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poetical."
^tTboM TH* RICHMOND (VA.) TIMM AND COMFILKR.]
1 STANZAS.
Farewell! for ’tin the laet tad strain
This broken harp will ever give—
It ne'er can sing of Hope again :
Her syren tone* no more deceive,
For crush'd and broken are the strings
'Round which theirdying music clings !
And when, perchance, in after years
Another breathes to thee that vow,
Which I have breath'd thro' smiles and tears,
As true as Heaven’s reflected bow !
Which coustant shines through stormy skies,
A covenant that uever dies—
Yea,when other lips shall speak
The words oflove which I have spoken,
Think of me then!—the wish is weak—
There's little strength in hearts nigh broken:
Butin thnt weakness there is more
Of trusting faith than e'er before.
I would not have you all forget
The many hours of rapture past—
Whose fading twilight lingers yet,
Like sunbeams on the storm cloud cast;
And as the night comes stealing on,
I needs must weep when all is gone. R. D. P.
REGRETS.
BY THOMAS HAYNES BAYLY.
'Tispast! yes, her own lips have spoken
The sentence that tells us to part:
Tbe vow that they pledged she has broken,
Ar.d with itanothor fond heart;
Yet, though she whom I trusted so freely,
Has sunderetklove's holiest tie,
The visions I cherished so dearly.
Will live in this heart till I die!
Had I loved her less fondly—less truly,
Or given her cause for regret;
Had I been of her notice unworthy,
We hud parted, perhaps, as we met;
But her own guilty conscience will tell her,
My vows could not evil impart;
Every look,every word that I gave her,
Sprang warm from its seat in the heart!
Oh! who shall call woman's love lasting,
Since thus she can cancel her vows!
The pangs of the heart she is blasting,
In her can no pity arouse!
Then shun, ere too late, her soft glances,
Avoid,while you may, the soft lure;
Aad, believe tne, if her love’s thy riches,
Thou hadst better, far better, be poor!
[FROM THE WHIG STANDARD.]
THE LAST SONG.
Air—“ OJl in the ttilly night”
Roll up our gallant flag,
It must no more wave o’er us ;
Oureagle shrieks o'er hill and crag,
And dark clouds roll before us.
The struggle’s o’er—wo shout no more,
Both helm and target are riven;
On earth laid low—teel to the foe,
And closing eye to Heaven.
Whigs! of the gallant States,
Whose thunders spoke for Harry.
a stonier Diane io carry.
Their taunts and jeers bespeak t
Their foreign power we’ll hui
Or see the walls ofCongress ha
A stouter blade to carry.
mk their fears,
I humble,
iofCongress halls
Round shrieking freemen crumble.
Cheer, cheer ye for Ilia fray,
There's many a gallant spirit
Who’ll wipe the foul reproach away,
Tlie’d make our 6ons inherit.
A little while and Freedom's smile,
Will light the land we cherish :
And show the world a flag unfurled
Whose tints will never perish.
^MISCELLANEOUS.
[irom Arthur’s magazine.]
I SAID SO >
BV T. S. ARTHUR.
He’ll be a ruined man in less than a year. Murk
my words, and seo if they do not come true.”
Tliis ua< said with an air, and in a tone of self-
int|iortunce, by a brisk little follow, who walked
uneasily about us he spoke, and seemed to consider
| himself of nu little consequence.
•1’re bad my eye on him for some months past*'
w continued, ‘and can see which way he isgoin
I and where it will at! end us clear as daylight.
‘That’s the way with you, Deal; you always
see to the end of oilier people’s courses,’ remurked
| a bystander.
'lean see to tho end of Miller’s course, and no
I mistuke. See if he is’nt all used up and gone
uolhiug before this duy twelve month.’
’Why do you prophesy so budly of Miller? He
| Hone ol theclevore.t mon I know.’
1 1 tint’s a fact, nnd no mistake. He is a gentle
I man all over. But that won’t keep him from
| ruin.’
|Give tho reason—you must have one.’
‘Uli, as io that, I don’t give reasons for what I
I "?• ' vas the self-consequent reply, with a toss of
I me head, and two or three strides across tho room
| Ul, y°u mark my words und seo if they don
I come true. Seo if Miller does not go to the wull
|“e.ore ibis tj me uexl y ear ,‘
*ery well, we will see.’
&>yuuwi||,or I’m no prophet.’
•he confident manner in which this man, named
*li»|)oke, led several of those who heard him,
jpoee that bo knew somo fact connected with the
cnesiof Milter wi’.li which they were ignorant
Al jd this was true.
, . ei ' ' vas °no of those resllo.s, busy here-lherc
e,er y-where little bodies, who see and know
L' mi> [ e w hul is going on in the world than t’
H_ r quiet, thoughtful, business absorbed peopl
rcnll' I * ltet ’ dl ° lbeulro °nce or Iwice a week j not
, y ,1> much to observe the play, ns Io seo w
| C I^ U sr ’I attended, Hu looked into tho different
L 1 ro ° ni4 and poliiicul assemblages, and kept
Ha^ u p in all the little and great muito
mur.T"" 8 ''' e " ur ^ BCC a community, or stir
'alii. eC ^' His means of information in regard
Uinl " (>, kl , b |, r’»bushiest and prospects were cer
rn.il/ ,e, y great uud his opinion in regard to these
I* 0 "' 1 "•""ethiiig. That fuel made liiiro.
Ihesril 1 h° U ' ^Hlor half believed by several who
L|. 111 ln - I" truth ho had good reasons for his
Ptar g " n,liou ' iu "«' f°r he met ton frequently at
“ . eut,l! ' °nd in very improper company, Miller’s
rtft n " ,l , ctork ’ u " d «•“' likewise conversant
kvnf ?,“ y ” <c,i P rov hig tlinl lie was clonrly unwor-
fci e ,j f m . I . rui ‘ l that liud been reposed in him. In-
r “umg his duty, which was to promptly in-
VOL. XXXVl-
form Miller or th* conduct ofhis clerk, lie content,
ad himself, like loo many others, with merely
shrugging his shoulders, ns has been seen, when
occosiou warranted his doing so, nnd prnpheeving
ruin to the merchant who, unhappily had placed
confidence in an unworthy agent.
Thu business in which Miller wni engaged, al
though it embraced very important transactions,
und required many clerks for its efficient manage
ment, yielded only a light profit, so that it wus in
tho power of a disiionest assistant to ruin his prin.
cipal. 11 only required the uli.trnclion of a few
thousand dollurs to emburraas and finally brouk up
the merchant’s business. The prospect of such an
untoward event was very fair. Tho habits of
young Gray, the name of the principal clerk, had
lor more than u year, required for their gratifica
tion an amuunl of money much greater I Inin his
salary. At first he wus troubled with debts. The
uneasiness that these occasioned led him Io cast
ubuul in his inind for soma mode of relief. His
first decision on the subject was to ask an advance
of salary. He was in the receipt of one thousand
dollars a year. Pressod hard by a man whom he
owed, lie was almost forced into an application for
more salary. He did not think of denying himself
any of the expensive pleasures in which he in.
du!gcd,as a surer measure of reliof. The appli
cation was not favorably considered. Mr. Miller
paid, already, as much for clerk-hire as he felt him
self able to do. The salary of Gray he considered
fully enough for a young man. Alter having re-
cciveda positive refusal on like part of his employ
er to grunt his request, the clerk, concealed as ful
ly as possible his disappointment, turned to the per
funnuiico of his regular duties. But there was a
tempest in his bosom. Even with an increuse of
sulury up to the amount ho had asked, the difficul
ties that surrounded him would still have been great.
The only course by which he could then huve ex
tricated himself from immediate difficulties, would
huve been to borrow upon the representation of an
increase of sulnry. Now that hope had fuiled.
Temptutions try and prove men. Where there
is integrity of character, purification is the couse
qnence of strong trials. But when a man without
lixed principles gets into difficulties, especially
wlien brought about by his own wrong conduct,
he is in imminent danger. Evil counsellors are
near him Bpecious arguments ; he must not coo
scni to listen to them—if he does, lie will almost
inevitably full into like snare laid for his unweary
feel.
Something must be done,’ the young man said
this with compressed lips, after lie had recovered a
little from the confusion of mind into which Mr.
Miller’s positive refusal to grur.t his request had
tlnown him,
Snmelhiiig muat bo done. What shall it be V
The question gave activity to his mind. He
thought, und thought, and thought for a long lime
But one only hope glimmered in upon the darkness;
and that was a light kindled upon a treacherous
coast. It was the hope of relief from pressing de
mands, by using, without his employer’s knowledge,
a portion of the money that regularly pussod through
his hands. The first suggestion of this to his mind,
cuused him an inward shudder. He looked away
from it; but every thing was so dark, that, for re
lief he turned to il again. The idea seemed not
now so revolting. He did think of embezzling
his employer’s money ; only borrowing it as a
measure of temporary reliof. Finally the tempter
prevailed. A good oppoitunily presented itself
for using as InrRo n sum ns two hundred dollars
without u suspicion of the fact bv Mr. Miller, and
he embraced that opportunity. Pressing demands
were thereby met, and a surplus left in his hands.
From tliis time lorlh a host of evil counsellors
had access to his ear, and he listened to them loo
often. There was no reform in his habits or ex
penses, hut rather a giving of the rein to bolh. He
indulged more frequently in expensive pleasures,
and had, in consequence, to resort ofienor to the
funds of his employer, which ho did with less and
less compunction of conscience each lime.
Nut many mouths passed before Miller found his
business pressing upon him tooheuvily. His pay
ments were not made with the same ease os for*
meily. There having been no diminution in his
business, he was entirely at a loss to uccount fur
this fact. Not the slightest suspicion of the real
cause passed over his mind ; for his confidence in
Gray was unbounded. Had lie known any thing
of ikis Imbiis, doubts of his integrity would have
been awakened ; but of the many facts that had
coine under the observation of Deal, not one hud
been even suspected by Miller.
Rapidly did young Gray run his downward
course. His money warns grew every day more
and more urgent, and his inroads upon his employ
er’s funds more and more steady and exhuusting.
‘Miller’ll he a ruined man as sure as the world, il
he keeps Gray about him.” Deal would say to
himself, whenever ho perceived the young clerk
spending money with great trccdom, as he often
did. But he never thought of saying ns much to
llm wronged merchant. lie never fell it to be his
duly lo whisper a friendly warning in his ear.
Time passed,and the merchant’s business became
daily mure and more involved. Not a payment
wus made without having to borrow money from
one source or other. Tho cause of this he could
not d.-fino; uud unfortunately, not suspecting where
it really lay, he remained altogether at fuult in en-
deavoring lo counteract and resist the downward
tendency of his business, until ruin was the conse-
MILLKDOKV1LLK, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1844.
L. C- Pickett, Esq., United Slates charge d’af.
fkV.es at Lima, in a letter to the National Institute,
NO- 11.
Thus saying, with a contemptuous look and tone,
lie turned from the abashed Deal, and left him to
hit self.accusing reflections. They were such ae
no iruo lover ofhis kind could even wish to have.
There is often much of self-complacent pride in
the oft repealed “1 SAID SO—But more, we
fear, of criminal neglect to warn an honest, unsus.
peeling neighbor of the danger that lurks in his
path. Let every one look to himself and see how
far he ii guilty in this respeci. Few of ub I fear,
will find our garments spotless.
A Beautiful Incident.—Messrs. Editors s
The following incident occurred a few weeks since
in a villugo of our Slate. It was a warm Sabbath
afternoon, and the doors of tho Village Church were
thrown open lo let in tho balmy uir from the fields
without. The congregation Imd assembled, and
while 'lie minister was reading the first hymn, a
beautiful dove entered the door and came walking
up tho aisle.
Sucli u visitor drew of course universal attention.
But as the choir arose to sing, lie seemed startled,
and lifting himself on his wings, alighted on the
stove pipe ubove him, where he sat bending his
glossy neck and turning his head so as lo catch the
harmony as it swelled through the temple of God.
Whether il ivas the chorus of voices, or the full
tuned notes of ihe organ that captivated him 1 can.
net tell; but he sal the perfect picture of earnest
attention till the music ceased.
Wailing a moment as if to hear the strain com-
mence again, he started from his pearch and sailed
to the top ofthe organ, where he furled his pinions
and sal and looked upon the audience. The young
clergyman arose to pray. He is distinguished for
his earnestness and fervor of his invocation, and
aa he stood with his hands around the Bible which
lay clasped before him, humbly beseaching the
Futher of all good to send his Holy Spirit down,
that beautiful bird pitched from its resting place on
the organ, and sailing down on level wings the
whole length of the Church pearched on the Bible
directly between the hands of the clergyman.
It was .merely a natural occurrence, but how
beautiful ihe picture. There stood the messenger
of God with face towards heaven pleading for heav
en’s blessings—the Bible before him around which
his hands were reverently clasped, while on it stood
that beautiful and innocent dove. The three thus
together formed a group full of interest and symbo
lizing all that is dear to man. The Word of God
was before tho people with God’s chosen emblem
upon it, and God’s Iteruld clasping them as he pray-
ed.
What wonder is it if a superstitious feeling ran
through the house as the people watched that dove
the emblem of innocence and purity and the Divine
Spirit ilselt standing Jon the Bible and looking
down on them. Beautiful bird, it centered for a
time the affections of all on il ; and he who could
have injured it there, would have injured hundreds
of hearts at the same time. The pressure of its (i.
ny feet was no sacrilege there, for the expressions
of its soft eye were innocence and love.
The clergyman feeling the presence of the bird,
nnd fearing il might distract the attention ofhis
hearers, gently passed his hand over the Bible.—
The dove, unstartled, merely hopped over it on the
cushion, where it sat till prayer was ended. It
then rose and sailed away. In former times the
dove would have been regarded ns a spiritual visi
tant from the unseen world, sent on a special mis.
sion in answer to prayer, and awakened feelings of
awe and reverence.
To us it was only a natural hut unusual occur
rence, awakening simply the sentiment of beauty.
It is a new and accidental figure introduced sudden
ly into a beautiful picture giving greater harmony
and perfection to what wo deemed perfect before.
There was no religion in il hut it was full of beauty.
New York Observer. h.
remarks: “I have travelled five days at a lime a.
mong the Andes without seeing a human creature
excopt those with me, and along a track (not a
road) w hich, for the most part, serpenlizcd over al*
most pcrpendiculur precipices,or through a forest
literally impervious, except by cutting one’s way
at every siep. Provision, luggage, and everything
were curried on men’s bucks, and my saddle-horse
was a stout mulatto, (part Indian,) whom 1 occu.
sionnlly mounted wlton tired of wulking. I felt al
first a ducided repugnance to this sort equitation,
and could not think of using a fellow.being for a
beast of burden ; but Ihe necessity of Ihe case and
the custom ol the country got the better of mv scru
ples, as they Imd of those of more conscientious
men, no doubt ; und as thn sillero, (chairman,) as
he was culled, told me it was his occupation to car-
ry Christians over the mountains, and solicited the
job, I struck a burgain with him, and the price was
ten dollars through, 1 riding about half the time.—
This quudrupedul biped, if so lie may be called,
turned out to bo a very surefooted and trusty ani.
inul, uud carried me in perfect safety to the end of
the route. The modus equitandi is this : instead
of a saddle, a very light chair is used, which the
chairman slings upon his back, and the traveller’s
face, when seuled in it, is to the north, should he he
going lo the south, and vice versa. It is necessary
that, when mounted,he should keep himself very ac
curately balanced, for there are many places in
passing which n false step on the part of the sillero
might cause a tumble down a precipice, which
wuuld bo futal bolh to the rider and to the rid
den,
Effectual Preventive of smut in Wheat.—
Mr. Editor.—On board of a steamboat, in conver
sation on the subject of agriculture, I was told by
Mr. Dechert, of Tennessee, who allowed me to
use bis name, that in hundreds of instances he hud
known smut in wheal to be prevented by the follow,
ing step—in fact, he believed it lo be infallible, and
deeming all such things worthy of being preserved
and generally known, especially when avouched by
responsible names, I committed it to paper on the
spot. Dissolve a pound of blueslone in as much
water as will cover Jive bushels of wheat, and steep
the wheat in the solution, say eighteen hours before
sowing it.—Southern Planter.
ss
Cows.—Cows should have warm water for n few
days after calving, otherwise they are very liable
to colds, inflammation of the udder, dec. It is a
good method as practised by many, to prepare tlie
first drink by putting a shovelful of hot coals intu a
pailful of cold water, and after a few minutes take
off the swimming coals and then give the water lo
Ihe cow, which must have become sufficiently
warmed, and it will have acquired an alkaline qual.
ity, which is considered beneficial.—Boston Cttlli
valor.
■Ill MOMBt of • M«t mi l
invention of John H.Sbw»ffiA > vstkbf ptular of
Sumter county, Alabum. Tbe following notice
of it is from tbe Suns ter Moot* Whig of tbe 33d
ultimo :
“A few days ago we saw Mr, Bhsrsrd’s new pa
tent cotton gin in full operation, and we can swore
those who have not seta U that it greatly improves
the qoality of the cotton ginned, and is altogether
a beautiful piece of machinery. It is vary simple
in construction and easily kept in order. The sows
are nearly like those ofthe ordinary gin, save*
slight difference in the cutting of the teetb, Tbo
ribs are eircular and revolve with the saws ; be.
hind the ribs is a cylindrical brush, revolving against
the saws, which takes out motes, tmsh, end dirt,
still further behind, and a little below, ia a similar
brush, wh’ch takes off tbe cotton from tbe saws and
carries it behind a grate, which entirely remove*
the remainder of the trash, dirt, dre. Still further
back is a brush with wings, which blows the cot*
ton through a flue with a tin bottom, perforated
with oblong holes similar to those of a tin lantern,
through which, should there be any remaining
trash or dirt, the whole will past. This flue has
one advantage over all others—it never chokes up,
and consequently does not require delay of time in
cleaning il,
“The whole is carried by two hands, and works
most admirably. A fifty saw gin, the size of that
Mr. Sherard now has in operation, will gin four
hales per day. We would remark that the im.
provemeat may be attached, at a small expense, to
the ordinary gin ; and further, that Mr. Sherard’s
new gin will cost but a trifle if any more than those
now in use.”
A Cure for Pulmonary Complaints.—The fol
lowing receipt is not intended lo he a cure for a
confirmed consumption, but I ussuro your readers,
from my own repeated observations of its effects,
that it will relieve many pulmonary complaints, not
easily to be distinguished in their symptoms from a
consumption, and which, if neglected, would prove
fatal. Let the patient early every morning, while
in bed, drink half a pint of milk from the cow, in
* hich a table spoonful of honey and a table spoon
ful of French brandy, or. if that cannot be had, of
other spirits, has been first mixed : let him then re
main in bed one hour after drinking it. It will
causes gentle perspiration to luko place, promote
uti easy expectoration, relieving, ihe cough, und in
a few weeks restore him to perfect health. Many
have been by this meuns restored to health, after
liaviog long in vain tried remedies prescribed by a-
ble physicians. I felt desirous to communicate
this remedy to the public, in order that others si
milarly afliictod, may avail themselves of it.
Virginia Valley Farmer.
“Beautiful Texas.”—it is stated in the Arkan
sas Intelligencer that the inhabitants of tho north
western pan of Texas—thut land of sunshine and
flowers—of milk and honey—where corn grows
without planting, nnd every body is as happy as a
lark, having “plenty of money and nothing lo do”
—the El Dorado of our race—are actually ‘ suffer,
ing greatly for the want of provisions"—and, (oh
tell it not in Gath !) “that the water in that region
has almost totally failed.” As a necessur v con
sequence, the Intelligencer says, a large number of
emigrants are returning (from this new-found Par.
adise.) through this place lo Missouri, who went
out last winter and spring.” Beautiful Texus !
We find the following going the rounds of the
press. Al the time spoken of, Ihe “While House,”
(i. e. the Presidential Mansion in Washington) did
not exist—nay, VVashington City itself was noteven
dreamed of—nor was Gen. Washington President
ofthe United Slates. The breakfast in question
was taken at Mount Vernon. As to breakfasts,
generally, in the "White House,” iftho truth weie
known, they would be found lo he as most folks
would dosire. But a great many foolish things are
said in the press, at times, about the “White
House.”
The White House in 1784.—A Mr. Wansny, ^
hose published no:es of a lour in this country in ,is l he shore rvas examined Euslward, towurd Mon-
Eve’s Aptle Tree.—‘Eve’s Apple Tree,’
(kadura gaha) is u tree of the middle size, and is
found in great numbers, its leaves are nine inches
long, and three broad, with about twenty strong
fibres branching off on each side ofthe centre one.
Its fruit hnng down in pairs from a long stalk, its
appearance is very peculiar being like an apple with
one-third cut or bitten out. It is deadly poison,
and the milk that flows from it is so acid, that a
drop falling on the hand raises a blister; The out
side of a bright yellflw color, and tho inside is a
deop crimson. It contains a lutge quantity of small
black seeds, like the dips of an apple, imbedded in
scarlet colored pulp. I have counted fifty.oiglit of
these in one fruit. When ripe, the fruit bursts
open nnd the seeds fall out, after which tho outsido
shrivels up,and still adheres lo the stalk for aeon-
sidernblo lime.—Recollections of Ceylon.
Remarkable Circumstance.— VV’e were inform
ed yesterday by a fisherman just in from a cruise,
tlml during his absence he had seen a most singu
lar phenomenon, the like of which has never been
known in this latitude. The smack in which he
was, had been unsuccessful, hut very few fish liav-
ing been taken, nnd on many of the old fishinn
grounds not one could he found ! In reluming,
along the South shore of Long Island, their atten
tion was attracted to the beach, which was literally
strewed with the bodies of dead fish just wash
ed up by the sea.
Black-fish, cunuers, lobsters and crabs,and many
other species which inhabit our siiores at this sea
sou, lay promiscuously on the sand. On examining
tiie well of the smack it was discovered that the
fish which they had taken were also dead. As for
A Country School.—“Bible dictionary data
come up,’said our school master.
‘Who was Lot’s wife ?’
‘The pillow of salt what Moses laid his head on
when he went up to Mount Smio, to offer his son
Isaac up, cos he had no sheep but himself to do
likewise.
‘What is said of Jonah ?’
‘Jonah swallowed a whale, and was vomeyked up
tho third day with a passcl of guard seed which he
gavo to the Queen of Sheba for mondin’ his trowis-
ers which he burst in strainin’ to get out ofthe ly.
on’s Hen, where Daniel had been eating Pulses and
Pease’s Candy.’
Next Scholar.—‘What is said of John the Bap.
tist V
‘And this ere John came out of (lie wilderness,
and he was clothed in camomiles hair, und he was
girt about the neck with a leathern bridle, and his
meat was locos and wild unions.’
‘What saw tho rich man after death?’
‘He saw Abraham afar off und Leatherears in
Boston.’
Specie Exports—Tho N. Y. Tribune (tale*
tho export of specie from New York for the week
ending lS.h inst. at about *260,000, of which
!$17a 500 in gold want to England, and moat ofthe
remainder to Havre, in silver. In addition to this,
$100,000 in American halves went to Montreal,
probably for proceeds of bills on England, drawn
by the commissariat to pay the troops in Canada.
Some $80,000 in specie were received at New
York Inst week.
The Tribune states the official clearance* of
specie from 1st October to 12lh November—not
including some portion of that noted above—to have
been $020,701 in gold, and *1,470,620 in silver to
Europe, and $74,412 in silver to East indies.
The wav they Marbv out West.—A western
paper says that the arrival of 41 ladies ell at one
time, in iowu, has caused a sensation. We think
it should. But of their manner of ‘paying ad.
dresses’ and getting ’hitched,’ is what we want to
come at. It is said lo be dene in a business like
way, something in this wise : when a boat load of
ladies is coming in “at the landing,” the gentlemen
on shore make proposals lo the ladies through
speaking trumpets, something like the following:
“Miss, with blue ribbon on your bonnet, will you
take me ?” “Hallo there, gal, with a cinnamon
colored shawl 1 If agreenble, we will jine.” The
ladies in the meantime, get ushore, and are married
I at the hotel, the parties arranging themselves, aa
' the Squire sings out, “Sort yourselves, sort your
selves.” A great country that “Far West.”
A Double Bbick House Moved.—Quite a feat
was performed on Thursday, in the removal from
the corner ofElizebeth street and Franklin Avenue,
of a three story brick Itouso, owned by G. Lcffler.
The family were in the house at thn lime—the din
ner wus being cooked, nnd the house was moved
without damage at a cost of$350,twenty feel south
and three feet west. Tho removal was rendered
necessary in consequence of widening Franklin
Avanue. The work wus effected on way, and on
Ihe same principle as a ship is launched. No
damage done. The force employed, alter Ihe ways
were fixed, amounted to but two men with screw
and lever power. Contractors for moving, J. \V.
& F. VV. Goodwin, of New York.
Thanksgiving.—Proclamations for the observ
ance of this festival on the days mentioned, have
1784 have recently been the subjet of notice in the
American papers, gives the following description of
a breakfust at the White House. Will tho break
fasts there in these days bear a comparison with
this ?
“Mrs. Washington herself made tea and coffee
for us. On tho table were two small piules of slic
ed longue, dry toast, bread and butter, but no boil
ed fish, as is the general custom. Miss Curtis, her
granddaughter, a very pleasing young lady of about
sixteen, sat next to her brother, Georgo Washington
Curtis, abouttwo yeurs older than herself. There
was hut little appearance of form ; no livery. A
silver urn for hot water was the only expensive
thing on Ihe table. Mrs. W• appears to he some,
thing older thuu the President, although born in the
same year, short in stature, rather robust, very
plain in her dress.”
qnence.
‘it is just ns I said,' remarked Deal, when the
tlte news of Miller’s f'uiluro reached his ear. ‘1
knew it would be so ; and l said it would bo so a
hundred times.’
•You did ?’ replied the individual to whom this
was addressed, looking steadily into the little man s
face, lie was a losing creditor of tho broken mer
chant.
‘Yes, I did.’
‘And pray what reason had you for saying so ?’
‘This very good reason. Ilia principal clerk
lived too fust. Ho kept a swift trotlihg horse, und
indulged to my certain knowledge, in very many
oilier extravagances thut must huve consumed mo.
ney equal to four or five times his salary.’
•Indeed !’
‘it is u fact, sir.’
•Did Miller know this V
‘Ofcourse ho did not.’
‘But you did.’
•Yes ; and I said, dozens of times that if Miller
did not look out lie would ho ruined.’
The creditor comprossod his lips lightly, nnd
eyed the self-complacent Doal for nearly a minute,
steadily.
‘You knew it!—you said so !’ he remarked half
contemptuously, al length.
‘And you will soe an honest man wronged daily,
and at last ruined by a scoundrel, and all this time
coldly stand looking on, and prophecy his downfall.’
'll wus no concern ot mine,* Deni snidj his luce
crimsoning. , , .
•No concern of yours ! It is every man s bust,
ness to warn his neighbor’s approaching danger.
Ho win. does do so. is little holler than an accesso-
ry to evil. For nr.y part, sir, I shall ever look up-
on you ns moro than half guilty of poor Miller a
ruin. A word might have saved him; but you
heartlessly forebore lo speak. 1 would not have
your conscience for a dozen wprld* like this.
Agreement and Disagreement of Nouns.—
The schoolmaster is certainly abroad, and no mis
take, and his influence is as discernible over tho
country os the belt of Saturn is to Lord Rosso
while looking through the monster telescope. Here
is the last shot which lie has taught the young idea
how to make.
Schoolmaster.—“Tommy Townly, parse me tho
sentence, ‘Mother and father live in harmony.”
Tommy.—"Yelli ihir. Mother is a common
noun, neuter gender, and nominative case to the
verb live.”
Schoolmaster.—“Excellent. Tommy, there is
nothing under the heavens to keep you out of Con.
gress. Goon.”
Tommy.—“Live is a verb neuter, indicative
mnnd, prethent tense, third perthon, lllingular num.
her, and agrees with mother."
Schoolmaster.—‘Bravo, Tommy—proceed. You
will he n counsellor at least—perhaps on the Su
preme Bench.’
Tommy—“And is a mnrnuge conjunction; it
conples_/a/Aer and mother.” [Here there was a
general hee, heo, hee, from the test of the class.]
Schoolmaster.—“Tommy, you young rascal,you
inusu'l indulge in your wit at school—you’ll never
he a great man if you do. Go on—what isfatherV
Tommy.—“He's a shoemaker thir.”
Schoolmaster.—“You are more stupid than I
thought you wore. What does lie agree with in
tho sentence ?
Tommy.—(Scratching his head and looking puz
zled.) “1 don’t know, thir.”
Schoolmaster.—“Don’t you see, stupid, that
both ure in tho nominative case to the word Jive,
and that father agrees with mother ?”
Tommy.—“No he don’t, thir ;—he licked her
like all wrath this morning !”
Schoolmaster.—“The class is dismissed. Tom
my Townly, let me have your premium book till I
mark a blank fa It for your stupidity to-day.”
tiouk Point, it was lound to be covered alike with
dead fish.
We are also informed that tho smack Caroline,
on Friday last, while about 15 miles from land, pass
ed through a “rip of the sea (formed bv adverse
tides, we suppose) and that as far as could be seen
in citiie-r directien the “rip” wus filled with dead
fish, 'boon after this the well of the smack wns ex
amined, and every lish in it found to he dead.—
1 Itese remarkable facts require scientific investi
gation. Similar phenomena have been observed
in the Mediterranean after a volcanic eruption on
some of the neighboring mountains ; and it is quite
probable, we think, that the destruction to the fin.
ny tribe noticed above wns cuused by a like erup
tion nt sea, near our coust.—New London News,
Monday.
Gamp. Cocks.—It will bo seen by the following
from the New York Morning News, that Game
Cocks, have risen in value since the Election of Mr.
Polk. “A suit was tried in Boston, last week, in
the Boston Common Peals, in which n deputy slier
iff was defendant, with others, chargod with killing
eight game-cocks. The jury returned u verdict
for tho plaintiff: damages assessed at $75, or $0,
37£ apiece for the fowls.—It is not easy to say
which party should bear offtho palm of humanity
in this case. The sportsmen cruelly pitted the
fowls, armed with steel gaffs, to kill each other.—
The party which iidjourneJ from u temperance
meeting, of which they formed a part, nnd proceed
ed iu a body lo the cock-pit, to put u stop to the
sanguinary sport, not only seized the fowls but put
tiicin to death in different ways. Twenty-three
were killed. The necks of some were wrung, and
the heads of others cut off. One man held one leg
of a doomed bird, and n second mnn the other leg,
whiles third held the head and applied the knifo lo
the neck.”
issued in the following States and Cities :
Kentucky,
Sept.
26
South Carolina,
Oct.
3
New Hampshire,
Nov.
14
City of Charleston,
City of Savannah,
Nov.
14
Nov.
21
Connecticut,
Nov.
28
Rhode Islund,
Nov.
28
Michigan,
Nov.
28
Missouri,
Nov.
28
Illinois,
Nov.
28
Vermont,
Due.
6
Maine.
Dec.
6
New York,
Dec.
12
Now Jersey,
Dec.
12
Maryland,
Dec.
12
Ohio,
Dec.
10
Corn Stalk Sugar.—A Cincinnati paper gives
encouragiog accounts of the manufacture of sugar
from corn-stalks. A specimen produced nt New
Harmony ^settlement by Mr. John Beal, has been
examined by the Editor, and pronounced equal to
the Louisiana sugur, with the exception of a little
acid in the granulation, which will be corrected
hereafter by u liule more alkali in tho syrup.—
Last year, according to his report to Mr. Ellsworth
Mr. B. succeeded in making sugar, although his
corn nalks woro much injured by a storm. This
year he bus mude 375 lbs. from three-fourths of an
acre, or 500 lbs. per acre, and the land was up
land of a medium quality.
Wheu tiie eurs begin lo form they are pulled off.
When the leaves are dead about half wuy up the
stalk, it is stripped of all leaves, cut up at the root
the top cut off, and then ground in a sugar mill.—
Twenty stalks yield a gallon of juice. A gallon of
juice yields one-eight or one-tcnlh part syrup, of
which one pint weighs one pound and a half, and of
this three-lourlhs is grained sugar. Mr. B. made
80 lbs. in a day with a simple apparatus of his own
construction. Five hundred pounds at 4 cents per
b. is $20 per acre, it would have produced, say
50 bushels of corn, et 25 cents, or $12 50.
Power of Eloquence.—The eloquence of the
celebrated Whilfiold it is said was nt time] irresis
tible. The accomplished sceptic Chesterfield was
present when this popular preacher presented the
votary of sin under a figure of n blind beggar, led
by a little dog- The dog had broken his string.—
The blind cripple, with his stuff between bolh
hands, groped his wuy unconscious to tho side of a
precipice. As he fell along with his staff, it drop,
ped down the descent, too deep lo send back an
echo. He thought il on the ground, and bending
forward, took one careful step to recover it. Bui
lie trod on vacancy, poised for a moment,and ns he
fell headlong. Chesterfield sprung from his scat ex-
olaiming ; ‘By Heavens ho is gone !”
A young Miss having accepted the nfihr of a
youth to gallant her home, afterwards fearing '.lint
jokes might be cracked at her expence if the fuel
should become public, dismissed him when about
half way, enjoining secrecy.
“Don’t be ufraid,” said he, of "my saying any
thing about il, for I fuel as much ashamed of it as
you do.”
Cure for Mange in Swinf:.—A correspondent
in the Maine farmer says, tako raw Tobacco steep
ed in cold and strong chamber lie, pour olf the li
quor, then mix equal parts with lump oil, then rub on
the composition. When kept iu a tight bottle, will
stand for somo time, it is said to he a safe reme
dy.
A Twin Uncle!—At Massat, in France, on the
20th ult. two femules, mother and duugliter. gavo
birth to a male child within two ininutos of cucli
other. The babies were put into one crudle whilst
the mothers were attended lo, and tho result was
an impossibility to distinguish which was the uncle
and which was the nephew.
Affection is woman’s only element; to love, to
look up, is hor destiny : and, if unfulfilled, nothing
can supply its place. Life has no real business for
lierbeyond the sweet beating of her own heart,
dwelling iu the shadow of another’s. She may
crowd iiur days with gayety, variety, and wlml arc
culled amusements ; she will do so only lo find
their insufficiency. She needs the strength of du.
ty, and the interest of uffection.
Cleanliness in Making Butter.—It seems al
most unnecessary to allude to cleanliness ns pecu-
liarly necessnry to the manufacture of good butter.
But I do so lo bring under your notice the fuel, that
cream is remurkable for the rapidity with which it
absorbs and becomes tainted by unpleasant odours,
it is very necessary that tho air of the dairy should
ho sweet—that it should be often renewed, und that
it should ho open in nu direction from which hud o-
Hours can come.—Johnson's Lectures.
Jack Downing on thr Advantages of Advek
tising.—in relation lo the advantages of udveitis^
ing in newspapers, the sagacious Jack Downing
holds the following language. We do not feel in.
dined to dispute him:
“There’s nothing that greases tho wheels of
business like newspaper advertising.—Bear’s ilo
ain’t a touch to il.”
We have seen no appointment for Georgia and
Indiana, in both which Slates it was celebrated last
year. On the other hand, we find no record of
the celebration of this fostivul, last year, in oilher
South Carolina or Kentucky, both of which are
included iu the above table, in South Carolina,
however, it was duly proclaimed und observed iu
1842.—N. Y. Jour, of Com.
A gentleman recently from Lexington, Ky„ in.
forms us that, just before he left that city, the im-
prossion had become very general thut the Presiden
tial election would depend upon the vole of New
York. As a natural consequence ofsuch an opin
ion, public feeling became so excited as to the issue
of the canvass in that State, that the people flocked,
with nu impatience bordering upon frenzy, to the
post office long before the mail was due, lo catch
the firal tidings from the field that decided the bat
tle. When the news came, the crowd about the
post office had swollen to a prodigious size ; end-
upon tho announcement of the fact that the Empire
State had given her vote against their neighbor, and
ensured liis defeat, a profound siloncc was main
tained throughout the vast assemblage until it dis
persed. Grey-haired whigs were soon wending
their wav in sadness to their homes, and tears ba-
dewed many an eye unused to the melting mood,—
Tiie democrats present did not utlei a single shout
of joy. They appeared to have been impressed
with a respect for tho grief that sunk into the hearts^
of so many of their fellow citizer.s like a weight of
heavy burden, and they received the intelligence of
tiie success of their own candidate in os solemn si,
lence ns the whigs did that ofthe defeat of theirs.
Incidents like this deserve to be remembered.—
They touch us that beneath the foam and the furyt
of purtv strife there is a broad stratum of good feel
ing and brotherly love, that is only obscured for the
timo being, not destroyed, by the storms that agl-
late the surface of society ; that upon the calming;
of the troubled waters the bruises received in tho
conflict will he healed.
It is sluted as a fact in the New York Sun that-
one ofthe private mail concerns received in one day
530 letters, while the Post office received only
three ; and thn private mail, at six cents a letters
received $31 36, while tho Post Office collactad
only fifty six cents. This ia an important fact,,
winch shows whut will become of tho revena*
which the Government derived from the Post of-
flee Department unless some reform ie introduced
uud the cheap postage syitem adopted. The Poet-
muster General, it is said, has seen the necessity of
the adoption of this measure, aud in his report to
Congress, in a few weeks, will press the necessity
uf a reduction which will not be lower than 5 cents
nor higher than 16, and the President will also call
the attention of Congress to the importance of
pronqu action. Congress, it is hoped, will pay
more attention to it than at the last session. Had
the suggestions of the press and the popular voice,
us expressed through public meetings, been lia-
toned in, die Government might now be reapiag
the tidvuiiiuges which others enjoy. We are anx
ious to see whul effect has been produced in the last
year upon the Post Office Department in its pe
cuniary icsources by tho private mails.—Ledger.
An American traveller, writing ei Miss JtM
Porter. siiVK,“wa sincerely think we never have
seen it woni'iu so beloved and so fusciuoling.—
-She is liiu idol of many different circles of very
higii rank, aad pusses Iter time in yielding, month,
ulicr month, lo pressing invitations from the friends
who iuvu Iter.” The same author statss that Miss
Porter,now moro than 60 years old, is still in
mourning for her first and only lover, who died
.when she was about twenty.