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. LOWKIl SAM) 7 VOLUME I. LOWER SANDUSKY, OCTOBER 13, 1849. NUMBER 31. l)t - .iCotDtir SanbtiBkg; Jretman. ' TERMS. Payment ! advanea,... ........ ...i ....... $1.50 4 0a. . witbit. the year. 2,00 ' . Do. afterthe expiration of the year ......2,50 'A fail are to notify usof a desire todiBContinue, in under Stood aa wMhiur U eontlnoe the subscription, aud the pa per wul besenlaocordiagfy, but all order to discontinue, whan arrearage! are paid, will be faithfully attended tu. -1 '. ,, . . law of Newspapers.. . - 1. Subscriber who da not fiva express notice to the contrary, are considered aa wishing to continue their sub- ecripttoua. ' - . " - 9. If subscribers order thediscontinnance of theirpa pore, the publisher may continue to send them ontil all Arrearages are paid. 3. tf subscribers neglector refuse to take theirpapers Tram the office to which they are directed, they are held responsible till theysettlo their bill and order their papers vtiscentinned. ' . 4. If subscribers remove to other places, without In forming the publisher, and the paperiasent to the form er direction, they are held responsible. 5. - The court have decided that refusing to take a aawapape? or periodical from the office, or removing and leaving it uncalled for, is prima facie evidence of inten tional fraud. .. ' How o st or i rim. First see that Ton have paid Tor it op t the time you wish it to stop; notify the p6si master of your desire, and ask him to notify the publisher under his frank, as he4s authorized to do of you wish to discontinue. - JJnsinesa Dimtorg. - ": From the Boston Ad vertiser. ST. PETER AXD TIIE THREE SPIRITS. Once A Iiegend -From the German. came up to the portals of tv. ; SONS OF TEHPEBANCE. Fort Stevenson Division. No. 432 Sta ted -meet in its, every Tuesday evening at the Division Room is the old Northern Exchange. v CADETS OF TEMPERANCE. .Fort Stevenson Section. No, 102 meets very Thursday evening in the Hall of the Sons of Tem perance. , , A X- I. O. O. F. Crogfhnn L.OdlIC, No. 17, meets at the Odd Fellows Hall, in Morehouse's building, every Saturday evening. ; . IS 19. .:' '11849. C, H. Tile Cl7fcI,OCny DRUGS. MEDICINES, PAINTS, DYESTITFFS, BOOKS, STATIONARY, Ac. Lower Sandusky, Olilo. RALPH P. BrCKLAXD, A TTOR.VET iJ CmmwHor l law (! Solicitor " in Chancery, will attend to professional business iu oandusfcy and Afijoininr conntiee. O OrncK Second tory of Tyler's Block. '- : " JOHN L. GREEAE, ATTORNEY AT LAW and Prosecutins Attorney for Samluaky comity, Ohio, will attend to nil pro-" (Visional business entrusted to his care, with promptness and fidelity. D Or ric at the Court House. CHESTER EXIGERTON, - Attorney and Counsellor ut Ihw, I,, : ; AND SOLICITOR I!T CHANCERY. Oftick At the CourLUome. " Lower Sandusky, O. - -- No 1. a spirit from Rome . . Heaven. Knocked very hard, and hallooed "quick, opon the door hero!" Peter then, turning his key, half opened the wicket and peeped through: "Who in the name of wonder," he asked, "is making this noise here I" Haughtily answered the spirit, and high did he hold up the Pnpo's shrift: "T. a Catholic Christian, whose hope is the only salt a tiou." "Sit thee down on the bench," said Peter re-locking, . "aud wait there:" Just then a spirit from Berne, cam op to the portals of . Heaven. Knocking as hard as the first, and hallooing, "Open (he door quick!" Peter unbolted again and repeated the question, "Who - artlhou7" "T. a Calvenist Christian, whose faith is the only salva tion." "There sit down on the bench!" And soon came a spirit from Frankfort. Knocking- end calliuir "Unbolt." "Who art thou?" j asked the disciple; . .... "T. a Lutheran Christian, whose faith is the only aalva tion."' "Down with thee on the bench!" he said, and again is . the door locked. : - There now sat they together, the three, in spite of their three creeds; Sat together in peace, and behold in mute admiration. Sun and Moou and Stars, from seeming chaotic confu- sion, . - Joned to harmonious dance, and heard the myriad singers Choirs of Angels and blessed, in unison pour out their ' heart's love, : One nnfniling stream of sweet, soul-ravishing music All this saw and heard aud breathed the perfumes of Heaven; Bat not long tilt their hearts too full with the heavenly blisses, Melt, and they all break forth into one unanimous cho . rns. Shouting "Cod is one, and all three, we believe in the one God!" . - sudden, behold! the portals of Heaven fly and the ether is gulden Then, on a open, - "Moving liHrmonious sound with radiance. There is .Peier ajfitin.- He smiles like a father, saving, Have ym batUniigiu yourselves now. ye naughty chil- .di'ttiif bu come then!" EMMANUEL VITALI3 SCHEftB. Concord, Mass. . . Ill iscclla neons. ' . - Fox & Beaugrand, PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS 5 ESPECTFULLY tender their professiottHlaervices to the citizens of Lower bandosky and vicinity ; OrricK One door south of McCulloeh'a Drug store ' .LAQ. RAWSON, ' PHYSICIAN and scbgeox, ; JJ LOWER SANDUSKY OHIO. May 26, 1849. ; ' 14 lillincry and Dressmaking. ' ' MISS L. E. LENON, i:"M"TOULD inform the Ladies of. Lower Sandusky V V nd vicinity, that she is prepared to do work in the neatest manner and in the tasnion RESIDENCE, nearly opposite the Methodist Church May ab, '4. ... . I4:3m. PORTAGE COUNTY - Mntiial Fire Insurance Company. LOWER 8ANDU8KT, OHIO. Wanted at this Office, -a f CORDS good Hickory and Ash wood. To those ' IIP who have promised us Wood we Bay, we want it new. Freeman Office, L. Sandusky, May 26. Post-Office Hours. T I iHE regular Post-Office hours, until furtber notice, 1 - wilt be as follows: . From 7 to 13 A. M. and from 1 to 8 P. M. Sunday from 8 to 9 A. M. and from 4 to 5 P. M. ' W. M. STARK, P. M. . BEI.Ij &. SHEETS, Fhytticians autl Surgsoits, - LOWER SANDUSKY, OHIO. OFFICE Second Story of Knapp'a Building. July 7, 1849. 21 VTTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, IOWIE IIJDTSKT.'OHIO, WILL give his undivided attention to professional business in Sandusky and the adjoining counties. Lower Sandusky, Feb. 27, '49. - NEW ARRANGEMENT. DRS. SHEETS & BELL, HAVlNGentered into a partnershipin the Drui Store owned by Dr. Sheets, iu Tyler's Building, where they now offer a full assortment of , Drugs, Medicine Dye Stuffs, Oils, Paints, and a great variety of fancy articles, such as cologne, hair oil, indelible ink, pen-zuives, combs, brushes of all kinds, with a full assortment of - PATENT MEDICINES, for every disease that afflicts mankind: which we offer at very low psices for Cash, Beeswax Ginseng, Sassafras Bars from the root and Paper Rags. Low Prices, and - Ready Pay in somt thing, is oor motto forever. ' - SHEETS & BELL. Lower SandusEy July 14, 1849. 21 TOLEDO IiOI7fiE, LOWER SANDUSKY, OHIO. T- ESTER VANDERCOOK respectfully announces JL that he has taaen the above well known s and in Lower Sandusky, and has thoroughly refitted and furnish ed it with all the new furniture, carpels, &c &c, nec essary, ftndaow solicits the attention and patronage of hie friends and the public at large. . HIS TABLE. Wilt always be liberylly supplied with the best the mar ket affords, as he enjoys the best facilities for obtaining both eubstantials and luxuries, House , barns, end yards are spaetous and commodious, and he relies with certainty opon a very liberal share of public patronage, - . . , Lower Sandusky, April 14, '49! 13 0 t t r T) - The Knickerbocker. r or goofl numor pieasauvry, auu buciui iireBiae qoail ities, give us the Knickerbocker. All its pages ere col loquial. It holds you by the button until you hear all its jokes and good humor. The editorials, book-table, nnd chit-chat are the best in the country. We copy the fol iowiug from that popular magazine: Hcrr Smash. ,- Herr Smash, the pianist, made his deloo before a Bunkum audience last night. That there was such a being in all existence in any quarter of the globe was un-beknown to us until about a year ago, when a puff from the Manchester Cour ier was sent out tor publication all through the United'n States'n, declaring his great triumph in the town-hall of said place.: lhis kind of sharp ened curiosity, and we tirst heard the question ask ed, 'who was Herr Smash ? Also with reference to his laurels. (And speaking of laurels, we have a few cedar posts to be disposed ot cheap.) I hen came a small pamphlet, left at the doors of Bunk urn, headed in German characters, Herr Smash, and that he was now on his way, which investigat ed inquiry, to the highest pitch, but no Herr Smash yet Soon after his plenipotentiary agent appeared for the purpose of hiring rooms, and bespeaking him a sufficient benefit from our fellow citizens cordial ly responded to: after which, with a good head of steam, the Caledonia steamer brought up the mon ster to the wharf at Boston, last week, soon after which, the bills were printed at this office, and he last night appeared at his dehoo, which was enthu siastic to a degree. Ihe instrument was an extremely massive one, of the kind called grand, which, when the curtain drawed up, we perceived was secured to the floor by traverse timber from the lumberyard ot .board man and Brothers, also by a side-long piece of iron, hammered down with tenpeny nails (patent heads) and screws. Herr omash soon entered with a bust of unanimous applause. His appearance was exentrik. A bushy head like a bushel, and a smear of mustashes onto his upper hp, otherwise frock coat and sundries. He a!so carried a cambric hand kerchief perfumed with musk. We smalt it- He took his position, planting himself firm, while two upholsters tacked his coat tails with little brass studs, also secured bis body with ropes. His au dience were by this time at the highest point of the key-veeve, and time they was. He took ot his glovs, hurled his eyes all round the theayter, looking grim, held his wrists about three feet above the key board, letting the ends of his fingers hang down, his hair stood right up, and we knew that eminent jeyardy was a-coming. So held them for three minutes, while all the whole audience was nigh out of breath, and while he was so, down he came with his ten finger nails. After this he looked round with a smile, and the enthusiasm of the audience, unable irilC kiraiUCSh. Before this was nver lift lifted nn his fino-ers and Let us thank Heaven, too, that there are other JOWI1 ho came a.rain. insomuch that the brss nlate standitrdsof greatness besides vastness of territory ; 0f the piano waswrenched off, and one leg thrown and other forms of wealth besides mineral deposi-1 pretty much across the room. Unmindful of this, i nougn everj nui , i)e now began galloping with his fingers from end tes or agricultural exuberance. were a rotosi, though every valley, like that of the Nile; were rank with fatness, yet might a nation be poor in the most desperate sense ; benighted in the dat knes of barbarism, and judgement-stricken of Heaven for its sins. A state has local boundaries whigh it cannot rightfully trans cend; but the realm of intelligence, the sphere of charity, the moral domain in which the soul can expand and expatiate, are illimitable, vast and You can Take my Hat. ; BY UNCLE" OBT. "We were once coming over the railroad from Washington city to Baltimore, when we observed a peculiar sort of a man sitting hard by a tall, slim good-natured fellow, but one who somehow seem ed to bear the impress of a person who lived by his wits written upon his face. A friend who was with me answered my inquiry as to who be was, and at the same time asked me to keep between the object of my attention and himself, lest he should come over to our seat, as my companion said he knew him, but did not wish to recognize him there. 'That is Beau H , said he, 'a man that is universally known in Washington as one of the most accomplished fellows - in the city always ready to borrow of, or drink with you. He never has anv money, however, and I'm curious to know how he will get over the road without paying, for ne it ao it in some way.' 'Probably he has got a ticket borrowed the money to buy it with, or something of that sort, said I. - , 'Not he. Beau always travels free, and boards in the same way. He never pays money when wit or trick will pass current in its place,' said my inend conudently. .. . .. : . What a shocking bad hat he has got on,' said I, observing the dilapidated condition of his beaver. 'It's some trick of his doubtless, for the rest of his dress, you .observe, is quite genteeL' My friend went on to tell -me bow Beau had done his tailor out of a receipt in full for his last bill, and his landlady at his last boarding place. and also various other little specimens of his inge nuity and wit 'He owes me ten dollars, said my friend, 'but in attempting to collect of him one day, 1 11 be hanged if he didn't get ten more out of me so I think shall let the matter Test there for fear of doubling the sum once more. --' At this moment the conductor entered the op posite end of the cars to gather the tickets from the passengers, and give them checks in return.' Many of them, as is often the practice with travel ers who are frequently called upon on populous routes to show their tickets, had placed theirs in the bands of their hats, so that the conductor could see that they were all right, and not trouble them to take them from their pockets at each stopping place. As the conductor drew nearer, Beau thrust his head out of the car window, and semed absorb ed in contemplating the scenery on that side of the road. The conduetor spoke to him for his ticket there was no answer. Ticket sir,' said the conductor, tapping him light ly on the shoulder. liea.il sprang back into the car, knocking his bat into the road, and leaving it in a moment, nearly a mile behind. He looked first at the conductor, then out of the window after his hat, and in a seem ing fit of rage exclaimed. . , What the d 1 do you strike a " man in that way for ? Is that your business ? Is that what to end of the instrument, turning head over heels between a quaver and a semi-quaver, and all right again and on, before anybody would know that there was any time lost He first played Yankee Doodle, out of compliment, smothering it up with the blanket of ornament, and tucking it in, that when the poor Yaukee did peep out with its face we hadly knowed it . Says we to ourself, 'can this be Yankee Doodle come to town, Yankee Doodle boundless as the omnipresence of the Being that j Dandy ?' After this, however, unloosing his mus tciU bark irom the wharf of patriotism, he began to play the Battle of Prague, the Battle of the Nile, Battle of the Pyramids, Battle of Wagram, Battle ot Austerhtz, and Battle of Bunker Hill, all con created them. Worldly treasure is of o nature that rust may corrupter the moth destroy.or thieves steal ; but, even upon the earth, there are mental treasures which ar3 unapproachable by fraud, im pregnable to. voilence, and whose value does not certed into one grand junction cannonade, which perish, but is redoubled-with the using. A state, after the third volley ripped off his coat tails, tore then, is not necessarily fated to insigniliance, be- Hp the brass nails, and threw the lid of the piano cause iu, numuers are narrow, nor uooraeo. to clean across the room, while the sensation of the obscurity and powerlessness because its numbers are few. Atliens was small; yet, low as were her moral aims, she lighted up the whole earth as a lamp lights up a temple. Judea was small; but her prophets and her teachers were, and will continue to be, the guides of the world. The narrow strip of half-cultivated land, that lies between her eastern and western boundaries is not Massachusetts; but her noble and incorruptible men, her pure and exalted women, the children in all her schools, whose daily lessons are the pre ludes and rehearsels of the great duties of life and the prophecies of future eminence, these are the State. fHorace Mann. Wise Counsel. The Home Journal gives the following extract from an address of the venerable Dr. Nott, Presi dent of Union College, N. Y. 'I have been young, and am now old ; and in re view of the past, and the prospect of the future, I declare unto you beloved pupils, were it permitted me to live my life over again, I would by the help of God, from the very outset, I would favor vir tue; and lend my influence to advance whatever would exalt and adorn human nature, alleviate human misery, and contribute to render the world lived in, like the Heaven to which I aspire, the abode of innocence and felicity. Yes. thou-crh I were to exist no longer than the ephemera that port away their hour m the sunbeams ot the morning; even during that brief period I would rather soar with the eagle, and leave the record of my flight and my fall among the stars, than reep the earth and lick the dust with the reptile. and, having done so, bed my body with my me mory in the gutter." 1 he life of Dr. Wott has been a dailr illustration of the value of the sentiments he so handsomely expresses. He is now a patriarch of seventy six years and has presided over Union College . for for forty-hve years, preserving in his old age that fire of genious and kindliness of heart which have made him the idol of all who have even enjoyed his instruction. A Scotch minister, very homely in his address. chose for his text a passage in the Psalms: 'I said n my haste all men nre liars. 'Ay, premised his reverence, by way of introduction, 'ye said it in your haxte Dawvid, did ye ? Gin y6u had been here, e might lia said it at your leisure mon." audience was unmitigated in the extreme. Ladies waved their handkercheifs, and children at the breast bawled aloud, while some friends of ours were so foolish as to boohoo out of mere enthusi asm. We can only state the effect produced, as our musical critic has drawed up a scientific ac count We, the editor of the Flag Staff, stood our ground, screwd up our eye glass: blowedour nose with our pocket handkercher; run our fingers through our hair; sucked our cane; cast our eyes round unmolested ; smoothed down our hat, button ed our risbands; hitched up our pantaloons; ap plauded very slightly with our thumb nails ;thohugt over our next leader in our next i lag Staff, when just as we were doin' this, the Herr come to the finale, when just as you think it all done, horns, fidles, cymbals, gong, and kettle drum with a bang; bang; bang; bang; tiddle de tiddle de idle; bang, bang, bang, tiddle de dum de idle ; bang, bang. bang, bang, bang; then a slow measured bang; bang, BAiNOr; then at it again with a findle de idle de idle de crash ! crash ! smash ! and with that, legs, keys, iron, wire, sank down on the floor in one mass of heterogenus chaos, and Herr smash, with his hair on eend; his coat tails ripped off: his eyes flashing fire; his mustaches looking thunder; fists clenched ; meouth foaming, ran right off the stage. Dull, stupid people have an instinctive abhor rence of mimicry and wit The cause is obvious : they are afraid of being mode the butts of these pleasant qualities. Blockheads are exceedingly a- fraid of being quizzed, and cannot tolerate the slightest joke at their own expense. Powers' Greek Slave. We went to see this chefdoover in plaster, it hav ing been brought to Bunkum last week. We had understood it was an exposure, and we wished to be satisfied on our own eccount Figure then, reader, or let us figure for you, an adult she-statoo without any frock. We were at first dismayed and pained. We said to our warm-hearted friend, Mr. Thomas, 'Give us our hat. We wish to put our head in our hat' We subsequently came to a dif ferent state of feeling, having been a little preju diced at first, we confess, by learning the plaster it was made of was brought from Paris. Now, then, if you want to know what we think of it, reader, its the greatest piece of whittln in the world, and we don't see how he done it. No jack-knife could a cut a shaving or shingle slicker we doo think. It's so smooth and reond that it shines like a little lump of loaf sugar, the light seems to but up ag'in i it, and then back right eout. There was silence in the room like the Egyptln desart when the harp of Memon has got the floor. A deep, solemn whisper of 'Very fine i" was all which pervaded the ear, save every now and then could be heard the undertones of the exhibitor, who was turning the statoo abeout on a pivot, that the whole effect of the whittlin' might be perceived. 'Slower John; to the right to the left; that'll do, there now, hold on, and so forth,' which we wished he'd keep to himself, as he broke in on our reflections. One don't like to have the sacred ess of his reflections decomposed when the very light of heaven seem to steal in. the company hire you for?' 'I beg your pardon, sir, I only want your ticket,' replied the conductor, meekly.. 'Ticket ! O, yes, it's all very well for you to want my ticket, but I want my hat!' replied Beau brist ling up. 'Very sorry, sir, really. I barely desired to call your attention, and I took the only means in my power,' said the conductor. - . . 'You had better use a cane to attract a person's attention, and hit him over the head with it, if he happens to be looking the other way !' replied the indignant Beau. - ; 'Well, sir, I am ready to appologise to you again, if you wish. I have done so already once,' said the now disconcerted official. 'Yes, no doubt, but that don't restore my prop erty ; that's gone. 'Well, sir, I cannot talk any longer, I'll take your ticket if you please, said the conductor. 'ticket! havn t you just knocked it out the win dow, hat and all! Do you want to add insult to injury ?' ' - 'O, your ticket was in your hat-band ?' suggest ed the conductor. 'Suppose you stop the train and go back and see,' said the hatless Beau, with indignant scorn depicted on his face. 'Well sir, you shall pass over the road free, then,' replied the conductor, attempting to go on with his duty. 'The price of a ticket,' said Beau, is one dollar; my beaver cost me a V. Your good sense will at once show you there is a balance of $4 in my fa vor at any rate.' The conductor hesitated. Beau looked like a gentleman to one uot perfectly posted in the human face; he was well-dressed, and in his indignation appeared most honest. 'I'll see you after I have colleted the tickets,' re plied the conductor, passing on through the car. Beau sat in silent indignation, frowning at every body until the conductor returned, and came and sat down by his side. Beau then in an earnest under tone, that we could only overhear occasion ally, talked to the conductor 'like a father,' and we saw the crest-fallen man of tickets pay the hatless passenger four dollars. The trick was at once seen through by both my friend and myself, and the next day, over a bottle of wine at the Monument House, Beau told us he was hard up, hadn't a dollar, picked up an old hat at Gadsby s Hotel m Washington, clapped his cap in his pocket and resolved that the hat should car ry him to Baltimore and it did, with four dollars t tit o the bargain! i'lagot our Union. A Way-side Story about Honesty. One evening a poor man and his son, a little boy, sai uy me way-siue ueur uits gate o an Old town in Germanj'. The father took out a loaf of bread, which he had bought in the town, and broke it and gave half to his boy. 'Not so, father,' said the boy ; 'I shall not eat until after you. - You have been working hard all day, for small wages to support me ; and you must be hungry ; I shall wait till you are done.' 'You speak kindly, my son,' replied the pleased father; "your . love to me does me more good than my food; and those eyes of yours' re mind me of your dear mother who has left us, who told you to love me as you used to do; und in deed, my boy, you have been a greatlstrength and comfort to me ; but now that I have eaten the first morsel to please you, it is your turn now to eat', 'Thank you, father; but break this piece in two, and take you a little more, for you see the loaf is not large, and you require much more than 1-do.' 'I shall divide the loaf for you my boy ; but eat it, I shall not; I have abundance; and let us thank God for his great goodness in giving us food, and in giving us what is better still, cheerful and con tented hearts. He who gave us the living bread from heaven, to nourish our immortal souls, how shall he not give us all other food which is not nec essary o. support our mortal bodies?' The father and son thanked God, and then be gan to cut tile loaf in pieces, to begin their frugal meal. But as they cut one portion of the loaf, there fell out several large pieces of gold of great value. The little boy gave a shout of joy, and was spring ing forward to grasp the unexpected treasure, when he was pulled back by his father. 'My son, my son!' he cried, 'do not touch that money; it is not ours ? 'I know not as yet to whow it belongs ; but probably, itwas put there by the baker, through nr . ' - t i . some mistake, vve must inquire, ruin. out. father,' interrupted the boy, 'you are poor and nee dy, and you have bought" the loaf, and the baker may tell a Jie, and' ' . . '1 will not listen to you, my boy. I bought the loaf, but did not buy the gold in it ', If the baker sold it to me in ignorance, I shall not be so dishon est as to take advantage of him; remember Him who told us to do to others as we would have oth- do to us. The baker may possibly cheat us. I am poor, indeed, but that is no sin. If we share the poverty of Jesus, God's own Son, oh ! let us share, also, his goodness and his trust in God. ;We may never be rich, but we may always be honest We may die of starvation, but God's will be done, should we die in doing it! res, my boy, trust in God, and walk in his ways and you shall never be put to shame. Now, run to- the baker and bring him here ; and I shall watch the gold until he comes.' So the boy ran for the baker. 'Brother-workman said the old man, 'you have made some mistake, and almost lost your money ;' and he showed the baker the gold, and told him how it had been found. 'Is it thine ?' asked the father, 'if it is take it away. My father, baker, is very poor, and '." 'Silence, my child; and put me not to shame, by thy com plaints. i am glad we have saved this man from losing his money.' The baker had been gazing al ternately upon the honest father and his eager boy, and the gold which lay glittering on the green turf. Thou art, indeed, an honest fellow,' said the baker; 'and my neighbor David, the flax-dresser, spoke the truth when he said, thou wert the honestest man in our town.' -" .- ' 'Now I shall tell thee about the gold: A stran ger came to my shop three days ago, and gave me that loaf, and told me to sell it cheaply or give it away, to the honestest poor man 1 knew in the city. i torn uavia to sena tnee to me, as a ciistomer.'inis morning; as thou knowest for the last pence in thy purse; and the loat with all its treasure and, sertes, it is not small ! it is thine, and God grant thee a blessing with it !' The poor father bent his head to the ground, while the tears fell from his eyes. His boy ran and put his hand about his neck, and said, 'I shall always, like you, my father, trust (iod, and do what is right; for 1 am sure it wil nev er put us to shame.' Edinburgh Chn. Mag: Remains of WhitefieM.' i'i-m f? I "Did not Think." The Portsmouth Journal says that two boys went into a store in that town, and looked at some knives; when they left, a knife was missing. Ihe thoughtless boy had some salu tary reflection before the next morning as is shown by the fact that the ktiite was thrown into the store by a boy who passed so rapidly that he could not be recognised.- "With the knife was a billet which ran thus: 'Mr. Abbey, I did not think a moment last night, when I took this knife from your store. Please forgive me. 'Your father would not have punished' you, my child, if you had not used profane language and swore.' 'Well father swears.' 'I know he has been in the habit of it, but he leaves off now.' 'It's a pity he hadn't done it before ha taught Bill and me to swear, and then we should have been saved many darn'd lickens. Mistakes of the Rich. The Egyptian King who, swollen with granduer, orderer a colossal staircase built to his new palace, discovered to his chagrin when it was completed. that it required a ladder to get from one step to the other. He had forgotten that a King s legs, after all were as short as a beggar's. Aggrandize as we may, the limits of our senses check us mis erably at every moment . And you call yourself proprietor ! Houses and pictures outlive you, and after taking your will of them for a short time, you are carried out of your own coor, leet foi-most never again to enter it "Proprietors" you were, perhaps, of farms and castles, and mountains; but now you own nothing but a hole in the ground six feet by two! The artist who visits your gallery while you live and own it, enjoys it more than you. You are rich enongh to dine twenty-four times a dav, but you must eat sparingly even once. Yotir cellar is full of exquisite wine, but you can only drink one bottle yfturself : and to help you use your store, you are obliged to call around your friends rela tives, parasites a little world who, instead ot being grateful, are likely to make you a return in envy.' You have thirty horses in your stable ; you can mount but one ride after but two or four. To be rich one should have . stomachs in pro portion to the number of dinners he could afford, senses excluded according to stock in bank,' sex stuple vigor and sensibility to concentrate and re turn all the love he could propitiate with gifts. j At the close ot bis lite, the richest man has hardly spent more upon his own employment than the poor man. He has eaten twice a day, slept in a bed alone or with one wife ; and the poor man can do as much, and he, the proprietor, scarcely more. Rothschild is forced to content himself with the same sky as the poor news-paper Writer, and the great banker cannot order a private sunset nor add one ray to the magnificence of the night The same air swells all lungs the same kind of blood fills all veina Each one posses ses, really, only his own tho'ts and his own senses. .Soul and body these are all the property which a man completely owns, Home Journal. tvev. jonatnan meanr writes to the .New burypbrt , Herald,J that if has' been' well knowt "that one of the principle ' bones T of AVhitefield's arms has been missing frorn among the remain, of that eminent saint," deposited in .the yault Under1 - the pulpit of the First Presbyterian Church Jn this town." : The bone was in possession of a person la, London. Mr. Stearn states furtber that he recently. received a package, containig . the stolen 'relic. :u iir. c. i . . . 1 ivu jui. ubcuiu o iciiiarKs tnereupon. ; , ' ' " ' fBoston" Courier. " "Some years ago a brother elerevmati was' 're quested to obtain an original letter of the dear ahdf honored Whitefield for me which he; "thought be could easily do. " He failed however, in the attempt but to my great surprise and mortification; sent me what he called a precious relic of the holy' man of God, one of his bones! and precious it. n but it was of too" sacred a natue to ." expose to the public eye, and I. have preserved it hoping to re store it to its proper place with my own hands. ; This I must now entrust to you; and I shall . be; happy to learn from you that it has been done. "; The trust thus committed to me, 'I ant happy to say, has been discharged. The venerable relio was conveyed to the yault where its kindred re mains lie,! and in the preserfce of the session .of the church and the parish committee, restored to, its place yesterday, "earth to earth, ashes. fa ashes, dust to dust v- As it seems not proper that names should be mentioned in this matter; I would only . beg' Ieave to add, that the gentlemen by whom the restoration has been made, U known by reputation to ' me and others in this community, and the. worth of liis character is a sufficient guarantee that the trap ab action is genuine, and the motives which have Jo huence his course honorable and sincere; ' . ; JONATHAN F. STEARNS5 t ' ' NawBtrnTPORf, Sept 28, 1849. ' " ' 1 J .-. f ..- u -J ..-i .. ,-, ' n" V, -.. .; ru:,?wr:v- J-S Usttttorbd Eloquence. A Catawba, warrior in 1842, named. Peter Harris, made knows his wants to the Legislature of South Carolina in th following language: - :?;-'r-; ; ? ''r .ilJ's-e I am one of the lingering survivors of an almost extinguished race. Our graves will soon be our on ly habitations.; I am one of the. few atalks that still remain in the field where the tempest of the revolution passed. I have fought against the Brit' ish for your sake. The British Lave disappeared and you are free; yet from me have the British tak' en nothing, nor have I gained anything by their defeat : I pursued the deer for subsistence tha deer are disappearing, I must starve.; . God ordain ed me for the forest, and my ambition is the shade But the strength of , my arm decays and toy feet : fails me in the chase. The hand that fought for your liberties is now open for your relief, r In my youth I bled in battle that you might be independ ent let not my heart in old age bleed lor want Oi your commiseration," ;, h r ; ,;j .-v."Lc5; Here is a fair hit at the style of 'Lady Alice. 'M, mistakes us. What we meant by "uphold stery description,' is not the "painting of a true ari tist,' but the elaborate putting down of 'every thing there happens to be in the bouse as Marry at Said of a certain dish known to the French cuisine. Here is a specimen of this kind, of painting, which is just the thing in a Yankee kitchen, but in a par' lor finished in the renaissanet style Would probably be deemed a little over-done, except by the admir ers of the author of 'Alice, or the Second Una:- . . 'Zekiel crept up, unbeknown, .';, u . t And peeked in through the winder - l.v- l -. And there sot Huldy, all alone, '.,'. . . ' . With no one by to binder. . L; Ag'in the chimbley crook necks hung, ; ' And in amongst 'em, rusted, ' ';""-. '' The old queen's-arm that gran 'ther Young ' " " ' Fetched back from Concord, bu'sted.--' This is natural and vigorous, and worth all th diluted upholstery that James, or our small copyist of small novels, ever drew.". " T."; C A ,Tt Interesting. r-The last Yankee notion is elastic doll-heads, make of canvas and painted in oil colors that will bear any amount of bities and falls, and soap and water to cleanse their faces without detri ment to their beauty, while in finish they are fully equal to the wax. Will not the ninete'eenth - cen tury be big in the history of the world t ; ? - r .5 . ., Springfield jttep.. , . a ... Franklin is reported to have saidV in answef to a question put to him on the discovery of "aerosta tion," or baloon assents, "What's its use,?" . Of what use is"the new born infant? ! "' ' ', Good nature like a bee, collects honey from every herb. I'll nature, like a spider, sucks poison from the sweetest flower. . - : - , ; ... A law student, who is preparing for his examine ation, has discovered that the only way to avoid being hauled over the coals is to stick to Coxa.-' 'Were you wounded in the wars ? asked a man. of a little drummer. 'Oh yes, badly," replied he. "In what pan was you shot ? "Oh, sir, I was shot in the drum. ' . " '. ' Thomas Jefferson remarked, that he never heard any mau complain, that he had eaten too little, whilst he had otten heard them say that they had eaten too mwfi. I can't take pleasure in you when you get in on of your snappish ways,' as the rtt said to the trap. 'Which is the next coach ?' asked a person of A boy of the old country. Och," repleid be, 'UV una just gone. . ." : ; -r--;.i The following question would furnish a good subject for a Debating Society: Which .is tha most dangerous to a community, an ignorant Phy sician, an illiterate-Schoolmaster,'' or a : knavish Lawyer? : - - The Jews abstan from trading during sixty-six days of the years as follows, vis : Fifty-two Sat urdays; two days NewYear; four days Passover one day Black Fast; two days Pentecost; four days, Tabernacle; one day, White Fast ' - Gravity of manners is thought by some to be a mark of wisdom yet the gravest beast is an ' ou the gravest bird is an owl, the gravest fish is an oyster and the gravest tmn is usually afbol.