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▼AH HOUTE7V * BARRETT,
COACH-MAKERS, ATHENS.
Eea& Be* leave to inform thvir fricnda and (be
.NBTFig PnM c e***ralljr, that (bey have named to
"g* m (bsir NSW 8U0F, aecond lot below Mitcb-
•lTe Taretn—where (bey have on band aeTeral VEJJI-
UCLES, and are eonetaady tnanufacturiag all deacnp-
■ lion* of CARRIAGES.
T * Order* thankfully received and promptly attended to.
l W* Repairing don* with neatneee and despatch*
* AtSwijM^ ‘
Kerch *8,1848
iUisccllancotis.
Chased by Buflalocs !
OR HOW THE POXY BUN HIS LEGS OPP !
A queer liule animal was Joe Dunk-
lin’s pony—one of those freaks which
sometimes happen even in the well re
gulated family of old dame nature.—
And yet he was anything but a monster.
You could contemplate him, in fact,
with feelings of pleasure, ^for a more
bcucvolent, good natured looking quad
ruped never ambled upon legs -—legs—
aye, there’s the rub. Poor Dick’s were
bis only weakness. To hi* otherwise
faultless symmetry, these appendages
formed a roost striking ana ludicrous
contrast, there being not jrqje than six
inches of legs from each of lheToiir joints
to the hoofs; and when be was in mo
tion, heaven protect you from weak
blood vessels or apoplexy.
On one occasion, when Joe and Dick
were in town, a crowd collected to con
template this marvel in horse-flesh.—
While at its thickest, Joe emerged from
a neighboring bar-room, where he had
just been burying his nose in a julep,
and elbowing bis way to-tbc focus of at
traction, addressed himself to the near
est looker.
Well, stranger, what do you think
of the critter? he’s one of’ era aint he ?
I have seen the Si’mese twins, and the
two legged bear—besides any quanity
of insects, from a bed-bug to a boacon-
strictor—but I never saw one that run
himself into that predicament yet!”
“You don’t pretend to say that horse
ran his legs off?” said the individual,
incredulously.
“I don’t pretend to say anything
else, responded Joe, looking the stran
ger full in the eye, “and I’ll tell you
how it was.”
With this Joe mounted a hogshead,
and, addressing the crowd, began.
“One day—no.matter when—I was
riding Dick slowly across one of them
infernally broad prairies, that seem to
have no end nor sides, (lying between
Fort Leavenworth and the Rocky Moun
tains,) and lbinkingai>out the probable
chances of losing my traps and scalp in
case I met with the Pawnees, when a
low, rumbling noise fell upon my ear,
like the muttering of distant thunder.—
1 looked up, there wan’t a cloud—the
sky was just os blue and quiet as my
wife Sally’s eye. So it couldn’t be
thunder. It might be an earthquake.—
This wasn’t a very pleasant reflection,
for, as I had lived in New Madrid, and
seen the giound gape some, I expected
every minute to find myself and Dick
beautifully buried, without the assis
tance of undertaker or sexton.
“ The sound by this time had increas
ed to a pretty chunky roar, and as there
was no chance of being swallowed up, I
thought it only reasonable to take an
observation, for things began to look as
if they wouldn’t last long. Turning in
my saddle, I saw oneoi the most inter
esting spectacles, to a man situated as
I was, that I ever expect to look on
again. About half a mile behind me,
roaring, snorting, blowing, and ranning
as if fiends were alter them, was one of
the most unrighteous piles of buffalo
ever congregated together. And they
put it down as if each fellow was stri
ving to be the first to get a dig at me.-
nut>u<.~m.chn tiUt IbK.n. u>. 1 lncJ to appear cool, but it was no use
skeleton, with Iom of appetite and general derangement —my hair kept rising, till it got SO Stiff
that each bristle Vould have balanced a
lo give up my office here, which I held in the custom-1 P ,a t e * ; Heavens! how fierce they look-
»«-—— 'ed, with their eyes flaming like fire-
coals, and their shaggy manes stream
ing in the wind!”
♦ DR. UPHAM’S
Vegetable Electuary,
REMEDY FOR THE PILES,
TRIUMPHANT!!
80,000 CASES CURED IN THE FAST YEAR
T HIS Medicine i« warranted to cur* ell cases
PILES, either bleeding or blind, internal or exter
nal, and all inflammatory diacaaea found in conj a notion
will) the Piles— *uch mi - • -J
CUROXIC DYSENTERY, -
Described in Ut# following certificate!
PatLADuruu. Sept 9,1846.
Meaara Wyatt & Ketchain—Genta: About five yeara
ago I waa afflicted with what watcalied.cbronic dysen ;
tery. I have aotfrrcd with it ever aince.'and physicians
have tuld me my liver was affected, and that my bowels
were ulcerated, for blood and pus, attended with a pe
culiar putrid amcll. were the frequent discharges. A
abort lima aisce I made a visit to Massachusetts, in
hopes of benefit from change of air. but suffered more
severely than ever before. While there, a physician
offered to cure mo for 840, in three months. Happily
in the midst of intense pain, occasionally relieved by
laudanum, I saw, in the wrapper oC your Electuary, a
perfect description of nty complaint, together with ma
ny esrtificetes of cures. Thia gave tne great confidence
in (he medicine, and I purchased a box,aud nine doses
of which has apparently cured me, and I am prepared
to say every thing in its favor, or render any service I
can lo humanity by subscribing to its merits.
Uxxjamix Pkbcival, 89 south sixtli-at.
WEAKNESS A INFLAMMATION OF SPINE,
Falling of the bowels, womb, &.c , that females particu-
. larijr are subject to, under peculiar circumstances; lor
which many crrtificatea could be given of speedy and
effectual cures—but delicacy forbids their publication.
SEVERE AND HABITUAL COSTIVENESS.
Flow of blood to the head, dyspepsia, ulcerations, fistu
las. inflammation or the stomach, find a speedy cure in
Dr. Uphabi’a Electuary. It i* an internal remedy, and
cures t»v its action on the bowels and blood, the relaxed
state of which is the cause of the above named diseases.
UNIVERSAL COMMENDATION.
From every city, town and village where Dr.Ufdiain'a
Vegetable Pile Electuaiy has been introduced,the most
gratifying intelligence of its effects has been received by
the proprietor, in hundreds of instance* it haa triumph
ed ever cases which were deemed incurable.
Letter of Capt G. W. Lean, late of ihe U. S. service
and member of the New Jersey Legislature.
Rahway, June 16,18(7
“I have been afflicted for years with the pileaandhave
triad, without any thing like permanent benefit, almost
every thing assuming the name of a remedy. I had,as a
matter of course, lost all confidenca in medicine. Under
thia feeling 1 waa induced—not without reluctance 1
confess—to use Upham’a Electuary; and haring used
it for about three weeks, according to the directions laid
down, I find, to my niter surprise as well aa satisfaction
(hat every symptom of the disease has left me. 1 think
it due alike lo Dr Upliam and rayaclftoo.ike thia state
ment. G. W. McLean.
Addressed to the agents in Columbus, Ga.:
Russell county, Ala. Feb90,18(7
Messrs Winter St Epping—Gents: For the last 15
yeara I have bean afflicted with that mnet distrrstii
disease "the bleeding piles,” and have had recourse
« great many medicines, without obtaining relief, unti
obtained 8 boxes of Upham'a Pile Electuary from yo
which haveao far relieved me that I take great plcasu
in recommending Upham’s Pile Electuary to all wl
Dfaj
sure c
York, Jui
. to whether I bat
tied hy the use of Dr Upham'a Electuary,
of tire piles, I would inform you 1 was s
troubled for (wo yi
•onto lima unable
• I tried every variety >
receiving any benefit from either- During a very aevc
and painful attack I heard of and sent for Dr Uphat
- who prescribed his Eleciuiry, and in less than a wet
I wm able to go down to my business- and in a very
.abort time, by the use of i.is medicine, I was entirely
frav, and have not been troubled since, which it about a
- year a go. i have no hesitation in strongly recommend-
r Dr Upharo, and take ptt
him just a length! Dick fell at last—
and so did the venerable Eclipse of the
prairies, just behind him, with his nose
well up to the pony’s!
“ I got off, and looked first at Dick,
and then at the buflalo, and if there
wa’ut eight of the most beautifully used
up and ground off legs—•**
“The bull’s legs were riot run off
!** rr'iMl nn MPitPil (nppfitlhr. intor.
too!” cried an excited spectatdr, inter
rupting Joe.
d thought they were* if you’d
seen ’em!” replied Joe, coolly.
Did he live t” enquired another
listener.
Friends and
ipened a corni
if Liquid Fire/
porlaniiy of info
urday I shall c~‘
making drunk;
gars, for the
spectable to .
I shall deal ia^ familiar spirits,* which
shall excite meo-lq deeds of riot and
obbery, and-blocHp-;' and by so doing
diminish the comforts, augment the .ex
pense, and endanger the welfare of the
“He didn’t do anything subsequent! community. ^ \
d when I saw him agamhe hadn’t a ^ * undertake at short notice, fora
small sum, and with great expedition,
a prepare inmates for tht? i*syluiri, the
poor house, the prison arid (he gallows.
I will furnish qKjarticle which shall
increase the amount?.of fatal accidents,
multiply the numb& of distressing dis
eases, and rendejwrise harmless incura
ble.
I will furnish A^tfug which shall de
prive some oflife, tjany of reason, most
of property, all djEpace; which shall
cause fathers loMgpeuds; wives, jvid-
; children, orobiuis, and all mendi
cants.
I will cause the rising generation to
’ aud prove a bur-
tho nation.
Leering testimony t
racy. Youra, respectfully.
G«o. II. Hutchixs, 81 Watt
REMARKABLE CURE OF BLEEDING PILES.
Portland, Me. March 14
My dearairt I cannot express to you my sincere and
heartfelt thanks for the wonderful cure I have experien
ced by the use of your truly valuable Pile Electuary. 1
lava bean a perfect martyr to the bleeding piles fur ten
htch I held in the
. I have tried all kinds of medi .
toadlkobot advice the physicians of Boston and this
jRac* could give,spent much money and twice submit
ted ib • surgical operation. I had become perfectly
tired of lit*, and at (he suggestion of my friends I was
. induced to try a box of your medicine. The first I
found relieved me slightly, still I persevered and pur
chased a second, and I assure you when 1 got half
through I (bund oiTself getting well, 1 still kept on.
My deer sir. language c
anduow la:
family 1 dependent on me. Youra, respectfully, with
great regard, Samuel CnaaLTox.
PHYSICIANS UNNECESSARY.
Read the following addressed to tbe Rochester agents
Messrs Post Sl Willis—Gentsi It is with no ordinary
.feelings of pleasure that I am enabled to inform you of
the cure I have experienced by the use of Dr Upham'a . . Y -
Vegetable Pda Heciuary.-which I obtained from you precious—every second counted. The
A UTiiwwnhwhichjh«.«fa...afflicted- Mjjonly chance was in a straight race—
issbsms.,?»<» i he . fiel3 - ln tbe
-experienced like afflictions. j twinkling of an eye I stripped Dick to
. “*!'*» b r ..K.k'i* .nd.<.re | r .fflid.J. l ,rn in- ihe saddle, and mvsell to the svnri!
kite* r-.' M. ri^tThe buffaloes were now well nn’n.l
Didn’t you feel awful ?” asked a
sympathetic spectator, appealing to Joe.
“ Feel ?” responded our hero—“ I
felt like a stray pig on a railroad track,
with an express locomotive behind him,
and a high fence on both sides of the
road. There was no such thing as run
ning round tlfern, for they were spread
across the prairie as far as the eye could
reach, and came down upon me like a
great black wave. Time was growing
id. The
and UV.M isaw uitu uxmu u« uaun L a
bit of legs at all! He had had another
race, I suppose, and run‘eoToff smack
up to his body !”
‘I guess that put an end to his racing !*
said the last speaker in the crowd.
“ Well, it didn’t,” responded Joe,
“ How did he get along, then ? ”
“ He rolled, gentlemen, just as nat ’ral
as a sawlog on an inclined plane!—
whereupon Joe descended from his hogs
head, mounted Dick, and rode off, aimid
a shout that would have done honor to
the lungs of Stentor.
Instances of Presentiment.
I have heard of several cases of peo
ple hurrying home from a presentiment
of fire ; and Mr. M. Calderwood
once, when absent from home, seized
with such an anxiety about his family
that, without being able in any way to
account for it, he felt impelled to fly to
them and remove them from the house
they were inhabiting: one wing of
which fell down immediately after
wards. No notion of such a misfortune
bad ever before occurred to him,
was there any reason whatever to
pect it; the accident originating from
some defect in the foundation. A cir
cumstance exactly similar to this, is re
lated by Stilling of Professor Bohm,
teacher of mathematics at Marburg;
who, being one evening in company,
was suddenly seized with a conviction
that he ought to go home. As, howev
er, he was very comfortably taking tea,
and had nothing to do at home, he re
sisted the admonition; but it returned
with such force that at length he was
obliged to yield. On reaching his house,
he found everything as he had left it;
but he 1 now felt himself urged to removi
his bed from the corner in which it stood
to another ; but, as it had always stood
there, he resisted this impulsion also.—
However,the resistance was vain;absu rd
as it seemed, he felt he must do it.-
So he summoned the maid, and with her
aid drew the bed to the other side of the
room ; after which he felt quite at case,
and returned to spend the rest of the
evening with his friends. At ten o’clock
the party broke up.and he returned home,
and went to bed and to sleep. In the
middle of the night he was awakened
by aloud crash, and on looking out he
that a large beam had fallen, bring
ing part of the ceiling with it, and was
lying exactly on the spot his bed had
occupied.
One of the most remarkable cases of
presentiment I know, is that which oc
curred not very long since on board
of Her Majesty’s ships, lying off
Portsmouth. The officers being one
day at the mess table, a young Lieuten
ant P. suddenly laid down his knife
and fork, pushed away his plate, and
turned extremely pale. He then rose
from the table, covering his face with
his hands, and retired from the room.—
The president of the mess supposing
him to be ill,, sent one of the young men
to inquire what was the matter,
first Mr. P. was unwilling to speak ;
but, on being pressed, he confessed that
he had been seized by a sudden and ir
resistible impression that a brother he
had then in India was dead,
died,” said he, “ on the 12th of August,
o’clock; I am perfectly certain of
No arguments could overthrow
this conviction, which, in due course of
post, was verified to the letter.. The
young man had died at Cawnpore, at
the precise period mentioned.—Mrs.
Crotes’s Right Side of Nature
•t£.SZXFJSZ] bo®,!*** were nowwe n up, and
- fe! virtues of Dr. Upham’s Electuary, which 1 shall' doing their UastICSt—the pony all of a
Bcreatter keep on hand, aa I Gad it beneficial it. other ^ tremble to be off. It was a sin to hold
, t d p uri?jhitD, and, to tell the truth, I
l wasn t ve-
xespocts, removing obstini
* ’ naach ana aoweu , , , . . w -
.via* the esaw of Piles, when a rj anxious to do so. A yell did the bn-
» mU obtaining th . I «"«s. apd aw.j we went, like a scared
anulatiooa ia the stomach and bowels;
It ia wveowos io sua inti, previous ro otxaintng me r ,
■ EhttUarrttyon, I bad consulted many oioorbeq phy-, DOg,
■mem m*. hot to little benefit. Should you know a case j ««On! Ob ! on ! nrairiaa wand* mil
.of HMlicuant Dike. dIsas# nfirr them to me at mv resi- • 1 . WOOOSanu
dene* i* lb* town of Gales, where I *ha!l be pleased to I r *^ er 8 TVere passed With a perfect rush,
jive them much more partkalar information thaalam- Still the buffaloes Were humpinw them-
; " lv f* j ?“« i t^by u*
A gentleman, whone name can be wen at my office, slackening thunder of their tramp, how-
called some six or seven months ago and obtained atmx ! ever, that the herd was growing thin-
“»?,£ i "«-'b« 1 “ ull,n ’l account for till af-
informed me that kali a box bad entirely cured him;! terwards. Just about this time, one of
that be bud recommended the acme remedy »* aix or Dick’s . hoofs Came off. He limped a
time wastuflerin* much from the complaint.
* under tbn cur* of her family doctor, declined
. Her condition not borngimproved hy the at-
paeian a second waa called in couaabation,
■ informed that nothing abort of aa opera-
i oen could jrivo relief—this announcement induced her
to try my Electuary, and two boxes aada a perfect
wholesale and retail'by Wyatt St, Ketcbam,
181 Fulton at, N, Y.; sud Dr*«wUgenerally throagh-
oot tb* United State* and Canada*. Price it a box.
‘ Nonct-Tk. cm.in. Elect..!, la, th. orinm .
rgn.iur. ik—, (KTA. Upkam.M.D.1 Tb. b.ml » loes for about five miles, that you ever
wWl. |»n.
For mb in Ibin pine, b, Reew t Wnre;
• ~Ath«n..Dcc.;U9<7.
„ KECS nsils, m!
!> U Iron tosnk-lo
y*r"
made frumthc I
Iron lor ala low bf 1 •' }
grow upi
den and a nuisai
I will cause
sucking infants
priceless innocei
I will corrupt,
gion, obstruct th&fH
defile the puril 1
cause temporal, • B]
death ; and if any
to inquire why I
such accumul;
paratively ha
^ » to forget their
pns to forget their
ministers of reli-
ss of the Gospel,
the church, and
:ual, and eternal
so imperlient as
[c audacity to bring
iery upott a com-
trid, my honest reply
s, money ! *&&&.
The spirit trade. ;is the most lucra
tive, and professitig^Christians give it
their cheerful cotiritenance.
I have license from the court, and if
I do not bring these^evils upon you ;
somebody else will..
I live in a land of.libcrty.
I have purchased the right to demol
ish tbe character, destroy the health,
shorten the lives, and ruin the souls of
those who choose to honor me with their
custom.
I kno\v that the Bible says ‘ thou slialt
not kill ;* that it pronounces a woe up
him whogiveth his Neighbor stron_
drink; and I also read in the Divine
Record that no drunkard shall inherit
the kingdom of heaven, afid^I ^annotex-
peel the drunkard maker lo share a bet
ter fate. Yet what can I do !
Children and' Angels—A Dream.
We remember”-' a : remarkable dream
which occurred at a time when a little
being came bflttaleave us again, whom
had hardly thought could have claim
ed a place in oiiV3keart but for the void
it left; and v \t'always recurs u/our
mind when w'e’hekf of new life and old
death meelingthug instantly on the thres
hold. * ■'
We dreamt that we were conveyed
by some mysterious guide to the entrance
of this earth, ti wasa kind of gallery*
through which angelic beings, winged
and beautiful, were rapidly passing, all
towards the earth; some with grave,
others with hopeful aspects ; their ex
pressions as various as they were legi
ble. “ ’
What does this mean?” we said.—
“ Who are the passing spirits who go all
one way, and why .afre their countenan
ces so various?” ' •. *
Our companion replied,
“ They are guardian arigels, each
Ulr. Attar. .
advanced age this well
knowr/persopage has at length lelt that
earth on which he hud such large pos
sessions. - Hffhe rich mao also died.’ Ii
were a,ti'ite 1 piOral pa draw—to go over
the oft sad maxims about the vanity of
Loibtaemuotts ^
pijacar o£;thc J^mnatuyt o/ .Zachau^
Taylor by thft JFhig National »
-. ’ . ■ •*- - >
BY a CpNSERVA-hvR WHIG. . .
. Wliatever' differences of opioioa iuay-
• nrri - ; . ... exist among-!Whigi^rtbe Presfcfebttal .
wealth, and its inabthty to wrestle with ‘ question will be happilyTomoved by the' ..
death ; and we forbear. /Wealth is goixl ( „ ct ; ( , n jjjg Natituiali’Conv'eution.—^
enough.; but, unfortunatoly i>eople don l i When that body, comprised, as it will be*
one quarter of the.Hme .enjoy it, after it of lhd ranst dUiinguisbed;-, intelligent*
comes to them. ' and prudent, shall anripunceits clccisicnT;
For some years past,,Air. Astgr has u ic whole mass wTU arirell with enthQSH
been hying in a two story brick, house j aain> and renew the Um\s of it brother-’
Broadway, Ne\v York, opposite the ho()dftiever lo be ' br(l j cen . Their polity
e of Niblo’s Qarden, T he laconic j ; ca ^ opponents need not, therefore, hits- -
or-platc. * Mr. Astor.*• inforineU oer- u.. i ‘ i diLi -
door-plate, * Mr. ■As(o?,* , t informed per
sons of the name of- the occupant-Tr,
Somehow, this dwelling had a cold,
cheerless, naked an4<4!^f'iti>igRppear-
auce: there were uo.9nu Ue r$ to the pto,-
tligious windows, RorVwero pleasant
faces ever at the- pane^-nor was the
warm aspect o^family comforts anti en
dearments known therp.«Ugh^the In
Story of a Bn»ian Prince.
There is a sortiif primicrpas known,
we believe, amongst gamesters—at least
trusted to very^ftnplicitly, wo remem- |
ber, among schoolboys, that which com
menced a run of gbod luck. When the
cards, or ther; dice; have been cruelly
against us, if th.etitlc once turns it will
flow steadily for some time in its new
and happiest direction. In the palace
of a certain Russian Prince, whose
name it is of course’impossible to remem
ber, for it is orie:o£lhose names you do
not think of trying to pronounce even
to yourself—you look at it merely, and
use it as the Chinese do their more learn
ed combinations(DfjEcharacters, where
they pass at once\f|pm the visible signs
to the idea, wiibdut: a# immediate oral
stage; and in the jpsdacc of this Prince
you are surprised.-to see in the mr.st
splendid suit of apartments—-suspended
behind a glass case—:a set of harness,
common harness for a couple of coach - „ .
horses, snch asy pu may see in any gen-1 !,nc ^ i?*goirg 10 carry it straight
lleman’s stabled^0f course it attracts! heaven,”
more attention thari all the pictures and i And then we woke and found it
statues, aud gold, clocks.
“ The thing you know is neither rich nor rare,
But wonder now (lie devil it got there/’
You. inquire and' are told the following
story: v .
The Prince of 4—
his way to tdke charge of a new-born r gave one something ofatmiil, when pass-
infant. They know not its ultimate *
doom, but they know of the sphere to
which it is born, and the probable sins
and temptations it will be exposed to.
Lobk at that angel,” he said, “ with a
serious mien,, as if u.hard duty were be
fore him ! His charge is the child of the
rich and noble of the land, who will,
bring him up in pride and luxury ; and
his heart will grow hard and selfish, and
selfishness in high places has few sor
rows, and without sorrow the voice of
his good angel will hardly be beard.
“ And see that spirit who passes with
eager, hopeful look! To him is commit
ted the child of a vicious father, who is
rioting at this moment that a child is
born unto him. But open vices are not
so baneful as specious virtues. The
child’s heart will be wounded and bum
bled in the sins of his father, and, in pay
ing the penalty of another’s guilt, he
will himself seek the paths of virtue.”
Then another spirit passed, with firm
but peaceful aspect.
“Hischarge will be arduous. The
child now born will have wilful and tu
multuous passions, and his heart will be
stubborn and perverse, and he will de
fy authority, and go far wrong, and the
world will say there is no redemption
for him, and even his father’s face will
be turned from him. But, in the silence
of a sick chamber, a mother;, will plead
incessantly for him, and the child of
many prayers shall yet be brought home
to the fold.”
Then came one with anxibns mien,
and he was guardian to a genius who
would win the applause and idolatry of
thousands ; and a second, with heaven
ly compassion, beautiful and moving to
behold, and he was hurrying to the ob-
oflsp: ‘
mg it, even in summer.
We remember seeing^Ir. A. two win
ters since* when he was going down
Broadway by this house. A couple of
servants were assisting .-him across the
pavement to a sleigh that was drawn
up by the curb-stone. The old gentle
man’s head seemed bent completely
down \viih ; age and sickness ; lie was
muffled in furs, and entirely unable
help himself. The very groom, a hearty
young Irishman, with perhaps not two
dollars in his pocket, looked with pity
on the great millionaire! Certainly u<
man, of the crowds that hurried aloii'
that busy promenade, would have ac
cepted the rich capitalist’s wealth, tied
to the condition of being ‘ in his shoes.’
Some curiosity has long been felt at
the north, to know the disposition of Mr.
A’s immense wealth. It is rumored
that a benevolent bequest has been made
of several hundred thousand dollars; that
literary institutions have been founded,
aud so on. We shall soon learn whether
there is any truth in these stories. Fitz
Green Halleck, the poet, has for some
years been the confidential clerk of Mr.
A. and will doubtless receive a hand
some legacy. Oue of the sons of Mr. A. i;
a confirmed lunatic, anti is taken care
ofiiiahouse built expressly for him by hi:
father, in NCw York. He has servants,
medical attendants, etc.
band consolation* .oor encourage . bopo
from anticipatedifeud^l in their rdnks.^-<
every arm and strengthen every
heart. Private grief will sink, in the re
collection of -public wrung, and all who
value free inslittttinnsibe'.promptly en
rolled against Exer.u 1 i\*e,usurpotion.^—>
Fair, however, as tbe pro»pbcr , s^e^etb,>
'and much as tho fututc promiseth/laa.
the time for the meeting oi't hb National , :
Convention approaches, the earnest/itfc
quiry, What is to be done, wbp will bfi /
nominated?” daily assumes amipreciarf’*
tercsting aspect. Names of the highest
worth, and eminently deserving the pop
ular suffrage, have been suggested its
connection with the nomination ; yet it
must be conceded that Mr. Clay and
Gen. Taylor are just now the most prom
inent. Whether Mr.'Clay will, as ha*
been frequently stated, withdraw from
the lists, it is not proposed to determine*
If, however, the opinion of the writefriid '
worth anything, and he claimsflo no oil(t f
er knowledge than passing events foil
nisli, he will venture the ■; remark*th#C
such a contingency, if recent develop
ments be instructive, does, 'not appear
probable. He can readily conceive that
Mr. Clay should noi again court the haz
ard of. another canvass, unless the gen
eral voice of the nation should call him
from retirement; still in view of the ac
tive exertions of enthusiastic, friends*
whose appeals it is hard lo resist, it is
rendered quite certain that he will- bo
presented as a candidate Xo the Conven
tion. With unwavering: fidelity* ..fop
more than a quarter of a century, the
Whigs of the Union have cl.ung to him
under every and all circumstances.—-
Their confidence in his patriotism and
ability rctnaiu undiminished, And their
preference would ;be yet as decided in
his favor, if the prospect of hU.election
were in any degree flattering. Brit aa
they have made many fruitlesseffiirta m
. his behalf, it is time to consider ihthete
look up- j benot another, under whose banner they
more certainly succeed. This shpuld
Covetousness.
Of covetousness we may truly say,
that it makes both the Alpha and Omega
in the devil’s alphabet, and that it is the
first vice in corrupt nature which moves j his behalf it
and the last which dies. 1V - 1 •
on any infant, and as soon
move a hand, we shall see it roaches . be calmly and discreetly doue* for it
. . w and shame ; and ! out alter something or other which it ^useless to disguise that much* Day, ,all
a third, calm and peaceful, summoned j should not have; and he who does not depends on the wisdom of. the selection,
to preside over the even tenor of a poor j know it to be* the peculiar sin of old age, j During tho last year, State, Gongresr
orphan, who inherited the blessings of i seems himself to have the dotage of that j siooal^aud County Conventions, under
sainted parepts; and a fourth, full of j age upon him whether he has the years j Whig auspices, declared Zachary Tay-
solemn anxiety, who hastened to re-j or not. The covetous person lives as if j j or> j ft the language of tho Maryland
ceive his charge from a royal cradle ;: the world were made altogether for him,! Whig State Convention, “a man, in
and a fifth 1 , whose countenance of heav- aud not he for the world, to take in every \ w hom the highest trust under our Con-
thing, and to part with notliing. The j$iit|itiou, may be reposed with safety.”
So far as the public are iuformed, noth-
ily woe we dared not ask the cause of;
and many more, all going to their vari
ed posts—-to the children of the good
and bad, the high and the low, the care
less and'the unbelieving~till we were
tired of risking; when, suddenly, came
one distinguished from all by the radi
ance of joy upon bim.
“What is his charge?” we said.—•
Surely it must be that of some future
saint upon earth?”
“ No,** said our conductor, “ he is the
;el of a child who has died at its birth,
cries of the poor never enter his
or if they do, he has always one ear
readier to let them out than the other to
take them in. So that it is a question
whether his heart be harder or his Jist
closer, in,a word, he is a
monster, greedier than the
barreuer than the shore.
pest and
has since occurred to \yeakcD; the
force, of these Ueclaiauons, much, less 'tj>
little, but wouldn’t give in an inch.
W’hen the second slipped, the pace be
came more even. Then tbe third went, son—only one—happily
and in a half a minute more, bis last day ; that is, three bundr
hoof pulled off in : a quagmire. But " "*
when lie got off his stumps—snails and
terrapins!-—hour be tore along! Look
ing brick, (Jdr I fell now just as easy as
a hungry dog in a potatoe patch,) there
was one of the prettiest strings of bufia-
did see! Gentlemen, we bad run every
one of’em lo death, with the exception
of one old bull, who seemed determined
Mnrcha
, BJSHOJ\ tftowio, or perish iu the attempt. He w .1. ,
.. j goulda’Lquilc come it, though—wc beat aut Sjgipbci - .—Scientific American!
A Receipt for Happiness
An exchange gives the following ex
cellent piece of advice, which is by no
means “bad to take.” It is simply
when you rise in tbe morning to form a
resolution to make the day a happy one
to a fellow-creature. It is easily done
a left-off garment to a man that needs
it; a kind word tb the sorrowful; an
encouraging expression to the striving
—trifles in themselves as light as air—
will do at least for the twenty-four hours,
and if you are young, depend upon it,
it will tell you when you arc old ; and
if you are^old, rest assured that it will
send yon gently and happily down the
stream of human time to eternity.—
Look at the result. You send one per-
"f through tbe
^ re< * auc * s * xt Y“
five in the course of the j’ear^ and sup
posing you live only forty years after
you commence this course, you have
made fourteen thousand six hundred
human beiugs, at all events, happy for
a time. Now, worthy reader, is this’
not simple? And is it not worth ac
complishing? We do not often indulge
in a moral dose ; but wc feel warranted
in prescribing it. It is most excellent
for digestion, and_ a producer of pleas-
night led
into deep rind ,desperate plav. He had
staked estate after estate, and. lost them ;
he had staked his plate, his pictures, his
jewels, the furniture of his house, and
lost them ; biis mansiou itself, and lost it.
The luck would not torn. His carriage
and horses had been long waiting for him
at the door, he slaked them and lost! He
had nothing mote ; he threw up the win
dow, and leaulput of it in utter despair.
There stood his horses and carriage, the
subject of his last wager. ; IIe4tad now
nothing left. -Yes ! There was the hair*
ness! Nothing had been said of the har
ness. The carriage and the horses were
lost buk not the harness. His opponent
agreed to this interpretation of the wa-
They played for the harness. He
won! They played for the carriage
and horses—ho won. They played for
the palace, for the plate*, for the pic
tures, the furoiture—he won. They
played for estate • after estate—he still
won. He won all buck again, and rose
from the table the same rich man he had
sat down to it. Had he not good rea
son to suspend that harness in his very
best saloon.—Blackwood?s Magazine.
A Dog; School.
A gentleman named Winfield,at Troy,
New York, has opened a school for .the
education of Dags. 'The fallowing is an
extract from his advertisement:
, The different’branches of tuition are
only a dream ; butever smeethen we ! t h ese _l, e will learn, them to go on er-
have never heard of the death of nn in-! rands as correct as a boy ten years old,
fant without thinking of the joy on'that an y distinguish persons of color from
angel’s countenance.—Eraser, March, j vyhite ones . bo will learn then? to waltz
. .• j and dance ; and. at the end of the quar-
A Hint to Aiunscmeut Dcuoanccrs. , ter there will be;an exhibition. The
justify their denial or recall.. The indi
vidual so acceptable once, to ,a Whig
people, and so generally preforreff by
and Whig politicians, stands where he has
always stood—on the broad platform
of the Constitution, “ asking no' fa
vor and shrinking from no respousibili^
tv.” He has neither changed front nor
reversed hisposition, and ifhewerc wor
thy of confidence arid support in 1847,
surely life has nn equal claim to them ib
1S4S. ■ Indeed it may well be question
ed whetlier less positive action notvlwill.
strictly preserve honor, dr vindicnlfeKlhb:
sincerity of our motives. To abandon
bim will justly, expose us, to say the*,
least, to ihe charge of having used his*
name, not that we loved-him or cherish-
eci-liis fame, but, in the emphatic lat>-
;uageof the Executive Organ*” to-ad-
There are people who would say, | dogs will tell the number.of persons in
“ Labor is not all; we do not object ‘to ‘he room, and distinguish the number of _ _ „
the cessation of labor—a mere provision r bats or cqp3 there is in the room, and j vancc the basest party purposes- To-
for bodily ends ; but we fear the light- i tell whether the ladies have bonuets \ falter when we have staked ° on# find*
ness and" 7 vanity of what you call recre- dr hoptl^, andthe number of ladies from j will almost : '*-«—*—
ation.” Do these people take heed of
iftness of thought—of the impa-
. ninety dayAriftc- t
of the Treaty of Peace between the
United Slates of the.North and the Re
public of Mexico. It is^ said that the
Mexican Departments of New Leon, Ta-
maulipas ^ind' Coahuila will revolt and
declare themselves independent of the
Government of Mexico, witliGen. Mira-
tience of thought ? Wbauwill the great
ss of men be thinking o£ if they
sure defeat-^—defeaf'em-
gemlemen. He has a dog he culls, the | bitte/ed: by the reflection, perhaps* that
.Wild Man of the Woods,that will tell ‘orir conduct deserved it- If there were
the number of colored persons in the *no other necessity, then y ID impel U3 to*
room, aud leave the teacher out l aiul ! adhere to our bond, duty must point lha
rn part especliUy, is given lo belie
1 the sovereign efficacy of dullness. To j yor among tliem-
, dullness and solid vice are kept! rilly sorry for Lewee Filcepo.
taught* lo shun amusements and the ' also- play at cards as well as any man. | way; and our integrity, whatever it tnay*
thoughts of amusement? If any sensu- j r~ . > j cost, be inviolably preserved. :
ality is left open to them, they will think j Sympathy for Louis Philippe.-*-When | Tho Election oj 1&I4—A Practical
of-ihat; if not sensuality, then avarice ■'the news of Louis Philippe’s flight from j X.c«*ff«.~-The reasons for Gen. Taylorfs
or ferocity* People who; have had no- t France arrived in Boston, on Monday 1 nomination, to a. reflective mind, are ob-
,thing else to ainnse them, have been 1 night, a brilliant party was coming oil*; vious and striking; and apart from tbe
very apt to indulge themselves in. the tin a fashionable quarter. The king’s intliscretiou maniJested by some of hi*
excitement of persecuting .their fel-1 fill from greatness becartle the subject i Whig: opponents, in contesting the prob-
low-crealures.. Our nation, .the north-'of conversation, and one superlative J abilities of bis election,argument would
n of tall society—a real topsaw- j be. regarded as a work »»i unusual fplly.
hem—remarked—“ I’m re- To satisfy the greatest unbelieve^,
, r .,... j ... r Lewee Filcepo. 1 think i however, that no other course is saje or
lo go hand in hand ; but then, accord- j he is to be pitied. He is an accomplish-- politic, a ^few. important facts (nay be
ing to our notions, dull nes is in itself* so l.ed gentleman, and there ought fir be-a,.staled. 1 he great question is not who
good a thing. Now, if ever a people re-! meeting of the gentlemen of Boston, 1 is_ the especial favorite of particular in
quire to be amused, it is we sad-hcarted ! qualified by their wealth,- position a id , divitluals, but who of those ahqndaiiUy
Anglo-Saxons. Heavy caters, hard j influence, to represent the public opin- | able and cppahle will, likely be mostac-
thinkers, often given up to d .peculiar | inti of* the city, to preprire an adtlAIss of, c^ppiblc. lo the Americon pgoplc.r-^
melancholy of our; own* witha climafe I sympathy wiffi. him in bis misfortuiw*, ] ^yaifabi.hty, ihe>crore^wi^Mq_ ; TO,Cji-
Anolber^exas is predicted with- that, for months together, would frown < and semlit : nver to^ : bim by- §ome tlelt-
in ninety da$ri ! after the final ratification away mirth if it could—many of tuAvith | gate of nckiiowledged resjiectabrlity ond
ver y-gloomy thoughts about our liereaf-rsirttidiiig inthe community.”—-Boston
ter—rifeyer there were a people wlpil Pt/d./
should avoid increasing their dullness] ’ • 1
by all work and no play, We ere . that “Why do you set your cup tif.coffee
beau B. Larnar, of Texas, first Presi- j Froissart
dent of the New Republic of New Lean. Council.
They took their pleasures J upori the chair* Mr. Jpnes; ?” said a
sadlj,” saysFroissart, “ after their fasji-] worthy landlady this morning nt.brfeak-
” Wc need not ask of wlmf. upliou 4 fast. " : ’" l * ” *“
.qvt clw'ked. „If Mr. Clay, dr any
Vine’else, fie most available, then >|r.
Ch.y, or jTiat other individual,.' should
undoubtedly 'bb noroinafed ’Pritting
aside other competitors for a Tvfiih.*, fet
us exnfiiihe it* fhe feampaigii oT’ 1S^,
v^itlr Mr. Clriy in ihe field, is likely to
icsult less disastrously than former cato-
^paignajhave resulted. In 1844, he
not ask of wlmL tjaliou t fast. ; “ It is so_very weak, ina*am,’f« te- .paign3;bave resulted. In 1844, he re-
speaking.—Friends ’in! plied Mr. J. demurely, d,I tbobghLI ceived the electoral votes ot MassacUu-
., ; f would let ii rcfi/^nci m l; i ■ ; CoiiUp?ucut* Yer-
• - • ‘iin* ; soomutui io ■•dij'Liu.' SiiiiV/ atll k- 8iidubu«iJ eatll it-a muov.