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ADDRESS TO GRAY HAIR.
From Harper's Monthly Magazine.
Thou silvery braid, now banded o'er my brow,
Before thy monitory voice I bow:
Obedient to thy mandate, youth forget,
And strive thy word to hear without regret
Why should regret attend that onward change,
"Which tells that time is coming to its range
Its border line, which God approves and seals,
As crown of glory to the man who feels
Content in ways of righteousness to dwell 1
To such gray hair does not of weakness tell ;
But rays of glory light its silvery tint,
And change its summons to a gentle hint
That time from all is fading fast away,
But that to some its end is lasting day ;
And that the angels view its pure white band,
As seal of glory.frora their master's hand,
And closer draw, the near ripe fruit to shield,
Until to Heaven its produce they can yield.
EARLY RISING.
BY IIEBRICK.
Did you but know, when bathed in dew
How sweet the little violet grew,
Amidst the thorny brake ;
How fragrant blew the ambient air.
O'er beds of primroses so fair,
Your pillow you'd forsake.
Paler than the autumnal leaf,
Or the wan hue of pining grief,
The cheek of 6loth shall grow;
Nor cosmetic, wash, or ball,
Nature's own favorite tints recall,
If once you let them go.
AN AGREEABLE SURPRISE.
The ties of relationship are held most sacred
in the imperial family of Austria Maria Lou
isa has been taught to reverence them from her
infancy. She was tenderly attached to every
member of her family, and when the prelimina
ries of her marriage with Napoleon were arrang
ed, and she knew that she was about to leave all
who were so dear to her, and with whom she
had passed many days, her heart sank within her,
her tears flowed incessantly. The day came: she
was to leave forever the home of her childhood.
She took a most aftecting leave of all her family
and then shut herself up in her own apartment,
where according to ettiquette, she was to re
main till the French embassador who was to
conduct her to Paris went to hand her to the
carriage. When Berthier, Prince Do Neufcha
tel, went into her cabinet for this purpose, he
found her weeping bitterly. For some time she
was unable to speak; at length words of pass
ionate grief found thier way.
" I cannot help crvinc " she said: "everv
thing I look at, and that I am going to leave,
is so dear to nie : there arc rav sister's drawings,
my mother herself worked this tapestry, these
pictures were painted by my uncle Charles."
Thus sho went on apostrophizing every article
the room contained, even the very carpets, and
all of her pets of whom she was so fond, so
cherished, and caressed ; her singing birds, that
hho loved to sit and listen to these were all to
bo left behind and the parrot that she herself
had taught to speak ; but, above all, the little
faithful dog, the favorite companion, even he
was not to accompany her for it had been said
that the emperor did not like pet dogs. As
she caressed the little creaturo her tears fell
faster. Berthier was sensibly touched 'by the
marks of affection bestowed by the young
princess on all the objects associated with
lionie. Ho told her that all would not be in
readiness for their departure for a couple of
hours. So the poor princess was allowed the
indulgence of her grief for a little while longer.
But the moment c;imc,and she hud to tear her
self away from the scenes and the friends that
occupied all her aflection. An enthusiastic greet
ing awaited her from the crowds assembled to
welcome her. Splendor surrounded her on ev
ery side ; but home and the dear friends were
far away. As Napoleon led her from the balco
ny of the Tuileries, where she had been gazed
at and hailed with acclamations of joy by the
populace, he said
" Come, Louisa, I ought to give you some lit
tle reward for the happiness which you have con
ferred on me the great happiness which I have
just enjoyed. Nay, nay, don't be afraid to fol
low me" continued he as he led her along one
of the narrow corridors of the palace, lit by a
bingle lamp ; M nay, nay, don't be afraid to fol
low me."
Suddenly they stopped at the door of a room
wherein a dog was nuking efforts to get out.
The emperor opened the door the favorite dog
was there. . He testified his joy at again seeing
hi mistress by a thousand wild pranks ; bound
ing and jumping about her. The profusion of
lamps by which the room was lit up, discov
ered to Maria Louisa that it was furnished with
the very chairs and the carpets of her apart
ment at Vienna. There were her sister's draw
ings, and the tapestry wrought by her mother's
hands ; there were the pictures painted by her
uncle Charles; there was her parrot, and there
her singing birds ; and, above all, the pet dog.
Louisa was greatly effected and delighted by
finding herself surrounded by these dear, famil
iar objects. So well had Berthier planned and
executed this agreeable surprise for the discon
isolate princess, whom he had-found weeping
over all that had been endeared to her by the
fondest associations, that she never suspected
his design in delaying their departure from Vi
enna. " Come in, Berthier," said the emperor, open
ing a 6ide door, " and let the empress thank
you. There, Louisa, thank him embrace him
who planned this pleasure for you."
How frequently genius effects great ends by
the simplest means! It is most interesting to
see the greatest difficulties give way before its
magic influence. '
Silence. What a strange power there is in
silence! How many resolutions are formed
how many sublimo conquests effected during
that pause, when the lips are closed, and the
soul secretly feels the eye of her maker upon
her! When some of those cutting, sharp,
blighting words have been spoken which send
the hot indignant blood to the face and head,
if those to whom they are addressed keep si
lence, look on with awe, for a mighty work is
going on within them, and the spirit of evil, or
their guardian angel, is very near to them, in
that hour. During that pause they have made
a step toward heaven or hell, and an item has
been scored in the book which the day of judg
ment shall see opened. They are strong ones
of earth, the mighty food for good or evil, those
who know how to keep silence when it is a pain
and a grief to them ; those who give time to
their own souls, to wax strong against tempta
tion ; or to the powers of wrath; to itamp up
on them their withering passage.
. J3T" We publish below, Governor Hancock's
Message to the Legislature of Massachusetts
in the year 1792. It U taken from the Provi
dence Gazette and Country Journal, published
by Joihi Cahter, at Providence, It. I., and is
now the property of our worthy citizen, Harry
Eaton. Its dress is that of the old seventy-six
stamp. It will be seen that the establishment
of a system of free schools is therein recom
mendedby which, says "the bold Hancock,"
"The children of the poorer will have equal ad.
vantages with those of the richer part of the
community."
Gentlemen of the Senate, and
of the House of Representatives.
The candour which my fellow-citizens have
shown towards me, by repeatedly giving me
their suffrages for Governor of the Common
wealth, and my duty resulting from thatoflice,
induce me to request your ottendance in this
place, that I may pay to you the respect which
is due to the- assemblied Representatives of a
great and free people.
In times of public danger, and of common
calamity, men in otfice have an opportunity to
make a display of ability, firmness and patriot
ism; but we, Gentlemen, in the present state
of our country, have little more to do, than to
improve and enjoy that general tranquility, and
those scenes of public prosperity, which scl
kom fall to the lot of a nation. From the char
acters which compose the legislature, our fellow-citizens
must possess the highest assurance,
that all the measures of the present year will
be calculated to preserve to the people of Uni
ted America in general, and to those of this
Commonwealth in particular, thoso invaluable
blessings.
That a free government, founded in the nat
ural equal rights of all the people, is within the
reach of human ability, and to bo prized as a
principal support of national happiness, is an
idea which has been long established in the
minds of the greatest and wisest men in the
world : The manner in which this State was
originally settled by our ancestors, has given us
an opportunity to carry this principle into prac
tice: And our great and unexampled success
has given us cause of gratitude to Him who
prescribed the bounds of different nations, and
has fully compensated us for all our toil, ex-
pence and trouble.
That government may be considered as truly
free, where all the people are, by the constitu
tion and laws, upon the same rank of privilege,
ond have an equal security for their lives, liber
ties, and property ; where the laws do not ere
ate, but ore calculated to prevent all exclusive
rights to fame or wealth, and leave each citizen
upon his own merit for the honours of Ins coun
try, and upon his own honest exertions for the
acnuirement of nrouertv. That such a situa
tion as I have hinted at. may be in the possess
ion of everv nation on the earth, it is the de
vout wish of everv crood man : And in this
idea, our prayers cannot cease for a people, with
whom wo are nearly allied, and whose generous
assistance did much towards promoting the ob
ji'ct of our wishes in the tirao of our distress.
The means most likely to continue our pub
lic felicity, are the establishing and executing
such laws, as will tend to support the habits of
truth, integrity", and every moral virtue; and by
certain and adequate punishments, to prohibit
all frauds, and everv immorality and vice : The
providing for a regular support of teachers of
piety, religion and morality; and the mainten
ance of free public schools in the towns of the
State, by which the children of the poorer will
have equal advantages with those of the richer
part of the community. I am exceedingly grat
ified in being assured that these important in
stitutions are so generally attended to by the
people of this State: And as I consider our
University at Cambridge as being the principal
source of the learning and intelligence possess
ed by this community, I cannot but earnestly
solicit you to give it your encouragement and
support. Bv these, and other measures, which
your wisdom and prudence will dictate, under
the smiles of that Divine Being who has hither
to afforded us his support, we may hope for a
continuance of our prosperity, and lor pcrma
ncnt public happiness.
We live in a country that naturally excites
the mind to enterprise, giving encouragement
to industry, and to that spirit of commerce
I 1 A A . J i ' .11.. '
wnicn lenas to commcna a inenaiy intercourse
amongst all the nations of the earth, to improve
in the arts, and to render more valuable and im
portant the vast variety of blessings which we
possess.
I have directed the Secretary to lay before
you such acts arid proceedings of the Congress
of the United States, as have been torwarded
to. me. Among them, is an act for regulating
thb militia of the State. That act appears to
me to be quite consonant to the constitution of
the General Government, and I shall, as Com
mandcr in Chief of the militia of this. State,
take every measure in my power to render the
militia respectable under it.
There is also another act providing for the
proportion of Representatives to be sent from
the states to Congress. Your attentron wil b
immediately called to forming districts, from
whence they are to be elected in this state.
You will in this business be pleased to consid
er, that having the districts so formed as to give
a centre of communication to the inhabitants of
each, will have a tendency to promote harmony
and unanimity in their proceedings.
In the last session of the late General Court
I was obliged, by the sense of duty, to object
to a rosolve passed by the two branches, for a
particular divorce. I am led to believe that a
majority of the Senate and House were of opin
ion, that the provisions made by the standing
laws of the state are inadequate to subjects of
this nature. If I had been clearly of opinion
that the Legislature had a right to dissolve the
bands of matrimony by special act, I should have
objected to a resolve for that purpose, as not
being of proper solemnity in the transaction.
I wish you, Gentlemen, to revise the laws now
existing on this subject, and if the causes as
recognized by law do not comprehend all those
for which a divorce ought to be allowed, you
will make such provision, as may tend to give
relief where it ought to bo had. I am obliged
however to observe, that this is a subject which
ought to bo treated with great caution ; because
indulgences of this kind, when established by
law, are very liable to bo abused, to the great
injury of society.
Whether the people have the advantage of a
ready and cheap administration of justice, you
wno come irom me various pans oi me com
monwealth can determine better than I can. If
they have not this benefit, you will pay a prop
er attention to a subject 60 very important and
interesting in its nature, Whether a new ar-
rangement of the counties will conduce to the
saving of expence to to the people, may be
worthy your consideration: An increase of
their number, may render the government very
unwieldy, and may have a tendency finally to
injure the Commonwealth.
There is yet a debt due from this Common-
wealth. It has not been assumed by the Con
gress, nor provided for by us. Our demand
against the United States has not yetbeen liqui
dated or allowed by that government. Justice
demands a perseverance in measures that may
extinguish the debt, and satisfy the just claims
of our creditors.
By the standing laws of the Commonwealth,
Justices of the Peace are empowered to appoint
appraisers of the estates of deceased persons,
and such appraisement is frequently the foun
dation of an inventory of the personal estate,
which is to be accounted for by executors and
administrators. The executors and administra
tors have their election to apply to such justice
as they please, for such appointment; and lam
very apprehensive that widows, orphans and
creditors, may be injured by this method of pro
cedtire, while the expence saved by not applying
to the Judge of Probate for such appointment
is very trifling. .
Gentlemen: I shall not detain you further
on particular parts of our business, but shall
make such communication to you, by special
messpge as I shall conceive to be necessary;
and while 1 hope that such public business as
shall employ your attention, will have an early
day in the session, and be laid before me so
timely that J shall not be obliged to delay an ad
journment after it shall be requested, I shall do
every thing in my power to give dispatch to the
public business, and to render the session agree
able to you. JOHN HANCOCK.
Council-Lhamber, June G, 1792. .
A Mothers first Duty-. I would wish ev-
cry mother to pay attention to the difference
between a course of action, adopted in compli
ance with the authority, and between a conduct
pursued for the sake of another.
lhe first proceeds from reasoning; the sec
ond flows from affection. The first may be
abandoned, when the immediate cause may have
ceased to exist; the latter will bo permanent,
as it did not depend upon circumstances, or ac
cidental considerations, but is founded in amor
al and coustant principle.
In the case now before us, if the infant does
not disappoint the hope of the mother, it will
bo a proof, first of aflection, secondly, of con
fidence. Of affection for the earliest, and the most
innocent wish to please, is that of the infant to
please the mother. If it be questioned, wheth
er that wish can at all exist in one so little ad
vanced in development, I would again, as I do
upon almost all occasions, appeal to the experi
ence of mothers.
It is a proof, also, of confidence. Whenever
an infant has been neglected ; when the neces
sary attention has not been paid to its wants;
and when, instead of the smile of kindness, it
has been treated with the frown of seventy;
it will be difficult to restore it to that quiet and
amiable disposition, in which it will wait for the
gratification of its desires without impatience,
and enjoy it without greediness.
If aflection and confidence have once gained
ground in the heart, it will be the first duty of
the mother to do every thing in her power to
encourage, to strengthen, and to elevate this
principle. Pestalozzi.
Be Gentle. A man with an irritable temper
is more to be pitied than one bowed down to
the earth with poverty. The latter evil can be
ameliorated, while the former is a devil that
makes havoc with all the fairer qualities of the
heart and mind, taking the helm for reason, and
running the possessor perpetually against rocks
and rough corners. A petulent man in a fami
ly of children, even of his own, is worse than a
case of small pox, from his influence on their
young minds, lhe old adage "As the old
cock crows the young one learns," is a grand
truth; and we see it here illustrated. Those
old fellows that sputter and growl around their
houses, are sure to bo imitated faithfully by the
little watchers for parental squalls, and a nest
of hornets is made where peace and harmony
alone should dwell. The fractious should be
consigned to valerian and penitence, and kept by
force from spreading his contagion. What right
has a man to poison the happiness any more
than the food of his family ? The text might
be applied to all relations of life where misery
is cultivated, and growling made the order of all
days. There are communities and parties where
the old saw about "dogs with sore heads would
give, but a faint indication of their condition of
good nature more than any other phi'anthropie
purpose.
Thinning Fruit. Those cultivators who
have not had much experience in raising fruit,
neglect to thin it; consequently their fruit is
inferior, both in size and quality, and the quan
tity no larger. Owing to its inferiority, it sells
at a much less price than it would under judi
cious management.
One peach-grower informed us that ho had
taken off two-thirds of his peaches, and as they
increased in size, and appeared too thick on the
trees, he said that ho was sorry that he had not
taken ofl one half of the other third. One man
complained to his neighbor, that a certain varie
ty of the peach, which his friend had advised
him to cultivate, was a poor bearer. Stop
your complaint " was the reply, " until you sell
your fruit." He raised on tho tree three dozen
of peaches, sold them at two dollars per dozen,
and was satisfied.
In many cases it is necessary to thin fruit, re
ducing it sometimes to one half the specimens,
and sometimes a still greater reduction is nec
essary. Besides the injury to the fruit from
too larrra a cron. the tree is also injured bv ex
haustion, which will stint its growth, render it
unhealthy, and cause light crops in future, par
ticularlv in the next season.
Experience in this business is necessary, for
but very few persons can be taught by precepts
the great importance of thinning fruit ; bo they
will go on allowing too much to remain on the
trees. mi mev uruuuuiiv icum, uuiu mucutc,
good effects of thinning. New Eng. Far.
Every condition has some troubles.
RUST ON WHEAT.
Since you have given a general invitation to
one and ail, to contribute their mite, I will ven
ture to ask a few questions concerning rust on
wheat, and give my own opinion on the subject.
In the first place, if rust is a parasitic plant, or
fungus, that grows out of the earth, or atmos
phere, or is produced from both, and feeds on
vegetable matter, why does it attack a field of
wheat in tho following manner, viz : in small
sections, a spot here and another there, leaving
the Btraw in its immediate vici-iity untouched.
If it is a floating substance, that floats about in
the air and feeds upon the plants that it comes
in contact with, it certainly would not pitch
down in spots upon a field of wheat, of a few
feet in circumference, and leave the rest of the
field untouched. For instance, on heavy tim
bered land, wheat is often rusted in just such
spots as I have described. Wherever the log
heaps were burned, there the wheat grows more
rapidjy than it does elsewhere, and, as a gener
al thing, the Btraw is more or less rusted, while
that immediately adjoining those spots is per
fectly bright, tho berry plump and good, while
on the rusted spots, lhe wheat is nominally good
for nothing. In all soils, where there is a sur
plus of vegetable mould, there is almost, in ev
ery instance, a deficiency of lime, sand, potash,
&c, which are very essential elements of the
wheat plant. Now, I will venture to give mv
opinion upon the subject. If. has been asserted
that rust was never seen except in connection
.. .:. I. i -i ! t t
wiwi uoiiey uew, irom wnicn i am candidly con
strained to dissent. I venture to say, that rust
is seldom, if ever, seen, except in connection
with hot, showery, sultry weather, such being
exactly the kind to produce rust in all such land
as 1 have described. Where there is'an excess
of vegetable mould, the straw will shoot forth
very rapidly in hot showery weather, and there
being a lack of mineral substances, to give the
straw a sufficient coating of glaze to prevent
checking, by being exposed to the burning rays
oi tne sun, the straw puts lorth very rapidly, is
expanded to its fullest extent, is very tender,
and when exposed to the burning heat of the
sun, it must shrink as rapidly as it expanded;
the outside drying faster than the inside, it must
necessarily check the outside, and what is the
result ? In my estimation, it is this ; that juice
or sap, oozes out and dries on to the straw, for-
ming what is called rust. Now mark, it has
been asserted in a former number of the Far
mer, by one of your worthy correspondents,
that rust was never found under the husk, and
I venture to say that the very thing that pre
vents it from rusting is that very husk, that pre
vents the heat of the burning 6iin from com
ing immediately in contact with it ; for on the
outside of the husk that shields the stalk, you
will find plenty of rust. I think that the
grouuds that your worty correspondent has ta
ken, go iar as it regards rust never being-found
under the husk, are exactly in keeping with my
theory, and tully corroborate the grounds that
1 have taken. Cor. Mich. Farmer.
Whe;i I see a boy in haste to spend every pen
ny as soon as ho gets it, I think it is a sign that
he will bo a spendthrift.
When I see a boy hoarding up his pennies,
and unwilling to spend them tor any good pur
pose, I think it a sign that he will be a miser.
When I see a boy always looking out. for him
self, and disliking to share good things with oth
ers, I think it a sign that he will grow up a very
selfish person.
When I see boys and girls often quarreling, I
think it a sign that they will be violent and hate
ful men and women.
When I see a little boy willing to taste strong
drink, I think it a sign that he will be a drunk
ard.
When I see a boy who never attends to the
services of religion, and who is in tho habit of
Sabbath breaking, I think it a sign that he wil
be a profane man.
When I seo a child obedient to his parents, I
think it a sign of great future blessings.
When I see a bov fond of the Bible, and well
acquainted with it, I think it a sign that ho will
be a pious man.
And though great changes sometimes take
place in the character, yet as a general rule,these
signs do not fail.
Witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls
slipping oft a broken string ; but a word ot kind
ness is seldom spoken in vain. It is a seed
which even when dropped by chance, springs up
a flower.
Bachelors may be known by their unpolished
manners and generally lack buttons, while mar
ried men are distinguished by their ease in la
dies society, and domestic looking phizzcs.
A weak mind is like a microscope, which mag
nifies trifling things, but cannot receive great
ones.
Success is the child of cheerfulness & courage
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Arch Henderson. 1st V. President.
Walter Lenox, Mayor of Washington, 2d V. Prcs't.
Thomas Carbcrry,'3d V. President.
J. 1$. II. Smith, Treasurer.
George atterston, Secretary.
HOARD OF MANAGERS.
Winficld Scott, Tho's Blagden, T. II. Crawford,
N. Towson, Pc. r Force, Tho's Monroe,
W.W.Seaton, W. A. Bradley, M. F. Maury,
P. 11. Kendall," Bcnj. O.Taylor, Walter Jones,
K. Whittlesey.
Terms. The Monument will be printed on a
double royal sheet, the paper and type being of tho
best quality, and in quarto f orm, containing sixteen
large pages, that it may be more easily preserved.
The price will be two dollars per annum, payable
on the receipt ot the second number, i no nature
of the enterprise not admitting of any credit, none
can be given.
THE DOLLAR MAC.AZIKE.
A MONTHLY miscellany of agreeable literature,
jl for the whole country. The cheapest origin
al periodical now published.
Tills established Periodical, on the basis of tho
popular and widely-extended list of Iloldcn's Dol
lar Magazine, ot the lowest price, unexceptionable
on the score of taste and morality, witli no section
al or sectarian biases, will furnish to its readers,
from month to month, the most agreeable Novel
tics which ingenuity can devise or activity success
fully present to the'public.
The pages ot each issue of the uoiiar Magazine
will embrace Contributions by tho most Eminent
hands Portraits Fiction Philosophy Sketches
Poetry Humor Personal reminiscences Trav
els Society in the City, Country, and Wilderness ;
and the most complete summary ot the conversa
tion, Literature, Arts, Speculation, and agreeable
news of the month.
The Pictorial Illustrations will be select and of a
definite character not picked up ot random but
adapted in time, character, and choice, to the wants
of the Magazine and its readers. Of these one of
the most striking series will be a Gallery of Por
traits of American Jlcnresentatire men, designed and
engraved expressly tor the Dollar Magazine, with
I.., . . i At s:.i 1
interesting personal nouccs liuin original unu au
thentic sources.
The Fiction the Tales and Adventures, will be of
a striking character, such as read aloud would ar
rest the attention of the Family circle; and agree
able, not merely from their narrative and incident
but also for their clearness of style and sympathy
with the purest and profoundest emotions of our
nature. Town life, and Country life will be piquant
lv and faithfully represented. A series of Pictures
of Fashionable life will be presented. There will al
so be, handled in on attractive manner sketches
ond illustrations of American Everyday Trade and
Commerce.
In fine, with pleasure and novelty in their best
sense, for a motto, it is the design to meet the read
er monthly with the most tastcful,cntcrtaiiiing,and
harmonious Miscellany which ample resources, dil
ligcncc, and a determination not to be outstripped
bv any competitor in the field, can achieve.
"The terms of subscription of the Dollar Magazine
are one dollar per annum, payable in advance, to be
remitted to tho publishers E. A. & G. L. Du yckixck
109 Nassau street, N. Y., when the work will bo
mailed for one year to any post-office address.
THE INDEPENDENT.
A WEEKLY religious newspaper, published by
S. W. Ucncdict, at 24 Beekma? street, at S2
per annum, payable in advance. Edited by Rev.
Leonard Uacon, 1). D., Joseph J. Thompson and R. .
S. Storrs, Jun., assisted by Rev. Henry ard Beech-
er and Joshua Leavitt.
Tho Independent wus not established as a money
making institution, but to give utterance to truth,
according to the judgment of its editors, without
reference to our opinions, or the pecuniary Interests
of the Journal. Tc editors have the entire control
of its columns hut have no pecuniary interest in
the concern. The proprietors having confided the
management of the paper unconditionally to the
editors, are personally pledged for its support. Iu
the results of this enterprise we have not been dis
appointed. The first number was issued in Decem
ber, 1818, without a subscriber. The Independent
now has a circulation exceeding 5.000 andis stead
ily increasing. Although sold at 25 per cent, less
than the nominal price of 6ome other religious pa
pers of the same class. The Independent contains
about one third more matter than most of them.
Though tho proprietors have been unknown to
the great body of the readers of the paper, and have
never obtruded their own position and agency up
on them, they have taken great pleasure in contrib
uting of their means to provide for thousands a
good religious journal, and will spare no expense
hereafter to make that journal the best which the
country affords.
THE LADIES KEEPSAKE,
PUBLISHED monthly, by Joiix S. Tatlou ;
will make one of the most elegant volumes
ever pnblished in this country. To each subscri
ber who may send to the office of publication, on
dollar; seven copies for five dollars, fifteen copies
for ten dollars. Edited by Professor Abbott. .
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