'lustring;
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ed, for every boidyrknew ,Ppu'l Pliant, ang
the acquaintance of widow Vvliiful comp! isle]
nearly the whole of__th:it cli'i'.le which ca. s
itself‘good Socit-"lfy.’h' I wish. linoreyger. 1,
had the talent o t e iuiniorta an or 0
‘Clarissa Harlowe, at describing feathers and
then would I tell how magnificent-
lo the widow was decked out. B it this
clannot be done. Every tiling’ WHS 33 '1
should be—in the judgment of the World-
The -happy pair’ drove to clitircii,, a lging
string of coaches followed them: tic wi ow
blushed and smiled, ‘and all the, world was
gay.’ VVas ever a bridegroom in it Slate 0f
more inexplicable awkwardness’? He de-
bated with hiinselffora moment. Whe'~l1eI' lie
should not make a desperate effort, take to
his heels and ruri——but it W115 100 hilt‘-
Paul cast a longing, lingering look be-
hind him as he entereil the church d|ooi'.—_-_—
Fareweill blessed ligliht of hcIav:n1.l Sitltl
he to himself, tis the ast time s a ever
see you a free maul 'I“ne-widow held him
fast by the arm.
My dear Paul, said she, here we are at li15l-
Yes, replied Paul, with a groan._
VVe are already. said the bridem_aids.d
Dearly beloved, began Doctor Bin em-
tight: Paul felt his heart b_entU=mblY- 0“
niinute more. "ml there will be no rt'r0"‘ly-
thought be. He looked most iiiiploriugly at
the doctor, as much as to say. C‘-1“ Y0” be 50
cruel ? 'I‘he doctor male an a‘-vful ptusv
bcfore the great question. Paul's heartbeat
faster than evnr, Now for the catastrophe l
said he_ The doctor gave Paul a keen look :
every body was breathless. At length‘ he
spoke’, .
Do you r‘e/lose‘ this '1(70‘r7l./1.7Lf0I‘ _7/our wife ?
-YES] ex};l.iiii'ied Paul. in the louilcst tone
he was ever Imown to utter. In an instant
the idea flashed upon his mind l.h‘|I he was
free. I-Ie sprang into the broad aisle with
the quickness of lightning. knocked down
an old gentlnian in spectacles, burst through
the crowd, and bolted into the street. He
ran home without stopping, and it was not
till he locked himself within his own cham-
ber, that he felt certain that he was not mar-
ried to Widow \Vilful. A
There was a terrible scene at the church,
with the fainting and so forth; but the
widow is alive to this day, and when she
finds another man who ;,,caii’i’:?§say ‘no,’ she
may play again the game which had nearly
entrapped poor Paul Pliant.
Rrqucsl.
COLONEL LEI‘I.\'IANO‘.VSKY, AND
THE DES'I‘R«UCTIO\' OF THE INQUI-
SITION OF M.-XDRID.
The horrible tribunals ofthe Papal Inqui-
sition, as is well known, were suppressed by
Napoleon by a decree dated Chaniartin, Dr-
cember 4th, I803. in those parts of Spain
which were-then under the government of
the French.
In the course of a lecture delivered a few
days ago, in the chapel ofBrown University
Col. Lehm-inoivsk gave a most graphic de-
scription ofthe capture and destruction of
these establishinents, by soldiers under his
own cominunrl.
In the early part of the year 1800. Napo-
leon commanded all the buildings o-zciipiod
by the Inquisition to be destroyed. Col. L.
requested Napoleon to give him command
in an expedition against one of these dens of
vice‘ and C'i‘t‘t(.’ll_‘;’.- (If I re-iiember right, it
was the Inqui.-:ition- of .\i:i-.lrid ) My request
said‘ the Colonel. was complied with, and _I
had the commanl ofthe lllth rcgimr-nt of
the line. Upon approaching the building
we saw several soldiers on the walls. \\’i-
summoned them to su:'ri=nder in the nain—-
ofthe Emperor of the French; they turned
and bent over as if conversing with some
who were inside, an'l alter carefully scan-
ning our number, which was but sniall,tl'ie_y
answered our summons by firing amongst us.
Several were wounrlcl, and one man killed.
We then procured some heavy timbers, and
by the united strength ofall the men made a
breach and entered within the walls. As
soon as we were inside, we had a specimen
ofthe cunning jesuitry of these rascals. The
whole company of priests and Inquisitors
came towards us in a very humble attitude,
with their hands crossc-.l over their breasts,
anl thc first we heard, these artful fellows
were reproving the" soldiers on the wall for
having in-ide any l‘t-'SlSl.3'nCt‘, and for not hav-
ing politely adinittcd tlicse. ‘very fine gentle-
me:-n,’—although it was, of course, by the
direction of these very men, that resistance
had been offered. The only answer we
gave, was by placing a guard over these
now oblging fellows. with directions to keep
a sharp look out after them that none might
escape.
Upon examining the interior ofthe build-
ing.'we found it beautiful in the extrnine;
everything appeared quiet and in excellent
order, much better order indeed than is com-
man for the devil to keep.
The floor of the principal hall was paved
with slabs of fine marble, and at the end of
this half was an altar with several wax can-
dles burning.‘ The priests appeared so
humble and S'i1I).’XllS$l‘lI.’,8l'l'.I everything ap-
peared so quict and orderly. that my suspi-
cions, said Col. L. were almost lulli-d to
sleep, which was the effect they in'tcnd~ d to
pi'o‘luce,) and [began to suspect that a grant
many falsehoods Il.”tLl been told about the
crueltics practised in those 0Sl.|bllSIl»IlBl'il.S.
\Ve could discover nothing of the secret
rooms and undergrownd cells, ofwhich we
had often heard, and I was upon the point of
retireing with my men. and leave the build-
ing for the Dl't’S'3I’ll in the hands of its old oc-
cupants, when it brother officer urged to a
most dilligent exaniination of the whole
building. VVe proceeded to examine carc-
fully the principal hall, to discover if possi-
ble. some trap door or other entrance to the
regions below. Some ofthe soldiers tried
to thrust the points oftheir bayoncts, others
their swords, between the slabs of marble.
-but all without success. I was upon the
point of giving up, when it was siiggeatc-.d
that water should be poured over the floor
to see if it would find an outlet through the
crevices, After watching the watch, care-
fully, we observed one place where it evi-
donily escaprd between the slabs.--‘Ah,’
said some, ‘what's line? we shall inake
some discoveries now’—-ivliilc the captive
Inquisitors stood by sliaking with fear.
Presently a soldier struck a heavy blow
with the but-;-nd of his musket upon one
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side ofa slab’. when all at once a spring
seemed to give way, and the slab at ODCL’
iii.-“ell upon ,1 pivot by which it was fasten-
ed at the-two sides, disclosing an openinv._r,
and :1 staircase leading down to some dark
cavitv beneath-
I sit once walked up to the altar and seiz-
ed some of the lighted candles, when one of
the bald-pated priests stepped up to me and
and said very sanclimoneously; ‘O, my son
these are holy candles, you must not touch
them.’ But said the Cononi-l, my only re-
ply was-—very well, Itwanl them for (1 ha-
13; purpose, I want to see /2011; t/tings. Be-
low we found an apartment of considerable
sizc, furnished with settee, &c. which we at
once knew by the infernal contrivanccs to
be the iiall of torture. \-Ve went round and
soon discovered an alley, and on each side of
this alley a number of dark and gloomy cells.
In these cells \\’t'f'L‘ a iiirgu iiuiiiber of the
victims of popish cruelty, young and old,
loaded with chains, and some of them, wo-
men as well as men. literally as naked as
their HlOlliL‘I'Sl'i'c1f'ell'lP.m. The soldiers throw
their coats and cloiks over these poor mis-
eralile wretchcs, and loosing them from their
Cll'.iil'l$, proceeded to l](~'l[) them to the hall of
judgment above ground. ,
When the soldiers had Provided for Ill!’
safely and coiiifortfof tliese we.-ping wretch-
es, they turned lhcirattention to the Inqiiisi-
tors, and insisted upon putting them all to
death. In their excited state of feeling, said
the Colonel. It would have been vain for me
to oppose their wi_ll. The soldiers would
not leave a single one of these minions of
papal cruelty alive.
-'§Airion<_: other instruments oftorture, we
found an image of the Virgin M iry, so con-
trived with sviikcs. knives, &c. that when ii
pgrson went to kiss it, the arms closed and
the victim was pierced with a thousand
wounds and cut to pieces. The soldiers in-
sisted upon the chief Inquisitor kissing this
iiniiiagc; he refused; they pricked him with
their b-iyonets and compelled him to do so,
when the arms closed and he was cut and
hacked to death in a most shocking manner
After taking out the most viiluablc liuiiks
and other articles, we pl:1ci‘d a number of
barrels of gunpowder iii the buildincz, rind
setting fire to the train, soon hail the.‘ saris.
faction of seeing this horrid abode of pOpiSll
cruelty a heap of smoking ruins.’
After we had seen the end ofthe Iiiquisi
lion, we invited all in the neighborhoo-’
whose l'€l-tl.lOflS had been torn from them hi
the officers of this bloody tribunal, to comi-
rind convey to thcr homes such as they could
find alive: And, said, the Cul0i‘i€l,~ never
Sl’i=\ll I forget that Sig rllhe solrliprs
ivhorii I cozriinanrl»-d were men of blood, the
sight ofhumnn misery and slaughter had
become so cosiiinon to them that they could
not their meal with none the less relish bi»-
cause they were using the dead body of a
corirzide fora seat; but when they S~’lW this
miserable comp:-my of livingslrcletons stand-
ing before them. -antl their anxious relatives
pressing around to discover their long lost
loved oncs——whcn they saw, now a weeping
father or mother embracing, as though they
had recovered him fro.-ii the dead, a beloved
s0n—thi.=n a hush-ind cliisping in his arms
the half-iiiurdercd mother of his children
--‘iflfi then a weeping wife, and mother tur-
ning in despair from the search after a he-
lovcd l'll)Sl)'lU(l_i'll'l"l father, convinced that he
hnd found a grave in these horrid dungeons
—whr=n these iron-hearted warriors witness-
ed this sight. said Colonel L., they wept
and sol‘-hcl like children.
I have only to add to this account. which
is related as near as possible, in the words of
th - aged veteran. let the reader renit-uiber
ll1't these events occurred only thirty four
years ago; that the man is living who wit-
nessed them; that he is now a regularly or-
dained Lutheran clergyiiiiin, and worthy of
implicit credit—and then let every American
reinmiiber that popcry. which is making
such rapid strides in this countr_v, is the
same now that it ever was---that it is in its
very nature unchangcable-and that perse-
cution for conscience's sake, whenever‘ and
wherever it has the power, is one of its es-
sential and unchangcablc attributes.
AN AC IAUAL PlG\lY.
The London Literary Gazette of May,
I842, contains a description of a female
-vi-n iuore extraowliiiarv in diariinutiveness
ofsizc than Tom Thumb. Her name was
Cracbzimi, a Siciliin by birili, and at the
time she was exhibited in London, (May
18-12.) was within a few niontbs of being
ten years old. The writer‘ in the Gazette
says, ‘seeing is be.lieviiig,’ and unless he had
actu illy seen her, he could not have credit-
ed so extraordinary a variety in human na-
ture. Ile says, it is impossible to describe
the miracle of her appearance, or its effect
upon the mind. To see rationality, sport.
ivencss, intelligence, all the faculties of liti-
manity, in a being so inconceivably below
the standard at which we have ever witness'-
ed them, so overturns all previous impress-
ions. that even with the fact before us, we
doubt the evidence of our senses. A tollera-
bly sized doll, acting and sneaking, would
not astonish us so much, for nature is, in
this instance, far more wonderful than art
could be.
O.ilyimagine a creature about half as
large as a new born infant; p"‘l’lr’(‘l, in all
parts and lineaments, uttering words in a
strange, u'ncartlily voicc, understanding what
you say, and replying to your questions;
iiriagine, I say this figure of about nineteen
inches i'ii height, and five pounds in weight
and you have some idea oftbis extraordinary
phenomenon. And the more you look, the
more you reflect, the more increditable itap-
pcars that this can be real; But true it is;
here is the fairy of your superstition in actu-
al life; here is the pigmy ofzincicnt mythol-
ogy brought down to your own day; the
expression of her countenance varies with
whatever effects her mind, (for, on my faith,
there is a mind and soul in this diminutive
frame!) her bvautiful tinny band (for the
for.--fingci‘ of which, the ring of a very
small shirt button would be much too" wide
around.) has all the motions and graces
which are found in the St1(Ti€lT)l‘llltel'i- of ‘a
lovely woman; she l.I‘.r(’al.('-‘fiS‘- she displays
her fondness for finr-ry, she likrs hordrop-of
winc, she shows her (llSplt‘tiSUl't‘,sllechooses
and rejects; in fine, she is as perfect as a
common child ofthe ssime age.-
I-ler walk is rather tottering, and her
voice, (as I have said) very reinarkable.—
I-It-r general appearance is not unpleasing,
though there is a little of the siinia in the
form ofthe features; her health is good, and
her body, limbs. &.c., are complete. I took
her up. caressed and saluted her; and it was
laughable to see her resent the latter free-
dom, wiping hcr cliciik. anl expressing her
dislike to the rough chin. But her great
antipathy is to doctors; thcs»: have oflendcd
her by examining her too minutely, and
whenever they are mentioned, she doubles
her filbert ofa fist. and manifests her (.lt-‘Cided
displeasure. Of her trinkets she scents very
prouzl, taking off her ring to show it. and
pointing to llt't‘<'t1I' rings with the joyous ex-
clamation of ‘very pretty,’ for she has learnt
a little Engli-h.
Importir/it Ar.re.x'l.-——-'l'hi- reader ivill re-
mcinber the particulars of the robbery ofthe
Porter ofthe Long Island Bank about six
months since, while passing froui the Union
Bank of New York across the Brooklyn
ferry, with a large sum of money belong
to that institiition.
A few days since, at the last match game
of cricket played near the city, between thi-
New -York and Philadelphia competitors for
a large sum of inoncy, a person, whose
name is William Rushtnn, hailing from
Philadelphisi was present, innking large of-
fers to bet upon the result of the game, and
exhibiting large sums of money to the spec-
tators for that purpose. The day previous
to the match hocallcd upon one of the Messrs
Sliaws, importers, 0f250 Pearl street, and
stating that he had a large amount of money
with him, particiilaily requested that he
would make a depositc of -.‘I‘al,000, and givi-
him the check ofthe firrri for that amouiii.
on the ensuing day. Rushton hundcd Mi‘.
Sha w a $|000 note on the Long Island Bank
which be deposited uiih his other funds in
the Union Bank, and gave his check for the
amount the ensuing day, iihich was drawn
in small notes. On making up the return to
the Long Island Bank the ensuing day, the
note was identified as one of the 95lO00 bills
taken from the porter oflliat bank at the
time he was robbed. Enquirics were made
ofall those. who hail dc-posited over $1000
on the previous day, and upon reaching Mr.
Shaw lie. lfllt'l'l(:"ll2ll.l"ly stated the pt-‘Cllllil r
circumstances under which be received the
note, which were corrobor:itei.l by other tes-
timony. It being i'lS(‘(“llall'll‘(l that Rushtoii
had returned to Philadelphia, two police of-
ficers were suddenly selected to invcsti_«_rai.c
the affair and secure the arrcstofthe suspect-
ed party. This has been accomplished.
Accirlcn/.—A fital accident occurred at
the Cloth Factory of Mr. Richard Evans, in
this town, on VVednesdav afternoon last, at
about 7 o’clock. Mr. George Sykes, in the
employ of Mr. Evans, was assisting others
in putting the falling mill in operation. and
while standing by the drum, about four feet
in diaiiicter, which carries the tappr-ts of the
fulling mill, and in a wrong position, with
hisshoulder pressing against the drum direct-
ly under the l€il‘.‘{C belt which passvs round
ii, it siirldi-nly started, bringing the belt with
criishing force iipou his should»-r and breast.
and before the drum had made half ii revo-
lution, the head ofthe unfortun-iie man was
brought against the stone work forming the
basement wall, with siicb force as to break
his neck, causing instant death, and the mo-
tion of the wheel entirely stopped. Sykes
had been employed in the Factory for a year
or two past. He was unmarried, about ‘.24,
and a native of Yorkshire, England.
D II ’II. /2 1/, r7/ Ti m cs.
Trrialfor Eiiiliczzle/7zeril.—'I‘he trial of
\Villiam Vllvman, late President of ill!’
Pbenix Bank of Charleston, l\-‘lastuanrl of
Thomas Brown, Jr. late f“.-ishier, on a
charge of en'ibozzlinr_r a large amount ofthe
funds of that lnstitiition, commenced at Con-
cord, in the same State, on Monday last.-
Wm. H. Skinner, who was indictcd in con-
nection with the President and Cashier, as
accessory before the fact, applied through
his counsel for a separate trial, and the
Court granted his request. Daniel VV(’llSlP!'
and Franklin D_exter are counsel for IV};-
man, Rufus Choat and Sidney Bartlett. for
Brown. For the prosecution, Asalicl Hun-
tington, Atiorncy for the second di._-gtrict, as
sisted by Attorney Welles. of the ll-’i,‘htei‘n
district.
A Ilfol/i.cr's Loire.-A writer beautifully
remarks that a m:in’s mother is the reprcsen'
taiive of his Maker’. Misfortune, and even
criziie, sets up no barrier brtweeri her and
her son. Whilst his mother lives he will
have one friend o:i earth who will not listen
when he is slunrlcred, who will i not desert
him when he suffers, it ho will solace him‘
in his sorrow, and speak to him of hope
when he is ready to despair. Her 3frt>'cIl()[l
knows no ebbing tide. It flows on from a
pure fountain, spreading happiness throu_qli
all this vale of tears, and ceases only at the
ocean ofeternity.
Lorenzo Dow.——The Knickerbocker tells
a capital anecdote of this quaint old preach-
i-r. It says that Dow in one of his sermons,
declared that he ‘had known sinners so very
wicked that they actually bu’st I’ This
stziterncnt threw an old ignorant, fat imneni-
tent present into a state of alarm, and home
he wadilled. in mortal terror. At night, in
the horror of his anticipated explosion, he
rolled aboutuntil he could no longer" bear it.
He fancied he was already swelling. He
rose and attempted to dress himself in. order
to go out ‘al fresco.’-——\Vho could paint his
consternation, when he found he could but
just strain his garments over his limbs, and
even then they would not meet! He was
suffering the sin dropsy; his iniqiiitics were
coming to light! He screamed in the ago-
ny'of his fear; and a limp being brouglit iii.
ho found that in his haste he had put on his
brother's cloths-s. This impression liowever
was :1 salutary one, for he became a pious
man.
Remar/.'.a../i/c Pi'ere2'i:a.iin7L.—-One day last
tvc-ck. C/2.a.7'les 0. B/ll{l'1(7l'IL, aged 18 months.
only son of Mr. Isaac Bildwin, of this city.
fell from the ;_1ari‘t’l. \\'lll(IOW of his li0lJSir>,
corner of VV-asliincton and Broad streets. to
the ground, a distance of 27 feet. without
ll‘1l.lC'lli1ll_Vinjlll'lll‘__;’ him. It is ren'iai‘l:-iible.
that he was not instiintly killed. '
i'l1f{l.’flCf0w7‘l Sentinel.
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From the Ncwarlc Daily Advertiser.
Tlie Canal Iifwr at Eclslon, Pa.—The
l.of‘lIl-,'l) Canal Company finding that there
is no hope of a compromise with the bellig-
er»-nt l.)f)til.lIlPn-—dl'l ariiiy of 400 resolved to
prevent by force the pflS.S:'|g0 of any Penn-A
-vlt-:iiii:i l)IlTIIS—-Of) Siturday the 8th.. drew
offthe water and discaarged their hands. so
that the canal is now dry, and all connection
with the mines at Mauch Chunk and its vi-
cinity is cut off. Up to this step, the Mor-
ris Canal boats, which did not fall undi-rtlic
ban ofthe stlantling-outboatinen of Pennsyl-
Vflfllil. \Vvt‘e able to go to the mines and sup-
ply the market. This rcscourse is now zil-
so cut off.
We l.-arn from E-iston that both the civil
and inilitziry authorities sii-iidily rcfusr-(‘I to
iiiterfere, so that the boatincii, who keep con-
stant guard over all the boats under blockade
are able to drive off any force which the
Coil Companies could command to release
lllt‘H!. Mob law is thus triuiiiphiirit. and us
a last resort. the Canal Company has drawn
ofllllliz iratvr, shut tip the works, and It'll
the boatmeii to tlienisclves. in the hope that
they will dispcrsr-3. At any rate this stops
ihe expense of keeping the Canal in opera-
inn. ilioiigh \\‘P uiidi--rs'and that ibe business
of the i\’lorris Canil boats, would nearly pay
what. It is ofless consequence to usjust now
is the ri urination of this canal must be sus-
pended for a week or ten days imtil the
breaches made by the storm on Saturday are
repiiricl. But it will prove a serious evil if
the connection _is not restored,-to both Canals
ind t.o the public, as the price of coal must
we iiioie or less affected by the early suspen-
:ion of one of the most important s. urces o‘
~‘~rr'.\'-
Ca.u..<a riff/ie Deal/1, of Mr. Lcga/rc —Dr-
Jacob Bi«_z~.«low has furnished for the Basic n
NI--ilica‘ .lourn:il the details of Legari-’s dis-
ease, and the condition of the patient during
his last illness. Strunguliited intestines,
pr‘0(IllCt,'(l by scrl-iitary habits, was the im-
inerliatc cause of his dcatli, as every i-flort to
I'(3_llt’\’f' the patiifrit orovcrl iinavailing. Dr.
Bizeloiv ri~n'iarl<s that about an hour bi fore
his death he got up from his bed without
.is.i= nce, and upon laying down again,
carnrsily asked for water. On rvccivinu it,
he pushed it away, saying it was filled with
ants. A.» white paper was shown him and
he iriade the same i'eniark. On being told
it was an illusion of the sight, he put forth
his hand for the glass but missed, sziid a few
words iucol'ieieiitly, leaned back and expired
without ii struggle. Upon a post moriem
exarriination. it was found that this iiitestiiies
were tt\‘is!c'd four times. and that one of them
was distended to the circuinfrence of fifteen
inches. The disease or obstruction was en-
tirely bi-yonil med :2] -.i 3.
Served Rig,’/Ll ——Tlie pr} irig iir:pertinenci-
ofthe reporter of the Nt‘\'v' York floral :i’
Saratoga, has been checked by his expulsion
from the U. S. Hotel. The ooiirili-rs of that
is al. isliinent fa-cling tlicmselves oggri---at (l
by the potty scandal of the I-lvrnld man, gave
him notice to quit, and prcferrin_s_r a hint tr-
sometliing more conviciug, be vacated. It
is high time the systcni of espionage was
broken up, and it is past endurance that the
fainilics ofour citizens cannot leave for a
sumrner’s jaunt or a law \t't*t‘l\'S reci'eaiion,
but a hired spy ofthc New York Herald is
on their track. to report all their conduct.
with such additions as will render it p2ilat.i-
ble to tl.e readers of that journ=il.
Brno/c/_i/n News.
So-fuels I’l'I)()f.——Il'I announcing the arri-
val of a lot of soap the other day from Indi-
aiza, we expressed a hope that the western
fOll\'S would not get to n'ianuf-ictiiring news-
papers out of their hogs,—biit’pou our hondr
we begiii to think’ they will. Already they
are inakiiig cloth out of“swine’s wool ;” and
cloth, or rags. as every one knows, is the
inateiiiil out of which paper is made. The
following is from the Northampton (Mass)
Democrat.
"T'rii>.y liove commenced at Ciuncinaii. the
floor and hearth cloth from liog's hair. The
hair is softened by imniersinn in lard oil, and
aficrwnrils spun and wove into cloih, and color-
ed as faiicy iliciaies.”
Major Noah, in the last number ofhis
paper, relatrs the following incident:
The Age 0fBt0n:e.—-A genteel looking
fellow, with rather a dandy air, carrying ii
cane like a shepherds crook, accosted me
thus. near the Park. ‘Good morning, my
dear Jiitlge, never saw you look so well;
pray how do you stand with Mr. Tyler now?
\Vcll, I hopc—---I always wish to stand well
with him. My ubjvct in asking is to solicit
your interrst to obtain a place in the customs.
Pray. my worthy friend, did Inot once try
you for swindling ? Me? No sir, you never
did; it is entirely a mistake. Ah, that is
true, I never did try you, I recollect; you
pleaded guilty; and I sentenced you totlirce
months in the Tombs. Good heavens, uiy
dear Judge, wli:it ii incmory you have: but
you might assist a poor fellow to get an
honest living.
Miss Jn7zcs.——The beauty of l]P(‘lii'S and
hollow chests has been written out of fashion,
so I may venture upon the simple imagery
of truth and nature. Miss Jones uas
handsome as a prize. heifer. She was a
compact. plump, wholesome, clean-limed,
beautifully marked animal, with eyes like
inkstands running over, and a moiiih that
looked when she. laughed, as if it had not
been opened bi-fore. the teeth seemed so fresh
and unhandlcd. Her voice had a tone as
clear as the ringing of a silver dollar; and
her lungs must have been as sound as a
pippin, for when she laughed it was like
the giirgling of a brnok over the pebbles.-—
Thc bran new people. made by Deucalion
and Pyrrah, when it cleared up after the
flood, were probably in Miss .lone’s style.
' N. P. l-Vill-is.
More Bibles B11-7‘7l/If ~—The‘Protestant
Vindicator contains ii litter from a clingy-
man in Mexico. N. Y. in which he states
that the ladies in his charge furnished all
the Roman Catholic laiiiilie-s within their
hounds with copies of the bible, which they
I‘ccr=ivi-d with reatlincss; but as soon as the
i S
gether,ai'id publicly burned in the streets.
ntanufaciiire nfa very neat and useful article. of
From the New York Aurora.
Storm at
T/i c
form. Never has that city witnessed so vio-
lent and destructive a storm.
we have no room to publish. The storm
blew down trees without number, turned
over carriages. out houses, &.c. and in one
case destroyed the life of ti mriri—a workman
in a building, the roofof which was blown
off and fell upon him. Seven lives were
«'.llS'1 lost by the sudden rising of the Darby
creek. In one case a small house floated ofi"
and the. ininates—a mother named Margaret
Nolan. and her four children were all
(I row tied.
The Bridgcs in the vicinity of the city
have all been more or ltSSllijl1l‘t’(l, and many
of them entirely carried away. Nearly
every vessel in the harbor siiffv--ri-d more or
less severely. Several of the bridges on the
line ofthe Baltimore Railroad were injured.
The way train on the Trcntou railroad was
stopped on Sunday by an injury to the abut-
invnt ofthe Frainkford bridge.
About 20canal boats were sunk at the wharf
with. it is feared, considerable loss of life.
All the gas lights in this city were sud-
ilenly extinguished on Saturday evening,
during the storm. Great consternation was
the consequence and some trouble. In about
a quarter ofon hour the lights were put in
order again.
A Terri/in Scene.—Altlioiigh we have
not copied the details of the disasters occa-
sioned by. the storm on Saturday, yet the
following vivid portraiture of the terrible
scene on Chester creek, in the vicinity of
Philadelphia, (from the Pliliildelpliiu
Ledger) cannot well be omitted:
“The stream rose, it is said by some, six
feet in five minutes; others over that it rose
six feet in one minute. The water pourtid
down as if a wave of the sea had been swept
onward by an e:iriliqiiake. In about two
hours it had risen twenty three feet. The
neighboring creeks were swollen in the
same proportion; and the roar ofthe impet-
uoiis torrents rang for miles through the
country. The flood swept irrcsisiably on-
ward. The dillfis built for its restraint were
as reeds before the ocean that rolled by 2 iii
channels were lost, and the vast voliJm' -
waters spread over the plain, tearing up the
largest trees, and sweeping factories and
buildings, like bubbles upon its surface.
Fortunately this took place before ‘:ir*-.
or the scene would have been even more ter-
rible than it was. In Chester, the torrents
arose as ifby magic, and swept angrily
through the streets. The buililings which
were most frail were swept away; and from
!)l.lll:‘l'S,f(’ln1|lt‘S were borne throuigli the angry
and rushing waters, half dead with uflriglii.
Houses, dams, bridges, boats, and an im
mvnse mass of lumber, furniture, mill wheels
&c. shot by upon the current. At length,
while the assembled citizens gaz- d with
white lips, upon the ruin, the rail road
bridge built at an enormous expense was
lifted from its foundations and flung down thi-
stream. The next to follow was the suspen-
sion bridge. This structure was one of
wliich every enlightened American was
proud, as it was the first chain bridge built
in the world. Europe has since claimed
the invention: but here Sl00(l-——nl:iSl ii
stands no longcrl the proof. erected thirty
years ago, that to America belongsthe credit
of having invented and constructi-d that first
suspension bridge. Vl/hcn the mass of inat-
ier which shot upon the stormy and roaring
torrr-nt. struck the bridge, it swayed and
-zroancd, and at I-.-ngth. after a moment's re-
sistance, its vast iron l-astenings gave. way
witli a crash, and the. chains that grated upon
each other, sparkled and fiaslied like light-
ning. It swung heavily for a moment, and
fell into the flood.
II fit 2‘!
But the loss of propcrt_v, terrible as it is
is iriconsideiable to the loss of life with
which this affliction of Providence has been
attended. tis believed that no less than
twenty, and probably as many more, persons
have been drowned. At one place on the
Chester Creek, on entire family, that of
Mr. Rhoades. consisting of himself, wife
and two children, found it impossible, so in-
stantaneous was the rise and rush of the
torrent, to escape from the house, and all
perished. At the Flower Mills, a devoted
mul:itto woman, finding that Mr. Flower
was in great danger, attempted to rescue
him, but the sudden dash of the flood swept
her away, and she was engulfed. Mr.
Flower who was in an upper story of the
inill, leaped from the window into a tree:
here he remained until the torrent tore up
the tree and swept onward. He however
succeeded in getting hold ofthe branches of
another tree that resisted the tide and was
saved. Several bodies have been found upon
the shore and in the meadows. This fatality
is to be ascribed to the unparalleled sudden-
ncss of the rise ofthe water. It was as if
he earth hail opened and poured forth her
secret flood. Scarccly u as the presence of
danger known. before it was followed by the
absence of hope. Hundreds of hair-breadth
escapes are narrated. The whole country
is overspreacl with gloom, and the conse
qnences of last nighi’s calamities will long
overshadow the prosperity ofthis lovely sec-
tion of the c.r=iin:r_v.
‘F
The Brook|_vii Daily News has collected
the following particulars ofthe great storm:
In Brooklyn, the cellars of several build’
ings in progress of erection on Atlantic si-
werc filled with water, and the cmbankmenl
on the hights on Furmon street, was washed
away to some extent. The damage in
Brooklyn. so far as we have been able to
learn, is comparatively slight.
At New:ii°k. N. J. Considerable damage
was done, owing to the giving away cfihe
ernbtinl-:inent of the Morris Canal at the in-
clined plane; the cellars and ha-sernenis of
many of tlie buildings being filled. and much
loss of property incurrr-d. Several dams on
the stream, known as First River, have been
at riom 35,000 to $__l-0,000.. _;
In Morris County, N. J. the Farmers have
P/tiladel];/tia.—-'I‘ht’ sustained serious injury by the prostration of
storm of Saturday night, which was SO their corn fields Bridges across the Sll'I‘:lfllS
Pleastml and acceptable 10 115 here. VlS.llt‘<l washed away, and the roads rendered almost
Philadelphia in altogether a more terrific impassable,
At Eliz.-ibethtown. N. J. the turnpike t is
Our Pllll2‘l(I(;‘l- vcry much injured, the roads torn up, and
phia papers of yesterday are almost entirely corisiderablc damage done in the village-.—
filled with the details of the disasters occa- '1' bridges on the Elizabetbtown, and
Siuned by this Vlsllalloni which of course. Springfield Turnpike were carried away.
At Orange, N. J. a good deal of injury
was accompanied by a whirlwind, which has been done to the track of the"Morris and
unroofed a great number of buildings, E,-sex Railmad,,
At Bellville, N. J., severe loss has occur-
red in consequence of the breaking away of
III!‘ dams on Second River The factories
will be suspended for several days. '
It is stated that there are no less than six
breaks in the Morris Canal bctwecn Newark
iinrl P-.itter.srn.
SUM MARY.
\\ hat would be thouglt of the moralily
of the. Democratic party if it sliou‘d take this
odious. this detestable Adiiiiiiistratirin by the
hand, or ad I it it into its councils .7
lVasliz'ngton Globe.
VVby. under such circumstzznccvs, we would
think of the ‘moralilg/' of tie party pretty
much as we think of John Tyler's con-
science, John Jones’ brains, Amos Ki-ndalfs
Gratitude, Van Burcn's candor, Buchanan’:
Deln0CI’1?C)'. Dick Johnson's incorrupiiliility
and Calhoun's clianccs for the succession.
Louisville Journal.
Sliecp Going l’Vcsl.—VVe learn that sev-
eral enterprising Yzinkccsare biiyiiig large
flocks of Sheep in this Silt‘. and driving
them to the Prairies of the West, \\ here lhty
live at free cost during the greater part of
the year. and for the residue are kept on hay
which costs only a dollar a ton—— the price
of innking it. In this way wool can be pro-
duced far below its cost at the East, \\I‘lllt‘.
its Il'ZlD"p0l‘l.»ill0tl to the seaboard costs less
than five per cent. of its value, and that of
grain costs filly per cint.
Important Di.s‘c0‘t'e'7 -—On the farm of
Gen. Thonias C. Milli-i', in Dickinson town-
sliip, Cuuil.-eriiind county, l’i=nnsylvanin,
ilierc h:is recently been iliscovi-icd an im-
mrnse. vi-in ofyn/re rail 0c/ire, of the finest
quality. second only to the finest Vo netitian
rcd. Gen. Miller is now preparing it in
large quantitii-s for iizarlret.
'1‘/icy I-l"0n't Bile.—--Soine of the fisher-
men on the Cape, in l\’la.=s:icliuse:is, complain
that they we-re surrounded by shoals of in:ick-
t'l’t‘l the other day, \\ l“-it'll EX(‘Pt‘(l((i fVl'|’.v
thing seen for years. Every IIl(lllf'Pfnt,"ll in
IT!!! sliiipe of bail has held (2-iii to them, lut
they were fastidious and ii-nu/rlnit bite For
such conturiiaicy ii nautic l editor H"llHllli'S,
they ‘0u:_.flit 10 be Iiaufcrl oi-er the coals.
Mr. B. H. A. Collins, of Ea.-tthiim, Mass,
who was elected to the lust Lrgi.<laitui'c out
ofchariiy for his l-|ll2('fll‘SS and poverty by
the Wl‘ii_;zs of his tovrn, and sold out his {iii-
iv to t"'e locolocos, giving them the control
of lllt.’ State Gi)V4*l‘f|Iilt’nl, has just bi en ap-
pointed by Jolin Ty/:’cr Keep:-r ofthe Light
House on Cape God; This appointment re-
flects equal credit on Collins and 'I'yl+.-r.
MilIi:'ris-m.—'I‘he Boston l\l:ircanlile Jour-
[ml siys :—I’assin_g by the 'l'-abi-rnacle, last
evening, we stepped in for a nioini-nt, and
found that the atteiidiince, was very thin in-
deed. The views of Mr. Miller, evidently
do not produce such an impression on the
weak iiiind (l 5:3 lhry were vtont. We are
glad to see that the tone of the coinuiunity
is l'(‘SlJIll.iI'1_§:" a more healthy state.
East India C0mpa.72;1/.—The East In-
dia Company was cliartori-d in the year I600
and in l638 (the same year that the town
and colony of New Haven were settle-'(l) the
comparzy purchased Madras and built fort
St. George. The original capital of the
company was $400,000. The company
now governs 600,000,000 of peoplc.
Grape of tlie Valley of Ca7ta.iin.——VVe
yesterday saw a single grape sold for three
dollars! It came from the gardi-n of Mr.
Irnis. These grapes thus offered for salt-,
are the l1ll‘gt‘Sl we ever lclield, wei,gliing.
some of them five or six poundsl This may
appear incrr-dililc. but it is strictly true. i
New Orleans, Courier, July 27'.
The Journ;-yinen Carpent»-rs ofAllegheny
city, Ala. have forineil a ‘House Carpente-r’s
Building Association,’ and propose to take
jobs and execute them without the interven-
tion of employers. This is worth more than
five hundrrd ‘strikes’ to ihim, and not ex-
ceptionable to any one else.
A Colorérl, D. D.——Tlie Hartford Times
s:-iys:——“The Surry University in England.
has conferred the degree of “Doctor of Di.-
vinity” upnii Rev. James W. C. Pennington,
the colored Cong rcgational preacher in Hart-
ford. He has been in London, attending the
World’s Convention with Lewis Tappan and
other Americans.”
The Norwich Courier states that a Flour-
ing Mill has been put up in Greenville in-
that town, capable of flooring a hundred:
bushels of wheat per day. The machinery
has all the improvements of the famous flour-
mills in Rochester.
President Santa Anna has i,s°-‘ted a decree
bcaringdate June 17, which,’ ' sthatall
foreigners taken with arms i, , - hands
fighting against Mexico, will an immediate-
ly put to death. ,p,;
"Thou shalt not curse the deaf. ’—‘ii:ev;
l9th Chapter, l4th verse.
Those who are absent are deaf; they can-
not defend themselves; therefore say no
ill of them. ‘ _
The Mobile Herald reports the following
dialogue as having actually been held in
that city :
‘Jim, you must bring your Euclid. with
you to marrow.’
[ haven’t got any sir; but father's got the
life of John C. Calhoun, if that will do.’-
-’}-‘hat it-on’t d'o——Euclid is difficult cnioiugh
to begin with.’
Lnnsingburgh is Rapidly rising again
from its ashes. The Gaz-eiie says the loss
by the late fire has generally fallen on men
able to bear it. and they have taken hold
nianfully to rebuild the burnt District.
D. Fletcher Webster sailed from Boston
priest came. ‘he bibles were an collected 10' carried away, and the damage is estimated‘ on Saturday 5th in Mr. Forbi.-'3 beautiful lit-
tle brig, the Antelope, for .Cbi_n.a.
=3!
Norwalk Chronicler