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jv LHUt — A mang ten vimoh-Is lltel
tiy tho S;nto of Mas»«i5huii.ll *, (feu-inn
war ofiho Revolution. wa.thosluAp WiMtiiroji.-
was hGiit in that lien Pis!riel of Maiur, and lur
express purp-rev of protecting our cuantiii"
ado, s-hich had anfferod much by the capture*,
tc., of ttte enemy- She mounted thirtenn guns,
and vrtu com inn tided by Cops. Gnorge Little, of
Muit'Rel'l, talto had heart the tiral lieiitcunirt of thu
■abip Protector, John Potter William*, E«q.. cent -
binder, and wiujjiy our quasi war with Frame. in
17rjMtnVindud the frigate Boston. Ilia fir.-tl
tsMtUnrttX, in tho \Vinthrap w.m U)w ,rd Preble, of
PortJaft-i, who alttn had been nu nlEcer im heard
thuTfotee’nr, and who was aflofwnrJ*Comtnotl.tro
Preble. ( ho UTuthrop was « very fortuu-iie ves-
aol, ami more than native red thu expectations of
those who built her. -Sio protected tlie coasting
trade, made many prizes, ami covered herneff aim
glory. IS ,uh after sailing oh tier first cruiua, she
Tell in with two ships which tnn.loh furioiiiolrie ap
pearance, hut baldly running down upon tliura, shn
captured them both. They prdved to be two atom
British fetters of marque, arid aim immediately
returned with them to Boston.
Site made a numlior of prizes sfterwards, ttnd
Ye.*»pture4 a vloop Itelenging to the late William
•Gray, E<q., which Imd been tuketi by thu British
brig iijeriam, of equal or superior force to the Win.
tlirop, and with a prize.mister and crow on board
was ordered for Penobscot, to which place llm
Mcriara het*e\f had gone. Captain Little imme
diately rosolved upon the daring plun of cutting tier
out- Disguising his vessel, so ns to give her us
much as possible the appearance of the prize sloop.
•sully conceive,! to he far thu most blissful hV»tn. 1
"ion of tbs whole system.” Hero then we find ad
duced as a prnof of the matin,*, of Mr. -Elliot the
very doctrine which Hcrsclml promulgated with
much applause eight years Inter.
Foreign Quarterly Review.
. A Kaleidoscopic View of New Orleans.
When wr state that in no city in the New or in
tile Old World is there a greater ruflidy of nations
roprosented than in this, or a greater diversity of
.lifforont and distinct ratios sod people tobo met
ivith than horn, » • are hut asserting un establish
ed truism, Now Orleans is u world in miniature,
subdivided liito sinnlWV'iSoinipunweatthr, in every
one of which distinctive traits ol national charaetdr
are to lie seen, and thu pitcuiiur language of its peo
ple is to lie heard jppkfn. There me—first, the
Anglo-Amentum., guogiapidcally classed ; the
shrpwcd, sharp featured, -‘cute" Yankee , tilts
honest. Unsophisticated Dud somewhat primitive,
ooking sons of tile Wosl ; and the generous, hide-
Mtndent-nevmbfg S uiilit-i nor. Each section of
ni« common slbeis, besides ditferiog to some extent
■i their idiot)) uf langoag*-, colonize,although tint to
to entire exclusion of others, of course, in res.
peclivo neighborhood-;. Then there uru the Franco-
Americans, and the French, speaking a common
- tmguugn, hut in habit* arid feelings thu former
l evincing a great mo liliijotion from those nftlie lut-
1 ter. and thcrclore drawing around llteir society a
I line of denmrihilion which points ,out llm dislinc-
! tfott j uml tiled there are llm Spaniards tuid the
In.sceUdants of Spaniards. All uf those—the An-
A Diplomatic Curiosity. —A letter 1n which'
Quet-it Pomnre, of .Tahiti, solicits the pRatcctlori' uf?
the Queen of England against France—Ima found!
its way into general circulation. The idiorri may
ho Tutmiao, but the sentiments are ohvipusfy mis
sionary
» Tahiti, 22d January, 1843. 1
‘•My dear friend and sister Queen Victrfria.Queen
of great Britain .
"Heullh rtnd peaco lu you, arid saved may jttsya-
be by Join vali, the louudutfon of our power as
Qoeoiis of our respective countries. VVo dwell io
peace, from the arrangements made by our prede
cessors.
“Tills is my spnech to you, tny sister friend. '
Coimniseroto me io my amietiuit? in my'helpless-,
mss and lu the fliliiirtJinc* in which my nation is
nvoived witli Franco.
*-Tiicexisting protectorate governmeni.bf Franco
in my dominions I do not acknowledge. 1 know
nothing ofwliui my < Inc Is and Uio.-French consul 1
li.iti done, before I wrote to you bycupiuiiiJonees-
1 being uhseol at iUiato. csjqc
“On the urrivdl of the Krsrrcti admiral, A. 0
Petit Thours, the same chief, who formerly sign!
the document requesting French protection assoi;
bled, viz t the three Governors and Puruitii, C
person who was left in charge at P.ipCetCj(Paroi
is the rout of this greut evil :) and the French ad,
tlrirul and the French consul, ullor having euirijijs
ted (heir design in signing the document, seui sji
over to me at Moores, through the medium of
messengers, Tuirnpa and Mr. Simpson, for tny |
nature.
“Tuirupa said to me, ‘Ponmre, write your nl
under this document, if you du nut write y
name you must pay a fine of 10,000 dollar*-
to-morrow, and O.UOO the following
the lirst payment he del
die first day, hostilities
your lipid uiUeifi’
• On aecaiioi of this th
signed myname. I was
because.1 was afraid ; fur the llriiish and Atnetri
cun aulijucls residing in my laud in ease uf hostil),
lie,) would have heeu ii)iJi»crlml/iqloly iiuissacied ;
no regard would liavo heeu paid to parties.
•*'I Ins is the uuy my government has been taken
from me, and Cultslnoted into a French guvern-
ment.
"My government is taken front mo and tny .fat-
niies, Peralta, 11 tittle. Tali, and others connected
with them ; it wits they who combined and entered
into ngroument wiltl the French. They have ban
ished me, that 1 should not bo sovereign of Tahiti)
that they should he kings and ulso llteir children,
"And now tny friend, think ol me, have compts.
stun on me, and assist me; let it he powerful, lot
it bu timely and saving, that 1 may be reinstated in
my government.; let it he prompted by the feeling
wiiielt caused (lie Messiah to come into the ivurltl
te save you and me.
‘-Have compassion oil rue in tny present trouble,
in my affliction, and great lielplesMiess.
"Do not cast me away ; assist me quickly, my
friend. I run to you (in' refuge, to hu covered un
der your great shudn.v, tile sumo ns itll'oided to my
fathers by your fathers who are now dead, and
whose kingdoms liavo descended to us,lho weaker
vessels. —e ’
"1 rouow the agreement lei it he lasting and for,
ever. Let it" coniinuanae extend not only lo our
selves ami children, hut to our children's chitdren
M y Irit-nd do not hy any menus separate our friend,
ship. This is my Iruu wish.
"1 now deliver up tu von my friend, my Lust ofj
lint : my only hope of being restored is in you. Pc
quick tu hulp mu for I am nuariy dead ; I uni liku I
captive pursuud hy a warrior and nuariy taken
wlmse spear is closo to ine. ' ' ;
“ The tiino is very nigh when 1 four I shall loss
my government and my land. .
“My friend, send quickly a large stijftof Yar lb
assist ilia, A French sttfp nf war Is daily hxiieoled
here—speedily send t> ship of «ar lu U
and I shall ho snvctU tan
" h is my wish flint the ndmirnl "
come (o Tahiti., ff he cannot apr-edilj
a Ittrim ship uf war may erfpin just it
■m
ft« ootereJ the harbor uf Peuohscot in the evening ; • I til-tf Americans, trio Franco- Americans and French,
tu he the f-irt, lie was hailed, and a.sltvd .1 "I 111 »*'? H i ,ll ' li ^ h 11,1,1 «*»« dmCBadams of Spaniards
what whs—he answered, "thn
'srt-izj.” hi. said that tho people in the furl
4kmo suspicion* of hfinrhul they anflured' hii
^(Jss. Ha then ran tip towards lint lirigy and i
approaches her, was* again hailed and gave
nnsweY, “Take care,” said they on bturd this
Merinrn,“you’ll mu -foul of us." M« iiif.iriliud
then) that tie had been ashore on a reef, nod lost his
cables anchors, aud requested them lo throw him u
wnrp. wMch was itnmdiately done.
The i loop was then hauled up to the brig, and Lt.
■Preble, ns had been appointed, jumped on hoard
with n number ol matt, who had their own variiiu-
dulios assigned them—while somo slipped tlie on.
bles.otiiors made sail, die. Preble, himself, with a
few followers, entered tile cabin, where the officers
were just changing their dross, for the purpose ; f
going on shore. They made «-uno attempts to gut
thoir arms for defence hot were soon subdued.
W hen they wore coining out of the harbor, the fort
-fired upon them, hut Copt. Little judged it best not
to rettmi tno fire ; he kept steadily on his course,
and when out of the reach of their shot, triutnpltuiil-
-ly let utf “thirteen sky rockets.!” In the. same
-cruise he took two other vessels, ui*o of which was
a schooner of'eigbt gnus, whioii he bad driven n'-
shore, lie maimed his boats, went on shorn, mode
tho crew-prisoners, and got off the schooner ; « tin
his four prizes he retained to Boston. The (ivii
Yossols entered the harbor together -in fine style,
with a leading breeze; und « gn Haiti show they
made.
Commodore Perry.—-At the liomendous bottle
of Lake Erie, when a Snooping havoc wiileli was
sometimes ntude, o number of moll were shot awny
front around a gun, the survivors looked silently
around lo Pony uml then stepped in llmir places.
When ho looked it the poor fellows who lav wound- |
cd and weltering on tho deck, lie always found lo ir
faces turned towards him, nod llteir eyes iWml on
his countenance. It Is impossible fur words lo
heighten tho simple affecting i lnquenrc of this
aiioedoto. Jl speaks volumes io praise of the hero
ism of the commander, and tho conSileuofl nud
t affection of bis men. . -
ly CoiiAissj in lime of Danger-\-Tbo second Lien-
ft- pant uf the L'.wrnnco, staodii^py Perry, was
|w*uokio the breast byo chuiu-slibi wIdcU having
ssedlhroiigh the bulwark, has so faVJhenl ns to
VVo nd other offcol than lo knuok Idol down.
—nndnr wiueh do mp-' ,‘lomsjva ter
ilie nntivos of lloljiirid. I’nissin. and nil thu Ger
man Unites—urn nojt la point of number*; and
next lo them, tho Irish; ami then you find men
of every climo—Chinese. Choctaw,, Gruoks.l’o let
Persians anil Piedmontese.
Let a mat) take the present plansant summer
ev.enings to it—when the labors of the (lay art) ovei
and each man makes to Ills liomostoiid—nntl im
will encounter ns much novelty nud os great a di
versity of national character ns if lie miido ifie lour
of Europe, and look the great lakes, the falls of
Niogurii and Bunker Hill in his route. Lot him
listen In the prom-moders round the Place.d’Ariries,
or those silling mi ibo benches iii St. Louis street,
and lie will funny himself on the Boulevards nl
Paris. If lie hearkon to tho reuniotu outside thn
ftponish.built linustia in the Third Municipality. In
o ill Imagine himself in the suburbs of Cadiz: the
faces nod accent of thu majority of Ihoso he meets
in die News-Room about this limn would iudtiec
him to believe ho 'had been, by some unknown
ngenry, transplanted In the Liverpool or Munches
cr'Chnngo. lo the St. Charles he will find n cos.
mop-iliton crowd, and in tho neighborhood of the
Second Municipality l-oven, na many IJooziers,
Wolverines, Pukes and Corn-crackers ns lie could
-.||iiko a stick as."
P.iss you up to the third ward of the Second
Municipality, unp you will sen nothing but Detail
ftubs and hear nothing bin the Dutch language,
- vorv word os rough as a rock of grunilo ; yon
wonder how it is that liny enn get such words
op tho throat.unless by keeping it wo’l oiled
Tills part ol the city -a so thc-roughly Dutclt llint
tim'vcry pig- grunt in that language; you may
well imagin' y thirst If to ho on tho preclnts of Am
stohl-am. Come down to Girod street nod the
paft* theveuntb adjacent, and yon erf) every side
liuffr "illlgant Irish,_ in the mother longue, qml with
ns graceful a bioguo as if you aluotl on the banka of
Shannon or at the lakes of Killarney, nod yon hoar
as much gosleras you wouhi'nl an Irish wake.
Tho nstives ofChina nro Incntcd in tho neigh,
h irjtood of Congo Square, wlielo y -ii may sen. any
dak dial the wind is Idgli enough, H-mg ICong,
ri--*— (-00, Tom- Poo, and several .other ColestialH
rqliy, parli-coleticd piiptg'k?' ~ 1
f vfiieb lie so erier
ol toe ptiDim treasi
I ini of honor, to r
ill) him in 1840.
ver their places,
n« )-
1
: of all restored Dynasties,
r, found them where its loss le.fl them,
be same pas-duos, and ready to repeat
uoders, and lo perpetrate the same ea
ts. So u is with the Stuarts, as well as
ine,and so wilt it he with Martin Van
n tha American People possibly capable
; Inin to the authority which was exer-
ic prostration of tlieir prosperity, ami
ol tho public treasure. He would eon.
raise again those who
Tho old defn ultors
and tha old baud of
;n fasten their fangs on the Tieasury.
ulplt said a restoration was tho worst ol
rinnents,except that of Priests. The his-
u world nhoniluiitly confirms the truth ol
k, and Napoleon's knowledge nf mankind
tin to explain the cause in a single sen
ile restored “forget nothing, and learn no
They regard tho interval as passed in
on. nnd they return to resrnrd those who
taken in thu disgrace of tlieir fall, and lo re-
h-msetres on all who occasioned it,
were led to muke these observations, by one
esoluHtbts adopted nt the Van Boron meet-
< -v York lost week. It brings furwurd tin-
■i-sury again, and avows that the New York
go lor the measure and the author, the eausc
■ man, the Independent Treasury, und Martin
I ir,in.”
lucoot respect” for the American People,
in Imvo restrained uny party from again at.
force, down a measure, which, after the
liberateih-cossinn, and ample experiment,
nineteen Smuts, and a popular
Whi'n^tlieie wire many
in !8»rm« SuVtreasHrv
atmjft\ksso--. wItich per
itruliiintho result. To
vive it now, which it prove* that tin, “Rnslhralh
would also revive oil that rendered Mr. Vnn I! ire
former ndminisiralion odious, is besides u direct in
dignity to the Union.
99 An Incident ia Georgia, . j
Some two years ago the writer of this arltclo I
upped at a towu in one of the Southern counties ]
' Gcorgin. Strolling about, he entered the gravo
yard. Frdm a small hut dilate obelisk, ho read
this inecripiion:
mother’s memento
TO T!IB MEMORY OF AN ONLY SON,
WHO FELL AT THE MaSSAjBRK
OF
fanin’s REGIMENT IN
MEXICO.
He felt on interest to learn th« history of its
erection. The story was briefly thi* A youth of
nineteen, the only nan of n widowetl mother—a
b;>y whom she loved with ail the fondness of ma-
trrnni* niFtcimu—was returniog home from the
University of Virginia, at the time Faciio was rais
ing tiis regiment of Georgians for the 'IVxinn scr*
vice. With Sfiuthcrn ardor, and with all the cliiv.
alrouS reekSesstiess of youth, ho volunteered for
the campaign. He briefly addressed n letter to
his mother the day he embarked informing her of
his destination, and his hope ofbeinff iostrumeiuai
io uiding Uu* independence of the Texians.
Judge of tJut mother’* feelings when she read
this lette r. 'Vjihout an instant’s hesitation site
departed for Charlestown, it* hopes :o overtake
her truant boy. Unfortunately the schooner lost
her foremast; and when the mothes reached Tex
as sho found the regiment had marched n week be
fore for the scene of conflict. News finally canto
of the enpturn of Fanin nod hit forces hy the
Mexican army. Then enme tho intelligence of
their mmw»er«, hy tha order of the Tyrunt Santa
Amu*. H«r boy was in the front rank, .a nd among
the first that full! For ujinm she tras deprived of
her r*—ti all 'll ahe finallv rmwiverej, with a
Wttv j
io fit
poiuiewO
oil hut irib
lave taken the
Alttmdie*)MHin
it j t»o bodies of cqo.1 ie,^poratd
each other will mutually^ '
qunntilic.nf heat, therefor-
niter. But a piece ol ice
rill receive much mine heat f
hjeci. thwn it impnr-L ; it
temperature and melt. The R
receives much mure heal from i
parts to the surrounding space in
But during a clear night, the nurtafe
i. toiVstnnsiy parting with Its ft
none ,- tlie conseqju-nce is, that’i
that the humidity contained Hi the
becomes e-mden-ed arid attaches (3
lie form of dew, in the sume matin
bier or a |Wtdior coniamiug cold wateB
t is call' d, in a hot dry—the surface
tlm water, nnd this surface of tlie ear
formation ol dew losen hoat ertnugh to I
the freezing, point, the dew becomes fro!
have Irost. But it U be cloudy, then the I
dialing from the en|th, wiH b* ruceivedby thee
and by them the gr’ealer portion m it will be t
ed lo the Earth, mils the surface of thn E»
ry nearly retains its temperature which not » n (j
prevents a frost, hut almost ntnays preventsey,-'
the furmutiou of dew. —Buffalo Com.
Hott.NET AND Fe-ngcin.—In the' action
Penguin, a private marina of the Hornet, namt t
Michael Snnlh. who had served updor till- gallsnt
Porter, in thn Essex, when she wh
British, received a shot through I
the thigh, which fractorttf the bene, it,.-I
he si
Nichoi.as as E.MfZRua.—it is easy to petccivc
that tlm Emperor caiinnt for a single instant forget
lYlint he is. nor the constant attention which he
excites ; lie studies ini:o««nnilv—I'rom whence
it result. Ilml he is never natural, not even when
he is .iiicnro. He ha* three expressions not one
of which is that of simple benevolence. Another
ihougb'rnrcr expression, suit, perhaps better hi.
due face—it is that of solemnity ; a third i< l at of
politeness, in which are mixed somo simile, of onn
ijeiiu.* and grace, that serve tn temper thn chill
produced hy tlm two former. But, nolwilslintiiug
this green, there is still something which injures
the mural influence of the man ; it is that each ex
prossion it assumed or cast oil'at will, without the
l least Irnco of <me remaining In modify the one next
jidopted. For such change wo are nut prepared,
land it therefore appear, like a mask, that can Im
put un or off, at pleasure, Let nut my meaning
of tiro word mask be misunderstood ; 1 employ it
’according tu its strict etymology. In Greek hypo,
trite menus an netor ; the hypocrite wus a man
who ibosked himself to perform n play. I would
only,say, then, that tha Emperor is always engag
ed in act! g his part.
Hypocrite and actor are ill-sounding words, es.
pecinlly in tlm month of of one who professes to be
impartial ami respectful. But it bppenrs to mo
that to intelligent reader., (and it is only such that
I address,) word, are nothing ir, Ihttmsclves ; their
importance depends upon the seiuo that is given to
them. I do not .ay that Ine physiognomy of this
prince lacks cundour , hut it lacks natural expres.
■ion. Titus, the chief evil ptnler which Russia
.uffers.Hhe absence of liberty, ia depicted even on
tlm cuuiiienanco of its Sovereign ; he has many
masks, but no face- Heck for the man, and you
■till always find tho Emperor,
\ How the Diamond Guts Giasa —Dr, Wnllns.
ton ascertained that tho parts of glass to which tho
diamond ia applied tire forced usunder, ns by a
wedge lo a most minutu dis;once, without Iming re-
t „ ,W!» . --
i (he ioot out oThirt boNimi. urn! <ju
Lout this Is my allot," tliursl it with aang (Void in-
pkis pocket.
f IllUsTKATION.s.—ill
rif .Illustrations,—in nrgiiiimai am
'k»lnng is inure plotting titan ittustrulli
Iqg is inure deceptive. Tlm mind is s
and exposition
.-trillion, lint noth-
,i plftsed
^ ‘•ac*spo fruit) the abstiuct to (tin jitilpaWe uud fnmi-
fn*r, that it rarely lakes the pains to exnininu who-
liter tlie tijiiotrution hours mure than a partial ru-
srinblanco In the position into, tied lo builliistrated,
uud whether tlm circuatslanccs ciltG BA parallel und
illustrative do not tend tn lend thu mind awny from
tho truth, rather tliun lo ullbrd u light by which thu
truth may bo more easily discerned. Tho eonvor.
nations of Johnson, as reported hy Bo-well, ahonuds
with forcible illustrations, but a careful observer
will find that it is often illusive. Let n. take'an
cxnmple at random. When he w»« told that Lord
Laval boasted to an English nobleman, that though
Ito had nut bis weultli, Un hud two thousand men
whom he cuuld bring into the field, mint bar ubserv.
• ed that tlu-ac two thousand mon brought him lit thu
block. Upun this. Johnson said,—-"Trim, Sir, lull
you may just as well argue concerning a man who
lias laiieu over a precipice to which hu has waiked
too near—his two legsbpnught him Uitlmt; is ho
not tlie belter fur having two legs This is slrik-
ing at the first view, hut it is not correct, for the ob
servation of the objector was manifestly to convoy
(hat the power to bring two lliouaand men into llm
"Hou> did the Whigs of Tennessee secure their
recent important triumph?" i. a question often asked
iinw-n.dnys.
'I he nnsWUr is easy. They followed the direc
tion of tlieir distinguished representative—David
Crockett.
First—By being sure they were right.
S -eimd—By going ahead.
Would it not bo well far the Wings of Massa
chusetts lo join thuir brethren of Tennessee, in do
ing honor in the same way, to the famous David
Crockett?—Mass. Whig.
An East Indian Notion.—Hun. J. S. B.
Thatcher, uf Natchez, then a buy, was in Calcutta
when the first cargo of Ice reached tlm strand.
Thousand, of the native merchant, had never seen
and perhups never heard of such an article ; nnd
us tho blocks here rolled out un the stands, they be
gan lo bundle it to see what it wris. It was laugii-
uhle to see one jerk back his hand and declare Ilml
it burnt him. The sensation produced by cold wt*
unknown lu them, and they ascribed the tinpleat
ant fooling to tho opposite cause he#t. When the
properties uf ice became known to them, they soon
got accustomed tu its feel, and were delighted with
its grateful taste ,- they gave it a uutivo name,
which signifies “solid water," and the use of this
luxury is now general throughout Hinduston anc
the Birman empire. Freeh Fund in Cambridge,
near Boston, is more productive nf riches lo the
owners tliun all the gold mines of Georgia and Car
olina ; und the ice taken from that pond is as much
superior to the Alleghany ice, as is tlie Damascus
to the Brazil diamond. It is as cold as clmrity, and
has ti real New England, mulish sort of a dogged
propensity to stand fire without running away,
Boston ice has done more for the South than all
the whiskey and wmc in the world could have
done.
Tits Mexican Indsmijitt—The United Stntoa
brig Bainbridgs, Lieut. Cmrmanding Julinsnn, ar.
rived nt Norfolk on Sunday lust in tweuty -fom
"Tv* fi-iun Vf-a.crp^, n ~
luiccha,
i-gnlhvin fun
tie of the Penguin. This. Iwwi-vcr, the )a»ur
low was unable to accomplish, nod was cA«
pulled lo be named below
A Bane a Republican Measure.— Mr. Mek
fie, in his celebrated report of 1860y held the S'
lowing language about the late Bank and the (
gress widen incorporicd it:
•It may bo. said without disparagement lb
assembly of higher talent and purer patriotism
never existed, since tlm day. of trie Revolu
than the Congress by which trie preseut Bank
incorporated. If ever a political parly existed
which it might be truly said that 'all the ends
aimed nt worn their country'.,’it waa THE
PUBLICAN-PARTY of that day. Th-y ha I
conducted the country Ihrougb-thc perils of a
waged in defence nf her rights and hqnor, and,
evnting their views far abovedhe narrow and
arable ends of parly slrifo,sought only to ndvai
the permanent happiness of the people. It ivai
THIS GREAT’ END-that THEY established
present BANK.”
Again, in the sume report, after alluding t<nfk.
recommendation of Mr. Madison, Mr, Ij/c
continues :
"Tho Bank being now recommended by a
PUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION, was cat
through both branches of Congress as A RE
L1CAN MEASURE by un overwhelming
ty of THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.”
A Grateful Widow.—A pious lady had |
ed St. K-ib-mi for iheconvoraion of her huibtni
few days after, he died—when the widow .
ed, '■ What a gracious saiui is Raboni, he even I
us more than we-pray for."
Abstain from trifling, frivolous, and prj]
language. Tlm indulgence in habits
character, indicate no trait ofs gentleman,
good sense nnd good breeding, w hich should
.laclerUe. lit ell our intercourse its society—evd
"lyoti S
llingv " 1 ’TW'lfWa --- —mil' YliMl.gU
of muccardW-1 nc ivogme.nrn seuttiired through
tho city prumBcuoii-.ly ; muse of mixed blood, such
Its CSriifes, Qimrlctuo„A, Are., snowing n preference
for the hack ^street, of the First uua p„rt of the
Tail'd Municipality,
Bul_u slid litoro microscopic view of society
may be taken in sonm one u| thu streets nf the
First Municipality. There i. Madison street, fur
instance, merely running from thu Levee lo Rue
Coialo. It seems lu hu u sui t of Congress of Na.
lions, und every Imusu a distinct iiuttunul ensign.
Here is atewiss clockhiuker’s, with liulo woude'n
lu Jins und gentlemen in llto n ludow, moving about
,n u i|ntiri»ilio as regular as “clock work ;" lucre is
a Fn'tie.lt'luilur, Class-le gged, lit hi. shop, vv i,U n
•vKttli cup lm his head, like thu hull'ol'u cocoa nut.
next lo ttim is u Fpuniali harness uiaKur. Tliotl'
you coma—tur we prosuino that tlm reader is
walking through the street, und inking u pussing
view un Clilbvv side of him—men you couiti to the
store of a Jew padiur, measuring six I'd t bv lour,
nut more ; then Ion pluuu vvliuru leu is rutuilud ,
opposite lives u iliitcti kmlu grinder ; next a negro
uni her; then u baker ; then u sailor's boarding-
ti'jusu ; then tu a French restnurut, wlieru pro-
IcsHionul musictuns uud otners eul gumbo, and
drink cheap cl.irel. Milkmen, w usuerwumuu.
Cuifeo sellers, Iruilsrurs, uystermeit and utneis
occupy tile lirst story—und urns tutu u street ol
field was at that time, and in tho hands of Lord 1 about lorty puces lung ure huddled together utmost
1 * ’ ‘ 1 - * as many ciusaes and kinds of people us there wore
at tlie building of U.iuel.—N. O. P,c,
Lovat.a power svailublo only fir misehlef.
matt is tile better for having two legs are certainly
useful to him, though they may lienr him to lliu
edge of ■ precipice. But it hud not been shown
how the ability to bring tvvo thousand mon into tlm
field could be useful lu Lord Lovat. Within a
page or two of this there is another illustration
which is very picturesque and pleasing, and which
dues not appear liuble to any objection of incur reel,
ness. “At old Mr. Drummond's," says Boswell,
“Sir John D ilrymple quaintly said, tlm two noblest
animals in thu world were a Scotch highlander, add
an English sailor. ‘Why, Sir, uid l)r. Johnson, T
shall say nothing as 'o the Scotch highlander,' hut
as lo the English tailor 1 cannot npreu with you.’
Sir John said hs was generous in giving assay lm
nonev. Johnson replied,‘Sir, lm throws awn y bis
4>onoy without Ibouglil and without merit. I do
not call a tree generous that sheds its fruit ut evei
breeze.'" One can scarcely imagine greater fell
.idly of allusion than this.
Mad Ducrois.—It happened that, in 17s7, Mis.
Buydall.the aipec of Alderman Boydi-il.was sho' a:
ia the street hy a man p ho was arrested on the
spot. Her clothes were set un fire, but she sulfer-
ed no serious injury, and. indeed, it •»« never prey
ed that the pittuis were loaded with anything de-
strticlive. The prisoner turned out to bea medical
practitioner named Elliol. Oo bis trial the defence
net up was insanity, in proof uf which Dr. Simmon.,
physician to St. Luke’s, came furward among o-
ther witiies.es. Tlm doctor, in order tu show the
stale of tlie unhappy man's miud, produced in court
a paper which Edhu had seat him, for the purpose
«f being presented to the Royal Society but which
the doctor thongni loo visionary for that learned
body. He called the attention of tho court parti,
cttlarly to a passage, in which tha author asserted
“that the sun is tint a body uf fire, ns hath been
hitherto supposed, but thnl its light proceods from
a dense and universal aurora, which may alford
ample tight to the inhubitnma of tlwt body's surface
beneath, and yet ira at such a distance aloft as not
to sitnov them. No objection,” he proceeds to say
“ariseth to that luminary’s being inhabited and ve-
getstiuu may obtain there as well os with us.—
There may be water and dry land, hills and dales,
r.iu and fair weather ; and, as the light, so the
sson must be eteiuel | consequently, it may be
A Money Maxino Whites.—The New York
Huu is the authority lor the following :—“Uf nil the
American wrilct* now in vogue, Mr. Wiltis is pro
bably tlm most lortuituio. lie bus suvurul times
received hum one t'musund to two thousand dolluis
for a single wurk, Written lu the space ol a lew
weeks. VV’e have known him lo receive u good
sum lur the tail of u sing u hour, und we doubt not
trim Im is tu receipt ot me largest incume Irum Ills
literary labors of any parson m the country. He
is now in a futr w»y tu realize a handsome lortuim.
His last venture in tho Mirror bids lair, from pres,
eot uppsarunc-.i, fit he a most successful und lucre.
itvtfooSr*
LaugJ Afple.—Trie proprietor of the Catski-l
'louse sends us un apple measuring 18 3 4 melius m
circumference,amJ weighing 18 3 4 uuiicus. It is
I rent the- fat .a of Huniucl Adams, Olive, Uts er
coumy.—Albany Argus.
(Kr'“How do you patse -Tu KissT’ asked a
pedagogue this morning of a oiushiug and quite rijw
girl.
Haiti sho, “‘To Kiss'is an active verb, when the
lu.ly do sn’i want a ‘Smack,’ und is in thu infinite
or melting mood, ut present in.tense."
*• l'nut II do,” said tlie muster, “you uto rnthci
loo verb ose fit? my weak nerves.”
To Preserve Apples and Pears.—Wipe the
trait dry. Thun lake a varnished crock or wide
mouthed jar, at tha bottom ol which is to hu a Inver
of sand, until tlie croak or jar is full. Put it in u
dry- place. Apples or pours lows treated will keep
good all the winter.
Spare miiiuten are the gold dust of tiino ; nud
Young w ns writing n true, us well as a striking line,
when ho affirmed that—‘Hands made the inouotuiii
and moments made the year.’ Of all tha portion-
of our life, tho spare minutes are llm most fruitful
ill good or evil. They are gaps through which
temptations find tho easiest access tu tlm garden.
" ScoLdieo.—A scolding persou never has the
power of good government. Those who govern
well, are geusrally calm. Tiny are prompt and
resolute, but steady and mild.
Tub Yanrkr Tm Mainr.strcet.
couldn’t driven trade with you to-d.
specimen of thu Yunltno pedlar, us
door of a merchant in Mainc-strcet7
I calculate you onleoltitu about right, for you
cannot, whs tlie sneering reply.
Wal 1 I guess yon needn’t got hufly about It,—
Now hero’s a dozen real genuine razor strops,
worth two dollars and u hall—you may bavq ’em
lor two dollars.”
I tell yolt, I don’t want tiny of your trash; to
you had better be going.”
Wal now, l declare ! I’ll bet you five dollars if
you tnuiie mu no offer for ilium ure strops, we’ll
have n trade vet."
Done !’’ replied the merchant, placing thn
money in the hands of u bystander. Tho Yanktjo
deposited tlm little suiii-wlten tlm mi-rchant ofibrqd
him it picayune for the strops.
"They'ic youro." said the Yankee, ss-lmqulcily
fob'll ilmslukos. “But." lit) added, witli great up-
pirrnt honesty. “I calculate n joke’s a joke, uud
if you don’t want them strops. I’ll trade (nick."
Tim merchant's countenance brigdenod.—
“You are not so bud a coup, after ull ; hero are
your strops, give me tlm money."
‘‘There It Is," said tlie Yankee, ns ho received
the strops and pnssed over tho picayune. “A trade’s
a trade—nnd now you’re widu awnke, in njructt,
I guess tlm next time you trade with that are pic,
you'l I do n little better tliun to buy razor strops."
And away wulked the pettier with his sirups and
wager, amid the shouts of the laughing crowd,—Ft.
Louis Ariel.
■ £„u,usuh*tnnc<), nnit across 1..=
, (lie strain nt «ueh instant in the progress of tho
crack is confined nearly tu a mathematical point at
the bottom of tho fissure, the effort necessary for
carrying it through is proportionality small. I)r.
Wuhu.-iun found, by triu) that the cutcausod by the
more passage of the diamond need nut penetrate so
much as livu Hundredth part of an inch. He found
also, that other bodies, recently ground into tho
sumo form, are ulso capable uf cutting glass ; but
they cannot long retain that power from want of
tlm requisite hardness.
Much Blossom ani) Little Fhuit.—Soma are
prolific ia schemes uf usefulness, but are it.jsen.biy
pour ill execution. Liko some trees they spend
themselves in blussoni and never yield any lYuil.—
A gentleman, Inst saninssr. wimwed mo^tio* Ante
io itis grounds, whiA hr. mud he had rgsolved tscst
down ; for sllhmigMStM
liner blossom than teyMM __
• idon yet it "aveBBDwjte -ZMLswaosT—id ibis
to a friend, whosata, “'I'lieTuct is, thoTreo speu-'-
u-ell in klnssums. I ndviso you lucu: thu rind off
it. nearly halfway round, and It will probably have
less blossom, but it will btar fruit." 1H did si,
and the result wus that it ulierwnrds ptndpcu^
more uml belter fruit titan uuy oilier tree iu the gar
den.
Let me, therelbre, advise you to cut some of the
rind from your schemes, tha I they may not'spend
themsulves in blossom, but may work out the trait
of usefulness. Sir Isaac Nowton Is ssiil to have
declared, that he did not consider himself lo possess
any advantage over other men, except that whatso
ever lu- considered of stiffli-ieul rtiipoi'tance to begin
lie had sufficient resolution to continue, iiil be had
accomplished Itis object. Dr. Johnson, on the
other hand, confessed and lamented that he nWs
deficient in this necessary qualification that lie could
neverdo anything till Im wus forced lo it, either bv
his appetite or his creditors. Try. therefore, to
acquire thn habit uf resolution.—Rev. J. Ifrif.
fin.
“I advise you to pat your head into a dye tub.”
mid a joker lo a sandy haired girl, “for it is rather
red." “I advise you lo pill yours ium an oven, for
it is rather soft.," was the prompt reply.
Horrible Revenge.—Hume spi'eful. gslffio-
suaud individual says—“If you wish to outfit)
your bitterest enemy miserable, make his child a
preseut of a drum and a whistle pipe,”
Mile and MiLCit Cows.—A writer in the Cin.
cinoati Chronicle, who seems to be perfectly at
home oo all matters pertaining lo milk or milch
cows, expresses his or her views ns follows :
In selecting the best cows for tnilk, they should
bo of the middle size, or upwards, with a mixture of
Durham, say uAn half or thine.fourth*, and from
a go id nnd healthy stock; nod never allowed to
come in under three years old. for they do not ac.
quire their full growth until that period.
Most persons are in the habit of keeping too
tunny cows; one good cow, well taken care of, is
much more profitable than three or four, kept in
tho ordinary way.
In order tu sustain mv position. I w ill stnto n
feet relative to my own method of keeping cows
nnd ienvc the public In judge nf its utility ; l have
a fine large three.fourth Durham cow, six years
old ; after supplying my family with an abundance
of milk nnd creum. and giving tlm second day’-
milk to tho cnlf, whioii 1 atn raising, nnd is now
two iimittis old, my family made, thu lust week
November, (und a very cold week too,) nine pounds
of as sweet yclloia butter, ns ever 1 saw in
June.
1 keep my cow in winter, In a warm dry stnble
and uiidet no circumstances allow her to bo out in
the cold rin, cilherjniglit or day. | keep her well,
bedded with straw ; give her as much pure water
as she will drink three limes a day, at which time
good fine hay as she needs
nnd no more lima she will eat up from limn to
nigtil and morning. I give Iter a peck uf tm-
p. J ffittl potutoes lo unswer
njjfeve iwVtfei; b-cts, but -rltt
mJsweet butter. Coni nnd
il not answer tlie purpose, ns it
sure to dry up cows : they should have soil two or
three times a week.
Hosbands.—Tlm etymology of this word may
not be gene rally known. The head of a family is
called husband from tha fact that ho is, or ought tu
bo the band which unites the house togothcr—or the
bond of union among the family. It is to be re
gretted that alt husbands arc not house-bands in re
ality as well as in name.—Mer. Jour.
Directions foe going out of Codecs.—The
Cincinnati Sun has tlie following directions for go
ing out of church—they mostly interest some per
sons in this quarter.
•-As soon as tho blessing is given, wize your hat,
slam open the pew door, und gnt out of the church
as quick us you possibly enn bv scrambling nod
shuffling through the crowd. This islhs way for
young gentlemen. Master* anil misses should
-stop in the nislns, inquire about their friends and
families; and to admire the preacher, or Miss
Threndneedie’s new bunnet—or to gnze with de.
light upon Miss Butterfly’s new and fashionable
choiera ribbon, purchased at the old stand, and
which hasbeenjust received this six months. There
ia great merit in two or three flats being able to
atop tho progress of twd or three hundred sober
minded people. Another good point is lo stand to
the gangway or on the steps, so that those behind
may have an opportunity to exercise lhair 4:1-
bowi."
Norfolk Herald says :
“The Vincennes was oidered to Vera Crus .for
tlie purpose -if convoying tho n-.iney lotlie United
States, but it was understood at llm time the Bain-
bridge -ailed that General Thompson, Mtoisturul
Mexico, had entered into an arrangement w ith tho
house of Hargous it Co. to ship the money to
New York in the brig Petersburg nt the expense'
of the claimants. Captain Buchnonn, with the mag
nanimity that has always distinguished him. in nod
out of Itis profession, in a letter to General Thomp
son proposed lo co vey the money to tho United
Stales froo of any charge to the claimants.”
oora m*»l
Curious Geological Fact.—Professor Cole raft
mentions, the following fact, discovered daring lit**
late tour through the passage of the Alleghany
mom,Inins, on hla route uver the Cumberland road,
to Wheeling. Vs. t The geological structure of
this section ol the country, is nut without an im
pressive le-sou. In rising frum tlm Chesapeake
waters, the stratified rocks are lifted up, pointing
west, or towards the Alleghanias, nnd, niter cross
ing th« summit, they pointeast.nr directly contra
ry. like tite two sides of the rouf of a house, nnd
leave tlie inevitable conclusion that the Alleglmnies
have lieuii rifled up by a lateral; us it were, at the
relative points of the ridgepole,”
SICK FOWLS.
Air. Editor—I noticed in your paper of tho 7th
instant, frum u correspondent of War roll ton, Ab
beville, un article bended 'sick fowls—information
wanted.' I would here say in Mr. that 1
have oo ‘chapter’ lo write on that subject, as he sug
gests; but we hull sick fowls this summer, pretty
much iu thn way Itis wore. Wc gave them Bacon
Sic., but it did no good. Io thu mean lime, Aunt
K. K. F. carnu to see us; she told us to
elenutim trough where the fowls drank water.—
and then pot niiv-il dust into it, and fill it up with
clean water. We diJ so. and nur fowls have be
come entirely honllhy. Let Mr. try Aunt
R’s. project; if it doe* m good, 1 am sure it will do
no harm. J. g.
S-pt oilth, 1843.
Poisonous Effect of Trrx.—In one of the num
bers of Dr. Brnithwait’s London Rotro-pect, now
l;eiog published, wo find a ease reported by Dr.
Joslio, of New York, in which a compositor wus at-
acked with paralyais of tho face, io consequence
of holding type in Itis mouth while correcting proof.
Il required some three or four months to effect n
cure.
An Unwelcome Visitor.—A gentleman who of
ten intruded id a library where Im did uni sul»cribe.
ono day hud his dog turned out hy a crusty old lei
low, who gave him s tremendous, kick saying “you
are oo subscriber at any rale." Tlie pt-nllt-n.nii look
the hint and never tuorc ntittuyud the c-lublish-
mentt
Tai-piso.—After a consehution. sevcrul physi
cinns decided that a drop-ieul patient siiuultl be
tapped. Upon hearing of tlie decision of the doe.
tors, u son of the aick man approached him and ex
claimed, “Father don't submit lo the operation, for
there never was any thing tapped in our house that
lusted more than a week "
“Should old Acquaintance be Fuagot."—A
gentleman after having bought a pair uf geexe ol a
countryman, in the Boston market ut an extra price
asked (he selier why he was ho so unwilling to sell
one alone. “Sir," anid he, “they have been con
stant companions five and twenty years, and I coulY
uul think uf parting tbeiu."
show, nut quite so green a* Itis appearsric^
was passing through ltobtr.sun, near Waabingh
fie wns accosted by ono of the iiutoriou* pa
King which infect lliis city, witli the u?ual i
’V«m havo lost your |w»ckct book, air,' at the i
piekmg up one Irmii the dido walk, which wt_
and>1 lowed a large roll oi bill*. (Jc *aid ho
great bagtoniid must leave the citytui a bout imin
ateJy, requesting the countryman to let him T
lor his mterot in the prize.
Alter putting the very deliberately in hia f
he said he WAuJd give him his pay, and drawing-
aolf up, lie struck the rogue a violent blow ©ver tht •
which brought the clatet, and Bent him liettfr'cT
tho gutter. Upon this twoacconfll ~~
a corner near, who made an all]
comrade, hut the countryman pro!
lor the three, and was left in posse]
side walk.
We did not learn his name or
ever meet we will give him our hand, and ©ign a
lion to have him appointed to a place in the new |
about to be organized. We pray the Mayor and AlJerw
men, of this city to 6tir themselves, and give us thia
ref* rined police inalnnter.
1*. S. YVe have jus* received information that ac***
try gentleman, stopping at the Western Hotel laal to'"A
day, paid the burners live dollars for a pocket f -«M
worth a «hill»ng r and sundry counterfeit note©. W j
will they read the Sunday Mercury, and be wftc»
N. y. Sunday Merdir\
Spurious Mexican Doi.LaKs.-It was but rccuti
that a gentleman from Texas was arrested here fur.i*
wig in his possession a large amount of Mexican * ;
lars, which were said to be couulorfeit. It was |
ho became possessed of them in the way of legit
business. On their being assayed, they were lout J
possess not much more than fifty per cent., pore's <
and many hinted that the Mexican government*
author of tho imposition. From the followin
graph, which we find iu ono of our exchangee,
i.keiy to have been a “ Yankee trick** as acjUl
else:
The Salem Observer asks if “there ha* i
til quite recently, an establishment in
manufacture of Mexican dollars ! and
manufacturer has not been employed te mak
press ly for the Sooth American inarkot, by
stand fair in the commercial world !**
our readers answer those queries 1
A Costly Trophy—We .find the folio
of Mr. Weed’s Totters fronrKngtantf r
The dining ha'I at Chelsea hospital
>pliy colors and standards, frem the Duij
borough’s victorious battle of Blenheim, to]
•us butcheries of the British army in Chit
11 hesc emblem* of British valor, are tho i
donees tl*at England Ims been at war will^
thenatioiyi of tip earjh. There are threj
American colors, displayed in the hall. One .
at Washington. 1 could not learnlhe history of tlie j
rtwo; but an old veteran, who heard mo inquirr
crime up and remarked tiurt be • pensioner,
was in the fight wlnm onp of them was taken* a .
u lha/ stand of colors coal more British blood than •
other stand of colors ut the half"—‘There is nothing
ry mortifying in seeing two or ili/co captive Atuvr
eagles, with **£ PluriOvs Unum in ascndl #tt*p«*
from their laluns, provided there is neither disiitu
‘ -“ re. Aim. if i
hy the reflection I
in the way of trophies, wo can display ten tiinci
number wf British colors, flag* cannon, and »bi]
war: evidence! of American valor and prowess.
A Rihkdt. A correspondent of the London I .
tor amr.resis the following plan to suppress tiuellm
“Cet second* be appointed, as now : let th**..i ch
anunpire.* let the seconds, if the; can, agrees
not, the umpiro.-dicuio tlie apologies or explsnatfl
i)toner io the otfondmg party, or by both pari.es.il f
are in fault. Should a party re lime tu obey the a
eu nude,let his refusal bo published in the nr“ “
and himself be cut in decent ssefoly. And w
he gives or refuse* the apology required of h*n».
honor of the other party be considered as satisl
the proceed ing.**
cowardice united wuh their capture,
otherwise, 1 should be indemnified 1