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, rtStlHAinEL HAWTHORN.
. joha Hull was the mint master
jSSclaD,JcQin''daIUh0 nTy
T . in the earner oays oi mo
current coinage consisted of
L rod and 'vcr rooDC'Jr' w
llTihe people were often forced to bar.
J'ir commodities instead or selling
stance, if wanted to buy .
he jeVtaP whanged a bear skin for
If 6C WlslltU lor ' y
m -iih a oile of pine boards.
XTbuilett were used instead of far
ZT Tbe Iodiant bad a sort of money
irampani, wnicu wu. v.
Mis; and inn
SKIU had never
t . Tlun wm not monpv
i luairn ui. a j
xrhof any kind, in many parts of the
rr to nay their ministers, so that they
toequinulsoffish,-.
tab of. ni, " cord. Pf wood, instead
J silver or gokl. ,
i.thfl DcoDie rrew more numerous,
ikir trade itn one oouu.t hhtcmcu, u.
tuiof current money was stijlmorescn.
1 . . . I. Ji- : -. I iU
sNv felt Tu supply me aemana , me gen
rrafeourt passed a law for establishing a
mnaofsnHliDgs, sixpences, and three
Li manufacture this money, and was to
tore ttyut one shilling out -f every twen-
', to pay bun lor nis uouuiu ui uiunug
Hcreonon all the old sih-er in the colony
Tiiebsttered silver cans and tankards, I
iUBWWICu v , I tinirit r.' A.i-
jjMOM, atKl Sliver uuuuus ui wuiu uui
foets, ibJ sflrcf bills of swords" tliat liad
figured it court, all such curious old articles
ten doubtless thrown into the melting pot
'i i Ar
together But by far the greater part of
die lilipt eoDsutcd of. bullion Irom mines
of South America which the English buc
mf, (who, were little better than pi
nies,) had taken from the Spaniards, and
bnwjht la Jlaisachusctts.
A5 too'd and new silver being melted
dawn lod coined, the result was an im
mense amount of splendid shillings, six-
teaees. anJ tbrcppenccs. Each had the
date 1652, on tic .one,side and Jhe figure
pine-tree on the other side. Iliice
Hy were called pino-lrce siiHIings. And
for eTery twenty shilling" iliat he coined ,
os will remember. Captain John Hull
ws entitled to put one shilling in his on
pocket .
!k
Td magistrates -sbon tVcan to mimcct
that the mint-master wobld havo the best of
IflrpiBiThfy offered him a large sum
Hflney, if be would give up that 20th
stilling, which he was continually drop,
pins into bis own Docket. But Cantain
iu! dredjus,ws. nuribctLusaiistkd-
iin me shilling. And wcll,4ieught be ;
diligently did he labor, in a few vcars
n poctetj, fcjs money bags and his str ing
. .vio uTciuuwiut; wmi mnc-irec snu
- , r.-- .j ...
n wto possession of Grand father s
ir; and as he had worked so hard at
mint, it was certainly proper that ho
& Comfortable, r.lmir tn rrst dim.
oa
Wkeotbe
"i young man, Samuel Sewel by
-flame acourting his only daughter.
" daughter s namu 1 da nut knn hut
!jiB call her Betsy. Bc-tsy was a fine,
rty damsel, byno means' as slender as
f'wjoung hdies of our own days. On
CODtrarv tn.: 1 rx 4.
Pipkin Dies. dml.n.,t- r.i:.
Mother puritan dainties, she was as round
mLPrPSsa Hdin;. With this round
m Him Betsy did Samuel Sewell fall in
AS K ara. . .". ! . 1
- " yuung man 01 goou
industrious to business, and a
of the ehnrr-U tha
J readily gave hU consent.
i e vnii ma. i i
iu.c nur, snia ne, in
wj burden enouch
will find her a
coln-wt .... 1 ",ci-u nimseu in a piam
coat, afl the buttons of which' were
4 his Ji MUHmgs. J he buttons
knee. JTu ixFccs ; and the
with silWlrfs. ck,th were buttoned
al fwRSW' Thus attired, he
knStJ-8" in hU krandfather's
SctuL oU Bcntlcman,
On fee PZ2fillcd lX from elbow to elbow.
inirV;rK7,IrlMl8slic,8y- shew"s
fca bb. bcr m52ht nnd led hke
Wle.or any
There in H"1-
fa. ZZV? bridcSm . leased
" O nwtoi
Won. Ilitr?tofns WOU,d 0,,ow him to
Hbecaulr ' c to, his
Tear a'lS,d'CeU forbiJden
erv H low ear- But he
.1. sT persona Kio ,
"""gnt the fcr, ."""Kman; ana so
Of WH. and MisjrBelsy
"iIB-wi aU pleased with
his-new son-in-law ; especially as he had
said nothing attll about her portion. So
when the marriage ceremony was over
Captain Hull whispered a word to two of
his servants, who immediately went out, and
soon returned, higging iu a large pair of
scales. 1 hey were such a pair as whole,
salo merchants use for weighing : a bulky
commodity was now to be weighed in them.
" Daughter Betsy," said the mint-master,
" go into ono side of the scales.
Miss Betsy or Mrs. Sea well, as we must
now call her did as she was bid, like a
dutiful child, without any questions of why
and wlierefore. But what her father could
mean, unless to make her husband pay for
her by the pound, (in which case he would
have a dear bargain,) she had not tho least
idea. : , .
i"And now." said honest John Hull to
his servants, " bring that box hither."
The box, to which the mint-master point
ed, was a huge square, iron-bound, oaken
chest'; it was big enough, my children, for
all four of you to play hide and seek in.
llie servants tugged with might and
main, but could not lift this enormous re.
ceptacle, and were finally obliged to diag
it across the floor. '"
Captain Hull then took a key out of his
girdle, unlocked tho chest, and lifted its
ponderous lid. Behold I it was full to. the
brim of bright pine-tree shillings, fresh from
the mint, and Samuel Sewell began to think
that his father-in-law had got possession of
all the money in tho Massachusetts Trea
sury. But it was only tho mint-master's
lionet share cf the coinage.
Then the servants . at Captain Hull i
corrmmndVcapcJoobteiiasdAtt of shil.aJlthe otherbodicslharhaverevcr etistcdrj
lings into ono side of the scales, while Betsy
remained in the other. Jingle, jingle' went
the shillings ns handfull after jiafuifull was
thrown in till ptumprnnd poMofoursrstifc
was, they fairly weighed the young lady
from the floor. X
" There, son Sewell !" cried the mint
master, resuming" his scat in grandfather's
chair, " take thqsc shillings for my daugh
ter portion. Use her kindly, and thank
ATtreTKaTff
worth her weight in silver!
"Tlie children laughed heartily at thij Ic.
gend and would hardly be convinced but
that grandfather had made it out of his own
head. He assuredihem faithfully, however,
that lie had found it in the pages of a grave
historian, and had merely tried to tell it in
somewhat funnier style.
" Well, grandfather, remarked Clara,
" if wedding portions now a.day were paid
as Miss Betsy s was, young ladies would not
pride themselves upon an airy figure as
many of them do."
A Vistuocti Ma.i. During tbe war in Gcrmti.
ny, the captiiiri of troop of cavalry ra ordered
out on a foraging party. Ho niarcued at tijc bead
of hi troop to the quarter assigned him, a soli
tary rain, uncultivated, and nearly covered with
wood. In the middle of it stood a small cottage,
the residence of a poor man, one of the Moravian
brctlieren. On preceivinjf the hut, the captain
ocked at the door, when the aged, pious son of
poverty, made bis appearance. His beard and
locks wtl s'lvcrc,l by old age, while Ins counlra.
ance bwnoke ti'at inward pcuco which the world
cannot give iioi-takeaway.
Faliier," said the officer, " sliow me a field, so
that I can set my trqo,.eni forajio?."
" I will nrcacntly, if you will lollow me," replica
-
After Uving the valley, abont a quarter of an
hour's march, they found a fine field of barley.
".There is 'tho very tiling ve wanted," said the
captain. .
Hiii ilirnn fnr a lew rriinntrn. ll'lu
iniidc. " and voabJiall be saiisficd-!! - .
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I hry: went on about the distance ot a quarter
of a Ifca jue further, when they arrived at another
fir.1.1 rf ' Knrlotf '11m trnnnor .lfumimnf eil.. rut
down thft grain, bound it up, and remounted, while
the guide looked on. When they were about to
depirt, the officer said,
" Father, you have given yourself unnecessary
trouble in coining so far ; the field we first saw
waa much better than this."
" Very true, sir," replied the good old man, "but
it was not mine."
This stroke (says the author very justly) goes
directly to tho heart. I defy an atheist to pro.
duce any thing to be compared with it. Surely he
who does not feel bis heart warmed by siicB an ex
ample of exalted irtue hair not yet- acquired' the
fist principle- of moral taste.' ,
The New York Courier and Enquirer
states that Dr. Feuchtwanger,-of that city,
has discovered a method of preparing the
seed of the tobacco and cotton plants, the
Sugar cane, wheat and corn, in such a man
lier as to insure tho plants from the attacks
ot worms, etc. If true, this is indeed a val
uable invention, and tho sooner it is prac
tically tested the better.
At the annual commencement at Amlicrst
College, held on the 22d ulL,thc degree of
L.L.D. was conferred on John lylcr, Pre
sident of the United States. ;
Tiirv Come ahd Go. In a single ccnlnTy,our
thousand millions of human beings appear on the
(ace of the earth act their ports and sink into its
Peaceful bosom. ' ,
Wmr Beilt. A lad passing through a crowd.
carrying a very heavy basket of 'roasting ears,
ace idently jostled a person, who turned to him in
anger, exclaiming, " Boy, take caro how yor go;
are you drunk V " No, not drunk, sir,' quickly
replied tbe lad, " only pretty considerably earned .'"
Advertising ia tatradawhat rteam is to ma?
ebinery, tbe grand propelling power ; and yet there
are some persona so blind to their interests a to
ponder over an expenditure which yields them
from a hundred to a thousand per cent.
Tvax thex our. It has been stated by the Au
ditor of tbe Pout-Office Dcpurtmcrit, that there arc
three thousand three hundred and thirty seven de
linquent post mantcrs in the United States, indebt
ed to the government in various sums from a tew
dollars to many thousands. -
The- rrry bmt ease of modesty is that of the
young ady who always wore green spectacles, be
cause she objects to looking at gentlemen with her
naked eves. i
ASHE VILLE, NORTH CAROLINA,
From the New York Tatter.
One of the Joha Smiths.
When Mr. Cusick, who keeps a bread,
butter, and brandy store in West Broad
way, opened his shop this morning, ho felt
himsclt almost knocked into a tlireo Cocked
hat by the apparition of a pair of brogues
and unwhisperables standing bolt up in the
chimney.
Wondering what tbey could be doing
there, he advanced; and a very brief exam
ination was sufficient to show him that the
brogues and unwhisperables aforesaid, had
a particularly sturdy pair of legs in them,
and as he naturally concluded that the legs
Indicated the neighborhood of a head, body,
shoulders, and all the ct ccte'ras which natu
rally go to the construction of a son of Ad.
am, he politely oequcMed the 'proprietor of
the understanding?, and-all therewith con
nected, to make himself wholly visible with
all convenient dispatch. t,K
lotlns request, however, no answer
was returned, so Mr. Cusick, finding words
of no avail, took it into his head to try what
virtue there might be in a big pin ; to
which end he made a very spirited attack
on thelcgs ; the interesting result of which
was that they immediately proceeded to go
through the shuffle step of a hornpipe, as if
tney were put in motion by "Jack s the
Lad," or "Jenny put tho kctlkYon."
bull tnero was no voice nothing but
proof presumptive that there was any thing
there but the legsnd Mr: C. began to en
tertain some dim notions that they might
belong to the celebrated Mr. Nobody, a ras.
cn I who lias, by all accounts, done more
mischief in this wicked world of ours, than
Nevertheless, he kept working away with
the pin, and Mr. Nobody kept figuring off
in the hornpipe for some minutes, when sud
denty The taller (whose brogues, byllic way
were practising on the edge of a grate,)
changed the figure by lifting'up t lie dexter
trotter and giving poor Cusick tho prettiest
lied in the nose fliaTvcvcTit was the lot of
mortal man to boast of.
Instantly the worthy grocrr monsured hkl
Tcnglli, in tlie doing of which, h perlormed
a somerset and", a halffniu 8 instantly
down came the legs, with a head and body
attached to them, and made a grand effort
of genius to make themsdve scarce. Swift
as an electric shock, however, Cusick mo do
a.grub .at the fugitive, -catching hii by the
north nolo of his pantaloons, but, aids! the
fates thereby doomed him to another dis
play of ground and lofty tumbling, for the
pants gave way, and tho grocer hud nothing
for it but to give way ajong with them, a
circumstance that nearly dislocated his col.
lar bone, and made mincemeat of him by
butting him like a battering ram up against
a pipo of " red eye."
Men, however, rarely get killed when,
their blood is up ; at all events, the acci
dent that might in all probability make
worms-meat of them at another time, very
often serves but to increase their energy nt
this a fact which was illustrated in the
case of the grocer, for no sooner was he
down than up again, and without even stop
ping to-edunt his broken- bones, ho dashed
after the owner of the leg, who, by this time
was cankering away, like a flash of light,
hintr, inthe disguise of a coat, shirt, and
.U.ftU - - A pa.HoIiWCltt'a,aktng..QinrK43trpftT
i hen it was that there was a row in that
region of our peaceful city, which might
have awakened the seven sleepers "Stop
thief," " stop thief," sung out Cusick :
and soTf.-coursj-iing otiHrg r-but "by
rtsoil ot tho early hour, tnere was no one
to stop tii -hi and hence, if they had the
labor, so had thoy nearly all thc'fun of tho
chase to themselvt.-
It is. true there were mi-TieroU spectators
of their predestnan exploits ; for many
were the heads popped out at the various I
ninuuna uuu;!i:ub liiu IIIiereM li:n
and expressed, especially in favor of the
half naked gdnllemun, who made tracks in
such a wonderful manner ns to leave it a
nn.-i . ..,n .i . . t I
matter of convrcfibnTThat nothinj;
assists
pedestrian locomotion so much as a pair of
small clothes, minus the left leg.
Well, Legs proved tho possibility of
shooting round a corner by.thejniraculous
mode in which ha turned nt Chamber street
and dashed for the Park. Cusick'; however
still managed to keep him -in -view, until
Legs had nearly i cached' Broadway, when
he suddenly disappeared, as if be had gone
.uffjn an invisible flash of blue flame, or
sunk bodih into the bowels of terra, firma.
Soon was the grocer atlthe scene of this
extraordinary occurrence, where he could
not find even a grease spot of the fugitive ;
but in lieu thereof he beheld a little woman
rolling cataract fashion down a lofty flight of
door stens. and a tub of water, a moo. and
a scrubbing brush rolling down on top of
ner.
' O ! O !" cried the little woman, " I'll
never get over it !"
" Get over what ?" nsked Cusick.
" The devil, or something worse," said
she, " that has just knocked me off the door
step."
" Is he in the house ?" said Cusick.
""I don't know nothing about him only
that he has nearly killed me," returned the
little woman.
"I'll try," said Cusick.
A nd so he immediately alarmed the bouse
and a search was immediately instituted for
the owner of the legs.
lGdrret, cellarjcoal "liofe, and pantry,
were accordingry ransacked and rumma
ged, but in vain ; then tlw bed rooms, par
lors, etc., were overhauled jvfot without
making any awful disclosure, and the hunt
was about to be abandoned, when it was
FRIDAY CORNING, 'AITGCST
suddenly discovered that the scuttle, was
open, which suggested the idea that the
game had made tracks in that direction. .
A bird's eye view of the roof was there
fore 'resolved on ; but the roof was also si
lent ob the subject ; and despair was again
the potion of the pursuers, but suddenly a
ray of hope dawned on them by perceiving
that another scuttie in toe neighborhood was
also open, which led to the conjecfure that
Alnslf Lifgs, having popped up' ouc way,
had popped down the other..
A party accordingly proccedejl to the
house whereunto pertained the second open
scuttle, and knocked at the door, which was
immediately opened by a lady with her bask,
ct in hernand, just going to markit, nud
to whom the party aforesaid opened tlieir
business. .
" Look for yourselves," answered , the
lady, " and III ring up the servants." And
accordingly the partybegan to look for
themselves, being soon assisted in their op
eration by numerous other persons belong
ing to the bouse, who soon overhauled the
establishment from roof to foundation, but
witliouLturning Un anv thing that resembled
a human biped with half a pair of breech,
cs on.
Just then, as all concerned were about to
retire in disgust, a bdy muffled up in a bed
quilt, popped her bead out of a door, and
exclaimed " O dear me, there's something
under tho beg.
" Ah ! then we have the rascal at last,"
cried every one.
But after all, tlicy hadn t the rascal ; for
an instant search under the bed was re
warded by the discovery of a shocking hud
IfuT ail ' ulu1rariilKfiticdaf, tyortft about
six cents for mop njs a half a pair of in
cxnrcssiblcs: but the body that had adorn
T them jiomcjen iiii dutcs. sinct was ..xon 1
est inventus.
Well, the lady of coursa would have
goncofF'in a gontlo fit of hysterics at the
ida of' having such a naughty tiling as lwlf
a pair 'of small clothes under her bed, cou
pled with ihojccrlainty that the owner, had
fore : but just as slc was on the point of
taking a brief lease of the world, her at
tention was aroused to' the horrible fact,
that her gown, shawl, and bonnet not for
getting her petticoat, and reticule, were
among tho missing.
Wa it a light colored bonnet with
green ribbons, ma'in T". asked Mr. Cusick;
" It was," answered the I3dy.
" Tho sdiawl white, with a dejepwrdcr?"'
"Yes,"
" And the gowtfligMtnusfin, with a dark
flower T"
" Yes, wUh-a,brown flower."
" Then by gracious, ma'mt exclaimed
Mr. Cusick, "alls lost; for the lady lint
opened the door for u, is. tho very rascal
we re all looking for.'
It heed scacely be added, that every one
present but the late owner of the bonnet,
and company, nearly laughed themscw.es
into the middle of next week ; and among
the rest, Mr. Cusick, who forgot a broken
head, nnd hip out of joint, in bis oestney.
' Laughing, TiovvcverV Tike most oilier
tilings, has to come to nn end some lime.
and accordingly, when Mr. C. had indulged
faTOT'Betuolf trlmsCTf tiVicTt tj" tils store
!'! !
West-Broadwav. naturallv thinkiuir tlrat
his morning's alveiittirt'8 were over but
alas! he was doomedTto bo speedily unde
ceived, for immediately as he opened his
till, wtiicTf He 'iad left all s ife when ho went
in iiursuit of Legs, he discovered that its
whole contents upwards of twenty dol-
ars, had taken wings to themselves and
departed.
"bomc other vidian has Iktu here,
tlien thought Mr. Cusick to bimse'f ; and
so he "would have continued
to tliink, but
for a scrr.pof pap'ir, lying on the . desk,
wiii. h attracted hialtention,-nnd on which
was written in a hurried scrawl :
"Doar Tom "(his name by the way is
TomA
m.Y"Xol having asccoad suitxf- uwle.
attire to, replace those left . b hind mo in
Chamber street, I have taken the lilierty "f
tiiuking a draw on you I intciiued to co
so lust night, but couldn't find the till in
the dark ! ; .
" As I am a lady, for the prcscnt, I . will
sign myself, ; Your's affectionatrly,
Julia Pczzlkthkm."
I'oor.Cusick, whu was now completely
chopfallen, had no-hing for it but to make
a complaint at tbe Police Office, where he
was nearly laughed into the notion of ma-
king a third somerset, which offered a cure
for every thing ; namely, a somerset into
the Hudson or East Bivcr.
Tho clothes by tlie way, (i. c. the shock
ing bad hat, ic.) were left at the office, but
gave no clue to the owner, further than
such as was contained in i a pawn-ticket
found in the breeches pocket, in company
with a bad penny and an old "chaw" of to-
hncco. wherfin wns set forth that one John I
Smith, in thr. first nnrt l.nd horrowed from
one Joseph Simpson, in the" second part,
scvcnty.five cents, on the strength of a cot-
plc of shirts.
1 horefore, it is presumed that Legs is
one of the John Smiths, and so this mysteri
ous matter rests for the present.
"I wa.t a cart
LOAD.'
'A
who
story is related of Captain S-
for many years run a steam boat upon Lake
Champlaio, and whose gallantry to the' la
dies is so' proverbial, that during one of his
trips ho was most assiduously attentive to
a lady passenger, showing and describing
to hefevery thing of interest on their
route. When the dinner hour came he
niiu accoruiuiri , m lien mi. v. ii.iu iii't:ii.,u , ., . , , . . . ..n
i- . . ' -f new bride in a daanicr s position, "Ro
m'lbv bwrrtrr' Ho cam arid found- r
27, 1841.
waited upon the 'ladies to the table, honor
ing the interesting stranger with a seat at
its bend. After carving, in the most 'ap
proved style, the dish of animal food which
stood before him, he assisted, her to a plate,
bounteously loaded with the nicest cuts :
"La me ! ' cried the lady, "I didn't waut
a cart load !
,.In astonishment, tho worthy csptain
watched with anxiety the operations of tho
fair.lady. lie soon perceived, however,
(hat the cart load, with the necessary gar
nishments, hncT disappeared, and the plate
returned for a second supply. I Iiw supply
followed the first, when no longer able to
cont.iin himself, with tho dainty ludv's
exclamation ia relation to a cart load, he
said :
J Madam, if you will back your cart up
again, it, will give me the greatest pleasure
to hf!p yon to.nother lond."
"No Hlraiik you," she replied, "but I'll
take a little pudding '."
'lie gave il up and walked out upon the
deck.
TIake room for poolerilr.
Tlie Editor of the Baltimore Clipper, in
cply to a correspondent using tho signa
ture "Posterity," says "we make room for
Posterity,
Well, iust what our brother docs lias
been done before from time immemorial.
Cain wandered to "make room for posteri
ty."' Isrn'.'l sojourned in the desert and
imscssed Cutnan to 'make room for pos
terity.' 1'enn gathered the people of bis
faith together and sat down peaceably on
thbijuksjujf UicDelavarc'laniakc jooin
for jmstcrity.' Men ore elbowed from cit
ies, end located in prairies, for that pur
pose. 'The poor Indian,' who had sat down
qyiutly ia4U wigwam to sit.iolns llw-fjMi -of
;encc, and s.e his semi-civilization pros
i:;r around him he too,i.sadiiinis!ied that
the wiiins ne.'d his land to. 'make room for
posterity. lie goes reluctantly to the ilis-
,t;ii;i KtM nun mcuKcu wun uie mea Ol IillIIU
uggrounds that will afford 'room ftKrios-
1 lie poHteruy 01 the
Tniffan ! !
poor, waning, tapering co
its broad
base tlie whole soil of thonew world, its
point lost in soinononfnsula that fades away
tnto tbidistant-Pacific. Tlie decpfounda
tionswbictr'our aged men are laying' for
habiuaons yet to rise and the finished sa.
Jooiis and ornamented halls what arc these
but room fofr posterity.
We followed, only a few days since, in
to a richly ornamented burying ground, the
body of one who, for years, had filled a
large space in the public rye;, and when
they had lowered into the narrow resting
and decaying place, the coffin of the great
man, and covered it partly with carih, our
procession, turning to pass out, met ano
ther following a'young maiden to h?r la .i
earthly homo. As we passed the mourn
ing throng, marshalled into funeral train,
one nf whom we hail long known shook bis
head in mournful recognition, andseeraed to
say of our errands thither, 'we have come
to make room far posterity.'
-"Rr-.cin at thv hearth, O -mother,"
said
one of th sweetf-t n'ts of our time, as he
started full of fil'ial aiFection, to place
his
Km
p' rixjm. Ti:c beloved one, the, apestnu
nm.
phise.-l mother, had passed away to 'make
room for posterity.'
Ail ol us are crowding onward n .! are
passing away to 'make room torpor
Ve nrcto bo pressed close, like lh!i"gath
cred herbaj', so the whole harve.it of our
six llioiis.iod years will seem to occupy les
sjinee t!nn tl:e single generation that con.
stitutes tli. ir posterity. B"low the sod , we
lie still and comnict : the true equality of
flesh and Mood is understood and illusiratcd
there, while above ample space is demand
(Aii -and acres required for a single living.
Tlie true democracy is in the sravc : 'there
the ricli and thri poor lie down togeth-rr,tharthcy-
maymakcTOoni for : poster
ity Kven wo who write and nionJhoas we
pass along, look biekt tho troop mat tie.
mnndour place, and feel t'f.at we too have
llie dujytoperfiirm and the debt to" pay,
and gather up our mantle with decaying en
ergies. We hope there; is room for us where
'tlierc.are many mansions,' nnd in that
hope we prepare, like otlr professional bro,
ther, to 'niaic room for posterity'."1
Petbifieo Tuees is Texas. A Texas
paper gives-on nicount of petrified trees
which are found in some parts of that coun
try. Thev are to lie seen scattered irt hiigc
logs or blocks, or in sninll detached masses
over a large extent of surfiee, generally at
the distance of eighty or a liund.rctl ,mitcji
fnim the coast. One of the largest of these
specimens is said fo be-seven feet in diame
ter. It is eoinpletlv silicified throughout,
and is so bard that the chips readily strike
fire with steef. Tlie fibers of the wood arc
so distinct that the rinjs denoting its annu
al growth may be' distinguished. All the
jiprcimens that have been found belong to
one species of tree probably different from
anv now existing on the globe. It icsem
b!es the pine more than any other trees.
In many parts nf the West, particularly
in Kentucky, petriiaciions may lie .seen at
every step. .They are not in such Jarge
masses as those spoken of above but most
ly consist of shells imbcrfed in s'onc, wiih
twigs and other ligneous particles. Thf
manner in which these formatiohs took
place, is a matter of speculation. The ex
istence of marine shells so far in the inte
r!or, Is the Strang";! of tbe phenomfrron.
tflfOLE DUMBER 61.
i From Ibe Northern Advocate. J "V1;,
ILL HUMOR A SCENE IN COLLEGE Lirf. -
Be good natured, if you can't be good
natured, be as good natured as you can. ; .
A sour temper connected with a good uu-, .
demanding, is like a fertile field grown up
with thistles and thorn-bushes ; a raging
srorm on the surface of a beautiful lake ;
the cry of fire that interrupts the repose of
the night ; or the dark thundercloud that
covers the disc ol the sun ; but unlike that
sun on the recession of tlie cloud, the mind
thus obscured, forms no bow of promise on
which its last rays can linger r and -exhibit
with attracting loveliness all tho variegate I
clouds of " Nature's spring time." A mind
under the influenceof a bail disposition, is
like a splendid palace robbed of its beauti
ful furniture, deserted by its former occu
pant, and left for the residence of wasps,
vipers, owls, and dragons. What can bo
worse t Nothing this side of tlie pit It i
the soil in which every evil passion grows
il disqualifies a man for retirement, society ,
application, usefulness, time, and eternity.
A man governed by this temper is not pre- -pared
to live Or die. H(5w a ullen dispo
sition feeds upon the vitals of true happi
ness! It saps the foundation of eij.-yisrtf -and
preys upon tbe physical constitution.
It breeds hystericus, hypochondria, and,
coaxes the consumption. Il brutaliA-s tlw
intellect, and stupilies the moral feelings.
Religion expires wliero this principle cx
liibits its"deformity. Omnipotence moves
his tenants out of the heart; tho Saviour
weeps; angels are disgusted; charily plumes
her wings for her final flight, or mourns iu
!ecTct y-wTod wilt Tuwoff t V igt-Te iieJfotieT
neighbors; hope apricars dejected; juelnory
drops bcr head and blushes-application
turus pale ; the devil ndevrids with the Bi
ble? ; crivyklscVtTic"pffijejrt ; inalicc ramifes;
pride exhibits Jicr variegated plumage,
while j ralousywtults, offers him hr hand,
and becomes the companion ol iter steps ;
li!)p7lovely angel , former companion, cov
ers w ith mist the bow of promise that sur
rounds her head, and fnriit- ns her former
object with pale ghosts of the past, and
doleful spectres in the dark and bounding
future. 1 here are many things that teed
these malignant, we had almost inserted,
tartarian fires. An exalted view of our
own abilities j impatience of contradiction,
tho intricacies of science external beauty,
and fine apparel j are all nurseries of this
poisonous germ planted in our natures.
Air-castlc building is as common as it is
deleterious. The lin?n lieadcd stripling
slnrls for college, loaded with a mother'
b'vssingd, nnd a father's benedictions. IT
is iftroifuced within its walls, and ushered in
to his room. He begins to pcru0-'! the pro
ductions of ancient worthies. I lis youth
ful mind becomes elated ; lie would lie liko
them. With his eyes half closed, he lean
over his Demosthenes : worldly honors fl.il
before him like beautiful landscapes, touch
ed by the pencil of tlie, skilful artist. Tho
horizon of the future is tinged with the at
tracting hues of splendor and loveliness.
In. imagination ho opjns his mouth, an-1
- volumes of eloquence melt- tofars- n-m.-
! numerable audience. He wa.k frtn .u
! his head among stars, bnd is foil-v ed hy it
train of flatterers-,
trnd nTtionstrtrilbl
He
l rrasp:s,tjwsrntrc ,.
But WrV?" b 'Twoiv:
raps at the donr ! Must be a king, certain !
"Crniein." Whajt! 'Astouishiii'g! U'hcro
anil? The spell is broken ; he ."cs Jim
condition, and is told, iliat rccitaticn will
trr?Tas3uiii.;tTf wrliriuezrll'aiffiEc-
his eves upon his book ; his nniid is not
prepared for such a drama. The lesson h
hard ; he "can't get it. Ho rises from his
seat, stamps on the fl jor, throws bis book
at his chum, curses the nuthor, tfie faculty,
nnd college and, prays for anisihyation
Pn-cocious youth! Rising star, of genius!
Valiant man ! A young Apollo ! Bettergo
home and help your mother weed the gar
den, and rock thu baby. This wononf tl
thousand wavs bv which this principle of
petulence and iil-huumr is superinduced.
Others aro elated by their superior, opposed
and siipposad beauty. They imagine tiicm-st-lvcs
subjects of special attention, and a!
thouglf nature- has often br: n '"lavishctTwitli
licr icncil and brushy witli ln-f beauties and
flowers, yet these seem to, eclipvj tho bril
liancy of them all. Their milled bosoia-r
and shining beavers, likebodirs positively
electrified, arc peculiarly rrpuMcfi. As
they go forth they sing, iu lofty strains, the
beautiful lines of the poet, " My liouse ro
ceives me not, 'tis air I tread, and every
step I take I feel my advanced head knock.
flout a star. As soon ns they awake from
Itlieir dreams they exhibit as strange tphe-
1 . . rni ' e
nornena as tne lormer cias. l uo issue u
the latter extreme is no less distressing than
that of the former ; and we nny Well say
of such, 'They ar of all i: n the most
miserable." We close with the olt-rcpeut- -ed
prayer,
May we gorern our paw'i-tnx irifh aWIulc sway
And grow wiser and better ss life wears away.
11. II. H.
- Union Collcgp, 10, 1941. , t , ,
Good Apvice Be and continue poor,
young man, while others around you grow
rich by fraud and disloyalty'; be without
place or power, while tht-tr beg their way
upward ; bear tbe pain iof diapprintcdl
hopes, wnno'others gain the necompKsii. j
merit of theirs by flattery ; freg the graj.'
ciotw pressure of the hm) , for which other's
cringe and crawl. Wrap yourself in your
own virtue, and seek a friend and' your dai
ly bread. If you have, in suc'a a course,
trrowo Cray with unb'anched honor, bless
stid die . i
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