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V o I u m e X_XV.——N unnlser 45..
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ENTAL Striii'gery.—A. Hill, Dental
Surgeon, ()lIt‘l'$ ltis services to tlte public
in every department of Denial Srirgerv.
Office as hcretof-trc. in Burral|‘s Builtlings.
Refereness-—J A. M’Lcau. M. D; lra Greg
nry, M. D; llon. 'l‘. B. Butler; Hon. Beuj.
Isaacs; R.ev.Dr ‘Mead; ‘rev Edwin Hall; Rev
G. N. Smith. Norwal/.7. Nclrcniitilt l’crry,M. D.
It’id.qq/icftl. R. B. Bottsford. M. D. Danbuty.
Dr. How:-ll Rxtdgcrs, Culct-ltestcr. Witt Witter,
DI. I). ll’iff,int.ttntit:. Ct.
Cheap (‘ash Boot m=.~-zit Shoe Store.
Hlistihscriiier would inform the ptililit-,th::t
he has on hand upwards of-$3.000 worth
of Boots amt Shoes, which he would sell at re-
duced prires. The l;€Sl offine Calf Boots at
35 per pair; and the best of (‘.all'Brogans at
$2 per pair; Kipp Boots at 50 per pair:
(Joarse Boots from 1 tn $3 per pair: Coarse and
Kipp Br.-gaps for 81 per pair: Ladies fintGai-
ters for $1 50 per pair; Fine Kid Slippers and
Ties frotn (is to 7s per pair; Misses and Chil-
dren's Shoes of all kinds; Car-ks for 23 6d per
pair; llovs Calf and Coarse Boots; Calfand
Coarse Brogarts ofall kinds. Those wishing to
purcltase, pl.ase call and examine for them-
‘selves before purchasing else“ here.
Enrzxizznn \Vl-IICD.
Next door to Blovknian dz. Betts store.
Norwalk. Aug. 2, 1842. 31
G. W’. Rayiinolu, Draper dc Tailor.
.-. _ ‘-:5
AVING taken a store in the sotitlt part of
O|rnsicd‘s Building. east side ofthe Bridge,
is ready to give attention to all orders itt his line
at short notice. on favorable terrn-, and
in the Best rm./.t ./lfost Fasltionable style.
From his experience in the business. he feels
confide.-nt itr his ability to give entire satisfhction
to all who may favor him with their patronage.
All garments made to order are warranted l.‘. fit.
Particular attention paid to Cutting.
The subscriber has on hand a good supply of
Cloths. Cassimeres, Sattinetts and Vt.-stings.
which he will make tip to order in a manner to
cltallettge competition.
Pilot and Beaver Cloths for Overcoats. with
superior Trirnutings.
Also, a fitte assortment of Stocks of various
styles and patters. at the l.owe.st cash prices.
Fall Fashions received.
Persons wishing garments ofaoy description
will find it totheir advantage to call.
Norwalir, October 1841. 49
TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT.
HE subscriber" would respectfully inform
his friends and the public in general, that
he has opened a shop over the store of Wm. &
B. Lockwood. recently occupied by M. Banks.
where he would be happy to receive all orders
in his line. He feels confident in saying front
the experience he ltas had in New York as a
Cutter, that whoever will favor him with their
custom can depend on havingtheir work manti-
Norwalk, April 20. Joserii E. Couxi-zn 23
Cwlroeeries,
_WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
At No. 1 Buralvs Buildings.
HE subscriber has availed himself of the
9 opportunity offered. by the unusually low
prices of Groceries in New York, to purchase
for Cash at the lowest rates, a new supply of
First Rate Articles. He is now confident he
can furnish to his old customers, and others, at
the-old Stand No. 4 Burrall’s Buildings, for
Cash, pritne articles as Cheap as they can be
purchased at any other store in Fairfield Coun-
t‘y_-—not excepting those who pretend to receive
their goods from first hands. Please call and
satisfy -yourselves that this is not pufiing, but
Truth.
His assortment is now complete,and embraces
amongothers the following Articles:
A- Lot of Very Superior Sirup Molasses, by
the Hhd. or attless quantity, likewise a lot of
very excellent New Orleans Molasses by the
I-Ihd. or at Retail. cheap.
3500 lbs .St Crox 66 Port Rico Sugars
2500 lbs N O brown and Havana do. i
500 Old Java Coffee
300 Laguira do
Clover and Timothy Seed.
Aquantity of Bunclt Mtiscate] Raisins in whole
half and quarter boxes—cheap by the box or at
retail.
Nutmeg by the pound or atretail. cheap.
Canal Flour by the barrel or at retail, écc.
N, B. Persons wishing to purchase, are re-
quested to call at the store No 4, andjudge for
lltemselvcs.= JOHN BURRALL.
Norwalk, April '17, 1842.
cheap -
for cash
§Vcry cheep.
FUNERAL OF THE EARTH.
In visioncd sleep me thought I saw,
On that great day ofire,
Circlcd by phantom forms of awe,
The hoary earth expire!
The moon with sickly griefgrew pale,
Tltc sun was slirottdcd in a veil
Ofeverlnsting gloom,
Aiitl all the stars oncc fixed on high,
Like meteors hurried through theisky
To light him to his tomb.
The last winds that could ever sweep
Along the ocean surge,
\Vitli fearful sighs awoke the deep
To swell his dying dirge ;
“"hile along the lurid air
Lost spirits flying in dispair,
In hollow murmurs muttered,
And seven ltoarsc thuntlers, from a shroud
Of gathered lilaclmess, wailing loud,
Their awfulvoices uttered.
And shadowy forms in masses sprung—-
The earliest born on earth,
They who when time lrirnselfwas yottng,
Smiled on creation’s birth,
‘.Vith myritids gatltcrcd side by side,
Ofall who ever lived and died-
About the couch of pain;
Child——patriach—warrior-—matron-—ntaid,
In (IlI1‘fl1‘l0l'I1llli_V arrayetl—-
A fearful funeral train l
The waning universe was dark
And black as at the first,
Ere the young light’s glut] primal spark
O’cr gloomy chaos burst;
Save where in boutlless space alone
The dying planet firmly shone,
Upon his funeral pyre—
A11 awful lamp whose glimmering flame,
As mortals up tojtrdgtncrit came,
Lit up a path of fire.
It was a dreain——_vet such shall be
VVhen last decayiiig time,
Shall be to utter ruin hurled
\'Vith niajcsty sttblinio;
VVhcit lurid flame and smoke are cnrlcd—
A litrining .-rhrotiti about the world,
And mortals all mrist stand
In bitter agrirty and woe,
To w:rtr_-li his first e.\'pirin_f_r three,
A 12;‘! swell his funeral band.
0 long expected Son of Man,
Upon that tiwftil day,
i
| MISCELLANY. L
not often dwelt upon. It is
its perfect rrutnly ind--pendtnce.
ontts--nor mouthed cannons (lcfentlcd;
covt red all over with the most itrrpt'egrIUlll}'
aegis of the lil\\’. Yes, every tnarrs house is
his castle. But in no land is the figure so
fully carried out as in this; for we Ctm
almost say, that every man has his castle.-
Look over our large cities, our towns and
living in quiet content, in the small dwellings
of honest industry. A virtuous and clevtr
lilfl works out his apprenticeship. He lit‘-
comes a journeyman. Then a liusland. and
at once, he and his wife seek to live by their.-
st-lves. They mint tl.e quiet, the peacg. flle
privacy, the individval independence tvlitor
the American as naturally seeks asthe'c‘hill
does its mother's ntilky fountain. llit-j‘
Seek and they find it too. Now ho lub0|'5
His daily labor wins liitn a duilyucoue
on. .
pett-nce. Ile relies with faith tlptltt Ill!‘
promise lt'npllt‘(I in his petttton—-"(rive us
this day our daily brood.” Ilcre, his affec-
tionate wife receives him, on his return from‘
toil, and shares with him (doing her p€tl‘l)lll€
fruits of his hoot st labor. I-lere his tzhildtru
are born and nurturt~d. Iltzre, he livrs on
in quiet and Ul'lOl)SL'i‘Vt3'tl economy. Po‘-
chance, he is t-uabltd to purchase his small
and cheap dwelling and here he hopesin turn
to li€‘t,‘0tll.“. it tn-ister workman.
Now, in our land, we have ourthouszznds
and tr-rt.-2 t':flli0tt$.'1lt(.lS of men and farrtildys,
who live from da_v to day upon the rewards
ofd-.til.v iitli-;)l' in the mechanic arts. They
live St‘p:\l";tlt‘ trod apatrt,euch pair bringing
“flit-:ii (.‘€ti'il1, fulfilled its little spurt,
Must shrink to iiiglit away,
Be then our strength, whose strength would fail
\Vith dying iitilrtrc vvuxirig pale,
And qtiiveriitg with the t~‘l1t)Cl{
Of ottr death agoiiy, that we
May cling in faith and love to Tliec——
The everlasting lock‘?
LOT OF THOUSANDS.
T() live, to love, to hope !——'ind fiird it vain;
A To slee ff:l'lf(3l!1;lS fitllll)'_,I,ltt]ll(l tliatrrichcs fly,
yout 1 o o re.s—an or one o pain;
To tine for freedom and liict to fear to die !
I ._
Then_atld to these, _(for such is mortal lot,)
To die at last—-unpitted andforgot!
A beautiful thought is contained in the following
epitaph on an infant.——Bo.=ton Post.
He took the crrp of life to sip,
For bit_ter ’twas to drain;
tip their nun. iti their own tvajc, with none
to molest them. This habit of society swells
the large cities. Stnall lOUSt'S and cheap
rents. are the pioneers ofirnproveincnt. This
habit of society furnishes employment to
thousands, and insibly builds up Sll‘t’t'lS and
increases towns to cities. It is home labor.
acting and rt--acting ttpoti uants and domes’;
tic interests that does all this good. 'l‘heré
is nothing like it in other countries. Upon
the continent of Europe, in the North: in
Germany: among the I)-.ttch and French. a
totally difiercnt state of living is found. One
roof of ti great house, many stories high,
with thrre or four common and filthy great
stair ways from garret to cellar. covers and
shelters a hundred families. Some on flit-'_
He ptit il’llN.’CI(l_V from his; lip,
And went to sleep again.
A Coorl Idea.-—-Two honorable men in
New Orleansliave resolved to fight it dttel
with broad-swords-—distance thirty yards!
FARIYI F01‘ §aIe—Sittiatetl
, in the town of \\ ilton. Hurlburt si..
_ "1 so called. witltintltree fourtlts of a
.-.-- rriile of the Episcopal Church in said
Wilton. and a public road leading from Rcdtiiug
to \Vestport and Norwalk, and another from
Ridgefield. to Britlgeport. a school house with-
in It few rods of the house, and a dry grocery
close at hand. The homestea:l consists ofabout
60 acres of as good land as liesout of doors.
fenccd offintn small lots sttitnble for plti'~\'iD,t_.'a8
mowing or pasture, with sufiicient fruit for the
use ofa family. all well watered. with a large
two story house, nearly new. a new barn and
a fine graiory and wagon house. and a two
story hat shop with plenty of water fixtures.-—
About forty acres of Timber land, lying in
what is called lloney Hill Den. a part of which
is pretty well timbered.
The above property will he sold at a bargain
and a good title given. Any persons wishing to
purcliase it, will do well to call on the subscriber.
34 Wilton, Aug. l9,]S42. \Viu Gm-:EN.
The subscriber offers for sale his
well known establishrnent for the
rnanufactttre ofOil Dressed Leather.
~ -- . The premises contain about 12 acres
of good land, on which is a good DW'elllli§:
House. Barn, Shop. and other buildings—a good
water power. and a fine orchard. It is situated
on the Danbury road, three miles from Norwalk
landing. A further description is deemed an
necessary. KLEBEB. Wonm-zv.
Norwalk. Aug.l.6. 1842
STATE 01-‘ CONI\'EC'1‘ICU'1‘ ss.
Fairfield County Superior Court, September
Term, 1842.
PON the Petition of Huldah Mansfield of
Danbury, in said county against her lins-
band. Joseph Mansfieid, praying for a Divorce
for reasons the:ein stated. as per said petition
on file, dated September 23d, 1842. Whereas.
it appears to this Court that the respondent re-
sides out ofthis State and that his place of resi-
dence is unknown, so that actual notice of the
pendency of said ‘petition cannot be served upon
him.
It is therefore ordered that the said Petition
be continued to the next term ofthis Court. to be
holden at Fairfield within and for the County
ofFairfield,on the 2dTuesdav of February.1S43,
and that this order be published in the Norwalk
Gazette a newspaper printed in Norwalk in
said County, and the Republican Standard a
newspaper printed in Bridgeport in said county,
six weeks successively, immediately after the
rising ofthis Court. By order of the Court.
42 VVILLIAM H. Noam-2. Clerk.
NEW DRY GOODS.
THE subscriber has just. received a new
‘ supply of sensonable Fancy and Staple
Dry Goods,
purchased at unusually low prices, which will
be sold as cheap as at any establishment in
l.0“'n1
The following comprise a few of the ariclns
received : Ladies anti Misses Tuscan Hats, of
all qrmlities. A great variety of Flowerstand
flat" Ribbons. Rich English, Frenclt, am!
American Prints. Mouslin Dc Laines. new
patterns and very Cheap. Gingltants and Prun
ted Lawns——some beautiful patterns. A full
supply of bleached and unbleached Mrislins.
together with most articles usually called for in
33
fourth, sortie on the fifth, and some wend
their weary way and drug their toil worn
limb: to the secluded misery of the sixth
garter! Each floor is again subdivided into
various apzrrlttivnls, and the tvhole rented out
according to circumstances. Such in the
--oniinentitl cities are the dwellings and resi-
ding placcs of the laborious and honest poor.
'l‘he people on the first floor are as much
strangers to those on the fourth, and fifth and
sixth, as if they lived in different regions,
and spoke tliffertrit languagcs.
cheaper than our people cart or do live. But
the mind content of existence is gone. The
sucredness of one’s own fire side is a stran-
ger to their hearts. Individual independence
is sacrificed to economy- to cheapness: and
labor, having no demands to gratify such as
of his existence: (by which he feels his stake
in, and his duty to society, which soparzttes
the sacred pledge of his wife and cl.ildrcn
apart of his hours of leisure and devotion
front the rest of utankind ,) is content to Cut‘-
r_v on a stifled existence. Such labor can of
course underbid us, and undersell us; and
we may either force on many of our
large, or we may drive it back with a firm
and fearless course of American Policv:
and keep our noble countrymen in their past
condition of individual independence just as
we please.
vidual happiness as far above any question
of party.
involves American
such fatal results.-—Amtapolis Republican.
From the Philadelphia U. S. Gazette.
Hard Times
will make them so.
understand the grivanccs of our neighbors.
because sale.
we all to do '2”
‘Why what have you all to do .”
‘There are,’ said he, ‘to be paid not
than six millions of dollars.’
‘Awful! What! all in one day '1’
and where is the money to come from.
at the Navy Yard. Let me tell you astory
your mind.’
a Dry Goods Establishment. Ctu-s.N. CLOCK
IIome.—Thet’e is a beautiful and chttrful
feature—-a pecnliitritv in American so -t''-y
- the honit Ol
labor. its hearth; its fire side; its privacy;
Every
’rnon’s house is his castle, says our code Ul
civil liberty and sturdy republicanistri -—
Truly, it is it castle! not with bristling big);
it
villages. Survry the spectacle of tntlltonsl
first floor, some on the second, some on the’
In this way they live, and cart live, far.
the American feels to be part and parcel of
people this foreign state of loathsome vassa-
We regard our condition of so-
ciety, with all its attendant blessings of indi-
of dollars and cents: for above qutstitzn
It is an American question. It
happiness-——American
morals—Americun character, and we trust
and hope that such an American course of
policy will be pursued. as will faithfuly pro-
tt ct and shelter our own countrymen from
and their Remedy/.--A
friend stepped into our den yesterday, to have
a good hearty grumble at the times, but we
know they might be worse,and despondencc
\Ve feel for, indeed. we
feel with, those who suffer, and therefore
We inquired of our friend how he was
situate-d—whetber he was inextricably iii-
volved, and learned with pleasure that, fore-
secing, he had forearmed; and though he
was making little-—-perhaps rather outliving
his nett profits--yet he was comfortable,
Still he exclaimed, “What are
less
‘Oh no, not in one day, but in this season:
‘Really, I do not know: but I imagine
that the some water which floats the steam-
boat at Market street, is used by the vessels
very old, and very common, but tolerably
applicable to the subject which occupies
One day there was-trouble at the great
house clock. All /'ia.7rds had cotne to a dead
stand. The whole works hard stoppcd.——
This excited the surprise ofthe long minute
band, who was in the habit of bustling about
at a rapid rate. I‘le_'tli,t*I‘efot‘e put his finger
down, opened the little door in front, and
asked the cause ofthe delay. I-lo tottnd the
pendulum in the dutnps,,qu'ite gloomy, and
at a stand still. -
‘What is the matter below?’
rninttte hand.
‘I am disheartened,’ said the pendulum, -at
the gloomy prospects. I have been looking
I010 my year's engagements. and find, to my
astonishment, that I have upwards of thirty
millions of bests to make this year, and there
is no aid to be, obtained. 1 must, do it all
IIAly5l'lf.,
‘That is bad, sure enough.’ said the minute
hand, ‘but what then ‘I’
"v\.7liy,’ said the pendulum, ‘finding that it
would be impossible for nit-to get through
all this, Idetermined to stop.’
Yes, said thcfinitiute hand dt-spondingly.
‘and all the rest of us tnust stop in conse-
quence of your troubles.’ ’
This dialogue was overheard by the ltour
ltand, which was at rest arr.on'g ‘the little
ones above,’ and so he called down to the
pendulum :
‘You are quite too fearful’ spit! the hour
hand. ‘it is neither just to us, nor politic with
regard to yourself. to state an aggro:-atczl,
view, as you have done. of your lutbors in ad-I
vancc. You may have more to do than
some of the rest of us, but you have
no more in proportion: and you will find
asked the
not slept for ttvo \\’9l'l{S, for if I close my
cyes I know they’ll bury me.’
Peonington’s story so alarmed the passen-
ger, that it perfectly snbr-red him, and he did
notdriuk another drum on tht- pout.
Nate/tez Cowrit-.r.
Ezclmusting (ft3l)t(I.Il(lS upon the Pulpit.-
Judge Story, in his late eloquent f.llSC()UfSt'
before the Alumni of old I-Iarvard, comment-
ing upon the immense accumulation of
knowlt-d,-ze which is expected to be mastered
now by professional men, in comparison with
the old stock ofthe olden times, says, that
‘the brief but pungent apothem, that life is
short and art is l'ong,could never conic home
to the bosouts and business ‘of scholars \\'illt
that whatever number of bt-ats you have to‘
make iii a year, you have only one to rnakey
in a second, and that it is what all large
pendulurns have to perform. . The wheels
need a little oiling, and I think the works
want winding -up: but then you see the
hardest strain we have, each wheel shares
with the. other the extra force; and I expect:
every dnyfto hear that some oil has been!
applied to ease the operation, and it is prob-
able that the door will be keft it little closer,
to keep out foreign su'bstattccs that clog the
movements. Courage and perscvt'-rance,
with at little co-operation, and all will go well. ,
Do you start below, we above will keep all!
liztnds moving. and put the best face possible
upon the affairs, and in a very short time.
we shall give striking cvidt-nce that our
movements are right.’
Lorre —'l‘he hutnerous sermonizer of tlie
_Mt-rcrtry, preaches thus: ".‘tl_v friends-not
to love is painfttl. To haveall t>lll'll1"‘llgll3S
entombed in the dark sepulchre of selfishness,
ptndyottr,-hopes lost in the cold mists of mis-
'urtth-ropy, is about as bad as being confintd
in a dungeon, to be fed with the fragamcnts
ofoncs former follies. The light & love, ad-
mitted tbrough the window of the heart,
worms and nourishes the soil of the soul-
causes the buds of be-nevolcnceto expand, and
the capsules‘ of charity to be filled with the
ripe seeds of sympathy. \Vithout the genial
influence of love the bosotn freezes. and be-
comes as burren asa goose posture in winter.
[fa flower chance to bloom. it is destitute of
fragrance; or, if it have any, it ttastes its
sweetness. as the poet says, upon the desert
air. To be without love, is like being with-
.out a fire in it winter a lamp at night, and a
;sun at mid day. The heart that neverlovts
fis as hard as a brick-bat, as insensible as n
‘pickled clam to all the finer feelings, and a
stranger to ever delightful emotion An old
bachelor, my friendsgwhose heart is never
warmed with affection, is a miserable nobody
in titewvorld. He is as cold blooded as ailurtle
and looks as melancholy as a clam. His
hopes die as soon as they begin to pinfcuth-
er—there is no more sentiment in his soul,
than there is music in a corn-stalk fiddle—his
thoughts are wrapped tip in the shroudof
.sv:lf~ he knows not the pleasure attendant on
the sexual amalgarnation of souls-— his abode
-is fixed in the solitary wild ofcelibzit-.y,wht;-re
all is cheerless, comfortless and dreary.——
There he lives and there he dies, unhonored
and unwept, and when he is finally carried
away by the current of time, we can only
say, there goes another parcel of rubbish
into the gulfof enternity. .
I
A Story that made us Lau_.t,-h—Coming
down the river on board that pleasant and well
ofiicered boat the Pathfinder, we were told
an excellent story-—at least so it seemed to
us! Joel Green, when cotnmanding another
boat. had on board a dry, humorous pilot.
named Pennington. A deck passenger hav-
ing drowned his ears, if he had any to
drown in ‘bold face’ whisky. quietly lald
down to sleep, and as quietly died. An hotrr
or so after it was discovered that he was
dead, the boat landed at a wood yard, and
the defunct toper was deposited in an e:z:-tem-
porecoflin. and shovelled away. Penning-
tontlooked and shook his head, perhaps in
discontent with all liquor, because it had
killed offone lover of it in this abrupt inan-
ner--perhaps dissatisfied with his interment.
The next day a passenger came on board
who had evdiently been looking at some
one drinking. and whose repeated visitation
to the bar had rather incapaciated hint for
forensic exercise." He talked thickly and
stammcring. Having made his way to the
hurricane deck, Pennington who was at the
wheel,'for some time narrowly observed him
‘and at length thus accosted him. _
' ‘Hello stranger, you’re drunk!
‘Oh no, only slightly interrogated,’ was
somewhere about the reply.’ _
‘Well’ said Pennington, ‘let me give you
a bit of andvice. Don’t you go to sleep on
this boat, for if they don’t bury you, may I
be shot. Why, there was a chap yesterday
, got drunk and went to sleep, and in two
hours they buried him. The man was no
more dead than Iain. They serve all drunk-
en meii so on thisboat. Wh I drink my-_
tnore significance than in the prose-rtt age.'
In proof oftliis, he illustrates the lnl)0I'S of
all the leurrrt:-d professions, and speaks ol the
pulpit as follows:
Instead of listening to plain, calm, and
practical expository discourses, as in former
times, we have now become l.1.<tidious and
exacting critics. We require, every Sun-
day, the exhibitions of varied fltlt'Ill., tll"t‘SSt_’(l
tip with all the polished elegance and t‘t-fint~-
ment ofnn exquisite taste. We seek. I had
almost said, we deruand, one or tno:c ser-
tnons to be protluc.-d every \\ ct-It, which
would r. (prirc the lllt'flllilll()IlS of the most
gifted mind fora \\ hole month ; and of such
a quality of excellence, that probably no sin-
gle tnind. in the history uf any profession.
ever produced twelve ofthe-tn in any in ’
year. This is not all. The tliscnurs-'s
must be wrought otit with some-wli..t ofdra-
tuatic. power HUT eflcvt. They must be ela-
quent, as well as instrrictivc; poirt’e.l, us
well as true; vivid, as \Vr.‘ll as ll‘tOU'__"ltlflil.
They must win by their persuasive approacli-
cs. even more than they Sll'llt’t‘ by their truis-
culine reasoning. They ruay. ittdeel, re-
prove vice with a bold and fe.-trlcss confi-
dence, if it shocks by its grossness or revolt-
ing ch;ir..cter. They may unrnask dypocri
cy, and denounce error, in good round terms.
But they must deal gently with frnilttes,
which are broadcast, and ‘just hint a f:ttrlt or
hesitate dislike,’ ifit be :1 ftvorite. folly of
the day, which fashion has consecru t-d, and
public opinion tolerates. Now, I think, that
I do not cxaggt-rate the difficulties and dis-
couragt.-ments of the pI'(ift'Ssi0n in our day,
when I say, that the (il€l‘{ltll')‘lS upon the
preacher for ready compositions, an-l p:tI‘0(‘li
iul duties, make. itnltftost izrtpratctilile. for liitn
to attain eminence in biblical criticism. and
disable him from writing works, which will
be enduring monuments of his learning and
ability, when he shall be gathered to his fa-
thers. ‘
Ducl1ing.——:\'lidshiptnan Culp. an interest-
ing young man, and promising officer. in
the Texan Navy, was shot in a duel at New
Orleans, a few days since. His dt.-alh and
the circumstances attending it. seem to have
produced a great sensation in that city. The
following paper was found upon his person
after thetluel had taken place.
T/wuglrts before Fighting a- Due/.—Cnn
any one sit down and coolly. and calmly,
think on death, without a thrill vibrating
every nerve ? To think that only a few,
very few moments may elapse before his im-
mortal soul will be winging its flight to
worlds unknown. and knows not whither it
will take its place amidst :1 bright throng of
and fiery abyss prepared for such as I!—-
My God ! Such thoughts are enough to
rock the soul and make the stoutcst nerves
quail! To bving the. haughty and the
proud to their knees and in humble penitence
and supplication ask forgiveness of the God
who tirade them I I aim mora.ll_7/ amt refi-
gio'usI_7/ opposed to (fuelling! It does not
prove that one is a gentleman, or a brave
man, neither does it give satisfaction of an
insult; for, to receive an insult and a ball al-
so, is very poor satisfaction to a man of hon-
or. Almost any man can raise physical
courage enough to fight a duel, but few, a-
lasl too few, are possessed ofmoral courage
sufficient to stem the tide of public scorn,
and walk erect through the myriads of hiss
es spit out by those who are too low in the
scale of virtue and morality to respect it in
any shape. I trust and pray, thatthe public
will not condemn the course that I have pu r-
sued. There are situations, times, and oc-
casions, when men must act with boldness
and firmness, to command respect from those
with whom they are thrown. Into such a
one I am thrown, and I sincely trust that
God will forgive me for the course that I
have pursued. FInLntt\'o R. CULP.
E2:a.mination.—-~-Fust class in joggrafy.
sum up and ’cite. Thomas, what is a zone?
A zone is a belt, sich as my cousin Sully
wears. Very well: next-—-what is the use
of the zones? To find out latitudes without
the aid ofa microscope. and to tell the time
of day between the toothpicks of C-apo’corn
and Scarnper. Right: where is Capt! Sable .7
Dunno, sir. Next. In the middle of a nig-
ger’s face. Right: go above him. Hiram
where is the Hole‘:-in the Wall? Over the
head of my bed sir; the wind blew it outlast
night in great numbers. so that I catched cold.
Father intends to have it stopped up. \Vell
you may stop up your month. Next: what
can you say of, China? China is a town
down eastpwliere the people smoke large
quantities of opium, which is raised in Lynn.
One man has built a great wall round his
farm, to keep offthe tarmakers. What sea
north of Germany ? The Cobalt sea. . What
is picked up along the shore there? Verdi-
gris. No——not ve.rdigris——some kind of
grease-—next. Soap-grease. Next. Bears
grease. Next. Top o’tbe pot. Noi“”“b—
Oh, I know.——-ambergris. Yes, go above
tum. Take your seats; boys may have an
intercession of five minutes. i
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Ludies’.bustles are not to be reckoned
self as tl_,arsen’t go to sleep on t. e boat‘. [have
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among the stern realities of life.‘
angels, or drag its weary way to the dark -
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A ‘Ho1'se’s Foot.——'I‘he foot ofa horse is
one ofthe most ingenious and unexplained
pieces of mechanism in the uni-tnal structure,
and scarcely yielding to any irregularity,
and in complexity of parts. or in simplicity
ofdesign. The hoof contains a series of
vertical and tbirt lantir.-ze of horn, so numer-
ous as to amount to about 500, and forming
a complete lining to it. In this are fitted as
many lamitt:e be_loogi_ng to the coffin bone:
while built sets are elastic and adherent.—
The edge of it quire of paper inserted leaf
by leaf, in anotlter. will convey a sufficitnt
idea of this arrangement. Thus the weight
ofthe animal is supported by as many elas-
tic springs as there are lamirzae in all the
lr'¢'l. amounting to about 4000, distributed in
the most secure manner, since every spring
is acted on in anoblique direction. Such is
the coritrivarticc for the safety of the aniuitil
destined to carry greater weights than that
of his own body, and to carry those also un-
der the hazard ofheavy shot-|ts.—.Maculloclt.
_T/to [Vise in I{e'a.7't.--'l‘his phrase is met
\\'lll'l notvht-re except in the bible. . Like
other phrases ofthe ‘holy men of old’ it has
:1 deep and peculiar significance, 1: d.;_.
SCl"ll)t'S not the learned, not the gifted, not the
profound, not the man of knowledge, not-
the man of genius, nor the man of intellect.
But it describes the man of pure intent, and
simple faith; the man who loves the truth
and the right; the man who walks straight
onward in the path ofduty, assured that . it
ends‘ prosperously, because his Father bids
him walk therein. This is heart wisdom,
in comparison of which all head-wisdom is
here folly. Not that head wisdom is use-
Iesss; but it needs to be associated with heart
wisrlom, and to be subject to it. Let sci-
!‘li(‘.f2 explore the skies, and pierce the earth.
and question nature everywhere, and bring
to light all the secrets of existence; let histo-
lessons of experience; let art, with wonder-
workin:.' power, analyze and combine what-
ever science has discovered or shall discov-
er ;—thcre is a still higher wisdom than
this, it is the wisdom which teaches man
his duty, and discovers to him the springs of
lt:t/lncss, and conducts him a willing pil-
grim in the paths of purity and peace.
through the valleys of humility and peni-
tence, to the true life, not only of the spirit,
hut ofthe body also.——N. Y. Euamgelist.
An Htntorable Bankrttpt.-—One of our
subscribers at North Bangor, who went into
brtnlrruptcy lastsumtncr, owing seven dollars
for the Democrat, recently discharged this
debt by pa_vin_9; the whole amount. We
wish some who are not banlcrupts were as
honest as this man.—Ba.7tgor Democrat.
One of the subscribers ofthe Republican
Journal of Old Town, who has got into
bankruptcy, owing $14, was here a few
days since, came to the office and gave his
note for the arn_ount, thus acknowledging the
debt. He said he had no desire to avoid
such small debts. but there were demands
hanging over liitn which he could not pay
a quarter of, in halfa century, if he could
labor night &.di]_V without eating or drinking.
Amechanic, in Portland, recently, after
being decreed :1 bankrupt, went to his gro-
cer, tuilor, shoemaker, printer, &c. and gave
his note for the amount due each. saying
those were not the debts to avoid which he
had gone into bankruptc_v.—-Beifast Repub.
Female Ingertuity/.—Miss June Craig-
heud, a young lady of this borough, has re-
cently completed a quilt, which for beauty
and ingenuity exceeds any thing ofthe kind
we have ever seen. It is composed of 6,521
pieces all of the same size and shape, but
each one of different pattern. Any one can
judge of the work there is on it, as well as
of the patience of the lady who made it, from
the fact that it was commenced sixteen years
ago, antl has occupied the most of her leis-
ure moments ever since.-Ha.rrz'sburg C/tron.
A Good Jo/.'c.—'l‘he following is told as
:1 good joke on board the ship Hanover:
There was a lazy fat fellow among us.
who was always lolling or sleeping on the
coops; upon ‘whom we resolved to play a.
trick; so seizing an opportunity when he
was snug in his customary roost, we placed
ourselves with buckets of water just over
him. At a signal given he was jerked off
the coop, and soused from head to footwith
such a full and successive torrent of the briny
fluid, and accompanied by the cry of man
overboard! Rope! ropel Down the helm!
etc. that he actually struck out as if swim-
ming for his life, till a failure in the supply
of water, succeeded by peals of laughter,
brought him to a sense of his situation.
The Central Americans are probably the
most inveterate smokers on the face of the
earth. Men and women, girls and boys-
all smoke, day and night—-in bed as well
ins out of bed. Mr. Stephens, in his “Inci-
jdents of Travel,” in that wild, lrixuriant and
E picturesque country, relates that at one of
3the mansions of the Dons where he ‘put up
for it time, the lord and lady of the house
“slept with their heads at different ends of
the bed, so that the unavoidable accompa-
niment of smoking. they might not incom-
mode each other.”——Boston. Transcript.)
A boy asked one of his father's guests
who is next door neighbor, was, and when
he heard his name, asked if the gentleman
was not a fool. "No my little friend,’ said
the guest, ‘he. is no ol, but a sensible man:
but why do you ask e question .7’ ‘Why,
my mother said the 0th day you were next
door to a fool, and I wante ‘to know who
lived next to you.”
“Brass at both ends,” said a lady, pointing
to a Chesnut street dandy with brass heels
on his boots.
Ephraim says that tobacco is very proper-
ly put in ltogs-lteads. .
ry unfold the record of past ages, and- teach ~
Norwalk Chronicler