— did so as to Save ure little
, spin’s land sD(’t‘u'l-«ition had ended in total ru-
in, anl the ladies had no time to pick and
-. .: . ' .,
3,005.3 among tut-.i flLlfI1l!“.’lL~, whi-n they
1."?
he domestic happiness he had enjoyed there
and when at length, he was induced to exer-
cise his musical talents in their behalf, be
played fandangos on the guitar for the love-
_ ly. Kate, while be poured forth the mournful
voice ofthe wailing flute for her sentimental
sister. But. natwithstandiiiiz all her exqui-
site sensibility", -Grace -Windicspin "beheld
with.seci'et siitisfaction the returning cheer-
fulncss of thebereaved widower. He talked
less of departed joys, and seemed_ less despair-
ing of future peace. 'l‘he miniatiire of his
lost wife was no longer pressed to his lips with
all fondness of p:iss_ion-ate love whenever his
feelings were overpowered by tender recol-
lection, and,thougli he still wore it abouthls
neck, it was strspi;-nded upon a ILazI'-6/mm.
the gift of the gentle Grace, and p-resumccl to
be aitress from her own chcsnut locks, though
in reality dorived from the store of ti fashion-
‘ nble barber in the neighborhood. flis \vatch-
guard was braided by the_ hands of the love-
ly liovden who had laughiugly prom rsed him
lit-r garter for the purpose, and in Slim‘-
each had reason to believe herselfthe true
magnet of attraction. . _ _
But matters were noiv drawing to a crisis.
The goods were now sent to New York. and
‘Y I 0 I .
Mr. hloiitaigue received tidings lllfll they had
be,_,,,_ duly ,.,.c,-.,;,.,,..,1 by his agent. The cer-
tificates ofdeposite were negotiated by two
of the VVall street brokers, and Mr. Mo Don-
ald, after paying hiriiself, handed to the young
south.-rner the balance. It became necessa-
,.V ,;,e,-ere,-,. for Mr. Moiitzigire to repair to
_, I " ‘ ~_ .
New York, in order to super1ntondthe_ship-‘
mm; of his mei'cliandise, and he felt himself
obliged to settle his “ afiaire du. cazzor” be-
fore his departure.
“I-Iow happy could I be with oitiien.
VVeref_t’otfier dear charmer away,”
sung the “interesting stranger,”as be_re-
flected upon his position between the rival
he,-iotie-s, But he nianagcd with his usual
adroitness. Thcgentle Grace contrived to
secure an uninterrupted interview with him,
and received a proffer of his heart and hand,
both of which giftsfishe lovingly accepted, to-
gether with a delicate locket, containing
some of her adorer’s raven hair, set in a
circlet of aqua-marine gems—“ emblems."
as he said, of her ti'ansp:iifent guillessness of
character. A merry game of romps with
Kate afforded him a chance of wispering a
declaration in her ear also, and an elegant
diamon-‘l ring, “jonly less-briili.-int than her
own bright eyes”——to use his elegant phrase
-—was received by her as a pledge ofbetroth-
ment to Mr. Charles Stuart '.\'Iontague.—
Having arranged these little matters to his
satisfaction, he departed leaving his flute, his
guitar, and his writing case, in charge of
the ladies until his return. Meanwhile the
sistcrsw-each imagined she had outwitted the
other kept their own secret, and patiently
awaited the moment when the lover should
return to claim his bride.
Scarce-ly a month had elapsed, liowcver,
when intelligence of a most startling nature
was reiteived. The certificates of deposit,
which had been forwarded by the New York
brokers to their agents in New Orleans,
when presented to the Batik for payment,
were pronounced to be foi'g.ari:s.’ An in-
quiry was immediately iristituted respecting
Mi‘. Cliarles Stuart illoritague, and the result
of the investigation was, that no such person
was known to the cashier of the Sugarcane
Bltllx’, and that the signattires to the certifi-
cates, though adinirably vell executed, were
only c.r;celt’e;iLf iiizilatirirrs of the i‘u'gi_:ed
character's in which Mr. Tickler usually
traced his name. But the length of time
which was required to ascertain that fact,
had affbrded the gentlenian full time to com-
plete his plans. The goods which he had
purcliased in Buff-tlo, had been sold at auc-
tion by his corifederate, as soon as they reach-
ed New York. Mr, Montague arrived there
in ti.-:..eto divide the 5 oils, and, instead of
sliippirig the nierclian»’lise, they concluded to
ship -.‘/te77zst;lt,-c.‘ for Texas; while Mi‘. Win-
tllt.-spiri and Mc Donald. who had endorsed
the certifiicatcs, were left to reimburse the
the bi'okei‘s, and to pocket their own loss.
The ladies were filled with amazement
and gi‘ii:-f. and in the first ovr-.rwhelming burst
ofanguish, revealed to each other the alarm-
ing frir-t that Mr. £\'l='intague was actually en-
gage.-I lo 7nrrr;'_i/ lint/I. .' His writing case was
OD-"l“.i3fl, and found to contain some rose-tinted
note pa pcr——-ri stick of pink sea ling wax. and
an agate soil, with the impressive motto,
to:r.jouu.su',/Mela,” but upon further examina-
tion, a private drawer iv.-is discovered, con-
taining the following letters:
“ Dean J.-i.r.i:, T
"‘.Vliy tlictl uce tloii’t you get on faster
with yoiirBuf'f’iloschenieT It will costas much
as it is wor'li if you stay much longer. I believe
you like the trade ofgentleman, for whenever
you take it up you let every tliirig else hang by
the, cyeliils till you get into some scrape which
drives you ahead. \Vhat do you expec: to gain by
eziiirziiig those two girls when you can't marry
either ufthem if they were as rich as Jews? for
my part Idon't see the use cf playing the devil
where there is nothing to be gained by it. By
the way. I promised to send the enclosed letter
as the only means of preventing Mistress Mo]-
Iv from advertising you, as she does not know
where you are. I hope you will be duly grate-
ful to "Your friend, ii1‘_ M_ ’
The enclosure was still more curious:
.
""U are a big Scamp and a Blackhearfed vil-
lin. lfu lrziv Kumpashnm fur me u mite Hav
ure own Flt-.-li and blude-—-hero [am a \-Vashgn
and goiti out to rinse work to Feet] ure sgven
stnrvin childer wile u are a trnvelin About jisi
like ajinileman—u otiglit 10 Bee ashamed so u
ought and ifyou dont cum hum and luke after
I will Advertis u in all The papers. Any Bod.
tly would no u by urediscrepshun it most insin.
ivntin man-—oh wen Itliink Ofure buziful long
{Ins and ure Hansume faceI cnlde forgiv n
and i will work fur u agin jist Likei alwase
wire Hands so no
more at present from itre
“afecsliunate Mary Mugson."
' .Al):')l.1l. tnvo years after the event just re
corded, Miss Grace Windlespin (who had
long since discovered that her aqua-marine
locket, like her sisters diamond, was as false
as the lover’s heart) was led to the hymeneal
altar, as the phrase is. by .‘l very_i'espectable
tailor’; while Miss Kate hadtamed down her
wild spirit so far as to marry :1 country school
master-——an elderly widower, with several
‘children, ,Tl'ie truth was that Mr. Winrlle.
_¢.....—'~.__-__...o.~..._..
daily feared the exposure of their actual cir-
cumstances. They married with great Pal“
ade, however, 56 immediately after theceretrio-
ny the happy couple set off on a bridal 101”
the two husbands having no doubt that ll‘?
father’s wedding gift would pay all such ex-
m, ex,,enS,.s_ Among the places of note
which they visited was the ‘famous Aiibum
prison, 'l‘he time chosen was the hour
when the inmates are usually led out to din-
ner, and the ladies stood quietly regarding
the-gangs of men, who, with folded arms apd
locked step, moved forward, as if with a sin-
gle impulse, like some complicated niacbim’-.
Suddenly Grace uttered a loud shriek. and
threw herself tenderly on her husband’s bo-
som. One of the prisoners had dared to look
at her as he passed, and unobserved by his
keeper, had given her a knowing wink.--
Kate kept bk 1' own counsel about it, and
did not appear to notice the insolent look of
the handsome felon; but, notwithstanding
his sha ven head and prison garb, she, as well
as Grace had recognised the features of “the
interesting stranger”—the elegant Mr. Chas.
Stuart Nlontagiie—-alias—,-Jack Mugson, the
swindlerl ‘
CniNA.--—\Ve were unable last week. to give
the bonibardnieiit, &c. ofCanton by the British
forces The following extracts of letters brought
by the Narragansett, the last arrival, will place
our readers in possession of the details of the
engageinent.
Macao, May 28. 1941.
Dear Sir : You will see by the enclosed
that hostilities have again corumenced——thc
trade entirely stopped. All the foreigners
have left Canton, except the English forces.
Several of the factories have been partly
demolished, and nearly all entirely plunder-
ed by the rabble and Chinese soldiers We
have news from Canton tip to the 26th, at
which time the English were still storming
the city. The land forces had possession of
the heights in the rear of the city, while
the men of-war has possession of the river
in front and to the eastward.
life on the part of the Chinese has been tre-
mendous. There are between 40 and 50
thousand 'l‘artai- and Chinese troops inside
the city, into which the men ofwar are pour-
ing incessant vollies of shells and rockets, in
order to drive them out to a close engage-
ment with the English soldiers on the
heights.
The English sustained considerible loss.
MACAO, May 30, 1841.
Since the date ofour general advices, e-
vents oftnucli importance have transpired, a
briefnote of which may not be uninteresting
to you.
The cxcitenir-nt among the Chinese re-
ferred to, continued to increase until the 18th
inst. IVhen Capt. Elliot arrived in Canton.
it soon became known that he had alreatlv
Ol’(l€‘l't‘(l the whole British forces, vessels of
war, transports,’ and troops, to the immediate
vicinity ofC:inton; and his advice to his coun-
trymen was to close their business and pre-
pirc for removal with as little delay as pos-
sible. Up to the 520th inst. the Chinese au-
thorities liacl :1!-'Ol=._lt‘tl holding any comm-tini-
cation with Capt. Elliot, and iiiatters worea
very dubious and unsatisfactory aspect.
The local authorities. however‘, published
proclamations, and sent rncssages through
the Hong Merchants an-il linguists. assuring
all resident f0l't‘lg‘l’2(’lS of their perfect safety
in Canton.
On the evening of the 20th, all the Eng.
lish residents had embarked, and only 4 or
5 Americans, confiding in the assurances of
the Chinese, remained in the Factories ; the
same night the Chinese commenced hostili-
tics by sending a fleet of fire. boats and rafts
against the vessels of war -lying near the
city, but without doing them any darting»,
This act was avenged by the Pvlzides, 6:.
stenrncr Ncrnt-sis, that attacked anrfdestrov-
ed a battery near the factories, and about 45
boats, and as many fire rafts. .
On the morning ofthe 22d an American
resident was seized by the Chinese, and ta-
ken from his factory; at the same time th:it
a boat, belonging to the American ship Mor-
rison, with three passengers and seven sea-
men were capturcd, soon after leaving the
factories for Wharnpoa, and the party car-
ried prisoners intothe city.
From this, the time was occupied by the
English. in coiicentrating their forces 'np,-ir
the city, until 24th, at 4 P. M. The Ilvn.
cinth l8, Motlesto 18. Pyladt-s l8, Nirnfod
l_8, Columbus 16, Cruizer I6, and Alge-
rine 10, having taken up their position in
front of the. city and suburbs, opened their
fire upon every offensive point of the Chi-
nese, who returned it with considerable spirit
at first, but were soon compelled to doseit
their guns. At 5 P. M. a body of soldier,
about 400, were landed at the foreign facto-
ries. in the vicinity of which they found the
Americans, who had been taken prisoners
two (lays before, examined by the authorities
and released. -
The firing was continued until about 9 P.
M. when the suburbs were on fire in sev-
eral places, and nearly all the batteries on
shore in possession of, or destroyrd by the
English.
VVhilc this was going on in front of Can-
ton, General Gough had landed his troops,
1800 men, at the foot ofthe heights, in the
rear ofthe city, and on the morning of the
25th be commenced operations. Paiticula rs
of the day's work are not yet known, further
than that, with a loss of some 40 killed and
wounded, 4 batteries were taken from the
Chinese, and great numbers oftheir officers
and soldiers killed, the heights commaiiding‘
the city taken, and the British force entrench
ed upon them. .
. The loss of the Chinese on this occasion
is variously estimated at 3 to 5000, and even
as high as 10,000 men, and they now find to
their cost and extreme disappointment that
they are unable to cope with European
troops on shore, as they have before proved
themselves in their encounters with British
forces afloat. , —
On the 26th the vessels of war were en-
gaged in quieting and destroying the few
remains of opposition. and in the evening
Manda rins called on Captain Elliot with flags
oftruce to negociate. for the perservution bf
the city.
Our advices from the seat of action and
iiegor-ration are to the morning of thc 27tli,
when it was said the Chinese had C-'iplllllCI ’
more than a mere announcement of the facts of
The loss of
ted and offered a very large sum of money
for the ransom of the city, which it was sup.
posed, would then be saved. ,
It is scarcely necessary for us to say. that
since the 11th, nothing has been done in the
way of sales of imports, and that all ship-
ments ofteas, &c. ceased on the 21st, our es-
tablishment in common with all others, is
again removed to Macao, and we fear with
a prospect of being obliged to remain here
for several months. inasmuch as in the event
ofsuspension of hostilities, and Canton being
left without further injury, we do not think
the British merchants will trust themselves
there while the British forces are drawn off
to the northward. ’
\Ve think it will be found necessary to
renew the blockade of the port, and the uiost
we can hope for under any circumstances is.
that neutrals may proceed to Canton, to re-
alize the foreign merchandise. deposited there
and to complete the lading of the ships al-
ready in port.
\Ve are without late intelligence from
India. but Commodore Bremer, is daily ex-
pected on in the steamer Queen, to resume
command ofthe. naval forces, and it is under-
stood that a reinforcemcntof eight regiments
about 6500 men, is now on the way to China
from India.
The bonds ofthe Ohio life Insurance and
'1‘,-us, Co advertised to be sold at auction
on 1st Dec. by S. Draper Jr., were issued 6
years since, to the Bank of the U. S..in pay-
inent for a portion of the asst ts of that Bank
at Cincinnati. They were subsequently
pledged by that Bank in London, as collate-
ral sccurity for loans obtained there, and
they have been sent to this country for sale
by the European holders. The Trust Co,
has no farther concern in the matter than to
pay the interest regularly on the lands,
which has heretofore been done.) and to
take them up at~maturity, which will be in
1845.—-Com. Adv.
Commercial Bmr/c.—R. M. Blatc.hfoi‘d,
receiver, of the Commercial Batik of this
city, gives notice to all persons indebted to
said Bank, as well as its creditors to fur-
nish him with an account of their debts and
claims on or before the 15th of December.-
A partial dividend will be made among the
creditors as soon" as :1 realiziti in» of the as-
sets will permit. The circulating notes ol
the Batik are redeemed by the Cotnptrollci‘-'
at Albany.——Jou7' .of Com.
The Bzink ofBennington’s Charter ex-
pircd on lst January last—it bad (le-
clincd to accede to the conditions of an_act
passed at the last session of the Legislature
renewing the charter for two yea rs,——-and the
Bank Commissioners, in view of its condi-
tion, (wliicli is not explained) recommed that
in-regard to it an application be rnatle to the
Court of Chancery, accordirig to Revised
Statutes, we presume for the appointnient of
a receiver. Its notes nww in circulation
must thci‘cfoi'C be considered discrcdile-'l.—
A Inc) icon.
SI:.‘I.,§,"Ilf(I;)’ DCILI/L —A remarkable case of
death from exce.-sit-e physical irritation oc-
cui'red at Franiinghnin ii few days since.-—
A young man named Henry Cooledgo, of
that place, liaving phaved the face of his
dead father previous to the interment of the
corpse, soon after applied the razor to his
own face. Although his father had Cll-id a
natural death, and ntithirig at all rouiarkablc
had been observed in the manner‘ of his dis-
ease, the face and lit--ad of the son began to
swell aluiost immediately ‘after having
finished the operation of shaving, and in a
short time he was himself a corps. Such
cases of extreme irritation, though rare. are
not unprecedent, although the explanation of
such phenomena is by no means easy. In
the presentcnso, the absorption of virus from
the (lt'Z‘ltl body seems almost impossible,
though there is no manner in which we can
at all satisfactorily account for the violent
iritation which followed the use of the razor,
and its fatal (‘flI'ClS.—BI).‘s‘/0'1. Allan.
Fast IVor/ring O.rcn.—-'I‘lie greatest ob-
jection to the employment ofoxcn upon the
road and on the farm is their movemeht.—
This objection is oftener the fault ofthelman
than the beast. Very iiiuch depends upon
the training of steers, and no animal shows
the trcatriient it has received in training
more than the ox. Observe him when he
is free in the field, and he will walk as fast
as the horse, and the same speed of walking
may be secured in the team by proper train-
ing. It is common in breaking them to
yokethemwith oxen that hive already ac-
quired a slow pace, or to load them so heav-
ily that they can hardly move, and by such
rneans it is that they acquire a tardy habit of
working while in the learn, but it is better t.o
train them yoked behind a fast working
horse, or to attach them to a light waggon,
with a. load they can easily move; by this
coursea quick step may be secured, which
will go far to obviate the objection above
named.
Piliig Logic.——If there be any man who
opposes the cause of Temperance from con-
scientious inotives, I will ask him, and I
will endeavor to convince him of his error;
I will bring him to a gnrret in a loathsome
lane, and I will show him a corner where l
and my wife and family used tolay on a wad
of straw, almost naked, without food or fire
for clays; and then I will lead him to a re-
spectable street. and on arriving at the draw-
ing room, I will show him a well dressed
female and two children fat and healthy,
surrounded by all that can produce human
liappiness, and I will tell him these were
thc people who lived in the garrct I showed
him; teetotalism took them by the hand and
brought them here, and would you advise
them to go back ?—Scleclerl.
VVe were once in a public. company in a
neighboring town, when a conversation re-
specting out fits and salaries of ministers to
foreign courts came on the carpet, and a gen-
tleman calculating that a certain diplomatic
personage would receive something like
$36,000 for making a tour of a couple of
years to the continent “La l” said an awk-
ward looking young man, who sat in one
corner of the rootii until now si,lent»that's a
power ofcash for a minister. .0 parson
can preach with any of them. an go
to the worlls evil for it quart-gr ft‘ Wurs-
ncyfi .
.2
[flowing from the Kencbeck Journal, is
decidedly the best bit we have seen at the mag-
netic delusion, which has been lately revived in
the world, and is now producing some excite-
ment in this country.
“Since we heard Dr. Collyer, We have
made an experiment upon our pig. and find
notwithstanding he is by no means ofa ner-
vcps temperment, but rather lymphatic. ytgt
he can be easily miignetised. ~_ The 9XPe_"‘
tnent wnstried by scratching his back with
it stick.-_ In ten seconds the niagnetic.fluid
began to operate upon him, as was evident
by hisylyclosing his eyes and grunting audibly
while his slender tail curled in a very pecul
igr way. In ten seconds more he showed
a evident inclination to repose by bending
down his back, and in two mintes more he
tas reclining on the floor of his pen in a
pbrfect somnambulic condition. To all the
qfpstioiis put to him he invariably responded
"pgh,” which might be translated to mean
any tliingl The stupor lasted just so long ps,
thtiscratching was continued, differing in
thi respect from the subjects of Dr. Collyei‘
with can only be waked by backhanded
mniipiilations, like unwinding a ball of yarn
aftlr having wound it up. _
,Those who -wish to see the experiment
trild will be good enough to call soon, as
the is no knowing how soon the suscepti-
bil' to magnetic action may be lost; or if
it s ould increase by practice, as it is said to
be no of the Doctor’s subjects. we shall be
corstrained to discontinue the experiments.
lesfthe pork should become too highly mag‘-
nelised.
P. S. No experiments have been made in
cl:iirvo_\iance."
SELECTED‘ SUMMARY.
The’
Ifggyf you-r Tobacco atvwy from the Hazel.‘-
er/es —-An Iowa traveler once asked one
cif our. Suckerfriends for a chew of tobacco 2
whcnflie was handed a very large plug,
with cknifeto cut offa piece. VVhereupon
the Hawkeve thus accosted him: "\lever
niiud-iyboutilie knife, sir; I guess here wont
be riio e than I shall want ;’ and then put the
wholein his pocket and walked off as delib-
erately as you please.
New Route [0 N. Yorlr.--—Tlie Long Isl-
and Railroad, from Brooklyn to Srnithfield,
opposite New Haven, is nearly completed.—.-
If extended to Old Field Point, 6 miles fur-
ther, it would leave but 21 miles ste:iiiiboat-
ing, and passengers leaving New York at 6
o’clock would arrive here at ll,——and with
present facilities, reach Boston by 6 o’clock
in the evening.——I1'a.rtforcl Coirrmif.
“T/'i.c B-after” BCILICIL .’——l\'Ir Benjamin
Vail, ofthis town, is not one to be outdone by
his townsuieifr or others, if he can help it, has
left at our office a stalk of corn, or rather a
stem with se'v.-er‘-al stalks from one root, con-
taining SI-."i.'L’n good ears of corn, and one nrib
bin. It is in common eight rowed variety, of
Ll. brindle color‘. A beautiful specimen l
Lilc/rficlrl En-qirircr.
Sol/zct/I.£7lg IVON/1. Ta/.’ri/Lg .-1/mat.-—-Du
ring the past season, there ivere r:iisc:l tlftfl
gritlierrd from the fn rm owned and improved
by Doct. E. Litchfield in \Vest VVoodstock.
(the product of one seed only.) thirfy six
Suqaslies, eighteen of the largest of which
ivvighed two hundred and twenty eight lbs.
The vine with its branches, nieasured six
hundred and twelve feet.
Reform.-—'l‘lie crew of the ship Louisiana
for Rio, were sliippcd from the sailor’s home,
56 insteadofbcingcarricd on board intoxicated
just as the ship was to get under way. as
was onceithe. case, they went on board the
night before. and lodged there as quietly and
soberly as citizens on shorc.—-Join‘. of Com.
Look out fortlie bills of_ the l\-lonmouth,
N. J. Bank. The Newark Daily Advertis-
er states that the institution has long been
considered virtually defunct, and nobody in
New Jersey appears to have heard of its be-
ing revived. Yet large batches of bills pur-
porting to come frorii the institution, have
rnade their‘ appearance in Bufiirlo.
Great fire at Gcorgclrmin, S. C—This
town was visited by a dreadful fire on the
nightofthe 18th. It commr-nced near Bcnj
Kings wharf, and burnt all the buildings
from the market to J. G. I-lennings Sr. Co’s
on the water side ofthe street. The loss is
estimated at T/tree Hu.nd7‘c(l tliousanrl rlol
((1.75. ,The fire is supposed to have been oc-
czisioned by an incendiary.
Vermont Fo.rcL-er.-—-Tlie receipts into the
Treasiiry of the State of Vermontduring the
past year, exceeded the expenses by the surri
of $3,794 Si. Balance previously on hand
$9,539 93. Total on hand $13,334 74.—-
Owcs iiothicg.
Gco_rgia..—Returiis for Governor from all
the counties, give M’Donald, Opp. a major-
ity of*4568.
Senate. Opp. majority, 22; House do 31.
On joint ballot, 53.
Nruimncc —We perceive by the Mon-
mouth (N. J.) Democrat, that the Grand Jii-
ry of the county, on Tuesday, presented the
‘Bank of Monmouth, New Jersey,’ as a pub-
lic nuisance.
Imporlmice q[Erlu,ctLl-i0n.—-All who have
meditated on the art of governing mankind,
have been convinced thatthe fate ofempires
depends on the education of youth.
Wintrji/.—The land all around Rochester
was whitened during Sunday night Oct. 24,
the snow lying a couple of inches thick.
Roe/Lcsler Post.
‘Good Bcgi7zning.—-A Correspondent of
the Com. Adv. says that the Postmaster Gen-
eral has directed the doors of his department
to be closed on the Sabbath.
Tempera7rcc.—The Total -Abstiennce
Pledge of the Rev. Theobald Matthew has
been signed by Ireland's only Duke——the
Duke of Lienster. ‘
"The N. Y. Commercial contradicts, in the
most positive manner, the rumored intention
of Mr. VVc'bster to resign his oflie of Secreta-
ry of State. ‘
Governor Seward hasappointed Thursday
the 9th of December next, asa day of public
Thanksgiving.
Somebody describes wit to be wisdom at
play. It would be very difficult to imagine
a more accurate defirrition.
Rev. John Seys, Missionary at_Libcria, is
about to return to this country.
L ~ «~—.~..
A Beautiful Hymn.
When morning pours its golden rays.
O'er hill and vale, o'er earth and sea,
My heart unbidden swells in praise, --
Father oflight and life to Thee!
\Vhen night from Heaven stealsrlarkly down
And throws its robe o'er lawn and lea,
My saddened spirit seeks thy throne,
And bows in worship still to thee.
lftempests sweep the angry sky,
Or sunbeams .-mile on flower and tree,
Ifjoy or sorrow dim the eye-
Father in Heaven. I turn to Thee.
T/re Reesirlc Case The case of the Unit-
ted States vs, Reeside, now pending in the
United States Circuit Court, before Judges
Baldwin and Hopkison, excites considera
ble interest. The case is an action to recov-
er from the defendant, thewell known mail-
contractor, a balance of moneys alleged to
have been overpaid, anti, therefore, dueto the
United States, the amount claimed by the
Government being $32,209 65. Against
this, Mr. Recside sets tip claiiirs to a large
amount, a good many thousands more than
the sum alleged to be due hiru. Among the
witnesses heard for the United States, on
Tuesday, were Peter G. Washington, S. R.
I-Iobbie; and S L. Governeur. There is a
distinguished array of cotinsel engaged on
both sid-s: for the United States, John M.
Read and John Cadwallader, Esqrs. for Col.
Reeside, Richard S Coxc, Matthew St. Clair
Clarke, I‘/illinrn r‘.’l. Meredith, Charles J.
Ingersoll, and Charles Ingersoll, Es-qrs.
-The I'VorZd Ba7zl.'rupl.—'I‘lie whole world
is bankrupt or nearly so. In England, the
ministry are alout to call a new parliament
in order to increase the revenue. France
finds herselfdeficient $l80.000,000. Aus-
tria obtained a loan of $175,000,00--—Ru:si.~i.
Prusia, Spain and Portugal are in the ut-
mostpecuniary difficulty, and would all bor-
row money if they could. Turkey and Bel-
gium have obtained loans, and Egypt has
been obliged to raise the duties on produce.
The King of Naples has raised five millions
ofducats for Sicily. Texas has borrowed
in England. Lastly the United States, with
abundint resources, by followingthe exam-
ple ofthe twenty four governments, is re-
duced to the necessity of raising a loan of
$12,000,000. to carry her through the year.
A treaty has been ratified between the
States of Yucatan and Texas, and Col. Per-
aza, the minister of the former power, is
now at Glaveston, awaiting :1 national ship
for his return to Yucatan.
The full returns of the late Presidential
election in Texas are noiv in. Gr-n. Sain-
uel Houston received a majority ofthe pop-
ular vote of more than 5000 for Presidcrit,
and Col. Burleson got more than 2,000 ma-
jority for Vice President.
Br/fl'rLloe.v.—A drove of young Bufliilocs.
thirty three in number, passed through this
city on Tuesday last, on their way to New
Yorlc. 'l'hirty three Bufliilces in. one gang
will, no tloul.t be a rare sight for most of on}
eastern fi'icritls.—Cc’zz‘.i7rrg/ (‘I//) H,,,.,,_)d_
M O R .\1 O N I S ill.
_ From the C/icflcn/ram Journal.
Tiir: “ L.-i'r‘Ti~:t<-Dar’ SAi.\"1"' Swi.\'m.E.
VVe proinisetl last week to present our rea-
ders with some further particulars rcspet-tiiig
this extraoriliiinry delusion. which has esirang.
ed the mindsofthc old and the young; uerstiiis
ofsubstance as well as the lalioririglcla:-sos;—
and induced them to leave their fatlrerlantl to
become squatters in one ofthe most rinliealihy
parts of Atiieiica. with wild savages for tlieir
neighbors, and an LlnClllfl\'.'.ll(:£l tract oflantl for
the scene ofiheiroperations. The party we 31.
luiled to last week is ;\largrr-ifs. a suiall farmer-
and pig dealer, resiiliiig at Evington. about six
miles from this town. It appears this man. by
the persunsious ofan itinerant saint, was induc-
ed to sell ltis ‘ little all,’ 3.: pror.-eed with his \\ ill-.
eini six children to this ‘ land ofproniise.’ They
embarked at Liverpool on the 1st of‘ Febrnai-ii
last, and after undergoing the piivations or E;
transatlantic voyage at that inclement season of
the year, landed at New Orleans in the lane,-
and of April. There, in company with 100
Ulllf‘-I‘ C0"V€I'lS. (the entire vessel load.) they
Pmceedetl by steamboat up to St. Louis, pass-
ing several villages on the way, and arriving
at last at tfiis New Jeriisalern. which is situated
on the banks of the Mississippi, in the state of
Missouri, and is called 1\"au7;o0. Here they
found tfiorisautls ofthe disciples of Mornionisin
undergoing the most deplorable privarions inci-
dental as is ever the case on a new settlement.
badly supplied, with the necessaries of life ;—
comforts completely out ofthe question. '
Mrs. Margretis. in a short conversation we
had with her, said ilrey had not been there
more than a week before the flour stock of the
colony was exliaiisted._ and her children crying
about her for lireatl. The woman saw through
the affair quicker than her fanatical husband ;
but the cloud which for a time obscured his
common sense was soon doomed to pass away.
In the numerous conversations he had with tfie
reno\_vned Joe Stnith. the father of the sect, the
prophet ofMormon upon earth. he found_inucli
more ofa calculator than the saint about him;
he found that worthy and respectable imposter
better acquainted with the mysteries of pounds,
shillings antl pence, and the multiplication table,
than he was with texts from the Book of Mor-
mon. Instead of feasting our friend the pig
dealer’s soul with further descriptions of the
promised heaven, he was daily donning him to
purchase a ‘beautiful tract of land’)-in this
town (I) of Narivoo; instead of showing Mr.
Margretts ofthe Leigh, the identical gold plates
on which the Book of Mormon was written by
an angel from above, be was making daily
overtures for taking him into partnership in his
store! Joseph told the Gloucestersbire man that
the angel took the gold plates back again with
him into heaven, .5; Joseph wanted to extract the
gold from the poor deluded man’s pockets. to
replace them. we should suppose. Margretts
did not like the explanation, his wife did not
like the country, his children did not fancy go-
ing without bread, the sense as well as the {fps
petites ofthe party were sliarpcned, tliev open-
ed their eyes and looked about them," Theo
f0Uml. by inquiring of some of the (leludeil
wretches who had been ilrere sometime, and
were uirab‘-re to move for want offunds. that the
legal title ofthe apostle to the land he was vend-
ing to his followers was very questionable:
they said he had formerly taken possession ofa
large tract ofland in another part of Missouri
‘ in the name ofthe Lotto,’ but had been driven
-to this place of refuge by the authorities ofthe
state; that they expected his right to the pns.
session of Nauvoo would soon be disputed, and
lush "01 least. that the Book of Mormon was a
delusion.’ That book on which Margretta had
tliouglit sleeping and waking for months past,
ltlfll l)0Ul{ which lliltl 0(.‘L‘Ul)lctl a prominent place
in his mind while in the pig market or on his
farm, was a delusion I This was the unkindest
cut of all. However, he was bound to believe
it; no land buying transactions for him, no
partnerships in stores could be thought of;—
flight, ' inglorious flightfwes his only resource;
so, after a three-weeks‘ peep at the new Jeru-
salem. be. his wife. and his family, gave Jo-
seph the slip, and lialied. not until they got to
a Christian community. to the town of Port
Louis; their reasons for this secrecy was that
t/hey feared an attempt might be made to stop
them. The Apostle, fearing that they would
not ‘settle’ had told a confident of his to say,
that -if they attempted to return through St.
Louis they would be mobbed and probably
mtudcred; but thisiutimidatiun had no effect
on Margretts and his uife.
Arrived at St. Louis, they found hundreds of
Mormoirites who had escaped the fangs of Mr.
Smith. compelled to take up their residence
there from sheer “ant ofrnoney to carry them
further.
To show the delusion in its true cliaracter it
is only nece:-sary to say, that Mrs. Margretts
told us, money was Snr‘iih’s only object ; iftho
disciples were poor, no more notice was taken
ofthcm. in use the good woman’s expressioii,
‘ than it‘ they had been so ma -my dogs.“ One
of the ‘elders’ from England died during the
short sojourn of the Margretts, and his body
was ilirnst into a hole, without slirciid or coffin
* uiiwcpt. unlionored, and unsung.‘ because he
hgtcl no rnoney. The yellow fever was ravaging
Nauvoo. the devotees dying like dogs. The
stay ofthe family at St. Louis was short, they
Liv-erpool. and arrived safe and sound at their
native village about three weeks ago. where
they are now residing for a time under the
:oof0fa friend. Tired. jaded, and out ofhealth
the party again met their neighbors, and the
first piece of'iii_u-Iligerice they heard was a par-
agraph copied froru an American paper, stating
the redoubtable Joe Smith find been apprehen-
ded rind committed to prison by the Missouri
authorities for rebellion, in other words. for re-
taining by force the loud at Nauvoo which did
not belong to him, but which he was very de-
sirous to palm upon others. An old proverb
says, ‘ Experience is no use tiiitil it has been
bou;_iht.' Poor Margrctts has bought and paid
or his experience by the expenditure of more
than .£'200 ; we hope it will be dearly cher-
ished and remembered by .him.
the matter (ifthere be anything good in so rr:c-
lancliuly a tale) is that a former neighbor of
M.'irgreits~oiie who emigrated willr liim—bas
written to England stating that the reason of
Margrelis leav'.ng Nauvoo was that ‘ he had no
_/‘Elf/ft.’ A man must have a verv ezlerisive
faith to go the length ofa staunch Mormoriitc !
One good has resulted from the reiirrn of this
family ; the Moruiouiies are no longer zillowed
to preach in the iicigfibi:-rlu.-on‘, and Margretts
declares that the first Latter Day impostor
who next attempts to cross his threshold shall
receiveilie contents of his old double btirrelltd
gun l l l *
For the Gazelle.
UNION SCHOOL.
l‘.lizRi-:r:n——Citizeri argues that taking the best
st liolnrs out of our common schools and placing
them in a union school, " would be directly and
materially injurious to our coiiimou schools.”
This argument is as conclusive against the
propriety of ever liaving such zi thing as an
ac:-itletiiy as it is against a union school. I freely
grant, and will join with fiiiizcii in inniritiiiiiing,
that the iiiorc t‘tiizi:r.'i,-ii l)I‘(:l!(.‘llCS-—-:'Lt' h as read-
ing, writing, ariifimetic, and the elements of
Geography, should be as well taught in our
common schools as they ca_u be anywhere else:
and that the taking ofsciioiarsoutofthecommon
schools to be taught in these same branches
else“ here, is an injury to the common schools.
flare is one ofthe very evils it hich it is pro-
j‘nSCtl to remedy by a union school. A large
portion of the community will never be satisfied
with having thtir children stop slioit where the
present system ofcotn niou school education ends.
They will have an acadcrriy here, or they will
send their children where there is one. and so
wiilrdraw them from the t-uinmon st-hools.——
\'~'hcr: they witlidiaw their t-liildren, they
commonly lise much of their interest in these
schools, and thus our common scfiools lose the
fostering care of those who are the most deeply
academy, as it cannot live without, seeks to
draw in a large number ubo are yet in the
branches taught in ilie common school. Those
whose children are suitably advanced, seek otit
as much of such patronage as possible. Thus
the scholars are withdrawn from the common
schools, who ought to be in -hem—tlie academy
is lumberetl up and embarrassed with such
as might not to be ihere—botli schools stiffer.
while the expenses ofthe academy are necessa-
rily such as to cut t.~f‘f'all the poorer families from
such advantages as the academy can furnish.
If I mistake not, fiere is no small share ofthe
causes which. while the teachers in our common
schools are so tznrleriiably good. have produced
that low state of common education which is
used by Citizen as an argument against a union
school.
This siate of things——tbese evils, I am firmly
persiiaded a union school would remedy. In
the first place, none should be admitted to such
union school, who could not pass a" thorougii
branches taught in the common schools. This
scholars. Depend upon it, we have manyscores
of children whose energies would be drawn forth
by such an o ject of ambition placed before
them. It would not belong before Citizen would
be compelled to tell quite a different story from
that. doleful one which afiirms that not twenty
can be found in all the schools in Norwalk who
are thoroughly acquainted wiilr spelling, geogra-
phy and arithmetic. Instead ofhaving scholars
improperly withtlrawn,they would be restored
till they are qualified to advance to higher
branches. Instead ofbeing satisfied with poorer
teachers, we should want, ifpossible, still better.
\Vhen the interest of the whole community is
turned to our schmls in common—forin this
sense the union school would still be a common
SCliOOl—-ll')6 teachers of our common schools
would be undera spur to which they are now
strangers, when each know that at regular pe-
riods his work is to be tested by an examination
in which it shall be brou9,lit into comparison
with the work ofothers. Instead of being tempt-
ed to keep his best scholars dancing in a half-
bushel for a year or two, because it "is rather
a pleasure than a task to teach them,” his only
inducement would be to see how speedily, and
how well he could prepare them for the examin-
atitm. His ambition would then be to turn
offgood worlr——not to keep it for his own pleas-
ure. Soon Ihe best teacher would be known.
He would be sougbtafier. He would fetch in
the market all that he is worth. instead of being
compelled lu sell himself in the grass for the
average cost ofa multitude who cannot do half
his labor, or do it halfas well. Instead ofbeing
“at low water mark." as Citizen supposes, our
schools would soon be at high water, for surelv.
ifCitizen’s estimate ofthe numberin our schools
who are thoroughly instructed in the most com-
mon branches. is correct, our schools cannot‘7at,
present be so far from "low-water" as to rendex
an effort to to raise thorn undesirable. ‘
A \VORKlNG Matt.
proceeded to New Orleans. took passage for -
examination by the board of visitors, in all the .
would be open both to the teachers and then.
The best of -
interested in the causeofoducation. The private '
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Norwalk Chronicler