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VOL. XIX.
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Orsun of the Suits if li’iiipcnincc
A XL> 1. V Til X
Suie OonvesiMoii ! ■'corgia:
ru Ell WEEKLY,
By it tin}.nil in Brnutly.
Tprms—One Dollar i\ year in ad-1
fniKv; .-$1 50, if paid -.vitliin six iin-nlbs ;
ifiid $2 DO nt the end of the year. No sub
Sfcrijition taki n for less than a ye. r.
Letters must lie I’osl paid, to r.-eetve at
Lotion.
Vwwimii Hiiin'n “"I “~mr t “*’ **”
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*Tm\S Ob TKM PtiftANCfc
Pledge nt the “ieiss <f Teiupt!’
r;i it!•!•**I, withoutreserve, solemnly pledge
ihv urni-ir as a oiau.th.ii 1 *v:!i oeitlierniaUe.huy,
itli II r IS-, as a hevi sage . ally Spirituous or
M lit Liquors, Vine or Lifer.
Officers nt tint <*ruu<s OivKioii.
K. L. Newt in, of (’I irke County, <. VV. K
ft. *V. Adams of lii >h “ G. W. A.
W. S. WlLlilFOrtD *• “ O. S.
tJ. C. Grahsms “ “ G- Trees.
Joseph (iitF-sHaM. Chero, “ G. Chap.
It. S; CaKSWEI 1., Jeifefsoil “ G. Con.
W. I'. Lf.e, Mn eooee “ G. lent.
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Moiml ami Religious.
It is (Juriotu how fhiagsean come
abo it Sometimes.
At lite distance of a mile and a half
from a certain laige town in the west
of Scotland, there Simula, about a gun
shot from I lie public load, n neat little
tp’tiajr.., or self co it lined house, with a
circular greii in fruit, trim gravel
tVslks. and a tidy, well k -pt garden.—
A go id many years ago, this Hide,
pleas-ill, mod'r'st residence was occu
filed by a Mr. Jim s Warrington, an
I‘ \t*msi vr* J•wr 1 lel* and w atcil-liiake 1 111
it- citv.
Mr. W*i i iiil <>ii w its iU this time in
respectabl<*. ci i u iin>Unc<*s, and !*• >re tio
iimrncti-r of mi upright und worthy
inn—■ (Mi'it'rsct- r which he justly de-
M TVPii. Ills fhmilv u i.-sUmd oNiim
vlfj his wife. two sons, riml two duilifli
f-rs. Tuft latter, 1 iv.sje ut i vrly, werej
twelve mi l l ull t-en years of agr, the j
firmer, ssven'eeii mil twenty one.
The name of the el'i-st of the two sous j
n.slvlwsrl —a yctTn-* man of excel-j
h-n't liinV'i-fti *'*, agree abe (i r.son mid
lYiaii't'u r.s, ar.il cored |n ii;Ci|*h s.^
,tj> sh” tirfr- our story “p-ns Edward
Warfi'iijif'it w.< p’syht'w hi's addresses
a y tfiijr lrnly tat ilie name of Lung
tfale j and ad lint attachment of the
youthful pair Arts approved of Ify their
prents, lhVy !‘meh iookeil Ibrward to u
hrtppy coYisttmmation of their intfni'ucy.
In truth; flu-fr uinrriagA was’ only de
layed until E'lwaid’ -liouid have been
formally and legally installed u partner
?n hrv father’s I>il-in —a proceeding
Vfhlcli, it was propos’ and, should take
place mi soon as Mr. Warrington had
6'inip!eted some largo pavilion 1 . 1 , for
plate then impending - -i> lining deemed
rflvWah'le that the coac-rn thould be i
entirely free at thepeiiol ot Edward
becoming a partner. It was expected j
that this would he accomplished in j
about sir months'. Matters, then, stoou j
in this position wiili the l.imily of Mr.
Warriugtc’n, when tin* latter returned
one morning from the shop- —it was a
Monday morning, the on.'y one on
which lie was in the haldt of going to
the shop before breakfast in a sta eot
great agitation and excitement. On
enteiing the house, he hurried into a
little hack parlor, followed by ids wife
in great alarm at the unusual pertur
bation he exhibited, and Hung himself
on a sofa in a state ot dtstruction. It
tuna s- con and or two Indore he could
speak. At length, ‘■ J * ss,"’ he said, ad j
dressing his aid, “we are t uim-d Ut-.
te.ly ruined, due shop has he- n bro
ken into between Eat nr'day night and
lids illuming, ami at b usl lire thousand
pounds worth of plate and watches car
ried otf.l have been a! mg with h polico
through all the u ost blackguard daunts
in the city, iml can discover no trace of
either the thieves or the goods. Tile
police say that lh. robbery lias been
committed by experienc'd hands—eh in
and cleverly done, as they coil it ; ‘■‘“d
that there is great doubt of any part of
the prepertv i ver being ‘ceovered.
At the time this misfbrtune happen
/•d, young Warrington was from home;
he whs on a journey for his lathe r; and
Ihe first intimation he had of it was
from a newspaper paragraph, headed,
“Extensive robbery of silver plate and
wa'ehes.” Oil hearing the distressing
intelligence, which, however, he hoped
mi'dr not turn out so bad as ti was rep
resented, E (ward Warrington burned
home- On bis arrival at bis fathers
home, he found, as unght have been ex-1
[ fieeted, the family ill the utmost dis
tress, and, to his further grief, disoov.
erp’i that the exti • i ol tno robbery *ta
ted in the newspapers, had not been
u x a gge rated.
For many weeks, the Warringtotis
indulged in hope, whiuh, however, be
came daily more and more taint, that
some clue would be found to the rob
bery, and a portion; at least, ol the
stolen property be recovered. These
hopes were never realised ; the rob
bu y bud been, as the police said, clean
and cleverly done. No trace of the
perpetrators, or of any part of the prop
erty, was ever Discovered.
in the meantime, the last of the bills
due bv .Mr. Warrington (or the plate in
the shop —or rather, foi the [dale that
had been in the shop, ter it w„s ol this
plate he hud been robbed—became due,
were’ paid, punctually paid, and this
worthy pet son let! almost literally with
out a sixpence. Mi. Warrington might
have urged the robbery as a plea lor
bankruptcy* —that pioceeding having
been often adopted on fur less excusa
ble grounds -and by such means have
contrived 10 retain some little thing in
his hands for immediate support of bis
family. Hut lie was too upright an I
too conscientious a mail even in think
[of.such a course; he determined, i.hut
lever might be the consequence lo linn
| self, to pay his debts to the utter
i most farthing, and to bear alone the
; burden of his own misfortunes—the
I honest man having no idea ol throwing
| any portion of that burden on the
I shoulders of others, as many g >od pm
|ile are m tne habit of doing.
The ruin which bad overtaken the
Warringtons, in the distressing affd un
expected way mentioned, put an end
for the time proposed, union between
Edward and Miss Langdale ; for the
latter was ot a class, alas ! 100 numei
ous, 100 ottcu to be met with in sonic
ly—amiable, accomplished, beautiful,
and penniless. It was a severe blow
to the young couple, for, perhaps, never
did two persons love each oilier with
sode-'p uni sincere an afi’etiou. But
there was no help lor it—no present
remedy. They must content them
selves with living on till belter fortune
should enable them to aspire ut a yet
greater degree of happiness.
“We must jil-t have patience, Ed
ward,” would tne fair and gi-utle girl
sa,, looking smilingly in his face the
while, when the former was deploring,
with an impetuosity unusual to him,
the hard destiny which ha i so crueliv
interposed to keep them asunder.
“ I’atience ! L zzy— patience!”—
would lie reply as lie walked up and
down tile apartment w ith liusly Step and
• .veiled manner. Hes, I will try to
nave patience; i will. But it .-> hard,
very ii-uri, to have v. cup so brimful of
bliss as mine w as, so sudtt'CfiVy dashed
from one's lips.”
Mr. Wit rington, who was now a
heart-broken as well u> a ruined man,
snuggled on fora few years in u smdl
way of business, his son Edward as
sisting him, but with no good result ;
they could not make a living of it. In
these circumstances, both father and
sou listened eargerly to I lie advice ol a
near relative of the fanner, who pro
posed their going out to New Boutli
Wales, and offered them i;poi:‘ ad van
tageous terms, the loan ol from £S.)U
to jEriOO, to engage itt the farming or:
grazing line there, together with a sum
sufficient to if <• fray their expertises'out.
With this proposal the Warri'ngfohs
| gladly closed, and in two months alter,
I sailed from’ Greenock for Sydney.—
! The parting uelween Edwanl and Eli
za ou tills occasion Was marked by all
i tlie poignancy of grid which usually
I attends the severing of two lend hearts.
|lt was, indeed, arranged that if any
: reasonable degree of success attended
the united eft'nts of the Warringtoos in
1 the new country to which the) “'em
I going, Edward-should return fir Eliza,
,nd carry li t out his w< d-vd’ “if •
Hut all tins was so vague and unc l *?-
tain, that it tended hut little to alluvia.e
the pain of their separation. They,
however, “ton: liiem--elves asunder,”
after many solemn pledges to keep their
faith invi date till death, and a mntud
understanding that ib -y slioi.d, in the
ineauiinte, maintain u close and regu.
lar corresjiou.Jence.
For many years after the Warring
tons went to New South Wales, tie-y
hvd a sciere struggle with all the most
formidable difficulties that usually beset
the emigrant of limited means. They
had been, besides, exceedingly unfor
tunate in the choice of a location, and
the consequence was an amount of labor
and discomfort under which they be
lieved they must finally sink. Their
prospects were in short, of the most
gloomy kind, and yrar after year passed
away without bringing the slightest im
pr-.vcmi ut. Indei 1 1 h was the reverse,
for at the end of some eight or ten years
the Warringtons were again on the
brink of ruin.
Tne letters that E-lward wrote home
to Eliza duiing tnU period, w.-re full
of love and affection, I'd they con
tained a'so the most disCoerragifg uc
PEN FILL I', HA. NOVEMBER Iff, 1853.
[counts of tfie present condition ami
prospects of the writer and his lamily.
’ Each letter, in short, although *t in
; tended to strengthen Eliza’s confidence
in the fidelity ot her lover, only showed
how hopehsS was the prospect ot their
{ union.
i A period of nearly ton years had now
l elapsed, and the last letter Eliza luul
j from Edward was ns desponding as the
lone preceding. It was about a year
j after she had received this lettor, and
when she was anxiously looking for
another which had been unusually de
layed, that Eliza was startled at a pret
ty late hour one evening, by a loud and
impatient rapping at her father’s door.
1 The door was opened by the servant.—
Miss Langdale listened—site heard her
name mentioned. “Heavens! whose
I voice was ihat ? Was it not Itis f Sue
‘grew pale as death; her limbs shook
i beneath her ; she grasped a chair for
I support. A toot was heard lightly and
; rapidly scending the stairs, the door of
; her apartment was Hung violently open;
| a person lushed in; and in tile next hi.
! slant she was m the arms of Edward
Warrington!
What omild this mean ? what could
have brought him home ! lie was m
high health and spirits too, and presen
ted anything but the appearance ot a
care-worn and unsuccessful man. It
was a mystery. Miss Lang dale looked
her perplexity. Edward understood
the look, he smiled anti said : “You
are rather surprised to see me, Eliza,
but 1 shall astonish you more when I
shall have told you all. In tho mean
time, let mo nii'titiun that I iiave not
returned alone, the whole family are
with me—father, mother, sister and
brother—all in excel eat li ulth and
spirits, and, wlut will appear to you
s ill more Inexplicable, with plenty of
“gold in store,” as the old seng says.
I'ho family 1 have left at the lllack
Lull Inn, from which they intend going
into private lodgings in a day or two,
and there lemaining until a suitable
bouse is taken and furnished. Father
and 1 intend thereuftei commencing our
old nusin ss, and 1 intend,” said Ed
ward, looking slyly at Eliza, “imams,
diately after that again, or befoie if she
j prefers it, leading, as the newspapers
j phrase is, die blooming Elizi Langdale
jto the hymeneal altar—that is, of course,
I if the said blooming E iza 1/angdalo has
I no objections to be do led.”
j E iward smiled and said: It’s rath
er a curious story —something in the
[romance way; but you shall have it
briefly. A'baut a year and a half ago,
there came a person of the name of
l llapsley to settle in a location next to
ours.’ lb was a sheep.farmer; had
j bteerf several years fn business in an
other prt of the country, and had, by
several successful speculations in woo!
land gram, acquired a vast deal of
j money. He was unmarried, hud no
| family; and no one about his establish
mem hut hired servants. With this
! man, whom we found very obliging,
though of rough, blunt, and eccentric
manners,’ we so n) became very inti
mate, lie seemed to feel for our sit
nation, and’ evinced an anxiety to serve
us, tor which, while grateful, we were
at a loss to account, lie used locoine
often to our bouse, and seemed to take
! a lively interest in the history of our
misfortunes; especially o> that part of
j it which related to th : robbery of .-.hop,
regarding which, be pul many ques
tions, and appeared to muse deeply on
our replies. We fem'arked this singu
larity in Ripxley’s conduct, but could
not of course understand wh'at it meant.
For some time we knew nothin’
more of the life and character of our
neighbor than what was comprised ini
the circumstances regarding him above!
mentioned, but we at brvg'h found out
that lie was an emancipated convict. i
i> i in, iking this discovery, we avoided!
his soot ly as much as possible, and as-j
‘timed a distance and coldness of man-!
ner towards him, with the view of in j
dnerng in ji to refrain from visiting its el
but aitirougl) in- could not but perceivei
this change in our manner, lie perse-!
vered in calling on us as usual.
] “Matters went on in this way for
s niie little time —we i ndeavoring to
[ gel rid of our new acquaintance by a
repu sive deportment, und ho persever
ing in maintaining his footing in despite
of this trealm n:—when he called on
its one morning at breakfast time.
We remarked something unusual in
Ins manner ou this occasion. 11-i
seem :d to have some express purpose
m view—some object to accomplish
> something particular, in B.ion, to cum
inuniuate.
‘•Having refused, in his blunt way,
to s >ure in our morning meal, to which
com.non induced us to invite
him, be sal smoking in sullen silence by
‘the lire till we bad done. On seeing
that we had co icluded, Knpsley, who
seemed to have been anxiously and im
patiently waiting tbi* result, drew hi-;
pijie, a short clack stump, from his
mouth, and addressing my father, said:
‘Mr. WaiTliigt-jii, I’d wisi that you’d
take : ii cut with mo a*Wit, I’ve
. so n *■’ ■ r ■ .’say to you.’
j “ 7 father was rathrr surprised at
the request but still more so at the
full nest manner of Kapslay. ‘Oh, sure,
ly, sn-ely, Mr. Rupsley,’ said mv lath
j er, hui with some dryness of manner,
tm lie had no idea of the latter’s pro
posed familiarity and companionship.
Hie? went out together, leaving us in
a stAt i ol tau'alising suspense and cu
riosity to know wlmt Uapsley’s intend
ed communication i light be ; we could
not conjecture what could possibly be
the subject ot “ although wo supposed
many things. In about tin hour alto',
my father returned. He was in a
greatly excited state; but it was the ex.
citation ot joy mingled with surprise.
; VVe crowded round him. ‘Well, my
j children,’ be said, throwing hiinsull
towi:,i j n chair, ‘here is a most extra
: ordinal “ nlfair. Who do you tiiiuk
this man Raysley is? Why, the iilon•
: tical person who broke into and robbed
;my shop ten years ago. lie has told
|me so himself just now. But this is not
all. lie says, if 1 will hit him know
j the exact amount of which 1 was rob
| bed on that occasion, he will refund
every farthing with interest.’ Need I
describe to you, Fdizu, our amazement,
our joy, dt tf.'iu Coieniuiricatioii ? 1
don’t suppose it’s neOegsaiy. We, how.
ever, had doubts of the inonfey being
produced; but in ibis wo did llapsle)
jan injustice, lri three weeks after, this
[ person put into my father’s hands three
diufis, on three different banks itt Syd
noy, amounting together to seven thou,
sand five hundred pounds. On being
thus strangely a id unexpectedly put in
possession of so large a sum, we re
solved on returning to our native land.
Trtis ileiermiiiHlion having been
communicated to ltupsley, he insisted
on defraying the expenses of our pus
sage home, and on our leaving, piesen
ted’ r?iy father with an additional thou
sand pounds, by way of compensation
for tl:‘e injury he had done him, to
whiehjji'e adde I many expressions of
sincere sorrow.”
Suctt, in substance, was the coinrnu
ii.oarion made by Edward Warrington
to Miss Langdale.
The sequel of our little talc is now
soon told. By a euiioifs chance,’ Mr.
Warrington got both his old shop and
his old lmu.se again, the latter having
been a much loved residence, tiinl in a
short time the former presented almost
| piYei-'ely the same appearance which
it Ba t done ad z m yea'rtf before, when
Mr. Warrington wa> in the heyday of
his prosperity. By and by, Messrs.
Warrington and son fell hi to one of life
best business, in the line, in th’e city ;
for although many of the oldest and
best friends of the former bad dfsap
p'eat'ed’ during life interval ofhis'u'li.
settee, many yet remained to him, and
[these lent a willing and effective hand
[ towards reinstating him in his former
position. Looking at the gentlemanly
figure and mild couiiteifance of Hie re
speotebie old man for the ten veaas that
had passed had thus classed him, in lie
stood behind his co inter—lds spectacles
rjis >d high on his forehead—liis hair
whitened, perhaps as much by distress
of mind as by age—no one would have
dreamed of the vi'eisritudes he had aone
through.
Immediately after the business of the
Messrs. VVurrington bad been s'.urted,
I‘Mward and Miss Langdale Were mar
rteil. A few years more, and the elder
Warrington retired from the concern—
being enabled, by the rosto'ation of bis
property, and the subsequent success of
bis business, to enjoy it tile of ease and
tranquility. A few years, and a son
of Edward Warrington, whose marri
age Dad been a happy one in all respects,
1 came into the shop to assist his father.
I lie was shortly followed Ly another.
[ Tlie lads grew up; they became men.
A sign board appeared, on which was
inscribed, “Edward Warrington and
j Sous.” It indicated one of the most
! extensive and We.ittlfic.st concerns in
! die city.
“WoRIO.NO lolKli HOUSES ANp LIV
Ino Liki; Dogs. —l’hc Philudelplra
! L Mger, of a recent date, published a
! very entertaining letter from a Cululor
! nia correspondent, dated ut San Eran
| ci-aio, September J 4, 18&5*. We agree
.villi the writer when he says that er
j mucous opinions of California have
been formed in the States, regarding the
I rapidity with which fortunes urc now
| made in tin: “land of gold.” We have
i, l the least doubt but that a gre it p ,r.
J uen of ‘.he highly colore J accounts suit
, li nn mat State is written by interested
pel sons, thereby inducing many to leave
profitable and honorable occupations
I here for the very uncertain chance of
becounning suJdenly rich there.
Many u clerk has left the Northarn
i.States, where he was in the receipt, of
a good salary, to try his fortunes in the
■dista'ant El Dorado, and on his arrival
in San I'r.iriciico, instead of finding a
j .-Urksliip wnli a large salary, was
finally compelled, after exhausting all
ais available m an*, to accept the sit
uation ol waiter at someone ol tne
nutn .Tous hotels or restaurants ol that
jeny. Tub Writer is evidently one
who believes in the old adage, “A
bird in the band is worth two in the
bush.”
We copy the following extracts to
show that “it is not all gold that glit
ters
“There are many persons who im
agine all is uecessaiy to make a for une
is simply to buy a ticket tmd take pas
sage to the gold regions; full of high
expectations, leave home and friends;
arrive in California, the place where
every one has but to stoop and pick up
all the gold that they wish, ami to re
turn home.
“LMt, alas, they nru mistaken, for
they soon find that the expense of
living hefti deprives them of the little
they posse;sc lj and are obliged to work
at the first job they are able to procure,
if, indeed, they have the good fortune
to procure one. But tlieie are many
who can find nothing ta do, and are
either forced to beg or starve. These
facts are hard, but true. The writer
of this lias seen men of education, and
the best business qualifications, arrive
with many letters and high exp ota.
tions, under the necessity to ac ccpt the
situation a* waiters in restaurants, and
glad even to be so employed. For
many are not evon able to find that
kind of work. When thus situated,
some morning paper gives the account
of a tremendous lump of gold being
picked up at some of the diggings; but
not staling the fact that hundreds of
feet of rock and earth were removed,
and many men wore employed before
it was found. Full of bright hopes,
they leave their situations, thinking
now, at least, they have found the spot
to make their ‘pile.”
“Having procured the necessary
implements, they start, r- unit the mines,
and either buy or squat on a claim—
work months, perhaps, in water knee
deep, und at the end of that time find
nothing. Money gone, enfeebled !y
sickness, must beg their way back lo
the city, und again turn waiters; it
they are fortunate enough to find .situa
tions. From information obtained from
restaurant keepers, the w titer of this
lias been told that thousands of
applications are made weekly. Many
offering to work for food alone. Many
a time have I fejt ashamed to order a
waiter to serve tne, knowing him at
one time to have been at the bead of
the best society in the States. These
are facts- A* few days since, while
conversing in the streets with n friend,
the name of Philadelphia was mention
ed. A gentleman, as wo separated,
call ed my friend aside, and with tours
in his eyes said, lie bid beard him
speak of Philadelphia, that he was a
Philadelphia/*, tx r.ephew of a celebra
ted Congressman; that lie had spent
all Ills money, and was wi.hout friends,
and begged means to obtain a meal.
“This is not a solitary case; I could
name many more, but it is unnecess i
ry at present. Every steamer leaving
Sail Francisco tells the melancholy tub
of want and disappointed, hopes,
flic accounts of most of the returning
mil.eis, as gleaned from actual con
versation, are us follows: ‘Well,
lri ltd, so you are about returning
home? vVilhbut doubt, you have made
much money—sullioient to make you
independent?’ ‘No, I have made hard
ly enough to take me home.’ ‘Have
any of your companion's made their
pile?’ ‘Very few! And they have
tint a few hundred dollars ufter several
years of toil; but most of them are as
poor as when they left the Stales! Strati
ger, f have enough ofCalifbrr.’ia. , ‘N >
doubt you will tell your friends to try if.
‘i shall tell them, if they are not fools,
to stay ut homo. 1 have seen a few [
make a tew thousand dollars, but they I
worked like horses amt lived like dogs'.’{
I’he above relates to the majority, for
it cannot be denied that many have
much money at the mines; yel l would
advise no one who thinks he caii make
a fortune in a few months/fo come to
California.”
Wondeiscf the Patent Office.
A cursory examination of the I’uleut
Oil ice report for 1802, reveals some
surprising inventions :
The Examiner’s Uepor. explains the
principles of the celebrated Hubb’s
lock, its “unpickability” depends up
on a secondary or false set of tumblers,
which prevent the instruments used in
picking Iroui reaching the real ones.
Moreover, the lock is powder.proof, and
may be loaded through the key.hole
and fired off until the burglar Is tiled of
his fruitless woi k, or fears that the re
port of his explosion will bring to view
his experiments more witnesses than
lie d< sires.
Doors and shutter* have also been
patented, that cannot be broken through
will* either pick or Hedge hammer.—
I’be l/urglar’s “occupation’s gone.”
A 1 harpooti is <1 surioed w hich makes
the while kill tiim.solf. I*l to mine he
pulls the Ime tho deeper go-s the bur
poon.
An ice making inichine lifts been
patented, w hich goes by a steam en
gine. In mi ex peri men la I trial, it froze
several hollies of sherry and produced
blocks of ice of tbo size ot a cubic foot,’
when the ilierinom’eter was standing at
HO degrees. It js calculated that for
every ton of coa! put into furiiaiice if
will make a ton of ice.
brum Hr. Hale's Exanihier’s Report
wo gather sorte fdert’ of the value of
patents.
A man who bud rnude a slight im
provement in straw. cutters, took a mod
el oi bin maolllhe through the Western
tstutss, and after a tour of eight months
rum rued with $10,001). Another had
a machine to thresh and clean graih/
which in fifteen mouths he sold for
SOO,OOO.
A third obtained a patent for a prtn
toFs ink, refused $50,000 fob it, and 1
finally sold it for SOO,OOO. These aVf
ordinary cases ; while snob inventions
as iho telegraph, the planing machine
am! llte India-rubber patents are worth
millions cuch.
Examiner Lane’s report describes
various new electrical inventions.——
Among these is an electric whaling ap.
parulus, by which the whale is literally
“shocked to death.” Anotheif is ah’
eloctin-magnclic alarm which rings
bells and displays signals in case of
fire or burglars. Another is an elec
tric clock, which waken you up, tells
you what time it is, and lights ft’ lanip’
ior you at any hour you please.
Th ere is u “sound gatherer,” u sort
of huge ear trumpet, to be placed in
front of a locomotive, bringing to thb’
engineer's car all the noises ahoad, per
fectly distinct, notwithstanding the rat
tle of the train.
1 bore is alt invention that picks uj>
pins from u confused heap, tn'rrls th'oifi*
all round wi‘h their heads tlb’, ifrt'd
■sticks them in papers in regular rovVsV
Another goes through the whole pro
cess of cigar making, taking in tobacco
leaves and turning out the perfec ar
ticle.
Ono machine cuts cheese ;’ anblhef
scours knives and forks; another blucktf
boots; another rocks the cradle; and
sdven or eight take in wushing and
ironing.
There is a parlor chair patented, that
Cannot be tipped buck on two legs, and’
a railway chair that cun be tipped back
inio any position, without any legs at
all.
Another patent is for u machine that
counts the passengers in an omnibus
und takes their lures. When a vefy
fat man gels in, it counts two,’ ahd 1
charges double.
There is a variety of guns pateriled
that load till nisei ves ; a full line tha?
adjusts its Own bail ; und a rut trap that
throws away the fat ail'd then baits and
sets itself, and stands in the corner for
unolher.
The truths are the patent office of
stranger than fiction.’
There is a’ machine also by which
a uiuu prints instead of writing his
thoughts. It is played on like u piuucT.
Ami speaking of pianos, it is estlifriated
that nine thousand are made every
year in the United Slates, giving con
stunt employment to one thousand nine
hundred liumL:', aiM costing over two
millions of dollars.
DeOKNEKATION'.—In til 4 IllUstOl
which was hiade this year in Uerlin, as
in cvefy jb-ur, ot the yu'utlVs of l'J years
ol ago, bound to sol ve their appointed
lime in the tank's, out of 1111 young
rrttin liable, only 82# weie found capa
ble or lit for service. This is not con
lined to the capital; the mi itny
aulhoristiles show that it is still worse in
the provinces, in Halle, out of 818,
who submitted themselves this month as
being of the requisite age, only 42
wore eligible. This is attributed tu*
their having ben horn in the cholera
years 1822.3, and to many having been
deprived of all paternal care from their
earliest youth. The same result Ittnf
lately been noticed at St ckholin; ol
ihuro lining an insufficient number of
recruits to lie obtained, arising from tha
i mpovorished physique of the present*
generation. In Sweden; it is attribute#
to the immoderate Consumption of pota
toes und distilled liquors.
The action of the New. lork and’
New lersey I’resbyterian Synod held*
in this this city last week, on theSlaVe’-’
ry question, has been variously slated
in the diil'erent papers. If was unan.
imously resolved that the action of the
last General Assembly ol’ that body on’
the subject ofslavery “is viewed will’
regret, as inopportune, us fiaught wit
unconstitutional tendencies, and asci
culated to uwuken unfeigned alarm foi
the continued peuce and unity of ou l
churches.” A resolution, recommend,
ing the memoralizing of the general’
government to secure to American citi
zens >•> foreign countries the rights ot
conscience mid leligoiis worbhip, and
Christian burial, was ulsO unanimously
a dojited.
A steamboat fireman's knowledge of*
the a t ot |iunctualion is sufficiently jj.
liistrated by the tact of his putting the
■coal on to prevent a full stop.
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