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Volume XXV.—Number 19,
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Job Printing,
OF ALL‘ KINDS,
VIEATLY EXECUTED AT THE GAZETTE OFFICE.
‘VET GOODS,
From the Louis Philip :2
‘I ALGORENE DE LAINES-—Splendid,
‘ ' at only One Shilling per YARD .’ .’ .’
"LACK AND BLUE BLACK SlLKSt
and other Styles of French Goods for a mere
song. CEUMAN & Co.
ATTING, lilattitng.-4--l. 5-4, and
6 4 Plain and Plaid Straw Matting, this
day received and for sale very low.
J MAt.i.oiiY 56 Co
/ ‘iv’ ».
g// ”.’ '5 ~
- ’.'_’[/_.f7-V
>11‘ --
-—*-. -..
HAVING taken a store in the sotitli part of
Oltnsted’s Building, east sideofthe Bridge,
is ready to give attention to all orders in his line
at short notice, on favorable term , autl
in the Best amt .TI0st Fashionable style.
From his experience in the business, he feels
confident in his ability to give entire satisfaction
to all who may favor him with their patronage. -
All garments made to order are warranted ta fit.
Particular attention paid to Cutting.
The subscriber has on hand a good stipply of
Cloths, Cassiinercs, Sattinetts and Vestings.
which he will make up to order in a rnanuer to
challenge competition.
Pilot antl Beaver Cloths for Overcoats. with
superior Trimmings.
Also, a line assortment of Stocks of various
stvles and patters, at t.he lowest cash prices.
‘Fall Fashions received.
Persons wishing garments of any description
will find it to their advantage to call.
Norwalit. October 1841. 49
p N E W
TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT.
HE subscriber would respectfully inform
his" friends and the public in general, that
he has opened a shop over the store of \Vm. &.
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 will favor him with their
custom can depend on having their work manti-
Norwalk, April 20. Josurn E. CORK}-ZR 23
Cabinet I-‘itirnitnre amt Chairs.
THE subscriber would re-
spectfully inform the inhabi-
tants of Norwalk and the
neighboring towns, that he still
continues to carry on his
business at his old estab-
‘_-,=_e-lisliinent. and has or) hand
the largest and best assortment of Cabinet.
Furniture ever before offered in this place,
which he will sell as cheap as can be found in
any other shop in the County. His assortment
consists of'Bureaus of all prices. French and
Common Bedsteads, also. Mahogany and Cher-
ry Tables. Wash anti Candle Stands. Maple,
Fancy, Windsor, and kitchen Chairs. Bost.on
Rockers, Nurse Chairs, Cliilereris’ Chairs, Ta-
ble Chairs, &c. &c. EVER1‘ QUINTARD.
Norwalk, Feb. 21, 1842.
Cabinet Furniture.
JAMES A. TINDALL. would
respectfully inform the inhabitant_s
ofNorwalk and its vicinity, that he
has recently opened a CABINET
WARE ROOM a few doors north
of J. Hooker’s market, where he intends to
keep on hand a general assortmentofFUR-
NITURE. manufactured ofthe best materials,
and in the most modern style, which he will
sell on reasonable terms.‘
Norwalk, April. 1842. 25
_]:‘.\V Groeeries.—-St. Croix—Porto Rf.
. co—Brown dc Wliite Havana and Loaf
Sugars, by the barrel. or at retail—4 Hhds. Su-
perior West India Molasses—Gun-Powder-
Old 66 Young ‘Hyson, & Souchong Teas-—-
Ground Cofiee, Pepper, Alspice & Ginger,—
Cloves, Nutmegs, Cassia. dc Indigo-Bunch
Raisins in Boxes. Halfdz Quarter Boxes—Ja
va 8: Laquira Coffee by the Sack-.—'.VVheat,
Buckwheat & Rye Flour—Butter. Lartl, Cheese.
‘Codfish 6: Mackerel-—W‘. Hull 8:. Sons’ Pa-
‘ien: Refined Mould Candles—Patent Hydrau-
ltic Pressed do : W. Hull 61- Son’s steam Soap:
Principi and Huvanna.Segars, (be. just received
and for‘-sale low by’ W C SAMMIS.
Norwalk,Dec. 6, 1841.
Peaches for sale by the bushel.
' - . March ll. V by HUBBELL dc Co.
no’
DENTAL CARB—'H'o the Public.
‘TOR the generous patroiiage wliich I have
received from lltex>{iUl)ll(' during my resi-
dence in Norwalk, (between 3 and -1 years) I
beg leave to tender my grateful ticki;o\vledge-
merits. and the assurtint.-c that l have assidu-
ously labored to rei;tlt-.r myself \\‘(il'lll_\' of their
utmost confidence. ‘ Every exertion has been
‘made to give the most speedy as well as the
tiiost permanent relief to those who have come
under my professional care. Nor has any fa-
cility that could be made available been omitted.
It has been my endeavor to practice the pro.
fession, not as a mean, conte.-nptibfe art, but as
a science and art ’u.uited——cotnbiiiing an array
of advantages, and requiring much labor and
study. And every thinking man must’ see at a
glance. that the diseases of the teet/t. and gu-ms
constitute a very important link, in the great
chain ofmorbid pheuomeiia,singularly affecting
in turn. every organ ofthe llllflltllll system, and
greatly endangering the lives and health of
thousands. And that the practice ofiliis branch
of the medical profession should lead to the
treatment of diseases, apparently remote, from
their cause, will not appear strange, if this
subject be fairly considered. Nor will it appear
strange, that the mechanical operations should
soznetiines fail, when we think for a moment of
the various diseases for which, and the various
stages in which we are called upon to operate.
And the constant mutations to which the teeth
are subject by continual use. Under certain
circumstances, they must of necessity fail.
But the advantages are many and great, wliich
this department affords.
Those who have been operated upon unsuc-
cessfully, are requested to call and have the
operation repeated. free of expense. And the
public are respectfully assured that every rea-
sonablc effort will be made to give satisfaction
to all who may require the professional servi-
ces of . A. lIii.L.
N. B. Office in Burrall's Buildings.
I-?eferenccs.—-Etncry Bisscll, M. D.: J. D.
t\l‘Lt~au, M. D.; Hon. Thoinas B. Bitler;
Hon. Bt:iij:tiiiin Isatics. Norwalk. Nelicniiah
Perry. M. D. Ridgefield. R. B. Butsford. M.
D.; Duct. D. I’. Knapp, Danbury. Duct.
Howell Rorlgcrs,Colchestcr, Ct. William
\Vittcr.M. D. \Villi:ini:int ic. Ct.
Piano and Organ Inistriretion.
he subscriber respectfully offers his ser-
vices to the public as a teacher of the
PIANO and Ocean. From his long practice
and experience in music, he feels confident in
his ability to give satisfaction.
References-—Rev. \Vm C. Mead, D. D;
Stephen Sinith,Esq; Levi Clark; Asa. E
Smith; Chas. Isaacs: J. Camp, Jr; \Viu. C.
St1'eet.
N. B. PlAl\'0Sft1’ItC(f and rcpairctlin the
best manner and on reasonable terms. Any
orderslcft at the store of \V. E. Bissel , or with
the subscriber will meet with prompt attention.
Norwalk, April 18. 18-12. \VM. A._ Bminmv. 16
New A1'ii'an;;en:ent
for 1\‘o1'wa‘.'.k and
Bri«l;;'eport,
S«.tturrItL_7/ April 16, I842.
Cormzzcncing
The Steamer NIMROD will leave New
York every morning (Sundays excepted.) at
6 o’clock, for Norwalk and Bridgeport. return-
ing, leave Bridgeport at l10’clock A. M.. and
Nnrwalk at 1 P. M. ’l‘he Cars leave Bridge-
port. on the arrival of the Boat at Bridgeport,
for North Canaan. 15
NewA1'raiiigeimen.t,
Commencing Sadat-rrla-y, April 16. 1842.
For Port Chester,
Rocky Neck, Staini-
’-L -~ fowl arm. Nervvalk.
HE Seamboat Croton, or Fairfield, Capt.
Peck. on and after Saturday. April 16,
will leave New York from Pier at the East side
Catharine Market Slip, every Afternoon. (Stin-
days excepted. at half past 2 o’clnck. Return-
ing. leave Norwalk every Morning. Sundays
excepted, at 6 o‘clock, Stamford at '7, Rocky
Neck at half past 7 o'clock. and Port Chester
at quarter before 8 o'clock.
N. B. All kinds of Freight,_Baggage, &c.
taken only at the risque ofthe-owners thereof.
All persons are forbid trusting any one on
account ofthe above named boats or their own-
eX'S. .
‘WRITING, BOOK-IKEEPING,
AND FRENCH}.
R. HOYT has opened 11 ‘School for in-
. strnction in the above branches, atOlm-
stcad’s Building. in Maine st. ; hours from 1 to
S A. M. to 9 o’clock, P. M.
\Vriting per course of' 12 Lessons, including
Stationary, $1 62%.
BOOK—KEEPING—TERMS $3 50.
Mr. H. particuiarlv recommends his new
system of Book Keeping, got ' up ‘expresslyito
meet the wants ofthe Home Trade, \Vliolesale
or Retail, Maniifactuires or Mechanics. - ‘A few
young men qualified for Counting Rooms—they
will be taught Mr. H.’s Foreign and Domestic
System of Book Keeping,
The short method of Calculation in use a-
mung Merchants, commonly called Commer-
cialArithmetic. will be taught.
Pupils willfurnish their own lights 8: inkstands
FRENCH LANGUAGE.
The French Language will be taught Orally.
Mr. Hoyt has taught French and Penman-
ship in my school for the last ten weeks, as has
shown himself throughout a punctual, prompt
assiduous and efficient teacher.
I have found, in accordance with the letter
ofMr. Webb, that his method of communica-
ting and impressing on his pupils the elements
ofFrench pronunciation is peculiar and won-
derfully successful. Ido not believe it possible
for a boy of any capacity. to go through his first
course without acquiring a correct and accurate
pronouuciatiou ofthe French ; &. so thoroughly
are the organs trained to these sounds that I
should think it impossible they should ever be
forgotten. His partial deafness seems rather
to operate as an advantage than otherwise, His
second course is equally adapted to the ac-
quisition ofthe written language in its idiomatic
peculiarities. His habits, so far as my obser-
vation extends, are those of an upright and con-
scientiotis man. HENRY JONES. Principal.
Golden Hill Academy, Bridgeport, Ct.
Social classes of not less than (5 waited upon
at their residence. First course $3 for 12 les-
sons. and $2 50 forms second. i
Refer to Rev. Dr. Mead. Rev. E. Hall, Hon.
C. Bissell. and Dr. Bissell.
Testimonials may be seen on application,
Norwitlk, April 15, 1842. '
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POETRY.
From. the London Forget-me-not.
OLD FRIENDS ’I'OGE'I‘I-IE R.
Oh! time is sweet when roses meet,
VVith spriug’s sweet breath around them;
And sweet the Cost, when heart’s are lost,
lfthose we love have found them;
Antl sweet the mint] that still can find
A star in the darkest sveatlier:
But nought can be so sweet to see,
As old friends meet together 7.
Those days of old, when youth was bold,
And time stole wings lo S!)t‘t*-’.l it,
And youth ne’er knew how fast time flew,
Or knowing, did not heetl it?
Though gay each brow that meets us now,
For age brings wintry weather,
Yet nought can be so sweet to see,
As those old friends together’!
The few long known whom years have shown
With hearts that friendship blesses,
A hand to cheer. perchauce a tear,
To soothe a frieud’s tlistresses;
VVho helped and tried, still side by side,
A friend to facehard weather;
Oh.’ thus may we yeljoy to see
And meet old friends together!
MISCELLANY.
A COUNTRY SCHOOL.
The schoolmaster‘ was in :1 great hurry ;
he had received a note-from his dulcina, 6:.
the ‘geography and bible’ classes were iner-
gcd into one, and disposed of in double quick
ttnie.
‘ Polynesia, where situated what are the
products, the inhabitants, the latitude and
longitude, how bounded, vc. .7’ shrieked the
little p£’t'l'.1g'Ogll(’, to a huge. red headed bo ',
whose face bore the expression of a turkey s
egg, with feet like battering rams.
' Polykneeshitt am an independent group
of Islands in the interior of the desert o_l Sa-
rali.=it'a on the coast of Cornwall. Its pro-
ducks is billin’ springs, kucumbers_ t~ot‘toi3c
shell, Cannibals, and sometimes wiinmin and
children. The inhabitants is for the tnost
part Caltuuc 'I‘artars, and tothers is Shakers
and Injuns. Latitude and longitude is ditto.
It is bounded on all sides by the Chinese
Wall which was built to prevent the noctur-
nal visit of the equator into the Caspin Sea,
and on the south by the Spareribberin ish-
inushs, and the protiiontoi'ies which is un-
commonly kivered at high water mark
with Shetland ponies and other hanimals of
the sime class. The religion is like the
prodncks, intollerance and idle worship.’
‘Good hoy——-wt-ll said, and now go borne.
Bible Dictionary Class, now come up !’—-
cried our schoolmaster.
‘ VVlio was Lot’.-3 wife ?’
‘ The pillow of salt what Moses laid his
head on when he went to Mount Sinca to
offer his son Isaac up, ‘cos he had no sheep
to do likewise.’ .
' TVhr.t is said aboutJonah ?’
‘ Jonah swtillo_wt-d up all 'Wales, and
was vomucked up the third day with :1 par-
cel of gourd ‘seed, which he gave to the
Queen of Sheba for mendin’ his trouses,
which he bust in strainin’ to git out of the
lion’s den, where Daniel had been eatin’
pulse and Pease’ candy.’
About this time we l'YllZZlt‘tl.
N. O. Crescent City/.
First Present to t/re Prince of Wales.-
Mr. 'I‘hompson, _a gentleman of fortune re-
siding near I-lampsted, had in his possession
one of the most elaborately carved and su-
perbly decoratc-d ancient bedstvads in this or
any other country. This bedstead is said
to have belonged to Cardintii VVoolsey. So
great is its value considered that the son of
the late Mr. Rothschild offeretl, but a short
time since, .-£1,500 for it, which large sum
was refused. It is of ebony, of the closest
grain, carved into figures and various devi-
ces at the head and foot, with surpassing
skill. To give relief to the masses of scin-
bre ebony carving, tasteful friezes &. scrolls
are introduced, of inlaid mother of pearl and
ivory; and this addition_ as tit were, lights
up a dark and beautiful picttire, and at the
same tintc. gives great finish and brilliancy
to it. The corniccs and testers, both at the
top and round the sides, are equally elabor-
atély executed. and the hangings are of a rich
purple satin damask. This valuable piece
of furniture has been inade a present to the
Prince of Wales, the Queen having been
graciously ‘pleased to accept it in his name.
It is to be removed at once to VVindsor, to-
gether with the rest of the furniture of the
apartment, the latter having been built and
fitted up with appropriate additions, exciti-
sively for this splendid bedstead. The cel-
ebrated chair of Cardinal VVoolsey,§is in-
cluded in this magnificent present, and is
remarkable for the beautiful pencilled draw-
ings upon the mother of pearl, with which it
is thickly adorned. Toilet tables of the
most unique character, antique presses, an-
cient cabinets, and easy sofas and ottomans,
covered with silverbrocnde, add to the value
of the present, and will decorate the apart-
ments in which the bed is to be placed in the
Royal Castle.
.4 Sketch on tire-Roarl.—‘ All have their
exits and their entrances.’ It is a treat to
see Prudery getintq an omnibus. Of course
she rejects the hand that is held out to her
by male Civility; it might give her. a
squeeze. Neither does she take the first
vacant place; but looks for a seat if possi-
ble belween an innocent little girl and an
old woman. In the meantime the omnibus
moves on. Prudery totters-—makes a snatch
at Civility’s nose, or his neck, or anywhere ;
and missing hct‘ hold, rebounds to the other
side of the vehicle, and plumps down in it
strange gentlemerfs lap. True‘-=t modesty
would have escaped all these indecoritms.
T/Lamas Hoozl. j
‘ You have a striking appearance,’ as the
bell said to the clapper.
| ' Russian Serf’—The following is extrcted
from a lecture delivered by Mr. Dallas, late
minister to Russia. It pictures to the life the
character of the P.ussian serf. ‘ Oftheni there
are no less, than forty millions," twenty of
whom belong to the Emperor Nicholas.—
Imagine a human being covered, we cannot
say clothed. in undressed sheepskin, the wool
turned inward-—that which should be a coat
resembles a loose gown, having no collar and
the cape lapped over by a piece of rope. or
other materials, as a belt around the waist.
His neck is uncovered, red, rough, and ‘hard.
his beard long matted and coarse; his musta-
qhes hanging down and covering his tnout.h.
He wears a bell-shaped cap of woolen stuff.
pieces of hard wood scooped out, or a kind 0,
peeled pliable bark—he has a sort of hatchet
or axe hung at his back, and his exterior is
aftogetlier harsh, soiled or dirty and repul-
stve.
A man thus characterised and habited sud-
dently appearing in our streets, or in any
part ofthe. country, would awaken at once
alarm andypity, as some escaped wanderer
from the cells of lunacy or crime. In the
moral and mental qualities of the Russian
serf, there are mingled traits ofgood and evil.
He is mild aimable, iinbecil, and servile.
To the profonndest ignorance and vilest su-
perstition he unites a. Chinese imitation,
quickness and abject reverential faith in the
dogmas of his church. He crosses himsclfat
every flash of ligbtning,and faces death fear-
lessly under a priestly promise of paradise.
He endures without complaint the frightful
extremes of physical exposure and privation.
He is content with a block of wood or stone
for his pillow, a plank for his couch, some
black bread and onions for his daily meal.
Like our western savages. he yields at every
opportunity to allurements of intoxicating
drinlis. In the presence of power he falls
prostrate in the dust, propitiatiug safety or
kindness from his superiors, in the most
disgusting servility. Yet, notwithstanding
the rigor of his destiny, he is utterly uncon-
scious that there exists happier or higher
regions or. the earth. He loves his coun-
try with enthusiastic and unbounded ardor,'
and when fighting its battles abroad he’is
almost a willing victim to the enemy in
the confident belief that after death, but be-
fore he takes his final flight to heaven he is
suffered to visit for three days his native
cottage.
Anecdote of Father Mood]/-——Fatber
Moody was born at Newbury, in l674, grad-
uated at Harvard College in°l6‘J7, was set-
tled at York, Me. in l700, and died at 72
years ofagc, in 1747. He refused to receive
from his people rt stipulated salary.and lived
w.':t.h'them balfa century on their voluntary
donations. The following anecdote is rela-
ted of him, in the Lowell Offering.
' Col. Ingrahain, a wealthy parishoner,
had retained his large stock of corn in time
of great scarcity, in hopes of raising the
price. Father Moody heard of it, and re-
solved upon a public attack upon the trans-
gressor. So he rose in the pulpit one Sab-
bath, and named as his text, Prov. II, 26 :
' He that withholdcth com the Lord shall
curse him: but blessings shall be upon the
head of him thatselleth it.’ Col. Ingrahain
could not but know to whom reference was
made; but he held up his head, and faced
his pastor with a look of stolid unconscious-
ness. Father Moody went on with some
very applicable remarks, but Col. Ingraham
still pretended not to understand the allusion.
Father Moody grew very warm, and be-
came still more direct in his remarks upon
matters and things. But Col. Ingraham still
held up his head, as high, perhaps a little
higher than ever, and would not put on the
coat prepared for him. Father Moody at
length lost all patience. ‘ Col. Irigraham I’
‘You /.:now t/mt I merm. you. Why don’t
you hang down your head 2’ _
T HE W I F E.
It needs not guilt to break a husband’s
heart , the absence of content ; the mutter-
ings of spleen ; the untidy dress and cheer-
less home; the forbiddirigscowl and deserted
hearth :"these and other nameless neglects,
without a crimeamong them, have harrowed
to the quick the core of many a man, and
planted there, beyond the reach of cure, the
germ of dark despair. Oh ! may woman,
before that sad sight arrives, dwell on the
recollections of her youth. and awake and
keep alive the promises she then so kindly
gave, and tho’ she may be injured. not the
injuring one—the forgotten not the forgetful
wife—a happy allusion to that hour of peace
and love——a kindly welcome to 3 comforta-
ble home, a smile of love to banish hostile
words, a kiss of peace to pardon all the past,
and the hardest heart that ever looked itself
within the breast of selfish man will soften
to her charms, and bid her live, as she had
hoped, her years in matchless bliss, loved,
loving and content, the soother of the sor-
rowing hour, the source of comfort and the
spring of joy. ~ '
A Rustic Cotnmentata-r.---Jim was employ-
ed to cut wood by the day. The boss came
along and found Jim lifting the axe very
leisurely as flat boats go upthe Mississippi,
and accompanying every blow with a grunt.
‘ Sloiv work, Jim, slow work.
‘ Boss, the Bible says we must use mod-
eration in all things.’ ,
‘The boss was nonplussed. At. dinner Jim
plied his knife and fork with remarkable in‘-
dustry. The boss reminded him of his morn-
ing text, but Jim was ready.
‘ I've" been reading" the Scriptures since,
Boss, that whatever the hands find able to
do, that do with all thy might.’
Boss told Jim he was entirely too learned
to chop wood, and therefore very politely re-
, quested him toytake his hat and walk.
Fro/n_-the London Morning H,e'rtrttl.
The attcrnptedsubjection of Ajfjghanistan
being immoral in its origin. nothing that has
occurred can deprive any future attempt of
similar iminorality. The Aflghttns are not
rebels or insurgents; they owe no lealty or
allegiance to the British Crown, and the en-
deavor of England to deprive them of iride-
pendence,is as monstrous as that of Napolran
to destroy the independence of Spain. The
rising at Cabul——bloody, cruel, sauguinary
and brutal though it be-——\vas a_iuovement to
achieve indep entlence. It is int insurrec-
tion,—-it is war. The deadly revenge
which animaites each Affghan blow is not
without {I parallel in European struggles for
trimed with dirty fur, and the shoes eitherttnngionaligy; and the disgusling gnsup pm--
pt.-trated on the remains of Sir W. M’N:ig h-
ten could readily be exemplified during the.
recent civil war in Spain. I‘f'"-we conquer
semi-barbarous tribes, and fight with a peo-
ple ignorant of the civilization of western
warfare, we cannot complain thzittht-ir strug-
gle for freedom is as wild as their passions
and as I't‘fllOl'S8leSS as their wrongs. ‘
BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT.
Genius is not to be wasted on the more
personal enjoyment of its possessor. He is
not idly to follow the eccentric impulses of
imagination, bi-cause he loves to wander in
a maze of luxurious thought, to dream deli»
cious pleasures in the sunshine, or listen en-
tranced’ to the voice of nature, ‘telling of
things which no gross car can hear.’ This:
were to abuse the gift, to bury it treasure,‘
which might have enriched a world, and to
obscure a light -vriiich should have led to
heaven from whence it came. The birds
sing out their thanlrfulnr-ss. the flowers shed
forth their incense. the stream murmurs
praise, there is a whisper of God's love in
the breeze, and the leaves it plays among‘
are treniulous with joy; and to be silent
amongst them all, to have the soul filled
with beauty and delight, yet keep it locked
like a miser’s chest, is to be ungrateful to
God, and unfaithful to man.
A Slat:cr.—-'I‘he Baltimore.Patriot gives
an €Xl.l'd(‘l from a private letter dated Rio
.Till'1€‘l‘lO, Feb. l3, I842, which says that a
few days previous, a largo ship under Amer»
ican colors, sailed from that port to the Afri-
can coast. An English frigate lying off
the harbor, suspecting her to be a sluver,
sent a boat aboard to examine her; the
vzinkee (for such the captain appeared to D0,)
hid it keep off, or he would fire into it; the
bout kept on, when the yankee let loose a
gun; whereupon John Bull told him to
heave to, or he would fire into him. “ Fire
and be (I d I" was the reply, accompani-
ed by a broadside from the yankee, which
carried away the fore and main yards of the
frigate--and crowding sail, was out of the
reach of her guns, before the frigate knew
the extent of her dama gé. TheEnglisl1mau
declares he will have the ship it he loses
his own vessel in the undertaking‘. The
yanlree must be a descendant of Ethan Allen.
Wonricrfttl !—An old lady in the west of
England for ‘.20 successive years had darned
stockings with the same needle; in faci.so used
was the needle to its work, that frequently
on the old iady’s leaving the room. it would
continue to darn without her. When the
old lady died. the needle was found by her
relatives, and for it long time no one could
thread it, nor could they discover what obs
structed the threads, when by a micriscopic
observation. they discoved a tear in the eye
of it.
At one of our fashionable watt-rinsr places
recently happened a self important foreigner,
who upon hearing the dinner bell rung at
half past three o’clock, exclaimed, ‘Is it pos-
sible you dine at this early hour in this
country? VVhy. I have not been used to
dining till 7 or 8 o’clock in London.’
‘Our second table folks dine here very
late also,’ was the reply ofa Yankee present.
IT}/pocrisy —It is the greatest madness in
the world to be a hypocrite in religious pro-
fession. Man hate thee because thou art a
Christian even in appea.ra.nce ; and God ap-
proves thee not because thou art, only in ap-
pearance. and so thou hast no comfort in
either. “If then will not be good as thou
seemest, better seem ill, as thou art.
Saliloquy.-—To go to Texas or not to go,
that am the question; whether it are better
to stay to home and bore these are ills what
we has got, or to take up arms against a lot
of Mexicans and Ingins, and by fighting
’em, kill ’em. '1‘o fight l to diet taint noth-
ing more, nor hardly that: but in that fight
of ourn, what bullets may come, when we
have shuffled off a shot or so, must bid us
consider on’t. Aye, there's where it rubs!
Rather guess we won't go on the whole.
N Y Surtday Mercury/.
From Amos K’e7zdall’s Union Democrat.
Judgment !—In the case ofStockton and
Stokes against Amos Kendall, in which the
Jury gave a verdict for l I thousand dollars in
damages, the court have overruled the ino-
tion for an arrest of judgment, and given
judgement sgainst us for the amount ofthe
verdict. .
We sliallask Congress for relief. and per-
haps take the case to the Supreme Court;
but as we ask no friend of ours to be security
in a matter so uncertain, and have no avail-
able meaus to meet this extraordinary de.
mand, we shall for some time hold our per-
sonal liberty, as well as the comforts of our
family, at. the will of these old Mail Con-
tractors! ‘ .
“Why don’t you hit one of your oivn
size 2’ as the tenpenny nail said to the
sledge liamnicr.
Anot/wr voice from the Sa.ut}i..—-Hon.
Lewis in a letter addressed to a member of
Congress in reference to the Exchequer,
takes occasion to notice the downfall ofiState
credit and the decline of national credit, and
then adds :—-Vt/here is this to lead us .7 And.
how is the evil to be averted ? In one way
only, it seems to me, and that ‘is, by such
0. tcrrzf as will protect our ourn industry,
I mean not manufactures alone. but industry
This, as it seems to me, is rendered indispen-
sible at this tiine,”&.c. &c. Again l”How is
this ruin to be-mct—I-low warded off? I
can see no other incans but by supplying
our own wants by our oivn industry; by im-
posing such duties as by excluding foreign
manufactures and substituting our own in
their place, will afford a home mar/.'et for our
cotton to the greatest possible extent. In this
way, that constant drain ofspecie, which is
so injurious to the industry of our own coun-
try, would soon be stopped, and it new and
vigorous impulse would be infused into every
rind of buisness." T
Recollt-ct that this language is.i'rom asouth.
‘em man, and one too of character and consid-
eration, as he was an elector of Presidentand
Vice-President in 1840. Such opinions as
these are becoming common at the south.—
Many ofthe newspapers inythat section ofthe-
Union contain long articles advocating the
sentiments, whilst the voice of opposition
and renionstrance against the principle of
protection, seems to be hushed into a profound
repose. There can be no question that public
feeling in the Southern States is undergoing
a rapid change, and we shall soon have the
people of that quarter of the Union acquies-
cing in the establishment of such a Tarifftis
will meet the views of the most strenuous
advocates of Protection in the Free States.
Boston Atlas.
On Dits ——A correspondent, writing from
Wasliington. states that the negoc iations be-
tween Lord Asliburton and the Secretary of
State, will be carried on in personal inter-
views between those functionaries-—nlso, that
Lord Asbburton is of opinion that he will
not find it necessary to remain ‘more than
two months in this country. The Legisla-
ture of Maine and Massachusetts are forth
with to be convoked on the boundary ques-
tion. It is said that the English will proba-
bly offcrau equivalent in money or land,
and perhaps they may pay for the Creole
negroc-s, as they have often done in similar
cases. These, it is remarked, are pacifying
circumstances, though trouble may arise
front the orders given to the British Cruis-
ers, to bring to all suspected vessels.
Imlia C0tto'/t.——The Rochester Demo-
crat is still of opinion that the experiment of
cultivating American cotton in India has been
eminently successful. The Democrat must
have been a very inattentive reader of the
acctirnulated evidence which has been pub-
lished both in this country and England, and
in India too, showing in the language of the
Bombay Courier that the experiment is thus
far ‘an utter failure.’ The native cotton
can be cultivated in India, as it has been in
time past ;' but there is no danger of its in-
terfering seriously with the cotton of the
Southern States. Doubtless more of it has
been exported at England within the past
year or two than before, but the reason is,
that the usual market for it (China) is closed
for the present. on account of the war, and
cons-quently‘it must be sent to England or
nowhere. In our opinion, the Southern
States have quite as much to fear from Texas
cotton, as front that of India; and not much
from either. For although both these coun-
tries, in common with Brazil, Soc. will grow
a certain quantity of the article. and per-
haps a large quantity. it must be remember-
ed that the consmnption of it is increasing‘
to a vast extent.
India cotton and cotton fabrics were largely
imported into this country. And now be-
cause we cannot monopolize the cotton grow-
ing of the world, we talk as if we were
about retiring from the field.—Jour. Com.
A
Earl/zqualre.—A stupid and ridiculous re-
port is now in circulation thatthe metropolis
of London will be destroyed by an earth-
quake on the 17th of March or St. Patrick's
Day. It would scarcely be believed that
many persons have left London to escape be-
ing swallowed up; and that St.Paul’s Catho-
dral has (accordirigt the credulous) sunk
already several feet. into the earth. Such
credulity on the part of a portion of the pub-
he reminds us that in the year l750Loudon
felt some of the trivial effects of an earth-
quake on the 8th of January andalso on the
8th of the following month, but not a house
was destroyed. A soldier taking advantage
ofthe superstition, propheciod that on the
8th ofthe coming’ March an earthquake in
realit would swallow up the whole city and
that t e two others were only ‘warnings to
the wicked. The people ofthat day, and it
is recorded to their shame, believed in this
fanatical blockhead’s imposition‘ and it is
needless to say that they lived long enough
to laugh at each other for their surpassing
gullibility. We should not have mentioned
this subject were it not'for the fact of many
persons feeling anxious for the: passing over
oftbat momentous day and of numerous
superstitions people looking for a realization
ofthe Irisbman’s absurd prophecy: and we
need not state that there is not the slightest
foundation for such belief either upon scien-
tific or other grounds.—-0bsen~er. ' -
Old Newspapers.—The oldest living pa-
per in America is the New Hampshire Cn-.
zette. It was established by Daniel Fowle at
Portsmouth in August 1757'.
The oldest living newspaper in England
is the Lincon Mecury, first published in
l695.—N. Y. Mechanic. x ~.-.,
_.‘ I am going to Havre,’ (have her) as‘_tlte'
sailor said when he was about to get married.
\Ve well remember when-
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