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A Bad BtaigaUa.
Tli.' i..:io.vlng occurred m one of the loivm of
Mns«tt<-ii.tseiu nM fur from Itluxhi Island. Iv ii u
ttiinpu mil of ru.n urtd benevolence, appuiiic and
(•tinning, high and low depravity, aucli ui seldom
comes to light.
*1] lulukncT, wlut do you think 1 have dime to-dav?'
•aid M rs. C—. u> tlie ketipar of a country store,
Where,U»« drunkard’* *0 lie joyful’ was still sold,
tip'l l Id' return home to dinner.
’I cnimot iiii:
possibly tell, my dear; I dare say.
•svmuuiiug clever.’
•Well, I never did such a thing before. Iml the
man looked so pitiful, 1 thought 1 would encroach
Upon your wardrobe a little, fur once, ns I knew
you Coaul well supply the poor creature’s wunla
wi'hnui any inconvenience to yourself.’
•You tiavo give away one of iny coats, l sup.
pose; liojie you didn’t niuku n mistake, und give
my go t» meeting one did yuu V
*0.1, no ; l give away one of your skirls. He
oaid In 'd none, nnd Imd ceiled to beg one—so I
gave him one, nnd lie wentolT us happy us il 1 had
given him a cow. 1 don’t know when I have seen
such a smiie of joy at so tmali a gift.’
‘Given u shirt ’ I should like to know who there
is so poor as to lie without a shirt. Old Tom Jones
is the poorest creature I knuw of, und 1 don’t l>o-
lievo lint he has got a shirt, us poor a drunkard as
he is.’
‘Tom Jones !—there. I don’t believe but il was
j.ines ; 1 have heard you describe him, and it was
him I know, lie looked cunning, and lliut smile
of ins seemed to be half joy, half fun, and if 1 was
Irish, 1 should say the other half savage.’
‘Very likely it was Jones, for he lias been in the
•tore to day.’
‘lias he ? and had lie a short jacket on, and holes
in his p mis, und iieserable shoes without stockings?
‘Jllit so.’
‘He is me very maa. Had lie a bundle, or hud
lie pul liis shirt uu !'
•He had a bottle, as usual, but l saw no bundle,
and 1 old not notice whether he had u collar or
nol.’
•His bottle! well, I hope you did not fill it for
him, for that would seen) like the story in the pa
per lately, where the wife told tlie Inlsbnnd she
would supply the drunkard’s family out af the house
as long us lie supplied the rum from the store. Did
.you let him have any ?’
‘Any wliut my dear, molasses or vinegar ? You
have uu objections to my selling him uny thing he
will pay lor V
•Yes, 1 have, you know I have. 1 would not sell
him min lor pay, and you may trust him for any
thing else. 1 wish you would let him have inulas-
«cs. His w ife would be glad uf that, liut did you
let him liuvc any rum ?'
•Yes. my dear, 1 did. He seemed so feeble and
wished that I would let him have a little.’
‘Hotv much?’
•Half a pint !’
•Half a pint ! enough to make him get drunk,
nnd he w ill lose his shirt before be gets home, and
I might us well have turned him off without it.
Well now, lui'bund, let ute know, do you trust
Jones lor rum ?’
•No.’
‘Did he pay lor it ?’
•Yes.’
•How much ?’
•Six cents.’
•In money !’
•No.’
•How then ?’
‘In rugs.’
•In rags ! I'!| bet a dollar you have bjuglit your
own shirt buck again and I'll go this minute and
tee.’
‘No, you sit still and finish your dinner.’
.‘No, no, you shan’t go. I’ll go myself. It will
be such a good one. , I’ll make you ashamed of
selling rum this lime, utility rate. There ! there !
Here is it torn to pieces, and you have bought it
fur rags-’
A Practical Joke.—‘How use doth breed a hub-
it in a iiiuii.’ livery butly hat noticed the truth
and point of this exclamation. Ws remember an
instance :
A gentlemen of considerable talent as an orntoi
became a member of tlie legislative body in one nl
the eastern Slates. In speaking, he was addicted
In an old habit of handling Ills spectacles, first pla
cing them upon his nose, suffering them to remain
n minute or two—throwing them upon his forehead
and finally folding them up und laying them before
him upun the dusk.
Ono duy, a very important question enme up for
consideration, and lie commenced a speech in op.
position. A friend to the proposed measure, who
was u most incorrigible wag withal, deteruiiued to
poil tlie effect of thn honorable members remarks,
and accordingly, before lie entered tlie House, pro-
ileil himself with a dogou pair of spectacles. Tlie
,member commenced his speech, with his usuul abil
ity. Hut a few minutes had elapsed before lie was
at work with his spectacles, and finally got the
upon his forehead. Al this juncture, our wag, ivim
stood reudy, laid another puir on the desk before
the speaker. These were taken up and by regu
lar gradations, gained a place on his forehead, by
I lie side of the others, A third, fourth, and fifth
pair were disposed of in llte same manner. A
smile settled upon llto countenances uf the hoiiuru-
hie members, wliiclt gradually lengthened ii.to »
grin, and at lust, when the speaker had warmed in
to one of his must patriotic and eloquent sentences,
he deposited a sixth pair with the others, nnd there
was one long nnd loud peal of laughter from all
quarters of the Hall—I’residont, clerks, messengers
und members, joined in one chorus. Thu speaker
himself looked around in astonishment at this curi
ous interruption ; but accidentally raising his hand
lie grasped his spectacles, and the whole force of
thejoka rushed upon his mind. He dashed the
glasses upon the flour, took cp his Iml, and left the
hull. The bill passed by a triumphant majority
probably in consequence of the gentleman's silly
und useless habit.
Mastodon Cotton.— We were yesterday shown
some samples of cotton by the commercial house of
Hoopesdt Marye, which were indeed remarkable
They were all from the plauatiotl of Mr. Abbey, on
the Yazoo. Some had already been gained, and
some was in tlie boll, it is a new description of
cotton, never before grown in the United Slutes,
und but twenty bales Itnve been picked this year
Mr. Abbey has christened it the "Mastodon” cot.
ion, considering it much finer than thut grown from
the common Mexican seed. The seed, he states,
was procured in tlie city ol Mexico, four years ago
Il was not known or grown there to any extent, an l
could only be Imd al one,‘bit. a price actually paid
for il by a gentleman, who brought a few Irom
Mexico in his pocket-book to tlie United Slates.—
Mr. Abbey intends planting no other henceforth
thinking that lie can raise from AO to 100 per cent,
more from this titan the usual seed.—N. O. Pic.
HICNRY CLAY*
“Let others bail tba rising sum
'Vo bow to him whose ooura* haarua,"
In ull Iminuu probability n.e public career of
Henry Clay has closed, and he lx now in that re
tirement winch lie will dignify and adorn, and
which, in all likelihood, lie will now never forsake.
We have looked back lo see, if, in tlie excitement
of u polilicul contest, and urged by incentives uf
purly feeling, we have ever said any tiling in praisu
ot this great man, which, in thn cool und calm hours
of reflection, or under tlie depression uf expected de
feat, no would willingly qualify or luke back—bull
we find not ■ word. All that is written is written,f
und Ihuie let il stand—fortified witli the conviction,
tliat it is true and deserved—and doubly valuuble to
us, because we cun now reaffirm and reiiera e it,
when tlie unbouglit homage of his friends is all the
reward thut is permitted to u life devoted to the ser
vice of tlie country.
He is the same Patriot, Statesman, Orator, Re
publican that he ever was—the same Great Man.
Office could not Imvo added lo his true fume, how
ever much his elevation to the office of President
might huve contributed lo the prosperity and honor
of tlie nation. Ashland will now be the “pilgrim’s
shrine,” whither will repair the lovers of true liber-
yfrom every land, and learn there, from tlie tin.
blest of men, lessons of public virtue nnd wisdom -
Honor to liis great ucliotis und to his great name?
Forever limy they live in tlie lieurls unJ recollec
tion of tlie American people !
Personally, let no mail suppose thut the means
und appliances winch bitter und malevolent ene
mies have used lo defeat Mr. Clay, have in reulily
ijurcd him iu the estimation uf thoseoho.se guml
pinions lie values. lie is the same man now thut.
lie wus iu 1843, when Im relumed to Kentucky,
and with an eloquence nod energy, which no mo
dern man can rival, addressed his friends and neigh
bors :—“It is now more than forty years,” said Sir.
Clay, “since 1 came lime a poor and friendless
youth. 1 was taken by tho hand by jour fulhers,
und led to lame nnd lorlune. All that 1 am and
have been, I owe lo tiieir generous kindness and
steady confidence. And now I have come to spend
the evening of my days among their children. 1
feel like the stag wliu has been long hunted, and
who returns at lust lo die upon tlie spot whence ho
started in vigor und hope. Tlie curs of party Imvo
been long barking at my liceJs.aiiiJ die blood-hounds
uf personal malignity are springing at my tliruul,
hut (rising lo liis full height, and looking round with
Hashing eye on his ilefuincrs, n bo liuif mingled with
tlie crowd of hearers.) I scorn and defy them note,
as I ever did—Alex. Ira;.
Ladies .Fashions im 1783,-^-The billowing da-
We extract the following from ‘'Major Noah’s
Messenger, with the distinct disclaimer, however,
of our approbation of its sentiments nnd advice.
If we sliounl uaie to offer advice in u matter in
which we (eel s i pirliculaily interested, we have
no hesitation in saying, it w ould he of an entirely
opposite caste :
Advice to Maidens.—That classicn! song which
commences with * O, take your time Miss Lucy,”
Doing tub Barbee.—An eastern-share man
stepped into a barber’s shop in our city, on Satur
day, says the Baltimore Argus, and requested vlte
barber to take off 12 1-2 cents worth of his lmir.
The barber trimmed ins locks very neatly, and
then combed und brushed them in the must parti
culur style.
‘Are you done ?’asked the eastern.shore man
as the barber removed the nnpkin from liis neck.
•Yes, sir,’returned the man of the razor with a
bow.
‘Are you certain that you took off eleven pence
worth >’
‘Yes, sir,’ returned the barber,‘there’s the glass
—you can see for yourself.”
•Well, said the eastern-shore man,‘if you think
that you have got eleven pence worth off, 1 don’
know as I huve got any use for it, and I huv’nt got
no change ; so you may just keep the hair for your
trouble.’
Madame Kestell.—Major Noah, in one of his
walks through Broadway, lately, met Madame Res
tell, of infnmojs notoriety, Haunting in silks and
satins. He thus moralizes on the occusion
was very near sentencing a woman once to the pen
iientiary. i had prepared an address, so true, si
painful, su impressive, that il would have melted
t .e heart of even a slayer of innocents—but he
lawyer staved proceedings by a bill of exception
and now site rides over one of her judges, tusse
has proved vciy disastrous lo young ladies who ! up her beautiful head, and says in effect, ‘behold
huve been controlled by it. livery tiling is done j the triumph of virtue !’ Instead of a linsey w
ia a hurry in this world ; therefore, gel married as »ey petticoat—a bodice of the same cloth, fitted
quickly ,s possible. Husbands are like birds, if I closriv to her beautiful form, her lap filled with oak
Vuu don't bring them dow n at once, they are off.
Love is an idva; beef is a reality. Tlie idea
you can get along without ; the beef you must have.
D‘> not iheit allow any refined sentimentalism to
interfere with what judicious and calculating pa
rents cad ait advantageous settlement.
.Younggirls will have twinges of tlie heart strings
we know, but these are like other complaints inci.
deulul to youth, they go away suddenly without
any hud effects. Dyspepsia often produces melan
choly, which is attributed to disapjiotuted affections
but bran Urcud and apple sauce will speedily re
move this complaint.
•Some girls have imaginations su tender, that they j
believe themselves in love with every man who
•ays • civil word to litem. These uufuituiniie crea- j
lures should use the shower bath every morning, i
and take frequ ml exercise on horseback ! ..Split'riadT then.” said Smith, a. the same
Romance siiuo.d he conlmetl to circulating 11. r ’
”, . ' lone r
uin.nnd her tapering fingers tipped with tar—she
is gloriously attired in rich silks and laces—lowers
above her sex in a splendid carriage, snaps her fin
gers at the law and all its pains and penalties, and
cries out fur new victims und more gold. Can linn
woman sleep. *
The day of retribution must arrive, and fearfjl
will be its reckoning "
Some years ago, Roger M. Sherman,and Ferry
Smith, of Connecticut, were opposed to each at lie
ns advocates in an important case before a Court ol
Justice. Smith opened the case with a violent and
foolish tirade against Sherman's political character,
Sherman rose very composedly and remarked-
shall not discuss politics with Mr. Smith before tin
Court, but I ain perfectly willing lo argue question
of law, lo chop logic, or even to split butts with
brarics and boarding schools ; it is well enough iu
Abase places, but out of them it is sadly in the wav.
It is very apt l» take bread and butter out of one’s
mouth, and il is a curious fact in “physics,” that
though love causes llte heart lo sweU, it never ft,is
an empty siouinch.
If a man falls iu love with you, instead uf ascer
taining the color of his eyes, find out the length uf
bis purse ; instead uf asking his age, get a list of
hi* effects, it tnese makes a goodly up|tearunce,
never mind liis looks, but conclude the bargain at
once. You will learn to love him when y
the necessity forsucha passion. In the meantime
endure him.
Tuerc used lo bo many Alonzos and .Me iissas iu
the wurid, ami there was much misory in cniise.
qtience. Now a days, people are more sensible.
They have an eye to the renl; they are matter of
fact, and sea more substantial Comfort iu a well
furnished home, than a dozen sonnets ; more beau
ty in a bountifully supplied table, than a score of
love-letters.
"Drunkenness Criminal.—The following case
occurted recently in France:
Sergeant Lauchsrd having appealed to tho conn.
Cil of revision against the sentence of the Court
martiu! which condemned him to hard labor at tire
bulks lor twenty year*, for the murder of the ba.
ker at RomulnvMie, the case w as heard on Satur
day. The judgment was confirmed. The iuJgo
•dvncntc, in maintaining the regularity of lire pro
ceedings of the court martial, and calling upon the
court of revision to confirm its sentence, olisemd
how lamentable it was to tee daily tire excesses lo
which men were brought by drunkenness, nnd ex
pressed a it-.',io that tlie just punishment inflicted
upon Sergtennt Lauchard would become a warning
to those who gave themselves up lo this aboiutna-
bis vice, and leach them, that by yielding to it, they
aright be guilty of reducing themselves to lire sav.
age stnte of wrote beasts, become murderers of
their p • ic-fu' fell ■>» citizens, and draw down up
Slice uf God tod
i time pulling a short, rough looking Ituir front liis
! own head, and handing il over toward Sherman.
! “May it piettse tlie honorable Court,” retorted Slier
j man. “1 didn’t say bristles.”
\ Sagacitt of Dogs.—The dogs by the Nile drink
' while running to escape lire crocodiles.—\\ he
j those of New Orleans wish to cross the .Mi:
I sissippi, they bark at tlie river’s edge to ultiacl the
t nlliga'.o's, who are no sooner drawn irom the
1 scattered haunts, and concentrated on the spot
titan ihe dogs set off at full speed, and plunge into
feel | the water higher up the stream. An Esquimaux
dog that was brought to this country, was give
to ailifices which are rarely seen iu the mil
Europeans whose suhsislsnco does not depend
their own resources—strewing Iris food round him
and feigning sleep, in Older to allure fow Is and rats
which lie never failed to add to his store.—Blate"
History of Dogs.
Calcdlator.—Dr. Ruth has completed an A
lomation calculator iu England, which surpasses the
Automaton chess player. It performs ail the ope
rations of arithmetic, from simple addition.subtruc-
lion, of multiplication, and divisioa of numbers,
o( pounds, shillings, and pence, to vulgar and dee
tttal fractions, involution, and ariihmatica! and
geometrical progression; it appears particularly
adopted fur checking long calculations of quanti
ties, for contractors, for merchants’ counting,
houses, or for government offices.
Modern Superstition,—The I’aris corrcspon.
dem of tlie Boston Atlas says, letters from Tricvet
are tided with accounts of the extraordinary ex.
citement, caused by the exhibition of a roiie. with,
out seams,said to have been worn by our Saviour.
The cathedral in Which it is deposited was origin
ally part uf the Basilica, or palace of the Empress
Helena, mother of Goustantiue tiie Great, had it
changed it into a church for the reception of the re
lie, which it only shown at long intervals. The
last was in 1840, when it was brought from tlie
hiding place in which il had been secreted, on the
i ll„ m-' ir. the vengeance of G*»d iml man. | approach of tins French troop*. It is asserted that
Gen. Meslin.ihe pre-ident, declared that the conn, eight hundred thousands persons visited it. between
Cj| of revision concurred in the sentiments of tlie ! August 25lh and Oct. 1st—many entire village
•criptiop of thu fusliiunable drassea of the worn** til
New England, sixty.three yeur* tinea* M lakan
from Lewis' History of Lyon. *
Ladies wore caps, long stiff stays, nnd hlgblleel.
ed ihoes. Their bonnets were uf silk or satin, and
uiualiy black. Gowns were extremely long-waist-
ed, with light sleevea. Another futliion was, very
short sleeves, with an immense frill nt tho elbow,
leaving the rest of the unn nuked. A large flexi
ble lump, three or four feet iu diameter, wit for
soniq time quilled into the hem of the gowu, mak
ing tin iuununse display of the lowor person. A
long, round cushion, stuffed with cotton or hair, sod
was combed back and fuslened, Il was almost llte
universal custom for women lo wear gold bead*—
thirty-nine little hollow globes nbout the size of a
pee, strung on a thread, nnd tied round the neck,
doinoltines this string would prove fuitelo its trust
—ut an assembly, perhaps—and then, oh! such
u time lo gut iter them up, before they should be
trampled on und ruined ! Working women wore
peltihoals and half gowns, drawn with a cord round
the waist, and neats’ leather shoes ; thouglt they
generally,throughout the country, had n pair of
•Lynn shoes” for Sunday. Women did not “go
a shopping” every duy then ; there were few shops
10 go to, und those contained only such articles as
were indispensable, and in very limited varie
ty.
Those limes and tin ir benefits, hut we would
not wish their return N.nure brings not back the
mastodon; why. then, should wo wish a recurrence
of those gigantic days, which produced great men
in proportion to great evils. That tlie men were
more honest and generous, or tlie women more
a in in hie and virtuous then, is not contended. The
urin about them consists chiefly in tills, that they
«uiteff to flieii
nary best se
blank o¥ ulbnrwtt*. are best
..'iflanMii *Hwhni tricks of inilli-
„ rr heighten thabtuuty of their form-
Their knowledge of »«• P“‘A"
practice. Dotes any one know why T Young win.
ows, if nt first pleasant, goy and agreeable, tliro
affecteducss, presently become really »o, through
nabit. It i« ““id, “Im who is married «
time, in a better wife to her second husband- Who
can give llte reuson, if I huve not given ill Young
widows are bell, r pleased witli old bachelors than
with widowers. What can be the reason t Young
widows are the most charming part of crealion—
the envy nf one sex, and the beloved of the other—
and why t”
: ledey. » *** ***
There are how proposed to US different rT ,"
candidates for tho-ulfices of President u,d Vic^L?
dent of lit* United States. And iu connect,,., ra 1
this subject of the annexation of Texas, u
the Presidency, Junes K- Polk of IV .'u.r.sreTT^
had considerable asquamtaucu with Mr. Polk, i. .
my good fortune lo be ill Congress for the who), ,*** I
ol Ins service in that body; we serv. d io»r ***
one House for several year,*, and while h« ,
ued there, after my lexvihg, 1 wu at the otbeTtS I
of tlie capitoi. I do not mean to speak ,v,ik I?
slightest disparagement ol Mr. Pulk,
one. It is not my habit. 1 wuu d offend a a!?*
I would be personal to nobody. So lar as 1 knoTZ
Polk, ill Ihe general bearing of his life and ch«JJ|
Ladies Smoking Cigars,—'This hns grown to be
a female passion abroad, ns we have frequently
heard travellers say of late. Tho following para-
graph, from a foreign journal, describes iu growth
a* a habit :—
Time was when tlto smoker was hut one sex,
when nothing smoked that wore a petticoat; hut
now there is thefumeuse ns well as tlie fumeur, nnd
executed n cigare. des dames for the lips of live fo*
mule French. New wliut ur.sexes a womanlike
tobacco? Tobacco grew nut in Cyprus, nor i* il re-
lated that Vemns cultivated the weeii in llte parter
res of Paphos. Joan of Arc was a woman, al
though she wielded the sword and the battle oxp,
hut u single cigarette, miy one cigare de dames
would have changed her gender. Let a woman
do ouytliig Iiumihii or inhuman, hut smoke !—if tlie
work-box and the dressing-box are not sufliciei l
for her, if even the box ofbon.bons will not content
Iter, if she must assume the habits of u mutt, lelher
put on a white coal and lake to the coach-box, or a
red coat and take to ihe letter box, nr a black coat
livod in the curlier period of our history—n poriod j and tnke to llte pill-box, hut there ureltvoboxes
judge adtiK-ate, and Imped that the severity of the , coming in procession, with their pastors at then
■uoish me ut would have a salutary effect upon the j head, and tlie infirm in carr ages behind.
I Gen. Jage-on’s Influence.—lu the Hermitage
district, in Tennessee, the vote at tlie recent elec.
I lion stood Clay 116. Polk 50—last year il stood
Whig 83, Locofocas 58. So much for Gen. Jack-
uce al horn.
•wav.
Fast Grinding.—Beach's stone mill, in thiu
town, manufactured S136 barrels per day. Tliit
fl.OUb bushels of wheat in about the
Mr. Adams.—The Hon. John Quincy Adams
recently went out ofbis present Congressional Dts.
iriol, into Bridgewater, which is now part ofunoth.
er district. Bridgewater is in Plymouth county,
and about fifteen miles from Plymouth. Alluding
to itis former connection witli that jioriiuii of llie
Commonwealth, and tiie historical recolleciioiis of '
the sacred spot, Mr. Adams said ;
• i take peculiar satisfaction iu coming to tiie
portion of tho district which forms a pan of ilio
county of Plymouth, it wus mygoud fortune rJur-
ttveive years ; ami lit six successive Congress
es, lu represent a much larger portion nl that coun
try, and among the rest, Ihe town of Plymouth it-
tho seal of tlie old Colony government, und
ihe spot where Mill ihut venerable rock remains, on
which llte first pilgrim of New England planted ms
foot.
•I no longer represent the possessors of that reck
and pei Imps 1 may, therefore, wi ll mure propriety,
be permitted to say, without disparagement u> any
other ol my fellow citizens of this Union, und es
pecially ol the descendants of tlie Massachusetts
colony, that hi tlie origin o( that colony, there ate
circumstances of purity nf purpose, uf repub.icon
and Chiisiiuu energy, ol intense and long continued
suffering, of invincible many rdom, and of heroic -
pel severance, unequalled iu the settlement of nuv
other European establishment upon the hemls.
phere. The mingled motive of their emigration
irom Europe—the irresistible command of consci
ence, and tlie uniadicul hue of country, without;
even tlie alloy of thrifty speculation, or of adventu-
ous enterprise—tlie meek nnd quiet spirit, which
ubmiiled lo every privation, and struggled, with--
out a murmur, with lire rigor ul lhe mini-te, the se
verity uf the season, and tiro barrenness of the soil.
—the unconquerable will, w hicli saw their conpnn
ions perish around them, ol Hue hail their numbers
within Ihe first hail year, und yet persevered and
ivoFcame—the perfect theory of human right, first
xcmplifieii by them iu tlietr social compact, sign
ed ot: hoard the Mayflower before tiuir landing.,
and their fair purchase of tlie liidiuu title to tlie
soil, exmbit a combination of moral virtue, ofphys
icui enuigy, and pi intellectual refinement, solitary
the history of the world. No! never—Almiglt--
tv God—never may the progeny from such a muck
degenerate from the virtues uf their sires!”
Bl'ckwheat Cakes.—As this is tiie season fore
Buckwheat cakes, ihofudowiug receipt will at tuts
time he valuable lu those who are fonJ of them ; a.
friend who lias tiied the experiment, says it makes:
decidedly belter cakes, w ith half tiie trouble i.cces
•sary in the usual inode of raising them w im yeast :
To 3 pints of Buckwheat lluur, mixed into a baiter,,
add one teaspoanlul of carbonate of soda, dissolved
ill uuicr; add one di to uf tartaric ucid, dissolved
in like manner; first apply the carbonate, stir me
batter well, aud then put iu tiie acid; thus the use
of Veasl is entirely suspended,and cai.es “as iigut
as a leather” are insured. One great advantage
is, tiiut llte batter is ready for baking as soon as il is
made.— Columbia Spy.
Gunpowder Nullified.—It is a singular fact
that a French officer has discovered a method of
taking away the explosive properties of gunpow
der, to be restored ut pleasure, it is merely to mix
the powder w ith finely powdered elwrcuur or black
lead filling up me interstices betw een the grains ;
and if in this state, it is set fire to, it merely fuses
but does not flame, in a recent expeiiment, two
barre.s of the powder thus mixed, were placed one
upon llieo her, and the lowerone lighted, it burnt
in about twemy minutes, bui the caloric developed
hud soli life force, that the upper barrel was but ligli’-
ly jarred, and its con.cuts uninjured. The puw-
der is ut any time rendered serviceable by sifting it.
The Steam Engine, in its present improved
stale, appears lo be u thing almost eudowed w ith in.
telligence. It regulates with perlect accuracy and
uuilurmity, the number of its strokes in a given
time, and, moreover,counts, nr records, lo tell how
mueh it has dune, as a clock records tiie beats nf
its pendulum. It regulates die supply of water to
the boiler, tlie briskness of the fire, and tlie quanti.
ty of steam admitted lo work; opens ami shuts its
valves w ith absolute precision; oi.s its jouns ; takes
out any uir which may accidentally enter into parts
where a perfect vacuum is required; and when any
thing goes wrong which it cannot of itself rectify,
it warns its attendants bv ringing a bell. Yet
wiiiiuii these tale nis aud quallities.and even when
possessing Ike power of OdO horses, it is obedient
to the hand of a child.—I; aliment is coai w ood, or
oilier combustible ; hit it consumes none while idle!
Il never tires, und wants lu s'eep ; it is not sub
ject t» any malady w hen originally w eh mado—and
only refu.es to work when worn out with age.
it is equally active in ail climates, and will do
wurk of any lurid. It is a water pumper, a miner,
a sailor, a cotton spinner, n weaver, a blacksmith,
a miller ; and a small engine iu Hie character of a
steam pone), may bo seeu dragging after it on a
railrod. a hundred tons of merchandize ora regi
ment of soldiers, with greater speed than that of
our fleetest coaches. Il is the king of tnarhines,
and a permanent realization of the Geunii of Eaaop
lubles. whose supernatural powers were occasion
ally at the command of man.
A young physician asking permission of a lady
lo kiss lier, all* replied, “No, sir; I never like to
have a Poeior's bill thrum into my face,”
which w ill always bo iiiieresliug—tlie records ol
which will he read with as much avidity a lltousan J
years lienee as they are lu-tlny.
The Oiiange Tree in East Florida.—Tlie
most protiiable article uf cultivation iu this country
previous to the year 1835, was the orange.—South
and east of tiie St. John’s river there were trees
known to he 150 years old, aud still productive.
The town of St. Augustine was completely cover
ed with them, and from their produce almost ev.
ery inhabitant uas made comfortable. The cul
ture wus extending, but the humand and price con
tinued. In February, 1835. one unprecedentedly
coid night destroyed every tree in the country.—
it was the must severe |bmw litis section of the
country evar received. The war prevented the
people in tlm country from doing much to re-estub
iish these groves. Al St. Augustine mid a few
places on the east bank ofthu Si. John's, the trees
hud, two years since, commenced benring a few
oranges, when asniuil mseci ofllie “cocus” tribe
>vas imported, and from present uppearances will,
destroy every uiuugc, lemon, lime und citron tree
in tlie country
Almost every ixpcdieiit Inis been tried, but to no
effect. This inuy seem a small matter, but lo this
section ofllie country it is all important.
Rifle—Shooting in Switzerland.—We ad
eried some lime since to tiie national pastime in
Switzerland of rifle-shooting and gave some account
of preparations which were making for a grand
RiiioTuur,.ament ut Basic. A correspondent of
the New York American, who wus present at the
trial alluded lo, which has just come off, thus writes
of one of the competitors :
In all this crowd of individuals w ho attracts the
most attention is an Englishman—Lord Vernon
byname—w ho seems troubled with a mania for
rifle shooting. He hus become u cilizen of Geneva
expressly to huve the right to contend for the prizes,
ut this meeting, and he does nothing but shoot from
morning till night. He lias six or eight rifles, with
as many attendance to loud them lor him. He
himself maintains liis position at the sand, fireing
aud laying u-ide the discharged piece lo take the
loaded one » Inch is handed him. His success is,
however, hardly equal to liis] perseverance, for out
offaur thousand allots, which he has fired up to
this time, he hus struck tlie bull's eye but 200
limes.”
llint she must not meddle with, which are forbidden
her by tlie nature nf tilings, amongst the other pro
pria quit maribus,—tlie cigar box and the snuff
box.
The box ufl’andorn was in nil probability either
one or tlie other of the two boxes last mentioned,
Madame or Mdlle. Pandora look snuffor smoked;
hence the ancients represented her box to be as full
of plagues as is tliu budget nf u eliuncellur of the
excheqcr of impositions. Let tlto fair French tnke
warning from Pandora. Mesdames. and mode-
moisellcs, if play the deuce you must, iny your
pretty bunds upon a lucifer box, and set the world on
fire, but touch not the labatlere,—eschew chewing,
—and of ull seductions avoid the seduction of a
cigar,
A Remarkable Fact.—The Missionary Herald
fur June cumulus a brief report of a speech made
by Commodore Jones of the United States Navy,
to a great meeting of the natives of tlie Sandwich
Islands Ho complimented them on (he system of
of education established among them, and started
the following remarkable fact, highly creditable
both to them and the American missionaries under
whose auspices so much good lias been accomplish
ed—“At Monterey de California there are several
English and Americans inlermai ried with descend
ants of the old Spaniards, and they have children
growing up around them On my inquiry ns lo
their schools and menus of education, judge of my
surprise when the answer was—'Oh, we have to
send them to the Sandwich Islands to he educated ;
there they Imve good schools, here we have mine !”
a respectable man. liis neighbors from time
have rationed confidence m linn, and I do not kimȣ
lie hot forfeited that confidence. But thi n.si n- J*
time, it is perfectly true that nobody would have thoi*
of Mr. Polk for President, were il not lor the m
of annexing Texas—because he has not ihat
that experience in public affairs, that pre-eminent^ bf
eut or nbilitv, which would point Inn ,-ui a,
qualified for the station. And 1 may sniely
aud all, whether, at Ihe time the Baltimore UoiiwuS
assembled, any one dreamed of Mr. Polk as a cainUo,
fur tlie Presidency 1 Did any five of yuu ever S
that tiiere was aucli a ina > as James K. Polk. || (
be a respectable person in die class of second or I
rate men ; but I must say, and do ray, that it
position, and not his character, which made Inis ai
didate for the Chief Magistracy. Few knew him,
few know by whose influence lie was nuinuiaicd. Wk I
is responsible for Mr, Polk 1 Who nominated '
Not the people, certainly ; for the people in thii
are obliged to lake up a man nominated to their t„
In my judgment, their nomination uf Mr. Polk
sufficient emlnrcemciit of his fitness or qualifiratmtaL
and unless you know him so well as to be satisfied,?
selves, I believe il will not be sufficient for yon. **
Folluw-cilizeue, it is a circumstance of crave
port to my uiiiid, that, after fifty years mhiiiliistrtfiogji
this government by gi cat and eminent men, kfoigg
the whole country. Hitherto we have always huli*.
linguished men at the head of affairs. I need uatm I
here, that Washington, John Adams. Jefferstm, Mj'l
Trouble in the Camp.—" e mentioned some
days ago that tiie Globe uiul Madisonian had re
newed hostilities. The probability is that there
will be a general open light b tween tlie advocates
uf immediate annexation und those win oppose tlie
measure. The New York Evening Post declares
that State would have voted for the Whigs if il
had not been for the fact that tlie Loco foco candi
date f.r Governor, Mr. Wright, is tlie unqualified
eueinv to immediate annexation. Tiie Post speaks
with some degree of harshness of tlie ‘‘agitations
of the Texas question,’’and says that the nomina
tion uf Mr. Wright,ns the enemy of immediate an
noxaiion, “kept tlie Democratic parly together.”—
The Post deprecates ll*e “attempt” that was made
to coniinii the “Democratic party in fuvor of an
nexation.” Toe Constitution, of this city, copies
yHhe article from the Post, in order lo censure it as
^uncalled fjr.” We predict ttrcal trouble to the
Texas party yet. The L jco.focos carried New
York bv only some four thousand majority over
ilie Whigs, and then iiere arc fifteen thousand
Abolitionists, besides as many, or perhaps thrice as
many, Loco-tocos, who are opposed to annexation
upon nnv terms. New York, therefore, cannot be
set down among the annexation States, and the pro
bability is that tier Senators w ill be instructed to
vole against the measure under all circumstances.
It is, therefore, doubtful whether Texas can ever
lie annexed.— H7tig Slumlord.
Bracelets —Of all tlie elegant adornments of
u lady, that can be worn upon the person iu jewelry,
or given in token of affection und remembrance,
none can surpass the circlet fur the arm, whether
fur variety or design, or classic appropriutencss of
ornament. But the lime for wearing these taste
ful decorations in this country, we are sorry to say,
scarcely is in keeping with good taste or a sense
of propriety. The arm laden with jewelled brace,
lets on the promenade, or in daily home attire be
tokens decided vulgnrity, und indicates plebeian
tu'to. In full dress only, should brilliants and
glittering jewelry be worn,and then in tlie evening,
when cusiuni and propriety aullioi Ize sur It disp'ny,
and when the contrast is lar butter witli satin, silk
and velvet, than wi lt de luinc or ninepenny cali
co !
We throw out these hints previous lo copying
the following item from an authorized Fashion
Book, which stales tiiat “bracelets” are now con-
sidered indispensable; they arc worn in the follow,
ing manner :—• On one arm is placed the sentiment
al bracelet, composed of hair, mid fastened with
some precious relic : the second is tlie silver ena
melled one, having a cross, castolute, or anchor aud
heart, as u son ol talisman ; the oilier arm decora
led with a bracelet of gold nel-tvork, fustered witli
a simple mind, similar to one of narrow ribbon;
ilie other composed of medallions of blue enamel,
upon wliicli are placed small bouquets of brilliants,
the fastenings being composed of a single one ;
lastly, a very broad go J chain, each link separated
with a ruby und opal alternate.”
This is certain y an elegant arrangement, but if
all this decoration were worn (as some Americans
might don them) with a walking or house costume,
the tasteful Parisian or tile keen observing English
woman would open lier eyes in astonishment nt a
practice «Licit with them is in utter comdemua-
lion—Boston Eecuiug Transcript.
Coffee.—The whole product of this article for
tiie year 1843. is estimated at 456.000,000 of
pounds, of which Brazil is reckoned to have pro
duced 170,000.000; Java 140.000 000, and Coha
45.000.000. The remainder is divided in differ,
ent proportions between St. Domingo. Porto Rico,
the British and i).noli West Indies, Ceylon, French
Colonies, llte East Indies and Mocha. Rio Coffee
in supplanting, especially for Ameiican cousump
lion, the other descriptions: Tiie production of
Brazil has increased very largely within n few
years, and the capability of that extensive nnd fer [
tile empire lor further anJ indefinite increase, to- j * , * ,n ‘ ,
gather w hit the small amount of labor required for' °f exploration ,
the cultivation and in fitting the commodity for > e “ ’ he stepped
market point to Brazil ns the chief source for tlie j ln other |
future supplies of this important article of com- i “I, 11, “t
■nerce. it has been estimated at three cents a
pound tlie cultivation of Brazilian coffee is belter
paid than atty agricultural labor in the United
Mysterious Affair.—By a letter received from
a gentleman residing iu Luray, Pugo county, Vir
ginia, wu are informed that on tlie 20th of Octo
ber, u party were exploring a limestone cuvern,
know n in that neighborhood as McCoy’sCave,when
one of the gentlemen observing that the floor of a
small apartment which they were in, sounded as
though there was activity beneath, he sea.ched
carefully for an aperture, and nt length found a
large stalactite that had evidently fallen from a-
bole; lie removed il with the assistance of liis
fliends, and >aw an opening about thirty incites in
diameter. I iu-y utiucind a lamp to a number
ofiiaiikerchiefs ued to each other and lowered it
as far us they u uihi reach—and saw that tiie hot.
Inin wus no more than ‘on or eleven feel below
them. T
tinguish
sou, and Muuroc, were distinguished men—their
have passed into history. Must of Ihcin were iWk
connected with the war of the Revolution and thee*,
tablisbuient of the constitution—all possessed inu*
ry legit degree, tlie confidence of the country. Wp,
this succession of great men and early patriot* fc|
ceased, came John Quincy Sc Andrew Jackson,mei*
greatly different character and attainments, but un a ,
theless, botii well known and highly distipguisliri jj,,
Adams had been in Congress ; he l> <d bci n in
minister abroad ; he had been S- r.-... o o' Suit fa
eight years during the administration ui .sir. ,t|,* TO .
he was universally respected as a man of gren b•„.!
mg i.nd ability. On the other hand, Mr.
most d.Btmgu.s|ied m the military view, Jtad yet keit
high civil office in liis own State, and had but-n a me*,
her of the Senate of the United Slates, so long agon
the ad III III Is t rat Kin of Washington. Yet liaiHx bn
otherwise utterly unknown to the world, Ins bnlhtM
achievement at New Orleans, would justly hare made
him celebrated. I shall nut say w inch of |*o
was fittest lor tlie Pres.dent, but I Wili say ihntW]
both were distinguished men. When Mr, Adimi t M
spoken of, nobody asKed who is John Qinm-y Adams—
When Mr. Jackson's name was mentioned, mibulyaij
who III the world is Andrew Jacksuu. Every body fa**
wire they were, and what they had done. Tlitn an
Mr. Van Buren. 1 am neither about lo commend w
condemn bis political character. I w ill only saythal,
considered as a man who had grown up since ilielnr
lutioii, and the aduptiouof the constitution, and ni
reference to the circumstances in which he had tm
placed, he, loo, might very well be called a diatintnnb.
ed public mau. lie bad been Governor of .Nnv Vat:
he had long been in tlie Seuale ; lie had been Secreta
ry uf State ; lie bad been Minister tu England, aad
— what is of more importance still—the pn^li
themselves had passed upon lea merits and elected In
to the Vice Presidency. Thus we seethe adminot*
lion ot tlie government, from the tune ol \Vashinglca
dewn, confided to a line of distinguished public a*,
all known tu the people of the whole country, aniisn
dependent upon certificates or recommendation! Im
any few men in any quarter.
Now, aa I have said, it ib in my mind, a matter of
very grave importance, that we seem about lochaagc
all this ; lo sauctiou a system of operations by vlnclia
few men may meet and nominate lor the Presidency,
an individual entirely unknown lo niiic-tenUis of tbs
people, and whom we must take, il we take lum at all,
as a country school committee lakes a school muter,
on the strength of the recommendations lie baa
pocket.
But there is one other clement in this matter v,k«l
still mure deserves the deep reflection ol every nu
who has the honor, the interest, the welfare of ittenwi-
try al heart, Wherefore was Mr. Polk nominated!
Became tie more titan any other, would uphold Ike lo
tion agaiust foreign aggression ! Because he waspor
sesseu ul eminent abilities for domestic administratiml
Because he commanded, in an especial degree, the is
teemed confidence of the great body of the people!
Ail know tliat it was no such thing. He wasoorana-
led aud brought forward, aud it is now eiiJeavoml ii
elect him, fur one siugle, one sole object—and (bat Ik
very object agaiust which your representatives sal**
ly protested, and against which they mstiucted Ik
Congressional delegation from Massachusc'tls.toil**
no exertion and no effort. Yet for that smgle object
was Mr. Polk brought forward. Yuu know,in J«
neighborhood, and I know, m my neighborhood,**
supports him. Mr. Poik's nomination was thus ('*'
ded of a Single object, il chosen hn aiiiniaiitnlik
w ill be necessarily limited lu one idea. Be cannotk
weak enuugh to miag ue tliat lie owes liis clevatiaa
the strength ul Ins general character as a jiuhitc ■
lie must aiways recollect the particular, the aoie,II*
single purpose for w luc Ii he is taken from liis prink
residence in Tcunesue, and placed in the I’res.denT*
bouse iu Washington. This purpose lie will of coat*
accomplish il he can; or rather lie will n J otbrnf
accomplish ; lor a couvcment ami un lu. in•irssMm-
ty is theouly light iu winch tin.se oy utwin he Is*
been proposed, appear lo regaid lulu.
But let me ask it this be not a precedent uf danger
ous tendency!- Does it not run ailiwarl ad our upr
nciice, ail Uic teaching* ut our bi*lorv, thus to take Ip
as a cand uaie lor our highest station, an obscure
bingiy ami tiiuiply that one object :r»ay be at cutuplid**
and that obj«.*cl, too, declared to be dangerous toll***’
licence ol Lite country, by the very men who lupp**
that candidate / 1 leave it to every tiuti'a judgojc*
and 1 ask ol every man how long tins tree govent**^
can be preserved, it al tbe recurrence ot every fcf
year*, tne party leaders, instead ot' st .ecMif »
iiem man, even of their own party, should, for ikt*
own peculiar purpose*, their private, and it inajk*
sin.&ur endft, •eivcl a man aimosl unknown, prop
up by certificate*, aud persuade their fuhutw* 1 ***
they have nothing to do but to vote lor, and iup^
the party uotuiuatiou? It is natural mat every
l\ie ligiit w as so »im nothing could l*e dis- * aheuid desire 10 act with ins party. 1 feel lhat
d—liowev. c, tiie*v immediately lowered a ; aud 1 b ‘ llue w»e lorenterta ...»■*
Jor that had huou brought for the purpose j “ ' uu Bul U P”“,« v,,al >'
• III ills* itiihiif*. ihlt-FMi ..r ii.o ... .-i,.. A.i a.i tli.. m
purpose
id one of the gentlemen descend-
i an ohji'ct that was unlike the
is of tliu cave, and. upon looking
hon or, that it was the body
d. lo hi
SCO Vt
of a man !
Tliu Iscc, linnds, and lugs iieiuw tlie knee (iho
remainder ut me Body being cJuihcd) had much
States. The imports of coffee irom Rio de Janeiro '^ e “ppearanee u! an l'.gt p.iau mummy,being dried
lo this port have grown to considerable importance.
The cities of Baltimore and Boston have hitherto I
been the chief markets for coffee from Brazil, but it I
is quite probable that the trade lo New Orleans
will rival cither, possibly both uf them, in a few
years.
The trade of Brazil offers n great field for Amer.
icon enterprise. Tlie recent action of tho British
Government, designed lo proscribe Brazil to com
pany with other .lavelioldiiig States, must render
that empire more indifferent than before to a re
newal ofiis commercial agreements witli England,
now ubojt expiring. France and the United States,
lhemtofore,l>ecame tlie natural competitors for the
trsfl): with Brazil, Our country can offer great
inducements nnd other Brazilian commodities,
nearly ell the proportion of'.lie manufactured goods
required in the empire, besides Going a great por
tion ofatlie carrying trade.—N. O. Bulletin.
Widows.—We tubsenbe to tlie sentiments ex
pressed in reference tu that respectable class of the
community. »Inch is me subject of the following
article ; liut ue would not lake upon ourselves to
solve tlie difficulties suggested.
“Young widows are always bliilte.—TTaeyrever
meet one with a smile end flattering word. Can
and shrunken to tin: bun
It was ilres.e.l wil l a pair of buckskin shod
breeches, fastened at the knees with four buttons;
stockings that seemed to have been made of \arn,
bat only a small par:ion remained. The coal was
of blue cloth, entire, but so ration tliat il came tu
pieces when siigutly pulled ; vest of a light* coi.
ored cloth, and Steel or iron billions.
There was no hat seen, am! the hair, which was
• dark brown, was s ightly gray. Tlie buttons of
the coat were ot brass, and corroded to a dark
green color, lu bis hand was clutched a chain
witli u watch nuacheJ, und a broad flat gold key
with a steel barrel.
Iu ids pocket were several pieces ui silver coin
—three Spanish pislarecns, and a smaller une,
besides two trunk keys, with a ring tu fasten
them together. Many speculations were made as
tu Ihe probable time of his death, ail coincided in
the opinion that lie had fallen through llte opening
at kume period long before, wltcrr.uuablu logoi out
he periabed.
The Potatoe Disease—Th-i disease which has
destroyed tlie potatoe so extensively in the United
Slates, appears to he spreading through Canada ve
ry rapidly. It renders the potatoes unfit for any
soy one tel! why T Young widows pay very acrupu- purpose whatever—hng* and cattle having died
Ions attention to dree*. None knew to well as from eating them.
ihe pubuc mu rent, or the existence ol tin? coooliff
it> uot loo much to a*k of any man to pause aud c<***
[ dor, if, by loiiowmg the lead of in* part? lie d<Xi **
| violate hi* duly to hi* country. I uo uwft
tin* of any tnan, and 1 leave it to tiie cwcienc*^
; cry one to au**er Uie quest.mi, in re^arJ to tin*
ter of the annexation oi Texio.
LaT£B % FkoM Maranxas—AttfUL VVatbW
— NN c aic imieoted luuur ittenliro
cut* iu Cuba, lor the proinptituUe unn uinckMj
have forv%urdrd our rcau.nr fL'es of Matan* a, F #
per* to the l*i ia»umi. lnve*tigMti«uu arc lull#*
mg on at Mauuiza* m regard to me iato
lion. At \uhu. during the i-ite .uiriicane,
im ndous water *jx>ut pa*»ed Ihroutfii the pUc®***
mjj much damage. It uai about twenty
In its couf»u i. p i»scd over two hotiaet,
roof* through, and entirely dc»iro\ in#
children were killed in one of the building*
edi eta w ere tho tame «> if a violent ri»c f b " q T
through iho town, leaving a kind of channel.
gras*, and uveiy thing that came in it* W *J
torn t lie people were engaged in
their house*, fcc. Mechanic* and artiM*** 1 *
very scarce, and wcrerceivtng from
dollars per day—JY. Y. ihut
Paoia Texas.--Tba N. O. 7Yv?k of the lUffi
says: “We find the Ini low hi;- items of “***
Clarksville (Texas) JVwrtera Sundard, al H*
u!t :
“By the urstrra male tae learn that
Houston ba* receives!souther eoannuuieaiioofiv*
ta Anna, wb.ch is said to W ol a pacific character
ui stated that the csmtsn.plauQ invasions of
Mexico is abandoned, and w. believe it i»
Ibigiaiid aod Freuse have odcred to obtain •"
•dgeSMM of our il depends nee. on condition tk* 1
too shall hare tba right to renew the war »
off-r ourselves lo the I’aitsd S-.f.ei.-R'J l** 1.
