Froi1i.'H00d:'s Comic 4_4rmual. ‘
. as PARENTAL one -
I To my Son aged three 3/curs amilfivc months.
Thou happy, happy elf 3
- ‘ ' ‘ (But stop, first let me kiss away that 183?.)
, ‘ Though tiny image ofmyself! _ J
’ (M _t,-. love. he's poking_ peas in_t0 his ear)
Thou merry laughing SP"!!!
I r - Wit}; spirits feather-light, _ .
Untouched by sorrow. and ttnsoil’d by sin; _
(Good heavens! the chili is swallowing a pin !)
-.l- I
. Thou littletricksy Put...
With antic toys so funnily bestruck,
Light as the singing bird that wings the air;
(Thedoc-rs! the doors! he’ll tumble down the
stairs;)
l ' ‘ Thou darling of thy sire!
(\Vhy Jane, he'll set his pianoforo a-fire ;)
Thou imp of mirth andjoy! _
In love's dear chain, so strong, so bright a link,
Thou idle ofthy parents; (Drat the boy!
There goes my ink.)
; Thou cherub, but of earth;
l Fit play fellow for fays, by moonlight pale,
In harmless sport and mirth,
(Tltat dog will bite him, if he pulls his tail !)
Thou litiman humming bee, extracting honey
From every blossom in the world that blows,
Singing in _vo:t'th‘s Elysium ever sunnv,
(Another tumble! That's his precious iiosc!)
Thy father's pride and hope!
(He'll break the’ mirror with that skipping-
rope!)
\Vith pure heart lately stamp'd front nature's
mint:
(\Vhere did he learn thajlsquipt ?)
‘ Thou oung domestic ove.
! (He'll hayve thatjug oil‘ with another shove)
Dear nursling of the liymenial nest !
(Are those torii clothes ‘his best?)
Little epitome of man .
(He'll climb itpontlie table, that's his plan!)
Touch'd with the beauteous tints Qf§£la\Vnll)g
life‘
(He's grit a knife!)
Thou enviable being!
No storms, no clouds, in thy blue sky foresee-
ing, ‘
Play on, play on,
My elfin John!
Toss the light ball; bcstritle the stick;
(I knew so many cakes would make him sick)
, With fancies, buoyant as the thistle t.lO\Vr.),
Prompting the face grotesque, and antic biisk,
, \Vith many a lamb-like frisk,
(He's got the scissors. shipping at your gown!)
Thou pretty opening rose!
_ (Go to yourinother,child, anti wipe your nose!)
Baltny and breathing music like the south,
(He really brings my heart into my mouth)
1 ' ’ Fresh as the mom. and brilliant as the star,
(I wish that windowliad an iron bar!)
Bold as the hawk. yct gentle as the. dove,
(l'll'tell you what. my love.
I cannot write, unless he's sent above!)
Julia.
Iler dress was neat, she wore it neatly.
Her voice was sweet, she used it sweetly,
Her foot was small but she could walk.‘
Her tongue was little but she rottigé talk.
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ODDS AND ENDS.
’ilkcnny Pi_.:r;.—Oiie iiiglit in the early part
, of the week a farmer rcsttling in an atljoiiiing
. village, incotisiderately put a cow. ‘Ill the eve of
calving. into a barn with it lot of hungry pigs.
and on goiiic the following nioruing to look after
the hopes ofthe family. he found the voracious
swine had not only eaten up the new born calf.
but had finished the cow also, leaving nothing
4; lint ihc horns and tail, ԤVe tlo not vouch forthc
~ whole truth of the sirzry,-.-.1).or_s,e.t C,/u-'nm'clc-
"[Further accoiuits state that on the succeeding
morning, when the furiner again visited his pigs,
he discovered that they had, during the night,
dc\'()uf«g;d one nnot her; the only vestiges of their
having existed being a nut-iiberoftails and teeth.
which had proved too hard for digestion.—L'.i:-
prcss Editzbn.
The _Dcscriplz're.—Consitlcring the circum-
stanmtzs of the case. the btimpkiii's description of
tbeass is one of the best skctclics iinagiriablc.
Having for the first time seen an animal of this
kind, he was afterwartls asked by a less lticky
companion to describe it—‘to tell him how it
looked.’
‘Hem! did you ever see a mule?’
‘Yes.’ . 0
‘Well. ajackass looksjust like a mulc—orily
more so.’ ‘
A gentleman being asked by a friend, ‘ \Vhat
it was o'clock ?’ replied. ‘ Little or nothing-'
‘ How so !' asked the inqtiircr. ‘ \Vliy.’ said the
wit, “ it is not quite ortc, antl that which is less than
one. must be little or nothing.’
An officer from the South passing on to the
East could not obtain a dollar in Southern mo-
nev.wliilea person bound South was picking up
allthe bills he could at a discount, and paying
New-York bills for it. Thus it works. This
ofiicer saitl. '1 have been round the world and
never found any difiiculty in getting rid ofa note
of the U. S. Bank. At Calcutta, at Canton,
any where he could get gold for one of- those
notes. \Ve have now ‘ a better currency’ with
the vengeance.
A §;:,;Q.—‘ I want to see some nf your glm-.
blets,’ said a grccn horn one day as he entered a
hardware store. The dealer took down several
parcels, neither of which suited. ‘ \Vell, then,
what kind do you want? Here is almost every
variety.’ ‘ Why, darn it, I want them what
‘bores sgpare holes.‘
-J'ogh,! says ti stumpy bullet-beaded black to
5- .molass'es-dipped companion on crossing the
di-aw.br‘idge, ‘Josh, pay me dat dare hp vat you
borrowed 0’ me.’ ‘ Golia mighty, vat you mean
' to ax a man for money dose times; d9n’tyou see
. all deimerchants breakin, how you spec me to
pay; Ifso spended payment too.’
Pqtatoe.s— Usqful Reci'pc.—\Ve every day
hear complaints about watery potatoes. Put in-
to the a piece of lime as large as a hen’s egg,
and however watery the potatoes may have been.
when the water is poured off, the potatoes will
. , be perfectly dry and inealy. Some persons use
gait, tvmjch only hardens the potatoes.
Dandelion Becr.—Some economical hoijse
wife at Concord','according to the Yeoman, and
-~-“he editor has been permitted to drink thereof
rid vouches for its excellcncy, has discovered
that a pleasant table beer may be made Of the
water in which dandelions have been hailed, by
adding to each gallon in tea cup full of yeast and
"ii'pii'it of molasses. As dandelions are abundant
’ nd cheap, and their medicinal qualities well
'; nown, the experitnent may be worth trying.
.’l‘he'Winter Hearth Fire.-—Tlie winter hearth
fire is the grand awakener and enliveiier of the
household affections. When the family circle
is around it,'a chain ofindissoluble hearts is form-
ed. The holy feelings which relationship clier-
ishes gilsh ‘out in the calm flashes from the glow-
ing eyé,“;';’n'¢.] move and play trciiitilously, like a
3u¢'ce,5inr‘i"di' f_lo‘a__ti_i'ig ‘_Aulse-beatings. throughout
‘me bosoffi, The'ch'eerful hlaze—t_lie soft light
of the sh:ided'lamp—tlie warm, close room—tbe
shut-o 3. world, and the sitiglepess of the scene,
make 1, esituation ofany iridividual in_tlie group.
deligh idly pleasant. It 127, _a place like no otli.
VOL. 20.
ci—like a paradise—like a heaven, but differ-
ent! It is there only that heart speaks unto
heart, each with its most kindly influence. It
is there only that the tics of kindred are display-
ed in all their strength. It is there only that we
perceive the purity, and the fultiess, and the
loveliness of those affections which are among
the divinest lierltages of our existence. It is
there only that all we love and wish to love for-
ever, come home upon the soul with all that is
powerful, and make us to feel and be aware of
the goodliness and worth of much that tends to.
benefit us. and render us happy throughout our
earthly condition.-—Isaac C. Pray, Jr.
_ Small debts should be ymizlpronzptly-—In these
pressing times, it would be well for men ofbusi-
ness to remember the advice of Solomon:
‘Say not unto thy neighbor, the printer, go
and come again, and tomorrow I will give, when
thou hast it by thee.’
‘Tom,’ said one to his friend today, ‘lend
money now a days, on good security!’ ‘ Yes,’
was the reply; and the next query was, ‘ what’s
the security?’ ‘ Six per cent. a month, and the
money left as collateral !'
A Slight Di:fl'e'rc-nce.—A St. Louis paper says,
that the anthracite coal found lately in Missouri,
looks like coal, feels like coal, and smells like
coal—-all the difference is,,that coal burns, but
that will not.
Hai'rl JlTone~_i/.—-Gen. Jackson promised to
give -us hard money in the place of our paper
circulation, and he has fulfilled his promise. It
is hard to get, and /Lard to lgeep, arid ltarzlcf still
to those who don't get; it—and maks them very
lt(1'I‘(l customers.__—;I\’5zo-Jifrlacegi Palladium. '
Jae}.-sou Ill-'o.7i,_ey,..-—Sucli is the true name oftlie
paper currency towhich we are now reduced; it
is empliatically the currency which Gen. Jackson
has brought upop its; his mad, Quixotic mea-
sures. ¢\'¢,3.t_‘. siuce he entered uppn office, have
teiidetl towards it; and we now invite tie public
to designate it by its true name. One cent, ten
cent, twenty-five cent, fifty cc.titbills—tliis is the
Juclcson. Jlfoncy that. the administration have
brought upon us.—Noah.
TEXT.
‘No person holding any ofiice under the au-
thority of the U. States; no slierifi or sheriff’-s
deputy, shall be a member of the General As-
sembly.'— C'or2.s-titttlion-of Comzecticut.
C'oinms1il.—Hoiatio N. Case, Postmaster,
Granby; Odiah L. Sheldon, do. Suffield; B.
Bacon, do. Plainfield; Myron Harrison, do.
Cornwall; Charles B. Phelps, do. \V0orlhury ;
Sam'l \Villiams do. Bolton; Jeffrey O. Phelps,
Simsbury, Postmaster and Deputy Slieriff-—all
members of the General Assembly now in ses-
sion. Hurrah for Constitutional“ Democracy!
Stand up to the rack. There are others in the
same double-shotted predicament, whose names
we have not at liand.--Hartford Courier.
THE PICKVVICK VALENTINE.
‘ Vell Sammy,’ said the father.
‘ Vell, my Prooshan Blue,’ said the son, lay-
ing down his pen; ‘what's the last bulletin
about mother-in-law ?'«
‘ M rs. Veller passed a werrygood night, but is
uucoiiimon perwerse, and unpleasanttlils morn-
in’—signed upon oath —S. Vcllcr, Esquire,
Senior. That's the last two as was issued,
Sammy,’ replied Mr. \Veller, untying his
shawl,
‘ No better yet ?' inquired Sam.
‘ All the symptoms aggerawated.’ replied Mr.
\Veller, shaking his head. ‘But what's "that
you're doin’ of—~pursuit of knowledge under
difiiculties—eh, Sammy?’
‘ I've done now,’ said Sam, with a slight em-
barrassment ; ‘I've been a wrytin’.’
‘ So I see,’ replied Mr. \Veller. ‘ Not to any
young ’_oomcn, I hope, Sainmy ?’
° \Vli_v, it's no use a sayin’ it aint,’ replied
Sam ; ‘it's a walentine.’
‘ A what ?’ exclaimed Mr. \Veller, apparently
horror stricken bv the word.
‘ A walentine,’ replied Sam.
‘Samivel. Samivel.’ said Mr. Weller, in re-
proachful accents, ‘ I didn't think you'd ha’ done
it. Arter the warnin' you're had 0’ your father's
wicious perpensities, ill’-lei‘ all I've said so you
upon this here werry subject; arter actiwally
seein’ and bein' in the company 0’ your own
motlier-in-law, vich I should ha’ thought was a
moral lesson as no man could ever ha’ forgotten
to his dyin’ day! I didn't think you'd ha’ done
it, Sammy, Ididn’t think you'd ha’ done it.’
These reflections were too much for the good
old man. He raised Sam's tumbler to his lips,
and drank oliiits contents.
‘ \Vot’s the matter now ?' said Sam.
‘ Never mind, Sammy,‘ replied Mr. \Veller.
‘it'll bc'a werry agonizin' trial _to me at my time
oflife; but l'in pretty tough, that's vun consola-
tion, as the werry old turkey remarked ven the
farmersaid he vas afeerd he should be obliged to
kill him for the London market.’
‘ \Vot’ll be a trial ?' inquired Sam. _
‘ To see you married, Sammy—to see a dilu-
did wictiin, and thinkin' in your innocence that
it's all werry capital,’ replied Mr. Weller. ‘ It's
a dreadful trial to a father's fecl'in's, that ’ere,
Sammy.’ '
-‘ Nonsense,’ said Sam, ‘I aint a gain’ to get
married. don't you fret yourself about that ;.I
know you're a judge o’ these things. Order in
your pipe, and ‘ll read you tlieletter-—thjere.’
We cannot distinctly say whether It was the
prospect of the pipe. or the consolatory reflec-
tion that a fatal disposition to get married ran in
the family and couldn't be helped, which calmed
Mr. \Veller’s feelings, and caused his grief to
subside. We should he rather disposed to say
that the result was attained by combining the
two_ sources of consolation, for he repeated
second in a low tone, very frequently; ringing
the bell meanwhile to order in the first. He
then divested himself of his‘itpper coat; and
iighiingit-.3 pipe, and placing liimselfin front of
the tire with his backtowards it, so that he could
feel its full heat, and recline against the mantle-
piece at tliesame time,turned towards Sam, and
with a countenance greatly mollified by toe
softening influence of tobacco, requested him to
‘ fire away.’ _
Sam dipped his pen into the Ink 10 1"’ lead)’
for any corrections, and began with a very theatri-
cal air-
‘ Lovely
V
“ DON'T GIVE up THE snip."
‘ Stop,’ said Mr. \Vcllei', ringing the bell.-
‘A double glass 0’ the inwariable, my dear.’
‘Very well sir,’ replied the girl; who with
great quickness appeared, vanished, returned,’
disappeared.
‘ 'l‘liey seem to know your ways here,’ ob-
served Sam.
‘ Yes,’ replied his father. ‘I've been here be-
fore iu my time. . Go oti, Sammy.’
‘ Lovely crctu r,’ repeated Sam.
‘ ’Tain’t in poetry, is it?’ interposed the father.
‘ N0. no.’ replied Sam. -
‘ \Verry glad to hear it,’ said Mr. Weller.
Poelry's t?"ll]Zll’ral : no man ever talked in
poetry 'cept a beadle on boxin’ day, or Warrin's
blackiu',' or Rowlaiid’s oil, or some 0’ them low
fellows; never you let yourself down to talk
POCIFY. my boy. Begin again, Sammv.’
Mr. \Veller resumed his pipe with it critical
solcmnity, and Sam once more commenced and
read as follows :
:Lovel_y_ci'eetur. i feel myself a damned’
_ T_liat aint. proper,’ said Mr. \Veller, taking
his pipe from his mouth.
‘ No: it aint damned,’ obscrved'Sam, holding
the letter up to the light, ‘it's ‘shamed,’ there's a
blot. there-‘ I feel myselfasharne~.l.'
‘ VVerry good,’ said Mr. \Veller. ‘ Go on.’
‘Feel myselfashametl, and completely cit:-—-’
I forgot wot this here word is,’ said Sam, scratch-
ing his head with the pen, in vain attempts to re-
member. ’ ' . ‘
‘ \Vliy don't you look at it, then ?’ inquired
Mr. VVeller.
‘ So I am a lookin’ at it,’ replied Sam, ‘ but
th(t]2re’s another blot; here's a c, and an i, and
a .’
1 ‘ Circuinwented, p'raps,’ suggested ‘Mr. \Vcl-
er.
“No, it aiut that,’ said Sam, ‘circumscribed,
that's it.’
‘ That aint as good a word as circumweiitetl,
Sammy,’ said Mr. ‘«Veller, gravely. ‘
‘Think not ?’ said Sam.
‘Nothiu' like it,’ replied his father.
‘Buttlon'tyou think it means more ?’ inquired
Sam.
‘ V-ell, p’-raps i_t is a rnoite tenderer word,’ said
Mr. VVeller, after a few moments reflection. ‘ Go
on Sammy.’ _
‘F-eel myself ajshamed and completely cir-
cumscribed in acldressin’ of you, for you are a
nice gal and notliiti’ but it.’ ‘ ' ' '
‘That's a worry pretty sentiment,’ said the
elder Mr. Weller, removing his pipe to make
way for the remark.
‘ Yes, I think it is raytlier good,’ observed
Sam. highly flattered.
‘\Vot I like in tat ’ere style of wriiin'. said
the elder Mr. Weller, ‘is, that there aint no cal-
li_n’ namesin it—no \Venuscs, nor notliin’ 0’ that
kind ; wot’s the good 0’ callin' a voting 'oomaii
3 VVGUUS. 01' an angel. Sammy?’ V
‘Ah! what, indeed ?’ replied Sam.
‘You might jist as vell call her a griffin. or a
unicorn, or a king's arms at once, which is very
well known to bea collcctiori o’ fabulous ani-
mals,’ added Mr. \Vellcr. ‘ I
‘Just as well,’ replied Sam.
‘ Drive on Sammy,’ said Mr. \Veller.
Sam complied with the request. and proceed-
ed as follows: his t‘.-nl....- N...-1---'--i,
with a mixed expression of wisdom and compla-
cency, which was particularly edifying.
‘.Afore Isee you I thought all women was
alike.’
‘ So they are,’ observed the elder Mr. VVeller,
parenthetically.
‘But now,’ continued Sam, ‘now I find what
a reg’lar soft-licaded, ink-red’lous turiiipI must
ha’ been, for there aint nobody, like you, tho’
I like you better than nothin' at I thought
it best to make that rayther strong,’ said Sam,
looking up. j ‘
Mr. Weller iiodded approvingly, and Sam
resumed. ,
‘ So I take the privilege of the day, Mary,
my dear—-as the gen'lem'n in difliculiies did,
ven he valked out of a Sunday,—to tell you
that the first and only time I see you your like-
ness was took op my hart in much quicker time
and brighter colors than ever a likeness was look
by the profeel machine (which p’r'aps you may
have hecrd on, Mary, my dear) although it does
finesh a portrait and put the frame and glass on
complete _with a hook at the end to hang it up by,
and all in two minutes and a quarter.’
‘.I am afeered that werges on the poetical
Sammy.’ said Mr. \Veller, dubiously. ' '
‘ No it don't,’ replied Sam, reading on very
quickly, to avoid contesting the point.
‘Except ofme Mary my dear as your wal-
lentine and think over what I've said—MV
dear Mary I will now conclude.’ That's all;'
said Sam.
‘ That's ratliera sudden pull up, aint it, Sam-
my ?’ inquired Mr. \Veller.
‘ Not a bit on it,’ said Sam; ‘she'll vish there
was more. and tliat’s the great art 0’ letter writ-
in’.’
""\Vell,' said Mr. Weller, ‘there's sometliin’
in that; and I wish your ifnotlier-in-law ’ud
only conduct her conv:er.saIioii on the same gen-
teel priuciple. Aint you goin’ to sign it?’
‘That's the dilliculiy,' said Sam ; ‘I don't
knovvjwliat to sign it.’
‘ Sign it—Veller,’ said the oldest surviving
propietor ofthat name.
‘ \Voii't do.’ said Sam. ‘Never sign a wal-
lentinc with your own name.’
‘ Sign it ‘Pickwick,’ then,’ said Mr. \Vcller;
‘ it's a’ worry good one. and an easy one to spell.’
‘ The very thing,’ said Sam. ‘I could end
with a worse; what do you think ?'
‘Idon’t like -it, Sam.’ rejoined Mr. \Veller.
‘I never knoW'd a respectable coacliman as
wrote poetry, ’cept one, as made an affection’
copy 0’ werses the night afore he was hung for a
highway robbery; and he was only a Camber-
vell man, so even that's no rule.’
But Sam was not to be dissuaded from the
poetical idea that had occurred to him, so he
signed the letter—
‘. Your lovc-sick
Pickwick.’
And having folded it in a very intricate manner,
squeezed a down hill direction in one corner‘-
' To Mary, Housemaid, at Mr. Niipkin's
Mayor's lptwich,‘Suflolk ;' and put it into his
pocket, tvafered. and ready for the General Post.
Steam C'ut-_out; T/_ic £\’civ1l’IoJt-éuc Powcr.—--
The last number of Silliiiiau’s Journal contains
9
u rruu \1,
a pariicttlar description of Mr. Davenport's
NORVVALK, CONN. WHGDNESDAE’, EFIEAY 24, 1837.
wonderful iiivcntinn ; the application of magnet-
gic and electro-iiiaguciic ptitvct‘ zisn inoviug prin-
lciple to niacliiiicr_v. The ctlltnr of the New
Era, who, with other sciciitilit: persons, has ex-
amined the rotary iiiaclsiiie \\’ltl(_‘fl Messrs. Da-
yeuport and Cook have now in operation, states
the following facts as pcrsoiially tested by him-
‘self.
‘First. \Ve saw a small cyliutlrical battery,
about nine inches in length, and three or four
in diameter, producca magnetic power of about
three hundred pounds, which, tlicreforc. we
could not move with our utmost streiigtli. Sec-
ond. \Ve saw a small whr:cl,“fivc and a half
inches in diameter, peiforiiiirig more than six
hundred revolutions in a minute. from the pow-
er of a battery of still, smaller tlimensions. -
Third. \Ve saw the model of a locomotive eti-
gtne, traveling on a circular rail road with im-
mense velocity, and rapidly ascending an iii-
clinccl plane of far greater elevation than any
hitherto ascended by steam power- And these.
and various other experiments wliicli we saw,
convinced us oftlic trutli oftlieopinion express-
ed by Profcssors Sillimziu, RCn\\’ll3l(, and oth-
crs, that the power of machinery may b[e'i_i,i_-
creased by this source beyond any assigiiablc
lltY_lllS- 1! is Computcdiby tliese learned men,
that a circular galvanic battery, about three
feetin diameter, Willi magnets of a proportion-
able surface, would produce at least one linu-
dred horse power; and, therefore, that two such
batteries would be sufficient to propel ships of
the largest size across the Atlantic. The only
materials required to generate and ‘continue this
power for such a voyage, would be a few; ihin
sheets of copper and zinc, and a few gallons of
mineral acid. \Vliiletlie't-ost of this ne\v'mo-
tive power is merely nominal, it is perfectly
safe and manageable. There is not a possibili-
ty of any shock or explosion, and the whole ina-
cbinery might be conducted by a child.
The best laml /‘or Ciiiriccsc 1lIulbc'rr_y.—-It has
been frequently said that comparatively poor,
dry, gravelly soil, is better ada_ptCtl ‘to the cul-
ture ofthc Cliinese Mulberry, than our rich bot-
toms and interval lantl—-that a greater profit ,
may be taken from such land than if stocked
with any other crop. This assertion does not
obtain the credit it deserves. Our farmers will
insist that rich land is worth more for any crop,
and produces more profit than the z_ib_o\<c des-
cribed land; and so it will for aitiitist‘ every
crop except Chinese Mulberry. If Chinese
Mulberry be set out on. our rich land, it will
grow with such vigor that the trees will have
only green wood, and the branches become all
but useless; although there may be plenty of
foliage. yet it will be watery, and of less value
than the {tillage which has grown on poorer soil.
Trees set out upon poor land will more readily
mature wood, have foliage more mature, rich
and nutricious, and worth twenty-live per cent.
more than the foliage growing on the richest
land. Any one doubting this position is request-
ed to try the experiment in the season of feeding
woriiis, arid we have no duiibi but time and ex-
perience will confirm it; yet it is known that
for the white mulberry our iicli lands is the
best. '
.‘""‘*. -"--~-~--- -~.-.—. \\' ll .1:-now that our best
soil will be wanted for Indian coi'ii,‘u....,..- .
and other crops usually grown on such land;
and now, the beet culture, for sugar, must ab-
stract for that purpose, some of the best land,
and as silk culture will at the same time be en-
couragcgl, why not take such land as best adapt-
ed to its culture? V A '
It is thought that the culture of silk willyet
become of more importance and profit to the
cultivator, than any crop now taken from the
soil, not even exc3pting our broom corn, beets
for sugar, or the cotton of the south.
\Vh_en traveling in the soutlieru states, over
that section ofcountry situated between the Al-
legliany mountains and the sea boaril_, held after
field may be seen, wholly abandoned to neglect.
as worn out lan_tl, and may appropriately be
called barren, forthcy are sterile to a degree not
known in New-Entgland. Now is it not worthy
the consideration of our southern brethren to try
some of these waste places with Chinese titul-
bcrry. The expense might be trifling—ouly to
set over enough for experiment, and we reckon
that a crop of Chinese -mulberry would be of
more value than any crop taken from the same
landfor iiianylgopje by years. Should the ex-
pcriiiietit succeed lO.lll6 satisfaction oftlie pro-
prietor, and such land want a litilcstimulus, the
trees or plants may have a sprinkling of ashes,
lime or plaster, or a mixture of them.
There are some crops which do not exliaust
or impovcrish land. .Among these is the Chi-
nese mulberry, which. it is said, will gradually
improve tliesoil from year to year, by means of
the autumnal foliage—unless it be gathered as
in France; for fceding cattle. of which they are
cxtravaganily fond, especially milcli cows.----
Nortliaiiiyilon Cozuicr.
SUING.
John Smith, the tlistingtiishcd editor of Har-
pers’ famed book of Fairy Tales, omitted one ex-
cellent little story, which ought to have found a
place in his collection. The incident it com-
mciiioratcs occurred in those goodold times when
the faculty of speech, instead of being, as now
limited to man, was shared not only by the brute
creation, but by all objects animate and inaiii-
mate. It cliancetlytlicii, of a summer's morn-
ing, that a pile of bricks found themselves ar-
iauged by some ingenious boys in regtilar order,
wlicire there wasjust room enough for all oftlieiii
to have fair breathing space. they stood
edgewisc in the. sun, displayed in the form of an
ellipstis, upon a couple of planks, which were
balauccd upon some rafters, the heavy foot ofa
master workman chanced to tliscotiiptisc the
position of the planks, so that thc bricks pressed
each other, and soiiietvliut. cltaugcd their relative
order. '
‘I believe you trench a little on my place,’ ex-
claimed one ofthose thus prcssc l.
' Upon my wortl, I caii’t help it,’ replied a
brother brick, ‘my neighbor here owes me half
the room he occupies.’ A
‘ And I,’ rcjoiiicd a third, ‘ keep you only out
of the space that is your due——bcca_u_se_[ cannot
get hold of my just room upon the plank which
the red-faced fellow before me is occupying.’
This explanation was perfectly satisfactory to
the parties who had thus amicably interchanged
it, anti they deteriiiiucd. to remain quiet, without
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=1:-‘sorting their respective claims for the present.
Uuforluriatcly._ lio\ve\'er. an irast.-ible little ‘soul
ofclay,’ in another part of the ellipsis, finding
ltll11$t=lfPFCSS0<l pretty hard by a brick behind-
him, was determiiictl to have all the room he
might. in iron jtisticc. claim from another im-
mediatcly in front. The situation of the otlier
preveritetl him wholly from according this under
existingcircumstances. The creditor brick. how-
ever, ‘wrouglit wratliy,’ as Col. firockctt ex-
presses’ ii. and dealt the other a kick, which sent
him lieadlong on his fcllo_v.'s, who began at once
tumbling on each otlicr until the impetus being
renewed with each fall, it went fairly round the
figure, leaving the inconsiderate cause of the
catastrophe the questionable Sall$lIl(:llt)ll of being
only the last one that was prtistmtctl.
Coleridge appears to have had in his cye the
fate of such a suicitlal litigant when he wrote
thus, in the ‘Devils V‘/alk :' I H
‘ Down the river tlitl glide
A pig with vast celebrity;
And the devil looked wise, as he saw how, the
while,
It cut its own throat.
smile.
‘ Goes Elngla_iid's commercial pr_os.peri_ty._’.
‘There,’ qiiotli he wi_tli a
The reader who intciitls to visit his lawver on
Monday morning, may i_ii_al<c his own applica-
tion of the above. ]f, iiitlt-cd, his hand is not
stayctl by reatlirig in his Bible lg-ll"l_0l'l'O\_\_’ the
text of ‘ ‘ ' ' ‘
‘.Uavc patience, and I will pay the all.’
- I [N. Y. Jl‘Iz'r'r0r_..]
sayings of various iutlividuzils, v."ho wrote and
spoke of events which were to follow, in the
event of such and such courses being adopted
as were urged at the period when they thus
wrote and spoke. But we have rarely iuet
with any production that seems to cover so mticli
lowing extract ofa letter written by ]VfrIjor Dow-
izirig to his old friciid the ‘ Gineral,' as long ago
as September 1833, now n_carly four years ago.
The Major it seems had come to New-York
from VVasliiu_~,_t0n, to ascertain ‘ for the Gine'ral,'
how things would work in case the deposits were
taken away frotii the United States Bank. and
given among sundry State Banks. Ife fcllin
with his old friend Zeke] Bigclow, and they
iogetltcr CQlCl'CLll_l1_lQ the enquiry, and the Ma-
jor writes thus; ‘ i ' '
‘ Zckel says there isjist about so mttcli hard
moucyall the time, atitl it keeps goiu rotiiid and
round all about creation, and." they git the most
ou’t and keep it, who are iiiost iutlustrious and
cute in lllveftllflillllllgs. He says that paper
money is just as good and a lcctle better than
ha’/‘cl mtuicy, if folks doiit shell out too much
ou‘t; audit is the natur of paper tnoiiey rnak-
crs to git off as much as they can; atitlif it
warn't for soriietliiiig to check it, it would soon
be as bad as old continental times. "
‘ Zekcl says, on the hull, that money matters.
and banks and trade. are all ascurious as one of
Pelcg l3lsScl's clocks, and folks liatl’iit ought to
meddle or altcrin on‘-t without. kiiowin all iibtiiit
it. ‘Anflriow,’ s.fiys_ hc, ‘Major, I'm of goqil
mind to give you a notion; I liiiow it'will spile
tion why I thilik trouble will C.l)ll'l(‘:-l-i‘ ilic
Gineral insists on kiiockiiig the United States
Bank.’ '
Zekel is one oftliciii sort of folks and always
was, who are dciarmined ‘to make a spoon or
spile a liorii,' and with that be out with his old
watch, nigh upon as big as atca cup. and wound
her up, and tlicu clap: her to his ear and then to
mine. ‘ She is true,’ says he, "as the titles.’—
He then opened her. ‘Now,’ says he. ‘ Major.
do you see that ere big chain ptillin all the time?
and then dogyou see a grist of little wheels and
springs and screws? ‘Veil, then, look here:
on the top isa big wheel, that is all the while
goin round one way and.b'z.t"k agin, and jist so
fast and no faster—-that (sayslic) is what I c.all
the lclit-lccr, and if it warn’t for that yeti would
see troub_le'witli it right off, and now I'll show
you; but I know it will send the old watch all
to smash.’ However, he twiiclicd outtlie bal-
lance wheel or 7.'li'clcc_r, and the old v'aich did
whiz for a spell I tell you. Some oftlicin little
wheels went so fast you couldn't see uotliiu on
em fora spcll. One at last keelcd tip, an an-
other got his teclli knocked out. She slop'd a
spell, then a spring snapped and she \vliiz7.'tl
again, and the splinters flew, and by and by the
whole scrape pf em stop'd. Zekcl slick'tl his
kew down and looked at the, and says he ‘ Ma-
jor, we have split the old watch, but dont val-
ly the loss on’! an atom seeiii thatyou liave got
a notion by it.’ And with that he scrapcd it al-
together and wrapped it up in the Wasliiiigton
Globe ‘ There,’ says he, ‘ lllajor, do you send
that to the Got'cr’n.~;ienl, and tell 't_l_ie Gincral
there is i_t_io_ije tlierc than some folkstliiiikon who
want to iiietltlle with Banks and money matters
witlioutknowin at all aboutem; and with that
we look a glass a svvitciiel and went to bed.‘
-ifoulr bestfriend. '
l J. DO\VNlNG, Major,
Dowuiugville Militia, 2d Brigade.
From the \Vasliiri9,toii Globe, May 15th.
By the President of the U. States of 11i.;ici'éga.
A" PROCLAMATION.
\Vlicrcas, great and wcigliiy iiiattcrs claiming
the coiisidcraiion oftlie Congress of the United
States. form an extraordinary occasion for con-
veiiipg tlieitul do, by these presents. appoint
the first Monday of September iicxt, for their
meeting at the city of \Vasliiiigiou; hereby re-
quiring the rc,sper:ti\'c Senators and .Rcpresenta-
lives than and there to assemble in Congress, in
order to receive such conimuiiicaiions as may
then be made to them, and to cotisult and deter-
mine on such measures as in their wisdom may
be deemed meet forthe welfare of the United
States.
In testimony whereof, I have caused the
‘LL. 5.] sealoftlic U. States to be liereuutoaHix-
ed. and signed the same with my hand.
. Done at the city of \Vushington, the
]5th day of May. in‘ the year of ottr
Lord one thousand eight liuntlred and
tliirty-seven,aiid oftlie iiitlepentlencc
of the United States the sixty-first.
' M. VAN BUREN.
By the President:
Joiiu Foi_tsi_"ru, Secretary of Statc.
_<_.—.;-
Tt'.vr;cs Past and Times Prcscnt.——\Ve have
had occasion lrcquciitly to recur to writings and :
f.'r<_J_t.J,l1tl._i_t1_ llgfir Shape of prophecy, as the fol- .
Lijj
Correspondence of the Courier 8:. Enquirer.
WASIIINGTON, May 16, 1837.
The Charige.’ The Change .’ .’—\Vhen Gen.
Jackson, the d_eif_ied and glorified of the corrupt
and profligate, bttrglariously broke in upon the,
treasure Of the nation, and removed it from its‘
legal place of deposits, to line the vaults of pet
institutions, lie was warned of the fatal conse-
quences that would inevitably ensue. Memori-
als l'rom every section of the country were press-
ed upon him, requesting that the money of the
people might be restored to its legal 7reep—coin-
ijnittee after committee of his fellow citizens
waited on him to represent the ills that would
accrue to intlivitluals from so alarming and high-
hatided a measiire; but he was alike deaf to en-
ti:ealy or remonsfrance; Benton, Woodbury.
Ixcudall, Blair, \Vhitney. id genus onmc, had
the keeping of his ears. Those who approach-
c_d him with the truth, and wholesome admoni-
tion, were alternately denominated as ‘bank
f_Ufi‘limS.’ ‘ \Vliig panic makers,’ and -‘opposi-
"011 Ctnalicrs.’ as suited their several vulgar
tastes. Then the Globe, the Enquirer, and the
cordon of kindred prints, bespattered the illustri-
ous a_nrl _’2}0lIC7'(lf)l€ with more glorv—lie was the
‘old Roman,’ the equal of \Vasliingtoii, the su-
perior of Jc-ll'erson, the savior of his country, the
clC8lI'0_7/cr of the monster.’
_ M r. _Van Buren thouglit it glory enough to
follow in the footsteps of his illustrious prede-
ccssor. and mistaking the fulsome and loathsome
flattery of the servile and conteniptible for the
feelings of the people. pledged himself-to carry
out the principles of General Jackson, The
consequences wliieli had been foretold with such
prophetic brt-atliitigs, at last are felt in'all their
acciiniiilated liorrnr. A committee ofmerchants
fr_om your city wait on the president, and assure
him of_ the fiiglitful pressure under which the‘
nation is borne tlotvn—-seatctl in his gilded chair,
e_njo_viiig his -‘$25,000 a year, and a splendid man-
sion furiiislicd at the cost oftlie government, he
felt no pressure ; and saw no necessity for the
call of Congress before the time prescribed by
the constitutional period. Forsytli put on one of
his peculiarly hideous and supercilious smiles,
and “'0ntlCrt’tl at t,1_i_ei,n,1putleuce of these northern
traders.’ \'\_’.oot,’ibiir_v declared them ‘not of the
OF‘-l1I'0tl0X faith. and therefore not entitled to no-
tice.’ Kendall iiitimatetl that. they were disci-
plcs of the rnonslrum liorrcmltnn, and he and
Blair set forth to abuse them in the Globe. It is
a peculiar trait in the character of Jackson office
holders to bear with great becoming fortitude the
miseries of other people, and hence, so long as
Ethey were not personally inconvenienced, they
=‘ did not care a d for the whole bank specu-
lating community.’ Anon, however, comes the
crash ofa tlcpnsite trust tlzuntlering in tlieirlears,
and next a general stoppage ofspccie payments,
then the suspension by the monster; and now
they shrink appalled, eowcred, and crouching
from the ruin they have created. Van Buren
trembles worse than Felix; Forsyth ltas sub-
Slllllted fur his haughty will. it kind ofliysterical
“or rather liyenal laugh. Woodbpry has an im-
ploring and beseecliing countenance. while Ken,-.0
dall retai_iis his old and gl.iostl.y ‘appea'rance,'a'nd
lookstlic demon of despair. A few short hours
after your coiiiniittce reached home. all this aw-
ful cbange came o'erthc spirit ofthcir dreams.
No wonder! they were feasting on the miseries
of‘ Bank specul:itors,' and rejoicingin their owri
strength, when the meme tckcl 2(1)/I.(Z'7'8‘I:7l,.ll]6 mys-
tical writing on the wall which shook the soul of
Bclsliazzar, came home to them with all its fear-
ful warning, they felt that their days were num-
bered. that they had been weighed inthe balance,
and found wanting. And in their extremity
gladly have they called on Congress to come
to ilicir aid ii}; 'azZi:aricc of the coizstilutional
period. .
\V-hat a soul harrowing reflection to the mind
ofan_ honest American, to con'emplate the ba-
voc and desiriiction which their eight years of
misrulo have brought upon the people. A na-
tion more blessed than ever nation was, in peace,
plenty. and every species of social comfort and
ha ppin_css, to he st,'ru;l_~; from its proud
height, and sunken in penury and ‘ruin. A free
government. boasting its surplus millions, disor-
ganized and bankrupt-—so saturated with turpi-
tude and depravity that nothing can redeem or
extricate it, but the com'oined wisdom of the few
great and good, who had the boldness to stem
g,ielip:r§c_ijt_ofcorpuption, and warn the ignorant
\Ve have now rcachetllsltititlf a crisis asiiiis
iiatiou never before experienced, and we trust in
heaven may never again—th0usands on thou-
sands ofour ntercliants stung to madness by the
recollection ofwrongs practised, and insults add-
ed to injury. swell the general feeling of hatred
and distrust against the present administration
of the govcrniiient—the ruined planter, the
prostrate ineclianic, and starving laborer, all
heap their curses on the authors of their cz'ilarr'ii-
ty. God in his mercy preserve us from all oth-
er illstban those already experienced. S G
DOINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE
Tuesday, May 16.
House met at 3 o'clock, according to adjourn-
mcnt, but there being no quorum present, ad-
journed to 9 o’clock, touiorrmv.
llfeclnesrlay, Mag; 17.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Dzi,-gg_c-.tt._'
House called to order at 9 o'clock, and journal
read.
The chair announced as committee on the pe-
tition of the town of East Hartford, against the
Phelps of Mauclicster, Tyler of llliddlebiliry;
Chapman of Montville, Lyon, Bacon, Tyler or
Hatldam, and Leonard. ‘
Petition of Jabez L. \Vhite and others for a
new Turnpike road, referred to committee on
Roads and Britlges.
Reports from the Treasurer ofthe_ Connecticut
Missionary Society, and from the Secretary of
the Mitklletown Savings Bank, read and trans-
iiiittcd to the Senate.
Resolution introduced by Mr. Sterling, in-
strucling the coiiiiiiittee on Judiciary to inquire
what alterations, ifany. can be made in the li-
cense laws; adopted.
Petition of sundry inhabitants of Sharon, pray-
ing the repeal "of license laws, offered by Mr.
Sterling. desultory debate ensued, on the
questioii ‘ shall the House receive the petition 3'
1t not liaviiig been entered in the Secretary's
office. Messrs. Sterling. and Boardman in the
Phelps of Simsbury. Hooker and Palmer. On
the question being taken. the House decided in
the negative, allirming the previous decision of
the chair. '
Resolution, introduced by Mr. S. Raymond,
for the appointment ofa select committee ofone
from a county, on the subject ofa revision of the
pauper laws ; adopted. ‘ ' ‘
Rciiionstraiice oftlie town of Nortyich against
the petition of town of Moutville, referred to com-
mittee on Roads and Bridges." '
Report ofthe Treasurcrof the state, on the
resolution inquiring whether the Qtiinebaug
Bank had given bond, &'.c. with a copy of the
bond. read. and laid on the table. -'
. Resolution appointing John Dewitt, Director
ofthe Merchant's Batik at Norwich, on the part
oftlie state the year ensuing. adopted.
Mr. Phelps of Maucliester, iiitrotluced _a blll
for a public act. relating to delinquents in the
payment of School District Taxes; read'first
time.
Mr. S
liarpc of Proinfrct, iiitroduced at {of
Hartford Bridge Company, Messrs. Woodrufi, '
aflirniative: in the negative, Messrs. Woodruff, ’
Norwalk Chronicler