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VOLUME VI.—NUMBER 25.
THE STANDARD OF UNION,
BY P. 1,. ROBIXSON,
rvni.isntn (by authority) or the laws or the united states.
KFTERMS.—TItrre Dollars pf» annum. No subscription taken
for Issa than a year, and no paper discontinued, but nt the option of
the publisher, until all arrearages nro paid.
CHANGE OF DIRECTION.—We desire such of our subscribers
as mar at any ime wish the direction of their papers chanced from one
Post Office to another, to inform us. in nil eases, of the place to which
they had been previously sent ; as the mere order to forward them to a
diffi'reut office, places it almost out of our power to comply, because
wc have no means of ascertaining the office from which thny aie m
dored to lie changed, but by a search through our whole subscription
book, containing several thousand names.
Al»\ F.RTISEMF.NTS inserted at the usual rates. Sales of I.AND,
by Administrators. Executors, or Guardians, are required by law tube
held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten in
the forenoon ami three in the afternoon, at the < onrt House in the coun
ty in which the property is situate. Noti c of h-e sales must bo gi
ven in a public gazette SIXTY DAYS previous to the day of sale.
Sales al NEGROES must be nt public auction, on the first Tuesday
•flbc month between the usual hours.of sale, nt the place of public
tales in the county where the letters tcstimentnry.of Administration or
Guardianship, may hava been granted, first giving SIXTY DAYS no
tice thereof, in one of the public gazettes of this State, and at the doo
of the Court House where such sales nrc to be hold.
Notice tor the sale of Personal Property must be given in like man
ner, FORTYDAYS previous to the day of sale.
Notice to the Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be published
FORTY DAYS.
Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary so
leave to soil LAND, must be published for FOt It MON I HS.
Notice for leave to sell NEGROES, mast be published for FOUR
MONTHS before any order absolute shall bo made by the Court
thereon.
Notice ol Application for Letters of Administration must bepublish
«d THIRTY.DAY*.
Notice of Application for Letters of Dismission from the Administra
tion of an Estate, are required to be published monthly for SIX
MONTHS.
MILTsIXERY AND MASTVA-MAKING.
MRS. LOUISA O'BRIEN,
RESPECTFULLY informs the Ladies of Milledgeville
and its vicinity, that she has lately received from Charles
ton. a fine assortment of BOAWETS, of her own selection
among which are
LADIES, MISSES AND CHILDREN’S BONNETS,
OF THE LATEST STYLE.
Some beautiful Drawer! Bonnets, of a new and late style.
Also,the Latest fashion for CAPSand HEAD-DRESSES,
and the Latest Eashions for LADIES' DRESSES—Arti
ficial Flowers of various kinds.
Her Bonnets will be sold fiom one dollar and fifty cents, to
two, three, even and twelve dollars.
Bonnets and Dresses made to eider .ft the shortest notice,
and of the best materials, very cheap for cash.
Also, on hand some splendid Feulhere lor Bonnets.
Milledgeville. April liiih, 1839. I~—tf
For Sale.
THE Pond Town settlement of land comprising 1620
acres, about 400 cleared and in good order for farming,
attached is a comfortable dwelling, gin-house, and other ne
cessary out buildings. The lands all lie adjoining, a part in
Sumter and the balance in Marion county. A great batgain
will be given for cash or on a shoit ciedit. Information can
■be had relative to its value by reference to Col. I homos
Bivins of Marion, or Capt.Jno. B. Coleman of Stimter. Ap
plv to the subscriber. LaGrange. -Geo. L. A. BOND.
June 5. 1839 20— taw.Sni
GAINESVIUE FEMALE HIGH SCHOOL.
G. BEAUMONT, A. M. of Cambridge University, Great
Britain, Principal.
THIS Establishment, for which a spacious Building,
Botanical Garden, ami extensive grounds arc in the
course of active preparation, will he opened lor the education
of Young Ladies in the follow ing branches ol polite learning:
The Modern Languages; French. Italian, Spanish, ami
German ; the Belles Lettrcs. Music, Drawing. Elocution, the
Mathematics, Experimental ami Moral Philosophy, Botany
and Geology ; ns well as the usual studies of the Primary
Departments.
The mode of instruction in nil branches, will be pursued on
philosophical principles calculated to save the time and increase
the interest of the student. The ground work of this system
is a laborious analysis of the studies themselves, resulting in
the compilation of entirely new elementary books, by tin
Principal of this Seminary; while the physical sciences will
be taught entirely by Lectures, explanatory of facts exhihiled
by the Philosophical Apparatus.
' The dcvelopeinent of all the functionsof mind and body,
. that are calculated for the permanent, advantage of the Pupils,
will he the care of the Principal and his fellow teachers. The
discipline will lie on principles of preserving the self respect of
Pupil and Instructor. The advancement of the Pupil will
be secured by a weekly rectifying of the classes upon exami
nation and review.
The charges arc (see advertisement. Dec. 1838,) respect
ively, $24 00 Primary Department; $45 00 Second ; SBO 00
Senior.
No extra charge for any of the above named or any branch
of study taught in this Seminary, except for Music, for which
arrangements arc in forwardness with an eminent teacher;
but in the mean time, the use of the Piano, with competent
instruction, free of charge, will he allowed to students who
have partly acquired that accomplishment.
Term, 10 months; commence January Ist, 1839.
Board at slOper mouth and under, is secured for Pupils nt.
a respectable citizen's, under the superintendence of one of
the Teachers.
Mr. G. BEAUMONT, who is an English Barrister, mid
the nurhorof several apptoved works on Law, the Belles Lot
tres. and Education, having selected Gainesville as a location
for his family, recommends to others, that which decitied him
in this selection ; the undoubted salubrity of this district, the
residence there of the most eminent members of the Medical
Faculty, the quiet manners of the neighborhood, and the well
supplied markets.
_JanJJ2. 1839. - r '~— lf .
TROY HILL.—The undersigned informs his friends
and those of the late firm of Cutler fy Cornwell, that
he intends resuming the Warehouse and Commision Busi
ness at the store above the one recently occupied by
T.J.Chace, on the margin of East Macon, known as the
townof Troy. He further informs the public that he has
bought his Goods, Ac., and having now on the way, from
New York and other places, Dry Goods and Groceries, to
gether making his stock complete, which will be sold low for
ready pay, he will be ready to receive Cotton early in the
fall, and be prepared to make advances. lie would par
ticuiarly notice to his friends the great advantages his Ware
houses qave over those in the dense part of the city with re
gard to fi re, they being detached from other buildings, and at
a distance from any street or lane and well on-closed.
„ _ 11. 8. CUTTER.
05* 1 he Macon Messenger and Telegraph, Milledgeville
Journal and Standard of I nion, will publish the above until
further notice.— Georgian.
HL subscriber having commenced business in the Re-
Ji reiving and Forwarding Goods and Merchandize to
and from Augusta, per the Georgia Railroad, begs leave to
acquaint his friends and the public that all goods consigned,
or orders addressed to him, shall meet with strict attention,
and bo forwarded to their destination with the utmost prompt
itude. ELIPIIAET LAI.E.
Warrenton, June 5, 1838. 20 ts
"g REAMS of first rate MEDIUM PRINTING
JL Xr PAPER, for sale at the “ Standard” oilier.
June 25, 1839. 22 ts
Statißarfe of Union*
POETRY.
WHAT I WOULD HAVE.
Give mo old music—let mo hear
The strain of days gone by;
Nor stay thy voice in kindly tear,
If to their tones my falling tear
Should make a mute reply.
The songs that lulled me on the breast
To sleep a wav the noon,
Sing on—sing on!—I love them best;
There’>s witchery in the notes impressed
Os each familiar tunc.
Give mo old wine—its choicest store
Drawn from the shady bin;
Our \ iueyauls will produt e no more
Such rare strong juice they gave of yore,
As sparkling ties within.
This was my grandsire's chief delight,
When the da\ *s chase was o’er ;
Fill high-—fill high!—its treasures bright
Should sparkle on our board to-night,
Thougli we should drink no more.
Give me old friends—the tried, the true,
Who launched their barks with mo,
And all my joys and sorrows knew,
As chance’s gales the pilgrims blew
Across the troubled sea.
Their memories are the same ns mine;
Their love with life shall Inst;
Bring one, bring all. their smiles shall shine
Upon our good old song and wine,
Like sunbeams from the past.
SONG.
There’s not a word thy lip bath breathed,
A look thine eye hath given.
That is not shrined w ithin mv heart,
Like to a dream of heaven!
There's not a spot where we have mot,
A favorite flower or tree;
There’s not a scene by thee beloved,
That is not prized by me
Whene'er I hear the linnet's song,
Or the blithe woodlarkslay,
Or mark, upon the golden west,
The rosy clouds decay;
Whene’er I catch the breath of flowers,
Or mu sick from the tree,
Thought wings her way to distant bowers,
And incm’ry clings to thee.
MISCELLANEOUS.
From the Cincinnati Gazette.
THE MINSTREL SAILOR.
A FANCY SKETCH, BY J. M. M*JILTON.
Loud roared the winds, the tempest’s drum
Beat loud!v upon high;
The minstrel left his lonely home,
To seek a place to die.
Upon the banks of’ the lovely Utawa, between the
channel of St. Ann’s and the rapids, there is a little
promontory, whose projecting base arrests the pro
gress of the wave, and causes it to revolt upon itself
with force sufficient t > sprinkle the spray a little dis
tance above its summit, which curling in a long line
upon the waters, seems
“Like bunches tied of frosted pearl,
All glittering in the sun.”
Within the hollow of this cape, lies the most beau
tiful spot upon all the green isles. It rises on the
distance, when approached from the water, like some
land of enchantment, sprinkled over with beautiful
bowers, all planted by the hand of nature, with buds
and blossoms, and richly clustering with her fruits and
flowers ; fit emblems for the fancy of one of those
fairy lands where light robed spirits revel and lovely
nymphs sport in the dance unseen. Here amid those
Bharon-like decorations of the dingle, and sweet ab
sorbing notes, on zephyr breezes borne, the imagina
tion when tired of its travel might seek a repose, or
add another scene of loveliness to its own infinity.—
Here the soul of the rude savage, that lias long look
ed for a spirit-land beyond h's native mountains,
might realize all its fancied pleasures, and find a home
and a hunting ground, a shell wreathed shore, and a
chrystal stream, beautiful beyond even the indulgence
of his wildest dreams. And here, if sensual gratifica
tion could satisfy, without surfeiting with its monoto
ny, a mind by reason and religion better taught—the
son of civilization, bettered by the lights of literature
and revelation, might hope for the dwelling place of
bis soul.
“ The gnyent, greenest spot on earth,
Bounds bright U lawn’s tide.”
Upon this spot, in a little white cottage, lived a
mysterious individual, known only as the Minstrel
Sailor, whose history was entirely hidden, except that
he had emigrated from some distant part of Italy, his
wife, infant son, and harp, were his only companions ;
and, in these were centered all the joys life had in
store for him.
Conjecture, as is its custom under all such circum
stances, ranged its thousand roads, and many fruitless
efforts were made to obtain a knowledge of the histo
ry of the strangers. Every attempt, however, proved
ineffectual ; for so cautious were they in conversation
that a single word never escaped the lips of either, by
which any account of them could be traced. The
attention of some of the persons who were in the ha
bit of visiting the family, was not unfrequcntly arrest
ed by the rich, and apparently costly ornaments with
which the humble dwelling was adorned. Many of
them were covered with the hieroglyphical characters
used by the ancients, in years passed away ; and with
their talismanic embellishments, the minstrel appear
ed to be so well acquainted, that the suspicion of his
having been of high and noble extraction, was exci
ted in the minds of all who had entered his lowly ha
bitation. His kindness won for him the affection of
every one who had an opportunity of experiencing it,
I ami his seeming gaiety and good humor made a friend
'of every person he nu t. But his cheerfulnes was
‘ like the light of the moon, looking through the folds
of a watery cloud ; it was a sweet smile upon the soul
' of resigned misfortune, after the tempest th it wrecked
! it had passed away, and left the waters calm and un
i ruffled as the slumber of passion in the bosom of in
, fancy. Sorrow may once have wrung him ; and like
I the billows of a troubled sea, his feelings may have
raved and rolled fierce and fearfully, it may have
i gloomed his path ami made its darkness terrible, but
i the storm has ceased ; the fire and fervor of his feel
ings if such there hail been, had died away ; and in
the distance was only heard the faint moaning of the
winds, the murmuring music with which they hush
themselves to rest; and it mattered not now, though
he once wore a diadem, or could boast of having been
an Adriatic prince, who had grown weary of ti.e lion
lorsof his court, or had been exil'd from that court,
in conscqm nee of his own improper conduct—he was
now a pleas nt and agreeable, though reserved asso
ciate, and worthy of the friendships he received at
the hands of strangers’ hearts. His secret was with
OUR CONSCIENCE —OUR COUNTRY —OUR PARTY.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 16, 1839.
himself; and none dared to force an entrance to that
inner temple of his heart, that “ holy of holies,”
where it was closely locked. He was wealthy in his
retirement, and only occupied a portion of his time
at labor ; and cultivated a little garden mbre for
amusement, than the advantage he derived from it.
Upon his harp he was a most perfect performer ; and
often vvljen the words and chorus were dim, and the
evening hour was throwing its mantle of shade on all
around, when there blew not a “ breath the blue wave
to curl,” and no sound broke upon the deepening
hush,-save the far-off roar of the rapids, which touch
ed upon the stillness like the distant announcement of
the coming of some spirit, or as though the saint of
the “ green isle” was keeping in the remembrance of
its favored inhabits, that the wing of her protection
was still stretched over them, and would lan them in
the midst of their slumbers. At this holy hour the
neighbors of the minstrel bad start.' d from their eve
ning rest, and approached nearer and nearer to lus
dwelling, allured by the fairy-like music of his harp,
that mingled its living strains upon the still, night
breeze, in sounds so heavenly and entrancing, that
they were sometimes half inclined to kneel in worship
before the Dircean hand that threw the thrilling notes
so sweetly on the air; like the charmed bird to the
mouth of the serpent, they would continue on, and
on, and linger long, and scarce know why, about the
home of the minstrel, from whose harp every succeed
ing sound seemed sweeter than than the last. They
loved the minstrel, and loved the home that he had
beautified by heart and harp, and sound of holy song.
Once the minstrel was displeased at the approach of
a neighbor too near the shrine he hallowed ; he came
too near the sanctuary that he alone at such an hour
could enter and be happy. He was seated in a cush
ioned arm-chair in front of the house, the foot of his
harp was resting upon a stool, his wife was immedi
ately before him, and held her boy in her arms ; the
long white dress she wore, and the simple manner of
her whole attire, with the interesting posture in which
she was placed, reminded the intruder of some celes
tial being who had descended for a time to weep over
the grave of some poor unfortunate. She was in
tears; and as the big drops rolled in the ftdl baptism
of a mother’s abiding love upon the head of her child,
she joined her voice with her husband’s and the notes
of the harp, and swelled a chorus worthy of an angel
choir. It was a favorite national air he was playing,
and for every note his hand drew forth, the other wi
ped a tear. This was no hour to welcome a friend :
a seraph would have been unwelcome then, unless the
object of his visit had been to worship—unless he
had mingled his offering with the saint-like sacrifice
of feeling, that made a sanctuary of the minstrel’s
home. Fora time the invader of this heavenly place
stood unobserved ; the iii'nistrt l's sold was in his harp ;
and like the rays from the sun, that sou) went forth
on every strain. A leaf quivered in the moonlight,
and exposed the violator of a spot and scene, upon
which had he gazed a moment longer, it would have
made him an idolater. The minstrel’s song was done;
the sweet spell that had bound him broke, and the
music of his harp was hushed and still. He arose
from his seat and motioning for his wife to follow,
went into the cottage. It was many evenings after
before the notes of his harp were awakened, and his
neighbors learned from this circumstance that he could
not bear interruption when engaged with his loved
instrument. This was the first and last time his eve
ning oblation was disturbed by the over anxious cu
riosity of an intruder.
The minstrel owned a beautiful skill’, that sat like
a water spirit upon the wave, and moved upon the
transparent waters, “like a thing of life.” In this
he was often seen with his wife and son, gliding along
the smooth surface of the Utawa, pouring the living
murmurs of his harp along the tide, until
“ The bird fi om the bow. r, mid the stag from the hill,
By the sound of such sweetness, attracted, stood still.”
It was in the year ’27, a number prophetic in orien
tal history, inaiked by talismanic lines, sufficient in
themselves to make an Italian tremble, that the min
strel had the misfortune to lose his wife and boy. The
fates had not yet finished his destiny, and wove more
misfortunes with the lahyrinthian web. His wife bad
become so accustomed to the waler, that she would
frequently take her child into the skiff, and push it far
from the shore, where she would amuse herself by
permitting it to float a considerable distance down the
tide, and then dexterously return it to the shoiT. It
was on a beautiful afternoon, while the minstrel was
wandering tar away among the fields, that she took
for the last time her son into the skiff, and sported
upon the chrystal tide. She was not far distant from
the shore, when suddenly the Utawa grew dark, and
a huge thundercloud unfolded itself in fearful tin-, at
enings; still she amused herself, and pointed the child
to the forked lightning, as it sported from cloud to
cloud. A flaw of wind unexpectedly struck the
skill, as the minstrel mounted the promontory, he
saw his best beloved ; the all he loved of earth, strug
gling in death, with the billow s that commenced swel
ling like mountains upon the troubled deep. To
look, and not to rush to their rescue, was worse than
death. He sprung from the elevation, and in an in
stant was at tire spot, where a moment before, all his
hopes of earthly happiness had sunk. He seized the
skiff, and battled a while manfully with the moiHitain
surges; but it was to no purpose; the angry waves
rolled heedlessly around him, as though no had
bubbled through its bosom from the lovely tenement
it had enlivened, and mocked every attcfiipt of the
minstrel to penetrate its almost fathomless depths.
The skiff and its occupant were driven to the shore
where the minstrel stood with his bosom all bared
and exposed to the fury of the wind and the storm,
and defied the dreadful thunder and the fierce light
ning that played in terrific grandeur about him. The
next morning found him still on the shore, calling
upon the tempest to give him back his dead. The
calm and quiet temper of the minstrel was changed ;
and the same bosom w hose feelings would have bask
ed in the sunshine and the gold of a summer evening
sky, w'otdd now have seized “thethunder’s War-dub,”
and have, “beat the tempest drum.” Like the
smooth waters of apeaceful river, that may be rous
ed to the roar and foam of the cataract; so did the
slumbering storm awake from bis bosom, and spend
itself upon the element that had robbed him of bis
hopes.
The bodies of his wife and boy were found next
day, and interred at his request near the shore, where
ever afterwards when a storm arose, he stood to de
fy its power.—The harp of the minstrel was now
neglected ; he found no heaven in its notes, and but!
seldom awakened its melancholy ; and when heard, it
was always in strains of solemn, thrilling song. So
had his disposition altered, that instead of his harp,
he loved to watch the tempest as it blackened on the
distant horizon ; with the long, dark locks streaming
.in the wind, he would rush with that last companion
of his lonely hours, upon his arm ; and as lie would
strike its wires roughly with his ha ul, he would yell
above the bowling of the wind “ Give me back my
dead.” He left a 'while his solitary home and
traveled to Iris native land. His house, with its con
tents and his skifl’, were left in the charge of bis near
est neighbor, with this only request, that he should
keep it safely till his return. “ ’Tis a holy trust,”
said he, “ and 1 know you cannot violate it.” He
was gone but a short tirne, and returned as wretched
as he went away. His harp only added a deeper
misery to his life, and he smashed it in a thousand
pieces upon a rock, saying, “ Henceforth the yell of
the tempest, anti the haggard howling of the winds,
shall be the music of my soul!”
It was about midnight when the last loud storm that
ever roused the minstrel commenced its thunderiugs.
He sprung from his bed of boards; and seizing a fire
brand, threw it upon the one of down, upon which
he had so often watched his beloved while she slept.
His dwelling was soon enveloped in flames ; and in I
spite of the efforts of ills neighbors, who attempted I
to save it, was leveled with the ground. “ Now,” I
said he, “ howl ye tempests, I’ll wrap me in your;
winds for my shroud, and the cold unfeeling wave I
shall be my sepulchre.”
His words had scarcely died away when a fla-di of |
lightning exposed him beating the wind and rain with !
his ttands, while liis skiff was hurrying fast towards ■
the rapids. It was the last lime he was seen. The j
skiff was found below the rapids.
AFFECTING SCENE.
We find in the Philadelphia Evening Star the fol
lowing article, relating to the sentencing of Doctor
Chauncy, who had been convicted of causing the
deatii ol a Miss Sowers of that city, by attempting
to proc tire an aboi lion :
“An affecting scene occurred on Monday, in the
Court of Oyer and Terminer. The spacious room
was crowded to excess, and the solemnity of the be nch,
consulting upon some topic of judgment, indicated
that they were about to exercise an important and
unpleasant duty. In the mid 4of the concourse of
lawyers and gentlemen within the bar, sat an elderly
man, obout fifty, of genteel appearance. He was
about to be sentenced loan ignominious punishment.
1 1 is lace intimated to the observer that recollections j
of his home and his large family, were darkly and j
deeply penciling an additional agony to his heart, !
and ploughing- an new furrow into his forehead.
“ He was a man ol classical education, and that
refines the feelings ; but ho was induce d to enter upon
the delecate and dangerous business of dealing with
life and death, and he realzed that the brilliant scholar
is capable of catching the healing art by intuition.
A young and erring girl fell by his hand and the law
called it murder. His plea of professional duty, and
of tender care for her reputation, availed not. He
had done an unlawful act, and the inflexible commen
tary ol the law gave to the act the aspect of the high
est penal offence. The court, by its organ, the pres
ident, directed that the prisoner stand up. He evi
dently made the efloi i-w-and again, and again—to
obey the direction,*but failed ; bis agitated frame was
palsied.
“He was overheard to say to his counsel beside
him—“For God’s sake save me from this ceremony.”
But the ancient formality of the law must be complied
with. A violent effort brought him to his feet, pale, I
haggard and staggering, the lineaments of his face;
speaking the language that imprisonment, misery!
and disgrace among men impress upon the most |
hardened. The Judge iini>ressivei_v prefaced a short !
address to the sentence —he spared the unhappy man !
an oration of daggers ; the judicial fiat was spoken [
—he fell upon his seat, unmanned ; his tears fell like !
rain drops, and his sobs broke out audibly. He is
nowiu solitary confinement, at hard labor, in the |
Francisville jail : and for five long years his earthly j
career is, as it were, suspended. Who would be a
criminal ?
FROM THE JOURNAL OF A BALLOONIST.
Passing a cloud, I put out my hand and took a
piece of it, and squeezed it like a sponge, and the wa
ter ran out. The sun went north about, but never
set. At the distance of about fifty leagues above the
earth, we saw a white swan sitting on the corner of a
cloud." If we had had a gun we could have shot it.
Passing by V le moon, saw a fellow selling land at
auction. He wished us to give a bid, but we told him i
we had not come to buy lands in the moon. We came
across a comet, but it was asleep. It looked like a
terrapin, but bad a tail like a fox, We came near a
hail-bank, and fdled a hat to bring down with us.
The hailstones were about as large as a pigeon’s egg. i
A thousand miles above the earth we passed through
a field of turkey-boozards. This would seem to be
their region, and accounts for the circumstance, that
no one lias ever found a nest of one of these. These
rookeries arc out of sight in the atmosphere. As we
approached uneof the heavenly bodies it appeared like
an island. We struck upon a planet, but Blanchard
got out and pushed off the balloon, We supposed it
to be Mercury, as we heard orators haranguing, and
a multitude of tongues. There were marriages go
ing on in Venus, and in Mars we heard the drums
beat. We meant to have a pull at one of’Saturn’s
rings, but we were blown off the coast, and found our
selves in the latitude of Herschell. Provisions fail
ing, we thought proper to shape our course towards
the earth again. The first thing we saw, was the for
est of Ardennes, which appeared like a shamrock.
The Pyrenniaii mountains seemed like a bed of pars
ley ; and the Atlantic Ocean about ns large ns Loch
Swilley. Within a furlong of the earth, Blanchard
gave me the Parachute, and I came down.
r. L. ISOBINSOA, Proprietor*
WHOLE NUMBER 285.
ODDS' AND ENT'S.
A mercantile firm in Boston is composed of Messrs.
Kneel Pray. There is a firm in New York quite
as odd, Read fy Work.
During the administration of the elder Adams, at
a town meeting down cast, an eminent statesman was
t ailing against Albert Gallatin, and spoke of him as
pocr devil who had come to this country with but
half a shirt to his back. A wag in the gallery in
stantly remarked, that in al! probability be had the
other half on bis belly.
We dislike to see a married woman playing the
flirt—we don’t like to see persons more watchful of
their neighbors conduct than their own. We also
dislike gaudiness of apparel—it is generally the sub
stitution of drcsss for character. i
Tl-;.' Little Genius thinks that all prisons must be
money nu king concerns, since their in comes always
exceeds their owFgoes.
* The arrogant air of foppish indolence always dis
gusts a man of common sense. One honest industri
ous mechanic, is worth the whole herd of perfumed
exquisites, who infest our streets with their collars
turned down and not a cent in their pockets.
Never go to bed at night without knowing some
thing you did not know in the morning. That’s the
way to be wise.
The salary of the British Ambassador at Paris is
§60,000 per annum, besides perquisites. Yet such is
the vice regal dignity maintained at his splendid ho
tel, that he is obliged to spend in addition the income
of a large private fortune.
A German writer observes, that in England there is
such a’scarcity of thieves, they are obliged to offer a
reward for their discovery.
An inveterate drinker in Boston, lays the whole
blame of his degradation upon his mother, who he says
weaned him on salt fish I
Beauty is worse than liquor, it intoxicates the bol
der and beholder.
Interesting Extract.—“ And this is the Dead
I Sea, and below these dark waters are the sites, per
haps the ruins of Sodom and Gomorrah, such as when
the smoke ol the country went up, as the smoke of a
! furnace. There is a tale, that nothing living, not
even a bird, can ever cross this sea. But there is no
need of imaginary stories, to heighten the desolation
of the scene, and we, as well as other travellers, can
testify to its inaccuracy, by our own observations.
We believe, however, that its waters are unfavorable
to animal file; and, though a shell or two may be oc
, casionally picked up upon the shore, yet these have
been probably brought down by the Jordan. The wa
ter is excessively biller and nauseous; and if addition
, al evidence were wanting, we also could testify to its
I great gravity, and to the buoyancy of the human
! body, when immersed in it. It is only by much ex
, ertion, and for a very short lime, that any one can get
; and remain below the stirfare.
We went from here to the Jordan, and struck the
I river, where tradition says, the children of Israel
passed over, when they first entered the Land of
I Promise. On the west side is a low bottom, andon
Hie east a high sandy bluff, and the shores of the river
■ are covered with aquatic bushes. The water was
thick and turbid, and the current rapid, and too deep
to be sounded , ‘for Jordan overflowed all his banks,
all (he time of harvest. And here did cross the
Jewish nation, over this turbulent stream, ‘on dry
ground, until all the people were passed clean over
Jordan.’—And we followed their route to Jerricho,
the frontier city of the Canaanites, where ‘the people
shouted with a great shout, that the wail fell down flat,
so that the people went up into the city, ev;ery man
straight before him, and ihey took the city.’ There
is no city now to take, nor are there any wails now to
fall.—There are a few miserable hovels, made of
rude stones and mud, and the ruined walls of a build
ing of the middle ages, where the wretched Arabs
burrow, rather than live. Jericho lias disappeared as
completely as her rival cities, which sunk before the
wrath ofthe Almighty. And it requires an effort to
be satisfied, that here thegreat miracle, which atten
ded the entrance ofthe Jews into Canaan, was per
formed though the truth of the denunciation is be
fore the e)es of the traveller; ‘Cursed be the man
before the Lord, that raiseth up and buildeth this city
Jericho.’
Thus speaks Ij. Cass, American Minister at Paris,
who, in August, 1838, stood upon the shore ofthe
Dead Sea, traversed the track-wi yof the Israelites
through the wildernes, nnd noted the place of their
passages across the Red Sea.
Exchanging a Wife. — Rather a singular case was
disclosed on Saturday, in the report ofthe committee
on the State Prison, upon the petition of Samuel
Weston for release. By the statement of Copeland,
it appears that the prisoner was commited under the
following circumstances. About five years ano his
wife was stolen and carried oft’ by a man who until
that time had lived in his neighborhood, and who
also had a wile of his own. Probably, however,
the abduction was not without some degree of
volition on the part of the stolen property herself.
Poor Weston was quite disconsolate under his be
reavement, but being somewhat of a “simple body,”
some mischevous fellows advised hint to make up for
his loss by taking the other man’s wife, who of course
had been left behind without any husband. Believing
that “ fair exchange was qo robery,” he concluded
to do so, and with the lady’s consent he took her
home, called all square, ant! every thing was going
on smoothly again, to the satisfaction of all parties.
His happiness however, was doomed to be again
interrupted ; for he was complained of, arrested, tried
and convicted, and for this act so innocently com
mitted on his part, he was sentenced to six years
imprisonment. Five years of this 4erm will expire
in Febuary next, and he now very humbly petitioned
the Legislature to abate the remaining year. From
the testimony of Mr. Pillsbury, the warden of the
prison, it appeared that the poor fellow was a harm
ess, inoffensive man, and his petition was granted
unnnimouslv.—We could almost wish the House had
also grant'd him a special dispensation with full per
mission to take his adopted spouse again, and live
with her, until his own lawful wife should be returned
to him. Had it not been for bad example’s sake
perhaps they would.— [Hartford (Ct.) Courier.