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Newspaper Page TextBY JAMES VAN NESS. PUBLISHED Every Thursday morning, in the “Granite Building,” on the corner of Oglethorpe and Randolph Streets. T I: RM s: SußicmPTio!*—fhrfe dollars per'annum, payable in advance, three d-'tllais and a haif at the end of six nunths. or four dollars, (in all canes) here pay iri -nt h not made before tne expiration of the year. N subtcription received for lest than twelve months without payment in advance, and no paper discon tinued, except at the option of the Editor, until ail arrearages are paid. Aovf.rtixfmexts conspicuously inserted at one dol lar per one hundred words, or iess, for the first in sertion, an I fifty cents for every subsequent contin uance’ Those* sent without a specification of the no nber of insertions, will be published until ordered out, and charged accordingly. 2. Yearly ADVEETtsrMc.xTs. —For over 24 and n >t exceeding 3j lines, fifty dollars per annum ; for over 12 and not exceeding 24 lines, thirty-five dol lars per annum ; lor less than 12 Ines, twenty dol lars per annum. 2. All rule and figure work double the above prices. Legal Advertisements published at the usual rates, and with strict attention to the requisitions of the law. All Sales regulated by law, must be made before the court house door, between the hours of 10 in the morning and four in the evening—those of find in ,ie county where it is situate ; those of personal property, where the letters testamentary, of admin istration or of guardiatisqip were obtained—and are requited to be previously advertised in some public gazette, as follows: She biffs’ Sales under regular executions for thir ty days ; under mortgage ti fas ixty days, before the day of sale. Sales of land and negroes, by Executors, Adminis trators or Guardians, for sixty days before the day of sale. Sales of personal property (except Negroes) forty days. Citations bv Clerks of the Courts ol Ordinary, upon application for letters of administration, must be pub lished lot thirty days. Citations upon application for dismission, by Exec utors, Administrators or Guardians, monthly for six months. Orders of Courts of Ordinary, (accomoanied xvith a copy of tlia bond or agreement) to make titles to land, must be published three months. Notices by Ex editors, Administrators or Guardians, of application to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell the land or negroes of an estate, four months. Notices by Executors or Administrators, to the debtors and creditors of an estate, for six weeks. Sheriffs’, Clerks ofCourt &.o. will be allowed the usual deduction. O’ Letters on business, must be post paid, to entitle them to attention. A Matrimonial adventure of Governor Wentworth.—The Knickerbocker lor April lias been published for some time. It contains much agreeable matter, a sample of which we subjoin. It is an anecdote of Gov. Wentworth, the last of the Colonial Governors of New Hampshire, and is still relate ! by the aged people of the neighborhood in which he lived : “ Ile had, it seems, married a very pretty little girl, some thirty years his junior, who, like most young wives, was fond of gaiety, attd liked better to pass the evening in strolling through the woods by moonlight, or in dancing at some merry-making, than in the arms of her grey haired husband. Nevertheless, al though she kept late hours, she was iu every other respect an exemplary wife. The gov ernor, who was a quiet, sober personage, arid careful of his health, preferied going to bed early, attd rising before the sun, to inhale the cool breeze of the morning; and as the lady seldom came home till past midnight, lie was not very well pleased at being disturbed by her late hours. At length, alter repeated ex po.'tula’ions, his patience was completely ex hausted, and he frankly toid her that he could hear it no longer, and that if she did not return home in future before 1” o’clock, she should not be admitted to the house. “The lady laughed at her spbuse as pretty ladles are wont tu do in such cases; and on the very next occasion of a merry-making, she did not return till past two in the morning.— The governor heard the carriage drive to the door, and the ponderous clang lor admittance; . but he did not stir. The lady then bid her servant try the windows ; but this the gover nor had foreseen; they were all secured.— Determined not to be outgeneralled, she alighted from the carriage, and drawing a heavy key from her pocket, sent it ringing through the window into the very chamber of her good man. This answered the purpose. Presently a night-capped head peered from the window, and demanded the cause of the disturbance. “Let me into the house, Sir!” sharply demanded the wife. The governor was immoveable, and very ungallant ly declared she should remain without all night. The fair culprit coaxed, entreated, expostulated, and threatened; but it was all in vain. At length becoming frantic at his imperturable obstinacy, she declared that unless she was at once admitted she would throw herself into the lake, snd he might console himself with the reflection that lie was the cause of her death. The governor begged she would do so, if it would atford her any pleasure 5 and shutting the window, he retired again to bed. “ The governess now instructed her servants to run swiftly to the water, as if in pursuit of her, and to throw a large stone over the bank, screaming as if in terror, at the moment of doing if, while she would remain concealed behind the dmir. The good governor, notwith standing all his decision and nonchalance, was not quite at ease when he heard his wife ex press her determination. Listening, therefore, very attentively, he heard the rush to the wa terside —the expostulations of the servants— the plunge and the screams ; and knowing his wife to be very rash, in her moments of vexa tion, and really loving her most tenderly, he no longer doubted the reality. “ ‘ flood (lod ! is it possible !’ said he ; and springfng from his bed, he ran to the door with 110thmo about him but his robe de nuit, and crving°out ‘save her, you rascals!—leap in, and save your mistress ! make for the lake.’ In the meantime his wife hastened in doors, locked and made all fast, and shortly after ap peared at the window, from which her husband ind addressed her. The governor discovered the ruse, but it was too late ; and he became in his turn the expost 11 lator. It was all in vain, however; the fair lady bade him a plea sant good night, and shutting the window, re tired to bed, leaving the little man to shift for himself, as best he might, until morning Whether the governor forgave his fair lady, tradition does not say; but it is reasonably to presume that lie never again interfered with hours she might choose to keep.” The Norfolk Beacon speaks tnusof anew application of steam power, invented by Lieut. } lunter, of the U. S. Navy: “ A desideratum in the application ot steam power to national vessels, and for the naviga tion of canals, has been affected and practical ly proven by the actual and entirely successful operation in our harbor of a small constructed by private enterprise and at individual cost.— \V r e lnve seen a plan in detail of the arrange ment <•( the machinery and the construction of the vessel designed for national purposes, which is in our opinion, properly withheld by J, outenant Hunter from the general public, in o.derthat G wenrnent may peculiarly receive all the benefits der.\ able from its use ; and we f el ‘hit we hazard nothing in declaring th t it will be found *o have accomplished ail that is desirable fi r perm bon of a war steamer for harbor defence, or as a ernizer, as the moving po\ve r , by the inge 1:00s construction of the vessel is protected from the effect of Paixham or any other shot.” THE COLUMBUS TIMES. f* rom the Family Library IM&gaziae: SCIENCE FOR CHILDREN. EY A LADY. lesson first. bat does the word Philosophy mean? h means knowlt-doe. What ihifta would you suppose Natural Philosphy to mean? A knowledge of nature; it teaches ns the laws by which nature is governed, and assigns I a cause f<<r most of the operations of nature. You know that it you hold an apple.in your I hand and lei it go, it will fall to the ground, I bui do you know the cause of its falling? No. j Will Natural Poilosnphy explain the cause? !it will. If you give your attention tothestu j <!v, you will find it very interesting; and, first, 1 I will explain to you certain properties which all bodies possess. When I speak of bodies, what do I mean ? All substances, of whatever nature, whether solid or fluid. Is air a body? It is—so is water, as well as a chair or a table. Then all bodies are not alike in all respects, but there are, as I said bef*re, a few proper ties, which are found in all bodies, and are therefore called essential or general properties. The first of these, that I shall mention, is im penetrability. What is meant by impenetrability? It is that propettv which all bodies have of occupying a certairf space, so that no two bodies can occupy the same space at the same time. If I pul a spoon into a glass of water, what takes piace? The water will run over to leave a place for the spoon. Why is this? Because the spoon and the water is both impenetrable, and therefore cannot occupy the same space, if you drive a nail into a piece of wood, do not the nail and the wood occupy the same space? No, lor the nail lias the parti cles of wood to make way for itself, antl’if you draw out the nail you will see that.the wood is r.ot there. W hat, then, is the first general property of bodies ? impenetrability. What do we mean bv saying that all bodies have extension ? We mean that they all have length, breadth and depth. Can you think ol any body without length, width, and thickness? No, these belong to all bodies, and constitute what we call exten sion. W hat does figure mean? It means form nr shape. What body do you think of that has not some shape? Nony—some have very curious forms, but they all have figure. Another general property of bodies is cZ£- visibilUi/. Can you make a grain of sand any smaller than it is? Yes, 1 could cut it into a great many parts, but they would be very small. Could you divide it into parts so small that they could not he again divided? No, that would be impossible ; for if there | were suitable instruments, it could he divided i again and again, and still each part could be ; divided. Is this property common to all bodies? It is. Why does a pi? ce of sugar sweeten the whole cup of tea? Because it posseses this Dropertv of being divided imo very small par ities, and to spread itself throughout the tea. Can Buy particle of matter he destroyed? — No. What becomes of the wood that is burnt on the fire; does it not disappear? It is only changed into ashes attd smoke, but n it a particle of it is destroyed. What do we mean by inertia? The tendency that all bodies have to remain in a state of rest or of motion. Does a body ever stop moving of itself?— No, and it never moves without some force applied to it. Is there no other property which all bodies possess? Yes, there is one more, which is called attraction. What do we mean by at traction ? That every particle has the power of draw ing to it every other particle. If bodies were deprived of this property, what would he the constquence? All bodies would crumble to pieces; for there would he nothing to hold them together. Is there more than one kind ofattration? Yes, there are two kinds—attraction of cohesion and attraction of gravitation. How do they difler? Attraction of cohesion n fleets small particles ai very small distances from each ther—at traction of gravitation affects large bodies at great distances. W hat causes all bodies to fall to the earth? Attraction of gravitation. What is it which keeps the walls of a house together? It is the attraction of cohesion, existing be tween the bricks and the mortar —but the attraction of gravitation keeps a house upon tl e ground. Does the Earth attract all oilier bodies? It does. Do all bodies attract it? Yes, but they are so much smaller than the earth that we do not percyive the attraction. How many general properties of matter have you named? Six viz: Impenetrability, Extension, Fig ure, Divisibility. Inertia, ami Attraction. Wl.at are all other properties called? Accidental, as weight, color, hardness, soft ness, &,c. Every body must have all the es sential properties, while the same body may or may not have the accidental properties. What is the cause of weight in bodies? The attraction of the earth, drawing al! bodies towards it, so that those which are not supported fall; and those which aresupported, press upon the body which supports them. If but one body existed in the universe, why would it not have weight? Because tliere would be nothing to attract it. Why do some bodies take longer to fall to the earth than others? Because of the resistance of the nir, which resistance is more easily overcome by dense bodies than by light ones. Why wotiid a half dollar fall from any height quicker than a sheet of paper from the same height £ Because the surface of the paper is so much greater than that of the silver, that it meets with more resistance from the air. How could a sheet of paper be made to fall more quick'y ? By rolling it up, so that its surface would be smaller. How could a very heavy body be made to float in ihe air? Bv beating it out into a thin leaf, thus in creasing the surface. If we could find a place where there was no air, how mucti sooner would a heavy body fall than a light one? All bodies would fall in the same length of time, as they would meet with no resistance. The air is a body—why does it not fall to the ground? Because of its elasticity, which tends to keep the particles of air at a distance lrom each other or expands or rarifies them. But has gravity no effect upon it: Yes—it b r ings the particles closer together COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY C, 1841. or condenses them, and confines it to the re gions of the earth. Why do smoke and vapors rise in the air, if the earth attracts all bodies? Because they are so much lighter than ihe air that they rise in it, as wood and other bodies lighter than water rise in that element. The Tollowing strange story is told in the Jackson, (Miss.) True Issue of the 9:h inst- Mysterious.—On Tuesday lash our atten tion was attracted by an unusual throng, in front of the Capitol; upon inquiring into its cause, we were informed that a man named Clark, had procured a “habeas corpus,” in or der to obtain Itis liberation from prison, in which he had been confined under a charge of murder. The facts of the case, as developed in testi mony, as well as some portions which we learned afterwards, compose as strange a tale of romance, as is often presented in real life. The individual said to be murdered, was an old man, aged about GO, named Genet, and said to be a son of the French minister of that name, who had some notoriety in the early history of our country. The parties all reside in Rankin county, in this State, and the indi viduals charged with the murder are, the pris oner, Clark, a negro man named Bowman, who belonged to Genet, and the wife of the deceased. The State’s most important wit ness, is (lie daughter of tiie wife charged with the murder of the deceased. We do not feel at liberty to give any of the testimony, lest it tend to prejudice one side or other of the cause, but will merely state, that as against Clark it is entirely circumstantial, yet of such a char acter as to induce the judge to require him to give bail in a penalty of five thousand dollars. A portion of the facts, having no immediate connection with the guilt or mncence of the prisoners, but which led to their apprehension, were as follows: About fifteen months since, the deceased disappeared quite suddenly, so much so, in deed, as to arouse suspicion of foul play, al though his absence was accounted fi r by the statement that he had gone lo South Carolina, where he once re; ided. Time rolled on. the deceased was forgotten, his properly was di vided among his heirs, and among other things, a negro woman, who had belonged to him, was carried and sold in Texas. A few months since, a neighbor of the deceased visited Tex as, and saw the negro woman, who told him that Genet had not gone to South Carolina, but was murdered—and to have Bowman, who had been her husband, arrested, and he would tell all about it. The gentleman came home, and the result has been the arrest of the pris oners, together with a discovery of the bones of the old man, which his daughter identified. Deacon Tim Fisher and the Devil.—ln the month of October, in in the town of Corinth, Vermont, resided a certain Tim Fisher, (which however was not Jiis real name,) who had an inordinate passion for gam bling. Well, meeting one Saturday night, his old band of confederates, at the public house of , they commenced their favorite game of lieu, into the spirit of which they entered so deep, that the night, ere they were aware, had vanished like a mug of black-strap; and be hold ! the first dawn of Sabbath had discovered five brothers divine and Deacon Fisher, pretty well corned at the card table ! There had been a mistake: they were un conscious of the hour that the day cock’s note proclaimed. What was to be done! They were all patriots in their cause, and being wil ling to let even the Devil have h's due, by mu tual agreement proposed that someone oi their numbar should be handed over to pay the de vil for the rest. But then, again, who was to be made the sacrifice] No one was suffi ciently patriotic to make the voluntary ofiering, but, finally, they resolved a game of chance should determine the point. They threw the cards, and by right of lot. Deacon Fisher was the Devil’s. An instantaneous rush was made to vacate the room, and Deacon Fisher, being kept be hind, met his Satanship in the door, who thus addressed him: “You are the one, I believe, sir, who art left for me V ’ To which the Deacon, turning in great agi tion, replied—“ Oh no, not at all, sir, but there is your’s, Mr. Devil,” pointing to his shadow on the wall, —at which the Devil made a des perate grab; by which manoeuvre Deacon Tim Fisher escaped, but has never seen his shadow since. From tne Savannah Georgian. CASUALTY. The following accident lrom the use of fire arms, which a subscriber furnishes, teaches the necessity of great care in handling them. Anall-ivse Providence must have stiielded the family and saved the parent lrom acute mental suffering: Harris’ Neck, April 21st, 1841. Mr. Bulloch : Dear Sir—l write these lines to advise you of a circumstance which took place in my house yesterday evening, which, if published j in the Weekly Georgian, may prove a benefit! to some one who may be in ttie habit of using | firearms 100 carelessly. I loaded my gun in the bouse, with a view to go into my field to shoot birds. Passing through the house with her in my hand, I was examining her lock, and put my ihumbun the cock to ascertain if it was in its place, when I sprung it a little; my thumb slipped lrom it. when the gun went off. The cuurents passed | through the partition and through the room, j tearing to pieces a window sash at the oppo j site end of the room, passed through the | kitchen door and lodged in a window on the • opposite side of the kitchen; and now hear of the wonderful escape ot my family. 1 had : five children in the room and two servants;; two servants were standing in ttie kitchen door and others inside; a son in the room, about ten years of age, was standing about j the middle of the room,—he rece.ved two shots, one in his ami, the other in the side just under the breast, which passed only through the skin, leaving a. cut of two inches long;! four shot entered the head of a daughter, about, eleven years of age, struck just above the lorehead and glanced round she skull, two of which passed out, the other two are still in the head ; it being somewhat swollen the phv-1 .sician could not find them, but thinks there is no danger. Two children and a servant were standing against the window that was torn to; pieces; every pane except three in tire win-! dow was broken out by shot, ‘i he mom was soon stained with b'oud ; the screams of the woun ied ones were enough to cause feeling in a heart 0!’ stone, much less in a heart of a loving parent. You may judge what were my feelings on the occasion. Any person ac-! quainted, like myself, with the circumstances,: cannot possibly see how they escaped as well j as they have, for no human understanding; j could have directed the shot the course they j went, without killing some, —more than one ! of the children. I feel that I cannot be suf ficiently thankful to a kind God for the pre servation of my children, for it is miraculous indeed. Bakk Robsf.ky.—The Planters’ Bank of i Savannah, was robbed of $ 37,000. Novelty—To see two women pass each ! other in the street without each turning round ! to sec what the other had on. THE UNION OF THE STATES, AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES. ANTOINETTE TOMAZEWSKI; THE HEROINE OF TOLAXD. Antoinette Tomazewski was born in 1514, in the District of Itosienia, in Samogitia.— The daugiiter of noble and wealthy parents’ she was educated in the Convent of Fuse by the nuns of the order of St. Benedict. O middling stature, but admirably proportioned, with a profusion of dark auburn hair, her fine features and her largo and expressive blue eyes wearing a grave and melancholy expres sion. Antoinette possessed at once the body and soul of the Amazon. Endowed with the imagination, the heart of fire, and the native heroism which is the appanage of the Lithu anians, she had long been distinguishedjimong her companions for her romantic enthusiasm, and her profound devotion to the worship of Polish nationality. With what transports, with what avidity did she treasure up every thing relative to the ancient glory of Poland, and what burning tears she shed on listening to the history of her country’s disasters, and the recital of the odious despotism under which it groaned. On these occasions her beahtiful eyes would sparkle with indignation and patriotism, and her proud heart panted for the hour of revenge. When this hour at length arrived, Antoin ette was scarcely sixteen, but on the first news of the rising, the maiden’s resolution was ta ken. Disregarding her tender age, her sex, and her weakness, she forgot even the tears of her family, for the voice of her country was ever more powerful than that of nature.” Site quitted her convent, and addressing one last adieu to the happy scenes of her childhood, she joined Gruzewski, one of the insurgent chiefs in the District of Rosienia. When Antoinette Tomazewski arrived in the Samogitian camp, it resounded with the cry of enthusiasm and sympathy. We know not which most to admire, her transcendant beauty or her exalted patriotism. But it was not their homage that she went there to seek. Faithful to the noble feelings that actuated her, she went immediately to the chief, ex plained her motives, and demanded a horse and arms. She was enlisted in a body of horse, in a few days she could wield her lance as well as any of her companions. From that moment she unsexed herself for the service of her country. Attached as a private soldier to the corps of Gruzewski, clothed in the uniform, and armed de pied en cap, reserving for herself in case of misfortune a poignard, which she concealed in her girdle, she was present with the corps in every action, and gallantly braved both danger and death. In a charge which was made at Mankuni, in Samogitia, the young Antoinette performed prodigies of valor.— Generals Geilgud and Chlopowski command ed in this action, in which a regiment of Cir cassian cavalry harrassed severely the rear of the Polish columns. Unable to keep the field against an enemy ten times more numerous, it became necessary to chock this hot pnrsuit, and the Polish cavalry were in consequence ordered to charge the Circassians. Antoinette rushed forward with them ; with eyes flashing fire, her face burning with rage, the young heroine penetrated into the thickest, of the Muscovite ranks, giving an example of heroic courage to her countrymen, which soon dis persed the enemy. Geilgud, Chlopowski, and all their staff were overwhelmed with admiration and aston ishment ; and on returning to the camp, after tiie defeat of the enemy, the young heroine was received amid long and enthusiastic hur ras. The hour of defeat for the Polish cause at length sounded, but Antoinette was un moved. Following the retreat of the artny, she was present in the action of the Schawle, and distinguishing herself in several other af fairs, particularly at Powendeme, where she received the epaulettes of a sub-lieutenant as a recompense for her courage. Possessing the noblest attributes of a warrior, she was a model of patience and resignation during the periods of difficulty and distress. She con soled her companions by holding out. to them the hopes of a brighter future. Throughout a harassing retreat, amid the fatigues of the bi vouac, and privations of every kind, never once did a complaint or an expression of regret escape her lips. One might have supposed twenty years of service had inured her to the hardships of a camp. From the commence ment ot her career, so reserved and so digni fied was her demeanor, that she inspired her comrades with feelings of the protoundest veneration and deference. In the garb of an Amazon, they learnt to respect a young mai den whom an exalted spirit of patriotism had driven from tiie cloister to the battle field.— At length, when every hope was lost; when nothing more was to be done in Lithuania, ‘} omazewski followed the fatal fortunes of the army, and entered Prussia with the corps of General Rohland. There, on the recital of her adventurous life and perilous exploits, she became an ob ject of universal interest, admiration, and hos pitality. Both Prussians and Poles were lost in wonderment at the aspect of a maiden who had made a campaign as a private soldier, and gained, at tiie point of tiie lance, the epaulettes of a sab-lieutenant. Antoinette lias since married a Polish offi cer, a warm admirer of her heroism and virtue. The duties of a wife and mother have doubt less subdued the grief of that ardent and patriotic soul. But tiie annihilation of her country, and wreck of all those pleasing illu sions of her youth, will strew her future career u T ith bitterness and sorrow. One of those powerfully constituted minds that delight in splendid actions, the part ot Antoinette Toma zewski was to tight for Poland, and her un ceasing prayer to see her tree. But date has ordained it otherwise, and doomed her to be one of the victims of barbarism and despotism. A Hatpy Blunder. —The following hu morous story, in which Mr. Buikley, the first minister of the town ot Colchester, Ct., was concerned, is from an old publication : The Rev. Mr. Buikley of Colchester, Ct., was famous in his day as a casuist and sage counsellor. A churcii in his neighborhood had fallen into unhappy divisions and contentions which they were unable to adjust among them selves. They deputed one ot their number to the venerable Buikley for his advice, with a request tha*. he would send it to them in wri ting. It so happened that Mr. Buikley had a farm in the extreme part ot the town, upon which 113 entrusted a tenant, and to whom he must have been about transmitting a letter a. the same time : in subscribing the two letters, the one for the church was directed to the tenant, and the one for the tenant to the church. The church was convened to hear the ad vice which was to settle all their disputes. The Moderator read as follows: “ You will see to the repair ol the fences, that they be built high and strong, and you wilt take special care ot the old black buii. ’ The mystieal advice puzzled the church at first, but an in.erpreter among the most know ing ones was found, who said—“ Brethren, tins is the very advice we most need, the di rection to repair the fences is to admonish us to take good heed as to the admission and government of our members ; we must guard the church by our Master's laws, aud keep out strange cattle lrom the fold. And we must in a particular manner set a watchful guard over the Devil, the old black bull, who nas done us so much hurt 01 late.” All per- ceived the wisdom and fitness of Mr. Bulk'ey s advice, and resolved to be governed by it.— The consequence was, all the animosities sub sided, and harmony was restored to the long afiicted church. Cultivate Flowers.—A beautiful woman never looks so beautiful as when with her cheeks flushing with exercise, and her eyes sparkling cheerfulness, with her “cape bon net” on, and a hoe or a dibble in her hand, she is busily engaged in working in her gar den. It is a healthy employment, and exhibits besides, evidence of refinement and taste. — r> those who are disposed to treat our opin ion on this matter with contempt, we would recommend a perusal of the following extract from an exchange paper: “ What is the use of flowers!” exclaims a ihrilty housekeeper, meanwhile busily polish ing her fire-irons. What is the use of bright fiie-irons, say we, in reply ? or of anv fire-irons at all ? could you not make a fire on twostones, that would keep you quite as warm? What’s the use of handsome table ciolhs and bed spreads? one might eat on a board, and sleep under a buffalo skin, and not ready starve either! When you see a house standing ail alor.e, hare of shrub or flower, except perhaps some volunteer bunches of thistle arid pig weed, what do you infer of its inmates? And when you have passed even a log cabin, *.vhere the sweet brier was carefully trained around the door, while veils of morning glories ai.J of scarlet beans, shaded ihe windows, and and you not irnmedialely think of the dwellers (here, as neat, cheerful and agreeable? This is more especially so with regard to the homes of the poor. The credit of the rich man’s grounds may belong to his gardener, but they who can keep no gardener, and whose simple flower garden springs out of moments stolen from necessary labor, possess a genuine and cordial love of the beautiful to render even a humble dwelling so fragrant and fain The Jewesses.—Fontane asked Chateau briand, if he could assign a reason why the women of the Jewish race were so much handsomer than the men? To which Cha teaubriand gave the following truly poetical and Christian ore: “The Jewesses,” he said, “have escape*’ ihe curse which alighted up on their fathers, husbands, and sons. Not a Jewess was to be seen among the crowd o! priests and rabble who insulted the Son of God, scourged him, crowned him with thorns, and subjected him to ignominy and the ago ny of the cross. The women of Judea be lieved in the Saviour,and assisted and soothed him under afflictions. A woman of Bethanv poured on his head precious ointments, which she kept in a vase of alabaster. The sinner nnnointed his l'eet with perfumed oil, and wiped them with her hair. Christ, on bis part, extended his mercy to the Jewesses. — He raised from the dead ihe son of the widow ol'Nain, and Martha’s brother, Lazarus. — He cured Simon’s mother-in-law, and the wo man who touched the hem of his garment. — To the Samaritan woman he was a spring of living water, and a compassionate judge to the woman in adultery. The daughters of Jerusalem wept over him; the holy woman accompanied him to Calvary, brought balm and spices, and weeping sought him in the sepulchre. ‘Woman, why wee pest thou?’— His first appearance, after the resurrection, was to Mary Magdelene. He said to her, ‘Mary.’ At the sound of his voice, Mary Magdalene’s eyes were opened, and she an swered, ‘ Master.’ The reflection of some very beautiful ray must have rested on the brow of the Jewesses.” Avarice Outwitted.—The case of John Eyre, Esq. who, though worth upwards of .£30,000, was convicted at the Old Bailey, and sentenced to transportation, for stealing eleven quires of common writing paper, was rendered more memorable, by the opportunity it gave Junius to impeach the integrity of Lord Mansfield, who was supposed to have erred in admitting him to bail. An anecdote was related of Mr. Eyre, which shows, in a striking manner, the depravity of the human heart, and may help to account for the mean ness of the crime for which he stood Convicted. An uncle of his, a gentleman of considerable property, made lis will in favor ot a clergy man, who was his intimate friend, and com mitted it, unknown to the rest of his family, to the custody of'the divine. Howevvr, not long before bis death, having altered his mind with regard to the disposal of his wealth, he made another will in which he left the clergy man only £SOO, leaving the bulk of his large fortune to go to his nephew and heir-at-law, Mr. F.vre. Soon after the old gentleman’s death, Mr. Evre rnmaging over the drawers found this last will, and perceiving the legacy of £SOO in it for the clergyman, without any hesitation ar scruple of conscience, put it in the fire, and took possession of the whole effects, in conse quence of his une'e’s being supposed to have died intestate. The clergyman coming to town soon after, and inquiring into the cir cumstances of his old friend’s death, asked il lie had made any wifi before he died? On heing answered by Mr. Evre in the negative, the clergyman very coolly put his hand in his pocket and ptiiled out the former will, which had been committed to his care, in which Mr. Evre had bequeathed him the whole of his fortune, amounting to several thousand pounds, excepting a legacy of £SOO to his nephew. Fulfilment of Prophecy. —The follow ing remarkable reference to the present state of the Ottoman empire, as a signal fulfilment of prophecy, is extracted from a letter of a cor respondent to the Standard: “It is the opinion of a vast majority of the commentators on prophecy, that we aro now living under the Sixth Vial—The Sixth An gei is now pouring out his Vial upon the great river Euphrates, ‘ and the water thereof is dry ing up, that the way of the kings of the east may be prepared,’ (Rev. xvi. 1*2.) The dry ing up of a mighty river exactly describes the wasting away of the Turkish empire in the present day. I believe that the Ottoman ern-, pire will be annihilated in 1872, which is ‘a time, times, and a half,’ (Dan. xii. 7,) or 1260 years from 612, when the Mahommedan a bomination of desolation was publicly set up. The second or Turkish ‘woe’ will terminate (flev.xi. 14.) At the same time I believe that the year 1844 will be a fatal year to Tur key. It is the 1200th year from the Hegira, according to the Mahomedan calculation. It is remarkable, that the 10th of June, 1844, is ‘an hour, a day a month, and a year,’ (Rev ix. 16,) or 091 years and 15 days from the 20th Lav, 1450, when tho Turks took possession of Constantinople. This renders it probable that the 13th June, 1844, will be a fatal year for Turkey. It appears that the downfall of the Ottoman empire will be the signal for uni versal war, and will prepara tho way for the return of the Jews to their own land.”—Uni ted Service Gazette. “BeiLl of Independence. ” —The Phila delphia Spirit of the Times remarks that for the first time since the death of Washington, this time-honored bed (at our State Hoh?6) whose joyous pea! proclaimed the glad tidings of Liberty, tolled forth its melancholy rote of lamentation for the death of Hurrisou. Advice to Wives —Bv J. A. James.— Economy ami order in toe management of tier personal and domestic expernlnines, are the obvious duties.ot a wife. \ ou are to preside in the direction of house hold a Hairs, and much ot the prosperity and comfort of the little community w II depend up on your skilful and prudent arrangements. — A showy, luxurious, and expensive taste, is almost universally cherished, and is displayed in innumerable instances, where there ale no means to support it. Christian families are in the most imminent peril of worldly conform ity in the present day; and the line of demark ation between the church and the world is fast wearing out. It is true they have no cards: they do not frequent the theatre or the ball-room; and perhaps they have no midnight routs; hut this is not all —for many are as anxious about the furniture, the fashion of their habits, the expensiveness of their en tertainments, as the veriest worldling can be. Now, a wile has a great influence in checking or promoting all this. It has been thought, that this increasing disposition for show and gaiety is to be attributed chiefly to female vanity. It is woman that is generally regar ded as the presiding genius of such a sceue ; she receives the praise and the compliment of the whole, and she, therefore, is under the strongest temptation to promote it. But let her consider how little all ihis has to do with the happiness of the family, even in its most prosperous condition; and how the recollec tion of it aggravates the m servos adversity, when a reverse takes place. Then to be Ibund in debt for finery of dress and furni ture; then to have it said that her extrava gance helped to ruin her husband ; ihen to want that for bread whichwas formerly wasted on luxury; then to hear the whispered re proach ot having injured others bv her own thoughtless expenditure. Avoid, my female friends, these miseries; do not go on to pre pare wormwood and gall to embitter still more the already bitter cuo of adversity. Endeav or to acquire a skilfulness in domestic man agement, a frugality, a prudence, a love of or der and neatnesss, a midway course between meanness and luxury, a suitableness to vour station in life, to your Christian profession, and economy* which shall leave you more to spare lor the cause of God and the miseries of man. Rather check than stimulate the taste of your husband for expense; tell him that it is not necessary lor your happiness, nor for the comfort of the family; draw him away from these adventitious circumstances* to the mental improvement, the moral culture, the religious instruction of your children. Let knowledge* piety* good sense, well-formed hab its, harmony arid mutual love, be the sources of your domestic pleasure; what is splendor of furniture, or dress, or entertainments, to (heee ? Character of the Chinese. —A Macao correspondent of Ihe New York Journal of Commerce, thus speaks of the character of the Chinese: “ In the way of negotiation European dip lomatists are mere children in their hands. — Their cunning and duplicity is proverbial, and in the Chinese code of morals, lying stout lv, is considered very commendable; of which I can give you a very pretty (?) illustration. —Old ‘Atom,’ the head Government Lin guist, (an officer of high trust!) tells the story of Mr. Snow, our much respected Consul, who is now on the eve ot'leaving us on ac count of ill health. Atom who, without, any kind of doubl, is the greatest living liar, got into some difficulties with his Government, to extricate himself from which, he called on Mr. S. and begged that he would confirm a mis representation he had made, and urged his complance by representing that no one could be injured by it, and that he (Atom) would be greatly benefited, &C.: of course, the consul peremptorily refused. The disap pointed Linguis went away, and meeting some of his friends thus expressed hi.mselef.— ‘Hi yah! I have 010 man r ovv—more for six ty years olo—hut never have see all same so fashion man M'ssa SnoW before—l have got plenty troub, I have chinchin he, lalkeesmall lie tor me no can harm he —no can harm any man—he can no talkee—l have chin chin lie, patee paper, no eassion talkee ith—no can do. Hi yah Ispose you give Missa Snow two thousand dollar, he no lalkee one small lie. So laslifon man never can get rich!’— And the fellow went away without being able to compreheud why Mr. Snow would not tell ‘a small lie,’ the only effect!? of which would he beneficial to the head Linguist; and so it was with them all, high and low, to accom plisli a purpose, they will deliberately prom ise what they never intend to perform; with out feeling that, they have infringed upon the code of either bond'? or morality. To nego tiate successfully with su h people, will be rather difficult.” Charles V.— When Cha>les V. returned from Tunis, he travelled bv land through Ca labria and to Naples, and did much good bv the road. At La Cava, the town council met to consider what present ‘hey should sive the Emperor. Some were for pine-apples, the kernels of which are of a vast size; but the majority carried it in favor of a kind of fig, which they cover with mats in winter, and in March, (the time of the Emperor’s passing) the fruit is very ripe and del cions ea tints.’- — The Emperor received the deputies very graciously, and expressing grmat surprise at the fineness of the fruit at that reason of the I year, inquired whether they could preserve any quantity of them, and whether they were in abundance, ‘Oil!’.says the wise mayor, “we have such plenty, that we give them to our hogs.” “ What,” said Charles, “to your boss? —then take your figs hack n*min and so saving, lie flung a ripe one full in tl uf face of the orator. The courtiers, following the example of their Sovereign, the poor deputies had their faces all besmeared, and their eyes bunged out with the fruit. As tLev returned from the audience, one of these sapient sena tors, taking the whole to he part of the cere monial of a reception by an emperor, ob served to his brethren how lucky it was they had carried the point in favor of figs; for. had they presented pine-apples, they would undoubtedly have had their brains knocked out.—Swinburne’s Courts of Europe. Second Thoughts —A young lady in New York, having been slighted by her swain, de termined to end her miseries and this life to gether, by drowning herself. Full of this direful intent, she went to the river side, and having screwed her courage to the sticking point jumped in. The water, however,’ bc inn extremely cold, cooied down her temper in a wonderful man: ?r, so that when she rose to the surface, she screamed most lustily for help, which was fortunately afforded he, by a watchman who was near.—Southern Patriot An individual who had borrowed 8150 from the German Bank at Wooster. Ohio, offered to pay the bank in its own notes, but the cash ier put his thumb th the tip of his nose,’ and told the person ho “could’nt corne it over the bank in that way.” The Ohio bank war only practising the in* Function given by the Supreme Court of Mas sachusetts’to the Xewburyport Bank.—Bos. Coer. VOL. I. NO. 13. Festival of Languages.— On the 12th >f January last, a celebration of this kind was held at the College of the Propaganda at Rome, at which several of our countrymen distinguished themselves, as will he seen by the following account of it extracted from Ga lignani’s Messenger. ‘‘Four cardinals, one of which was the cel ebrated linguist Cardinal Mezzofanii, were present at the ceremony, as was also Don Miguel. The festival opened by a prologue in Latin, spoken bv nn Illyrian. A young man Irom New York then recited a poem in Hebrew, and was followed by two Chaldeans, who kept up a dialogue in the same language. A native of the Libanus delivered some ver ses in Syriac, and a young man from Bethle hem spoke in the ancient Samaritan dialect. Two Chaldeans afterwards read an eclogue in their sacred language, and terminated it by a kind of chant. A Persian pronounced a discourse in Chaldee, and a native of Wash ington one in Italian. Some compositions in Turkish, Armenian (dead and living dialects,) and Persian, were next read; and two Indi ans from Pegu, the youngest of whom was only 12 years old, spoke a dialogue in the Birman language, and were much applauded for their animated delivery, Armeni ans read a variety of elegies WLatin, and some verses written both in the ancient and modern Greek; while a Curd spoke some verses in ins own dialect, and a native of No va Scotia read an idvll in Celtic. Several po ems in Albanian, Georgian, Illyrian, Bulgari an, Polish, German, Dutch, English, and French were then read. A negro from God sciand mode a speech in the Abyssinian vul gar tongue, another in Ethiopian, and two young Egyptians in Coptic. An inhabitant of California sung a chant in his own lan guage, accompanying it will) castagnetts; — and then some Chinese spoke, one in the dia lect of Honan, ai >ther in that ol Canton, and two others in that of Scian. These were dressed in their national costume, and sang one of their native songs which was judged to he exceedingly harmonious. A great num ber of dtstinguiseil visiters, who were present, loaded the young pupils of the College with warm and unanimous congratulations.” A Yankee Admiral. —We see by the last Concord Patriot, that a New Hampshire boy by the name of Thomas F. Williams, son of a former clergyman in the tow i of Meredith, has become an Admiral, Count Zinzechofij in the Russian Navy. It seems that lie was in early youth a clrrk in a store at Meredith Bridge; being naturally of a generous, bold and ardent, temperament, no sooner had he served out Ids time, than he went to visit a relative in Portland for the purpose of seeing a ship, and if possible, of obtaining employ ment in one. He at length succeeded ; after one or two voyages he was taken dangerous ly ill at St. Petersburg, and upon his recove ery, through the aid of the American Consul, obtained a berth on board of a Russian mer chant vessel, as a priviledged seaman. Af ter a prosperous voyage in their return home the vessel was attacked by a piratical corsair? owing to the bravery and skill of Williams the pirates were beaten oft and the vessel arrived at her destined port in safety: The Empe ror Alexander hearing of this brilliant exploit, was so much pleased with the bravery and good conduct of Williams, as to send for him to visit his palace; the result of the interview was his appointment as senior Midshipman in tlie Russian Navy. From this he has riStn to his present rank’ He has been married for some years to a beautiful and accomplish ed Russian lady. Our readers are doubtless familiar with the history of another Yankee boy—Sir Charles Coffin, lately and Admiral in the British Na vy. Another “live Yankee” is at present Lord High Chancellor of England—posses sng the power of a king in fact, though not in name. War Steamers. —Two fine war steamers have just been completed in New York for thu Spanish Government. They are thus spoken of in the American : A large number of gentlemen were invited yesterday, to make an excursion in the Spanish steam frigates Eagle and Lion. About 10 o’- clock, the party embarked on board the vessels from the wharf at the Novelty Works, and were soon under way. The steamers went off in fine style end great speed, exhibiting models of beauty with strength combined, uut urpass ed in the world. The vessels proceeded, against a strong southwest wind, at the rate ol from 12 to 14 miles per hour, to about 10 miles outside San dy Hook, passing round the packet ship Ste phen Whitney, just arrived from Liverpool, and then in tow of the steamer Samson, and returned to the city, running a short distance up the North River, receiving and returning tne salutes of the many floating steam palaces lying at the wharves ; returning, passed close to Jersey City, and saluted the Russian fr Kamskatka, ihence to their anchorage in the East River, off Brown & Bells ship-yards. Among the guests we noticed Commodore Renshaw, Captains Newton and Sands, of the Navy, and many other gentlemen of distinc tion. A neat and welcome collation was pro vided on board the ships. The day was un usually fine, and the spirits of the company were in unision. These beautiful vessels (of 650 tons each,) were built by Messrs. Brown & Bell of this city, for the Spanish Government, and are in tended as guarda costas for the Island of Cu ba. These are of the same model and of tho best materials. The engines (150 horse pow er,) were built by Messrs. Ward, Stillman’ &, Cos. of the Novelty works, and will bear comparison with any ever yet exhibited in this country, thus establishing the fact that sea steamers can be supplied here with engine* equal in all respects to those of an}- other na tion. The Bride.— l know of no sight more touching and charming than tnat of a young and t.mid bride, in her robes of virgin white, led up tremblingly to the altar. When I thus heboid a lovely giil in the tenderness of her years, forsaking the home of her father and the home of her childhood—and with the im plicit confidence and the sweet self-abandon ment wh'ch belongs to woman, giving up all the world for ihe mar. of her choice, when I hear her, in ‘.he good old language of the rit ual, yielding herself to him, “lor better for worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, to love,’honor, and obey, till death do us part,”—it hiings 1o mini! the beautiful af fecting devotion of Ruth—“Y\ hither thou go- Cst I will go, and where thon lodges!, 1 will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God niv God.”—W ashington Irving. It is stated,” waggishly or not we cannot av, tl at a Farmer at the North re cently had h;s Apple Oichard cut down, “lest die Apples might he ground into Cider, the Cider he distilled into spirituous I qnnr, and the liquor make somebody drunk!” It remind* us of the old story of a girl who, while baking with an Oven, stopped and hurst into teats.-- On being interrogated as to tie cause, shi answered—“l was thinking that if I should get married, and have a pretty bahv, and the. ha by should get into a chair, and should cbrnW into the Oven, and get burnt to death. whal should I do—Oh! Ob'”