-. «V l I \. Liv , sale by lfiljl ‘. . quality raisins. for sale It . V OL. XXI. T I _"l‘HE NORWALK GAZETTE, IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDVIESDAY MORVIIVIG, .ovi:a iror'r's STORE. on THE nocit West side the Bridge. TI‘.rtus.—Two dollars per annum. payable in advance—$2 25 at the end of the year. ‘To ‘subscribers who live out of the Carrier's slistrict and call at the Ollice for their papers, -81 50 per year, if paid in advance--otherwise 982 will be charged. Mail subscribers $2 per -atinum. payable in advance. Noothers attend- -edto. and no subsc -_-_,ption received for less than _ .-six months. To companies of. six or more. re- oeivingtheir papers by mail. 81 50. payable all ’ together. in~adv_ance. _ _ Exeeutofls and Administrator’: Notices. 3 in- _ge;'~g5;.m, 81...Comiriissioner's notices, $125. ' — Yearly" advertisers. one square. 310 P" 3000111. _ ‘payable quarterly in advance. All other adver - _1isemeatsat the rate of 81 per square for 3 inser- .-tions. and 25 cents for each subsequent insertion. ' 03' All casual advertisements sent to this Of- .-flee. should .be accompanied by the cash. No v others attended to. ‘JOB PRIN'l‘.lNGs 01-‘ ALL KINDS. NEATLY EXECUTED AT 'I‘HlS 0FFlt.‘-E. . . GUARD AGAINST FIRE. , PROTEPTION INSURANCE COMPANY. . ‘ ILLIAM J. S'I'REE'1', of Norwalk, agent of _ the Protection Insurance Company,iii Hart afortl,Connecticut, offers to‘ Insure Houses. Stores, Mills, Factories, Barns, and the contents of each, ~ atogeshcr with every other similar species ofpropcr rty. Against Loss or Damage by Fire. The rates of ,premiui_ii offered, are as low as those of any other .aiinilarlnstitution,and eveiy man has now an op- portunity, for a trifling sum, to protect liimlell flugiiiust this destructive element, which ofu-n in a ..lugtg hour, swctir-~<tvay the o:it'niiig_s of many _~’fI.|". . . I The course inc otfice put'I|l¢' in transacting their -business and in tliemljustiiigiintl ptiyiiiciilsot losses, rl prompt and liberal. For terms ofiiisiiriincc, appli- '-wstion rnziy he mudeto the above iianied Agent, who -in imtliorised toiusue policies to applicants without vdfllly. Nortvnllt. Jim 4. I837. 3 V UEN’S UNIVERSAL S'l.‘RENG'I'HEl\’- .1 ING PLAS'l‘ER., Celebrated for curing -pains in the breast, side, back, or limbs. Also for gout. rhcuinstisin tindlivcr compliiiiits, for J. A. WEED. msuanstcn _ BY A NEW’-YOIIK OFFICE. GEORGE ST. JOHN AGENT. CAPI- TAL 8300.000. ' RATES of Preiuitim very rezisonnble-—lnsscs . promptly and liberally adjusted and paid. For s sinall yearly sum, save yourselves from Racing suddenly, by the ravages of fire. reduced no peiiury and want, from circumstances ofease -.siid affluence. GEORGE S'I‘. JOHN, Agent of the Howard Insurance Company, 54 __ \Vall street. New-York. ' Norwalk, August 7. I837. vwfidtifofb iE:isiii°.iirc= Qtoinmitp “ART_P'”IIIJ. CONNECTICUT. ‘BENJAMIN. I?-XACS. AGENT. 5) A4 :1 incorporated in 1830. with s. "uiiitul ol 3 l50,00t), and power to increase the sa--.e to $250,000. lISloiig cstsblisticdlutit ition hits for more than it quarter of a century tranutctcd its ex anisive business on the most just and liberal princi pies, piiying itc louse-.._. with honorable proiiiptneis; And the pro-eiit Board ofDire.ctors pledgetlieniselvcs in this particular fullyto inziiutiiin the high rcpuia tion of the Company. It insures upon the most fa vornlile terms, public buildings.clittrt‘hes,dwelliiigs. sturt-I. nIFI‘I'Iill.|I(lI!8, furniture. and personal proper _‘ ty gem-riilly.:tgaiii.s't loss or dtintiigc by fire, Board OfDI7Gd0T8.-Ellpllflltl Terry, S. H. Hunt tvigton, ll. Hiiutington.Jr. Albeit Day. Samuel VVil «Iimns, Edwin D. Morgan, Job Allyii,George Put unlit, Jnuius S Morgztn. I-ll.II’HALE'I' TIIRRY, President. JAMES G. BULLES, Seurctiiry. Norwalk. Aug. Ill, I836. _ fimo39 Vl0RWALl( STEAM COVIFECTIOWARY. THE subscribers are now prepared to manu- facture all kinds of Confectionery. in the best manner and of superior stock, which for dursbilitynnd beauty of appearance are surpass- -cd by none. Experience has taught them that an article made of the best. quality of sugars-arid ._sold at a proportionate price, is far better, both for the buyer rind seller than a poor article at a low price. They have therefore concluded to suite the former course. Country merchants can ‘always depend uponbeing supplied tittheir doors with a fresh article. All kinds ofCoi.fcctionary. both wholesale and retail. at their establishm--nt No. 5 Wall street, where all wishing to pur- chase are invited to call. N. B. A splendid srticle ofJUJUBE PASTE, the real French manufacture. has just been re- ceived, fresh from the importers, and is offered at slow price. Call and see. N. S. BAILY db SON. Norwslk, August 6, 1838. 75 ROOMS TO LET. NE or two rooms over the subscriber's store. well calculated for offices. or some mecha nical business. can be obtained on reasonable terms. Apply to WM. J. STREET. INE AND OAK WOOD-—For sale by the subscriber at the Old Well Landing. THOMAS L. PECK, Norwalk. (Old Well.) Juifj 8. 1838. tf70 '-FWVIFTY pairs French Morocco Slips. for sale by the subscriber. Price 81. GEORGE JAMES. Wilma. August I. 1837. REEVES dz. S,ON’S superior writing fluid 2ltf just received direct: from the Importer, and for sale by J. A. WEED. DR. HULL'S IMPROVED TRUSS AT REDUCED PRICES. ,HE subscriber would inform those afflict- ed with Hernia or Ilupture, that the above instrument. so long and justly celebrated, is now reduced in price so as to bring it within the niesns. of the poor as well as tue_ rich. Its su periority over all others Trussres is no longer doubted. "For-sale by J. A. WEED. * ARDWARE. Hollow Ware. Carpenter's «tools of all'ltiuds. alsoa general assortrnen I offiroceries, for sale cheap by! C A8. ISAAC if Nora-slk. Oct 15. 1838. , AISINS.-60 halves and quarter boxes first Cll4.5- ISAACS. NORWALK. C A‘SUPl'3Rl0l;-ILAIYIP.» EBB'S Celebrated Patent Tunnel Burn- . ers. A new and superior article in which ts_bur:ied a liquid called Campliene. but which will not explode like the Spirit Gas. and is no more dangerous in common use than Sperm Oil. and ifsptlled upon any article whatever, it does not soil it at all. They -give a very perfect and brilliant light. and one Burner will light a room from 20 to 25 feet square most perfectly and will only cost about three quarters of a cent per hour. The Burners and Camphene are for sale by the sub- scriber at the New York prices. who is the sole agent for this section of the country. Directions jbr using Webb's Camp/iene Burn- 07!. _Fill or replenish the lamp every morning and trim the wick by pulling it up and cutting all all the encrusted parts, leaving the wick clean. and aboutone sixteenth ofan inch high; then put on the glass, true all around. that the draft may be equal. Light the Burner from underneath and not take offthe glass to light it. In taking ..fI'and putting on the glass. do not pull the wires. but merely spring the glass in and. out. Should any gummy substance appear about the top of the Burner. it can be cleaned off by rubbing wi:h a piece of rag or cloth wet with the Camphene. GEORGE ST. JOHN. Norwalk. Dec. 1. 1838. if 92 N. B. A trial only need be made of the arti- cle to prove the superiority of Webb's Barriers to any other lamp in use. as hundreds:-.an testify. NEW GOODS AT VIORWALK, OLD WELL. THE subscriber respectfully informs the in hsbitiints at the Old Well and its vicinity that he has commenced business in the Store near the Steamboat Landing. and now offers for sale a general assortment of DRY GOODS, GROCERIES. CROCKERY, doc. all of which has been purchased recently, and at the lowest auction prices, in New York. for cash. Those who wish to supply themselves on the most fe- vorable terms, will find it to their interest to call and examine his stock. before making their purchases elsewhere. His goods will be sold at moderate prices and on accommodating terms. He friendly invites a share ofpublic patronage. THOMAS L. PECK. Net-walk, (Old Well.) May 29. I838. tf65 KATES. SKA'I‘ES.—A fine assortment of Skates. for sale cheap by CHAS. ISAACS. Dec. 7. 1838. lf92 ‘l A RPENTER.'S TOOL S.—.Carpenter’s J Tools of all kind. for sale cheap by CHAS. ISAACS. Norwollt. Dec. 10. 1838. W92 N EW BOOKS.—Bob of the Bowl, by the . author of Horse Shoe Robinson; Home as Found. by Cooper ; Letters to Mothers, by Mrs. Sigourney ; Wayland’s Political Economy. '3&.c. &.c. just received by J. A, WEED. January 1, 1839, W96 LOST OR STOLEN. A‘ BUNDLE containing two black Me- 1. rino Shawls and about ten yards of striped \Vorsted Vesting. was either Stolen or taken through mistake from on board the steamboat Nitnrod, on the 29th or 30th of Octoberlast. If stolen a reasonable reward will be given for the goods. Iftalsen through mistake. it is hoped if this should meet the persnu’s eye having the goods. he will return them to the subscriber with- out delay. L. llI- STEVENS. Norwnlk. Decernber 14. 1838. tf93 AT COST. HE subscriber having on hand a large as- sortment of the following articles. will offer them at cost, in consequence of its being late in the season.viz 2‘ 100 pieces French. Eng- lish and German Merinoes; 600 yards white. red. yellow and green Flannels ; 150 yards superior and common Pilot Cloths. The above goods were laid in early in the season. and at extremely low prices. I would therefore re- spectfully iiiviie the attention of all those who have not bought their supply ofthe above nam- ed articles, for this and the ensuing season. will find it will pay them good interest to lay in their stock for three years to come. T. STEVENS. Norwolk. Do=c.26. 1638. If 94 ROADCLOTHS, CASSIMERES AND VES'l‘INGS.—- 'I‘he subscriber hasjust re- turned frotn New York. with an assortment of goods in his line, consisting of good blsck._blue. green. brown. and claret broadclotlis, ; pilot cloth for overcoats; good blank. check. striped and lavender cassimeres, sattinetts. a good as.- sortment of vestings; goods of every descrip- tion in his line can he had to order; pocket and black silk handkerchiefs; stocks. collars and bosotns ; gloves. suspenders. and an assortment of trimmings. Terms will be reasonable. and sold cheapfor cash. He feels grateful to his friends and the public for past favors. and still solicits his share of busi- ness. He hopes to give satisfaction by attention to his business. CHARLES M. KNAPP. Norwalk. (Old Well.) Dec. 24. 1838. ti’ 94 THE subscriber hasjust received a large as- sortment of Broadcloths. Cassirneres. Sattinetts; Pilot and Beaver Cloth. a large siipplv just re- ceived aad for sale very cheap by ._ST'EVENS.9 it’ L. M December 25. 1838. L UMBER! L UMBER! .' TAPLES dc SANFORD have now as com- plete an assortment of Lumber. as can be found. much of it well seasoned. and Fit for im- mediate use; and iftliose who intend to build or repair. the coming season. will come to West- port. they shall be convinced that they can buy as good Lumber. and oti as good terms. (if not a little better) as at any other place whatever. Also, constantly on hand a good assortment of Iron and Steel. at New York prices; Virginia Coal. a good article; Paints and Oils of all kinds. as usual ; Hardware. Carpenter's Tools. House findings. Nails. Glass. Putty. dtc, dcc. Wanted immediately. a quantity of old ac- counts paid up. to stop interest. ' Westport. Dec. 26, 1838. 6t94 8, TUSCAN AND STRAW BONNETS. LAIN Tuscan and mixt Straw Bonnets may be had at the store of JAMES MALLORY. Ham 1. 1&9. - IRYIIAG T0 PLEASE EVERV BODY. HINTS TO EDITORS. One reader cries, your strain's too grave. Too much morality you have, Too much about religion; Give me sortie witch and wizard tales, Ofslip-shod ghosts with fins and scales. And feathers like a pigeon. I love to read. another cries. Those monstrous fashionable lies- In other words. those novels. Composed of kings, and priests. and lords. Of border-wars, and Gothic hordes Thai used to live in hovels. No. no. cries one. we've had enough Of such confounded love-sick stufl‘ _ To craze the fair creation: Give us some recen‘. foreign news Of Russians. Turks, the Poles. or Jews, Or any other nation. The man of dull scholastic lore. Would like to see a little more Of first-rate scraps of Latin; The grocer fain would learn the price Of tea and sugar. fruit and rice; The dreper, silk and satin. Another cries. I want more fun. A witty anecdote or pun, A rebus or a riddle; Some wish for parliamentary news. And some. perhaps. of wiser views. Would rather hear a fiddle. The critic. too. of classic stiill. Must dip in gall his gander-quill. And scrswl against the paper; Of all literary fools, Bred in our colleges and schools. He cuts the greatest caper. Another cries. I want to see Ajumbled-up variety. Yarietyin all things- A miscellaneous budge-podgc print. Composed (I only give the hint.) Ofmultifarious small things. I want some marriage news.seys miss. It constitutes my highest bliss To hear of iveddings plenty ; For in a time of general rain None suffer from a drought, 'tis plslu. At least notone in twenty. I want to hear of deaths. says one. Of people totally undone By losses. fire or fever; Another answers, full as wise. I'd rather have the fall and rise ‘ Of racoon skins and beaver. Some signify a secret wish For now and then a favorite dish Of politics to suit them; But here we rest at perfect case. For should they swear the moon was choose We never should confute them. Or grave. or humorous. wild or tame. Lofty or low, ’tis all the same. Too haughty or too humble; So, brother editors, pursue The path that seems the best to you, And let the grurnblers grumble. MAJOR DOWNING. WASHINGTON, 12th Jan , 1839 To the Editors of the New York Express-— the same paper my old friend Mr. Dwight printed it spell ago. Gi~:N'rL£:iiiI~:N—I said in my last letter that I would. for one, set a good example and stop cackling about such matters as Abolition, Anti-Masonry, and Animal Magnetism. and Nullification, and Sub-Treasury, and all such kinds of nonsense; and Ibelieve We have bad enuf on’t. Congress has now taken up rat hunting. and will afore long give some of them lagy rats a most eternal twisting; but this aim: the only matter that is worth attend- in to; and nowlam going to tell you a thing r two about a matter that will shortly be _lvorth cackling about. an egg worth hatching. ‘I have got a notion in my head that trouble Wlll come upon us afore this sucfile between France and Mexico is settled up-.—-if it is true that Mexico has declared war against France it wont be so easy a matter to hush it up as it would be if France had declared war against Mexico—it aint my business to tell why, ony that’s my notion ; nor is it my business to say who is right and who is wrong; that pint is seldom found and decided till the quarrel is OVBT. and by that time folks on both sides are so glad to be at peace that they dont stop to talk about the beginning of the fight-«one thing is pretty sartin, that when there is a fight so nigh home, and folks get to throwin stones at one ‘another, some stories may take a slant and disturb other folks, and then there will be more trouble than was first calculated on ' and that is the matter I wanted to say some: thin about, “ There is only two ways to“ pre. vent your windows from being broken by some of these chance slantin stones. One is to close the shutters; and the other is to stand prepared tothrash round. and let folks see that you are able to throw three stories to their one. There is another thing that may as well be said now so that there may be no mistake about it. Our folks have got anotion which comes to ’em naturally, and that is when thev see a big man grapple with a little one, and get him down, and he begins to yell and squeel, their dander is lifted-—it was just so with the Greeks, and come pretty nigh heino- so with the Canada folks—it don’t make any odds who it is—it is a kind of natural notion, ‘and I don’t lmow how to account for it-it seems to me sometimes to belong to all natur --even down to the pigs—-catch one by the ear_and make him squeel, and all the rest git their bristles up right off and are ready for a fight. tho’ they don’t know whose pig he is, and don’t seem to care, only thatsqueel seems to make them feelugly. And then agin there is another notion among our folks on this side the ocean, and that is they don’t like Europe to throw stories here at all, especiall so nigh tit Home. ‘We don’t want our win owe bro- ?-‘1'__> ._____.___. ken ; and we don’t want to shut the shutters, or bar the doors; and so [don’t see what we can do but to prepare ourselves and tell ’em all, ifthey will fight, to take care to hit where they aim. and especially .to look where they trend, and by no means to step on otirtoes for we have got corns on ’em. General Washington, who never said a silly thing in his born days, told us. “ in time or peace prepare for war.” He knew what he was about when he said that.—.-.-he did not mean that becausea man was well armed he must fight—but that when a man was known to be ready for a fight, quarrelsome folks would not be so likely to tackle on him, that was all. A man like a nation is never so sure to be let alone and treated civilly as when he is known to be ready to make as genteel a blow and strike as hard as any body else, jest as occasion required. Now let us see how we stand in case trouble comes. I have been looking over the maps; and if any man will take one and follow his finger and keep his eye to what I tell him now; he’ll get a new riiikle if he had’nt one afore; he'll see in the first place that all the cotton and tobacco and sugar and pork and bacon and every thing else is made -in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ar- kansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, besides the greater part of Georgia and F loi'ida~—all float down to salt water market into the Gulf af Mezica—there aint no other way of getting to salt water unless you go up stream and then waggon across, or come by rail roads and canals across the upper country to salt water at New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore or Charleston; now it is an old and true saying that " what’s one man’s meat is another man's pisen”——this me he very rofitable work for the waggons an rail roa_ s and canals, and that kind of stock will rise considerable; but to bring a bag of cotton that way to salt water would he likes snake going tail foremast——agin the grain—-agin the scales and agin natur. But suppose we get into trouble. owing to this scuffle between France and Mexico, where will the stones fly thickest? Won’: it be in the Gulf of Me-xico—-must we shut our win- dows there, or must we keep ’em open and be ready to defend them. In a scuffle of any kind where a man is most exposed and where he has most at risk, even if he aint a part in the fight, they who are, will threaten him and say if you dont do so and so, smash go your windoivs. Now this is what I dont want any one should have power to say, but I want to show him that though my windows are there, if he breaks one I’ll break his head. and this is the mob of the business. France has taken Vera Cruz; that is one strong pint in the Gulf of Mexico. She has also a VVest India Island, another strong pint close at hand, and both these places are pret- ty convenicnt for her ships to run in for sup- plies and repairs, and ships aint good for much without such places, for they are pretty much like horses on a road—they need stopping places for water and oats, and a blacksmith shop to repair. Now how are we off there’? for I go on the principle that if we are to eat porrige with the Devil, we must have as long a handle to our spoon as he has, or we stand no chance at all. Not France only, but any one who may take a notion to scuflle about our windows on the Gulf of Mexico, (and prltty much every nation has ports in the West Indies right along side this Gulf.) if we have no ports there where our ships of war can go to repair a rudder—mend a mast—or caulk a leak, we are as bad off as a man who starts from home with his waggon on a. journey, and when his horses get hungry or lose a shoe. returns home again to" feed and mend matters-—:md then starts agin—for if our ships have to come North for any tiring it is about as bad—and looking at the map and seeing how far the Northern ship yards are off from the Gulf of Mexico and the time to go and get back—the windows may not only all be smashed in—but the Enemy in the front door. But fortunately we aim as bad of as some folks think. And when I was puzzling my- self about the matter, and wondering how we could get over the trouble and feel safe— Uncle Sam fetched me a slap on the shoulder and put his finger right down on a spot,_ and says he, "look at that, what do you think:: says he. "that place was made for 2” "Why. says I. “ that’s Pensacola—that’s no place at all.” says I. “It aint—aint it'.l” says he-— “ well,” says be, "if Natur was to try agtn. it could’nt make a better for my purpose any how}: tqvhy,” says I, "Uncle Sam. some folks do say there aint nothing for thirty miles ronud but pine trees and dry sand—- and no river to the up country. and Of Course no trade‘ and ony’ it small l0\Vl'l, flfld I103)’ on airth,” says I. “ Will Y011 make any ‘hing ° ' that.” Well now,” says he,." I’ll tell you- the pine trees and dry sand is just the very thing for health—if the land was rich all around in that climate the fevers.“-'ou_ld tell another story. If there was a big river to fetch down steamboats and cotton, the same river would bring down mud and fill up the harbor, and ships of war could not germ”... .. now.” says he. “ see how things are work- ing——\Ve are building forts and dock yards there, and private folks are making an IT?7L River right up to the up country to the mid- dle of Ala., on this Iron River produce can o up and down without waiting for tides. and when this is done you’ll soon see what kind ot a town Pensacola will be.” “ That’s all very well for talk.” says I. " .U7l_0l9 34771. but I fear it will be all talk; there is Alaba- ma, she’ll go for Mobile. for that belongs to her. She wont do nothin for Pensacola, for that isin Florida; and New Orleans wont do nothin ; and other folks wont do riothin because it sint their place, and so among the whole N0. 99. l nothin will be done.” Uncle Sam riled up cpnsiderablc at this, and says he, “what on airth can oppose it in reason and common sense; aint all interests sarved by it; what have I to do With this place or that place. but to do good to all; look back upon the hull fnapfmd see how much depends on this int; 13 this 3. time to stop and listen to petty ocal matters? No. no,” say; he, ‘I jfall the money in the Treasury, hard money and paper money. Treasury notes, and Biddle’s notes, and bonds too. and Safety Fund notes. W33 i981 enuf to pay for makin Pensacola what she must be _made. I’ll spend every dollar on’t,” “ The windows on the Gulf of Mexico must be left Open." says he, " and we must have the powerthere to defend and protect or we may as well shut up shop and larn French as soon as possible.” " VVhy.” says he, " if I neglected that matter what would all that Country, that send their produce to the Gulf 0f_Mexico say”-.-and here be lowered his voice and whispered something about the power that an enemy would have in case he took.I?ensacola from us and declared universal abolition;.and so forth; and also what his fear was if we wam’t spry; and what ‘he fear’d_tbe French would do during that iii- derxtnity matter, and that they would have that out of us some how or other if we did not look out sharp; and upon the hull his notion was that the only way was to put the House in order and be prepared ; and that a “ stitch in time saved rii_rie.” Uncle Sam’s dander is up about the matter and I may say more about it, So no more at present from J. DOWNING. Major, Downingville Militia, 2d Brigade. _i1s'ruru:’s Tituiru. RY I3UI-W331 ‘Tie midnight; round the lamp which o'er The chamber sheds the lonely beam. Is widely spread the varied lore \Vbich feeds in youth the feverish dream; The dream. the thirst, the wild desire, Delirious. yet divine —(o Imow.’ ' Around to main. above aspire, Arid drink the breath of heaven helowl From ocean. earth, the stars and sky. To lift mysterious Nature's pall. And here before the kindling eye. In men. the darkest mist of all. Alas! what boots the midnight oil-—- The madness of the struggling mind 7 Oh vein the hopes and vein the toil \Vliich only leaves us doubly blind; What learn we from the past?--the same Dull course of glory. guilt and gloom! Iasked the future.-.-and there came No voice from its unfathomed womb. The sun was silent and the wave. The air replied but with a breath; But earth was kind and from the grave Arosc the eternal answer--Deal/i I And this was all ; we need no sage To reach its Nature's only truth; Oh. fools! o'er Wisdoin’s idle page To waste the hours of golden Youth. In Science do we wildly seek. “lhat only withering yearsshould bring- The languid pulse. the feverish check. The spirit drooping on the wing. Even now my wandering eyes survey The glass to youthful glance so dear; What deepening tracks of slow decay Exhausted thought has greven here! To think. is but to learn to groan. To scorn wliai all beside adore; To feel amid the world alone? ' An alien on a desert shore; To loose the only ties that seem, To idler gaze. in mercy given; To find love. faith and hope a dream. And turn to dark despair from Heaven, Dr. Babz'ngton.——Dr. Babington was once in attendance on an Irishman, for whom be prescribed an emetic. His patient immedi- ate] exclaimed with great '7iait:ete, " My dear doctor, it’s no use your giving me an emetic; Itried it twice in Dublin. and it would not stay upon my stomach either time.” Cure for S'weaxring.—An urchin at a pub- lic school, having been detected in swearing, was ordered by the master to watch a mouse hole, with a pair of tongs, and not to speak or move till he caught a mouse. Singularly enough a mouse soon made its appearance, which the boy seized with the tongs. and hold.- ing it aloft, triumphantly exclaimed_ at the top of his voice " by I’ve got him !”— This caused a roar of laughter, in which the master could not resist joining. _____________.._ “VVe must be unanimous,” observed Han- cock, on the occasion of signing the Decla- tion of Independence; “there must be no pulling different ways; we must all hang together.” ."Yes,” added Franklin, “we must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately/.” A few days since, a little ragged urchin had been sent by a mechanic to collect a small bill which had just become due. He began in the usual way, by becoming more and more importunate ;' at length the gentle- man’_s patience being exhausted, he said to him, “ You need’ntduri me so sharply, I'm not going to run away.” " I don’t spose you are,” said the lad, scratching his head, “ but my master is. and he wants the money." A Good Reason.--A young Amorose at a political festival. gave the following toast: “ The La.dies—We admire them. because of their beauty-—respect them. because of their virtue-adore them. because of their in- telligence-—and love them, because we can't help it.” :—:— At the beginning of the reign of Charles II., they had no women on the stage-—the female parts were performed by men. The King coming early to the theatre, the actors to pacify him, and he loved a Jest, requested his Majesty to have patience, as the Queen .... ....p . was not qiiite-that-ed! ....... One morning a party came into the publig rooms at Buxtori somewhat later than usus and requested some tongue. The were tol that Lord Byron had eaten it ti 1. «Iain very angry with his lordship." said a lady, loud enough for him to hear the observation. “lam sorry for it, madam,” retortffl Lord Byron ' '* but before late the tongue, I WM assured you did not want it.” SHOOTMG A SOLDIER. I made an appointment with Lsgondlo. to meet him in the square near Kashbah, at half past one next day, and go out with him to the tragic spectacle. which was to takq place at two o'clock, half a mile out of town, All that evening and the next morningl felt like a_fish out of water. When I woke iIt‘_ the middle of the night, I thought to myself. what are now the sensations of the deserter , and again, after my morning: sleep, I ut the same question. rose early as usua , took coffee. rode out, returned. read and‘ tried to write and study; but neither by coffee not‘ riding, nor reading could get "rid of my thoughts about the deserter; and ever " anon I was pulling out my watch to count the hours he had to live. fit the time ap-, pointed I joined Capt, La ondie. and we "set- out on foot to the spot this real ti-aged . Troops of cavalry came down front the Kash- llah. V-Vith Trumpets blowing as gaily as if it had been a military triumph, and a regi- ment of infantry marched beside us out of the city gate. We passed the prison where the victim was confined, and Lagondie point- ed out to me the grated window ofhis-apart. merit, through which he was_liste‘ning to the last music he was ever to heat‘ in this world, Shortly We reached the ground where his fate was to be enacted. We took our stand on the top ofthe lime rocks, whilst the true onethousand in number formed three-fourt g ofasquare on the plain below. At last from the ‘prison gate came a company-—theig drums muflled with crepe and the victim in the centre on foot followed by a horse and cart which were to carry back his dead body. He was quite unchained and no priest with him. At first they beat a slow march but we saw him waive his hand to the drummers, and understood that it was a signal for them to beat quick time, they did, whilst Idare say more hearts than mine quickenecl their puls- ation. When they halted on the ‘fatal spot. the commanding officer pulled outs paper, which was the sentence of death, he read It with a loud and stem voice. Every syllable that he uttered was audible. though we stood at considerable distance. Meanwhile the sufferer took his station with his back to the lime rock, with twelve rnuusketeers who were to be his executioners, in front of him; his air was free and resolute and his ste was manly, as I remarked it to have been a I the way from the prison. He threw away thesi- gar he had been smoking. and I could see its red end fading into blackness, like a forebo- ding symbol of his li_fe’s extinction. He then made his last speech, with a voice that was certainly not so audible as that of hissentenes had been ; but considering his situation it was very firm. and its plaintiveness-—oli. talk not of Siddon’s tonesl was more pierc- ing snd terribly touching than ever I heard from human lips. I cannot pretend that he said in so many or rather so few words. what follows; but though I may give more point to the substance of his speech, the following was its substantial meaning: “Comrades, what my sentence of death has told you is all true. except it has unjust- ly called me the chief conspirator in the lat; desertion—foi' I seduced nobody into it; on the contrary, I was persuaded into it by oth- ers. The motive of my crime was merely an intense desire to see my father’: family in Italy; and now my heart's blood is to be shed and my brains are to be scattered on the ground. because my heart yearned for a sight of my brothers and sisters, and because my brain could not forget them! Soldier"! who are to shoot me, do your duty quickly. and do not keep me in torment.’ He then stepped forward some paces nearer his executioners, and with steady hands and round his eyes. Eleven musket shot imme- diately laid (him lotv, though he jumped up before he fell when the balls pierced him. the twelfth soldier going up to him as he laid on the ground fired close into his head. You will not wonder that my tears at this crisis blinded me-.—when Idricd them] could’ not see the victim. I said to Liigondie. “where is he fl" " Look there.” he answered. point- ing with his finger, “don’t you see a red strips on the ground ?” And sure enough I easy it; his red pantaloons made one part of tho red stripe. and his bleeding head and made the other. All the troops then defiled around him. We came down to the spot. but before we reached it the body had been re- moved in a cart, and nothing remained but? some blood and brains and a portion of to persuade myself that I had seen it reality. 0 Godl that man who cannot put life into 0 fly. can have any excuse for taking‘ it frotno fellow creature.-—Campbell’ s Algiers. BURVIT TO THE STAKE W PAWMEESi CouxcrL BLUFFS. Oct. 15.1835..- Tlie Sioux and Pawriees, only _l6O mrlcg from here. are in constant hostility. Thil war has continued for about 200 years. St the Indians here, (the Pottawatamies.) say.-, The Pawnees ina war expedition into thj Sioux country last February, took prison! a Sioux girl only 14 years of age, what they kept about two months, imtil corn plat ing, fattened her as they would ahog. Tho then determined to make a sacrifice‘ of lit This they kept to themselvh. ' Tie dd) A LITTLE SIOUX GIRL THE \ erect air, bound a yellow silk bandlvzahief" skull. Ireturned to mylodgingscsrcelysblei .i
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