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Corsetts.
When l was over in your Iwon,
A week ago, or more,
I saw a very sing’lar tiling,
I never saw before.
’Twas hanging in a window case,
Upon a string a slraddle-
Looked something like a hour-glass,
And something like a saddle.
I asked of several city ‘gents’
Who chanced to be at hand,
’What was it?’ but that gabbertsh,
I could not understand.
One fellow called it a ‘restranl;
On certain parties placed,
Like a decree in chancery,
To stay the tenant’s waist}’
Another—just the queerest chap
Os any in that swarm—
Said, ‘ ’twarn’t the glass of fassion, but
It was the mould of form.’
Another said ‘ ’twas a machine
A lady used to rig her.
To bring her life and form into.
The very smallest figure.’
At last, a little girl cante out,
And—think of my amaze t
She asked me ‘if I wouldn’t please
To buy a pair of stays 1
Os course, I’d heard of ‘stays’ before,
But strike me deaf and dumb,
If e’er I, until that hour,
Suspected ‘them was urn.’
Well, isn’t it exceeding stange.
That any maid or wife,
Just for a ‘little taper,’ should
Put out the Mam]) of life.’
I know that lunatics must have
Straight jackets pul about ’em,
But women in their wits should mako
A shift to do without ‘em !
A Song of other Days.
( From a forthcoming volume of Holmes’
I'aems.)
aar** 1 *
the glacier’s frozen shaft
Breathes soft the Alpine rose,
r-,^*xj 0 through life’s desert springing sweet
The flower of friendship grows,
And as where’er the roses grow
Some lain or dew descends,
•Tis natures law that wine should flow
To wet the lips of fiiends.
Then once again before we part
My empty glass shall ring;
And ha that has the warmest heart
Shall loudest laugh and sing.
They say we were not born to eat,
But gray haired sages think
It means—he moderate in your meat,
And partly live to drink;
For baser tribes the river flow
That know not wine or song,
Man wants but little drink below.
But wants that little strong.
Then once again, etc.
If one bright drop is like the gem
That decks a monarch's crown,
One goblets holds diadem
Os rubies melted down !
A fig for Cessr’r blazing brow,
but, like the Egyptian Queen,
Bid each dissolving jewell glow
My thirsty lips between.
t’-xrr: Thea oV
The Grecians’ mound, tlfe Roman’s urn,
Are silent nhonuv e call,
So cluster on the vvall;
It was a brigjy, Immortals head
They wl ( |ir v i n e,
And o’er tlm|4eJ and bravest dead
They poured tlj dark red wine.
Ther.ynce again, etc.
Methinks o’er ever| sparkling g!a*
Young Eros waw|t,js wings,
And echoes o’er ittlAnpies nl*S
From dead Anacr|onV#fHngs;
And tossing round!i|MEad<>d brim
Their locks oDfliping gold,
With choral I>ymn,
fte<urnj|fcnynipt) ofold.
f Than Jfce'agaili, etc.
■
A welcome then to joy auduniiili,
From hearts as fresh as
To scatter o’er the dust
Their sweetly mingled flowers;
’Tis wisdom’s self the cup that
In spite of folly’s frown, ‘
And nature from her vine-clad hills, sjj|
1 hal rains her life-blood down !
Then once again, etc.
The Mormon Prophet.
Founded, on a recent Fact ,
One lovely day at noon, in August,
185 Q, the inhabitants of the little village
R , in Linconshire, were unusually
astir. Groups of men and boys in work
ing attire might have been seen collected
here and there. Women lingered on the
threshold of their dwellings, unwilling bv
an attention to their domestic avocations,
to lose one iota of that piquant dish, cab
led scandal, which ‘in ev’ry age in ev’ry
clime,’ appears so well to suite the femi
nine palote. The appearance of two
strange horsemen, approaching this out of
the way village, slightly diversified the
attention of our rustic drumalispersons,
until now wholly engrossed with a more
immediate object of interest. Let us fol
low the example of the good people of
R—, aud take a glance at their physi
ognomy and appearance. The elder of
these equestrians possessed a visage at
once striking arid unprepossessing, in
tellect marred by low cunning-fanaticism
mingled with, if not overpowered by
hypocricy—lips that vainly endeavor
ed to curb an habitual contemptous
smile—eyes now flashing with scorn
ful pride, now raised to heaven with an
heir ol sanctified humility,— such were
the prevailing characteristics of his coun
tenance. His dress, without being re
markable for singularity, was arranged
more for effect than in accordance with
the prevailing fashion of the day. His
companion formed a pleasing contrast to
this repelling personage. He was young
and handsome; his features more expres
sive of good nature than'common sensp,
and he evidently appertained to a class
common enough in agricultural districts,
wealthy gentlemen farmers.
‘Dreaming still of the beautiful unbe
liever!’ exclaimed the elder, in g*. Voice
more powerful than melodious>-;‘oan un
utterable bliss be obtained wiijiout sacri
fice?’
‘Sacrifice!’ retorted the 1 young man,
•sacrifice! Was it nothiqg, think you, to
leave childless an agedimother? nothing
to relinquish my own ttue hearted Mari
on? Nothing?— and fog what? to— ’
‘Patience, my intemiptcd the
first speaker, ‘this day—-the voice of the
Most High has proclaimed it to me—this
day shall the truth be made manifest;
powerlul as the whirlwind when it rush
es headlong on its course, pure as the
drops that glisten in the sun, boundless
as the expanse of the |tarry worlds, eter
nal as the city of the. Lord. Yes, my
pupil,’ lie continued in an elevated tone,
‘this day shall thy future destiny he deci
ded—this day shall prove me a prophet or
a deceiver.’
As he concluded these words, they en
tered the one long solitary street of R—-.
‘Hollo!’ he cried as he reined in his
horse at the Rose and Crown, which from
time immemorial had enjoyed a state of
single bltssedness as the sole inn of the
village. ‘What! all the world turned hol
iday seekers? Alas! poor misguided
mortals groping in darkness— ’
His pathetic exliordium was here un
fortunately curtailed bv the sbrjll voice of
an old woman in a flaming red cloak,
who, in that musical (?) patois, impossi
ble to be conveyed upon paper, peculiar
to the rustic denizens of fenny Lincoln
shire, exclaimed,
‘Thee mamma gang there, mon; yow’ll
gammins here. Take my word and ride
off from that ere badhtekh ’oose;’ and the
‘good woman,’ having delivered this mys
terious injunction drew Iter scarlet robe
more closely aronnd her, to screen her
person, we presume, from the scorching
rays of fun, aud slowly hobbled away,
‘What’s all this about? cried our pious
friend, waxing more wrathful than become
his saintly character; Tall the ‘master;
our horses arc tired out. Whol’s the
matter with the house?’
‘Why, sir,’ answered a boy in a smock
who stood ait the horse’s head; ‘why, sir,
there be a dead mon in ill ’onse, and,’ he
added in a whisper, ‘our Mag says as
how there was summit wrong.’
OGLETHORPE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 10? 1851.
‘ Fools !’ said the traveller, turning to
his young companion, whom we will call
UUillip Rivers, ‘let us alight, and solve
the mystery for ourselves and suiting
the action to the word, he sprang from
Hk saddle, and quietly led his horse be..
wHpjdi the old fashioned portal of the inn.
lollowed. Boniface soon appear
cd v ;BjLwiili none of that smiling visage
or houeyiM speech which usually distin
guishes mijujjjhost. No hills of fate were
in his liandwuo praise of forthcoming
dainties on nisfclips ; all lie brought into
the presenceAjwm- travellers was a coun
tenance as Uo H|gKpttc ns generally
greets a handvcuff oUfMktifrs officer.
* How now, my friendJHhl tin* senior
equestrian, ‘does death so rarely,,visit
your fellow-villagers that his suddefl ap-.
pear.tuce causes such great sensation ?’
‘ Tis an awful business, sir,’ said the
publican, who seemed superior to his stn.
lion ; ‘ but walk in, and if vou would
hear the history and give a word of ad
vice, why there’s none would he so grate
ful as Sum Winter—that is myself.’
‘ Let us accept his proffered confi
dence,’ whispered the Mormon priest;
inscrutable are the ways of God; who
can say—but let us enter,’
For the benefit of our readers we will
condense the loquacious Stun Winter’s
narrative into a few words. A stranger
had arrived there yesterday evening, bail
retired to rest, and that morning been
found lifeless in his bed,
‘ It was’nt only his dying,’ continued
the disconsolate innkeeper, ‘ though that
was bud enough, for never a body would
sleep in the room again if they heard
on’t; but 1 have inimies in this place,
and, and Bessie Walters and Bill Jow
ler,’ (anil a host of other £Qg
noroens,) ‘ had spread it about there must
he something wrong iu so sudden a death.
What can I do ?Lgg|
•i* l lie re no ujergyman,’ inquired Phil
ip ‘ that have advised jp.the mat
‘ er fyjb nn r echoed Sam Winter,
‘ sorrow a hit of a parson do we see here,
’cept on the Sunday ; lie lives at t’other
village.’
©
‘Are there no medical men within
reach ?■’ pursued Philip.
‘ Lor bless your honor!’ cried Sam,
‘ and wlio’d pay for a dead man’s doctor’s
stuff ? and I've been so flurried like, and
my missus’ ( anglice , wife,) ‘isaway, but
I’ll send Joe at once that l will,’ and lie
hastened to the door.
• Stay !’ exclaimed the Mormon, ‘ stay
and witness th“ power of the Prophet of
tlie Lord, the dead restored to life. But
first I would see the corpse—lead on.’
His voice was commanding, his man
ner impressive ; in a few moments he was
ushered into the chamber of the dead.—
The body of the unfortunate mart was
stretched upon the couch ; a few strag
gling beams that forced a way through
the closed shutters fell upon his counte
nance, from which all color had fled ; the
lips and face were fearful from the very
intensity of their pallor, the eyelids were
firmly closed, and the night dress in
which the body was still arrayed, seemed
like the shroud ready to inclose those rig’
id ad lifeless limbs.
‘ Nothing is impossible to a priest of
Jerusalem said the sni disant prophet;
to his prayer every thing is conceded ;
heaven and earth before it bend. Go,
assemble yoiir friends, your neighbors :
let all behold the miracle, let all rejoice
arid believe.’
It look some time before Sam Winter
could fully comprehend what was requir
ed of him, but the gapers outside were
speedy in obeying the summons ‘ to come
and see the strange giniJeinaii bring the
dead man to life.’ The apartment-,
which tolerably large, was soon crowded
with spectators. We will spare you, gen
tle readers, the prophet’s oration ; it was,
like bis ordinary conversation, more re
plete with fine sounding verbiage than
common sensp, but it (old upon his simple
autJ illiterate bearers, as .soon manifest by
the awe stricken ..countenances of all his
auditors. All, (lid we say ? No! there
was one sturdy looking fellow, Jim the
butcher, a perfect personification of John
Bul|, who, with arms akimbo, stood eye
ing, the preacher with a look of irreverent
unfriendliness.
‘Now,’said lie when our friend the*
prophet had concluded, ‘l be no schol
ar and; l be a plain spoken mon, but I’d
mike to ask you a question or so. You
say as how you can make that ere dead
body alive agin ?’
OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD IS OURS.
‘ Yes!’ exclaimed the Mormon, resum
ing his oratorial voice and gesture ;
‘yes! at my command those eyes shall
open to the light, those pallid lips shall
smile and speak, the blood shall once
more warmly flow through those motion
less limits, the spirit of life shall animate
the day.’
‘.Well,’ continued the imperturbable
butcher; ‘ but if I was torhop off an arm
ufhis’ii, would be come to life wi’out his
arm ?’
* Assuredly answered the prophet.
‘ And if I choppil off liis leg, would he
come to life then ?’
‘ Assuredly,’ was again the laconic re
ply ; ‘ hut we waste lime—letusprny.’
‘ Stop a wee bit,’ pursued the butcher ;
Lkif I chopp'd off his heede, would lie come
then, eh ?’
‘Certainly, my friend-; all is possible
to the prophet of Jerusalem.’
‘ Then Fil do it,’ cried Jini in a thun
dering voiceigyisiting his way to the head
of the couch, and raising his cleaver in
the air; ‘litre goes.’
‘Hollo! hollo!’ Shrieked the dead
man, jumping up; ‘ I’d rather not have
my head chopped off this bout, any
bow.’
The spectators, men, wontpp, anil chil
dren, screamed wildly, arid tluewijgne an
other down in their haste depart. In an
incredibly short tiine, k mine host, the
butcher, and Philip Rivers were alone left
with the ex corpse. Jim, laughing hear
tily, approached the resusciated man, and
seizing him exclaimed,’
‘ Now measier, we’ll put a bluaLaoligh
on yer f ice,’iiml lod a lew-energetic rubs
transferred the chalk from that worthy’s
jfree to Jim’s blue apron. But where is
the prophet? Has he not remained to
witness this wonderful resurrection ? No ;
the sagacious Mormon, finding that in
stead of a bevy ol dupes he had caught a
Tartar, hastily decamped in die general
confusion* and his confederate, thus left
in the lurch, confessed the whole conspirv
ary. It is almost unnecessary to add,
that after this occurrence no Mormon
ever again ventured even the shadow of
his nose in R , and Philip Rivers,
for whose edification this little episode
had principally been concocted, returned
to his home a wiser and a happier man.
The last we heard of him was his mar
riage with his fair lviariou, and doubtless
he finds matrimonial bliss the best safe
guard against the sedurements of reli
gious fanatics, and we would counsel all
whose beads are a little inclined to he led
by the last new-fangled doctrine to follow
Ins example.— Tail's Magazine.
A Shrewd Game. —The Brooklyn
Freeman gives a description of a finan
cial operation, which came off at Stewart’s
Marble Palace, New York, the other day.
which may safely be set down as distanc
ing all competition. A ladv, dressed in
superb style went into that magnificent
depot of finery, and inquired for shaw ls.
Alter examining several ol the finest, the
lady pitched on one that pleased her fan>
cy, and inquired the price. The answer
was S4OO. Upon contemplating the rich
patterns again, admiring the soft fine tiss
ue, nod indulging in all the sweet charms
that such an object is calculated to inspire
the lady determined to buy and drew
from a purse of ample size, and respecta
ble appearance, an M. on the Chemical
Hank, Now the Chemical berng in the
immediate vicinity of the Palace, just
across Broadway—aud a thousand Dol
lar hill being rarely offered even at the
Marble Palace— tile lady was desired to
wait a moment, perhaps t • continue the
pleasing diversion of examining the Cash
mere, while a swift footed and trusty mes
senger was despatched to the Bank.
The answer was satisfactory, the bill was
pronounced good by the best possible
authority—the shawl wag wrapt up, the
six hundred dollars in charge given, and
rolled iuio the respectable looking purg J ,
and the lady slowly promenaded toward
the door. Here she stops and pauses,
and returns to the counter where the
Cashmeres are sold—she tells the clerk
she has changed her mind—she prelers
not to lake the shawl, without consulta
tion with her husbnnd; there is a possi
bility that that excellent person might
think her a trifle extravagant in making
such a purchase. The six hundred dol
lars are returned with the shawl, and the
‘M.’ returns to its resting place in the
purse. The lady again stops, the Cash
mere still remains folded upon the conn
ler —a pause ensues—then a smile of
good nature plays oil ihe handsome fra
tm-es of Madame—she says, rircTdy.mi
dressing the clerk—‘You will think me
fickle, but / must take the shawl.’ The
thousand dollar hill on the Clteinjcal
Bank is again produced—tile change
given—the shawl taken by the lady to
wards her carriage, ami every thing'is
settled in a satisfactory manner. But on
making up the cash account that evening
at the Palace, after shutting up the shop
windows and letting down die iron sides,
iliere was found a thousand dollar coun
terfeit note on (lie Chemical Bank.
Then did the elegant and county cleik
of the shawls understand that something
else besides the Cashmeres had been sold
at liis (dfimrer on that day, and that he
had been victimize?) by a regular staffer.
ANECDOTE OF~GENERAL
JACKSON.
In 1811 GcttarubJuckson visited Natch
ez in the territory of Mississippi, for (lie
purpose of bringing up<n number jf
biacks, a part of whom had become his
properly in consequence of having been
security for a friend, aud the remainder
were hands which had been employed by
his nephew in the neighborhood of that
place. The road led through the coun
try inhabited bv die Chickasaw • mid
Clincktaw ludains, and the station of the
agent for die choctaws was
reaching die arency lie seyeh or j
eight fa uilii-s ■ ‘ -'' l jMiiMjiv ” and tivo mem- I
diuujged there, under Ihe pretence dial
thejßptj.was necessary for them to have
passports from the Governor of Mississip
pi. One of them had beeen sent for’
ward to procure them. In the meantime
the emigrants were buying corn from the
agent at an extravagant price, and split
ting rails Sir him at a very moderate one.
indignant at the wrong inflicted on the
emigrants, he reproached the members of
ilieyouucil for sulnniiu.ug.tc> the delun
li.on, and asked the agent how’ he dared
to demand a pass from a free American,
travelling on a public-road. The agent
replied by asking with much temper,
whether he hail a pass. ‘Yes, sir,’ re
plied the General; ‘/ always carry mine
with me; l am a free boru American ci
tizen, and that is a passport ail over the
world.’ He . then directed the emigrants
to gear up their.gragons, and if any one
attempted to obstruct them to shout them
down as a highway rubber. Setting
Intern die example, he continued his jour
ney, regardless of the threats of the a
gent.
After concluding his business, he was
informer! that the agent had collected a
bout fifty w hite men and one hundred In
dians to stop him on his return, unless he
produced a passport. Though advised
by his friends to procure one, lie refused
to do so, stating that no American citi
zen should ever be subjected to the insult
and indignity of procuring a pass to ena
ble him therewith to travel a public high
way in his own country; Like all tra
vellers among the Indians, at that lime,
lie was armed with a brace of pistols; and
having added a rifle and another pistol,
he commenced his return journey.—
When within a lew miles of the agency,
he was informed by a friend who had gone
forward to reconnoitre, that the agent
had his force in readiness to stop him..
He directed Ids friend to advance a
gatn, and tell the agent (hat if tie attenip
ed to stop him it would he at the peril of
his life. He then put Ids blacks in order,
and armed them with axes and clubs, at
the same time telling them trot to stop un
less directed by him, and if any one of
fered to oppose them to cut him down.
Riding by their side, he approached
the station, when the agent appeared ami
asked whether he meant to stop and
show his passport. Jackson replied,
‘That depends upon circumstances. I
am told that you meant to stop me by
force; whoever attempts such a thing will
not have long to live;’ and with a look
that was not to be mistaken, he grasped
Ids bridle with a firmer grip. His de
termined manner had such an effect, that
the agent declared he had no intention of
stopping him, and he and bis party were
suffered to pass on without further moles
tation or interruption. He afterwards re
ported the conduct of the agent to the
government, and lie was dismissed from
his agency.
(Sj*’ Ice produced by steam, converted
into snow is part of die scientific enter
tainment providedjur tlfe visitors of die
London exhibition;’ and surely* this enpa
. b'dities of epparatus are among its won
der*.
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THE ENGLISH FIFTY YEaRS
AGO.
It is common to us to hear and to sav
that the temper of the times, fifty years
ago, was warlike, though, in fact, the
people were beginning to have, and to
express, a passionate desire for peace.—
To say that the temper of the times was
warlike, gives no idea, to us, who can
scarcely r'••member war times, of the
spirit of violence, and the barbaric habits
of thought and life, which then prevail
ed. Everything seems, in the records,
to have suffered a war change.
The gravest annalists, and the most
educated public men, called the First
Counsel the Corsican murderer, and so
forth, the whole vocabulary of abuse—
Nelson’s first precept of professional mor
ality was to hate a Frenchman ns you
would the devil. Govern rntboV rule took
the form of coercion; and popular dis -
content. that of rebellion, and suffering,
that of riot. The passionate order of
ciinie showed itself slaughterous; the
mean kind exercised itself in peculation
of military and naval provisions. Afflic
tion took its character from the war.-d-
Tens of thousands of widows, nn*F hun
dreds of thoiisands'ol orphans, wqveweep
ing or starving in the midst jgpHiln j 11 _
and among werejjpfri'ilihude
L°|l the layltWof employed sailors, who
w ere sent off on long voyages, w hile their
pay were three or four years in arrear.
The mutiny, which spread half round our
coasts, was a natural, almost a necessary,
consequence, Because it was ‘inppres
sed, it does not follow that the feelings
connected with it were extinguished.
7n YVilberfoce’s Dairy we find an ex
pression of strong regrei that the officers
do not love the sailors such being, he ob
serves, the consequence of fear enters
ing into such a relation—fear on the
part of surperiors. The sufferings frem
bad seasons, oguin, were aggravated by a
taxation growing heavier every year, and
money running shorter every day—ol] on
account of the w ar. The very sports of
the time took their character from the
same class of influences. The world went
to see the reviews, at which the King
(when well) appeared oil horseback.—
Then, there were illuminations for victo
ries; a nd funerals of prodigious grandeur,
when military and naval officers of emi
nence were to be buried in places of hon
or. There were presentations of jewelled
swords, in provincial cities as well as in
London, and, from the metropolitan thea
tre to the supper-sliow, there were cele
brations and representations of towns
came to their window sand doors at the
tramp of calvary; ladies presented colors
to regiments; and children played at sold
iers on the village green.
Prayers and thanksgivings in church
and chapel—services utterly confound
ing now to the mural sense of a time
which lias lefrore to see tlmt Christianity
is a religion of brotherly love—then met
w ith a loud response which had in it a
hard tone of worldly passion; and from
church and chapel, the congregation took
a walk to see the Sunday drill. Manu
facturers and tradesmen contested vehe
mently for army and navy contracts; and
bankrupt list in the Gazelle showed a
large proportion of dependants on armv
and navy contractors who could not get
paid. If the vices and miseries of the
time took their character from war, there
was a fully corresponding manifestation
of v irtue. From Pitt at the head, down
to the humbles* peasant or the most timid
woman in the remotest corner of the
kingdom, nil who were worthy, were
animated by the appeals of the times,
nod magnanimity came out in all direc
tions.
The courage was not only in the Nel
sons hikl the Wellesleys; it was in the
soul of the sailor’s love, and the gray
haired lather of the soldier, w hen their
hecris beat at the thought of battle and
threat of invasion, The self-denial was
found all abroad, from the Pitt who could
respectfully support an Addington Min
istry, and Wilberforre who curtailed bis
luxuries, aud exceeded his income by
3000 lbs. iu one year, to teed the poor in
the scarcity, down to the sister who dis
missed her haother to the wars with a
smile, and the operative who worked ex
tra hours when he should have slept—all
sustained all alike by the thought that
they were obeying a call of the national
| life which should be preserved in vivid
I representation W its own valu, as well as
{ because it may be a chriout spectacle of
! the age. —Mi is. Marlinnetrti.
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