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Consumption
AND
Fleer Complaint •
DR. TAYLOR’S
BALSAM OF LIVERWORT
HAS been used successfully for eight years
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member! the original and genuine is made only
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and unauthorized !
Consumption and Liter Complaint ! —As a
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isfied, from long experience, there is no Medi
cine equal to I)r. Taylor’s Balsam of Liverwort.
Being purely vegetable, it can be used w ith the
utmost safety by all persons in every condition
It cleanses the lungs by expectoration, relieves
difficult breathing, and seems to heal the chest.
There can be no question, but this medicine is a
certain cure for chronic coughs and colds. 1
have used it for four years in my practice, and
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A. F. ROGERS, M. D.
To Females. —The number of females in deli
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of appetite, liver complaints, and many other dis
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lean ol llesh. All this can he remedied by the
use of strengthening medicine, that will assist
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O’ Nervous Diseases ami Weakness. —Dr.
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of Liverwort. When she commenced this med
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days, but by lessening the dose, she found it an
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difficulty of breathing instanter ; and we had the
pleasure of witnessing her rapid recovery to
health. Rev. WILLIAM SMYTHE.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
A LIFE OF BUSINESS AND THE
BUSINESS OF LIFE.
We all know that man was born to bo
useful, to do good to society', lie lias cer
tain duties to perform, which his obligations
as a fellow being require of him. It was
never intended that he should rust out his
life in indolence, lie should pursue some
kind of business ; but as different tastes in
cline to different pursuits, children should
be brought up to such as suit their inclina
tions ; and not forced to adopt that for
which they have no taste. It is a great er
ror in a parent to select a certain profession
for his son, without regard tohis inclination.
If he is forced to follow that which is con
trary to his disposition, he will he likely’ to
drag on in a “ iiand to mouth” way, with
out ever making any great advance in his
profession. One is endowed hy nature witli
the genius for mechanical pursuits, but his
loving parent had made up his mind that
his darling boy must bea lawyer, and must
in after times thunder at the bar. Ile must
boa Cicero or a Demosthenes, whether he
has a spark of eloquence in him or not.—
And what is the consequence ? lie plods
on and nods over his Blaekstone in disgust,
and never makes a figure in his profession,
his mind being constantly bent on mechani
cal operations, for which he by nature was
intended. Whereas, if he had been allow
ed to pursue his own inclination, he might
perhaps have become a Fulton ora Watt.
Another has a great taste for music, but
this is shocking to his parents, and must be
suppressed at once. Ho is compelled to
follow a business which is totally repug
nant to his inclination, and consequently
goes through his life undistinguished and in
obscurity.
Let a person pursue such a profession as
he was designed for ; not be compelled to
adopt that which he was never intended.—
To require him to act contrary to his incli
nation as regards a profession, would be
like compelling a man to write poetry
who was not born a poet. It is a well
known proverb, “ poeta nascilur non fit ;”
a man who is not born a poet can never be
made one, and his attempts at rhyme would
be about as successful as were those of Ben
edict, who Shakespeare tells us, when ho
attempted to w’rite a ditty to his deary,
could find nothing to rhyme with lady but
baby.
But when a man has commenced busi
ness, such as is consonant to his nature and
inclination, and it becomes his profession in
life, many things are to be considered.—
The business of life is not to cheat a fellow
citizen, but to deal justly and honorably
with all. Bo active, be diligent, be shrewd,
but do not be mean or dishonest. Let hon
or and integrity mark all your dealings.—
Be industrious, “be instant in season and
out of season ;” let your life be a life of
business, and let your business be the busi
ness of life. Let, honor and highmindness
actuate you in all your dealings, and be not
actuated too much by self, which is too apt
to he the ruling principle in the world.—
Let your motto be, “Act w'ell your part,
there all the honor lies.”— Boston Trans
cript.
From the New York Albion.
ANTIQUITIES OF CENTRAL AMER
ICA.
Attention having of latebeen called to the
rumored wonders of Central America, and
supposition having been raised that, through
the numerous and astonishing monumental
treasures that lie widely scattered about
that region, the correct traces might be found
ofthe manner in which this vast continent
was originally peopled, two gentlemen un
dertook the difficult task of exploring that
part of Central America (or Gautimala as
it was formerly called) in which those mon
uments were most abundant, and to give
their observation and experience to aid in
the solution of that most interesting and ve
ry important problem.
There are few perhaps to be found bet
ter fitted for so difficult a mission as this,
than Messrs. Stevens and Catherwood, the
gentlemen to whom we have here alluded.
The labors and enquiries of the former are
before the world in that agreeable and eve
ry way well written work called “ Incidents
of Travel,” in which Mr. Stevens has well
exhibited his aptitude in exploring all that
is curious, in relating every tiling that is
new or unusual, and placing before his read
ers, as in a glass, the subjects of his pen, as
thougii the matters were present to their
view. Mr. Catherwood also, to the resear
ches of the philosopher and the scholar,
brings the eye ofthe artist, the profound re
flection of the antiquarian, the just compar
isons ofthe practised critic in these things,
and much ofthe practical knowledge ofthe
civil engineer. Os these qualities he lias
given abundant proof in his lectures on Pal
estine and Egypt in general, and on Jerusa
lem and its environs in particular.
With such an union of qualifications it is
happy for the cause of science and research
that these gentlemen though of distant na
tions should be residing in the same city—
this of New York—when the absorbing pro
blem of Central American Antiquities was
mooted, because in addition to the qualifica
tions above described, they were botli deep
ly inspired with the spirit of enterprise, and
there needed not many preliminaries in
bringing the parties to a determination to
prosecute their inquiries into “that land of
. promise,” to the exploring traveller. The
results of their travels will be shortly pub
lished from the pen ofMr. Stevens. ably and
extensively illustrated by plates from draw
ings made on the spot by Mr. Catherwood ;
hut public curiosity being greatly on tho
stretch hero, the enterprising travellers
have been induced to give a summary view
of their labors in a short course of lectures ;
being an introductory one on the subject
generally’ by Mr. Stevens, and two lectures
on the details as exhibited hy the drawings,
by Mr. Catherwood. On these we propose
| to bestow a few words of remark.
! The travellers proceed from hence to the
bay of Honduras, and, upon landing, their
first halting place in the way of their task
was lopan, the ruins in the vicinity of
which were both extensive and magnificent.
Mr. Catherwood, on Wednesday evening
exhibited a drawing of a temple at Copan
which seems to have been upon an extensive
scale, one front of it being in length about
230 feet, and its side face about ISO feet.—
| Tlie interior of the temple is laid out with
all the skill and regard to convenience, of
| the most practised architect, and the exteri
i or presenting an elaboration of ornament as
j well as a refinement in sculpture, which al-
I together astonished the travellers as in fact
j so did the drawing astonish those before
whom it was placed at the lecture. There
were many single columns most elaborate
ly wrought, the work was deeply’ cut and
all in masterly style. Mr. Catherwood,
in pointing out these remarkable specimens
of course, stated somewhat concerning the
most probable conjectures ; of which, a
non.
From Copati the travellers proceeded to
! Kuirigui, where they found many monu
ments chiefly of the same character as those
at Copan, only the latter were much longer
than those which were first visited. From
thence they proceeded to Santa Cruz del
Cuiehe, to Guequetenango, to Oeosingo, to
Palenque, andtoUxmal. The whole for
ming a circuit of nearly three thousand
miles in perimeter, and the greater part of
which was thickly studded with extensive
ruins,all of which were perfectly’ analogous
to each other, although the variations in ex
tent, ornament, &e., were numerous. —
They were all evidently the labors ofa com
mon origin,of apparently the same political,
religious, and social principles, ofthosame
habits and association of ideas, and certain
ly far advanced in civilization and refine
ment. Innumerable square columns oro
bclisks of stone were found in the course of
their investigations,all of which were carved
on every side with either hieroglyphics, or
j with figures of animals or human beings ;
the former in all probability contained le
gends which, if they could be decyphered
j would go far to explain the history of the
people who had thus executed them ; and
the latter executed with such regard to the
due proportions of figure as actually to as
tonish the travellers who had not the most
remote expectation to find any branch of the
fine arts in so forward a state. What ad
ded to their astonishment was the fact that
all these monuments were found in the
deepest recesses of forests of gigantic and
closely planted trees, a proof of their anti
quity altogether irrefragable, as it must
have required centuries to bring such trees
to their maturity and enormous growth, and
it must have been after those cities were
ruined and gone to desolation that the for
est was permitted to take root in their pre
cincts at all. These considerations, unaid
ed by any other, must carry the mind back
to a period of the world altogether startling .
to think of. .
An erroneous notion lias got abroad, that ■
these antiquities in the colossal magnitude ]
of their parts, throw those of Thebes, Lux
or and other Egyptian monuments into the
shade, and that the latter may now “ hide
their diminished heads it is believed al
so that in architectural elegance as well as
in extent these American remains far ex
ceed those of Balbec Palmyra, or even an
eient Babylon itself. These surmises re
ceive no countenance from the accounts
given by Messrs. Stephens and Catherwood.
The extent of the American monuments lias
rather regard to them as one mass promis
cuously and almost every where spread
within a circumference of throe thousand
miles, than to the extent or magnitude of
any one specimen or set of ruins ; and no
thing but either a complete misunderstand
ing of the true details, or an intense love of
the marvellous can have brought about
those false comparisons.
But the most important point to he ascer
tained is that of referring these monuments
truly to any of those in the old world. At
a first glance at some of the more- colossal
figures, their costumes and their grouping,
there was for a moment a similarity to those
of ancient Egypt, but the practised eyes of
our travellers soon corrected the momenta
ry error of their thoughts. There was not
one of those monstrous heads which so essen
tially belong to Egyptian mythology, reli
gious rites, and occult writings ; the pro
portions ofthe figures were in every respect
better in those before them, and no where
did they find that inherent regard for
great magnitude or peculiar position in
the statuary and sepulchre. The hiero
glyphics too, though liberally scattered and
every where homogeneous were altogether
different irom those upon Egyptian monu
ments. From the intricacy of their designs
and from many grotesque subjects of their
sculpture, these monuments might be refer
red to a more oriental source than that of
Egypt; and the similarity seems to increase
the farther they are referred to the eastward.
’ China and Japan present many of the ima
■ ges and groups which are found on these
monuments, and although with much that is
grotesque in the latter, there is much also
| that is beautiful and symmetrically correct,
! while in China and Japan, particularly the
} latter, the monstrous prevails in an exorbi
| tant degree, there is really much that is
j common to the East of Asia and to the west
j of America.
With data like these before us then, can
! there be much difficulty in fortifying that
| most received hypothesis, that America
was first peopled from the Eastern part of
Asia, the passage being made across Beh
rings straits ? This is not a matter at present
to be insisted on, although the belief re
ceives considerable aid from the circum
stances hero brought tolight. What anoth
er Chumpol lion may effect for the world,
by decyphcring the yet hidden writings on
these monuments it is not for us to surmise,
but we doubt not that they could settle the
question.
In the mean time where is the difficulty
in assuming the theory that mankind, con
tinually radiating from the primitive seats
of first creation, and continually advancing
beyond previous confines, should gradually
arrive at the Western shores of the Pacific,
should people the Islands there, should cross
the narrow—so narrow that at mid day both
shores may be seen from the same position
—should travel southward and give a hu
man population to this continent? It may
be said that the Indians ofNorth America
exhibits no analogy with the Japanese ; but
we think this to he a confirmation of the hy
pothesis just stated. We know, in the his- i
tory of early Asia that swarm follows j
swarm; nowthe migration oftliefirst might
induce a second ; for first arriving in the |
warm latitudes where our scene is placed;
might easily be supposed to degenerate,
through the plenty and its consequent indo- j
lence. The second might exterminate the
first, or still more likely drive them farther
south beyond the Isthmus, destroy their
monuments, —those monuments which are
now the objects of wonder and inquiry—and
take possession of their land. “ But why
not the second degenerate like the first ?”
it may be said. For the plain reason that
none can continue unmolested in those prim
itive abodes like the primitive inhabitants;
successive swarms might come over, and
all parties thus be compelled to keep on
the alert.
We understand the book is in a state of
great forwardness, and will presently ap- j
pear. It is a work that will command an !
immense circulation, and we shall avail j
ourselves of the earliest opportunity to ex
amine and notice it in the manner it shall
appear to deserve. In the meanwhile great
thanks are due to the enterprising gentlemen
who have shed so much light on the subject.
MORGAN.
After Cornwallis’s arrival in Virginia, I
he sought for an opportunity to escape into
North Carolina, but the address and vigi- j
lance of Lafayette disconcerted all his |
schemes. After the British commander ar- [
rived at York town and commenced his for- I
tifications, (says Mr. Sparks,) Lafayette i
asked Col. Barber if he knew of a trusty, j
capable soldier, whom he could send as a j
spy into Cornwallis’s camp. He answered [
that there was one in the New-Jersey line,
by the name of Morgan, who was in all ■
respects suited to such an enterprise. The j
General sent for him, and told him that he j
had a very difficult task to propose to him, |
which was, that he should pretend to de- |
sort, go over to the British camp, and enlist ■
as a soldier. Morgan answered, that he |
was ready to do any thing in the service of
his country and to oblige his general, but
that liis feelings revolted at such a propo- j
sal. lie must assume the character of a |
spy, and, if detected, ho would not only lose [
his life, but bring a lasting disgrace upon
his name, lie desired the reputation of a
good soldier, and a zealous, true lover of
his country ; but he could not endure the
thoughts of being a spy. After some con
versation, however, he told the general he
would go, on one condition, which was, that,
in ease any disaster should happen to him,
the general should make the true state of j
the case known, and have the particulars j
published in the New-Jersey Gazettes, that
no reproach might come upon his family j
and friends for his supposed misconduct. ;
To this the general assented.
Morgan joined the British camp and on- !
listed. Lafayette left every thing to his
discretion, but told him that he wished in- |
telligence of important movements, and
moreover desired the impression particu- j
larly to be given, that lie had boats enough j
to transport all his army across James’ riv- j
er. Morgan had been a little time in the
camp, when Lord Cornwallis sent for him
and asked him many questions. Taileton
was with him at the time, and inquired of
Morgan, among other things, how many
boats General Lafayette had on the river.
He said lie did not know the exact number,
but he had been told there were enough to
carry over all the army at a moment’s
warning. “ There !” exclaimed Cornwal
lis to Taileton, “I told you this would not
do from which it appeared that they had
this project in view.
The French fleet in the mean lime arriv
ed—General Lafayette had been out to re
connoitre, and when he returned he found
six men in the British uniform and one
green-coated Hessian at bis quarters, and
among them was Morgan. “ Well, Mor
gan,” asked the general with surprise,
“ whom have you got here ?” “ Five Brit
ish soldiers, who have deserted with me,
and a Hessian whom we captured at the
outpost,” was his reply. He went on to
say, that, as the French fleet had arrived,
i and he presumed his services could no lon-
n. J. KAPPEIi, Erin ter.
i ger boos any use to his general in the Brit
ish camp, he hud returned, and these dc
j sorters and the prisoner were the fruit of
! his expedition.
The general sent for Morgan the next
\ day, and told him that his conduct had been
in.the highest degree meritorious, and that
I he proposed to make him a sergeant. —
j Morgan listened to the proposal, and said
he w as highly gratified to have pleased his
commander, but declined the promotion,
lie added that he believed himself a good
soldier, but that lie was by no means cer
tain be should make a good sergeant ; that
he joined the army from a principle of duty
and patriotism, because lie believed bis
country needed bis services, and the same
motives induced him to prefer a station
where he was satisfied lie should be the
most useful. The general then offered him
money, hut this ho refused also, saying his
circumstances were such at home, that he
did not need money.—“ What then can 1 do
for you ?” inquired the general. “ I have
one favor to ask, replied Morgan. “ Dur
ing my absence some person lias taken my
gun ; 1 set a great value upon it, and, if it
can be restored, it will give me particular
pleasure.” The gun was described, and
the general issued an order requiring it to
be returned. This was all the reward that
Morgan could he prevailed upon to accept.
The above anecdote was related to me
by General Lafayette himself, nearly fifty
years after the event, with much warmth of
feeling and admiration of the soldier’s mag
nanimity.
COURAGE OF LUTHER.
Tlie essential quality of him was, that
he could fight and conquer ; that he was a
right piece of human valor. No more va
liant man, mortal heart to be called braver,
that one has record of, ever lived in that
Teutonic kindred, whose character is val
or. His defiance of the “ devils” in Worms
was not a mere boast, as the like might bo
if now spoken. It was a faith of Luther’s,
that there were devils, spiritual denizens of
the pit, continually besetting men. Many
times in his writings this turns up ; and a
most small sneer has been grounded on it
by some. In the room of the Wartburg,
where he sat translating the Bible, they
w ill show you a black spot on the wall, the
strange memorial of one of these conflicts.
Luther sat translating one of the Psalms ;
he was worn down with long labor, with
sickness, and abstinence from food : theve
: rose before him some hideous indefinable
image, which he took for the evil one, to
forbid his work. Luther started up with
j fiend-defiance ; flung his inkstand at the
; spectre, and it disappeared. The spot still
remains there; a curious monument of
I several things. Any apothecary’s appren
\ tice can now tell us what we are to think of
; this apparition, in a scientific sense ; but
I the man’s heart that dare rise defiant, face
| to face, against hell itself, can give no
j higher proof of fearlessness. The tiling
J he w ill quail before, exists not on this earth
! or under it. Fearless enough ! They spoke
J once about his not being at Leipzig, as if
j Duke George had hindered him,” agreat
I enemy of his. “It was not for Duke
George,” answered he ; “ no : If I had bu
siness at Leipzig, I would go through it
if it rained Duke Georges for nine days
running.”— Carlyle.
UTILITY OF DECISIVE MEASURES.
General Picton, like Otway’s Pierre,
was a “bold rough soldier,” who stooped at
nothing; he was a man whose decisions
were as immutable, as his conceptions
were quick and effective, in all things rel
ative to the command which he held.—
While in the Peninsula, as assistant-com
missary, (commonly called assistant-com
missary-general, the rank of which appoint
ment is equal to a captain’s) through very
culpable carelessness, once failed in sup
plying with rations the third division under
General l’icton’s command, and on being
remonstrated with by one of ihe principal
officers of the division, on account ofthe
deficiency, declared,with an affected conse
quence unbecoming 1 lie subject, that he
should not be able to supply tiic necessary
demand for some days. This was reported
to the general, who instantly sent for the
commissary, and laconically accosted him
with, “Do you see that tree, sir ?” “Yes,
General, I do.” “Well, ifmy division be
not provided with rations to-morrow by
twelve o’clock, I’ll hang you on that very
tree.” The confounded commissary mut
tered, and retired. The threat was alarm
ing ; so he lost not a moment in procee
ding at a full gallop to head-quarters,
where he presented himself to the Duke
of Wellington, complaining most emphati
cally of the threat which General Picton
had held out to him. “Did the general
say he would hang you sir ? demanded
his grace. “Yes, my lord, he did, an
swered the commissary. “Well, sir,’ re
turned the duke, “if he said so, believe me
he means to do it, and you have no remedy
but to provide the rations.” The spur of
necessity becomes a marvellously useful
instrument in sharpening a man to activity;
and the commissary found it so; for the
rations were all up, and ready for delivery
by twelve o’clock next day.—-[Seroj) Book.
A friend at our elbow, reading tbe story
in yesterday’s paper of a clergyman who
traveled far “to preach to a vacant congre
gation,” says tbe expression reminds him ol
another anecdote he had heard of an elder
ly divine, who prayed that all destitute
churches might be supplied with “igtrar
voting minister’:
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