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VOLUME xxiii.
‘THE NORVVA I.i{i:Azn1~TE
Is Publislictl _
EVERY \VEDi\'lCSD.AY l\1ORNIi\’G,
4%;
Bl’
.r.t:.ii3s REED, JR.
'l7i~:ii.\is.—’[‘wo dollars per acnum, payable in
all cases. quarterly in advance.
To subscribers who live out of the Carrier's
district and call at the Office for their papers,
$1 50 per year, 1'_/‘paid in advance--otherwise
$2 will be charged. Mail subscribers per
atinum, payable in advance. Noothers attend-
ed to. To companies ofsiz. or more. rece.iving
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l .°tl'ieir papers by mail, $1 50, payable altogether,
inudvancc. _
Exceutofis and Ailtninistratoi-‘s Notices. 3 in-
scrtions, 81-Conitriis-sioner's notices, 31 25.
Yearly advertisers. one square, $10 per annum,
_ payable quarterly in advance. The privilege
‘of yearly advertisersis limited to their own im-
mediate business—all extra advertisements will
be charged at the usual rates. All other adver
tisemcntsat the rate ol'$1 per square for 3 inser-
tioiis, and 25 cents for each subsequent insertion.
01;‘ All casual advcrlisementsscnt to this Of-
fice,-_shoultl be accompanied by the cash. No
oI]i.crs'wil£ be inserted.
Jl©l£33 PIRHNTHNG,
OF ALL KINDS,
MEALTY EXECUTED AT THE GAZETTE lJFFll.‘E.
AT a Town Meeting ofzhe town of New-
Canaan, legally warned and held for that
iur use on the 20th dav ol'Ja_nuary. A. D. 18-‘I0,
l l’. . 4 .
the following By-Laws were passed, viz_:
“ That all liorses be excluded from going at
large on the public highways.
" “ Tltat all neat cattle
ne excluded from going
except one to each family.
“ That the fees for impounding swine going at
largelin the public highways be 25 cents each.
me-halfto be paid to the pntinil-keeper. and the
(her halfto him who shall impound the same.
_‘'That the fees for impounding horses and
cattle goingai large on the public highways,
cents each, one-lialfto the poiind-keeper.
the otltcr half to him who Shall impound
~ same." Certified by
.I0sF.Pll Sii.Lt.\iA.\',
New Canaan, Jan. 20, 18-10.
' . . $100 REWARD.
, REVVARD of 8100 will be paid forthe
recovery of the body of Mr. JESS}-I COM-
STOCK. (late Clerk of Steamboat Lexington.)
and giving information of the same in the New
York papers. He was aged 20 years. about 5
feet 2 or 3 inches in height. rather thick set,
light complexion and light hair. with a high
forehead. His dress consisted of a black frock
. coat, dark mixed pantaloons and figured woolen
vest. a cotton shirt marked J. C.or name in full,
and knit l:-imb's wool under shirt, cotton draw-
ersnnd stockings. He had on his person a small
gold watch with a short gold cliain. 10
Town Clerk.
-ltll
‘A LIBERAL REWARD
W ILL be paid by tbesubscribers forthe re-
covery, and delivery in this city. of the
body of Mr. ALPHONSOMASON, of Gloucester,
Mass.. a passenger on boardihe Steamer Lex
ington. hence for S/tonington. He was about50
years of age, 5 feet 9 or 10 inches in height, ve-
large long bushy brown whiskers and hair.grey
eyes, has a remarkably white and perfect set of
teeth. He was clad in dark underclothes, a
-. heavy dark pilot cloth evercoat or surtout, and
LIT‘
NORVVALK, CT. \\’EDNESDAY:‘, FEBRUARY 19, 1840.
NUM Blair '14.
FOR PRESIDENT,
~\V.ILLIAM H. Hamzisou.
OF OHIO.
JOHN TYLER,
OF_VIRCINIA, I-‘OR VICE PRESIDENT.
TICKET FOR STATE’ OFFICERS.
. For Got-crnor,
WILLIAIVI WV. ELLS\VOR'i‘Fjl.
For Licut. Governor,
CIiARLES HA\Vl.EYo
For Treasurer, '
IIIRADI RIDER.
For Secretary,
ROXT.-114 R-, I-IlN'MANo_
For Coiziptrolfcr,
IIEt'l{Y ICILBOURN.
YOUNG MEN'S STATE CONVENTION.
VVhcreas the \Vhig State Convention. at its
meeting at New Haven on Wednesday, the
15th day of January instant, passed a resolution
in the following words, viz:
‘~‘ Resolved, That this Convention, rec-oiiimenrl
to the Ynting Men of this State opposeil to the
present National A-tlniielstration, to hold a Young
Men's State Convention at I-Iartford, on \Vednes-
day, the 26th day oftfebriiary next, for the pur-
pose of responding to the nomination of Presi-
dent and Vice President made at Harrisburg,
and the nominatioti of State Officers made at
this Convention."
To carry said resolution into effect, the State
Central Committee would ,recommeri,d that the
several County Committees request the Town
Committees in the towns in their respective
Counties. to communicate the recommendation
above named tothe VVhig Young Men of their
several towns, and cordially invite them to at-
tend the proposed Conveuion. It is not deem-
ed necessary to elect individuals as delegates,
but the invitation Sllollld be to all Young Men
who are opposed to the present adtninistraton
and in favor of the election of Gen. Harrison
to the Presidency. ; c
From the interest manifested on this subject
by the Young Men who were delegates to "the
State Convention,and from the manner in which
the proposal was received, we doubt not but this
call will.be responded to in a manner worthy of
the young Wliigs of Connecticut; and it ishop-
ed that every town in the State will be fully
represented. -
JEREMY HOADLEY.
MEL\'IN COPELAND.
EZRA S. H.uiiii.'roN.
Hartford. Januarv '20. 18,40.
MISCELLANY.
State Central Com.
Fa/rmi7ig compared with the Professio_ns._
Mr. Colman’s Address at Worcester:
Pity/sic is an uncertain practice, where
few can tell whether they kill or cure;
where doubts hover in thick clouds over the
"fur cap. He took charge of a heavy letter en-
,closing some family letters. directed, to “ M r. E.
’D. Brigzham, Mass., Chandler, Howard 6.’. Co.
l Boston”-—-andywill withotit doubt have other pa-
, port; which may identify his person.
Mason 6:. THOMPSON. 156 South st.
New York, Jan. 17th, 1840. S110
DENTAL NOTICE.
I OCT. A. HILL, l.llZ!."l{fl1l for the patronage
' he has received in his profession during
’12 monthd past, in Norwalk, begs leave to in-
orm tne. public, that he still continues a. few
doors west _of the Bridge, in Burrall’s Buildings,
where he will be happy at any time to see lI!8
‘friends, and answer all their calls in Dental
Surgery. _
Iticorruptible teeth inserted from one to a.
full set. Also, teeth cleansed, separated, ex-
tracted, &.e.. and all those diseases of the teeth
~ attended to, wliich, if snfi‘ei-ed to continue, are
productive of so much mischief.
Rt;/'crences.—Emery Biasell, M. D.; J. D.
M‘Lean, M. D.; Hon. Thomas 8. Butler;
Hon. Benjamin Istiaes. Norwalk. Nehemiah
Perry, M. D. Ridgefield. R. B’. Botsford. M-
D.; Doct. D. P. Knapp. Danbnry. _Duct.
Howell Rodgers, Colehester, Ct. William
’ Witter, M. D. Williamantic, Ct.
November 20, 1839. 1
F0 R GING
OF ALL KINDS.
THE Subscriber having ta-
-ken the shop just north of the
, _
- in his line with promtness. Ma-
king and repair
steel, will be attended to by experienced work-
men-.’ Shoeing, horses and oxen, will be done
for one dollar per head. A share of public fa-
vor is solicited. DAVID FALCONER.
’ Norwalk, Jan. '7. 1840.
>
'' cuiad
DLE AND IIARNESS MAKING.
HE subscriber, thankful for past favors, is
still ready to furnish tl’ie’public with all or-
Heintentls-keeping-constantly
on-hand a generalassortment of Saddlgg. Har-
ncsses. Bridles, Martingalesa V_alices, Vi .'.|-ll1,ll_3u
Whips. Spurs, _ Bufiblo Robes,‘ and Harness
filers-in'bis line.
Trimmings-=—und by strict atteiition to his busi-
ness, solicit a share of the“'pub_li,c patronage’.
N5. B‘.-' _ pairing done in ,tbo'b'est manner
and at the shortest lf0l_I_C8.
' ' R,icu,_tnn Sp. fassorss.»
NO_t\\'__8l_l_l, Feb. I, 1
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Bridge. on the river side. is
prepared to execute all orders
ing machinery. either iron or
if-8
reflecting mind; where experience increases
distrust of one’s own skill and the power of
medicine itself increases; where uncorrupted
modesty and incorruptible integrity shall of-
ten go feeless, when qnackery shall change
its labelled and gilded pill box into a coach
and four; and where, to be an “Indian doc-
tor,” or a “ blind doctor,” or a “ rain water
doctor,” or to be an old woman and descended
from the seventh son, or better still, not to have
been born at all, and to have had neither fath-
er, nor mother but perhaps to have come into
the world as was said of one, “ bythe force of
vegetation,” is likely to prove a better intro-
duction to a wide and successful and profita
ble practice, than to have spent days and
nights, months and years, in studying the
human frame, in watching the aspect and
progress of diseases, and gaining knowl-
edge and skill in the painful and disgusting.
but benevolent and useful offices, of dissect-
ing rooms and hospitals. V
Law is a profession full of study and la-
bor of perplexing difliculties and subtleties,
which are sore cntaglements to the con-
science; busied in too many cases, about little
else than the chicaneries and vices and tricks
and crimes of the unprincipled and profil-
gate; where a men sells himself to his client
—perhaps the greatest villain unliung—-—sot1l
and body; and where, after he has commit-
ted hltnself to his cause, it mtist be his great
business to studdy what advantage he can
take of his adversary ; or to creep stealtliily
in the dark and see if his opponent has left
his garden gate open or his door unlatched;
or if perehance he has dropped on the edge
of a precipice, that whether innocent or
blamable, he tiiay shove him over ; and
then, if by tact or skill, he can untie the net
or break the" meshes of the snare in which
his client, whose name he knows is Legion,
is caught, and set him free again to prey up-
on society-—.-why then. he has done only his
duty; if such a course, by any honest rule of
morals, can be dignified with the sacred
name of duty.
What shall we say of Theology. I mean
sectarian theology ‘l for ii minister must be
sectarian or partizan, or he will have few
friends. Sectarian theology is generally a
muddy pool, where the deeper one plunges,
the thiel-rer.it becomes, until perhaps he loses
himself in tlie pathos" of rri'etz‘iphy';-'.ic.al subtle-
t*‘a’n‘d _ja‘r‘g‘on. Here,‘ if a man is simple‘
beamed. and frank, and cheerful. and pltlyfill.
and does not go about in the‘ world with the
six years ago :
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to a sense. of her deplorable coriclitiori, the
noble youth succeeded in getting her upon
her feet; the infant 1l(_‘Slllt'l_g on its mothcr’s
bfeflsli llllllcll lls °3’°S lolmlds llmll }'°lllll‘ Archbisliop usher, that he went about and
fllljy pT€’S9l’\"-’l'- llllll lslllllllllv 35 ll _5e”ll‘-‘ll: lll visited his clergy unexpectedly, and saw how after lllcm.
_ . lvllll ll 900"‘ they tvt:-‘re emploved, and how their flocks
enance filled with hope, the gallant youth "fined. "
ClICC‘l’CCl.i.IIC Sl.lIIt‘l'(?f On, lllfIISelfbe'tlTll'lg \Vllll‘ “rent-‘if, and begged ahns at [he C”.
n his tiny arms the infant child, while the 1-,t,,.is1,o,,so, ‘
ll°lll°l' _l9lll.l.9d ll” 3llPP°l'l 0“ llle lsllollldel" duty ;' but his prudent wife soundly lectured ‘
of her little conductor. ‘My home is hard the 03;} man; though ah.) g,-we him relief;
by’ he would exclaim,:ts oft as her spirits'f.tiT-' -13.-,,.— Shmne,‘ old man. 3; your years to go
ed; and thus for three miles did "he cheer beg-0-in(y_
Elllwlllll l0 l1 ll3PPY lllwell lllc molllel and ancliongst, industrious and godly life.
l_’el°l3ll°‘l- llall ll llol been l°l' llle llllmalle there?’ The old man with seemirig‘ confu-
leelings and perseverance oftlils noble youth. sign’ Smmmered out Elevmj’
. A warm fire and kind attention soon re- 30'” said she; it go thy ways, old man; and amount
Th f H w.m_iS an extract from the Rev lieved the sufferer, who, it appeared, was in ‘ '
._. e o o i O - ' search of her. llt1Sl)~Q-Uri, an emigrant from my caiec.hisin;.and_ when next time you are
gratitude foitits preservation.
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this place.
days found him, an_d in five months after, the L
with him, does not dream it necessary to
prove his dignity by putting into your warm
grasp a bundle oflcieles, people. will say he
is not serious,‘ and tvlieri Sunday comes, be-
fore he can preach, like an hottest man, on
righteousness, temperance, or judgeiiicnt to
-' _ come, perlitps he must look out of his win-
dow at the vnne of his church, and see which
way his people have deterinined tlietvind
shall blow thatday, or else, if he is not John
Rogersized, his crying children shall have
no more bread and milk from that maguani-
mous_ people. I ask. what attraction has
such a profession, thus servilely dependent
on popular caprice, like to have withan
honest and independent mind. ‘
What shall we say of Politics as a pro-
fession; a game full of uncertainties; where
to-day mL’llSl)OLill‘i03(1llll3,'..1ti(ll0-mOl‘t'O\Vll]C‘I‘{'
is none so vile as to do you reverence; where
in general all is heartless and hollow as
lieartless and hollow can be; where every
man is for himself, or for the public, if the
public is for him, and where, in the race of
competition, llkc_ship\vi'ecked sailors in :2
storm, they will shove their own friends
and companions from the same floatirigfi'ng-
mt-nt, if in any respect they endanger or im-
pede their own arrival at the shore; v.‘liei*c
men, howevet‘ hori_orab,le their purposes, and "
liigli minded and upright their Ct‘.ltt.lllCl,
must come before the public as ti tiirgtt to
be pelted and shot at with missiles as vile as
those who sendtliem; and where, if you 3
break or slip the collar of party, although it I
may cbafc your neck so badly, that “ the iron -
enters into your soul,” then the bounds are
unlaslietl upon you, and will hunt you to,
death without favor or pity.
The following anecdote wits related to it
writer in the ‘Jerseyninn,’ in a farm liottse
in Virginia, during a nigli‘. spent there son":
‘-In December, l7——, totvartls the close of
ng from school, and liearirig the n'io:iiis of
he mother, and using means to awaken her
he child, both of whom otlierwisc mtist have
New Hampsliire, a recent purchaser of a
farm in the neighborhood of -—'——-—-—-, near
Diligent in_qttiry for several
identical house in which we are now sitting
was erected, and received the happy family.
The child grew up to manliood—-entered the
army—-—lost a limb at l._‘{ew Orleans, but.re-
turned to end his days, a solace to the de-
clining years of his aged parents.”
‘\Vhcre are they now .7’ I asked the nar-
rator. ‘ Here exclaimed the son. ‘I am the
rescued one, there is my mother, and liere,'ini-
printed on my naked arm, is the name oftlie
noble youth, our preserver l’ I looked, and
read, ‘ I’V'T/flgfield Scott.’
Em};/——is the most base and groveling
of all the base passions, and the man in
whose heart it holds a place knows not a mo-
ment of quietude. The miser fcelsa mo-
mentary pleasure in counting over his treas-
ure ; and lie whose ruling passion is revenge
exults when his victim writhcs before
him and looks complacently on his blood
stained dagger; but the envious man knows
not a moinciit’s ease. His mind is on the
rack, and his perturbedspirit conjures tip a
thousand things, as interfering with his plans
or pursuits, which in the ordinary course of
events would never cross his path. For all
others there is a moment of sunshine, :1
gleam ofhope, a brlghtside to the future; but
a dark and impenetrable cloud settles on his
mind. His thoughts give birth to calamities
which never can beful him, and anticipating
evil, he prematurely undet‘goc~s the punish-
ment of its consequences. Without an en-
nobling thought or a feeling of good will for
mankind, lie pines for others’ property, while
his narrow and contracted soul renders it
impossible that he can better his otvn condi-
tion. His very nutriment turns to gall, and
isli appearance. If he ventures into socie-
ty, it is only asa thing to be instinctively
avoided ; for his basilisk-like eyes betray the
poison with which his mind is surcliarged.
He is shunned and despised, and his pre-
sence looked upon as an omen of ill fortune.
Without the capabilities to advance him-
self, and wanting that straight forward hou-
esty of purpose which would secure him fri-
ends, he is seized with an unendurable tor-
ment on w'itncssing the prosperity of others
and lashes him into a-fury at their success
He likens a world to a nut. shell. and thinks
if a diamond be found in the Indian _ocean. or
a rich for secured at the north pole, it is an
invasion of his vested rights. He would ban-
ish happiness and erect 8. i'cmp'te'_ to,rnis’er‘y',
himself ofiiciatirig as h”igli' priest. If he ever
1 ‘~ of one who has just risen in his grave
cli::hc._". and when he offers _to shake hands
. N? *3 ‘
.~‘.-‘miles, ’tis when the world weeps; but the
he wears an unhealthy, cadavorous, and fiend- ,
ylcissitudes of others is the signal of his joy.
lhe envious man is, in a word, the most
w.i'etcli_edly' rancoroiis and milserzible d—l
that moves, breathes, or - has a being;
T/tiff G'I'az'e.—-Oli, the grave! the grave !
It burtes every terror, covers every defect,
cxtingtiislies every resentment. From its
peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets
and tender recollections. Who can look
down upon the grave even of an encmy,and
not ‘feel a compunction that even he should
have warre-'.l with the poor hnndftil of earth
tliat.lics. inouldcr.ing.befoi'c him. But the
grave of those whom we lovcrl-—wliat a
place _'for meditation! Then it is we call
tip in long review the \‘-'l‘a(‘.lL‘l1l.'>lOT_‘,'0I virtue
and gL’Illlt‘ltCSS, — and the thousand endear-
ll1t’.’nt§~l€ZVlSll:‘d upon us. ‘almost tii'iheede:_l in
the daily course of iiitiniacy; then it is we
dtvcll upon the teudt.-rness,.the solemn and
awful lt.‘llLlt"l‘ne3.°, of the parting scene—tbe
bed oftlcatli, with all ltsstifletl grief. its nois-
less attt‘-ntlance, its mute, \\'tllClllLll assidu-
ltics; the last testimonies of. expiring love;
the feeble, fluttering, thrilling. Oh! how
tlirlllin_{,r is the pressure ofthe hand’; the last
fond look of the glazing eye, turning upon
its even from the tbresliold of existence; the
faint, f.=iltt-ring ace-aiits, struggling in death
to give one more assurance of affection. Aye
go to the grave of buried love, and meditate;
'I‘lier'e settle the account with thy conscience
Ofe‘-'ct‘_v past etideurment utircgarded of that
departed being who never, never, can return
to be soothed by contritioiil If thou art a
child, and ll:=.Si. cvcr added a sorrow to the
soul, or 9. ft‘.ri‘otv to the silveicd l31_'0\V of an
affcctioiiate parent; if thou art a husband.
and best ever caused the food bosom that
ventured its whole happiness in thy arms to
doubt one‘ moment of t,liy- kindness, or thy
truth ;; iftlioti art it friend,'and hast wronged
Thy tlrouglit or word, or deed, the spirit that
qt nerously confided in thee ; if tliott art 21'
a'dreary day, a woman with an infant was lover, and hast ever rrivcn one unmcrited
‘l'.5l.‘°"Cl'°ll lllllll‘l1l'l.€d. ln llle -°-5.10“? l3.\’ 51 ll.,lllC’ pantrto the true heart that now lies cold and’
Yll'glYll8Ua '3 }'t‘fll'S 0lll- Tllc lflll W?13l"3llll’“‘ stillibeneath thy feet, then be sure that every
1
some one in distress, ‘threw down his satchel ungmilg action will come ilil‘0n_fI_lllg 'b:ick
Of l3O.0l<S 1'-“ll ll‘l73ll'C‘l l0 lllc _5P0l ll'0m upontliy memory, and knocking tlolefully at
Wllellcc ll"? Sollllll I’l'°C_C“"l9-ls Wllll ll film‘ thy sou-l—: theii be sure that thou wilt lie
"955 llcl-'°llllll§ One Of “Pel .V."3lll'5-' Blush‘ dowri sorrotvlng and rcperitant on the grave,
llg llle 53,1’-.‘.“v' {Wm llle l3l‘ll11l1ll3°ll l>0(l_V 0f and utter the tinheard green. and potir the
unkind look every tmgtrtcioiis word, every
uiiavall-lug tear, bitter bccattse unheard and
- unava_il.i' ii
.-’ti'c}ibis;’iop Usfic-r.--Tliei'e is it story of
It is said that on one occasion he
The curate was out upon his,
These are not the usual fruits of
Tell
me, old man, how many cornmandmeiits are
“I thought
here, take this book with thee, and learn
asked, say ten.” "The arclibisbop took his
departure, and had it formally announced
that lieslioul-.1 prracli the next day in the
parish church. . The morning came; little
thought the good woman tl_i_a,t the archbishop
was the old aims beggar, till he gave his
text and comment——“ A new corninandment
I give unto you, that ye love one another.”
‘5 It would seem,” begins the sermon, “by
this text, that there are l l coiniuandments.”
The old man was l'l'(‘COgl]l7.t3(.l, and the eu-
rate's wife .‘1Cl(D0\VlL‘(lgCd,_ with some shame
to herself, that there was another, and a new
commandment.
Ttlfasliington..-—-Immediately after. the or-
ganization of the present government, Gen.
lvaisliington repaired to Frcdericksburg, to
pay his hutnble duty to his mother, prepara-
tory to lils departure to N. Y. An affect-
ing scene ensued. The so_n feclitigly re-
marked the ravages which a tottering dis-
ease had made upon the aged frame of his
mother, and thus addressed her;
“The people, madam, have been pleased,
with‘ the most flatter-lug‘ unanimity to elect
me to the chief maglstracy of the U. S. but
befor"e I can assume the functions of that of-
flee, I have come to bid you an affectionate
farewell. So soon as the public business,
which must necessarily be encountered in
ari'nng'ltig' a new government, can be dis-
posed of, Isliall‘ hasten to Virginia, and—”—
Here the matron interrupted him. "Yeti
will see me no more. My great age, and
the disease that is fast approaching my vitols,
warn me that I shall not be long in this
tvorl-.1. I trust in God, Iam soinewbrit pre-
pared for a better. Bug go, George, fulfil
the high destiiics which Ht'aV€‘t1 appears to
assign you; go myson and may that Heav-
eu’s and your mother’s blessing be with you
always.”
‘The Presiderit was deeply affected. His
head restedupon the shoulder of his parent,
whose aged arm feebly, yet fondly encircled
his neck. That brow on which fame had
wreatlied the purest laurel virtue ever gave
to created man, relaxed from its lofty bearing.
That look which could haveawed a Roman
Senate, ll) its Fabricau day, was bent in fil-
this venerable matron.
The great man wept. A tliousaiid-recol-
lectioiis crowded upon his mind, its memory,
retracing scenes long past", carried him back
to his paternal mansion and the days of his
his mother, whose care. instruction, and dis
cipline. had pre ared him to reach the top-
most height‘ of audable ambition; "yet" liow
were his glories forgotten while he glazed
upon _her from tvhorn, wasted by time’ and
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ial tenderness upon the time-worn feature of
youth; and-there the centre of attraction was
malady, he must soon’ part to incet no more!
The m-’tlI‘0n’S predictions were true. The
disease which had s6 long preyed upon her
frume. completed its triumph, and she expir-
ed at the age of85, confiding in the premises
Ol llI1m0rlality to the humble belit-.t'et‘.
7 ' i
‘ll’-‘ ‘l0 ll0l l‘@C,0llect, says the National In-
l€lllg'3flCt'l'. that we have seen any il.lttstr:itioii
‘ll llle °3"l”=l"ll.13lll more trnnseen'.ly ludic-
rous tlian the following:
Hoosier II?/pc7'L-oIe.—Stranger——[ l-x,,,(.(,,
you are about the tallest kind _of ti lzoon
there is in thesediggins. Your little Buf-
falonlnu walks stralglit into things, lilac n
-°-Cluflsll \"lllk' into _a potatoe patch. I come
down the other tl:ty,__in th'e Sl.t'.‘t'lIIIl)0£1l.’ClG:1\‘C‘-
land. She's a pretty fixln, Golly l aln’t
she a sinaslier? Once coming down, a siren k
of lightning followed her three miles and bet-
t.-r. 'I‘lic captain St"(.”Ll it was gaining on its
:1 little, so he told the man to St8I‘l)0itl‘(l thr-
helm and let it go by. It did go like rt horse,
and we were so near it trial the deck passen-
gers smelt brlmstone. The captain felt a
tittleclienp, at first, about letting it beat him,
and said the steam wasn’t up, but I told him
he did perfectly right to turn out, as there
was so runny xv.-imeii on lJO.“ll‘tl, and then
there was so much iron, that it drew the
lightning and helped it "along, so it tvarn’t
fair play. You sliould have heard the thun-
der that came along after it.
given you a it:-iv idea for one of your nrticlrs.
I’et'liiips you don’t know tvhere l come
from. Give us your fist igotv and l'll tell you
all about it. \Vlir.-it l'iiillioiitel stops inlthc
Clll.lCl\'ttllC-lt'€t:‘ diggins, in the State of lriali-l
anzt. .\l.,'e raised a mighty crop of -.\-lient
this year, I reckon nigh tipon four thousand
btislicls, and a Spl'llll{l.li_l. of corn, oats, pota-
toes. and gnijtivii sass. I You could hen r the
earth 'gi"ouu' all around our settlement, the
It \\'0llltl lH‘.\'(,';
ltnif'Iee’ti‘lil1ltf:l-l1er-nllll-to cl.” with lhe baqk of '
fimcm Th! in its Object, and cut his_own
ma? rilhtl silllrtli S-trellgth ind Pmeme
a l(f10tg\\'lll l'Ld’“ou d Sufi-me -to 100:9-nl
Th Q. _ tm_s irected, only _ttghtei11t,.,
1 u., rational beings may be laid hold of
me wrong way; and those. who might have
l’l“°l} l7$_«t’fUl. are rendered mischievous by
cullipg into exercise their bad feelingstiad
P“-$51008 Instead. of their l)t"SI. If you want
:3 itiduee persons to do. any good action, or
\\ in them to goodness in general, pm, .11.,
much .tIml'c likely to succeed by kindness
that: by harshness and reviling. Even..tlie**
rots. nor inflictioiis could subdtie-;_}_\,m.£. nag,"
l3‘-‘H1 [Jl'00fltgalt1St the power of ltindiiiesai
_——.—..__—....__:_._——._:—-u.
"ll l5 ll”? Ptopetlv of heavenly :fl'.‘~et.-ii'cnu’.
'(‘t‘)llll)tUlllL'fllt3 tlieinselycs with tlie’ii'r d_e-_’
ignis to all others and this is peamiced, zndf
l'l.=t:."u(§IL.‘('[lOt)$ and delightshof others are re-’
‘tr:-it ngrrctttrii. it is an inherent property
‘ 3 ‘ ‘ ' ' a - .
o t .i, .2 .e. tioiis of the ('tVIl'L_0 atempt in dg.
GENERAL HARRISON.
The following manly rebuke adtlressed?:¢-.
ll'tt.' ll‘l‘.Cltli.‘.é‘l‘S of Gt‘-ncial Idari'iéon, is from:
the 0/220 C'onferlera(-e, it ‘fun B-35.-,,J',,,,,,,,,_1:_j
“A SlIpL'l‘f,|!)_tlalt'd__ and [tI.llal,\l_e_llZi<f)l.,tll‘Ll.’’ '
it i "A '0. S. Bull-.'
‘.-‘ts the pcllicca! Cleneralpassed tlirouglii
l0\\'t:," &.(‘.—-Dem. S1;-(‘rr/t‘.
If we did not entertain the lIl£'ll'(‘Sl respect‘
ll-”' ll“? Patti‘? IFQID. t)'lii.cli we lizive mtltlellle‘
foi‘t-goiiig quotations, we would avoid the
llfll.alllllt.‘S to tvlilcli we know we are exp‘os--
lug eurself when we take exception to these
c.\'pt‘t'SsiCns. But it is preciselybee-nuse wot
rstrtrm tlicm influential and worthy jour-
nzils. that we are not at liberty to forbeara-
ilie objections whichwe have against them,,
crops were so lie.-1v_v; and-that's what ,Ql\-‘t“S
rise to._ the stories: abuttt the cai'thtptal<es. lt ',
was enough to make a young erittliqtt.-:l.’el
to hear corn grow as it did, and as to the;
potatoes, llll be sliiniitril alive. if ever I saiv
any thing like it. \\’hy, any one of them}
warm nights, you just go out into it little}
patch of fifty acres, close to the house, and;
hold your car down, you could hear tliei
young potatoes rpiarrelling, and the old our-sly
swearing at them lit-cause tliev dldn’t lnvl
along and stop crowdin_e. I t-lalculate volt’;
didnt raise such crops in these parts. l_ll‘:li'\',
one day, one of oitr squash vines chascdlal
drove of hogs better tl‘:an lirilfa mile, niidl
they ran and squealed as iftlie old boy v.'a.&‘=
A_cZvicc to men in dcb£.—- Deliberately an-;i
fully makeup your mind that come \\’lidl
will, you will practice no concealment or
trick, which might have the appearance if
fraud. Openness and candor commancl___re-
spect among all good men. '
Remember that no man is completely rit-
incd among men, until his character is gone.
Beware of feelings of dispondcncy. ve
not place for an hour of useless and enei°vat-
lug melancholy. Be a.mai_i.
1-educc your expenditures to the lowest
Cure not to figu to as others around
on.
Indtistifictisly pursue sitch lawful and lion-
est arts of ii_idiistry as are left to you. An
hourls industry will do more to begs-t cheer‘-
fulncss, suppress evil rumors, ar_i_:l retrieve
your affairs, than a month’s moaning.
If you must stop business, do it soon
enough to avoid the just cliaige of an attempt
to involve your unsuspecting filtzids.
tetj vanity of all eiirtlily things.
The two first years of trt€tl'l‘lt3(l life are al-
ways the most hazardous; if we esc-ipc ship-
wreck then, we may hope to steer our bark
safelyto a haven of rest.” Such was the re-
mark ofone now in her grave, who had pass-
ed, not unscathed, through the ordeal; and
daily experience proves the truth of her: as-
sertion. If it requires time and patience in
order to modulate two musical instiiments to
perfect harinony, how much more ofboili is
needed to produce exact at-cordance’bettvecii
two hoarts-—tliose ‘‘ harps of a thotisand
strings” _.tvlilch when once wedded, can
give forth the music of life. only wlieu they
are in unison. It matters not how inti.rnztte-
ly the character ofeacli may hztvc l;ec-ii stud-
ied by the other before marriage; tlic’f=.tmil-
iar intercourse of wedded life develspes a
thousand trifling pcculiartics, and half-form
ed habits, which could not be discovered cat'-
lier, because there was no opportunity for
their display; and generally speaking, inti-
tual forbearance is the firstduty we are cull-
ed to exercise.
Slander‘ by Ins£mra.£ion.—A clown walk-
ed up lelsurly to the stall of one of those
small traders who furnish canal tourists of
limited means with ‘wittlcs and drli_ik,’ and
_°ust as he was on the point of vciitllnga
large lot of sausages to a hungry looking
traveler, which was to last till his arrival at
Buffalo, the clown aforesaid, looking suspi-
ciously at the article, and addressing the sel-
ler said : "Is them good sassenges ?’
‘Yes them are good sausages, you igno-
rant tfiamus. Yoti would like to keep me
from selling’em if you could fix it that way,
I doi'.’t doubt.’
‘No I would’nt,’ responded the vagabond,
‘I don’t know notliin special about them sas-
sengers, they may be good sassengers, for
auglit I know to the contrary; I don’t. say
theynint good sassengers; all ldo say. is
that wlieresomever you see them kind of
~ sassengers you don’t see no dogs !’
‘I guess on reflection,’ said the traveler,
that I won’t.negotiate for them are articles.
The man's last remark has-gi-’n me a dislike
to ‘em’ _ ,
____._._.......-___._......_
‘Comparisons are odious,’ as Van Buren
said when the people began to contrast his
services with Harr:'-:=c'n’s. -
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_V_ .-.o
Learn from your p1‘LfSPl1lCllf,flC_ul_llCSl.l]0 ut-y
orcfthc imputation of a fault-firidlng dispo-
sition. -
Can it be, brethren, that the cause which
you e:-‘potzse, the principles you advocate, 013:‘
the success even oftlie man whom you pre-
fer, can only be secured by the use-lof such"-
means as this! Are the truth and the beau-=
iy and the power of Republicanism to b'e;--
established by dctraetory aspersions of='indi‘..‘.
vi-:lu.~il character Are Mr. Van‘-' Burcnls
claims to the respect and confidence of the
people, and his title to the highest honour:
oftlte public service, onl ' to be inniiitained,
or in any degree assisted, by lconmmeljous
treatment of his rivals in popular favor 2..
Surely there is error in this thing. Divesi:
.\',0l“'S°l"'-‘S. if but for a moment, if the ex-
‘?-1lt‘mf'nt. (we had almost said oftlie phren-.
23‘) \\'ltl_ch you allow your party attachments.
and animosi=.ies to engender—assume' the-
ccol and gt'l'lf.’l'.OLlS frame of mind‘ which so-
\\'Cll bcfit the free and enliglitend citizens,.
(and such you are) and calmly answer the-
inquiry——‘‘ VVho is he whom we are dcscri-» -
hing as //re petlicoat Gencral—— (lie snpemn-.
zialerl and pit-iaiblc (Zota.7'd .7” Your-selves‘
will answt-r—-and that not of cotnpulsion._...
political asiiirations ‘out of‘ view, yourselves:
will aiistver most; frarilrly-—he is {I tried, andi
:11 worthy citizen ;. ay, ‘.‘s"ove;'_1'i_i_mc~s is he"..-
in the ordcals of fire and water. While yet.
a s‘ti‘ipling, you will say, he gave l_ilr_nself to-
thc arduous. service Oi his country 5 be ex»
changed the joys ar:d‘tl_ie safety of’ a family-
at lioine, for the perils and he rdsbips of‘ 8'.
dreary wilderness and a savage ('ncmy.—-—
For forty years thence forward, did he do»
vote liimso.-lfto his country; in peace and iii-
‘war, in tlzingcr and in security, in the eump._.
and in the closet, in the St'l'.‘¢'il€ and in the:
battle llt‘l(l, did he serve that country in true.-
ft-alty and uritarnishcd honour; until, even
-,notv, grown grey in the hat'd‘s:3rviees which
l has brought him nothing bttt a glorious repu-
tation an-'.l ti COl‘lClt-‘DCO void of cfft-nee against
the obligation of patriotism, lie stand's,_in.lt'is
old age, among the millions who surround
him, a model of ofiieial purity and‘ i:n_c7or-
l‘Lll'llt‘Ll iritegrity. And this is the toil-w.ori_i
soldier and ho_no_i‘cd citizen wlio is described
as “a siipcranuatcd and a pltiiable Cl-’£t.!,ii,_’(_3.,,”
and a “ yieltigoctg §‘r_cneral.’’!l ’ l - H
Brt-',li_i_'t:n, we believe another totbe the
better S’g:tl§S!}l§1','), let us say so. If we think
the. aged patriot entertains opinions and‘sen-
llm(‘l'itS adverse to the impo_t~tant interests.
of our country; let us canvass uureservedly
those scritlmrnts and opinions. But in the
,=nanic of humanity and gratitude-, let us not
‘i taunt the war were veteran with the decrepi-
tude of years which come to all of lyutiiaii
kind, nor touch with rude, unft--cling; _b_:_z_nd,
his hard earned garlands, won on many‘ in
bloody field, where brave men fought l—
Geiitleinen, there is a vast differt net‘. lzit-ttvecn
the goose quil and the death-dealing sword,
——a mighty contrast between the sufferiiigs
and the dangers ofa tented field; and the soft
and easy life ofa criticwho despises Ill.
lVlien, under the impulse of political acer-
bity, one feels ’prone to disparage the just
claims of Gen. I-larrlson to the ct.nsitleiratjior;
of the people, there are two c.it'c'ttii:starie'cs,
the recollcctiori of which oitgl t; it: would
seem, to arrest‘ the iticipi-.-nt. purpose. I_t
should he remembered in the first place, that
three years have just gone by. whcn.a.n.ajor-
ity ofthe citizens of Ohio would have raised
him to the .loftl'est post of responsibility; and
hor.or—and that such an expression of:'fiQp_-
-ular opinion is entitled to some iveigli‘.
estimating iiidividual character. And. in the
second place, let it not be forgotten. (by future?
generations it will not be.)_that from the ser-
vice of the, state. continuing through all the
active years of a lengtlie_nt-‘d life. he retires,
in poeerly. When the fact becomes so coin-
mon us no longer to be reinarlcable, let libs,
Country, cease‘ to hold it as a token of H121’-
rison’s wort . _ _
the~sol_itary instance, save one, in tyliicli the
love of morley"has' been totally lostiri the no-
ble love‘ of country and honour, let i:'be ac-
linowledged the preiidest riicnumt-nt of his-
~.a ..-a --
- r
greatness and the best nieixiorlal of his
-'--;fi‘l’1"..".'.R‘ ' ‘
ml
-.-.~_ .-
worst men. whom neither tbreatnings. ter-_. '
prive otht-rs of their affections andg’ dt-lighten
11; -but while’ as y'et‘it' remains. .
Norwalk Chronicler