Norwalk Gazette, Tuesday, November 26, 1833 · page 1

 

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BY
JARIES REED.JR-

TERfi:[S—'F\vo Dollars per annum, payable
"quarterly: Mail Subscribers in advance. A liberal
discount made to compaiiies.——Any person who wil
become responsible for six pape1's shall have the
seventh gratis.

BLEND FAC’E‘{PE%’tY.

I I-IE subscriber would inform the inhabitants of
_ _ Norwalk and its vicinity, that be has taken
‘the above establishment formerly occupied by S.
_Dewic.k, a little North of the Bridge, where he in-
I, tends carrying on the business in all its various
-, branches, viz.: Venetian, Parlor, and Outside Mov,,-
' ing Blinds:

N. B. All kinds of Job work and repairing done
ion the shortest notice, and on the most reasonable
fterms. The subscriber respectfully solicits the pa
"ti-onage of the Public. JOHN BROI-VN.

Norwalk, Aug. 6, I833. / 23

BLACKSMITHING.

The subscriber has taken the shop
formerly occupied by Pliilo Lloyd, and
intends carrying on the btisini-ss in all
its various branches, and hopes by
strict attentirn to business, to merit a

 

 

I share of public patronage.
N. B. Work as vell done and as cheap as at any
other shop in the place. II. SCOFIELD.
Norwalk, October I. 40

B E.4ACE‘£S.f"v‘E§’E‘&E§.R Gr.
FE I-IE subscriber has built a new Shop,35 by 25,
with 4 good fires, and intends (‘z1ri'_)lng- on the
Blacksmatli’s business. Work of all kinds will be
done at a very short notice, and as cheap as at any
other Establisbmentin this place. C. I’.-\R'l'RlCK.

Norwalk, July 15, I833. 29

FOR sum,

A PLEASANTLY situated, and
very convenient built Dwelling
House, and an Acre of Good Land
_ adjoining, with fine Fruit, and other
' conveniencics, situated a few rods
above the old ‘iVell School House, and near the
Methodist Mt-etinglrlotise. The House is in good
repair, and will be sold cheap. For further partie-
ulars enquire of CHAIILES l\I.ti.Loiu'.
Norwalk, July 16. 1832. V 1

 

OR SALE ORTO LEASE I"tlR ONE OR

MORE YE-ARS—A convenient dwellingliousc
nearly new, barn ‘and other out buildings, together
with about two acres of land. on which is a young
orcliard of selected apple and other fruit trees, a good
garden, &c. plcasenny situated on the East side of
Five Mile River harbour, in Noru-alk—-it beingtlie
latte residence of the subscriber. For terms. which

_,svill be reasonable, apply to David Lockwood, near

the premises, or totlic subscriber in New Canaan.
Feb. 9th. I833. ER.-\S'fUS SEEIA’. n7tf

Frkfififti FOR SALE.
AT A GREAT BARGAIN.

IIE subscriber offers for sale his valuable
Farm, situate in Norwalk, about 2 miles west
the Bridge, and the same distance from Five Mile
River Landing; said Farm consists of about .150
Acres, suitably divided into Meadow, Plow, Pasture
and \Vood Land.—-On the same is a Two Story
Dwelling House large Barn, &c.. it is well wacrcd,
.and will be sold at a great bargain, if application is
made soon. For terms, apply to Charles lsaacs, at
Norwulk, or of the subscrider on the premises.
Norwalk, July I, 1833. NATHAN NASH. 3m27

T0 COEEB IIIANUFACTUREEES

, ERDINANI) L. WILSEY having formed a‘
Copartuersbip with JOSEPH T. \l’I'II'I'E, the
business will lici'e:ifter be conducted under the firm
of Ferdinand L. \Vilsey 8:. Co.. at No. 2 Cedar st.
and at the old stand No. 33 Fulton st. To manu-
facttiieis disposed to consign Combs for sale on
commission, the undersigned would respectfully
recommend themselves as possessing extensive-
ly every requisite advantage for transacting such
business. Combs for varded to the subscriber at
Np. 2 Cedar st.,for sale after the first of March,
will receive particular attention, and in all cases the
rCOfl:ilgllOl' may rely upon prompt and correct l'E[lll‘.iS.

Fl-IRDXNAND L. IVILSEY &. Co.
New York. Feb. 20, 1833. llqf

CARRIAGE BTAKING.
%AMi\’IlS 81. COLLINS respectfully inform the
”'p\_ ‘citizens of :\’orwalk and the public generally,
that they have taken the well known stand form:-rly
-occupied by Johnson 8.1, Williams. as a cairiagesliop,
where all orders in that line of business will be
‘thankfully received and punctually attended to. The
subscribers flatter thcinselvestliat they shall be able
-to give entire satisfaction to all who favorthcm with
their custom, and therefore solicit a share ofthe pub-
lic patronage. Wit.i.iAi\i C. SAMMIE.
Aiiinaosi: Coi.i.tirs.

N. I3. ALL kinds of Iron work done at the short-

est Notice’. ’ Norwalk, Jan. '1. 1833. 1

DAY, VENABLES &. TAYLOR.
I

RE PROOF EAR.TIiEN'tVARE, mariufac
turers, Norwalk, Conn.-—-The subscribers rec-
ommend the abovc with confidence and particularly
such article's as are for baiting by the fire. The
ware has been known in the market over two years.
In 1831 they received the premium from the New
York Institute, at their annual fair. Since then they
have made extensive improvements in the pottery.
The article may be seen in the rear of the old red
\\ are factory at(_)ldVVell.near the steam boat landing,
or at 38 Pack Slip. New York. All orders punctu-
ally attended to and the ware carefully packed for
"transportation. Articles will be made to pattern, and
'1hat of an inferior quality, one third less in price.
Norwalk, Sept. 10. 3m37

HIRAM HOYT, DIERCHANT TAILOR
W as! side of the Bridge, Saugaluclc.

TIIE Subscriber has just returned from New
, ‘ York with a general assortment of Cloths,
'Cassimeres, Satinnets, Vcstings, Src. which is offer-
'cd to the public as cheap as can be purchased at
‘any other Establishment in the Country. The fol-
lowing comprise a part, viz. super black, blue,
brown, olive, green and mix’t hroudclotlis, black.
blue, and striped cassiniercs, blue, drab, black inixt,
and Adam's mix’i satinneis, of asuperiorquality,
plain and striped molcskins. wide and narrow cord,
fancy do. Vcstings—black and brown figured silk
vestings, black satin faced do. (a good article) figur-
ed silk anti linen do, black silk and tabby velvet,
plain and fig7ircd buff Marseilles, white and light
figured do, white figured vnlencia, suspenders of all
descriptions, stocks, collars, cravats, and pocket
handkercliiefs of every description, together with a
‘general assortment of trimmings. N. B. Tailoring
will be ‘lone in the best and most faishionable style.
The latest New-York fashions received quarterly.
, An assortment of ready-made Clothing kept con-
stantly on hand, and for sale cheap, by
Saugatuck, April 16th, 1833. H. IIOY'I‘.

‘OAH. S DAILY, tenders his acknowledgments
7 to his friends and the public for past favors in
-his busincss, and ‘solicits 0. continuance of them.-
Having employed a first rate workman to take charge
of his workshop, he is safe in saying that his work will
be done as well as the best. His present arrange-
ment makes it necessary that his old accounts should
be settled immediately without ftirtlier notice. Want-
pd, to employ for the season ayoung woman, by the
Week, who understands making pantaloons and vests,
pnd to live in his family. A good workman will
meet with steady eniplo . l\’.B. A new stile of Stocks
just receiver! and for sit 4] vcry cheap.

ivossvvsxrs, core.-IN. '1‘rJEsxrAx, are-muses 26, 1833. »

NORVVALEC DISPENSAIRY,

No. 6, BURRALUS BUILDH‘-"GS.

HIS Establishment is constantly furnished

with an extensive assortment of Drugs, Med-

cines, I’erfumery, Brushes, Dye Stuffs, Hatters Ar,

iclcs, &c., which are warranted of good quality,

and will be sol-l wholesale or retail, on reasonable

terms. Amongst the Articles may be found :—
Gum Opium Tart. Acid. Logwood
Camplior Sup. Carb. Soda Red \Vood
——- Myrrli Antimony Fustic
-1 A ocs Calomel Nic.Wood
-——- Arabic Arsenic Cam. Wood
Tragacan. Quinine Verdigris
Rochelle Salts Morphine Alcohol
Er som do Caustic Sliellack
(IIIlI]l)€I' do Curb. Iron Oil Vitriol
Gentian Laudanum Blue Viti-iol
Senna Peregoric l\'itric Acid
Pink Castor Oil Copperas
Snake Root Olive Oil Alum
Seneka Buls. Copaiva Indigo
Chain. Flowers Fir Nutgalls
Saffron Spts. Turpentine Sal.Tartar
Pearl Barley Oil Spike Hatters’ Jacks
Cream Tartar Oil 'I‘ar Stop‘ng Brushes

Arrow Root Spts. I'I5]l’lSIlOl'l'l Shoe do

Liquorice l\'itre Tooth do
Sassaparilla Lee's Pills Whitewash do
Peruvian Bark Hygean do Pliila. Porter
Rhubarb Syringes London do
Orange Peel Conklin Salve Salt Petre

Ising Glass Tamarinds Pearlasli

White Mustard Essential Oils Potash

Squills Essences Sal. Eratus
Sulplier Opodeldoc Castilc Soap
Brimstone Aromatic Snuff Jank Bottles
P0lHt!'l Starch Itch Ointinetit VVhite do

White \Vax Blue do Vials

Bees W/‘ax Harlem Oil Tobacco &.,Snufl'
Cocliiueal British Oil Sponge
Mtigiiesia Soda Powders H ull’s Tresscs
Ox. Acid. Seidlitz do Emery

Oil Soap Lemon Syrup Swaim’sPanacczi

Norwnlk, July 16. WEED 81. ISUTLER.
fig?-‘lhIPORTAN'I‘ DOCUl\IEN'I‘..\.._é]},
g TE take much pleasure in placing before our
readers,sovaluable a document as t_liefol_lo\ving
attestation of a whole comniunity to the inestiniable
value of the Vegetable Universal Medicines of the
British College of Health. We commend the public
spirit and manly indepetidence of the subscribers,
and hope to see their good example followed by other
comiiiui.ities, as they shall become unshackled fioin
tlieir prejudices, and'freed from their Esculapian
bondage. VVe think it time to call upon the numcr
ous friends of the cause to stand forth and avow
tlicmseli/‘es. Let them look at this docuinedt, and do
fz/tcurtsc. FAIR FIELD COU‘l'I‘Y, Nov. 5, I833.

We the undersigned, citizens ofFa'irfield County,
CL. having made use ourselves and in our families,
and witnessed its effects on others within ,the circle
of our acquaintance, who have been cured and
l>cnefit‘t;>.«ld_l;y the qstel: ofBi\'_lo_rlisr(i:ii’fl Pillsf llllfil Hy-
rreian i e icinoso ie ntisi o egco -ea ti we
ilcem_it our duty, as. well as a pleasure in reclam-
inending this Medicine to the public, and to those
who are laboring under any disease of recent date,
or of long standing, or any complication of diseases
to make trial, and use it according to the directic-ns.
You may rest assured that your most sanguine ex-
pectations will be more than realiz_ed—yo_ur preju-
dices will give way on a IllOl‘0l1gll trial and investiga-
tion _of the theory and practice, and simplicity of this
lIl€(I!Clll8, which makes it comprehensible to the most
coininoi. understanding. "I*Iealth is the sugar that
swectens all the comforts of life,” is the rcinark of
a celebrated author, and every one who has experi-
enced the abscnce of that pearl of great price, will
respoiid to ‘the truth of the observation. We most
cheerfully sign this certificate in testimony of our
unbounded confidence in the above medicine, in
preference to any other with which we have become
acquainted.

Stephen Mott, Edward II. Street, Wm. l\In_vbury,
Edwin Hoyt, Wm. Daskain, Wm. Hand, Harvey E.
Hoyt, John O. Comstock, Charles Finn:-y, Monson
Hoyt, of Norwalk.

£ewis Rziy'Iriiond,3tl, Charles Raymond.ofDarieii.

Ilijali San ord, Newtown.

Edwin S. I-Ioll_v,Stamford. H. O. GAYLORD.

A VAIJIl:'lI3l'/J!) ]‘.II‘}I)lCli\_'E! _
Il’_7’Rccam.viv7i,rI:-it’ by iinqcstic-nnbln um! r1;m:i’usitv: Icsli:n.;.-.:.;.'.;.
F£‘IIE I‘roprictor confideiitly offers to the public wliat ex

perienco has proved to be one of the most. t’:fliCa(‘.lGuS
compounds in the .‘Jalcria Malian, for the cure. of that class
of distressing, dangerous, and inveterate Diseases produced
by an impure state of the blood, acrimony of the lniniours
and vitiated habit of body. and usually exliibiting themselves
in the various forms ol'.S'r:rQ/'u7_a, Salt Rite.-um, Leprosy, St. An-
t7mn_i/‘s Fire. Fever Sorts, 'v’l"Iiitc Swr.lIi'ngs Foul and obstinate
Ulcers, Sore Logs and 1;‘;/cs, S.-‘aid Head, Scurvy, and Vcncrcal
L’l'izint, when Msrctiry has failed.
DR. RELI7E’S
BOTANICAL BIROFS !!
have, in a multitude of cases, cured these inveterate and
deep-rooted complaints in their \vor_st and most hopeless
stages. The Drops are also given with success for violent
eruptions after the mcasels, red blotchcs, festering erupt1on,9,
and piniplcs on {ht face; and in connection with Dr. Jean s
Liniinent, they remove white swelhngs of the Joints. The
Scrofula, in its early shapes of mere tumours belnnd the ears
and under the chin, and swelling of the upper lip and nose,
will not only quickly yield to this preparation. but scrofulous
ulcers, which have spread to such an extent and depth, as to
corrode the crzflilcgrs and afl'r:ct the bones with curios, have been
gradually and permanently healed, by thc,persevcnn-g admi-
nistration of this powerful medicine; the sunken squalid
countenance restored to its florid hue, the vital energy re-
established, and the whole system purified aiidinvigoratcu.
They are also the best Spring and All/.U77l71CIl'I,’l_l/.'t‘.1C-
From many other proofs of the superior _virtues of Dr
RcZf,_.’.e I);-ops, the Proprietor selects the following -
INTERESTING CASES.

afflicted with humours on her neck, accompanied with fre-
quent itching eruptions, and running sores. ‘ She had tried
various remedies and had taken the best medical advice, but
could get no permanent relief, and her case clrtily becoming
worse, fears Vere entertained of a fatal termination of her
complain}, ' icn africnd providently recommended t.lie Bota-
nical Drops, four bottles of which efl"ect_cd a complete cure,
to the surprise and joy of herself and friends. .

1117A Child of 8 years, had lost the use of his arms, one
leg was almost crippled, hip dropped otit of place, thigh and
arms swollen and broke open in several places, and many of
the sores had penetrated down in the bone. On taking these
Drops he recovered the use of his limbs, the sores healed up,
and lie was restored to health, although thought; incurable.

D:/’A young Man, near _Bcston, was reduced so low by
eruptions and sores in various parts of his body, especially

his neck and hands ; weakness at the stomach, loss of appe-
tite, general debility, and gradual decline of the whole
system, so as to threaten an approaching Consumption. He
was entirely cured, and restored to a fine state of health, by
five or six bottles of these Drops. _ _ _

IITA Married Lady was for years afllicte with eruptions
on the face, head, cars, and various parts of the _body, at-
tended with violent itching, burning, &:c. had tried many
prescriptions without effect; was confined to_lier room, and
declined all company. She was cured by taking four bottles
of these Drops.

[[27 A Lad belonging to Saugus, whose head was covered
all over with sores and blotclics, was wholly cured by a. few
bottles, after eve other remedy had failed. .

I1j'A Child fiv years old, had her face covered with a
scab, various crupti ns about the body, and was blind of both
eyes. She was cur d by taking five bottles.

A Correspondent writes thus : “ I have had Ulcers on my
legs so bad that. I expected to lose the use of them, and could
only walk on crutches; t_wo pieces of bone came away from
my right leg; when hearing of your Rrlfa.-’s Botanical Drops,
after trying every thing else that I thought would allay my
sufferings, on using three bottles, I found niyselfiiearly well;
the ulcers began to heal up and cease running.”_

AGcntlcman writes, he had been sorely afllictcd for_ten
years with Biles all over his body, and having tried all kinds
of remedies without success, by the use of these Drops he
was perfectly cured. _ _ _

Another Gentleman writes: “ I have been seriously afflicted
with the Salt Rheum on my head, due. and resorted to the
use of many medicines without effecting acuize, or doing any
essential good, until I obtained some _of your Botanical
Drops, which, on using a. short time, entirely curctl.mc. _I
therefore recommend it to every person afflicted with this
complaint.” _ , ,

[1j“I was afllictcd,” writes a person, ‘ for six years with
intolerable burnings all over my body, adrcadful ulcer on
my left leg, and every other day a return of headache. After
taking one bottle I began to_mend, and after the third, was
perfectly cured; sixty-two pieces of bone came frctn my log,
mostly very small, the largest was t.‘.'_v'o m_ches long.”

Price $1, or 6 bottles for $9, with directions.

*._..* Prepared from the Original MS Recipe of the late Dr,
W. T. CONVVAY, by T. KIDDIGR, his Immediate Successor anti
the Sole 1’rop1-iclor, which, with the other“ Czmwny Mcdic2m.~s,”
is for sale at his Counting Room, No. 90, next door to J. Kin-
DEIVS Drug Store, comer of Court and Hanover Streets, n_ea.i
Concert Hall, Boston; for sale also by his special appoint
ment, by

VVEED and BUTLER, Druggists. Norwallr: SEYMOUR
JARVIS, and Wm. S. Woon, Stamford, and CLOSE 31.
MEAD, Greenwich.

4,. observe that none are gom, M, ug on written
‘I nalxre 0: Ta,-K_l,?,I_).ER' °" Cite oiitlslihclhiirinoted wra per._
- Lane in nnnade to those who buy to sel. again

“A

DEAL Lady, to whom reference can be made, was for years’

POE'1‘RY.

IIIIAIERIAGE HYBIN.
Not for the summer hour alonr,
/VVben skies resplendent shine.
And youth and pleasure fiill the throne,
Our hearts and hands we join:
But for those stern and \viiitry days,
Ofsorrow, pain, and fear,
‘When I-leaven’s wise discipline doth make
Out earthly journey drcar.
Not for this span ofllfe alone,
VVhicli like a blast doth fly,
And as the transient flower of grass
Just blossoin-—droop, and die.
-.,__ ‘But for a being without cnd,
‘~ c This V’0¥V of love we take,—-
Eirant us, Oh God! one home at last,
For ouiLRcdeeiner’s sake.

DIISCELLANY.

THE PROGRESS OF AFIERICA
DURING THE LAST CENTURY.

From the elevated position we now oc-
cupy, let us ttirn our eyes back on the his-
tory of the past century, to observe the pro-
gress of America since the birth of \Vasli-
ington, and the influence of his life and
cliaraoter on the destinies of his countrv and
of mankind. .3Vhat was his country’! Elev-
en small British colonies (for Georgia had
then no existence, and Delaware no sepa-
rate name) were scattered along the shores
of the Atlantic, within the present litnits of
the United States. They extended inland
only to a short distance, their retnotest otit-
posts liardly reaching the foot of the Alle-
ghany Mountains. Behind them was an
unexplored wilderness, from the recesses-of
which, savage tribes trained to war and
plunder, were ever ready at the instigation
of an ambitious chief, or the temptation of
a favorable opportunity, to spring forth on
their iiihabitants, without warning and with-
out mercy. On the north and on the south
were the colonies of Frunccand Spain, both
ancient rivals of Great Britain, and, accor-
ding to the universal opinion oftliat age, its
naiurztl as well as hereditary enemies; so
that every contest between those nations
brouglit war home to the doors ofthe colo-
nists, who tlius sufl'ci'ed from all the intri-
gue of European policy. From a “ Report
of the Lords of Trade,” it appears that
wool, flax, and licmp were raised in small
quantities by the fai'mers, and wrought into
coarse cloth and ropes, in their own dwell-
ings, for their own use. Besides these
household manufactures, and it nunibcr of
cstahlisliments for refining sugar for distill-
ing, and for taiiniiig, there were several for-
ges aiid furnaces for making iron, and in
all America, one slitting mill, one nail mill,
and one paper mill, the last of which pro-
duced paper enough to sell for nearly a
tlimisand dollars a year. The inhabitants
of the northern colonies also had recently
begun to make hats, and had even exported
some, of which great complaints were made
by the liatters of London, as interfering with
their business: Parliament “ diverting the
thoughts ofthe colonists” from manufactur-
mg and exporting the produce oftlicir soil,
enacted under severe penalties that neither
Iiats nor wool, nor any maiiufactures of
wool produced in America, should be \va-
tcr-borne, or laden in any vehicle or on any
animal for traiisportation, even within the
colonies themselves ; and that every slitting
mill should be abated as a caminon nui-
sance. .

Only two of the colonies had the right of
choosing their owti cliicfinugistratcs. The
other had governors appointed in England,
either by the crown or by the proprietors of
the colony, who possessed also respectively
the right to annnl, within a limited time,
any laws passed by the Colonial Assemblies.
The colonies were not bound together by
any other tie than their common allegiance
to the British crown.

Such was America; a number of feeble,
scattered colonies, surrounded by enemies,
disunited, dependent. Possessing, indeed,
in its habits ofindustry and enterprise, in
its doiuestic, civil, literary, and religious in-
stitutions, the germs of itsisubsequent great-
ness, but faintly developed; cruslied be-
neath the oppressioiis ofthe colonial system,
and in this part of the country still languish-
ing under the influence of that connection
ofcivil and ecclesiasticalpower, which is
every where degrading to religion, and dan-
gerous to liberty. Such was America l
Look on it now. ‘What do you behold?
One great, united, powerful, prosperous,
free people, without a master, without an
enemy, without a rival. The Alleghanies,
which were then your utmost limits, are
now in the midst ofyour population; the
vast region beyond them, at that time a wil-
derness, are cities, swarming with inhabi-
tants, burdeiicd with plenty ; the Mississip-
pi, whose origin and course were not then
known, is now a common highway; and
the still more remote territory, then unex-
plored, may I not say undiscovered, is now
entirely subjected to your laws. Your man-
ufactures, relieved from the monopoly of the
colonial system, have extended with incon-
ceivable rapidity; your commerce peoples
the ocean; enterprise and industry in every
purstiit are all unsliackled; and under the
protection of a free _govei°iimeiit and equal
laws, the institution then so fecbly developed,
have shut up, and spread abroad, and cover-
ed the whole land, and blossomed and
brought forth fruit abundantly-—the fruit of
knowledge and virtue.

But general expressions can give no idea
of our progress. Fancy itself flags, and
lingers, and haults behind the truth. Look
only at our population. A hundred years
ago, itdid not exceed 700,000. At this day
it is mor'e than 13,000,000. Consider, too,
the difference between our progress in this
respect, during the first half-and the last
half of the century just ended. The first

fifty years added to the existing "population

2,000,000, mukingiin all nearly 3,000,000
ofinliabitaiits in I782. The last fifty years
have added to that number more than 10,
000,000. The whole shipping of America
a century ago, was not 100,000 tons. At
present, though the revolutionary war al-
most swcpt it from the ocean, and it suffer-
ed greatly in the last, it approaches 2,000,-
000 toiis. In the whale "fishery alone, 1,300
tons only of shipping were then employed,
and it now gives occupation to 90,000 totis.
Our whole exportssand imports, which did
not exceed one million. sterling, have in-
creased twenty-fold; There are no sufIi-
cient data for estimating our progress in
other respects; but who can look around
him without perceiving, that in domestic
comfort the internal iinprovements,in wealth,
in knowledge, and in all the arts of life, it
has been far more rapid even than in popu-
lation or in trade; and that we have ad-
vanced with constantly accelerated speed
during the whole period. It began with
achieving the work ofa century in a gen-
eration, and it seems to end with crowding
the work of generations into single years.
[G'ra_2/.

CREDULITY IN INDIA.--All amusing anec-
dote, related by Bishop Heber, gives us a
good idea ofthe foibles and ignorance of
one ofthe petty princes of India, and the
rascality of the minister who managed his
affairs. The fondness of the king for me-
cliaiiics (says the Bishop,) led him to try
some experiments, in which he fell in with
a Mussulman engineer of pleasing address
and ready talent, as well as considerable,
though unimproved genius forsuch pursuits.
The king took so much delight in conver-
sing with this man, that the minister began
to fear a rising competitor, as well knowing
that the meanness of his own birth and
functions had beenno obstacle to his ad-
vancement. He therefore sent the engineer
word “ Iflie were wise, to leave Lucknow.”
The poor man did so, removed to a place
about ten miles down the river, and set up a
shop there. The king, on enquiring after
his luimble friend, was told that he was
dead of cholera; ordered 21 gratuity to be
sent to his widow and children, and no
more was said. Some time after, however,
the king sailed down the river in his brig of
war, as far as the place where the new shop
stood. He was struck with the tlifl'erent
signs ofncatness and ingenuity which he
observed in passing, made his men draw
in to the shore, and to his astonishment,
saw the deceased engineer, who stood trem-
bling, and with joined hands to receive him.
After a short explaiiation, he ordered him
to come on board,returiied in liign anger to
Lucknow; and calling the minister, asked
him if it were certain such a man was dead.
“Undoubtedly,” was the reply; “ I my-
self ascertained the fact, and conveyed your
majest.y’s bounty to the widow and chil-
dren.” “ Haruinzada,” said the king, burs-
ting into fury, “ look there and never see
my face more.” The vizier turned round
and saw how matters were circumstanced.
Vifitli a terrible glance, which the king
could not see, btit which spoke volumes to
the poor engineer, be imposed silence on
the latter; then turning round again to his
master, stopping his nose, and with many
muttered excl.-imations of “ God be merci-
full” “Satan is strong 1” “In the name of
God, keep the devil from me l” he said, ‘‘I
hope your majesty has not touched the hor-
rible ohject.” Touch him,” said the king,
“ the sight ofhim is enough to convince me
ofyour iascality.” “ Istufirallali I” said the
favorite ; “ and does not your majesty per-
ceive the strong stnell ofa dead carcass '2”
The King still stormed; but his voice fal-
tered and curiosity and anxiety began to
mingle with his iiitligiiatioii. “ It is certain,
l't'.fllf_"(’. of the world,” resumed the minister
fllltltfl your majesty’s late engineer, with
whom be peace ! is dead and buried: but
your slave knoweth not who has stolen his
body from the grave, or what vampire it is
who now inhabits -it to the terror of all good
Mussulmcn. Good were it that he were
rtin tlirough with a sword before your ma-
jest_v’s face, if it were not unlucl:.y to shed
blood in thy auspicious presence. I pray
your majesty dismiss us’. I will sccliim coii-
ducted back to his grave; it may be that
when tliatis opened, he may enter it again
peaceably. The king confused and agita-
ted, kiiew not what to say or oi'der.—The
attendants led the terrifietl mechanic mit of
the room, and the vizier, throwing him a
purse, swore, with ailiorrible oath, that “if
‘he (lid not put himself upon the other side
ofthe comp:tny’s frontier before the next
morning, iflie ever trod the earth again, it
should be as :1 vampire indeed.” This is,
I think, no bad specimen of the manner in
which an absolute sovereign may be pur-
suaded out of his own senses.

NA'ruitAL CURI()Sl_'l‘Y.-—-In the township of
Clinton, district of Niagara, is, perhaps, one
of the most curious caves in America. It
is situated about two miles from the road
from Niagara to Hamilton, a little above
the base of the mountain. The scenery
near the cave is singularly romantic, and it-
side from the cave, would richly repay the
admirer of nuture’s wonders for the pain of
a visit. From the circumstance of the cave
containing ice always during the sutrirner,
it is called Ice Spring.

I-Iaving twice visited the spring during
the greatest heat of summer, which is the
only time the ice accumulates, I will endeav-
or to describe the place, although my pen
will command but an imperfect sketch. _

The entrance ofthe cave is under an im-
mense rock, apparently solid ; its depth, or
distance to the extremity is about 25 feet;
the sides are of hugely solid rocks, extend-
ing into the mountain, some of \vliich_lie
partly above the sur_face. The water, Whlch
congeals into ice, oozes out of the rock that
hangs over the cave; it hangs in icicles,
above, undmay be found on the bottom,

frozen in cakes. A sudden transition from

an atmosphere where the thermometer will
rise 90 to a region where it willifall several
degrees below vero, on entering the cave in
summer, renders great caution necessary to
visitors, who should never enter in a state

_of prespiration, nor _remain too long.—Near

the cave are great numbers of rocks, appa-
~l'(’.nl;I_Y solid, and of the largest size that I
have everseen lying above the ground; they
all have the appearance of having, been
thrown otit by some convulsions of’ nature.
The wild aspect of the rocks, softened by a
festoon ofivy and other beautiful vines, and
the corresponding grandeur and rarity ofall
surrounding objects, renders the scene high-.
ly picturesque.

Frequent calls, through the public press,
have been made upon the scientific, to ac-
count for the ice appearing only in the liot--
test weather, and dissolving as soon as the
weather grows cool; but none, I belive have
yet risked a public explanation of the cause
ofso singular aplienomenon. I may there-
fore, liazai'd my own at some future time,
though I am far from making scientific pre-
tensions. I only hope to be the means of
exciting some of our physiologists to the
elucidation ofa subject, which to tliousaiids
who never saw the cave, may seem incredi-
ble, and perhaps to all who have, an insolv-
able mystery. There are many places in
America, where ice and snow remain during
summer ; but it is believed that this spring
is the only one that apparently acts directly
contrary to the seasons offreezing and thaw-
ing, and which remains to be accounted for
upon principles satisfactory to the enquiring
mind. [C'anada~'jza_pcr.

AN ITALIAN CEME'risitr.——“An old. ‘man
opened the iron door, we entered a clean,
spacious and wellpavcd arena,withlong rows
of iron rings in the heavy slabs ofthe pave-
ment. VVitliout asking fl question the old
man walked across to the father corner,
where stood a moveable lever, and fastening
the chain iiito the fixture, raised the massive
stone cover of a pit. He requested us to
stand back for a few minutes togivc the ef-
fluvia time to escape,and then shelteziiig our
eyes with our hats, we looked in._ You have
read, of course, that there are 365 pits in
this place, one ofwliieli is opened every day
for the dead of the city. They are thrown
in without shroud or cofiin, and lIle‘])ll.' is
sealed tip at night for a year. They are 30
or 40 feet deep, and each would contain
perhaps 200 bodies. Lime is thrown upon
the daily heap,and it soon melts into :1 mass
of garbage, and by the end of the year, the
bottom ofthe pit is covered with dry white

"bones.

It was some time before we could distin-
guish any thing in the darkness ofthe abyss.
Fixing my eyes on one spot,_ however, the
outlines ofa body bccatne defined gradually
and in a few minutes, slieltei'in_9; my eyes
completely from the sun above, I could see
all the horrors of the scene but too distinct-
ly. Eight corpses,all of full grown persons,
lay in a confined heap together, as they had
been thrown in one after another, in the
course of the day. The last was the pow-
erfully made gray old man, who had fallen
flat on his back, with his right hand lying
across and half covering the face of awo-
man, by his full limbs and chest, and the
darker color ofliis legs below the knees, he
was probably one of the lazzaroni, and had
met witlia sudden death. His right heel
lay on the forehead ofa young man, emaci-
ated to the last degree, his chest thrown tip
as he lay, and his ribs showing like a skelet-
on covered with skin. The close black curls
of the latter, as his head rested upon anoth-
er body, were in such strong relief thatl
could have counted them. On to the right,
quite distinct from the heap‘, lay in a bean-
tiful attitude, a girl, as well as I could judge,
of not more than 19 or 20. She had fallen
on the pile and rolled or slid away. Her
hair was very long, and covered her left
shoulder or bosom : her arm was across her

sleep, she could not have disposed her limbs
more decently. The head had fallen a lit-
tle away to the right, and her feet, which
were small even fora lady, were pressed one
against the other, as if she was about turn-
ing on her side. The Sexton said that
a young man had come with the body, and
was very ill for some time after it was
thrown in. We asked him if respectable
people were brought there. ‘Yes,’ he said,
‘many.’ None but the rich would go to the
expense of a separate grave for their rela-
tions. People were often brought in hand-
some grave clothes, but were always strip-
ped before they were left. The shroud,
whenever there was one, was the perqnisite
ofthe uddertakers.’ And tlitis are flung in-
to that noisome pit, like beasts, the greater
part ofthe population of this vast city—the
young and the old, the vicious and the vir-
tuons together, without the decency even of
a rag to keep up the distinctions oflife!
[N. Y. Mirror.

 

Exruaonnrmuv Foii'ri'rUni-:.—A gentle-
man came from Cambrone, Cornwall, two
years since, and consulted the medical ofh-
cer of the Plymouth Eye Infirmary, on ac-
count ofa shot which entered his left eye-
hall four years and a half before, viz: in
Feb. 1827, from a gun fired at a Woodcock
by another person, producing instant blind-
ness in the left eye, and unceasing pain from
that time. In exploring the eye for the shot,
through afistulous opening in the sclerotica,
a bony and chrystalized lease was extract-
ed, and with it the supposed causeof his
suffering, then attributed to the spicultc of
bone. In Feb. 1833, the same gentleman
returned to Plymouth, and said that the shot
must still be lodged in the eye, as his pain
was most accute, and his fear of loosing the
other eye from sympathy very great. A
second operation was performed, at his par-
ticular request, and the anterior part of his
left eye removed, and the vitrious humor
scooped out. The eye suppurated and sunk,

but still no shot was found. On the 23d

body,and if her mother had laid her down to‘

NO. 48.

inst. he came uthird titiic to Plymouth, fear.
mg blindness also in his right eve, and re-
quested to have the retnaniingportion of
his left eye extirpated ; this was done. In
that part of the Optic nerve which expands
fmd forms the 1'0tll‘:0. Was found a duck shot
impacted so firmly that a considerable effort:
was required to detach it from its bed, in
which it must liave been fixed for six years
and six moiitlis, closely embraced by the
nerve. _ Such was the patient’s extreme for-
titude, that not. even was his hand raised},
nor "a syllable of complaint uttered during
the wliole operation, certainly the most
painful that can be pei'f'ormed on the human
frame. The patient is doing remarkably
Well, and already rewarded with reliefifor
pci'sevcrancc and fortitude.

[I’lymouith .-Tour.

Q,llAI{ER l\I.ut:t1.:t_oi:.—A c0I'respondent o'f
the Springfield Gazette, at N, York, gives
the following account of at marriage_ceremo-
iiy at one of the Friends’ meeting-liousesi,
at which he was present": “Upon the front
seat of the platform were seated the bride
and the bridegroom, she with her hat and
veil on. Their parents sat with them, their
fathers upon one side and their mothers up-
on the other.—.'I'he bridesmaids and grooms-
inen were seated upon the bench in front
of them. VVitliout any intirnution from any
source, the silence was broken by the bride
and bridegroom rising: lic tttkcsoff his liaf,
and takes the bride by the hand, and save‘,
‘I Geo. Fox, take tlicc, Maria Clark, for my
lawful wife, and I do promise with ,divine
assistance, to be an afl'ectioiiate_ husband
unto thee,until'death.’ Then the bride takes
the groom by the hand and makes the like
acknowledgment and the like promise for
herselfto him as her liusband. . W'lien this
is done the groom puts on his lief‘, and both
sitdown. Immediately two young rdéiids,
groomsmcn, place atuble before them and

_uiifold upon it a mighty parchment scroll,

upon which the groom aiid the bride enter
their names. The scroll is then handed to
one of the speakicrs, who takes off his hat
and reads it to the meeting. The purport of
it is, that Geo. Fox and Maria Clark .liav-
ing previously signified to the meeting their
intentions of be-comiiig ‘husband and wife‘,
their parents having given their consent
and there being no objection, they had pub-
licly promised to love each other as husband
and wife, until death, and had signed that
cirtificate of which we were witnesses. He
then with seveml others signs the certificate
as witnesses. This done, the speaker who
had addressed the meeting shakes hands
with the friend nearest him, which was the
signal that the in:-_,ctiiig hail broken up. In
all t_liis ceremony there was a solemnity and
propriety with which I was pleased. There
is no agency of clergyinen or tnagistrates as
with other denominations, but the parties
marry tlieniselves. But it is essential that
they should do this at the meeting. In this
instance, the groom was the junior member
of one ofouiffirst mercantile houses,and the
bride was the daughter of one of our most
respectable lawyers.”

IIIPPOPOTAMUS IIiim*.——l\Ii-. Salt and his
party stationed tliemselves on a Iiigli over-
hanging rock, which coinin'~tndetl one of the
favorite pools‘, and they had not remained
long before a liippopotamous rose to the
surface", at a distance of not more than 20
yards._ He came up at first very confidently,
raising his enormous head otit ofthe water,
and snorting violently. At the same instant
their guns werediscliargcd, the contents of
which appeared to strike directly on his
forehead : on which it turned its head with
angry scowl, and making a sudden -plunge,
sank to IIle’l.‘I0ll.Ol'll‘, with a peculiar noise
between a grunt and a roar. They for some
minute's entertained a sanguine hope that
he was killed, and momentarily expected to
see his body ascend to the surface. But it
soon appeared that a hippopotamus is not
so easily slain ; for he rose again ere long,
close to the _same spot and apparently not
much conccrnetl at what had happened,
though somewliat more cautious than be-
fore. They again discliaiged their pieces,
but with as little effect asformerly ; and al-
though some of the party continued firing
at every one that made his nppeaiazsce, they
were by no means certain they produced
the slightest impressioii upon any of them}
This they attributed to their haviiig used
lcaden balls, which are too soft to enter his
almost impenetrable scull.

It appears from what they witnessed, that
the hippopotamus cannot ‘remain more than
5 or 6 minutes under water. One of the most
iiiterestiiig parts‘ of the amusement was to
witness the perfect ease with which these. an-
imals quietly dropped to the bottom ; for the
water being exceedingly clear, t_bey_cotild
distinctly see them so low as twenty feet:
below the surface.

 

CoNom:ss.—T_he 23d Congress of't_lie
United States will assemble at _I1‘V.2l_SIlIllL‘tQI1
the 2d of December next. A late New
York Journal contains a list of the Mem-
bers of both I~Iouse_s._ In the Senate there
are four vacancies, viz: one in Mississippi,
one in Louisiana, one in Iriissouri, and one
in Pennsylvania. In the Iiouse, three va-
cancies, viz: onevin Massncliusetts, one in
Rhode Island and one in Mississippi. The
whole numbeij of Senators, ‘elect is 44.——
VVliole number when the vacancies shall
be filled,4Sa The list of members of the
House embraces the names ofto ‘.237 mcm-.
hers, besides the three delegates. If to these
be added 3 for the 3 vacancies, the whole”
tuimber will be 240. , . : .-

The compensation of each member of
the Senate and House is $8 a day, during
the period of his attendance, without de-
duction in case. of sickness; and $8 for ,e_v£
cry 20 miles travel. The complensiition of
the President, of the Sctiate,pro tcmpore
and the Speaker ofthe House of Ptepresen-E
tatives is $16 per day. ,

The Senators are chosen by the Ilegislzié