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SCELLANEOUS.
From the Knickerbocker, for May. '
- The two Virtuosos;
ORrTHE BOLOGNA SAUSAGE.
Not many years "go, there lived in the
little town of R , a suburb of one of
our Atlantic cities, an individual known aa
Dr. Q r- wnj was noted for three re.
markublo "manifestations of the passion
of love," as Mr. Tasistro would classify
licm. These were, the love of money,
tho love of science, and tho lovo of Bolog.
na sausages. The first ho inherited, with
his estate from hid father ; the second he
caught by inoculation from a near neighbor,
Professor Z., formerly of some eastern col."
lege; and the third probably grew out of
tlto first, as it is -well known that Bologna,
American Bologna sausages, when eaten
sufficiently sparingly, are the most econo
mical food that can bo procured. , Dr.
J ir!rAadait.achcd I
U a large room, which ho called his
" museum, " filled with pictures, and all
manner of curiosities and articles of virtu.
The walls were ornamented with numerous
paintings of every sizo and shape ; some of
them landscapes of a peculiarly dirty and
smoky appearauco and which in conso.
quence had been pronounced by friendly
connoisseurs to bo the genuine works oi
Teniert, Claude and .Ruysdacl; others
were portraits of ancient ladies and gentle
men, with glaring red and white cheeks,
and stony bluo eyes, that at the first glance
chilled through the gazerlike an cast wind.
These were all veritable 44 Titians,"44 Van
dykes," and 44 Raphaels," supposed so pro
bably from tho fact that they looked as
little like tho works of those immortal art.
Lits, a? it was possible for a bad painter
with bad materials to make them. In ad.
dition to these invaluable paintings, our
- DoetorB-muscum - was- filled-with stufTed
birds, striped snakes, ringtailed monkeys,
and every kiud of flying and creeping
thing, as well as all manner of unknown
.and unknowablo curiosities from the four
(uarlcrs of tho world, including of course
that arliqo indispensable to all museums,
" the identical club with which the renowned
Captain Cook was killed at Owyher " All
the Doctor's friends, and every littlo boy
and girl in tho village, were laid under con
tribution to furnish contributions to this
rare collection, for which they generally
received a 41 Thank ce, and sometimes,
i f thojdonation happenod to be unusually
dirty and unclassifiabb, the 44 thank'ecs '
extended to two or three. Now tho Doctor
had a nephew, the son of a widowed sister,
in-law, a lad or some fifteerTor sixteen
years, who had been unusually active in
securing rubbTsITfor his uncle's collection;
which by the way ho mast have done from
- eheor love-of science r as ho never received
any remuneration for his pains, excepting
the everlasting " thank'ce" and a free ad
miltance to tho museum , which ho enjoyed
in common with tho other acquaintance of
his uncle. -
Ned Wilson,. the nehew,) having after
much importunity prevailed upon his mother
to let him go to sea, had accordingly pro
cured a voyage, and one morning present
cd himself in tho breakfast room of his
uncle, to take leave of his rich relative pre
vious to sailing. The Doctor was at first
surprised, and then delighted; surprised
when his nephew announced his purpose
and delighted when he learned that his
destination was the Mediterranean, and
that it was his intention if possible to visit
tho ruins of llerculaneum and Pompeii.
- -" Of Course, Ned," said he, 44 you will
hot forget your old habits when there.
What vast fields for the industrious and
patient explorer are those two buried cities !
Every house a museum in itself, and every
street strewed with the "curiosities of a
former day ! You've been a good boy,
Ned, at hoine, and you musn't forget your
uncle when at Pompeii ! And,J suddenly
recollecting himself, "your uncle musn't
" forget you, neither!1' And" then turning to
, his wife, ho inquired whether she could'nt
think of some little present that would be
acceptable to their clever relative;
Now it happened that on the morning in
question, tho Doctor had had his favorite
dish of Bolognas on tho table ; but they
didn't relish very well. He thought they
were rather 41 hurt," lis iho term isy- his
wife thought so too.;, ajad the cook , who had
been called, pronounced them the 44 werry
worst kind of- tastin' things she ever see."
They were accordingly rejected, and now
stood on tho sido-boaru.
44,Whal can wo do for you, Ned !" the
Doctor repeated, as ho began to pace the
room, for there was a struggle going on in
his breast between his innate meanness and a
desire to do a little something for a lad who
had done so much for him, and from whom
ho expected a great deal more. He kept
..walkibto end fro, occasionally repeating,
""Give jii'rn- give him "Tut ho couldn't
make up his mind what, until he acciden
tally cast his eye on the discarded Bolognas,
when be finished the sentence : ' Give him
a Bologna Vausage Betty 1 Nothing
can be mora delicious on board a ship.
And drawing a long breath j his mind seem,
ed Tehevarf an immense load. The sauj
sage was accordingly wrapped in an old
newspaper and given to Ned, with many
almost paternal benedictions, and.not a few
injunctions to remember his uncle; and the
nephew quitted the splendid mansion of his
relative with a swelling breast, and a not
very exalted opinion of his liberality.
Three years passed away, and Ned Wil.
son returned to the village of R , having
in tho mean limo visited nearly every port
in tho Mediterranean, na jrrjorningt a
row "days ufterTiTs return, he mado his ap
pcarance at Dr. Q 's mansion", having
under his a armsmall tin box. The first
greeting over, his uncle, who had not for a
moment lost sight of the little tin box, led
his nephew into the museum. .1
44 And now, Ned, what have you got in
the box, eh ? Something rare, I'll warrant."
' 44 It is something rare," said the nephew,
44 but what, I can't tell. I picked it up in
Pompeii, but no body there knew what it
was.
And he handed the box to the Doctor,
who received it as eagerly as if it had
been filled with mortgages.
44 But stop!" said he, laying the box on
the table, 44 we must have Professor Z
here J" and ringing the bell, ho sent a mes
sage after his brother virtuoso.
In a few moments tho Professor made
his appearance; and the men of science
proceeded to examine' the contents of the
boxTwhichaTtcr undoing sundry wrappers,
they found to consist of one nrticle only.
Throwing his spectacles over his forehead,
which he always did when about to look
sharply atany thing, the Doctor commenced
his examination. He turned the curjosity
over and over, and looked at it on every
side, and in every position of light, until
his eyes ached and began to grow dim ; but
ho could make notlung of it ; and then, his
spectacles suddenly dropping in their place
unnoticed, he handed tho article to the
Professor, profcting-that looking at it made
him nearly stono blind. The Professor ex
amined it as closely asJlhe Doctor.
44 The form is familiar to me;" said he ;
4 4 it looks very much like a sausage."
' 44 So it does it does!" chimed in tlto
Doctor; 44 don't go, Ned," turning to his
nephew, who had his hand on the latch of
the door. 44 Don't go ; we shall soon know
what it is !"
44 It looks like a sausage," repeated the
Professor, solemnly ; 44 and," putting it to
his nose, 44 it smells like a sausage." And
then, having tasted it, he threw it from him
as if it had been a rattle-snakc, exclaiming!
44 And by Jupiter, Doctor, it is a sausage
-a Bologna ; and a very bad one too !"
The truth flashed to the uncle. He stood
irresolute a moment, and then seizing tl
club that had killed Captain Cook, he
turned suddenly round But his graceless
nephew had just closed the street door be.
hind him.
Dialogue in the market,
Between a Yankee, an Irishman, a Dutchman
and a Frenchman,on the subject of eatable and
spt'akablca.
Yankee Hullo, Mounsecr ! what arc you
going to do with Jhcm nrc frogs there, in
that arc basket?
Fxcnchmaa Da f rpgl.Yy sarcl will .
cat the frox.
Irishman Ate him! what, ate that
sprawling devil of a straddle-bug? I'd as
soon put all the sarpints that St. Patrick car
ried out of Ireland in u bag down liic throat
iv me. ' - s
Yankee You can't bo in earnest now,
Mounscer. You ain't such a pickerel as to
bite at a frog !
Frenchman Pickercllc! Vat is dat you
call do pickercllc ?
Yankee A darned great long nosed hsh
that we catch with a frog bait.
Frenchman Vat you tell mo, sarc ?
You bait de frog vit dc fish? .Mon Dicu!
you no Understand dc frog you no taste,
no senser no skill in tho cursinel rish de
bait vid the frog?, Begar!. 5
Yankee -Fishlho 'baitT"Vrhy-don,t
you parleyvoo right eend foremost T
Inshmaq Ay, cuishlamacree, why don't
you put tho cart before iho horse, as I do ?
Dutchman Yaw, mynheer, why don't
you dalk goot English, like I does?
Yankee Dalk ? "Ila, ha, hal you talk
about dalking? Why,, you can't no more
pronounce tho English than a wildlloppin
tot. You can't get your clumsy Tutch
tongue round the words of civilized Ian
guage. Now listen to me Mounscer
Frenchman, and I'll teach you how it's
done.
Dutchman No listen to me I under,
shtants how to pronounce t,ho most proper
est I comes from te todder sidt of Enk-
land, and zure I knows how to sphoke de
nuro Enkhsh.
Irishman Is that a raisonable sort iv a
raison now ? By tliat same logic I should
know how to speak the Inglish still. better
for I cams from this side iv inglanu, and
was niver across the Irish channel. since I
was born, lot alone the day before that
And thin, besides, me great grandmother
was a schoolmaster, and me second cousin,
on me neighbor's side, was a praicher intill
the bargain. SoT Mister Monshure, I'm
the boy that'll taTche ye to spake Ingluh
properly. - - -
Frcrvchman OuL L All speak de Injrleso
-do Yankee, do Irish-man, de Dutch-man,
all 8 peak turn bess, and all speak him dif-
r xt ... ii
icroci; xjecor : mow, vai you can ois
(showing a potrto) dis pome de terrc ?
Yankee-"That pum do tar! Why,
Monseer, I call that pum do tar a potato.
frenchman Oui. - IS ow, Bare, vat you
call him T ,v
Irishman A paratie -a raal murphy, to
be sure. ' . ' . ;
Frenchman OuL- And now sore, vat
you call him?
Dutchman -Wat I calls him T Wy, I
galls him a bodado, and any vool might
know dat w
Frenchman Ila, ha, ha ! begarf You
all call him different. You all speak de
true Inglese, and you no speak, him like.
Ila ,.hatMJ.begarJL . : ; ,
Yankce-Well,'. Mounseer, now M me
ax you a question. What is this 1 have in
my hand T (showing a cane.)
frenchman V at is dat f Vy, sure, dat
is dat is -Sacre me no can tink. Vat
you call de homme, dc rascalle, vot kill
A-bcIloT
Yankee What kilted a bello ?
Frenchman Oui , Monsieur; dat grand
rascalle, dat murd, dat knock down A-belle,
vile ho keep de sheep, do mutton.
Dutchman Uh, oh, 1 know what he
means now; he means uam, the vurst
murterer.
Frenchman Oui; yes, sare: 'tis one
cano.
Yankee Right, Mounscer, it isn't two
eanea. Wow whut oovom call it, you limb
of old Irelandiyou essence of brogue?
Irishman 1 m after calling it a shilalah ;
and if you don't be aitsy calling ill names,
I II be after provin t to yc.
Dutchman Now, shcntlemans, don't
vight about a vort. Mark do me. I'll but
you out one. Wat you gall dis 7 (snowing
a quantity of curd with whey.) . .
Irishman Och ! and isn't it a bonhey
clapper? Yankees You may call it what you
please, but I call it luppcr'd milk.
Frenchman Lop-enr milk ! MonDieu!
Do Yankee milk avo do ear; ye hear vat
ho say. Mon Dieu !
Dutchman Now. you po's all wrong.
Dis, wat I have in tho nokkin, is schmear
case. Yankee It's a darned queer case, 1
think. Why, you don't know the differ
ence betwixt tweedledum and tweedledec.
So, good bye to you.
Frenchman Do fee iledum he is no fee.
ilhxlee, begr f (Hortx one of the fTOgS
hopped out of Monsieur's basket ; he pur
sues him Keshey do frog ! keshej do frog !
O, me pauvre frog ! O, grand fricasse !
He scape ho run away be gar !
Irishman Och, and isn't that quaro
now, that a livin straddle-bug should run
away before he s cookcu at all, at all ; tuo
ungrateful sarpint! St Patrick presirvo mo
from all frogs and touds arid other snakes as
long as Hive. And so with this praflis,
I'm off.
Dutchman Mine Cot ! wat a vuss is
hero apout a pull-vrog ! But III puy mine
zour-grout, and then I'll pe off doo, in
lesser as no time.
An extraordinary-Case.
Thefollowinir narrative, relating to Josh
u.-v Newburn, who has recently returned to
this country, alter having been capturca by
the natives of Ncw-Zealand. and after hav.
ing served for nearly nino )ears and a half
nndnr iho chills ot various tribes. uunn2
w.hish pcrjoiJ .hcjandeTwentjhq'uc.l Jtqr
ture of tatooning, is authentic, and may
be depended upon. Thqro is something so
trulv extraordinary in tho history of this
vouns man's life, during his nine years and
n hairs residence in the intcripr!of New
aland, that a few observations relating
to him cannot fail to prove extremely iter
rostinfr.
Joshua Ncwburn is the eldest son of the
late Mr. John Henry Newburn, for many
veara a frfecman of tho' worshioful company
of Goldsmiths, in thorcity of "London, and
was born m the parish of at. LiUke, on the
27th of March. 1817. His family are still
living in that parish in respectable circum-
stances. lie received a plain education at
an Iloxton academy (Gloucester House,)
under a Mr. Pearce. and was afterwards ap
prenticed to a gas-fittcf in the city ; but his
inclinations bemgscaward, nis tamer caus
r-d his indentures to be cancelled, and on
the 27th of February, 1832, he was arti
clod for the term of three years to a Cap
fain Plant, master of a whaler, bound to tho
South Seas,4iamed the Marquis of Lands.
downe. After a voyage of three months
nnd fifteen davs from the date of leavinu
Portsmouth, tho ship reached the Bay of
Islo nds , on tho IN ew z.ea land coast , w ncre
she brought up. and younz iNewburn, who
was then but fifteen vears of ace, having
suffered much sickness on board, obtained
leave to-po ashore-to seek medical advice.
As there were several canoes manned with
natives around tho ship, trading with tho
-crew, Newburn took the advantage of bar.
raining with a runatercc. or lead boat.
man . to take him ashore : but after they had
left the ship, instend of the men rowing into
tho mouth of the harbour to the Jdngiisn
settlements, they made away for a sandy
hrtich some, distance off. and. havinr drac-
ged him on shore, they stripped him quite
naked, beating ruin av me same time wun
tlieir paddles, till they left him insensible ;
thev then took the canoe and made off. As
soon as be had partially recovered from the
effects of their violence, he wandered about
.ha iulatwi in nnrett nf ft lmmdn habitation.
desirous, if possittferHghting
white man, l his he conuouea -to- o- ior
two rlavs and nichts. making the best of his
wV throuzh forests cf fern; breast high,
.which (he being quite .ocrenci cjoiaing;
shockingly chafed and lacerated his body.
On the third morning, as he sat under a
tree, famished with hunger, and exhausted
with atiii'uc, he was perceived fay tw
tive youths, the tons of a chief Jiving hard
by, who pitying his condition, conducted
him to the hut of their father r who was ly.
ing sick upon a mat Seeing that he (New.
burn) was destitute of clothing, he furnish
ed him with an old pair of canvass trous
ers and a tattered shirt, and having afforded
him such refreshment as his circumstances
would admit of, he sent him to a neigh,
boring chief, who, he said,' would use him
To follow the life and adventures of this
young man from that period up to the time
of his quitting the country for England ; to
detail the chequered circumstances ho met
with during the nine years and upwards he
served with the various tribes -nf the island,
to depict the scenes ho witnessed, the im
minent perils he encountered, tho severe,
almost incredible hardships he endured, the
dreadful privations ho underwent, and tho
miraculous escapes he experienced, would
occupy the space of a large volume. He is
now in London, and although he speaks his
nativo language correctly, yet it ia with
difficulty that he at times" can find words
whcrcwithto express his ideas. Uis Doay
is cicat rized in many places from the wounds
tie has from time to time received Irora the
Kpears and knives of tho natives whilst ho
was unacr tuuereni ciueis, couiuuuiug wim
militant tribes; and his face has under-
jrone the horrible - operation of tattooing t
which gives him the appearance of a New
Zealand chief. Although he is now only
in his twenty-fifth year, from tho acute suf-
forincs ho has undergone, (having been at
one period exposed for fourteen months in a
bush,) he appears considerably oiuer, ana
his constitution has been so severely snat.
tcred, that it is quito impossible that he
could have subsisted another year had he
remained on the is and. He speaks the
New Zealand lancuaco with tho utmost flu
encv. and became ultimately so thoroughly
initiated into tho ways, habits, and manners
of tho natives, that they identified him with
themselves, and stvled him by a term of
distinction," 44 Mootooah," which means
44 the tattooed spirit." In describing the
scenes he witnessed among the tribes, he is
exceedingly simple,, and imparts what in
formation may bo sought ol him in a verv
clear and artless manner. FiUsbvre C,
Advocate.
PETITION
To a Legislature for License to sell Spiritu
ous Liquors.
" May it please your honors to grant ua nermia-
ion to kill 7"
Invrhat manner do you desire to kill with the
aword7"
" Your petitioners consider (Klfs'word as an an.
tiquated way of extiniruishinir life. There ia a
savageness about it, and an luvlcas ctfusion of
blood. Wounds are inconvenient, and not always
mortal. We wish to do our work with less tixxu
ble and more effectually. Death by tho aword ia
an unjust and partial system. It afltct only those
who are drawn up in battle array. It falls entire,
ly upon ono aex. . According to the theory of Mai
thus, there ore mora human twines created than
the earth is ablo to contain. Therefore, it is nc
ccssary that a part be cut off, for tho safety and
subsistence of the whole. Now, as there are full
aa many women in tho world as men, some process
of diminution ought to be deviaed, in which they
shall bear due proportion. We petition for leave
to kill women and children as well as men. Wo
pray, that power may be given u, to enter the
domestic sanctuary ."and to slay ly the fireside, as
well as in the battlo-field."
" Do you prefer the use of gun-powder to the
sword ?M : "
"May it please your honors, none reverence
more than ourselves, tho invention of pun-pow
der. "As an expeditious and commodious way of
freeing earth of her supernumeraries, it is truly
admirable. Nevertheless, we ore not perfectly
satisfied to adopt it. It is too local in its opera
tions. When the field is once covered with dead,
tho thunder of the cannon eeuscs. Dallies are
not of frequent occurrence. Wo prefer to employ
an agent that nccda no rest, and that night and
day may fo low the work of destruction."
" It would seem then, that pestilence or famine
must be summoned as executioners of your com
mission." - - '
" We suppose that the plag-ic may be imported,
and we know that it baa produced great effects.
The cities of the eaat have been humbled in sack
cloth before it, and desolated London, anciently
inscribed with the red crow, and Lord have
merer upon us, the door of her smitten and &M
most tenantless dwellings. The past year, too, in
the opening graves of our own land, told bow
fearful was even the lightest footstep of the de
stroyer, " walking in darkness." Famine also,
baa withered whole nations. They have blighted
and faded away, " stricken through for the want
of the fruits of the. field." But earth soon reno
vated herself, and was again clothed with plenty.
The harvest whitened, and the grape filled its
cluntcrs.-The flocks that had vanished from the
foal, returned, and the herds lowedi n tbeir stalls.
Health and fullness of bread, banished away eve.'
ry tree of weeping and of woe. Not only ia the
dominion of pestilence and famine transient, but
their away is also restricted. In the heighth of
their power, they kill only the body. They have
no authority over the sou. We desire a broader
commission : We request liberty to " Ml tht ul
at WfU tke body."
What tremendous agent do yon then seek, be
fore whom the ravages of war, and pcsUlcnco arc
forgotten V
" lutein pcraitre. May it please you to grant
our petition (or a license to sell ardent spirits !"
L-1LS.
Hartford, Conn.
4: Jack, your wife is not so pensive as
she used to be."
44 No, she left that off, and turned ex.
pensive."
Why" is a drunkard nearly ready to sign
the pledge like a skeptical Hindoo. Because
he is doubtful whether to give up the worr
ship of the jugr-not (Juggernaut.)
Wby is the tolling of a bell like the
prayer of a hypocrite? It is a solemn
sound opoa a thoughtless tongue.
, THE COST OF SMALL GLASSES.
, A report recently made, by the Now Or
leans Temperance Society, presents some
ratrHilni. aMjn-iiw)lni h. tl-u uuu.ului ,
well oa tte moral oaa of hmIm t lh
tavern bars in that city. The general state,
ment will, no doubt, answer more or less,
allowing for the differences of population,
for other cities. We note it, therefore,
that some idea may be formed by compari
son of the profligacy of the drinking sys
tem. Tho JNew Orleans lieo atlords an
abstract of the report in question, which
enables us to present the results briefly.
Iaihat city,aa elsewhere, itis correctly
asserted,-tliat the most fruitful cause of
crime is intempsrancb. Among the poorer
classes, four-fifths of the deaths are traced
to this mighty evil. The average number
of persons daily brought before the Police
Magistrates is twenty-hve, or about nine-
thousand annually. In one hundred and
fifty inquests held by the Coroner, the death
of ono hundred and thirty subjects was as
cribed to drink.' These statements will not
appear exaggerated when we look to the fa
cilities which tho tavern license system
affords 0 the tippling portion of the commu
nity to exercise their taste.
1 here are in New Orleans, eight hundred
and thirty-three dram-shops: Some of the
splendid establishments may not like this
name, but we kuowol nono other so appro.
priato to the places where intoxicating
liquors are retailed by the glass. Of these
833, 574 pay a tax of $300, and 259 $100
ay ea nJfhese jiata nffor dLlhe jnuanaofxaL
culatirtj tho cost to tho community ofjhcse
worse than worthless establishments, which
is approached in the following figures :
Cost of tho grog-shops, $3,196,940
Loss of labor of persons attend.
ing in and dependant on, $1,520,224
Loss of labor on 400 persons
confined in jail,
Loss on slaves aflectcd by illicit
trade with coffee-houses,
slaves at $40,
Administration of criminal po
- lice,
Coroner's department,
Public charity, orphan asylum,
and municipal grants, -
146,000
200,000
100,000
19,000
50,000
Total, $5,223,125
The above we take just as we find it,
and if it be an exaggerated statement even
if it exceed about ono-third the mark, and
we call 4he-eggregate-in-round -numbers
$3,500.000 what a startling view docs it
present of the burden which the habit of
dram.drinking imposes onasinglecommu
nity ol about ninety or ono hundred thou
sand inhabitants. Three millions five hun
dred thousand dollars for croc-shops in
New Orleans alone! North American.
Take off tiie numbers. A rather pal
pable Irish bull was perpetrated on the wharf
in this city. Ono ofthe firm of Gregg,
Mills & Co., heavy importers, sent a son of
Erin, who had been recently engaged as
assistant clerk r from the counting-house to
a vessel unloading, with directions to take
offlhe numbers from certain casksjust land
ed, and lyingn the wharf.
On being told, the youth stood for a mo
ment staring at his employer, who said
44 You know how lo-tako off numbers, I
suppose?"
Lt Och,- and I do sir; many a one have I
taken off before now, sir;", and a way he
started.
I Te was cone some two hours, without
any information having been received from
him, when he entered the counting-room in
a perfect sweat, bearing in his hand an
empty bucket, and a hard scrubbing brush,
and exclaimed
Well, sir, I think I did that nice."
Ah, you have taken them off, have
you?" said the boss, 44 let me look at them."
44 Look at them, sir, is it : exclaimed
the youth, while a grin of delight played
about hisrnouth. ,4raith, sir, and ye
not look at them agin. I've scrubbed the
heads of the barrels as clean as a new cent
44 You have! Why, you stupid fellow,
we'll not be ablo to recognizo our casks by
the invoice-" :
'. 44 Faith, an' you will, sir, for the others
there are as dirty on the head as a chim
ney sweep, and nothin' has been done to
thein, save a chap's standing there,. and
writing down something."
OT One of our members in telling his
experience, says, 44 My wife had often
threatened to leave me on account of ill
treatment through intemperance. One
night I went home pretty drunkshe was
sitting by a few coals which were almost
ext-incuished, crying. As I tumbled into
a chair she tan to the door, opened it, and
exclaimed, more in sorrow than in anger.
i 4 God bless you f but good bye " She left
the house, and I havo never seen her since
and if there are any here who have driven
' HI ! . . .
a good wne away broken-hearted on ac
count of drunkenness, they can sympathise
with inc. IV. 1 . Urgan.
The first coach was made in England by
Walter Rippon, for tho Earl of Rutland,
during the reign of Queen Mary. Stnco
that time, there have been far too many
made for those who would havt done better
for themselves had they accustomed them-
selves to walking.
A premium being lately offered by an
agricultural "society for" the best mode of
irrigation, and the latter work, being made
irritation by mistake of toe printer,
fajmer seat hia wife toiclaim the prize.
ITnltv nf Iiit4rvtf nmnne ull Dro. V
11 nas uocn usual to put me aianuiuciurer a
a tha furcacouud as the elass most interna' -v
ed in the protective policy. " Hence "invi
duous distinctions novo , .,i
many have beerf induced to believe that
duties leviod for the protection of the manu
facturing industry of the country operatea
as taxes upon other producing interests.
The partial view or tho subject does not
prevail at present so generally as it did some
time ago. But U is still set forth for decep
tive purposes and it misleads many.
Every mechanic Is a manuiucturer vpon ,
a limited scale. .For tho most part .he is
an independent proprietor, invests his own
capital, employs journeymen on his own ac
count, superintends his own business and
keeps his establishment snugly under - nis
own eye. t he manufacturer, so cauou,
differs from him chiefly in taking tho raw
material in a more crudo state, and in em
ploying a larger amount of capital, on atf-
couut of tho machinery necessary to. tlio
business and in this country the establish,
ment thus constituted is generally under .tho
management of a company.
In the countries of Europe where largo
capitals are accumulated in certain classes
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a nd ranks, the products oi mocnaiucai in.
dustry often come forth from great esiab-
ishments so that the difference between
tho mechanic and the manufacturer is lit
tle or nothing. Ia the United States tho
interests of both are equally aflVcted by ex
ccssive importations because, boots and
shocaand hats and furniture caTTbe import
ed from large European establishments just
as cosily as manufactured cottons ana wool
ens. j ' :
If tho mechanical and manufacturing in-
tcrests arc thus prostrated, will theagricul
turists escape injury? The labour and cap
ital now employed in tnc lormer, nnamg no
profit in those pursuits, must bo turned to
agriculture the farmer will behold new
competitors in his calling, nnd the amount
of agricultural products will be increased,
when already there is a vast surplus ia the
country trying In vain to nnd a raarnei
abroad. If the mechanical and manufac
turing interests are sustainod,' the homo
market will be the best reliance ofthe agri
culturist.
The following letter from GovernorPa-
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Vis ot Aiassacnusetis, to uenerni x au
madge, of New York, is quite to the point
on the subject John Davis . j known as
one of the most practical, strong-minded
men in this country. ISatt. American.
Worcester, March 24, 1842.
Mu Dear Sir: Yours ofthe 8th reached
me only a few days ago, and I immediately
made known your views in Boston. I am
heartily rejoiced to sec llic spirit ot the coun.
try rousing
up.
It rives me crcat satisfaction to see oth
er parts of the country moving, and espe
cially New York, for it is the business of
the Agricultural States to movo and sup.
port a division of labor, for this is the only
process by which they can sustain them.
selves. Totalk of protection to Manufac.
turois, under the idea that tliey are reaping
special benefits, is idle. I he policy goes
greatly beyond tho purpose of aiding a par-
ticular class of persons, for the enquiry is,
shall we in substance be all farmers, or shall
we divide into- various -employments .that --
our wants may be supplied f
If the farmers feel no need or this dms-
ion, then let us give it up ; ior mo manu
facturers and mechanics can live as well by
the land as they. I have always thought
Protection to Manufacturers was an unfor- ,
tunate misnomer, tort is labor ol an sorts
that we aim to sustain and support, as much
one class as another, and let us hold firmly
to that. " We go for the great interest ol
labor, and if we can take care of that, thcro
is nothing to fear, for the country will bo
prosperous and happy. Let us then, under
no name, lose sight of our object, or of our
identity ; wo aim at free prosperous labor ;
while Free Trade aims ut ;hcup goods mado
cheap by cheap lubor: y " 1
In the eye or free trade tuo suiienng,
8tarvatT6nyau"OTfer neglect of the labor
ers, as well as llicir moral and intellectual
degradation ore notlnng ; a cent a yard tn (
ca licocs out ' weighs-a H these mighty -mat. -ters,
and thus avarice is left to triumph over .
humanity and morality;3 England asks for
free trade just io the extent that sho wants -the
markets of other countries, and no fur
ther. Her position is the opposite of ours ;
her surplus is goods, while ours is produce.
She wants free vent for these goods in our
markets, but takes care that our food shall
not interfere with her agriculture. ,
The United Stales aro in a deplorablo
condition ; no currency ; no confidence ;
with every thing depressed dark and gloomy
1 he treasury js empty and the finances dis
tracted ; but it Li ail working ou one great
problem, and that is, that wo must lake caru
of ourselves by fostering bur own industry.
Opinion is rapidly turning to this as tho
great remedial measure which is to dispel
the clouds which have gathered around us,
and give us the bright sunshino again.
God speed your efforts. I write in great
haste, and remain your friend and obedient
servant. JOHN DAVIS.
Feercai y. 44 Well, Pat ! can you ie!t
us why February has leas days in it thaii
tbe other months T" 1ir A nd be sure f it I
a fcir answer that jewant I" Certain-'
hi i 'we wish to know." 440ch!my dar.
lints ; and it is because the month ends the
winter, and hajlikeycur father' poney's
tail a piece bitcf Jrthe r!J we nherv
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