VOL. I, NO 40 J
UPER SANDUSKY, OHIO, THURSDAY, FEB. 9, 1854.
WHOLE NO; 422.
' ; ' 7! ' l'Frora Household Work.
,. v Listening' Angels: 1
'Blue against the bluer heavens '
Stood the mountains calm and still, :
Two white angel9 bending earthward, .
' Leant upoa the hill. .
1".1 ; .:.:
.Listening leant those ail ent angles, s ,. .t
And I also long to hear. , ,
tThat sweet strain of earthly taiusic "''
'"' Thus could charm their ear. ' ;' " :
' 111 ' 1 ' '
1 neuru Hie sounu ui uiuujr uumjja)
And a warlike march draw nigh;
inn.
Solemnly a mighty army
' ' ' Fasscd in order by . 1 5
But the clang had ceased; the echoes
' Soon had faded from the hill: "
' While the angels, calm and earnest,
I Leant and listened still. .
'Then I heard a fainter clamor; -
' . Forge and wheel were clashing near,
And the reapers in the meadow
Singing loud and clear.
Plicn , the sunset came in glory,
k And the toil of day is o'er,
" Still the angels lent in silence,
. Listening as before. i :!,,
Then as dayligdt slowly vanished,
1" And the evening mists grew dim,
Solemnly from distant voices i
Rose a vesper hymn.
, Bnt the chaunt was done and lingering
Died upon the evening air:
Y,et from the hill the radiant angels
ri Stll were listening there. '
' Silent came the gathering darkness, ' i: li:
Bringing with it sleep and rest, ' ' ' "
"gave a little bird Was singing v , ;
-. In her leafy nest, " . -a
S Througib the sound of war and and labor
She had warbled all day long, '
i . While the angels leant and listened . r
Only to her song.
' ' :J.::Mpvj
'But tlid starry night was coniming,' ,;.,;
- jVnd die ceased kr little jay; , ,... ; .
from the mountain-top the angels
' " Slowly passed away. ' ,""f
V J Feom the Chamber J onrnal.
eSIORY OF A POLICEMAN.
THE PARTNER."
r CONCLUDED.!
lie was gone a considerable time, ana I
was getting exceedingly impatient," when
to my . surprise and consternation, he re
entered the yard accompanied by a police
officer. ''You are , the, gentleman from
whom Mr. Evans received this fifty-pound
note a few minutes ago are you not?"
"Yes, to be sure," I answered stammer
ing, and coloring, why, ,1 scarcely knew.
"Then step this wayi if you please, said
the man.- "That note, with nine others
of the same value, is advertised in the
evening ' papers, as having : been stolen
from agentleman'scounting'houseinMark
Lane." ' I thought I' should have fainted;
and"' when a paragraph in the Globe was
pointed out to me, offering a reward on
the part of Mr. Hutton, ' for the appre
hension of the person or persons who had
that day stolen ten fifty -pound Bank of
England notes the dates and numbers of
which were given from his ofhee, I was
so completely stunned, that but . for the
police officer I should have dropped upon
;the floor. ' "This, perhaps, may be cleared
"up," said.the officer, "so far as you, Mr.
Hart, are concerned; and I will, if you like,
go with you, address at Great Wimpole
.street."; It., was of course necessary to
acknowledge that iny name was not Hart,
Afld that I had given a false address-
Thw "was1 enough' I was at once secured,
(and taken off to ihe station-house, search
ted, 'and the other,, nine notes being found
.upon me, no doubt was entertained of : my
guilt. T obstinately declined giving: my
real--name--very foolishly so, as I now
perceive, since MrT Hutton' s clerk, the
'moment, he' say me the next day at the
"court disclosed it as a matter of course.
The result you know. Mr. Hutton when
he heard who it was that had been taken
into custody, kept resolutely out of the
way; and,' after several remaksI was s$t
"a liberty, the ! migistrate rem arkiog, th at
.le'jknew of , po case , which showed, : in a
,uore . striking light, the; need of a public
-prosecutor, In this country.-i My account
of the way in which I became possessed of
Ihe notes was, as you know, scouted and
quite naturafty ; Mr; Gurtis, :i of Bishops-
"igate street, having denied all knowledge' of
Mfc. 'Brown,' !ot that he had commissioned
.anjjOn&to present me with five, hundred
pounds in exchange for my acceptance.
. Thus sU'gmatized and disgraced, I feturn
' d Eome to find my father struck down, in
wha,t was at first thought would prove
mortal illness by the blow Captain Bxam
ston a aoor shut against me and the set-.
, ileji marriage of my eldest sister' 'r Jane,
' with an amiableyoung man, peremptorilly
broken off by ' his relatives oh account of
' ( th(e assumed criminality of her brother."
'.' 'This. is, '.indeed a . sad, mysterious
r (business, Mr, . Webster,'', I remarked,!
.'whea the young man ihad. ceased ; speak
V iaS4 .''MV pray, ' tell me; did ' either Mr.
Hutton or his' son know of your '. applica
' tion to Mr.' Curtis?" 'yA',' ;J
f'l cannot say that either pf them' did
q though it is more than probable thatlmen
? tiohed it to both 6f them."
!" ''Weil, Mr. Webster, I have confidence
in your veracity; ', but it is essential that I
.-should see 'your father before, engaging in
.this business.":
I
"He is anxious you should do so,' 'and
a cany us possioie. . i, .
! , It was then arranged that I should call
oa AYebster, senior, ,at threes o'clock ;the
i;i same afternoon, and .announce myself' to
,thc ' servants as ' Mr. 'Thompson.1 ! I was
' punctual to the time appointed, ' and was
; forthwith ushered by one, of ins daughters
iato her father's prcscuce, . He was hot
yet sufficiently recovered to' leave his bed
and I had hardly exchanged half a dozen
sentences with him, when the same young
lady by whom I had been introduced hast
ily returned to say Mr. 'Hutton was be
low and requested an immediate interiew.1
Mr. Webster bade his daughter ' tell Mr.
Hutton he was engaged and could not be
interrupted; and she was turning away to
do so when I said hastily: ; : ;
"Excuse me, Mr. Webster, but I should
exceedingly like to hear with my own ears
what Mr. Iluttoh has to say, unobserved
by him." - :' ' : ' ' '
- "You may do so, with all my heart," I
replied: "but how shall we manage to
conceal you?" '"" ; ' '' : ;
"Easily enough under the bed," and
suiting the action to the word, I was in a
moment out of sight. Miss Webster was
then told to ask Mr. Hutting to walk up
and in a few minutes that worthy " gentle
man entered the room. A fter a few hyp-'
ocritical ; condolences upon the invalid's
state of health, Mr. Hutton came to the
point at once and with a vengeance. t
"I am come, Mr. Webster," he began
in a determined tone, to say that I , will en
dure tkis shilly-shalling no longer. -' Either
you give up the bonds you hold of mine,
for borrowed moneys" ; ? . :
"Eleven thousand pounds and upwards
groaned the sick man. ' .'tU'i u-l y
"About that sum, I am aware, including
interest; in ' discharge of which' load of
debt I was, you know, to have given a
third share of my business to your admi
rable son. Well, agree at -once to cancel
those bonds, or I forthwith prosecute your
son, who will as certainly be convicted,
and transported forife." .. ,f .si
."I tell you again,'' retorted the excited
invaled "that I i. wilL not purchase mere
forbeance to ; prosecute at the. cost of a
single shilling., The . accusation would
always be hanging over his head, and we
should, remain forever, disgraced, as ;we
are now,, in the. eyes of the worldjVfo
a"I have tunred that bverhi my mind'
replied Hutton "and I think, I can meet
your wishes. , . Undertake, to-.cancel the
debt I owe you; and . Irwi,ll'wait publicly
to morrow upon the. magistrate with a
letter . in my hand .purporting , to be from
my son, and stating that it was he who took
the notes from my desk, and employed a
man by the name of Brown,, to exchange
them for your son's acceptance, ; he being
anxious that Mr. Edmond Webster should
not become his father's partner; a purpose
that would necessarilly be flustratedif he
Edmund ;Websterv was enabled to marry
and leave this country." ; .
.. There was no answer to this audacious
proposal for a minute or two, and then Mr.
Webster, said, slowly: ; , "That my' son is
innocent, I , am thoroughly , convinced"
"Innocent!" exclaimed Mr. Hutton, with
savage derision.f . '.'Have you taken leave
of , your senses?" ... r .
... "Still,", continued the invalid, unmind-
- ......... , .
ful of the interruption, "it might beimpos-
sible to prove, him so; and your proposi
tion has a certain plausibility about it.
I must however;4 have : time td consider
on it." ' ' ' 11 t"-:- ' ted
4 '"Certaialy ; let us say;tftl this'da'y Veek.
You cannot Choose but comply; forifydii
do not, as certaisly as I stand here a liviiig
man, your'sori shall,' immediately after thfe
expiration of that " time, be on the' high
road to the hulksi" l5Havingssaid this, Mr.
Hutton went away, and I
emerged from
my very undignified lurking-place
' "I began to see a little clearer through
this black affair," T said in reply to the
old gentleman's questioning look; "and
I trust we may yet be able to turn the ta
bles upon" the ve.iy confident gentleman
who has just left us." Now, if you please,?'
I added, addressing "Miss i Webster, who
had again returned. ' "I shall be glad of
a few moments' Conversation nvitliy our
brother" "She led thdJ Wajr fdowri: stairs,
and I" found Mr. Edmund Webster in the
dining-room.' "Have the1 kindness." I
said, "to let me see thehat thatMr: Brc-wn
left behind at the ' tavern in exchange for
yours The young , man seemed sur
prised at the apparent oddness of the re
quest,, but immediately, complied with, it.
:" And pray; .what maker or seller's name
was pasted inside the crown . of jour jiiit,
M;Webster?f -t, nj j.nt.r ,J;!r
: ; ,;?.' Lewis, , ef bond street,,", he jreplied,
VX always purchase .my hats there.,", r,
Very good. AndnowastoMr. Brown's
personal appearance. What is he at all
like?'f '...,- . .i,:,t ,Z
, "A stoutish middle-aged man, with
very light hair, prominent nose and a pale
face, considerably pock-marked." -
"That will do for the present, Mr. Web
ster; and let me beg that, till you see me
again, not a soul reoeives a hint that we
are moving in the business.' 1 1 h
:ii I then left the - house.- That hat had
furnished an important piece of informa
tion; the printed label inside being. "Per;
kins' Guilford. Surrey:" and at the Rose
and Grown Inn, Guilford, Surrey, I alight
ed the very next day at about two o'clock;
in the strong hope of meeting in its steep
streets or adjacent lanes with a stoutish
gentleman, distinguished bv very ' light
hair, a long nose? jmd a white, "pock-ihal k-
ed face. The chance was,, at all events,
worth a trial,, and, I very dilligently set to
work to realize it, by, walking about from
dawn till dark peering at every head I pas
sed, and spending j-he evenings in the" most
frequented parlors of the town. Many a
bootless clui.-e I, "was led bv a distant
glimpse oi ligLi, or red hair; and a pair of
the longest legs I ever saw, kept me almost
at a run for. two mortal hours one , sultry
hot morning, on the road to Chertsy, be
fore I headed him, and confronted a pair
of fat cheeks, as round and red as an ap
ple, between which lay,, scarcely visible, a
short snub-nose. Patifcnce and perseve
rance at length however, met with their
reward.; I recognized my man as he was
choping a joint of mutton in the market
place. He lanswered precisely to the de
scription given me, and wore, moreover,
a fashionable hat,' strongly suggestive of
Bond street.i- After a while he parted from
hia wife', and made towards a public-house,
into the parlor, of which I - entered .. close
after him. ; - . h , 1: !
., I had: now leisure to observe him, more
closely. He appeared to be a respectable
sort of man, but a care worn expression
flitted at times over his face, which, to me,
an adept in such signs, indicated with suffi
cient plainness much anxiety of mind, ari
sing, probably from pecuniary embarrass
ment, not,-1 , judged, j from . a .burdened
conscience. I presently. obtained further
and ) decisive -. proof, : though that was
scarcely needed, that Mr. Skinner, as the
waiter called him, was my Mr. Brown, in
rising to leave the room, I took his hat,
which he had hung up, in apparent mis
take for my own, and in the half-minute,
that elapsed before : I replaced ; it, saw
plainly enough, 'jfce wis, Bond street, Lon
don," on the inside label. The only ques
tion now was, how to best avail myself of
the lucky turning up of Mr. Brown; and
whilst I was meditating several modes of
action, the sight of a board, upon which
was painted, ,"This ground to be let in
Building Leases; apply to Mr. Skinner,
Builder,?; at once decided me. ! I called
upon Mr Skinner, who lived half a mile
out of Guilford the - next morning, inqui
red as tO:the:conditionS:Of the said leases,
walked with him over the ground, in quest
tion, . calculated together how much' a
handsome country-house would cost, and
finally adjourned to the Rose and Crown
to discuss the matter further over, a bottle
of wine. .; ' Skinner was as free a soul. I
r.
found, as ever liquor betrayed into indis
cretion: I soon heard" that he had lately
been to London, and had a rich brother-in-law
there by the name of Hutton, with
other less interesting particulars. This
charming confidence, he seemed to think,
required "a return in kind, and after he
had essayed; half-a-dozen indirect ques
tions, I came frankly.out with : "There's
no occasion to beat about the bush, Mr.
Skinner; you wish to know who I.am, and
especially if I am able to pay for the fine
house we have been talking of. Well, then,
I am, a money-dealer. . I lend cash, some
times, on security.", .....
."A pawnbroker?" enquired Mr. Skinr
ner doubtfully. . . . ,
t "Not exactly that: I oftener take perr
sons in pledge, than goods. What I mean
by money-dealer, is a man who discounts
the signatures of men with good expecta
tions, who don't mind paying handsomely
in the end for present accommodation."
understand; a bill discounter?"
"Precisely. .... But come, drink and pass
.the decanter. A glear. that shot out of
.the poor man's grey eyes strengthened a
hope I had hardly, dared to entertain, that
I was on the eye of a great success; but
the trout it was clear, required to. be cau
tiously;, played. Mr. Skinner , presently
fell into a brown studdy which I did not in
terrupt, contenting myself with refilling
his glass as fact as he mechanically emp
tied it. "A, bill discounter." said he at
astj putting down his pipe, and turning
towards me with a settled -purpose in his
pok. "Is amount and length of time to
run of any consequence?!'-i . "
"None whatever, if the parties are safe,"
" Cash down on the nail?" t
."Cash down oh the nail mimisof course
he interest." .. .: , ..;!,-
Q course. Well, then, JMr. Tpmp-
son,T have a promissorynote signed by a
Mr. Edmund Webster, of . London, for
five hundred and . fifty pounds, : at six
months,. date, which I should like, to dis-
'Webster of the minorities?" . .. ,
' 'No; his : father . is a retired .corn-mer
chant, residing in the Regent's Park.
The bill is, as .safe as a Bank-of-England
note." " , "r . ... ' ;. ' . . ." ... " :
"I know the party . But why doesn't
the rich' broth er-inlaw your poke of cash
it,for you?" Well replied Skinner, ' "no
doubt he would; but the fact is, there is a
dispute between hs about this very note.
I owe him a iroodish bit of money ; and if
he got it ihtd his hands", he'd of course be
. '. . - " . -
for deducting the amount, and1 I've been
obliged to put him off by pretending it
were accidentia burned soort after I 6b
tainedit:"''; "'u " ;'.;;;' Vi ' ' '
1 "Here it is then,'" saidSkinner, unclasp
ing a stout leather pocket book. "I don't
mind throwing back the odd fifty pounds."
,! I eagerly grasped the precious docu
ment, glanced at it saw it, was all right,
placed it in my J pocket arid suddenly
changing my tone, and' rising from the
table, said "Now then ' Skinner, alias
Brown; I have to inform you that I am a
detective police-officer,' and that you are
my prisoner?' i, T - --;
! "Police! prisoner!'' shouted the aston
ished man, as he leaped to his feet: "what
are you talking of?" ' : ;:
"I will tell. " Youf. brpther-in-law em
ployed you to discount the note in my
possession. You did so, pretehding tpt be
possession... iyu uiu ao, pruuuig
a Mr. Brown, the agent of a Mr.', Cuiiis
but the villainoussequal of 'the transac
' iHilu A-4.. J i.J k'-'-I' ije t
tion -the charging young Mr. Webster
with having stolen the very fifty -pound
notes you gave him in the coffee-room of
the Bay Tree i Tavern I do not believe,
thanks to Master Mutton's success in sup
pressing the names in the police reports,
you can be aware of."
The bewildered man shook as with the
ague in
very ; limb, and, when I ceased
speaking protested earnestly that he had
no evil design in complying with his
brother-in law's wishes. . ,
.'I am, willing to think so," I replied;
"but, at all events, you must go with me
to London quietly were best."
To this he at last, though very reluc
tantly, consented; and half an hour after-
wards we were in the train, anu on our
road to London. ,.-
xne next morning, Mr. Webster s so
licitors applied to Mr. Hutton for the im
mediate liquidation of the bonds held by
their client. This, as we had calculated,
rendered him furious; andEdmund Web
ster was. agahiatrested on the former
charge, and- taken to the Malborough-
street police-office where his father, Cap
tain Bramstone, and other friends, impa
tiently awaited his appearance, -. Mr. Hut
ton this time appeared, as prosecutor, and
deposited to the safe custody of the notes
on the morning of the robbery.
: "And you swear,'' said Mr. Webster's
solicitor, "that you did not with your own
hands give , the pretendly stolen notes to
Brown, and request him to take them in
Mr. Curtis's name to young Webster?"
; Hutton, greatly startled, glanced keen
ly in the questioner's face, and did not im
mediately answer. "No, I did not," he
at last replied, in a low, shaking voice.
i '.'Let me refresh your memory. Did
you not say to Brown, .or rather Skinner
your brother-in law" j ;
. A slight scream escaped the quivering
lips of the detected conspirator; and a blaze
of frenzied anguish and alarm swept over
his countenance, . leaving; it:as white as
marble. No futher answer could be ob
tained from him; as soon as . possible he
left the office, followed by the groans and
hisses' of the excited auditory.. Skinner
was then brought forward: he made a full
and ample confession, and Edmund Web
ster , was at once discharged, amid the
warm felicitations of the magistrate and
the upi oarous gratulations of; his friends.
It was intended to indict Mr.' Hutton for
perjury, but the unhappy man chose to
appear before a higher tribunal than that
of the Old Bailey. - He was found dead
in his bedroom early the next morning. -His
affairs were found to be in a state of
insolvency, though the deficit was . not
large -fifteen shillings in the pound ' hav
ing been, I understood,' ultimately paid to
the creditors.' Miss1 Ellen Bramston, I
must not in conclusion omit to state be
came Mrs. Edmund Webster shortly after
the triumphant vindication of her lover's
character; and, I believe, Miss Webster
was made a wife on the same day.
Earthquake.
. An earthquake at Humbolt Bay, up
the coast some distance from San Francis
co, occurred some weeks since, which was
so great as to throw many of the inhabit
ants frpm, their beds upon the floor; the
houses rolled and undulated like ships up
on .the .water. : Messrs. Ryan & Duff's
wharf sunk about four feet, and a. saw
mill belonging to the same gentlemen was
thrown so much out of line as to damage
the machinery, causing an entire suspen
sion of their .work. The commotion on
the water was equally perceptible. ' The
Sacramento, as she lay at anchor, rolled and
pitched for a few moments as'heavily as
if she had been struck by a'squall. "
, The old Spanish natives of California,
who so long have" regarded' that country
as the local home of earthquakes, often
shrug their' shoulders when' they , look at
the piles of hxick and mortar in Sah Fran
cisco, which the new race'r have lately
built. . They are confident of a big earth
quake tumble, Eaq.
; A Swindle. About. ,
, ;. The .Cleveland "Herald, of . Saturday,
cautions,, our. .Western and Southern peo
ple against fan accomplished swindler,"
.thus:. . ". ffr ..; ,jfl .
.. Joseph David Haits, but whose real
name is believed to be Haus, has been
carrying on in Baltimore and in this city
a successful scheme5 of imposture. He
professed to- be a Bohemian clergyman,
flying from Austrian persecution and ex
iled solely on accountof his having preach
ed the gospel to some Roman Catholics.
In Baltimore he obtained many subscrip
tions to a proposed publication on Proph-
ecy, and; as we are informed,! swindled
an eminent f Presbyterian clergyman of
of that city out of 200. ' Here he pro
fessed to be an Episcopalian, desirous of
engaging in missionary w6rk. He 'exhib
ited what purported to be letters of orders
signed by a bishop1 and three presbyters
of the city of Prague. He is well in
formed on ! all subjects,1 speaks English
quite fluently, and exhibits the most stir-
surprising ingenuity in. telling a well de
vised tale to excite sympathy. A profess
ed to have a wife and four children de
pendent upon him, of whose escape from
Bohemia' he gave most marvellous acT
counts. : :
. 1 f-p . mm i 1
Ei'ixArii. A number of old epitaphs
are going the rounds of the" press; ' The
following upon a tombstone in the cemetry
near Cincinnati, is worthy of being placed
am0ng the number: "Here lies whok,
came. to this city and died for the benejiiieu
- j' his health!" ' ' r . r in
-..'-V fJi, ii . ;
; How to Spoil a Spirted Wife.
'What did you speak in that way to your
wife for, young man?" asked old Uncle
Rogers of his nephew.
"Because it's fun to see her spark up,
replied the hopeful Benedict -"I like to
make her eyes shine, and her round cheeks
grow red as any damask rose.' And it's
quite tragic thq way she puts her little
foot down and says "S-i-r!" By the muses!
if you had staid long enough, Uncle, I'd
have shown you a queen. You've no idea
how grandly she tosses back her fierce
little head, or with what a Dido-like air she
wrings those , delicae hands of hers. It
quite breaks the monotony of life to get up
such tempest and blue sky. And go, as
know she owns this spunkly temper, I
just touch it up with the spur-matrimonial
and let it "gallop till I see fit to rein in." :
"I've as good a mind to root out that
apling, Hal' and used it over your should
sers, as I had this morning to eat my break
fast before you spoiled my appetite. You
are taking the surest way to ruin a merry-
rung organization. Saving your pre
sence, I despise tha man who thus tampers
with a passionate but living spirit. Look
at your wife how deilcate her beauty !
Look at your household the very temple
of taste and neatness., The little fixings
on the mantle, the fringing and tasseling
here and there' give a touch beyond the
common to your humble furniture.- That
lounge that lends so grand an air to your
parlor, I had set down for no less than a
fifty when lo! it turns out that five dol
lars and woman's ingenuty, deceived ah
old, ' experienced upholsterer like myself,
nen iook at tlie vines
she has trained,
the flowers she has planted, that lean tow-
ard her when she approache
he approaches them as if
she. was their guardian angel. Why;
Hal, is it possible that possession of such
a being" as this tempts you to . an absurdity
that will surely end in destruction of your
domestic happiness?"
. "You are mighty serious about this lit
tle thing, Uncle."
"Serious? Unfortunately, I am some
thing more a victim to my own" indul:
gence in a, similar infatuation. , You have
heard" here Uncle Rorgers gave a great
sigh "that I am not at home. My own
fault every bit of ill!", and the old man
gave Mother Eearfhva savage blow with
hiscane. "If a man marries an angel,
and torments her into a fiend, who's to
blame but himself? My wife was very
handsome and as. you say, spunky.
There never needed to have been a warm
word between us; but I liked to see her
angry. I liked to see the delicate nostrils
expand the large bright eyes scintilate
sparks of fire but I did it just once too
often. I know the very time that anger
raised the final barrier of opposition, and
that nice sense of right became an exact
ing and imperious tormenter. And now
your uncle is driven from the home of his
nephew, where he hoped for peace, and
tortured with "the fresh operiTng of old
wounds. I tell you, Hal, you will spoil
your wife you will ruin her, it's not
manly it's a burning shame;" and the
old man's thin lips quivered with excite
ment. ' ' ' ' ': '
He said nothing then, -but when he re
turned he ground his 1 pride between his
teeth and begged his wife's pardon. . '" -
. "I'll never taunt you for' fun again,
Carry," he said in a low tone. And she
replied, as she hid her tearful face in his
bosom 1' ' '
"I am so quck, so passionate but nev
er began it; andyOu have been so noble
that I will try and conquer this hasty
temper. "But, Hal," she added, rough
ly shaking her cUrls in his face, ."what
will you do for your queen? what .will
become of Dido, tragedy, &c, eh?"
The husband blushed. (I contend that
a man looks handsome when he blushes)
and a kiss sealed the reconciliation.
To-day, after forty years of wedded
life, Hal boasted . that he remembers but
once making up after a storm, and that
was away back in the honey moon. ' Ever
since'he has had still waters and a steady
voyage; ana itogers, who aied years ago
peace be with his ashes--used to call
Hal's home a paradise on earth.
Corpulence a Crime. Mr. Cruce, 'm
his Classic and Historical Portraits, speaks
of , the dangers of becoming' too fat in
Sparta: . , ;
"The ancient Spartans paid as much
attention to the rearing of men, as the
cattle breeders in modern England to the
breeding of cattle. They took charge of
the firmness and looseness of men's flesh,
and regulated the degree of fatness to
which it was lawful, in a free State, for
any citizen to extend his body. Those
who dared to grow too fat or too soft for
military exercise and the service of Spar
ta, were soundly whipped. . In one in
stance, that of Nauclis, the son of Poly
bus, the offender was brought before, the
Ephorii, and .a meeting of the whole peo
ple of Sparta, at which is unlawful fatness
was publicly exposed, and he was threat
ened with perpetual banishment, if he did
not bring his body within the regular
Spartan compass, and give up his culpa
ble mode of living, which was declared
to be more worthy of an Ionia,' than ason
of Lacedemon. ' " '' : '
JZ3T Pork and bacon to the amount of
above $100,000 were shipped from Madi
son, Ind., on Thursday last. , ;: -,: .
iJ"Light cometh out of darkness,"
as the Printer's Deyilsaid when he looked
into an ink keg ; t ..ut.r.j
Advancing the Price of Newspaper.
We observe that many of the newspa
pers that heretofore reduced their terms
below 2,00 per annum, have returned
to the tld subscription price, in conse
quence of the advance in every thing
that is bought with money. During the
last six months printing paper has ad
vanced in price 25 per cent. . Flour du
ring the last year has ; nearly doubled in
price, and every article" of produce has
witnessed a similar rise. It is impossible
to publish ' a good weekly paper, -at
the present prices of produce and labor,
for less than $2,00 per annum. The man
who attempts it will either be out of pock
et or run himself in debt, befoie he knows
what he is about. We have had some
eighteen years experience as a newspaper
editor- and publisher, and we unhesita
tingly say that with the present high pri
ces of every ihing, we would rather pub
lish a. paper with 1000 subscribers, at 2,
00 per i annum, than" one with a circula
tion' 5000 copies, at 1,25 or 1,50
per annum. Cheap paper may obtain a
large circulation; but somebody must suf
fer a loss in the end it is inevitable. No
man who is fond of reading, and -values
a good newspaper, will consider $2
,per annum as too high a price to pay for
lit. There are some papers which are
high f at any price, and there are others
which are "above price" invaluable.
Cheap literature is too often the dearest
literature that a man can buy.' ' The shil-
ling novels, with'yaHer, kivers," have
been sold by the cart load, because they j
were cheap, while very often it ' takes an
I eight shilling book to extract the poison-;
ous seeds implanted in the mind bv the
I cheap novel. Ml. Vernon Banner.
The First: American Newspapers.
The first attempt to set up a newspaper
in this country was made in Boston, in
1 690. " Of the paper then issued, only
one copy is known to be in existence; and
that copy is deposited in the State Paper
Office in London. Number one of this
paper, and probably the only number ever
published, is dated Septembes 25, 1690.
It is a small sheet of. four quarto pages,
one of which is blank, and contains a re
cord of passing occurrences,' foreign and
domestic; Immediately on its publica
tion it was noticed by the legislative au
thorities. Four days after, they spoke of j
it as a pamphlet; stated that it came out
contrary to law, and contained "reflections
of a very high nature;" they strictly for
bade "anything in print, without license
first obtained from those appointed by the
Government to grant the same." It was
printed by Richard Pierce, for Benjamin
Harris. The latter had a! printing house
in Boston, and printed chiefly for book
sellers ' : ' i ; ;
Crazy People. What absurd ideas
sometimes get into the heads of crazy
people! There is a patient in the asylum
at Utica, who has been employed for the j
last two years in getting up a steamboat
whose engine shall be worked with Ep
som salts. .v Another gentleman in an ad
joining room proposes to put. elliptic
springs under Niagara, "to ease the wa
ter when it jumps;" while another is bus
ily engaged in getting out timber for a
"sixbladed horse" and a leather frying
panl '' The Philosopher who said that the
only reason why lunatics differ from oth
er people is because they were more large
ly imaginative than other folks, was not
as far out of his reasoning as some people
imagine.
Musical. Learn to play on some, mu
sical instrument. It will prove a great
source of pleasure arid add vastly to the
social institutions; We know am an who
can get up a week's stock of happiness
with "Old Hundred" on . a penny jew's
harp, and another who is never in so great
raptures as when sawing something like
"Yankee Doodle" on a two-string four'
and-sixpenny , fiddle. Music is a great
discovery. For hatching happiness, it is
not surpassed, except by a very pretty
wife, stewed oysters, or a sirloin smother
ed in Weathersfield onions.
;iJ5?Miss Maywood, an American dan
seuse, has now created -quite a furor in
in Florence, by her "performance of Mar
garet, in the ballet of Faust. It has"ex
cited no little surprise that America should
have' produced such exquisite voluptu
ousness and grace as have been manifes
ted by this lady. She is said to have sur
passed even Taglioniand Carlotti Grisi. .
A Striking Idea. A little girl, who
accompanied her mother to a place of
worship, where the officiating "divine"
was in the habit of ''talking '.forcibly" to
to the sinners, to an extent which uncon
verted "outsiders" consider as sometimes
almost bordering upon profanity, exclaim
ed, on her return: . ;
"Mamma, I don't like Mr.F- .." ;
"Why, my dear?" replied her mother,
anxious to know the cause of such an
expression of childish opinion.' , "
"Lecause he talks saucy to God!"
It struck me that there was a great deal
of truthful meaning in the remark.
A Dark Day Coming. There will be
an extraordinary 5 eclipse of the sun on
the 2Gthof May next,such a one as none
but the oldest inhabitants have witnessed
in this vicinity. It will be similar to the
great eclipse of 1 806, since which" there
none resemblinerit ? nearer than that
of 1830, when eleven twelvetha of the eun
was obscured. , r? .
' '-Yery Goodt'"- 'i0'"
A Rev. Mr. Lunderlin, of Vermont; is 't
accountable for the following.--s -It ia an i
extempore effusion on a festival occasion 1
an extract:i! ' fS: '..j ti'o n-Ai
"And now we might rest, but there.' i
one bit of scandal against Uncle-; Sam,
which his enemies handle; they say be'a
diseased with a black headed cancer, and v
to cover it up, they insist will not answer; -
that some of his girls that raise sugar and
cotton, from the self same disorders are.
fast growing rotten. Mrs. Stowe in her e
book says the black spot is slavery, upheld ,
and prolonged by political knavery; and ';
for this Madame England has invited her
over, to feast on good things, like a pigi t
the clover. Now, of course, we all know,
without any teacher, Hattie Stowe's a I
smart woman because she's a Beechery
and it is right for the Stafford House folks :
to fly at her, and fondle, and toast her, and.
pet her and pat her; but we must not for- s
get in the midst of the bubble how .Uncle -Sam
came at the first by this trouble; s 'tis
true, the mark's on him, and pesters him
badly, and when the right time comes he'll"
dart with it gladly; but let them remember4
these Stafford House weasels, this sarne
mother England has caught the r black,
measels, she's spotted the child while in-
that situation, and now she -turns rouhd:
and vents her. indignation. But it's hop-'
ed he'll be patient, and firm enduring, and
that soon he will meet with an actual curb
ing. The prescription we make is to pureg
out the nation, by a thorough emetic of
colonization. Far better than , all your
Congressional nursing, than the spit-fire
and spite of fanatical cursing; than your.
snobs of reform, your humbug and tauack-
ery, if you don't believe this you way ask
ery, it you
Mr. Thackeray."
Impressions at First Sight. This
subject being brought up at the supper
table, was getting 'talked over '5 when
the lady who presided ''o'er the cups and;
tea," said "she always formed : an idea of
a person at first sight; and that ' idea she
found was generally a correct one.'' t ...
"Mamma," said her youngest'son, in
shrill voice that attracted the attention,q
all present. ?'; ' " "-""' 'l-
"Well, iay dear, what do you want?" J
"I want to know,'.' said young America,
"what you though when you first; saw
me?" ; :-'-f- - V'-- i-i3-f-.j-.ifi-;
There was no answer, to ."this; query
but we learn that a general twiter prevail?
ed, and that "Charlie" was taken, into the
......
kitchen immediately by the servant, For
est City. Bern: - -i 'Vil'l K. Jl
A Heroine. A letter from 'Wasliing
ton says there is now before Congress a
petition from Mrs. Elizabeth C. Smith,' of
''Ben Newman," volunteered in the Mex
ican war, w'here she served .faithfully for
ten months, when her sex was discovered,
and she was discharged from the service.
"Ben" lias since married, and now ap
plies for her pay and bounty land. As
the law applies to soldiers, and not to men,
this female soldier may be successful, and
she ought to be ! Cm. Enq. ' ' """ ' . "',
JW A member of the South Carolina
Legislature, an old bachelor, by the name
of Evans, got off the followingcw d'esprit
recently: die was introduced toja.beauti
ful widow, also named Evans. .. The introw
duction was in this wise; 'Mrs. . Evans,
permit me to present to you Mr.4 Evans, '
"Mrs Evans,'! exclaimed Uhe;.spirited
bachelor, "the? very. lady I have been in
search of for the last eight years." . ;
Through the Mountain. The bW tun
nel through the Allegheny Mountains, tin
the line of the Penneylvania railrdadfroni
Philadelphia to Pittsburg, saving the dan
gerous climbing lover theack-boneliy
the cars, is now fully' completed. ' The
trains will begin to run through; regularly
on the 6th of next month?' " ' 1 '; ' 5: '
.. ' .- I'A .... T
Crime on the increase. The popular
idea that crime is, increasing in this eoun
try faster than the population, is unfound
ed. Statistic on the subject. show, that in
New York the increase for the jast. ten
years in the number of . State Prison con
victs, is on 13 per cent., while the increase
in the population during the same time is
23 percent,,; . .J.Ti
' j3T The Prussianshave: put glass fco"
novel use. - A column, consisUng entire
lyof glass, placed oh a pedestal of ; Car
rara marble, and surmounted by a statue
of Peace, six feet high, by the celebrated
sculptor Rauch, has been erected - in the
garden of the palace at Potsdam.:-; e The
shaft is ornamented with -spiral lines
of blue and white.- i -A ruwI a iff
Steam Fire. Engine. A jpint commit
tee of the city councils of Philadelphia
have "accepted a proposal made by Mr.
Harrison an engineer and machinist, to
construct, upon a plan of - his "t own,1' a
steam fire engine which shall answer the
purpose designed at. least as 'well,1 if not
better, "than the engine now irf uie In Cin
cmnati, Slander. No one loves to tell a tale of
slander to another who does not love to
hear it. The arrow never -sticks in the
rock, but sometimes rebounds and wounds,
him who hurled it. - Learn, then; .to re
buke ahd chebk the detracting tongue by
showing that you do not listen ;to it. with
any pleasure. Jer&me. 1
The Ericcson. The Ericcsoti (hot air)
ship, which has been recently built in New
York, is soon to make a trial trip,"; the re
sult of which is looked for with jjreatinter-
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