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VOL. XXXV-
MII,LEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1844.
POETICAL.
[.ROM THE LADIES’ COMPANION.]
MELANCHOLY MI SINCS.
“/ would not live alwny
Oh! why do we cling with such fondness fo earth !
Its smiles are delusive, and short lived its mirth!
The objects we dote on—the lovely find true
On Time’s rapid currreut aro gliding from view ;
With the fleetnes* of day,
They are passing away,
And nothing, no! nothing their progress can stay.
Why cling we to earth ! its attachments though sweet
Are fragile as bubbles when rude billows meet;
Its beauty is transient as sunset’s rich light
That dazzles for a moment then fades from the sight:
All its pleasmes assume
The impression of gloom
Arrayed in a wanton and treacherous bloom.
When the warm tide of life by old age is chilled,
And the pulsus of passion erst restless are stilled ;
When the roses of beauty are nipped by the frost,
And the fervor of youthful aflbolion is lost:
Oh! why should we dread
To lie down with tho dead,
When the joys which we covet ore withered and fled !
From the bosom ofwinter glad Spring will arise,
Enamelled with flowers ot delicate dyes ;
The fountain will gush from their fetters away,
And the woodland resounds to the nightingale’s lay ; *
But death only line power,
When our clmrines aro all o’er,
An immortal and glorious youth to rejoice, w. o. H.
TO MISS M
Oh ! never doubt 1 ioye thee !
Thy smile, oil! oft it fleams,
Like fabled lamp of fairies,
To cheer my midnight dreams!
Oil! never doubt I love thee
As few have loved before;
There’s nought cun change my worship
Till life itself is o’er.
SCHMDSPT.
Como Vote for the Patriot Clay»
Tore—Rosin the Bow.
Ye freemen throughout the whole nation,
Attend to your duty, I prny,
Come uid in your country’s salvation,'
And vote fur the Patriot Clav, &c.
Though we’ve lost the brave Tippecanoe,
Bo long our best anchor and stay,
Our efforts at length we’ll renew,
And vote for the patriot Clay ,&c.
We put into office John Tvler,
In hopes that he faithful would stay,
But since he’s joined hands with the spoiler,
We’ll vote for the patriot Clay, &c.
And has teen so many a day,
And the mischief we fear will be double,
Unless we’re delivered byClay,&.c.
The workmen nre starving around us;
Can you tell me tho reason i pray ?
Such misery ne’er would have found us,
If we had for our President, Cluy,&c.
We used to have money a plenty,
Our debts we were nl»!« to pay.
But our pockets so long have been empty, l
We thiuk we’ll make trial of Clay,&c. \
The folks long in power have spoken,
And things will be better they say,
Their promises all have been broken,
So we’ll wait no longer, for Clay; dec.
The nation’s a prey to the spoiler,
On all sides ’tie filled with dismay,
So we’ll quickly drop Captain Tyler,
And stick to the
> pulriot Clay, &c.
Then gather ye friends oftlie nation,
Attend to your duty, I pray,
Come aid in your country’s salvation,
And vote for the patriot Clay,&c.
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE FASHIONABLE LADY.
Why should we speak of fashion, in a city where
it is so inconstant. Yesterday’s fashion is gone
to day, and Urn of to day’s is gone to-morrow.
In Paris, those who dress according to the fash
ion are always busy ; they must not lose a moment
in the day : there is the morning undress and the
morning dress; day dress, evening dress, nnd con
cert or bail dress ; and this is not all—ono must
have fashionable rooms, fashi mable furniture, fash
ionable carriage nnd horses, fashionable liverier,
and fashionable harness ; and fashion is always
Those people to whom fashion is every tiling,
are extremely unhappy when they are found want,
ing in the smallest particular. This way of tying
the cravats is no longer in fasltion ; coats are not
buttoned up so high ns this now, this hat is not of
the new shape ; this color is bad taste; and litis
cane is completely gone by.
If you Imve been so unfortunate as to go out
without knowing all this, you nre lost. Run, hide
yourself—quick, before any one sees you, or your
reputation is gone.
Fortunately tor the Parisians, they are not nil
slavos to fashion; Men of talent think very little
of it; they have other tilings to think ubottt. Some
oustere philosophers nnd cynics affect to despise
it; they sometimes carry this too f.tr. Esl modus
in rebus.
The following circumstance befell a lady in Pa.
ris,to whom fasltion was every tiling. This lady
was forty years old—site was not handsome; but
aho often wore things that made Iter less so.
“It is the fashion,” was her favorite saying.
“One cannot go wrong when one is iu the fash
ion.” .
“But if the fasltion is a ridculous one ?”saH Iter
friends.
“Fashion can never be ridiculous!”
‘If its unbecoming 1”
“It is no consequence.”
“if fashion directed you to expose your throat!”
“I would show it.”
“To wear your dresses to your knees 1”
“l would wear them so. I would always be in
ike fashion.”
“The husband of litis lady, who was by no means
of her way of thinking, took it into his head one
day to compose n little piece, end put it into the
Journal des modes, with a picturo representing n
lady whose fair hair was dressed with a carrot.
Underneath was written—
“New stylo of dressing hair, drawn back a la
Chinoise; natural carrot.”
Tlte lady examinod it long nnd curiously.
“Oh what a singular hair dross—how now, nit !
they will wenr vegotnblos in the Imir after this.”
The husband shrugged itis shoulders, exclaim
ing—
“How ridiculous—it is not common sense—I
hope you will not make yourself ridiculous io this
manner.”
“Why not, my dear! it is not ttgiy—not at al
Ugly. Besides, it i. the fashion, and that is enough
I muM have a carrot—I must Ituve otto immediate,
ly—a fine lurgo carrot. We nre going to tho opera
—I roust have my hair dressed so.”
The husband affected to opposo her—the lady
persisted. Slio pul the carrot in Iter hair,and went
to tlte opera.
1 lie effect was extraordinary ; but not whnt she
expected. Every body laughed, and so very open
ly, tliul it was impossible for Iter to misunderstand
it.
“It is very singular. I was dressed iu the Inst
fashion, nnd yet people laughed nt me.”
“My denr,” replied tlte husband, “ail fashions
arc not becoming to you. 1 have told you so a
thousand times. You should adapt your dress to
your looks ; a carrot is not becoming to n
blonde.”
Since then, this lady lias not followed tlte fash
ion so implicitly.—Lady's Book.
A Thrilling little Story.—In tho month ol
Juno, a pedlar and Ids wife presented themselves
nt sun down at the door of a little farni-ltousc, at
Brie, in France, and requested permission of the
farmer to slay over night. A small room was as.
signed to them, as tho farmer’s tvifo was confined
to her bed. Tho next day wa3 Sunday, and the
furtner and his servants wont to church. Tlte
pedlar also started to go, and there remained in
the house, tho wife of tlte farmer, a now horn in-
fan!, tlte pedlars wife, wlto feigned illness, nnd a
child six years of age. Scarcely hud the people
gone out when the pedlar’s wife, armed with q knife
presented herself at tlte bed of llto sick woman, and
demanded her monoy or her life. The poor woman
sick and weak, delivered up Iter keys, and desired
tlte little boy to show the apartments. Site rose
softly from Iter bed, followed tlte pedlar’s wife with
out being heard, and having beckoned tlte child cut
of the room, locked tho door. Slio then desired
the child to run for Ins father, and desired him to
bring assistance. Tlte child did not lose an instant;
but, by u surprising fatality, met the pedlar on tlte
road, who Imd stolen from tlte church to assist his
wife in tho preconcerted tobbery. The pedlar
asked the child where lie was going, who ingenu
ously said he was going to seek Itis father, as an
attempt was made to rob litem. The pedlur said
it wus now unnecessary as himself would go and
protect Itis mother, and taking tlte child by the
hand they returned to the farm. They knocked
nt the door, but the farmer’s wife, not recognising
the voice of her husband refused to open it ; the
pedlar made vain efforts to induce her, and finally
threatened to cut the child’s throat, and then break
itopen. Furious at being unable to prevail upon
iter, he executed his horrible threat and killed the
child.
After committing this useless crime, he tried to
get into the house to save Itis own wife, as time
pressed and tlte farmer might return from church.
His attempts failing, he mounted the roof and de
seended the chimney. The farmers wife almost
fainting, now saw nothing to deliver her from cer
tain death. Tito wretch was almost down tlte
chimney and about to enter her chamber wltcn.col-
lecting all her strength, site by sudden inspiration
drew tlte paillossee (straw bed) to the edge of the
hearth, and us quickly set fire to it. Tito smoke
in a few minutes enveloped the assassin, wlto not
being able to reascond, very soon fell into the fire,
half suffocated. The farmers courageous wife lost
not her presence of mind, but, in his half blinded
state, struck him several severe blows on the head
with the poker, which put hint beyond the chance
of immediately recovering Itis senses. Exhausted
with fatigue and mental agony, she herself fell
senseless on the carpet of Iter chamber, and re
mained in this situation till the farmer, ar.d his ser
vants returned from church. The dead body of
the child, al the gate of tlte farm house, was tlte
first horrible spectacle tliut struck tlte eye of tlte
unhappy father. They forced open the doors, and
after having recovered to life the farmer’s wife,
they seized the two culprits and delivered them
over to justice. The pedlur survived itis wounds
and burns, but both lie and Itis partner received the
punishment due to their crime.
The Quizzer Quizzed.—On a recent occasion
of a medical professor delivering practical lectures
to the public, a gawky fellow thought bo had devis
ed a inode of turning tlte laugh against tlte doctor.
He mounted the stage, nnd on being questioned as
to itis disorder, said, very gravely—
•Why, I’m a liar.’
‘Sad disorder, sir, but perfectly curable,’ said the
doctor.
‘Well,’ said tlte man, ‘but I’ve a worse nor that,
I’ve lost tny memory.’
•Quite curable, also,’ added the doctor. ‘But I
must make my preparations. Cuine again after
dinner, and 1 will be ready for you ; but paydown
five shillings.’
The man, who had intended to have his fun gra
tis, resisted, but tlte doctor declared lie never lot
any one down from the stage till bo bad paid some
thing.
‘Besides,’ said the doctor, ‘how can I trust you !
You sny you are a liar, and have no memory, so
you will either break your promise or forget all
about it.”
A loud laugh from the crowd expressed their ac
quiescence in tlte justice of tlte claim, and the poor
fool, nolens volens, was compelled to lay down the
cash. No one supposed lie would conic again, but
lie still Itoped that lie might turn the tables, and
presented himself nt tlte appointed hour. The
doctor received ititn with great gravity, and ad
dressing the audience, said—
‘Gentlemen may think it a joke, but I assure
them on tlte honor of u gentleman, that is a very
serious affair; and I hereby engage to return the
money, if tiie bystanders do not acknowledge the
cure, nnd that 1 ant fairly entitled to tlte reward.”
Tlte man sat down—was furnished with a glass
of water—tlte doctor produced a box of flattened
black pills ; audio show that they were perfectly
innocent, a fleeted to swallow three or four himself.
[FROM THE !». Y. AURORA.]
'the -Hindi of FnnaUcism.
They talk of tho progress of the age, the melio
ration of humanity, the 'enlightenment of the peo>-
plo, arid such like holiday phrases, as if they wer®
the signs of certain truths which really had an exis
tence. For our own part, when we hear of tlte
growth of Nauvoo nnd llto flourishing of the tee
times exploded humbug of Milierism, we are inclin
ed to label the present as tlte march of fanaticism ;
and when considering the squabbles of churchmen
and tlte bitterness of purtizaus, we feel a still great-
er disposition to term this tho age of bigotry and
proscription. To such a pitch has tlte proscriptive-
ness of bigots, both in politics nnd religion, arisen,
that no man, ambitions for popular or public dis
tinction, dares manifest any individual indepen
dence of action or opinion; Tlte princple of asso-
cialion—though not, we hope, it, exactly the same
shape advocated by tlte Phalanx—pervades all clas
ses, all ranks and all circles of society; while those-
whose brains or whoso position prohibit litem from
contending in tho great arena of the common world
fly off into Milierism, Mot-monism or some kindred
humbug, and endeavor to make up in zeal and mnd-
ness for their natural deficiency of common sense
or common honesty.
After tho repealed blowing up of Itis absurd non
sense in this city, and tlte complete and utter ridi
cule with which its disciples ituve time and again
been covered, one would have thought that Father
Millor would quietly sutler Itis humbug in lie forgot
ten,and himself along with it. Rut no—this is not
Itis game. In defiance oftlie lie which the rciler-
n'ed failure of his predictions lias branded on '.lie
front of his theory, yet lie goes boldly to work again,
here ii. the great metropolis of the most enlighten
ed nation on earth—and the result bus proved that
lie is a shrewd and cunning calculator i Although
such tilings appear ittcrcdilablo, yet it is a lamenta
ble fact that during Itis Into peaclnnents in this city
—in tlte face and eyes of a total failure of Itis pro-
pltocios not three mouths eld—thousands nnd thou
sands oftlie weak, silly.headed, and foolish hearted
—combustible plain women and rickety youths nnd
old maidens,—have joined anew the cry, and have
grave-ly gone about malting preparations for tho
speedy end of the world !
Elsewhere, we see, tlte game is carried on in a
still more disgusting manner—and,of course, with a
corresponding increase of success. Tlte beautiful
and romantic village of Portland, Maine, is just now
tlte scene of a tremendous excitement on tho sub
ject of Milierism, which is almost loo monstrous for
belief. Tito Bulletin thus speaks of the proceed,
ings there:
“Some of the master spirits in Boston, Elder
Hawley among others, seem inclined to put of}'the
grand explosion for seventy years (?) but such dilia-
tory measures will not do fur tlte devotees who ob
serve their orgies at the Beethoven Hall in this city.
“We understand that they have lately imported
front tlte City of Notions, as their Brian de Bois
Gilbert, an ebony specimen of tho genus homo—a
reul southern sambo, who like the knights and
squires of old, can neither read, write or cypher ;
but for all this he lias a powerful influence on the
rank nnd file, can work them up into a perfect fury
or aliuy their passions, at Itis will—a fit leader for
the grand emprise of the Millerites.
“The great forte of this deluded enthusiast lies
in reciting the wonders which ho has seen in two
visions, while in a trance—and which are consid
ered by the credulous ns tlte revelations of the Ru
ler of the Universe. There is a stretch in tlte pre
sent fanaticism which out-Herods all th-*ir former
efforts.
“Tito gist of the first vision which the black de
tails, and which tlte wondering brethren receive
with open mouths, is this :
“While in Boston, (we believe it was Boston,) he
fell into a trance, wherein Itis soul was absent from
bis body twelve Iioutb ! During this trance, an an
gelic conductor look him up through two seas of
glass. The surface of the second sea was “level as
a floor” as far as the eye can reach, and was cov
ered with innumerable hosts of beings with gold and
silver wings. God was there in tlte shape of a vast
mountain, and Christ was an exceedingly tall an
gel. Ever mid anon n voice came from the moun
tain, when the whole host bowed down ; and when
they bowed down, lie could see the world on fire
through the seas of glass ! His shining attendant
informed him that the time was almost como for the
consummation of all things !
“In his second vision lie was conducted to a bar
of fire, (perhaps this was an allegorical allusion to
a rum shop.) He was taken over this bar, while
many, others, an innumerable host, among whom
were church members, even, fell short, &c. &c.—
and far down below, he could see them suffering in
torment!”
Is not this too humiliating n phase of poor human
nature to be contemplated with any tiling like com
placency ? Does not a man, in view of these dem
onstrations of whnt man is capable of, become
ashamed of Itis raco and almost of himself? For
our own part, if it wero not for tlte few great and
nobio natures, (whose faults nnd errors still give
us assurance that they nre human,) and whoso
memory wc enshrine within our heart, as a talisman
to preservo us from a sacroligious denunciation of
the works of God, we should feel so utterly degra
ded, iu our race,as to lose nil hope that man is not
born to die.
y:------- , , - too, and tilings don’t go pleasantly, nno he wants
He then gave one to the man, who. after many wry somebody to complain to and find fault with, and
faces, bit into il-.tarted up, spitting and sputter- , tho blnme ‘ he
Man’s Love.—“And don’t you think that men
can love ns well as women !”
Sarah laughed outright.
“What catt you mean, Sarah!” asked Marga
ret. r '
“I mean,” site replied, “that when a man finds
his house in disorder, and wants somebody to put
it to rights, he calls litis love ; when lie is alone,
ing, nnd exclaimed
•Why, l.ang me, if it isu’t cobblers wax !’
•There ' said tlte doctor, lifting up bollt hands,
‘did any body ever witness so sudden, so miracu
lous n recovery! He is evidently cured of lying,
for lie lias told the trutli instantly , as to memory,
my good fellow,’ continued he, patting itim on
lay tho blnme upon, lie calls litis lovo. When no one
cares for him, and lie gets put down in society, and
wants to bind himself fur life to some being Vito
wiil flatter him, nnd admire Itis very faults, litis too
he calls lovo. Man’s love, indeed !”
Funny !—There is an individual in our city,
who is so excessively fond ol borrowing tobacco
tlte back,‘if you ever forget this, cull on me, nnd i from all Itis friends, until the habit lias grown to
I’ll return you tlte money: t an excess on him. One of Itis acquaintances who
| had been “many a lime and oft” compelled to go
A Heart in the Right Place.—I am wedded, without Itis own proportion, to satisfy demands,
perpetrated the following and placed it w lie re lie
could not fail of seeing it.—Balt. Clipper.
“Dear sir, if you should want a chew,
I’ll tell you what you'd better do,
Don’t tax the pockets of your friend,
In order to attain your end :
Nor rove lor it throuithout the town,
But chew the less,—or buy your own.
Old Soldier.
Very Funny.—Wo know of several of tlte
same description of persons spoken ot above, and
nre brought i“ -Si'miUG?- ImiirSHi/ > never
wns t“ij,e best of our knuw.-uM-e, guilty of buying
n twist in Itis life.—Printer's'vv oil.
Coleridge, to the fortunes of my sister and tny
poor old fattier. Oil, tny friend, 1 think somelimos,
couid 1 recall tlte d tys that aro past, which among
thorn should 1 choose ? Not those “merrier dnvs”
—not the “pleasant days of hope”—not the wan
derings with tlte fair.lniired maid”—which I have
so often and so feelingly regretted; hut tho days,
Coleridge,-of -l> mother's fondness for her school-
boy. What would 1 g! v n !>> call her buck to earth
for one day ; on my knees to ass !rSr. pardon for
all those little asperities of tompur, wbic'ffi .from
time to time, itavu given her gentle spirit pain;
nnd the day, tny friend, I trust, will como. There
will be time enough for kind offices of lovo, it I A sagacious Skidbr.—Tin papers toll a good
Heaven’s eternal year bo ours- Hereafter her story of a spider, who had tool* up his abode irt n
meek spirit shall not reproach me. Oh, my lYioml, i certain church, and finding his flimsy habitation of-
cultivate the filial feeling!—and let no man think , tun broken through by thoughtless intruders, nnd
himself released from tha kind “charities” of rein- i being withal, a close observer i of tilings around
lionahip. Tlteao sltull gnvo him peace at the last. | itim, ho betook himsclflo tho contribution box, a-
These ore the bust foundation lor every species of cross which lie spun Itis webb, wUturo ho now so-
bcnevolenco.—C. Lamb's Letters. • journi in safety. \
The Young Man’s Curse.—I saw Itim first nt
tlio social party. Uu took Inti n single gluss of wine,
and that in compliance with tho request of a iuir
young lady with whom ho conversed.
I saw him next when Ito supposed ho was un
seen, take a glass to satisfy tlte slight desiro form-
ed by Itis sordid indulgence. He thought there
was no danger.
I saw himuguin with those of his own ago meet
ing at night to spend it short time in cnnvival plea
sure. He considered jfpmiy innocent amusement.
I met him next late in the evening, in the street
unuble to reach home. I assisted him thither.—
Mo looked ushnmed when we next met.
I saw Itim next reeling in the street, a confused
at nre was on his countenance, and words of blas
phemy were on Itis tongue* Shnine was gone.
Landlords have generally the character of being
hard-hearted. We suppose they become callous
by being frequently duped nnd imposed upon —
But we know of an honorable exception—Angus
Stewart, of Charleston: He lias a soul that would
fill a body as large as Itis native Bon Lomond and
lie crowded then. An evidence nf it .-—A young
man from tlte North, an acquaintance of ours,
came out to tlte Soutlt with prospects of n situation
which were not afterwards realized. lie stopped
at Stewart’s for a tew days on his wav to the place
of itis destination, was kindly treated, paid his bill,
nnd left, to meet disappointment. [I t returned
Cburleston, in advance of Ids family, to make t
rntigeinents fu[ some cheap conveyance for them
botno by- sea. His funds were low; and tvliilo lie
remained lie intended to take a cheap hoarding
house- Ho stopped at Stewart’s to gel his dinner,
inquired of Itim for it decent house, stating that Itis
funds wero low. ‘Bo ! po !’ says Stewart, ‘you
shan't quit my house on that account. What are
a few days or weeks bout-ding to mo?’ This oc
curred some ago ; but we suid at tlte time, that we
had a corner in out- heart where Stewart should
lodge, nnd we would never charge him a cent fur
rent.—Columbia Chronicle.
NO- 22-
v again, inclined his thoughts and endeavor that
way, till al last lie insensibly got a faculty in it with
out perceiving how, and that is attributed wholly
to nature which was much inure the effect of use
and practice.—Locke. *
Comprehensive.—Eiiltu Burritt, of Worcester,
Massachusetts, the man wlto understands fifty-two
languages, and is known as tlte ‘learned blacksmith’
now publishes a journal called llto ‘Christian Citi.
zen.’
A lady correspondent of that paper attacks the
said polyglot because lie “lias not given In the
world tho best evidence a man can givo of respect
and admiration for tho sex,” nnd somcwliut repro
ving nis principles, becuuso, avoiding matrimony,
Ito has “passed by on the other side.” To litis Mr.
Burritt replies as follows, showing the comp-ehoti-
siveness of idea which results from a knowledge of
fifty-two languages.
“With regard to tile‘soft impeachment’of our
gentle correspondent, ’tis true tliut appearances arc
somewhat against us. But we assure Iter it does
not come from any inadequate • eprccialion of tho
female character. Could we Imce wedded the whole
female sex at once wc should have been a married
man long ago.
An Indian’s Ingenuity.—A Spaniard having
stolen a horse from uu Indian, tlte latter convicted
him of the ofletice by a very ingenious plan. Ho
complained to u judge, who had the Spaniard wi.lt
the horse brought before him. The prisoner
swore that the animal belonged to him, and that lie
had always hud it, so tliut tlte judge did not find
himself in u position to convict. lie was even a.
bout to return tiie Itorso to him, when tlte Indian
said,‘If you will allow me, 1 will prove that the
animal belongs to me.’ Immediately lie pulled off
itis cloak, and covering tlte Itorso’s head, asked the
Spaniard, of which eye it was blind ? Tlte robber
was much embarrassed at tiie question, but never
theless, not to delay tho court, lie replied nt hazard
that it was his right ej o. Tlte Indian, uncovering
tlte horse’s head, exclaimed, ‘Tho Itorso is not
blind cither of llie right eye or the left.’ Tito
judge immediately decided tliut llto animal was
Itis.
A New Thick.—A Captain about leaving
Llizabclltpait fur Now York, received n letter pur-
porting In come from a gentleman well known to
ititn, requesting Ititn to receive at New York u suit
of clothes which would be handed to him for tlte
writer, and to pay $17 50 for them, which tiie pur.
chaser would repay on his return to Elizabetliport.
At New York a man canto on hoard with a bundle,
saying it contained a suit of clothes for tiie gentle
man wlto wrote tIto letter, nnd tliut tiie biil was
$17 50.—The Captain paid tiie money and look
the bundle , but on reaching home, it was found to
contain ntt old coat worth nothing. It proved that
tiie man who wrote tiie letter was tlie sume wlto
brought the bundle on board. He travelled to New
York by rail road, and got there in time to “head
the Captain.”
A distinguished chemist recommend tho follow
ing compound as a safe and excellent dentifrice
viz: of white sugar arid powdered charcoal, each
one ounce, of Peruvian bark half an ounce, of
cream of tartar one drachm nnd a half, and of ca-
nella twenty four grains well rubbed together into
impalpable powder. Ho doscril.es it ns
strengthening the gums, and cleansing to tho teeth,
and ns destroying tiie disagreeable order in the
breath, which so often nrises from debaying teeth.
As a preventive of toothache, wo Ituve beard wash
ing the mouth and teetli twice a day with salt and
water strongly recommended by gentlemen who
have experienced much relief from it.
An Illinois Wedding.—‘Will you take this wo.
man to be your wedded wife ?’ said a magistrate,
who was placing the indissoluble knot ot matri
mony on a couple mutually attached to each other.
Wal, I swar, uquite,’ said tiie groom a woolfislt-
looking customer,‘you must bo a dam green ’un to
ax such a question as that ar. Do you think I’d
be such a plaguy fool, old ffcllow ns to go to tlte
bar‘hunt, and take this gal from llto quillin’ frolic,
if I wns’nt conscriptiously certain and determined
to have hot-! Drive on with your bnzzincss ami
ax no more foolish questions.’
Judge Gaston’s Last Words.—Tiie Clarion
thus beautifully ami impressively sketches the
death-bed scene of litis excellent innn :
His last wotds were in admirable keeping with
the purity and piety of his long life. Surrounded
by a few of Itis chosen friends, wlto were at itis
bed-side on the first intimation of a danger to which
he was insensible, he was relating with great playful
ness, tiie particulars ot a convivial parly at Wash,
ington City, many years ago, and spoko of one
alto on that occasion avowed himself a “Free
Thinker” in religion. “From tliut day,” said
Judge Gaston, “I always looked on that man with
distrust. 1 do not sny that a Free Thinker may not
be an honorable man ; that Ito may not from high
motives scorn to do a mean act; but I dare not trust
him. A belief in an overruling Divinity, who
shapes our ends, whose eye is upon us, and wlto
will reward us according toourdeeds, is necessary.
We must believe and feel tlmt there is a God—All
wise—and”—raising himself and seeming to Swell
with tlte thought—“Almighty !” There was a
sudden rush of blood to tiie brain. Ho sank in tlte
arms of his friends—and in five minutes Itis spirit
was gone ! Not a struggle betokened its (light.
Not a groan pained llto oar of his agonized friends,
flis body lias gone to tlte dust; his spirit, we can
not doubt, now rests in the bosom of that God Al
mighty whoso name was last on Itis lips, nml to
whom lie had long given tlio homage of a pure and
devout heart.
Female Intrigues at Washington.—Tito cor
respondent oi the New York Sun says that pending
the cabinet nomination in Hie Senate, ull was ru-
mot- and wild conjecture. “Tito friends of tlio
panics,” lie says “arc busily engaged in feeling llto
pul. es of tho Senators,and every variety of induce,
ment rltnl diseased ambition nnd unscrupulous in
genuity can devise, are lavished upon tlio nten,
whose votes are in this business the fiat of Fate.
Even the Indies are brought into the field, and
very powerful auxiliaries they make; a shrewd
observer declares that a man who had three or four
fashion able sisters, and a half a dozen good looking
feminine cousins was sure of any office lie chouse to
solicit; and I supposed a well diffused knowledge
of this fact, has been the cause of tho rotnarIsolde
overflow ofladies experienced iu tiie Capitol this
season. More than one office holder, whose name
I could lay my linger on, lias owed itis success to
the fact of a pretty wife or sister.
1 lieso tilings may make progress of refinement,
but they also chronicle tiie march of corruption ;
tiie ascendancy of female intriguers always ac
companying iho relaxation of manly spirit nnd mnn.
ly virtue. Washington swarms with thoso ladies,
whose earnest mid constant attendance in tho gal.
lories of tlio House nnd Senate, tnnrli their iiilu'nse
interest in tlio political game that is playing before
'Item, i lie flushed checks, that wandering and
restless eye, lho disordered dross all show how
deeply they share die feverish excitement of tiie
hour.”
Talent acquired.—As it is in die body, so it is
in mind; practice mokes it wlnti it is, and most
even of thoso excellencies which aro looked on ns
natural endowments, will be found, when examined
inis more nurrnwly, to bo llto product of exercise,
and to bo raise.! 10 that nitclt only by repeated ac
tions. Some nioit uru remarked jdeasnotuosa
in raillery, others for apologues and apposite ciheil-
ing stories. This is apt to be taken for the effect
of pure nature, and that llto rather because u is
not got by rules; mid those wlto excel iu either of
them never purposely set themselves to tlio study
of it ns an nrtlo be lenrnt. But yet it is tine tliut
nt first some lucky hit, uliich took witlt somebody,
and gained him commendati >n, encouraged hint to
Legacy to Editors dy an Editor.—Tito Rev.
J. R. Breekenridge lias discontinued llto “Spirit of
tlio Nineteenth Century,” and leaves this legacy to
editors.
Ol all literary efforts, those connected with the
periodical press aro the most fruitless and evanes
cent.
Ol all kinds of influence, tlmt exerted by it is tlio
most doubtful and precarious,
Ol all cares, those imposed by its superintend
ence tiro tiie most wasting and ceaseless.
Of nil responsibilities, it inflicts that which is most
comprehensive and embarrassing.”
Quite a thriving Settlement.—By n census
taken day before yesterday ol the St. Charles Ho.
•ol, 'Ito number of inhabitants oftlie place wus rear
700—071, we believe was tlio sum total—and the
population was then on the increase. Verily, there
me people enough within the walls of tiie hotel
to form a largo country village.
New Orleans Picayune,
Quick Work.—Tlio Pottsville Emporium has
tlio following:—A young couple iu this region
whose trturriage wus lately announced, formed their
first acquaintance on Mottduy, New Year’s day, fin
ished tho courtship on Tuesday, wero married on
Thursday, nnd went to house-keeping on tlio fol
lowing Mondny. A pretty good week’s work. It
takes the ladies to do business, when leap year
comes.”
Important Discovery.—A discovery has been
njitde of a way of hardening wood, so us to give it
almost the compactness of- -i.-WL. This, it is snid
is done by exhausting the air from the wood by'ait
air pump, and then saturating it witlt iron and lime
in solution. Wood submitted to litis process, lias
been used for some time on railroads in Euglutid,
ami Knmd so firm as to have boon scarcely murk,
ed by tlte wheels of tiie curs.
POLITICAL.
(From the Baltimort American.]
The IV hit Central Committee of the Rtale of Marr-
land to the Whigs of the (7. 8.
Fellow-Citizens.—The State of Maryland haa
opened the political campaign of 1844 by a victo
ry so signal, so conclusive, as to warrant the State
Central Committee in making it the subject of a
special address to their Whig brethren throughout
the Union.—The Election by districts for six mem-
hers to represent tho State in the lower House of
Congress took place on Wednesday, the 14lh hist,
and we have now positive intelligence ofthe choice
of the nominated Whig candidate in every District.
Maryland thus presents an undivided front. Her
representation in the House is entirely Whig.—
Her representation in the Senate is entirely Whig.
At the election in October she chose a large ma
jority of Whig members of the House of Delegates.
All tlicso results are deemed by the undersigned,
and, they may udd, are conceded by their political
opponents, to bo conclusive as to what the vote of
tlte State will be at the Presidential Election in No.
ventber next.
All oUtlie gentlemen elected are the decided
friends of Mr. Clay. They all prefer him before
all living men as tlte next President of the Repub; ,
lie. They nre all the open advocates of the pro-
teetion of American Industry by the enactment of
laws designed for that purpose and sufficient for it,
and the people of Maryland chose them, knowing
their bold nnd frank avowal of such sentiments.—
Tlte principles of the Whig purty and its great
leader were in tiie view of every voter as he depos.
ited itis bullot, and tlio issue is the calm, solemn,
and we trust, irreversible adjudication ofthe points
in dispute between the two purties by a vast major
ity of the Freemen of the State.
Whigs ofthe other Slates of the Union!
It is with a proud exultulion that wo apprize you
of those auspicious results. But it is not only for
the purpose of invoking your congratulations that
we address you. We desire to point to you the
example wo have set, nnd with tiie uffeclionato
earnestness which our political brotherhood war.
rants, to ask you to follow it. Before the close of
llto year upon which wo have just entered, tho
most momentous political questions that have ever
engaged the attention of tlte American people must
be finally settled. Tlte destiny of the Whig par
ly—and wlmt we consider tlio same tiling—tlte
destiny oi our Republic—are involved in tlio Elec,
lions of 1844. Maryland lias felt in this contest
the responsibility of tlte position site occupied, nnd
hud both ill laurels of victory fresh upon Iter brow
and tlte broad and bright (lag of Henry Clay wa
ving in triumph throughout her borders.
Tiie undersigned avail themselves of litis occa
sion to renew oil beliulf of their Whig brethren of
Baltimore tlio tender of tlte hospitalities ol the city
to nil who may desire to attend tlte great Conven-
tion to be held in this city in May next. No mat-
ter how numerous may be tlte attendance thero will
bo room enough in tiie hearts and homes of tho
victorious Whigs of Baltimore.
JAMES IIARWOOD,
JOHN P. KENNEDY,
O. C. TIFFANY,
GEO. R. RICHARDSON,
GEO. Av. SPRECKELSEN,
W. H. GATCHELL,
JAMES O. LAW,
A. W. BRADFORD,
JAMES L. RIDGELY,
GEORGE M. GILL,
THOMAS KELSO,
WM. REYNOLDS
CHARLES H. PITTS.
Resolutions.
Tlte Whig Central Committee have adopted llto
following pi'ouinblo und resolutions:
Whereas, the unprecedented and glorious victo
ry achieved by the Whigs of tlte City and tlio State)
in tlio election of 14th inst. calls for some demon
stration expressive of the lively emotions wlticli the
event lias awakened, nnd which its importance so
lully justifies—therefore,
llcsaiccd, Tliut one hundred guns he fired at
noon on Monday the lOilt inst. in honor of our s’g •
iiu! triumph.
Resolvedfurther, That it be recommended to tlio
several Clay Clubs of the city, to uppoint each a
delegation ol twenty five members, wlto slml! con
stitute an escort to accompuny out- six representa
tives to the city of Washington, and tliut they be in.
vited to meet iu Baltimore for that purpose on Thurs.
duv tlio 23d inst.
Cnhlmge Heads from .Stumps.
Friend Cole.—i do not know all whnt your Bos
ton gardeners are up to, but 1 do know, that ifeab-
bage slumps of any variety nru set out in spring
in good order that one, two, or three, or even
four good sounds beads will grow on them—und
this they will do year after year, until they die by
accident.
They aro managed in tlio following manner:—
When tiie upper,narrow leaved ones, which would
bear seed, are carefully rubbed off, and likewiso
ull tlio lower round leaved ones, which will Ibrrn
heads, except Hie number tiie strength of the
stump and soil are capable of bringing to porfuc.
tion.
At our cattle show last week, Mr. John Drew
presented several such stumps, with one to four
heads of low Dutch cabbage on eucli, which have
borne for three years. He sols them out in earth
iu tlie collar iu nulumn, cuts ofi'tlio heads when re.
qttirod for use, and places thorn pretty thick in tlte
garden in tiie spring. Tlio labour is trifling, the
cut worm gives no trouble nnd the crop is sure
and abundant.
JAMES BATES.
Farmer’s Journal.
The Botts.—An infallible Cure.—A subscriber
of ours, Mr. C. Hitcliison, has informed us of a
remedy which lie lias used with unwavering success
for many years—and lie bus had much experience
on tiie subject—having been raised in Kentucky.
His father nnd himself have been engaged iu dro.
vor’s business—nnd neither of them ever knew
tiie remedy to fuil. It is very simple—as fol
lows:—
Make a strong tea of sage, sweeten it well.—
When ubout milk warm, drench your itorso with it.
If lie will not open Itis month, pour it down his nos
trils. It will do just ns well, except that it nmy
givo him a little cough—but ho will soon get over
that, li the horse should have tiie cholic nnd not
the bolts, Still the sage will be good for #mt.
Mr. H. informs us vital ho 1ms tried the sage on
living butts, taken from the maw of a itorso after
being cut open, and it killed them instantly, Tur.
penlinc they can endure. They will even live in
aquafortis lor a while—but tlte sugo is immediate
ly fatal.—S. IF. Farmer.
Tlte bakers of Havre have come to a determi-
lion to substitute for tlte cakes wlticli they have
been in tlio habit of presenting to their customers
on New Year’s day and Twelfth day, a number of
loaves to be distributed to tlte poor. Tho whole
quantity will amount in weight to 0,000 kilo"rittn
mes — 18.000 lbs.
Duty of Whigs.—Tlte great political campaign
lias now fairly opened, and every Whig should
make it u matter of duly to sustain the Press, and
to increase the circulation of Papers, and docu
ments calculated to enlighten tlte public mind in
regard to tlio principles of tlie parly. It requires
but comparatively little exertion to have a free cir
culation of intelligence in every neighborhood.
Let some zealous friend of Henry Clay, in every
Election precinct, devote a few hours to the work,
by calling upon Itis neighbors to unite in e subscrip
tion for some unflinching Whig paper. Those
who do not wish take u copy for themselves, should
be induced to contribute their mite to pay for ono
or more copies for free circulation. Let them sco
to it, that llteir Stato papers uro first cared for, ns
there ere many local matters wlticli tilled' elec
tions, that they, alone, can give due ultention
to-
Now is die most auspicious moment for “circu
luting tiie documents,” when the public mind is
comparatively culm. When contest waxes warm
er, moil’s minds will lie made up, and thoso who
have committed themselves will neither be induced
to hear or read an advocacy of principles.
Raleigh Register.
Amusing.—At a Democratic Convention, re
cently held in Tippecanoe county, Indiana, a friend
of Mr. Cass moved a Resolution to the following
effect:—
‘-Whereas, General Lewis Cass emigrated to tho
West from New Hampshire in early life, with his
knapsack on Itis hack, and unsheathed his sword in
repelling the Indians from our Northwestern fron
tier, and in fighting ugainst tlio British during tho
lust w ar; Therefore, Resolved, that ha ought to bo
supported by llto Democratic parly for President of
the U. S.
A brother Democrat moved to amend the reso
lution by striking out the name of‘Low is Cass,’ and
inserting lliat of‘Marlin Van Buren;’ which mo-
tion ufler art animated discussion prevailed. Some
one culled for tlte reading of tlte resolution as a.
mended; whereupon, tiie secretary, in a loud voice,
commenced reading.
“Whereas,General Martin Van Buren,emigrated
to the West from New Hampshire, in early lifo
witlt liis knapsack on bis back, and unsheathed his
sword in repelling the Indians and fighting against
the British!”— b
By tiie times tlio secretary had got thus far, the
absurdity of the thing became so manifest that the
some member wlto moved the amendment sprang
to bis feet, exclaiming “Tut, tut tut, Mr. Chairman,
'hat’ll never do! I move to lay the affair on tbb la.
W 0 * Joum. Com.
Extract of a letter dated
Washington, Feb. 0,1844.
Mr. Wise will sail on bis mission in the frigate
Constitution, refilled ut Norik; probably not before
April or Muy. Captain Latimer will command
her.
Tlte sum estimated as necessary to repair tlio
ship was $70,000. Tho sum expended upon tho
job under Captain Latimer’s superintendance, has
ben 812.000. So much for Navy Yard estimates,
which coeali'ne a large amount of me money that
ought to be empluj .-d in keeping our public ships
afoul, and naval officers i«7 activity, instead of large
appropriations masted in user?** fork and materi
als asitore.