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- TO 'rH‘r:ffsw.tLLow; ,
Whither guest: thou, wandering rov’e'l';
\Vhitlier wiiigfst thy airy flight; ‘
Can those piniohs bear thee over
Boundless seas, to isles of light ?
-To another elinre tliou’rt beiidiog
Swift thy lonely tractless way,
Where a‘ solitlrern §iir_i_ is sending‘
iltéttire skies and bloodless ‘day !
Dost tlioti hope to rest forever,
Where the seas and skies are blue",
And the rockiirgwhirlrvind never
p’er their smiling surface flew ?
Go :—-but when bright spring returning
Floats along on balrly.wing,—- ’
‘«.”_‘1‘lien the dome and palace spurniug,¢
Come with us to build and sing.
IVhy _forsake otir rocks and mounlainir,
I"reedor_n here has fix’t her home ;-
Qpld tlrerskic"s arifil gloves andgfountains,
are ree ort cc to roam.
But the sandy shores of Isis
Ne’er can boast a freenran’s grave;
Priceless gems, and groves ofspices,
Flourish only with the slave 1
}lVonld’st thou dwell for time tliat’s coining
VVhere Arabia sheds her balm ? ,
Ur wilt their by farther roaming,
Build in Afric’s groves of paliii?
Dearer far our mountains hoary,
\Vaving woods and torrents free, a
They are allembalm’d in story,
F The proud home of liberty !
.4.
EX'.l‘RAC'.l‘S FROM CAILTERIS LETTERS F1101!/I
EUROPE.
LlVERPOOL.'~—It would be sheer affect-
ation in me to preteirtl that I felt on landing
at Liverpool any ofthosc high and intense
‘emotions which have thrilled thro’ the hearts
ofotliers. The firstgstep rrpon the shores of
our ancestors, the land of story and of song,
which has Occupied so much of our tlrouglits
from the‘ days ofboyliood, awakened few of
the tentbousaud trains ofideas, with which
{he Island is associated. There was no-knee-
ling to kiss the parent‘eartl-i, and less enthusi-
asm atour tlebarkation, than was anticipated.
Indeed, I can yet hardly realize, that I am in
the land of Shakespeare and Milton, Newton
and Locke, Chatham and Fox. The apathy
or feeling may perhaps in sortie measure be
accounted for froiri‘ our gradual approach. A
ride through Ireland ; the habit ofgazing day
after day upon the ruitis of castles and other
arrtiqriities ; a survey ofscenery not dissimilar
-and equally coiisecratetl by geirius, had
tloribtless in some degree blunted the edge of
feeling. and rendered curiosity less intense.
.Another reason may be found in the ex-
te'rnal appearance ofLiverpool, which is com-
paratively a modern town, not unlike New-
York, although it was founded eight hrindred
years ago,yet the greatest part ofi: has sprung
up within the last half century. By a cour-
parison of its number oflrouses and popula-
tion at different periods, I find that its recent
growth has been nearly as rapid as that ofour
metropolis. : for a vestige of its ancient ap-
pearance now remains. A spirit of improve-
ment, an, accession of population, and the
conveniences of commerce have swept away
every relic of antiquity, and left no monu-
ments to carry the mind back to other times.
Even taste has in many instatrccs yielded to
- a‘ spirit of enterprise, and been violated by a
thirst for gain. The castles ofthe Molyneuxs
and the Stanleys have been demolished and
removed even to the last stone : new church-
es are erected on the sites of ancient struc
tures ; and the mariner, as he spreads his
canvass to the breeze no longer beads to the
image of St. Nicolas, which once rose near
the harbor, as the tutelar divinity ofthe port,
to whom the sailor made air offer and implor-
ed at blessing tipon his voyage. Light-houses,
beacons, manufactorics and wind-mills, (the
most unpoetical of all imagery) crown the
neighboring heights, and disappoint the eye
in search for any thing venerable.
Tlie_ streets, houses, shops, and pirblic buil-
dings are in keeping with these outlines.-—
_They are of brick and stone, all in the mod-
ern style, and differing very little from those
of N. York. A moist. climate and the great
quantity of coal smoke has given the town a
dingy aspect. The streets are quite as irreg-
ular as ours ; and Ktricke.rbocke.r might here
find a second edition of his cow-paths. There
is also the ‘same bustle-—tlie same noise-—-the
iame activity through the town. Every one
moves with a hurried step, in straight lines,
and with an air of business depicted in his
countenance. The display of goods in the
shop windows is reinarkalrly neat, resembling
that of Broadway and Cornhill. Vlfhen to
these circumstances are added rsimilarity of
dress and manners in both sexes, and an ac-'
tual mixture of population in the two places,
the difference becomes so slight as to be scarce-
ly observable ; and since otir arrival at Liv-
erpool, we have iir all respects felt ourselves
The intercourse is in
fact so frequent, and the interchange ofinliab-
itants so common that the resemblance be-
tween New York and Liverpool is much more
striking, than between remote parts of our
own country. ,
The first objects, which arrested our atten-
tion on arriving at this place,were its splentlid
docks. These" far exceed any thing of the
kind I had before seen, or which I, probably
shall see, to whatever countries my tour may
extend. The disadvantages of nature have
more than been counterbalanced by the works
of art ; and what seemed an insurmountable
barrier to the conveniences oftrade has led to
its greatest facilities. Such are the achieve-
ments of wealth, enterprise, and perseverance.
The tides in the estuary ofthe Mersey, which
rise twenty-(live or thirty feet, are so rapid that
vesselscanirot with airy kind of convenience
lie along its shores to take in their cargoes.-
At low water, their docks would be fifteen or
twenty feet below the nharves, along which
as one walks, he sees boats sailing far beneath
hiin.—-1-'I‘hese chmbarrassinents induced the
iiierclianis toconstruct artificial channels re-
sembling the locks and basins of canals, ex-
tending into the very heart of the town, and
to the doors-ol the ware-houses. Vessels go
in at flood-tide ; the gates are then closed ;-—
and suflicient wattr is retained for the pur-
pose of navigation, from one wliarfto another.
‘Tlrese are called wet docks. In other basins
vessels are high and dry at ebb tide. The lat-
ter are distinct from the docks, where ships
are eaulked and repaired‘, with as much ease
as they could be upon the stocks. It is in vain
yevery grist. An accurate registry is kept of
for us to tool: for the saute _‘c‘ou'vefnierift'_'féL's it
New York ; as the tide is not equal to the
depth of the hull. The dilfietilty iniiy how.-°
ever in some measure be obviated by excava-
tions, and by works of art. There is scarcely
any thing; whicli the ingeiiuity of OUT Colm-
tryineii has not been able to accoiirplisli, and
there is no deficiency of enterprise, I believe,
in the Dry Dock Association. »
The Liverpool docks are constructed of
‘large stones, accurately liewn, and adjusted
witlr the most exact masonry. Their sides
are as smooth and as handsome as the walls
ofa house. Vessels move or lie by the side
ofthem without the slightest attrition. Some
idea may be fortned ofthe expense of these
gigantic works, when it is known that up-
wards of four miles ofartilicial wharfiias been
constructed in this way with _a' perpendicular
wall thirty feet in height. For the greater
part oftlris distance the channels are artificial,
in some places excavated, and in others filled
up. On the walls, the feet are marked from
Ito 30, corresponding to the marks on the
prow ofthe ship, so that the depth can be as-
certained at a glance. Across the channel,
swing bridges, like the locks of a canal, some
of them ofcast iron. In short, the whole
structure seems calculated to endure for ages-
'I‘lie view of these docks, filled with the
commerce ofthe world, and presenting a for-
est of masts, rising among the houses and
stores in various parts ofthe town, is at oirce
strikingly novel and iuterestinv. It is by far
the nrost peculiarand prominent feature in
the town. The most rigid regulations are en-
forced irr the police of the docks. A fire
would be destructive not only to all the ship-
ping in a basin, but would also endanger the
neighboring stores and lrorrses. Such acci-
dents are guarded against, by prohibiting the
smoking ofsegars upon the wharves, the im-
portation ofgunpowder within the docks. and
other regulations equally strict. The oflicers
live in buildings erected purposely along the
quays, and are constantly upon the alert. To
one who takes an interest in cointiiercittl af
fairs, or in naval architecture, a walk by the‘
side ofthe wharves, where vessels may be
seen from every part ofthe globe, is both in-
structive and agreeable. Prince’s Dock is the
most splendid; and it so happens that this is
the rendezvous of vessels frorri the U. States.
’I‘liey are decidedly the finest ships in the
port, both externally and internally. You
may tell a Yankee vessel as far as you can see
her. She Sits like :1 Swan upon the water.
with her deck forming a beautiful cirrve, and
her how not so round and full as those ofotlier
Nations.
In many places by the side ofthe docks,
open buildings in the form of markets, have
been erected to protect sea-faring men and
merchants as well as their merclriiudize frotir
the inclement-.y ofthe weather, in loading and
unloading vessels. Some ofthe warehouses
also have piazzas which are extremely con-
venient in case of rain. In short, noexpense
has been spared in promoting and facilitating
the cotnmerce of the port. The stores are
spacious and coinmodious, some of them be-
ing t‘). or 14 stories high, with tackles for rai-
sing articles expeditiously to the upper lofts.
-A- -re re * at
Soon after our arrival, a gentleman who
came passenger with its, and to whose polite
attention we are greatly indebted, conducted
ris to the Excliange, which is on a scale coni-
iriensrirate with the other commercial conven-
iences ofthetown. It is in truth a rnagnifi-
cent pile ofbuiltlings,said to be irneqnalled by
any thing of the kind in Great Britain, or per-
haps in the world.
This beautifriledifit-e occupies three sides
ofa square, which is 197 feet by 178, and
is paved with flags. It is two stories high,
colored-and not so handsome as either. Its
proportions are uncommonly fine, and its Co-
rinthian pillars, as well as the magnificent
arches supporting the piazzas, show to very
great advantage, being rich,chaste,and high-
ly ornamental. The lower story of the east-
ern wing is thrown into a spacious room fdr
the accommodation of merchants .and the
transaction ofbrisiness. It is furnished with
newspapers and mercantile cotiveniences of
every description. On the wall is an index,
in the form of a large clock, showing the di-
rection of the wind ; the hand shifting with
all the arrivals, and of vessels below, contour-
nicated by signals. Here also the state ofthe
market may be learned from a record of the
public sales, and the articles entered at the
Custom House. In the second story is Lloyd’s
Room ; and adjacent are a coffee rootn and
other apartments for the use of merchants.-—
The remainder of the building is occupied by
the counting rooms and offices of individuals.
In the centre of the area is a iiionuineirt
commemorative of the four naval battles of
Lord Nelson--St. Vincent. the Nile, Copen-
hagen, aiid Trafalgar. It is built of West-
uiorelantl marble, of a Soinbre hue, stiited to
the character of the ornament. The device
appeared to me to be in very bad -taste, but
rises a circular pedestal, around which are
ranged four naked images in chains, in the at-
titude of weeping their captivity. Over the
head of eaclr,on the circular coluiirn, are four
times repeated the ineinorable words ofLor'd
Nelson before the battle ofTrafalgar—-‘ Eng-
land expects every man to do his duty.’ As
much as to say, it is the duty of England to
keep the rest ofthe world in chains. The de-
vice is a barbarous expression of power, willi-
orit its attendant of eitherjrtstice or iirercy.
It was gratifying, however, to find no emblem
of America in the group of captive nations.—-
As a work oftaste, the moiiuiiient appeared
to uiie5too crowded and wanting in simplicity.
Nelson is represerited in a dying attitude.--I
Death’s skeleton hand is extended from the
folds ofa flag, and placed upon his breast ;—
and above, the figure of Glory is puttiirg forth
the crown ol'victory upon his sword. There.
is also an incongruity in-the design. A Brit-
ish sailor full a_rined, is in the act of leaping
forward to avenge the death ofNelson-—foi~
what? for conquering his eneiirics and con-
fining them in chains ?» The whole expense
of this pile of buildings, with its appurtenan-
ces, cost about £200,000, raised by subscrip-
tion. .
On the fourth side of the area of the Liver-
pool Eixchange, stands the Tower Hall, a
magnificent edifice, which appears to great
advantage from Castle-street, but almost eti-
tirely iirtercepts the view ofthe pile in its rear
cimsge; and tire style of architecture" l's~sliiir.
lar. The dome is a proud structure, upon
the summit of which sits Britania, looking
down tipéh the town. We went thro’ every.
tothe ctipola. The suite of apartrnetrts -on
iliesecorrd floor are splendidly finished and
l'urni,shed, and kept in a state of the utmost
neatness, the steps‘ and flags being rubbed
with a white cement, and the furniture highly
polished. '
Our ascent up the dark and winding steps,
to thetop of the building was tedious ;but the
prospect well repaid us for the trouble. From
this point we had a fine bilrd’s-eye View ofthe
town, its sub'urbs,,harbour, and the country in
the vicinity on the Cheshire shore. Liver-
pool _ext’ends along the Mersey for about two
miles, and is scrnethirlg like a mile in breadth.
Although it has nearly the same population
as N. York, it does not cover so much ground,
the houses being both higher and uiore coni-
pact. The former does not show to so good
advantage as the latter from ,the top of. the
City Hall or the Hospital. Fewer steeples
and turrets are in sight ; and the tall, naked
chirniieys of numerous furnaces, emitting vol-
umes ofdeiise smoke together with the long.
red earthen pipes uniformly crowning the
fines present a novel appearance. To the
east lie villages ofEverton and Foxteth Park;
to the north, the entrance ofthe harbor and
lhecbannel; on the west, the Mersey stretch-
es by the town, and the hills on the Cheshire
shore rise in the distance. with an intervening
corintry clothed in green and studded‘with
white buildings. The view is pictrrresque,liut
inferior to that from the state- house in Bos-
ton, or the Observatory at Portland.
The prospect towards the sea is by far the
most interesting, as fleets are almost constant-
ly arriving and departing, freighted with no
inconsiilerable portion of the couirnerce of
Great Britain. Nearly one sixth ofthe whole
trade ofthe country is carried on from this
port alone; and the imports of sotne articles,
as cotton for instance, exceed all the rest of
thckingdoin. The great amount of business
is owing to the facilities oftransportatiorr from
theinterior ofthe Island, by means ofcanals
and excellent roads. No small proportion of
the wealth of Liverpool was derived from the
slave trade; and the town still bears one con-
spicuous relic ofthe disgraceful traffic. The
principal place ofbusinessis called the Goree;
ir name of African origin. It should, howev-
er, be added. that its inhabitants have been
among the foremost in the abolition ofthat
trade, which was openly denorioced as barba
runs and horrid, in a large public meeting.—-
At a subsequent period, the contraband trade
with South America and the VVest Indies was
extremely lucrative. For a long time Liver-
pool waged a competition with Bristol; but
the latter has as length been completely dis-
tanced, and the former is now grappling with
the rnetropoli_s as her only rival.‘
The public btiildings in Liverpool, with the
exception oftliose above mentioired, and the
church atrachetl to the Asylum for the Blind,
the architecture of which is purely Grecian.
have nothing about them peculiarly worthy
of notice. They are rnoilern structures, neat,
and convenient. The places of worship are
numerous,corresponding with the great vari-
ety of sects in religion. St. Nicholas slruvlt
us as favourably as any of the churches. Its
steeple tell some years since, while the bells
were ringing for morning service : the crash’
was treuieridous, and upwards oftweniy chil-
dren were bttried in the ruins. The charita-
ble associations of Liverpool are numerous,
with a corresponding number of public build-
ings. Oftliese the Asylum for the Blind is
by far the most interesting. It is a splendid
charity, furnished with everything which can
built ofa kind of free stone from Foxtetli °°“d"°"-‘ I0 ‘he welfafe “Id h3PPl"e55 °f "5
Park, resembling that in the rear of otir City unfortunate inmates, who are at present one
Hall or the Aciitlerny at Albany, tho’ lighter hundred and twenty in number, assembled
from all parts ofthe kiugdoin. Their skill in
various triecliaiiical operations is surprising.
Some ofthe fetnales were sewing, others wea-
ving and knitting; and in one apartment, the
males were making slices. These articles are
exposed for sale, for the. benefit of the estab-
lishment. The workuiansliip is remarkably
fine, particularly the needle-work, consisting
chiefly ofsilk reticules. But the profit-.iency
ofthe blind in music, astonished lls above all
They clrauuted the psalms for the day of the
month on Sunday, in full chorus, without mis-
sing =1 word or anote, and their responses
throughout were I perfect. We have since.
heard them perform some of the most com-
plex and difficult pieces of Hirrrdell and
Haydn, in a masterly iiiairner. The music.
hall has a good organ, and is filled with pian-
ocs. On its walls are inscribed, in letters 0|
gold, the names ofthe benefactors ofthe irr-
stittrtiou, with the amount of legacies and do-
nations.
In the two great necessaries of life,fuel and
water, Liverpool is well supplied. Coal is a-
bundant and cheip. 'VVater ofa good quality-
pure and wholesome, but not cold, is convey-
ed through the streets in aqueducts from two
fountains ; and families are plentifully fur-
nished, o_ii moderate terms. The town is
lighted with gas of two kinds, one from oil
the execution adiriirable. Froiu the basement “ml ‘he "ihef {mm °°‘1l- Tile“? I5 3 5"°"§
competition between the two companies, and
the coittroversy, as _ro the superiority ofthe
light, rtiiis high. From all we could learn the
oil gas has a decided preference. It burns
with a purer flame, and is not accompanied
with so much stench.
Since our arrival at Liverpool, we have had
every reasoir to be pleased with the place.-
There is a frankness and a cordiality in the
inanners ofthose whom we have seen, pecul
iarly prepossessirrg and pleasing. Bottr sexes
when introduced, instead ofa formal bow, or
a retreating curtesy, advance aiio take the
hand ofa stranger, with a welcome which ap-
pears to. come warm from the heart. _If it
does not, it is an agreeable illusion, which at
once removes all restraint, and renders the
stranger easy in his feelings. '
a—|——-jun
AN ACCOMPLISHED THIEF.
The following ('.ll'Cllll'lslaIlC8S have been
narrated to us as having occurred in a town in
Worcester county. They present a skill and
boldness in the way of thieving, which might
do credit to the most accomplished graduates
of Europeati prisons, and a genius worthy of
the most noted of the light-fingered gentry-in
this country. A man on horseback, in the
dress of a farmer, overtook upon the road a
tad driving a yoke of oxen, with .whoiirhe en-
tered irito conversation; in the course ot which
lie learned of the lad that he was driving the
cattle to a distant pasture, and that lllS' father
‘It is built of the same materials as the Ex-.
was back on theroad,but was to r-2:.-2 E: -.-r__ga_t as
apartinent in this building, from thebasement
certain taitérn. The tnan, when*7thcy ‘came
bear to tlreappointed tavern, told the boy to
go forward to the‘ house and direct the bar,-'
keeper to malteghiru a iriug of punch, and he
would immediately follow on wiili the cattle;
but as soon as the boy was out of sight,-which
was but a short time, for his generous and un-
suspecting nature prompted him to great alac-
rity in the discharge of his commission to o-
blige his quondani companion, he turned off
with the cattle into a by-road and drove them
some_distance round and beyond the tavern.
In the mean time the mug ofpnnch was made,
anti the boy and sootr the fatlrei were“ both
anxiorisly waiting-the coming ofthe man with
the oxen ; but alter nearly exharisting their
stock of patience in waiting. and then weary-
ing tlteiirselves in an unsuccessful search after
them, they set off for their homes. The fol~'
lowing day the man drove the cattle back to
the tavern, stating that he had purchased a
yoke of oxen, but they did not drive well, and
he doribted whether they would answer his
purpose ; and remarked that he had been iti-
dnced to btiy them because they had been of-
feted cheap, brit as they did not exactly strii
him. he would sell them atti small advamce
on the cost. The lairdlord who had never
before seen either the driver or the cattle, and
had not therefore the least ground for doubt-
ing the correctness of the story told him, fi-
nally bought them, and the man spent the
night at the house. It had not escaped the
watchful eye of our traveller, that the larid-
lord had a very handsome horse inrhe pasture
into which his horse had been put ; be, there-
fore, in the morning, with a view to an ex-
change, took his saddle on his arm telling the
landlord he would save him the trouble of
bringing tip his horse to the door, by taking
hiui from the pasture as he passed along. As
others have done before him, however, he
mistook his horse, and saddled and bridlcd
the laiidlord’s with which he rode offtowards
tho sea board, where he sold him at a very
high price. In the course ofthe day the own-
er oftlie oxeii came to the tavern to inquire
ifaoy thing had been heard of his stray cattle
and was not a little pleased to find them in the
landlord’s possession. Bttt the cliaarin of the
latter was quite equal to tlresatisfaction ofthe
former, on findingthat he had purchased tiri-
wittingly the cattle stolen from the farmer the
day before, In sticli a case, limvever, there is
no appeal, and the right owner drove oft‘ his
cattle. With the money he had tec’d for the
horse, our traveller trausforiiied himself into
a well dressed gentlernan, and in hisadisguise,
reiiaced the mad he had travelled, called at
the tavern where he had before stopped ;—
and while very carelessly looking around the
bar rootn, discovered among others the I.-.nd
lord’s advertisement for his horse, offering a
reward ofone hundred dollars for the return
ofthe identical horse which he had stolen.—-
After questioning the landlord as to the cor-
rectness ofthe description given ofthe horse,
and severely taxing lnis own recollection, our
gentleman in disguise reinenrbercd that he had
seen such a horse soinewlrere in his travels ;
.iiitl_upori being assured by the landlord that
the offered‘ reward should be paid, on the
horse being returned to him, immediately set
out for llle-$031 board, contrived to steal the
horse from the person to whom he had sold
him, and returned to the tavern-keeper, who
paid birn the reward ; but the landlord’s sus-
picions being awakened, inquiry was iristitirt-
ed, and in the assumed garb ofthe gnntteincm,
was discovered the “ farmer,” the “ ox-thief.”
the “ driver,” the “ horse-thief,” and finally
the “ gentleman in disguise.”-—Boston Pal.
From Jcfl'erson’s A/‘ates on Virginia. .
SLAVERY.—-It is difticult to tletermine
on what standard by which the manners of a
nation may be tried, whether catholic or par-
ticular. It is more difficult for a‘ native to
bring to that standard the manners of his own
nation, familiarised to him by habit. There
must doubtless be an unhappy inliiience on
the manners of our people, produced by the
existence of slavery among us. The whole
commerce between master and slave is aper-
petnal exercise of the most boisterous pas-
sious, the tnost tiiireniitting despotism on the
one part, and degrading subinission on the
other. Otir children see this, and iniirate it;
for man is an imitative animal. This quality
is the germ of an education in him. From
the cradle" to the grave he is learning to do
what he sees others do. If a parent could
find no tnotive either in his philaiitliropy or
his self-love, for restraining the intemperance
of passion towards his slave, it shotild always
be a sufficient one that his child is prcsent.—
Brit generally it is not siifficient. The parent
storms, the child looks on, catches the linear-
meiits of wrath, puts on the same airs in the
circle of smaller slaves, gives a loose to his
worst ofpassions, and thus nursed, educated,
and daily exercised in tyranny, cannot but be
stamped by it with odious peculiarities. The
man must be a prodegy who can reiairi his
manners and morals rrridepraved by each cir-
cumstance. And with what execration should
the statesman be loaded, who permitted one
halftho citizens thus to trample on the rights
ofthe other, transforms those into depots, and
tlieseinto enemies, destroys the morals of the
one part, and the aiiior patrite of the other !
For ifa slave can have a country in this world
it must be any other in preference to that in
which he is born to live and labor for anotli-
er: in which he nirist lock up the faculties of
nature, contribute as far as depends on his
individual eirdcavours to the evanislrnient of
condition on the endless generations proceed
lug from him. With the tirorals oftlieir peo
ple, their industry also is destroyed. Forin
a warm climate, no man will labor for lrriiisell
who can make another man labor for liiiii.—
This is so true,that ofthe proprietors ofslaves,
it very small portion indeed are ever seen to
labor. And can the liberties of a nation be
thought secure, when we have removed their
only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of
the people that these liberties aria the gift of
God ? That they are not to be v iolcted but
with his wrath? Indeed, I trern hle for my
coriniry when I reflect that God isjrist; that
his justice cannot sleep forever; that consid-
ering nuinbers, nature and natural means on-
ly. a revolution of the wheel of fortune, and
exchange ofsrtuation is among possi ble events;
that it may becoiue probable by so pernatnral
interference‘. The Alinighty has nit attribute
which could take sides with us in Slit.‘-II a con-
rest. But it is impossible to be tenrptirate and
to pursue this subject through the vaii pus con-
siderations of policy, of morals, _of history,
natural and civil. We must be com "retired to
iiope they will force their way into eve by one’s
the human race, or entail his own miserable '
\
mind, " I rhi-alas change ‘alrea_I5yj.perceptiblti‘,s-
since the or_igi_i‘i of:_tlievpresen"t'- revolution.-—"
Tlie spirit.,o_fthe‘nia‘ster_is abating, that ofthe
slave risiiig from the dust, his conditioti mol- _
lifying, theway I hope preparing, un'de_r the
to be with the consent of "the masters rather
than by their extirpation. -
The heat in France hasbeen exceedingly
oppressive. On the 19th of July, abotttkso
miles from Paris on an elevated spot, and in
a shade with a ortliern exposure,the mercury
T059 by B.eaurner’s scale to 22 degrees above
0 equal to 104 of Flrarariheit. , Vlfater, in a
brass kettle, was so heated that persotis could
irot hold their hands in it, and stones and me-
-talic substances were so hot that they could
not be held in the hand. There had not been
for seven Weeks the least moisture in the air,
or the least dew on the leaves, and there had
been it confilatttly burning sun, without clouds
and a parching wind from the north east,du-
ring the whole time.—Spec. ‘
A sailor-having purchased some medicine
ofa celebrated doctor, deiiranded the price.
‘ Why,’ says the doctor, ‘I cannot think of
charging yott less than seven and sixpeiice.’
“ Well I’ll tell you what,” replies the sailor,
“ take off the odd anti I’ll pay you the even.”
‘ Well,’ returned the doctor, ‘we won’t.qiia;-.
rel about trifies.” The sirilur laid down six.
pence and was walking till‘, when the doctor
reiniuded him of his mist:rke—“ No lnlstnke
world over, so I wish you a good day.” ‘ Get
you gone,’ said the doctor, ‘I’ve uiadefour
pence out of you yet.’
A young lady lately asked a gentleman the
meaning of the word Surrogate. “It is,
Miss,” replied the gentleman, “agate thro’
which parties have to pass on their way to get
married.” “ Then I imagine,” saidtlie ladv,
" that it is a corruption of sorrow ga[e,”_'_
“ Yuri are right, Miss,” replied her informant,
“ as woman is air abbreviation of we to man.”
How to measure Jlfinisters.-—“l measure
ministers (says Sir. Newton) by square meag-
ure; I have no idea of the size of a table, if
you only tell me how long it is; btit ifyou also
say how wide, J can tell its dimensions. So
when you tell me what a man is in the pulpit,
you inn-t also tell rue what he is out ofit, or I
shall not know his size.”
*
JOHN PRESSAY
having taken the
Shop lately trccupied
by Win. S.Wnod, in
the Village ofStam-
tori], will continue
the Watch and Clock.
Repaiisiirg, and will
warrant them to per-
form for twelve tnonrhs. He hopesto rece',r:e
some patronage from the public by observihg
the strictest care in his work. He has for
sale a few Watches, Watch Crystals, Steel
Chains, Keys, Gold Rings, and Breast Pins,
and many other articles in his line ofbusiness.
St:-irrrforkl, Sept. I4, I825. - 30
"FHE I-Ion. Court of Probate for the Dis-
trict of Danhnrv, liath limited and allow-
ed six months from the date hereof, for the
creditors to the estate of Bradley BuU.'le_7/, late
their claims for settlemeiit. All accounts not
exhibited, within said tirne, properly attested,
will be debarretl a recovery. All persons in-
debted to saiil estate, are requested to make
riiinediate payment to
MARYBULKLEY
HARVEY Siuvriiig Admirs‘
Riclafield. Sept. 12, 18225.
FOR SALE,
'I‘HE valuable and pleasant
homestead of Hannah Bald-
win, dec’d, situated about halfa
inile from the Bridge, with it
*30
For terms app ly to
Sweriiizn Siriirn, ,
~ — xec rs.
_ .i‘.tcoiz Sniirn. E
Norwalk, Airg..f). I395. 94
NEVV SUPPLY OF GROCERIES.
Oi‘-iN BURRALL has jirstrei-.’d from N.
Y. a new supply of Groceries, which he
ol’fers to the public at fair prlcett. .
4th Proof Coguioc BRANDY by the Bar-'
’ rel or keg -
St. Croix and J‘.lftl8IC3 RUM
l‘v'latleira and Iilalaga IVINE
Lump and Loatf SUGAR
Brown Sugars, ti good assortment
Likewise the sub-‘c-'i'oer has a supply of
Mead’s CRACKI-'. its by the hundred or less
quantity, which llll will fnrni-.lr merchants,
tavern keepers, and wagoriers at the same
pI‘|t‘.P.S they have be en furnished by him.
Norwaik, Sept. 1, ‘
I UST rec’d anti for sale bvthe subscriber,
I7 Barrels first qruility MESS" PORK—-
Aiso, 50 boxes best New Orleans SEGARS.
EDWARD fl. STREET
October 9.
zeiwcwtrs moat.-visa,
' 4,‘ .' ' \' _
l’I’00fen., rlrorsted, and Lotion-
Stocfiiing i’i1a_m._'fEict'urer,
RESPECTF‘ULLY iiit-mus the public
that he has COlllll)BBCf.'(l‘ riiarrrrt‘ac‘iir‘i-ing
ageneral it-sorrinent of b'lOf.»KIN(xi‘3, to
airy size, on the most reasonable terms, and
in a substantial rnarrner,in the apirrtinents ad-
joining Mr. Scott’s Saddlery, where all orders-
wiil lietliankfiilly rec’d 3;. faithfully excciired.
V N. LB. VVOOLEN YARN, cleaned
I 00 , lSLc. will be received for woi'lr..’-—
Tlrose procuring their own Yarn (when don-.
bted) will please to have it but lllfltlefalttly
twisted. Stamford, Sept. 16, I895. 30
Millinary at GreenWicl1,'Ct.
'1‘ HE subscriber has taken the store attaclr-
ed to Mrs. S. Maddius’ I-louse nearly op-
posite \’Veed’s Tavern, where she intends car-
rying on the. Milfiiiary Business, in all its‘.
varieties and the most. Vltt‘ipl".)Ved' style. She
has, and intends keeping, every article in that.
line, and on tier return from New York,wlrere_
she is going to ascertain the tall l'asliioirs,aird
procure an assistant of taste. Her shop will
be open to those who may favor her with theizr
cusiom, about lll8"Z5lll iiist. C. 1-ilitwxiivs,
l » September 20, 1325. S0. ‘
at all, sir; six is even and seven outfall the
of Ridgfield. in said ilisrrict, dec’tl, to exhibit _
auspices of heaven, for a total ernancipafion-,
and that this is disposed,in the order ofevents, "
griutl Du:-lliirg-liotise, Barn, all(l',(Jlll. houses.
Norwalk Chronicler