\Vill doubtless be referred to in coming time as a year of
UNUSUAL BUSI
IN NORWALK,
But more ,pai'tieulai'ly at the
esnasnss
at
ct.-pted by its numerous customers.
It is with li_-.t:lill'_§S al"n to pride, but with n
dz-.i's his thanks to tho-‘e frioiizls who lnive holpei
,,.-n] p;1r.m-11:.‘-_;c and gool will———(in the alisceiiee ofthe first, the ltllll‘.l‘;_',t)i'.\‘ far.) for the short liuie
he leis been a candidate fin‘ their favors, motlestly continuing his solicitations for their liberality
in the future.
It is perhaps a inisfortune that this stand has not the l1(l\’2llllflg('3S (I) of one of the many high
ixonnditig cogneinens so much in vo'rne—“iIi‘ail Qi.iai'ters,” L\'.c. yet; “what virtnro is there in a
miine.”
“'0 must lH‘..'HI.‘= be content with seeking a r
wliich we expect to stand or fall; be jixtlgieil by the people.
l‘§'e'w' §j§_:n.'i:=::ig $3-cede
are being alinost weekly added to the nlrenrly large stock on hand, so that purchasers may rely
upon fiiuling at_/izir1n‘iccs, nearly every‘ thing to
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Efiiflg
85. d§'§'l"§s?, fa.-idl
\VlIl.ClI has alrc:ul_vliec0ine. so no notezl for ’t_:-:.\i. I.\'l)UC1-Zilll-‘..\"l'S pi'olfcr<-il to, and ac-
Goons at ’\v.i1<.n‘s.
P"b”sh°d E"°"y “'e""”5‘l“Y M"“‘i 5'9 1'!’ J-5ME5"RE:E53;.=lt 'i‘wo.l)oi|:us Per Annum in Advance.
‘SERIES.
NESS ACTIVITY
senses
n
.-
~<£_-
a
1
1.-‘3U
.‘T‘.i“-ED GE
is 3?‘.
tore of gntititiiile, that. the .-:.ul;seriber here ten-
l to sustain him in this i.-.iitci'pi'ise, by lIl(‘.ll' lib-
opiitiitioii for character. integrity, (rue merit, by
satisfy their wants in the line of
DRY
April 1st, 1847. For spcci/icutimis (f Goods scc in.~:itlc (l(fL‘(’I'[fS(‘IIlC'7lf.s‘.
§.~lDDLE§, IIAIINESSIES, (Y0.
Jfi .
.-‘J _ g
) UBLIC Attention is imrited to the large and ,
L-.li-gatil:assortinent of IIa.riu-..~:.<es, Saddles, .
j;,.;,”,_.,_\., \\.f1,‘;p,-, ’l‘i-iiiik:-', t\'c.'to he found at the,
establislnnent i,-ftlie subscriber, ciiil;i':icii_i;;, as it _
does every vz‘-.rioty of article and style of nianu
f;u-tore. Among the lot are several sets o
tlc)ul,].; [_Ifl1'Ilt‘.S$(‘,_\‘, wliitili are \\'(It‘l.l)y flit‘. atten-
tion of those lititng out pleasure etpii-,1-a;;'es.——
',‘}1m-G m-(-,u15o several very light and airy single
Inirnesses, designed for neatnc;-.ss but nianuf:ict::r—
ed oftho best:niat.ei'inls, and emliraciiri; tho (li_)'lll)l(‘
merit of securit-y and t:istefnliiess. I‘i\"t‘.l'_\'_lll.'l.IL‘lt'
needed in the line, may be found here. Ul fill‘
be-‘t. quality, and on \'t!1i_Y~lD.SJ-‘IL’-_1'iLti>terins. Itc-
pairing as usual. - \VM. B. SivA.\'.
Norwalk, Jul-y 29, 1810-
B{{Ul3N’S
F
L
1. .‘-::':'~-, ‘ ID ' - fix“
TIII7. umlersigned would respectfully inform
his friends that: ‘he has on hand a few choice_
][og-sus dt Carriages which he will let on
very reasonable terms. Ile iiitc-nds to keep
none butthe best kind of liorses, and liaving pur-
clizised ll number ofi\'ew Ca i'i'iii;.:os and IIariu-.s-
ses offiisliioiialile and genteel styles, he would
invite those who may want an establishment. in
little superior to those usually kept in a common
livery stable to give him a call.
MARCUS BRUICN.
Norwalk, Nov. ‘.2, 18-16.
CIII-JAY!
‘E: E N RY Haiiiles has just received his stock
_ of Fall and \Vinter work, which is unusu-
4-1
ally lai'ge. superior and cheap. Men‘.-5 Iloots,
Shoes and Brogans, aiul womens and childrens
shoes’ comprise the leading articles ofhis assort-
ment. »
Imlia Rubbcrs.——A fine assortment of various
sizerl India Rubbers suitable for men, women
and misses. Those who call first will stand the
best chance. They will be found as cheap as
they are superior. Oct. 5, 1846..
Nl3\‘I' CIKOCKEIIY
AT PECICS BR-ANCII STORE.
UST Received a large and splendid assort-
ment. xvliich will be sold cheap for Cash.
Oct. 13. 1846.
‘Vaulted Inllmcdizltely
5 ’ ‘ More Shirt I.Iunds. The hi vhest
prices in CASE-I or trade will be
paid on delivery of the work at
M. \VA1<mi.«\'.\"s
In the store formerly occupied by J. A. Ween].
i'\'orwalk.
is 1* in I i-§’.;‘“’,;i£i§:i*i-2233513: I-'2 i\7'i‘ ,
(,‘o//imcncing iS'alm'du_7/, Jllarc/i. bl/i, 184-7.
PORT CIIESTER, ROCKY NECK,
S '1‘ ADEI-‘ ORE) Ai‘ii’D N01?» N/ALIK.
-—Zh...~
’ ‘he New and Splendid Steamboat
tT.‘.\'l‘Ai'i..§lVE, ():1pt. Cunis Peck, Jr.
“\Vill leave New York from the Pier east side
.f.}atliariiic Market Slip, as above every after-
noon, at. two o’clocks S‘”"l‘iys cxcepteil. Re-
turniiig will-leave Norwnlk at seven o'clo:k,
Stamford at 8, Rocky Neck at half past 8, and
Port Chester at quarter before 9.
Stages will be in readiness at the Landing to
convey passengers to \Vest,port, Soutliport, lT'air-
ficld, Bridgeport, Danbury, Ridgelield, New-
Canaan and Wilton. _
E'2i?'A1l persons are forbid 1.1-usting any indi-
vidual on account of this boat or her owners.
New York, March 6th. 184 7.
ROCICE-'IlY—A handsome "assortment
just received, and for sale cheap.
Gno. \V. Suiru.
A.I.rm:n Kxarr.
South Norwalk, Feb. 9, 1846.
1 INGIIA iTlS.——Scme choice styles of
Scotch and French Giiihams are new of-
fered to the Ladies of Norwalk, also a. beautiful
article of (jinghams at 12 1-2 cts. the yd. 1 yard
BLACEK .‘5liEl'l‘l[’S COA L
at the §io::m Boat Laundiug
, _ SOUTH N(_).l{\VAI/K.
V1 L. &. J. Ii. I’l~ICI\' will be (llSCIltIl';§ll:_&g
_g_ a this \vei,-k a <::ii'go of Superior Iilack-
sniith's Coal; tliose in want ofthe above Coal
‘will do well to call ainl ex:imiiu~ the same.
5*‘: we 5 - '-
.eeiiei:=:k: is Lune.
1‘5’est side he liiidgc.
,_ f'1.\ TIIIC Sloop iViary
A.Si-ll:-ela,L7::pt.(ira-
__a:-._‘f_fi_'.:'. “ man, will (‘fHlIlllUl!(.‘U
her \\’ccl;ly ',l‘i'ips for w I‘
New York on '_l‘ticsil:iy the IUIII of l\farch, and
the llomestic, Capt‘. l\Icrrill, on the Saturday
i'oll:iwing ‘ N. SI-JLLICCIQ.
Ni)i'\\'iill<, hI2l1't'Il 9, 18-17.
C V J
Fe; New foil: l
—\ TIIIC sloop .l U LIA has coin-
menced her regular trips and will
leave the Landing at Five Mile
, , River on Tuesday evening, 30th of
March, and New York on Saturday, .'-\pril 2d,
and will continue to sail on Tuesdays and Sat-
urdays of the season. Freight and produce will
be conveyed as usual on the most. farorablctcrms.
For freight or passage apply to the captain on
board or at the store on the landing.
\V. C._ SAMMIS.
Five Mile llivcr, March ‘.20th, 1847.
H efs Pills
37 -
THE AMERICAN IMPROVED
flygeian Vegetable Medicine.
TIIESE Pills are one of the best Medical Com-
pounds in use at the present day. As a common
f'ami|_v pliysic, for adiniuistraton in all teuiporary
complaints of the stomach aiul bowels, licad-ache,
colds, &c. they may be fully depended upon, and a
prompt use ofthcui on the first appearance of indis-
position will invariably save much sickness. They
are peculiarly adapted to all cases of weakiiess and
gQ,nc|'uIllelllllly-—(llly deraiigciiu-utof the syslein,
and e.-‘pc'cially with l'cinali:s——ainl a steady, uninter-
rupted use of them, in strict conformity with the di-
rections \vill very soon restore the 0i'giiiis of the
stomach to their natural tonc :ind action, and regu-
late the bo\vcls,and renovate the whole system.
Tlu,-re is no (lisposittoii to give extravagant coni-
mcndations of them. \Vliat is here stated, is the re-
sult of' actual experience with them, and that through
a period offifieen years. It is not supposed. orprc-
teiuled, that they will raise the dead! neither are
tlu-y de.-igned to be used as we use our food I Such
is not thelruc purpose of medicine. It: only op-‘
propriatc officers to assistnnture in restoring the
systcni to a proper tone and action, when unavoid-
ably. or through cart-:lessncss or excess, it becomes
dvrangcil. lllany are careless and hence need this
aid. And the most eiii'cl'u| are liable to irrc.gularities
ofilie system It is iiccdless almost to say, that a
prompt use of safe and effective l’t!l11(!(Il('S,()ll the
first appearance of illness, is the part of wisdom.
‘ Such a Mcdiciiie tlic Proprietor knows these
l’ill.~z to lie. A'nd he is certain that" in lortv nine ca-
ses out offiiiy, where a fair trial is made according to
the dii'cctions.thcy will be n.-‘ed again as a standard
'W
PO l1. T RY-
'II.OI\' EST AND lI1\I’I"i'.
Tltere’s iuucli in the world that is doubtful,
There’s much we shall ne’r undorstand—-
\Vhy Virtue shall‘ live. in a Poor-/iousc,
And Vice on the jizl of the land. _
I<‘o'i-‘ltlio.-‘c who are fretful and peevish,
iis duty roniains to fulfill ;
3ut. try to be honest. and hr/};1~2_1,I.
And let: the world do as it. will.
Tlic poor wrctch who walks upon ci'ulclu'-.5,
May often be envied liir more
Tlian he who in splendid apparel
Can shut on the lioggzir his door;
He cares not for clai'ot and sherry ;
Of’ venison he has not his fill-—
Yet dares to be honest and lidppy,
L/\nd lets the world do as it will.
Ile IJDHSIS of no lordly po.-.-‘e.-‘sinus
I\'o livei'y at 'tal.~le to wait;
lilo lllf!l\(!l'Il lit) hollow pi'ofi-ssions
To i:heat his frii-ml, :<ooner or late:
lo ruins no hartl-workiiig ti'ado.-mui:,
\\-’l:o gets but a cur.~;c for his bill ;
But tries to be honest and happy,
And lots the world do us it will.
I.I.e joins notdlie bowl or the wzissztil,
lle seeks not the gambler or set;
Coizteutiiienl. and health are the lilessings
That daily recur to his lot;
.\nd while in the midst’. ofhis Clliltlrr-u
(-loed preci-pts lie strives to instil,
Ile shows that he’s honest and happy,
And lots the world do as it will.
Oh .' who then would grunilile at fortune,
Though sorrow and toiling lfcl'iile !
The man who with ‘llJ(’I(f/ft is a. cillui/i
Might be i‘ir/itous were it. denied I
Too nu‘-.cl1 may o‘ci'biu'den and sink yoir,
Too little off keep you from ill;
Then try to be honest and happy,
And let the world do as it will.
The man who hath pluzfgj is fli,'Ii't."a'I,
Ilath little to ask for his name;
But he who humble, is upright,
Shall live in the annals of Fame.
The vicious may inock at his mein’ry,
But ages will thinkon him still,———
Then strive to be honest and happy,
And let the world do as it will.
" n is
ll-I.l_Su.. .LLANY-
\\"lII'I'I§ II“§D.'Ai\'.‘>' A i\'CI.l'iN'I‘ f\IICXI—
(_3A:‘{S.
Among a large number of volumes
which have recently appeared on the sub-
ject of Oregon, California, and the'ncigli-
boring regions-called forth, in a great
measure, by the interest attached to the
recent controvcrsey with Mexico, is an
anonymous publication, entitled “Scenes
in the Rocky i‘.Iouniains, Oregon, Califor-
nia, New Mexico, Texas, and the Grand
Prarics; or notes by the way during an
excursion of three years: with a descrip-
tion of the countries passed tlirougli.”
The work professes to furnish the results
of personal observation, and, in most re-
spccts, is 3. full and clear transcript of
scenes and events in countries of wliich
little positively is known, and that little
vague and inconclusive.
While sojourning in California, the au-
thor had occasion to become familiar with
a race of savages, of which the few loose
imperfect accounts l‘iIlli€l‘lU:fU£‘llISIlO(l have
inspired a general desire for more ample
information. We allude to the “White
Indians,” or “lVIuiicliies” as they are call-
ed. A synopsis of the details given by the
writer may be interesting to our readers.
The Munchies are a nation of white
aborigines, actually existing in a valley
among the Sierra de los Mimbros chain.
upon one of the aflluents of the river Gila,
in the extreme nottliwestern part of the
province of Sean. They number about
eight hundred in all. Their features are
of the Caucasian type, with a fair com-
plexion and graceful form. They are pa-
triarcbiul in their habits, peaceful in their
character, and possessed of runny of the
arts and comforts of civilized , life. They
spin and weave, subsist by agriculture,
raise cattle, horses and sheep. Their
laws are few and simple. They are ruled
by the seniors of the tribe, whose govern-
ment is mild, and rather suasive than co
ercive. In morals they are represented
as honest and virtuous. In religion they
are said to differ but little from other Indi-
ans. The country inhabited by this singular
and anomalous people is difficult ofaccess,
enclosed by lofty mountains. Hence, per-
haps, the sparseness and obscurity of all
previous accouets of them. Their dwell-
ings are spacious apartments nicely exca-
vated in the hill side, and are frequently
cut in the solid rock. They know little
medicine. llo has llt'.\’l'l‘ known an instance, wliero
they have been thus used, in wliich they have not
met with unqualified approval! I
Numerous tcsliiuonials may be seen at the general
Offirc of .-‘ale, and l‘cIi,’|‘t.‘llCt:S will be given to sub-,
stantial living witnesses of their valuable curativel
properties. U
The Pill.-' are pltrrly vr-getalilc, arc of two kind.-'.
prodncinga licaiiliyiiclioii tlirough the entire sj's-
tern; are a valuable Anti Billioiis I\Il'.‘(IICIIIC.1lII(I;
eminently u.-éeful in all lllI_1_{4:l'llt'="yon!l)l£llHlS—-\VC1ll{-,
tN‘..'-‘.4, General Dcbilily, I)y.=pcp.=y, ]’ulmonary Af-_
feclious, Liver Complaints, Illu-umatic and Spas-.
iuodic Affcctions. Feiiizile Complaints. Palpitations.
No_/}im'i/,7/, after (I fair trial, will be urit/ioult/iem. 5
Tliey are putup in EIFTY CPli\'T & DOLLAR
packages, each liaving a pliamplilet embracing -ai
valuable Treatise on Disease, with full directions for’
use. The Dollar packages are the clieapcst to the
purchaser. \
As you value H.-alth——Try Them!
Sold Wliol,csalc and Re/ail at No. 1510 Fallon
street, 2d floor, N. York, between Nassau and
Broadway, N. Y.
From a personal knowledge of, and use
of the above Medicine in my fninily.for about 15
yo:.irs.Ican commend it in the most unqualified
manner. ' P. PRICE.
Sold by NOAH S. BAILI-IY, west side the
Bridge. Norwnlk; B. J. Daskam, Stamford, and
J. Beach, Wall st. Bridgeport. If
quality. For sale by
50
CUM.‘$'l‘UC.K 6.: II.-u.i..
Q 96
or nothing of war, and when percliance an
enemy crosses the rocky barrier which
,surrounds them, they retreat with all their
valuables to caverns in the mountains, and
there remain till the danger be post.
Of their origin, we are told, they have
of tradition has failed to cast a ray upon
the daricness which cnshroads their histo-
ry. The few writers who have spoken of
this tribe are disposed to conclude that
the Munchies are the progeny of Europe-
ans, and must have settled in Mexico
since the discovery of America. Such an
inference,thongh warranted by their color,
their gentleness of character, pacific liab-
its and comparative advance in civiliza-
tion, is nearly irreconciliable with their
utter ignorance of their own origin. It is
highly improbable that a colony of Euro-
pean stock \vould, in the space of three
centuries, have lost. all recollection of the
original country of their ancestors. Their
language might aid in removing the doubts
and "difficulties which environ the subject,
but ncitherfthc author of the work in ques-
tion, nor the scattered notices which we
have encountered elsewhere, afford any
satisfactory information on this subject
wide, by J. M.\LLUltY 6.’. CO.
I
LBS. GEESE FEATHERS best.
New Caiiaan, March 1, 13-17.
Tliat they do not spring from the source
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NORWALK, CT.'WEDNESDAY, SAPRIL 28. l847_
wliiclr has given birth to the other tribes
oflndians, is sufficiently manifest. The
i\’Iuncbies differ from the latter in every
i‘espce,t. But this admitted, the ethno-
graph st does not advance a single step,
but is left in the boundless field of specu-
lation'~aad conjecture, without chart or
compass.
Tothe aliovegivpn curious sketch of
,the l\ilpnchios the work we have cited adds
ianothfu deeply interesting account of vu-
rious-fchcumsianecs related to him by
trappégrs and travellers, which go to prove
that in the unfrcqnentcd part of the eas-
tern unndury of Sonora, there is :1 popu
lous tp\t'ii, of which neither historians nor
gcogjiiplicrs have made mention. Stevens,
in his Incidents of Travtl in Yucatan, ud-
mits the possibility ofthc existence of cit-
ies in the unexplored parts of;‘.'Iexico, sim-
ilar to tliose of \\'lIl(2ll he discovered the
remain.:-- in Uxmal and l’alenque, and iii-
habited probably by the sainc race of poo-
plc.
From the narrations of the travellers re-
fei‘r.§td to, such a community, comparative-
ly cifvilizeil and populous, does exist. It.
was first seen at a distance by some hardy
a(lvii._nturcrs, who had reached a mountain
p -ak, overlooking an GXl8i'l£-fl‘.'C valley, but
weré unable to find a passage down its
precipitous sides. S.il)sequently, an ex-
ploring party was formed of twenty five
persons, who succeeded in reaching the
summit of the mountain in question, and
thence belield ii city with all the arcliitcc-
tural beauty of domes, pillurcd edifices,
paladomos and p:il:xccs, amid which a
swarming population was distinctly ob-
served, apparently engaged in the prose~:u-
tion of their various occupations. After
incredible labor, :1 descent of almost per-
pendicular steepness was found, hardly
practicable except to the most intrepid
inountaincer. Half the number of the
exploring party succeeded in their peril-
ous attempt to reach the bottom and en-
ter tlic valley. Their companions who
rcinaincd in observation on the mountain-
top, traced them to tl.e city, into which,
they saw them boldly venture, and mingle
with the inhabitants; but as it is related,
they were never seen or heard of n-__-,"ain.
The reinainder of the party, after vainly
waiting for-their rc-appearance, during
three xv-eeks, were forced by hunger to
return borne. Such a story, although at
the first glance seemingly the ideal coin-
age of a heated brain, does exist. and is
invested with the usual attributes of an-
iixézziiciiy.
The people inhabiting this valley are
presumed to be the descendants of ancient
Mexicans. Ilow much of truth and fic-
tion are blended in these statements, it is
impossible to divine; but as events are
rapidly progressing wliicli will colonize
the adjacent country with the hardy, per-
severing, and penetrating spirits of the
Anglo Saxon race, the period is not very
remote when the mystery which envelops
the white Indians and the inhnbitahts of
the newly discovered city, above referred
to, will be entirely dispcl_led.—J\". 0. Com.
Times. ,
BEHIND THE CURTAIN.
If by some magic, the chambers of the
heart could be laid open to our gaze, and
we could look through the outward seem-
ing of those we meet, down to the exon-
cealed springs by which they are moved
—the silent, groping thoughts, unacknowl-
edged to all but themselves, which, more
than their action, declare the soul’s bright-
ness or glooin—we should shrink back in
utter amazement at the startling revelation.
\Ve should find that many a calm, smooth
broiv was but a mockery of the stern pas-
'inns which have warped and wrinkled the
heart—that the loud protestations of pure
and lofty feeling, often mask a spirit,
Colder than the unsunned slab.
“"0 should find many a stern, unyield-
ing face to be the passionless index of a
soul overflowing with warm and generous
laffeetions; jinany an humble, unaspirin_g
Qcreature, whose thoughts walked co-equal
:with the proudest spirits of the world,
‘ and haply many a branded outcast, whose
lsoul was whiter in the eyes of a just God,
than others laden with dignity and honor
l--the idols of n fickle multitude.
Who knows but the hearts of thousands,
iborn to a heritage of want and toil, throb
lwitli a deeper happiness than the pamper-
'ci children of Luxury, whose lives seem
,but as a bright dream, passed among all
{things beautiful"! VVho knows but the
.'huin ble peasant, far away from the troubled
life ofeourts and cities, may not possess
a power mightier to mould the world’s
‘=ll'“”l“"l “"15 1"".-'_-"”l"t‘~ l""'ll'J’l".'-' “=0 WWI. =H"l.lost all kno\vlcd<_re, and even the dim light destiny, than the eonquerers who tread on
the heads of subject nations’! If the truth
could be known, would not some of our
brightest stars be blotted out from the sky
of Fame, and a host of constellations hith-
erto unseen,burn suddenly through the
oblivion of the Post’!
This thought of the hidden life within,
which has in it something sublime and
fearful, should be a haunting admonition
to preserve the soul’s purity. A single
crime, though conceaied forever from the
world, may Leave a blasted void in‘a mind
naturally great and noble. Selfishness,
which, if unchecked, as the very incarna-
tion of evil, may keep the heart bitter,
though the tongue be musical with honied
sentences. It is a noble solace of the good
and the true, when assailed by slander, or
suffering under the world’s malignity, that
they are ju.s-tzfiul to I/lei/7.3€fL'C.S'--lllill. no
persecution can darken the sacred cham-
bers of tlieir own souls. The rapt votary
of science may be reviled as a Il€l‘ti,IL’,
and the tar-seeing prophet or poet scoffed
at as a madman, but there is a proud con-
fidence in the depth of their spiritual na-
tures, which, sustaining them through
every trial, forctclls the tardy reparation
of the future.
Be content then, with yourselves. lf,
bchind_ the veil .\\~'I]i('II hides these inner
mysteries, all is fair and pure, as you
would have men believe, be satisfied with
your lot, however hard, nor covet another
whose A" prospei'ity_rriay be’ allied with
greaterevil. It Isa nobleiproverb—‘Thei-e
is no surer sign of 0 great mind, than to
be above envy.’
CIIEAI’ COMMODI'I‘IES.
Why is everyting cheaper now than it
was twenty years ago ? “Because,” says
tion it is to make eulogiums on the past,
and to sneer at andcxecrate the present,
“because everything is inferior in quality,
just made to sell; whereas, in former times
things were made elaborately, well made,
without regard to time and trouble, and a
sufficient quantity of material was used to
render the article substantial——lience all
kinds of mimufactures were cheaper in
fact, though more costly, than they now
are‘.’ There is some truth in this state-
ment; but the facts are misconceived, and
the inferences are incorrect. Allow us to
set you right. A
Lord Chesterfield says that no man is
ever in a liu.-r_v.” If Lord Clicstcrfield
does not lie under a mistake, there are no
men of sens- at this period—for in our
times, every man is in a hui'ry—tlie grand
object sought after in all the pursuits of
life, is to do things quickly. All other
circumstances and considerations are sub-
ject and secondary to this. The end and
aim of every invention and improvement
is to do something quit/car than ever it
was done before. Speed, not perfection,
is the desiderntuni with our ingenious
meclianicians. The effect is that they
can manufacture ten yards of calico now
in the same time that was required
formerly to make one yard. A building,
the erection of which would formerly have
occupied two months, can now be put up
in as many weeks: and in two more per-
haps, may fall down again; for our taste
for rapidity is likely to be gratified in this
way as well as in others.
But it does not alum_1/.3 follow as a neces-
sary consequence that things are :m'nde
and done badly because they are made and
done quickly. \Vhen Gen. Taylor “licks”
the Mexicans, the performa-ncie is? none
the worse for being done speedily. In
fact, the quicker I/L.'1l is done, the better in
present circumstances. A good sermon
is doubly good when it is reasonably short
in the delivery. Our single lady readers
will agree with us that short courtships
are preferable to long ones; and in many
desirable.
When it is said that commodities are
cheaper nowgthan in old times, merely be-
cause they are inferior in quality-, we must
ask what is the benefit of all our machinery
and increased manufacturing facilities.
Many articles can be made by machinery
as elegantly and substantially as ever they
were made by hand, and for half the price.
Some persons try to hold up old prices,
on pretence of furnishing a better. article,
but we are not often “sucked in” by de-
pending on such pretences !
IIINDERING INF'LUENcE.—TI1e following dia-
logue between Satan, who goeth about seeking
is applicable to other places than the Parish
of X : \Ve publish it by request.
Luczfcr and Slan(ier.—-Lucifer. \Vcll,
Slander, what news from the Parish in
X ? Have they made a move to
dismissi
Slander. (Shakes his head.)
L. VVhy, what’s the matter I
S. My lord, I am beginning to be in
bad odor with many in that parish.
L. How so’!
8. They are beginning to think, and to
say, that the habit of tattling, tale-bearing,
and deti-action, is the mark of :1 low, viii-
gar and weak mind. I have, in my late
visits repeatedly heard it remarked, that
it is only the man who is conscious of his
inability to build up his own house, that
.-pends his time in pulling down theiiousc
of his neighbors.
L. Hold, Slander! YOU must 00* let
them find out that secret; it will be our
undoing if you do.
S. My Lord Lucifer, I fear too many
of them have found it out; and hence,
from self-interest, they are disposed to
desist from tattling. I have always boast-
ed that I could drive away any minister
who should be settled over that parish.
I-Iitlierto I have succeeded, but now I
greatly fear. '
L. Fear! lmust: not hear that word
from you. No! Keep at work! If you
cannot drive away the minister, you can
at least /tinder Iris influence.
Tm-r.—A celebrated French vvit, who
had remarkably ugly feet, incautiously dis-
played one of them to a party of lfldflfsa
who could not refrain from laughing at_Its
grotesque appearance. - He joined with
them, coolly observing, “.Ugly as his foot
was, there was another in the room,.ut
least. as ugly as that one I” I‘he ladies
looked at each other, and fidgettcd their
feet for some moments; but they were
soon ‘satisfied with the truth of his as:.ei‘-
tion, by his producing his other foot.
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some old codg-er, whose constant occupa.-I
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l 77“! T/IfI‘ti.'.!i'i Congrcss.—The intelli-
gence from the seat of war, promising, as
‘l 3"’-"ls loido-.3 Speedy peace, is cacnlatcd
to make every mind anxious in regard to"
the attitude of the next Congress. True,
the hopes entertained on this subject may
be deceptive. Mexico may not submit as
readily as may be imagined, and peace
may be at aygrcatcr distance than is pic-
tured to on: hopes. But so desirable isit
illlflt this wretched contest should be ter-
,minated, so much of heart sickness as the‘
inevitable liorrors of war must mingle with:
our triumph at the distinguished success
of our military science and valor, that we
gladly listen to the slightest p1'o~mi-so of’
peace, however remote may be the pros‘-
pect. As men who have tired of con.tinu--
al storms and clouds, start with joy att-lie?
piercing of a sunbeam through thickening‘
mists, and snatch with eagerness at the
promise ivhich the firstspeck of uncloud-
cd blue presents, so do we feel a sensa-
tion of delight when any voice from the:
seat of war tells of coming peace.
--.Shonld peace come, however, there yet
remain questions that will tax the wisdom
and firmness of the next Congress to the
greatest extent. However the designs of
the administration may have been moder-
ated, it is manifest that no one has any
idea of a peace without a piece of territory
whose dimensions shall be measured in
one direction by the power of our arms,
and in another by the degree of anxiety‘
that Mexico may feel to put an end tethe-
conflict. If this is in any wise a correct
view of the intczitions of our government,
no human ingenuity can prevent the agi-
tation of the slavery question. It must-
arisc, and once raised cannot be hushed
by any appliances of diplomatic urti“Ice,.
or plausible snphistrics about compromise
other matters, expedition is every way '
whom he may devour, and one of his satolites,‘
and conciliation. In all the experience of"
the past, compromise has been anollier’
name for the aggrandizement of the Slave:
power, and the submission of the Free-
states to its overshadowing might. Such:
farces cannot be again enacted. The‘
North must take a position such as it has;
a right to take, and keep it as strenuous-
ly as the urgent interest. of humanity and?-
jnstice may dictate. VVill such be" the‘
spectacle witnessed in the next Congress I’
Will the free states be firm’! These are-
questions which will soon be answered‘,
and every true friend of human liberty
trcinbles at the thought of how light a
feather may determine the weighty matter‘
which they embrace.
.. No one should. be idle in this business".
No one should stiffer Presidential plans to".-
shut from sight these immediate issues-
Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Let 184-8 take care of itself, till the work
of 184-7 be nccomplished.—Courant.
The \Vnshington correspondent of the Jour-
nal of Commerce writing under date of April
1 9th, says :
The new offer of terms of peace \x’a:3~
despntclied from this government to Mexi-
co on Saturday morning last. I stated
heretofore that the offer was less strin-
gent as regards Mexico than the previous-
offer made through Mr. Atocha. I have.-
reason to believe that this is the under-
standing by our government of the new’
oflcr. But in what respect the terms are
made more favorable to Mexico, I am at fl:
loss to conjecture. It might be supposed‘
that, in being made more favorable they
would demand less territory from Mexico-
than the late offer. But I have reason to-
believe that this is not the case.—The of-
fer proposes, as I believe, a line .drawn
due west to the Pacific from the mouth of
the Rio Grande-that is to say-—the paral-
lel of twenty five.
I am confident that, as a sine qua non-,
we also propose to retain possession of all:
the Mexican ports and revenues on the
Pacific and the Gulf, until every stipula-
tion of the treaty shall have been fulfilled;
by‘;-,Mexico. A
The country which we thus propose pre-
maturely to acquire, embraces Coahuilu,
Chihuahu, Senora, New Mexico, and the
Californians, with a population of about
a halfa million of souls, and an area of
more than one million ofsquare miles-—an
area about twenty times greater than the
whole of State of Maryland.
The sum ofmoney offered in payment
of this compulsory purchase may perhaps.
have been increased from fifteen to twenty
millions, yielding our demand for the in-.
deninity for our citizens and for the expen-
ses of the war. -
Be true to yourseIf.—Tbe history oftliez
world, as well as the biography of _those
,who have played a prominent_part In its
, concerns, is worthy of everlasting remem-
lbrance. It assures us that it matters but
jmje what form of danger may assail it
man, if he be true to himself.
Poverty may lay ll.8 chilly hand‘ upon
him, and freeze up the brightest fountain
of hope; disappointments may meet him.
at every step; affliction may strike down
those who are dearest to his heart; the
foul breath of slander may-attempt to sul-
ly his name, and tarnish his reputation ;
still let him be true to himself; let him
maintain :1 stout heart and clean breast.
and be will eventually outride the storm.
Let those who are struggling With “I01?-’
birth and iron fortune,” remembef "l-I113
truth—and let them remember, that no
Il')dl‘l can be destroyed by others without
fault and weakness in himself.
Norwalk Chronicler