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ASIIEVILLE, N. C;, SEPTEMBER 30, 1842.
WHOLE NUMBER 115.
fllTTED AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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um OFTIIEU. STATEST
pjmtthe tectmdSettion ofthe 87M Congress.
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION
t Public No. 57. J
IV ACT to provide for the satisfaction of claims
ri.inr under the fourteenth and nineteenth ar.
" of the treaty of Dancinf Rabbit creek,
concluded in September one thousand eight
aundred aad thirty.
r. a mmseUi bv the Senate and Houtt tf Re-
wtmntttittttf tht United Statet tf America in
C ll.V Tl,.l lU. .., An i..
laird of March, eighteen hundred and thirty jer.
a mtitlcd " An act for the appointment of com
Binionen to adjust the elaims to reservations of
biU ander the fourteenth article of the, treaty of
. i i i i i.:.4 :.u u- fi i
Indians, so nr mm un sauiv mm out rop-;awu or
r . 1 - . t J
modified by we provisions 01 in is act," oe, and the
MOM are nereoy, roviveg ana eonunuea in lores
ajjttttiio powerS" eenforred y- titts aet shaU be
fQj executed, subject, nevertheless, to repeal or
Bxttuicauoa oy any mm 01 vonress. Ana an me
poeers and duties of the commusioners are here.
hrexteaded to claims arising under the nineteenth
article of said treaty and under the supplement to
Ikeaud treaty, to be eiamined in the sams man
wrtnd with the Sanaa effect as in eases arising
sadcr toe fourteenth article of the sai J treat v :
Pmidtd, That the salary of said commissioners
jl..t not eceeed the rate oT two thousand live
kmdred dollars per annum.
get. -i. And kt it further enacted, That nibpos.
atifor the attendance of witnesses before the said
eoaiinissioners, arid process to compel such attend.
inea, may Be Msued by the said coimnissioners, o(
eJ tsroof them, under tl:eir seaJe, in the same
and with the same effect as if isiued by
erartsof record, and may be executed by the mar.
rhilof any district, or by any sheriff, duputy she.
ritor other peace officer designated by the said
Bamminioners, who shall receive for sueh services
toe tame fees as are allowed in the district court
Ctke United States for the district in which the
sine shall be rendered for similar services, to be
said, on the certificate of the commissioners, out
ef Uecontingent fund appropriated by the fourth
sectioa of the act secondly above recited, whicu
wns approved oa thetwenty-seeanddayof rebru
try, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight,
and which is revived by this act l Ptnided, That
aeuiinr herein contained shall be construed to re
Tire well portion of the act approved the third day
ef March, one thousand eight hundredand thirty,
even, referred to in the first section of this act, as
provide for the employment and pay of the dis.
uict attorney of either of the districts of the State
of Miaaiasinpi.
'Kec.3. And is a further marled. That when
tin nid eommisskmers shall have seeertaibod that
any Choctaw has complied or offered to eomrl v
will) an the requisites of the fourteenth article of
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w aaid treaty, to entitle bun to any reservation
tBderthat article which requisites are as follows
w wit: that said Choctaw Indian did signify his
er oer intention to the agent, in person, or by some
fennn Hntir atitJiArtNert nnft mwmitNv HirAntpd Kv
t said Indian to signify the intention of said Indian
s tecorae a citisen or the Mates, within six
Bontbs of the date of tho ratification of the said
treaty, and had his or her name, within the time
ofii months aforesaid, enrolled on the reg utter of
w Indian agent aforesaid, for that purpose ; or
snail prove, to Uie entire satisfaction of the said
eomoHasioners and to the Secretary of War, that
bear she did signify hi or her intention, within
tin term of six months from the date of the ratifi.
eatiea-of thteat3rfoT(iaTirBiorBer name
u not enrolled in the register of the agent
aforesaid, but was omitted by said agent; and se
condly, that said Indian did. at Die date of makinir
aid treaty; to wit, on the twenty-seventh dav of
September, eighteen hundred and thirty, have and
own an improvement in the then Choctaw court.
try; and that, having and owning an improve.
ntrflt at the' Time and ptacer aforesaid, did reside j
opm mat identical improvement, or part of it,
fcr the term of five years continuously next after
the ratification of said treaty, to wi, from the
Iwemy-iourtn day of t ebruary, eighteen hundred
ad tbirty.one, to the twenty-fourth of February,
eighteen hundred and thirty-aix, unless it shall be
ede to appear that such improvement was, be.
the twenty.Tourth day of February, "eighteen
Bundled and thirty -six disposed of by the United
eultos, and that the reserve was dispossessed by
of such disposition i and, thirdly, tliat it
l bs madrto appear to the entire satisfaction
id commissioners, and to thesocretafy of War
uxttaid Indian Aid nn .n
f Wad under the provisions of any other article of
ucij, ana, lounniy, mat it shall be made to
"Wear, ra like manner, that aaid Indian did not
;IJiy otJior grf ln4 undw the nrovi.
Jef ny other article of said treaty i and,
Wbly. that it shall be mads to appear, in like
wwr, that said Indiatrdid not remove to the
Jeniw eountry west of the Mississippi river,
til I" T ha' eontinued to reside within the
iU of the eountry ceded by the Choctaw Indi.
M to the United Sutea by said treaty of twenty
wnth September, in the year eighteen hundred
Mdthirty-rt shall be the duty of U,s said com.
2!nTf T 'D nd web of the above requisites
u be made clearly to appeal to their satiafac
n, and the Secretary of War shall concur there.
hJr0C7i tocrtain quantity of land to
?; I ? , LldiaB y Tirtue th fourteenth
"J'Weofthesaid treaty, is entitled to, which,
LMCrUined bIl be located for said Indian,
ilL g 10 ectinJ lines, so as to embrace the
i?rTemen- part of it, owned by aaid Indian,
&f tk d $ nil u nu uio quit
W President 0f th. Uaited State to issue a pa.
. H Said Indian tm U.J it 1 .U "l
raj- andrfnot, to his or her heirs and legal re-
Kntatlrm; nJ ! l:l ?
wmsts aforesaid ascertain the quantity of land
J" by said article to each ehild of said Indian
2'Of to the limitations contained in said arti.
j"M loeate said quantity for said ehUdren con.
to "dedioinins; the improvement of the
ri!n ehUd children ; and the Presi.
tho.uZ7 T"" tor eacn tract of tend
iTto?kted. to id Ind "U, if living, and if
IiKt.-TL Ma leP" representative. ot
mitia child D... it -i . . . . . . . ,.
""eil u any tract aTttS ta whirl. .mrTn.'li
: wui ii uib unminuieiuu I
eatited under the provisiona of said fourteenth
to iri Td treatT " H w impoesibU
B7,",d Jodian the quantity to which he was
"""UOd, iacludin him lnnnm,t...lnU
iob,3lCrt his children, on the adjoin.
mulm, the aaid exmimiasionsr shall thereupon
titkj" , tntity to which each Indian is en,
end allow him or her for the same quan
tity of land eqnal to that allowed, to be taken oat
of any of the public land in the states of Miaaia.
sippi, Louisiana, Alabama and Arkansas subject
to aniry at private sue j and eemncatcs to Wat
effect shall be delivered, under the direction of the
Secretary of War, through such agent as be may
select, not more man ene-nau or woicn shall be
delivered to said Indian until after his removal to
the Choctaw territory west of the Mississippi river,
The said commissioners shall also ascertain the
Chnctawi, rf any, who relinquished or offered to
relinquish any reservations to which he was enti.
tl ed under the nineteenth article of the said treaty
or wnose reservations under that article bad been
sold by the United States ; and shall also deter,
mine the quantity to which wch claimant was en.
titled, ana the quantity of land which should he
allowed hint on the extinguishment of such claim.
at the rat of two-fifths of an acre, for every acre
of the land to which said claimant was entitled,
aaid land having been estimated under this article
at fifty cents per acre i Provided, mevrtkeles.
That no claim shall be considered or allowed bv
said commissioners, for or in the name or behalf
of any Indian claimant whose name does not ap
pear upon the lists or registers of claimants made
by Major Armstrong, special agent for that pur
pose, in conjunction with the three chiefs of the
three Choctaw districts, and returned to the De.
paitmcnt of War in January, eighteen hundred
and thirty-two, and who does not appear from
those registers to be entitled to a reservation un.
dor said nineteenth article.
Sec. 4. Aadbt it further enacted. That the said
commissioners, within two years from the time of
their entering upon the duties of their offices, and
as often as ahull be required by the President of the
United States, shall report to him their proceed,
ings hi ths premises, with a full and perfect list of
the names of all the Choctaw whom they shall
have determined to be entitled to reservations un-
dcr thhract?tbe TqnaTitity of land to which each
shnll be so entitled i the rrambcr of elaims whieh
can be located according to the provisions of the
fourth section of this aet, and sueh a cannot be
located according to the provisiona of the fournh
section of this act; and the power and duties of
the said commissioners shall eease at tho expira
tion of two years from the time of the first organi.
Ration of the board ; and their proceedings may
be terminated by the President at any time pre.
vious o the expiration of the said two years.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted. That the
commissioner to be appointed under this act shall
also ascertain and determine the quantity of land
to which any Choctaw or other person named in
the supplement to the said treaty or liancing Kao-
ijjilj!rci - kj?s entitled by virtue .thereof and, which
uch p rnou has by any means been prevented
from receiving.
Sec. 6. And it it further enacted. That if the
President of the United States shall approve and
eonfirru the determination of the commissioner
heretofore appointed to idvestigate the claims ex.
isting under the fourteenth article of the aaid
treaty of Dancing Rabbit creek, in any case, be
shall cause to be delivered to.tlmclairnant, if he be
a Choetaw Indian, hi legal heira, certificates, as
provided by the fourth section of this, act, for the
quantity of land to which claimant shall appear,
by such determination, to have been entitled, in
full satisfaction and discbarge of such claim
Provided, Such determination was made by ad
hering, in every instance, to the requisites con.
tained in the fourth section of this act : And prp.
tided, a), That aaid claims, nor either of them,
cannot now be located, according to the provision
of the fourth section of this act.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted. That distinct
see nun la shall be kept of the certificates issued-in
satisfaction of the claims provided for by this act,
and of all expense attending the same) and the
amount thereof shall be retained and withheld
from any distribution to the States.
See. 8. And be it further enacted, That nothing
in this act contained shall be so construed a to
authorize Ilia said commissioners, to adjudicate
any elaim which may be ptksenteM oy a whiten
man who may have had, or now has, an Indian
wife or fomilv : and anv Da tent to land which shall
issue to any Indian claim urmcr the provision of
the. trenty aforesaid, shall be issued to tho Indian
to whom the claim was allowed, if living, and if
dead to his or her heir and legal representative,
anv act of Congress, or usage, or custom, to the
contrary notwithstanding.
8ec.9. And be tt further enacted. Thai no claim
. s1iall.be'allowed.under-the fourteenth arttele of said
treaty if the said commiraioncu shall be satisfied,
by such proof as they may prescribe, that aid
Iaim had been, previous to the expiration of nve
years from the ratification of said treaty, assigned.
either in wholoorin part; and in ease of a partial
assignment, or agreement lor an -assignment
thereof, the same shall be allowed so far only a
the original Indian claimant was, at that date.the
BesW'ndvpfeprTetor thereof.
Sec. 10,1 And be it further enacted, mat an
claims under either of the article of said treaty
mentioned above, or the snpplenientsl articles
thereof. Ct'lllgll lllilll nut he dull piisented te
commissioners for allowance within one year after
the final passage of this act, shall be thereafter
forever barred.
- JOHN WHITE,
Speaker of the Hmue ef RepreeentativtM,
WILLIE P. MANGUM,
President of the Senate pre temmnre.
JOHN TYLER.
Approved, August 23, 1842.
TPoBLic No. 61.1
AN ACT to amend the aots of July, eighteen hun.
dred and thirty-six, and eighteen hundred and
thfrtylghF,"kIIowih j pensions" to" certain Wi.
dows, . ' -
jB if enacted bv the Senate and Ilouee of Re.
preeentativei of the United Stale of America is
Uongret ateetnbua, I hat the marriage oi inc
widow, after the death of her busbandrfor wbuoe
services she claims a pension under the act of the
seventh of July, eighteen hundred and thirty
eight, shall be uo bar to the claim of such widjw
to the benefit of that act, she being a widow at the
time she make application for a pension.
Approved, August SJ, iO. j
Woman's love of Flowers. la all
countries women love flowers ; in all court
tries they form nosegays of them ; but it is
only in the bosom of plenty that they cn
ccive the idea of embellishing their dwell,
ings with them. The cultivation of flowers
amonff the peasantry indicates a revolu-
tion in, all their feelines. It is a delicate.,
sure, which makes its way through
coarse organs ; it is a creature wnose eyes
are opened; it is the sense of the beautiful,
a faculty of the soul wnicn is Bwaseoeu.
Man, then, understands that there is in the
fifta of nature, a something more man ne
ssnrv for existence :' colors, forms,
dffridours, re perceived for the first time, and
tow. Those who have travelled in tne
country, cart testify' that a rose tree under
the window, a hooey suckle round the door
of a cottage, are always a good omen to
iheAiredjrayellejT
rates flowers fs not closed to the supplica
tions of the poor, or the wants of a stranger.
SELECTED MISCELLANY.
J From the Weekly Messenger. . "
Plain and Practical.
r Ttstf Pat Wl PaurrJU. -
There word you will find in " flaming
capitals" in the " editorial" columns of
newspnper. Tbcy are addressod to a cer
tain class of subscribers called "delin
quents," who for years have received the
" printer's" paper without paying for it.
The text, though short, is full of meaning,
it being an earnest exhortation to bud
scribers to perform a long.neglected, and,
perhaps, forgotten duty, and it is hoped that
all 1 ' delinquents11 will speedily comply with
so reasonable a demand. ' For the informs
mation, however, of those who have never
inquired into the meaning of the text, or
have forgotten it altogether, we invite at.
tention to the following " plain and practi.
cal" exposition : . '
I. What are subscribers to pay the prin.
lert
1. DonH merely pay him " ihanks," lie
indeed likes to receive the thanks of his
subscribers, but ho needs something more
"substantial.''
2. Don't pay him " abuse;" for this kind
of coin, however liberally supplied, and in
whatever quantity received, won't keep the
" Establishment going, nor provide for the
wanU f -the editor a family
3. But pay him " tiuU which thou owest"
viz., money. L,ook at the terms of the pa
per. It is not said so many " thanks," nor
so much" abuse per annum, butf2,.
00 per annum." But I must here drop a
word of caution, and give a bit of advice,
to those that are already convinced that it
is their duty to " pay the printer." And,
1. Don't send him money which you
know is not very good even in your own
neighborhood. It is feared some have done
this.
2. Don't send him small bills when the
debt is a large one, for then the postage
which the printer must pay, eats up a good
part of the debt, and this looks a little like
1 hus 6 one dollar bills sent
to the printer cost him $1 ,12i postage ! I !
The bit of advice is this, send the best and
largest bill the case admits of, or pay the
postage yourself on small ones. Hoping
that you are now willing to pay the printer
I'proceed to inquire, ...
II. 1 he time when to pay the printer ; and
here J remark '
1. Don't wait half a dozen years. For
it may be difficult to make up so much
money at one time as will pay the printer.
2. Don't put it off until the printer has
asked a dozen times for it, for this would
not be very much to your credit."
3. Nor don't wait until it becomes duo,
for it is very likely thaf It won't be paid
then. Money is not always paid when due,
for if it were, I don't think the (8000 due
the " Establishment" at Chambersburg,
would be. in the hands of subscribers.
Therefore,
4. Fay in advance.. It is the easiest and
cheapest way of procuring the paper, and
will give you greater pleasure in reading it.
You can then set down and regard it not
as a borrowed or a begged article, but as
vour own Dronertv. And then. too. when
" delinquents" are " dunned" for theiC sub.
for their negligence and inditlerence, you
will feel happy in the consciousness, that
you are not of the number. .: - .
Ill Reasons why subscribers should " pay
1. I he amount due is a debt which tbey
ha ve-eontraeted'-ftfid they- re-thpreiure in
common justice and honesty bound to pay it.
2. The printer has earned it bv toiling
and laboring night and day, perhaps for
years for his subscribers.
3. Printers are "flesh and blood" and
as little able to live on " wind and weather"
as any of their- subscribers.
4. 1 he " kstapliRhment ' at all times,
but particularly at present, needs funds, on
account of the claims against it, and want
of means to meet them.
5. The "Establishment" will sink and
finally " bo down" unless prompt and nc
tive measures are adopted, and the moneys
now due be speed ily-pa id;
6. The page of history would then in.
form the world that " the only English pe
riodical-of the r-Church, (comprising
more lhan 75,00f communicants,; failed
for want of natronaee"! ! Now, to guard
nrrainst such a " shameful catastrophe" and
to dea.1 honestly and justly with editors, let
each subscriber who sustains the relation
nf T f). IT "to the nrinter. nav him forth
rith, in' good current money, that our eyes
lay no longer meet the " flaming capitals,"
" PAY THE PRINTER,.
O, P. Q.
Avgust 5, 1842.
A Drunkard's Cabbiagb.- A drunken
fellow, after dreadfully abusing his wife who
reproached btm for his cruelty, went out
of' the house in a rage, declared that she
should never see him again till he returned
in his carriage, when she would be happy
to receive him. He kept his word but not
exactly at he intended for in a couple of
hours he came home drunk in a wheelbar
row. '
A sew State. W e have heard t ne
name suggested for the new "State.
neither West Florida, nor East Florida,
nor South Florida but the" State of Bank.
rUplcyTU more appropriate taoarpresetrt
condition. St Augustine News.
(From Kendall' Santa Fe Exped'Won-1
A Prairie-on Tire.
While some of our party vwere digging
into the sand near the edge of tho stream,
with the hopes of finding water more fresh,
and others enjoying the luxury of a bath,
a loud report, as ef a cannon, was heard
in the direction of the camp, and a dark
smoke was seen suddenly to arise. An
Indian attack," was the startling cry on all
sides, and instantly- we commenced hud
dling on our clothes and bridling our horses.
One by ojne, as fast as wo could get ready,
we started off for what we supposed a sceno
of engngemeut. As we neared the camp,
ing'ground, it became plainly evident that
the prairie was on fire in all directions.
When within a mile of the steep declivity
which cut off the prairie above from this
valley, the bright flames were seen flashing
among the dry cedars, and a dense volume
of black smoke arising above all, gave a
painful sublimity to the scene.
On approaching nearer, we were met by
some of our companions. They stated that
the high grass of tho prairie had caught
fire by accident, tial many of tlie wagons
had been consumed, and among them the
commissioner s which contained not only
our trunks, but a large number of car.
tridges. The explosion of these we had
mistaken for the report of our cannon.
We dashed ahead with the hope of ren.
deTing-assistanceoUfompahi6n"s,1)ul
before we could reach the place of the
steep and rugged hill, the fire was dashing
down with frightful rapidity, leaping and
flashing across the gullies and roaring in
the deep and yawning chasms with the wild
and appaling tones of a tornado. Ever
anon, as the flames would strike the dry
craggy tops of the cedars, a report os of a
musket would be heard, and in such quick
succession did these reports ' follow each
other, that I can liken them to nothing save
the irregular discharge of infantry.
---Tlie- wind was blowing fresh from the
west when the prairie first caught, carry,
ing the flames with a rapidity astounding
over tlie very ground on which wo had
travelled during the day. The wind lulled
With the sun, and now the fire began to
spread slowly in the other direction.
The passage by which we had descended
was cut off by the flames, and night found
our party still in the valley unable to find
any other route to the land above. "O'ur
situation was a dangerous one too ; for had
the wind sprung up and veered into the
east, with such velocity did the flames
spread, we should have found much difficul
ty in escaping.
About nine o'clock, I was fortunate
encgh to meet with some of our men, who
directed me to a passage up the ascent.- .It
should be remarked here, that our party
who had started from the river by Jhis
time, were scattered in every direction,
each man endeavoring to find his way to
our camp by his own road. Fortunately,
the fire had been checked in a western di
rection by I ho peculiar formation of the
ground tnd by the wwd.
Worn dowu by fuiitue, hungry nnu al
most choking with thirst, 1 laid down upon
the blackened ground that night, but it was
long Utfore sleep visited my eyelids. A
broad sheet of flame, miles in width, could
stULJbe-secnaiithaasty-ligUtnm
heavens, with a bright glow, while the sub.
ducd.yet deep roar, of the element was
plainly heard asjt sped on with wings of
lightning across the prairies." In the val..
ley far below us, the flames were flushing
and leaping 'about among tho dry ccdurs,
resembling a magnificent display, of fire-
works, the-eomlnaton lormifMr -a- eone-f
of grandeur and sublimity it is impossible
to describe.
Ask the Price.
Whenever I want any thing I always ask
Ihe price of it, whether it be a new coat or
a shoulder of mutton, a pound of tea, or
a penny worth of packstring. If it .ap
pears to be worth tho money, I buy it, 'that
is, if I can atlord it; but u not, 1 let
alone, for.be is no wise man who pays for
a thinir more than it is worth.
But not only in the comforts of food aM
cIothing1but in all things, I ask the same
question ; for there is a price hxud toa day s
enjoyment as well as to an article of dross;
to the pleasures of life as well as to a joint
of butcher's meat. Old "Humphrey has
now Kved some summers and winters
the world, and it would be odd indeed if he
had passed through them all without pick
ing up a little wisdom from his experience.
Now, if you wiliadopt my plan, you will
reap much advantage ; but if you will fot,
jou will pay too dearly for the things you
obtain.
Tlie spendthrift sets his heart on expen
sive baubles, but he does not ask their price
he is therefore, obliged to give for them his
houses, Ji is lands, his friends, and his com.
forters, and these are fifty times more than
(hey are worth. The drunkard is deter,
mined to have his brandy, his gin, and his
strong' ale; and as ho never makes the
price an object, so he pays for them his
wealth, his health, his character, and his
peace and a sad bargain he makes of it !
It is the same with others. The gamester
will be -rich at once, but riches' may begot
too dear; for he who is getting money gets
also the habit of risking it on the turn of a
eard''BraTRroW'of the dice; will mm brtog
hia noble to ninepence. The gamester pays
for his riches with his rest, bis reputation',
and hia happiness.
Do you think if the highwayman asked
the" "price of ungodly gain,- that he could
ever commit robbery? No, never MJut he
does riot ask the price, and foolishly gives
for it his liberty and his life. ,
Old Humphrey has little more to say ;
for if a few words will not make you wise,
many will not do so. Ask I ho price of
wnat you wouia possess, and make a good
bargain. A little JfiYtxlenco will secure a
good deal of peace. But if, after all, you1
will have the pleasures ot sin, I pray you,
consider the price you must pay for them.
Yes, thine may be the joy of vice.
An i thine without contr jl :
But U, at what a fearful price
The price may be thy soul.
" What is a man profited, if he shall gain
tho whole world, aud lose bis own oul?"
Matt. xvi. 26. OM Humphrey's Oiierva
lions. : ' ..
" . Currou's lusjcainKyl ---
A farmer, attending a fair with a hundred
pounds in his pocket, took the precaution to
deposit it in the hands of the landlord of the
publio house at which he stopped. Having
occasion for it shortly afterwurd, he resort
ed to mine host for the bailment, but ihe
landlord, too deep fur the countryman, won.
dcred what hundred was meruit, and was
quite surf) no such sum had ever been loJgcd
in his hands by the astonished rustic After
ineffectual apjieuls to the recollection and
finally to the honor of Bardulph, the farm,
er upplied to Curran for advice'.
" tf avepatfenceTTi5y" TffenoVSald the
counsel; "speak to the landlord, civilly,
and tell him you are convinced you must
have lelt your money with some other per
son. Tike a friend with vou. and lodge
with him another hundred, in the presence
of your friend, and come to me."
We must imngino and not commit to
paper the vociferations of the honest dupe,
at such advice. However, moved by the
rhetoric or authority of the worthy counsel,
he followed it, and returned to his legal
friend.
' '-And now, sir, I dont see as I am to be
better off for this, if I get my second hun.
died again: but how is that to be done?"
" Go and ask him for it when he is
alone,' said the counsel.'
'Aye, sir: but asking wont do, I've
afraid without my Witness, at any rate."
" Never mind, take my advice,1' said the
counsel; "do as I bid you, and return to
me."
Thefetrmo"- returned with his hundred,
glad to find that safe again in his possession.
" Now, sir, I suppose I must bo content ;
but I dont see I'm much better off."
" Well, then," said the counsel, "now
take your friend with you, and bsk the
landlord for the hundred poundajyour friend
saw you leave with him." )' :
" We need not odd that the wily landlord
found he had been taken off his guard,
while our honest friend returned to thank
his counsel exullingly with both hundreds
in his pocket.
Messrs. Editors, The following is an j
extract taken from " A Sermon," preached
by Thomas Pierce, D. D., President of St.
Mary Magdalene's College, in Oxford, Eng.
land, in. 1604, and 'although one hundred
und seventy-ciglijycars old, it contains a
description of characters fuund in our day,
n cverv-branch of the Church of Christ.
specimen oCtlie typography of that period.
O. P. Q.
iilf wo impartially consider that the
most of men's" Devotion ' Willi been thrust
uo into tho l uipil, and that they, have
nlaced their public worship, not in their
Hearts and Knees, but in their Ears and
-Etbottr; posting op -nd -thwa-fiiua one
Sermon to another, (and'possiuly too with
as much Superstition,) as the votaries of
several Meli-iues of thei
Saintsi thinking God is best served when
they go farthest sermon, (as the pilgrims of
Rome to an holy cscpuicitre;) and giving
uccompt when they come home, not of the
sermon, but of the Man; as if toeir haunt.
ing of the church were not to learn, but
censure: to take large Notes of his Look
and Gesture, not as much observing icAaf
as how he taught them ; (perhaps ofiended
with his memory, because too short; per.
haps with his Periods, because too fongf;
perhaps- they - stumble at his Youth, and
then they say he does but prate ; perhaps
at his Age, and then they listen aslo a
Doalard: if ho is plain, he preaches slo
venly: and if he is oZ, ho preaches flat;
Tf he is not plain, he is too witty; and if
nQUolid, he is too UglU ; if he is illiterate,
he is not fit for so great a calling; and if he
is learned, he is "as little fit for so putm a
people; Is the sermon very excellent then
he preaches timselt. Ur is it but ordinary t
they can read as, good at home:) I say
whoever shall but consider, that since the
business of Religion has commonly been
at this pass, the brains of men have been
busied, but their lives have not been better.
ed ; and tho frequency of Preaching, hath
made more Preachers, not more Christians
than heretofore. As he will find a prodi-
gious difference both in tlie Preaching and
. , j..-,,,... ....
lleanne the worn oi uoa ueiwixi wnaui
was when Christianity van in 'tis cradle, and
what it is at this instant whilst it is going
into its Grave, so he will find the guilty
Cause of so great a difference to be partly
in them that do Preach theVord, and partly
in fAcm that do hear iL Preached. So fur
they are- from being JUled teilh ths Holy
Ghost that au the former do not speak wnn
other tongues, nor do the latter all hear with
other Ears than they were wont. The
former do not speak . as the spirit gives them
ufirance7Tiorthe lattertM hear as the spirit
gives them attentim.n -
Laughable Blander.
Affairs, mora particularly of the heart,
make Up always a good many pages in tho
history of early) lite, I took it into my
head that a little girl who lived in tho neigh
borhood, was absolutely, and to all intents
and purposes, an angel that, she 'hod no
equal in the world ;. was the rnOl beautiful,
bewitching, elegant, etheriul-minded being
that was ever seat below the clouds ; I was
sincere and.conndent of this ; I took every
opportunity of seeing hen, and if by dint of
courage and ingcnaityel succeeded, it af
fordtd me a velr faappfnesS These wero
all necessarily, Sunday occafions, when
people look as prelttty us possible.
At last an extra opportunity of aeeing"
the fair creature occurred : . I was to gu
over the farm on an errand.' An Ambas
sador on his first introduction to tho pres
ence of a sovereign could not have mndo a
better display of his wardrobe than I did of
mine; every hair was exactly adjusted;
my hat wus put carefully on ; a pair of clean
shoes under my arm, which were to bo
carried to the farmer's bars ; and, in short,
I went as every love sick blockhead goes
the first time to see his mistress, most par.
ticularly fine, and feeling most particularly
foolish.
I gained the awful bars that brought me
in view of the more awful presence of my
angel. v I stuck my old shoes undca log,
put on my uew oncsTund weut Uirwardj-af-
ter having practised a bow or two. Walk- -ing
leisurely down the lane, as near the
fence as possible I met a drove of cows and
a girl dressed in a dirty linsey frock, 'bare,
footed, and with her month and bosom be
smeared with mush and molasses., driving
them forward with slicks and stones. I
met the company Heavens! tho driver
was my Sunday flume but, what a.t angel !
I th re w my fiat down in the road, rumpled
my hair, struck both my shoes in the mud,
and thought that I was going crazy. I
was never afterwards a very enthusiastic
lover.
There is a plain, straitforivard way of
trudging through the world ;and we may as
well accustom ourselves to it first as' lust.,
Expec'ing nothing, we shall ..not bo disop.
pointed a little skeptical on many matters
of appearance, we shall reach the realily
without surprise and the sooner we arrive
at tho age of reason, perhaps tho better it
will be for us.
True Prosperity.
BT OR. CltAN.NtXO.
You talk of the prosperity of your city.
I know but one . true pxQperity. Does the
human soul "grow and prosper here? Do
not point me to your thronged "streets. I
ask-who throng them f Is it a low-minded,'
self-seeking, gold-worshipping, - man.de
spising crowd which I see rushing through
them t Do I meet them under the f-;iiialo
form the gaily decked prostitute, or the idle,
wasteful, aimless woman of fashion? Do I
meet the young man, showing off his pretty
person as the perfection of nature's works,
wasting his golden hours in dissipation and
sloth, and bearing in his countenance and
gaze the mark of a profligate 7 Do I meet
a grasping multitude, seeking to thrive by.
concealments and fraud? An anxious mul.
titude, driven by fear of want to doubtful
means of gtint-Aff "mfMri
caring nothing fur others, if they may them
selves prosper or enjoy. In tho neighbor
hood of your comfortublaur splendid dwell
TiTgs.are fere abodes of squullid misery jr
reckless cVimo, of bestial itifemperance, of
half-famished children, of profanenes9,dis.
soluteness, of temptation for thoughtless
youjjiLAndaj;e.lIiiicjQ with. yo.ur
prosperity, and outstripping and neutral
izing the influence of truth and virtue?
Then your prosperity is u vain show. Its
true use is to muktja better people.
The glory and happiness of a citycon.
sists not in the number, but the character of
its population. Of all the fine arts in a
city, the grandest is the art of forming notilo
specimens of humanity. The costliest pro
ductions of our manufactures are cheayt
compared with a wise and good human be.
ing. A city , which should practically adopt
the principle, that man is worth more than
wealth or show, would place it at the head
of tho cities.... A city in whieh men shouM.
be trained worthy of the name, would be
come tho metropolis of the eartii.
Severk Retorts. A coxcomb, not very
remarkable for the acutcness of his feel
ings or his wit, wishing to banter a testv
old gentleman, who liad lately garnished
his mouth with a complete set ol false teeth,
flippantly inquired-'-" Well, my good sir,
I have often heard you complain of yoii'f
masticators pray, when do you expect to
be troubled with the tooth-ache T"
" When you have an affection of tho
heart, or a brain fever," was tho reply.
Not less ready and biting was the retort
of the long-cared Irishman, who,, bcin"
banteringly asked " Paddy, my jewel,
why don't you cet your earscropped f 1 hey
are too large for a man !" replied" And
yours are too small for an ass.'1
A ploughman is not an igt.:rant man
because he does not know how to read ; if
he knows how to plough, he -is not to bo
called an ignorant roafl 5but a wife may bo
jtiy miirq an ignorant woman, it st.a
does not know how to provide a dinner for
her husband. It is a cold comlort for a
hungry man, to tell him how delightfully
his wife play and ,s!njs : lovers may live .
oa very crial diet; but. husbands -iandia
need oil the solids. ' -
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