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iritoat THE COM-.‘iIEl't.CIAL ADVERTISER.
rS‘.‘an.':as on hearing tr. friend use the frequent
e::pi‘cs.sirm—-“ Crttel as the Grrwe.”
Is the grave cruel ?—No,
Reproach not thus the faithful friend,
\Vhose arm's the keencst griefs conceal ;
Alike where toils and follies end
In rest not e’en the happy feel,
On earth below.
Is the grave cruel ?——Wby ?.
For that it wraps thy sorrows round,
In mantle fasliion’d of the clay ?
Invests thy couch with slunibers sound,
Drives the pale phantom, care, away,
And ctilins71lte sigh ?
The grave is cruel !——‘How ?
Have not the wretched called it blest,
And when the gates were slitit, repin’d?
And e’en the happy sought the rest _
Its chambers give the eartli-sick mind,
From coining woe?
Is the grave cruel ?———Here,
. Do this new mould, where beauty sleeps,
Kiieel down, and say what life is worth ;
IVlien grief o’er joys departed weeps,
Arie}. bring her cypress garlands forth,
To dress herbierl
Is the grave cruel ?—Vt’hy ?
For ever from the burning brain,
Shuts it not out the glare ofday ?
Draws from the heart the shaft of pain,
And spreads the sacred seal ofclay
On the dull eye?
Is the grave cruel ?—-Tliink,
Hoxv niany mortal checks are wet
With tears the world has catised to flow!
Here only can the heart forget,
The fraiiie repose in peace, below
Its flowery brink l
Is the grave cruel ?——Hold l
"’I‘is but when guilt or fear alarms,
And round it tenfold horror throws ;
That trembling man would shun its,arms,
And cliide its fellow worm, because
Its kiss is cold.
Is the grave cruel ?-—-Hark !
Some wliisperiiig spirit fititter’d p'.ist--
Did’st liear it ?——-“ Man,” it seeni’d to say,
at Kno-.v this thy happiest home at last,
I?~.eiir’d from time-’s tiitiitilttious day,
Tlioiigli damp and dark ;——
And sav’st ’tis crtiel ?-—Learn,
How to the groves life’s pilgrims haste,
Wlion earth has pierc’d their bleeding feet;
’i‘-Iearli its broad shade so stire to taste
One long, long night ofsltimber sweet,
Nor seek return l”
Tlirn say not so—-For me,
I never doubt that o’cr my breast,
Sp_i‘iiig v~ill peruiit her rose to bloom ;
The larl; rebuild licr leafy nest,
Arid carol near my lieedless tomb
Her inatin glee. , '
Fear, iftliou wilt—The Sod
Iblcss, that shields afliiction’s prey :—
When tears no more the cheek shall lave,
And life’s dull dreniii hath pass’d away,
That grove, that sli-ade—that simple grave,
Give me~mv God !
' 1\IoN'rc:.-imvirzit.
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ram! TH!’-.‘ TR}-‘.;\"I‘0N 1-:ai1=oitIU.it.
THE TEA. TABLIL
“ V-’ell, sir, I ca-ii take care of myself,” said
Julia Pellew to her litisband, as they _were ta-
king tea tog_:.'-zilier in their little parlor,one de-
lightful stiinnicr afternoon. Just at that mo-
ment, and ‘~\'lIli€ the words were yet on her
tongi.ie, tl e L.i0CE'0])8llCti, and Miss Polly Gaw
eiitercd the room, on one of her fiyiiig after-
noon vi--its. Julia could not avoid colouring
tip it little at this sudden iiitrusioii; for this
young lz-.uy’s visits were (always iiitttisivc, and
Miss G-1‘.V C‘-'.(lEl]li_'y' saw, or siispected, she
liar,‘ 4lt'oppt*tl in at a riioitit-.;.t wlieii her corri-
pany ‘ATS ot.,t_l_ie most de.=.irable. Ilowever,
slit got lici'selt"-seated, and eiitc-rzaiiied her
good tier ;hbor witlra lii.-“tory oftlie home cou-
ceriis ofevciy f£tlt)ll_V in the iiciglilir)i"nood, ti-
hoiit three lioi.-rs long. 'I"ici'c was a minute
and (l€'[.'tll‘t.(l at-oouiit of M rs. t')’s party, with a
list of ad iriio \"t"l'f: not int-‘itcd, among whom
she was most cart-ftil to remind that slie,Julia,
was one; ilier. the pro;;rcss- of the cot-irtsliips
in the t-oziiitry; the duo cstic sqtiabbles of her
at-.epiziiiitaitt:r:s; the '~C?1lt(litlS of the week, the
!l‘::>l:()lh oiitti-: old widower who lived on Ap-
picl-y farm, betokeiiing an appimicliiiig itriioii
wi.‘n the Sqaiire’s datigliter,\and who were
jealous there-at; and a hundred other topics,
equally interesting and profitable, were all
spread out on the carpet.
Mr. Pellew had made his escape soon from
the table, and Miss Polly did not fail to com-
ment largely on the savage tiiisociability of
husbands, insisting that they were as restless
and unhappy in the niarriage noose as caged
up tigers, and instancing hoiv gay and young,
and sprticc, they iiiitiicdiately became on los-
ingtheir wives; kindly and most syinpatlieti-
cally adding, “if you were to drop off, my
dear Julia, Mr. Pellew would, in ten days, he
the most f__‘_‘.tll€‘llll and agreeable man in the
village.” .\fter enjoying herself, and enter-
taining Julia thus dcliglitfullyiintilit began
to grow late, .-he gathered up her knitting and
sallied on, to in-ake a call or two more before
she went home.
Mr. and Mrs. Pellew were young, had been
iniirried but about a year, and were mutually
as happy in their union as love and virtue,an(l
siiniiar tastes and dispositions, could make
them. He was engaged in a business, which,
with industry and good nian:-igeinent, yielded
him a genteel living; he had embarked in it,
however,'witliout capital ofhis own ; biitJulia
had a considerable ariiouiitofpi°operty,wliicli,
tlioiigh the principal was not ttiider her con-
irotil, a basis upon which her husband was cri-
abled to gain the credit necessary in his busi-
ness, and he had done so. This amiable fairi-
ily had numerous relatives and acqu=.iintances
. —wcrc looked upon by the good and sensible
part ofthe neighborhood as patterns of virttie,
and were generally tnucli beloved XL Lltlllllfed.
'.i'lie visitof their friend, Miss Polly, was
forgotton in it day or two, but things began
before loiiguo wear rather a strange aspect.—
’l‘iiiie after time Mrs. Pellew observed, that
her visitors, who began to be mticli more iiu-
‘ iiicrotis than before, pttt on long faces, and in
a coudoling strain lectiiretl on the trials ofthe
marriage state, the necessity of forbearance,
and ofilie exercise ofchristiaii patieiicc,niin-
gled with sundry hints about the sovereign
rights ofthe scx,aud the best methods ofman-
agiiig unruly husbands, with now and then a
her. She could not, for her life, understand
what all this nieant—and attributed it to eve-
ry cause but the right one. *
to him unaccountable change of ‘tliecurreiit
of feeling among his neighbors, towards them.
The first symptom he saw was a coldness and
shyness on the part of his wife’s relatives--
some of them even refusing to speak to him.
The female part of his acquaintance scolded
at him, and what was worse, he thought his
customers began to neglect him. Day by day
things grew worse—-at last his creditors be-
gan to pusli-—lie was alarmed, he had never
before been asked for money; his credit had
been perfect; he wonrlered, and waited for
the issue ; it came in lialfa dozen prosecutions,
judgments and executions. _
It was now time to rouse up. As these
things were in progress, he appeared to be in
utter surprise, and to view them with perfect
ir-credulity,not being willing to believe,scarce-
ly, the evidence of his senses. Now he de-
manded the cause of this strange treatment,
and with some difficulty he ascertained that it
arose from the unhappy separation about to
take place between him and his wife! and the
cruel nianner in whicli_he had used her. He
deiiianded the author ofthe story, and was re-
ferred to an old gentleman who had told his
informer. The old man gave his wife—his
wife her neiglibor’s wife, and so the tale may
be traced down,through about five and twenty
moiitlis, growing rather less at every step, un-
til it came to Miss Polly Gaw—-she had affir-
med that she overheard Mr. Pellew and his
wife engaged in a violent quarrel, and even
heard a distinct affirmation on her part that
she would leave him.
Mr. Pellew now hittipon an expedient to
bring matters to a close at once. He invited
all sticli of his, and his wifc’s relatives, his
neigliboiirs, his creditors, 8Lc. as were within
his reach, to meet at his house, on business of
the utmost importance. ‘About twenty assem-
bled, among tlieiu Miss Gaw, and halfa doz-
en ofthe principal mouth pieces in the village.
He then stated to tlieui his btisiiiess—recouti-
ted the stories he had heard——ttaced them all
down to theirorigin, and demanded of Miss
Polly her reasons for the report she had rais-
ed. Cornered tip so unexpectedly and sud-
denly, she candidly confessed that the only
foundation for what she had said was, that on
the afternoon she had paid the visit first men-
tnncd, she had heard, as she entered, Mrs.
Pellew say, “ well, sir, I can take care ofiiiy-
self.” And she wished to know if Jtilia Pel-
lcw would deny this. Julia replied she would
not~slie had barbacued a pair of fine fat
quails for her husband’s supper, and had been
helping him to a choice bit——lie had pressed
her to keep it herself, saying she was too kind;
and she did,on the occasion tttter the offensive
words, " “fell, sir, I can take care ofuiyself.”
A burst of astonishment succeeded. Miss
Gaw ran out of the room like a woman who
had lost her senses. The worthy couple re-
ceived the congratulations of all the honest
fools‘ present; and though the kiiaves shook
their liezids, and pretended to be mighty glad
the truth had come otit; it was with a grace
that but lialfconcealed their sorrow. There-
after, iiot a sylable was even lisped about the
before much talked of separation.
But thus it is, gentle reader, that one half
the tea table stories 0rigii'iatP, and who would
think there were still as riitinv ready to believe
them and trttinpet them abotit, as there were
in Alesbury in Molly Gaw’s tiuie?
“ i’L1. LEAVE MY CARD.”
The Jresent tnay, with iiiticli propriety, be
styled the age of hea.rllessne.ss. Empty cer-
emony and heartless formality have usurped
the place of friendly attentions and social in-
tercoursc. Modern politeness is exactly op-
posed to sincerity. There seeriis to be a tacit
utidcrstantlin: bettveeii man and man, wo-
iii:ii'i and woman, to deceive and be deceived ;
and he who plays otftliese counterieit tricks
inost adroitly, is the most polished and polite.
iValkii=g, the other day, with a friend, or
one who iiial-zes friendly pretensions—‘ Ifyou
will excuse me a moinent,’ said he, ‘I will call
on Mr. Glorious ; he is oitt of town, I litaljéve:
I shall overtake you with a few steps.’ S
saying, he took from his pocket :1 card case-
kriocked at the door——made the accustomed
inquiry, and handed his card to the servant.
‘ Cancelled at a lucky moment,’ said he,wlien
he had OVP,I‘lfll\'€l) me——‘ I always observe
great purictu-ality in returning cirilitie- ofriiy
friends.’ ' But why,’ Iinquired, ‘did you call
on M r.C,wlien you knew he was not at home?’
‘ O 3’ exclainied lie, ‘it answers every purpose
ofa visit, and is far less trouble : he is vastly
tedious; but I was in debt to him on the score
of civilities.’ This paper ctirrency, I find, is
in general circulation; the sterling coin ofre-
al friendship has become scarce; now and
then, we meet with a few antiquated pieces,
but they are pretty much out of date. ‘ Matti-
ma,’ said the Misses Stylislies, ‘ we will go
otit this morning and make some calls; the
day. is fine, and ladies will generally be otit;
the Misses Oldates are on a journey to the
White Hills ; Miss Mantrim returns soon from
Newbtirypori, and Miss '.I’riinarket is staying
in Boston.’ ‘ You can leave my cards,’said
the mother, with matronly honesty, ‘ at Mrs.
Homcbread’s and Mrs. .Starchtip’s; if they
happen not to be at home, the servant will
not notice the tnislalcc.’
Now, I am strongly opposed to all tliis,froni
moral considerations. The young are instruc-
ted in dissitiiiilatioii and insincerity ; servants
are taught to reconiioitre at the porch wiii-
dow, and prevaricate. The human character
is sufficiently bad ; it tnttcli needs amend
inent. Let the circle ofone’s friends be small,
iflie chooses; but let it be hearty and geiiu-
iiie with those who profess to be united in the
silken bands offriendsliip. All_ this cold cer-
emony is downright mockery of all that is 0-
peii, fair, and honorable——it is disgraceful in
the human character-—rnere stufi’--empty chaff
—-lighter than the paper that is made the ve-
hicle ofliis deceit, without its ptirity.
The widow Tripit flitted by my window—-
a sprightly knock suiniiioued the servant to
the door—‘I am not at liouie this morning,
Susan.’ I am honest and consistent, you see,
I will not spare my wife, though I expecta
ciirt-.iiu lecture, ifslie discovers my scribblin-7.
The servant entered with a card. I thought,
my dear, that you were not on theiinost inti-
mate terms with ‘the widow T. since the dis-
closure of Maria Blab ?’--‘ We are not, my
dear,’ said she, ‘ but we leave otircards,’ hand-
ing me the one just received. ‘By my ledg-
er,’ said I, ‘it blushes.’ ‘You are satirical,
my dear, it is rose paper.’ ‘ Very appropriate
kind of half expressed sympathetic pity for’
Nor was Mr. Pellew to escape this new anti _
paper,’ said I, ‘ it ought to being more general-
tise [taking up Dr. Chargewell’s bill, which I
had just paid] with professional men, as well
as professional women.’
This card leaving custom,confined to its le-
gitimate rise, to obviate the cai‘elessr'ie’ss, or
forgetfulness of servants, is certainly very pro-
per and convenient; but ‘when made the instru-
ment of idle ceremony, and deceitful profes-
sions, itis certainly repi°eheqsible, and may be
classed with the follies and crimes ofthe age.
ENGLISH ABUse.—-'1-‘he following traits
have been discovered to appertain to this re-
public, by a late traveller, calling himself Mr.
Faux, stated by the Lotidon Quarterly Re-
view ‘to be an honest man who tells the truth,
and who produceshis authority forevery word
and fact which he utters.’—-.N'at. Gaz.
The navigators tip the Mississippi frequent-
ly steal froui ten to twenty sheep atonce from
the farmers, and think it no crime it-‘being
mere convenient to steal than to buy.
At Boston, the women are all old and ugly.
The passengers met with in the packets and
stages,are all ‘ criminal creatures ofuncleanly
manners and liabits, and grossly indelicate in
language.’
The point ofhonor is maintained in high
perfection. A scoiiiidrel who has cheated his
creditors, ifrcproaclied with it, calls out his
man and kills him iflie can.
Boys fear nothing, care for nothing, and
never blush. ‘
The ladies will _ii0t look at a dark complex-
ioned man, lest he sliotild have a dash ofblack
blood in him. , *
At midnight, the lightning bugs and bull
frogs become ltiiiiinotis and melodious.
The metropolis, IrVashington, is peopled
with thieves at-id assassins. .
A propensity to cheat and dect-.ive,pervades
all classes, from the lowest mechanic up to
the first officer in the government. Knavery
darnns the North, and slavery the South.
No nieu in the world are more aristocratical
than the heads of departments. They spurii
and cannot even speak to common men, un-
less it be to purchase popularity cheaply.
The preaching aiitl practice of.all the reli-
gious sects are conteniptible; either cold, or
fanatical, or time serving. ‘
In the thinly settled parts ofKentiicky, ten
dollars will procure the life and blood of any
man. A party of whites in Ky. lately roasted
to death, before a large log fire, one oftlieir
friends, because he refused to drink.
The American, considered as an animal, is
filthy, bordering on the beastly. All his vices
and imperfections seem natural—tliose of the
seiiii-barbariaii; he is ashamed ofiioneoftlieni.
It is necessary to cross tlieOhio to get sweet
home baked bread. Soap, is tio where seen or
found in any of the taverns, east or west.
Hence, dirty hands, and faces, every where.
The very oldest settlers on the western side
of the Alleglianies, those of Kentucky, and a-
long the banks of Ohio, who occupy the larg-
est and choicest tractsofland,can do no more,
with all their industry, than barely exist.
A corpse is no sooner laid in the earth than
it appears to be forgotten. There is no tear of
sorrow for the friend,the pai'ent,or the relative.
A picture of the American people general-
ly, agricultural and otlierwise—‘ Low ease ; a
little unavoidable want ; little or no real capi-
tal, nor any effort to create any; no struggling.
no ltixtiry, and perhaps, nothing like satisfac-
tion or happiness ; no real relish oflife ; liv-
ing like store pigs in a stye. All their knowl-
edge is confined to a newspaper,wliicli they all
love, and consists in knowing their natural
and some political rights,wliicli rights in them-
selves they respect individually, lint often vio-
late towards others,being cold, selfish, gloomy,
inert, and wiili little or no feeling.’
Military Colonizalioit in Russi'a.—M. Du-
pin, in a work recently published, gives the
following curious account of the niiliiary col-
onization system in Russia :
‘ The emperor Alexander has conceived the
idea of founding in different parts of his eni-
pire military colonies or rather castes. In them
all the male cliildreu are born soldiers; they
pass under the standards at the age of 15;they
remain enrolled till 60. lnbecoming soldiers
lltP_V according to the Miiscovite law cease to
he slaves; thence the military state which in
other nations is regarded as a time of servi-
tude, has for them the double benefit of free-
dom and glory. The monarch takes from the
domains of the crown the land necessary for
the establisliiiient and subsistence of the colo-
nized regiments; in return for the land thus
conceded, these soldiers are to support them-
selves and their horses, so long as they shall
not be ortlcred out on any foreign expedition.
By this means larger armies will be kept on
foot during peace without any expense to the
public treasury ; the pay of the corps will
commence only when they shall be called otit
of their respective colonies; this pay will be
moderate in proportion to the little wants ofa
people newly colonized, not indulging in lux-
iiry. The military population will bear arms
without exception, and will be constantly ex-
ercised. They will maintain their warlike
spirit, like the statiding armies ofthe Roman
empire, at the most formidable period ofthcir
conquests. When this project shall have been
carried into execution, the empire will reckon
three millions ofuiales in its military colonies;
among these three millions the Autocrat of
all the Russias will be able, by a simple ukase,
to make all individuals enter from the age of
15 to 60; that is to say at least one million of
soldiers. At present 40,000 horsemen are
thus colonized ; a single colony not far from
Petersburg, near Novogorod, reckons 70,000
fiighting men. The total of the military
caste is 400,000 soldiers.’
Ofthe policy pursued byRussia in regard to
her conquered states, M. Dtipin tlitis speaks:
‘What appears to me to deserve deep med-
itation is, the spirit oftlieRussian government
viewed in its relation to the great art of assim-
ilating to its empire the population ofinvaded
countries. Since Rome, the laws of which
seemed made for the conquest ofthe world,no
country has been framed like Russia to ex-
tend aiid above all to preserve its conquests.
Russia having seen itself destined, like an-
cient Rom0,to compose her empire ofa crowd
ofnations of different religions, customs and
languages, she has made it a rule to leave to
each nation all the ideas that are dearer to it
than political existence.’
From Brooks’ travels to the .’V'orth Cape.
‘That very singular creature, theLemining,
about wliicb so tnticli has been said, and so
many endless conjectures foruied, though in
other countries it is, Ibclieve unl<nown,inakes
its appearance sometimes in the stirifounding
districts and even at Droiithiem. itself. It is
a small animal about the sizeofa rat: an‘d’is
supposed to inhabit the long chain ofuioun-
taius called the Lapland ,_Alpis, running be-
tween Sweden and Norway’. Its appearanoe
is sudden and uncertain, sometitnes not being
seen_foi_' twenty years, and at other times ob-
served in some parts generally every three or
four, ’ VVhen, liowever, it commences its mi-
gration, it is in such inconceivable numbers,
that the cottiitry isli_tcrally covered with them;
niarcliirig in these bodies always, and it is
§a'da in a straight direction, and never stiller-
ing itselfto be diverted frotii its course by a-
ny opposing obstacles.
The superstition of the country people leads
them to suppose that the appearance oftliese
swarms fort-bodes evil, and is the forerunner
ofwar and disaster‘. The latter may be believ-
ed, should they make their appearance in the
more ctiltivatcd parts, since total destrtictioii
to the crops and vegetation must follow.
In 1308, the lemmings were. met in great
numbers, first at Dovre, the coiiiiiieiiceriieiit
of Dovrefield,in the beginning ofthe stiiniricr.
']_‘liey were moving in the direction of Dron-
ttieiui, which they afterwards reached ; and
there remained a considerable letigtli oftirne
investing every part of the city. The boys
used to catch tlieur, by sniearing a board with
tar; and great numbers were killed by the
dogs without however, their eating tlieiii.—
The remaindet; of the body disappciired as
suddenly as they came ;aiid it was not known
wliither they went, or whence they came ; but
it was supposed that they proceeded from the
mountains on the frontiers. On their being
stopped, andtlieir progress arrested by a stick,
they assumed a tlireatetiing attitude, uttering
a squeaking kind of bark.
Mr. Johnson mentioned also a curious anti
latigliable circtiiiistance respecting these little,
animals. In 1788, when there were reviews
oflarge bodies of cavalry during the summer,
near Drontheim, the leinuiiiigs appeared in
the surrounding country in immense bodies;
and it excited no small aintiseuient, when the
regiments were performing their manuzuvtcs
and cliarging,to see these diminutive creatures
put themselves in a posttire of defence, as if
reatly to receive the attack ofthe enemy.
Their iuethod of crossing rivers was thus
related by Mr. Knndtzor, who witnessed it.
On arriving at the edge of the water, the
loreinost advance, and swirnniing across,form
a kind of floating bridge ; the. head of each
supported by the binder part of that before it.
When a comiuuiiication is thus formed be-
tween the sliores, the remainder ofthe aruiy
pass rapidly over the backs of the suppdrters,
and gain the opposite shore.
About five years ago the lemmings made
their appearance at Satidtory in extr'aortliiia-
ry ntiiiibers. They came in the night, and
staid on Hindocn near three months, when
they swam across the sound to the inaiti land,
directing their course nearly north. Mr.
Cliristiausciis, who saw them when taking
their departurc,snpposed there. could not have
been less than $0,000 crossing at a time.—-
The passage ofthe army was performed at
different times, from their being obliged to
wait frequently for a favorable wind; and by
the time they left Hindoen, their nutnbcrs
were thinned one half. Many thousands were
found on the coast, which had been carried a-
way by the current and-drowned. No small
number perished on this dangerous naviga-
tion, by their zerial enemies, the gulls; the
whole host of which followed the body with
loud cries, and increased the perils to which
these poor animals are exposed in whatever
direction they proceed. To give some idea
of the immense numbers in which they ap-
proached Santltory, Mr. Cliristianseiis, seeing
the advance of the lenmiing army, one that
never i'ctreats,stood before his door to attempt
to stop it, and with one blow of a stick killed
no less than sixty ; but the vacancy existed ori-
ly for a moment, being quickly filled by the
body in the rear.
At the little island of Carlsoe, when far ad-
vanced towards the Cape, Mi‘. Brooke had the
good fortuiie to receive ocular demonstration
ofthe habits oftliis animal.
We landed at the parsonage house, where I
intended to remain. Przcsten Steen,the cler-
gyman, came out to receive me, and seemed
in no sriiall degree surprised, as well as rejoi-
(‘.ed, at my arrival. Iliad been there but a
few minutes, when I lieartl that the leuimings
were actually on the island ; and by walking a
few steps from the house I easily convinced
inyselfof this. Every blade of grass was lit-
erally alive with them. When I walked to
the sea shore, they were there also, and were
running about the small garderlpatch in front
ofthe parsonage. The outhouses were filled
with them, and in a few minutes I had more
specimens than I could take away with me.
Mr. Steen,wlio could not account for their ap-
pearance in these extraordinary nuinbers,said
it was some years since they had been seen at
Carlsoe.
‘ The universal opinion ofthe lower orders
respecting them is, that they fall from the
clouds; and there are not wanting some in
better circumstances who are of the same 0-
pinion. Maoy old men have afiiruied in the
most solemn manner, that they have seen
them drop: while better informed persons
who are ashamed to confess their belief that
they rained from heaven, attempt to explain
one mystery by another as great; namely, by
giving to the mists an extraordinary power of
sweeping tip these animals, and letting them
fall in other parts.
There can be no doubt that the reiii-deer
eat this animal. There is a good print of it
in this volume.
In length it is five inches and a half; its
ears round and small with long black whis-
kers: the belly is ofa whitish yellow,the back
and sides are tawny variegated with black;
the tail is half an inch in length, the feet are
five toed; the upper lip is divided ; and in each
jaw are two teeth.
Power: or ELOQUENCE.—Tlte President
of a college in the western part of N. York
had, by a judicious division of study, so occu-
pied the time of the week, that the students
found it impossible to have any fun beyond
the limits ofthe college: to this were added
two recitatioiis for Sunday, one in the morn-
ing, and one at noon ; these being completed,
however, the scholars assembled after church
in t-he yard. To prevent this, the President
gave notice that he should lecture on scrip-
ture subjects in the chapel at 5 o’clock every
Sabbath, and directed the scholars to appear.
It was determined by the stutlents that what-
ever power the President might possess, to
,svas?cleaii. The niouiitaiiis°of dirt coll.,,,r,.d
’call llierii fo the chapel, they wotild be inde-
pendent as it regarded the lecture , and ac-
cordingly each was to take a brink antl 'co:n.
rnence r'e-ailing as soon as the Pi-eds-i(l'e‘m 9,-,-
tered tipon_tlie lecture, Our inforinant (hot;
it voltiiiie of Sterne. \Vlien the prayer was
fiiiislied, the lectttrer_liegan—liis. Slll.jec[ was
the destriit-.iiou ofJerusalem: almost everv stu-
dent ‘opened his book and placed his eye ‘upon - .
it. This was soon noticed by the Presi¢t,.,,t
who, instead of reproof, clmngéil his discwrsé
lrotii a more detail of facts and rliites to a (leg-
cant on the horrors ofthe siege ; and bI'0|ltrht
into iiiimediatc exercise the whole rr'3.~lg¢:(,f
ll|0§t% attractive powers ofeloquence for which
he is sojtistly retiiarkable. The tittentioii of
the coiiipany was soon, btit almost lllsellsilbly
d|'i1Wlt from tlieir books, and ottr informant
5l3_l93e that the first intimation \'-'lllCl'l he re.‘
ceived ol the t'llllII.g53 in his views and feelintrsf
wtisa loud noise wliitzli his Ti'istraiii Shaifdy,
"lillle "5 ll Ml from his baiitl tipoii 21 tinruiit
seat—for every stutlent liud tiiisétiiiciously iis-i
co and was gazing in lllllle aireiiti‘oti’ii')oii the" ‘
""‘“""- N0 “mice was taken (l'..l!I'IiI'|tii tl J -
week ofthe improper conduct of the ‘id’
in b|'inglItg books into the cliapel—the
Sunday :ifternooii the seats were filled’ atwii
curly lioiir.—U. S. Gazr-tlr. an
\Vlicn the British troops u-gm into .,a,.,.-ISO“-
at Aiit\~_.pi-p,iiil8l5, they found the streets ex‘.
C0$SlVt‘l,V dirty. To their couiplitints ofthe:
liltliiness and llll\Vll(ll(.’-Si’ilnenegg 0.‘ me mwn,
and to their repieseiitatioiis of the necessity!
Of Clcillhlltg if, the Magistrates answered’
with offended dignity that ‘the city of Ant’-‘
‘veri’ ‘ms dean-’ The British Cotiiiiiaiitl:int
then 0i'dcretl oursoldicrs to sweep the streets.-
and to pile tip all the dirt against the houses,
of those Magistrates who with so nitich perti-
nacity maintained that the city of Am“-em
by the soldiers in one niorniiig blockaded tip
the windows, and it was with dlfiimltvqmt
the Magistrates could get out of their d0ni's,
When they did, however, they iiiiinedizitcly
bestirred themselves, convinced by more sen.
ses than one that the city t)fAnl\\:‘erp was not
clean ; and they ever afterwards took due
care that the streets should be |‘ea{llli1l'ly
5“'°P_l--“ Nilrtative of a Residence inil3elgi-
tiui in 11315.’ The town is now one ofthe
cleanest in Europe.
.-IVt¢w3.—-'I‘liis word is said to have been de-
rived froiu the initials ofthe 4- cardinal points
of the compass‘, N. E.VV. S. North, East West
and Soutli.—-MoIn'le Com. Reg. ’
CONGRESS.
House Q/' Rcprescnltitivcs, April 10.—M r.
Randolph asked the House to coiisider the _
resnlutioii submitted by him the other day, re-
lative to the redtiction ofthe coinpeiisatioti of -
the members of the House. The itiotion was
ncgatived, when Mr. Randolph rose and ob-
served, that he considered the resolution of
such ituportance, that he should feel it his
duty to call the attention of the House to it
so long as he had the honour of lloltiinrr 3 seat’
on that floor. b
The T(II'ifl‘I——Tlie House resumed the con.
stderation of the tinfinislied business of yester-
day, on coiicurriiig with the committee ofthe
whole in their ameiidinents to the bill propos-
mg a revision ofthe ’I‘arifl".
The question being put on agreeing with
the coniinittee in the following a,.,emj,;,em__
‘ On all other fire arms and side arms, 80 per
ccnt. ad valorein.’ Mr. Randolph called for
the ayes and noes on this questiou,which \ver_e
0l'de|'t’-da and it was detcrtnined in the affinit-
utive——ayes 123, noes .58. ’
On the question ofconctirring in the follow-
mg amendtuent——‘ On frying-pairs,’ strike out
‘25 cts. each, and insert 4 cts. per lb. Mr.Ran-
dolpli again asked the ayes aiitl noes, which
were ordered. This was decided in the affir-'
iiiative—ayes 168, noes 25.
The House concurred in the amendnieqts
to strike otit ‘ On gridirons and griddles, 2
cts. each, and ‘ On indigo, :25 cts. per |b_a
The following aiiieridiiietits were also con.
curred in :‘ On Epsotii salts, 4 cts. perpormd .
and to strike out the clause—‘ On Prusslal,’
blue 10 cents per pound.’ ,
. ‘ On linseed and hempseed oil, 25 cents I
per gallon,’ and rape see-d. .
On tli_e question of concurring with the
committee in the following aniendinent-—‘0n
molasses, 10 cents per gallon,’ Mr. Sterliiw,
of Conn. called for the ayes and noes, wliicah
call was sustained. On taking the question
it was determined in the negative—ayes 65’
noes 132. So the House refused their assent’
to the amendment.
On motion to concur with the committee in
their ameridnient to strike out the second sec-
tion oftlie bill, it was agreed to—Ayes to-3_
On the question ofconcurring with the com.
mittee in striking otit the 3d section ofthe bill
it was decided in the afiirmative by ayes and ‘
noes——Ayes l45—Noes 52.
The House concurred in the amendment
offered by Mr. W'ebster in committee, propo-
sing a new section to the bill, to ah-oiv draw-
back on silk goods,which have been unpacked ’
for the purpose of cleaning tlienff ni stains. -\
The ainendinent specifying tl e difieijent
duties on wines, was taken up. Mr. M’Ki{n
moved an amendment to the ainendinent, ‘ori
all Marleria wines 70 cents per gallon.’ It was
amended by adding after Il)Q_\V0t‘(i Madcria,’
‘ Burgundy,Cbainpaigne, Renish and Tokay,’
when, as amended, it was agreed to.
On motion to concur with tlie’:t[i_ien\dmeiitx,
‘on all other wines of Spain and Portugal, 50
cts. per gallon,’ Mr. M’Kim moved to strike I
out tliewords ‘and Portugal,’ which was a-
greed to, the amcnduient concurred in..- .
Mr.MKim iuovetlto reduce\t e. duty on Ma- ;
laga wine,from 30 to 25 cts.per gal.--Agreed to.‘
Mr. Forsytli then moved to strike out tho
whole section offered by Mr. Webster in com-
niittec, and to insert in lieu ofit, a clause pm.
posing a duty of 50 per‘ cent ad valorem, on
all wines imported in bottles, and 50 er cam
ad 'valoi'ein, on all wines imported er than
in bottles; provided,that no duty on ivinesliall
auioiint to more than 100 cents per gallon.'——
Tlie amendment was negatived. - -
The question tlieu rectirred upon the amend-
ment of Mr. Webster, as amended in conitiiit-
tee, making a new classificationbf duties on
wines. The question was taken on the amend-
ment by ayes and noes--Ayes 6B—Noes 125,
Mr.Tod moved to add to the clause on cot-
ton bagging wliicli,now reads, ‘on cotton bag-
ging 4- 1-9. cents per square yard,’ the words
until June :30 H325, and after that time a duty
of6 cts. per sqii‘.e yd.—-Ayes 96-—Noe_q 99,
The uiotiou was lost, and then the House
;
ys
adjourned. ‘_
Norwalk Chronicler