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HE Subscribers having just received a few
patterns ofRir.-li and Fashionable Delanes,
together with a Spletltlid assortment of Lawns
and Printed Muslins, would respectfully solicit
an examination of the same by all those who
desire to purchase. They will be sold cheaper
than ever. Ren'ternber——west side the Bridge,
next door to Stevenson.’s Hotel.
Bl-JA'l"l‘Y & OSBORN.
G. \V; Raymon, Draper & Tailor.
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AVING taken a store in the sotrtli part of
Olmsted‘s Building, east sideofthe Bridge,
is ready to give attention to all orrlers in his litre
at short notice, on favorable term , and
in the Best and Most 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 t‘ fit.
Particular attention paid to Cutting.
The subscriber has on hand a good supply of
Cloths, Cassirneres, Sattinelts and Vestings.
which he will make up to order in a manner to
challenge competition.
Pilot and Beaver Cloths for Overcoats, with
superior Trimmings.
Also, a fine assortment of Stocks of various
styles and patters. at the lowest cash prices.
Fall Fashions received.
Persons wishing garments of any description
will find it to their advantage to call.
Norwalk, October 1841. 49
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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 irt New York as a
Cutter, that whoever will favor him with their
custom can depetidon having their work manu-
Norwalk, April 20. Jost-;1=rt E. CORK]-JR 23
Additional Rules.
Adopted by the District Court of Connecticut,
Illarch S, 1842.
ANDREW T. Jonson. District Judge.
Rule 25.-—Form qf1Votice to be sent to each
creditor. named in the original Petition, by an
indifferent person, or the Marshall. as the Order
tnay require. for the bankrupt, after discharge
and certificate. This petition is presented after
the decree in bankruptcy has passed. "
To U Creditor of——-———-
By order ofthe District Court of Connecticut you
are notified that my further petition in bank-
ruptcy, for a discharge and certificate, will be
heard at the District Court Room in on
the--— day of 1842.
Yours, &c.
After the above is filled up and signed by the
bankrupt, an indifferent person will compare
and seal it, and direct the same to each creditor
-«at his usual place of residence. like any other
‘:letter. and on the seal side. must be addcd these
«words : "The Bankrupt notice of
The indifferent person will see that all these
rblanks are properly filled up, then he will lodge
the letters in the Post Office, and make his re-
-turn in the following form:
RETURN.
To the District Court of Connecticut:
District of Connecticut ss.———this
1842. I then deposited in the Post Office
.nt —— in said District. a notice to each and
all the creditors named in petition of in
‘bankruptcy, directed to the said creditors at their
several and usual place of residence, in conform-
ty to Rule 25, of the District Court ofConnec-
icut. and in compliance with the published order
of said Court.
Indifferent person.
Sworn to and subscribed this ,day of——
1842. Justice ofthe Peace.
ofthe Sttltau’s Slave. The characteristic pas-
sages of Music selected from the works of the
great French. Italian,and German compossers.
and to be executed by a full ond eflicieni Or-
chesira.
Among a variety of thrilling situations. the
following will be exhibited.—'I‘he Outcast Slave
Banished tothe Forest of Kalhri, Expiring from
hunger and fatigue! when a fierce Brazilian Ti
gcr darts like lightning upon him from an upper
cavern. Awful sentence! Forfieit life spared!
on condition of training a Wild Lion to the
harness ! which is accomplished, and the slave
rides across the road in an ancient car. Also a
variety beautiful and striking situations which
~=sumption seems disarmed of its terrors. and
day of
Consumption & Liver Connplaint. I
R. TAYLOR’S Balsaln of Liv-
- el'\v0l't.—Tliis Medicine is really doing
wonders. Never, wiihinmcdical history, has
there been it medicine which could perform so
miraculous a cure as this is daily doing. Cou-
LiverComplaint vanishes at once when this
admirable vegetable. preparation is used. For
eight. years has this remedy maintained its
position against every species of imposition.
fraud and counterfeit.
'.l‘ickliug'in the 'l‘liroat.—-I know Dr
TayIors’s Balsam of Liverwott to be zi certain
retnedy for this complaint, as I have used it
tnyself and found its effects immediate. I
was much troubled uutill matle use of this
medicine. M. L. Hi-zxsiunv, 211 Mangin st.
Iloars/tn.ess—-Clltt‘etl.—lt‘or the crrre of
hoarseness I can strongly recommend Dr. Tay-
lor’s Balsam of .I4rveru'ort:i§'I have not only
found great benefit, but many of my congrega-
tion by my recommendation have received great
benefit from its virtue. It is at ortce mild, effi-
cacious and harmless. REV. Az. LEWIS.
Severe Coughs and Colds.—I have had a
most severe cold and cough for a long time
which I could notgei rid of. After using rrrany
ttselessthingsl tried Taylor’s Balsam of Li-
verwort, audit cured me in a few days.
JAS. B. Ki~:niti.\'ooK.
Raising o/‘Blood,--About two weeks ago I
had a fall, which caused tne to spit large quan-
tities ofbloo , which nothing could cure tintil
I tried Doctor Taylor’s Balsam of Liverwort.
The medicine gave the immediate relic-fand in
a very short time effected an entire cure. Let
all persons try it.
HUGH Mc GARVEY, 22 Cannon st.
SUMMER COMPLAINT.— The Balsam
of Liverwort in severalcases of this disease,
where all other remedies applied by physician.
have proved ineffectual, has produced a perfect
curn.
SURPRISING CURE OF CONSUMP-
TION. —Mr. R. Glaildin, of Delhi. N. Y. of a
naturally consumptive constitution, has been
saved from an untimely end by the use of Dr.
Taylor's Balsam ofLiverwort. A severe cold
brought on an attack of Pleiirisy. and thus
ended in general dehility and consumption. A
constant cough, hectic flush, restless nights.
quick pulse, anrl continued loss of flesh. auger-
ed a speedy death ; btit as soon as l continen-
ced the use of this Bztlsatn Igrew better, and
am now fully l’(:Sltt|’e(l to health.
SHORTNESS OF BREr\'I‘I~l.-—For this
disease. I have always found Dr. Taylor's Bol
sain of Liverwort an excellent renierly. It is
at once so safe and so effective. that I always
use it in my practice. and recommend it to my
friends. I have used it in some hundreds of
cases within the past four years, and I have
never had it fail. In many cases of asthma, I
frilly believe it to have been the means ofsav-
ing precious lives. Let all rise ii.
GEURGE RALPH. M. D.
None genuine but that prepared at .s'Ir't Bow-I
ery. New York, as will be seen’ by the labels
and wrappers on each bottle. Be sure you look r
when you buy. The genuine can a|wa_\s be
obtained ofthe Subscriter’s Agent for Norwalk.
‘ Joiitv A. \V1~;r-:1).
Norwalk, April 20th, 1842. 16
Statute Laws of Coiniecticut,
PASSED MAY sussion—1842.
An -Act to repeal certain act relating to Sul-
aries and Fees.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Assembly con-
vened, That an act passed May session, I839
which provides that the fees ofthe clerks of
the several County Courts, shall be the same
as those ofthe clerks of the Superior Court
for like services; and an act, passed May
session, l839, which provides that the fees
ofthe clet'ks of the County and Superior
Courts, for entering each action which at the
first term of the court shall be discontinued
or withdrawn, shall be fifteen cents, be, and
the satnc are hereby repealed.
Approved, June 7, 1842.
An Act concerning the town of Oxford.
Whereas, by mistake, the totvn of Oxford
neglected to lay a tax for defraying the ex-
penses of said town, and repairing“ their
highways and also neglected to appoint a
collector for the same, at their annual town
meeting in the year 1841; but did lay taxes;
for said purposes, and appoint collectors of
the same, on the first Monday of January,
1842, and appoint a constable at said meet-
ing. Therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representativr-s in General Assembly
convened, That said taxes, laid as aforesaid.
and said appointment of collector and constri-
ble. be, and the same are hereby ratified and
confirmed in the same manner as if the same
had been done at the annual totvn meeting.
Approved June 9, 1842.
An Act in addition to an ac: entitled ‘an act
providing for the collection of taxes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Assembly con-
vened, Thatthe several provisions ofan act
passed in the year 1332, entitled ‘an act in
addition to an act entitled an act providing
for the collection of taxes,’ be and the same
are hereby reenacted and extentlrd in all
cases to which the same would be applicable
if said act were now first enacted. Provi
ded, that no suit or action now pending, shall
be in any way affected by the provisions of
this act. Approved May 30, 1842.
An act to proinote the growing of oysters.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives in General Assem-
bly convened, That from and after the first
day of November in each year, no person
or persons shall take, gather or collect any
oysters or oyster shells, in or upon any of
the flats, creeks. banks, rivers, harbors, or
waters of this State. And any person who
shall violate this act, shall for each offence
be punished by a fine of not less than seven
dollars, or more than fifty dollars, or by im-
pfisonment in the work house or common
gaol of the county wherein such offence
days, or by such fine and imprisonment, both
at the direction of the court having cogni-
zance of the offence.
Provided, That no justice of the peace for
any offence shall inflict a greater punish-
ment than a fine of seven dollars andirnpris-
onment not exceetling twenty days.
Provided further, That nothing in this act
shall be so construed as to prohibit any per-
son or persons being owners thereof, from
retaking any oystery by him 0!‘ them lttld
down or planted, and not in or upon any
natural oyster: beds, or places where oysters
naturally grow.
Provided, also, that the provisions of this
act shall not extend to any town in this state
which shall dissent to the same, at it legal
meeting of the inhabitants of such town duly
warned and holden on or before the first day
of November next.-Approved June I0, I842.
An Act to cede to the_ United States theju-
risdir-tion of certain lands in this state.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives in General Asserti-
bly convened. That his Excellency the Gov-
ernor, he, and is herebv authorised and eru-
powered to code to the United Stat» s, Fort
'I‘rurnbull in the town of New Lonrlon; and
Fort Griswold in the town of Groton; and
the jurisdiction ofthe lands whereon the
saute are situated, and so much of the land
thereto adjoining, as in his opinion, may be
nccessary for the accommodation of the U.
States.
See. 2. Be it ftirther enacted, That the
deed or instrument of such cession. shall le
recorded by the Secretary of State before its
final delivery to the United States. Provid.
ed however, that the right to serve civil ntid
criminal process upon said lands, be, and the
same is hereby reserve-d. .
Approved June 9, 1842. v
POETRYP
THE SUMMER. BIRDS. ,'i
Sweet Warblers oftlte sitnny hours,
Iforever on the, wing——
1 love them as I love the flowers,
The suiiliglit and the spring.
They come like pleasant merriories.
In srimmerisjoyous time.
And sing their gushing melodies
As I would sing 3. rhyme.
In the green and quiet places
\-Vhere. the golrlen sunlight falls,
\Vr=. sit with smiling faces,
To list their silent calls;
Anrl when their holy anthems
Crime pcaling through the air.
Our heart leaps forth to meet them,
}\’itli a blessing and a piagyer.
Amid the mnrning_’s fr-rgrnnt dew-—
Amidst the moist ofeven-—
They warble on. as if they drew
Their music down from Heaven.
How sweetly sounds each mellow note ',
Beneath the moon's pale ray.
VVhen dying zephyrs rise and float,
Like lover’s sighs, away I,
Like shadowy spirits seen at eve.
Among the toinhs they glide;
Where sweet pale forms for which tve grieve,
Lie sleeping side by side.
They break with song the solemn hush
VVhere peace recliries her head.
Anrl link their lays with motirnful thoughts
That cluster round the dead.
For never can my soul forget
The loves of other years ;
Their memories fill my spirit yet-—
I’ve kept them green with tears;
And their singing greets my heart attimes,
As in the days ofyorc;
Though their music. and their loveliness,
Is o'er—forever o'er.
And often. when the mournful night
Comes with a low, sweet time,
And sets a star on every height,
And sea beneath tlte moon—-
VVhen not a soirnd of wind or wave
The holy stillness mars,
I look above, and strive to trace
Their dwellings in the stars.
The birds, the birds ofstrmmer hours-
Tliey bring a gosh of glee.
To the child arriongsi fragrant flowers,
To the sailor on the sea.
We hear the thrilling voices
In their sweet and airy flight,
And the inmost heart rejoices
\Vith calm pure delight.
In the stillness of the starlight hours,
When I am with the dead:
Oh.‘ may they flutter ’mid the flowers
Tltal blo‘ssom:o’er my head,
And pour their songs of gladness forth
In one melodiotisstrain,
O’er lips whose broken melody
-Shall never sing again.
.,.
From the Ladies‘ Companion.
TURN THE PAGE.
Student! by the lamp's pale light,
Turn the page—what greets thy sight?
Dog-mas new of earthly lore,
Wisdom—never scanned before.
Poet o‘er thy page of snow
Mournful strains like tear drops flow;
Hope would fain thy hopes assuage,
Change thy hand, turn the page.
Reader of historic lore.
Dark the events thou scannest o‘er,
Deeds of blood, and deeds of pain ;
Turn the page and break the chain.
Maiden, while thine eye doth rove
()’er some magic tale of love.
Now in hope and now in dispair;
'I‘urn the page—what see'st thou there’!
Man of mammon. ever seen
O'er thy ledger poring keen.
Love and soul thnri hast given for gain,
Turn the page-thou’st read in vain.
Man before whose thoughtful eye
. Earth and timego sweeping by,
Thou hast turned another page
In the volume of thine age;
Every yearthat fades and dies
Leavesa lesson for the‘wise,
And from every page they ttirn
shall be committed, not exceeding twenty
Truth and wisdom deep they learn.
An. Oasis in the Desert.—The following
account of a Sabbath in the solitudes is taken
front the remarks of the Rev, John Todd, at.
one ofthe lute benevolent celebrations at Bos-
ton:
flu the northen part of the State of New
rk, he said, between the St. L-twrence and
L kc Champlain, and between the Mohawk
a ‘the Hudson, there is a wilderness ofoue
ht itdred and fifty miles long and one hundred
wie. I had no conception that there was
so h a wildernt-ss this side ofthe Mississippi.
Ths wilderness is filled with lofty mount-
ain little inferior to the \Vhite mountains
of few I-lampshire. On these mountains
clo ds gather and potir down their rains
and scatter their snows, so that large reser-
voi are needed to hold the superabundrrnt
watlrs. The hand of God has hollowed out
a number of beautiful lulrcs. in the bosom of
tliehtotintains. for this purpose-—nn(I here
arise the rivers which flow in various direc-
tiods to the sea.
In the course oflast summer in company
with a learned friend, I entered that wilder-
nttsls and penetrated to the centre where is a
beautiful little lake of twr-nty or thirty miles
in length and several miles wide, intcrspeseil
with little islands. I-Iere tie fotirtd seven
families that livr--d alone. They had a little
foot path through the wilderness, so that
when they wantod to step lnto a store to biry
any nt-‘Cf‘SS'tll'It.‘S they could do so by follow-
ing this foot path only forty three rriilr-s, or
ifa titan wants bread for his family he has
only to take his grain on hisback and go the
stinie distance and get it ground, and then
bring it back in the same way. These peo-
ple were keen at huntng and fishing. but
children at every thing else. But death had
entered even there, and taken a beautiful girl
of l7, who had just died, with no one to ad-
minister the consolations of religion, or to
perform religious services at her funeral.
It was Saturday night. The stiu was an
hour high. VVhen it was known that we
were ministers of the gospel, two voting
ladies rowed four or five miles to tell the
neighbors. The next morning was still.
There was no hunting or fishing. The
coons screamed unmolcsted after their prey.
It was the first Sabbath that was ever kept
there, and I was to preach. VVe met in a
little but covered with bark. All wei‘etherr-
We could not sing for no one. knew how to
raise a ttine. In the afternoon to accommo-
date a mother who had a youn§_r child, the
meeting was appointed seven miles tip the
Lake. \Ve found them all there. One of
our boats was rowed by the father, and the
other by the two sisters. One old hunter
came dbwn from forty miles up, and he was
able to raisea ttine—a half hunter’s and a
half psalm ttine.
What rneeting was that"! There were
only 33 souls, butthey came aroundmc and
said ifl would come and live among them
they would give me fish enough to eat, and
Stop hunting on Sunday. When we se‘pcra-
tetl as we got it little w_a_v from them, there
was a prinse—they raised the tune and began
to sing the hymn.
‘People of the living. God. <§-u.’
IV.-is I weak because I wept? These
are the sheep which have strayed from our
fold the poor ones of the family whom we
are to send after.
JOE SMITH AT HOME.
The fourth ofJuly found "me at Nauvoo,
the city of Mormons. Isa w Joe Srrtith, in
Splendid regirnentals, in the character of
Lieutenant General, at the head of a thou-
sand troops. He was attended by six of his
principal ofiicers on horseback, constituting
the front rank as they moved. Directly in
the rear, were six ladies on horseback, with
black caps and feathers constituted the 2d
jl'r'.ll'll{; and in the rear of these, were two
ranlrs, of six each. of body guards, in white
frocks with black belts. Joe carried a mon-
strously large tin spertking trumpet, and
uttered his prophecies through that instead
‘bf giving his orders to his aids.
, This city is a city of log houses and mtid
cabins, scattered over an area of three miles
square.—said to contain ten thousand inhabi-
tants—a motley, rag-a-inumn crew. Many
of them are, Idottbt not, poor deluded crea-
tures, and all of them are, destined inevita-
bly, for ought. I can see, to great suffering;
there is not land enough under cultivation
any whcre around to feed a tenth pnrtofthem.
I visited the temple. It stands on an ele-
vation a mile back from the river. The
walls are up just above the basement story,
some six or eight feet from the ground, built
of hewn lime stone; the length perhaps I20
feet, and the breadth 90. Every man is re-
quired to work on it every tenth day. Eve-
ry man who comes among them is required
to give one tenth of all the property he has
at the time, and one tenth of all he may
earn afterwards, and to hold the remainder
subject to the prophe-t's order, as God shall
reveal. If all evangelical cbristians, thought
I, were willing to make the sacrifices in the
cause of Christ, which these poor creatures
are making to a false prophet, how soon
with the ordinary blessings of God, might
the earth be filled with his glory.
In the basement of the temple, is agreat
laver. or babtitery, standing on twelve oxen,
wrought out of wood, their heads facing four
ways. They baptize here not only for the
living, but for the dead. Individuals are
instructed that they can get their friends out
of perdition by being baptized on their ac-
count. Isaw one old man who had been
baptized I3 times for his deceased children,
because they were not. mormons; and heard
of another about 80 years old, who was bap-
tized for George Washington and La-Fa-
yette; and then for Thomas Jefferson; and
then applied in behrilfof Andrew Jackson !
but they told him the General was not dead
yet, & sb he waits a while.— Rev. M. Badger’:
correspondence with the Home Missionary.
National Debts of Europe.-—I’resident
Tyler in his late message, speaks of the
United States as ‘having paid off her whole
debt since the last peace, while all the other
great. powers have been increasin_.t,r theirs I’
‘We are sorry to see such a remark in an im-
portant public document betraying‘ such a
want ofinforuiatian upon the history and
condition of foreign nations, as is implird in
the passage above quoted. How could the
President have gotten the idea that all the
great powers of the world, excepttlie United
States, have been increasing their respective
debts? There is no one ofthe great. powers
of Europe which has not been reducing‘ its
debt during the. simc period in \\‘lllClT the
United Stairs has paid off hers. There are
five governments which are usually denomi-
nated the Great Powers. all of which have
been since the peace successfully engaged in
reducing the enormous debts contracted by
them during the long war which preceded.
Great Britain, which is burdened with the
greatest debt, has reduced that btirdcn fifty
millions sterling since the prace, and what
is more, has by L‘lltlllg,T(‘S of investment with
the consent of the public creditors, reduced
the amount. ofannual interest five millions.
The public debt of Russia, according to the
l:tlt"Slr'1lll.l1l’l'll.lC accounts was reduced to 934.
000,000 paper roubles, having been itt I830
as high as l,500,000,000. 'l‘he state ofthe
finances of the Austrian Empire is not very
satisfactorily known, but according to the
best information, the debt has been reduced
since the peace more than l00.000,000 of
American dollars. The debt ofPt'us.=ia which
amounted in l8l0 to ‘.206, 603,000 rix dollars
had been reduced on the lst of.Iariuary 1835
to 164,626,000 and it has been L1ll(.lt‘l'g0Il)__Q
a regular reduction since. and probably does
not now exceed l00,000,000 tlullttts. The
funded debt ofFrnnce has been greatly in-
creased since the peace by the assumption of I
obligations to foreign countries and the pay-
ment ofa thousand millions offrancs to her
own subjects, who were robbed 0fl‘l)t:"lt’ prop-
crty dtiringthe revolution; butthearitountof
debt was in process of rapi-lredtrction, until
a period subsequent to the liquid.ttion of our
(lcbt. It has recently been increased from
extraorlinary causes, but not to an amount
equal to the previous retltiction; so that the
great powers. instead of increasing their debt,
while. the United States it as paying hers,
were also all paying, and have togcther rc-
ducctl their aggregate debt in an amount
equal pt‘0l)ttI)l_\t to five l.Ifl)t'S the whole debt
of the United States at the close of the war.
Boston. Cozr/rier.
You!/t anrl Ilfarriage.-—-Yotith is easily
tlttntctetl and decided Soon. It forgets that.
the fanciful preference of a moineift may not
safely determine the prospects of a life. It is
nnminrlful that, lookingto this world merely,
occasions will come for which the graces of
the hall room are no sort of preparation. It
rashly takes the eyes which can sparkle in
their morning hrilliancy. for those which
will weep meekly in sorrow, and kindle
with it stezrdy encouragement in the midst 0
care and hold a light which can cheer, when
all other light on the earth has waxed dim.
It is so wild as to mistake the flstttorer ofthe
hour for the some being who will be the
ministering angel of sickness and decline.-
It needs to be reminded. that if there is any
engagetiient in life, which is not to he formed
under arbitration ofcaprice. it is that which
_is not dissolved, till the parting shall come
at the laden bier and the opening grave. It
must be conjured to remember that if there
is any step in life which requires beyond
others to be made rcverently, discreetly. ad-
visedly. Soberly, prayerfttlly, and in fear of
God, it is that step which day by day is the
most inconsidcrately taken.—Dr. Palfrey/.
7/re Columba Migratora, or Passenger
Pigeon, is a bird peculiar to North America.
It extends its migrations from Hudson’s Bay
to the Gulfof Mexico, and it occupies the
vast region which reaches from the Gulf of
St. Lawrence to the Rocky Mountains. Its
change of residence is not owing to the in-
flucnce of heat or cold, of rain, or drought,
but is made with a view to the acquisition of
food. The vast flocks in which this bird
congregates. are unequalled as to extent.-
VVt-.ld, an English traveller. speaks of a
flock eighty miles long flying over Lake
Ontario; and Wilson the greatornithologist
estimates one seen in Kentucky two hund-
red and forty miles long. a mile broad.
The rapidity of its flight is tiuperior to
the carrier pigeon. The passenger pigeon
can travel 700 miles in twenty four hours;
and at the rate ofa mile a minute. This ve-
locity may account for undigested rice being
found in its craw six hundred miles from the
rice fields. The favorite food ofthis bird is
the beach nut. and it prefers to establish its
roosting quarters and its breeding place
within the reach of this alirnent. It also
subsists on the acorn, chesnut, wild cherry,
seeds ofthe red maple. and of some weeds,
poke, and other kind of berry, buckwheat,
and the principal cerealia. It resorts to the
sea shore and the salines of the west for salt.
and it is frequently seen at the mineral
Springs of Saratoga enjoying the luxury of
ll.S waters.
What a Lawyer Should be.--An honest
Lawyer is one that practices the, law so as
not to forget. the gospel, but always wears a
conscience as well as a gown. He weighs
the cause more than gold; and if that will
not bear the touch, his generous scorn puts
back the fee. Though he knows all the
criticisms of his faculty and the nice snap-
peradoes ofpractice, yet he never rises them
unless in a defensive way, to countermine the
plots of knavery; for he affects not the devil-
isli skill of out baffling right, nor aims at
the shameful glory of making a bad cause
good, but with equal contempt hates the wolf's
ttudy and_tlte dog’: eloquence; and disdains
to grow great by crimes, or build himself a
fortune~on thespoils of the oppressed, or the
ruin ofthe widow and orphan! He has
more reverence for his profession than to de.
bunch it for unrighteous purposes, and had
rather be dumb than suffer his tongue to
pimp for trtjustice. or club his parts to bolster
up aft cheat with the legertlemain of law
cra t.
_ Frown the Sangamo (Ill. ) Journal, July 29.
Orson Pratt.-—-We lea ru from the War-
saw Signal that this gentleman has gone
from Nanvoo. He left a communication
with his friends, which stated that he had
been induced to this course on account of the
treatment of his wife by Smith, and the gen-
eral management of the affairs of the church
by him . -- —--~ ~ - - - '
We learn from other sources that Smith
findlms’ his fllletttpt on Mrs. Pratt were mat-
ters ofnotoriety, went to her husband with
a manufactured story, that his wife was a
base woman, and that the fact was well
known to him. This communication had
such art effect upon Mr. Przitt—at once
blasting his happiness, and the reputation of
a virtuous woman—that the wretched hus-
band left the city. .
It will be recollected that Mrs. Schindle,
in her affidavitdetailincr the attempt of Smith
upon her, said, "he told her she must never
tell of his propositions to her, for he had all
influence in that place, and if she told, he
would ruin her character, and she would be
under the necessity of leaving.
.- This saute scheme has been carried out in
reference to Mrs. Pratt. She “told” ontlie
imposter, and was marked by him for de-
struction. In a public speech in Nauvoo on
the 14th, Joe spoke ofthis lady-——in a manner
only befitting the lowest and most degraded
vagabond in existence.
Rig/it End Up.—A gentleman a few
days since called upon an old lady, not a
mile from James street, in this village, when
upon walking into the parlor, his notice was
arrested by one of the portraits which orna-
uicuteal the walls, that was suspended bottom
r.-nd up. On ne'.tt'et' inspection, he saw that
it was the likeness of President Tyler,
hanging between those off-Iarrison and Van
Buren, with his head downtvrrrd. “Why,
what does this mean '2” said he, addressing
the old lady. "Wlirrtdocs this mean ?” she
replied, “it ineansjust as it is. John Tyler
is on his head. He undertook to throw a
somersct from the Whigs to the Loco Focos
but the Locos wouldn’t have him, and stopt
him half vay, and the VVhigs won’t take
hirii back, and there the ll'llS€‘l‘€fI_tlG fellow
stands on his head between them.” The
old lady was right: she defined the Presi-
dont’s position exactly. The Presidential
tnouu ebank is on his head, between the
parties, with too little dexterity to right. him-
self into either.-—Ronza7t Citizen.
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Going to Sing Si7tg.—Charles F. Mitch-
ell, who was on the last day of the June
term of the Court of Sessions, senl.et'.ced to
3 years imprisonment on it conviction of
forgery, was on Monday conveyed to the
Sing Sing Prison. I-Iis aged mother who
has been with him ever since his return
to New York, accompanied him, and did
not quit his side until the prison doors were
barred upon him. Mitchell was a Bucks
county buy, and his mother has had a mourn-
ful life of it with her sons. One other son
has been a convict several times, two died of
yellow fever in the South, one in a hospital,
another was lost at sea, and the father once
:1 wealthy and respectable man, drank up
his whole estate and died a drnnkard.-—
Through all this long catalogue of afIiic-
tions, which neither tongue, nor pen, nor
press can ever adequately relate, this heroic
woman has maintained her uniform high
character for piety and patience under afflic-
tion, and for devotion to her miserable sons
in their extremest tlegradatioii. which if we
were to relate, would be found to outstrip
both the sober facts of history, and the ro-
mantic. narratives of ancient fable. No
dreadful array of courts and juries, of prison
gates and convict cells, ever chilled the
burning affection oftliis noble woman for her
children, degraded as they were. Sad in-
deed has been the return they made her for
all the cares and anxieties of so excellent a.
mother.-—Burlington. Gaz.
Snakes.-A most singular incident occur-
red at the table of farmer in Sunhury, Pa. a
few days since. The family had baked
some pics early in the morning and set them
inthe cellar to cool for dinner. It was ob-
served before the pie was cut, that it appear-
ed verv full, and no sooner was the knife
thrust into it than a snake issued out to the
amaze_ment and terror of all at the table.—
This was a kind of dessert as unwelcome as
unexpected. The snake had got in between
the crust while the pic was cooling on the
cellar floor.——N. Y. Plebian.
Ven you’re a iuarried man, Samivell you
will understand a good many things as you
dont: understand now, but vether it's worth
while goin through so much to learn so little
as the charity boy said ven he got to the end
ofthe alphabet. is a matter of taste. I think
it isn’t. ‘
T-Vomen. at a premi-um.—The Congress of
Texas has passed a law granting 2982 acres
of good land to every woman who will mar-
ry during the psesent year, a citizen of that
republic who was such at.the time of the
declaration of independence.
A colrrme in, a Line ——The’ Knoxville
Post says-—At a temperance celebration on
the “glorious fourth,” at New ‘Market, Ten.
nessee, a little lad appeared in the procession
bearinga flag on which was inscribed the fol-
lowing:
“Alt’.r Right when Daddy‘: Sober.”
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