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A TRUEHYMN.
The Independent says: “No one could di
vine to what portion of the Christian church
Dr. Muhlenberg, the author of the following
hymn, belongs. The beating of a Christian
heart pulsates through every line. Its beauty,
sweetness and lyrical flow have never been .
surpassed
Since o’er Thy footstool here below,
Such radiant gems are strewn,
0 ! what magnificence must glow,
My God, ahbut Thy throne !
So brilliant here those drops of light—
Where the full ocean rolls, how bright!
If night’s blue curtain of the sky,
Witti thousand stars inwrought,
Hung like a royal canopy,
With glittering diamonds fraught—
Be, Lord, Thy temple’s outer veil,
What splendor at the shrine must dwell!
The dazzling sun at noontide hour,
Forth from its flaming vase,
Flinging o’er earth the golden shower
’Till vale and mountain blaze—
But show, 0 Lord, one beam of thine,
What, then, the day where thou dost shinef
Ah ! how shall these dim eyes endure
That noon of living rays,
Or how my spirit, so impure,
Upon thy glory gaze t
Anoint. 0 Lord, anoint my sight,
And robe me for that world of light.
REGULATIONSCONCERNING
COTTON.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
has just issued the following important
regulations concerning the weighing and
marking of cotton, the assessment and col
lection of the tax, and the removal of cot
ton under bond:
Tkeas. Djei*’t Office of Int. Rev. )
Washington, July 31, 1866. j
The act of July 17, 1866, provides that
on and after August 1, 1866, there shall
be paid by the producer, owner or holder,
upon all cotton produced within the Uni
ted, States, and upon which no tax
has been levied, paid or collected,
a tax of three cents per pound, and
that such tax shall be and remain a lien
thereon, m the possession ot any person
whomsoever, from the time when such law
took effect, or such cotton is produced, un
til the same shall have been paid. The 1
same law prohibits, under severe penalties,
(which take effect September 1, 1860.)
the removal of cotton out of the district :
iu which it is produced before the tax is i
paid, unless it is removed under bond or ]
other security, accompanied by the permit <
of the Assessor of the district, i
If, however, before September 1, 1866, .
cotton should be removed out of the dis- 1
trict in which it was produced without the
payment of the tax, or without being boil- <
led, it will be subject to the payment of '
the tax of three cents per pound by the :
holder thereof, wherever it may be found; *
and iu such eases, if any should occur, an
irumcd.ate assessment should be made up- 1
on the holder, and if the tax is not paid i
upon the demand of the collector, the cot- i
ton may be seized under section 48.
Any cotton produced in the United I
States jjrior to August 1, 1866, which may <
be found after that date beyond the limits
of the district in which it was produced, i
no tax having been paid thereon, will be i
subject to the payment of tax of three cents i
per pound by the holder wherever found, ]
except in the following exses, viz:
Cotton removed under a bond executed i
prior to August 1, 1866, in accordance (
with the regulations of the Secretary of i
the Treasury, dated October 9, 1805, <
which bond does not expire until after I
August 1, 1860, will be subject only to
the rato of tax (two cents per pound in I
force at the time of the uxcutiou of the I
bond. i
In all cases where cotton may have been 1
assessed and the assessment returnee! prior i
to August 1,1866, such cotton will be sub
ject only to the rate (two cents) so assess- 1
ed, although the tax may not have been l
paid prior to August 1. I
PLACES FOK WEIGH1.NO, ETC. 1
Section 3 authorizes the commissioner
to designate places in each collection dis
trict where an assessor or an assistant as
sessor, and a collector ora deputy collector,
shall be located, and where cotton may be
brought for the purpose of being weighed
and appropriately marked. These places i
will he designated, and public notice given ;
of the same from time to time as the pro- ■
per information is received from the as
sessors and collectors of each district. At
such places an assessor or an assistant as
sessor, aud a collector or a deputy eollec- ;
Lor, must be located and, where found (
necessary, persons will be stationed there ]
whose duty it will be to weigh and mark j
ihc cotton, under the supervision of the |
issessor or an assistant, who will be up- |
noin ted by the Secretary of the Treasury,
mder the authority conferred by section 8. |
The fees for weighing and marking will <
dc fixed by the Commissioner of Internal i
Revenue aud must iu all cases he paid by i
,he producer, owner or holder of the cottou j
:’or whom the work is done. 1
The duty of the weight and marker will |
jo to weigh each bale aud mark its gross j
hereon, with marking ink or paint, in i
arge figures. The amount of tax to be |
issesscd upon cotton will be ascertained t
>y deducting from the gross weight of each
>ale or package four per centum for tare, j
rhe assessor or assistant assessor located ;
it the designated place for weighing must j
iither weigh aud mark, or see weighed aud <
narked, each hale or package, and must (
mep an exact account of such weights aud 1
narks, and also the names of the holder, <
iwuer, or producer for whom the cotton ]
vas weighed aud marked i
VE1011INU AT OTHEK THAN THE DESIG
NATED PLACES.
Under tlio proviso of section 2. the own- i
rs of cotton may have it weighed and i
marked wherever it may be iu the district,
provided he pays the necessary traveling
expenses of the officers who do the work.
It is presumed that these expenses can be
readily agreed upon by the parties, but in
case of disagreement an appeal may be ta
ken to the Commissioner. In no case,
however, must an officer' decline or delay
to do the work because of such disagree
ment.
When cotton is weighed at such places,
the services of a regularly appointed weig
her may be dispensed with, provided the
owner of the cotton provides for the per
formance of all the manual labor connect
ed with weighing and marking- In all
eases the assessor, or an assistant assessor,
must see the cotton weighed and marked,
and, the name of the owner or person for
whom it was weighed.
Assessors and collectors, as well as pro
ducers owners, or holders of cotton, will
note that the weighing and marking of
this article as herein provided does not
cause the tax to accrue aud become payable
immediately thereafter. Cotton can be
held within the limits of the district where
produced, without payment of the tax be
coming due, at the option of the owner un
less sold for consumption in the district.
Withdrawals for transportation under
bond, or upon payment of the tax, can be
made at anv time after weighing and mar
king.
ACCOUNT TO BE KEPT WITH PRODUCERS OF
COTTON.
In order to prevent confusion in the as
sessment and collection of the tax on cot
;on, after the same has been weighed and
marked, each assessor is required to keep
m account with each person for whom cot
xm has been weighed, similar to the ac
jount now kept with manufacturers of the
'oods produced by them monthly. This
iccountwill be debited with the quantity
)f cotton weighed aud marked for each
producer or owner, and be credited with
;he quantity transported beyond the limits
>f the district in bond under permit grau
ed by the assessor, or removed upon pay
ment of the tax, as also with the emailtitv.
f any sold aud delivered to any manufac
turing company for consumption in the
listrict.
REMOVAIj of cotton under bond.
Under section 4, cotton may be removed
rom the district in which it has been pro
luccd to any one other district, without
)re-payment of the tax, under bond or
ither security^, to be prescribed by the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, sub
eet to the approval of the Secretary of
he Treasury,
When the cotton is proposed to be with -
Irawn by another party than the one for
phom it was weighed and marked, the'
uthority to withdraw from the proper per
011, should ulways accompany the entry.
Upon receipt of this eutry by the col
eetor, he will oxaot from the party making
t a bond, with at least two good and suffi
lient securities, the penal sum in which
hall be double the amount of tax upon
he cotton described iu the entry of with
Irawal.
Section four requires that the cotton re
noved under bond and permit, as aforesaid,
ball be delivered to the collector of inter,
ml revenue fortwith upon its arrival at its
mint of destination, and shall remain suii
ect to his control until the taxes thereon,
aid any necessary charges of custody there
if, shall have been paid ; which payment
uust be made within ninety days from the
late of the permit grauted by the as ossor
or the removal of the cotton.
Upon the arrival and delivery of the cot
on to the collector, and upon the payment
o him of the taxes stated in the permit
mi the proper charges of custody, il any,
ic will make, under his seal of office, and
leliver a certificate.
The collector receiving the tax will de
iver this certificate to the person paying
he same, who will thereupon present it to
he assessbr or assistant assessor of the dis
rict where the tax was paid, who will there
tpon debt the bonded account of the col
eetnr of the district with the amount of
ax so received, to which he will certify at
he bottom of the collector’s certificate iu
he following form :
I hereby certify that the foregoing certi
icatc has been presented to me, and the
unount thereof entered in the bonded ac
:ount of this district.
,
-Assessor,
And no certificate of payment issued by
my collector shall be taken as sufficient
ividence for the cancellation of the trans
Mjrtation bond, unless it bears the forego
ng indorsement of the assessor of the dis
i let where the cotton was delivered, aud
he tax paid.
In case the taxes should not be paid to
he collector of the district to which the
otton was sent within ninety days from
he date of the permit, said collector must
mmediatcly notify the collector who took
he bond of the default, aud it will then
ie the duty of the latter to proceed upon
he bond. Unless the signers to the bond
iay the amount of the taxes without delay,
he bond should be placed iu the hands ot
he United States District Attorney for
uit.
A collector to whose district cotton is
icrmitted to be removed in bond may at
my time receive the taxes named in the
lermit, without the actual delivery of the
otton; aud in such case, he may give his
ertifieate that the taxes on cotton descri
ed in Jthe permit have been paid, and
mit the statement that the cottou it self
las beeu delivered.
V11EUE THE TAX IS PAID BEFORE RE.MO
VAI.
Where the parties arc desirous of pay
ng the tax on the cotton before the remo
■al from the district whore the same >c
produced, they will be required to make a
return to the assessor, or assistant assessor,
of the district
Upon receipt of this return, the assessor
or assistant assessor to whom it is deliver
ed will immediately proceed to assess the
tax upon the cotton mentioned therein,
and will at once certify the amount there
of to the collector and make the required
entry in his monthly list.
collector’s permit.
Upon tho receipt of the assessor’s certi
ficate, the collector will at once collect the
tax, and will thereupon issue his permit
for the removal of the cotton, which per
mit must state the amount and payment of
the tax, the time and place of payment,
and the marks, numbers and gross weight
of the bales or packages, so that the same
may at all times be fully identified. The
blank permit will be furnished from the
office of internal revenue tor this purpose.
MAKK1NU TAX-PAID COTTON.
Whenever tho tax is paid upon cotton,
the collector or deputy collector receiving
same will until otherwise instructed, affix
or cause to be uffied, by the designated
marker, the metallic tag or mark heretofore
used for denoting such payment; and will,
in all cases, oarefully insert under the pro
per permit for the removal of the cotton,
the letter and numbers upon the same.
These tags or marks must be firmly in
serted into the bale, and must be used by
collectors in their regular consecutive or
der.
The cost of inserting or affixing the
tags denoting tax paid cotton, will, in all
cases, be paid by the producer or shipper
of the cotton. Unless these tags are affix
ed by the collector or deputy collector, the
designated marker is the only person who
can be legally intrusted with the perfor
mance of this duty.
The attention of collectors is called to
the fact that an account is kept in this
office of all tags with which they have been
or may De lurntsneu, ana mac tney are
expected to render, an account of the dis
position made by them of the saute, and
to see that all of the foregoing require
ments are carefully complied with. The
convenience and safety of tax-payers, an
well ns thesecurity of Government, require
that the marks shall, iu all cases, be pro
perly affixed, so that they may surely ac
company the bales to their destination,
and also that the permits be carefully fill
ed up iu every particular as herein requir
ed.
REGULATIONS REVOKED.
The regulations of October 9,1865, per
mitting the removal of cotton and other
products under bond, having been revoked
by the Secretary of Treasury, ceased to
"have any force from and after July 25,
1805.
COTTON MANUFACTURERS MONTHLY RE
TURN, ETC.
Section 7 of the act of July I860 pro
scribes that the manufacturer of cottou iu
any district where cotton is produced shall
perform the following duties, viz:
1. Ou or before the 10th day of August,
1866, he shall return to the assessor or as
distant assessor of the district iu which
such manufacture is carried ou a true state
ment verified by oath or affirmation, of the
quantity of cotton which such manufae- j
turer has on hand and manufactured, or
in process of manufacture ou the 1st day
of August, 1806.
Assessors must be particular to obtain ■
this statement from all manufacturers iu 1
their respective districts, even though it
may uot lie returned until after August 10.
This statement is absolutely necessary, us
the starting point ot tbuacoount which as
sessors must keep with each manufacturer.
2. On or before the 10th day of each
subsequent month, each manufacturer
must return to the assistant assessor a state
ment verified by oath or affirmation, of the
quantity of cotton oonsumed, and the
quantity and eharaetor of the goods manu
factured therefrom, during the last preced
ing calendar mouth. This statement must
be made on Form 87.
3. Each manufacturer or consumer must
keep a book, as required by law, in which
he must enter the quantity, in pounds, of
cotton which lie had on hand the first day
of August, 1800, and each quantity or lot
purchased or obtained by him thereafter ;
the time when, and the party or parties
from whom the same was obtained, the
quantity of said cotton, if any, which is the
growth of collection district where the
same is manufactured, the quantity, if any,
which has not been weighed and marked
by any officer authorized by law to weigh
and mark the same; the quantity, if any
upon which the tax has not been paid, so
far as can be ascertained, before the manu
facturer thereof; and also the quantities
used or disposed of by him, from time to
time, in any process of manufacture or
otherwise, and the quantity and character
of the product thereof. And this book
must be kept at all times during business
hours open to the inspection of assessors,
collectors, and other revenue officers. As
sessors and their assistants will see that
this book is faithfully and accurately kept,
in accordance with the foregoing regula
tions, by every manufacturer or manufac
turing company in their respective districts.
4. Every such manufacturer must, on or
before the last day of each mouth, pay the
collector the amount of tax assessed against
him upon all the cotton eousumed by him
during the preceding month, an which no
tax has been paid, which amount, subject
to no deductions, must be entered on the
above mentioned form 37, and certified to
the collector on the assessor’s. Tho
special attention of all manufacturers of
cotton, in districts where it is produced’
should be called to all the duties and penal
ties prescribed and imposed by section 7
of the act of duly 13, 1*GG.
TRANSPORTATION OF COTTON.
All persons engaged in producing or
dealing in cotton, or in the transportation
of the same, will specially note that section
5 of the act of July 18, renders it unlawful
from and after the 1st day of September,
1866, for the owner, master, supercargo,
agent, or other persons having charge of
any vessel, or tor any railroad or other
transportation company, or for any common
carrier or other person, to convey, or
transport any cotton, the growth of produce
of the United States, from any point in
the district in which it shall have been
produced, unless each bale or package
thereof shall have attached to or accompany
ing it ttfe proper marks or evidence of the
payment of the revenue tax and a permit
of the collector for such removal, or the
permit of the assessor as hereinbefore pro
vided, or to convey or transport any cotton
! from any State iu which cotton is produc
ed, to any port or place in the United Sta
tes, without the certificate of the collector
of internal revenue of the district from
which it was brought that the tax has been
paid thereon, or the permit of the assessor,
as hereinbefore provided; and such certifi
cate and evidence must bo furnished to
the collector of the district to which it is
transported, and his permit obtained before
landing, discharging, or delivering such
cotton at the place to which it is transport
ed. Any person who violates these pro
visions, or who conveys, or attempts to
convey from any State in which cotton is j
produoed, to any port or place without the
United States, any cotton upon which'
the tax has not been paid, is liable
to a penalty' of one hundred dollars for
each bale of cotton so conveyed or trans
ported, or attempted to bo conveyed or j
transported, or imprisonment for not more j
than one year, or both; and all vessels and
1 vehicles employed in such conveyance or |
transportation arc liable to seizure and 1
forfeiture by proceeding in any court in
the United States having competent juris- j
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tempted to be shipped or transported, with
out payment, of the taxor the execution on
of transportation bonds, may be forfeited
to the United States.
Assessors and collectors are strictly en
joined to rigidly enforce the provisions of
this section.
E. A. Rollins, Commissioner.
Approved :
W- E. Chandler, Act’g Sec’y Treasury.
Lesson for Dai).—An old farmer
who had two or throe very prpttv
daughters, was so very anxious of Lis
charge that lie would not permit, them
to keep the company of young men.—
However, they adopted the following
expedient to enjoy the company of
their lovers, without the knowledge
os their father :
After the old man lmd retired to
rest, the girls would hang a sheet out
the window which was quite a distance |
from the ground, and the bean would
seize hold of the sheet and with
the assistance of his lady-love, who
tugged lustily at the sheet above, would
thus gain entrance.
Hut it so happened that one evening
the girls hung the sheet rather early,
for the old gentleman, hv some ill wind,
was blown round the corner and spying
the sheet could not con jecture the mean
ing of its being there; ho took hold
and endeavored to pull it down. The
girls, supposing it to he one of their
beaux, began to hoist, and did not
discover their mistake until the head of
the old man was level with the window
sill, when one of them exclaimed :
‘•Oh. Lord, it's dad! and. letting go
their hold, souse came the old hum on
the hard stones and ground below, dis
locating one of liis shoulders, which
convinced him that all efforts to make
old maids ol' his daughters was not u
matter so easily accomplished, and
withdrawing all opposition, was soon
si father-in-law.
Cleverly Told.—There was a sen
sation story afloat a short time ago
1 .1 . . . • . If . 1... 1 .. !.
UUWtll' li J K 11« 11 ill jM W1/IH »* 111 t will"
mitting suicide, cut off' ids lieud and
iiid it so eft'eetualy that no one has over
been aide to find it. The eirsumstances
excited (lie envy of some chap out
West, who thus tells of a horrible affair
that recently occitred out in his section :
•‘An Indian there who had lived
unhappily with fifty or sixty squaws,
determined upon suicide. Desiring
that no one should be able to identify
any portin of him. lie cut off both legs
and carried them about live miles into
the woods, on foot and alone. lie
buried them, and then cut off both his
arms , which lie carried some five
miles and buried. Then cutting out
his tongue, tnat he might be unable to
tell any one be might meet who lie
was, he proceeded several miles further,
chanting his death song as lie went,
lie finally cut off his own head, and
after amusing himself for some time
kicking it about as a foot-ball, making
the woods ring with his shouts of
merriment, lie hid it in the trunk of a
tree; and then digging the grave with
his own hands, lie got in, covered him
self up, and planted a very handsome
tombstone at the head of his grave.
Where is your Mobile man now?”
Howto Sleep.—It is better, generally,
to sleep on the back, but it is well to
alternate, not always on the rlght.nor
always on the left, but on both. The
question is often put to us, “Why is
my head lop-sided or larger on one
side?” It may be accounted for by
always lying on one side. Young
mothers are apt to place (lie child always
in one position when putting it to bed,
and the skull being soft and thin, the
brain grows most on the under side,
and finally assumes permanently this
irregular and uneven shape. In cholera
times, or when the bowels arc cold,
constipated, and inactive, it is well to
lie on the belly., and thus keep the
t>"." •'« "••inti.—Phrenological Journal.
THE INVISIBLE GENTLEMAN.
Unseen lie sittoth at your fireside—
Pursues you closely in your dally walks j
And with a nice ear, keen eye and accute
mind,
Observes and solves your every word and net,
From time to lime lie roughly seribbles these
For At> memento nud for your comment.
The Printer, and the general charac
teristics of his craft, will be the subject
of the present number of these sketches.
The Printer—there ho stands at his
ease, his eves are fixed on his copy,
while ids lingers, obedient to his will,
collects the letters from the various
boxes, and place them together so as to
form words, sentences—complete arti
cles of nows, politics or literature. The
musician at the piano can hardly com
pete with the printer, in the rapidity
and precision of his digital motion—
like the pianist who plays with his mu
sic book and instrument before hint,
the printei* sees and comprehends at a
glance the over varying results his fin
gers must produce; and does hesitate a
moment to perform the nocessary ac
tion, with the rapidity of lightning.
Like notes from the instrument, every
letter, every pause, every stop, is called
forth, in its proper place, till complete
ensemble is formed, which the moiuory
can treasure up, and which the mind
can conceive and digest. But how dif
ferent are the final effects produced in
these two instances! The musician
creates a scries of melodious and har
monious sounds, which please the oar
for a moment and die away—the feel
ings, gay or sad, desponding or enthu
siastic, mild or violent, aro excited for
the moment, but the charm soon ceas
es, nud nought but the recollections of
past pleasure or pain remain upon the
mind. But the printer’s labor bears
everlasting fruit—he spreads before
mankind the arena of knowledge, and
works with the sages in the laboratory
of reason—he sends messengers to eve
ry one of the human family, he invokes
all men to behold the beauties of truth,
and seeks to mukethe mass of mankind
conscious of those immutable rights,
wiiii which iimii is invusiuu, ut him mrm,
by nature and nulure’s God. The prin
ter has been, since the fifteenth century,
the faithful and most, active auxiliary
of learning. That day the printer first
struck off a sheet from a rough block of
types—from that day we may date the
universal spread of knowledge, and the
gradual disfranchisement of mankind
from the bonds of ignorance, supersti
tion and oppression. From that day
has man gradually advanced to the gen
eral enjoyment of free, enlightened,
and republican institutions—from that
day royalty and it s concomitants began
to decay, and fair liberty to grow in
their place.
I might continue to show, in detail,
the correctness of the general outline
I have drawn, lmt the immense benefits
w hich the art of printing lias conferred
upon mankind have been described by
abler and more eloquent pens than
mine. Let me present a single hyppth
sis—suppose that the great, protective
ness, and the toucher of all arts and
sciences—suppose that the art of print
ing had never been discovered; at what
a stage of progress would we now find
natural philosophy, astronomy, me
chanics, navigation, and the many arts
which conduce so effectually to the
comfort and preservation of mankind?
where would now l»e those liberties
we hold so dear? Yet in the womb of
futurity. The discoveries of a Newton
would have been the treasure of an ex
clusive few. Watt and Fulton w'ould
perhaps have never learned the first
principles of mechanics—and Franklin
might never read a book, or published
a single principle tending to the inde
pendence of his country.
The ancients of Greece and Home
certainly numbered some great and
wise men; but, beyond the circle in
which these learned men moved, how
few received a glimpse of science—
how few ever learned to rend—and how
difficult if was to obtain instruction or
hooks. Now% through the agency of
printing, our means of acquiring know
ledge are unlimited, and Its dissemina
tion is universal. The consequence is,
that a greater number labor to unravel
and make useful the secrets of nature,
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perfection is a thousand times more
rapid.
The printer, as an individual, comes
directly under the constant influences
of the instructive and liberal art he
professes. The printer reads more, and
possesses more varied and general in
formation than the theologian, lawyer,
or avowed philosopher. It is the prin
ter’s trade to read constantly, day after
day, during his whole life—lie earns
his daily bread by reading, aye, and
reading slowly and carefully," for be ,
must follow and put the works we read
into type, letter by letter—lie must
awhile upon every sentence. Does the
merchant know the prices of cotton :
and other goods in distant countries—
the intelligence is perused by a printer
before a merchant touches it. Does a
politician discuss the affairs of nations ; '
he owes his knowledge to the printer, 1
who is always ahead of him in point of
information. Does the physician study 1
the work of some profound Esculapius;
let him look at the title page, and he <
will sec that he owes the work to a
printer, who lias read it over and over
again to see that not a letter is wanted,
nyt a comma out of place. The same '
may be said of the lawyer, the minister,
and the scientific mechanic. The prin- !
ter stands at the door of all their learn
ing. and holds the keys which open it. 1
The printer is a great traveller.—
There arc few printers in the United
States who have not visited every State
in the Union. They are sure of finding 1
a printing office in every village, and
consequently do not hesitate to travel 1
wherever their fancy may lead them,
sure of finding in their brother typog
raphers friends ready to assist them, '
give them work, or obtain a situation
for them. The printer is consequently i
thoroughly acquainted with his coun
try. in general and in detail; none can i
know better, or speak of it more epr
rcctly. Sometimes be crosses the At
lantic, and while he prints geographic*
and books of travel, ho takes occasion
to view with his own eyes overy part
of the old and new world.
The printer is always a good gram
marian ; and it frequently happens that
men whose productions are esteemed
by the world, owe it to the printer that
they arc not written down asses. Of
ten, very often, does it happen that
manuscript is put into the hands of the
typo setter full of gross grammatical
errors—sentences devoid of sense -and
without a single point or capital letter.
When this passed through ids hands
the errors arc corrected, the punctua
tion points and capitals are all set in
their proper places. The conceited au
thor finds himself at once a grammati
cal and logical writer, and backs in tho
sun of popularity, which he owes to
some unobtrusive son of Guttemberg.
He takes care not to give credit M tho
proper person—bat, on tho contrary,
should some of his blunders remain
uncorectcd, he is sure to lay them all
to the charge of the ‘ignorant printer/
such is tho false and unjust phrase ig
norant writers frequently use.
No trade, class or profession, except
those of law and physic,, has furnished
a greater proportion of learned and dis
tinguished persons than the printer's,
craft. From the day of Franklin to tfie
present time, our legislative halls, our
places of honor, have been ornamented
by talented and eloquent printers. Tho
Bar is often indebted to the printing
office for Borne of its ablest member*.
The printers, whenever they can unite
a sufficient force, generaly form them
selves into a society for the mutual pro
tection, and for the purpose of assisting
each other in cases of need. These so
cieties fix the rates of wages, the hours
of work, and provide for tho sick and
unfortunate. They bind themselves by
the strictist and most honorable rules
to nreservo the diginity of their art, ,
and to defend cacB other agninst the
injustice of grasping employers. If a
printer should dishonor his trade, or
U'ni'lr mi <!<»(• wnirna Isa 4m (tntnmsllhlal tr
stigmatized and disowned. It is very*
rare tlint n printer dun bo induced to
dishonor the pledges he has given to
his follow workman.
The printer is essentially a democrat
—that is to say, opposed to the aristo
cracy of riches; and though so far
above the generality of artisans in
knowledge and talent, vot he is proud
of being called a mechanic—and ho
frequently boasts that his subsistence*
Is earned by tlie tub sweat or his
brow. Yes ye proud nabobs who loll
in vour carriages, and who tvould' dis
dain to touch the hard hand of a me
chanic, learn that there are mechanics
who arc by far, your superiors in every
thing which elevates mankind above
the brute. I know of many graduates
of college who might be made to blush
for their ignorance by the mechanics
they despise. l$ut the boasts of these
proud aristocrats must grudualv Ml
beneath tho power of the press; and it
Ir probable that, wrhen the laboring clas
ses of Europe and America trill claim
their true rank in society, and will calV\
for the enjoyment of.mo’re equal rights,
their spokesman will be a Pkintbu.
Nature's Barometers.
A venerable gentleman with whom
we reccntely conversed, assured us that
spiders were the best barometers yet
produced. The barometer invcnted’by
the scientific, he affirmed, only indi
cated the kind of weather we nre to
have immediately; while spiders told
unerringly tho character of the weather
for sevcrul days in advance. For in
stance, if the weather is likely to. be
come rainy, windy, or in otherrcspecta
disagreeable, the spiders make very
short and firm the. terminating fila
ments on which their webs arc suspend
ed. If, on the contray, they make the
terminating filaments or fastenings
uncommonly long, tho weather will
continue serene from tcu to a dozen
iluvs.
Spiders usnaly make alterations in
I heir webs once in twenty-four hours,
if they are totally indolent, and do,not
watch for tiies, rain will speedly ensue,
if tiie sniders stav out unnit th«.lr
luring a shower, and seeiu actively en
gaged in putting atl'uirs in good condi
tion, it is certain. proof that the rain
will be of short duration, one that it
will be clear weather for some time.
If, during the stormy weather, the spi
lers are seen fixing their damaged uets
during the evening, it certainly indi
cates that the night will be picasent,
md that the rain is over for the present.
)ur information has often witnessed
his result when the sky looked most
hreateuing, and he has never know the
sign to fail.
Shakf Practice—A Yankee having
i large family found it rather hard to
cecp up the table and has adopted the
bllowing plan:
At evening just before supper he
sails his children around him and ad
lresscs them as follows ;
“Who’ll take a cent and do without
lis supper ?”
“I, I, I!” exclaimed the children to
'et the prize.
The old man pulls out a pock-book
'ull of red cents which he keeps for
he occasions, and after giving them
me apiece sends them off to bed.
Next morning they ail look like
tarveA. Arabs.
The old man calls them around him
md with an air of gravity asks.—
“Who” give a cent to have a nice
varm buiseuit for breakfast?”
It is needless to say that tho cents are
ortlicoming.
That is what we would call sharp
iractice.
SSTThe worst orgau-grindei>-a hol
ow tooth that plays the deuce.
6»®“Love is like a Scotch plaid—all
itutf and often crossed.
JtetfTho more ill a man’s luck is, the
ess likely it i< to