. ". A --';. 'vv. ;,..:-;; -v-: -- v " . -.;;:... :'::-:t:i'i'Af:s's.ii".t:fh-f;. .i: ,;...: ;v k 'riff, .;;.1;v.: "r- V;v-c- , 4 r, ; .v ; U2Vc!:J4b Pc!i:!c3, Lilcratarc anJ Ucnchil Intelligence VOLUME Yllj-m ;.: WHOLE NUm i - - 1 -x , m w - ' . Eni.t iv, Fr. rr.iL: :1 i ' . . if n- ' cii ret t rtt Lnc of ,cw"r ,l " ' n. con. over j m.-t be niirVcil in tli mir, i' s ad. tut i.i- i, ttnj 14 i.I I Jut chrr frnucif; tliehinn of cn VfilBI lotb-0 IJittrf tou4t to. .5 f.c cf iobV. ,, or t!i" r"4 le ,w ,u 1 , KfXlfL-lvlnx mid Hi Uead. J-jf (he it1J know I fill t' ry t-li i!ift tdf Hied d know not HBjfUnii 1. ix 5. ' A SJ mn Trull! Tlo I.i.irtj know ' . Tlt what ify 4re Oifjr mun rrijTi; ' Ti,rripd of IVaili mil UtA? the bio, ( DjTlnrlh lli mamUt tit ni jjo, Ttml "Tmt l no linjef thir.1 "Cifs' P,' fi''le liwn tt now. U Inn PcntJi' ltfd hour U tJwwinj J "TU record (nt i krpt "oft hili, 1 fj It fuMcn klttM trin will-ttmw, i , . '11ml liu lvtrrid IjJhiL " Thr living know itt lol "iTe dead, i . fi'r whom httb cloM-dlhc miknt grute,' IVIio nolira nol (lt lont-lj I rd' Oi ino(irii.r wvrpinjr juVr tlivir I fad, Or)liv flowiri tliTii oVrihtiu wsvr; Tifpt know nothing for the j hav.pa'f,,d' TUflJ gale of lnh; and all around In Ky frllera ihejr are bound;,'. j- Tlti tim great. irulli m Ifalt tl lat, ' Thil ail janki;nl uiu?l tl.o at it. . . F9m tht.Il tleigl JltgUier, fw Ika iinnHlllili Mull t Wlivlll Nftliing can be imtic-gratifying to I ho " tonitmpl.iiive innvi, than ii iuke n rvtros prct of tliw glof loua' tfauaio of , IVinpuranco KifttrrfHn'i vi-w . vh: brilliant . succt's-sff! Wnirlf h'vt , chAvih -J tltt; iflnrW of iix Jrn-nJihc' grrut ruvoiuttgp hjch has Ik( n wrijulit Ki the' inornU -of ciMiununi Which tiavg coirur urt ltvr its ftiflacncc. jljl wl'iihi'lfiis U ctHiftsi'iIIy true, it cuiii bt; t!-P'i'tl u tiv,oUii- hin J f tti'al S.W' rRutxTfcouih;i'n sof- otHiirs' i sumci wlnt mortifying; unci JUctMnaint :u lho luiifjl uclvjcutc onf lullovrr.. It seems tint tho 'riH'rgy of ni'my U1 b:i) rhillil,' rfnit alioctlmr rclixcJ, ami thil s uns f tliMsd )ha hay l so loudest tn their tocili-rstions ogairnt thc use of Hfdont fj)ir ijarotuw dumb us u)!tei4a3 silent H hv ravi'! -'Nnw-iiurh a s?ntc pr.lhiniTi Ins n-two fold urinous t fTiCt, v:?.: First t discour pj5i the most ait uluus mul urduilt devotee tt rnviM; and secondly, to encourage mid itrmhten its tMiemte In lliotr o)piTsi tun. Th'w I conceive o bo outs the j!reatntlcvil.' in our way. It is hard froiV enough, in all conscin'cc, o met-t the ene my in an .open fudd, with , o clear sky nhd on uudividea I'rcfnt. ' Bur tn' attaok them hen our phalanji is rent by dis.ntrccttotj, nnJ dilracird and divided in outr council-, ) nmlly to i'jtpwd-lhj ull'umte aVicce-si of ur W3rl're andlogivc the most nilvan iiou position to the united forces of img Alcohol, whose ivamo is -Legion! To lho work, then, 'Teihtiiancrt? oi -u, and i(ie fromyouf escuvxheoo, Uc tniputation ol neglect aiid Urhary." . " An J o my nun J, I no plan so feast i! aiu's'i cimpltMery u hand, tto tlfoct a revival cf thq 'IVmrance' spirit, in our Si.ne, as that of the Oohir of tho ?S.ih oflVmpf ranee." Already is- this 1 nil it A two thoroughly organiz-'d in .our midst liavinj a iouiAuin teudr or GranJ Uiyis ioiWor North Ciroftni, with seicral fl ur ish og sub ir Junto Division', and an iu rrrned and brightenirg prospect f erljjiher being kjry, oiWi eaiablished- : mosi casy il ubierver must havp noli ced, thJTxi most deplorable faUmjf ot? has taiwen plaee.- Many of our , Ti inpr-uictj' Sock'iii.1 (midtir tho old Wavhingtonian' P'n,) aie toiajlv jieglcctedj if not utterly banJuutd; individual exeiiioO' hasi Ueu Khdian, and almost rory where intein fertnee seemi to, be on tl.c increase. What, then,'is to le done! secn the naiurtl fiiqtnry, to sure, the cause frojo wi-r annihilation'. in. the Old North puteF The nillllllllitlllill I Mie VU .'I'l'il v'-v- "Soos'tif Tempcrnoco is an Insiitu hiVh has spread with greater rapidity lion h thin anvihiim rlt th'fl kind ever before kn'iwn. ".In les than; five years, ihoy have; i:u Jrom six tern Jone nun, to largely tre than one Ku wired thousand. Their )cra of organiawt'ion is perfect com J'tc. h err.brao- n : its Urothorhoud re of the very first men in iho Nation, j . TWii jH a o.d cause ,-and one in. which , e:ry Christian; J'hilanthropwt and fiinot ' wiVJy and zealously engage, is a fact Emitted, by all, even its most: rabid oppci 0tnl. Wuh a cause,. then, which has bid tJeccssftil'dt, fiance to the tongue of s lan. nd inalVe, and received iho approving nction of Heaven liseltV'wirar have we 10 fear to engage in ul .'Or, Tat her, whal ful responsibilities shall .we iucur il we Vcitu engig most heartily ia so nobte praiiewjrihy a work! - - 1 , This reflection alone' -houlJ bo ompl) ,sj2Wiennj arouse the slumbering energies . fiends oi" humanity, arid inspire them ,(t. ft renewed- determination U , unfurl uieir.banni'r to ihf'hri nnd valiantly to do ervicein the noble armv of the So.ns,' . ever VV S. lU'n ' hurnith )jPnirmor, draw forth the? sword of 1 ruth nd Reform, and fii-hV nil the prin CiP ors,briety anj Tempeta nee are firmly esiab.ied iipon'lbe ruins of'Drun nness and Misery. " " , - loan who may desire information rcl. to the Order of ihe Sons of Temper. Dce ould say, by dimply addressing a '"Uraiid iJeiitij, formation ul b s;.cn t'.. -ft Friend if J; y t j i. Mred. ro, nJ j hav dona. . crar.ct! let u ris.o tnc r.. irtj I t 1.3 t t I nimr-j, il-'.t imd 4i j u:c. t ) i. i rjrtnin z V the k3 li.i of 'fx i- ri L-1 v. a' u r! tt t "' id. t 1 L iiir.er 1 ..x'j t' i f .'! .Th J cry, pi : u.j c wiJw, Uf. i !.- ut. ft , l.v w ..... uftl.o orj'Yin, wo'j!J I i f lu fort, Ltppw.t a 'at. I !t n'j! riAtuio wou'J 1i:i3 ul.itf S t t m- fiCM of m I t r- fnlsmi'j!, ar jr.uinii.ty Lj e!. .:j 1 i lh high position for which it was AJcsiineJ.' They wh neglect to bring about soaLwira. b!o a conMifii.jrtiion, , muit inevitably Mif. ft'rl!.'; "f.iMiti.t .repru n.;.i-s i a i.Iij conscience. O? m wit iko, wilt tlounot h'dd the negligi'oi to a'temtils 'accounta bility! -Ilem-jrse! wilt thou not give a ki cuerrd'j t-i tli" pai.r nl ctiiM:Kr.ce, atil wrap In the witting t-lnct l misery thd soul wriicli has-disregnrded it faiihful admonition 'Let nol our consrinces, then repr)e J oj. Lmyour conduct on i bearing in n.ilior be uch as lo-' secure peace t the inner man, and happiness lo bleeding huifianitv. AMICUS. ' r A Lcon of Ilrerf Day Lift. ljery,c w!.o has read thu current news ol1 tne Ut iliru or four vcani is probibly well versed in the hisiory o( the domestic and f tmilv feds of Gov. Thorn- Rf f Maryland, aid his wife and her friends. There can be no Impropriety in j pektng of.oceurrencc as public events, airo which wtriuiiiK, euovry w vry neeu !ul lesson to the woitd of the middle of tho nineteenth centuiy. . 'Some fi.ve or -tut yearit ngn Vrancis Thoma, of Maryland, was a boichuJor' Ik tween fifty and sixty; wealthy', of r pohticxl eminence having been Governor of his ottive Stales, and for . inanv years 'a repre. si'ntativc'Jn Congress. ''' Miss' : Sarah Mc Dowell, daughter of ari I'!xr-Governor of yirginia, a lady 'of coniiderable p'tsoniil attractions, Justin the full flush of youih; vvnh connections of great pohiieal notoii efy; Was ab iul the samd' period-one of the guy-idlers of 'Washington Gov; Thomas ant) Miss McHowwll were deemed an clli giblc coj)R.' by the marriage makers; And accord'wig tit the accounts of boih parties j ihcj were 'paired, not mitehed," by no. gotfatiiinj s cool and - calculating as. the 'steps to n jo!i;ical alliance. The - ladr's outh sod beaoty were balanced; against the- wealth and station of the gentleman.- typon thi's. anthirtelical'ijuimiic two human .b'-fns were united in tTumost important and sacred relations."' Their happiness was ascertained to a certainty,- , inasmuch ai h rested upon . a nnthematiculr founa tion. ' ' Riit the 'best laid scliemes of ' mice ftnd (jinen wiH go astnvy.1" The parties wran gled, qsitrrelled, and came lo an open rtp-, ture nnd -separated. The whole' of 'trje cln lit thp AIcD wetl.were in arms, bnd j3ov.. .Thomas was; not . without his p trtn z ins. The -venerable bridegroom accused hi vouthfuS b:iiL of infideluy,, and'ehArged .up TuMlu; friends IhH they had conspirei tu roist upon nun n rauy it uuoious . cuarac ter. - ;The friends of I he wife with equal acerbity charged groundless suspicion, and unmanly, treatment, going even1. to personal violence. Tho friends of the hi dv fnttituted sitr n'giinst "Jhomas for slnn- cleroiis charges,' and Thomas soughl ie. dress at law for the vitiaiftops . conspiracy eif which he dermed himself; a victimj. Criminitions rind recrim nattorts. though th public prints; occasional assaults and bijterics between principals nd artizans; thtj sj-ig.es of the rmits dragged Ibrtiugn the teiliou cour'ls-ra" kept alive a curos(in. quiry intc the circumstances oi this painfu' clomesiic nfTar made public: for ihe grati fiiuiion f a morbid nppctilo for snandl. The chifg" against the uife were Lao clearly the truiia f a dAi9leniered mind, thai her acquittal, in public opinion, wa? unanimous; nor were' the charge against her match making Iriendst deemed better grounded'. - The imfy way to resolve lhe whole mystery to ueern Mr. 4 nomas. -insneo supposition rendered rriore lhan probible by his subsequent comiuct. And yet during ll ihe stages of -proceeding he appeared to rely on positive nivd 'unques tionable evidences M rs. Linq, widow of ilu' U. S. Senator from Missuri,. holding documentary , proof sustaining Governor Tnormis'a assertion as slnted by ' counsel ri'goizant -oi mi iaci.: i n?rw nn r juvj". tcrv somewhere, though lho most astute could not find ihp kev. In the mesh time Mr. Thomas and wifr wpre cl'torced by arract of the Virginia Legislature, an J she authorized .tu assume her maiden name. The slander and, cross suiH were adjourned Irom lime to time, on account of tho absence of Mrs. fcinn," the rnst mHterial witness. The monomania of Gov. Thomas incited him to nfier steps id tro mean time, whicr). established the fact1 rf his sincerity in the whole drama' ilis'sctions against his physieian for pois oning him, and against the , Chancellor., of Maryland for stvalingv papers from his uunktbolh accusations positively absurd, fo clear evidences of his madness.. Even Wis exasperated ant agonists Jin I he first suit, lost,thtir resentment in. their piiy . T - - The mystery t last revealed, M rs. Linn by the death of her husband, . got possession of a packet of letters addressed to him of a very amatory charac trr, wru, ten hy Sirah McDowell. ' Wnh the bond .preJipUaiion of jealou . rese,ritment; Mrs. Lipn showed these precmus epistles to Gov. Thomas;, and he with this proof as siron m fioly Wrir' before, him, could not ) lo 1. f-r tntMiKjit iubt tits 'uVlioiivty hts wita dup'Icitv, and t!:e shamtfar motive of hrr match-making friends. : IlenC the tangled wi b of misery and, hii'tion, Wiiliio a nort tunc?. tn cain at vlanmore. ol a i Siruh McDowell, of notorious character,. revealoJ tlw lact tUal- thrfj.was the Corrvs pnuient of Se'nat.r Linnithc othef pVrtf the corrcip'ndencd being fuicJ among hrr rT'flv All is, rio clear, and the lieart . bftjen- and mpefcss wife,at)d the Iv-bmi, M'.tt.ev.t s'lHttered ad rcpuiation joined, have the ir.eogro; consaiionof knowing lh they were the vtciims bt clrcurnsian ces;M hilsl i! i whole tribo of underlings wlio fig':r i:i 1" ' transaction from us con crpttori to thv? c;itstrphe, !Do .doub: flatter tuViiiK-tvcs jir-it their :handare clean. WL.l-t " u! vc incidents are fraught tc .!i ;i i tv , a i ii upon jfal.Misy as ii.n'n, , ' ik j r'-.i rnl'Arces in Ollirllo, yet tin; ni mc diricl bj.trj-ng would Le hai upon tli" t i of enf k-ci i t, I TtUeKvstKJ mir 'g s l mi c,i a j; ; oulh'anl craLiJ sigf, vl ich wa the Uu::?ation in this case of the- wliolo ccoof misery. r ):n ,t ' ' - ;t'.j'- - - .; ' A now I'Jau for r.Icctluj trcls- - Tugcl rid of the intervention of nomina. ling conventions nnd lo avoid the necessity ol a resort to tho house of .representatives, in the business of choosing a prKidrnt, a j plan has been suggested by. 41 r. Senator tienlnn,: which ho considers admirably JaJapted to the object ' In view, as' well as Uasy and excellent in Ftlf. lo hid n-ctnt m;ech utJrfftirMin he thus setrit forth: . .Ih .. ....... ,!' , . ' : , ' - ,.. 'Ho had hng jiuce made known his opinion. A :-direct, voie of the people, and' io luturvention of intennedjite .bodie tot nominate before hand, or to decido ahem h lively hei ward, wa hn'pHn. A vtite by , district, and a second itct ion 'between' ihe iwo highest, it the first one failed, was the pUin rind obviou4 nemedy; 'A second election 'between the Wo highest, would dispense both with' a . nominating conven tion, and a contingent resort, fo a house of represeiitaiivcs-no ; matter how many candidates, were in the firt election if any one ob'iined a ovr jnty of'jhe Whole, then the elective principle was satisfied lho rVi'ij Fiiy to govern Ind he eleenon ,wo4 finished; , -if no., ofio -biained such' n majority, then the-fir&t .election lo bo held wsa nomination cf the - two highest by .the people, and ' the election to be held over apain between these" twoi ' Tliis wouhi bring--ihe elettion loi a speedy conclusion; n'ud witlvout a' resort lo intermediate bodies A national convention, (Srfl'houso of re presiflatives each datly becoming less acceptable lo the ' people. '.. IJe isishec' the necessary reforms lo be made ifrtime; the constitution to be constitutionally omen, ded, upon foresight and reason, before sorne violent shock'sbould tto mischief to the house of representatives, or ,to ihe nominating convention. ! But he was no architect ol rum; he did not pulldown unrij he was ready to build up,- he did not quit one shelter, though dedectivey until ready to .-enter another.- 'The two intermediate, bodies which stand" , between the people ahd the object f Jthciii choicethe nom f nating convention and the -house of re--' presentaiives must: stand Is- ihey nre, though ; at a great ; risk' of fruslrating ifile popular choice and bringiifg on o- crisis- until, the' hard lesson ol experience slrall induce ' the : people to' supersede them' by safe and- bettor - insiituitons.'V. - ' ," .?. Tom. CortrmtUie- wagon boy" Thoin asCorwn, tlitt U. 3. ' Senator from Ohio, is generally known in the' Union as thn Wagon Boy." How he .' came by this soiibriquct, the following paragraph will explain: , , "--... 'During the late wartwlh Great Britain, Gen: Harrison s army had to bo supplied with provisions from tho interiur of Ohio, These, at. one lime, were but off, nnd the army was in reat distress. A call Was made for volunteers, who were" to be charged will the responsibility of con ducting through the fearful and uninhabtied portions of Northern Ohio, wagons laden with supplier for the army.. As you may suppose, few volunteers -appeared for this hazardous and comparatively inglorious service, but among those-who did nprV.ar, was Turn Curwin rihen quite d lad. He drove Jus ejn ihreyg.K ani, from lhat d.y to this, he has'Uen known at' loin Corwin, the wngon boy,v.- . i " ' - ' - Pkescott; the Historian, -is nearly Wind.-t He'ha ihtuso id bui one eye on an avrrage abiiut aiv hour e,aqh day. ' (is last work, .The conquest of Peru," was written stji Umci when he couM not see dvall. He h id lo rmploy a seen t try to read his lorriga letters, and gradoil-y accustom himself-in this way to the sourx1. of foreign longiies, so s as to. comprehend the reading. He wrote with writing mi tcri,t!'s such ns the blin 1 use, Ur.Jer thse great d;thculites he. histcomnpsed u workl which will do hinor to ihe .literature - oJ the country, as well ns add to his own well acquired' fame as a hi-jt iriat. mm ' A Cockney ami a:tri";inkec were; di$i cussing ihe hospitality jof the .Americans. "They behned very shibbv lo ms in B.itoo," said John Bull. 'That was" because y'ou are aft Englisbmin1 replied Jmjithan. ,-VClever as Vou rr,M retorted John,;4! hzvG vou theie;for.i was traveU ling whh a Yankee, and they served hiuv as badly as the did me'. ' '-'Oh, they treated . hirri so because ;he was in bad compiny." was the last we heard of ihe argument. i - -"'i'--"-' . ''''' !' ' i IM-.' ! , : - 1 '' : r - "This is a very :ormy ight, iw3sbah;i.'rt "b, not venr -my dean you bare said but little." ; - ' . Cliulera .orbUt. . As the season is at hanu sa) lh Man clvester Mo&ri.ger, wh'ea this" disease is mat jrvakjBt,r a bints may jaoi b injpprimriue: i , - ' '. .L Cuiisrt: E.tfo.sure' to coli dimji ir, nighv air; con4fvaU; eating green fruit; j etHpia from davinganmal or vcgetabl suoslanccs; a fjjbeas or rongesiion of the portal vessels, r,veels in the lier, A;c. Syfiiptdctu Vomuing jantt purging' of green or darV colored, rolhy mailer; rigiduy of tho niuscles;' unusual nojses, apparently in thi eara; partial' deaVitess dew ikir, ifce. ' , ; . Treatment: Sen. J for n physician wLo is prompt,and energetic; as soon las poss-inte before ho, arrives, dip runnels in water as hot sTn can wring them out, nd1enVel- opcihf wholtj liody ,Oonvinutl this course with the admrnUt ration lot castor . oil in doises of a .labfe spounful as oftetns ran .be kept' in the Homach. : A How nothing cold to-drink. -unless' - & httlo brandy is given w'.h" tlw ."' ' . t- L v CoHruracriif'i-Th&'i'pattenl'rWiU-.'Raye' a probably ch tnce of recovery, i( .these; rules Ik blricilv tohser veil; though more than for,- ljtu!.'iis hve pnld ln dmbi of Narua' as a ccMist'fjuence l this disease.. : " Avoidjxctt Sltun : tfie obo'vd 'causes, as also d n n king m n t hi iig bul cold ; waU:r , when wt-M, if lliis Can btr had god lean join-, if" Ly fiefjjci)t bkthings iind4 last, though tot Lvistj ktp'cool.and quict4 On la vert I ii ;' I'osts. ' Mr.j, E,l-turi li is firmly believed by many jiitt psts, when set in tlw earth, should ho invert fd. ' iTho reain assigned in suppdri 'of this belief,'- jr tfiatthey wjl( 1 hereby !be' much more durable -If it be really true that , lip sime posjs aimp'y by -being'sotwith the top downwards, will Sum! .(onstdetibie. longer, it ; is 'certainly of great, moment iha ihe fact becomes; well and generally known. ' In order to con. vine? lli puUtic mind thilsuv;h is theftase, Account! ol- several experiments have al ready hterf promtilgated.- 11- f which, so far as Ihave seen or heard, concur in lho Support' if this convictiun. Noiwiihslatid. in thai-number fin tn mil . sufncienilv n ; . . ' 8S j large t compel -ell reasonable doubts to give way under iftetr accumulated .weigh' . s"iill I vil I venture 10 ive; publicity to an addiitonaj experiment; inej by a gentle man wlJ) . in riiw a resident of this town; ship, 'h a conversation with him a few diys ; since, he informal me ; that-some twenty tears ago, When residing in the town of Ashfiwld, - .Mass, he sei a couple of gate posts, .both of which j were taken iromvthe butt of a. chesnul tree,-, which was ferfecily iound,- Ooe of ihem wa$, and Ihcl other was not inverted. - Atthj expiration of -twelve Vear$;. b7th were taken-' up; when' ho found' th it. of the onQ Inverted," only Iho.alburndm of1, fiappy part Was decayed, while the other, fcad jncqrly rotted oil, 4 A few experiments, -or conjtderable- careful, judiciyus inquiry would probably be KUiliienttii convince i ihe. incredulous; and, perhaps, - UK determine the correct ness of thejriheory ' alreudy : put forth :upon this highly interestirig audi important, sub cc.Michistan Farmer. "t I - Tomato Piks Linr the bottom and Side tjf a' buke pqn with thin slices of loaf bre.ao, put in aJteruate layers , ot toicey to matoes, ripe and sound, and bread, adr ding butler. nnd splcfe to taste,; rprinkle a sufficiency of powdered sugf on each lay. erof tomatoes; Lover With sliced bread and bake ns other, pies. , Improperly pre. pared and baked it will he highly esteemed. Preparation, of Seed IPieaf.By sieves ofsuitabfe jsiz f, ihe hrgcit and lho bes't grain may be spa ruled, Jly washing in water, light tveds ' of various; kinds, and Ihe lightest grain, will swim.Vand may be Ak.imm.ed olT. By adding salito tho water, which will itirrease'its pprctfu gravity, old imperlect grains, and barley and oats will ,nse to the. surface. Then it . will bp well- w steep the red a day or two in Salt ond W4ler; after which ad J In If a peck of fresh slaked lime lb a' bushel of graiir, qrix thor oughly, that every keriivl may become, coated with time. . Let. il remain half day. or mghlj after Innir , then sow.. Ex. Vaier, V 'rirsf-f'atc ta.lc. Next to scissors, pal? 1- i,i i fiJitriil a-i-'at. As wj ' f -Nirth Annrie-m) tho i r.t 'j., lajter sweet 4ari pure, we -loY w scientific philanthropist who pro'.i ripv rt'cipe for p.i', as a (. ivaluabfe (- v s the .! . i toq" m i iOie u I gates n i.'rey a Fwnkhn, n I o': t, i I) iv ,4Ytu all d.i know' as said, that when pastels it. i ary' manner, it soon I -and by fermt-nting 1 i scs its s:i:i.' 'nirtLf. 1"- r a Morse, i, -Anthony : '.!,. urdin - :!dv, . r, U . 1 J lo keep, dis lve an ouiice cf ; . i l ua quart of warm water, vvhoii Co!i, aid aV much fl ur ns will itoike It V. consistence" of irh powden d I.,.-, nnl two "crerim; then irtw o it , on h ' rosin ns will stanJ or- three cloves; buil l to a consistence, stirring nil the tin) c. Il w I keep for lwelv inoftMis, anj when i'rv r- 'y ' -ofiencd Htth water. T'.inU if t;..i, .. -!.!,.ie i paste pot under yimr nt.e from ; ore year's eni 4o Ihn other; lUitik of the fi.ivor" of cloves perJummg yoar rKjmj instead ol the villainous odors froni the I, nt of rye fl ur on i water. ! Aficantagrs: , ej irouienest. vv rule anj ofiii'er, was bingy . cjllnon ball 'p-isicd over h.s head," and decapitaied ' i soldier who stood behind. hirri. ."You see," said the officer to ihosA'rrrar him, "that a rnan pever losc$ any thing by politeness." uTlae UuxurMroiB.tlau. A "t History of. " , We ha've betn fiVorcd :h another, and stilt iptne intewstiog bnistle front Ihjs truIyt)enevoh ni mn; whith' we. will vve our readers next week humble wr!ks of life, ha No one,, in 'the created halt' mucn -.senjaiion as ine jamous, "iUr r Sirop Man.1 ? Wbat sort of a man iVlwl" Hesii humbug; lsln,l he7w Ils'a a Yankee, ain't heV file's n liard ca-J reckon." 'Tley ny he a keen feltolv.11 ".Where can I see htm!': li Wherdi dors he hold loTtht . ".What docs " he talkt a bout!' - H.iwt'o she joVT . . j 1 The foregoing, we believe, mij servjj as specimens of. the many questions and sur mise's of the popul ice, wherever S niih goes.. Every body, wants to see ihe Vjila z r strop man,H and lo hear more about him. Well wccatA undorlake jW en swer onehalf the queries; made, Xbutj we ! I I endeavor; froin thebcsl infonhation, - ns cr some of them. - ' ' ', And first tf all wij feel warranted in asserting that he. is no . "-humbug" iu any' sense.; Wer lie sujch-vo would mft besr. tati to denounce him. '- On fhe j r.pntrary ; he is a sensible, modest, and well bch-jved man, who, unlike humbugs, prcleudsJO be less than he really is. :r-.;; n j v ,HiviKY S.MiTn, aws tiro "Razor (Srop Man,", is au Ijiighshman by brrth, about thirty two years of nnd certainly quite good looking cnnugU for a 'respo'cwblc merchant, ns he. sometimes humofqsly sivles himself. Ho was born'in thai year 1815, in,-or-near the" city of London. His oiigia-il trade was thai of a ca'ico prin ter, but it seems he had not been loivg-.niJ the trade Vlore he became foid olurong drink, and, to use hisown ianguagl', 'Mike .... t y.. ; mV-v.iij .jiuiiKiiiu- .. . wj pioviueuuutiy iurn-s ted. in his downward career, bv thtf spWc pch of a rr.for.med tnebriare named 'WfiltaUer' we think, and soon b"came a good .teeto taller. It wouid amuse, al welt as rtistruct anv one, to hear ;Smuh tell. how- he; Vera to ihe meeting in u borrowed coat; thfough the sleeves of which, his arms stacks sj- I r that he had to hide ihem in his paniati)ons pocket '3 will describe the joyful sequel a3 nearly .as we can,' in" his own, yqiiaiuf languigei t , v '! , j , When lho meeting was over,-' i told my wife I would try tlua pledge for t one month. I did, and at the end ofthocrionih I found myself much, more comlorlable: For when Smith wust drunkard-1 wife cried, lather cried, mhther -cried',. John cried, Ann cried and Teddy cried; hut I had becrt a temperance maoonly one monih when wife -sung, mother sung, father sungi John sung, Ami sang; Mary sung; Teddy sung, and 1 sung; and I bought . a frying pan, ind i put it on the fin,' and "put. a good steak ic it, and that is (he ktiul oi J singing Jof a workin-4l3in when tie is'hunvl gryv ; Fmding ntyse It' vso riiuch" betjer, I went. a. id signed the pledge ; for , life;. and I hope I shall hold In January, 1842; tfie' man that, I work cd for, wanted io lower my wages,' the? same ns he had dor.e before' many a ime, when ho knew -men could not help tlim selves. Al ' this time w'o goi nlyj half swhat we used to get nine years before -n yd not so much work n iiher. J made up my mind run to' submit to such lyranny.-j- any longer, so I - 'left .for this vouUtry, o'nf lho 18th of Janu4cy,;i9ll When' I- landetl and enquired f.r work, I found it- to be very dull K not half lho calico lacton- s em. ployed.. ' -'Well, I thought I nlust-iook afj ler something else, l-fell in-wyh' a Jman who wanted a carver at n Temperance blouse in: New York, ttook the plAceJond hero I fell in with a ma4n thaf sold --'Izor 1 bt rops; he told me thai I mignt gci-aifirst rate living selling Ins good Strops, so I took two- dozen, commenced selling m Wall Street, Itnowing it ii be a great place fo shaving, for. Ihey lre'very near-all SrO" kers, and I knpw thai Brokers like loshave with ea-e! Who savs'I have Vot 'done right? Every body was y!ng, that limes were dull, so ! thought musl -look 4ouJ. I'm worth a few i thousands -now, I won't siy how many I'm able lo. do someibing for the onforiunateJ hot ils L1 throuelt tctn-. .- . ... . " p t r . , nerirnce mat t arnvMiiai.tm. ' , - r . c m' " i t : . . . i . y. j j.empv ranee, jiavocaie Chapeatt of Ucii.Tnylor1. ' A hatter St Wnshingion having complo. ird a splendid chapeau loV the National Fair; thought the i best disjwsilion ho could make of il afiarwards would be lo despatch il tor ihi? hero of falo Atto. 11 was, nc- cordihgly ;ent; but so- long a.timu elapsed without -ncknowU'Jgt'irent, thai it was war ed some unluwurd accident' had prevented its Teaching, us place of destination. -Bui ftelv .came a lei ter from the General,' with due thanks for the gift ,.nnd an apology fin- the. tardiness of .; the acknowledgement: ... t -i ' r .. .... .. . l .:. .-. , ,-r i f ' t : i wmie i roin uoouier source . r. ioao mu the" gratification of hearing that the j lri' umph of his "cpiial arl had the: honr of apjearinz in its appropriate pssition- boih at Monterey and Buena Vista,., The jfor- tunuie utimis now in nijn request among officers who need new ""thatching." fThe rirhly ornamented r,hapa'u of a 'general officer is quite a different afTiif from lhat every dy truncatVd stovepipe looking ihin of which'a- late writer m the Quarterly say: "t is a machine which an mpaviial stranger'might impute a variety ol culinary pur)Hses to, - toi wouia never ereamoi pulling on his.hrnd.' . ..'... 1 ...Marriage ti'her grts rid f your devils by ibe prraence of nn angel or else it supplies their plire with one"' whose name is Lecioo. ' . ' I Beware of the man who is constantly grinning. PHo is a byp'-crtie, if nothing tlse. I ttrut ii,.i ...irii;- . Ti.c-rti. rcVcftf Teru wen c''-Ted', l ice their sicrc;t,;t, a fhin' 'y of v;vc " 'Hie people p.-ral; , ' r hy law or by r.ecrssit) tr, r - : ,m I v, were mur ' I -JZ-W lin.i 1 u :ian;i;3 -l - conducted in a unr,r..r thu gjo ti original a "character as bcb.n J 1 1 otwer (initttu;icn vf .--the ".coutttry."" tv rn n. peintedt d iy of ihe yct. t!lt, ;o ofd marriagebloJ.ajet which, hiving tLu: ra - io uie aonitv to ne c.ui m a . in lh mules w as fixed aVnot leV' i!4in twen. t.y.four ycais.an i in tfo wmifl nt e'-'Tft- or.lwenty lVioro called .loiher i:t t'.a szt at squares ol their res-ectivo to ,nsnnd vilji -f 5- ihrooghotrt, the V: empire.- 'Tha Inca r icsidevt in perurn r vtr the fi-eniVy of his own km lied,' en J ti' t'., Liu U . of tho dmoicnt c.iuples wi j to be finiledjlie placed them, witm each .other, declaring ihe parties mm ua 1 wife. The Stme wHsdono by.lhe uacas towards all personvof their tjwnor mlctior degico in their several- districts. This was; ihe simple (rum f marriage in Peru. No one' was allowed to select' ri wifo b-yond thtJ ' commumiy to. which he belonged, winch generally rromprehendt'd alt his o kind. reil nor was any but h sovereign authori zed jto dispense wah the law of naiureMir . at Mast, the usual lawrof nations so far as 10 marry, lu own sister. No marriage' was esteemed valid without the' consent or the p rents; '.and tho preference of the parties, it'is said, was also to ba consulted) though, considering the barriers imprtprj by Ihe prescribed age of the candidates, this must have been within rather narrow nnd . whimsfrnl limit a. A - dwrllintf ' wii ,g0tiready for ihe new married pair at the -charge ( the dislricf, at:J ihe prescribed portion ol land assigned lur ;rieir mainten a; "e. i ne law oi .- 'eru tiroviuea ior,n future; weMjas ' fot the praenl' ' H 1e( nothing to chance. The simple ceremony of nvirrugo was followed by general lesuv ilies, ainong the friends of ihe parlies, which lasted several days; and ns eveT.T weddingjook place on the same day," and as Ihem were lew families who had not some of -thflr 'met 'mts or their kindred personally interest e .'icro was ons ubi verbal bridal jubilee throughout ihe empire. rrescott. ' . ; . t I Xc'tredatlous of tlio Incliatis. il Requisition upon Missouri for' Troops. . V Tlie depredations"' Comrnii led by lho In. dlans (Pawnee or Osages,kCiimanches7 "and ' tflhcrs)'npon ihe 1 Mr? ins" bound for Santa Fe, and reiuru'ing lo the Uniied Stales', have, called upon tho --...Government, says iheWnshing1or.r. Union for fiieient means s to repress th'm. S me of these, mensurts ? were adopted io -Jung. lost, In .the orders lhat were despatched to tho commanding ollicer of, the Missouri battalipn ol volun leers. dot the .tonehas now iVrivcd for executing th-'e Order, and ming the tniJiafi leel the power of the governmem. To, do this efl'tctually , and to afford ade. . qiiato protection to the U: States ..'trains,1-. a requisition his just been made upon the Governor of Missouri for ono b ittalion to consist of one . cympany of artillery t two Tompsniea of infaViiry, and two of mount v ed men, lo rendrzvojs ' ni Fort Leiven. worth, lo Ua - pUced under the orders Of IVig; Geri. Arbuckle, commanding 21 and 3J military deparfmenis. Gen. Arbjckle is empowered to calf for a larger force, if theie should prove; insufficient. On mounted regimentnhd one bittalion of foot from Miouri, and one regimenl of fojt Irom Illinois, have been ordered to . the province .tf;Nw - Mexfcn',! i .part of whicht 'too, mayj li is supposed, be em ployed by Gea Arbuckle for. chastising the " hoaltlo indianS without interfering but lit. , tie, if ftny, with thei snirch to Sara Fe i -Fatal A cchlen'tr-Fhe; Children Killed"' -Ala rge limestone rolled Irom the top v( a hilj in the vicinity .of Pittsburg, Pa.f on, ilonday 'afternoori.v week. In its descent - it tfished ngsinst a frame school house, and , instantly! kilted jjfive Children, besides 'Z wounding ihreo . others, one p Whom it is feared may not recover , The Via mes of : the. ehiJdrcn killed wewjphve'r Mc Anich, John Cusidy, MrgihRichardsV John Da. Lvi and Charles Doran. Thy. vai-ifd irf sge from .six to ten. Wounded John Craig, S. Johison, and tlobert McKorkle. A Trial of Memory A. ' person Was boasting $ Fooie's presence of fhe ex iraordinafy facility .with which 4io could commit a'nything"' to.memor'y, when ihe mpdern Artstophane said fie would write down a dozen, lines in'prose which lha othef would nol repeat fiorn memory, in " as many minutes. A wagert was irstnntlv Uid nnd'Foote prmluced .'the following: ?S she went into . the garden to cut a -rahbage to mnke op apple pie; and at tho simp J.ime a great fehe bear coming up ihe . .31 reef; pops I'-s head into shop.. What , nrk-sortpl i So he died, :! and she ,very im prudently married ib, barber; and there were pri'senllbe Pickiminnies, and ihd J.biihs, snrj the.Giyrulies, and the grand -Paijandrtin hini'lf, with ihe htlle button ai thftep; and they l fell, playing the -gsnw: of cutch as catch can, till tho gun lewder ran oul f the heels of their boots." Such a mass nof :. unconnected nonsense defied memory ,' and the wif won his wager. ' A gentlemtii sat do'wo tj wrire a deed, ' and began with 'Know one 'woman by these presents." - ' ; " YwM-a're wrong,? said a bystander, "il ought lo be; now' all men." . "Very well," answered the other, "if one' woman knows it, all men wili T ' course. i ' a