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BY REED & HOSMEK.
BUSINESS DIllECTORY.
MAUMEE CITV.
MAUMKE CITY INSURANCE CO.
Commercial Buildings.
" m a I. I SIIH ANnK OITFICU,
mu . vj . ....... '
At the Jefferson House, Wm. Kingsbury
CDSi'UAl tluusi uFFK.
Canal street.
STATE LAND OFFICE,
Erie street.
WHOM AM I'T.ARK 2d..
Agent for Executors of L. Becbce's estate:
E. Fairman's estate! and General Land
Agent.
I1WIG1IT.
WW '
General Land Aeency. Office, opposite
the Miami Hotel.
"REUD b ilOHMUK.,
XVU I '
Book b Job Printers, Maumeo Express
unce,
. Wolcott street.
DAVID A. WOODWARD,
Portrait Painter, Erie street.
D.VNI EL F.COOK,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
' viiiim; b WA1TE.
Attomies ic CouiiBellors at Law.
N. RATH BUN.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
"TTRPJRV RRED.
Attornev and Counsellor at Law.
" NATHAN it.vniUUN,
Justico ot cite t'eace.
"HORATIO CONANT,
Justice of the Peace.
DrtTWILL.AM ST. CLAIR,
Physician b Surgeon. Erie street.
in-; I'llS i) vv liiil I .
Physician and Surgeon, Wokott street,
G, S. HAZARD,
Forwarding and Commission Merc hant
Water street.
SMITH, HOWE & CO.
Forwarding anil Commission Merchants
Witer street.
J. WuLCOl'T.
Forwarding and Commission Merchant
Water street.
S.HAR.U.NUl'ON,
Dry Good and Variety Store, Commercial
MUUUtllgs.
VV. WIS WELL,
Dealer in Hardware, Hullow-ware, Tin
ware and Cutlery, Erie street.
' SPENCER b MOUKli,
Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries and
Crockery, Erie street.
I.'I.ISII M ACK.
iDealer in Dry Goods Groceries and
Crockery, t rontstroet.
G. b W; RICHARDSON,
Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, be. be.
Erie street.
G. H. N ITCH I IS b CO.
Dealers in Fancy and Staple Dry Goods,
Hotel Buildings.
ELI KITTS,
Dealer in Drugs, Medicines be.
Erie street. .
IRA WHITE,
Dry Goods, Books be. Wolcott street.
CLARK b FARGO.
Wholesale 3hd .Retail dealers in Groceriel
and Prowcions, Com.i.ercial Buildings.
C. A. b A, D. WILLIAMS,
Groceries and Provisions.
WOODWARD b SON, i
Dealers in Groceries and Provisions,
Erie stteeL
I WOLCOTT.
Dealer in Dry Guuds, Groceries, Provi
aions, Stoves, Iron be Wolcott stree-
ALLEN b GIBBONS,
Groceries and Provisions; Erie street.
H. K. STEELE.
Dealer in Groceries and Provisions.
Erie street.
D C. FORSYTH b Co.
Dealets in Dry Goods, Crockery and Hard
ware, corner of front and Conant streets.
LATHAM T. TEW,
Coper b Tin Manufacturer, Wolcott
street at the late store ot i . vv. roweu.
CHARLES A. LAMB,
Cabinet Furniture Manufacturer rear of
Commercial Buildings. '
JEFFERSON HOUSE,
Robert Gowor, Erie street.
- MIAMI HOTEL,
By George Kirkland, near the io'ver steam
boat landing. '
CENTRAL HOUSE,
Elijah Clark. Erie street.
"AMWCArTHOUSE,
By Cyrus Tyrrel, Wolcott street.
PERRYSBURG.
SPINK b HOSMER,
Attomies and Counsellors at Law.
r BENNETT b CAMPBELL,
... Attomies and Counsellors at Law.
., COFFINBEHRY b STETSON,
t Attomies and Counsellors at Law.
PROTECTION INSURANCE CO.
D. C. Duan, Agent.
, . EAGLE HOTEL,
Joseph Crcps, Louisiana Avenue.
-.-,'.-HOLLISTER b CO. '
orwar ding And Commission Merchants.
DOAN & EARL,
Frowardlng and Commission' Merchants
GILBERT BE VCH.
Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries be. be
CURTIS b KR1DLER. -
Boot, Shoe, b Leather Store, opposite the
temperance House.
C. D. WOODRUFF,
Tin and Copper Manufactory. :
v TOLEDO.
DANIEL 0. MORTQN, ' -Attorney,
Counsellor and Solicitor.
r. v , ii AMirvPT
Attomies and Counsellors at Law, and
' ' Solicitors in Chancery.
TfTITH i. r
Wholesale Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries,
.c kx.ia urange street
J.A.TITtIS kC...
Dealers in Fancy and Staple Dry Goods,
Groceries be, corner of Sminit and LocuBt
- ... streets..
CARPENTER' b MYF.lt S.
Forwarding and Commission Merchants.
Foot of Erie b Kalamaxoo railroad.
AMERICAN HOTEL" '
R. N. Lawton, Summit itrest.
MAUMKE
Volume III.-'Ne. 46.
1889.
AMF.RICAN TRANSPORTATION CO.
rEfiCHANDlZE, Passengers, be.
ItJL transported with despatch, via .Kail
ftoad Line, Steam Barges, on the Hudson
River, Mohawk and Hudson iiail iioad to
Shancctady, and by first class line boats to
Buffalo, Steam-boats and vessels on the
lakes, American TranBportatation Line,
Ohio Canal.
For Freight or Passage apply to
DParkor, 104 Broad-it. JV. Y.
H. Niles b Co. Corner of Hudson if
Wm. B. Knox, Quayf. Albany.
L. Huro b Co., Schenectady.
H. Wrights b Co., Rochester.
Carpenter b Myers, Toledo.
AtwaterAc rtuden, Buofo
Clark JJohtnson, , S
Sam'l. P. Carter, Cleveland.
G. S. Hazard, Maumee City.
Strong b McReynolds, Detroit.
G. S. Hubbard b Co. Chicago. '
July 13. 15.
1 39.
TRANSPORTATION.
BUFFALO LINE, Erie Canal.
THADDElIg JOY CO., Proprietors
CONNECTED with etenm freight boats
and vessels on Z.ake Erin.
The Proprietors and Agents of this line,
will contract tor the transportation of Goods
or Produce at tair rotes, and pledge them
selves to those wno may entrust Property
to their cure for transportation, that the
same shall be forwarded with care and des-
natch: and that any damage that may oc
cur to property shipped uy tne nuovo line,
winch the 1'ronrietors may De name or,
shall be adjusted in the most prompt an.
liberal manner.
AuTiioRisiiD Agents.
Carpenter b Myers, Toledo.
Hiram Joy, No. 18 South-street, jT. Y.
Thaddeus Joy b Co., Albany.
Joy b Websler, Buffalo.
Richard Winslow bCn., Cleveland.
Hull & Shcpard, Mmsilnn.
Priest & Pogc, Linle Falls, A". Y.
Samuel Adams bCo., Dresden.
B. Coinslock b Co., Columbus.
M. B. iiossb Co., Portsmouth.
July 18. 15.
BUSINESS LOTS TO LEASE.
Tf HEsubBcriber tor tlic purpose olntlord
JL ins conveniences tnmenof business,
whoare desirous to settle in this place, offer
for sale at reasonable prices, or to lease at
moderate rents, the following lots, upon the
principal business streets in this town.
19. 20. 81: north side Brouilway: 7
West side of Canal street; 130 Comer nf
William Bt. 4 in block 1, north sulo nt !u
phia st; Also a large numberof lotseiigi
bly situated for residences.
I'nrintormntionnnrttermsappiy to
I. D. BRAIHiItANI), Maumee City.
1 5-tf
THE WHOLESALE STORE IN
TOLEDO.
TTTUS, TOWNSENI) b 11 1 US, 22
Pearl street, New-York, encouraged
bv the share of sunnort their branch at
Tolbdo received during the past year, will
continue the establishment, experience
has proved that they were not over san
guine when they claimed facilities which
enalili d them to sell goods in fact cheaper
than any other house west of Ntto-York,
and they speak with confidence when they
promise to offer stronger inducements to pur
chasers than any other firm in the Western
country.
They would respectfully invito their old
customers, and ie trade in general, Mer
chants, Contractors, Hotel Keepers dc. to
give their stock an examination. Their as
sortment will consist as usual, principally of
Dry Goods and Giiocrrikb, with many
other such'articles as the wants of the coun
try may require.
As fresh invoices will be shipped from
New-York weekly, through the soason, they
will not now attempt to give a oetaiieu 11111
of their goods.
Store foot of La Urange st. , i.ower loieao.
May 10, 1839. iiiuiBW.
RETAIL STORE IN TOLEDO.
TITUS, TOWNSEND b TITUS, 220
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. Titds b Co. Fresh
supplies of goods will be received weenly
through the season, and they will continue
their boast of having the handtomest, cheap
est, and best selected Slock ever offered iu
Toledo, which will consist i.f Dnv Goods,
GaocRRiBs, Boots and Shoes, Nails, Oil,
CARPRTINO.be.
Their goods were selected expressly for
this store, and are ot tne choicest and ricn
est description. Terms Cish only.
. 1 , J. A. htuh U (Jo.
Corner of Summit 4- Locust streets
Lower Toledo, May 10, 18H9.
AMERICAN HOTEL.
Summit street, near the. lower steamboat
landtng, Toledo. .
RN. LAW TON 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
of all who may tavor him witn inmr cus
tom. He intends totry the experiment of
keeoinff the best bf every thing, and thus
meriting a substantial reward from the res-
dent and travelling puDlic.
March, 16 1839 50tf
NO MISTAKE.
DR. ST. CLAIR would give notice 10
the neople of Maumee City and vicini-
tv. that he has disposed of his interest in
the store of U. Williams & uo., witn tne
full intention uf pursuing the science and
practice of Medicine. - Therefore hopes to
merit a reasonableshare of the public pat
ronoge.
March S, 1839. 4It
HAY'S Liniment, 'Oldridge's Balm of
Columbia Doct. Bloodgoods Elixii
of Health, by
Oct. 5. G. b W. RICHARDSON.
REMOVAL.
SPENCER k MOORE have removed to
the Btore formerly occupied bv Messrs.
Morehouse and Brownlee corner of Conant
and Eriesireet. 1 v -Maumee
City, May 17th 1838. , 7.
TO PRINTERS.
TTOR SALE. A font of small Pica
J of about two hundred pounds, near
lynew and complete, with Italic and ca
si at this office. ' .
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THE subscriber having returned from
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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-
tingsof the latest and most approved pat
terns, I have spared no pains in selecting
under my own immediate inspection the
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et, which I hope the public will duly appre
ciate! fcehnir mveelf extremely grateful
for psst favors, the acknowledgement of
which Heel is due to tne puouc. 1 still
flatter myself they wiU 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 be found ready
and willing to do justice te any call in my
line of business.
HENRY OSBORN.
Maumee City, Oct. to, 1839. 00
CITY
IflAVMEE CITY, OHIO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1840.
For IhtMaumes City ExpreM,
DANCING.
Lt them pralM hU nsmt Id the dance." Pi.
A time 10 daoce " Eccl.
Mb. Editor: I believe that I must take
hold of this controversy, which has, at length
become reduced to this question: "Can any
person, conscienciously engage in dancing
as an amusement;" for I hold, that if dan
cing is wrong in a professor of religion, it
is also wrong in one who is not a professor;
in the eyes of him who is "no respecter of
persons. And, seriously, even if dancing
can, in no respect be made a religious rite,
at the present day. I, myself, can not
blame young people, whether christians or
not from occasionally recreating themselveb
thereby. Look at the religion of the peo
ple of God, when the Almighty himself,
was master of ceremonies, and see how ma
nymeans o' recoion,of enjoyment of bringj
ing all the sowers and faculties, the mind
and the senses into full and delightful ope
ration were thon enjoyed, which our strait
laced cold and unvaried form of worship
hare .entirely shut out. Then religion
taught to dance and to sing; to feast and to
fast; here was a splendid procession and
there an assemblage clothed in sackcloth.
At one time, all Judea lived in tents of
bought and held a joyful festival to the
Lord, at another, in glad procession, they
journeyed to the city of David, to join their
nation in collected praise and thanksgiving.
Every few years, and the year of happi
ness and jubilee arrived and called for espe
cial aspirations of praise and gladness.
Such was a ritual that left no room for the
need of any other outlet to the joy of tho
soul or tin overflow of the spirits.
Where is the variety in our worship, now
that calls soul and sense into play, and
leaves nothing to wish no wish ungrati
fied! It is true, that the refinements of the
last century have done something for the
rational christian by stripping the worship
of God of much of that which was absurd,
but the very fact, that such a change has
been made, proves that systems are fallible,
and opens an avenue fur a doubt whether
our own is immaculate. Look back, O
Christian! a hundred or a hundred and fif
ty years, and you will hear of laws profes
sing to be based upon the bible, where
married persons were inhibited from all do
mestic endearments on the sabbath! when
men were forbidden to play upon instru
ments other than dium, trumpet and jews
harp, and the psalms of David versified into
most barbarous rhyme, by old Slernhold
and Hopkins (the only version that the bi
gotry of the age would allow) were howled
through the nose a mode of performance
that was supposed peculiarly grateful to
the ears of the Almighty. Indeed many of
us can well recollect the time, when a bass
viol was hold to be no other than an imp
of Satan, and its introdui-tion into the ser
vices of the church anathematized as a spe
cial incursion of the evil one, and a church
organ was considered nothing else than an
actual lignification of the Prince ot Dark
ness himself.
But what is divine service, at the present
day? A lit) le singing, in measured strain;
a deal of praying culd and formal, in spirit
as in language; reading long homilies, and
istening to sermons 111 which tho sterner at
tributes ot the Deity are most strongly por
trayed, and lastly, and upon which the moBt
stess is laid , an exhortation to a high subli
mated and constant tension of mind towards
our maker, under the namo of " doing all for
the glory of God ." which, as it is under
stood, is impracticable, because it is asking
that which the creator never intended man
should do. Man seeks relief in variety, and
unvarying sameness is intollerable; hence
he is no more able to keep his mind wrought
up in a continual stretch of lofty and world-
forgetting devotion, than is a bow, to pre
serve its elasticity when constantly strung
for use; and hence, if the excercises of re
ligion do not furnish a pleasing and recrea
tive variety, he w,li occasionally be found
deserting them, however unwilling to do so
he may be. 1
Now, I do not believe that I shall have a
reader so bigoted and severe as to deny
that amuiement is necessary, or at least
proper, or at the very least, justifiable , both
to young and old. Mad can not always
submit to labor it would, iu reality become
a burthen" to him. Nor do I believe,
that any one will be so foolish as to assert,
that the movements of the legs, in dancing
have anything intrinsically wrong in them,
especially as those movements were once a
means, dictated by Deity, for expressing
gratitude and praise to him; and in them
selves considered, ore nothing more than
graceful movements of the limbf. If then,
there it really anything wrong in dancing,
it consists in the time when, and the place
where it is indulged in. Do not be guilty
of the folly of censuring dancing as exclu
sively light and frivulous. The light and the
frivulous is a part of our natures, and if you
do not believe it, go to the shop, store or
study of the most holy man in Christendom,
and you will learn, that even he has his
hours of relaxation, of playful and (if you
please) .frivolous conversation. Censure
your maW 0, bigoted man! for making
men else than the long viaaged, marble stat
ues you would fain have them to be.
But I have t charge against the profes
sors of this -strait-jacket religion. It is
this. If dancing it wicked, on account of
the time and place when and where it is in
dulged, you are the ones whoare to blame.
Whyt It It to you who have made it the
subject of your anathemas, until you have
'driven it from its Wgitimatt residence, at
home, into public places, beyond that re
straint which would otlierwise be im
posed upon it. At home, under the eye
of the older, and chastened by the supervi
sion of the refined and the experienced, it
wonld soon stand as high in point of mora
lity as any other amusement, and take the
preference as one of the most healthful,
elegant and delightful recreations.
A word upon tne "time to dance."
Has he who doubts whether there is a
time that can, with propriety be employed
in the recreation of dancing, even pictured
to himself the golden sunset! of Juodea,
when young and old hove returned from the
labors of the day and are seated in the
doors or reclining in groups, enjoying the
exquisite beauty of the scene, and the
sweet balminess of the air T Has he never
imagined, at. such a time, the harp or viol
springing up. and discnursing gay music,
while the feet of young men and maidens
are drawn to keep time to its melody. I am
sure that modern travelers speak of such
scenes, nor can 1 see, why, under circum
stances like these, there does not arise a
time to dance. I aai not to quote particu
lar passages, not being conversant with ei
ther concordance harmony or exegesis, to
assist my research; but it does appear
to me, that the spirit and meaning of many
passages in the scriptures, in which dancing
is mentioned, go very far to prove that it
was, in ancient, as in modern days, one of
the favorite forms of amusement, by both
sexes, among the chosen people of God
the Jews. Indeed, ancient history and mo
dern research both concur in proving that
there has been no nation known to history,
or reached by the voyages of discoverers
who have not their ownniodea and fashions
of dancing; and this holds good, from the
ferocious demi -brutes of Polynesia to the
elite of the most polished society in chris
tian Europe.
That in modern times, both sexes mingle
in the dance, is attributable rather to the
civilization and refinement of the age, than
to any other cause. It is only in civilized
communities, that woman is known as the
friend and companion of man the partaker
of his amusements and the divider of his
joys and sorrows, as well as the sharer of
his toils and labors. And shall this raising
.of the fairer portion of creation to the
sphere in which God and nature intended
she should move, to be urged against an
amusement in which both texes partake ?
Wnere docs woman go, that she does not
refine, improve, and shed a meliorating and
a humhizing influence ? Is this wrong?
Casuist ! you aro striving for victory, ra
ther than truth !
In conclusion, I have a few words to say
to christians. If dancing , has gone astray,
mingled in bad company and acquired faults,
call it home and correct it. Let your chil
dren dance around the parental firoside, and
then excercise your influence, to chasten
and refine it until it becomes perfect. Ex
perience will tell you, that it is better to be
a reformer than a destroyer an improver
than a rodical. " Stolen waters are sveel,"
js a passage of scripture, with a fearful
meaning, and if you make that to be stolen
that can be innocently enjoyed, I leave you
to judge of the responsibility. If you will
drive dancing from society, something
worse may take its place, but you may me
liorate and improve it, and let i. still retain
its ascendency. Roineinber, with how
inurh of the sweet and graceful in life is the
dance ostoe atedl With muMC, and paint
ing and poetry. It is one of the gracef-il
arts, or rather the graceful art the poetry of
motion the full developement of al1
those thousand bodily graces which have
been hung around the human form, for
some purpose; and the opposition to its be
ing enjoyed, at propor times and places is
a remnant of that spirit, which, in the days
of tiie puritans caused men to walk like au
tomatons, to speak if their words were me
ted by a yard-stick; and which, in modern
times, brings shad-bellied coats, broad brim
med hats and strait bonnets before the world
as evidences of piety and the love of God.
The constitution of our natures leads us
to the choice of active rather than sedenta
ry amusements. The mind sympathies
with the body in those employments that
stimulate the flow of the spirits; nor does
true religion hang a chain upon the limbs,
nor spread a continual cloud of solemnity
over the heart. Dark indeed must that soul
be, that believes that to merit the joys of
Heaven, it must be continually employed,
while here, in acts of penance and mortifi
cation.
Finally; if you wish to dance dance!
If joy and gladness be your portion, and
you have leisure dance. Prefer to do so
at home, but do not refuse in select society.
Do it for the glory of God; fur he is
pleased when men find innocent sources of
enjoyment.
Mr. Editor, I am ,
Yours in love, 1
r JOHN" SMITH,
Old mf.mbkrs of Conorbss. Mr. C. F.
Mercer, of Virginia, who has just resigned
his seat, has been in Congress since 1817
(22 years,) having been elected eleven
times. Air. Lewis Williams ot nortnuar
olina, who is called " the father of the
house," being the oldest member, was first
in the house in 1315 ( years since.)
N. B. Mr. John W. Tavlor, of New
York Htate.was in Congress 10 years; Mr.
Newton, of Virginia, 30 years: Mr. John
Randolph, about 10 years, Mr. Macon, of
North Carolina, 98 years; Mr. S. tsmith.of
Maryland, 89 years; Air. l'indlay, of l'onn
ylvania, 18 years, (ths latter four ia both
houget.jA-. Y. Srprtis. ,
Whole Wo. 150.
For the Maumee CUy Express.
THE KKSFONSE.
My anfhrKOtlffl rrknd John Smith, '
Accept my comjilimMiln herewith,
Aniltlo nn! grieve, v
For 1 till live,
Aod bloom like any calibugo wreath.
Put In year ramhlpa. I hud thought,
Your old h-lend TAod might be forgot,
Bfeinx thnt you
II111I Dliirh to do
0o that If called on you would notf
Accept the executive ehnlr,
Ilavliig no Iri.nre lime to apnre
Out would decline.
For want ot time,
To take upon yourlf auch care.
A nd ao 1 norrowlnr. judred and thought,
(X err'd lib true hut who di et, not t)
That thrthe time,
1 would not rhyme,
But make my woraht and tbur-Areuf.
But finding you the old John yet,
Whoae old Ilntch fl-lend. he do'nt forget,
My mouth I wlfie,
Lay down my pipe,
And wrltea woHir aa ever yet.
I'm flad you've been at the white home,
Watching tho trlcka nf eat and mouaeg
You prove the friend,
In tllat you eeiid
Beanlla etrait to our palrou, aoute !
I'll bet my all brdinen'd cane,
Againilaglnm of kirkV cliRtnpaign,
(I've proved ita might,
Ilivpfi-lt il bile,
But gladly would bile back again,)
That if themnminrdnpnercirr,
Creepa luiriy in with little Mnt,
Twill in the camp
Induce aacHnip,
Ring of many a treaaury rat.
If coalition they're int.nl on,
The tumble btm old Tommy Benton,
Out of thnlmll.
May roll hli ball.
Unleaa auiue uiiMjoit he be aent on.
But John we'll let them awamp and apatler,
And grind their teeth mid alomp and batler,
Let drive pell mrll,
. With tooth and unil,
'Tig all aa one tu tiiimp ano eCATTER
The author la iiinpoaed to Imve got a aort of befud
dled nt Klrklitnil'a of (lie Port Miami houae, on chnm
pnigne, which same he v, ould recommend to any of bia
literary rrteuua, wno ueaire inatnnt inaptraiioll.
TIIK I'llll.OHOl'IIY OF HATS.
Tranalaled from the French of Jouy. for the "Coraalr'i
'From my early youtli, I have followed
the profession of a halter. With what
success, the premium bestowed on me from
the hands of the king himself, sufficiently
shows.
''The grand question is this: Does there
exist annnq'.iestioimble relation between the
hut and the human face ? and if so, what
are the taws and effects of this relation ?
"That hut adorns the head, protects it.
brings into relief the play of the fealures
and the cast of the physiognomy. The
present round hat is comparatively modern,
dating no farther back than the Hth centu
ry. It represent exteriorly, an eighth of
the human stature, and should harmonise
with the forehead, the cliaructcr of the
temples, the hair and the figure. If the
head is disproportinned to the bmly, it is the
proper duty of the hatter to oiler such a
hat as will remedy the defect.
"The Emperor Napoleon attached the
gravest importance to the hat. It was a
trait of his greatness to produce the most
striking effects from the most simple causes.
When the terrible originators of the revo
lution named him first Consul, he, at one
stroke, signalised himself to the people,
while he separated himself proudly from
kings. Ho adopted the grey frock coat,
and created his immortal petit chapeau !
"1 have it uueciiy trom a person attached
at that time to the service of Napoleon,
that when he placed it fur the first time on
his noble front, he tried with long and mi
nute study, the various ways in which it
could be worn. After several attempts, he
set itftt cooniic (lengthwise) but present
ly with an energetic movement, he sliilicil
it ciibaliaille, i frontwise) end with a smile
maife the pose immortal! It was a discov
ery of a noble simplicity, more severe than
graceful, but admirably suited to the ha
bitual character of his face. Ah! when
this great man traversed his gardens with
rapid steps alter I lie councils uf stats, or
the tedious sitting of the cabinet, the
frowns wore soon seen to vanish from his
brow, nnil under the petit chapeau, his eye
flashed like the fi e in the diamond. When
he mounted his horse, and rode into the
melee, tho pi tit ehapeau, which he stuck
upon his ht'ud with a peculiarly brusque
movement of his hand, was like a crown of
victory. It was lo the hero much more in
spiring that the diamonds of Charles V,, or
the flag of Mansfield. This sublime c'm-
pcau is one of the great models. Ilut who
dare wear it alter .Nape icon i
"Murat was benuliliil in his youth. His
cheeks were of the brightest color, his eyes
were foil ot lire, and though a little more
decided in his manner than was quite thorough-bread,
he had a wild elegance that
had Us pftect even in the drawing room.
But on hotsehai k, Murat was Tancredi or
Rinnldo 1 As Field Marshal, his three-cornered
hat, trimmed with white pelnehe, was
placed nearly lengthwise on his head, but
lie had a way almost coquctish, of turning
his head so as to show l frontwise to those
whom he addressed, and in battle it was so
worn as to have an effect highly martial, and
at the same time careless and elegant. It
was at this period that Murat wore auni-
form of white cloth faced with blue, and
the epaulettes, glittering with diamonds,
which have become historical. Afterwards
Mural's hat took the shape of the shake 1
Mothinka 1 can see him at Moscow, laced
with gold and diamonds, pushing his troops
foremost into the phalanxes of the Cossacks
and exciting them, one moment by flinging
among them jewels torn from the uniform,
and the next, by indignant strokes of his
riding whip his showy hat conspicuous to
tho whole army. What was the moment
which marked the decisive movement of the
battle of Dresden t The apparition of the
chapeau of Murat upon the Heights of
Plaun ! His uniform was encircled by a
golden belt to which hung a superb straight
sabre but the charm lav not in that ! It
was the hat of the ostrich plume ', It was
this hat which his soldiers followed into tbe
fire of artillery, and into the sweep of the
torrent, and it was with this hat in their
eyes, that they braved the deadly cannona
ding of the Austriana. Ah '. why was the
crown broken on a brow like his ! "
" Dosaix wore a long hat with a Ion;
shabby blue overcoat, enveloping a diminu
tive fioure. ,His coat was always fader1,
and his thin and emaciated shape waa ex
actly in character with his long chapeau.
"Uuroc wore bis hat with culpable inat'
tentinn, and it spoilt his countenance.
"The bonnet of Kosciusko, a sort of bus
sar-cas, wound about with a lirco hand
kerchief, and fastened with an aigrette,
was ptrbspa is much adored by ths Poles,
and as celebrated in their' fatal battles, as
the petit chapeau of Napoleon. . But I have
given examples enough to prove that it it
the first duty of a great nan to create or
discover the hat suitable to his physiognomy I
To return to my first question. A lonr
and natrow face requires a bat rather bigs
and with a brim not too narrow. A largo-
face requires the crown rather low, and tho
brim not too ample. Large nosee, broken
noset, red, pimpled, and vinous noses, alt
require to be kept in shadow by a broa
brim . A person of diminutive slain re can
not look taller by wearing a high hat, nor
can a person too tall diminish bis apparent
height by a hatlower than usual. -
"The English wear the worst hats in lh
world." . - -r . . .-.'. c . -,..-
TIIE BUHIAL GROUND AT SIDON.
The dead are everywhere ! ' '
The mouirfnin aide, the plain, the weoda arelbaeA
All the wide earth, the fertile and the lair,-.
Ia one vaat burial glouad 1 - - ' '
Wlihln the populous afreet f . '
In aolltary homeai lu plocea high
In pleaaure dnmea, where pomp ndlajtory nioot,
Men bow tlieaiaelve lu die. - . ''
rno ol l man at nignoor.
The unwean'd child, marmurlng Ita wonlleea song )
Will, Bll IWUBU.M viva , - -
The annllght Hilda the walla
Of kingly aeliiilclireaeiiwrotight with brags; '
And the long ahadow of the cypreaa udle
Athwart the common graaa. .
The llvlne of pone time
Bnllded their glorioua cities by the eea, ' ' "
And awful in their grealneee aat aubltme,
Aa tl uo cb'tuge coum De.
Til ere waa the eloquent tongue
The poet'a heart the gag e'a aout waa theref
Ami loving women wua ineir cnuaran young, .
The luilhlul and lie lair.
Thev were, hot they are not t '
Buna rose mid act. and earth put on her bloona,
Whilel mnii,aiibmilting (o the common lot,
Went down into llie totoD.
And atfll.nmld the wrecke
Of miglily geiieration paaa'd away,
Uarth a bootieal growin. t lie iragreai wua-sower, aoe
The lombg ol )eateruay.
And in the twilight deep.
Go veiled women lorih. like lierwho went,
Staler of Lazarna to the grave to weep,
i o Itreallie tue tow lament. ,
The dead are every where ! '
Where er ig love, or lendenieea, or faith t
Wlieieerie power pomp, pleaaure, pride; where'er
Lite ia, or waa la death.
, '
SANDSTORM.
The following terrific description it by
Mr. Fizzer, the traveller in Khorazan :
It duwncd at last, and moruinir found
mo still in a wide and trackless waste of
saud ; which, as the sun arose, was only
bounded by those flitting vunort which de
ceive the thirsty traveller with the belief
that water is near, and have thence obtain-
d the name ot ' the water of the desert,'
In vain I looked fur the marks by which my
I rieud Hell in had taught me to recognize a
place of refreshment. There waa but too
much cause lb fear that I was now in one
f those terrible tracts of dry and moving
sand, in which no water is found, and
v. Inch somcliii.es, when set in motion by tho
wind, swallow up whole caravans and their
C'JiiducUirs. Alas I the morning light, so
earnestly expected, only dawned to prova
inui i was surrounded by dangers 1 had
never dreamed of. The wind which had
blown so piercingly all night, lulled, as it
generally does, towards morning ; but ths
nozy vapor, loitluil with light particles of
sand, through which the sun rose as red aa
blood, gave warning that the calm would
not cuntinue long ; nor had I pursued my
course another hour before the roar of tho
desert wind was heard, columns of dutt be
gun to rise in the horixon, and the air be
came gradually rilled with drifting sand.
As llie wind increased, tlie whole u a in
around me, which had been helped by for
mer tempests into ridges, like the waves of
a troubled sea, now got in motion ; the
sand blew from off the incrests, like spray
from the face uf the waters, and covered
myself and Horse with its dense eddiet ;
while often unable to distinguish the trua
course, my horse toiled over the r.ijes,
sinking up to the very girllm in their deep
ballhitg substance.
1 continued fur some hours to oersevere.
struggling against the fury of the gale,
when my alarm became increased by ob
serving that my horse, which hitherto bad
slond out with admirable perseverance, even
wnen nis progress was the moBt painfully
impeded by the deep sand, now became
terrified and restive. lie snorted, reared.
and appeared unable, as well as unwilling,
'u nice ilia suarp (inning ol the still in
creasing storm, lu vain 1 soothed him. or
uiged him on with heels and hand ; the an
imal, which hitherto hud obeyed my voice;
almost like an intelligent being, now paid no
attention either to caresses or blows. In
the severe squalls that drove past at inter
vals, he fairly turji-d his back to them arid
would nut move ; and even when ths wind
lulled for a liitle, he could hardly be forced
to advance a step.
1 scorned to yield my life without a strug
gle, yet Baw not the means of preserving
it. To abandon my horse, would have been
in fact, to give up hope ; for I could not
have proceeded a single mile on foot i yet
to remain stationary, as 1 was forced to do
Dy tlie terror at the animal, involved mani
fest destruction.. Every thinir that offered
resistance to the torrent of sand, which
sometimes poured along the earth like a ra
pid stream ot weler, was overwhelmed by
it in .an incredible short time even wbila
my horse stood still for a few momenta, tho
drift mounted higher than his knees, and,
as if sensible of his danger, he luaile furi
ous efforts to extricate himself. . ' '
Quite certain my only hope lay in cob-
i " "Z",""' i 7 T. gr f
! Z i 't'?".??'',
hi, ,v . "or 1 T , ,t0rm
0Vf r 1 'J"" T'H
Umi?d, mlJ to the wind, and mad. all
last, just when both man and horse wore
exhausted, during a partial squall, I observ
ed something like a rock or mound of earth,
coming thruugh a dusky atmosphere. On
approaching, it was discovered that it was
the bank of an inconsiderable hollow, which
was now nearly hi led with sand, and tho
opposite side of which,, being exposed to
the wind,' had by the same means become
merely an inclined plain; beneath the bank
I fortunately retired, resolved to trust to ita
protection, rather than run the risk uf a
farther progress with the imminent peril of
perishing in the drifting sand, whero vision
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V"U. UV. V .I.VMU .". njjaw Uk IHWJI
yards. - i ' i '.(- t; mjw
Samuel Lewis has resigned ths office of
uperinteiident of Common Schools in this
Slate. Mr. Lewis gave hit whole heart
in the cause of fjrhversal education and
Uncharged with faithful assiduity thsdutlet
uf tho odice be lately held. Dayton, Jour.
Michigan sends a Whig to tha U. S.
Senate io the place of Mr. I.yoa, ene of
iter former loeofneo representatives. - A n
jvstdsH. PoHTua a touud and able Whis;
was elected a beuator by (he Legislature
of that State en tha toth inst. 76.