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THE STANDARD OF UNION,
WV l>. S.. KOBIXSONi,
publisher (by authority) ok the laws of the united states.
OU* TERMS.*—Three thtiLir* per uuuutn. Wo subscription taK
for less tliuii a 01, and no paper discontinued, but at the option
as if half tanned, and ad- [ 0':i nc«» Segato was obliged to content himself with
, raid never able to make
THREE BAD HABITS.
There are three weaknesses in our haLfi-s, wiricb
the publisher, until all arrearages are paid.
CllANGE or DIRECTION.—We desir
I the man who should tili his farm a* farm* wi re tilled | of a corpse; and the skin felt . ..... , . . . . , ,
I before the -an conquest; set we maintain both j hered very cl-sely to u.e subcutaneous tissues, "hat Ins Iriends could supply, and never able to make■{
i b v csamnie : I precept. the s\ stem whirl! cultivates | There tvn ; not here the plumpness of lifi ; but it was trial of lus process on a urand scale. But this would are very common, and which have a very prejudicial
man’' mind a* it was done xyhun man was a tvani j m»t uinili more shrunk than is the fo >t of a person who '" v f done ju>nc<- to ms merits, had not. through his | influence on our welfare. The first is giving wa> to
laslavf itnioruut. debased. We *cem to'itna- | has died of lingering disease. The mu-ciilar parts
such uf car subscribers
as um\ at an} 1 line "isli itic tiirecliou u* t..cir ]'<ij>01- i imliii.it Irtiin °ue
i’ost Office to another, to iutorin us, in nil cases, ol the pl.u ■ to which
titev had been previously sent; as the mere order to forward them to n <‘e
different, office, places il almost <>ut of dur power to mmi.iv, bccnuse |
we huve 110 taeuiis of asoeniiiiaui; lltc odice. Irotn which thev arc »r- ,
derc-t to he chunked, hut hv u search through our whole suliscripUon j or in forge, tin
book, com.lining several Ihousnnd luiuics.
ai>\ iiRTttiiiilliX r.S inserted ul the usual rates. Suit's of
by Administralcrs, Fxccutors, nr Guardians, are <c>‘jIIlit'll by law o
held on the first Tu '-'"v in tiie month, botweeu tl.c hours o; ten in
the forenoon and three in the afternoon, ai the Court House in the coun-
tv in which the property is situate. \lilies ot liesesa-es must lie a*i-
v*en in a poldtr gazette SIXTT DAVrf previous It. the flat of sale.
.Sales of N Kli ItUKS iiiust he at public auction, oil the iirsl I’uesda v ]
of the month between the usual hours of sale, nl the place ot public
sales in thecuuntv where the letters testiinentarv,ot Admini-trationor
Guardianship, mav have been granted, first /u ing SIX IN HANS no
tice thereetl in one of the public gazettes of this State, mil ol the doer
of the Court House where such sales nreyo hr held.
Not ire 'or lite sale of Persona? l*ropertv most be given in l*he man
ner, FORT V> V YS ptevions to rhe dnvoi'svle.
Notice to the Debtors and Creditors of u n Kslate must be pnbtishei
FORTV HANS.
Notice that application will lie mad" to the Court ot O-itiunry tor
leaven, se.l LAND. w..-t be poblisfietlXor FOI'lt 'd'NN His.
Notice f.-r leave to sell NBCRtP’S. tw:.-t I • published tot ,,
MONTHS before any order absolute shall be made by the I | WO shall, at
thereon.
Notice ot Application for !.et
cd T'llllTV >VVS.
Notiue ot Application for Letc rs ef Hisjeis'inti liom rhe .-
tion of an Estate, are re<|iurr;i to L- nuelisliei! ■ >• rt:I
MONTHS.
and a slave—ignoran
ginc that ti.e whole of all tli.it i' value. h- itt education
consists in t-ndeavt ring to acquire a knowledge ol two
dead lamrttaei's—Litiu an I Gre»*i § ; or rather as we
jiihi s y, in i mlt-avoring to avoid p.cquiring them,
ami renouncing them after they are
i acquired.”
11 If education means any thing,” wo quote again
| from the V\ cstmiuster lie view, “ it is the process by
j which the mind of man, possessed with powers, but
uofurnislied with ideas, is stored with knowledge, and
the place of public i is enabled to apply tins to the business of human life.
of tiie surface of tie* fo t appeared shrunk m
proportion to the rest of the tissn- s, though "* very
little ftt appeared at the point of amputation, I suspect
the su'ject had bet n an emaciated "lie. 'Tit ■ foot
had been severed about an inch ahov. -the ancle joint,
where little
saw was ol
f cling and consist' lice of horn. The M»
foot were inflexible t<> a very considerable
Of two hands the color of the skin vv*.s considerably
■liihiish selli
him to the _
discovered, tiia'- L ; , •• ,
hint to- paper. < ! <> --g ■ rep-
by his friends. Yii-v ea a
to leave it in h’.s w-ii, vvitii h wo-i d remain scahti till
or tii.adry, his secret gone with ! the ease or indulgence of the moment, instead of tio-
,,J ,l ' ar * lli w ' ,< he '* st 11 ,je j ing at once what ought to be done. This practice
slightest j almost always diminishes the beuefielal effects
t
ol our
i 1 cme.mit t ! t
tily enti.e.i'f-d to do so | actions, and often leads us to abstain front at tion ah*
\ iiegiteu him at least, ! t0 g e ther; as, for instan* e, if at this season of th
year there is a gleam ot sunshine, of Which st- feel we
muse win r s.ibst nice t. found; but what l :, ‘ter ins ue-'-h; bin, v,ith a cfinm.-ti aa macy, h- con- ; ought to take ativantage, Lot have not the resolution
light yellowish brown color, and had the -staidly refused. O - lus He Aibed, .?Ir. Sloaur, my | lo f-ave at the moment a comfortable scat, or an at-
Aitut
I-SI ml
be milt!
of this i i f "-maut, and othc.s of hi* (Vieu.ls renewed their -o- j tractive Occupation,, we miss the most fovoratjTe oppor-
degrtrn. i licit itioti', and «t i*-»cth, convince I tint he could not j tunity; and, perhaps, justify ourselves in remaining
' survive, lie pointed^ the next morning to reveal to ; in floors, on die • ,ouud that die time for cxifii-i is
larker, approaching to a light brown: hut all the fin- j them his process. 1 h- morning came, they repaired i j, ast _ One evil attend'-.,, upa i ti- habit of procias.
The lit.sit.ess ;,(• life is, however, no longer wimt it j aerswere flexible, though somewhat stiff. About the j«> his hoa-e—Segal., was spec, bless, ami died tn the ! tin uion that iipro.imv a certain dissa; action of
was in the dav s of Alfred ; hut the t duration is the | foot I ihoocht I conltl still p* rceive a very faint smell j •’•.urse of the t.ay. tits collections have been care- j the tniud, which mij edt saad derange the uni:*
sa e . If without education if, io spite of a vicious j of f,.t; but the hands w.-re peif ct»v inodorous. In fully pre*erve< ; and a* a ctoomt .-ton has 1 een t-nmctl | f UI , c ^ous, and tends o prevent lire atiamment of a
or an useless sv stein, we have attained that rank which ! the same drawer was die head of a feet os of abniot | J»y the g«<VermneW to treat l-tr the purchase o< l.tein, j higj-h -tate of health. A perception of whr.t i- :] ft,
wc do possess, if is not too mucli to hope, that under a , eight nio.tvhs. wltich vv.< - indeed curi >us, as the pro- ! U is to be Imped mat ere long they will be fret Jy j fotiowed by a promptness of execution, v.&YJ rndev
*y sti m of wbicli the
ends, we are vet immea-unmiy nett mu mu |i«im tmn ■,, .•* '■•••. -y ‘ i
one future day. reach.”
i We have no fear in asserting that the most en-
I lightened people will ah'a s maintain superiority
| .on* those who are less informed—that they- will ex
cel ih< m, not iiiiIn i:i invrmmn, but in indm-uy ; that
e means are calculated for the j cess «»f piftrefeciioii, which bad commenced, had been ; opened to scientific investigation and annlysi?, bv j t !, e wa y-„|-perfectly >mootb. Children si.ouftl be
nea-urabiv |j e !fl n fl the point wl.i. I) compieieiv and sodden!» arr sted Here the colors "Inch alone we can hep - to obtain a hint o’ the ti; me : taught to do nothing but wlrat is. reasonable, but l ev
J ■ 1 ‘ 1 ' — : ,b!c. But should tins 1 should ‘ ....
av,
the g. eetii'h hue of iucipi -nt de- , "f preserving objects so pc-isii, !>,'t-. f.-ut shouiil l| H'■ sboidd be taught to do what the\ are tcid at once.
’ meiliod be entirely lost, I trust that this account of j The habit wilfstand them in stead
the specimens preserved bv it will prove that it
AS’
they will
v, ill * X'-c
imoort tn
admisteri
resi't or co ipter tiiem m artn-; that ul-v
th> m in iimral order, and, wlim is not less
, W.li form, or reform, a political state better,
:i. ami, thetefore, more fie.* (rum abuses,and
wed preservt t
being very iipuan :it. rite skin nearly of the same
color; and tint whole firm, nor much less plump
than in life, i mund it very diflinrit to imprint any
mink wit 11 nn h il upon tins head; th soft down on
th - sc rip vvtts pt rf>-' t. I - the same drawer wps a
portiou of liv er, li = den- d ami polished on oiit-side;
this did iic' ph-a.-e me, its cc-i;>r w-t* dark that but
for die form i c ni l n t .have recognized it, nor could
misfortune
world.
to be dees
fretted
tf
AIT
Fn
TIENT
:m tlio V. V. :5hih!uv’ .Moraine Npvfs.
:c or BUR BENCE OF THE RE
VOLUTION.
T-r
-* V.'
TIIE MJ[).\HJHT WIND.
BY \VM. MOTHERWELL.
Mournfully! <»b, mournfully,
This midnight windiloth siirh,
Like some sweet plaintive me.ody,
Ofaires lonj fr >n-.* by :
It shea’ s a tale of ofhrr years,
Of hope> lint b’oomed to die—
Of sunny smiles that si 1 ! i : U'ars,
And loves that mould lie!
Moitrufully! oh. mo!;rvifully
Thi- 8 niidiii^ht wind doiii moan;
It stirs some r.uid of memory
Iij each tl ili heavy tone:
The voi.Ts of the rnueh-lovcd dead
Seem iloatia;r thmeupoa.
All, all my fond heait cherished
Eic death had made it lone.
Mournfully! oh, inournfuliy
This midnight wind doth swell,
With its quaint pensive minstrelsy,
Hope’s passionate farewell
To the dreamy joys of early years,
Ere yet grief’s canker fell
On the hearts bloom—ay! well may tears
•Start at that parting knell!
tin r - ci-ti tticivc 10 the weaiihand happiness of the to
ld community. U is where every nutn ■undersfum/s
his own duties, timt he undei stands the duties of
others, :»nd those duties are * is rights.
1171 -III I'll 111 7 ' t . V ' i - , . , . . - ....
I perceive any traces of -acini or veins. It could be Axdrk and ARXOi.ix- Some oavs since, »hne in !; - t; er probably go beyond it, at:
indented bv die n -il. aim was much lighter than a sim- ^ i!e c . ()m Py> '‘ f ® a,, ' ut ^ Uassidy, L-q., "f Jersey City^ t be same with resolutions as to
ilar portion of fresh liver, being little heavier than a
portion dried by evp<*stire to tiie air, although it dif-
he related to mv the following anecdote connected
with General Washington.—As every record of our
<o succeed, be man commence his eiiucation when lie
is thought to hav'e q<>itt‘-d it. He must. eduCiife aim-
self; t:ad tints doing, lie n tidcums. by hi- pr ciif,
the co]k i-7 St tern, il vvoicli - li <s been broucht up,
tiioifgU in- is i relv hoc.c-si t imitgli to cmifess hi-own
f„Hv. o- ■ Pat I Ids p-mettis and luccstors, in maintain
ing an ehs) si ns* }■ >s sys'en.
Tie- education of those who are .TealI*, educated, is
their <wif\v rs, not - * - iy are a!) die previous rime and
uiticev }o»t, but that period •»! life whicli ought to
Sm e bt-i u occupied in acquisition has pas>< d. nevt r to
retttrn, t- ver to be. convpcnsatnl bv after muttstiy.
The coiicge monepo'v has cheaU'H tiiem " irii t- : <■ scin-
biance of tee.ciiing, it has tauglil ilu-m wjiai they have
not leai a .-.'I, or if th-.-t i> arnetl, it has taught, they
il <ve found, too late, lh*t it is iis< iess and must he
revoliitinn is eaaerly treasured, and especially re-
treas-m, and this may be so relied
Arnold
At this day, every one knows tint if he would hone | fered from this, m being linle or not at all diminished •
in size. In a flat piece of wood were several inlaid T e< tm s .
and i o!i he,I portions of v ari.nis organ* and iisst.es of! u "> » e req.i e -t«l Mr. Cass,day to give it to us in such
the human boslv. 1 may p-’.rricnlaily instance two
large round n rf ions of the placenta, w lit rein the red
a shape
be reie
b'ooded v sseis ru.-ni ig in cv< ry di ectiou in the ye!- ;
low ish s i r undirig ti sue, re embie.d, very closely, ■
som: of d.’e varieties of .-erjiei tine. In auotln-r square i
of wood. wer<-in!.dl two portions of tiie kidney, cut j
■mid j olishe , and beside iliem were two pieces of:
fitte polished boxw »od. fh - latter I c uitl easily in-j
lieut uL'th my nai ; i!.-e former n-ceiv- d no impression j
whatsoever from ail ihe fuce] cmild exert. Perliaps
tiie gfcaiesi curi. sity ''as a liu.'e table, ahotit a (pot
and a half stjftarc; portions ol t«e limnan body, to the i
extent of almuteighty «.iflcr- nt pieces, are here inlaid
lives.
Tiie second weakness is when we have made u good
scientific | resolution, and have partially failed in executing it,
i we are very apt to abandon it altogether. For ir-
{ stance, if a person who has been accustomed to rise at
i ten, resolves to rise at six, and, after a few successful
| attempts, happens to sleep till seven, th-re : great
danger that he will relapse into hi- fl .--trier ba
ain' lie till t: oo. 11 L
ec«tior.ii. or tcm. -r-
atrce, or any- thing else ; if we cannot do aii we inn m-y
nr make one siip, we are apt to give up cnt'iv'y. If v.
what we should aim at is, always to do t’ '• < si
then cur
rmptiocs,
would be couliivuai. '1’he third and last w c-a ness to
which 1 allude, is the practice of eating aa I drink
ing thing* because they are on the t-sbJc, a;;d cspeci-
for. How seldom it
ppen that two men leave a few glasses of wine in a
both
hvays to do
can, under existing circumstances; apt
urogress, wit;! the exception of slight
to present intrinsic evidence that it could
—iviieh would he best perfected by li:s
pennitting the rt-iatioi: to emanate from himself, with
his name attached. To this publicity it is but justice | a jjf, w j JCU t ;,., y ;ire to p p pn ;j
to hi ii to remark, that he strongly objected, but was! p..pp e „... t t !ru j lV omen leave a i
peisuatie-.l by our earnest entreaties. | decanter at a coffee house, though
To the Editor of the Sun.lay irfominy Ixaos: j had enough i and the consequence <
Dcas Sir—In cotnpli nice with y>ur request, 1 conr i hequentiy to order a fresh supply ; but
mil to paper some details given me a few years ago, [even the first small excess is permciou
iiy t!ie late 't»overnnr Out
g-ird to an oiler wadr
Heitrv Clinton, to gi
canid capture Am >1
Jen, of New Jer.-ey, in re
by General Wa-h ; ngton t" Sir
e up Andre ii’ the Americans
1 well r collect- hearing mv
in smai! cubes. Nothing can he more beautd ! loan
J forgotten. It 1ms cheated 'hem of their wealth and i the j oiisheu shoes of liartlened cuticle from ill soles
their time ; ii has cheat'd as far as ii could, tht* suho ! ol ihe I'-et; tin y arc extiemely h.ird
! whi< h depends on ri<eir .icquisitiaos; it i* not an j transput ent, like the yellow sulphate
Alma Alatt/r, but a II n'liv ami a Robb* r. Twenty
limes a century the »
■ rpv
"lid
f i.her s iv it was generally believed in the American
arni\, that such an offer had been made. On men-
Uowish ami lioiiiog this to Governor Ogden, Ir* innnediat* lv said
f lime from.! that lie had reason to beli'-vc tli t tiie offer, if am
Vo I terra. Portions ol the kidneys, t nsils, lungs, &<-. tin re was, was made through him. 1 requested him t*>
wonder
at a self taught exhibiting their 'natural hue, and < ould he instantly tell me the particulars, whf h lie did as near as I
KNOWLEDGE AND VIRTUE. j „ r
The followring article is from the Old Dominion, an ! : ,r
ablv-comhicted paper, printed at Portsmoutli, V,r
ilia. Il contains much good sense ami sound areu
meot. and is well worthy the time its perusal will
occupy :—
If there i- anv one subject in whicli v.e feel a deeper
interest than any other, and, perhaps, we might say
all others, it is that oCEdneufion. 1- is an object ot
‘'mount consequence with us; it is interwoven,
wit.re very fibre ol the heart, and blended with < vcy
priueip'l-■ of the mind. If there is a con-wuiniai
more ardent iy desiied than any other, i is L at w
ma> see ev ry poor man’s child, ay, every chi'! itl
recognized hv one at all coavrsant vvitii their strut'-! recollect, ns follow
fk antrev. It Angels dint all which an-
quariv self-taught; but the colleges rt-ce
gi- prai.*e, and ihe ititiiv i"nal alone, w ii.» knows >
ids knowledge came, iiohls peace, and mainla
d*-c* ption
It mav be sail*, lint it is no consequence when
< ation comes, provided ii comes at aii. '1 hat u
vrv true; but it is no r ason why we should
money a- d time in not being educated, nm- is
•.lot- tncliiird to cx- rt himseif in sofitud*' to thb
-ii!! to coruHien. e th-acquisition, <>! wir-it
if, e >.:> .rnght t ii vc aci-tiii'd in vouth la’t in
j- '/■ tier '- \ ' t'l t il Oil To -ll t. and II S I!"
|,»;g. i- time i" If, a* all tiv agreed, w<- mn-t
h ' vvledge, be
ar v habits ivier-
_-e to (> ga’aed
!-i ill t tile prac-
oiiace* its ' fil’i't
mglll,
| tun*.
In a gla*s case, i? t
h" thorax
of a you
ng girl
“The
A j
•neiican artr
tv lay
nt V.
est Point.
ill the
re the
! Of S'
venleen; tiie plumptu-
s- of the
iiv.anmre
is here
I s !
ate of
vv Y ork, -aw
1 U.e R
'
Aure in
DOS
-t ssion
Leu* e
i admi
i:-..GI v preset vt.;; but
though !
Ho ri"t
su*[iect
: ol
New
Yo
rk, at tiie th
lie oft
!*u cisj)
turn rf
Am
Jre. I
.* the
1 Son;
ito of any dccei', 1 sh"
uld have
vvisiietl t
o have
i r-.*<
■cived
•a <i
"rd r to o*
pail* ti.
r Jrr x!
tin train
/>, ;
tt eight
even
:i• 11 ci it more t ics"! v, *
re I yvou 1
d assert-that the
i «>’.
lock,
at
General \\ a
isfl'tlg!
o11If
*af] qn.t
»ter
'*. v*. i ri
i cdtt-
parietesofthe thorax yvrac
perfectly <
a: tire. J
t lie
1 tw
enty-f
\\ e
horses, th-
finest
that I
c j
ft t. 1
:.y be
pear
ant e of tlie skin, in th
is case, ra
li't-tl a su
sp’irio.G 1
re|
. aired
thl
t!ier at -the'
.*•">• aj
(]. Gi
MI.
Wash-
spend
in mv mind, fi>r ii exact!;.
roscmhlet
i whiic 1
it Litter’, ;
ington !
! 1 *; 1 i
id"! me a
!-. tier t
nr Sir
ih tin
A
lit ton.
everyj
I ! I V ! I
ag ail the glistening up
• a ar*n< e
of tan; etl
s^eep-;
wi
.Ii dir*
(* ! i
Ohs that, !..-
!'-!'•• 1
\t‘i\ V
e c a tv.
p for Nev
"tie ;
skin.
i sjieak cumi'.-usly o
: tlLS SpC
cimrn a*
i «*ou!ij j
Y t
irk. f
s!k:
raid call an
! see th
"lui'
• ;u s tie
Laf
Yvette.
he is
not !’
land’e i‘, and th-.* edge
- were t;
itirely ■ o:
iceaieri j
—
\P [tO '
pIU
-r of Gen r
Vv’a
isiritlgi
Eon wa-
; pa-
oijaijlv
'•I'
the land, furnish*d with '-he means ol acquu-mg • .*• > ■„ a. i - > i .e av* -
knowledge at a common *ciio , *l. I*, has been m-t- war it is e-s - - d tint !i»* k-tow -
ter of grief ami wonder, t" witness so great a dogtv* j diou! i lie us-/•■.■' knowh tige. 2 - is *
of apart!) y and inatteniion, upon a question of sucii | tice of laboring at (Leek o L 'in, i
stupendous importance to the American people ; wr i i n gjv-ug the ge < ral liatiii of industry in 1 arniiig
know not how to account for it—bow philan lironi -Is, j and in cultivating he attention, the memory, the taste
patriots, Christians, can justify their criminal negli-1 and what not. That is. a* if the man wlm i
gei.ee on this suhj'-ct, we must leave to their own < rop.-danems w* re m labor f.->r th*- in-tru linn at tin-
consciences lo cletnrtiritie. For our own part, from . anvil. The s me labor in modern I-ngu ges wjii
this time lu-nceforward, we are determined to benrl ' .-onfer the knowledge ami the haM' both ; the me-
ottr energies upon tills point. It shall not be our | nim-v, t*ie attention, and the tasae. may be eultivaied
fault that tl lousands of the rising generation are al- by u*eful, a* well as useless luiowh tl ;e, and t ms two
lowed to grow up in ignorance, indolence, and 'rice.
Not only have the American people been wickedly
hv di'.pe
.“By fa
pnrations
lions. Si
iimai, vei
lor, are
n -t c-
rep I
r the most satis-acory j-avi "( beg.‘in s pre-
. me ihe preserved li-iies, n |.-ti!es and in-
se fa* i-xcceded my most sanguine expecta-
"ti;e I zitrtls and *matl s* rpeios are hard as
v light anti every proportion, arid their co-
jje. ti-ctlv preserved. A few birds, among
the rest a ranarv bird and a * h dliacli, have been si: 1 >-
on some su‘q
of*my journey.
14 1 went to the Marquis’s quaiters, and he s;ti:l to
me, 1 Ami imi*t set oit at such a time of day as will
of necessity wait- it near night wrie-n y.*u g* t to
Bowel's Hook, when the comm Hiding officer vvri! no
doubt invite you to stay a'l night, and you must in-
’*t on delivering ii; H ietter to t!
lie first snialj excess
however s-’ight, cither in : o;ids or i
the power of digestion, and, ofeour
ft;!l beneiit of any meal. Ii often in
; ion to more, and so one excess !
they have
f not doing so is
it anv rate,
3. Excess,
it-iris, deranges
, uimitiLkc: die
aces an i-idisj.-o-
:vls to uiic:L. :.
VV nat is called a second appetite is gem-rated; and
the proper hounds being once passed, it is not easy to
fix another limit. The importance iti a man’s life <;f
stopping at enough is quite incalculable ; and to La
-anilty of exces* for the reason I have just mentioned,
though very common, is the height of folly. A very
-nail quantity will cause the difieieure b tween
-pending the
agree riftv, a;
Original.
remainder of the day profi
i iii ittuoiencc and di* .rinati.
A FiSII STORA.—On a passage seme time
- ince to Jamaica with troo, s on board, a i ni, who
was a f:f-, s'rt’ng on the gunwale by a s’.xi.'en roll of
.he »iiip, lt-iJ overboard, and was directly swallowed
sv a shark. A hook was immediately bailed v, iiii a
■i ce of beef, and thrown over the stern, wlsich was
'irizcd by :he sh -rk, and tiie fisli was presently h ;■! ."i
h board. Gu <>pening the belly, the boy was found
nugly seated b. twecu two ribs, unconcerut ti, playing
i tune on his file! Ave wonder if the whale that
swallowed JoBab ci old t_ | wwh1*'-SM.alIf8tru s ^
• tory !
-Joy and sorrow ai
he auuears
tin* hcaatiful
as n orae"
ed
nroce*'
Tnougii J* ss rrst-inijiing life I officer thei
tie-iii the Birds sHificd by Waterton, or our best Lon- can capture
live by : don preservers, their bodies are pretty plump, ami j that yon have high authority for saying
remiss upon the subject of providing more general
means for the difiu-finu of knowledge, but even those
they have provided have been outrageously abused.
They have been expended in educating American
youth to b-comt—what? Not republicans—not
lovers of equal rights—-f democracy ; Hot to become
ardent advocates of the largest liberty, and to consult
the greatest happiness of the greatest number. No!
The tendency of the system of education pursued at
n- arlv all uur colleges, and other seminari- s of learn
ing, is to make aristocrats; t«> lead the pupil to prefer
the splendid government* of Europe, to tin
objects arc attune*I by one effort,
raise cabbages doe* m>t *.-w pine-
lie who means to
tpples.
From tl*»- American Journal of MeJicul Science.
SEGATO’S METHOD OF PRESERVING
DEAD BODIES.
Our readers are already acquainted through the let
ter of Dr. Brueo, inserted in tiie number of this Jour
nal, for May, jSLS, p. 25l, of the discovery oi S'g. ' jured.
pie ; of this we
.eg.ct i*. that
numb r of" ra-'
irof:-s-l"U*. use
f Am i can ii-
nr t’te nf
- p u! 11 i -
can simplicity of our own mstituti ms. M my, to
tlieir praise be it spoken, break through these tiam-
uiels, overcome these pernicious influeoc* *, and be
come ardent and true friend* of' t ie pc
iiave honorable instance*: mir only
they are f w, coinpaietl with thewho!-
duates. One great reason why so
clergymen, and otl'ers of the !• arnetl
so inimical to the genuine priiicipa-s
bertv, is the peruicams itiilneii' i- -I
tern of education at colb-g* s, yv licit is *o *.\ . -»!tn
lated to make a i-rt p Imc.ins.
In an excelh nt artich in the Wes'mi .* : c lit vv
attributed to tiie pen of Lord Brougha u, vv. tin.
some useful hints. The writer *a\s : —
“ VV r e invent and improve machi-u’ry of every des
cription, but the machine of mind—the worn-out u.a
chin* rv of our ancestors— he fuii'iaineiital engine
that maelii.ie of all meet attics—tl e eluri/io/i of man— Tiny d- not, hm their
is not a jot improved siu-e tli- days ot King Alfred. ! riiatot nia.hogauy, (I m ■
Etlui •ation at the pres> nt day, if not "b*nlii'c!y perui- tor:i:il or-,
cions ami usele**, is, to :t great degree purposeless—u
has the mischievous remit of occupying valuable
means to no en I. A i i if it doc- *K ilsi*,” -ty* ti e
Reviewer, “ t-> no n** nil end, it is i j o i c* in- s-
mucli a* it impedes tiie application of wh it would he
useful. Life and money, labor and industry, are < x-
pended in wliat is improduetive—the might be ex-
pended in productive at qui.riiion. Th Iv.m-ry of
education is antiquated and bad, nu its product i-
nothing or worse than nothing. d\ e *!iot:jd lough at
Segato, of a new method of preserving anatomical
specimens, the results of whicli are so extiaordiuarv
as almost to seem fabulous. In the Lancet f >r I3tii
of Aprii last, we find an account by Dr. Edward
Chariton, of the specimens preserved in Sig Seuato’s
cabinet, vv liii Ii cont mis some particulars ol so much
interest that we shall transfer it to our pages.
"On visitiuL’ Florence in May, 1BJS, I immediaie-
perfectiv hard and conijmct ; but the rno'lis wh eh
ahuiitit! in tii" case where they li -, have made sad ha
voc with tln-ir feathers. The cana- v birds, us we are
told bv P.-ll grini. and as I w .s also assured b\ Sig
ner Funiica'ii, "as pi -red under vvat'-r fin two mo..ths
dm iuc the lift time of S galo, an 1 at the end ttf that
period, taken out unchanged. i - e tle*troving motii
could not evidentlx adv hi e farther than tiie feather*:
nor eon Id the v itijore any insects th t h ol been sub
jected to tlie pieservati n process; f'.r while numer
ous other unprepared-one* in the sane ease had been
near!*, or totally ruined, tho*e prepared, though some
were of the iend*-re*t descripTon, had escape*! uuiii-
H- re wee also ii"m**i'*»ns tlis*eetion* of frogs,
t'tads and fisli. A perpendicular section of a perch
was
of th
44 I left tfie camp wufi
reached tiie fii.u of tie i
Tiiere was a sti-t^vi for. *
and We hailed. * SI'H- .
Henry ( hiilou from (<■
mv orders were t-> ■ L--Sj ,■
SYMPATHY.
commanding ! forms ofsympatliy, in whir!
You mn*t a-i! him privately, that if we ; mgt-1 treading the so; r -wful earth, with feet o; iieaiing
Arnold, Andre *vi;l he reprieved, and ; and eyes oi ILht. Joy and sorrow make t.p the lot
afoul* mortal e-tate, and brotherhood »\ith our cies.
ity-five iiorses, ant,' i But we do more; for by the force of this
idj about sun down. {tlmse on whom the happier h>t ofimmaniiy
.cross the causeway, j ommuuicate the bounty that has been sh
' ad ; letter for Fir ! the.-r bead, and «lie wretched is not left aio.
burtlien of his raiser*.. Tin* strength that i
*■*'-' anoth
tw<
linnet
has II
VV Hi
' ir-
ui, an.! lliitt
tmr.ninliii!
Wa ,
r* r .t P
iinine.iia
taken care of. ami in the
Ictt. r, l vvtts in*, ivd u> a {
I VV-S seated (,.i iiit* I’igiil
and S"ine time e-lapse" lit
itattd* of th
and to no ore
tl:
e v emu
lijMLTvi oiiicers fliOic.
i»i the olih er,
fore 11: ;*fi opportunity ol
delivering tiie message fora the Marquis. I *aid >o
him, ‘ I am authorized to say, that, if the Amerieuns
can cayture Arnold, Andre trill he reprieved!' He
cry remarkable, as die colors and proportions | seemed thunderstruck, and immediately answered,
parts It'd been most completely preserved. I„t j 4 That must be iinineoiate.y attended to. I wid go
appeared t<> m- that this specimen had been van i*h- and see Sir Henry ( liiifou. Do y on *ii still, and i: t
ed, lint < ertaiidv i' had not b> *-u painted. A portion it appear as if 1 have **iily uone out for a moment, «"i:
of the brain i f a < hi d was extremely hard, but of a j some ordinary matter of bnsines*.’ H** was gone
!v iMonired for tlm c .binei ol" Segato, fie himself hav
ing died iiearlv two yen’* before. It was with cun-
light hair-brow n color,
and by no means li * e
F'inii alii, sit -wed mi
was “not completely ■
on* writ t greasy to the touch, i about two hours, and returned and took his s*at. A*
had
id.
ed permission, tnrough l tint several of S' got*
the s :::ir* ti- ect. Th*
cu ctimter* nee vve-r*
softer ihrm tiie int r
they Hid not app* ai
“Such are tiie n
si.|'-i-a!)le >iiflicuity that i oh
th- ki nines- of Professor Betti, to inspect ihe prepar
ations, as they are not now shown to every visitor.
Signor Fumigalli, in whose hodse they are at present
jit* -served, allowed me to luui-tl.- and examine each
-m i i :it-u at my leisure. a**d most cm-ri'emis'y as*i-t'd
me wi’ii ad tin- information
lowing is an extract ir>*iu tin
mine J to pap ■•, May 5th, 1S38: sleovn that the acctin
••ft is stated ui tiie oampiuet of tiie Advocate Pel-, though exaggerated, v
legriiii, which f read tw., yctrs -go in Edinburgh, i unworthy of credit. From a personal friend ofSe-
that ilie obj'-cis pr pared by S gato possc*s*-d the I gato, I received a tew p -rtienlnis concerning him,
hardness of st >ne, vvitii th.* fi- xity' »*f the living fibre, j w inch may not be wit iout interest to some of the rea-
eneral h'r'im-s- ri akin to I ders >*f tiie Lancet.
of i!e* p-vp 'ri iou* of in- “Seg .fo was, unf>rtuiiat ly, obnoxious to the gov-
iu** g .ii m* of die hands, erntip-ul of Tn-cany. on a. i mini of his *-xt cme liberal
v er .if parchme.il or vvliii-.- ; ojiinh'ii*. He. on one orm-ion, present.d a petition
t t : o* nv, v* t still iirei-}- lo (he Gi an-I DuivC io he ail'*wcd t . pir-.-rv<* the cu
tis. Most of tiie prepar- tire body oj’acliild of 11 or 12 years of age, and
a'ious can he indented hv tli" nail, hm requiie cousid- prayed til t should any such tiie in the hospital im-
,-rafdc force to be exerted befi.ie you can leave any: claimed it might be given bver to him. Tie petition
mark tn on them, ihom h any iron instrument yvouitl was referred by tiie Grand Duke, who really admired
serai ii tiiem as i asiiy as it would rosewood or ma-! but dated not op.-nly favor him, to committee, and j
hi)"- i• : y. j here riu* m dice of Iii* t-ne.nies prevailed, ami tin* :
•-T e fij.it of a y oung woman was the first object humble r* qm--t w as denied. Too poor to purchase,
shown to me: it w.t$ of a dead yyhiti*h color, like that even in Florence, where the body c«<*ts but a few
soon a
vately, he said, 4 Sir Henry Ciititon say
was never given tip.’ ”
This statement is as exact ns 1 lean rej
memo: v , it having been made fo rn - 1.
from a imai odour,— Signor
oin- o' the fish which he said,
a'iriji d through,” and stated
’s earlier preparations had had
part* farth* *t r. mote from tin-
iM 'itdv. in this i .stance, much' Ogtlcn
o:u-s. though at tlie same time, j writing
rinik.”
s of mv examination of
his power. Tee f'ol- specimens, and I hate copied tiiem exactly from the Governor Ogden vvasliviu
.creations I then com-! notes taken on the day of the visit. J hope I iiave j province to do
of some previous writers,
> by
an opportunity to speni
U
: om
;i >r
■rum eight to ten y
'e at your pa**ticiiiai
that flic* circimistanrcs ui>
they should appear i" ai
request,
lit not t.
anthem:
, I thought it
pleased in re
uti'iiiarv reminiscence; hut as lit
l*i muiit t! is to
you thouc lit
lost, aed that
iiapc. While
his
j lends itself to djyiriv t!;-.- i.vadvvith
unwed,and the <?>.). unity that lies on tiie heads of mm is
egiitencd, while.‘tiic.te who are not called to hear are
vet wiilihg to involve themselves in the sorrow of .v
j brother.
Til*-;.’ are, indeed, states of mind yvlfieh we dare
uoi look even on its stniiing countenance—that-glad
tight adoiding so strong a 'contrast to th- darkness of
our own spirits. *Vm*n we leave the • icuri'>er in
which lie fite cold remains of one in !.; ■ tenderly' bi-
•ovtu, we start b-ck it: anguish from tiie choc frit- > n-
shine and ihe sky so serenely and tiappiiv h. a ti .d.
And s» it often is, in the common intercourse of life,
without such deep cause -of sorrow, perhaps, vv v-e
sometimes assailed with the expression of a jo\ wlrich
lias n * place in our hearts. But this proves how dear
i- happiness to the Iranian heart. And it is wonder
ful i ven to ihe suferer himself, to li el how his *oni that
at tii*t sullenly rejielled the light gladness, soon ad
mits unconsciously infb r.ii it* depths, and is beguiled
iuso a bless**;! lory tininess of troublt'.
There are a thousand other cures which nature gra-
ci'iusly provides for grief, but we speak now t>i that
contagion of happiness that is breathed from th- p ti
tle voice, tiie sparkling eye, anti the kiirdin-,- jtniie j
ami which so touches the breast with a cheerful svm-
,) witie i‘ e
! as if a ti lit I •
itiu-r, had • i n drawn on .
tlexihli u]i!:.. I' - "»ri tt' : : I i
m to this revo- j pathy, that the wretch almost upbraids hintscll for his
j iuti'innrv re'iiiuiscence; hut as he is no more, I see inward gladness, ns if false to the sorrow wan I*. lie
no means altogether | no impropriety in which I atu now lining. You will think* lie ought to hare cherished more sacredly wittt-
bear me witness, Mr. Editor, tint I wished you tn j in his miserable heart.
publish tiie narrative without mv name to it, and that
mv subscribing my name at ail, is because you urg'd j PROGRESS Oh IN TELLECT.—A fi'Iioyv »\ ! *>
me to do so. ! was considered “rather soft” speaking the otln r riav
1 ran, very respectfully, your obedient servant, j of the many inventions and improvement*which o ae
SAMUEL CASSIDY. been made by the' present generation, rxnltingiy
j wound up with, “Well, for his part, he believed every
GRAVE AM r SEMEN F.—The following in-1 generation grow hi wiser and wiser, for there'* my In
troduction to a piece of pot'tt v in a late periodical, is ! riit-r he knoyy d more n my gr.indlather did J” “ ,\[V
quite novel (o us: “Tiie following lines were writ-. dear sir,” said old major Ij., in Ins blunt, emphatic
ten more th-n sixty years ago, by one v.riio lias for j manner, "what a tl .1 tbid your great grand fa*
many years slept in his grave, merely for his own ther must have been!”—>'v* ;<• n St nine!
aniosement.
Dr
order a new s.an* of
the last patch on the ofrl ones
A patch on tiie elbow, poor Richard said —raid he
boras until yon Iiave put; knew something—is Letter than a dun at tic elbosv.
1 Don't 'discardIan bid garment for a mV f.shi'da.