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. ... - 4 y 4 4 . ,' ,..' Iifo Is onljr to be valued as it i usefallr employed.' .... , :v L VOLUME rilRUMBEtsftl ASIIEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA FKIMY MORNmGMARCnlllMK WHOLE NUMBER 83, .m- & Vi PUBLISHED EVERY FBIDAT NORNINO, Tgt s X II. CHItt SIT & CO-J ' PttWMuWw A Laf. TrtmtUt, fcofffo U.S. ; , Thi ppor li published weekl.t Two Dol. Uu hd Fint CnjiTi per nnam, in advance J or Tuft( Uoix.mm, tf pnyment be flolnycd after tlw reMipt of th 10th Number from tlie time of'aub. i strict! mdkerti U. ' ": . , - - No gubtcription dicontirned (except at tho op. Uon of the publisher) until all arrearages are pam. " ' ST Advertismsjits ill be inserted for One -Dollar per square for-1)ie- firl, and Twent-fi vqnis lar csch suDsequoni insenion. iiuonu deduction will be mada from tho rejalar prices for advertisers bjUiejpr. . m . miscellaneous; ...ft EdncaUou of All the People. TOPIC CONTINUED. ' PREssst State of Education. Pbps- sia. TUiscouuirystauJj at tliQ head of Curupo fr it e.xceUenVystem of educa tion.' TJio provisiaos mada by Govern mnnt for the instruction of the nooplo in Prussia tuve justly attracted Jhe admin tiun of surrounding nations, and arc eer tiunly superior to, or will compete with the heal school system in the United States. We givo the iulljvvin ontiioes of th(j Prus, siaa- system from Cousin's ' report on tho luhjcct.. 1 " :: ?-. 'There h a minister of public instruction, tvliose duty it is to superintend the national eJucution, tl religious establishment, the secondary medical schools, all institutions Htntinjta ptibihr lpnIth,'andaHscicntific in&titutious-ras naidomies, libraries, bota-. nicnl gardens, museams, dsc-. every thing iu short, which concerns tho monl and iu- tullrt-.tuiil advancement of the peonle, This minuter is the head of a council or board for Uio wltolu kingdom ; under it there are councils forevery province, and under these are the parish committees, who superior tend ttie primary schools. In Prussia, as in tho other States . of Germany, all parents nrc bound by law tusetid their children to ahc public schooU, oe4o satisfy tlMJ-autUor-4 hips that their education is suiuctentiy pro. t itled for. ntJunw Tiiis rogul itioit is of considerablo antiquity. It w.-ti conferred by Frederick tho Great in J 709 end was iiitr.nluced into tho Prunsian codo in 1791, and finally it was adopted iii the law of 1819, which Pjrmi tho basis of tho actual system of Prussia. The obligation extenda not only to parents and guardians, but to II iiers.mi who have power over children, such us manufacturers and masters of np. prentices, and applies to children of both sexes, between tho seventh orid fourteenth yonr. If the 7 parents omit to send their children to school, the clergyman is first to acnuaint'thenVwith the importance ol . the duty which they neglect; anu 11 nis us hortatkm is not sufficient, tho school com ' milleo Ihiiy "summon and remonstrate with them severely. If all remonstrances fail, the children may bo taken to school by the narcnts. cuardians, or rnnntnr hmiiirlu heforo tho committee, and " I J iincd or imprisoned in default of payment. orcondemned to hard labor tor tne ocnent of the commune or parish. 12 very commune is required by law to Imvo a complete elementary school, and every town contain, insmoro than fifteen hundred inhabitants, to i)ayea least f one town.'school.;., yln order to carry this -law-into effect, it is on nctod that tho inhabitant!! ot every rural commune shall, under the direction of the nublio authorities, form themselves into a society, composed of all the landed proprietors, and nil the fathers of families, not landed proprietors, resident tn tho com mune. In general, every yillage is required to maintain , its , school. , Several villages, however, may have one in common, if each is unabio to snnnort the expense of a sepa rate school provided" that, tho distance from the common school is not greater than two miles in a Iht country, and one mile in a hilly country 5 thnt tho communication is not interrupted by marshes or riversi impassable ot certain seasons of tho year ; a nd Jhat Ihe nnnibo r w child ren is not- too large thot is: more than one hundred for one masleP. For the support of the schooTs the law provides : I. A, suitable salary to the schoolmaster and schoolmistresses, and maintennncofor them when they be come incapable of performing their duties. '2. A Bchool-houso properly constructed, kept In repair, and heated. .3. Furniture, books, nictures. instruments, and means requisito for instruction, and exercise. 4 The aid to be eivon to needy scholars. Tho first provision is considered by the law as the moat important of all, and the local authorities are enjoined to raise the school, master's salary as high as possible. In regard to the second, school-hooses arc to be in a healthy situation, of sufficient size, well aired, die. ; hereafter, they are. to be built and repaired in conformity to; general models. Attached, must ha a garden of suitable size, &c, and applicable to the in struciion of pupils : and, where possible. I., beftro the school .hours. irrnvclled olav. u proiind, and plaecor gymnastic exercises. a ssortment of books for the - school - for drawing and writing; music, &c. J instru. meats and collectiftn for natural history nd mathematics ; the aparatus for crym nastie exercises ; and, where instrnction w piven irtibq ar ts8jjeqmsitetaolod machines. In regard to the fourth, if there be no chnrjty school specially provided, ev. try public" school Is hound to afford to the poor instruction wholly or in part gratuit. 1 ous, os likewise the books and other ne cessaries of educn tion. '" ' The object of these elementary schools is tho dvelopement of tho human faculties intellectual, moral, nd -j physical through an instruction in those common branches of knowledge which arejindis. pensablo or useful to the lower orders both of town and country. - The town or burgh, er schools, which the law has provided, carry on the children till they nre capablo of manifesting a desire for a classical edu cation, or for a particular profession. The continue this education until the youth is prepared cither to commence his practical duties In common life, or Kis higher und speeiat scien'ific studies at ibo university. In every complete elementary school in Prussia, the branches taught are religion and the German tongue ; and in. Polish provinces, tho vernacular latguago ; the elements of geometry and general princi ples of drawing 5 arithmetic; the elements of physics, of general history, and the his tory of Prussia ; singing, writings gymnas. tic exercises, tho more simplo manual la. burs ; and some instruction in the relative country occupations. Every pupil on leav. ing tho school, receives from his master, and tliejconimitteo of superintendence, a cer. tificate of his capacity, and of his moral and religious dispositions. This is produ- ced on approaching the communion, and on entering into apprenticeship or service. Seminaries for the instruction of teach era, both in the knowfedge to be afterwards communicated by them and in tho practi cal artof cminuinicatingjt, form a very mlporlant appendage to the- Prussian sys tem of education. Without a proper traia ing of schoolmasters, "all public institu. tions for instruction must be comparatively Inefiicint. On this subject. Professor Pil lans, of Scotland, )ias tho following perti? nent remarks: " It is a curious fact in the history of our country (und we might extend the obser vation to more countries than our own) that, while ample provision is mndu for professional training, in every other line, it seems iievL tor'havirTtceurfed to- those whoso business it is to make it, that any such provision was required for that pro fession in which I conceive it is quite its important and indispensable as in any other. In order to qualify a man to bo a practicing physician, lawyer, or divine, a longproba. lion of preparatory discipline is very pro norly required. IJjrouSLfiJyuy-JuieJheury.l of his profession, and he must witness and engage in the experimental parts of it be fre ho is permuted to practice it publicly. Nay, more : there is scarcely a hanchcralt, tho aspirant to which is not bound to serve an apprenticeship of several years, in order to make himself ncquatnteo witti us myste ries. Tho precautions wo tako to have our medicines well compounded, our books wellprintedana well. bouncijL.nay ouoery shoes well made, we utterly neglect when tho question is whether. our children sh.sl bo well taught. A certificate from a pro. fessor of some university, that tho youth who bears it has attended a Greek or IIu- manily classcompmiie4ithFlerf man s attestation that ho has been a rrgu lar hearer in his Church, and has led 1 quiet lifo in his parish, are deemed amplo proofs of his fitness to bo a schoolmaster ; and upon no better evidence, nre raw bids appointed every da y to -this difficult, ddi- cate task, of which they have thought scri ously but as a menns of subsistence." . The German States. Ever since the Reformation, elementary education has been a leading object in the Protestant Slates of Germany, but comparatively ne. glected in tho Catholic. It has of late years received an additional impulse, and is now established in Wertemburg, Bavaria, and Baden on much the same principles, and nearly to thcsamecxtentrasin Prussia Iu Wertcmburg, during tho last thirty years, the System of education has been greatly extended and improved. A public school is established in every parish. The master receives a fixed salary from the pa. rish, exclusive of a small fee frornThe pa piht-r In rrwrt cases tlwr masters " are" also furnisjicd witha house, garden and a few acres of cround. The supervision of "the schools is intrusted in every parish or com mune to n committee consisting of a few principal persons, the clergy of the parish, whether Catholic or Protestant;- being at-' ways-x rffieio members. No particular system 01 religion is allowed to be taught in the schools of Wirterr.bure, and most of the other German States. Religion is left entirely to tho chrgy and the parents of the children, so that tho children of-Catholic and Protestants frequent the schools, and live in the utmost harmony. Every indi vidual is compelled to send his children to school from the age of six to' fourteen. If the parents are unable to pay, the debt is remitted. ' " ' " Tn 1807-8, the Bavarian government es tablished, besides the gymnasia for classi cal education, seminaries called Real-Insti. tuitn, where yoong people are instructed in history, religion, modern languages, mathematics, and the natural sciences. A final organization took place fd 1825. Du ring the last thirty years, the people have made rapid vimprovements in knowledge and "civilization. "An admirable national system of education is established. About bne-eighih of the population is at school. -Ulu8tria has a-ontronal system dreducs- tion, with the advantages ol Normal schools and other establishments ' for the instruc tion of teachers. ' The grand . work was bere laid for elementary instruction among the common people at a much- earlier day than In most of the European states.' At the beginning of the last century, there wore not more than threo out of twenty children who enjoyed the advantage of pub lic education ; 'whereas their numbers at present are' equal to one-third of all the young persons who are susceptible of in. struciion. Of this class there arc two mill, ions in tho Austrian States, cxcludivo of Hungary ; and out of these two millions, nearly one million and a half are on the books of the national schools. - Deducting 150Q- 8chouh ciindustry and girkLschuuk, as well as 8000 supplementary schools which exist, in the Hungarian provinces, there are altogether 13,000 elementary and superior schools in the Austrhn cm. pire ; average result is, that there is one school for every 275 families. In Austria proper; and tho district of Saltzburg, there nre 244,882 children of a teachable age, and 231,749 of them are under tuition i in the Tyrol there are 99,463 children taught out of 105,280 ; in Moravia and Si. lesiu 230,503 out of 250,740 ; in Dalma tia 1460 out of 2249 ; in Styria, Curniola, Curinthia and Illyria, only 98,150 out ol 231,310; and inGallicia, but, 51,129 out of 444,044. Tho smaller States of Germany, as Nas sau, LippcDcimold, AnhuluDe&au, and the Saxon Dukedoms, have dono much for teachers, which is perhaps the most Cheer ing feature in the whole system. The great variety of accomplishments which are conferred In the superior schools of Germany has of late years attracted much attention inBr.ituio IIenee-4t has become a prevailing fashion to send young persons designed for a liberal education to the German schools. :, Mr. Chambers, in his Information for tho People, p. SIR f.ir 4835, says, "The writer of this sheet jtas recently informed of a Ssottuh family con sisling of two sons, ono of whom has been raised in his native country for the Church, and has passed through tho narrow and an tiquated course of instruction whigU has been appointed for such individuals; while the other, educated in Germany for a mcr canTile career, thduglTtwo years younger, is not only a tolerable classical scholar, (and his brother is a littlo more,) but can speak in tho French and German tongues, read Italian, is a firsi.rato mathematician, and possesses a fund jf general knowledge, and sn expandudncss of mind ; forming thu most strikinu contrast to the acauircmentsof his hrother.-- The Italian States. Educatiou is go. Bcrally.in n low condition throughout these States. Nevertheless, it is improving.' Wo have not tho proper documcnU which would furnish particular information on these countries. . The United States. Pdrhaps no coun try in the wortd, all things compared, has made such progress in general education as lheJMtedSMeSi.NiiViu heve, that there are almost innumerable de fectsto be remedied, and vast progress yet to be marie. IJoston in the east, and Cm cinnati in-the west, are much below what they may and 'ought to bo in extent and atiun. Tho tone imparted by the early colonists of New England, who wero intclligen and educated men, has not been lost; and the principle they established, thotall should be educated, has never leen abandoned in the States which they p!antcdnu,"ft has been successively adopted by most other States in some lorm or other. Ono chief advantage of the, Common School system is that tho wholo population is made to take a direct personal interest in the business of education. The people vote the assessments for tho support of the schools, by their committees they spend uie money thus collected from this or oihc sources, and by their children get the benefit of tho outlay. - The process is thus as free irom jobbing as it possibly can bo. .Another great advantage is that the schools ai supported by a tax on property in most of the btatcs. It is, therefore, an arrange, ment eminently beneficial to the poor. In most towns, one-fiflh of the inhabitants pay at least one-half of .the tax, and instead of sending half of the scholars, do not send one-sixth. Of course the school taxis pro perly a tax on the wealthy to educate the children of the poor. Thus a mutual benefit flows to both .oor and rich. The poor are assured by. law that their children shall be educated, and thus preserved from the great- est temptation to crime. Whilo the rich are assured that they shall live in a con munity where the universal diffusion of edu cation shall keep the foundations of society safe. The schools are in the light of a great moral police, to preserve a decent, orderly, ard respectable population; to teach men, from their earliest childhood, their duties and their rights; and by giving th'j whole mass of tho community a sense of ch'a racier and general intelligence, make them under stand the value of justice, order, and moral Worth. .' , . The moral character formed bv the well conducted Common School education, is of indispensable value to the whole republic By this means property amj life and the peace of society are secured.- It excites a feeling of respectability and sense of cha. meter, by enlarging the capacities and in. creasing ihe sphere of intellectual enjoy, meats. By general instruction the moral atmosphere is purified ; good sentiments are tept uppermost aridthe strong current of feeling and opinion, as well as the censures of law aod the denunciations of religioo, are turned against innmorality and crime." Se curity, beyond wjbat law can actompnaSi, it thus promoted. "AH men may not, in the common acceptation of the phrases, bocome philosopltcrg, and statesmen; but by the dif fusion of general knowledge and good vir. tuous sentiments, the political fabric may bo securd as well tigainst open violence as against tlio slow but suro undermining ot licentiousness. Tho following arc the sen timenls of Mr. D. Webstes, uttered in a speech delivered in Massachusetts at an educational convention, held 1821 1 " We rejoice thaj every man in this community may call property his own, so far as he has occasion fur, it-ta iumUb, &r-4umse4f-arid his children tho blessings of religious in struciion and tho elements of knowledge. This celestial and this earthly light he is untitled to by the fundamental laws. It is every poor man s undoubted birth.nsrhl it is the great blessing which this Constitution has secured to him it is his solace in life and it may well be his consolation in death, that his country stands pledged, by the faith which it has plighted to all citizens, to protect his children from ignorance, bar barily, and vice." - o; Retribution. " Do you think I'd have a shoemaker or tailor! La, mo ! 110; I'd live and die an old maid rather than marry a shoemaker or tailor. We remember well tho evening that Miss Sally Snipes made the above indignant dis clnimcr. Wo then boarded with her mo. ilier in an eastern city. Mrs. Snipes, the mother of bully, in her youth was unfortu nately cursed with a largo share of good lookstnlrciy littlLodsmsea but one idea iu her mind, which is explain ed by whnt tho mass of fashionable folks call gentility. S!io indulged this idea to such, an yxient thut it coon luft her mtmhr husband. The poor man died of a broken heart, leaving Mrs. Snipes and an only daughter to cultivate their favorite notions of genlility as best suited their humor. 1 ho evening in question was a cold, stormy- night, ond tho boarders, six in number, all mechanics, were gathered around the stove in conversation, und ns Miss bally honored the group with her presence, love and ma. trimony contributed to the chit chat of the evening. None of our company happened to be a shoemaker or tailor, but there was one very t excellent young man there, a journeyman hatter; it was suspected, und not without reason, that he entertained -a very sly and alfcciionateJrcsirijh "Wetiarc ofMis- S.dly ; but the moment the words above quoted were uttered. :t was vvrv evident that a chango camtTDvcr the spirit of his dream. About the same lime, a spruce young dandy, of slender mind but umplu impudence, respecting whose where ubouts oMiiuaiis of making a. show, no uuu could guuss, paid particular utlcuiiou to Miss Sally, und waited oil her with great pomposity wherever sho was pleased tore ireuL Four years afterwards wo spent a few weeks in aneiglibjring city, and having oc cusion lo look alter u wustier-woman," we went to the placo directed, knocked ut thu rickety uld tloorjn a b.ick alley, which thu Tiogs o7l!)o neighborhood had appropriated lo tliuimulvcs us a pleasant rciiuut.- Thu door was opened, when loaud behold ! who stood before us as a very oparition of squal id wretchedness, with dishevelled hair and tat toi-edd russ 1 f 1 1 was M UiJ3ally JSui pus f' that was, but now Mrs. Jtntz Jenkins, tho wife of the ci decant dandy, developed into amiueraauie, broKcn Jown gambler und abandoned drunkard. Tho words quoted at the head of this urticlo immediately Hash, ed upon our mind. Since then, whenever we hear a j'oung.Iady speak disrespectfully of mechanics, orlalk ubout setting thier cops" Cor a rich or fashionablo husband, we involuntarily think of tho unfortunate Sully Si.ipcs. .- f ' From tho Boston Recorder. Delirium Trcmeas. -A SKETCH. The delirium tremens is one of the most frightful consequences of intemperance. 1 VVhen thowreiehod victim of unbrtdled petTieTTius indulged to a certain extent in .his accustomed stimulant, his reeling brain conjures up a multitude ot fancies lar more horrible than ever tantalized the wildest maniac. Tho concluding sceno with such an individual is indescribably fearful. Death mull its Protean variety, has never arlect td mo with sue'., sensations ns I havu ex perienced when standing by ihe wretched inebriate, sulTuring with this terrible disor. der. One case to which my mind reverts, was marked wjth circumstances of painful interest. Esquiro Lang was a wealthy gentleman farmer of extensivo repute! lie was a worthy member of the state le gislature, ua excellent neighbor, and in days whuo o periodical revel was rarely ac counted an evil, a man of irreproachable moral character. Few, even in his own domestic circle, referred the bloated corpu lency of his naturally largo system, and the fiery flush of bis full luce, to the legiti mate cauc. Ilia dany drams of Uoguiac and his regularly retiring to bed every day after dinner w,cre the only practices which the most scrupulous whispered to his dis credit. Hut abused appetite forces us soon, er or later to pay the forfeit. " Mr. Lang was arrested in his intemperate course by a fit of strong tpoplexy. He hod been partial. ly recovered by the energetic application 01 tho usual rcs:orants and aH stimulating food and drinks, strongly interdicted as certain hindrances to entire convalescence. His brain now tortured with emptiness as it had before been with plethora, was giving birth to all tho wild and horrible imaginations of delirium tremens. I tied my horso un. der one of his amplo sheds and entered without ceremony. lie sat bolt upright in his bed, and his countenance was the im age of despair. Ilia eyes were alternately fitfully glancing, or fearfully rolling in Uieir strained sockets, ns if in pursuit of ever changing objects, now advancing, now re treating, and now flitting with electric ra. pidity over the field of vision. . Startled at my entrance, he looked up and vehemently exclaimed, Wouldjou rob me P Again recoiling from my proffered hand, he shriek ed, " you would murder me !" and sprang from the opposite sido of his couch with superhuman energy. Tho injudicious op. position of his friends Jo jViswhinishad phrenzicd him to an alarming degree. He utterly and obstinately refused anodynes, and was only retained by force from leap, ing from the windows of his apartment t to escape theso visionary yet to him real tor. mentors. Grasping the clothes convulsively as we replaced him in bed, ho buried him self beneath a half a dozen blankets. . " Ha ! there yet T" ho muttered in stifled tones, and flung tho covering from himself to the floor with startling suddenness. Soothing words calmed him occasionally, but he scl. dom lost sight for a moment of the phan turns dancing attendance upon his unthron ed imagination. Now terror beamed from every, lineament. - Fiends !" ho ex. claimed, shrinking backward und elevating his head for defence. Again his face exhi bited every mark of strong loathing and disgust. " Snakes!" said he, " see them arc on my bed ! ' Keep them off!" ruining his vuico witb each successive exclamation. - Now - his eyes rapidly traversed the circumference of a-Hwltrrrch-fwas-Tamdty " See T they are on mo!" he exclaimed, when his person was embraced within the narrowing limits. " Why don't you keep them offl" Tho expression of his features, his intanse 'agitations, his motions were all thoso of one upon whom ten thousand rep. tiles were trailing their scaly bodies. Again fixing Jijsjeyesupoajat retired cor ner of tho room, he shook with an unearth ly shudder, as if some new horror had greeted his vision. " What do you see there ?" inquired his anxious and distress ed wife. ' Two !" ho whispered. "Two what !" said I. " Two horrid, horrid fel- lows'." He shuddered convulsively, "keep half hour of anxious silence. ' Our hope. I ss task of beating the air was resumed with usual success. Take them away !" he groaned, they arycoimng! they are coming!" I threw myaelf into a posture of defence. Ho grew calm for a few mo ments. Then suddenly starting up, lie clenched his fists, raised them to his right snouider in boxing attitude, glared tear and fury from his bloodshot eyes, howled in gny7 -"-they xomcTl hey come ! st ruck theo several times with appalling energy ut the approaching phantoms, and fell back upon hio couch a ghastly corpse September, 1840 . A fflPt -- irrr Lecture on slavery. Professor Mc Donnell is lecturing in St Louis, on the re- laiion existing Jietween tho United States und Great Britain. Judging from tho pa. jTcra, ue- 11.13 nu mc proper marx. 111 one lecture lie gives a summary of the history of slavery, ond proves that Abolitionism had its origin in England, and was designed by its originators to break down the trade of the Southern States forthe benefit of thei Last India possesssions. Alexander" Ex: press Messenger. A rich bequest. The lute Mr.Uussey's bequest to Harvard University, is $350, 000; ihe wholo of which, however, will not take effect immediately. Ono half of the income. of this bequest is to bo devoted to the support of a Seminary, under the con trol of the University, lor. instruction in practical agriculture, and ornamental car- dening, in botany, and in such other brunch. mote a knowtedgo of practical agriculture. and the various arts, subservient thereto and aonnected therewith. The residue of tho income -to bo divided cnualtv between the Divinity SchooLand the Law School of the University. '' However pleasant newspaper reading may seem to a man, who, when tho lubor of the day is done, takes up tho favorite journal and with feet on the fender indolent ly glances over or speculates upon its con tents, we assure him it is no joke to look through a hundred or more exchanges in the hope of finding somo'hing new, impor tant or interesting. , Economical food ros horses. Nine paunds of bread, made of oatmeal and bean flour, will afford more nourishment to horses than a bushel of nates of good quality. A French farmer in Hainault feeds his horses during the winter on a mixture of boiled potatoes and chopped straw, civiog each horse haily, two feeds, about fourteen pounds of patatoes, which food agrees with the horses, and is much relished by them. . Ells and printers- Eels have been skinned ever since Noah came out of the ark, and printers have been cheated out of jheir just dues ternceH4lie-ierjtals printed on blocks of wood; yet , neither do the eels get used to being skinned, nor the printersjo- being fleeced.. ' This argues great obstinacy on the part of eels and pria-tort.-' - .- t-: . ; '. A Chapter on Hats. w Your bonnet to Us right wce'Tit for (b head.? There u 00 people so ingenious at expe dients as the Yankees.- It would never en ter into tho heads of. persons out "of New England," tdf uj their, hall for any other purpose than as a covering fur their beads. " In other parts of the globe, ' when a . man ! bows graciously xto his friend, he take f his haL Such a custom cannot be adopted here lor a man's hat is his pockelbook, his satchel, his pantry, his clothes bag, his tool chest 0f his1 scgar; box, . asoccasioa rr.ayrcquire ; anjif'he should take off his hat in a hurry, awkward consequences, must needs ensuo. Wo onco knew' a young gentloman who, having purchased a dozen eggs for his mother, forthwith fop ped them into his haL Oil his ' way liome hornet a pretty girl, "with whosa charms ho had bug been sniitten, and wishing to be particularly polite, he took oj his hat, preparatory to making a low bow.' ' The twelve eggs, obeying tho laws of gravita lioo, of course wero precipitated to the pavement," and instantly smashed to atoms, and the beautiful white garment of the as. tonishedgiil, was bespattered wilh tho fil thy volks ! She never forgave him. 1 How often during a windy day, do wo see a halkss wight chasing a cloud "of pa. pers, which have made their escape, and are borne away on the wings of the wind. It has been remarked by foreigners, that tho natives of New England ore generally round shouldered. This is undoubtedly owing to the enormous weight they carry on their heads 1 A lawyor is.seldotn aeou wilh a green bag in his hand, his legal do. cuuieuts, and sometimes tits lawbooks, oTo deposited in his hat ; a physician's hat ir not unfrequenlly an apothecary's shopLhi Tnlniuture ; a merchanfsliat is crammed with samples of merchandise ; and a stage driver's hat is stuffed with bundles and packages. A pesson about to take a short journey never burthens himself with a trunk, but takcsa change of apparel in his hat a lute member of the Massachusetts Legislature, who represented a town' not more than twenty milerfromPBostonr l ways carried his dinner to the "State House in his hat ; and we have seldom seen the, hat of an editor, which was not stuflcd with dumped newspapers, stolen paragr;phs,and unanswered duns! Hence editors aro al ways round shouldered. ' i4 . - . The chango which has lately been edict ed in thrrshaprrof the htttx tiar beenrtoudly' complaincd of, as its reduced dimensions put its wearers to much inconvenience; A hat of the most Approved modern style, will contain littlo els 1 than a pocket hand kerchief, a pair of gloves'," nnd.a few se. gars. . But we hope this chaogo jn fushioii. will produce a corresponding change io tho -perpendicularity of certain individuals ; and . that thoso persons who hang down Vieir adjyhilaweajing--a-4 will soon strut about as stiff and upright as a platoon of well disciplined soldiers. Lo wellJournal. - ... From the Louisville Joun4Mlf 111! Mcssrs7rcWciroTWcs3 I en-, dorse you a mout valuable recipo for the cure of cancer, and I want you to give it a free circulation in your paper, and request your brother editors to do the same. A CERTALN CCREFP5.A.;a NCfitt Jf . rOff FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS. Take half an ounce of bluestohe, a quarter.of burnt cop. peras a quarter of an ounce ofburiit alum' half a quarter of an ounce of virdigris ; pow. der them nil togellicr. . Take blucstonc and burnt alum, a quar. tcrofan ounco of each, finely powdered ; add to that half a pint of thu best rum aud a table spoonful of honey. You can put it in a tin cup and lay a saucer on it, afid set , it on some live coals, and let it boil a few minutes ; then strain it through, a fine cloth and put it in a phiul. -.,.. 1 he cancer must be dressed twice a day. If it is not raw, you must scarify it a little. " Scrape a little lint of linen ; then pour but a, little ol the liquid in a spoon; dip the hut iu t it, and then in tlie powder s l,y iton.jand '1.. bindaa small piece of linen on it, in Order to it to confine the place. : You must Lo careful to pick all the dead flush off every timo you dress it." Wash tho cancer Twill a littlo milk and water or castile soon. When tho patient finds the powder has no effect, poultice must be nppliedjn order to'" rot the roots, if the cancer docs not, be come easy, apply the powder again. " vv ben the cancer is out, pour a little of the liquid in tho hole, and apply tho powder again twire, in order to kill all the remain ing roots. " . The patient must not be alarmed on ac- ; count of its swelling, and must rcfraio from -', all kinds of spirits. - . ,r 1 . . . " 1 do certify that 1 had a cancer, In too corner of my eye, in the year 1816, and that the above cored me. ' ' ::'-L JOHN TODUUNTER. October 18, 1841." , - - " I do hereby certify, that I had a can cer iavmy lip, in the year 1823, and that the abnyoniadd'n final-core. . . . ELUAII NEAL.",. . FiLLWO vy tbs sea A " sWp hatin sprung a leak, an Irish sailor was employed - , at the pump, but first looked over the rail to see how high the water was on the sido of tlie vessel. After pumping an hour, ha irnToolriTeep"oveFth fioding - the vessel was four inches deeper, than ' when he began,, he exclaimed, "srrsh cow, Captain dears I shall soon ptimp the ' sea full atthis rate, fori htve raisodirfjar Inches tJ.-esJy.' 1 It V 1 1 1 if t '4. t - ; . r ' r v. . "' ' .. - . ';. '.. J I A X