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OC'l‘.A. I-IlLL,tliankfulforthe patronage
.1) he has received in his profession during
12 months past, in Norwalk, begs leave to in-
form tne public, that he still continues a few
doors west ofthe Bridge, in Buri'all’s Buildings,
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friends, and answer all their calls in Dental
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Iiicorruptibie teeth inserted from one to a
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Novemlier 20, 1839. 1
CABINET FURNITURE.‘
JAMES A. TINDALL
would respectfully iiifortii the
inhabitants ofNorwalk and its
vicinity, that he has recently
opetied a CABIN E_T \VARE
RO(jM_ ,1 pew ,i,..,.-s north of
,3... A, -,_,_;_,J. uooker's market, where he
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iii iterials, andin the most modern style, which
he will sell on reasonable terms.
Norwalk. April 27, 1840. X 25
C.
€3-ahinet E*‘ui'iiitur
ES TABLISHJVIENT.
THE subscriber having taken the
shop of VV.A. Barlow. a few rods east
of the Bri-ige,wishes to call the ai-
tention of the public to his establish-
merit where he intends keeping a
general assortment of articlesin his line——such
as Bureaus, Mahngonv and Cherry Tables.
Stands, \Vork Fables a-nd VVashstaiids, French
and common Bedsteds. &c.
Also. a large assortment of Chairs, Maple,
Fancy W'insor, & Kitchen, Boston Rockers, (Sac.
which he will endeavor to sell as cheap as any
one in the trade. _
Prompt personal alttergjon will at all times be
id to re airin ant. 'o )ll1 .
pa p g J Junsiiv P. WRIGIIT.
Norwalk, April 9, 184i.
New Opening I
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22
AT the Store formerly occupied
'“""""l by A. Arnold, one door east of J. A.
VVeed’s Drug store, in Burrall’s
' ' Block, a select assortment of GRO-
CE RIES, PROVISIONS, WINES, &t‘
which will be sold cheap as the cheapest. ‘
Those in want of articles in the above line,
will do well to call, we are confident they can
be suited both as regards price and quality. It
is the intention of the subscribers to keep on
hand at all times, all the articles, and of the
best quality, generally found in aGrocery store.
A sliare of public patronage is respectfully
solicited. S &- S H BAILEY.
Norwalk. May 1. 1251-
Hyson, Young I-lyson
I and Hysou Skin Teas,
. Loaf, Lump 8: brown
- " Sugars; StCroix.Por- I‘ i‘ '
and New Orleans Molasses; 0 d J va.
Laauira and Cuba Coffee; wheat Flour by the
barifellor retail; Butter Cheese. Lard. Rice
Pork, Mackerel, Pickled and Dried Codfish.
Sounds and Tongues, Pork and Beef Hams.
Lamp Oil. Sack Salt,Old Madeira, Port, Mal-
aga, Claret, and Teneriff Wines; Cogniac and
Old Cider Brandy: Jamaica. St Croix and
New New Orleans Rum ; Cordials, Fruits——a
good assortment. A share of ptiblic patronage
is solicited. EDWIN Locxwoon.
Norwalk. May 10. 1341- 26
NE W
TAILORING ESTABLISI-IME_NT.
THE subscriber would respectfully inform
his friends and the public in general, that
he has opened ‘a shop over the store of Wm. &
B. Lockwood, recently occupied by M. Banks,
where he would be happy to receive all orders
in his line. He feels confident in saying from
the experience he has had in New York as" a
Cutter, ‘that whoever w'rl_l.favot him with their
custom can depend onbaying their Work m=lrlU~
Norwalk, April 20.. Josarii E. CORKER 23
, TAILORING.
T HE subscriber would notify the public that
he has taken the shop formerly occupied
by George W. Raymond, a few rods westofthe
Bridge, where he will he found ready to attend
to any business in his line, either from the old
customers ofthe establishment, or from any oth-
ers who may see fit to give him their patronage
But blessings onthe lender heart
From whence the ofiering rose—-
Which fain would give its “little all,”
To sooth a iiiotlier’s woes!
' Ah! when Igazeon thee my child,
I feel that wealth is mine;
For gems of the "first water,” are
Those gtiilelcss tears of thine.
’Tisthy caress. my blessed one!
The hopes in the bound tip,
That bid my thanks ascend to Heaven
O’re sorrow’s bitter cup.‘
And shall thy noble soul expand
To mauhood’s ripened years?
And will a mother's sorrow then,
Have power to move thy tears ‘I
Then come—and whilst Ifold the here,
My widowed heart is blest;
Nor would I for a fortune sell
The "_jewcl” on my breast.
An honest old farmer in Massachusetts
being drawn as it juryman, on his return
from court, one of his neighbors asked him
what they were doing tliere. "vVt.-.ll said
he, Idon’t know ; lfthey all tell truth, some
of them lie like fury.’
A gentleman, with a glass eye, was to ex-
ercise the right of suffrage-, when he was
accosted by a political opponentthus: ‘I say,
sir, what are you doing here '2 you c'.in’t vote;
you’re not natural cg/es’rl. ,
Good old Deacon Jarvis septa pack of
wheat to his neigbor, asking its worth it;
bread in return, whereupon the neighbor
observed that it was the first time he ever
saw or heard of the “seed of the righteous
man begging bread.”
Many persons are kept pious by their oc-
cupation, without possessing any virtuous
motives. as washer women have clean hands
without any particular rcpugnance to dirt.
“Ned has run away with your wife,” said
one friend to another. “Poor felllow, I pity
him," was the reply. _
Fraudulent debtors, like parchjrig corn,
make greater show after they have burst.
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and encouraegnient. MORRIS R. QUINTARD-16
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- the officer with a gleam of satisfaction cr -
NORWALK, CT. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER" 1,‘ 1841.
CENTRAL AiuEr_i_icA.——We make the fol;
lowing extract" from Mr. Stephen's neuf
work on Central America. Mr. S. is an’
admirable narrator of incidents. He carries
the reader with him in all his descriptions,
and makes him feel that he is a locker on
upon the scenes described. On his way to
Copan, he met with thefollowing adventure.
A STRIKING ADVENTURE. 'D
At 6 o’clock tve rose upon a beautiful ta-
bio of land, on which stood another gigantic
church. It was the seventh we had seen
that day, and coming upon them in a region
of desolation, and by mountain paths, which
human hands had never attempted to improve
their colossal grandeur and costliness were
startling, and gave evidence ofa rqtrograding
and expiring people. This stood on «a more
desolate place than any we had yet seen.
The grass was green, the sod unbroken even
by a mule path, not a human being was in
sight, and even the gratings of the prison
litI(l no one looking through them. It was
in fact, a picture of a deserted village. We
rode upto the cabildo, the door of which was
fastened, and the shed barricaded. probably
’ to prevent the entrance of struggling cattle.
We tore away the fastening. broke open the
door, and unloading the mules, sent Augus-
tin (the servent) on a foraging expedition.
In half an hour he returned with one egg.
he had waked up the village, and the alcal-
de, an Indian, with asilver headed cane, and
several algiinzils, with long-thin rods, or
wands of oflice, came down to examine us.
We showed them our passport, and told
them where we were going, at which, with
their cliaracteristic indifference of manner,
they expressed no surprise. They could
not read the passport, btit they examined the
seal and returned it.
eggs, fowls, milk, &c., to all of which they
answered, whatafterwards became but too
familiar, ‘ no hay,’ ‘there is none,’ and in ii
few minutes they retired and left us to our-
selves.
The Cttblltio, was about 40 feet long and
20 broad, with plastered walls ; its furniture
consisted of a large table._anrl two benches
with high bricks, and the rilcalde st‘nt us n jar
of water. There were pins. in the walls for
swinging‘ hammocks. and in the evening we
prepared for sleep. MI‘. C. was in his ham-
mock, and I was half undressed, when the
door was suddenly burst open, and twenty-
five or tliirtv men rushed iii, the alcalde.
-..t5..-..:i. cnlrll€‘fS. Indians, and ]l'T~'-=‘”Z°"-“-
ragged and ft‘l‘0ClOliS-lOOlt'liiz-__- r.-llows, and
armed with slaves of office, swoigds, cliihs,
.......i.,r.-s,-min carrying oiazing pine sticks.
about twenty eight or thirty, with it glazed
hat, and sword, and a knowing and wicked
expression, whom we aftertvarrls understood
to be a captain of one of Carrera’s compa-
nies. The alcalde was evidently intoxicated,
and said he wished to see my passportagain.
to the voting ofiicer, who examined it and
said that it was not valid. In the mean time
IVY. Cathcrwood and I dressed ourselves. I
was not very familiar with the Spanish lriii
giinae, and though Augustin explained my
official character, and directed him particu-
larly to to the endorsements of Commaiidan,I
Pt-nol and Gt’n€f3l Cast-ara He paid ni
regard to my explanations; the alcalde sail
he had seen a passport once before. and tho
it was printed, and on a piece of paper no
bigger than his hand; where, as mine wai
‘one. given bv the governnient on a quart?
sheet. Br-side this, they said that the sea
of general Criscara was only that ofthe d
partment of Chipuimnla, and it oiight to b
that of the state of Gtiatimala. I did all in in
power to show the insufliciencv of these o
jections ; but after a warm altercation, t
young man said we should not proceed
our journey, but mtist remain at Comotn
until information could be sent to Chiquim
le and orders received from that place. it
had no disposition to remain in such hatid
being all that he was able to procure; but
VVe asked them for
At the head of them was it yotirigj officer of,
I delivered it to him, and he handed it over
alarmed; but as we did not know the san-
guinary character of the‘ people, and the
whole proceeding was so outrageous and in-
suiting, that it roused our indignation more
than our fears. Augustin, who, frorp hav-
ing had a cut across the head with a mache-
te, which did not kill him, was alwaysibetli—
Cose. begged me in French to give the order
fire, and said that one round ttfbtild scat-
_lé.r..lhem all. VVe had eleven charges, all
‘sure; we were excited, and if the young
man himself had lairl-his hands on me, Ithink
lshould have knocked him down, at least,
l"_1l. most fortiinatelv, before he had time to
glllehis order to fall upon us, a man who
ftrjéered after the rest, ofa better class, wear-
"! a glazed hat and round about jacket
slljped l°"“"<“‘d. and asked to see the passport.
Iqwas determined not to trust it out'of my
blinds. and held it up before a blazing pine
Stick, while he read it, and at Mr. Cather-
“'-,°°d’S request, alotid. ,
have since doubted wh'r=ther even the of-
fill‘"_“53d if. or if so, whether he had coin-
rnpnicated its contents, for it produced an et-
lm Upon the alcade and his alguzils; and,
a ct‘ some tnoments of anxiousisuspense to
'73 they forborc to execute their threat, but
5 id that we nitist remain in custody. I de-
” "(led a courier, to carry a letter immedi-
agely to General Cascara, which they refus-
e ; but on my ofl"ei'ing to pay the expense
iv. Knowing Geri. Cascara to be an-1_tal-
izjln, and afraid to trust my Spanish, I wrote
‘note, which Mr. C. translated into Italian,
fiiforniing hiiri of our arrest, and imprison-
riient; that we had exhibited to the alcalde &.
gpldiers, who had arrested us, my especial
passport from my own govertiment, with the
éndorsnmpnts of Commodore Penol and him-
self. certifying my omcial character, which
tyere not ‘deemed sumcient ; demanding to
be set at liberty immediately, andallowcd to
i'roceed on otir journey without further ino-
st.-ition ; and adding that we should of
urse, represent to the Goverumeiit at Goa-
iala, and also to my own, the manner in
icli we had been treated. Not to mince
utters, ]lIr. Catherwood signed the note as
ecretary; and havjng no oflicial seal with
,/\e, we sealed it. unobservetl by anybody.
l_Wtlt a new American half dollar, and gave
to :he alcalde. The eagle opened his
itvings, and the stars glittered in the torch
liglit. All g-nthercd round to examine it 6;
Fctii'ed,locking its tip in the-cabililo,statioriing
l'2 men at the door, with swords, rtitiskcts.
and machetes; and at parting,-the officer told
the alcalde that ifwe escaped, during the
night. his head should answer for it.
The ext tic-.....m--.,,,,.__ 7"
-=.vhri_iisted W'e had _ma e ti o..-.,,;f,,j be_
ginniiig of otir travels; a month from“nrt’m"e
and in the hands of men. who would have
been turned out of any decent state prison,
least they should contaminate the boarders.
A peep at our beniitiful keepers did not reas-
sure us. They were sitting under a shed,
-directly before the door, around a fire, their
arms in reach, and smoking cigars. Their
whole stock of we.'iring apparel was not
worth ri pair ofold boots, and with their rags,
their arms, their dark fsices reddened by the
fil'*’l|Q‘lll, their appearance was ferocious; &.
doubtless, if we had attempted to escape,thev
would have been glad oftin excuse for mur-
‘IP11 We opened a basket oftvine with which
Col. lVl’Donald had provided us, and drank
his health. "We were relieved from imme-
Cllflie apprehensions, but our prospects were
not pleasant; and fastningthe door as well
as we could inside, again betook ourselves
to otir hammocks.
During the night, the door was again
burst open, andthe whole rtiflianly band on-
tered, as before. with swords, muskets, mat-
choices, and blazing pine sticks. In an in-
stant we were on our feet, and my hurried
impression was. that they had come to take
the passport; but, to my surprise the acalde
handed me back the letter with the big seal,
said there was no use in sending it, and that
we were at liberty to proceed on our journey
when we choose.
l
threatened them with the consequence f
throwing any obstructions in our way; a
I at length said. that ratherthan be detain
there, and lose time. I would abandon
journey to Copan altogether. and return V
the road on which I came, but both thef-
ficer and the alcade said peremptorily t
we should not leave Comotan.
The young man then told me to give up °
passport. I answered the passport was g
en me by my own government; that it t.
the evidence of my official" character, nec
sary for my personal security, and I wot
not give it tip. Mr. Catherwood riiade
learned exposition of the law of nations,
right of an arrihassadore, and the dange
bringing down upon them the vengeance
the government del Nortc, which I susta
ed with some warmth, but it was of no it.
At length I told him again I would not gs
up the passport, but offered to go with it ii
self, under a guard of soldiers, to Chiqtiin-
le or wherever else they chose to send ;
answered instiltingly, that we should not
to Cliiquiriiule or anywhere else; neitl
forward nor buckivard ; but we must s
where we were, and must give up the pit
port. Finding arguments and reiiionstrari
of no use, I placed the paper inside my v
buttoned up mv coat tight across my bre ,
and told him he must get it by force ;
L
B
D
1'
V
ing his villainous face, responded that e
would. I added that whatever might be e
immediate result, it wouldultimately b
tal to them; to which he answered wi a
sneer,that he would run the risk. Du g
in moderate circumstances—who
st
shoulders, he is always ready, as occasion
. VVe were too well pleased to ask any ques-
tions; and ‘to this (lay do not know why we
were arrested. My belief is. that if we had
quarelled at all,and had not kept tip a high,
threatening tone, to the last, we should not
have been set free ; and I have no doubt
that the big seal did _much in otir behalf
Our indignation, however, was not the less
strong that we considered ourselves safe in
pouring it out. We insisted the matter should
not end here, and that the letter should ‘go to
Gen. Cascarrt. The alcalde objected; but
we told him that if not sent, it would be‘ the
worse for him; and after some delay, he
thrust it into theihands of an Indian, and beat
him out of doors with his staff: and in a
few minutes the guard was withdrawn, and
they all left us.
From the Patriot and Eagle.
We have wondered, without ever being
fully satisfied, how wealth makes such adif-
fercnce in hight, size, shape, airs and man-
ners of men. If you observe the poor man
more particularly, the man who is as we say
is not so
rich that he can live without labor, nor so
poor that he is obliged to beg even for” that,‘
you will generally find him a man of mod-
eriit height-—by which we mean that he is
no better than nature made him.
His head
ts gracefully. and moves easily upon his
requires. to turn in its proper joints without
- dragging the whole body around with it.—
From this happy circumstance, he often dis-
covers an old friend in the crowd—perbaps
souie playmate of his boyhood, with whom,
the whole time bands of cowardly ru
stood with their hands ontheir swords
hand in hand, he had started into "life’s long
race.” but whom he had not seen for years:
and his eyes are usually so keen that he
shoulders, and the muzzels pointed with 3
knows him at once, let the cut and color of
feet_._of my breast. If we had been long in his coat be what they may. His form is
.the country, we should have been i re straig'l__it—-his airs are those of amen who
. ..-......-—-»~
0- the courier, the alcalrle promised to send‘
C. and I were
knows his own worth, and at the same time
appreciates that of his friend, or neighbor;
and his manners are free, courteous and dig-
nified. There is nothing cringing about
him, and nothing supercilious. He consid-
ers himself a man, and others equally human
with himself. » - ’ ’
But if you look at his neighbor, youwill
see the difference which has sooften excited
oucworider. He_hus-no particular business,—
is a man -tvhootvns a great deal of bank stock
lives in a three. story house with silver knobs
on the doors, and 'has_an elegant park, filled
witha variety of shrubbery. and rare plants.
His son married the only daughter of Gen.
Gold, who is supposed to be iintiiensely rich;
and his daughter has received marked atten-
tions from an importer and whole sale deal-
er in silks, or hollow ware. His age and
that of his neighbor are the same’, and at
twenty one, they measured in the same notcht
But now, he is at least two inches the taller.
Some think, however, he did not gain these
additional two inches by the virtue of bread
and beefstealr, but that he ‘grew byihcaring
money jingle in his pocketsuandi seeing it
shine in his vaults:-—and’ it has also been
suggested by soine rather shrewd observers,
that such growth is not healthy, and that ma-
ny who have grown taller in this way, have
suddenly lost their additional highth, and be-
coriie even shorter than they were_before.—
His head sustaiiisthe same relative position
with regard to his bod'y,'asthat of_the poorer
man, but there is not so much oil in the joints
of his neck, and it does not move so easily.
There is an unfortunate stifliii-ss there
which is very percetible, and the back mus-
cles seem to have contracted and drawn his
head somewhat to the rear, so thathe looks
over most men. Besides all this, he is, or
appears to be very near sighted—-so much
so tli:it',hc can see no one but hiinself—unless
there is something about the person which
shines. such as a golden seal dangling from
the fob, or a guard chain of the same metal,
hanging in festoocs upon the breast. This
makes it peculiarly unpleasant for an old
acqtiziinttinco, in bottle green or snuffcolor,
who has nothing of this kind to display, to
meet him on the side walk, for he cannot
tell Dick from Harry in such a dress. His
body is not merely straight, but is so straight
that it crooks a lille—that is, his head and
shoulders are thrown back of tlie perpendic-
ular, while the most important part of his
person is correspondingly advanced. His
golden headed cane plays with a flourish
among legs of the commonality/—liis whiskers
are curled into dcsperarte gentility,.&. he has
altogether the air or a man who imagines
that he stands in the gap of creation. and
that the world would ttirn perceptibly slower
ll. Inn xxvno Lbv &J0;*JoA1C Olarovvn of!‘ tho -0.011001}
Now we profess not to understand why a
little extra gold or silver, should have any
such effects as this on a man—that is, to stiffen
his neck—draw_back his head so as to make
him look over his pecrs,—rcnder his body a
little. more perpendictilar and destroy his
eyesight, so that he cannot. distinguish his
old friends. \Ve do not beleive, in fact, that
it ever does have this effect on one who is
truly a -nian, and whenever we see a
person upon whom money has had this in-
fluence, the most that our pity and contempt
Sbakspeare’s heroines says of of her rejected
suitor.—-"God inade.hirn, therefore let hirii
pass for a man.”
Front the Rochester Democrat.
Among the passcng'ct's of the Erie, were
a young gentleman and lady, who first be-
came acquainted with each other on board
the boat. The lady was accompanied by
her father. Upon an intimacy of a few
hours, an attachment seems to have be'en form
ed between this couple. When the passen-
gers rushed to the deck, after the" bursting
forth ofthe flames, the lady discovered her
new acquaintance on a distant partof the
dcck, forced her way to him, and implored
him to save her. The only alternative left
them, was to jump over board or to submit
to a more horrible late. They immediately
did so, the gentleman making the first plunge,
with a view ofsecurirzg for the young and
fair being who had been measurably commit-
ted to his hands her safety, a plank floating a
shortdistance from the boat. As soon as
the plank was secured, the lady leaped into
the water, andwas buoyed up by her clothes
until the gentleman was enabled to float the
plank to her. For a short time the young
man thought that his fair charge was safe;
but soon his hopes were blasted——-one of the
falling timbers struck the lady on the head,
her form sank upon the water, a momentary
quivering was perceptible, and she disap-
peared from human view. Her father was
lost, but the young gentleman was among
the number picked up by the De Witt Clin-
[OI]. '
Lord C/zatham’s Opinions of Politeness.
Now as to politeness, many people have at-
tempted .definitions of it, [believe it is best
to be known by description. I would, how-
ever, venture to call it benevolence in trifles,
or theprelerance of others to ourselves‘ in
little daily, hourly occurrences in the com-
merce of life, Bowing, ceremonious com-
plinietits, stifl civilities, will never be polite-
ness, which must be easy, unstudied, manly.
natural, noble; and what will give this, but
a mind benevolent, and habitually attentive
to exert that amiable disposition in trifles, to-
ward all you converse and live with ?
Some persons‘ are kept pious by their oc-
cupation, without. possessing any virtuous
motives, as washer women have clean hands,
without any particular repugnance to dirt.
A man who had a scolding wife in ans-
wer to an inquiry after her, said "she is prot-
will allow us to say for him, is, what one of
Number’ —
‘ l .
. From Graham's Magazine.
THE FIRST KISS OF LOVE,
. ~ BY G.A;RAYBOLD. '
The first kiss of love. when the favor is won,
Fills the heart with pure bliss, if ’tis modestly
. done. , _
For ’tis (jike abrief glance from the sun's cloud-
e e e '
Which ‘touches the earth and flies back to the
8 ‘yo i" ‘
Ah-{the bliss ofthat motnent; 'twill ever remain.
While my heart in its depths can feel pleasure
or pain;
For that kiss, to my heart like rain to the flower
Just ready .to di -, till refresheu'd by a shower.
The soft touch other hand, lb_e_ biight" glance of
' ., her eye. .
1'he wlpspiefld word spoken. the half suppress'd
lg I . '. .
May be proofs of true love‘, but the; kiss is me
token, , g _
And pledge offaith "which may never be broken.
How fondly does memory dwell on it yet !
The scene and the hour, who can ever forget.
When recliu’d on your bosom. sustained in
your arms, '
You breathed out the heart lon
hercliarnis’! ’ -
g subdued by
H‘ei-‘kiss was the answer ;‘so slight yet so sweet,
"lwas enough; and that moment your bliss
' was complete; - -
From the lips to each heart went ti bolier thrill,
Delighting and binding those hearts closer still.
That first kiss oflove, when no mortal was near.
Was a sign that dispersed the last vestige olfear
She is mine. she is mine ; mine now and forever
By those holiest ties that death only can sever.
Abstractio7ts.——We copy, with entire con-
currence, says the N. Y. American, the fol-
lowlrlg philosophical analysis. of an "Ab-
Str8Ctl0n.” It is from the Richmond VVhig—
which does honor to our common country bv
its manly sense and old fashioned independ-
ence.‘ ,
As to Abstractions-—we like an abstraction
as well as any man living--but it should be
in season. Take it of a leisure afternoon or
a holiday—and nothing can surpass it. It
is delicous. It thrills the mental sensoriuui
.—it sharpens the wit and subtilizes the in-
tellect. But thrust it forth into the rough
and bustling avenues. of business and
every day life, and it is as much out of place
as Mr Jefferson said Gen. Jackson would be
in the Presidential Chair. It has no con-
genality, no adaptation fbr the wot;k-a-day
concerns of life—-it shrinks from them like
the sensative plant from a rude touch. lt
fears its seclusion and quiet—-in the closct
ofthe dreamer, or along the sequestered,
velvet walks of the poet. '
_Some polticizins, who have made themselves
ridiculous in the public eye, by over much
.,...i:..;..g» and o:hers—selfish and unpriiici-
p_led—who, under the shield of affected pu-
rtsm, have neve scrupled to perpetrate any
political atrocity—yvhich~might redound to
their aggrandizt-ment—have sought to con-
tound principles and abstractions. There are
iio two things so nearly allied, more distinct
in their nature and attributes—-unless it be a
horsechesnut and a chesnut horse. Ari ab-
stractipn is a diserribodied principle. A prin-
ciple is vital, active, and procreative, and al-
ways leads to results. Utter sterility is of
the very esscence of abstraction——when it
looses the distinctive feature, it ceasesto be
itself. Universal equality is an abstraction.
the greatest good to the greatest number is it
principle. Ifyou were to put the government
into the hands of a set of ptire ribstractionists
they would (as the saying is) run into the
ground in less‘ than a fortninght, or prove
recreant to their professions. Each one
would have his own abstractions——and all
would concur only in one thing-in repudia-
ting every thing practical. If they could
not compass the extremity of good, they
would take nothing—deeniing aught short
of the greatest good tantamount to the great-
ets evil. They are it rare generation—and
as there is no procreativity about them, they
must die ottt before long. Another crop
may arise at some distant day by spontaneous
parturition, or like the armed men of Cad-
mus, from Dragon’s teeth. But the proba-
bility is, that the prescnt age will sustain
but little more detriment from them.
A Philadelphia Qua/.'er.—A certain ‘frierirl‘
whom we very well knowwas recently at a
distant place of summer resort.‘ lie stepped
into the Post Oflice one morning, and whir
there, the Post master asked him if be it'-
rinv English people staying at the "'
‘ Why does thee ask?’ said the Q
‘Because,’ said the Postmaster. ‘hr
halfa dozen letters directed to Eng’
the-next steamer, and as the postage‘
ton is not paidl cannot send ther
cannot find the writer of them they
forwarded to the dead letter office at
irigton.’ Our ‘ Friend’ looked at the
They were all double, and he rema
' they appear to be family letters,
doubt will be most welcome if T8C€I\
cause great anxiety if they should not-
‘cannot help it,’ said the_Postmastei'.’ ‘ We.
I can, if thee cannot; what is the postage ?'
' For six double letters $3.’ ‘ Well here is.‘
the money; thee will please to mark the let-.
ters paid, and send ' them to Boston.’ And.
with this injunction, the Philadelphia Qua-.
ker left the office—his pockets not quite so-
heavy as when he entered, but his heart we
are sure a great deal lighter.----N. Gaz.
The Councils of the old -—iOld men worr-
derythat youth will not take their advice.
which is founded upon experience. They
are too apt to forget that they, in their youth.“
likewise paid but little attention to the coun-
cils of elder men, and that it was not till they
went through the mill—tasted of pleasure—
becarne sated with it,,and found its vanity,
that they reformed and became moralists.
We can make a thousand excuses for the
ty well in general. only subject at times to a
breaking out at the mou.tlr.” -
follies ofourown natural des.ires—-none Lqr"
the desires of others. I
Norwalk Chronicler