POETRY
WHY SHOULD THE SPIRIT OF MORTALS BE
PROUD 7
Oh, •why shouLl the spirit of mortals he proml7
Like a fast fleeting meteor, n fast flying cloud,
A flash of tho lightning, a break of the •wave,
He prcpscs from life to his rest in the grave.
The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade—
Be scattered around, and together be laid,
The young and the old, and the low and the high,
Shall moulder to du3t, and together shall lie.
The hand of a King that a sceptre hath borne,
The brow of the priest that a mitre hath worn,
The eye of the sage and the heart of the brave,
Are hidden and lost in the dt'pth of the grave.
The maid on whose chock, on whose brow, in whose eyr,
Shone beauty and pleasure; her triumphs arp by,
And the memory of tliOf^e who beloved her and praised,
Are alike from the minds of the living erased.
The pc^isant whose lot was to sow and to reap,
The shepht-rd who climbed with hi^ goats to the steep—
Tho beggar who wandered hi scavch of his brejid,
Have faded away like the grass that we tread.
The saint that enjoyed the communion of heaven—
The sinner that dared to remain imforgiven,
The wise and the* foolish—the guilty and just,
Have quietly mingled their bones in the dust.
\V e arc the same things that our fathers have born—
We see the same sight.« I hat our fathers have seen—
We draik the same stream, and we feel the same sun,
And we ruii the same coursc that our fathers have run.
The thoughts wo are thinking on, they too would thi!ik ;
From the death we are shrinking from, they too would
shrink—
To the life wo are clinging to, they too would cling.
Hut it speeds from the earth like a bird on its wing.
Yes, hope and dependency, and pleasure and pain,
Are mingled together like sunshine and rain.
And the suiile and the tear, and the song and the dirge,
Still follow each other like surge upon surge.
’Tis the wink of an eye—'tis the draught of a breath—
From the blossom of youth to the paleness of death—
From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud—
Oh, v.’hy should the spirit of mortals be proud ?
the banqueting room, and she passed slowly on
unannouhced, and unaccompanied by any giliqe or
protector, every eye was turned towardi nefr. “Who
Cftn she be?” whispered one girl to her partner,
drawing close to his side.
He answered not, so intently was he gazing on
the figure, which now stood in the centre of the hall,
looking calmly and immovably on those around.
Her white robes fell in long, slumberous folds to her
feet; her fair shining hair floated back from* her
face, like fleecy clouds, tinged by the moonbe^^m’s
radiance, and the still depths of her azure eyes
shone with a mysterious, unfathomable lustre.
“ Why are ye gathered here asked she of the
young maiden, who shrunk back, as she glided near
StOTcera of Dml. and of Soft Substances, both | her, with noiseless step. “ What means these glad
Dry and Liquid. | strains, and the flowers that decorate your brows?
We shall refer to tin. head all the obsen-ations The lo«; thrilling melody of the stranger’s voice
which have been made upon those extraordinary j echoed to the remotest corners of that spacious hail,
showers, called showers of blood, of ashes, ofmanna^ | and the minstrels paused to listen.
etc., and of the varioua meteoric substances, solt or j ‘^’Tis a festal eve,” answered the trembling maid-
powdery, which fall from the atmosphere. To give
an idea of the circumstances which sometimes ac-
ic5. We should have presumed that the coloring
matter in this case is derived from the same cause
as in that of the continental snow; butCapt. Scores-
by, having observed, with a microscope, the sedi
ment of these floating snows, believed that he per
ceived sensible and even rapid movements in the lit
tle corpuscles which constitute the coloring matter.
It would seem then, that there are two kinds of red
snow, and two kinds or organized bodies capable of
drawing nourishment from a soil apparently so ill
suited to organic life. Though great confidence is
due to the authority of Captain Scoresby, the ani-
maculas, which he has described, bear so near a re
semblance to the globules of the uredo nivalv?, that
it seems to us necessary to v'erify these results belore
they are adopted as decisive.
II
en, “ and we have met in joy and mirth, to com-
PAY THE PRINTER.
The Printer, toiling night and day,
With labor hard and wearing.
Should wt'll be paid : ’tis mental food
■VMiich he is thus preparing.
And he who cheats him of his du^'s.
Should have no mercy yhown him ;
lie should sit daily in thf storks,
While men and chddren stouc iimx.
Upc:i his forehead should be ttamp: d,
‘•’Tis I who cheats the Printer ; ’
And every dog should snap at him
Through summer and through winter.
company these meteors, we will take for an exam
ple a red shower which fell, on the 14th ol Marcii,
1813, in the kingdom of Naples and in the two Cahi-
brias. M. Seinentini has given the following de
scription of this phenomenon:
On the l lth of March, 1813, an east wind having
blown for two days, the inhabitants of Gerace saw
a thick cloud spreading itself trom the sea over the
continent. At 2 o'clock in the alternoon the wind
lulled: but the cloud already overhung the neigh-
]»nring mountains and began to intercept the light of
the sun; at first it was of a pale red color, but after-
wanls deepened to a firy red. At 4 o’clock in the
afternoon the light was so obscured, that the inha
bitants of the town were obliged to use candles in
their houses. Many, terrified by the darknesf? and
the color of the cloud, went to ofier public prayer in
the churches. The darkness increased continually;
thunder began to be heard, and the sea, though at
the distance of six milt^s from the town, added its so
lemn voice. Then large reddish drops began to fall,
which some supposed to be drops of blood, and others
droj)s of tire. But, as night came on, the sky clear- j
ed up, the thunder ceased, and the people recovered j
their usual tranquility. i
‘‘The same phenomenon of a shower of red dusL [
took place, with some slight modification, not only in
the two Calabrias, but in the opposite extremities of
the Abruzzi, without however causing any tumult
among the people.”
M. Chiadni has made a complete catalogue of all
the meteors of this kind which have been observed
in various places; we shall give it here as published
in the Anmiairc. da Bureau dcs Longitudes''^ iov
1826, omitting several of the less important or less
certain cases.
1222 or 1219. Red snow in the vicinity of Viterbo.
Bibliotica Italiana. T. XIX.
1513, Red shower in Westplialia. Suni Coni-
nientarii.
1518, 6th Xovember, (proba.bly in Thuringia.)—
Fall of a globe of fire with much noise; after which
a reddifcih eubstancc was found on the earth resem
bling coagulated blood. Spangenberg.
1557. In Pomerania, large platrs ot' a substance
resembling coagulated blood. Mart. 'Aciler, T. II.
epist. 386.
3IISCEL.L.AXV
FOR THE JEPFERSONl.KN.
SHOWER OF FLESH AXD BLOOD.
“ The American Almanac and Repository of Use
ful Knowledge,” for the year 1833, contains, under
the bead of “ Meteorological Informatian,” a trans
lation from a French work [-‘Meteorologie de
PouiUet”] relating to Red Snow and showers of
dust and of soft substances both dry and liquid,
which explain very satisfactorily the descent in Ten
nessee, which has been thought a shower of Flesh
and Blood;
I. RED SXOW.
Tho ancients remarked that snow somctinics
takes a red tiijge. for Vv*e find in ti'.e works of Pliny
iBook IX. ch. no.] a passage in which it is stated
that snow bccomes red by age; Ipsa ni.r Vftustaie
rnbcsc.it. Several modern observers have directed
their attention to this phenomenon. De Saussurf^
saw red snow in 1760 on the Brevern, and in 1778
on the St. Bernard. (See Voyage dans Ics Alpes?')
Havins: described the position in which it lay, and
all its phenomena, he jrives it as his opinion, that
this color is produced in the snow by vetretable dust.
Raymond also found red snov.'amoncr the Pyrenees.
Captain Ro/?s met with it on the shores ol' BafRn's
Bay; Captains Parry, Franklin, and Scoresby, in
bicrher northern latitudes; and finally it has been
found in great quantities by navigators in New or
South Shetland. 70 degrees .south latitude.
Among the Alps, red snow is found scattered here
and there, generally in low places, or little sheltered
hollows ; its depth not more than two or three inch-
rs nt most, or rather, the zones in which it is found,
thoufrh far beneath the surface, are generally not
more than two or three inches in thickness.
On the shores ofBafTm's Bay, Capt Ross collected
red snow from a larcre hill five or six miles in ex
tent. The summit of this hill was free from snow,
and micht be about 200 yards in height.
"VVollnston, R. Brown, De Candolle, Thenard, Pe-
fichier, and Fraticis Bauer have subjected this color-
infT matter to different trials for the purpose of deter-
mininfr its nature. Wallaston was the first to an
nounce that it is com])osed of small spherical glo
bules. whose variable diameters are comprehended
between one two-thousandelh and one three-thou
sandth of an inch. These prlobulcs have a tranKpa-
rent envelope, the interior beincT divided into 7* or 8
oells filled with a kind of red oil, not solluble in wa
ter. Messrs. R. Brown and De Condolle, havinfj
proved the existence of these fflobules, supposed
them to he small plants of the algae or sea-weed fa
mily. Messrs. Thenard and Peschier have also sa
tisfied themselves, by a chemical analysis, that this
sediment in the melted water of red snow is of a ve
getable nature.
Finally. Mr. Francis Bauer has published several
memoirs on this subject, which seem to settle the
question entirely. His first observations are of the
same date with those of Wallaston, of which he had
no knowledge. Mr. Bauer also has reco^znized the
existence of the spherical globules and their separa-
ration into several compartments; he has demon
strated that they are, in every respect, the same in
the snows of New Shetland and in those of Baffin's
Bay; and he has classed these globules as Uitle mush-
rnoms of the iienus uredo, forming a peculiar species
which he calls uredo niralis. because snow is their
natural soil. Mr. Bauer has been led to this last opi
nion by an ingenious experiment; having exposed
to the air the coloring matter, suspended in Uie melt
ed water, he perceived at first that the microscopic j
globules irere ri,9ibly multiplied ; but that these new- |
born individuals remained transparent; There was
then in the water, a vegetation, but a vegetation in
complete; it had not arrived at maturity. By stib-
ptituting snow for water, during the winter months,
this vetretation was seen to develope itself with
Greater success; for the number of red globules was
nearly doubled in a very short time, notwithstanding
frequent interruptions from cold and snow.
Navigators who have visited the polar regions,
have often observed red snow on floating pieces of
1792, 27th, 28th, and 29th August, (without cessa
tion.) A shower of a substance resembling ashes,
in the town of Paz in Peru. This phenomenon could
not be attributed to a volcano. Explosions had oeen
heard and the whole sky illumijiat(ul. 1 he dust
i caubcd bad headaciies and fever in many persons,
i Mrrcurio Peruano, T. VI. 1792.
1796. Sth March. A viscous niatter was t'bund^in
Lusatia after a fall of a globe of fire. .-I????, de (lil-
hert, T. LV.
1803. 'nh and Gtli Much in Italy. Fall of red
dust, dry in some places anI moist ui others. Opiis-
coli srefti. 'WXXW.
ISl 1. in July, near Heidelberg. Fall of a gelati
nous substance after the explosion of a luminous me
teor. Ann.de T. XLVl.
1^13. I3lhand llthMarch, in Calabria. Tuscany,
and Frioul. Great fall of red dust and of red snow,
with much noise. Stones fell at the same time at
Cutro, in Calabria. Bibl. Brit. October. 1813, and
April 1814. (Sementini found in the dust: silex 33;
alumine 15i; lime 11^; iron 14^; chrome 1 ; car
bon 9. The loss was 15. It seems that Sementini
did not seek for magnesia and nickel.)
1814. night of 27—28th October, in the valley of
Oneglia, near Genoa. Red Rain. Oironale di Ti-
sica, T. I. p. 32.
1819, Kith Augubt, at Amherst. Massachusetts.—
Fall of a "alatinous mass of an offensive smell, pre
ceded by a luminous meicor. ^'illilna}ls Jounad,
II. 335. '
1819, 5th, Sept. at Studein, in Moravia, in the ju-
risdiciion of Teltsch. between eleven and twelve
o'clock, the sky being serene and tranquil, shower of
small particles of earth proceedinfx Irom a small
cloud, isolated and very bright, Jfesjurm, Novem
ber, 1819; and de Gilbert, T. LiXVIIT.
I 1819. 5th November. Red shower in Flan.lers
I and in Holland. genrrales dts Scienrp.t Phij-
\ siques. (Cobalt and muriatic acid were found in
this shower.)
1S19, in November, at Montreal and in the nor
thern part of the United States*. Black rain and
snow accompanied by extraordinary darkness, shocks
like those of an earthquake, detonations resembling
explosions of artillery, and fiery appearances which
were taken for very bright flashes of lightnin;:^. Ann.
de Chimie, T. XV. Some persons attributed the
phenomenon to the burning oi a forest; but the noise, !
the shocks, etc., prove it to be a real meteor, like
those of 472, 1792, and 1814 (in Canada). It would
seem that the black and brittle stones which fell at
Alais, in 1810, were very similar, but in a more ad
vanced stage of coagulation.
1821, 3d May, at 9 o’clock in the morning. Red
shower in the environs of Giesen. Professor Zim-
merman, having analysed the reddish brown sedi
ment left by this shower, found in it chrome, oxyd of
iron, silex, lime, carbon, a little magnesia and voli-
tile particles, but no nickel.
1824, 13fh Augu.st. Town of Mendoza, in the re
public of Buenos Ayres. Dust fell from a black
cloud. At filty miles’ distance the same cloud dis
charged ifsclt a second time. Gazette de Buenos
Ayres 1st November, 1824.
M, Chiadni seems to suppose, that most of the me
teors described in the preceding catalogue have the
same origin with meteoric stones; hut other philo
sophers are of opinion that the wind has sufficient
power to sweep from the surface of the earth large
masses of various substances, lifting them to great
heights in the atmosphere. We shall cite a recent
fact in support of this latter opinion.
In Persia, in the province of Romoe, not far from
Mount Ararat, there fell, in April, 1827, a shower of
grain, which, in some placcs. covered the earth with
a layer, six inches in thickness. Sheep ate of this
grain, and the inhabitants afterwards took it and
made tolerable bread of it. ' The Count de Soklen
having received samples of this grain, and M. de la
Ferronnays, our ambassador to Russia, having sent
some to Paris, Messrs. Desfontaines and Thenard
v/ere able to examine it, and subject it to various ex
periments. M. Desfontaines iminediately recognis
ed it as a lichen, belonging probably to the jrenus
lecidea, and the chemical analysis also identified it
as a lichen
memoratc the era.”
W^hy is this night chosen as a scenc of festivi
ty asked the sweet voiced stranger.
It is Christmas eve,” replied the maiden, “the
birth-night of our Saviour, and it is our custom to
celebrate it with music and dancing.”
“ It was once celebrated in ancient days,” said the
stranger, “ with a splendor and beauty that would
shame the decorations of these walls. While the
shepherds of Chaldea were watching their flocks
beneath the starry glories of midnight, they heard
strains of more than mortal melody gushing around
them—rolling above them—the thrilling of invisible
harps, accompanied by celestial voices, all breathing
one sweet, in triumphant anthem—“ Glory to God,
the Highest; on Earth peace and good will to
men.” While they listened in adoring wonder,
one of the stars of Heaven gliding from its throne,
and travelling slowly over the depths of ether, held
its silver lamps over the manger, where slept the
babe of Bethlehem. Then the wise men of the
East came with their costly oflerings, and laid them
down at the f;iet of the infant Redeemer. And
where arc your gifts?^’ continued she, turning her
still shining eyes from one to the other of the lis
tening throng, “what have ye brought this night
to lay at your Savior’s feet in connnemoration of i
your gratitude and love? W^here is your gold,
your frankmcense and myrrh? Where are the
gems from the heart’s treasury, that ye are ready to
sacrifice on the altar of your Lord ?”
The young maiden whom she had first addressed
cast one tearful, earnest glance, on her gay compan-
! ions; then unbinding tho roses from her brow, the
jewels fVom her neck, and drawing from her fingers
each golden ring, “ Where is the altar,” she
cried, that I may place my offering there?”
“ Come with me,” said* tho stranger, “ and I
wili lead you whore you can find more precious
gifls than these. Gifts that will retain their beauty,
when these garlands shall wither, and the diamond
and fine gold become dim.”
The maiden took hold of the stranger's hand,
and passed through the hall, which she had so late
ly'- entered in thoughtless vanity and mirth. Her
companions pressed round licr and impeded her
way. ‘-Oh, stay with us!” they exclaimed, •* and
follow not tlie steps of the stranger: your eyes are
dim, your cheek is pale, shadows are gathering over
your face. She may leail you to the cliambers of
5eath.”
young maiden was reclining. Her face was pallid,
and her eyes dim, and her mother was weening
over her. Flowers were strewed upon her pillow,
whose sweet breath stole lovingly over her faded
cheek; and as the curtains of the windows wav^
softly in tho night breeze, the moonbeams glided in
and kissed her wan brow. T'he mother heard no
step, but she felt the air part near the ccuch, and
looking up she saw a iigure standing in white flow
ing robes by her daughter’s side, with a face of
such unearthly sweetness, she trembled as she gaz
ed upon her.
“ Maiden,” said she “ I have come once more.
I told thee we should meet again, and this is the ap
pointed hour. Does thy spirit welcome my com
ing?”
“ My soul has thirsted for thee,” answered the
faint voice of the maiden, “even as the blossom
thirsts for the dew of the morning ; but I may not
follow thee now, for my feeble feet bear me no long
er over the threshhold of home.”
“ Thy feet shall be as the young roe on the moun
tain,” answered the white robed stranger, “thou
shalt mount on wings as the eagle.” Then bend
ing ov'er the couch and breathing on the cheek of
the maiden, its pale hue changed to the whiteness
of marble, and the hand which the mother held,
turned cold as an icicle. At the same moment the
folds of the stranger’s robe floated from her should
ers, and wings of resplendent azure softened with
gold, fluttered on the gaze. Divine perfumes filled
the atmosphere, and a low sweet melody, like the
silvery murmuring of distant waters echoed through
he chamber- Aw’e-struck and bewildered, the
mother turned from the breathless form of her child,
to the celestial figure of the stranger, when she saw
it gradually fading from her sight, and encircled in
its arms there seemed another being of shadowy
brightness, with out spread wings and fleecy robes,
and soft, glorious eyes fixed steadfastly on her till
they melted away and were seen no more. Then
the mother bowed herself in adoration, as well as
submission; for she knew she had looked on one of
those angel messengers who are “ sent to minister
to those who shall be heirs of salvation.” She had
seen too, a vision of her daughter’s ascending spirit
and she mourned not over the dust she had left be
hind.
“Hinder me not,” cried tho fair maiden, “ I may
not slight the voice that summons me. Though
I walk through the valley of the shadow of death.
I will fear no evil.”
A celestial smile beamed on the face of the stran-
c;er as tlie yotmggirl uttered these words, and they
disappeared from the festive hall. 7’hrouffh the
lonjT sweeping shadows of midnight they glided on,
till they came to a wretched hovel, through whose
shatter-d casements, the night gust was moanlnrjf,
making most melancholly music. By the dim light
of a taper they beheld a pale mother, cradling her
wasted infant in her arms, striving to hush its fee
ble wailings, looking down with hollow eyes on the
fearful ravages of famine and disease, then raisinQf
them in agony to Heaven, imploring the widow’s
and the orphan’s God to have mercy on her.
Lay down your golden offerings here.” said the
stranger, ‘-and your Savior will accept the gift.—
Have ye not read that whosoever presenteth a cup
of cold water to one of the least of his disciples, in
his name, giveth it unto him ?”
The maiden wept, as she laid her offering in the
widow's emaciated hand. Again the beauteous
"is
REPAIRIWa.
STfioma0 srvotter
STILL coiUinucs to repair Clocks and Watches in
the very best manner, if requested by the own
er to do so. He IS well supplied with all kinds of
materials. His Shop is in the Jewellery Store of S
P. Alexander, situated South from the Courthouse*
between the “ Mansion House ” and the “ Charlotte
Hotel.” It will be his earnest desire to do work
faithfully, so as to merit encouragement.
D3* His price shall be as moderate as nossiblp
for CASH. [Charlotte, July 6, 184L..4w
Froni the Southern Ladies’ Book.
THE STRANGER AT THE BANQUET.
BV MRS. CAROLINE LEE HENTZ.
’Twas a festal eve. The lamps sent down their
trerpbling rays, reflected by crystal and wreathing
silver, on myriad forms of beauty and grace. The
music sent forth the moral gladdening strains, and
bounding feet kept time to the joyous melody. E ve-
nmg shades deepened into midnight gloom with-
out, yet still the gay notes were heard, and the un-
weary revellers continued their graceful evolutions.
Jtt®* as the clock struck ^wclve. a stranger entered
stranger .«;milcd. “ The tear of pity.” said she,
the brightest gem thou hast brought.”
She lead lier forth into the darkness once more,
and held such sweet and heavenly discourse that
the heart of the maiden meked within her bosom.
Tliey came to a dwelling whence strains of solemn
music issued, and as the light streamed from the
arching window?, it was reflected with gostly lus
tre on marble toinb-stones gleaming without.
“They breathe forth a requiem for the dead,”
said tho .stranger, and slie entered tho gate through
willows that wept over the path. The music ceas
ed, and the low, deep voice of prayer ascended
through the silence of the night. The maiden
knelt on^he threshhold, for she felt that she was not
worthy to enter into the temple. She hardly dared
to lift her trembling eyes to Heaven; but bending
her forehead to the dust and clasping her hands on
her breast, she exclaimetl, “ God be merciful to me
a sinner!”
“ Thy Savior will accept the offering,” uttered
the stranger in her car, “ the prayer of a broken
and contrite spirit, is an incense more precious to
Him, than all the odors of the East.’’
“You shall see me again,” said the stranger,
when she led the young maiden to her own home
by the light of the dawning day, “you shall see me
again, and we will walk together once more—but
not among scenes of sorrow and death, for they
shall all have fled away. Neither will we walk
through the shades of midnight, for ‘there will be
no night there.’ There will be no moon, nor stars
to illumine the place, ‘ for tho glory of God shall
lighten it, and the Lamb be the light thereof’—
Farewell—I may not dwell with you, but ye shall
come and abide with me. if ye continue to walk in
the path, where I have guided your steps.”
Never more were the steps of that young maiden
seen in the halls of mirth, or the paths of sin. She
went about among the children of sorrow, and want,
and binding up the w'ounds of sorrow and releiving
the pangs of want. She hung over the death-bed of
the penitent and breathed words of hope into the dull j
ear of dispair. Men looked upon her as she passed
along in her youthful beauty, as an angel visitant,
and they blessed her in her wanderings. Her once
companions turned aside» shrinking from commun
ion with one, whose eyes now spoke a holier lan
guage than that of earth. They felt that she was
no longer one of them, and after wondering and
speaking of her a liitle while, she was forgotten by
them in tlio revelries of pleasure.
At length she was no longer seen by those w’bo
watched for her daily ministrations. Her place was
vacant in the temple of God. The music of her
voice was no more heard in prayer and praise.—
On B lowly couch in her ov/n darkrned room, that
TOBACCO.
A SHORT PATENT SERMON.
The following—by whom I know not, neither
do I care—must serve as a text to my present dis
coursc:
Tobacco is an Indian wcr?.
It was the devil that sowed tho seed.
My indulgent and respected hearers—it was the
devil, beyond all question, who first sowed the seed
and who is still the sole owner and proprietor of al
that is, or ever will be raised of this soul-contamina
ting vegetable. O, you vile tobacco worms ?
hardly know whether it is best to poke you about
with a long stick of rancout, or stand farther off anc
rely upon the enticing powers of persuasion. I ex
pect. however, to accomplish but little, any way.
My hearers—to such of you as are in the habit
of chewing, allow me to address myself If you
don’t leave oft' the filthy practice, 1 shall put you
down upon my catalogue of unclean beasts, to be
shunned and avoided by all decent society. It is a
practice productive of no cfood whatever, and fraught
with more evils than a scavenger’s horse can carry.
It renders your carcases as loathsome and disgusting
as those of buzzards. It stains vour dickeys, as
well as your moral characters—blackens both your
teeth and your souls—causes an odoriferoas stench
to flow continually from your mouths—and not on
ly infuses a deadly poison into your blood, but leads
you to nn inclination for occasional dissipation—
from that to seml-occasional in-toxication. Man’s
mouth, mv friends, was never ma !e for a tobacco-
box; and I wonder how any one can have the cour
age to chew that which he dare not swallow. I’d
like to see a man stuiT some of the trash into his
abominable paptrv. If hediu'nt feel uncomfortable
about the waist-bands soon after, it would be be
cause sickness was afraid to come near him.
Sniiffinig, my friends, is nearly, if not quite, as
bad as chewing, and I grieve to observe that fe
males as well as males are addicted to it. When I
see a woman who speaks as though her nasal orofan
was made of bell metal—who says pud’n for pud
ding—whose skin is as yellow as the latter end of
autumn, I know she takes snuffin sufficient quanti
ties to make on Egyptian mumny sneeze in its sar
cophagus; and I also know that her brains are
equally as dirty as the handkerchief she uses—and
that’s enough to throw a pair of tonrrs into convul
sions. Many pretend that they take snuff to clear
their beads. It clears their heads in time of all
sparkling, brilliant, and oricfinal ideas, and leaves
instead, a confused chaos of unfinished thoughts—
wreck of fancv, and any number of untamed chime
ras. That is the way in which it clears their heads,
my friends. The less dust you admit into vour
noses the clearer your heads' will be—the better
your health—and the more transparent your mo
rals.—Dow, Jr.
THE CULTIVATOR,
A consolidation of Buel’a Cultivator and the Genesee Farmer.
WILLIS GAYLOR® & LUTHER TUCKER, Editors.
Prospectus of Vol. 8, for 1841.
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From the Chicago American.
HOW THEY ADMINISTER JUSTICE IX TEXAS.
The followinij is the report of certain proceed
ings recently had before John E. Jefl'ers. Esq., a
high judicial officer of the Republic of Texas, who
is thus described:
“ The above named individual is from New Jer
sey, and if he had lived in the days of Hogarth he
might have been immortalized in oil colors. He is
4 feet G inches high, and 6 feet in thickness, with an
abdomen worthy of Falstaff When dressed out in
his rrntdpnmps, buntmg shirt and Mexican chapeau,
he looks the fac simile of the Jack of Clubs. His
nose resembles a vermillion pear, half way buried j
in a basket of strawberries. The following is a re
port of proceedings before him at the last court;”
Republic of Texas ^
vs. > For stealing a mule.
Jim Donagan. ^
The te.stimony was conclusive against the accus
ed, and the prosecuting attorney declined summing
up.
Magistrate—You must speak on this case, or d—n
me, ni discharge the criminal. You can’t come it
over old Jeffers by laying low and playing dummy.
My judgment is that the prisoner stole the mule;
} but as he is a poor man, this entirely does away with
the criminal intention which constitutes a theft, as
brother Bill used to say in the Jarsies, in similar
cases, and brother Bill w'as a first chop lawyer.
Then, as there was no criminal intention, the
mule will belong to the prisoner, and the prisoner
will be discharged by paying costs of prosecution.
The prosecuting attorney will be sent off to the brig*
two days for contempt of court, in not arguing the
case and producing the law. The court will now
adjourn all cases on the docket till more ice arrives
from New Orleans, for the court prefers ice in li
quor this hot weather; and the parties must bring it
in liberally when it arrives, or they will be erased
from the docket; them’s old Jeffers’s sentiments.—
Now slope!”
♦The brig is ati old hulk which was driven ashore in 1837
—the hold of which, in the absence of better accommodation,
is used fo'T a jail.
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