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** , -‘\' T 'Si '.-Si Mt.'S—c s*Z -'- ’.C? *♦£ ?’-.’ -Vfi/ ■';■ •£< *-.T'-i ‘ 'if'l. '.xk,- lb ik 1 MIS TELLAXEOUS. -a- -Xf ' -I- -I? -!• ”.k >!■■ -* '■' & '-!< ••'•'■ $ % >IGX >!< ns >'.< ( RECOLLLECTIONS OF AN OLD; hat. By Roley McPherson, Esq. j "I had a Hat—it teas noT all a Hat. [ or nil the minor evils and "disagremcn*” ; to wiiicli n sensitive miiui is subject, there is 1 none, perhaps, more annoying than the con-! viction tii.it arises from the fact ol appearing in society under a mean or uulasionable garb —ihis it is true, is a petty feeling, : in<J..oi)e to which tin! mind cY-genius should rise superior —vet it is nevertheless true that the most gilt* ed individuals, unless influenced by a spirit ol accent; iu;y, have been the most anxious to •- 11 . »% »• J , ~ guard against any imputation ol meatiness tn , their outward dress and apparel. For my own I p.m, although not a genius, 1 must admit, that: a desire to be well dressed, lias >lways been a I ptevailhig trait in my disposition—arid I fl ittei m >s; if, that except diving that unfortunate pe riod of mv Ide to which 1 am about to allude— -1 have never appeared on the pave or in the saloon, without being attned in the lull fas.i ion ol a genileinan. It is now some five or six years since, tiiat w Iking down Broadway, on a fine summoi’s al'< i noun, observing the last new modes that the swarms cl ladies displayed, and ende ivot ing in my own mind to ex-cogi:ate some pi nt-, siblo reason cither of uuliiv or beauty tiiat in duced the fashion of sleeves “en-gigot,”.and other enormitirs that ever and anon flitted past •me —n>v atten'icn was arrested by the appear- , anceofa very select company of “gentlemen’s 1 •■ beavers” of an emir: ly new cut, that were ve- ry showliy ananged in a shop window; and re- ; ni inhaling at the same time, that I was pos sussed of an extra “Ten” th it / did not exactly know wiiat to do wi 11, an uncertainty ot mind ' not common with me, I thought ! could not • better appropriate the same than in the pur chase of one of these fashionable articles, I accordingly stepped into the shop, after fining j mvself to mv mind, and becoming ihoi rugnly Convinced bj the eluqm-uee n f the shop keepter, that my personal appear;.nee was wonderfully impioved by this addition, 71 rid toy rednnd mt X upon the counter and sallied fotth. There is something very gratifying to the man of T'mi, in the sensation with which, for the fest time, he displays a new f>shionablo, well fitted gar ment. lie looks around him with a certain feeding of superiority upon the crowd. There is a “noli mo tungere” in his air, and an easy jnonchalence iti his manner, that bespeak the man tolerably well satisfied with his own ap pearance, and rather dubious!v satisfied widi the appearance of every body else. /t vas m somewhat such a mood of mind that Z displayed my ntw hat. Somebody has said, very truly, tbi’ a perfect gentleman never appears to know that he is dressed—indeedgZ think this a prominent distinguishing tr fit, that divides the well bred man of taste from the assuming tyro —bur, to say that a geivlentan docs not actual -2;/ know, and feel too, when he is dressed, is counter to the fact, and altogether derogatoiy io common sense. / hid not w alked far, oh! luckless moment! / was accos:< <1 by Bob it u ller, an old acquaintance, a min well known on the ratp? course, and. whose propensity f< r betting was so excessive th H he seldom or ever, met an icquaintance without indulging it, m> matter how trivial or insignificant the suebjet t —if there existed a difference ofoppiniou up- | on it—that was enough fm Bob, ami what is most remarkable of all, he was generally willing ! to bet on either side—unless, in some instance, , wheie the odds were terribly agains’, him.— Now, if there is anv thing in this world that I most cor liai'y despise, more especially since . this unlucky meeting, it is the character of a < systematic better.— A mail who will wager you j fifty doll ns that lie will draw •-. prize in the next lottery, or fifty dollars that he will not—such am in was Bob Ra'tler. “Ah, iMac,” said .ie '‘how do, fine day, general tin n out—by the by I did not see you at the races the other day.” ‘No I was not at the races, I hate races.” ‘-liatf: ■ races, astonishing fine sport, I assm'H you, m e than five atiHion of people on the course. To i uhic t expiessed my surpj ise bv rcitei atiiig the ‘ rminber-—“|> ivr nr I o;? you speak at random” “No I don’t” s .aj Bob “I speak in certainly.” •—"Surely,” I replied, “you did not count them.”—“!) d not count them,” repealed the, V'.'il 'tit Bob; —"What will you lie?” Not a Grilling, what the use of belling oe such a ri diculous .subject*” 1 answered —lime Bob got in a passtoil. “M -. McPherson,” said he, ! wlit'ii 1 bear a man make an assertion with- > ■oat being willing afterwards to support it bv a Wager, 1 look upon that m n as h iving more inspect for ins purse than for his honor.” II id tins bravado cone? from any other prison I should have looked upon it as an insult lm; considering the man who uttered ii, I was a boat turning away with a contemptuous iish in! •—my arm was arrested m the act, and the sud denly pacified Bub ex !.limed, no otf-n--. I aope—m>n<! meant pou bonoi preiiv hat of yonts—made a puichase myself'his mm niug lim.v l.> yon like it.,, 1 (deviled my o;b- of v.sion, be n ■ somewh it short in stature, and be ll <-Id tor t hi’ tii st lime, the cranium ot my f'i iend crowned with a very lespectable erdin irv hat. The bat was well enough in its w v. bn’ eein< r of a veiy common d> set iptioti fine p ( > so. t of comparison with lIIN fine nt t'et i d end exquisite fn.ish of mine. 1 his !e,l to a wmd or ;«•<, of the beati'v and durability of hats in tjeneral siini Beater hats in put icidar. “Econmnv is rev motto,” said Boh. “and I fancy a four dol lar hat will wear as l<m" as l eaver.”—“l fancv nor,” said 1. “What will you ' et,” exclaimed the ptiaimcious Bob—“what will you bet that I tin not v,. ar mv hat as lonj as you wea- yours.'” Ki'bwinu the character of the tam, i should have avoided him at this moment L.st my evil pa ais u is upon me, and I listened while the excited w aeerrr repeated li s qm'siioi * mil add ed, “i || in*: fiv hmi lied | \<m d.ir<* that I W| «r mv hit till' Ini. _’esi.” Oil why <!id not the • rums ut my ears i ncome pat cltmcnl be! tte 1 listened to this devclisb pi op.''" 1 - > , five hun.hed will a thousand.doll ns iep ‘> ike I'.- my r.lloy-1 lU‘ O'l"’" 1 ’ 2' i certain < f winning the bet, foolish as it ''-'s. ! knew Bob io be a careless fellow m Ins | or thought 1 knew he conk i i.-.t dupe months, and I was sine I < ouhi t.c. i | ! ,jfine six and be decent—in short, 1 > "v the devil, ibelive, to accept the bet We ( j sapped into a ".t tlm ; foment a curse fell upon mu Xd-B b ' i .emove. The first tince monH s |>.> s d , bob wore his hat comintially, and s.tiii.;, », \ . , i .... 1 had some doubss i whether it was the s»a- , , hi.n an honorable fi lloW m atlai.s ol ims kind Vl could not question it-ay own heaver had •I suffered little or i.othing-the extreme care l i ~v.;h which it was inndled—dm scrupulous at >l t en.um 1 paid to the act of mounimg and dts- inoLl n U ng it-ihe placing it always tn some re- I tired Si u.r.io i, far fi«»n passing elbows, or • m - •ssem T e:s. contributed much to iis ; caieiusb p.issiui.,vj - I preservation; no: a b. ush did 1 suffer to slide over it more th m once or twice dm mg this pe r od, and in passing a crowd, I always protect ed my hat at the expence of my elbows; but ■how >ov care! s opponent in the wager had I con.rived to wear his hat lor three long months, I I could not divine. Six months passed, and | ' still Bob’s infernal roram kept up its appear- I .nice, while mine boag ui sensibly to s ;. 14 minks of decay; there was an evident abst-nc. ' of tin- on the edge of the crown, (hat wis huh alarming—the extremity ofthe";;r7(Z tmtrqu c " had caught a sickly yellowish tinge, that pov. ■ lively indicated a/lecline —the gloss had entire Ily v lUtslied, and a dull, dead looking black . i mained. It rained heavily one night as I w i returning from lite theatre—l had no umbrel la, no back was near, and not one showed itself! I a signal of shelter, and my liat stiff red. It is i ’ true I took it off, and covered it as well as 1 could v’iih my cloak, choosing rather towel! my head than my hat; but still it suffered a long | ! hour of dressing and b) using; the next day did not resime its primitive beamy; the glory] tiioieof had departed and it was w i h feelings of. I the,most heartfelt sorrow, that I w..s forced to ■ the c nv ciion, that this hit of my love—this! “galerus febiiuus” of my affection received its| death blow. A sme ami tapid decline was the I Coirs; quence. Never did a inutln r watch with l m H’t linens;! interest over the <oadu d decay of! her fitst born, than I did over the dying bean- 1 I ties ol my fiat. Another six moots passed, md J i oh! what a chan e came o’er fashion as ;ny \h d. It was ad< 11 d;y in June, j Us . i ; twelve months from the day ot its purchase, • ■ dial I sa; down dejected and dishe..rteuerl i O j muse ever t’le faded glories of my fallen beaver. ! Alas, what a conirast to its former benuiy pre- ! > seined i self in the dingy, shapeless tiling that ; i lay befo e me. Ttte fwr, ;h« 'i/iimtis, the soul I had long ago vanished to th■: worid whero mo- ■ mentarv ages are no mme, mJ m thing now re- ' mained but the dull black body, the soulless inanimate corpse. The bum had grown weak i and sadly debilitated —the smart cuil dial it; i once possessed, had vanished with the strength Idi n Siippuced it, and f’ om it now hung down, | j dead, II .Iha and shapeless. The crown, alas ! the crown! bad lost ail title to respect a ceriain i I r.skts.'i bl.ick guard nr it !; id acquired—several! j dents too we-e in s»d kcepittg widi its goneraL appeal .mce, ami .s i g zed upon ii, Iw is too ' sensibiy reminded of same worn out debauchee, I whose face mm fie;.', dented and scarified ivith ; ! ..he bruises of some drunken revel m the dis I gust of evei y sober minded Christian. Bui , ; this was not -Hl—the forlorn appearance of mv ! hat, had I not worn it, had 1 not actually be j. come id( nttfied with it.— I could have borne—l i might win tiie wager yei; my opponents -main : ; had suffered- -sufiered much---and I had I 'su >ng hopes that lie sickened and tired out I wiih th ? contest, would give i: up; but ’he pv ' I I was Hiat my hat ..nd myself fiad become as n j i were one piece. Already was I known by tin ! name of ‘‘the man with me hai;” already bad the most of f.K-.hie;iablo I. lends given me the ! “dead cut.” if i met an obi face in the street, my bat w .s seal no i mast coniempiumisly, <;nd i , tlie wearear likewise; and if I received < nod I it was g.vcii w.’ii a <lom-recco!'tet sort oi an nr ! jihat was uue. ly unendurable. Li vaia i en-j ' de.ivoii d to laugh out the thing among those | Irieifiis th it snil remained, telling them my ob i ct was ’<) war the bet; but mv laugh was too ; jhasily to pss It's north. “There was a spec.':al irnrror i.i .!;at smile.” Ij v do, I dress ed more titan evei—my ha! suH'cied lue nitne , ; front he cori;:as ; b.n if the ietrosppetiun was' so lull ot m;s”:y ■(< marspect before me w.:S j ! sill tm;n> t< t hie. Il 1 •.!i:(?w 'iW iy the hat now : i 1 lost iuc Hand J i).<liars, and gained a [oati , of yc -iiion in 'he bargain, ii 1 c ntinued m ■ we.ir it I mus expect evils of s ill greater mag nitude than any 1 ii.nl ym exet'i i( i.ceh" the ii,.: wmi.d contmu • io <iecay, and eaeh reyolv ug sun would shine upon its fuilmn aspect, mv ft ' nds would all cut m , ■ . ! > should be 1» f ' a mark lor “semn m point i s slow mjmovmg! fili'.’ei at;” iU ii< ul<-d ,;n| (.tspisvd. The thought maddened me. I), t t.ijed mo on, and! 1 ' ' 11 '' ; ' f tieua unn ii to ; we.u the cur-t'd o'-j-.t, /■; I:ie (,„■ lV ts O| . j '“"■I its last slued the ground be-! ’<“* in<; rash mcon-deta e d< tormina,i ot '.ll 'Y'S iis passed since 1 made it. but the re-, co..ecHon ot yscou-equencesisastheremem •nanec ol a ibmg yesietday. WiJ, ( h e eMm ! setik-d feeling ot r> solmo d.. c „ r 1 ■ >on,.e uespair, I smzej tlm iH.Jess ueavm-.and fitting H upon mv feverish t '“‘’'G J rushed m; o the streets, hard, knowing , what 1 d)d. My steps almost nechanoica.i; . Ht 'O'.gings id the author of my evil j • I "4s ushered up s ia iiS; se: , ?l , d in ;i UM:r, smoking his sugar, and anparemly as an.! as wed satisfied wif |. | : i,„«q f;is (.rand I nrk; I beheld the invincible B .1, 1 se.zeda char, not :<> -ir down, but :o |,,’ owner I nml.l h IV e WMS / ; r.7 A "J' -’,; mi l| du not know why | | r | : , 0 .. ~ ; uc “ S l ’ , ' < Mht perhaps sm I |,i m , ,’ n j ’>l"' cinir. “Sh doun, sit <• !W n HW, M c, sit down,” cried the self 6!uisf|< ,- 80... I sat down. “ Allow me,” said he tiiiso your hat, don’t for hcaveu’s sake nut '• on the boor, it i? go} suded permit me to put : I it upoll i his t.ioie; a be.-tuiilul hi tide, ’pon lion- ' I or. ’ I nis was too much. I rose from mv 1 ; seat, an I widi lite firiy ol a liger sprun’ 1 upon ' i , the instilling scoundrel. I seized him by the i collai; but befuie tini.-wing him out of ilitfwiu- ; I dow as 1 intended, 1 made out, frothing with] | rage, to ask “Wnal .in the devil’s mime he 1 .meant by insulting me in this manno, !„• —! i “Now, Mac, said Bob, ‘ ptay don’t gm in a passion. “No,” said I, "1 am not in passion 1 -—1 am perfectly cool- —it is my intention, [Sir, to dash jour brains out on the pavtnwiit---t but 1 shall do it cdtnly and coolly, and without! , the least ptssion—-1 never was more perfectly I c.ihtma my life.” “1 wi || h( . t V(PI (illv do! .| Jars, said he, “you are not cairn.”--Whelher j it was a fit o| horror tiiat came over me al i mention of another bet, or whether I was i smothered with excessive rage, i know no'; but 1 di opped my hold, and feell senseless on iie chair. When / iecovered myst ls, / found my pugnacious friend very coolly making a skcich of my hat as it stood drooping and for lorn upon the table ? Not a smile not tiie leas: appearance of mini), was on his countenance ; i but with a sober, serious, apparently deeply in j teresied air, he pursued his task. 1 arose from 1 my seat, and thereby seemed to interrupt him. j j u.op one moment,” said he, don’t go yet that one 11 >p of (he brim—allow' me to catch I ih.»t . Ab, 1 have it. 1 look my hat. Sir, said 1, will you please to (ell me how long you mteud to con mue this—how lot g you mean to 'cat your hh I “Why, till 1 win the bet, to '■ s me ; you surely do noi intend to lay by that u'.iful article of jours, 1 hope.” Now,’ Now , it were pohie to swear in a newspaper, 1 oul I (ell you the expression 1 uttered. 1 •shed into (he s.icut-called .1 hick and m-- U <1 11. ILK clliu veil at home in a state of mind, which I can xp.ess no better than by using the convenient ■ sentence, “easies fell than described.” I .hr. \v ' 1S^ S ] b u P°ti a sofa, and thrust the cursed cause <t.l my misery under it. Wearied and ex ! musted in mind and body by the scene 1 bad i g»ne through ; worn out by the wear an i tear j oi conflicting thoughts, and utterly sick to death | with tne horrid an icip.i ions that flitted like ' ghostly spectres continually b< fine me, I sunk into a soi t ot stupefaction ; sleep it wis n<>t — i V isions of old hats in every state of dec iv, rose ' up m aw lid array before ore, ghosts of depot - ' ledrm a ms, perched on bloody doath-he.fi.' j nodded a they passed me; beavers, b imiess' ! and terribly dele nr d, fl; led in lie i ; m.i , ! Iho shades of every si-iee t!m d-’c. nt '■ jneir fi.st invention, se ■ ?.. .1 c Jl : lied iu o’ on.- ; Im.Hi-onie, . ibj, ; ... ie, 'u mock me. 2J <. own i coiisumpHvc u .ct was <on-pi< uous in tin : ; miest ; it wis pci "iit'd on he lu ad of ashu t, ! i-i ni. gCU It-i.l itliy-lo ki;:g gho-i, th. l ' put m< ,ii i.'iiulj ;n innid <d my own corpse. Such ; diotigin I, shall Ibe rvlien I .in dead But Hi • 1 iUie,y the hat will not follow me into th ■ j '•■gam ofspiiits. Ai this msiaat an unearthly 1 looking animal of most s-vnge infeinal appe n"- ince, bounced, medmught, into the midst of (lie . collection ; me ghosts scaiieri'd and the frits i s, t *nf d deadly pale wnii afi’igiit and horror. 1 lesendy tiiey slunk away iito the earth, and this dreadful beast made a terrible plunge at mv , counterpart ; he (l ined a: him ; but in the sud den spring his hat tell off, the w'dftsli spectre seized it m his tong tiger teeth, and uttering a i dreadful liowl 4 i was started, and awoke. The! i first obj ct tiiat met my sight was Towser, a Urge Newfoundland dog, ape of my own; with my nnloriiniate hai between his teeth ! 0;i, lionibie sight; a large piece of the brim was gone ; the monster had gn iwed it into at oms; and in another instant a perfect annihii i tiuo of the ctown would have been consunrHed. I seized a mighty pair of longues that stood in ! the fire place, and sent it armed with death; point blank, at the wretch.; he dodge‘l the i bl'.w, and ifie tongues demolish'd ;i mirror, | tbit stood just where it ought nut to stand. My ' ii laiiant id nat was saved ; ihe cr.iwn was there j and <i puce ol the brim ; Hie other pit ccs, “non is u.veua s!” f sl'd! at'eaiH no b-s- >i on il my feelings; Hi. div mt! ib- o y I kem j my room ; the serious imitspos.tiim of w.y !; ,t I was be cause. 1 sent fm a , o er, H" c :m•». ; 1 sked In.ii d lii.. bling coolii fie meed.' I ! ’1 simok his head. ‘ N ,” <•• •! b*!io thing . : ti ■ I c a! wi hth •' .•i'Hc!-.-. No ncvei, ! I X'l 'i'lli’ll ;11 V’:.| I.' !' ill’ Said il l f’ O U ! [ I .'lse . o uni oi |»i ide, 1 siuuuk back from my ; duty ? i: tiie fe.-'.'igs t.f <.;ie inmijt'd ;n ivali;- i ■ Is, abotti 'o iakr pMcfi o! ‘ln in, I .r the fir-.', ; m ..dos. (if mi-dll t-.'r.l! li <)f !: O) >5 O an- 1 semis admix! <( s, coni I lie su’d niateH, or s ! i we;c, sfi’/cd d.oi'it >;;.o oil'.' Imiihmm.’ si ,- x miii 1 I ! disgtis', uiey rriigli' c. ip ey s.-.m ■ i.'e • of :h. t !• ’.■lings w; i wkl <:g tin mum c.! ,!’■ skel- i eion of ali t. 1 rirsm d through by Imi s mid crooked alleys io il.e Hoboken fi-t i ' -boat, ! liimkitig that a lit’le cool .fir tn■ ght revive me. 1 pepped i’t o he boat ; she p ifidlc.l into tiie ; middie of tin ■ iver ; ilie wind was high; and i oil, horror of horrms! io close this “sad event ! htl hiiiiorv,” my imt was blown ufi’—l saw it ■ wiiiil thfou'gh lie aii ; 1 saw it fd) upon ihe water; for a moment it was buoyed upon tiie : bosom of’n e w:vi s, as takm/ i - I ;sl larewell of inis fail woild ; a menu at it hung I.kc a spir- i bi’tweea (iii'.' md eiermiy—- “JJirt long it could not be. Until its hollow ( town, heavy v ;th drink, Puiied the. poor lint from its receding wave, To muddy death Astor t lie bet ; but let that piss; I p;id it. Prom a lute i'rinc , > Pancr. LONDON AN DT A RISIA N F \SIII ONS I Sleeves are decidedly inrieis jig m width a! 'he | >W'’r part of the ai 1) : in pl in dres«, they are confined at the wrixt b\ a butioned '.uff, and in full dress, bv gatherings and bows ot ribbon. Pointed waists are net y> t introduced in n- g ligee. tjut at<! invari :bly adop'exl in fell d,e>s. The fuilowiiig is a desci union of some of he m.ut mlmiied loth 'hs that have recently •ppeured, .A. iobe of puce coloured India cnsliiuinr n , em telv ; ’..in. f r s •'■ H’' '• 'craisee, confidi c ci: sli'i'do uy in m bl brooch. Ihe blonde sNlvus s' '. .me latli e shoulder by deep pointed Miczxmtcrtt.'.s, and confined in fjllness <H the wi isi by two bracelets, placed at a little distance, the one from the other. A mantilla semi of blonde,’and a gold chain stud ded wi’h emeralds, complete this unique pa ritre. A dress of the same colour as the above, hut ofiiddfeient material, almost rivaled in beauty . the riclt production oi the Indian loom, it ; was composed of puce Barege muslin, lined; throughout with gross-de-Naples ol the same color. Tiie sofiness oi the long folds, thus ! supported, had a most < iegaut ; fleet — I lie body ' was in ide iu points, both before and behind, >. ! and tii<? sleeves were surmounted by pointed mint: herons. ihe brooch confining the plaits ■ ou '.ln.’ shoulder, consisted of a cameo, enchased l in a gold pluq ie. The bracelets were bands of : | plain gold, wiiii cameo clasps. A puce colored ; cord and tassels round the waist. A late sea:;, [ and white satin shoes. A robe of green satin; the pointed corsage surmounted by a drapery of tulle., fastened it) ihe middle of the bosom; and on each shoulder, f j by a large pearl brooch set round widi rubies. • ■ The girdle worn with the dress was perfectly ■ unique, and defied imitation. Lt consisted of ! > 1 a plaiting of strings of seed pearls, fastened in I : the front of th.i waist, by a buckle correspond- i ing witli the brooches. Coijf arcs chcviux, <\te at present character- ! ized by extreme simplicity. The ornametiis ' consist of bouquets, wreaths or a very sparine display of jewellery. Bouquets worn in the bosim or carried in the ; ! hand, are indispensable al bails. A Chinese j fan is also consideied a distinguishing type of fashion. i From the Neto- York Daily Advertiser. ■ TIIE FLAT HEAD INDIANS. j An adventurer, a white man, some time ago ; ; penetiattd into (he borders of the tribe of Ln- ; . Uiaus living beyond the Rocky Mountains, cal ! led I’lai Heads; and being pieseut at one ol j ! their iciig ous ceremonies, told them they were ; itnertor; nat the while people away towards! 1 the riS’tig sun had a book of diiections prescri- . biiig Hi' method of worshipping tiie Great Spir- J I it, ::;d then gave them in general tiie Bible ! j an»ry. T’ltey called a national council iminedi- i ! a.eiy , an > regarding the worship of the Great Smritas Hieit first ate! most important duly, de ' , tiled fimr of their chiefs to proceed to see their ! great father, Gen. Clink, Louis and Clarke fra tuised these regions, at Si. Louis, to inquire ; ■- iio me luili of tins s ory. General Clarke ! I tr Ltidiaii Agent at Si. Louis, received them i Aiii.tiy confit med tiie report, and g ive them a tail msiory of the creation, and progress of mm . iiown io die adrenl of the Savior, &ex')!ained i 'o them ihe Cbiistian Religion; tor a knowl i . dge ot which Hiey had travelled 3000 miles. I vVe regret to say twool the number died at St. Louis hi consequence, as is supposed of their ct)mge of diet. 'The other two have set out for their native land. Tilt! story which we have thus abridged, is communicated bv letter io : George P D.ssosw.iy, esq. of New-York, from 1 wnose communication we take the following ac count of the ti ibe ; “The singular custom of flattening the head ' prevails amongst all the Indian nations west of [the Rocky Mountains. An essential point of [ b.-auty witli those savayca is all it head. Ltn , mediately alter the birth ol tiie child, the moth er, anxious to procure Hie recommend ition of, . a broad forehead tor ihe infant, places it tn a . compressing machine. This is a cradle formed ; like a trough, with one end where the head re- i ! poses more elevated than the other. A pad i ding is then pl,iced upon the forehead which 1 presses against the head by cords passing through ; holes on each side of the cradle. 'I lie child is | Kepi in (his manner upwards of a year, and ihe [ operation is so gradu d as to be attended with j scarcely any pain. During this period of com piessnm the infant p;esenlsa frightful appear-, anee, hide keen blat k eyes being forced out [ to .m uniiatijral degree by the pressure of the ■ Ij iid .gas —Wiieii released from ibis process ihe head i?. (1 iiiened and exceeds more than one or iwoimie.s io .iiickness, The “hum in face idi -’itiu” is itins -aci ifi-cd to fantastic ideas of i [ s ivage be hi y. Ii y dlege as an apology for ; his ctis om Hi i iii ir si iv >s have round heads, i i hi 1 tiiat the child.’: u of a brave and free race I . no. suffer Siu. h deg!edation. i Tins delo; nmy ho wev., ol the Flit Head , iii’ji ’’.is is lede-’ined by numerous good qualities, i i i lit v have fewer vices than any "1 the tribes in i j .nose legions. Tiiey arc honest, brave and i t p iccable. The women become exemplary ! ; wiv.-s and mothers. T’hev btdiev in the exis- ! tei.ee of a good and evil spirit, with rewards and ' ■ mi.fi.iiK’.’it of a future stale. 'Their religion [ ;pi ( iiiises io the virtuous after death a climate i •'ll. ('<• perpelii d sunnier will shine over plains : lilif d with liieir much loved buffalo, and upon ! ■ s : re ms abounding in the most delicious fish. hile the bad Lndim will be consigned to a j place of eter;:.d snows; with fire tu his sigln that he cannot euj y,and buffdo ami deer that can- I'ot bo c.mgiit (os itislv his hunger. “A cm ions traditon pi evails among them , concerning beavers. These anim ds so e'debra ; ted for their s garuy, they b' lievc are a fdlen ’ i ;:co of Indians, coudcirird on account of tla ir w.ckedness by ihe Greit Spirit to iheir pr- sent I form. At some filter period (hoy also dcclai (> I th it ihese fallen creatures will berestord to their foi iner state. _ EXCEN TR IC 110 < PIT A LIT Y. During the l ite war. a soldier, who had I; on wounded and honoi afilv dtschurged, hut pet haps not paid, being desd'eto and beiiigbtcd, knock- . (•dal the door of an Irish farmer, when the fol lowing di dogue look place : . Patrick. And who in the devil are you < now ? Sd litr. My name is John Wilson. Pat. And w'.icre the devil are vou "oin" from, John WiL<m 1 Sr>l. I ron) tiie American arm< y at Erie sir. Put. Am! what in the devil do you want i hei< ? PA., I want shelter tv-’.!gh’.—", il ; t • ; n-,’ me to spread my blanket on your floor and sleep to-night 1 Pat. devil take me if I do, John Wilson— | that’s flat. ' » s 'o/. On your Kitchen floor, sir ? Pat. Not 1, by the hill o’ lloath —that’s flit. >SeZ. In your stable then ? Pat. I’m damn’d if 1 do that either—that’s [flat. Sol. I am dying with hunger—give me but a bone and a crust; I ask no more. Pat. 'The devil blow me if I do, sir—that’s [flat. Sol. Give mo some water ta quench my ' i hurst, 1 beg of you. Pat. Beg and behanged, L’ll do no such ; thing—(hat’s 11 it. ►Sm/. Sii', L’ve been fighting to secure the ; blessings yon enjoy ; L have assisted in contrib j uiiog to the glory and welfare of the country, ; which has hospitably received you ; and can 'you so inhospitably reject me from your house I P Reject you ! who in devil talked a ' word aboirt rejecting you ? May be Lam not : die sem vv palpecu y -utake mu to be, John Wilson. ’ You asked'me to let you lie on my ! floor,—my kitchen flom! or in my stable! Now, iby the pirTVi.'-rs, d’ye think I >1 let •• pctlect j stranger (io that, when 1 have hall <i dozen soft I fi'ii:her beds, ail empty? No, by the lull a 1 Ho.iHi, Join)—that’s 11 it. j In tiie second place, yon told me you was ' dying ol hunger, and wanted a bone and <• ( rust l( j (>il | — n ow, honey, d’ye think I’d feed a hun- ! giy man on bonesand crus’s, when mj yard [ is full offal pullets, and tuikeys, and pigs?—* ’ No, by the powers, not 1— that’s flat. j In the third place you asked me for some j simple waler to quench your thiist now, as ! mv water is none ol the best, I nevet give it hi a poor traveller without mixing it with :i plenty of wine, brandy, whiskey or something else, ' wholesome and cooling. Come into my house, my honey; devil blow me, but je shall sleep in tiie best feather bed L have ; you shall have ! the best supper and breakfast that my farm can j supply, which, thank the Lord, is none ot worst —you shall drink as much water as yoit ; choose, provided you mix it with plenty of good wine, or spirits, and provided also you prefer lit. Come iu, and fed yourself at oome. it shall never bo said that Patrick O’l latherty treated a man who has been fighting for the dear countiy which gave him protection. No, by the powers—that’s flat. i _—• WCODEN CA N DLES. i The Yankees may brag, says the Liverpool (P. a.) Mercury, as much as they please about their ingenuity ; their wooden nutmegs, Prus sian pumpkin seeds, and machines for making | white ash rakes out of chesnut chips, but they can’t begin with the Pennsylvanians. They make no bones at all of palming bass-wood hams and flannel sausages. You see I took it 1 into my head to try to speculate a little to mane j tip the eighteen pence tb it 1 lost a belting on ! (Im ’lection. Al first 1 did’nt know exacily what I’d belter try, and was just talking’ with my landlord, pretty clever fellow for a D.ichmnii, ; when some body come along, and asked it any [ body wanted to buy anv candles for four pence ha’ penny a pound. “Huai’s a chance lor you, s iys the landlord, “any of the store keepers will give more that) that for’em right off.” I’d ho darned if i dont believe that the landlord was in the scrape, for if be had’nt have been, he’d have bought the caudles himself’. Bui you see I did not think of that, and so bought n whole box of ; the candles. And how do you think I got sucked in? Il you can gness in a weeke, 1,1 l treat you to agl of Duff Giecu’sßiff tos'veyou all i in trouble, I’il just tell you ho/' it turiid out. zA peice of white oak wood, turnfl in the shape of a candle, with a snug little wicl< m each end, cover’d with justabout tallow e notigh to greas the bill ofa Long Island muskit;/.. BENEITrf OF THE GOUT. Westal bring al West’s one dav, and seeing his sketch of “The Angi 11 smiting the Assyiims,” as it, flung up in the room in which they were sitting, expressed the greatest admiration both of ihe de i sign and execution. West replied with much ani mation, ‘•Yes, it is very fine! it is a burst of genius, tor prewously to my making it, I had been rdflicted . uith a violent fit g( the gout, which carried off all j Hie earthly p.irticlef in my composition, and left me, as it were, all soul; far I cannot better de scribe my convalescent stale,” I’ AI.ISII'tC.VriON OF THE SCRIPTt'RES. A Rev. gentlem in in England, named Curtis, has recently made some appalling disclosures in i. ! ation io the careless iniquitous manner in wiiich the Cui versify editions of ihe Holy Bi ble published by ihe king’s printer—are pur , forth to the woJd. Mr Curtis his exposed [ some enormous eriors, ami variations from the origin d text, as given in King James’ time. ( Six hundred in.st ikes have been found in one. boo.;, and -eight huiidrcd in anoiher many of tlii'in most important, J/ all of thi in inexcusable. S ..Do o| ihe grosser ones, which would seem to h tvejii.i!’) c.mcerK -I and i;t:ci)iio!).;|, h ,ve been r:le Ihr forty ( us. The sense of H.dy Writ, ;t is con.elided his been greatly wiiped by fiiese errm ■; and measures are being taken u» have them i< .firn! in future e.liiicus of the Seripturos puiilisitcd in England. I: is stated ilia! tne ciiuiu.i' s in z\iDC)ic;i had long sinco 'iHujiied o >e of thf’ editions i;t ipiestioii, as <: r! i rd’id— il so, it is of ihe l ist impo t.:uce Wv'sboul i conce.ve, to import one of ihe coirec ted coiiics, now pieparing, at the emlicst peri od. I Lie writer very jus ly reru n k-, and with much -orrov. fid fe< ling, that sm h pel ve.rsicii.-; of the .Sacred Word have given li-ie io mure scofieis and infidel.-;, than could h ive licen (ofi erwise Diodticed by any one cause.—P'lilla dilpata ia-.ett. 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