
chants, Contractors, Hotel Keepers tj-c. to
ffive their stock an examination. 1 neir as
sortment will consist. as usual, principally of
Dav Goons and Grocebies, with many
other such articles as the wants of the coun
try may require.
As fresh invoices will bo shipped (rom
New-York weekly, through the season, they
will not now attempt to give a detailed list
ot their (roods.
Store foot of La Grange st. , Lower Toledo.
May 10, 1839. TITUS b Co,
RETAIL STORE IN TOLEDO.
rplTUS, TOWNSEND b TITUS, 220
JL Pearl street, New-York, will, in addi
tion to their Wholesale Store, continue the
Retail Branch nf their house at Toledo,
under the firm of J. A. Titus bCo. Fresh
supplies of goods will be received weenly
through the season, and they will continue
their boast of having the handsomest, cheap
est, and best selected Slock ever offered in
Toledo, which Will consist of Dry Goons,
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. Terms C-ish only.
J. A. TITUS b Co.
Corner of Summit St Locust streets
Lower Toledo, May in, 1:I9.
AMERICAN HOTEL.
Summit street, near the. lower steamboat
lan din if, Toledo.
RN. LAWTON takes this opportunity
to inform the public that he has taken
the above splendid establishment, and fitted
it up in good style for the accommodation I
of all who may favor him with their cus
tom. He intends to try the experiment of
keeping the best of every thing, and thus
meriting a substantial reward from the res
ident and travelling public.
March, 16 18S9 , 50tfj
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 reasonabloBhare of the public pat
ronage. March 5, 1839. ' 49tf
HAY'S Liniment, Oldridge'e Balm of
Columbia, Doct. Bloodgoods Elixii
of Health, by -Oct.
5. G. b W. RICHARDSON.
REMOVAL.
SPENCER & MOORE have removed to
the store formerly occupied by Messrs.
Morehouse and Brownlee corner of Conant
and Eriesireet. '
Maumee City, May 17th 18S9. 7.
TO PRINTERS.
SALE. A font of small Pica
T71
10R
A of about two hundred pounds, near
lynew and complete) with Italic and ca
ws at this office.
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respectfully announce the commence
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the 21st of September, 1039, being the
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1 Ann-street, New York.
OHIO STATE JOURNAL FOR THE
SESSION.
. In consonance with previous usagp, the
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awake on Its post.
During the winter, abundance of interest
ing matter mny be expected from the halls
of our State Legislature. The work of
Bakk Reform is to be finished, bv the ma.
jority who now rule triumphant, and we, in
common with the whole State, feel anxious
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Our attention will be given to the subject
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CHARLES SCOTT, Publisher.
Exchange papers In Ohio will please copy
the above.
NOTICE.
npHE , subscriber having returned from
New York with a stock of goods em
bracing all kinds in bis line of business, is
prepared to execute work in the most fash
ionable and workman like manner. My
stock of goods consists of a few choice pie
ces of superior west of England broadcloth,
a splend id assortment of cassimeres and ves
tings of the latest and most approved pat
terns. I have spared no pains in selecting
under my own immediate inspection the
best trimming materials to be found in mark
et, which I hope the public will duly appre
ciate: feelini myself extremely grateful
for past favors, the acknowledgement of
which I feel is due to the public. 1 still
flatter myself they will continue to encour
age by calling al my shop, situated a few
doors from tho corner of Erie and Conant
street, where I shall always bo found ready
and wilhncr to do justice tp any call in my
line of business.
; HENRY OSBORN.
Maumee. City, Oct. 6, 1B30. 90
ill.ll'NEE CITY, OHIO, SATURDAY,
MAUMEE CITY EXPRESS.
SATURDAY', FEBRUARY 1, 1840.
Alarmino almost! The following ar
ticle is going the rounds of iom of the pa
pers, headed "Alarming Facts!" "The
official report of the Bank Commissioners
of Ohio, states that the loans and discounts
of the Banks are over $35,000,000, ot which
more than one half were made to 832 indi
viduals, and less than 10.000 citizens owe
every dollar of the whole."
Now whot there is, so very alarming in
this state of facts, we would like to be in
formed by a few of the whig editors who
are giving currency to this ' alarming" Lo
cofoco panic article. The report of the
Commissioners shows the banks, of Ohio
to be in as sound and as safe a condition as
those of any state or country; and being,
ns they generally are, managed by men
who understand their business, there is ev
ery reason to believe that their loans have
been made to men who will be as likely to
pay as any others. If then, the bonks are
sound, what have the people to fear! And
if their debtors are good, what have the
banks to be alarmed about?
To sustain a charge of favoritism against
the banks has always been a favorite mea
sure with the Locofuco prints, and the above
article 1b paraded as triumphant proof of
the truth of the allegation. But let us look
at it. The number of free white male, of
responsible age (the only class of persons
who would expect loans from banks,) in this
state, is 291,132; the number of those who
have obtained loans is 10,000 one person
in twenty-nine, throughout the state, being
a bank debtor. Now, the ratio of borrow
ers is larger than we should suppose that, o'
applicants would be, except perhaps, in the
large comrnorcia1 towns, and certainly bears
as high a proportion to the whole population
as any one, in those times could expect or
wish. And when it is recollected, that
these bank customers are continually chan
ging, borrower succeeding borrower, on
short time loans, we think the charge of fa
voritism must fall to the ground.
But, a favorite doctrine with the Locofo-'
cos is, that none but banks and borrowers
arc benefitted by the operations of the cre
dit currency created by the banks. The
slightest examination will convince an in
telligent mind, that this is untrue. When
the banks are in a situation to discount free
ly, and to give that assistance to trade that
il is their legitimate business to furnish,
there is no one who docs not feel the effects
of the impetus communicated '.o every
branch of trade or industry; and so, on the
contrary, when the banks are oppressed and
persecuted, a man must be deeply retired
from the world, who does not stand affected
by their sufferings, in a greater or less de
gree.
Nor does the fact that the banks have
frequently loaned money in large sums
piqve that they have acted imprudently, or
that the people have been unjustly dealt by.
If large sums have been borrowed, large
security has been given, a large business
been done, and probably employment given
to large numbers. These largo sums have
been put in circulation, and thus a benefit
has accrued to thousands beside the bor-
A Detroit- paper states, that th? whole
circulating medium of Michigan, does not
exceed 100,000 dollars, being about fifty
cents for each individual. When it is re
collected, that the best writers upon the sub
ject, make $i per head as the lowest sum
with which a country can transact her busi
ness, the distress that must envelope a state
that has barely one tenth of the sum can
be imagined.
Ohio, hard as the times seem, and scarce
as money is among us, has a circulation of
8 dollars to each individual, and yet, during
a residence of e.ght years in the state, we
have never known the difficulties of obtain
ing money so great as they are at present.
Senator Talmadge left New York for
tVashington on the l8lh.
Thero was never a more glaring exem
plification of the tenacity with which Lo-
cofocuism clings even to the vain shadow of
power, after the substance has departed,
than that lately exhibited by the late gover
nor of Michigan, in sending an extra-official
and uncalled for message to the legislature
We can imagine no possible motive for such
an act, except the forlorn hope of making
political capital out of a comparison between
trie literary merits of the productions of the
real and the spurious governor. And this
suspicion is strengthened by the fact that
the Locofoco presses throughout the state
are busily engagedjn drawing such a par
allel; and, that .Gov. Mason was allowed
free access to the archives of the state,
while Gov. Woodbridge was not permitted
to examine them. If there ever was a
state ruled by scoundrolism, from its very
birth, that state is Michigan.
. Mormonism is said to be flourishing in
Illinios. Twelve of those who profess this
doctrine have been sent to England by the
Society in that State. They are called
" apostles" and go to preach the truth as
laid down in Jo Smith's Bible. Dayton
Jour.
STBAianoAT' Disaster. The steamboat
Belle of Missouri, bound from New Orleans
for St. Louis, whilst wooding about a mile
below Liberty, Illinois, on the evening or
Christmas day, took firo and was totally
consumed. She had on board a Valuable
cargo, and a large number of deck passen
gers.
FLItKlAKY 1, 1 840.
Tiie following account of that wonder
ful invention by which the vestal Nature is
wiled from hrseat, and made to become the
painter of her own fair form; by which Art
is constrained to leap from her pedestal and
lay herself on canvass, without the inter
vention of the painters skill; and even the
frowning thunder-clouds of Heaven are
forced into the harness, and made to draw
llieir own portraits, however un-pnifIe-ablo
it may be to them, is from the Providence
Journal. The exhibition spoken of is in
Cliamber's-street, New York.
The Daouehiikotvpe, I visited this
morning iho exhibitatiun of pictures pro
duced by the Daguerreotype, and propose
to give eunie nccount of them, which al
though imperfect, may still interest those
who have never seen them. The collection
consists of more than twenty specimens of
dillorent sizes, but measuring generally six
or seven inches high, by four or fivo wide.
Each plate is surrounded by a wide margin
nl drawing paper and is framed and glazed.
They are displayed upon desks, but may be
luken to the light and examined at tho
pleasure of the visitors. The greater
part of them represent certain views in th
city of Paris; the rest, groupings of still
life, formed apparently ill the studio of'M.
D igarre. The reader may obtain a toler
able idea of the general ell'jct of tlie.e
piclurcs, by imagining them to have been
panned with boii.c delicate silvery pigment
upon a mctiilic inirrurnf the most even and
highly polished surface, this surface itself
being left untouched for the darks and the
greater or less brightness of the pigment
indicating the various gradations of light.
The prutngenic process is indeed similar
to this. It is only the lights of the object
which act upon the prepared plate, and pro
duce that infinitely thin deposit of silver
grey mineral which by its greater or less
accumulation forms the picture. The dark
parts of tlio object produce no chemical
change at nil upon the plate, and therefore
the corresponding partsof the representation
at the end of the process, appear entirely
untouched, and when the picture is held at
a particular angle show tho bright pol'sh of
the nuked metal, all the rest of the surface
being dull and clouded. This explanation I
am aware, is obscure, but I give it, because
it is upon this point that those who have
noversoen protegenic drawings are most
curious. Their general effect is in truth so
peculiar it canuut be easily described by any
familiar comparison, and must be seen to be
comprehended, I may add here, that con
trary to what might be supposed, these un
touched parts of the plate, except when
seen at the particular angle mentioned, do
nut appear bright and polished but form the
dark and well defined shadows of the piece,
and give it a depth nf tone equal to that of
any mezzotint or India ink drawing. It
may be seen also from this, that the lights
and darks of the object are properly repre
sented without being reversed as many be
lieve.
There has been no exaggeration in des
cription of tne beauty ol these nuu-paint
ings. They reflect Reality so exactly that
it is absurd to criticize them. II you play
tho critic yo I must go beyond these images
and hud fault with the architecture of
building for instance, or the haziness of the
atmosphere matters over which the view
taker has no control. He is the servant of i
Truth. There is nothing inserted in his
productions (or effect. You have a reliance
in their perfcet fidelity to the real, which in
troduces a new clement into the feelings
with which you have hitherto contemplated
imitations of the outward world. They
hi ing you nearer to the originals than nny
representation by pen, pencil, or word ol
mouth has done before. Here, for exam
ple, is that most beautiful of river views
the Seine, with its bridges, the celebrated
fucado of the L nivro, and in the distance
the auiique towers of the Palais de Jus
tice. Here is the equestrian statue of
Henry IV. upon the Pont Neuf. It was ta
ken soon after ashuwer, for you mnv see the
rain-nuddles upon the pavement. Here is a
side view of Notre Dame with every in'er-
ticeot Iho stones faithfully represented.
How exquisitely penciled is that beautiful
rose-window with its delicate tracery! The
most patient draughtinan might work for
months und fail to draw what this instru
ment has produced in ten minutes.
On another nlato we have the Quai St.
Michael and Kb book-stalls, on the other the
glorious tower of St. Jacques de la Boueh
erie, starting up from a confused assem
blage of houses. The distanco looks dim
and indistinct, as in the reality, but even
here a magnifying glass like a telescope,
brings to view a lightning rod soveral miles
off. In one respect, however, this is not
Paris. Here is every stone and brick, but
where are the people? the lively, restless
people, which in the real Paris add a new
charm tu this gray and time-worn architect
ure, by placing beside its venerable immobili
ty the contrast of many colored, ever-changing
life! Here, upon the bridge,is theumbrei
la of the old fruit woman, but where is the"
good woman herself, in her lofty Norman
dy cap? Here is the long extended hook-stall,
but where is the dirty-ficed, obsequious
gentleman who tends it, and is at your side,
usually, before you con turn a leaf of one of
his dilapidated volumes? Here are the mud
dy streets, but where is the griselie, with
her smoothly-parted hair and dark eye
picking her way from, stone to stone so
nicely that not a spot appears on her well
fitting stocking? We mise the bonnes, too,
and Hie gens d'armes, and the cabriolets,
and the thousand 'and one sights which
make this the gayest city in the world
Paris, perhaps, lias turned Protestant, and,
this being Sunday, every body stays at
home. At any rate, tho only human being
visible, in these triste views, is a n idlersit
fing upon a bridge. One would like to
know the name of this individual.
The most gratifying part of this , collec
tion to tiie artist must be its picturer of still
life. Hera the eenius of the painter has
come in and dignified, by his power ot com
bination and composition, thsservile fidelity
of the Photogenic art. M. Duguerra ha.-
himself arranged the materials for some of
these paintings. They consist nf plaster
casts, medallions, articles of virtu, cut
glass vessels, shields of metal, tankards, en
ffravimrs: and other articles, most gracefully
! grouped and relieved by a drapery falling in
thick folds, wnicn m many oi mo pictures
is nothing more or less than a Marseilles
bed-aailt. I can hardly describe the gener
bed-quilt,
al effect of these works better than by com
paring them to the most exquisite cabinet
paintings of the Dutch school. They differ,
o( course, in being entirely without color,
but those readers who hare teen, for in-
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Whole No. 148.
stanco, the celebrated " Evening School,"
by Gerard Dnw, at Amsterdam, may ima
gine pictures infinitely more delicate in exe
cution than this, and exhibiting quite as
oeauiuui contrasts ol fiirht and shadow
This same Gerard Dow, who spent five days
in panning a may s naiid and copied objects
from llieir images in a concave mirror, has
produced nothing where the chiar 'oscuro
is more beautiful than in these' drawings,
and where the gradations of shadow are, as
it is technically termed,!! so exquisitely.
They differ from all other pictures in this
that they show no marks of graver or pen
cil, or lines, or dots, or any thing which re
minds one of a mechanical process. They
aro imnges almost as pure as reflections in a
mirror, and yet in the representations of the
small plaster costs you trace the marks of
the junctureot the moulds; you distinguish
the peculiar cottony look of the quilt from
the semi-transparency of the muslin dra
pery the engravings from the oil-pnint-ings,
the clear glitter of the cut-glass from
the metallic brilliancy of the shield and
tankard.
THE TALL YOUNG OVSTlilt.MAN.
BV O W. HliLMRR.
1 1 was n tall young oyste rmnn lived by the rkor rMp j
llliihop wm jujt upon tins bunk, liii lioul wai on the
l Me.
Tiie daughter of a flahcrman, that wa lo straight and
slim,
Lived over on liie other bank, right opposite to him.
It was the penalra oyileiman that saw the lovely
maid,
Upon a mnunlight evening, a sitting In the shade
Ho saw her wave her haudkercluei, as much as ir to
say,
' I'm up to snulT, young oysterman, and dad Is gone
away."
Then up arose the oysterman, and to himself said he,
" I guens I'll leave the skin" at home, IDr lear Hint folks
should see :
I've read l! In the stnry-bonk that for to kiss la dear
Leander swam the Hellespont, aud I will swim this
here !"
And he has leaped Into the waves, and has crossed the
st renin,
And he hm clnmered up the bank, all fn the moonlight
gleuin
O there were kissel sweet as dew, and words as soft as
ram
Out they have heard their father's step, and In he leaps
again !
Out spoke the ancient fisherman " O what was that,
my daughter!"
" 'Twos iiolhing bat a brickbat, air, I chucked Into the
water''
And whnl is that there funny thing that paddles off so
fast.'"
" It's nothing but a porpoise, sir, that's been a swim
ming past."
Out spoke the ancient fisherman "now bring me my
harpoon I
I'll get Into my Ashing bast, and fix thcfellow soon ,-"
Down fell the lovely damsel, as falls a slaughlcr'd litmh.
Her hair dropp'd rounj her pallid cheeks, like sea-weed
on a clam.
A las for those two loving ones! she waked not from her
swnund,
And he wus taken with the cramp, and in the waves
was drown'd
But Fate has metamorphosed them in pity of their wo,
And now they keep an oyater-shop for mermaids down
below.
IMPERIAL LOVE.
"Itowhappy could I be wilh either,
Were t'other dear charmer uwuy I"
Society, we believe, lias long made up
its mind as to the truth of the position,
that
" Love is die sowt of a nate Irishman !"
but that love could, by possibility, make
its dwelling piaee within the bruust of a
niijhty Prince, has not been so distinctly
proved. Nevertheless, those who worship
an old adage, and who go about humming
"i.ove rules the Court, the Camp, be, '
have now unopportiinity of laughing at the
skeptical fur iIh Grand Diikent tho lllns
liioua family uf Romanoff, the future Czar
of all the Rnssi is, is in luve. With a
Princess! Oh, no! there would have been
no romance in icf: the favorite of the lie
rilivr is Madhmoisellb ivallinowski, a
Maid of Honor to the Empress s Mother,
and daughter to a Polish General of that
name deceased. It would appear that the
Grand Duke has a feelii g nf Independence
on the subject of matrimonial alliuuce akin
to that of some of his ancestors, but which
his futher is by no means desirous cf en
couraging. Tho circumstances which
brought Mademoiselle Kullinowski to the
notice of the Prince are somewhat curious.
It will, however, be necessary, first, to do
scribe her: Though not what is called (Kin,
she is tall, with long jot blaek hair falling
over a complexion of the Tnost brilliant olive
("fair but sunny!'') and her gaze'le-like
eyes have a singularly soft and bewitching
depth of tone. Although so beautiful, she
cannot be said to bo the loveliest of the la
dies who environ the Empress, and might
have passed unnoticed by the Grand Duke,
but for an occurrence which drew upon her
his most intense observation. An officer of
the Imperial Guard, connected with tiie fa
mily of R d I. had occasionally seen Ma
demoiselle lUlllinoWSIIl at HID MPS given oy
the Empress, and had become intoxicated j
with passions on her account, in uussia )ike t10 Frenc)l , Universal Picturesque
many detours are requisite to malie known , RevieWj' as0 cxi8(9 at Alliens, and will
an attachment with a chance ot success. cont,ibute much to the diffusion of useful
These were had recourse to but the an- information, though it is mainly translatod
swer was, a kind nut firm refusal to his jrom l))e jeMC,. Thero is a medical peri
suil. The officer, being on friendly terms 0jicaf ,isk'epios by name, conducted by a
with the Grand Duke, avowed to hun his I eociBty , pySjciaii9, and a Collection of
situation and his despair, and solicited Ins j the dc'0isinn f t,e Areopagus,' or Supreme
interference. : Court of Justice, is shortly to appear.
Moved by the exceeding wretchedness of; Tliere are four booksellers a. Athens, three
the suppliant, the Grand Duke, alier some , o( whom are from Germany; one is also a
demur, consented to use his inhiience with I pi,Bisler. The principal -works which the
the young lady. He saw her conferred dtter hos sent out arc: The ancient and
with her first en badinant, then seriously modern Greek Lexicon of Gogi, in three oc-
aud her answer was much more decided
than before. Alas! ihe spell had been
flung over the Grand Duke himself, with an
added danger, for it was reciprocal! With
the keen eye of a hopeless lover the officer
quickly discovered the new turn which af
fairs had taken, and draughting himself in
to a Caucasian regiment, left the northern
metropolis for the Black Sea. Inheriting
the high spirit of her father (who was aid-de-camp
to Murat, and brave as his mas
ter. 1 Mademoiselle Kallinowski thought it
prudent, notwithstanding her attachment to
him, to intorm tne isranu jjuKeuiai com
munion between them must henceforth
cease. The Heritier was at once a prey to
all the pangs of unsubduable love, and he
declared that, rather than forego the socie
ty of her Whom he had chosen, he would
marry her! The affair soon came to the
knowledge of the Emperor, who very la
conically ordered his son to " travel and
seek a ife." A fist ot engioie rrincesses
was given to him; but some how or other
he taw not, or forgot that he had seen,
anyone of them, and by apparent hazard,
drew forth from her modest obscurity th
Princess of Darmstadt, Thau this vounsr
lady a more exquisito speeimen of beauty
called " Jilonde" it is impossible to cor-
ce.ve; or Jo-imagine higher accomplish
ments with a demeanor more gentle, or e
temper more angelio.
lint na r,n, .1 , Hfn J.,mill. IT. Hi.
owski she is inferior in ready and sparkling
wit, in imagination, in fervid sentiment,
and, above... all, (where the enslaving of
hearts is concerned), in "jit power of eye."
The safety of the Grand Duke would
have consisted in his remaining somr
twelve months longer at Darmstadt, and ia
his confirming a union with the Prlncesa,
To return to "ould luvo" is always dange
rous, and wears sometliing ef fatal aspect
in the present instance- On arriving st St,
Petersburg he hud a meeting with Made
moiselle K illinowski, which appears to have
woolly oMiteraii d his remembrance of hi
second love. The Emperor Nicholas (a
most amiable warm-hearted man, in spit
of all that has been asserted to the con
trary by malevolence and ignorance,) has)
forborne, affectionately and tenderly, thro',
out this mutter, as fur as was consistent
with his s'ation: nor has he in any case un
dervalued the nobility of feeling so appa
rent in the breast of Grand Duke. At th
same time, the marriage of the Herititr with
a Polish lady of any rank whatever could
not, after all that has transpired, be per
mitted to take place; and therefore the
Grand Duko was commanded to ' return n
slantly to DarmsladW lie set off; but
having reached Zarskojesnlo, determined to
proceed no further. There he remains.
Now, all having ben prepared at Hesse
Darmstadt, and in the face of Europe, for
the reseption of the Grand Duke as the affi
ance.! of the Princess, what is M, Brunotr
to do? He has witnessed a lavish expendi
ture in the decoration of the Palace, so a
to make it worthy of his young master's
next visit: he ha 3 sent the pornait of the
Princess reduplicated, and in every window
s urine elect; lie is an accredited agent.
but diplomatist lie can bo no longer, far
nis occupation is gnno:"
PRESENT tO.i)lT10. OF GREECE.
SOCIETY LITERATURE EDUCATION.
Giibi ce has lately made considerable '
progress in respect to security and order.
Traffic increase, as is proved, among other
signs, by the restoration of the hotels on
many of the principal roads, which had been
destroyed during tiie revolution. It is not,
however, to bo denied that many districts) '
are ii. tested will robbers, and it is indeed a
question whether the country can be entire
ly freed from these gentry. The govern
ment ordered the most difficult mountain
misses to be guarded by armed peasants, in
bands of from half-a-dozen to a dozen; but
though the country is thus, so to say, up in
arms, the schemes of the wily plunderer
are seldom frustrated; for the Greek, when
he once enters the vocation, displays a gen
ius in it worthy of Mercury, If a robber il
caught, the peasants have not now the sa
tisfaction, as in the good old time of the
Turks, of seemg his head at once transfer
red from his broad shoulders to the slender
summit of a pike, but must be content to al
low him a trial, in the furmelities of which
he often finds a loop-hole for escape, or at
any rate is indebted to it for a much les
severe punishment than he would have en
countered formerly. With' this new ar
rangement the Greek peasant is very dis
satisfied ; he cannot be made to comprehend
its justice or phiUuthrophv, thinking only
.,1 tl r...,Ua nn.i - '.l. lnnJ -f
and expense, that the robber has cost him.
Bo-iids robbers and tax gatherers,who are
for the most part shsineless peculators and
farmers of tithes, the Greek peasant has also
to contend with a tribe, whose raoacity
here is ui. fortunately too successlu, viz.
luwye-e. I he country abounds wilh numer
ous individuals who rejoice in this appella
tion, without having just claim, at any rate,
us far as juridical knowledge goes, lo de
serve it, und who aro sure never to let a
client quit thim without they have seen the
bottom of his purse.
Hut let us now turn to a more favorable
side of the picture. eThe literary activity,
of Greece is in the highest degree encour
aging. Tiie great number of printing-offices
which lunu been lately established is
astonishing, when we reflect that they work
fur a population uf only 1100,000; to whom,
however, may certainly be added, the Greek
inhabitants nf Turkey. Of the journals
which are now punlis-hed, the most popular
is the Athene, which is edited by Antoni
ad .-s at Alliens: it has been for some time
established by tiie same gentleman at Nau
plia. This journal represent! the Opposi
tion, now called the Conjtitutional or Eng
I eh party; it does not sell however more
than 700 copios. The Aeon, edited by Phi
homiui, fells about 000 copies, and it is the
organ of the Russian, Capudistrian, or Con
servative party, and is consequently not op
posed to the government. The Tach'drom
(Courier) is published both in French and
Greek; this pa;er, edited by Bailey, is the
nrgm of the government, and especially of
the Minister of the Interior, Glarakis, who,
though he is accounted a very upright char
acter, has not reudered the paper a favorite
with the public. The Socrates,, a journal
i... n. .i ........ ..i i
VI LllU V,'ll3bllUMi.llllLl MlMiy, IB CIBVUI, (MIU
may perhaps have 600 subscribers. The 1
Soter, nicknamed the Weathercock, was
given up a short time ngo, but is soon to
j re-ai ear. Beside these newspapers, which
I are printed at Athens, political journals are
11h:.l1,l ir,,rnl,irl Mi,,.. K,,
of n0 vame A :ouni!ll wit, copner-Dla'tet.
luvo volumes; me ueogtapliy ot Bilbi, in
Greek; a translation of Goldsmith's History
of Greece; Extracts from all Greek Clas
sics, in ten volumes, be. Most of his works '
are printed in his own office on German pa
per, and are rcWrkable for their elegance.
The royal printing establishment has ila
type principally from Paris. Beside the
Athenian booksellers, there are thre other
at Syra, and two at Nauplia, but they do
very little business. There is great want,
so far, of a paper-mill; almost all the paper
used here is imported from France. There
is a lithographic institution, which belong .
to the government, and which sends out
some very good works, among which may be .
. 1 . ;. 1. . : r . I ,r e V2.M..W.. k
-r j -i
Altenhofen. . " ,
As the indulgence of personal slander
should be checked and resisted by every '
legal mean, so a constant examination into
the character and conduct of magistrates
and public officers should be equally promo- .
ted and encouraged. " ,