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S'l'ANZASo
Autumn has passed. when the setting sun
Ripened the fruit it looked upon, -
The peach dy’d with blushes its pallid hue,
And the smiling grapes the leaves peepetl ihro';
But thou art a fairer fruit by far
Than ever was shone on by sun or star,
The tinge on thy clieek doth come and go
Like light through a cloud on a field of snow-
Winter has passed. his dying groan
Was heard in the spent siorm’s hollow moan,
His cheerful fires have gone to decay.
And his robe of white has melted away;
But the heart will still in its gentleness glow,
Whilethe current of life in thy veins doth flow ;
The robe ofthy soul is purer still.
Not forms nor harbors one thought of ill,
Spring has passed, and has left behind
Perfumed gardens to seem the wind,
And beautify flowers, that bless the eyes
With visions ofa lost Paradise ;
But thou art lovlier far than these.
And owest no charm to sun or breeze,
Their lifeless color could never vie _
With the spirit that speaks in thy laughing eye.
Summer has come, when the burning Sky
Changes all labor to apathy;
Our wearicd limbs from the scorching heat,
In the forcst’s shade seek a cool retreat.
So when the soul feels misfortuntfs fire,
VVherein it fancies all hopes expire,
With the mantle of mercy o'ershadowing it, than
Wilt chase all despair from the feverish brow.
John Keess.
LOVE.
Man loves but to possess! and ifunblest,
His sickly fancy lunguislies, expires!
But woman clasps chimeras to her breast.
Small aliment her pirrer flame requires.
She, like the young chameleon, thrives on air,
Content no grosser sustenance to gain,
Takes every tint from the loved object near,
Clings to her griefs and glories in her pain!
Ofpoorest flnwers,slic forms triumphant wreatlie;
Her world contractor] to one little space.
Enough for lierto breathe the air he breathes;
To steal a look, ununticerl, at his face!
By happy accident to touch his hand,
Bear on her heart a ringlet or a glove;
To sacrifice each wish to his command,
Live but in him, and only live to love.
An [iieldeiit In the Early History of Oneida
Qouuty,
Fifty years since, the settlement of Deans’
Patent. in the town of Westnioreland, (then a
significant name.) was the ‘ Far West.’ Where
is it now? Almost at the foot of the Rocky
Mountains! Wonderful people these Yankees
--these Americans! What in the old world
took almost as many centuries, has been ac-
complished in this briefspnce oftime.
As every thing that tends to preserve from
oblivion any trait ofthe savage character. as ex-
hibited in the poble Oneirlas, then the lords of
this and the adjoining county of Madison, or the
‘hair breadth escapes’ of our first settlers, will
be read with interest by the present. if not the
rising generations, the writer has attempzed to
preserve one ofthose thrilling incidontsin which
those times were replete. ‘Truth is strange.
stranger than fiction.’ The facts set forth in the
following incident can be vouched for, by a few
living in this vicinity,
The Hon. James Dean was the pioneer white
settler ofGneida county ; lie was the first You-
kee who had the hardihood to coinmeuce a set-
tlement west of the German Flats, on the Mo-
hawk. While but a lad of nine years old he
was sent by his father to reside with the Oneida
Indians, then living on the banks of the Susque-
liannah. soon learned their language, and
became a fa,vori_te with the Indians. He was
adopted sea son, by n squnw in the place of one
she had lost in battle, and to this woman he
ever afterwards gave the endearing appellation
of mother. After a few years residence. his
father took him home and finished his education
at Dartmouth College.
Aboiit this time the Oneidas broke up their
setileiiient on the Susquehannah, and joined the
main body oftheir tribe, atihe Oneida Castle.——
The war ofthe l‘{ev,olution now broke out, carry-
ing with it many of the horrors of civil war,
added to the cruelty of the tomahawk and scalp-
ing knife of the savage, so freely used by the
British on our defenceless frontier. Judge Dean
was stationed, during the whole of this war, at
the goalie Castle and Fort Stanwix (now
Rome) with the rank of Major. on account of the
influence! he possessed over the Ind;-,-is. He
succeeded in keeping the Oneidas from any act
of hostility. He was very usefulin ferreiing out
and giving useful information pf many plots of
the less friendly tribes. After the peace of1783,
the Qneidas gave him his Patent of two miles
< square, which was subsequently ratified by the
State. In I784 he moved from Connecticut and
cornmenced'the settlement of Oneida county.
Two or three years after this, a party of the
,Qneidas went to the Cohoes, on their annual
fishing o)__tpedil_iQI_1—lhe fishery belonged to the
Mohawk tribe, yet they gave their neighbors, the
Oneidas, the privilege once in a year, to repair
thither and catch what fish they ohose—this
privilege had been handed down from time im-
mernorial. The party had the means of procur-
ing the fire water ofthe ._white man, ofwhich they
made too free a use. Qn their return somewhere
in the valley of the Mohawk, they took posses-
sion. in the absence of the owner. of a black-
smith's shop, usir;g’the lire for the purpose of
cooking. On the "return of the owner, be set
about dispossessing his red and noisy tenants.
They obje_cted and refused. A s,cuI;I_ie and fight
ensued, ‘in which our son of Vulcan plied his
hammer so freely. as tocause the death ofone of
the party, They then tookttheir dead comrade,
_brottght him to the Oneida, and he was buried
iii the ‘same ground where the grass had grown
on the graves of his fatliers. The council fire
was new lit up, the well known conckshell was
sounded, and the tribe was soon collected in
council, _ y an ancient law of the Qneidas, if
any of their tribe were murdered by a member
of a tribe with whom they were at peace, the
first person of the tribe passing through their ter-
ritory, was to be executéd, to appease. the rela-
tives iu the tribe of the murdered. The coun-
_ BLANK WARrti_t1:rr_s for the collection of‘
' r- A. imp.
cil after a full copsultatioii and inatiirc delibera-
lion, in which their order and decorum should
forever put to the blush some oflheglute legisla-
tive proceedings of the less civilized (in this re-
spect) white men, it was decreed that said law
should be enforced on the whites.
Ignorant of the murder, or the doings of the
council, Judge Dean, having business to transact
in the vicinity, was the first white man whopass-
ed through the Oneida village. Again the
smoke curled over the council cabin, and the
tribe again assembled in council. After a lengthy
sitting, in which the friendship of Judge Dean ,
to the Indians, and his having been adopted by
their tribe. had been duly considered, and after
the council had expressed their regret that he
should have been so unfortunate as to bring
himself within their law, it was resolved thz_g__,.‘___,
their law must be respected and enforced. In
pursuance of this Powlis, one of their bravest
warriors. and long known as the personal f'riend, ,
of the Judge, was selected as the executioner,
together with the requisite assistants, and wast"
instructed to fulfill his duty faithfully. Soon af-
ter this last council, some friendly Indian cou-
veyed to Judge Dean the circumstances which
I have detailed, and be without mentioning it to
his wife, or any friend, proceeded to settle and
arrange his business, under a strong conviction
that at best the tenure of his life was very pre-
carious. Feeling from the executioner ofthe law
is an act of meanness and cowardice ofwhich ifi
the opinion of the savage. none but the pale face
or woman would be guilty.
Judge Dean was therefore determined to con-
vince them he could meet death like a Christian,
which religion they knew he professed. Brit a
few days intervened, when after he had retired
to rest with his wife, and two infant children.
he was startled from his slumber by the well
known death whoop, near his dwelling. He
then briefly stated the case to his young and
dearly beloved wife, exhorting her to fortitude,
in the trying scene he was confident would soon
commence. The space was brief, ere his ac»
customed car caught the soft and stealthy stop of
the Indian, at the door; the door opened. and
Powlis, with his tomahawk, as his badge of of-
fice entered, followed by some tlire_e or four
assistants. The Judge met them on the thresh-
hold and without betraying by the rciaxation of
a single muscle invited them into £)nOlllel'_1‘()Oll].
He then commenced in the Indian tongue. and
told them he had been inforined, and knew their
errand. He told them it was wrong to put him
to death for the crime of another, ofa person he
did not know, and qverwhom ‘he had no control;
that it would displease the Great Spirit for them
to visit on the innocent, the punishment due the
guilty, that he has ever been the friend of the red
man. He then made a pause. Powlis and his
assistants went apart and held a consultation.
deliberations, that he must die, that his face was‘
. . . . . rather an attack on vourflank.’
Powlis then informed him as the result Oflllclf‘; . why. Lcfrenam. you dU,,.,s,,y 60__whm is
POSICFNY. and is familiar to every school boy.
for her noble during, in preserving the life of
Capt. Smith, the name of this heroic mother.
who saved a life equally valuable and dear has
been lost, irreirievably lost. The part which
Powlistook in the transaction never cansedany
interruption tothe friendship alluded to, for dur-
ing the remainder of his life, he made the Judge
an ~nnu:il- visit. enjoying without restraint, his
hospitality forthree or fourdays at a time.
The Declaration.
* “ My charmer! I would die for thee
alfthou would’st only live for me!"
-“C” Ah! do!" replied the dark eyed elf,
“ I never liked to die myself,"
M illtla Muster.
s NT‘
4 entiori the hull! Shoulder as you were l’
‘ I. say. cnpting, Mike's priming his fire lock
--rritii brandy.’
‘,,Why. Deacon Michael Bigelow, aim you
asfimed to do such a thing after siiiiri the torn-
pornnce paper. _I'll report you to the court mar-
tiat.’ ‘ '
‘You without bagonets on your cornslalks
stand back in the rear rank. Trail urine.’
‘Capting, why the dickins don’t you put the
ranks fnrtlier apart? That ’are cliap's bagonet
stuck right straight into Jirifstrowsers, and I
rather guess he wont set down as slick as he us-
ed to do.’
‘I say, mister, don't blow your backer smoke
into my face.’
‘ Why. darn it, how could I help it? This
here fellow sliouldering his firelock, stuck his
bugonet right straight through the rim of my
beaver. and I rather guess as how any on ye
would jerk his head a leetle one side, smoke or
no smoke.’
' Mister, hand me down my hat.’
‘Can’t do it; wait till the cupting tells us to
order arms; wont bring down my fire lock
witboiit orders, ifyour head was on top on’t.’
"l‘liat's right, Joe. rale soger, I tell _ye—only
artcr this, shoulder your fire lock perpendicu-
lar.‘ "
‘John, you've got a fire loch. l~'~’1?{1t made you
bring your umbercl 1’
‘ VVliy. eapting, the wind was due east, and
I heard the turkeys sfereechin, so i ‘snowed
we’d have a sliower.’
‘Tom. what are you bawlin about ?’
‘ \Vhy, capting, Jim Iptmniiue’ smashed my
toe with the but of his gun, and I rntlier guess
it’s ct thirty—six pountler, for its tarnatioii heavy.‘
‘ Jim Lurnmins, just have the purliteness to
take your gun oil 'l‘om’s toe, and look out how
you smash arier this.’
‘Capting, I say hero's an engagement, or
it?’
pale, that the murder was committed by a pale
face, they belonged to one nation, of course, ax)",-,'
came within the law. Judge Dean told tho,
their words were all wrong. that the n‘tt1,f(l‘;'...~
was a Dutchman, and did not speak the sa
language he did, and that he could not iirider-.
stand their talk on the Mohawk, that he might‘
as well be called a Seneca or Tuscarora. be-
cause his face was red,tbat they must not make
him responsible for the doings of all bad white
men. Furthermore, he told {them he belonged
to the Oneida tribe, that his adoption had been
sanctioned at the council of their chiefs and
braves, and of course he could not be responsi-
ble, nor come within the rule. Another con-
sultation was then held by the Indians, when
Powlis informed the Judge that his arguments
had all been thought of. and considered by their
council, that his words were like the bark of a
bench’ tree, very smooth. yet they did not heal
their wounded nation. the blood stain was on
their tribe, and that it must be washed away, (lie
he m.usi.
As a last resort. tlie Judge appealed to Powlis
on account oftheir friendship that had long sub-
sisted, between them, that they had warmed at
the same fire, and out ofthe some venison, and
would he now raise his hand to take his life.
Powlis interrupted him. and said that when he
thou ht of his friendship, his heart was soft, it
was Iike a child's. But shall it be over said of
Powlis, that he will not do his duty to his tribe,
because it is his friend that stands in the way.
No brave will enter the door of Powlis, if he does
not his duty, but will point to his dwelling
and say that is the wigwam of a worries,
and as he spoke, his small black basilisk
eyes began in light up with excitement; already
had the tomahawk began to raise for the per-
formance ofits work, already had the Judge reck-
oned his course on earth us run and his mind
bade farewell to all he held dear on earth--when
tlie quick and almost noiseless trend of the moc-
casin caught his ear, the door opened, and in
rushed the adopted mother, with a friend, and
stood between him and Powlis—afterobserviiig
the Judge for a moment she cor_nmenced—niy
son,I am in time-—_t_iie tomaliawk is not yet
red with blood. She turned to Powlis, and af-
ter eyeing him closely. if possible to scan his
feeling, she againkrommenced, an_d said that soon
after he and his assistants had left the Oneida,
she got information ofthe doings of the council,
and of their departure to execute its decree, that
she immediately summoned her friend and fol-
lowed with the swiftness of the deer, that she had
come to claim herson, thatshe had adopted him
tofill the place of her young brave, who died in
battle; that his adoption had been sanctioned by
the council. that _the law would not take her son
from her for the crime of a white. She was
calm, she quailed not at the fierce look of Powlis.
when he told her to be away, be gone, thatslie
was a squuw, that the decisions of the council
should not be defeated by a woman. that she had
better be at home pounding corn, and waiting
upon her husband, and again began to briindish
the tomaliawk as if impatient of this new delay
in the sacrifice of his victim. The mother and
her friend. now each produced a knife, bated
their bosoms, when the mother said. if you are
determined to take his life, you can only do it by
passing over our bodies; if the floor is to'be
stained with his blood, it shall be mingled with
ours; his blood shall not run alon_e."‘ ‘_J]h_en
Powlis saw the determined and courageous bear-
ing of the woman, he beckoned his compniiloiis
one side. and the resultwas. to defer proceedings
for that night, and refer the matter again tothe
tribe in council, when the mother should liuye
an opportunity to be heard, and as the subject
was never again heard from, it was presumed
the piotlier’s entreaties prevailed. \-Vliile the
.. 9.‘. We'll make a ring utter parade and see fair-
i'ne"
name of Pocahoritias, has been handed down to
,‘Why, Parks Lummins and George King.
(litin like blazes.’
play; only tell them to wait till we git done so-
gerin.’
‘I say, Lefienant, what made you put fat
Arthur in the front rank 2’
‘ Kaze as how, Capting, he's so tarnal switch
bellied, he'll keep the ranks in open order. I
rather guess if he siiould over be promoted to
major, he'll look like a sack ofsalt on horseback.
If we should go to battle and all be kill but him,
he would'nt be the s/cilcton ofthe regiment.’
’ Cupid Skinflint, you go on the right of the
company.’
‘ What for, Capting 7’
‘lflazo as how the tallest men always do;
you’re as long as the grand canal. and split up
like a two foot ruls. Now, I tell you, if you
don't go right oil", we'll make a liglitriirig rod of
ye.’
' Capting. I say its artcr sundowu, and I raili-
er guess I need’nt stay any longer, a_ccording to
law.’
‘ Well. I'm agreed. Now get into a straight
line as quick as greased lightning. Itiglit face.
Dismiss!’
Tim WEALTH or A cocm-av Dnpsnos UPON
ITS FARMERS AN]; M izc1rutros.—-What is
wealth! Those things which are convenient
and necessary to use, and which administer
to our wants and comforts. _
Moneyialone, cannot therefbre be consid-
ered as wealth, because if the articles or things
above rnentioiied are not to be bad, or are not
in existence, aman would be poor indeed, though
he were loaded with gold and silver. If he
were hungry and there was no bread to be bougllt
if he were shivering with cold and there were
no garments to be bought, this gold would be
oflittle service. It is true mankind by corn-
mon consent, have agreed that gold and sil-
ver should beithe signs or evidence of property.
orin other Words the measure of property ; and
he who has it certain amount of it, had evidence
of so much wealth. He can exchange it for
every thing he wants, which do in fact consti-
tute wealtb. Thus aman who has It hutldred
dollars in his pocket, has the ticket as it were
to entile him to enter into the posseSsi0Il Of 8-11
hundred bushels of corn, ora hundred yards of
cloth, or ti liundred acres of land, or a yr: ie of
oxen, or it horse and wagon, as the case _may
be. The elements therefore of wealth consist in
natural productions, brought together, changed
and modiged by the hand of‘ man; of the farmer
and mechanic. Commerce, though necessary
and honorable. is nothing more than the changing
of‘ these productions from place to place. Ii.
has always appeared singular to us, that mer-
chants slionld consider themselves. as too
many, for too many of them do, above the
farmers and mechanics, merely on account of
their profession, when they are indeed only the
teamsters to the others. They are the agents
to transport their productions hither and thither,
as cells may existfor them‘. But to return to
the subject. If we are right in the position we
have taken that Wealth consists in natural pro-
ductions changed and wrought upon by the in-
bor of man,’ it follows that the country wliicli
possesses the mostjof the elements or materials
to work upon, such as good soil—quarries of
different kinds of minerals, &c. &.c.‘must have
the most natural wealth. It then only requires
the hand ofiiidustry and skill to put these ma-
terials ipto shape, and to put them together to
form real wealth. This is the duty ofthe farmer
and the mechanic.’ They take the raw mate-
rial as it came from the hands ofthe Almighty,
anti change it by thcirlzibor into the thousands
and ten thousan is of different. forms which ren
dcr it useful to man, and make it subservient
more industrious and skillful this class is, the
more wealth. will be accuninlzitod iii the couri-
try. Do farniers and mechanics consider these
things rightly’! Are they not too apt to think
themselves as mere ploddcrs and servants ratlr
er than as second to the Great First Cause in
the production and increase ofwenltli ’! And
indeed, is there not it false slandai'd of respec-
tability too much in use in society, and are not
the productive classes apt to measure thvinselves
by it '2 'I‘liis standard appears to be idleness
and a fine coat; and consequently, the more
idle a man can he, and the liner dress. the more
ofagcntlemitn. Not so. Respectability ehoud
consist in an improved mind, and skillful and
industrious hands. Moral iirilifications being
equal, he should have the most honor, who by
the combination of the efibrts of his mind and
physical powers, has contributed most largely
to the increase ofthoso things which constitute
wealth.
Such an one has done more for tho ameli-
oriitionof society, than a thousand unproductive
daiidies, who lollin tl1e.Sll‘.1(le rind wash in co-
logne. And sociaty should bestow upon such a
corresponding mood of lionor.-—..’lIuine Farmer.
On :1 Pipe 01’ ’l‘o'oac<:o.
Sweet chiirm of gloomy solitude!
Eriliveiiiug spark! unbleriiislied clay!
\Vhicli eleers my brain from liiimors rude,
And drives corroding cure away.
Tobacco! solaceofiny soril!
In thee life's fleeting scenes I view.’
As round the sable column roll,
Or, bound on air, their path pursue;
In thee let boasting mortals see
That which themselves shall quickly be,
A cinder, tipp'd with vital flame;
Like smoke their wondering frineios soar,
Like thee appear, just bear a name,
They pass away and are no more.
Dr. H. was onooftlie most able, talented and
eccentric surgeons of the last century. Ilis
practice embraced a large circuit,uii«_l his fame ex-
tended to every pnrtoftlze state. Therloctor was
one morning sitting in his ollice pouring over
§30II_l6l11CtllCal\5/()‘rl{ fresh from the inoilier couri-
i,~3r, yin Boston, when a lt_.jUtl rep at illO door
aroused him. ‘ Come in,’ said the doctor, as an
old lady li_o_bbled in _tho apartment, who seemed
the very enibodiment of dirt and negligence.
‘Doctor.’ Ive got a desp'rato sore foot—cau
you help it?’
‘I will try--lot me see it.’
The old cione proceeded to divest her antler-
standing of the apology for a hose with which
it was covered, and displayed to the astonished
Doctor in foot——and such a foot!
.‘My (3——d !’ exclaimed the Doctor, throwing
up both hands in emnzemerit—--‘wliat a dirty
foot!’
La ! Doctqr—ye need'nt be in such a wonder-
ment about it—-there-‘s dirticr loot than that in
the world, I'se warrant-—_-aye, and a dirticr fool
than that in your house, as proud as the young
ladies. your daughters, are——for all that’-and
the old hag cackled forth her pleasure at the
Doctor’s astonishment.
‘ \Vomnn! if you can find a dir-tier fool than
that in my house, I will give you a guinea and
cure you for nothing.’
‘ ’Pon honor?’ said the beldaine.
"Poo honor,’ cried the Doctor.
The old wornuu stripi off the other stocking,
and displayed a foottlint boggureil all ilescriptiou,
while she grinned in the fires of the astounded
Doctor, exclaimiiig. ' Gie'mo the guinea !—
Gie‘me the guinea! I know'd it! I wasli’d
’tothcr ’fore I come here !-’
‘\Vould you not have known this boy to be
my son ?’ asked a gentleman. Mr. Curran an-
swered—-‘ Yes. sir, the maker's name is stanip__ed
upon thelrlacle !’
41 Smart IJi'.t.—At a great dinner given by
many ofthe first rank, Iialande was placed lie-
tween Mme. do Steel and Mme. R,ecurnier.—
‘ How lucky I am,’ said he ; ‘here am I seated
between wit and beauty.’ ' And without posses-
sing either the one or the other.’ observed Mme.
de Steel.
Neat Puvn.—-M. dc Narischkiii was one day
at court when the conversation turned upon the
war which Russia had lllell declared against
Turkey. The Einpre-ss~mother was very ani-
mated on the i_;uliject. but fre uently interrupted
by the noise of a door, which crcakeil upon its
hinges. she inquired of M. de N. what it could
be? He immediately replied. ‘ C'est lg Parlc.
qni demands (lCS secours a la Grace."
Alllistake Corr::ctcd.—An orator holding forth
in favor of‘ woman, dear, divine woinan,’ con-
cluded thus; 'Oli, my hearers, depend npori it,
notliiug heats ugood wife.’ ‘I beg you; parrloii.’
replied one ofhis auditors. ‘ a bad husband does.-
A. Scene in C'aurt.—.-‘I call upon you,‘ said
the’ counsellor, ‘to state distinctly upon what
authority nreayou prepared to swear to tho mare’s
age 7’ ‘ Upon What authority _'.7’ 'said the other
interrogutivcly. ‘You are to reply, and not Ip
repeat the questions put I() you.’ ‘I doesn’t
consider a man's bound to answer a question
afore he's lime to ttirn it in his mind.’ No-
thing can he more simple, sir, than the ques-
tion put. I again repeat it: Upon what authori-
ty do you swear to he animal's age?’ ‘ The
best authority,’ responded the witness griilliy.
‘Then, why such evasi:iii'! \Vhy not state it
at once ?’ ‘ \Vell, then. if you must and will
have it,’ rejoiiied the other with iriipiirtiirbable
gravity, ‘ why, then, I had it myself froni the
mzirc’s own month.’ A siriiultarieoiis burst of
laughter rang through the Court. Thejudge on
the bench COlll(l with difficulty confine his risi-
ble trirtscies to judicial decorum.
A sneezcr.—Said a lady to a little girl from
Blister) the other day, ‘How do you like riding
in the cars?’ .‘VVhy thocars are well enough,
onlv the steam engine keeps all the time a cough-
ing’ and sncciring so.’ The little bright eyed
witch spoke the truth. Ifsailroad steamers are
certainly the greatest couglicrs, sncezers and
whistlers in the known world, and moreover bid
fair to cough down all opposition.-—Salem Obs.
The last accounts from Texas make it more
and more probable. that like the first settlers of
Keritucky. the people of Texqs will have to win
their lands by lighting the Indians, as well as
buy them. Should Ilreir contest produce as fine
a race of. men as Kentucky now can boast, there
will be little reason to repine at the difficulties
to the wants and comforts of human life. The
attending the first settlernents.—N. 0. Courier,
.r
w
Tb0_rtSt_ng ground. upon which {the town of-
Pousville is built, being almost entirely _comp05..
ed in! coal. has been uritlsrmiiicd by the workin
oi the Salem coal vein, to such it degree ill?“ 9”‘.
l)" One part Ofllie hill is left to supp_o_r_i ili,';’ig\;,v}';,
Lircat apprehensions are felt by "the citizens, as
sever) or eight buildings on Center-street have
sunk and are considerably cracked, so much sq
that the occripanis are about to remove from rug
prcmises_. , ' ’ '
/pen mo_rus multicaulis trees, four years old
were sold In Rxchxnon-1 a few days since for $2
each—-cash. . ‘
One I-Iurzdrerl Thousand Dollars jbra (Jlape,
—-A curious specimen of native ingenuity, and
Ufllle extravagance o_f despotism, is to be seen
at the Missionary Rooms. his a cape worn by
21 Sandwich Island chief, which, according to
an estimate of Rev. Mr. Richards. uiust have
“"5! ’$“-’0-(.!UU- ll is made ofsnfail feathers’ of
very bright and beautiful colors, only two’ of
\VhiCll grow under the wing ofa particular bird.
Tliesc are skillfully wrought upon a coarse net-
work, so as to form stripes of several different
colors. The manner of obtaining them isiaq
lollows:—An adhesive substance is plaéizd ppori
1110 Gilt! Of along pole, and some bait ti little'dis'-
lance below. This pole is held near the bird
upon the rocks and bran_ches—it uliglug 5,, mg
end of the pole, and by the adhesive substance is
caught and drawn up, and the feathers pulled
out. Mr. Richards estimated that he could
have obtained $100,000 worth of provisions,
with the labor that was expended on thisicape.
There are also two small tippets for the neck‘
made ofthe same niaterials.—N. Y. Evan. ’
A Lady in the Ilouae qf Commom‘.--The lain
Dutchess of Gordon, who had so ardent a desire
to hear Mr. Pitt speak in the House, that she
was induced to adopt the expedient of entering
the gallery liziuited as u n1a'n_. ’I‘hp Dulpiiess
had not, unfortiinately, made a score; pfhje,-’,je-
Sign. and scarcely was she conifurtably seuigd in
expcciatirin of the Minister’s spee_e-ii,‘ yyliep ihg
b.ti::t:<°-lllllrill-.£1!‘.l1.|S,appeared, and very politely
whispered to her Grace that her sex was discov-
ered, and that there existed a standing order of
the House against the admission of ladies ion)
the gallery. ‘Bray inform me, sir,’ inquired
the Dutchess, ‘ whether there exists any stand-
ing order for turning a female out who has once
got in !’ a question that so elicctually posed Mr.
Coleman that he ellected his retreat, leaving the
adventurous lady in quiet enjoyment of her
place. '
The good Q/' wanting a nose.--A man who
haslost his nose, says an old Scotch Journal
has peculiar advantages; he can not follow his
nose, but then he can not be poking it into every
thing. He can not blow his nose, but ihen he
saves pocket hitndkerchiefs, He can go; be
stalled up in the nose, but then he can not take
snuff, which is, however, another advantane.—.
If he goes to sleep, you can not tickle his nose;
nndiwheu he is awake he can not run his page
against a post. Let him drink hard, he will
never have a red nose, and never be exposed to
the nickname of nosey; and let him be as im-
pertinent as he will, he may ,defy you to put;
his nose. ‘Sir,’ said a man to another with a
false nose, ‘ I'll pull your rinse.’ ‘ Sir,’ said he"
slshall put my nose in my pocket.’ ’
Novel mode of « um'shmen;.—-A London publlg
_cation called ‘ ’ lie Doctor,’ speaks ofa certain
convent in Spain, having an apartment or drin-
goons, into which the friars every day, durin
the warm season, brushed or shook the fleas
from their habits through an apertiirp above;
gbeiiigtlio only entrance, and where, whenever
a frail brother was convicted of breaking the
most fragile of his vows, he was let down na-
ked, arid with his hands tied! This earthly
purgatory was called la pulciaro, thatisthe flee-
ry; and there the culprit was left. till it was deem-.
ed that he had suflered enough in this life for
his olI'ence_.-—Travelc~r. ' J 4' "
Tlio Boston Atlas thus introduces its an-;
nouncement of the Whig Victory in New York ;
‘ How are the mighty fallenl
And by the people's hand! Low lie theprouql,
A nd smitten by the weapons ofthe poor-— ‘
’I‘ho blac/csmz',lIr'.r hammer and the woodiiiankg
axe.
Their tale is told!
rich,
And robbed the poor-wand for that they were
strong.
And scourged the wca/r-—ond forthlt they made
laws.
That turned the sweet of labor's brow to blood:
For these their sins, the nation cam: them o_u_£,' I
And for that they were
luclc.—'l‘he writer, a few winters since. was pass;
ing along one ofthe streets of London, during};
severe frost. when an old, weather beutenisaiigp
slippetl——fell——and broke one of his legs about
halfway below the knee. IIe quietly squatted
liimsclfon the pavement, and remarked that ho
CoUltln'l get along in that way, with one leg
shorter than t_lie_otlier. and that to enable him to
reach his home, he must cut off the lower end
of the broken leg. and shorten the whole one to
the same length. He then, in it very firm. de-
termined and resolute manner. tool-_: a sharp knife
from his pocket, cut the fragment of the’ broker;
leg olfaltogerher, and then cut the unbroken
member in two. Having thus made his legs of
an equal length, he got up and walked inlay 9"
his two stumps iowards his home without ap-
parently feeling any pain from ghe amputation!
Reader, do not doubt the truth of the story; foi:
the sailor referred to was an old man-of-war’s:
man, who had, ere the above accident happen-
ec_l,twp Whole. sound and well shaped wpoderg
legs.—S_unda3; llforning News. ’ ' ' ' '
Corzgressriianfrozir Iowa.--C ha
_ j _ _ pman’s majori:
iy o1/erEngle is 36. C. is ti Whig‘,
The boiler of the Sirius burst on the 2d of
October. just as she was about setting offfor St.
Petersburg. No person was injured, and tits;
damage was not exterisiye.
Good Aeh-_iee.—TlielS1ew ¥.or.l_t‘_Slt_1r thus ad-,
tnonishes our friends; . . _ .
Keep cool and be drs.creet—enjoy the triumph
tranquilly—iio feasting, drinking, or tumult». It
is too great and solemn a triumph to give loose lg
frantic exultatioig. ' -
IIorril2le misfortune and mos! deterrninedforli-;
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