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[From a London Paper.]
THE POWERS OF MEMORY AND
TOUCH.
Last Monday night, a truly singular dis
play of natural capabilities took place at!
th« Argyle Rooms, in Regent-street. The
Rabbi Henh Danebark, a professor of
Hebrew am) Tabbinical literature, from
Stoteftta), in Poland, appeared on a small
platform before an apparently
very femiliar with the Hebrew language
and literature. He was accompanied by
Professor Breslau as interpreter, who
stated the rabbi’s willingness to recite any
portion of the Talmud which, might be
demanded by any one amougst bis audito
ry, who would merely state the number
oif the page and line at which lie wished
him to commence.
The rabbi is a middle sized man, rather
slender, with a sallow drooping cast ot
countenance, terminated by a small sharp
beard. His eye is dark and little seen,
but always quick and confident; bis fore
head retreating, and his head particularly j
high in the regions of veneration, firm-j
ness, self esteem, and care of approbation.
Thc?perceptive organs are well developed:
order is particularly full, but number is
moderate, and strange still, the position
of the eyes affords no indication of any
remarkable fulness of language. Ills
coal-black hair was nearly covered by a
velvet cap.—One nicely curled lock fell
down on each side, and served as a substi
tute for whiskers.
Ho declares himself to be 24 years old,
but looks 28 or 30. He wore a silk pe
lisse, or surplice, which readies to bis
feet, fastened round bis waist by a gold
wrought girdle. He replied to the ques
tions put by a number of his auditory in a
loud confident voice, walking to and fro
on his little stage, often stopping to com
mand silence amongst his noisy audience,
and continuing to chant his questions with
a rapidity which his rival professors, who
undertook the task of reading, seemed
scarcely able to keep pace with. His
rough pronunciation and voluble delivery |
more resembled the continuous outpour-1
ingsof waters which had burst their bounds j
than anything we ever heard.
It would be endless to detail the queries j
and replies that occurred during the cx-1
animation of an hour and a half, and j
which fully satisfied all present, that he |
had the seven volumes folio of the Talmud,
(notes, text and commentary,) hy heart, j
not merely consecutively, but in any order; j
that the knew the contents of every linej
taken numerically on every page, and in j
short, knew the place of every word, in
every line, in every one of its seven thou- i
sand pages!* The proof was that he per
mitted any body to stick a pin through j
any number of leaves, and then iVeoly and '
unerringly told the word punctured on
any givon page.
The books used in this examination
were seven volumes of the Berlin and
Frankfort edition, supplied by an individ
ual present desirous of testing his powers;
but the rabbi declared his willitigncs to
answe&qucstions according to any edition
that any body might present to him. lie
professes to know thus by note the Mid
shava also—in short, 8,000 pages of He
brew, which he can repeat in any quantity ,
and commencing in any place that any
body pleases.
But perhaps a morn singular capability
than even this extraordinary power ol
memory, was developed in n subsequent
illustration of the rabbi’s powers, lie re-j
quested any person merely to insert his j
fingers in one of the thick volumes of the ,
Talmud, and several times astonished bis
assistants by informing them what words
were touched by their fingers in these
Blind and random sortes Talimuliatn.
The writer of this notice made one!
amc.igst these essayists, and Observed that
the rabbi also inserted his fingers, and fell
carefully, though quickly, the marginal ,
commentaries adjacent to the edge of the
leaf and then boldly pronounced the nu m
ber oT the page on the passage tints hit i
upon! No sense but that of touch (that
we are aware of) could have possibly aid
ed in his divination of these still unopened
pages! Several of the spectators (who!
certainly did not look beneath the surface)
exclaimed in astonishment at his surpris
ing pow ers of sight, ift ’hefhg able to count
the leaves in a mass, off hand by their
edges.
Wc however, felt tolerably certain that
the exercise of very susceptible powers
of feeling was the modus operandi in this
particular. Wc should have been very
happy to bear testimony to the correctness
ofthe Rabbi’s power of divination in these
oracular doings, but not being versed in [
Hebrew literature (and equally ignorant :
of Chaldee, Persian, Arabic, Russ, and !
Polish, the only tongues which the rabbi
spoke) we were obliged to rest content j
with the, satisfaction displayed by the
erudite individuals who had taken an ac-!
live part in the examination of the Rab
bji,—imongst whom were Professors j
Breslau and Sampson, Mr. Leo,
to the Western Synagogue, and Mr. Lin
denthal, secretary to the new Syna
gogue.
The audience was by no means so nu
merous as might be expected from the
nature of the announcment, which, in ad
dition to the wonders of nvtmory.jed the
public to expect some astonishing exhi
bitions of the powers of sight. Tins lat
ter display was, however, confined to the
rapid inspection and estimate of the num
* A volume of the Talmud contains, on an
average, from eight hundred to a thousand
pages, each page averaging sixty* or seventy
lines of text, as many- of comment, anil as
io any of no'es.
her of lines in any printed page presented
to his view. This operation he certainly
J accomplished in a quick and surprisingly
j exact manner, guessing off hand, in per
j haps half the time that even very ready
j reckoners could, to within one line in 50
|or (50: hut this performance, clever as
I it was, scarcely deserved to be mentioned
|in connection with the almost miraculous
) retention and precision of memory evinc
:ed by his repetition ot the Talmud.
The rabbi declares that he posseses
certificates from the Emperor of Russia,
the King of Prussia, the King of Saxony,
and Prince Paskewitch, Ac. At Warsaw,
it appears, he exhibited one of bis extra
i ordinary efforts of memory. The mitster
. roll of more than 200 soldiers was called
lover, when he immediately repeated it
I forward and backward, without an on or.
|
i Large Sale. —The estate of the New
j York Insurance Company, No. 34 \\ all
! street, has been sold to George Griswold,
! Esq. for the sum of *IBO,OOO. To refresh
11he recollection of distant readers.it isi
proper to say that the estate adjoins the
Bank of New York, which is on thcN. K.
corner of Wall and William-streets. It is j
48 feet on Wall-street, and 117 feet deep 1
and fronts of course on the new Mer
chants’ Exchange: tlie buildings of no
value. It is the largest lot fronting on '
tlie Exchange, which is to be found in a
single ownership, and probably as desira
ble an estate as is to iic found in the city*)
and we might just as well say—in the I
world. It was purchased hy the Co:npa-j
ny who have just sold it, about the year
1800 for 817,000, including however 20 j
feet more of depth, which was sold some,
years ago to lengthen the lots on Pine-:
street, for 820,000, making the total a-j
mounts of sales 8200,000. It was not
without great hesitancy on the part of the]
prudent directors of that day, nor until
one of them more daring than the rest,
declared that he would buy it if the Com
pany did not, that they ventured the 817,-
O<M). That was before the destiny of
Wall-street was understood. The pur-
I chase is understood, and we believe avow-,
ied, to bn in connexion with Mr. Alsop of
Philadelphia, and for the “Bank of the I'.
States in New-York.” The capital of
this Institution, it will be recollected, is
#2ftft,ofto, which, with the new buddings
to be erected an the lot, will he pretty
well used up. All the circumstances have
! confirmed the opinion which we express
ed some days ago, hut took hack again for
! want of a positiveness of evidence, that
.the Bank of the U. States is the chief par
ity in this movement, and tint it is intend
led to lie in fact what its name describes:
j “The Bank of the U. States (of Penn.) in I
IN. York.’’ The purchase, at any rate, 1
] now made, is considered a good one, and
lis made by gentlemen who know verv
; well vvliat they are about.—[Jour. oi’Com.
Mutilated Bills. The public is can-;
tinned against the receipt of mutilated |
change bills. An active manufactory is j
now going on, by which the unwary unit j
lie impo.-cd on. Bills ol the denomina
tion of 81 and 5'J cents, are so torn us
] that one half, retaining the signature oU
; the agent, i- made to pass for a good )
hill, whilst the other ball’ is made to
'perform the like eiiicc, bv having attach- 1
.od to it the signature ol’ the agent lorn
Iron a live or ten cent bill. Tims the*'
manufacturer holding two >1 hills, and
one 5 cent hill, out of these contrives to
make three lulls; each purporting to he .
good for 8L We advise the holders of
mutilated change bills at once to present
them for redemption w here issued: and we
j advise others to refuse them, until satisfied
that they have not undergone the change.
Tiie eye ofthe public is now on one itidi
; vidua), suspected of practising this fraud
[on our blacks, and if guilty, we trust that
i proof will not long be w anting to subject
him to the punishment and scorn he so
; richly merits. —[Savannah Georgian.
J Ten Days across tub Atlantic.—
!The railway Magazine, an English paper,
[which has paid particular attention to the
subject of.steam uavig itioii, sat-: By on*
[ larging the model of the Great W estern
Ito a ship of 3200 tons w ith engine of
• ItlOO horse power, the voyage from Bris
[toltoNew York made in fifteen days live
I hours by the Great Western, consuming
j 450 tons ol coal, would be performed by
l the larger ship under the same circum
: stances of wind and weather, in about
ten days, with a consumption of about 530
tons of coal. If we allow IHOD tons for
I the weight of her engines, boiler, w ater,
j and I UOO for fuel out anil home, we shall
have 1100 to spare for cargo and passen
j gers, shewing that speed, economy and ca
pacity increase in proportion to the size
of the ship. Three tons to the horse
power seem to he a fair estimate, but as
ships are increased in magnitude, the pro
■pelling power perhaps may bo decreased.”
Hapi'Y Impromptu.—At the entertain
ment given by the. Prince de Joinvillc, on
board the Hercules, at Newport, one of
the company gave as a complimentary
toast, “The three days of July,” alluding
to the revolution of 1830. “And the
Fourth also,” added one of the French
olhcers, without a moment’s hesitation. i
1 hundcr, observes Sir John Iler
schel, ‘can scarcely ever bo heard more
tii u: twenty or thirty nines from the Hash
which produces it. 1 .whining, on the
oilier hand, liny lx* seen, least its
reflection on the clouds, f.,nam> v .-|iat is :
called sheet lightning) at the di lance of
one hundred and fifty or tw o hundred miles.
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
Yankee EntebprizC. —it has been )
heretofore stated that the establishment of
steamers between England and the United
States, was the result ol Yankee entcr
prize. The Albany Advertiser says that •
they have personally known for a long ,
time that -Mr. Junius Smitn, it native of
Connecticut, was engaged . ui -organizing ,
a company for the purpose alluded to. He *
is the son of the late General Smith, a rev
olutionary officer of merit, and after receiv
ing a classical education at Yale College)
and a legal one at Litchfield, was induced
to embark for England to prosecute
an appeal in the admiralty, in bohnll of a
captured American vessel. j
This led him to commercial pursuits,
and to abandon Ids own profession. He:
continued to reside in London—-there he
married, and from thence, has traded to
his own country for the last 30 years. Hu (
is one of the agents and owners of the
Union Linn to New-York, but his interest
in canvass, did not lesson his confidence
in steam. He has for several years past,!
devoted himself to .ho prosecution of his !
favorite design, and having an act of
incorporation from the British Parliament,
lias bad the good fortune to see his most,
sanguine wishes accomplished. It is to j
an American, therefore, the navigation of
the Atlantic by slearn is attributable.
[Philadelphia Sentinel. ]
Gf.oiiue Ca.'.nim;. —Tins eminent man
was the only son of a barrister of good
family, but slender means, who, having'
offended his family by marrying a portion
less wife, was discarded with a pittance of
of 150 a year. A speculating disposition]
and improvident habits quickly dissipated !
this annuity; and the first birth day of!
George Canning witnessed the death of,
his father who died in penury and misery,
of a broken heart. The widow and her |
infant were left in a state of utter destitu
tion, and the former was obliged for hers
niaintainnnce to attempt the stage. She!
appeared as .lane Shore; but, failing to I
sat.sifv a London audience, she was com-;
pel led to accept provincial engagements, |
t and at length married a person of the j
[same profession. In youth she was beau-!
tiful and accomplished. In after life, lit
tle more is known of her than that she re
i ceived to the last hour of her existence, the
! most assiduous and affectionate attention
from her illustrious sou. Mrs Ilium, for
i that was the name she acquired by her
I second marriage, soon became a second
[time a widow and settled at Bath. Her
j son took the earliest opportunity of with
| drawing her from the stage; he applied to
her support a considerable portion of the
means allowed him by his family for ins
college expenses; and when he came forth
to the worm, ins motner snared cverv suc
cess. At his retirement from the office of
undersecretary in 1801, he settled upon
j her the pension ol i .“>1)0 a year, to which
[ he was entitled; he paid an annn.il visit to
! her at Bath, and made it a rule, with
l which no engagements were allowed to
i interfere, to write to her ov< rv Sunday.
Even during his embassy to Lisbon, when
there was usually an interval of several
! weeks between the mails, the Sunday ha
ter was never omitted, and the packet tre
! quciitlv brought four or five together.
These letters the delighted parent read
•with no little pride in the circle of her
friends at Bath. [Cocke's History ofTarty.
limit Water. The Clcvei 1 Her:;!.!
-avs that the rise of w aters in the chain of
Lakes continues, and that at Detroit it be
comes a serious question with the State
authorities of ?>1 idii gm or the National
Government, whether an immediate har
rier ought not to be erected along the
hanks of tin* St. (’lair and Detroit rivers.
In the “ancient city" tnativ'valuable lots
have been submerged, and on the rivers
numbers of firms are entirely ruined,
i Some; Western sage has started the hv
’ potlu sis that there is a subterranean coni
i municatioii between the Lake of the
! Woods and Lake Superior—a natural tun
nel, through which tiie refluent waters
forced back into the Lake of the Woods
:by the bars said to be formed at the
months of certain large streams emptying
into Hudson’s Bay, now find their way in
i to Superior, thus constantly adding to the
volunie in all ibe 1 .al.es!
.Mrs. Willard, of Troy, contradicts un
der her proper name, the current rumor,
that the late unfortunate Miss Missouri
was expelled from her seminary when the
character of her parentage became known.
On the contrary she was a pupil from Oc
tober 1832, to August 1>34, when siie
finally left the school, having been placed
, there by a woman professing to be an
aunt, and a brother. She passed through
with credit, and the esteem of her assoc
iates and preceptors, and it is added, —
i “nowhere iias so deep a regret been felt
for her mournful fate, as within the walls
; of the Troy Female Seminary.'’
A Sit.-Tre xst tier’ Nor won;:. —A Lo
co Foco Representative in the State
Legislature, and Suh Treasurer and I’ost
! mister in this county, by the mime of
Anthony I’oucher, has been bound over
to appear at the next term of the Washte
naw circuit court, charged with having
i been engaged with and harboring a gang
of horse thieves and counterfeiters for
some time past. This is one wav of keep
ing Mr. Van Huron's Sub Treasuries
from running away. Truly the svstem
works to a charm! We shall have to ac
knowledge the superiority of these mod
ern depositories alter a few more such
practical illustrations of their safety.
[Ypsihntc (Mich.) Rep.
| Mysterious Affair. The Detroit
Advertiser tells the following story res
pecting the loss and recovery of a consid
erable amount of money, which was sent
from New York city about the middle oL
June. The money was a part ol the
Michigan State loan of five millions, ad
vanced by the Morris Canal Company.,
'Fhe whole amount is said to have been j
Bltio,Uoo. The bills were put in several j
packages, each bill stamped with a private;
murk, and the whole carefully countedi
over in New York. Gov. Mason reached
Detroit somewhere about the 15th of June.
'Pile mysterious transaction alluded to is ;
tins: ‘The amount of money advanced
was, as we have said, put up in several
small packages, placed in a trunk, and
despatched to this city. On arriving
here, it was counted over, and discovered
to fall short from four to six thousand dol
lars. This is said to have been about the
18th of June. Afterwards,in order to make
an arrangement, it was determined that
the whole should be sent back, mid not
disbursed in the State as originally intend
ed. This was accordingly done. On
the 28th June, the money which was mis
sing, said to be about 85500, was receiv
ed by the company in New York, through
the Post Office, in an envelope with the
and irection printed with a pen. It is known
by those who counted the money in this
city, that the bills abstracted from the
trunk were not all of one package, but
they were very carefully taken from the
different packages, a few bills taken from
each, so as not to excite suspicion—the
villain probably supposing, as they were
all counted and carefully marked, that
they would be received at the treasury
without being recounted. The packages
containing-bills of a small denomination
i were untouched.’
Norfolk, Aug. 12. j
Tiie Exploring Squadron. VVe learn ]
from the intelligent pilot who conducted
the squadron to sea, that he left the Vin
cennes at ft o’clock on Sunday morning,
twenty-five miles east of Cape llenrv.
with a breeze from the north. The offi
cers and crews were m excellent spirits,
and all were rejoiced that they were fairly
embarked on their interesting mission, j
The pilot describes the sight of the ves-'
sels of the squadron about the flag ship, !
. all under full sail, as highly pleasing. lie
, declared that lie never saw men more bent,
ion accomplishing all within their power:
I for the honor and glory of the navy, and
i of the country'; and full of life and zeal.
As there was a rumor afloat respecting I
iconic show of mutiny on hoard the Pea-'
i cock, it may be well to slate that there j
, was no foundation for such a statement,
ami tnat a single sailor only used improp
er language, for which he was duly tried
by court martini and punished.
Success and favoring galfcs attend the
squadron. 'Flic officers have much to
contend with, apart from the novelty of
their enterprise, and its uncertain issue;
out we trust that they will all come forth
like i ion, and by their boldness and skill,
wlictiuir successful or not, will mingle
their names with the destinies of their
service.
Fuitts op Couinsim*. Ned Grimes!
wore a sail countenance, lie was often!
asked what w is the matter, but unsatisfac
tory answer was forthcoming. At length
a particular friend, obtained the following j
particulars of him. “You know said Ned, ,
1 h :vo keen courting Sully W. a long
while, and so wo had a great notion of
getting married, when that dim’d old
Col . ’ “Go on Ned dont he a boy; ;
what about Colonel!” “Why, you see,
S illy said I had better ask him, sol did
as perlite :;s I know’ll bow.” “Well, what
reply did lie make?” “Why lie kinder
. hinted round “ v\ h it kind of hints did
he throw out?” “\i hy he kinder hinted
round, as if I want wa-ited there.” “Well
Ned, let us know what they were—what
the Col. said, to disturb vour . mind so.”
“Why ho said” “said vvliat?” “Why
lie said if he cutched me there again, lie
would cowhide me ’till ! hnd’nt an inch of
l ine left on my back, r’urn his old piitir.”
[Claremont Eagle. ;
■ • i
A Slight Mistake.— A certain citizen
of some repute, who was present at the re-i
ception of Marshal Soult by the dock'
company, brought home to his ladv a note j
which a friend had given him of the mar- ■
slial’s speech, beginning, as it did, “J’ !
prouve unoprofonde impression cn repon
dent an toast one visut di porter M. le >
President.” “1 do not talk French,” said
the worthy citizen, “but I understand'
enough of it to perceive that old Soult be- 1
gan by approving the wine and porter we
! gave him.”
At the coronation of Edward I. the
price of a seat was half a farthing; the
price gradually rose, till, at the coronation
1 ot Elizabeth, it was sixpence; of James 1.
a shilling; Charles I. the same; of Charles
11. .! antes 11. and \\ illiam and Anne half
:crown; of George I. five shilliinrs; of
George 11. half a guinea; of George 111.
ten guineas; of George IV. twenty guineas.
W c have for some time past seen in the
northern papers, the word /onfir frequent I v
mentioned. Walter Scott, in his Legend
ot .Montrose, makes McC.ilium .Moore, or
the Marquis of Argyle, say to Dalzetlv:
“I tell you that if you he .stubborn, your
campaign shall begin ami end in a march j
to the block at tue castle-gate, uhicli
si. ;.. I- ready for such Mwl-lrafi r.<; hut if
you answer my questions faithfully, I will
receive you into iny , into the service
ol .MacCallntn Moore.”—[Aug. Cone.
[ Death of Cwi.. Grayson. The New
| York Star contains a particular account of the
circumstancea attending die suicide ot Col.
P- W. Grayson, who, it will be recollected,
put an end to his existence some time since, at
Bean’s Station, in Kentucky. It is from the
pen of Col. Todd, his associate commissioner.
“.Mr. Grayson arrived at Bean’s Station on
the Bth of July from Knoxville; appeared very
restless and impatient. Came down to dinner
but ate nothing; requested a cup of tea to be
sent to his room. In the evening he came
down and appeared composed. lie retired to
rest at the usual hour. The next morning the
boy went into his room with a towel and water
to wash with. He directed the servant to
clean his boots, which was done, and when
the boy took them up, he told him he had no
further use for him. The boy immediately
left the room, and in eight or ten minutes af
terwards the report of a pistol was heard,
though it was thought by the inmates of the
house below to have been a gun fired oft’ out
of doors. The hour for breakfast arrived, the
girl carried it to his room. She found him
dead. A phial of hindunnm about half full
was found on the table. It is supposed that
he drank too little of it, which, with the ex
citement, &c. failed to accomplish his object.
The boy said he found him lying on the top of
the bed clothes, and looked out of his eves ns
if lie was very sleepy. There were two beds
in the room, and it is thought that he was sit
ting on the one which he occupied, with his
| body inclined towards where he shot himself;
! the other was directly opposite, and he was
| found half way under it. No blood was
j found on the bedding, though a piece of the
] scull bone was found lying there. The brain
; was thrown about the room, though very little
blood. The pistol must have been placed a
little below the right temple, as all the upper
' {inrt of that side of his head was blown en
tirely off’. The following lines were address
led to the landlord, and left on the table in
| such a position that the eye would discover
them immediately on entering the room:
Mr. Mays—l pray you pardon the frightful
(scene I have made in your house,
i You will, ere long, learn that I have not
| been wholly an unworthy man.
I have to request you to write to Colonel
James Love, formerly a resident of Bartons
ville, (Ky.) who, 1 think, is there at this time,
though intending to remove, with his family,
in the fall, for Texas, informing him of vvliat
has occurred here, and of my wish that he
would be good enough to come to this point
and take care of mv baggage, examine and j
do with it vvliat lie will see is proper. In the j
meanwhile, I.hope the best care will be taken
of it.
You will find money in my pocket book to I
defray all necessary* expenses.
1 beseech von again to pardon the trouble j
1 give you. Signed, P. W. GRAYSON of
Texas.
The following is a copy that lie left for his [
friends.
To my friends—l go to my grave, for the |
quiet the world can never afford me.
The fiend that pursued me for a long time
previous to 1830, and then let me rest, (’twas
when I went to Texas,) has started on me
again wiffi redoubled fury.
In reviewing all the facts connected with
this distressing and lamentable occurrence, I
think wc may safely say he lias fallen a vic
tim to his own morbid feelings, produced by
the slang and calumny ot those opposed to
hiiiiin Texas for llie Presidency. His ardent
friends pressed tiiis tiling upon him contrary
to his own convictions, and he lias fallen a
sacrifice.”
Tiif. Far West. —“And pruv, sir, is
not Indiana the far west!”
“(), no—no.”
“Well, is Illinois the far west?”
“No—far from it.”
“Surely then, when you cross the Mis
sissippi, you are in the far west —arc you
not?”
“No.”
“Whcrethen is the fur west itself?”
“Why, it is about a half a mile this side
of sun down.”
L\*.v Cask. —The following was stated
hy a Professor at Paris to his Pupils. A
gentleman, dying, made his, will, in which
lie provided, that if his wife, shortly to be
confined, should have a boy, be would take
two thirds of the property and his mother
the remainder: but if it was a girl, then
the mother was to have two thirds and tiie
daughter one-third. Now it happened tjiat
a boy and a girl were born. The Profess
or inquired, how the property was to he
divided according to the wish of the Tes
tator. He called up one of the pupils and
asked gravely—“ Sir, what was the inten
tion jif the Testator!” “Sir,” answered
the student, “his intention was to have on
ly one child.”
What Constitutes a Vagrant? The
Knickerbocker relates a good anecdote of
a well known vagabond, *who was brought
before a magistrate as a common vagrant.
Having suddenly harpooned a good idea,
he pulled from a capacious pocket of his
tattered coat a loaf of bread, and half of a
dried codfish, and holding them up with
a triumphant look and gesture, to the
magistrate, exclaimed; “You don’t ketch j
him that way! I’m no ivagrant. An’tj
them vvisible means o’support,! should like !
to know?” « j
Selling without License. —An Arab
having lost his camel, swore that if it was
ever«found/ he would sell it for a
single dirhem. The camel was found;
hut the owner was very unwilling to fulfil
his rash oath. At length he adopted the
following expedient. Taking his cat, he
.entered the market, proclaiming—“ Who
will buy a camel for a dirhem, and a cat
for a hundred dirhems?—hut take notice
that one animal will not he sold without
the other.”
Obliging. —Some wag in New York
a few days since, found a genteel loafer;
asleep on the battery, took off hts boots,'
ic/iih•jrn.o'm/ them, and set them out-side
ol the gate. H hen the gentleman woke
up lie was highly indignant at such an
imp rtiuf M interference with a person of
his distinction. *
__ [From the Qarannah Georgian.]
QbituaßT. Deftfffed this life, at St. Marys
on the .'lst of August, in the 38th year of her
after a most painful illness of 14 days,
which she bore without a murmur, and with
gieat Christian fortitude, Mrs. Elizabeth
Bayard Clinch, wife of Gen. D. L. Clinch
and third daughter of the late Hon. Win.
.ioustoun; leaving a devoted husband, numer
ous relatives, and a large circle of friends] to
mourn her irreparable loss. A dark and in
scrutable Providence has rarely made a more
melancholy breach in any family circle,for al
though her course was peaceful and unobtru
sive, it was one calculated to make the most
sincere and devoted friends. Those alone
who were favored with her intimacy and friend
ship, knew her exalted worth. It was in the
bosom and endearments of her fainily, that
the purity and exceeding loveliness of her
character was developed and fully appreciated.
Her gentle and unassuming deportment, and
the nice and delicate propriety of her manners
conciliated and won the admiration of even
her most distant acquaintances. Asa daugh
ter, in the family of her adoption, she was dis
tinguished for the sweetness of her manners,
and her affectionate devotion to the interests
and happiness of every incmScr. And when
in the providence of God she was called to
the high and responsible duties of a wife and
mother, she proved herself equal to the deli
cate and difficult duties to which she was ap
pointed. Here, as well as in every other situ
ation, she was characterized by the same gen
tle and unassuming manners, aud by the same
consistent and cheerful deportment And
when brought down to a bed of unusual and
intense sufferings, the strength of her charac
ter and the purity of her principles hushed
; every murmur. With patient resignation to
the will of God, and a firm reliance upon the
! merits of her redeemer, she calmly awaited
; the end whicteshe saw approaching. A more
unsullied character we believe is rarely found;
[ and seldom, if ever, has an individual gone to
[the grave with fewer enemies; and, is it pre
sumption to trust that a purer spirit has rarely
gone up to God who gave it? P.
Perilous Balloon Df.scent. On Satur
day last, 11th inst, at 10 minutes before 12
o’clock, I ascended with my Parachute Bal
loon, accompanied with twq. small parachutes
and animals, from the spacious yard of the
Washington Hotel, kept hy Mr. Conner, and
as soon as I attained the height of 2000 feet,
I detached the conical parachute with its oc
cupant, which landed in safety near the La
Fayette College; by that time I rose several
thousand feet more, when I detached my oiled
silk parachute, which experiment was to de
cide the certainty and safety of my parachute
balloon—it did not descend with that uniform
velocity as at first I however concluded that
the experiment would not be hazardous if not
disagreeable. I also was satisfied by former
descents, that a balloon as it became flaccid
would invert in a rapid descent. When I at
tained the altitude of about 13,000 feet, the
i balloon became fearfully expanded, causing a
loud hissing from the small tube at the bottom,
I through which the valve rope passed, giving
me warning that unless I opened my safety
valve, the balloon must rupture; at this critical
! moment I became somewhat excited as I look
i cd over the side of my car and saw the vivid
] flashes of lightning passing from one cloud to
j another. The thunder gust was moving from
i 8. W. to N. E. and my vessel, at this time,
! was sailing swiftly from N. VV. toward S. E.
passing New Village and Asbnry.
I looked at my time-piece and found it 20
minutes past 2, and as I was returning it to my
pocket the balloon exploded! Although I had
confidence in the apparatus, I must admit that
it was a moment of awful suspense, for in the
space of 10 seconds the gas rushed from the
balloon, with a noise resembling the approach
of a hurricane, and as 1 fell through the air
it whistled through the net-work like unto a
strong north-wester, through the rigging of a
ship. I cast my eyes to the balloon and found
my expectations realized. It assumed the
form of a concave hemisphere, falling rapidly
without any vibratory motion, until I°reached
the lower strata of a sharp gcJe from the south.
, When the parachute commenced its first
vibrations drifting rpe northward, making a
vibration about every ten seconds, which' now
made the descent very unpleasant, every mo
tion causing a sensation similar to that of a
person dreaming they fall. (I make the com
parison because I consider it a general afflic
tion, as it frequently occurs to myself.) The
w ind from the south drifted me about three
miles before I approached the earth, and made
my landing much harder than it would have
been in a calm atmosphere. As I neared the
earth, I threw over all my ballast, which put
me oft my guard, and as my car struck the
earth obliquely, it bounced me about ten feet,
slightly bruising my shoulder. I sprang on
mv feet quickly to see it collapse, but it had
iell alongside of me. I now stood gazing
w ith astonishment, first at the parachnte; then
at the car which had turned bottom upwards.
I next cast my eyes to the fleeting clouds
through which I wassailing but three minutes
before, and now I was standing on the terra
Anna, congratulating myself on the result of
my experiment, which I intend soon to repeat.
I landed on the farm of Mr. Elijah Warne,
nbout-10 miles from Easton, and got the as
sistance of Mr. Warne and his neighbors, who
were watching the descent of the parachute,
little thinking that a human being accompan
ied it. J. WISE.
Easton, August 11, 1838.
Boat Races. The following came off at
| Bradley’s Brook Hail Mansion House.
| Ist Race—Two boats, six oars—the Edwin
' Forrest and Spark; won by the latter. Time
•J!) minutes; distance five miles. The Spark
I was rowed by John Ludlow, Anthony Ludlow,
[ Abraham Ludlow, Henry SargsiyJohn" Jen
j nings, and David Webb; Samuel Ludlow,
'coxswain. The Edwin Forrest was rowed by
Cornelius Britton, Edward D. Hart, Michael
Simmons, Joseph Lewis, Alexander Gray, and
! Abraham Simmons; William Decker, cox
swain. The Spark beat by 300 yards.
Second Race—Two boats, at 5 1-4 o’clock,
1 ours—the Ben Shamburg and Brooklyn.
The Ben Shamburg rowed by John Ardin
j stine, Christopher Gayker, Robert S. Martin,
; and Wm. Gibson—B. Palmington, Coxswain.
The Brooklyn rowed by Thomas Youngs,
j John Youngs, James Earle, and Walter Dix
i on—Joseph Young, Coxswain. Time, 29
! minutes. The Ben Shambnrgh won by about
two hundred yards.—[Courier &, Enquirer.
Tears shed for the departed seem to relieve
the heart. Thus widows, like frogs, are mpst
! lively after a shower.