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“Tlie ferment of a free, is preferable to the torpor of a despotic, Government.„ ,
VOLo II.
ATHEIIS, GEOHOIA, JUNE 22, 1833.
NO. 14.
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From the Charleston Merrury.
WHAT DO WE LIVE FOR!
What do we live for ? is it to be
The sport of fortune’s power?
To launch our bark on pleasure’s sea
And float perhaps an hour ?
To waste our time in idle dreams
Of what may be to morrow,
To "lean with care from present scenes
The source of future sorrow ?
What do we live for ? is it to find
The tics of friendship broken,
That love’s a sound to cheat mankind
And dies as soon as spoken ?
To mark the woes on others hurled
Nor weep their hapless lot ?
To hate our fellows—curse the world—
To die and be forgot ?
No ! we were formed to seek for truth
Through paths made plain hy reason ;
To hail that light in earliest youth
Which shines in every season.
Yes ! wo were mado to win !>clow
The boon hereafter given;
To calmly smile at earthly woe.
And find our homo in Heaven.
A. T. N.
From the Chameleon.
AN EVENING THOUGHT.
How soon ' willin'! my skid's e dm way,
The'will,ns waters close again!
It leaves no line of broken spray
Along the scarcely ruffled pi iin.
So let me glide through peaceful life,
Bequeathing not one s . ' regret
To aught I’ve loved, nor thought of strife,
For in forgiving, I forget!
Yet would I not 'twere worth to note,
What I have done, or hope to do :
No more than hid I'd wish the spot
I’ve loft, or you I’m steering to.
Behind, the east is dark ; but lo !
The west is blushing red with light;
Hail to the omen ! may it show
At least nay setting will be bright!
nun—eu ini—sap——eiL^njeni
s e r U
of
TOOTH DR\WING.
Wo have been favored with the following
ludicrous account of n student’s first attempt
at tooth drawing, hy a friend. It is an ex.
tract from a forth coming volume en titled
The life and adventures of D'. Dodimtis
Duckworth, A. N. Q. to which is added’he
history of a Steam Doctor,” bv the author
of a Yankee among the Nttllifiors. The
work is published hy William Stodart, 6,Cort
landt street, and will be out in the course
a week.
The writer’s established character for wit
and drollery, will be the best passport it can
have to the libraries of the public.
Dodimtis after seeing sundry exhibitions
of his master’s skill, began to he very anx
ious to try his own hand at a cast of practice.
An opportunity was not long wanting; for
one morning, ns he was exercising tl>e nes
tle in his master’s absence, and longing for a
chance of attempting something hy his own
ability, a man entered the shop with a hand
kerchief round his jaws, and with a connte-
nance more rueful than if he had lost all his
relations.
“ Is the doctor at home ?” said he.
“ No, sir.”
“ Where is he ?”
“He’s gone over to Crincumpaw.”
“ To Crincum dev—1 l came within an inch
of swearing. How soon will hfi he hack ?”
“ Why, I spose in the course of two or
three hours, if vou can waif so long.”
“Two or’hree ages, vou might as well
say. I can’t wait a minute.”
“ Who’s sick ?”
“ There niof no body sick. But T’m as
mad as l can live : I’v got the jumping tooth-
ache; and I want the doc’or to pul! if.”
“ I can do that myself,” said the student,
beginning to take the instruments from a
drawer.
“You!” said the man, eyeing him suspi
ciously, “ did you ever pull n tooth 7”
“ Did 1 ! I wonder if 1 haint now !” re.
turned the student, in such a tone as to car
ry with it. a conviction to the mind of the hear
er, tha, he was expert in the business. Then
desiring him to take a seat, he began to ex
amine the offending tooth.
“Do you see it!” said the patient.
“ 1 wonder if I don’t!” said Dody
“ Oh, how it does jump J” exclaimed the
patient, at the same time springing upon his
feet and raving round the room like a bedla
mite ; “ I believe in my soul it’ll jump out
of niv head.”
“ Shut your mouth then,” said the student,
“ do, and keep it in, till I git ready to pull it.
He seated the man once more, and desired
him to extend his jaws as wide ns he could
he introduced a horse-fleam by way of gum
lancet, and began to cut around the tooth.
“ W hat are you about ther > 7” roared the
patie; t, as well as he could articulate with
the fleam in his mouth.
« I’m cutting the goom,” replied the stu
dent.
“ You’ve got the wrong tooth,” roared the
man ; and seizing the hand of the operator,
he wrenched it violently away ; when spring,
ing up and spitting out the blood, be exclaim,
cd—“ You’ve cut my tongue half off!”
“Why didn’t you keep your head still
ten?” said Dody.
“Still! you blundering toad you ; and let
you pull the wftng tooth 7 The one I wish
to have draivn is on the other side of my
mouth, and in the upper jaw instead of the
under one.”
“ Very well; how should you know which
l v*cutting 7 You could’nt see it, and I
could.”
“ Yes, but I could feel it though.”
‘•Feeling is nothing at all to be compared
to seeing,” said the very scientific student.
“I coaid see what I was about, while you
was only feeling.”
“ Well one. thing I know,” persisted the
man, “ you have got the wrong tooth.”
“ Very well,” returned Dody, “just as you
say. I’ll pull any tooth you like ; I aint at
all particula r about that.”
The patient was presently seated once
more and opening wide his jaws, designated
Witli his finger the particular tooth he wished
to have extracted.
“ I see it,” said the student, beginning
again to flourish his horse-fleam “ l’|l get
the right on e now, if there’s any right to it.”
Then cutting freely round the tooth, he took
the extracting instrument and began to make
a demonstration of applying it, when the pa
tient charged him anew to be sure and get
the right tooth,
“Don’t put yourself in a pucker,” replied
the youth ; don’t you think I’ve pulled a tooth
afore to day 7” Then applying the instru
ment, he began to twist : but presently res
ting on his oars, he asked if it hurt.
“ Out with it!” said the rnan, angrily stam
mering with the instrument in his mouth.
“Very well, sir,” said Dody, and began
to twist once more; but stopping again,
while the patient writhed with pain, he inquir
ed a second time, with singular humanity, if
it did’nt hurt.
When the patient, ungrateful for all this
attention to his feelings, instead of replying,
merely drew his fist and taking "the operator
on the side of the head, very nearl;. knocked
him down. Then imitating the language of
the s udeut, he asked in turn, “Does that
hurt 7”
Dody Dow raised his fist, and was about
making a rejoinder in similar terms ; but sud
denly recollecting himself, he forebore to
strike, saying it was his business to cure and
not to kill ; and that if the patient would al
low him to apply the instrument once more,
the tooth should come out pretty darn quick
i?e 1 gr xes of Lord Chesterfield, as any oth
er gentleman on earth. To continue the por
trait, his head and face are small in propor
tion to his height; his complexion swarthy;
the muscles of his face being relaxed, give
dm the appearance of a man of eighty years
of age, nor can he be much younger. His
countenance has a faithful expression of great
good humor and liberality : while his black
eyes—the unerring index—possess an irra
diating spirit, which proclaim the imperial
powers of mind that sit enthroned within.
This extraordinary man, without the aid of
fancy,without the advantages of person, voice,
attitude, gestures, or any of the ornaments of
an orator, deserves to be considered as one
of the most eloquent men in the world ; if el
oquence may be said to consist in the power
of seizing the attention with irresistible force,
and never permitting it to elude the grasp
until the hearer has received the conviction
which the speaker intends.
As to his person, it has already been des
cribed. His voice is dry and hard, his atti
tude, in his most effective orations, was ollen
extremely awkward, as it was not usual for
him to stand with his left foot in advance,
while all liis gestures proceeded from his
riaht arm, and consisted merely in a vehement
perpendicular swing of it, from about the el
evation of his head to the bar, behind which
he was accustomed to stand.
As to Fancy, ifshehelda seat in his mind
at all, which I very much doubt, his gigan
tic Genius tramples with disdain on all her
flower-decked plats and blooming parterres
How then, you will ask, with a lookofincrad
ulous curiosity—how is it possible that such
a man can hold the attention of an audience
enchained through a speech of even ordinary
length 7 I will tell you.
He possesses one original and almost super
natural faculty, of developing the subject by
a single glance of his mind, and detecting at
once the very point oa which every contro
versy depends. No matter what the question,
though ten times more knotty than the “gnarled
oak,” the lightning of Heaven is not more rap-
id nor more resistless than his astonishing
penetration. Nor does the exercise of it
seem to cost him an effort. On the contrary,
it is as easy as vision. l am persuaded that
his eyes do not tly over a landscape, and take
in its various objects with more promptitude
After some few charades had been disposed
of, one of the gentlemen begged leave to pro
pose the game called “Crowning the Wisest.”
This is played by selecting a Judge of the
game, and three persons, either ladies or
gentlemen, who are to contest for the crown
by answering successively the various ques
tions which the rest of the party are at liberty
to ask. The one who is declared to have
been the readiest and happiest in his answers,
receives the crown.
Our American, much against his inclina
tion, was chosen among the three candidates.
He was aware that his position in the socie-
ty with which he was mingled, required of
him the ability to sustain himself. He was
to be shure, treated with distinguished atten
tion by his hast and hostess, and generally by
the party, but this was a favor to the individu.
al, and not one of the company understood
the character of republicans or appreciated
the Republic. The tiiree worthies had ar.
ranged that their turn for him should fall in
succession and be the last. The first one, a
perfect exquisite, and with an air of most in
effable condescension put his question.
“ If I understand the government of your
country, you acknowledge no distinction of
rank, consequently you have no court stan.
dard for the manners of a gentleman, will
you favor me with information where your
best school of politeness is to be found 7”
“ For your benefit,” replied the American,
smiling calmly, “I would recommend the Falls
ol Niagara, a contemplation of that stupen.
dous wonder teaches humility to the proudest
The patient acquiesced; but swore if he | and facility, than his mind embraces and ana-
stopped again to ask whether it hurt, he lyzcs the most complex subject.
would break his good-for-nothing numskull
for him.
“ I meant it all in a civil way,” returned
the student, “and had no idear you’d be af
fronted about it. But I’ll do the job to your
liking now: I’ll make the tooth hop like a
parched pea; if 1 dont, then darn me 7
With that he applied the instrument, and giv
ing it a sudden and forcible wrench, out came
two teeth. “ There,” said he, “ was’nt that
done slick.”
« Oh ! you’ve pulled my head off!” ex
claimed the man, springing upon his feet, ap-
Possessing while at the bar, this intellects
al elevation, which enabled him to look down
and comprehend the whole ground at once,
he determined immediately and without diffi
culty, on which side the question might be
meat advantageously appro ’.c' -efl and assailed.
In a bad cause, his art consisted in laying his
premises so remotely from the point directly
i s iebate, or else in terms so general and spe-
ciuus, that the hearer seeing no consequence
which should be drawn from them, was just
as willing to admit them as not; but his prem
ises once admitted, the demonstration, how-
plying his hand to his jaw, groanirig, roaring, 1 ever distant, followed as certainly, as cogent-
ad raving like a mad bull which has just ly, and as inevitably, as any demonstration of
shaken a mastiff from his nose
“Well,’twas done plaguy slick, was’nt
it,”said Dodv, “ for the first one?” thus in
Euclid
All his eloquence consists in the apparent
ly deep-self-conviction and emphatic earnest
his exultation, betraying the ignorance which j ness of his manner; the correspondent simpli-
hc before had the cunning to conceal. „ | city and energy of his style ; the close and
“ The first one!” roared the man, with I logical connexion of his thoughts ; and the
mingled rage and astonishment; “ did’nt you 1
just now tell me you had pulled many a
one 7”
“ I wonder if I did !” returned the prudent
o'uth.
“Yes, you did,” said the patient. Then
looking at the spoils of his mouth, which his
pain had prevented his examining before, he
broke out with new rage. “ Confound your
awkward soul! you’ve pulled two teeth, in
stead of one!”
“ Well, you nced’nt be so mad about it,”
returned the student coolly, ’I sha’nt charge
on for more than one.”
“ Sha’nt charge ! No, I guess you wo’nt.
wonld’nt had it pulled, that sound tooth, for
bright silver dollar. It’s enough to lose a
rotten one.”
“ Its no loss to lose a rotten tooth though,”
replied the student, “ and as for the sound
one, that would have been rotten sometime,
if I had’nt pulled it. I think it best to make
a business of it when you’re about it, and have
a good number pulled at ouce. They come
cheaper in that way.
“ You had’nt ought to ax any thing for
pulling either of these, seeing you’ve made
such a fist of it.”
“ Wefl| I told you I should’nt charge you
for more than one.”
“ I’ll be darned if I’ll ever pay you that.”
“ It’s no consarn of mine,” returned the stu
dent, « you may settle it with Doctor Whis
tlewind.”
The patient again bound up his jaws with
the handkerchief; put the two extracted teeth
in his pocket, to keep as . a memorial of his
sufferings; and bidding the student good day.
left the shop.
CHIEF JUSTICE MARSHALL.
BY WILLIAM WIST.
The Chief Justice of the United States is
in his person, tall, meager, emaciated ; his
muscles relaxed, and his joints so loosely con
nected, as not only to disqualify him, appar
ently, for any vigorous exertion of body, but
to destroy every thing like elegance and
harmony in his air and movements. Indeed,
in his wholeappearanceaml demeanor—dress,
attitude, and gestures—sitting, standing or
walking—he is as far removed from the idol
easy gradations by which he opens his lights
on the attentive minds of his hearers.
CROWNING THE WISEST.
Not many years ago, it happened that a
young man from Now York visited Lo t ion.
His father being connected witli several of the
magnates of the British aristocracy, the young
American was introduced into the fashionable
circles of the metropolis, where, in couse-
quencc of his very fine personal appearance,
or that his father was reported to be very rich,
or that he was a new figure on the stage, he
attracted much attention, and became quite
the favorit of the ladies. Tliis was not at all
relished by the British beaux, but as no very
fair pretext offered for a rebuff, they were
compelled to treat him civilly. Thus matters
stood, when the Hon. Mr. M. P. and lady
made a party to accompany them to their
country seat in Cambridgeshire, and th£ Amer
ican was among the invited guests. Numer
ous were the devices to which these devotees
of pleasure resorted in order to kill that old
fellow who will measure his hours, when he
ought to know they are not wanted, and the
ingenuity of every one was* taxed to remem
ber or invent something novel.
The Yankees are proverbially ready of in
vention, and the American did honor to his
character as a man accustomed to freedom of
thought. He was frank and gay, and entered
into the sports and amusements with that un
affected enjoyment which communicated
part of his fre3h feelings to the most worn
out fashionists in the party. His good nafure
would have been sneered at by some of the
proud cavaliers, had he not been such a capi
tal shot, and he miirht have been quizzed had
not the ladies, won by his respectful dc pleasant
civilities and his constant attention in the
drawing room and saloon, always showed
themselves his friends. But a combination
was at last formed among a trio of dandies,
staunch patrons of the Quarterly, to annibi
late the American. They proposed to vary
the eternal evening waltzing and piping, by
the acting of charades and playing various
games, and having interested one of those in
defatigable ladies who always earn' their
point in the scheme, it was voted to be the
thing.
and human nothingness to the vainest. It
rebukes the trifler, and arouses the most stu-
pid ; in short, it turns men from their Hols:
and when we acknowledge that God only is
Lord, we feel that men are our equals. A
true Christian is always polite.”
There was a murmur among the audience,
but whether applause or censure the Ameri
can could not determine, as lie did not choose
to betray any anxiety for the result by ascru-
tiuy of the faces which he kuew were bent
ou him.
The second now proposed his question.
He affected to be a great politician, was mus-
tuchoed and whiskered like a diplomatist, which
station he had been coveting. His voice was
bland, but his emphasis was very significant.
“ Should I visit the United States, what
subject with which I am conversant, would
most interest your people and give me an op
portunity of eujoying their conversation 7”
“ You must maintain, as you do at present,
that a monarchy is the wisest, the purest, the
best government which the skill of man ever
devised, and that a democracy is utterly bar
barous. My countrymen are proverbially
fond of argument, and will meet you on both
these questions, and i' you choose, argue
with you to the end of your life.”
The murmur was renewed, but still with
out any decided expression of the feeling with
which his answer had been received.
The third then rose from his seat, and with
an assured voice which seemed to announce
a certain triumph, said,
« I require your decision on a delicate ques
tion, but the rules of the pastime warrant it,
and also a candid answer. You have seen
the American and the Euglish ladies ; which
are the fairest?”
The young republican glanced around the
circle. It was bright with flashing eyes, and
the sweet smiles which wreathed many a love
ly lip; might have won a less determined pa
triot from his allegiance. He did not hesi.
tate, though he bowed low to the ladies as he
answered.
“The standard of female beauty is, I be
lieve, allowed to be the power of exciteing ad-
miration and love in our sex, and consequent
ly those ladies who are most admired and be
loved, and respected by the gentlemen, must
be the fairest. Now I assert co.ifidently
that there is not a nation on earth where wo-
man is so truly beloved, so tenderly cherished,
so respectfully treated as in the Republic of
the United States, therefore the American ladies
are the fairest. But,” and he again bowed
low, “ifthe ladies before whom I have the
honor of expressing my opinion, were in my
country, we should think them Americans.
The applause was enthusiastic ; after the
mirth had subsided so as to allow the Judge to
be heard, he directed the crown to the Yan
kee.—Ladies' Magazine.
The Balloon Ascent.—We have great
pleasure in laying before our readers the an
nexed account of the late brilliant ascent of
Mr. Durant from Castle Garden, as commu
nicated by himself, in compliance with our
particular request. One or two additional
facts, communicate! verbally, we will here
state for the special benefit of those who are
fond of theorising in respect to the wind. It
has already been remarked that so long as
the balloon was in sight from Castle Garden
it proceeded in a 'JN. N. W. direction, and
this course, as wte learn from Mr. Durant, it
continued to pursue until he had ascended
above the clouds, and as nearly as he can
judge, a mile and a quarter from the earth’s
surface. He then encountered a current
from nearly the opposite direction, say from
W. N. W. which continued (with the excep
tion of a few moments,) until he hod reached
the highest point of altitude, and again de
scended to near the region of the clouds, or
about a mile and a quarter from the earth.
During the remainder of the descent he had
the same wind as during the first part of the
ascent, viz: from about S. S’. E. The few
when the wind varied W. N. W. he could |
not tell trom what quarter it came, but knew
the fact of the change, from the shuffling of
the balloon.—Jour, of Com.
Gentlemen:—The high wind which prevail,
ed at my departure from Castle Garden, (Wed-
nesday evening) prevented me from taking
the instruments of which I promised to fur
nish you notes.
The weather was very doubtful in the mor
ning. My barometer had fallen, in 12 hours,
from 29-52 to 29-416, though the day previ
ous I had shifted its position, and thought it
probable that the alteration might be caused
from haste or inattention in setting the nonus
before the mercury was perfectly tranquil
My doubts increased at 11 o’clock, when Dr.
Chilto i told me his barometer on Tuesday,
6 P. M. s;ooii at 30-1,and Wj lucsday 6 A. M.
ut 30, and while conversing with him at 11
A. M. it had fallen to 30. At 1 P. M. mine
stood at 29-4. Dr. Chilton’s remained at
30—and Mr. Charles Pool’s at 29-4. Yet
from the appearance of the atmosphere there
was a probability of very little wind, though
no indication of fine weather ; and judgin
from the twenty preceding days, I had little
cause to anticipate more favorable weather
.it any definite time to which I might post-
pone the ascension.
The gates were thrown open, and I com
menced the inflation of the balloon at 2 o’clock
Between 3 and 4 the mist became more dense
and the wind increased from the S. S. E
witli strong indications of rain. At this time
a large company had collected, and the infla-
tion proceeded to the state in which I never
will postpone it if I can get the balloon out of
the Garden. At 5 I finished attaching the car.
and the balloon two-thirds filled, was buoying
the whole weight which 1 intended it to carry.
It is fn this situ .tion that I usually suspend
my philosophical instruments, and it is like
wise in this position that the balloon is in the
most danger of bursting from the force of the
wind curling over tiie wall; a circumstance
that occurred at my second ascension, and
but l'or great exertions and prompt assistance,
would have proved fatal to the enterprise.
Fearing the same accident on this occasion, I
gave myself only time sufficient to move the
balloon to the S. E. corner of the Garden,
which I had selected for the starting point. I
then ordered the two corJs to be cut which
had served to steady the top of the balloon.
The wind now bore with great force, cau-
sing a half turn in the net and cords, which
gave it a tangled appearance, and I judged 12
chances per minute of causing a rupture;
therefore to ensure the ascension, I cut the
only remaining cord, which unmoored the
balloon, and it rose in beautiful style with
an ascensional power of 70 pounds, making
a N. N. W. course ; though rising w.th such
rapidity as to form an angle of nearly 80 de
grees with the earth. At 10 miuutcs past 5,
I reached the summit of the clouds, which had
obscured the su.-’s rays so long from the
earth. I had been absent now only six min
utes, and having left my instruments, I judg
ed the then attained altitude to be at least
one' mile. Here the sun broke forth with all
the majesty peculiar to our finest summer
days, and so suddeu a transition, you nvay
well imagine, bad *a thrilling effect." One
cluster of clouds only remained before me.
Their course, I judged by the sun, bore N.
VV. and ut a very short distance. This gave
me some uneasiness, lest they should be char
ged with the electric fluid, which, from the
established laws on this science, might pass
to my balloon. >
In a few seconds, however, I was far above
every thing resembling a cloud. Here burst
upon my sight one of the most imposing views
ever beheld. Call it majestic, splendid or
sublime, invoke a Sh ikspeare’s mind to des
cribe, or a painter to portray it, they and even
thought nius uul lo conceive the rich downy
soilness and white fleecy accumulation of
clouds, piled in waves as far as the eye could
reach, covering the earth, and closing to my
sight the land, water and every thing, ani
mate or inanimate, that I had so long and pf-
ten viewed with delight. Above, nothing but
a clear and cerulean expanse, the golden
sun-beams spreading over the vast ocean of
clouds, and extending.through immensity of
space where sight is'bounded, and- from
whence even thought reiurns, unable to tra
verse the confines of the vast field beyond.'
Here was a scene ^sufficient for the writer to
fill volumes, and the pai iter to exhaust his
skill, in trying to delineate the infinitely deli
cate and mellow tints reaching to boundless
extent.
Imagine yourself in mv situation, with this
sublime scene opening to your sHht, and you
can conceive better than I can describe, the
I never closed the valve till I had been ab
sent 39 minutes from the earth, when to my
gratification some scraps of tissue paper re
mained stationary in a Horizontal lino witli
the car. These scraps I used us floats to
throw iu the air ; by them I can ascertain
much sooner than by the barometer when I
am rising or falling. This first intimation of
falling dispelleu my anxieties, and closing the
valve, I prepared to descend, and leisurely
lowered one anchor with 200 or 300 feet of
cord.. Though the heat had increased the
first 6 minutes, the cold was now intense
My flag staff is of cedar, and touching it to
clear the anchor, it had an icy coldness.
At a safe estimate I was now 16 or 17,000
feet from the earth 7 and I do think the bar
ometer would have given an altitude of near
5 than 3 miles, but as I had left it below, this
is only an estimate.
While de.scetuiing, I had very little else to
do than rest and refresh myself by rubbing
my hands, wnich were somewhat cut by the
valve-cord, and benumbed by the cold. I could
now contemplatethe scene around me, and
must say I regretted on nearing the carth.to
be obliged again to pass through the dense fog
which had given me no very pleasant feelings
on first passing through it, and at 6 h. 23 min.
when I had descended to its upper surface,
hearing the roar of the surf, I judged myself
on the shore of the Atlantic. I examined my
ballast, which I considered rather ty scant
pattern to remain longer suspended over the
ocean, and while revolving in my mind what
I could best dispense with in case of necessity,
among which was my coat, hat, one anchor
and cable, and even the car from below the*
first hoop, to allow me a place to stand on, I
heard the cawing of some crows, which
again revived my spirits, and at 6 39, I heard
some forest birds which left me no doubt I
was over terra firma. -
In lm. after, I saw the earth. I was then
suspended over some trees, and threw over
a bag of ballast, which broke the fall a little,
and carried me to a clear field, where the
anchor struck tit Gh. 41m. on the farm of It-.
Morris, Esq. Manor of Fordham, Westches
ter co., N. Y., 11 miles from City Hall, 3
from Hudson River, and 8 from Long Island
Sound. The whole time I remained in the
air was lh. 37m. ; 1 h. au>i|13ni. of which
time I had sunshine, with u perfectly clear sky.
Four negroes from the farm of Mr. Morris,
assisted me to fold the ba'loou, which is not in
jured iti the slightest degree. I started for this
city in a wagon, and qpproaching McComb’s
Dam, a heavy rain obliged me to put up at
Mr. Devoe’s till morning, when he took me
to Harlaem, and Mr. Bradshaw sent me to the
city, where I arrived at Castle Garden at half
past 9 o’clock, after an absence of 16 hours,
enjoying my usual good health and spirits.
Yours, &c. CHARLES F. DURANT.
New York, May 31, 1833.
moments, near the highest point of altitude, • peared in the N. W.
sensations it would naturally produce, j do not
wish to convey any frightful ideas respecting
the noble view, yet you must not suppose it
was all pleasure to me, or that I was perfect
ly free from care. I assure you gentlemen,
I felt some unpleasant anxieties from having
too much ascensional power. The informa
tion of those holding the car is thq means by
which I ascertained its buoyancy, and owing
to the surging effects of the wind on the bal
loon, they were not able to ascertain the cor
rect power. 1 had resolved to start with a
great ascensional force, as the onlv plan to
clear the Garden with safety. I found on
swinging clear, the balloon had a buoyancy of
full forty pounds more than I intended, and
my first care was to open the valve, to coun
teract the upward tendency ; except a few
seconds to pass the dense cloud which ap-
From the Rochester Gem.
THE LAST SCENE IN A LONG COURT3IIIF,
BY A PLAIN MAN.
Sce ne—A room ; Curtains drawn; a young
gentleman and lady in close conversation.
Watchman in the street—“ Twelve oclock
and all’s well.”
Gent. —ila ! so lati ! it is time for me to
return home.
Lady.-Don’t go so soou ; you have not yet
fixed the day when our Hands shall be united,
for our hearts have long beat in unison—I
trust.
Gent.—You know tliatj boll it best never
to do any thing blindfolded, but. with both' eyes
open; and perhaps when you have heard what
1 have to say, you may alter your opinion ;
but I will be frank.
Lady.—1 wish vou to be so of course ; let’s
hear. My mind will not change.
Gent.—As you have said nothing about
future prospects, I will : we are neither of us
possessed of wealth, but, with ri :i<l economy
and persevering industry on the part of each,
we shall, I doubt not, be able not only to live
comfortable, but to lay by a competence of
this world’s goods, that we may not want, in
time of old age, or adverse circumstances ;
and’ perhaps wealth may be ours; but I will
not paint too fair a picture. What say you
to this 7
Lady.—You surprise' me/sir 7 What?
expect me to labor with my hands, after I am
married!
Gent.—W T hy not ? Qur Grandmother Eve,
helped to dress the garden, and Solomon
sho\vs in the character of a woman, one? whose
hands labored at the, di staff, and her feet mo
ved iu her own house. You would,l conclude,
from what you say, like to see a new married
couple agree as well as a gentleman,said his
maichtd.c&ttle did, viz: one was willing to
draw the whole load, and the other was per
fectly willing he should.
Lady.~-My opinion is, and it is like that
of most other young ladies, that no man ought
to marry a young lady unless he can support
her; and for my own part, I think that I have
done work enough, and ought to live more at
ease in time to come: so if you expect mo
to work after I become yours, we had better
remain as we are.
Gent.—I think so too, and also perceive
that what I thought probable, and you impos
sible, has taken place—a change in your
feelings. I must bid you good-bye. [Takes
his hat; she lights him to the door.]
[Gent. Solus, as he walks home.]—Pretty
much as I expected. « Caution is the pa.
rent of safety.” Better to know the truth
now than when too late. “J am off,” as the
fly said. '' ABEL.
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