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DAVIS.
SATURDAY .T30C3(L, SEPTE3DEa O, 1837,
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lnrTJ5.,Jfl mmmimm picture of the I'diare,
F "CuMSarrmi wit Imaginative lerri,no.
"- Laa " We bare itali-ieJ a few passage that
af Sf' !5asaBBr Bread aexl auMiirie. They would
t m lbs lofty nim of Brao himself.
nooie
V" mmmt mriUiag pielMree of that nooW writer,
t SJ, rrw eaperior to the lines we hare siual
V -. '-f fmt Mr. Bsaara doe not intend o let hie
.1 TkM of quality tocire bim content-
Vr
v-KiiaMMsMec
.lasaa Bias int
iOkenntly
SMCceM, and a hope for the future,
nilurm bjk! vigorous action,
with bim.
f(Wc(paM Oarntte.
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." . THE DELUGE. '
'- ask eSlt eight it isof" evil life,
jyj"" " w ... .
NMMKJkS.
, at fcanet. Before the mm
now cbmds, which, blacking fpreaI,
I bums overwhelmed
, amiing gloom
from tone to t'me
ing wo alt tight,
rmmment
a af r pmu; r
T JL-jtWaa f n"1-", wonliippin;.
aBBsmetoCBWOsS garners of the storm
ISafkaVBawinf burrlen; fierce awl fan
ss mm, a sheeted flood,
i ike baffled wiiwl.
awk at aassry eao awwararnig rww,
aaWaBslal sanaward. Snort the riven row,
.aMr channels; ami calm lakes
jggaatejBeealBeBl lawir
I an UIU IV pncfiui wines
ps flsc deluged air.
tmJthoutof gathering trvret
Unrnvter. ltajt nor ntgnt
r l i - aasasBsar rfi an if 1 iac gloom
at f ' WllMssaT. asara nt iana awn
jlm as sfsrrrn aaseaagftf, ?sV sAom
Aas" 11
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nations, by Him who bids the oak brave the fury I
of the tempest and the Alpine flower lean its
check on tho. bosom of eternal snows. But dispar
ity need nototoply inferiority ; and she of the weak
hand and the strong heart is as deeply accoun
table, for what she has received , as clearly with
in the cognizance of the "Great Task-Maker's"
eye as though the high places of the earth, with
all their pomp and glory, awaited her ambition, or
strewed their trophies at her feet.
Females who turn their existence to no good
account, contradict the intention of their creator.
They frustrate both his bounty and their felicity.
Public opinion has not been sufficiently distinct
in its reproofs of their aimless life. It has been
held derogatory of the dignity of those who are
in the possession of wealth to understand the
more humble departments of domestic industry.
Hence, exceeding helplessness when by the fluc
tuation of fortune or the common accidents of
life, they arc thrown upon their own resources.
its a a a . . a a
1 neir nuscraiHo imDeciuiy in limes 01 trial, una ,
brought that odium upon education itself, which
only belongs to ill-directed education, or to a sen
timent of false shame which should be early root
ed out. Useful occupations ought not to be dis
couraged by the contempt of those who are noto-
bligcd to pursue them lor a livelihood. In the an
cient republic the diligence of our sex was honor
able. Franklin had probably in his mind, some
model, depicted by the historians and poets of an
other age, w hen he snid, 44 1 would much rather
see a spinninir wheel than a piano a shuttle
than a para.-sol a knitting needle than a visit
ing card.'" Perhaps he detected, even in his own
time of greater simplicity, a love of indolence, or
display, lurking in the hearts of his fair country
ffaraaeeaaVra. Bird ami beast
faaaat aw Beaded alaiae, and wearily
Tssssivariag amlliatoe ef buiaaa doomed
TaJ af kafora tfsa rasa bate element.
CsaVsMf Ural, aast Ac LrvUtneit
Otttrm assfl aVr aarraaW
1 feaarrv aV aartr aotfcst JUumtaimi now
, Km ml mm-mm mart, ami ueir sines were riottted
I ssjiiaas frees the weltering wtr,
I asses, as Imnr lopmoM jtrnk,
ar asaaf. TVs hand of Death
' climbed ; yet denser grew
, as the encroaching waves
iMewarld.
A SPECK OF WAR.
On Saturday evening last, an affray took place,
between some ten or twelve of the Irish labourers,
in the vicinity of this place, iu which one man
was killed, and others severely wounded. The
survivors of the affray were" arrested bv the
civil authority, and committed to jail. The belli
gerents are said to be or diltercnt parties, or
sects of Irish, who have brought with them to
this country, their peculiar prejudices and ani
mosities against each other. The friends and
partisans of the person killed, and of the wound
ed in the late affray, determined to glut their ven
geance upon the other party, by demolishing the
jail and killing its inmates, and an indiscrimin
ate slaughter of the whole party. These parties
are designated by themselves, the "Far Downs
and the "Crockites." Of the causes of their an
imosity and hatred we arc not particularly inform
ed. It appears, however, that the Far Downs
were the greatest sufferers in the late contest,
and that they sought revenge.
Indications of an approaching contest between
the parties were discovered on Monday, and it
was deemed prudent to emlxnly the Vernon Vol
nntccrs, who continued under arms during the
day, and night.
During the night the preparations for war seem
cd to be increasing, and the military force of the
country was called into reipiiition. and enihodi
c;l at an early hour on Tuesday morning. The par
ty of Irish to the number of three or fimr hun
dred, armed with g'Jns, pistols, knives, and club,
assembled near the forks of the river, but upon
the appearance of the military force, agreed to
lay down their arms, upon condition that tticy
women; perhaps he reasoned, as a political econo-i ,. ... , '
. V. -1 e t- . i peaceably to disperse; which was done. On the
iiisi, lor 1110 ff"uu ui ins country. 111 ciiui-r - e rr 1
case tne opinion 01 so shrewd a pliilosopner; is
worthy of some regard. Those employments
which tend, evidently to the comforts, or necessi
ties of existence, are at least encumbered with the
principles of vanity.
evening of Tuesday, a respectable military force
arrived from Madison, and our militia, who had
borne the fatigues of the precceding night were
chiefly discharged. The town has now become
calm andpcaceful. Vernon Visitor, Aug. 30.
Ose TUsa asoa aloaa
' - And ia that hour,
MwMaVssUnr. Love, of life
WassWaaVaaaasctf and the itnmg limbed ton
aTtLlawBMBaaaawaasWc the palnrd tire
Xil nwig a kim for turror. Women tnul
; esrsxslep the precipice's brow,
Mftsaaawarai toerasa on the dread verge
al "awSbe leaned ami trembled. Stfitli
1 few laraews n every nemrt,
' I Jnng Ike 0&ee of lor. The eiaat's fool
LJaaw sviulinej's neck ; and oft Itepatr,
f -paat the ready steel, and kindred blond
1 ;l gm laelast remnant of that earth
A arb Cat was dehtgine; to purify.
(y aseasfers from esc plmint, whoee tktUlont
at assstrsy af ami weTiW ttntmrirt
.Wlhffrd la irasstlr, with wttieUg itrengfr
Criissii sWarft fa mbd ttotedii and fierce eii-it,
Beat aWassaras ka aVc cscr-ntanui rat'n.
Wish Minded eyes, awaiasil plumes and trailing wings.
) wet the tramuled prer.
.tW Bsaaaaaaat were aakamisJ : the barrier chain
11 until at lenzth
o'er tnpned the wave.
I world. And of the tribes
last (hjdkaaf every Alp. one man survived x
I astSistsed saivarimr, hopeless, shelterless.
rBl tagment of the unWsrve!
VaaM of Ike astir eras f ri
tm hit naked foet. On hie erm Acad',
tJk jkar, not lime, kad mlrered, Ike Hark rlnU
' Iksasf ae sstptf win torrents; vkile raun4,
JkeWjajaa tmiHgkt dimtm euselr,
JaaWeW jrria rr giant of Ike rAaaty drowned,
Jkdmmmtd ts ktrkon tcitk their lotting arwtt
fia In 1 aire Is hit doom.
He smoti hie brow,
Aa,ajaMsae4, would have leapt to their embrace,
vi Belli! More him, ridinv, on the deep.
1 fabric, awl familiar sounds
I raat it was peopled. Hope once mora
I taswaa evKast, and imploringly
I Me arsM forth towards the fl.iating walls.
rr. But his prayer
I aieht ast aatwsr. whom his find condemned.
The ark esipt saaaj.1, ami the billow rose
And kajfai tkeir last victim !
s Then the runout
aVaWawta aW face of heav'n. and sunlight streamed
Okas aat shoreless sea, and on the roof
sen raw for shelter o'er the living rerm.
1 iaerease should rr populate a world.
j. vaaaca.
bfTork, May, 1837.
Clla:::: celectic
TJTILITY.
r Has. aiootrssmr.
kwoa kiag of Sparta, who conueclled that the
HEROISM OF A BOV.
Captain Armstrong had consentratcd the five
thousand coloured settlers at Kat River in a rorky
peninsula, which was named Camp Adelaide.
By his great exertions and judicious management,
he had caused a cemplcte breach between those
Hottentots who were wavering in their allegi
ance, and the Caffrcs ; and the enemy at last fell
on the settlement, and burnt and destroyed what
they could not carry off. A noble instance of
courage, worthy of the best times of the Romans,
was here displayed by a youth, the eon ot a hcld-
commandant Ciroepc went out with his uncle
to look after some of his father's cattle and prevent
them from falling into the hands of the enemy.
They had irone four or five miles from Ctim
elasdWwIsen ft began torain,which prevented their
seeing far; they therefore unsaddled, and, sitting
under shelter, allowed their horses to graze in an
open spot surrounded with brush. They had sat
some time convening, end -then rose to "saddle
up," when in an inatanJL twenty Caffref, who had
been watching them, appeared from the brushes
round them. "Now," said young Grocpe to his
uncle, "we must stand back to back and reserve
our nre They did so, and retreated. 1 ne Uat-
fres hesitated a little; but at last one sprang for
ward and launched an assegai through the lungs
of Grocpe. who immediately fired, and the Caffre
fell. Uroepe cried to his uncle Bow lire, ana es
cape ; save the cattle, if possible ; and don't let my
father loose them and his son on the same day :
The uncle accordingly fired, and jumped through
an opening made among the Caffrcs. Their par
ty then divided, half going after the uncle, who
escaped, and half pursuing young Grope. He
presented his empty gun ; they skulked aside, but
continued to dog him, he tried to pull out the as
segai which had passed through his right breast
but could not succeed ; and in the act of putting
the powder-horn to the muzzle of his gun to load,
another assegai passed through his left arm, and
one through his hat. He pulled these out and
hurld thsm at bis assailants; and then exhausted
with loss of blood, he staggered on till he got near
his father's herdsman driving off the cattle. The
Caffrcs then retired, and Grope sank down beside
a rock facing the enemy, and called to the herds
men to leave him to his fate but to save them
selves and his father's propert y. They drew the
assegai completely through him, and carried him
into Camp Adelaide. I saw him some time after
ward, recovering slowly; though the air was still
! passing out from the lungs between his shoulders.
The Governor presented him with a handsome
double-barrelled gun, and a Dutch Bible, for his
heroism.
raan thk acxxerix (u.t) joci
When age comes on, and rock's are gray,
That man is happy, who can say,
Through life my course I so did steer
That 1 have little left to fear.
If such a man I should expect
That virtue did his thought direct,
And that be fonu'd a happy plan
To live and die an honest man.
But wbere's the man 1 now shall say,
Qaiie bent with age and locks so gray,
Who from his youth did never rove
Beyond the bounds of truth and love,
Few are the men this world posses,
But practice folly more or less,
And ev'ry day bring to our view
Fresh scenes of great Jeception too.
Home men will study, without rau-ie,
Try to invert great nature's laws,
And with audacity will tell
Their fellow men tbey fear not a rut.!
Some say that they enough would have
If but a little tbey would save;
And when of gold they get a store
Their cry is still, a linle more.
So covetous vain man has grown
Each wants to call this world his own.
Iet natore all her bounties give.
We still would cry, bow hard to live !
'Til a fix'd rule, with mortals vain.
Against great nature 10 complain,
And when with lib'ral hand she gives,
Hour small the thanks that she receives.
The only way to join the few
That are content and happy too.
Is just like them to leani to live,
fin what kind Providence may give.
Nor let your wishes ever soar
Too high, (for that will make you poor,)
For grasping shadows ne'er was known
To fuinish man a happy home.
Then as you journey on life's way,
l"Uuile bent with age and locks so gray,
Ijet virtue, prudence, justice steer,
And jou'll have little else to fear.
LIFE IX TENNESSEE.
The following account of an "every day affair
is given by one of the parties, named Wilcox, in a
letter to the editor of the Louisville Journal.
Who will say that jicople are civilized, who will
stand and calmly witness such efforts of their
fellow men to murder each other in such cool
blood?
"In about an hour, Johnson came down the
street bringing a double barrelled gun, which was
the only visible weapon about him. I suffered
him to advance within point blank shot and then
stepped upon the threshhold of my door, took a
musket, walked to the pavement and pulled trig
ger upon him. My gun missed fire, and Johnson
dchargd both barrels of bis gun at me. The
where I stood; but one buck shoThit a teicVwali
and glanced, wounding me slightly in the left leg.
I again stepped upon the threshhold of my door
for a double barrelled shot gun ; but in the mean
time some of his friends had handed him a gun
with which he had retired into an alley near the
place where he had been standing. I denounced
him as a coward for his contemptible skulking,
and an altercation in words took place between
us we mutually demanding of each other to
come out; although I was at the time standing in
my door, my whole person exposed. He, for a
moment, stepped freni Ins hiding place, and I,
notwithstanding the remonstrances of the crowd I
who were venting their imprecations upon him
for his cowardice, walked upon the street and
levelled my gun. He instantly retreated into the
alley and fired at me from the corner of a two
story ware house, wounding me slightly in the
right hand. I fired at the same moment, hitting
his hat which, with a small portion of his face,
was the only part of his person or its apjicndages
that was not protected by the walls of the ware
house. He immediately crawled through a side window
of one of the buildings forming the alley, and
precipitately retreated to his lodgings. Here,ow
ino to the disability of my rizht hand, the affair
A IIiculand Echo. In the course of last sum
mer some strangers of distinction was induced to
visit a wild and unfrequented retreat in the distant
part of the Highlands, chiefly from the report
they had beared of an echo, remarkable for the
clear and distinct nature of its revcrbations. On
reaching the spot from whence the trial of powers
is usually made their guide put his hand to the
side of his mouth, and bawled out with the lungs
of a Stentor,a salutation in Gaelic, which was re
peated with a presision that seemed beyond the
expectation of the paaty. One of the gentlemen,
by the way of trying the strength of his voice,
put his hand to the side of bis mouth, in the same
manner as the guide, and called out
"How far are you from homer
These words much to the surprise of their con
ductor, were also repeated, when poor Donald,
with the simplicity that brought a smile over the
features of all present, said
"You may think it strange, gentlemen, but this
is the first time that I ever heard the echo speak
Enolish.'1
! have no doubt,'" said the eentlemass, "but it
ai 1 in, - 1 11 as 11 a laum Jl, '. It pot to Ihe tesr,"
and instantly bawled out some French, Spanish,
THE LARGEST SNAKE YET.
As Mr. Eliakim Thomas was returning on Sa
t unlay week from an excursion on the 9atskill
mountain, in New York ; he heard a great rustling
among the leaves close by, and presently the
startling sound of the rattles, apparently of an
enormous snake. He stood momentarily upon his
guard, and it is well he did so, for, on looking a-
bout him, he presently discovered the appaling
sight of a rattlesnake, with his head at least four
feet from the ground, his body coil above coil, his
eyes flashing fire, his skin every minute changing
color, and his long fangs displayed as in the very
act of springing upon his intended victim.
Such a sight would have stricken terror into
the soul of almost any other man except the gen
tleman in question. Mr. Thomas, who is an old
hunter, had seen rattlesnakes before, and, as this
animal always gives timely warning before it
strikes, so Mr. Thomas did not, in the present
instance, for a tnomcut lose his great presence
of mind.
But not to trust himself too near his honorable,
but dangerous enemy, he kept at a prudent dis
tance, and elevating his rifle, which fortunately
he had with him, he let fly a charge into the mouth
of the snake, which, passing through his brain
and out of the back of his head, kilted him dead
on the spot. Then, taking a hooked stick, which
he had prepared for the purpose, he fastened it in
the very orifice he bad j 1st mado in Mr. Snake s
skull, and thus conveniently, but with a good
deal of hard toil, dragged hiin to the village of
Catskill.
There, procuring a two-foot rule of a carpen
ter, he proceeded to the measurement of his slain
adversary; and found his dimensions to bo as fol
lows: length, 11 feet ! inches; circumlerencc in
the largest part, Vi inches; ditto round the head,
G 1-2 inches; ditto round the first rattle, 3 inches;
ditto round the last. 2 inches; length of the whole
series of rattles, 3 feet 8 inches; number of rat
tles, 83; length of the two poisonous fangs, 23
inches.
His weight was found to be within one ounce
LVrEKESTING LETTER TEXAS.
The Rev. Miam W. HiL native of thia
place, arrived here from Texas few days since,
and at our solicitation addressed to the follow
ing interesting letter, upon the rraajliiiias, ajid
prospects of tht infant Republic. Ear. Ifon, j
ChaplasB to the Congress of Texas. Ui eosssrac
tion to the government and hi knowledjra f the
country entitle bis opinions t due rnasina
tion: vj
Pams, I$sj.31f 1831
Gbxtlexkx:
It may not be uninteresting to nasty
of your readers, to sec something mrntkemtitfy ia the
columns of your paper, iu relation to your sister1
Republic, which has been so recently cmowived in
throwing off the base shackles of Mexican despotism.
The country is bounded on the North by Red
River or Arkansas; on the East by 8abiae' River
or Louisiana; on the South by the Gulf of ilex
ico; and on the West by the Rio del Norte aw
Mexico.
Texas is included between the 20th and 42d de
gree of North latitude; and between the 16th and
2ttth degree of West longitude from the city of
Washington ; and is reported by the committee on
Foreign Relations, to contain a national oonmiri
of four h u n J red thousand square miles. If that
estimate be correct, there will be a sufficiency of
territory, to constitute ten States, each of which
will be equal in size to that of Kentucky.
The soil is capable of producing the vegetables
which grow iu your own gardens, in rich exube
rance. Both potatoes, especially the sweet, tur
nips, I oans, melons, cucumbers, &c. are produced
luxuriantly. Figs and peaches grow finely ap
pics and wheat have not been sufficiently tried
as yet.
Cotton and Sugar will bo the staples of the
country, and will constitute its future sources of
wealth.
In our political relations, we are more favorably
situated than formerly. Tho chief-officers of gov
ernment are becoming more decidedly men of
and Italian
Donald looked more bewildered than ever.
"Well. I must say. that's very queer; my own
father and mv own self have known that echo
for more than seventy years, and we never knew
it to use no language but the uaelic language be
fore.
"Your echo, then, is more learned than you
supposed.'" said the gentleman, laughing, though
at a. loss whether to impute Donald's remarks
to archness or simplicity. "ion may say mat;
but can you tell me sir,1' said the poor follow,
with an expression of earnestness that appear
ed highly amusing to those present, "as the
echo has never been out of the country, where
can she have got all her education ?,, Laird of
Looan.
ot 27 lbs. and, on frying out his oil, after being j talents, and integrity of character combinedc
dulvdivcstcd of his'ekin, there was found to be The Indians do not trouble us. Mexico is our
very nearly five quarts. The skin has been stuff
ed, preparatory, as we understand, to being pre
sented to the Amemran Museum, in IScw York.
But, whatever may be its destination, it cannot
but prove a real treat to the lovers of natural
curiosity, wheresoever they may be.
This immense snake is believed to have been
the largest of his species of which we have any
record. Catskill Observer.
chief enemv. But we have no fear of another
invasion for some time to come; because their
own civil wars keep them at home and there is
a little prospect that these conirnotiorrS will
but
Instance of an affection in Birds. A party
was shooting not long since, and in a large chalk
pit, a number of martins, which had built their
nests in holes near the top, were skimming the
air. One of two birds flying together was shot;
the other immediately alighted on the dead body
of his companion, fearless of the close vicinity of
man, and used every expedient that affection
litclcss triend. it
mold snoorst. to arouse its
terminated between us; but the spectators were j D;cLed .fluttered .and caressed for five minutes,
1- ji 3 . j ; .T.
so indignant at his dastardly conduct, and evinced
their indignation so unequivocally that he left
town on the same evening."
jI aaania learn what they would have mostoc
P"aractic, when they reached maturity.
.) his wisdom, vet recede from its rmi-
a W mi O
Espeetaly, is female education deficient,
aotaon of means to ends. And yet our
Watinentty practical, that to disjoin
atuity seems both a greater mis-
Rtpsrabie misfortune, than tor
. 1 1. .
v asRspi a ucsuiiury v iviii.
BVM iff taw Me nf th srnrkL ' I In socks
Iron) its applause. It unsuc-
B a .
oksaada
I can always tell a man who will live toa good
old age, unless an epuidemic carries him off the
stage. He is easy, quiet, takes the world as it
goes if disappointed, cheerfully begins again,
and keeps on essaying. Such men don't die, in
the strict sense of the word. They wear out as
a piece of machinery and then their race is over.
What a superb book is that of Cicero de Sentrtmie !
Every old man ought to read it once a week.
Portland Adv.
Thb wttx or tub Majott. The owner of
an orchard near a public school, informed one of
the boys that if he would wait until the apples
were ripe, they would have half,
thins; to your proposal." said
"until I have consulted the rest of the boys!"' The
following dav he sent this answer "The gentle-
varieties of situation, i tnca of Harrow cannot consent to so equal a divi-
r . V w
sion yosi are out one incy are many.
On Saturday last a storm passed near this place,
which for its violence and its desolating fury, has
never been surpassed, nor perhaps equalled, in
this community. It reminded us of the descrip
tions which we have read, of tropical tornadoes.
The roar which announced its approach, was per
fectly appalling. None but those who witnessed
the fearful strife and commotion of the elements,
can form an adequate idea of the grandeur and
terror of the scene. The largest trees were torn
up by the roots or wrung off, and whirled into the
air. Wherever it pased, its power was irresisti
ble. Trees, fences, corn, ecc. were instantly
levelled with the earth. Most fortunately this
place escaped. The hurricane passed three hun
dcrc yards North. Had it struck upon our town,
it would at this moment presented a heap of ru
ins. Ia. Sun.
and, then finding its affectionate efforts unavail
ing, flew mournfully away. bnglish paper.
profession he enters another. If
frustrated in his native land, he be
ef foreign clime. He makes bis
wave, or traverses the earth
His
to sole
S5S fee varieties of knowledge and call into
tS and attachmonta. whirls tniwht
: kin dormant, or been considered of
It IS not thus With wnsnan. I lor
auiet duty requires a more quiet train-
y Iu lew changes and no audi-
IT " f aland. It asks the aid of fixed princi
?t PafBttly drawn out into their natural, unos-
la
Tvns Srrmo. The Lyons N.Y. Argus says-
"Francis A. Marsh, an apprentice in our office,
who has been in the printing business only eigh
teen months, set eleven thousand four hundred and
eighty-nine em's, for the newspaper in eight
hours. When this is beet he will try again."
, in past times much discussion res-
ktive intellect of the sexes. It
en useless. To strike the faeJ-
' practicable, until both shall have
It the same method of culture.
ho initiated into th varitiM and
f noedlework, taught to have patience
aTcUeness and waywardness of infancy
afv'Wu swiseless step, around the chamber
aZiT?" woman miirht be instirated to
Ike palm of science, to pour forth el-
's senates or to "mmAm thmnwh ftUe r
rtontajTOne.'" Yt vniinn. r tv Md
lmM - . -----.... aw
SZT. . ."t. "Wno to nature this abuse of
Twt ana iateilaetnl t.:i .v. 1
. - . - n , WUIIW ISO USMS-
'feeder would be defaced and the fount
.7 HllCltV broken an. TV. M.M ,m
tocuded for diflerent spheres, and con-
y to inotr respective desu-
A Wrrrr ArcnoTvcra. An Auctioneer said
of a gentleman who bought a table, but never
come to take it away, that he was the most
n-com-for-taKU person be ever knew in' tho
whole course of his life!
Thirteen Reason. An old English paper con
tains thirteen objections given by a young lady
for declining a match the first twelve being the
suitor's twelve children, and the thirteenth the
suitor himself.
The annexed toast pleases us better than any
thing we have yet seen, as having been drunken
on the 4th:
The Ships of our Navy,
The ladies of our Land,
May the former be well riggM
And the latter well tnann''d.
Absence or Mnro. A young lady in New York,
intending to go to a ball, left her slippers behind,
and in a state of mental abstraction drew on her
"I cant say no- grandfather's white topped boots. She did not
the Harmwian, ! perceive her mistake until she began to dance
and crushed a corn on ber partners toe.
A waggoner in Vermont, intending for market,
lifted his horse into the waggon and tackled him
self up in the traces. He did not discover the
mistake until he undertook to neigh.
A Physician in Boston on Tuesday last gave
one of his patients a piece of brown paper and
threw the medicine into the fare. lie did not dis
cover his mistake until the sick man began to re
cover bis illness.
A man in Lowell in attempting to hang himself
forgot to put the rope around his neck, and jumped
off the barrel into a mud hole. He did not dis
cover his mistake until he attempted to kick.
Grkat Calf. Mr. Thomas Lancaster brought
into this town the meat of a calf recently, which
weighed one hundred and ninety-seven pounds.
The calf was only a few days over three months
old, and was raised by Asaph R. Banks, of Win
throp. The two hind quarters weighed 100
pounds, and were purchased by John Barker, Esq.
of the Mansion House, at nine cents a pound, the
proceeds of the whole amounting to eighteen do!-
lars. It any body out ot JvenneDec, or in 11, can
produce better veal than this, why let them
bring it on. Kennebec Me.) Journal.
We find the following announcement in a late
number of the Missouri Telegraph:
"Married at Carrville, in this State, on 2nd
ult. Mr. William Saytonyiged 21, to Miss Elinor
P. Carr, aged 78. This lady is the principal ow
ner of the beautiful village in which she resides.
She was about marrying the father of her present
DUELLING BY THE WHOLESALE.
Mr. Gibson, editor of the N. O. True American
proposes, in the present rage for that species of
casnha.tf t rsew srteans, to asmm use aocwsanilatoxl
contentions ana auncumcs 01 every tuna oy tne
wholesale, thus :
"We invite all and several of those would-be-heroes,
to register their names, immediately, at
the office of the True American as we purpose,
as soon as the list is sufficiently full, to charter a
couple of handsome clipper built schooners, very
capable of running away in case of need. These
schooners we propose to man with these gentle
men at arms, so that they may have an opportuni
ty, as they arc bent on a fight, of having it out,
not with poor, naltrv pistols, but with respectable
full-sized swivels. In one of these we propose to
ship the bullies, the loafers, and loungers, and
shall call her the Musquito, as these insects are
well known as the pests of our southern clime.
In the other we intend all those intended victims
who arc generally challenged because it is tho't
they trtU not fight, but mostly proving tho best
men, we shall call their schooner the rire-away
The principals are to be kept down below, and
the seconds are to man the gun-deck, for being
the parties generally most to blame, they ought
to stand the breast of the shot. Gentlemen who
are anxious to fight on horseLack, will be allowed
to bring their cattle along with them, provided
their broad-swords are not longer than the gun
deck. When a sufficient number shall be enrol
led, we purpose ourselves to take command of the
"Fire-away,'" and offer the other to any Loco Fo-
co hditor who will leave off abusing the city and
the laws, and take a quiet fight upon the lako in a
genteel wholesale way. Bv this plan, every gen
tleman will be enabled to pick out his particular
friend, and settle all disputes about borrowed mo
ney, games of billiards, &c. by a round of grape
though perhaps he had better do the same thing
over a social bottle."
A YOUNG GIANT.
The following of one of the half horse, half
alligator tribe, is from the Cincinnati correspon
dence of the Ohio Political Register :
CnrcixsATi, Aug. 8, 1837.
Our landing was yesterday astonished by the
appearance of a young man from down the river,
who when caught and measured, proved to be se
ven feet six inches high! As he stood in the
crowd, bis shoulders high above the beads of the
tallest, he looked around bim without the least in
terruption to his prospect, which was doubtless
an extended one, while the pigmy tribes of Adam,
husband, when he was carried of by accident, ; your common six footers, were walking around
leaving a boy, then quite an infant, to ber espc-! bim at a suitable distance for the purpose of spe
cial protection. This child is now her happy ' ing his whole length, as men walk wide of the
speedily terminate. Every day, wo receive aSddi-'
tional strength bv emigration, which is crowding
in by land and sea; and if they delay for two or
three years only, we shall La aide to repel any
force they can send against us. And if nt tho
end of that time, such a force ehould bo sent, it
will afford the desired pretext, and we will with
30,000 troops, carry the war to the very walls of
uie city 01 Mexico, and aemmna peace on our own
terms! For on such a contingency, the President
is auiuswiseu to raise sucn an expedition.
1 ne civil conotuon or tao nawaiij aa now1
rapidly unprovmg.Oasfs have been organized,
all the officers of the law appointed as in Keaw
tucky, such as justines, sheriffs, twos tables, J&o
And. those laws are enforced.
The crops are flourishing beyond all precedence
Farms are improving and opening in all direC'
tions. Villages are springing up iff all parts of
the country. Mechanical labor of every descrip
tion is much in demand; especially about those)
growing towus. Carpenters, Plasterers, Pain'
tcrs, Blacksmiths, Waggon-makers, etc. are very
much needed. Those who are there, get from
three to six dollars by the day, or from 50 to
$80 by the month and find' themselves, which
may be done for, from four, to seven dollars per
week.
To men, and especially young men of perse-1
erring industry-, no country presents n more hv
viting field, or a more speedy prospect of accumu'
lating a handsome independence.' But I would
have it plainly understood, that there are difficul
ties in the way, such as a hot eun, inferior uc
oommodations, occasional disappointments nnd
hardships, and sharpers too are sometimes to be)
dealt with. A man to do well, must work hard
and keep bis eyes open, and speedy wealth is
certain.
The moral character of society is daily advance
ing. The present emigration is from the United
States, and is composed, to n considerable extent
of men of intelligence, of high moral character,
and of unblemished reputation in their native)
land ; and the influence which they exercise, to
gether with the restraint of wholesome laws, op
erate powerfully in the prevention of irregulari
ties of conduct, and in the suppression of ufidcl
ity of principles ; besides promoting to a great ex
tent the cause of general morality and good
living.
For the above statements I bold myself res
ponsible, and remain with great esteem,
Yours, dec.
W. W. IIALLv
W. C. Lyle, Esq.
partner, with prospect of long enjoyment of the
kindness of his generous benefactress. Happi
ness attend them."
Bowk Kxivks. The Legislature of Alabama
at its recent session has passed a law providing
that if any person, with a Bowie knife, 'Arkansas
tooth pieif or any weapon resembling the same
shall cut or stab another by reason of which he
dies, it shall be adjudged murder, and the ofiender
shall suffer the same as if killing had been by mal
ice aforethought.
- The act likewise preserebes a penalty tor the
sale of such weapons.
How to convert the Heathen. A ship lately ar
wiraA at th Sandwich Islands, havuur aboot deck
eight missionaries, and below deck
hogsheads of ardent firiuP
O see! Ola! It is stated that the name of
Oseola was given to the chief, by the settlers in
a frontier village, he being the first Indian whom
a newly arrived emigrant, an old lady, bad ever
seen, she broke forth in astonishment, Oh see!
O la! what a funny looking manT
Grand Whig salute of one kindred gums. A
grand Whig salute of One Hundred Guns will be
fired, this day, at 12 o'clock, in honour of the glo
rious triumph achieved by the waigs ot Jientucxy,
Indiana, Tennessee, and North Carolina, at the
recent elections.
We rejoice that our frwndo are extending the
right hand of fellowship to their Western and
Southern brethren. The Whigs have dcrc nobly
in tho late contest. They have an increased
claim on the respect and asTectioas of good men
in all oarta of the Union: and the citizens of
Boston will never be backward in recognizing
that daim. Boston Atlas.
Eeonsmu. A neighbor of ours infbrms as that
wood goes further, when left out of doors, tbaa
when well housed; some of his having gone up
wards of a Moaner of a utue in one night!
- B"
IT"
'Gat.
M Capti CTrfotd! a
"Yea, Karsatt, they ia.'
are your roaspajry ready .
house to read a signboard, or to see if the chim
ney be a fire. I afterwards saw him on the guards
of a steam boat, apparently surveying, over the
top of the boat, some object on the other side.
Of course, this 'most delicate monster' was the
talk of Front street for the day. Upon inquiry
of the Captain who brought him up, I found lie
was a Louisville hack man, named Porter. His
age is 22 only, and be has not yet ceased to grow!
"He is filling up," said the Captain : "bell be
quite a large man yet, he's a young fernornenoa,
afnt her -
A loco-foco paper in New York, allodins; to the
supposed fact that one member of the Cabinet;
Mr. Poinsett, is a bank man, says, that "theGov
ernment ought to cxaanferboJsaiee his sKjuwnee
by taking Col. Benton in Umezl . We
have heard of such resssdies bafere. I have
swallowed a mouse," said ! a hypoeondriae, to Dr.
snait 1 00 z uo and swal-
che Doctor.
LomlnBU Journal.
low a cat,
7701 Drawing, Turn BoOowing is said so be
an exseditious mo land of strewing teeth: Fas
ten a strong piece of twine to the tMota that is to
he drawn, and attach the other east or
to a heavy stone. Then if the
upper jaw, stand on a fence aad let
stand at Aa bottom of the teaca and tftrow the
stone ever. TEoston Poat.
To make Cider of early or late fruit, Ant wSL
keep any length of time wftleaf the trmuile of
frequently drawing off.
Take the largest cask you have on your fjarai
from a barrel upwards; put a few rticks in the
bottom in the manner the housewives set a ley
cask, so to raise a vacancy of two or three inches
from the bottom of the cask; then lay over these
sticks, either a clean old blanket, or, if that he
not at hand, a quantity of the swing! ings of Cax,
so as to make a coat of about a quarter of an 1
thick when it is well pressed down; then put
as much clean washed sand, from a beech or
road: as will cover about sis or eisrht inches
depth of your vessel; pass all your Cider front
the press througn a taste ejotn a
corners, which will takeout the
the liquor gently upon tne
it roast he sufred ta filter grsdoaliy; and aa it
mas off byn tap inserted in year veanal ia Cm
vacant made by the sticks at the hMota-it v3
be faWad, by thts easy naeUsod, as
pan oeexpeetea, alter tne i
of ivfintar: and all the nwei
be so separatee as to prevent
consequence. - vv
Lefa language forlorn! es
of the militia, who received hos
in virtaeot nak 1
aUUty
to m&ermT for on Cotftiltlio
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